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which had been shown by the petition of Archdeacon "Wilberforce as likely to lead to the separation between Church and State. It was true that he had supported the propositions which had admitted Jews to the ma gistracy and to hold civic distinctions; but he held there existed a vast difference between those concessions and their admission to make the laws to be so adminis tered. This was a question of principle, and it ought not to be argued on grounds of expediency. He was sorry to be obliged to admit that there had been less manifestation of feeling against this measure out of doors than he had been led to expect; but should the Bill be rejected elsewhere, and re-introduced, he had no doubt such feeling would be strongly shown. Sir R. H. INGLIS was anxious to take this last opportunity of declaring that further examination had only strengthened his conviction of the irnpolicy of this measure. He altogether dissented from the view taken by the Hon. Member for Berkshire (Mr. R. Palmer), that those who were in possession of a good thing ought to b e ca ll e d on to prove their right, by showing a beneficial exercise of the good they held. One of the most popular arguments in favour of the measure had been this: Having gone so far, you are bound to ad vance. But let it first be considered whether they had done well in going so far—whether the direction was originally a right one; otherwise the argument was sophistical. The House had not to deal with a visionary Christianity, but with one embodied in a particular form of religion. Th e M em b ers (if that House had to legis late on vital questions affectin:.! the Church ; and, because they had admitted, perhaps unfortunately, one discordant element, that could nut be made au argu ment for the admission of another. Let this measure be granted, and the House could not refuse the adtnis- Sion of infidels and men of no religion at all. It had been asked, what had religion to do with politids ? The connexion was such, that he could not consent to any further element of opposition being introduced into the governing body. Already it was matter of complaint with some that the prelates were nominated by the Prime Minister ? But who made the Prime Minister ? A congeries of Roman Catholics, Churchmen, and Dis senters ; and surely it was not desirable to admit a new element of opposition. It was unjust to assume that the mere privation of politicrl power was persecution ; if this were so, the number of the persecuted classes must exceed that of their persecutors. His great objection to the measure was, not that it would unchristianise the country or the Legislature, but that it would prove on the highest authority that the Legislature was indifferent to the religious belief the country.—(Hear, hear.) After carrying the word of salvation to the ends of the earth, how could we justify this indifference in the face of the converts from heathenism ? Mr. M. GASKELL said he had come to a conclusion on this measure at variance with that of the majority of those with whom he usually acted. He should have been glad to have been able to take a different course, knowing that much alarm had been excited amongst some classes by the proposal of this measure. He w a fortified, however, not only by his own conviction, but by high authority, past and present, including the dis tinguished names of Huskisson and Canning.—([fear,) All the arguments against the Bill resolved themselves into two—that the Jews were a separate nation, and that the Bill would destroy the Christian character of our constitution ; or at least indicate disregard on the part of Parliament. He attached very little importance to the first argument. It was too late to tell the Jews they were not subjects of her Majesty. Having ad mitted the Jew to the elective franchise, and to several other important rights, it was now too late to say that they would not admit them to legislative honours. If they wished to act consistently they should rather go back and :deprive the Jews of the privi leges they had obtained, than refuse them what they now asked.—(llear.) He believed that there was no danger to the Established Church from the admission of the Jews to the Legislature. They were not active in making proselytes, and he believed there was far more danger to the Established Church from the Dissenters than from the Jews. Bat it was said that it was not right to allow the Jews to legislate on subjects con nected with religion. He admitted the force of that ar gument, but he contended that the same objection ap plied to the Roman Catholics. Having admitted the Roman Catholics, he did net think that they would be keting justly if they were to exclude the Jews alone. It Was not said that the Jews refused to hold faith with heretics, or that they held a divided allegiance. They were a small, intelliEent, wealthy, and industrious body The- eey possessed every privilege except what they now asked from Parliament; and he confessed he saw no v alid argument for excluding them. No person should be excluded from civil rights, because he held peculiar religious opinions. The Noble Lord at the head of the Government was introducing no new principle in propos ing this Bill, and he believed that they would be acting in opposition to the spirit of their recent legislation if they rejected the present measure. Mr. NEWDEG ATE rose amidst loud cries of "Di vide." tie wished to ask the House whether the dis connexion of the church from the state of France, had not led to the overthrow of the monarchy of that coun try, and whether they were prepared to follow a system which had produced such results in a neighbouring country?—(" Oh, oh," and cries of " Divide.") Mr. FORTESCUE, who spoke amidst continual cries for a division, was understood to say that he could not conceive how the exclusion of the Jews could con duce to the advantage of the Church Establishment. Hon. Members should recollect that it was during the exclusion of Dissenters that the principle of dissent extended so much in this country.—(Hear, hear.) He did not believe that the small number of Jews who would obtain seats in the Legislature in consequence of this measure would affect its Christian character. But even if the number who might obtain seats were larger than it could be, he was not prepared to do an act of i njustice by excluding them from Parliament.—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL—Having taken no part in the debate on the second reading of the Bill, I feel bound, before the House comes to a termination of its pro ceedings with regard to it, to endeavour to give some answer to the objections which have been made to the Measure I have had the honour to propose. And in the first place. I must say that it was a good augury for the succes s of the Bill, and for the advance of the principle of freedom and humanity, that the Hon. and Learned bega n who proposed the rejection of the measure " e gan his speech by abandoning some of those arguments 'Which had had a great effect in prejudicing the minds of ma ny gentlemen with regard to it. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman acknowledged, supposing the Bill to PPss, that Ch r i st i an i ty would be no less part and parcel a ss, the law of the land than it was at present; and he sav e oP the assertion, which had been nof the most successful against the measure, that P it will tend thunchristianise the Constitution and Legislature e the country. Sir, I derive encouragement from n e t ae , a dmissions. I d er i ve encouragement f rom t h em , . on account of the great authority of th e H o n. sh o :, °lli on, but because I thi n k th a t th a t au th or i ty i veri s that many of the objections to the measure have tut / Ivay before the progress of discussion.—(Hear.) . 04 wk , e till find points of principle and points of practice L et t" h it is desirable that I should make a comment. tee Telto ve ad dress mself to them ; a nd i n so d o i ng let me thshttilniet was any misapprehension which still appears to pre lapart of my argument th a t re li g i on g u i c ' d t ea lg to do with politics, or that we ought not to 34tesp oni o p f iatioa o t y ie Tigious feeling i n con d uct i ng the legisla- Sir, my opinion i s qu i te t h e contrary. 441 111 est . 2 1 is that r e li g i on oug h t to i nfluence us in the tneasor_"ornestic affairs, and in our highest legislative to d d Zs. So far f rom t hi n ki ng that religion has nothing eh o ,b„ wit politic s , I b e li eve t h at Christian principle is 'Ts of legislation. I believe it was Christian prin tale'eethat guided in this country our greatest represen „ !----that it was Christian principle, for example, , seta inspired Wilbertorce, and those who ed vvith him to that avempt which resulted in the °! de af ef the abominable slave trade—and to speak no particul ar l aw , b ut of the general spirit of institu "oak my belief is, that whereas ancient republics and !tate s not under the influence of Christianity, as they becam e more civilised became more loose in their sys tems, more demoralised in their principles, and more corrupt and debased in their practices, so, under national rule which has Christianity to enlighten and to guide it, as nations became more civilised they will, solely as they acknowledge and to be directed by the influence of a divine and holy law.—(Cheering.) holding these opi nions, it cannot be my view that " religion has nothing to do with politics," or that " Christianity ought to be kept out of systems of legislation." But what Ido main tain is, that you cannot by special declarations—by words introduced into an oath—by forms and statutes imposing disqualification—obtain that Christianity which you seek for in your legislation. The object is not to be gained in that way. I proved this on a former occasion by ad ducing the cases of notorious disbelievsrs in Christianity who had sat in this House. But if your object is attained in thi s way, why not carry the principle further ? Why not insist upon a declaration from a Member on entering thist bias—that Rouse that h e i s not swayed by factious or by party . g ha t he is not actuated by personal or by corrupt motive, but that his sole aim and object is the good of his country ? I f a ood declaration is good for anything one declaration is contendsa asth another.