The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-13 00:00:00

FRANCE. The ilfoniteur has the following relative to the new copper coinage :—" The Bill which is now before the Legislative Body opens a credit to the Minister of Finance of 7,560,000 f. for all the expenses attendant on the calling in of the old copper coinage, and the coinage of that which is to replace it. Persons who may read the Bill without the preamble may con sider this operation as onerous to the Treasury, but such is not the case ; the Bill, as it was presented by the Government to the Council of State, contained no demand for a credit. The combination proposed withdraws from circulation 10i millions of kilo grammes of copper. The coins which will be struck off instead of them will only employ five millions of kilogrammes of metal, and will only cost with the expenses of coining, the above-mentioned sum of 7,560,000 f., and that expense will be more than ha made up by the sale of the 5i millions of kilo grammes of copper which will remain at the disposal of the State. The receipts will therefore at least cover the expenses. If the Council of State, while adopting the Bill of the Government, has modified its wording, it is in order to conform to the rigid rules necessary in the accounts which compel the expenses and the receipts to be entered separately. It is only a measure of order. It is therefore evi dent that the substitution of a convenient and better struck coin for the rough and heavy ones which disgrace our monetary system will in no way affect the budget." By the Senetus-Consultum, which allows the Prince President twelve millions a year, and the national palaces, that of Compiegne, Stc., with their dependen cies, the right of hunting and shooting in various forests is reserved to him. We understand that the forest administration has ordered about two hundred workmen to clear the rides in the forest of Compildgne. It is said that Louis Napoleon is to pay a visit to Compiegne in the month of May. The large equestrian statue of the Emperor Napo. leon, modelled by M. de Neuwerkerke for the city of Lyons, is to be cast in bronze at one operation, by MM. Eck and Durand, next week. The pedestal of this statue is for the present placed in the courtyard of the Invalides. As the President of the Republic was the other day returning to the Elpee, a very old woman loudly expressed her wishes for his prosperity, and at the same time threw a small garland into his carriage. The Prince handed a piece of gold to a man who was within reach, saying, " It is for the good woman who threw ma the garland." The man to whom the money had been given refused to give it up, saying that it was meant for himself. Some persons present remonstrated with him, he assaulted them, and it was necessary to call the guard, by whom he was taken before the Commissary of Police, and afterwards to the Prefecture. For some time past it has been contemplated to erect an equestrian statue of the Emperor in some open part of the Champs Elys6e, and the magnificent and unrivalled avenue that stretches away from the Place de la Concorde to the superb arch of triumph of the Barriere de I'Etoile, is to be adorned on both sides with statues of the great men of the past—from the times of Charlemagne to him who vainly wished to restore the era of universal dominion—from the 9th century to the 19th. It is doubtful, however, whether the contemplated project of crowning the arch with a triumphal chariot, similar to that of the Place Carrousel, will be carried into effect. In addition to the chariot it had been proposed to adorn the four angles of the summit with allegorical statues in marble. It has, however, been found that the tuonument,masiive as it is, would scarcely suffice to support such a weight. It was, however, part of the original plan that it should be surmounted by a group in bronze, representing France its an antique car, surrounded by the genii of the nation. But then the arch was raised higher than intended; and this was objected, when is 1835 it was proposed to place a gigantic eagle on the top, with outspread wings. All these colossal statues and enormous cars may endanger the safety of the magnificent monument. The erection of a new theatre, to be called Theatre Napoleon, capable of containing 6,000 persons, is also spoken of. The Place Carrousel will probably before long assume a more imperial title—La Place Napoleon. A fete is proposed to be given by the army on the occasion of the Grand Review fur the distribution of the eagles, and for which each officer will contribute two days pay—all the more readily, no doubt, as numerous promotions are ex pected to take place on the same occasion. 2HE CHEPSTOW RAILWAY BRIDGE. CIaErSTOW, SATURDAY.—Since the floating of the great tube forming part of this important structure over the Wye, the second process of raising has been successfully carried on. This second movement is one not less important, and of more interest to the spectator than the first. The tube having been floated, as previously described, to a point a few feet above high water mark, between the piers ultimately in tended to support it, bAg, by means of powerful " crabs," to he raised to a level with the line of rail way, about 50 feet above its fits; position. For this purpose three sets of chain-iiftieg tackle, of immense power and strength, were put in operation. Each end of the tube is lifted in its turn, and the one end has now been raised by this tackle to its second eleva tion in the rock, on a level with the railway. The other end still rests on its stege, a short distance above high water, so that at present the tube rests at an angle of about 45 degrees. The other end will be raised in the course of next week. Ordinary troves and steamers can pass underneath it by keeping close to the east cliff. When it is raised to its final destination, a pugway will be suspended from it, upon which