The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-22 00:00:00

fourth Ilbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING. Six o'cLoac. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7 to 2 agst Maidstone—taken 4 to I agst Home-brewed—taken 4 to I agst Filiu3 DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Hobbie Noble—taken 13 to 1 agst Claverhouse 16 to 1 agst Augur 16 to 1 agst Little Harry—taken 25 to 1 apt Maidstone 30 to 1 asst Filins FRANCE. A deputation from the inhabitants of Paris and the suburbs, consisting of from 15 to 20 persons, each attired in a full suit of black, waited on the President of the Republic on Tuesday, to present him with a bouquet of flowers on the occasion of his birthday. On quitting the Elysee they gave expressive signs of the satisfaction they felt at their reception. According to the military almanack, just published, the French army comprises 18,304 officers. It is commanded by the President of the Republic, having under his order five Marshals, 78 Generals of Division, and 152 Generals of Brigade. The Court of Assizes of Corsica tried, a few days ago, a shoemaker, named Augustin Cucucci, for the mur der of his brother Peter. It appeared that a dispute arose between them about a sum of 10E, the balance due on a division of some family property. A violent quarrel followed, and at length the two brothers, both of whom had been drinking, discharged their guns at each other, and Peter fall mortally wounded. The jury declared the accused guilty with extenuating circumstances, and the court con demned him to fifteen years bard labour at the hulks. The Court then tried a Garde Champetre, named Orsatelli, for murder. On the 29th of May, 1849, be met a day labourer, named Orsini, at a public house, at Albitro, and demanded from him 80c., which he declared to be due. Orsini denied the debt, and refused to pay. A dispute ensued, and they defied each other to mortal combat. Some persons, however, appeased them, and Orsini went away accompanied by his wife. After proceed ing some distance, Orsatelli presented himself before them, and cried to Orsini—" Pray to God, for you are about to die !" Orsini's wife threw herself before him and implored Orsatelli not to take ven geance, and Orsini himself offered to give him all the money he had, if he would let him alone. " But," cried Orsatelli, " it is not naoney,%,but blood that I require I" And at the same moment he dis charged his musket at his breast, and the unfortunate man fell mortally wounded. The wife of the de ceased gave evidence, and when she had concluded she cried to the jury :—" I have several children, and oh ! punish this murder that they may not become assassins to avenge their father !" The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, with extenuating circumstances and the Court sentenced him to twenty years' hard labour at the hulks. ITALY. Accounts from Naples, dated the 14th instant, state that during the last last few days the politically ac cused, amounting to 28, had been removed from the prisons of Naples to the penal islands. Each had un dergone examination, but the Court had agreed that they should not be brought to trial, probably for want of material. By such means the criminal courts are saved trouble and exposure of their injustice, while the great aim, viz., the banishment of leading men of the constitutional party, is just as effectually secured as by the most formal process. One of these victims, M. Pizzutti, is the brother-in-law of Baron Mazziotti, now an exile in Genoa. On the 9th inst. his Excellency the Hon. Sir W. Temple, and the other foreign ministers at the Court of Naples, went to the Royal Palace at Caserta to pay the compliments of the season to his Sicilian Majesty. The Bing is described as looking care worn and anxious. The accounts from Montefusco, where Poerio and his companions are confined, ar e still very sad. A special order has arrived, from the general of the district, id Montefusco, which says, " These prisoners are to be treated with the full prison severity, espe cially Poerio and Nisco, who are not worthy to live. They are to have no medical treatment." Such is the treatment of the constitutional prisoners of Naples, and this, too, after energetic representa tions of friendly Governments—after a representation of the bishop of the district, and an humble petition to the Throne of the wives and families of the victims of cruelty unworthy of the age in which we live. " The justice of heaven is sometimes slew, but it is sure," says an Italian proverb—which we trust may be signally verified in the person of King Bombe. M. Garavini, a French merchant, has lately placed a steamer in the Bay of Naples, which enables tra vellers to visit the islands of Capri, Ischia, and Pro cida, with the least possible inconvenience and eco nomy- M. de Rivaza, a medical gentleman, has established a retreat for invalids who may be desirous of availing themselves of the thermal benefits of the island of Ischia. The Neapolitan steamboat proprietors have deter mined to send a steamer three times a month direct from Civita Vecchia to Marseilles. A Genoa letter of April 16 states that, in antici pation of the benefits of the commercial treaty with France, the municipality intend to convert the Dar sena into a commercial dock, in imitation of the Katherine Docks of London. The expense is esti mated at 720,000/. sterling. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS: Lord REDESDALE presided, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. MAYNOOTH. The Duke of ARGYLE presented a number of peti tions against any further grant to Maynooth. The Bishop of WINCHESTER also presented a number of petitions from different places in his diocese to the same effect. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY also presented sixteen petitions to the saw, effect. TE REV. M. . The Earl of H SH AFTESBU R RY said he BENNETT would postpone for the present the nresenttion of the petition from the inhabitants of Frome, of which ho had given notice, until the result of the inquiry which the Government had undertaken to make was made known. ST. ALBANS DI SFRANCHISEMENT BILL. The Earl of DERBY moved the second reading of this Bill. His Lordship entered into a detail of the cir cumstances attending the election of Mr. Bell, the Com mittee following his election, and the inability of the Committee to arrive at the truth, and the appointment of the Commission on the report of which this Bill was founded. This report showed that by far the great ma jority of the voters were systematically in the habit of Belli ng t h e i r votes at every election, that they were mar shalled into parties, each under the guidance of an ex perienced leader, and that the chief recommendation of a political principles, but a reputati on was not - candidate for being a gentleman a who, in th e technical language of the borough, would bleed freely."—(g ear) Quoting largely from t h e re port of the Commi ss i oners his Lord ship entered minutely into the negotiations, which had been carried on at the different elections of the last few years. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAI.EII took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Sir FITZROY K EL LY took the oatns and hl3 seat for Harwich. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was introduced by Sir R. H. Inglis and Mr. Masterman. PRIVATE BILLS. Thc) following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Aberdare Market and Slaughterhouses. Dudley Waterworks. Eastern Counties and Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Companies. Glamford Briggs Waterworks. Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland). Kelvin Bridge (Glasgow) and other Works. Lockwood and Meltham Road. Norfolk Railway. Retford and Littleborough Road. South Essex Estuary and Reclamation. Stockton and Darlington Railway. Sunderland Waterworks. The Romsey, Broughton, Stockbridge, and Wallop Roads Bill, and the York and North Midland and Eite and West Yorkshire Junction Railways Bill were con aidered and agreed to. PETITIONS. Mr. EVANS presented a petition in favour of the re tention of the Crystal Palace. Mr. J. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Mac ele.!tleld to the same effcct. do presented a petition from the congrega 1° l '-''. S 9 evicur'a, Birmin;ham, praying for the re peamro, 9.1 c, taxes on knowiedgc. J ELL% - • Presented a similar petitio n from Leicester. sir G. CLERX prneerted ' a Sheffield, praying for the repeal petition from Mr. EWART pre ^ 1 the tiaynooth grant. the same effect. sentei a petition from Bcdford to Mr. BERNAL presented _ ____ and Chatham against th e m ilzittpetition from Rochester Mr. HEYWOOD pres e , itcd l Ilill. taxes aertition from Burnley, praying for the repeal of the knowledge. Mr. A. STAFFORD presented a c " l Northamptonshire, the attorneys repeal of the attorneys' certifielt e d u Zlitien praying for ciartition e gain Eit practising in North Lord PALMERSTON presented the Militia Bill; also r. petition from lug of the expulsion of certain naissionar'" ln P l "" 3 4014 Hull. THE gary, and praying the House to take the matter into its immediate consideration. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from Sheffield against the Militia Bill. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from Bur ton-on-Humber, praying for an extended jut isdiction of County Courts. Mr. COWAN presented several petitions from Scot land against the Maynooth grant. Lord DUNCAN presented two petitions from Bath, one praying for the repeal of all taxes on knowledge, and the other against the Maynooth grant. Mr. GEACH presented a petition from a place in Warwickshire against the enrolment of the militia. Sir W. JOLLIFFE presented several petitions from Cumberland, praying for an amendment of the highway laws. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Suffolk against the malt tax; also several petitions from the metropo litan districts in favour of t he retention of the Crystal Palace. Mr. PETO presented several petitions from Norwich against the enrolment of the militia. Mr. G. BERKLEY presented a petition from Chel tenham against the Maynooth grant. Mr. SLANEY presented several petitions from various co-operative societies in favour of the Industrial Partnerships Bill. Sir D. DUNDAS presented a petition from Suther landshire against the Maynooth grant. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from Marylebone praying for the repeal of all taxes on knowledge. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition to the same effect from the Manchester Athenaeum. _ . Mr. EWART presented a similar petition from a local paper. Mr. M. GIBSON presented similar petitions from the metropolitan papers and certain local bodies. lk . . , SUN, MILITIA. BILL. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to know if Govern ment intended to proceed with this Bill to-morrow? Mr. WALPOLE replied in the affirmative. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Mr. HEYWOOD said he had a motion on the paper for the 29th inst. relative to the retention of the Crystal Palace, but a motion on the subject of the duration of Parliament stood before him, and he should be glad to know if the Hon. Member for Lambeth, who had charge of it, would consent to postpone it. Mr. D'EYNCOURT said the subject of his motion was of as much importance as the Crystal Palace, but looking at the peculiar position in which the latter question stood he would readily give way. NEW ZEALAND. _ _ Sir W. MOLESWORTH would be glad to know when Government intended to bring in their Bill for conferring a constitution upon New Zealand ? Sir J. PAKINGTON said he should move a resolu tion for the purpose next Monday week. THE CLERGY IN CANADA. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know if her Ma jesty's Government had any intention of bringing in a Bill to extend the provisions of the Clergy Reserves Canada Act. Sir J. PAKINGTON said Government had no inten tion of bringing in any Bill to alter that Act this session. EXPULSION OF CLERGYMEN FROM AUSTRIA. Mr. ANSTEY would be glad to know if Government had any objection to lay the correspondence which had taken place on this subject with Austria before the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there would be no objection when the negotiations now pending in the matter were brought to a close. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Mr. MILNER GIBSON brought under the notice of the House the policy of derivinc , revenue from taxes upon knowledge, for the purpose of moving, in separate resolutions—that such financial arrangements ought to be made as would enable Parliament to dispense with the duty on paper; that the newspaper stamp ought to be abolished; and that the tax on advertisements ought to be repealed. The Honourable Member said that on bringing forward a motion for the repeal of any portion of taxation, an independent Member Loured under considerable difficulty, inasmuch as it might be considered that he was yielding to a clamour cut of doors against paying any taxation. He admitted there were persons who were rather indiscriminating in the course they took with re gard to the repeal of taxes, but he for one had avoided supporting any motion for the repeal of taxes without having satisfied himself of the grounds on which it pro ceeded. He hoped, therefore, that he might be understood as bringing forward his motion on grounds of public policy and in reference to the character of a tax and its effects on the morals of the nation, rather then the effect it had in increasing the price of the article taxed. There was another difficulty which he had also to encounter. They were sometimes told,t w after the improperfinancial sttoatebmrienngt had been made, that i for ward a motion for the repeal of taxes, because the financial arrangements had been completed; and then again they were sometimes told that it would be improper to propose such a motion until the financial statement had been presented to the House. Between these two views it was impossible to fix upon a proper time for submitting a proposal for the reduction of taxa tion, but he considered that the legitimate attention of the House ought to be given to the general question of taxa tion, for the purpose of ascertaining whether in particular instances taxation might not be levied in a better and less oppressive manner. He wished to be understood as not representing any particular interest, neither that of the paper maker, nor the newspaper proprietor, nor the publisher of cheap productions; therefore, if he were told that certain paper makers, newspaper proprietors, or publishers were opposed to the repeal of these taxes on the ground of vested interest, that would be no answer to the motion. Neither could he permit this to be treated as a party question. When his proposal was submitted to Parliament two years ago, it was sup ported by gentlemen of all political views. It was supported by no less than four distinguished members of her Majesty's present Government. His first motion had reference to the repeal of the paper duties. He did not propose asking Members to agree to a large reduction of taxation, and he had pat his motions separately in order that Members might, on supporting one, not necessarily pledge themselves to the principle of the others. With regard to the first motion, he only asked the House to agree to the recommendations of the resolutions which had been passed by one of its own Committees in 1834, when the revenue of the country was in a ranch less satisfactory state. That Committee resolved that the duty on paper, in conjunction with the other two duties ought, on moral as well as general commer cial grounds, be repealed with the leaer, possible delay.--(Hear, hear.) His motion was simply that the duty on paper ought not to be considered as pert of our permanent system of taxation. The Excise regulations connected with the manufacture of paper were most oppressive and vexatious; yet they were not sufficient to protect the honest against the fraudulent manufacturer. Notwithstanding the precautions of the Excise, it was a notorious fact that large quantities of paper were sold which had never paid duty, and they came in competition with the goods of the fair and honest trader who was subject to taxation. The county of Buckinghamshire, which was represented by the Right lion. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was admirably adapted for the manufacture of paper, but most of the paper-mills in it were now shut up in consequence of the injurious tendency of the excise duties, which created a lend of congestien of capital, and threw the business almost entirely into the hands of great capitalists. He held in his hand a letter from Mr. Herbert Ingram, the proprietor of the Illustrated London News, to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, in which he clearly showed the evils arising from the exssting system, and the great benefits that would result if to the public as well as to the trade if the Excise impost was removed. He mentioned that when the manufacturer obtained straw from farmers to use in the production of paper, that simple article was taxed 100 per cent. There fore, as an agricultural question, he submitted it to Hon. Members opposite. If the tax were repealed, it would have a most beneficial effect in increasing the employ ment of capital and labour in Ireland. There was no reason why the people of this country, under a judi cious system, should not become the exporters ;of paper as well as cotton to all the world.—(Hear, hear.) Now he must beg to ask the favour that the stock argu ment that the duty on paper fell but very lightly upon the purchaser of a book would not be made use of on this occasion. It was said last year that the duty upon an expensive work like " M'Culloch'e Dictionary" was only 6d., but when he spoke of the paper duty as press ing upon the consumer he did not refer to such works as that, but to the cheap literature of the day, and, therefore, he asked as a personal favour, that this stock argument should be avoided now. His argument was, that the paper duty did not so much increase the price of cheap literature as it retarded its good. We h ave c h ea p ness i n our lit e rature, but we wanted goodness too, and he would now, with the per mission of the House, point out how the duty intefered with its quality. Mr. Cassell, a large publisher o f Penny works, ono of which was called tae " Public Instructor," paid 100/. per week to the Government for duty, and if that tax were abo lished, the money e would of his not o u t b li r e ti i o n n t , o a monstrous bat his ratherpocken t o o to m .. g proving the circulate such useful e r t aj i y m matter which it contained. It was that a man before ho could publications as he had in his eye must pay 100/, a ‘ l , l , though he had failed to to the public Exchequer, and make his position intelligible to the House, he hoped day was not far distant when the paper duty, Whichthe its rightly belonged, not to the Government, but to literary man, would be su t b h j e ect no had received a letter statute book. Upon this Knight, wherein h the • f b s r t r o r a m u n c c k m h r ofou Charlest t koe of the proved that in the ease of many valuable publications Govern ment derived more profit from them than when he the contributors. This was not a eonsnumteer,swriters or people, he was sure the at all, it W 33 moral question, and him in the position he remembered the anxiety which Parliament had H alwaysHouse n evreoiuelcdoels)femr p educating t t h h e had just taken np. Nothing could stop the progress of cheap literature; and it was, therefore, of the utmost importance that it should be rendered as good in quality as pessale. The paper-duty only yielded 100,000/.; and he called upon the House to decide whether that was a fair set-off against the moral good which it prevented In the country. The fact was the tax like the stamp and advertisement duties, was put on in a r time of war, not so much, he suspected, for the purposes , 4 o f revenue, as to giv e the Government some con trol over' the press. ca nd he was convinced that to look at the insiguifi canoe Of the 'gQ,.UG the 'l amountl whenit which the dare© taxes annually produced, would a t once order the abolition of knowleclge.