—(Hear, hear.) And what I fo g r is , it is although your exclusion may be valid as a negative, by utterly useless as creating an affirmative. You m a y, declaration, exclude the Jews, but neither by declarationya nor by exclusion can you create a belief hrist ianity.- 4 (Loud cheers.) That is altogether beyond you it is far beyond the limits of your legislative powe—r.—(ltenewed cheers And yet, Sir, I cannot but think that the want of a du n sense of the importance of this distinction has run through nearly every speech that has been delivered on " You are anxious to abolish the question. It is said Christianity ; you are striving to u nchristia so n r is t e the Parliament. Why, if a declaration of this duce the effect of creating Christianity, ai i i ) ea rc i; there would be great force in the argument ; but as I know that the words of exclusion can have no such effect —that while we declare that the Legislature shall not be Jewish we are utterly powerless to declare that it shall be Christian—why, I say, that the declaration is of no effect whatever.—(Repeated cheering.) An lion. Member, in whom I am glad to recognise the son of an old friend—l refer to the Hon. Member for Cambridge (Mr. Campbell) —said just now, in a speech of great ability, that he should vote against this Bill because Public virtue was necessary in a Legislature, and Chris tianity,, was the only assurance of public virtue. Then, ~heyr,not carry d the principle of declaration one step fur ,,,th_aso an have a declaration of public virtue? The n why you have not is obvious—that the L ion of of public virtue is not to be created by public sta tute. .._ act r(C l heers.) But, Sir, let me now come to the rea effects which may result from the admission of . sto Parliament. With regard to the Jewsthemselves, N ew Testament admitted. that there are many examples in the 'C . ts the as well as in the Old that the moral law iey colluder theinselves stil.,ke is tea: " which hangs all the law and the prophets." With 4'll_s_p•ect to their civil conduct, no one impugns the e0n ,01.14z: as citizens of the state, as citizens paying obedience the um ready to bear their share of the public burden, and to enlist themselves in defence of the public safety in .times of war and tumult. Let us consider, then, what are assumed to be the dangers of giving this people the privilege of Parliament. We are told that " we are all Christians," and it is presumed that we are all united. But the fact is that we have had many debates of late years in which the opinions of bodies of Christians, one against another have been ex pressed with great vehemence and urged with much violence. On an occasion when the Unitarian Chapel question was the subject of discussiou, and on a more recent occasion still, when the endowment of May nooth was the topic of debate, some Members were found to say that Unitarians were not Christians, whilst others laboriously argued that Roman Catholicism was a false religion. Though we may, therefore, all of us profess and call ourselves Christians, yet it is evident that there are among Christians themselves the differ( aces which prevail between Christians and Jews. Ido not know that of late years there have been any material questions before us relating to the Jews themselves, but there have been and there are likely to be questions relating to Christian sects, and especially to Boman Catholics, on which the House has been, and on which we must ex pect that its opinion will hereafter will be, divided. But I see no reason why Jews should not treat these ques tions as candidly and fairly as any other body. Then, with respect to the Church of England, the Jews, so far as I know, have no animosity to, nor any disposition to injure our Etablished Church. Can any reason be shown why they should not consider questions relating to that Church as fairly as any other members not belonging to its communion ? With regard to another class of questions, less religious in their character, on such ques tions as the currency and the Bank charter, the amount of the supplies, and the commercial policy of the country, no one will say that a member of the Jewish persua sion is not a most fit person to give an opinion. The question is then, after all, whether you shall give up a remnant of the system of religious exclusion ?—(Cheers.) I affirmed before, and I affirm again, that this exclusion of the Jews is quite contrary to the spirit of the consti tution of the country. With regard to social distinction, it is the pride of this country that persons of the most humble birth may rise in the Church, in the law, in the State, to offices of the highest rank. Such is the con stitution of this realm; and is it fair that the Jew should be the only person within it entirely excluded from the advantages of so glorious a law ? It has been said, though the fallacy is so transparent as scarcely to need answering, that this is a case similar to that of a man possessed of a freehold valued at 395., who is on the verge of privilege, but not within it. But we all know that in that case the freeholder has only to get Is. better off to ensure his qualification, whereas, with regard to the Jew, !you say to him, unless you change your conscience you shall not possess the qua lification at tais is o the system t o t h e spirit of our constitu tion, h ear .) B ut, sir, contrary it is, according to the view I take, far more con tbrealri e y f t t o b a t h t e a spirit a r theent guidedCh r Christian i a b y n system. It is my Chris tian principl e , an d w i th the greater portionthespiruift oitfssupe- p ri e o r r s i u ti i - s the e y n. I ti admissionsm beliefo f a t f h ew at their membersad admission stshioen Jowou ldvish in no degree affect our system; whilst I feel that we should be displaying the greatest proof of our confi dence in the doctrines of Christianity by showing that we rely for our future, not on a declaration—not on a statute of George IV.—but on a law which is written on the tables of the heart. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading Against it Majority —6l The Bill was then read a third time and passed. EVICTED DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND) BILL. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY The House then went into Committee on this Bill. Clauses 1 to 3 were agreed to. On the 4th clause being proposed, Mr. MAUNSELL proposed au amendment whereby the expense of supporting tenants evicted from their holdings should be thrown upon the holders of town lands, instead, as proposed, of throwing it upon the electoral divisions. After a lengthened discussion, the amendment was negatived and the clause agreed to. The remaining clauses were agreed to, the House resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be reported. POOR-HOUSES (IRELAND) BILL. In Committee on this Bill clauses were proposed by Sir %V. SOMERVlLLE,yroviding means of burial for destitute poor who should die out of the workhouse. The other clauses were agreed to, and the House re. sumed. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. On the motion of Mr. E. DENISON the following Committee was appointed:—Mr. E. Denison, Sir G. Grey, Sir J. Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. llorsman, Lord Ashley, Mr. Baines, Lord Mahon, Mr. J. A. Smith, Sir J. Y. Buller, Sir J. Trollope, and Mr. Stansfield. The House adjourned at Half-past One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of Me IlOuie of Cornmonz. THURSDAY, MAY 4. JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL. Order for Third Reading read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time:" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months ."—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 234. Abdy, Thomas N. Fox, Richard M. Parker, John Adair, Hugh E. Fox, W. J. Pattison, James Aglionby, li. Freestun, Colonel Pechell, Captain Alcock, Thomas French, F. Peel,'Sir Robert Anson, Colonel Gardner, Richard Perfect, It. Armstrong, R. B. Gaskell, J. M. Peto, Samuel M. Arundel, Earl of Gibson, T. M. Philips, Sir G. R. Bagshaw, John Gladstone, W. E. Pigott, Francis Raines, M. T. Glyn, George Carr Pilkington, James Baring, W. B. ' Grahasn, Sir James Pinney, W. Baring, Sir F. T. Granger, T. C. Power, Nicholas Barnard, E. G. Greene, John Powlett, Lord W. Bellew, R. M. Grey, Sir G. Price, Sir Robert Berkeley, Captain Grey, Ralph W. Pusey, P. Berkeley, H. Grosvenor, Lord R. Bowdon, Colonel Bernal, Ralph Harmer, Sir J. Ricardo, J. L. Birch, Sir Thomas Hardcastle, J. A. Ricardo, Osman Illewitt, Reginald Haste, Archibald Rice, E.R. Bouverie, E. P. Ilawes, lienj. Rich, Henry Bowring, Dr. Hay, Lord J. Robinson. George Boyle, Colonel Hayter, W. G.' Romilly, John Brand, Thomas Headlam, T. E. Russell, Lord J. ' Bright, John Heathcoat, John Russell, F. C. IL Brockman, E. D. Henry, Alexander Rutherford, A. ' Brotherton, J. Herbert, Henry A. Sandars, George Brown, W. Heywood, James Scholefield, William Browne, R. D. Ilindley Charles Scrope, G. P. Bunbury, E. 11. Ilobhouse, Sir J. Seymour, Lord Busfeild, William Hogg, Sir J. Shalto, It. D. Buxton, Sir E. Howard, C. W. Sheil, R. L. Wardwell, Edward Howard, J. K. Shelburne, Earl of Carter, J. B. Hume, Joseph Smith, R. V. Caulfield, J. M. Humphery, Ald. Smith, J. A. Cavendish, C. C. Hutt, William Smith, J. Benjamin Cavendish, IV. G. Jackson, William Somerville, Sir W. Cayley, Edward S. Jervis, Sir John Stanley, B. J. Cholmeley, Sir M. Johnstone, Sir J. Stansficid, W. 11. Clay, James Keppel, G. T. Staunton, Sir G. Clay, Sir IV.; Ker, Richard Strickland, Sir G. Clements, Charles Kershaw, James Stuart, Lord D. Clifford, 11. M. King, Peter John Sullivan, Michael Cobden, Richard Labouchere, Henry Talbot, C. R. Cockburn, Alex. Langston, J. H. Talfourd, Sergeant Coke, E. K. Lascelles, W. S. Tancred, H. W. Colebrooke, Sir T. Leonard, T. B. Thicknesse, It. A. Collins, William Lewis, G. C. Thompson, Colonel Cowper, IV F. Lincoln, Earl of Thompson, George Craig, W. G. Loch, James Thornely, T. Crawford, W. S. Locke, Joseph Tollemache, F. S. Cubittt, William Lushington, Charles Towneley, Charles DalrympleXaptain 3inenamara, Major Towneley, John Davie, Sir Henry ll'Gregor, John Townley, R. G. Dawson, T. V. Mahon, O'Gorman Townshend. Captain Denison, W. J. Maitland, Thomas Trelawny, J. S. Denison, J. E. Mangles, R. D. Turner, E. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Martin, Samuel Verney Sir H. Disraeli, B. Matheson, Colonel Villiers, Charles Divett, Edward Manle, Fox Vivian, J. H. Duff, George S. Melgund, Viscount IVakley, Thomas Duke, Sir J. Mitchell, A. T. 