the workeeen will proceed to construct the railway, or rather to fix the girders. These! girders, which are ready in the company's yard below, will be raised in three parts, viz., one girder of 120 feet the middle one) end two ends of 85 feet each. When the centre girder is brought up, the massive chains from the tube will be brought down and at tached, and the two ends will also be attached to chains from the tube in like manner. The roadway and materials for the vernaanent way will then be brow ht and put together, an d one line will be com- Pl"te- The present calculation is t hat this o p ening may be efficted in sie weeks :or two months, if no unforeseen accident occurs. This will be a most im portant trffie a cti rnm nsuatiun, as the mineral an d merchan dise at present excluded from the railway on acceunt of thi s gap, will then be introduced 'The opening of one line of rails will suffice for this, and when this has been accomplished the 'additional piers ou the western low ( e thE' the up-line o f constructed river for the reception of --nowspart rails vlqil second tube meted, and the below—will be raiseol.- male and ne l a ying in the yard bridge may be completed It ho ' — or , e the end of the year, that the whole and that in two months from this time the bridge will be opened for one set of rail.. ROMANTIC LOVE (From the Lill e J ° Y. The young Mr..W--ancl the yo Jo urnal y ll e i s s t s a G bl — ish — ed both belonging to English families, newly only in this town, loved each other for some newtilme, and th e i r p a rents, extensive manufacture rs , not approved of the attachment, but were ready to consent to 4 q mar riage. All at once, for motives which we do not inqui re into, W— found that his future father-in-la t rea tment of him became quite changed, and that that he put forward a multitude of pretexts for post poning the wedding t o the Greek Calen ds. Irritated at these obstacles, the young people resolved t o surmount them. Mr. W left for England, where it appears people can get married more easily than in France, and made the necessary publications and preparations for a nuptual cere mony. Oa his re:urn be made an attempt to soften the lady's father, but having failed in it, he arranged with her to fly with him. In a short time they were at Calais. They arrived at midnight, and obtained a permission to embark from the Special Com missary of Police by representing themselves to be husband and wife. At two o'clock they arrived at Dover, at seven o'clock they were married by an accommodating clergy man, and at nine o'clock they re-embarked for France. At Calais they had again to present themselves at the passport-office. They found the commissary much less polite than on the preceding night. 'Ah ! it is you, sir,' said he. I have learned that you deceived me last night in stating that this young lady was your wife, whereas she is only Miss G—. I have orders to take her under my protection, and to arrest you on the charge of having carried off a minor.' The new husband, by way of reply, pulled out his marriage certificate, and said—' Look, sir—this will prove that I am not a d ece iver!' The certificate was perfectly regular, and w as signed by tem French Consul at Dover, and all the competent authorities. The com missary, seeing that be was iu error, set the young coupl e at liberty. It Would appear that t he history should end here; but a l aa no • the newly wedded pair were not ar i the end of their troubles. Mr. G— and s soil on to the arrived at a fter having give n informa d aughter. lice by telegraph of t he elo p ement of his had go„ t: having bean told that the young couple and t,,,,tha the rail railway station they hastened there, room, her hu4,,,',! ti nghter alone iu the refreshment gsge. Mr. havin g gone to see after the lug damhter get int o greatly irritated, made his towArds St. Pierre le z arrived, sine! learned th a t CLZ% " drove off with her J d ust after the husban d ' off. lie hastened to St. pi er , had been carrie be took the railwa y to Lille "uiric. one was there d ; there ; and then , his heart fail beide was not M. Gazelle, visited in succession Dunkirk, R az despair, he the towns on the coast, but in Vain e 'rianek, and all thatil! returnod to Lille, anfl waited on length ho G enera l o f po lice.. He proved to him ilsPeetor married, and that consequently his Na m bei 7 o ,a duly him in spite of all the fathers in th e wori nited. to occordingly demanded and obtained su ord er from the Inspector-General, to all commissaires or agents of the police, 'and to assist him in finding out the place in which his wife was secreted. But where had the inflexible father-in-law carried his daughter ? Mr. W- knew not, and was about to leave at hazard to seek after her, when an anonymous letter was brought to him stating that the young lady had been brought to Lille by her father and brother, and that the three were about to leave the station at Fives. To Fives Mr. W--- immediately hastened, accompanied by some police agents. Presently, Mr. G--, Mr. G-, junior, and the young lady arrived. Mr. W- took possession of his wife, and she threw her arms round his neck. The father and the son swore many Goddems, but Mr. W- carried off his wife in triumph. Since then we hear that Mr. G-, convinced of the reality of the rights of Mr. W- to the person of his daughter, has resolved not to resist the fait accompli, and has even promised to be the godfather of his first grandson." CONCENTRATED SEA WATER. It is well known that M. Moride, of Nantes, has sent to the Academy some concentrated sea water, and a memoir on its preparation. M. Jolly has read the following report on this communication :—" The ob ject of the work sent by M. Moride is to compose sea baths by means of the sea water itself, by concen trating it, and collecting its mineral and or ganic principles in such a manner as to be able to keep and transport them to any distance