—(Hear ! hear, an d all these taxe s (ill r duty, which produced The e dvertistaic cheers.) pid' was unj stu ust. Need 160,0 W. a year Was as • i ii rp rei g of 00 country ho point out that it !Tag for ta t ' t_ "- - LONDON, that its commerce and trade should be as free as the air we breath.—(Hear.) Well, what was it that stood in the way of one man making known his wants to another but this very advertisement duty? In America, where no such duty existed, there were 10,000,000 advertisements inserted in the newspapers every year, but in this country the number scarcely reaches 2,000,000 a year. But the injustice of this tax was abomin able. The servant girl was charged the same as the nobleman or the public company possessed of beundless wealth, while a line was charged the same as a page, but the fact was, he repeated, the tax was intended to cripple our newspapers, and not to raise revenue, or why was not the same tax imposed on advertising vans, omnibuses, and dead walls? Then, again, there was the legal difficulty that surrounded advertise ments. The Excise-office would not allow a political paper to insert the sailing of ships, or sales by auction, while in Bell's Life fights and rat matches were al lowed to be announced free of duty. The explanation was this, that dog fights, rat killing, and steeplechases only interested a class, but the other a❑nouncements he had referred to concerned the general public. The ex planations, however, are ridiculous, for why should the announcement of a charity sermon, say, for instance, for the relief of the sufferers of the Amazon be charged is. 64., and the intimation that soma prize ffght or racing match would come off on a particular day, allowed to go free. He called upon the House to put an end to this anomalous state of things, and for the sake of public morality—for the sake of promoting the free dom of the press—for once and for ever put an end to this iniquitous tax. He would now pass to the question of the newspaper stamp, and show that it was never intended as a revenue tax. How was it originated? On the 17th January, 1711, there was a message from the Crown, and at the end of that message there was a complaint of the license that was than taken in publishing libels, and recommending the House to devise some remedy. The House in its reply admitted the evil, promising to find out some re medy, and in accordance with that pro mise certain resolutions were passed, amongst which was one establishing the newspaper tax. So the House would see the origin of this tax, as well as the adver tisement and paper duty, was to supersede the office of censor. It was thought in 1711 that taxation would pre vent the publication of libels, and from a passage in one of Dean Swift's works, it would seem that the taxa tion-law was to be directed chiefly against newspapers; but the Dean told the world then, what all subsequent history had proved, that these taxes had not prevented the printing of libelous and blasphemous publications. Again in the reign of Geo. 111., the object of the Bill, which rendered the newspaper still more stringent, was not to increase the supply, but to check the issuing of unsound papers, but it was said, although the stamp acted as a tax, yet the paper was denied an equivalent fur it by being sent free through the post. Well, he, fur one, did not object to the stamp, so far as it related to the postal transmission, but the tax was imposed on 80,000,000 of papers annually, while only 33,000,000 availed themselves of the post-office. What he wanted then was that only the latter number should be taxed, and ho was glad to say that Rowland Hill thought with him. It would not reduce the expenses of the Post•office if all the newspapers were taken from it, and, therefore, the tax could be taken off, except in the case of these papers pass • ing through the Post-office without produ-1 cing any injury to the state. Bat this posts question was beside the matter of his motion, and ho would revert to the argument that the tax secured the Government and the country against libels. He maintained that it did not, for the Act was so worded that it could not reach pam phlets and essays, the usual medium through which po litical and seditious matter was circulated. (LEFT SPEA KING.) FOREIGN DRAMA AND MUSIC. OPERA COMIQUE.—An operetta has been produced here under the title of Gelatee, with better founded claims on the permanent favour of the public than the trifles which have been recently brought out here. It is founded on the graceful mythological tale of i Pygmalion and Galatea , but n this case it is Venus, who, to punish the sculptor for his disregard of ber worship, animates his statue, of whom of course he becomes enanoured. Galatea, however, like her name sake in the eclogue, turns out so desperate a coquette, and causes her lover such pangs of jealousy, that the goddess—" Quem Jocus circumvolat, et Cupido"— takes pity upon his sufferings, and finally restores Gala tea to her pristine state. Upon this little sketch, the joint production of M. Carre and Barbier, the com poser,has written a partition displaying melody, and, occasi ona lly, an impas freshness AL an M d as se, impas sioned tenderness that augur well for the future career of this young composer. Madame Ugalde was the Galatea, and sang the music allotted to her with her usual brilliancy and entrain, which made some amends for her physical disqualifications for the part. This lady's style, as well as her voice, has how ever undergone a deterioration since her first appear at the Opera Comique, quite psinful to witness. Enough remains, however, to place her beyond any other cancatrice this theatre can boast. The Pyg malion was Mlle. Wertheimber, who displayed her fine contralto organ to the best advantage, and fairly shared the applause with Mme. Ugalde. En pee sant, let us say that the enthusiasm of the public, a " first representation public " it is true, broke forth in plaudits as loud and frequent as though they were listening to a work combining the efforts of Mozart, Weber, and Meyerbeer all put altogether! The get ting up of Galatee is elegant and tasteful, and the care with which Mocker and St. Foy went through a brace of secondary parts, greatly contributed to the perfection of the ensemble. A fashionably attended concert took place on Thursday at Pleyel's rooms, the bineficiare being M. Albert, a pianist of great merit, but as yet better known in foreign musical circles than in Paris. M. Albert possesses remarkable agility and correct ness of fingering, combined with a rare power of singing, as it were on his instrument, and though not wanting in energy, he never makes those fierce onslaughts on his piano which are so much the fashion of the day, and that really make one feel for the unfortunate instrument. M. Albert played a sonata of Beethoven's, and several morceaux of his composition, all of which were warmly applauded ; two pieces, however (a duo for two pianos, with M. Cellot, and variations on the Schleswig-Holstein Hymn), were special favourites. M. Jacquard played a fantasia of Servai's on the violincello iu a manner deserving the highest commendation. The greatest praise that can be awarded, however, is to mention the fact that this gentleman's performance strongly reminds one of that of M. Bazzini on the violin. The other vocalists were Mmes. Dorigny and Donovan, and M. Paul Briand, who gave a couple of comic chansonnettes inimitably. In one of them particu larly he went through a certain ticklish part contain ing some political allusions with a kind of humorous apprehension of being overheard, whispering it, as it were, to the audience, that drew down roars of laugh ter on every side, and an irresistable bis. At the Opera National, which has changed its name to that of Theatre Lyrique, La Gazza Ladra, in a French disguise, is in active preparation for Mdlle. Duez. M. Giorgio Ronconi, the great baritone, is said by the Pirata to be engaged in the composition of an opera. An Italian opera company is performing with suc cess, it is said, at Dunkirk ; it consists of four artistes, Mmes. Clary and Scott-Sainville, and MM. Moca ferri and Montelli. It is stated in a Turin journal that previous en gagements will prevent M. Negrini going to London before July. A new director has succeeded to M. Solera, at the Oriente, in Madrid, and has already commenced his engagements for the ensuing season by securing