'Pall, C. B. Duncan, Viscount Moffatt, George it l ter I , 1. John o. Wahnsley. Sir J. Duncan, George Monsell, William Morpeth, Viscount Ward,ll. Dundas, Admiral Dundas, Sir D. Morison, General Watkins, Colonel Ebrington, Viscount Morris, David Westhead, J. P. Ellice, Edward 3fowatt, Francis Willcox, Brodie Elliot, John E. 31 ulgrave, Earl Williams, John Evans, Sir De Lacy Norreys, Lord Wilson, James Evans, J. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Wilson, :Matthew Evans, William' O'Connell, 31. J. Wood, Sir Charles Edwards, Henry O'Connor, Feargus Wood, W. P. Fergus, John Ogle, S. C. Wortley, J. S. Ferguson, Sir R. Oswald, A. Wrightson, W. Fitzrwy, Henry O wen, S i r J. Wyld, James B. : Fitawilliam, G. W. P age t, L ord A. Wyvill. Marinadnke Foley, J. H. Paget, Lord Clarence Yorke, Henry It. Fordyce, A. D. I'aget, Lord George TELLERS. Forster, M. Palmer, Roundel' Tufnell, Henr y Chic hester Palmerston, Vi scount H i ll, Lerd Marcia Fortescue, ------- MINORITY —NOES, 173. Egerton, 3V., T. Maxwell, J. P. Estcourt, J. B. B. Meux, Sir 11. Farnham, E. B. lilies, Philip W. S. Ferrer, James Miles, William FeHewes, E. Moore, George 11. }littler, Sir E. Morgan, 0. Floyer, John Napier, Joseph Forbes, W. ITeeld, Joseph Forester, G. C. liewdegate, C. N. Fox, S. L. Newry, Viscount Frewen, C. 11, Ossulton, Lord Fuller, A. E. Packe, C. W. Goddard, A. L. Godson, R. Palmer, Robert Patten, J. W. Gooch, E. S. Peel, Colonel Gordon, Admiral Plowden, W. H. Gore, W. R. 0. Powell, Colonel Goring, C. Prime, Richard Granby, Marquis of Raphael, Alexander Greene Thomas Reid. Colonel Gwyn, Howel Rendlesham, Lord • Ilaggitt, F. R. Richards, Richard Rale, R. B. RoHeston, Colonel Ilalford, Sir Henry Rufford, Francis Hall, Colonel Rushout, Captain Halsey, TaP. Scott, Francis Hamilton, G. A. Seymer, Henry Ker Harris, Hon. Capt. Shirley, E. J. Hayes, Sir E. Sibthorp, Colonel Heald, James Simeon, John Ileathcote, Sir W. Smyth, Sir 11. Henley, J. W. Somerset, Captain Hildyard, R. C. Somerton, Viscount Hildyard, T.; B. T. Spooner, Richard Hodgson, W. N. Stafford, Augustus Hood, it A. S.ephenson, Robert S Hope, Sir J. Stuart, H. Hope, Alexander Stuart, J. Hornby John Strut, 11. G. Hotham, Lord Thornhill, G. Ingestre, Visct. Tollemache, John Jolliffe, Sir W G. Trevor, G. Jones, Captain Turner, George Rerrison, Sir E. Villiers, Viscount Knightley, Sir C. Villiers, F. W. K nox, Colonel Vyse, It. 11. Law, c,B, Waddington, H. S. Leslie, C. P. Lin dsaY, Colonel Walsh, Sir J. B. Lovrther, Henry Welby, G. E. LYgon, General Wellesley, Lord C, Walpole, Spenser Mackenzie, W. F. IVhitmore, T. C. 11Illaghten, Sir E. Williams, T. P. Mahon, Viscount Willoughby, Sir H. Mandeville, 'Viscount Worcester, Marquis Manners, Lord C. Manners, Lord G. March, Earl of Maunsell, T. B. C' and, Sir T. D. Alexander, N. Alford, Viscount Arkwright, George Ilagot, lion. W. Bailey, Joseph Bailey, Joseph, jun. Baldock, E. IL Bankes, G. Bateson, T. Beckett, W. Bentinck, Lord 11. Bereeford, William Bernard, Viscount Blackstone, W. S. Illakemore, R. Blandford, Marquis Boldero, H. G. Bolling, William Bourke, Richard S. Bowles, Admiral Bramston, T. W. Bremridge, Richard Brisco, M.' Broadley, Henry Brooks, Lord Buck, L. W. Buller, Sir Y. Burghley, Lord Burrell, Sir C. Burroughes, H. Cabbell, B. R. Campbell, W. F. Carew, W. I'. Chichester, Lord J. Christopher, R. Christy, Samuel Clive, II B. Cobbold, John C C CC o °° d ee b r k 1 i'r n a' g i Ti t Po: S. A :S . lr I . V Coles, 11. B. Colvile, C. R. Corry, H. Cotton, W. 11, Courtenay, Lord Cripps, W. Currie, Henry Davies, D. A. nod, J. W. Douro, Marquis of Drumlanrig, Vis. , Drummond, Henry Buncombe, A. Buncombe, 0. Duncuft, John Da Pre, C G Egerton, Sir P. TELLERS. Inglis, Sir R. Thesiger, Sir F. on the bankF, •or the Cif, wt. were on Wed nes d ay capped with snow. 'rho high grounds on tho north and west have this week been capped with auow.—Newcastle Journal. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. RE-APPEARANCE OF JENNY LIND. Jenny Lind has returned to us, and returned to us on the anniversary of her first debut. On the 4th May, 1847, she made her first appearance at Her Majesty's Theatre ; on the 4th May, 1848, she made her re-appearance for the season. The 4th May is henceforth an epoch in the annals of music in this country, and should be every year observed at Her Majesty's Theatre as a Jour de Fete. To say that the furore which Jenny Lind excited by her first appearance continues would fail far short of the truth —not only does it continue, but it has in• creased in intensity. Within twelve hours after the announcement of Jenny Lind for last evening, every box, every stall was taken, and the next day they were quoted at a premium, which increased day by day as th e 4 t h of May approached. The crushing on a Jenny Lind night has become proverbial, but the crushing last evening surpassed, far surpassed any of the crushes of last season—it was terrific, but once over the individual who was fortunate enough to secure admittance into the theatre was more, much more, than compensated for the perils through which he had run. The opera was the Sonnambala, and on the first appearance of Jenny Lind the house rose at her ; cheer after cheer burst forth amidst the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, while Jenny Lind, her features beaming with de light, curtsied her thanks. This scene lasted several minutes. The annals of the drama have never re corded such a reception as that of Jenny Lind last evening. She has improved in appearance since last season. She is rather stouter, and, altogether, ap pears in better health. Her voice, too, while it has preserved all its nightingale-like purity, flexibility, and sweetness—all its expressive pathos, and all its wonderful power of, as it were, vocal ventriloquisation, has increased in strength and volume. Her acting and singing was, last night, perfection. " Beautiful," " exquisite," " true," might be said of every note she sung. At the conclusion of the first act she was called for. Again, at the conclusion of the bed-room scene, and again twice at the conclusion of the opera. It is almost needless to state that the finale was encored. Every cadenza was applauded to the echo, and the applause throughout her performance was enthusiastic. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the theatre with their presence. It was the first appearance of her Majesty in public since her aceouchement, arid also since the memorable 10th of April. Her Majesty and suite arrived shortly after the commencement of the opera, and at the end of the first act her Majesty was loudly cheered. Her Majesty came forward to the front of the box and graciously acknowledged the homage paid to her by her loyal subjects. In stantly a cry rose for " God save the Queen." The curtain rose, and the National Anthem was sung by the whole company. Mdlle. Vera, Signor Gardoni, and Signor P. Lablache, who were engaged in the opera, taking the solo parts. Every stanza was re ceived with shouts of loyal enthusiasm, and at the conclusion her Majesty again came forward and bowed her acknowledgments. The ballet of the Vivandiere, with Cerito and St. Leon completed the evening's entertainments. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, and attended by a numerous suite, honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last even ing. In the suite of her Majesty and the Prince Consort were the Marchioness of Douro, Lord Byron, Hon. Colonel Grey, and the Hon. Captain Gordon. Lady Augusta Bruce was in attendance on the Duchess of Kent, and Major Von Oehrlich, on the Prince of Prussia. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxo Wei mar, the Princess Anne of Saxe Weimar, and the Princes Hermann and Edward of Saxe Weimar, also honoured the performances with her presence. In the royal suite were the Countess of Sheffield, the Earl Howe, Miss Wheatley, and Captain Taylor. Among the general company in the boxes and stalls we observed his Royal Highness the Count of Syracuse, the Prince Louis Napoleon, the Prince Lowenstein, his Excellency the Hanoverian Mi nister, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baro ness Brunnow and Madame Olga de Lechner, his Ex cellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the %Vur temburg Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Mon trose and Lady Ernest Bruce, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Duke of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulett, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Worcester, the Marquis of Titchfield, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis of Donegal, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Stamford, the Earl of Falmouth, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Emlyn, Vis count Cantilupe, Viscount and Viscountess Exmouth, Viscount Anson, Lord Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley, Lord Gardner, Lord and Lady C. Wellesley, Lady F. Somerset and Miss Somerset, Lord W. Lennox, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Sandys, Lady Moletworth, Sir W. Fremantle, Lady Fremantle, Sir G. Womhwell, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir Alexander Woodford. Sir Edward Codrington, Sir Henry Meux, Sir Thomas Hare, Major-General Fox and Lady Mary Fox, Lady Shelley, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Hon. Captain Hood, Hon. F. Cadogan, Hon. H. Baring, M. C. de Koudriaff sky, General Hamilton, Colonel Williams, Major Buckley, Major Wildman, Major Baring, Captain Mey nell, R.N., Captain Seymour Sadler, Captain Smith, Mr. Grote, M.P., and Mrs. Grote, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Mr. Broadley, MX, Mr. Hubert De Burgh, Mr. T. Hankey, jun., Mr. R. Errington, Mr. Montague Gore, Mr. Falkner, Mr. B. Baldwin, M.P., Mr. Aldridge, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Mr. Seymour Bathurst, Major and Mrs. Gage, Lady Marcus Hill, Lady Wentworth, Col. Kemyss Tynte, M.P., and Mrs. K. Tynte, Mr. Singleton, Sir Edward and Lady Hood, &c. (From the Times.) The great evening of the season has "come off," and the result has been most brilliant. The 4th of May, 1847, selected for the debut of bldlle. Jenny Lind in this country, has had a noble anniversary in her re-appear ance. It was pretty generally known to the public that her Majesty intended to honour the theatre with her presence, appearing