that may be . wished, with as much certainty of their composition as confidence in their therapeutical pro perties. The extract of sea water thus obtained by means of concentration and evaporation, would serve for the composition of an artificial sea-water bath by merely mixing it with simple water in certain propor tions or to a suitable degree of saturation, such as 5 kilogrammes of concentrated sea water to 160 litres of river water. One of the members of the commission has analysed the products sent to the Academy by M. Moride, which consist of-Ist, a saline residue of a pasty consistence and greyish colour ; 2d, an amber liquid produced from the salt pits. He devoted himself to the search of the principal elements, the really active elements, to which sea water owes its therapeutical propertics. It results from this exami nation that the product of the sea water taken at Croisic and concentrated by the processes of the author to the degree wished for, a long journey, and its mixture in simple water, represent in as exact and identical a manner as possible the sea water from whence it was derived. Thus, apart from the presence of a little sulphate of lime, which may be merely a product of re-action, and some gases which may have escaped in the operation, this first product con tains all the other constituent principles of the sea water at Croisic, namely, chlorides of sodium, mag nesium, and potassium ; alkaline and magnesian sul phates, as well as iodine and bromine, in the state of salt, if not in great abundance, at least in very ap preciable proportion. The commissioners think, con sequently, that there is reason to welcome the idea of the author both in a scientific and practical point of view, and they propose to address to him a note of thanks and encouragement, and to deposit his work in the archives of the Academy. These conclusions, after some short observations from M. Cloquet, were put to the vote and adopted."—Journal de Mr - de Aledicale, February, 1852. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Barton Lodge, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to the vicarage of St. Mary Magdalene, Colchester, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. John Robert Smythies, M.A. In consequence of this appointment, Mr. Lodge resigns the rectory of St. Martin's, Col chester, which benefice is in the gift of the Bishop of Rochester. The Archbishop of York has collated the Rey. Joseph Dunnington Jefferson, M.A.., late of St. John's College, Cambridge, rector of Thorganby, to the canonry oOsbaldwick, in York Cathedral, ren dered vacant by the retirement of the Rev. G. P. Marriott, A.I.A. The Bishop of London has licensed the Rev. John Tucker, 8.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and secretary to the Church Missionary Society, to the incumbency of the new church in the parish of Hampstead. The Lord Primate of Ireland has presented the Rev. C. T. Hackill, 8.A., to the rectory of Killaney, and the Rev. T. B. Kennedy, M.A., to the rectory of Kilmore, both in the diocese of Clogher. Toe Rev. James Jones Reynolds, M.A., curate of St. John the Baptist, Bristol, has been instituted by the Bishop of Salisbury to the rectories of the Holy Trinity, Shaftesbury, rendered vacant by the resig nation of the Rev. Thomas Stanton, M.A.., on the nomination of the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Bishop of Worcester has instituted the Rev. Jackson Porter, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to the rectory of Oddingley, near Droit wich, rendered vacant by the retirement of the Rev. Charles Tookey, M.A., on the nomination of J. H. Galton, Esq. The Bishop of Lichfield has presented the Rev. Thomas Weight Whittaker, M.A., of Emmanuel Col lege, Cambridge, rector of Stanton- by-Bridge, Derbyshire, to an honorary canonry in Lichfield Cathedral. The Rev. Francis Gartside Tipping, M.A., of Bmsenosa College, Oxford, late incumbent of More tor, Staffordshire, has been licensed by the Bishop of Manchester to the incumbency of All Saints Church, Bolton-le-Moors, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. John Leach, M.A.; patron, T. Tipping, Esq. The Rev. Charles Lee, M.A., curate of All Saints Chore, Derby, has been appointed to the incum bency of Christ Church, Leicester, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. R. Fawssett, M.A., on the nomination of trustees The Rev. Denis Browne, rector of Enniscorthy, has been appointed Dean of Emly, in the room of Dean Disney removed to Armagh. A new church has been erected at Woolwich, and is to be consecrated by the Bishop of London on Wednesday, the 28th inst. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and the Rev. W. Duncan Long, M.A., late Minister of St. Bartholomew's Church, Birming ham, has been appointed to the incumbency. SEABORNE MAILS. LN 611;11111es that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night--and M by the morning—dispatch.] PLACVL When made up in From what ) When t Gcnerall'ust-office' port dis- duo. London: ' patched. America (by Brit. pkt.) N April 1 u .. ,Liverpool America (by 11.4. pkt.) N April 20 .. .. Liverpool .. America (by U.S. pkt.) M April 14 Southampt. Afri3a, (West coast).. N 14th of the month ,Plynaoatti Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of me.lDover .• ' l3elgiam :: M N 9 D th ail o y f th — e p Southampt. over M 9th of the month Socithampt.' B B u i raxoenls Ayro caufornia(viaChares) M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Cape of Good hope N 14th of mouth Plymouth.. Constantinople* .. .• N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover Central America .. & 17th of men. Southampt. MN 3117°tlin.OfWthede"mtuFritli,rouuththamampPtt: Chili .l Isles France & N Twice daily .. ..'Dover • • Greece° • . . • .. .N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • N Tuesday & Friday London !April 13 April 15 Ilanaburgh daily .. • • Leland .