Mesdames Clara Novello, d'Angri, and M. Colletti for the opera, and Madame Flora Fabri for the ballet departments. Letters from Vienna 'state that Linda has been produced at the Italian Opera, and with the utmost favour. Mdlle. Moray, and MM. Ferri, Mitrovich, and Baucardt, sustaining the principal parts. Norma with Mdlles. Medori and Czillag, has also been well received. Mdlle. Alboni and M. Rovere, a buffo of great re putation on the other side of the Alps, are, it is said, shortly to take their departure for America, on an artistical tour. SOCIETY OF ARTS. On Wednesday a very crowded assembly attended in the hall of the society, J h treet, lectureA the f e m l h r. i D L i g b y d Monteagle in the chair, tohear to the s 0 D- p , or define 0 principles arts. ~ Wyatt, on "An attempt which should determine form in the decorative The lecture, we need hardly remind ur readers, is one of a series undertaken by themembers of t the society to illustrate the objects displayed the Great .Exhibition. The lecture delivered on this a occasion by Mr. Wyatt was a very elaborate disqui sition on the principles exhibited by nature in all the departments of the physical creation, which must ever guide the artist in his formative processes, and a dili gent study of which, therefore, was indispensable to success in the decorative arts. The leading prin ciples of nature which a diligent observer would meet with everywhere, and which should therefore determine form, were thus described by e the lecturer. The first quality with which tb observer must be struck is the infinite varietymost complex Aetbotpoef form which pervades creation. When the . _complex flower is submitted to the test of a scientific botanical b t o e tanical examination, no particles are tender bud to adventitious—all are concerned in ful fillingeappointed functions of vegetable physiology. flower to BO in every functions vary with the growth of the plant, does it form_ changing from r blooming flower, and from bloom ingepor9ductive seed-pod, as each suc cessive chang e govern all for u m " variety and of purpose progresses. Infinite fitness thus appear to complexity, the la d t el these properties nature. While the former of all in beautiful simplicity. In her infinite power of puei r t estrains the former, and binds appears the offspring 0" fs Yrl:ecelenaite;eruiyoncea,seanodrnwahmereen.t , ViItrRSDAY ever structural necessity permits, the simplest lines in 1 every case consistent with the variety of uses of the object are adapted. Thus, the principal forest trees, which spring erect and hardy from th e g round, in th e ir normal state, uninfluenced by special condi tions of light and heat, shoot straight aloft, with boughs equally balanced on all sides, growing so sym metrically, that a regular cone or oviform would, in most instances, precisely define their outline ; and thus the climbing plants, from their first appearance, creep along the ground in weak and wayward lines, until they reach something stronger and more erect than themselves; to this they cling, and from it they hang either vertically or in the atilF, complexity, mos t graceful festoons ; t o eac h it s c h a racter of form as of purpose — to each the simplest line con sistent with its appointed functions and propriety of expression. While a consider a ti on o f the quality of fit ne ss binds us to simplicity, th a t o f v ariety, as if in coun terbalance, condu c t s us t o a j ust recogn i t i on o f the value of contrast throughout the works of crea tion. Simplicity becom es apprec i a bl e on l y w h en op posed towhile complexity itself will, on an be foundto consist on ly o f th e com bi na ti o n of pane, individually, of extreme simplicity. Nature, in working out h er h armon i es o f contras t, abounds with optical corr ec ti ons . Th e i n fi n it e ly gentle convexity cf h er water s k y li ne i s prec i se l y c orrectedinto perfect apparent horizontality by con trast with any line at r i ght angles to a tangent to i ts c urve. It is by attention to the optical effects pro duced by the impact of lines upon one another in na ture, that the artist can alone store his mind with the most graceful varieties of delicate contrast. Thus it is alone that be can appreciate the extreme beauty of her constant, minute, and generally inappreciable divergence from the p rec i se ma th ema ti c al figures, i n a pproximation to which simplicity demands, as we have already shown, that her leading forms should be modelled. We have now arrived at a recognition of elements which invariably concur in producing those the four principal emotions of delight, which may be regarded as infallible tests of our contact with real beauty in the productions of nature—variety—fitness, s implicity, and contrast. The rest of the lecture, which occupied altogether about two hours in the delivery, consisted for the m ost part of an application of these principles to the wo rks of art th a t a d orned the G rea t E x hibition, and w ere illustrated b y var i ous b eau tif u l specimens in wo rks of metal, g l ass, and text il e f a b r ics, which had been lent for the purpose. At the close of the lecture a vote of thanks, moved M.P., was una n i mous l y accor d e d t o Mr. Wyatt, for by Mr. Redgas,,, and seconded by Mr. T. H. H o p e, his lecture ; a n d t h an k s were a l so vo ted to the manu facturers who had sent their manufactures to the society. The late -- -- ----- NEWFOUNDLAND. by their n o ti ce of an e l ectr i c t e l e graph actually at Papers from this island su r prise us much work in one direction, and of another being under co n templation in another quarter, and of cattle having actually arriv e d i n S t . J o hn's from a distance 110 miles in th e interior, having travelled that distance by a road. _ "ELECTRI C T ELEGRAPI L—Thi3 wonderful end powertul agent in the transmission of thought , with lightning speed, cenamenced operations between this place and Harbor Grace on this day week; since then, its practical utility and great convenience, in business transactions, have been fully tested by several of our citizens, who have already experienced its many advantage s i n t h e spee dy and certain transmission of their commun i cat i ons to their friends in the Bay; who, in reply, have in several instances recipro• y cated, w e might say, w ith the rapidity of thought. Cer tainly thi s i s a grea t improvement in our se c i e l economy. The results to the trade and general busi ness of the co intry from this step in the right direc tion, cannot but prove of great and lasting advan tage. As one step leads to another, so we confidently expect before long to see this colony in the possession of an instantaneous and continuous electric communi cation with the chief cities and towns in the United States and the British provinces on the continent of America. Then, indeed, St. John's will undoubtedly become the citing port for the greater portion of the shipping which traverses the western shores of the At lantic. Incalculable advantages must ultimately result to this colony from the completion of such an enterprize, and therefore every encouragement should be given to it. Its enterprising and indefatigable projector, Mr. Giaborne, is entitled to the best thanks of the colony for his persevering exertions in its behal f . " CATTLE FRo3I rLACENT IA.—Las t week nine head of cattle arriv e d in our market from the Cape Shore of Placentia Bay, after a journey of 110 miles; several head more are on their way from that quarter. So much for the great advantages already afforded by the opening of a direct line of land communicatien between the capital and that valuable agricultural district." The inhabitants of this colony were expressing their deep anxiety for the establishment of the pro posed " Ocean Penny Post." COMMON SCHOOL - EDUCATION. IN NEW- EVENING, APRIL 2 22 1852. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 20. (BCtOrr. the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN RE GERMAN WHEATCROFT. This insolvent, a lieutenant in the 6th (Enniskillen) Dragoons, whose case was before the Court on Saturday, again appeared. Mr. Nichols opposed the application for discharge on the part of Mr. Salomons. Mr. Lucas appeared for two creditors named Harris and Lazarus. Mr. Macrea opposed for a Mr. Evans. Mr. Cooke, Mr. Dowse, and Mr. Sargood supported. The case on the present occasion occupied several hours. Two points were urged in opposition—namely, that the arrest was friendly, and that the petition should be dismissed; and, secondly, if the petition was sus tained, there should be an adverse judgment, for con traeting debts without reasonable or probable expecta tion of payment. It appeared that the insolvent, who is now only 22, obtained his lieutenancy in the course of last year. His pay was 1041. a year, which was not sufficient for his mess expenses. His debts were about 2,5001., arising (with the exception of one) on bill transactions, and he ascribed his insolvency to the facilities of getting money on the discount of bills. Whilst be was stationed with his regiment in Dublin, he received circulars from " agents" of money lenders, offering him accommodation. A person named Schwabacca was one, who had introduced him to some cf the opposing creditors; and another, named O'Grady, had raised him money from Mr. Evans. Of the nine creditors on the schedule, six resided in Dublin; one in Derbyshire, who had arrested him; one in Limerick (Mr. Evans), and one in London. The insolvent said that officers in the army received circulars every month from money lenders or their agents, offering them advances. He had been charged from 60 per cent. for the advances. Mr. Salomons, a jeweller in Dublin, who opposed, held bills for 279/. 