for the first time in public since her return from Osborne House ; and the Haymarket and Pall-mall were crowded with an anxious throng, who watched the arrival of the carriages. Jenny Lind, on her first entrance, was greeted with a tumult of applause from a house crowded in every part, and it seemed as if the waving of hats and handkerchiefs would never sub side. At last the noise was hushed, and every note of her recitative was listened to as the repetition of a welcome sound, while every phrase that could be considered a point was followed by a murmur of applause, deep enough to express the highest admiration, but repressed from a fear of interrupting the vocalist. We need not describe the appearance of Jenny Lind in La Somnam hula. It is written in every memory, together with the charming simplicity which she infuses into the character, and which distinguishes her version from that of any other artist. Last night she was in excellent voice; one could even fancy that the notes were more full and rich than last season. At the end of the first scene, which is closed by the act-drop (the duet being retained, and the bedroom scene treated as an entire act), Mdlle Lind was twice called. It was then discovered by the body of the audience that her Majesty was in the Royal box. Some calls for "God save the Queen" uttered at intervals by those who were aware of the circumstance, first excited the general attention, and when her Majesty came forward and bowed, the greetings of the crowded house were combined into one vast thunder of welcome. The Anthem was demanded with shouts and followed with cheers, and it is impossible to conceived a demonstration of loyalty more enthusi astic. It is scarcely necessary to state that Her Ma jesty's accouchenzent and the memorable 10th of April had occured since her last previous appearance in public. The Anthem was sung by Gardoni, Lablache, and Mdlle. Vera, and the loyal demonstration having ter minated, the audience resumed their seats, and com posed themselves to hear the rest of La Sonnambula. The bedroom scene, with all the passionate grief assumed by Mdlle. Lind, caused her again to be called before the curtain; but her grand triumphs were the aria, " Ah, non credea mirarti, ' and the finale. For quiet intensity of feeling —for a representation of the most poignant sorrow, the first of these morcealt as sung by Mdlle. Lind is inimitable; and there is an ineffable charm in her manner which gives additional force to the pathos of her singing. The shake with which it terminates, and which dies off to the softest pianissimo in a manner which may be considered Jenny Lind's own, aroused the audience into a rapture of applause. Her finale was electrical. The ornaments, executed to perfection, ap peared dictated by an unceasing flow of inspiration, while the effect of the superb natural organ was really marvellous. The auditors insisted on a repetition, the curtain was raised, the finale was again sung, and Mdlle. Lind was again twice summoned to the lamps, whither she was conducted by Gardoni. (From the Chronicle.) Last night the announcement of Mdlle. Jenny Lind's first appearance for her second season in London pro duced a bumper house. Seldom has such a house been seen, except on Lind nights. From an early hour in the evening all the doors and avenues were crowded with anxious visitors, and long before the rise of the curtain there was not a box ner seat unoccupied throughout the vast area. As the hour fixed for the commencement of the performance arrived, a strong feeling of impatience began to manifest itself amongst a portion of the audience in the pit and gallery ; and when, at ten minutes past eight, Mr. Balfe took his seat in the orches tra, there was a tremendous burst of cheering. The opera selected for the occasion was Bellini's Sonnambula, the same in which the Swedish Nightingale terminated her brilliant engagement last season ; and the cheers which greeted her on that eventful night rang again in the memory of many an admirer of her genius, assem. bled last night to greet her on her return to these boards. The pare of Amina is, to our opinion, the most charming of all the characters which Jenny Lind has hitherto played in this country. Full of pure womanly feeling, it is well adapted to her truthful, genuine style of acting. What simple grace distinguishes her every acti on i n this little exciting domestic history! Her first cheerful greeting of her fellow villagers, and her scenes of tender and affectionate congratulation with her mother, and the chosen lover of her breast—all these are most delicate touches of unaffected nature. Upon being rejected by Elvino, upon a false and cruel suspicion of her fidelity, how passionate, how overwhelming is her grief--and then how sad and desolate her aspect when left to pine how touching that bereaved when she hugs to her bosom the withered flowers which her lover had given her in happier days, and then EVENING, MAY 5, 1848. renewal of the excitement of 1847. The traffic of the booksellers in the boxes had been as lively as possible, and insane prices were asked, if not in all cases obtained. The symp at h y o f t h e pu bli c i n b e h a lf of the Swedish nightingale had thus experienced but small diminution, and the house was crowded to the neck, and by visitors, too, of t h e most brilliant distinction. Th e Q ueen her self was p resent, and the audience cou ld not resist her til t emptation of d raw i ng her for a few moments from privacy, b etween the first and second acts of the opera, and loading her with demonstrations of loyalty. The National Anthem was called for, and sung by the entire Company, the si ngers an d au di tors vy i ng w ith each other in zeal and energy —the former in their marked emphasis of utterance —the latter in the spirit, frequency, and im patience of th e i r acclamations. Her Majesty b owe d re peatedly to the house, and the scene altogether was one of great brilliancy and excitement. It was well to choose the Sonnambula for the first coming of the popular Jenny Lind, fur the part of Amina is perhaps, her best, It involves the necessity fir personal grace, amiability, and the modest divinities of deport ment—qualities which seem to be the natural charac teristics of the vocalist. The charm which belongs to her is solely resident in those " excellent things of women," and to this may be attributed the success which has followed her —the worship which has made her an idol—the dominion which she exercises. It is, however, difficult to account for the impressions which she has established: there is neither personal beauty nor the her arti s ti c perfection, but the magic that surrounds is ir res i st i ble, and she at once prepossesses and enslaves.T .et her, therefore, keep to those representations in which " the soft, the mild, and the pitiful," are the innate essentials, Lnd her supremacy over the heart will Con' tinue us long as she chooses to challenge it. This is the ground off which she should never go, and the Amina s the Alic es , an d the :Italics remain hers by pres c ripti ve ' consent. It is not in her nature to deal with the grand and the terrible. She is no Grisi in the immensities of physical execution —no Grisi in the loftiness of tragic passion. She i s th e " b eautiful, " without the "sublime.,, Her domesticity is her strength; and the gentleness of her womanhood is the w l i i s itchra That masters e'en the The reception of J enny was worthyest u s us all.'' of th ose were in a state of sufficient vassalageto who and 20 guineas for a box. • The moment pay their 15 the spectators caught a glimpse of the enchantress salves congra tulation flew from side to s id e, and it was of before a calmer state of things prevailed. The e ome time moment seemed to be a painful one to Jenny, w h o, although stranger to this species of adulation, could scarcely • nob 3 unmoved at such tributes of welcome from th e most ': aris tocratic audience in the world. However, she soon re covered herself, and was presently singing the exquisite "Come per me sereno" in her own ineffable manner. A contemporary, who stole into the rehearsal of Wed nesday, prepared us to look for an increased volume of tone; but we hardly detected it, though there was an occasional huskiness that betokened cold. Weobserved no difference in the form and degree of execution. We bad the air alluded to as we had it last year—an effusion of guileless and confiding delight—touched with genial playfulness and truth. This brought forth the old marks of admiration, and thus Jenny won her first triumph. The two duets with her lover which follow, in whicli there is such a charming display of innocent fond ness, were also the prettiest passages imaginable of frank and caressing tenderness. The second of these duets is Jenny's own restoration to the opera, and in itselfis, perhaps, not worth the reviving, but she gives it so much dramatic interest as to establish it now as a ne cessity. Ifer singing in the bed-room scene, when she descends from the window and warbles her little ditties in the ear of the Count, was an admirable piece of act ing, the state of unconsciousness being preserved with singular vraisemblance ; and the subsequent awakening, with the terror and distress incident to the moment of suspicion—the pathos, the irritation, the confusion, the alarm, were all delineated with a natural earnestness that deeply interested the spectators, while the interven ing quintett, " D'un pensiero," drew from them a hurri cane of applause, all the efficiencies of execution and expression being centered by Jenny in this affecting gush of supplication and misery. The last act was a superb dis play of the same delicate sensibility. The music which fell from Jenny's lips as she stood in the midst of the gazing and excited villagers, seemed to have no origin but in the shadowy phantasies of the brain. Outwardly placid and undisturbed, phrase succeeded phrase without ap parent consciousness. The passages wore an air of dreaminess singularly accordant with the spirit of the scene, and this absorption as it were of the actress into another sphere—this vague tranquillity of utterance— this calm and unimpassioned grief—exacted a silence on the part of the audience almost preternatural. In the final bravura Jenny launched into the more showy re gions of the art, and revelled in fioriture of surprising variety :and boldness. These she accomplished with