• x i& N Twice month Southanapt. ' ) m 20th of the India (via :',lonthamo., N K th' 24th efrnonth Dover • • t ° o l n l ki a ur n a ss :: ~..: .... ''''''' 1 77 1 7 t e h d ne of l i the month a o t u u t r h . i r' ''' i o o o u n iy t d ia n e m a it . . India (viaMarsailles) - ---- " 4 Mediterranean (via Southarrnton) •• Mediterranean (via Iyins).. :: .... 11 14- N g 2 2 d t o h th o & f o 2:4 h tli t e h ni o e f e m on n o o t n h n th t.h . : l' ,_„_, D a _ 6°O ; T thth tlier : B 4:::: Papal States* .. vet' • • N 'Zl: ap a tal e e t: •••• ...... .... Mls79B,thththkoio7sftththttil4o2lsf,mtnati:ooo,nn:thinthrt_o li 13. ° }0 .. • • N ' sth 15th 25th ef me Dover Pe eni ru asal .. ar• • • • :: •••• 11511t7htt170t1hth270thmeofnnith011so8D°17ttehhramarapPtt. T w use est an th yl e. .. .. .. 3, 17!5urth 17th of foyer' •• West Indies ( except of the month ! SOIItiII M P L Ravenna 84 Nassau) 111 2cl of th * The mails t o those Countries! nth th mo nam.r .. l much packet via Marseipc. --- -- T.l-.E SUN, THE EASTER BANQUET AT THE. MAN SION-HOUSE. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, according to the custom of the season, had a very large party lit the Mansion-house last night ; and the presence of the new Premier among the company gave more than usual interest to this year's Easter banquet. Covers were laid in the Egyptian-ball for 350.—a number which, great as it is, can be well accommo dated in that noble apartment. The walls were de corated with banners, and the tables glittered with massive and elegant plate. The arrangements (under the superintendence, we believe, of Mr. Catty, the Lord Mayor's secretary) appeared to be in all respects exceedingly good ; those which related especially to ourselves were particularly convenient. About seven o'clock the company proceeded from the drawing-rooms into the hall, and took their places. The Lord Mayor had on his right the Duchess of Northumberland and the Earl of Derby; on his left sat Miss Hunter, representing the Lady Mayoress, who is indisposed, and the Dukepf North umberland. The dinner, which included every delicacy that could be supplied, was extremely well served. It was provided by Messrs. Staples, of the Albion. Laurenee band played at intervals. When the cloth had been cleared, the loving cup was sent round, Mr. Harker, the toastmaster, pro claiming the welcome with a voice becoming his function. The LORD MAYOR then gave the first toast—" The Queen." It was drunk amid great applause, followed by the National Anthem. The " Health of Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," followed, and also elicited much cheering. The next, " The Church," was coupled with the name of the Bishop of Manchester, and thanks to him for his eloquent sermon at Christchurch yester day afternoon. The Bishop of MANCHESTER, who said he was educated among the citizens of London, in acknow ledging the toast, took occasion to express his deep obligations to one of the great public foundations of the city. The next toast was, " The Navy and the Army." The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, First Lord of the Admiralty, returned thanks in the name of the navy. During a long and glorious peace the duty of the navy had been to protect the commerce of this vast empire in all quarters of the globe. How well that duty had been performed none could judge better than the great commercial houses of this wealthy metropolis.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") The navy deemed no reward for their exertions greater, no recompense higher for their loyalty and zeal, than the approbation of their Sovereign and the good opinion of their fellow-countrymen.—(Che ers.) General Sir A. MACLAINE briefly acknowledged the toast on behalf of the army. The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The Health of the Earl of Derby, a n d her Majesty's Ministers," and warmly thanked the Noble Earl for the honour of his presence on that occasion.—(The toast was drunk amid loud cheers.) The Earl of DERBY, who was received with much cheering, said, —My Lord Mayor, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, the pleasing task devolves upon me of returning, in my own name and in that of my colleagues, our grateful thanks to your Lordship, and to this distinguished company, first, for allowing us to be partakers of that splendid hospitality for which this city has been so long famed, and which I am sure will suffer no disparagement under its present auspices— (Cheers) —and, next, for the kindness with which you have received the toast that has been proposed to you, of our collective healths as her Majesty's Ministers. — (Renewed cheers.) I can assure you that in that capacity it gives me peculiar pleasure that the first time I have to return thanks to any public assembly should be in the heart of the city of London, in the midst of so distinguished an assemblage as that which I now see around me, and among those whom thus to meet is to a public man a most agreeable and grati fying relaxation from the toils of public life.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Ladies and gentlemen, at this season above all others, this season of mutual goodwill—(Hear, hear) —in this company, on this occasion, I should be inexcusable if I were to attempt to give to the toast which your kindness has induced you thus to receive anything in the slightest degree of a political c haracter—(Hear, hear)—l should be inexcusable if I were to introduce a single topic which could raise an angry feeling, or even a feeling of conscientious difference of opinion—(Hear)—J should be inexcusable if I could attach to the kindness with which you have received our names anything more of a political meaning than this—that you receive with kindness and greet with cordiality those whom you believe to have undertaken, from a sense of public duty—(Cheers)—an arduous and re sponsible task to which their Sovereign has called them.