17s. 6d., and the money obtained was only 170/. The bills had been renewed, and on each occasion he was charged large sums. Mr. Lazarus was a creditor for 1531. 10s., the discount of bills, and all he had given was 911. 16s. 9d. Mr. Harris was a creditor on bills to 805/. 155., and he had advanced 550/., the remainder being discount and charges on renewals. Mr. Evans was a creditor for 225/., and the advances were 1801. The insolvent's father, who resides at Winkfield Park, Derbyshire, had made him an allow ance when he entered the army, but discontinued it, as his son sent back a 101. note he had forwarded for his expenses. Recently his father had paid 3301. to trades men for his son, but refused to pay what he termed " Jew debts." An offer of ss. in the pound had, how ever, been made, and refused. On the first point of the opposition it appeared that the insolvent was arrested in London, at the snit of Mr. Hodgkinson, a friend of the family, who had advanced 6501. towards the purchase of the lieutenancy, because the father had refused to make the advance. The insol vent was arrested against his wish by an arrangement with the town solicitors of the family. On the second ground of complaint it appeared that the insolvent had spent the money he had raised, and that he expected to raise 1,000/. by an exchange into a regiment going to India, by which he could have paid, with an expected assistance from his father, his creditors He had applied to the Horse Guards for permission to make the ex change, and had been refused. Mr. Nichols, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Macrae addressed the Court, contending that the petition should be dis missed, or a judgment pronounced, for improperly con tracting debts. It was a case of great extravagance, and it was not because the creditors had charged some 40 per cent., that they were to be denied the protection of the Court. Mr. COOKE, in his address to the Court, complained of the conduct of the opposing creditors. It was to them or to their agent that the ruin of the young gentleman was to be attributed. They had tempted him with money, charging him most usurious terms ; they had pandered to him, and forced money upon him, looking to his father for payment ; and now they came to this court asking for its protection by way of judgment. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER gave judgment. Cases like the present were connected with circumstances which were to be deplored. This was the case of a young man jest bursting into life, plunged into debt, and an applicant for his discharge. It was the lamentable facilities given to young men at the Universities and in the army that had occasioned the fall of many, but he did not remember to have heard in other cases of an ",gent" between the parties seeking out the young men to lend them money. He (the Chief Commissiocer), after the evidence given, could not be lieve that the arrest was a friendly one, and as the peti tion was to be sustained, the question was, what case had been proved ageinst the insolvent? Which of the five creditors was entitled to the protection'of the Court? There was not one among them who had not contributed to or occasioned his downfall. It was clear the young man had been sought out—that money had been ad vanced in the manner dercribed; and, in his opinion, it was not a casein which they had a c l a i m on th e Court for its protection. His Honour, after saying that he did not think he was acting contrary to the spirit of the Act in ordering the insolvent to be di sc h arge d, declared that he was entitled to the benefit of the Act, and or dered him to he discharged forthwith. Some applause followed, which was instantly checked. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Three men were brought up, in the custody of Daniel Forrester, upon an odd sort of charge. Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, soli citors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Felonies and Frauds, appeared before Sir R. W. Carden upon the occasion, and said,—The three men acv b. foro tho Bench aro nut charged with having committed or contemplated any offence, but the circumstances under which they appear here are calculated to excite surprise, and it is necessary that I should state them in order to show the danger to which men may expose themselves by carrying a juke too far. One of these men presented a bill of exchange, purporting to be for 250/. 17s. 3d., for payment at the counter of Messrs. Barclay and Co., in Lombard•street. The clerk at once saw, from the mass of absurdities upon the face of the bill, the original amount of 141. 17s. 3d. having been roughly altered into 2501. 17s. 3d., and other appear ances not less ridiculous abounding in the bit of paper, that the person who presented it was hoaxed. Upon inquiry, it was ascertained that Mr. Patrick, who had presented the bill, had, in the presence of Fisher and Ricketts, who stood with him be fore the alderman, been expressing a wish th at goo d fortune would come in upon him in the shape of a sum of money, to enable him to purchase a good biscuit business, and that one of the latter produced an old bill of exchange of the date of 1846, for 141. 17s. 3d., which the other altered into the larger amount, and handed over to the grateful borrower, clapping at the same time the name of Barclay'. firm upon the back of th e useless paper. Although there is not the slightest suspicion that any one of the persons who figured in thi s strange matter had any dishonest intention, it was considered necessary to direct Daniel Forrester, upon whose pru dence and experience reliance . could be placed, to ma k e the necessary inquiries, and it was by him ascertained that the parties are respectable, and that nothing more than a joke had been contemplated. The two persons to whom blame was to a certain ex tent attributable declared that they never entertained a thought that the matter would have occasioned more than a momentary merriment, and that the presentation of en old ballad would be just as likely to produce any serious consequences. Sir R. W. CARDEN said, that jocular experiments of this kind were exceedingly dangerous, and if the cha racters of the persons who appeared before him had not happened to be unexception a bl e , and the banker fled with the explanati on w hi ch had been given, ssati h s. e might have found it ne cessary to mark the cas?with something more than an ordinary censure. As it was, the case was at an end. IYIARLBORO UGH- STREET . William Hall, a li as W e bb , was brought up for further examination, _ examination, charged with h av i ng passed several forged 51. notes. The prisoner was fully committed, but ordered to be brought up again in a week, as it was suspected there were other charges of a similar character. Mr. Chapman, one of the committee of the Servants' Home, in Rose-str ee t, an i nst i tution for the purpose of providieg shelter and protection to y oung w o m en when out of a situation, brought two young girls into court for the purpose of a p p l y i ng to Mr. Hardwick, the sitting magistrate, on a matter which had just come to the knowledge of th e comm i ttee, and which was of so serious a character that it had been immediately resolved to lay the circumstances before a magistrate. A modest-looking girl came forward and said she had been invited by another girl, an inmate of the sense institution, about three weeks ago, to take a walk, and had bee n t a k en b y that girl to aause in Port land-road, where she had bean introduced to a person who had attempted to commit a capital offence, but the attempt had been fr us t ra t e d ow i ng to h er cr i es and resistance. She did not state what had happened, but on discovering that the same girl had induced ano ther of the inmates to promise to accompany her to the same gentleman's house in the Portland-road, she made in formed the communicati on t o th e ma t ron , who at once the committee of what had been stated. As there ap peared to be a strong presumption that a system of en trapping young girls for immoral purposes could be es tablished, the committee determined on taking magiste rial advice on the case. Mr. IsleeDwecit, having questioned the girl, immedi ately directed a warrant to be issued against a person who had assaulted the complainant, and yesterday Mr. Richard Amble, surgeon, of No. 1, Portland-road, was brought in custody to this court, and placed before Mr. Bingham. Mary Ann Newberry was then sworn. She said,—l am nearly 18 years of age. I am at present s t ay i ng in a charitable institution, No. 9, Rose. street. O ne o f the girls, Harriet Berrington, a clergyman's daughter, asked me to take a walk about three weeks ago, I went with her, and she took me to a hottse'Noneir'riPngletio":;rnotaudr; I stayed in the kitchen, and Harriet stairs. She remained so long that I sent the servant up to say I could not wait any longer. She eem° down, a ccompanied by the defendant,wh s o t m airs. h a d I went t r seen' before. I was asked to go up the did drawing-room, and th e d e f , w end an, t asked m e h ow I ? I said v went into a bed-neon,ery • dl e , The defendant w but came out in a few minutesile Harriet Berrington, and locked her in . the bed.roem. The defendant thou locked the drawing- , room door, and a short ti a ter wards he took me be the shoulders, and d— e e l e attempted further violence, b m t e j d l own on the m in floo l r o . ud a l e y d , and