adroit certainty, and what could be more bewitching— more illustrative of the renovated gaiety of a suffering heart—more deserving of th e ra pt urous encore wh i ch it received? At the conclusion of the opera she was called for two or three tim es — we f orget w hi ch—to be deluged with applause far exceeding common limits, and sug gested by equally uncommon ent h us i asm. Gardoni was the Limo, but was not in such good voice as usual. F. Lablache the Count. (From the Advertiser). On the 4th of May, 1847, Jenny Lind made her Milt before an English audience, with an éclat which it is needless now to record. Last night, the anniversary of that day, the same enchanting vocalist commenced her second season in London, with a brilliancy and amid an enthusiasm which taxes language somewhat severely to describe in an adequate manner. A densely-crowded house received the universal favourite with earnest and protracted plaudits, proving that the hold which the Swedish Nightingale took upon the fancy and admira tion of the public in this country, remains at least as powerful as ever. The exquisite silver tones, and fiute• like purity of the sweet, clear voice of Croelius's former pupil, excited once again the delight, the ccstacy of every listener. The ardour of the admiration thus aroused cannot well be pictured in narration. It re quires to be actually present at the scene to form a just notion of the marvellous qualities of the gifted prima donna, and of the character of the furore and rap ture which prevail among the auditors. Extreme, perhaps, as these testimonies of approbation and pleasure might be termed, the causes which last night elicited them were such as to render them not only natural, but also perfectly justifiable. She whom poor Mendels sohn styled the " best of artistes—the most genuine and noble," was then beheld with all the advantages of ex cellent health and spirits, and was then heard in truly exquisite voice. In appearance, this " beautif u l p o l ar star of th e l yr i ca l drama" hasdecidedly gained since last season. She is stouter, and seems to be in stronger health, than when previously before London audiences. In voice, which is, after all, far more important, she is also obviously improved—difficult as many may imagine that statement to be of belief. Such, however, is un doubtedly the fact. Her charming voice has become still more charming. It is more powerful, richer, and has also acquired extended compass. A few of her higher notes, which used to be somewhat harsh on the ear, have become softened in quality —the result of careful, per severing study and discipline. She has likewise gained clearness, fullness, and force in the upper notes. Who would now imagine that this is the organ of which Emanel Garcia, the well known Professor of the Conservatoire, said, a few years since, that it was " worn and rugged ;" or, that this was the cantarice whom that usually excellent judge believed could never rise above mediocrity. Jenny Lind and mediocrity ! That far-famed name could not well be associated with a less appropriate or less suitable term. Neverthe less, it should ever be remembered (remembered as an encouragement in persevering and arduous labour) that the triumphs which the great vocalist is enabled to achieve are owing, in a very great measure, to the most anwearied study, the most untiring exertions. It is cer tainly won d erful to think, while hearing her now " pearly fi eriture," that at one period the simplest cadence was a task of difficulty to her. Then, again, it is re corded that her notes, though pure and full, were with out elasticity, and failed altogether in the power of the crecendo. Truly enough she must have exercised her voice " with the patience of the sculptor shaping his marble." And what an exquisite creation of genius and most highly cultivated art has sprung from those noble and courageous efforts! Last night's performance was a distinguished and brilliant example of their results. It is unnecessary to enter into any minute notice of Jenny Lind's Amine. The character is one which peculiarly and most pleasingly suits her. The sweet music allotted to the part is heard to the greatest advantage and in ful lest beauty when interpreted with all her talents, taste, and charming finish. Last season, this was ever one of her most effective, most enchanting, most popular cha racters. Last night she seemed, however, even to sur pass all her former representations, as the fair heroine of Bellini's beautiful opera of La Sonnambula. The elegant and exquisite embellishments she introduced with such true and accomplished taste as well as art, were at once brilliant, elaborate, and distinct. The sur prising facility of her execution, the sweet, easy, fluent, and penetrating qualities of her organ ; its unerring correctness, its purity of tone ; and the delicate and singularly efficient shad ing imparted to the changing inflexions of the voice, obeying each heartfelt impulse —all tended (with the natvell and nature of her acting) to give to the performance the most delicious charms, and to excite a perfect enthusiasm in the breasts of her audience. At the end of the first act she was called forward twice and greeted with showers of bouquets. After the second, similar compliments were paid her; and at the conclusion of the opera, and after the curtain had fallen, there was an unanimous demand for the re petition of " 1! h, non guinge." It certainly was one of the most sparkling and brilliant gushes of enchanting and joyous melody which could be imagined. Gardoni had, subsequently, twice to re-appear with the heroine of the evening, who again received the heartiest plaudits and the most generous supplies of floral offer ings. Gardoni's Elvino is always an elegant and effec• tive performance; and he last night sang with even more than his wonted ability and taste. We were dis appointed, however, that he made so little of " Ah, perche." It was not rendered with su fficientcsre and finish. Made mo i se ll e V era was ver y good singing with m uc h sweetness an d e ff ect . I alto gether a very prom i s i ng representation. efficiency and F t was. i s Lisa, biae was the Count, and displayed his usual occasion was a spirit. The audience assembled peculiarly distinguished, as well a: arrived soon after the Majesty. Prince Albert, and partyt a the close of the first ann.cthroewded one. Her commencement of the opera. d repeated by the Queen." Those act calls were raised for " God save the calls were at once responded entire audience, and p c t .l i se;:d by the orchestra and company. The cu s rt e ts cheer ing, and her Majestycame firliZardmitdostthime c m e e n n tr se e o f her box, and graciously owledged the loyal and hearty e , ieei, which an so a cknowledged all parts of the house. The National Anthem was executed with earnestness and effect. Madlle. Vera and Gardoni singing two of the stanzas, and the bassi the other. The appearance of the theatre at this time was truly imposing; and the Queen seemed greatly pleased with the hearty and enthusiastic reception accorded to her. r scatters them upo n th e co ld an d unp i ty i ng ear th! B u t 1 this period of tribulation past, is not all repaid by that i wild, full-toned exclamation of delight, "Oh! gioja, oh gioja—lo ti ritrovo, Elvino!" The finale, " Ah! non giunge," is the real gushing over of a heart, to which the streams of life have been suddenly restored. Nothingeould surpass the enthusiasm with which this fascinating artiste was last night re ceived. The moment of her entrance in the third scene of the first act was anxiously expected by the audience ; and then there was a burst of cheering, accompanied by waving of handkerchiefs, which lasted for upwards of a minute. Th e opening notes fell like oil upon a trou bled, boiling ocean, and charmed a ll to silence. A burst of applause foll owe d t hi s first passage ; it was . one of mutual congratul a ti on : the throat o f t h e n i g hting a l e had lost none of its sweet and soothing power. Num berless as are the points worthy to be noted in Mdlle. Lind's dramatic conception of the part of Amina, they are only adjuncts to her splendid vocal performance. It is as .a singer, and not as an actress, that we are now to speak of her, and hero we find excellencies still more r , quarkable. We shall net at this time attempt to spe cialise every beauty which marks her performance, but shall confine ourselves to the most prominent character istics. Enough has been written long ere this to make the public acquainted with the peculiarities of her voice ; it is nothing new to say that it is a soprano slogan) of singular power and brilliancy, about the compass of two octaves and a half of good notes; the upper register being surprisingly clear, full, and equal. Flexibility is one of the most striking attributes of this wonderful organ. In two particular feats of vocal art, Mdlle. Lind has, perhaps, never been equalled. One of these is the facility with which she accomplishes what the French call (and we have no synonytne for the expression) filer k son, that is, holding a note for an unusual length of time, increasing and diminishing its volume of tone at will, until at last she brings it to such an intense pianissimo that, as Sheridan Knowles has poetically written— The other feat i n w hi ch the Swedish " Nothing li ves ' tw i xt it and s il en ce." Nightingale so wonderfully exc e l s i s t h e sotto voce, w hi c h she has so completely at cont ro l t h at i n the softest pianissimo she commands as much var i ety and intens ity of expression as in the passages o f mezzo voce, or those of energy and Mdlle. fioriture. These and many other o f Lind's vocal peculiarities are frequently called into play in the music of Amine., and perhaps they were never more happily exemplified than in last n ight's performance. But to mention some of the great features. The cavatina, " Come per me sereno," in which Amine gives vent to the happiness she derives from the influence of external nature, is a fair example of real cantabile singing. Al theugh ornamented, it is ornamented with such grace that the composer of the air could not but have felt gratified to have heard his melody so ingeniously and happily embroidered ; the cadenza, beginning with a trillo, deliciously in tune, which joins the first and second couplets, is both new and elegant. Almost every phrase of this charming cavatina was followed by suppressed