—(Rgnewed cheering.) lam not insensible to the difficulties under which we have assumed our pre sent position, at the commencement of a Parliamen tary session, and with little leisure to mature or to prepare measures to be submitted to that Parliament —(dear, hear) —but I believe that friends and oppo nents alike give us credit for this—for having per formed our duty in not shrinking from the responsi bility which we encountered, nor incurring the greater responsibility of a protracted Ministerial interregnum at the commencement of a session of Parliament. — (Hear.) Ido not presume to speak of any political course of action ; but this I say, that I hope I see in dicatious, and indications not to be mistaken, in this metropolis, that we are not looked upon as a set of reckless or careless men, likely to endanger the credit of the country and its great commercial and mer cantile interests, or to neglect the great religious. moral, and social obligations which must rest upon us.—(Cheers.) A change of Government so total as has taken place could in some countries have been considered only next to a revolution ; here we happily see that such changes can take place, not only with out disturbance to the ordinary course of public af fairs—without ruffling in the slightest degree the se rene aspect of society, and without disturbing (I say it with still greater happiness) for a single moment the personal friendship of political opponents.—(Cheers.) And to what is this to be attributed ? Is it to any merit in the men who are called upon to administer the affairs of this great country? No, but it is to the institutions of the oountry itself—it is to the confi dence that every man in this country feels that, be the Minister who he may, in the light of the Consti tution he must walk, by the light of the Constitution he must be guided, within the limits of the Constitu tion his course must be directed.—(Cheers.) Well is it known that no Minister can direct the affairs of this country permanently cr for any lengthened period unless he enjoy the confidence and support of his fellow-countrymen.—(Hear.) Whether we do enjoy that confidence as a Government no distant time will clearly and undeniably prove.—(Hear, hear.) If we do not possess that confidence, I, for one, can say with perfect sincerity that I shall resign office, and with it the labours and anxieties of public life, with far more of readiness, and far more of comfort to myself than I have undertaken the ar duous and painful responsibilities which a sense of duty imposed upon me.—(Bear, hear.) But if we should be honoured, as I confidently trust we may, with the support of the intelligence of the country of— (A burst of cheering drowned some words which the Noble Earl added)—then I know I may say confi dently for every one of my colleagues, as I say with out hesitation for myself, that no sacrifice of time, of comfort, of health, of life itself, will be deemed too much to prove ourselves even in the slightest degree worthy of the favour of our Sovereign, and of the support of the people of this great empire, whose mighty interests are committed to our charge. The next toast, the " Health of the Foreign Mi nisters present," was received with much applause. His Excellency the AMERICAN MINISTER, after a moment's conference with the other representatives of foreign Powers, said,—l am requested by my bre thren of the corps dipiomatique to offer our thanks to your Lordship and to this company for the kindness with which this toast has been received. My only apology for presenting myself is that my colleagues fear they cannot speak the English language. — (Hear, hear.) We thank you most heartily for the honour you have done us in affording us the oppor tunity of coming into this old city of London, and City," but of the town and En gl and . e meeting here, not only the dist o i f nguished o i f ts " lf t ._ he We take a deep interest in the (Hear, hear.) t d in the prosperity of London. — are deeply interes e r e have pros perity which exists here; the countries we represent all united us—l speak now of foreign coin countries—ln me that can be made by bonds stronger than those linksof (Hear, hear.) The glorious treaties; and we desi re, and we that if we are agreed up on nothi ng else, we agreeoye, an that i s f or our moral and our material interest d we believe, that peace should be preserved, not only with Cheers.) all the w or ld, b u t particularly with Great Britain, 4 esPecisill with the heart of Great Britain—the of London.—cityMy Lord Mayor , I be g ( on behalf o f our thanks for opportunity of visiting his renewed the city on thistfestivewhich has been so long day, cAnbrated h h the have partaken of my colleagues and myself to offer you ere. Many of us haspitaliy o f have an earneT:tour Lordshiprobes of office have been transmitted to that the that hospita lity will n o t se to one in whose hands su ffer.—(Cheers.) 's predecessors ; and we The toast o f drunk, and a c e Marquis of SA LISBURY. ac knowledged by the " the House of Lords" was then The Earl of D En rn d " the Health of the Lord. Mayor:'—(eneerps proposed Having but the honour of a very slight personal .) a s ee n tance with the chief magistrate, it would be of") ..rby) to eulogize th e 1 1 ..oed in iala or in the heart of a city where he had been known Tend respected for more, years than perhaps it would be discreet to men im acquaintance impertinent in him (the Earl ;April 13 Daily May 3 April 16 April 16 April 20 May 3 April 20 ,April 20 Tk.Sat r April 20 ITwicedaily April 20 Tries. Sat. MOR Thar I • 'April 20 Twieedzily ,April 21 ~ April 16 April 2 April 16 May 5 April 16 April 13 ,April 12 April 12 ;April April 20 April 12 !April 20 Southarapt. May 5 ked (*) aro convoyed by CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH.— morn ing Mr. Wakley, M.P.. and a • aY assembled at the Colon nade public-house,Colonnade-Mjuerv3; to in quire into thecause of death uf A Onpp ter of Richard Douglas, coachman to Mrgiu' gn s e , o ßjunswick-square, . - Justice Talfeurd. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. E..• lizabet Douglas, the Elizabeth mother of the deceased, that on Sunday morning last, about eleven o'clock, she prepared to wash her for that purpose poured out a large kettltewo4fgcewhdial tub, and placed it on the floor. llaving undressed3dt r r edna u into agd a more the de ceased, she went down stairs to procure somewater for the purpose of washing the child, and had e stairs only a few moments when she heard her elcle,eust childdown five years of age, cry out " mother, mother, the baby i " the water !" On running up stairs she saw the deceasedslyin jug hackwack in the tub, the water, which was scalding hot, being over the whole of the child's chest and stomach She at once pulled her out, and having sent for the assist ance of a surgeon in the neighbourhhood, in the meantime applied some linseed oil to allay the pain. The child re mained sensible until Monday, when convulsions took place, and she lingered on in great pain until Tuesday night, when she expired. The jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental death." 1 - On Saturday, at the Southwark County Court, an action was brought by Mr. Rook, the landlord of the Pied House Tavern and Concert Rooms, Finsbury, to recover lbs. GI from Mr. Rhodes and his wife, who were professional singers, for breach of contract. It appeared that the de fendants were engaged to sing for the plaintiff at ss. per week, every Tuesday evening. Thin engagement was ad hered to for at:out three months, but on the 27th of January Dire. Rhodes merely joined in the first chorus, and left the room at a quarter to nine o'clock, the concert terminating at eleven. Complainant was obliged to send a considerable dis tance to obtain other singern, and sustained a loss on account of the company being dissatisfied. It was contended that, according to the custom in these matters, the plaintiff ought to have received a week's notice beforethe e iff had n defendants left off o d s i o n u g b i Lit g• be enTplinet jtuodmgeuce(hslihnro.cnoClndi i v v e t e h n ) e i ernecoe said r , e andthg give thee jjudgment d d g defendantsfor the ha actediainowd g th . 0 H The large equestrian statue of the Emperor Napo. p; r w on i Leon, modelled by. M. de Nieuwerkerke fo r the c i ty of 4 P Lyons, is to be cas t in b_ . ron , z T e h a e t o e n d e es o tai per o a f ti t o h n i , s b s t y a t l‘ n l e M i . i , E t c o k r and Durand, next w ee the corut-yard of the luvalides. the present, placed i a Gs/ignini, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL l3, 1852 tion—(Laughter and cheers)—it would be quite un necessary to enlarge in the city upon the integrity and honour which guided him throughout his com mercial transactions while engaged in business, or the zeal and ability and judgment with which he had per formed the civic duties that devolved upon him. — (Cheers.) His high character was appreciated by his fellow-citizens, who had placed him in the chair of the firs t magistrate of the first city in the universe. The toast was drunk with much applause, and was duly acknowledged by the Lord Mayor. The next toast was " the House of Commons." Mr. Wa.r..roLx, M.P., was aware of the difficulty of speaking on behalf of a body of men entertaining such different opinions, but here, at least, differences might be left behind, and the members present could afford to think more of their agreements.—(Hear, bear.) In some things they all agreed. They agreed in desiring to promote the common good and the general well-being of the community.—(Hear, hear.) On another point, too, they would be unanimous—in thanking the Lord Mayor for his hospitality—(Hear, hear) —which perhaps one might be permitted to pre urighhet e City r an d m c e cheers.) to the disputes and differences of the House of C o Members," which followed, was acknowledged by Mr. MASTERMAN, M.P.; and the next, tionary. C om mons. —(Laughter l e o t n o s a . s — t (f. of Th e AMERICAN MINISTER th en sa id—W e are de prived of the honour and pleasure of th e pr esence o f the real Lady Mayoress—(Cries of " Hear, hear")._ who is detained by severe indisposition—(Hear, hear) di gn ity with which th e p l ace i s fill ed b y h er —and nothing can mitigate our regret b u t th e g r ace 1 and daughter.—(Cheers.) It has been said, and with great truth, that women govern the world—(Laugh ter) —I am, without perhaps qualification, a convert to that opinion.—(Laughter and cheers.) I oan only say, to-night, without the ladies, it would be like a world without a sun. — (Cheers.) Ladies and gentle men, I beg to offer to you, as a toast, " The better health of the Lady Mayoress, and the continued health and prosperity of the Lady Mayoress who oc cupies her chair. —(Cheers.) The toast was received with much applause ; Miss Hunter bowed to the company. The LORD MAYOR acknowledged the compliment, and said he hoped the day was not far off when he should have the opportunity of introducing the Lady Mayoress in that hall. The toasts of " the Solicitor-General and the Bar," " the Magistrates of the City," " the Sheriff...," and " Prosperity to the city of London," followed. The Lord Mayor and his guests then retired to the draw ing• rooms, and the party began to break up. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEVONPORT APRIL 11.—Magicienne, steam guard-ship, Captai n R amsay, went out yes t er d ay (Saturday) for the fi rst t i me s i nce s h e was commis sioned,, to try her engines. On passing the Impreg nable she saluted the flag of Admiral Sir J. A. Om manney, which was returned by the Impregnable. She went out round the Eddystone, the engines work ing very satisfactorily. Leander paid wages on Saturday, by Commodore Seymour. Rolla tender, the training-vessel for naval appren tices at Portsmouth, arrived on Saturday. She sailed again in the night. Nautilus tender (similar vessel to the Rolla), at tached to this port, went out on Saturday, the first time this season. Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Hand, sailed on Saturday for th e c h ops of the Channel, to relieve the homeward-b oun d vessels. Devon lighter, Bond master, arrived on Saturday with stores from Pembroke. Avon tender, returned to this port this morning. Pestonjee Bomanjee convict ship arrived to-day, having taken in convicts at Woolwich, Portsmouth, Cower, and Portland; and will fill up her comple ment here from Dartmoor, when she will sail for Van Diemen's Land. In the Sound —The Dauntless and Pestonjee Bo man.) ee._ In Harbour —The Impregnable, St. George, Leander, Magicienne, Britomart, Sylph, Avon, Hot spur, Confiance, Resistance ; Devon, Camel, Tortoise, Hamoaze, and Msneeuvrer, lighters. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—Captain William Fan shawe Martin re-hoisted his pendant as Commodore of the first class on board the Prince Regent, 90, at Spithead this morning, when he saluted the Com mander-in-Chief, and the Victory acknowledged the compliment. The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Barnard, went out to Spithead this morning. The Siraoom iron steam-frigate, Captain King come, has completed coals, and hauled off to the west shore, ready for embarking troops . Her crew will Tuesday. The their advance wages on The Walmer Castle Indiaman arrived at Spithead to-day from the Thames. The Victoria, American packet, arrived this after noon from the Thames. One of Green's homeward-bound Indiamen landed passengers this afternoon at Spithead, and proceeded for the Thames. Wind, S.E.; weather fine. NVooLwicif, APRIL 12 . — Clerk—William P. Jonas (1848), has been appointed to the Sampson steam frigate at Portsmouth. Commodore Henry Eden having gone on leave for a few days, his broad pennant was tak en d own this morning, and Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8., is acting in his stead. I w il h g e h n flY s e h r e went steam do s w lo n op t , he river on S a turday, Tbe Captain H e nry J. Matson, was tried again at the measured mile, and, on the average of four runs, was found to have gained a speed of three-tenths of a knot over her previous trial, her first trial being an average of nine and one-tenth knots per hour, and on her trial on Saturdy nine and four tenths per hour. She was to have her com passes adjusted to-day by Captain Johnson, and is to remain at Greenhithe until further orders. THE CRYSTAL—PALACE. We have been requested by the committee for the preservation of the Crystal Palace to give publicity to the following letters upon the subject of the funds collected from the admissions to the building : " Devonshire House, April 5. "Dear Sirs,—lt is the opinion of the Committee appointed for the preservation of the Crystal Palace that there will be little probability of the building being retained, unless an arrangement can be made for placing the surplus of the money received for ad. missions at the disposal of the Government. The com mittee are met on all sides with the objection that the demonstrations are promoted by them for the benefit of the contractors, and, therefore, both the committee and yourselves are placed in an entirely wrong posi tionwho are u n d er a misapprehen sionthat w e s h ou ld i m mediately rem before whichre i t t h the public , necessary " Of course all expenses attending the care of the building since the committee was appointed, and all the expenses incurred by the com m itt ee beyond the amount of the subscriptions r ece i ve d b y th e m, must be defrayed in the first instance.—l am, &c. JOSEPII PAXTON. " Messrs. Fox and Hendereon." 4, 8, New-street, Spring-gardens April 7. " Dear Sir, — ln reply to y our l etter o f the sth, we beg to inform the committee that we had already, before the receipt of that letter, taken steps to obviate all difficulties and embarrassments which might arise with reference to the money collected at the Crystal Palace on Saturday last.. "We have paid the amount into a separate account at the bank of Glyn, Mills, and C o ., where it will re main, subject to the c ommittee's claims for expenses. " The appropriation of the balance is not to be finally decided upon u nt i l the fate of t h e building is W determined. e are, dear Si r , you rs faithfully, "Sir Joseph Pa x t on " F e; HENDERiON, and Co. " , Devonshire Piccadilly; House, AN OFFER FOR T HE CRYS TAL PALACE. The followi ng interest: - - copy of a letter will b e read with "29, "DearAbin Sire ,—Refer r i n g have to infor m t o the conversat ion which don-street, Ap ril 8, 1852. took place bet ween Si r Charles Fox an d myself this afternoon rel a ti ve to the removal of t h e Crystal Palace, you th a t , i n the event o f her Ma jesty's Government declining to pur chase on the terms specified—namely, 70,0001., I shall be pr e p ared to sign a co n t ract for th e purchase of the buildin g at that MIL The i n t ent i on o f m y e mployers is to con vert it into a winter garden and a p lace of g eneral recreation and instruction for the public. In the event of your accepting my offer your solicitors may forward th e d ra f t contract to t h e s olicitors of my em ployers, Me s s p s ri rs n . g .J . o ghanrdsteonne, F arqu har, and Leecb, of Moorgate-St reet. " I am, dear Sir, yo urs faithfully, " F RA NCIS FULLER. "Messrs. F or, Henderson, an d Co., SOUT . ri WALE S R AILW AT.