reoisting him. I heard but girl ) t ß s o c r r r e i a ngton g kicking at the door while I was sCreamink. Its consequence of my screaming the defendant desisted, and I immediately l e f t the house, got up and Mr. linesmen' asked if the house in Portland-road was a hous e e of iii-ferae? Mr. Chapman said it. was a private uouie, where the defendant carried ou buncss as . _ t: • FOUNDLAND. Those who know how anxious Bishop Field and the clergy and laity of the Church of England in Newfound land are to secure to the Church of England, for her ex clusive uses and management, some portion of the grant made by the House of Assembly an nually for the pur posos of education, will read with much pleasure the following announcement of the success of the church movement in the present session of the Newfoundland legislature. The practice in that island has hereto fore been to divide the annual grant which has been made for education into two main portions ; one to go to the Roman Catholics for th e support o f t h e i r own sc hools, managed in their own way; the other portion to Protestants generally, to be under the manaement of all denominational boa , ds, thus merging the Church of England in the various Protestant sects, and making Church education, or even religious education, in Pro testant schools perfectly impracticable. The enemies of the Church of England in the colony are expressing the hope that this triumph of sound principles in the House of Assembly is " only a temporary one" (Newfoundlaud Pilot, March 13), but the Newfoundland Times, of the same date, expresses itself more to the taste of the mem bers of the Church upon the subject:— " The House of Assembly was occupied yesterday in committee on the Education Bill, when, after an ani mated debate, the principle of sub-dieision of the Pro testant grant svas carried by a ma j or i ty o f one —M r . Hoyles consenting, on the suggestion of Mr. Winser, to limit the application of the principle to cases where the total sum for the schools of both denominations, Church of England and Wesleyan, shall exceed 301. We trust that this long-vexed question is now finally disposed of, and that we can congratulate the country upon tho im provementa in our educational institutions which may now be reasonably expected from the decision at which the House has at length arrived." A YANKEE SPEECH. The following speech was delivered by an Annexionist, at the recent election of candidates for the city of Toronto—" Feller citizens and horses I hurrah ! Tnere's got to be a war ! I'm in for whip pin" Great Britain right off, without stopping for compliments ! We must hustle the British lion heels overhead out of the everlasting borders of this here western continent. Hurrah for the annexation of Canada! We must have the critter neck and heels, if we have to wade in blood up to our knees to pull it from the horns of John Bull —we must do it ! Where's the possum whose little soul don't echo them sentiments ? He aint nowhere, and never was. Can't you and I, and every one of us rouse up the wolf of human na tur, till he'll paw the whole of Old England clear down below low water mark ? Yes, sir-ee. Every citi zen of this tall land, from the owl on the hemlock tub to the President in his great arm-chair, is in favour of this all-thundering and liberty-spreading measure Just let them glorious ideas pop into the United States' cranium fairly, and see if an earthquake shout bursting from twenty-six millions of India-rubber lungs, don't shake the whole earth, crack the zenith, and knock the very poles over ! I tell you there is nothing on this side of the millenium like our own everlasting institutions, nor you can't scare up a flock of civilized beings on the face of the universal terra firma, who know so well to defend and spread them. Where's the Yankee who won't vote for his country within three-quarters of an inch of his life, if it tries his soul, yes, and his upper leather too ? What's England ? Why, it aint anything at all scarcely. Uncle Sam will take it yet fer a pock e t . h and k erc hi e f to blow his nose upon when he gets a cold! We are bound to wake up snakes, and no mistake. Let us once get hold of the job in right earnest, with all of Uncle Sam's boys, and if we don't dig a hole as deep as eternity, with the spades of Yankee spunk, and scum the grease s p o t s o ff the face of the w or ld, and pitch them c l ear to t h e b o ttom of it, then I am no two-legged crocodile ? When this is done you will set the great r oar i ng eag l e o f liberty like a bi g rooster crowing on the top of the barrel! Why you are all ready and pri me d f or the onse t— a ll y ou want is a live coal or two of fire dropped on your devoted heads, to touch you off. Methinks the flashes:of fire in your eyes to-day forbode blood and thunder, only mind that you don't flash in the pan I If you all do your bounden duty in this crisis, you'll spit the tobacco-juice of determin a ti on i n J o h n B u ll' s eyes t ill he has the blind staggers, wh en y ou can tak e hi m b y the t a il, and swing him beyond all recollection ! Rouse ye ! rouse ye I to the rescue ! let the shout penetrate every no o k an d cranny of North America—from t h e tip-top of the Arctic regions clear to the Straits of Gibraltar—Canada and the United States for ever. B got in a war-hoop, born in blood, cradled in thun der, and brought up in glory." -- - _— strong current i n hi s favour i s sett i ng in, OSST.ITFI IN AMERICA.—The apathy manifested towards Ko ssut h i n the south is not only d i sap pearing, but a i n Alabama and elsewhere. At Mobile the non-intervention policy is dis claimed, and his arrival at several cities in the north is post poned in consequence. Should the south and north coalesce, the friends of the di l omat i c circlos in Washington, who " have led th e party ag ai ns t him, will hav e cause to regret their fool•h ar diness.—Moriiing ildvertiser. An att empt i s b e i ng m ade to substitute a more euphoniou s name than " Sloug h for"the rapidly-incr eas i ng town situate ou the line of tho Great WW Q4lll4 ilway, near 1 WiudEl9r, Mr. BINGHAM asked if there was any other case? Mr. ChApnai u t.aid tore TVA , to other e 4 ,,, The otter girl 11,,c1 Lath- b. en to.ked t B kri.;. ; ton to go to the de fendant's ho - uie, but she bad been stopped from going. The complainant said Berrie ;ton had told her the de fendant had persuaded her to bring as many young girls to him as she could. Mr. 13 mGrtAx—Well, lam ready to hear the defen dant's answer. Defendant--I am perfectly innocent of the charge. I had no felonious intention. Miss Berrington's father, a clergyman, lived in my house, and I was very kind both to father and daughter; in fact, I almost supported both of them. The daughter sometimes called upon me, and once when she called she told me she was staying in a place of refuge near Soho-square. The last time she called she brought a young girl with her. That girl had been three or four times to my house before, and had taken wine with me. Instead of screaming out, as she says, she did nothing but laugh and giggle; and if I had any such intention as she has stated, I might have succeeded without any difficulty; but I had no suck intention. The girl Newberry was recalled. Mr. BlNwiAM—Havo you been three or four times to the defendant's house, and have you had wine with him, as he has stated? Mary Ann Newberry—l went with Barrington once before, but the defendant was not at home. I only saw the defendant on the last occasion, and it was then he offered us wine, and I drank some. Mr. BINGHAM—The Rev. Mr. Barrington is well known at this court, and, if I mistake not, has stood more than once at that bar. Tho defendant said his knowledge of Berrington and his daughter was bat slight. Mr. BINGEtAM (addressing Mr. Chapman)—Have you reason to think the girl Berrington was in the habit of taking other girls to the defendant's house? Mr. Chap man—l cannot say for certain. Defendant—l am a highly respectable man. Mr. BINGHAM (to Mr. Chapman)—lf you think there is no chance of any further charges of this sort against the defendant—that of inveigling or inducing girls from your institution to come to this house, I am of opinion this case ought to be sent to the sessions; but, if youin sist upon it, lam ready to dispose of it here. But, if you have any notion that other girls have been taken to the defendant's house, I think it ought ;to go to the quarter-sessions. Mr. Chapman—l cannot say there have been other girls taken there. I understand Ber rington stated to the matron that the defendant induced her to take other girls to his house. Defendant—l deny that. The girl Newberry has been at my house three or four times. She dame there with a felonious intent, and that I might do whet I pleased with her. I certainly kissed her, and unpinned her shawl, but that was all. There were persons in the house at the time, who must have heard her screams, if she had made any noise, but I was taken in the street quite unprepared, and brought to this court. Mr. Bezeolian—lf you have been taken unprepared, and if you think you suffer injustice on that acccount, I will give you au opportunity of being prepared by re manding the case. Detendant—l can produce evidence to show she has been several times at my house. Mr. BINGHAM—You are entitled to have the case adjourned to prepare yourself—i s that what you want? Defendant (hesitating)—lf you think it is requisite. Mr. BINGHADI —That is your affair, not mine. You say you are taken unawares and unprepared; it is for yon, not me, to elect whether you will have the case ad journed. Do you want time to prepare your defence? Defendant—Why, if you don't think me perfectly in nocent of Mr. BINGHAM—I'II stop the sentence there. Ido not think you are perfectly innocent, and therefore I'll give you until to-morrow to produce your witnesses. In the meantime I should recommend you, Mr. Chapman, to inform yourself Wither about the proceedings of the girl Berrington. The defendant was ultimately ordered to enter into his own reccgnizances in 2001. to appear the next day. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 21. STOCK EXCHARGIL—The transactions to-day were as follow : —Bristol and Exeter, 95 1 , 2 —Great 'Western, 92 West Cornwall, 4% dis.—York and North Midland, 25. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 21. STocK EX CRAXGR.—The business to•day was rather li mited, and prices had a downward- tendency. The transac tions were as follow :—Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and East Junction, We i dis.--Eastem Counties, 9 , ,q,—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 73 —Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 21 Ye—North British, 8 1/d—South-Eastern and Dover, 222 Dutch Rhenish, 3% dis NCH ESTER, APRIL 21. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market opened heavily this morning, but afterwards improved, and a fair amount of business was done at firm prices. The transactions were as f o ll ow : —Bi r k enhead, L ancas hire, and Cheshire Junc tion, 12 dis.—Blackburn(No. 1), 6—East Anglian, 4 0 - 1 6—East Lancashire, 1794—Eastern Counties, 9% Great Northernl(B), 1434—Manchester, Sheffield, a n d Lin colnshire, 349/ B —South-Eastern and Dover, 22;x—Midland, 68 —North Staffordshire, 7%a n. d.—Caledonian, 20% Noth British, 8 7-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 73%-- Ditto, Fifths, 6 dis. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 21. STOCK EXCIIANSZ.—The business transacted in our share market continues to be very limited, but late quotations are generally well supported. They ranged last night and to-day pretty .nearly according to those published in the London lists. The variations were slight, and of little if any impor tance. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTD•WIESTERN Rottain o T.offio for we week ending April 18: Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. £2G,383 810 Merchandise ... 16,899 6 4 Cattle .. ..• ••• ... 1,040 3 7 Total £44,327 18 9 Corresponding week last year 42,853 10 2 Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, Nerth Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. —Return of traffic for the week ending April 18 ... £18,331 12 9 Corresponding week last year... 17, 0 57 3 8 THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY....(MiieS in work, 2231) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending April 11, 1852 : Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £5,735 12 1 Merchandise and minerals 5,500 3 1 Cattle ... 221 0 0 •ea •M Total .. .. .. £11,456 15 2 Corresponding week, 1851 (2,36 miles): — Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £4,813 16 6 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,708 13 5 Total ... ... ... £8,522 9 11 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Apr. 18 £16,097 3 1 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) ....£16,672 2 9 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY..—Amount of Traffic for the week ending April 18 : Passengers ... ... £9,316 14 llf Goods ... . 9, 714 17 11 Total ... ...£12,031 12 10i Corresponding week last year... 11,129 15 0 CHESTER A-ND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.rrafaC for week ending April 18 MAIN LINE. Passengers .£1,382 G 7 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... 79 3 0 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 550 13 8 Mails 575 0 0 Total £2,587 3 3 MOLD. Passengers 0637 18 5 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 417 10 Goods, cattle, &c. 95 5 3 Total ... ... £l3B 1 6 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers .... ... ... £199 15 0 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 24 5 0 Total ... ... £224 0 0 Nolan STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. - (Miles open,ll2.) Return of traffic for the week ending April 11 : Railway and canal ... ... £4,078 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 4,966 0 0 Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North-Wastern Railway Company. FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The following are the last returns of the gross re ceipts of the principal French Railways :-- NORTHERN.—F rom 4,:nil 1 t o A pril 7: Passengers, 230,226 f.; goods, 293,26 2f.; total, 523,488 f. 85,1 R 261. ; OIIEN.—From 112 April 4 t o April 10 : Passengers, goods, ,986 T.; total, 198,121 f. HAVRE.—From Apri 4 to April 10 : Passengers, 27,779 f.; goods, 43,375 f. ; total 71,154 f. ORLEANS.—From April 5 to' April 11: Passengers, 9280RDE,995F. ;AU goods, 151,78 21 : ; total, 244,777 f. 51 7691. From M arch 30 to! April.s: Passengers, ,; good!, 73,291 f- total, 125,0601. 42 ,11 E l f. 70;;071.9F,r055,m79 5E April 5 to April 11: Passengers , NANTES.--Fro m April toltatl, 9" to April : Passengers, 28,788 f.; goods, 39,197 f ; 'total, 67,985 - STRASBURG.--FrOM A . pril 1 to Apr il 7 . Passengers, • 97,937 f.; goods, 150,728 f..; total, 248,66 4 51. 20,87A-L6O f E .; -- g F oo r d °ll:l s, 21 M ,9 a 7 r 9 c 1 11 .; MoNTEREA tr.—From April MARSEILLES,—From 'Ajar • total, 52,7 A 391 1 to l _1,;... 29 to April 9,191 E; goods, 13,934 f.; total, 2 6 3 t0 . 4 1,22 , 1 E; goods, 29,4831.; total, to 2 70,0671. • Passengers, April 1: Passengers, 25t ril 7: Passengers. April 10 : Passengers, LyoNs.—From nr sto April 11: Passengers, WESTERN.—From Afr. total, 65,350,.. 169,6361.; goods, 1 A 44 p , r 9 i 6 1 71 , 4- 7 : 38,4091.; goods, 26,941 . total, 314,6031. MONEY MARKET. — The quotation of gold at P ar i s c u f e 2 in 5 g .27 25 ; .4 7 , d it t f h o e now ex changes at . is about 4 per milleprem. ( according to the new tariff ), A at price of 3/ 17s. 10d. per ounce for the English Mint standard vri ld, s g o i n ve i!,on a d n on ex a c t ha sro e rt that gold is about 0.51 per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4 . 19 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100 per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.7 ; and the exchange at Hamhurgh on London at short being 13.8, it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer in London than in fiarnburgh. The course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 k per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the b ex ut, h of ter cange is nominally 0.05 pe r cent. i n f avour of England ; making allowance for difference of interest and charges of tranaort, the pre sen t ra t e l eaves no pxyAt on UM W11)004911 g 914 from tho United atAttvi. • THE MURDER BY A BOY IN NORFOLK LYNN Yea - J Pearm, the b.:OY , , vefoie: of wed; taught r was last week returned by to, jury empanelled to inquire into the death of another boy named William Day, who was shot whilst crow keeping in Tutwell Feu, on Saturday, the 10th inst., was brought up for a final examination before the district magistrates at the Downham petty sessions (having been examined and remanded pro forma previous to the coroner's inqm st), charged with feloniously k ll ling and slaying the said William Day. It had been anticipated that another brother of the prisoner, named Charles Pears, would be also accused and examined as an accessory after the fact,in cones' quence of a statement said to have been made by hi s sister subsequent to the inquest, to the effect that he had assisted to bury the body of Day; but such was not the case, the police, upon further inquiry, having found the evidence ini,ufficient to warrant his sPlor hension ; although, at an early stage of toe inquiry, which occupied the greater part of the day, on g of the magistrates on the bench gave it as his opinie e that the case ought to be remanded, in order to procure the attendance of Charles Pears, as likely to be criminated by the proceedings. The progress of tee inquiry, however, tended to show that the little boy'', James Pears, had succeeded in burying the body ~, Day, although the latter was much taller than hio o l e with no other aid than that of his own firmness and e a. termination. Evidence substantially the came as that given h e h , the coroner's jury having been adduced, after some do ' beration, The Court decided to commit him for trial at thene % ! Norwich Assizes, for " killing and slaying William Del' t a course which, independently of the coroner's warr°l3o (upon which also he stands committed), leaves it °l f , „i to indict him either for manslaughter or for / 1 " "" t murder, although it is generally supposed that the forl. course will be preferred. He was taken back to Sel l , ham Bridewell (where he will remain till the assizes) the same night. MIDDLE-CLASS MODEL MW ELLII OS. Houses that are planted side by side along a strt pavement are not called " lodging-houses"—wily sb 6 ' l ' just . such • " houses" only planted one above another 511 a rising up-hill pavement of spacious day-lit steP 9 ', - s e degraded with a name which we do believe tends 03— • than anything else to prejudice the minds of Londoaebto against such a compaction of " houses" so suitable to l a occupation of the valuable spaces within their ro i g"„ - ; city? The middle-class Londoner has an utterly er', 4 -4 neous notion of such " houses," and the model dwellinai " lor the poor," unfortunately, arc not likely, e i