bursts of delight, which at the end exploded in a com plete tumult of applause. In the plaintive duet, " Sovra it sen la man," the theme of which was given with ex quisite tenderness, Mdlle. Lind prefaced the repoise of the burthen w ith another cadenza peculiarly original in form, and executed with extreme finish. In this duet a good opportunity was afforded for the sotto voce singing we have elsewhere parti cularized. Th e d ue t at the end of th e fi rst act (or rathe r first scene, for the cu r t a i n on l y falls to give the Amina time to change her costume) we par ticularly admired the soft expressions with w hi c h t h e graceful ensemble, " Mai pia dubbi," was given, to which, by the way, Gardoni lent valuable and sympathetic as sistance. flore the cadenza re-introducing the theme was as remark-able for its elaboration as for the perfect case and finish with which it was executed. The morccau at the end, without accompaniments, " Pur nel sonno," which is of itself nothing, was rendered singularly ex pressive by the charm of Mdlle. Lind's voice, and t h e exquisite simpli c ity o f m anner with which she delivered it. The curtain fell amidst the loudest acclamations, and Mdlle. Lind was compelled to appear twice before the foot-lights to be again and again applauded. In the first grand finale there was no particular vocal point to remark, except the well known " D'ume accento," in the morceau d'eusemble where Amine protests her innocence to Elvino. This was a fine display of passionate tenderness; and the wonder was how Elvino could have been cold enough to remain sceptical to such an irresistible and impetuous an appeal. At the fall of the curtain Mdlle. Lind was again compelled to come forward, and was greeted with a shower of bouquets. But the triumph remains to be told. The last scene is also the greatest; and it would be difficult indeed to ima gine anything more impressive and beautiful. From the instant that Amine descends from the window of the mill to the last burst of exultation, when she finds her innocence acknowledged and her lover once more at her feet, Madlle. Lind's singing was a succession of beauties. It suffices to mention, en passant, the tenderness with which she whispered the words, " Rea non son io," the pathos that accompanied her prayer for Elvino's happiness, " Felice ei sia," and the touching plaintive ness with which she uttered the lament for the withered flower, " Tibacio ancor, ma, inaridito sei!" But the largo in the minor key, " Ah non credea mirarti," we could willingly dwell upon did space and the late hour at which we write permit: it was the perfection of expressaive vocalization, involving a purity of intonation, a roundnes.s and elegance of phrasing, and a power of sustaining the breath impossible to surpass; the long shake, pianissimo, preceding the final cadenza, quite enraptured the audience, who were enthusiastic in their demonstrations of satisfaction. But still more brilliant was the celebrated cabaletta. " Ah non giunge," in the execution of which Mdile. Lind lavished her vocal accomplishments with a liberality and independence that was only surpassed by the unerring surety with which she accomplished every thing she attempted. The thema, with slight modifica tions, was delivered according to Bellini's text; but in the cadenza the gifted artist revelled in the indulgence of her vocal facility, introducing an arpeggio which ran through the entire register of her voice, reaching to C in alt with amazing power. In spite of the singer's exertions, the audience would have no denial, but in sisted upon a repeat of the cabaletta, with which unrea sonable request Mdlle. Lind gracefully complied, dis playing little or no signs of fatigue. The curtain de scended amidst th e l ou d est acclamations, and again the heroine of the e ven i ng was twice brought before the footlights. We c an only passingly notice with praise the performance of G ardoni as Elvino, in which he exhibited the vocal grace and artistic skill fur which he has been so oft en l au d ed. F. Lablache was pains taking and effective as Rudolpho. (From the Post.) From two concurring circumstances, this theatre pre sented last night one of the most striking spectacles we ever witnessed, At five o'clock there were already vo• taries of Jenny Lind posted at the pit and gallery doors; later, the crowd stretched across the street; while the spectators covered the Pavement for a long distance , up wards and downward s . W hen the doors opene d the rush was eager bey on d expression • but new precautions had been taken, both on the gallery stairs as well as at the pit entrance, to prevent the consequences of pres sure. The pit and gallery were filled at once to an overflow, and long before the er f orm ance began, the stalls were filled, an d the major part of the boxes tenanted by a crowd, amongst whom we observed the highest personage s o f t h e land—the display o f rank and fashion, as the li st of company w ill testify, being greater even than on occasions of visits of state. Her Majesty the Queen Duwa ge r arrived before the ap pointed hour, and exactly at eight o'clock her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent appeared in their box. At the sight of the Queen there arose a shout of welcome that seemed to shak e t h e very roof of t h e b u ildi ng ; it partook in no deg ree o f the character o f or di nary plaudits; it bespoke, in a pe cu li ar manner , intensity and depth of feeling. The p er f ormance i mme di a t e ly com menced. On the appearance of J en ny Lind a far more familiar scene arose. Sh e was received with app l ause, waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and short compli ments of welcome from every part of the house, which at one moment appeared as if they never would end. We had foreseen yesterday, and announced the astonishment which would be experienced by all competent to appre• ciate vocal art. Jenny Lind was found at once last night superior to herself last ;year. At first the auditors s, and the marvelled at the increase of volume of her voice; the quality of tone at the same time being such that, how. ever poor the comparison, we can only compare it to the sound elicited from musical glasses, but . the vibra tion dwelling on the ear long afterwards, w.ith.a peculiar penetrating power of extraordinary fascination. The next circumstance that struck the audience with amaze ment capable h of being we have . heard before; not singer --n ow lt m or iu e i n di i t , was wt r t o‘ h ld, e hu character t h o teh f yi t s h e marvelloussustecl n e s t !, n prolonged at will for any given time, .wit out effort of iteration—the sound pure and . argentine, beyond every instrument and every other voice. The embellishments of f h e fascination of the singer l ike heard, in passing inspiration. introduced resembled nothing only so bright and playful, but so involved and chro• matic, and at the same time . s? germane , to the m us i cal subject and the dramatic position, whilst in appearance The n ho a u tu s r e a a l, p a p n ea d r t e h d e w o r ff a s p p p r e in d g i s n applause more ech e . went than any we have ever witnessed., Mdlle. Lind at —at an ooneth another moment mom e :to breakingsilent t u h e a v t ien n rt ot ev whisper vr a lftonremssaendc e t, kweas we Mademoiselle Lind had to support th e was called forward twice after the first act, and t w i ce recalled at the last, the whole house joining in shouts onlyan y theatre. to ad d and cheers as well as plaudits. The scene was beyond description striking. We have that A whole burden of imparting amusement to the a u _ dience, every other singer labouring under influenza Gardoni was still so ill, .that it became necessary tO suppress the most beautiful morceaux o f -- his part As regard regards Mademoiselle Vera, who with great . good taste under-. took, in order to gratify the public, a part very inferior to her talent, as well as Frederick L . a.blache, managedhowever, t o ge t over their portion of the evening's per formance with great credit to themselves. What we have reported did not, however, constitute the greatest enjoyment of the night. .After the second act there w an outburst of loyalty of such intensity as to f orm a p as nunciamento of the most gratifying description. -11;;:"(' distingui s h e d company that filled the pit, t h e stalls, and th e b oxes , as well as the clo se - pressed crowd in : the g a ll er y, a ll j o i ne d in the loudest calls imaginable for the National Anthem, accompanied by th e warmest and the most varied expressions of respectful loyalty, directed to the royal box. The scene when the whole house rose was brilliant beyond description. in the cour se of thee anthem every allusion was seized with eagerness, loudly commented upon, and still more loudly cheered I n - word, we have only to repeat . that a more gra.tif. a spectacle than that of last . night we never beheld, and u never hope to behold again, as it is very improbable 'Nvo circumstances of such peculiar excitement Should tWUCUI'. (From the Herald.) The re-appearauce of Jenny Lind last night was tho COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace a Chapter of the Order of the Garter, which was the fullest that has been held for a number of years. The Knights Companions of this most noble order were robed by Mr. Hunter and Mr. Ede, in their rich mantles of purple velvet, with crimson velvet hoods, and also wore the splendid collars of the order. By command of the Queen the Knights were called over by Garter, when there appeared—his Royal high. ness Prince Albert, the Duke of Wellington, the Mar quis of Anglesey, the Marquis of Exeter, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Duke of Beau. fort, Duke of Cleveland, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of .Abercorn, Earl de Grey, Earl Talbot, Marquis Cam den, Marquis of Hertford, and the Duke of Bedford. The officers of the order present were, the Prelate, the Bishop of Winchester; the Chancellor, the Bishop of Oxford; the Registrar, the Dean of Windsor; Garter Principal King of Arms, Sir Charles Young; and the Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart. The Knights Companions and officers entered the pre sence of the Sovereign in the Throne or Chapter-room. The Sovereign, and Knights Companions, having taken their seats, the Chancellor signified to the Chapter her Majesty's Royal will and pleasure, that the vacant stall in the Royal Chapel of St. George, at Windsor, he tilled; and as by the statutes none but a Knight can be elected, the Most Noble Henry Charles, Duke of Nor folk, was introduced by Garter and Black Rod. The sword of state, borne by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher, having been presented to the Queen by the Lord Chamberlain, her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour upon the Noble Duke therewith, his Grace rising kissed the Sovereign's hand and retired. The Knights Companions proceeded to the election, and the suffrages haring been collected by the Chan cellor, were by him presented to her Majesty, who commanded him to declare that the Most Noble Henry Charles, Duke of Norfolk, had been duly elected a Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter. By the Sovereign's command, his Grace was received at the door of the Chapter room by the Marquis of Hertford and the Duke of Bedford, the two Junior Knights Companions present, and was conducted between them to her Majesty, preceded by Garter (bearing the Ensigns of the Order upon a crimson velvet cushion), Pringcaert Alberterher Majesty, nd he and by t h e Black Rod. The Duke of Nor f o lk k ne l t t assisted ek e e f b t n h e e ar the So vere i gn, and Garter on his knees prese nting Senior Knights Gra ce ', ieCompanions present, buckled it on his ad monitio n . y W h i e s l n o g y t a o l n the Highness two leg, the Chancellor pronouncing the usual Garter pr Geor presented in lik e manner the Riband an d ge , and her Majestyh assisted a s b e f ore , p u t the same over th e N oble pronounci ng the ad left sho u ld er , t h e Ch ance ll or The Duke again monition. kissed her Majesty's hand, and after- Companions. His Grtratulations of each of the Knights The Chapter being eethen retired. command, again called o ve r' Garter, by her Majesty's who with the officers of the the Knights Co • mpanions, order r sence of the Sovereign with the usual a e tired from the pre- The Queen wore the Mantle reverence. Collar of the Order. and Hood, and a l so the The Court was attended by the Mistress the Duchess of Norfolk and the Marchioness of the Robes; Ladies in Waiting; the Lord Steward, thrt of Douro, herlain, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard; Lordr Chem- Lord in Waiting, and Viscount Clifden, Lord in lA l73 iii ren e! to Prince Albert; the Treasurer of :the Household,tie— Vice-Chamberlain, Sir George P. Lee, Lieutenant of the the Yeoman Guard; Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in e Waiting; Colonel Williams, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Field Officer in Bri ga de Waiting; the Groom of the Robes; Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting; Captain Hon. Alexander Gordon, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Al bert, and Messrs. Gordon and Crofton, Pages of Honour in Waiting. The Yeoman Guard were on duty in the Grand Hall and Staircase, and the Queen's Guard of the Foot Guards, with the baud of, their regiment, was statiened on the Palace lawn. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, and attended by Lady Caroline Cocks, took an airing yesterday in a carriage and four. Colonel the Hen. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was on horseback, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, Capt. the Hon. A. H Gordon. The Royal Children took their usual airings yester day. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lord Byron, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain the Hon. Alexander Gor don, honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. The Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Augusta Bruce), and the Duke and Duchess Bernhard of Saxe Weimar, also honoured the performance with their presence. The Queen Dowager, the Duchess Ida, and the two Princesses of Saxe Weimar, visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Rent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Majesty and her illustrious relatives also took an airing yesterday, in an open carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester• House. The Hon. and Rev. H. Montagu Villiers and the Rev. J. Endell Tyler had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office, on presenting a loyal address to her Majesty from the special constables and other inhabitants of St. Giles-in-the -Fields and St. George's, Bloomsbury. A deputation on the Health of -Towns, consisting of Sir Thomas Birch, Barr,, M.P.; Mr. Cardwell, M.P.; Mr. Law, the Town Clerk, Liverpool ; and Messrs. Newlands and Duffield, of Liverpool, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. A deputation consisting of the Lord Mayor, Mr. John Wood, and the City Remembrancer, had an in terview yesterday with Lord John Russell,l who was ac companied by the Earl of Auckland and Viscount Morpeth. Etirl Talbot and the Earl of Harrowby had inter views yesterday with Sir George Grey. Mr. Muntz, M.P., and Mr. Scholefield, and the Mayor of Birmingham, accompanied by a deputation, consisting of Aldermen Martineau and Phillips, Councillor Walker, and the Town Clerk, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Morpeth, respecting the Health of Towns. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. Mr. Freshfield had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell, at his official residence in Downing street. Dispatches wore received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the North American Colonies. A deputation from St. John's, Southwark, consisting of the Rev. Junes Ralph, Mr. Ledger, Mr. Landell, Mr. Nash, Mr. Edward Whitby, Mr. Robert Slee, Mr. Henry Tayler, and Mr. Weir, had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Mr. Spooner, M.P., Mr. Scholefield, M.P., Mr. C. Newdegate, M.P., Mr. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Frederick J. Welch, High Bailiff of Birmingham; Messrs. David falins, James James, Thomas Lane, William James, Frederick 'Welch, jun., and George Whateley, a depu tation from the Commissioners of the Birmingham Street Act, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Mor peth, on the subject of the Public Health Bill. VAUXHALL-BRIDGE COMPANY. Yesterday the annual general meeting of this company was held at the George and Vulture, Cornhill ; Mr. Parnell in the chair. There was an unusually nume rous attendance of proprietors, owing to the differences existing between the company and the Citizen and Iron Steam-boat Companies, arising out of the pier -dues exacted by the former, and which had led to a discon tinuance of the traffic. ( The SECRETARY read the report, by which it appeared that the tolls received during the last six months amounted to 4,8661.55. 6d. ' whilst th e sum received in the correspondin g period of the previous year was 5,8931. 9s. 3d., being a decrease of 1,007/. 3s. 9d. The greater part of this decrease was to be accounted for by reference to last year's accounts, from which it appeared that Westminster -bridge was closed against carriages during a considerable part of six months of 1846, thus materially benefiting the Vauxhall-bridge. The re ceipts on account of the steam-boat pier in the last six months were 2781, 10s. 6d., and the expenditure 781. 3s. 2d., showing a profit of 2001. 6s. 10d. The com mittee regretted to state that from the 7th of February last the Citizen and Jron Steam-boat Companies had . thought fit to discontinue calling at the bridge pier, and from that period until the present it had been wholly unproductive. That from the opening of the pier r ent October 31, 1846, it yielded a profit of 11i per On its cost, and from that time to the 31st October, wentol,lB47. s _ea_ to ! the profit was 34 per cent. The report then of ° explain the reason of this discontinuance ° ° _h an a t t _T . boat traffic, and stated that in consequence L oom. P o L a l t cation to the committee from the (.:.! Company in December, 1846, they 4 ha to 3s. 6d. p!r 100 from the Ist of June, 1847, from February. following a had reduced the dues passengers; and on the 2d 0f 3,.. _,.. 35., on the further reduction was made if the steamboat '" boat companies distinct understanding that i treportion. This continued advanced their fares at any le, the Bridge Company should advance their dues in I p 4B, 8 when the Iron Steam until the 7th •of February, y_,_ and t r Citizen Company united their boat Company d raised the i n t eres t s , an fares from 2d. to 3d. Und er t h es e circumstances t h e committee endeavour e d to advance the interests of the proprietors, and gave n o ti ce of their intentio n to raise the dues to 4s. Oa th e I st of F e bruary the committee were informed by l etter from t h e secretary of the Citizen Steam-boat C ompany, that consentpay more th an 25., a to nd they would not at the same time intimated that if this proposition was not acceded to, the boats of both companies would discontinue calling at the pier. The committee, on re consideration, resolved that the rate of 3s. should be continued in order that the matter might be fully can vassed and considered, when on the Bth of February the boats were altogether withdrawn, after only three days' notice. The committ ee then advertised; but the only proposals they received for landing passengers were from the Citizen Company, and from a Bathing Company, but the latter was made under such circum stances that it could not be entertained. The committee having thus failed in obtaining more than 2s. finally assented to the proposition. The remainder of the re port referred to a claim of 901. made against the com pany by the new commission of sewers, and also to a claim for land-tax, both of which were quite new to them ; and concluded by declaring a dividend of lbs. per share. A long and somewhat stormy discussion ensued rela tive to the production of the correspondence between the directors and other companies, and also the terms of the agreement, which it was admitted had been reduced to writing. Mr. CDALMERS and Mr. FSARON contended for the production of the written agreement ; but it was op posed by the Chairman, who considered it a mere waits of time going into a discussion of this point. After a good deal of discussion the report was received and adopted. It was next agreed that the directors should make the best amicable arrangement they could regarding the sewers-rate and land-tax without going to law, although Sir Fitzroy Kelly's opinion was in decided opposition to the legality of the impost. Mr. Prendergrast, the Rev. Mr. Hill, and Mr. Parnell where then re-elected directors, Mr. Fearon having de clined to be put in nomination, although notice had been given by Mr. Box of his i ntent i on to do so. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES. THE Cur.—We subjoin a few particulars of this race, which time would not permit us to forward in our last parcel. In cantering up the course, preparatory to the start, Lady Hylda broke away with her jockey, and ran once round and to the back of the course in the second, before she was stopped; this effectually disposed of her chance of winning. The start was very creditable to Mr. Topham, the ranks being well kept, and all getting off on fair terms. Sharston took the lead at a good pace, followed by Blackball, Gamester, Magnet, Rufus, and a bevy of light weights, amongst whom we notieed Blaze and Keleshe, War Eagle, and Peep o'Day Boy, lying in the centre. Such was the order, or nearly so, to the Ship-yard turn in the second round; Keleshe, Blaze, Patriot, and Bantam then showed in advance, following Sharston to the T.Y.C. post, where he was beaten, and Keleshe and Blaze went ahead, and with Bantam and Mrs. Taft laid up, carried the running on to the Bridge Turn; here War Eagle went in front, followed by Bantam, Mrs. Taft, and Montpensier, Feep o'Day Boy lying close up on tho inside; Bantam and Mrs. Taft were beaten at the Castle Pole; and Peep O'Day Boy went up to War Eagle, from whom he took the lead half way up the distance, and ran home an easy winner by a length. Montpensier finished a good third, beating Mrs. Taft by a length, Inheritress fifth, and Glen Saddel sixth. Run in 4 min. 12 secs. lonia and Intrepid broke down. THURSDAY'S RACES. The Dee Stand Cup of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each. Once round, and a distance.. (8 Subs.) Mr. Bolt's Collingwood, 5 yrs, Sat 121 b ... (Nat) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Spaniard, 3 yrs, 6st ... ..• 2 Mr. E. Parr's North Star, 3 yrs, sst 91b 3 5 to 4 agst Collingwood, and 6 to 4 agst Spaniard. Won b y 6 es. y i ha s l e fa length. North Star a bad third. Run in V 2 m The Marquis of Westminster's Plate of 100 son., added to a Handicap h e u a m ch, pa l i. 10 ft. Grosvenor Course. Lord Caledon's Wanota, 4 yrs, 7 st 41 b (Cro uch ) 1 (l 9 su o b f s. , 20 10 5° of s. whom Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 6 yrs , B st 71 b ... 2 v Mr. Irwin's Patriot, aged, Bst 21b ... 3 Mr. Barker's Chemisette, 5 yrs, Gat 61b ... 4 7 to 4 on Lady Wildair, 2 to I agst Patriot, and 7 to 2 agst W anota . W on by a bead, Patriot a bad third. Run in 2 m i n . 18 secs . The Dee Stakes of 25 sous. each, and 200 added; for a L n o d r d m C r. a 1 e m d e o i n k s a s y D lock a r in . gtonthree y rs o ld s. D er b y we i g h ts . G rosvenor Course. (27 Subs.) A Mr. B. G reen ' s Flatcatcher ..• --• (Nat) 1 a F t t a z tc . C h e h r a . r 1 e ••• ..• ••• ,•• 2 The foll ow i ng a. Dawson's lso started : —Mr. Pedley's Tuscan-- Mr. y L k c o rkd madeE g l i nst strong n s gDr running n Witt, 3 to 1 on F all the way, Flateatcherseeend, but lyi ng off some lengths, t o h a l f distance; hethen drew to hi s h orses , got up i n th e l ast stride , and won the p ost b y a s h ort head, De Witt a b ad third. Run in 2 min. 16 secs. After the race Shylock was backed f or t h e D er b y at The Cheshire Welter Cup of 100 soya., by Subs f SOTS. each, 10 ft, &c. Twi ce round and ad 20 g. (20 Subs., 4 of whom declared.) Mr. Hargreave's No-go, lOst 81b ... (Mr. Beville) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, aged, list 21b 2 Mr. Irwin's Connaught R anger , 6 yrs, 10st 121 b ... 3 Shelforth, lOst 61b—V a li an t, 6 yrs, lOst Slb, and Grimston, 11st 121 b, also ran. Won easily. The Selling Stakes of 5 sou. each, and 20 added. Heats, once round and a distance. (7 Sub) Mr. Merry's Abigail, 4 yrs ..• (Prince) 1 0 1 Mr. Joh ns t one ' s S pectator, aged ... ... 3 1 2 Mr. Dawson's Johnny, 3 yrs ... ..• ••• 00 3 Mr. Stagg's Minuet, 5 yrs ... ..• ••• 20 4 Mr. Drinkald's lapis, 3 yrs ••• 0 2 dr Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, aged ... 03 dr The first two heats were won by half a length, and the third by a head. BETTING UP TO NINE O'CLOCK. DERBY. 6to 1 agst Glendower 18 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume 9to 1 agst Springy Jack 30 to 1 agst Nil Desperan -10 to 1 agst Swiss Boy dum—taken 10 to 1 agst Loadstone 30 to 1 agst The Stinger 14 to 1 agst Surplice 33 to 1 agst Sponge 17 to 1 agst Shylock 40 to 1 agst Sheriff IS to 1 agst Besborough Lord Caledoa has sold Shylock to Mr. Green for 3,000 guineas. The settling this morning was only partial, several parties, two or three Kith heavy accounts, having ar ranged to pay and receive in town; it is too early, there fore, to say whether it will be good or bad. Lord Howth and two or three gentlemen connected with the Dane. bury stable are large winners; the round betters, gene rally have the balances on the wrong side. The weather zontinues remarkably fine, but blister. ingly hot, offering an agreeable and extraordinary con trast to the wintry temperature of the recent Spring Meetings. The attendance this afternoon was numerous, and the racing full of interest. -- PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT SPRING MEETING.—WEDNESDAT. The Lyncham Stakes of 5 sons. each, once round and • distance, were won easily in two heats by Captain Croftor's The Baronet 12st slb (Mr. Newcombe), beating Bour ton, 13st 81b, and Bohemian, 12st. The Handicap 60/, once round, was won in two well contested heats by Mr. Scobell's Tim Whiffler, 9st 131 b (Kingsland), beating Passionate, Bst 61b, and Headley, 7st 121 b. The Hurdle race was won in three heats by Mr. Foster's Queen of the Chase, 10st, beating Brunette, 11st 31b, Tavistock, 1 Ist 10Ib, and three others. The wiener is objected to and the stake withheld. WEST INDIA MAIL. ----- SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. —The Forth steam ship of the Royal Mail Company, Captain Sturdee, was announced at half-past one this morning by the dis charge of the usual guns. She has had a fair passage home, and brings a considerable freight, and a large number of passengers. She brings dates from Jamaica to the 7th ult.; but there is no news of importance. The papers which have come to hand are full of com plaints as usual of the distressed state of the island. The information of the French Revolution was received at Jamaica by the Company's steamer Severn, but it ap pears to have made but little impression upon the inha bitants, who appear to be too much concerned about their own lamentable condition to be alive to what is passing in other countries. Considerable dullness and depression prevailed in all the islands ; but in Jamaica, in particular, matters were anything but satisfactory. Commodore Bennett had arrived, and had hoisted his pendant on board the flag-ship Imaum. FREIGUT.—DoIIars from Pacific, Stc., 335,694, on account of merchants ; gold dust, 5,075 oas. ; British coin, 958/. ; serons of sarsaparilla, 62 ; pearls, 2 boxes, 950. ; emeralds, 8,000/. ; tierces of coffee, 78 ; barrels yams. odiftdtoit,t2l Isom;allpackages ; 7 barrels of arrow-root , 50 tins ; tortoiseshell, i case ; NEWS PROM THE ISLANDS.—Onl eav ing San Juan de Nicaragua, on the - under the government r Larne left La Guayra When the company's sch h o e o r ne "6th of March, everything was quiet on the 7th of April, no further everything remaining quiet of his K sci outbreak uitisri had taken place and peaceable and 26th ult., the island of Fayal Between the 18th tllsinbgut down.noth nothing had experienced sever since the 24th a o t f e J ar an a u cc s aa r l y s. ; nyera shocks of earthquake, Toreno, from Santa Martha, Marseilles, was wrecked on Morant Keys (east t s h o e m i e n w ha a b ll i s ta f n a b w o h uT i which de tconsiderablyo French b excepth of March, in the morning. wood and hides, saved, as well consisted o ends eri o o tt r s Jamaica), had m occurred :d k a t l h a fe n n ed t The cargo, a arque as captain and crew. . . _ RAILWAY ,HARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 4. STOCN EXCHANGE.—There is an active and spirited de mand for shares; L ondo n, Midland, and D over are in very stron g head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 6 ' di,—Ditto (late C. and B.), 12 1—Eastern Counties, 14 —Great Northern, 9% dis.—Great Western, 171. Shares, dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 31' 4 dis.—Lond on and N orth-Western, 1314,—Ditto, Fifths, 6 p.- Ditto, 401. Shares, 9% p.—Ditto, New Quar ters, 21. Bs. 9d. P.—Manchester, She ffi eld. and Lincolnshire, Quarters, N o . 1, 23,4 dis.—Midland Stock, 102 .42—Ditte. New liaises, 5 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2% dia.—Shrews bury, Oswestry, and Chester, 7 3 / 4 die.—Ditto, 101. Preferauus, 2% p. — South-Eastern and Dover, 24 3 / 4 c.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 23i dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and B.), 29 1 4—Ditto (N. and B.) Extension, No. 2, 1 p. -Ditto, G. N. E. Purchase - _rcL ae , 7 4, p. MANCHESTER, MAY 4. STOCK E.xcHAmaft.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 2 15-16 dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 6% die.—East Lancashire, New, 7 dis.— Ditto, Quarters, 4% Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 3 15-16 dis.—London and North-Western (Had. and Man. Railway and Canal), 6 dis. ex int.-slanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1 ,4 p.—Ditto (Grimsby), 501. Shares, 21 dis.—Ditto, ditto, 121. 10s. Shares, 4 1 / ‘ dis.—North British, Thirds, o,', die.— North Staffordshire, 2% dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 244 1 —Ditto, Na. 4. 3 dis. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—We are glad to see that the scientific department of this institution is likely to be conducted with its wonted vigour, and that the taste of the public for popular scientific lectures has not one whit abated. The lectures of Doctor Ryan and Professor Bachhoffner on chemistry and galvanism are daily attended by crowded audiences. Doctor Ryan lectures on the chemistry of domestic life are still going on; the subject this week will be the connexion between chemical science and the arts and manufacturea—such as bleaching, dying, calico-printing, glass-tnakiag, &c.