x, e 'f il l i a as they are in their sphere, to diminish his prejuaf f y tx !' Paris, even the nobility inhabit such " houses," or Ac ii i go The Londoner confounds them with floors in " 1 °"? -13 bil houses," such as those of London itself—that Mi r o , conglomeration of lodgers and of lodging-house ke e l or They are no such thing. A middle-class Parisiaa 4 Edinburg her, accustomed to the isolation, the independl c o s ay, and the modest dignity of his up-bill " bot ls° ip home, finds it a nuisance of the most intolerable closer o f tion to be obliged to herd amongst whole fan 3 il i t s t o strangers, as he must do in London, unless hill 9 r e enable him to occupy a tenement probably far too h'i u ss for himself and family. And yet the middle - c .. i• that D b. Londoner erroneously and absurdly imaines only in the London style that a man's 'house" cl o g his " castle," and that though the middle-olass dive' e a of the Parisian or the Eumburgher may do very for them, it does not suit his independent and digm re . taste-! Strarge subversion of truth! The fact i 9 P b t.. cisely the reverse; and many a F ran k an d Scot, (I° . i ii io g less, heartily returns him th e com pli m ent by that the London higgledy-pig%ledy style of naiddle'e dwelling may do very well for a Londoner, but d° e° a te, suit their more really dignified and independent Reny city in the world demands a thorough reform ill respect—a transfer from " lodging-house" to " i 0 ts —it is London, Its vast dimensions, the vaitia, ° .o building sites, its commerce, trade, and matiufac t " „- t a; all demand it; mod the time has now arrived when expansion and growth of this leviathan must be 11 P 1° , e a in place of outward—when "houses" must be 1' 6 %, - (3 ., a bove each ()awl - , with till their pharaphernalia of P t/ „' meats, landings, outer doors and inner, lobbies, kitel le La and closets, instead of straggling miles on mile° farther away from the centre.—Builder. THE COUN TRY MARKET S ' NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, APRIL 20•--The sup )? _ 9 of wheat moderate. Attendance better, and morei tone in i ,g t w r e a e d k e ,s at ra a te n s. p advance eassc o a f rc 6 e d , a t n o d ls ls pe to r q2rs.perß higher.arey in better demand, arid firmer prices. qr. , befit NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 2v.—Tl s tone , trade was exceedingly active, at an advance of 3d per - s and all sold. Sheep trade was in a very inactive star ; l ids declining prices, and part remained on hand. Lambs W e is a nd a good inquiry. A better demand for pigs. Arri" ton e prices—Beasts, 653 ; sheep, 20 ). Beef, 4s to 55 6d per 5 sold at o ,l e o mutton, 4d to sid; lamb, 9d per lb. all tb iS LEEDS, APRIL 20.—The supply of grain was st la tot ivitl week ; we were nevertheless unable to quote any greet, ,ale 0 in the trade. Wheat of fine fresh quality found ready„` JO° the extreme rates of Friday. Barley was also as dear, i'" same applies to other articles. efe ill EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, APRIL 20,--The re lobi o l' the meal market to-day 7 sacks oatmeal, each r 2801bs. imperial, which sold thus :-1 at 11 Ve t . t bs 3 at 11 lls Od, and 3 at 1/ lOs Od; average rice °, old whole 11 108 8d 6-12ths. 4 sacks pot-barley, at 28s Cd. ./ o's EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, Art -I " tro. , Oat straw, from 8s Od to 10 Od k lof 16 steno' s , 04. s per enap e , A , wheat ditto, 6s 6d to 9a Od ; barley ditto, se "" -° Hey, Iron. Oat. ltd pc a .w.e. Were DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, APRIL 19.—There 004 the market to-day 54 bags of oatmeal, 12 of barle i L b , of 15 of fieur,l and 2 of pot- barley ; sales dull for all k ',.,, i ,er meal. Oatmeal down on the top and second qualitietro or bag ; barleymeal also down on the top 6d per bag' P ° td per bag cheaper; the flour unsold. Thi rcL A Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second 093 3d imperial .. ... ... 30s Od 295 6d m ..... , Od Barleymeal, per ditto ... 23s Od --s " ~....0 ' 94 Peasemeal ... ... ... —s Od ~...s Od _, Od Flour ... ... ... ... —s Od —a Od ---_, Od wnereof ..- Pot barley ... ... ... 27! 6d —8 Od ''''" COAL MARK hT. YESTIRDAY. p. .., Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market „„ 61 Carr's Hartley ..... l4s Od Hatton .................. T s 64 Hartlepool W. Hartley 135 13 0 6d ci Holywell ld 63 Ravenswurth Pelaw Tyne Mainl4s 6cl kleaespwieerilor. lie 6dlLumley .. . Ravensworth'sW. Hart 14$ o,llPansher l'anfield Soot. ......... 12$ o , l!Richmund Redhengh Main ...... lls O&Russell's Iletton I'anfield Moor Thates..• 12s a Stewart's .. ... .... 15' j 6 15 5 West Wylam ......... 13s od So t Hartlepool ••••• 03 Oi s .. ..... 1 1 4 5 8 , 0 6d d i Nixon's Tees Wylam ..- .............. 13s 9d South Kelloe - oi Smith's West Hartley. 14s Od Kelloe uk . 1 ° a Wall's End, &C. Thornley •. ............. ~s 6 14s 6d Backhou . i' 01 Gosforth ....• ,-,i "" 4s v 1 Northumberland l3B 60 Derwentwater Hartley 63 Eder. Main -.... Larn rt bton . . Primrose Merthyr and 23 , O c l i Bell Belmont l4s 9 Anthracite .........• •• 2 Anthracit •••• - '" O3 0 0 13raddyll - ge y Parrot •••••• ships at market, 130 ..... Sold, 64. -,------ - 11 1toff FEMALE BEAUTY.--P ower, the celebra t e d Se 4 . bii favourite work—" Eve is an old-fashioned body, .. e ,„htert says, with satirical humour , °f riot ' tractive as are her grand - da t l t i an c ; letter aesllt sfoo mr t m o eeo a df at f hn r i de e m n a d .t most primitive manner, drawn back from the teraP7 et itare She wears her hair in a nat%. and hanging lose behind, thus exposing those very i t g l Y 00 ° 1 in woman. Her waist is quite too large for our modern large of beauty, and her feet, they are so very broad an d p f been And did ever one see such long toes! they have Iv y ' s swor n l a s no t least wedged into form by the nice and pretty little ehe. e n d urr by her lovely descendants, But Eve is very gig an gst t ° yielding in her disposition ; she:will not allow her ' or d e rt; be reduced by bandaging, because she is far Me Ord for h e r able as whets, and besides, she has some reg e ' u pon h e ft health, might suffer from such restraints va ii ul)°, e lungs, heart, and liver &c. &c. I could never P re _ich V al' her to wear modern ;hoes, for she dreads corns , r som e 5, says are neither convenient nor ornamental. Bi t ' e f' he r ., lowance ought to be made for these crude notions ie _ 0 1 1 0 1 , founded as they are in the prejudices and absurdities ° f mitive days. Taking all these things into 12 '' e te a u, as it Illi t g oOP think it best that she should not be exlibi, and these • subject me to censure and severe criticism, without pecuniary reward." tr l6l 's Pills an effec t ri o lowaY [ADVERTISEMENT.]--- -I Extract of a letter jr' f Remedy for Gout and Rheumatism., . _ , eo te _f_ d wi ns , auctioneers, Win 9 " l lo Mr. W. Moon, at Messrs. 9 rr G professor Holloway. Sir,- -- * pit dated April 8, 1852.- - `' ^ c ' s I was a sufferer from abl e to to inform you that for laid up for weeks together, u na i l eret rheumatism, and oft/1(114n the most eminent surge° oat/ move. I was relief,attended by was induced to go into our e 1, but, obtaining no ieid there, however; being of ne af a. p, hospital. The m e ou r pills, which lam happy te A 5 1 0 0! commenced usingdya perfect cure, and enabled me L„., es "„fsse* short time effec t. te Sold by all Druggists, and at K r ' my em ploy r raenEstablishment, 244, Strand, London. Loir e ' Holloway ' t- A s from Chateaudun, in the Eure'e ve r.- - Accountfar„ house in the neighbourhood was disco To state that a n Sunday, the 4th inst., during veell re ; O a to be on fire ? with incredible rapidity to farm 0-.c-91 s heep' fire tr,r,ad was the Aeo ~. rconsequence the total destruction of " 10 0'; the six horses, and all the fa rming in* eft , ' t.birteen cows, . flop considerable quantity of corn and hay. The r an d a c ~hi, -.h was not insured, is valued at 50,000 f . ......./.. __ __ _---- BIRTHS. OF A sox. the On the 18th inst., at St. Jame s ' s -t errace , Paddingt on ' wife n the of Courtenay 18th Inst., at Tagart,Mo nt Esq. agu-place, Bryanstotl" aolufiret the llon. Mrs. M nst. , acLeod. lady °f o On the 19th i at Lansdown-crescent, Bath, th e William Smith, Esq. O OF A DAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., at Greenwich, the wife of R. ' Vh Clarke, Esq., R.N. A- On the 18th inst., at Brighton, the lady of On the 15th i ns t., at MARRIED Birkenhead, J. T. Dausq' barrister-at-law, to Ann Eleanor, eldest daughter of Lockett. Esq., of Pen-y-Bryn, Llangollen. Denhighstigbeleo On the 20th inst., at Trinity Church, Paddingt"' of tb' s Edward Horsley, Esq , to Caroline, youngest daughter Rev. John Philips Potter, Br O id n un t g be ton l9 .q th ua ir? , s a t g . DI ;ED. --- , of ,edafs3l.iull Thomas Whitaker, .0," ~„,ff of On the 1 Rh inst., at St. Servan, France, Frances, w'',:),oo the late Major Hawker, of the Bth Veteran Bat i ' li-- aged 78 On the 12. th inst., at Park-house, Stainmore, Westili°re‘ land, Alexander Pearson, Esq. relict of On the Nth. inst., at Brigtiton, Maria Catherine, ;„e Captain John Wales , E. I. C. Bomba y Marine, and Mgr'''. Surveyor-General of India, aged 70. On the 18th inst.. the Rev. Samuel Colby Smith, DL II ' t .)r of Denver, Norfolk, aged 77. ____.„,......r••""5, Ictor vfccr 01 London : Printed and Publikthed by MIIRDO yolow , iis , No. 112, &rand, Printer, at The Sun Office, -0' 2 % 4 a St r and, in Ow Precinct of ilia Savoy, i,u th GOP PO Diidtilige.l4 ThArgsloy, April 22, i 052. s. C ii ' t' -..1 c ! t] • (' r. r.