—The g round has been broken .11,1 earnest between Penty-park-mill and Haverford west. the first cutting vis at the Rath farm, about three miles from th e latter town. gr. Condor s the contractor, and Mr. Ok e d on the company's. is engineer. The works on the line between Swansea and C a rmarthen are making rapid progress, and e ff orts it is sa id, are being made to com plete them in th 3 month " of June. No doubt, howeve r, e xists that they Will be read for opening hi the course of the summer. Mr. Uennett y of Bri3tol, is stated to have taken the contract f or laying ' down the permanent way from r Swansea to Carm art h en, i w hi c h is to be lai d on iron plates. ne piling at Loughor-bridge for carryi n g the line o ver th e river is steadily progressing. The Swansea tunnel is nearly finished, and the sea-works at Pembrey and Llanelly and the sea-wall at Ferryeide are finished. THE Ts TR AD E A PRI L Ig.—There was a decided falling off in l ast week ' s d e liveries of tea in London, Good. Friday havin was 477,fM1b. g been a close holiday. 'The quantity taken BALLARAT DIGGINGS. (From the Geelong Advertiser.) MONDAY MOANING.—I counted two hundred and eighty cradles at Golden Point, in full work, and from inquiries I made they all seemed to be doing well. Still I think there are two-thirds less of diggers than when I left some months past. The tremendous fever fit, th en at the height of delirium, is past, and has been succeeded by restl.e.sness, and an irrepressible desire of change. The wildest stories meet with the re a di es t cre d ence , and troops of diggers hie to Mount Alexander in the full hope of gathering gold by hat-fulls. The unparalleled yield of B,llarut has prepared the mind to believe anything, and many have left gold lying at their feet to seek it in a more remote locality. Whether the reports from Mount Alexander be exaggerated or not, the effect is appa rent in the thinned numbers at Bellarat. One digger breaks away, and the rest follow, like sheep after a bell-wether, and all that can be said is " luck go with them," there will be more room and a richer harvest for those who come after. I could hardly have believed the suddenness of the change, and seeing it, I cannot comprehend the reason. The yield of the Geelong Gold Field is unparalleled, and I am convinced that there is more gold left in Golden Point than has ever been got out of it. This may be deemed a rash assertion, considering the thousands of ounces which have been poured into the Geelong and Melbourne markets, but I hesitate not to repeat it, and to asseverate that not one tithe of the riches of Ballarat at this one point, has been up turned. The easier part of the process has been gone through, the harder and more prolific one has just commenced, at the point where the faint-hearted abandoned it. Mining has been commenced, and at thirty-two feet below the surface, deeply imbedded in iron -stone, gold has been found in profusion, and one hundred ounces have been obtained by Dr. Johnson's party, from Monday last to Saturday mid day. To Dr. Johnson appertains the credit of this dis covery, and I found our Esculapian townsman, sitting Patriarch-like, in the front of his tent, turning his discovery to the best advantage, by pounding the iron-stone with a tomahawk, on the face of a hatchet, and deploring the absence of his pestle and mortar. I think this discovery will lead to important results, and extended operations, and afford a new puzzle to geologists, the most acute of whom would hardly have sought for gold in a matrix of iron -stone, through which, however, it runs in some places in clusters of small nuggets, somewhat flattened, and continuous in their course, and perceptible from the surface; but in others not visible until the iron-stone is crushed, when gold of various size and form is easily procured. Stones of this description have been thrown aside as useless, and thousands of them, I be lieve, might be picked out from the heaps piled about in all directions, and be turned to good account even by the rough process employed by Dr. Johnson, who is realising half an ounce a day by intermittent exertion. Our Adelaide arrivals will find here, a vast and re munerative field for their labours. In fact, as the above instance proves, gold digging is in its veriest babyhood, and hence, probably, the employment of cradles. From one hole that turned me dizzy to look into, about a pound and three quarters weight were taken in two hours. Poor Joe Furby has been unsuccess ful. "We can't always expect to be lucky," said Joe; "but then, d'ye see, I only come up o'Mondav, and we a'nt got more nor thirty ounces, and what's in the tub ;" "and this in the pannikin," added his mate, showing about four ounces. "Yes," said Joe, "that's all, and I thought to have had a tidy lot afore this, only the water bust in, but better luck next time." If there be more merit in hearing good fortune than in submitting to bad, Joe is a hero. " Hills," shouted another, "you come back again I" " Yes ; how are you get ting on ?" "My word, first-rate; three fights and two commissioners, in four days, about this hole. You ought to have been here." " Well, how did it end?" " End ! why as usual—they told us to fight it out, to be sure ; ar'nt we licensed ? I say, Mr. Clarke, hasn't Armstrong been going it, and nobody at all here; we were going to send it down to Harri son." Well, what is it ?" " Why, you see, the long and the short of it is this—two fellows got quarrelling and fighting, and one of them perhaps did give a saucy answer to Master Armstrong, but he had no business to hit him with a loaded whip, had he ? Well, but he did; I see him hit the man on the temple, just here, and on the front of his head, and on the back of his head. The poor fellow dropped stupified, and then d—n me, if the police didn't came and carry him off, face down'ards, on two muskets. It's true, every word of it—there's plenty here as see it." Many who were present verified the statement, and wished it to be made public. If this be a plain statement of facts, then a gross outrage has been committed by a Government officer, 'and I should be wanting in my duty if I did not give pub licity to it, for public opinion is the only protection that the gold digger has to appeal to. I had besides these, a whole string of complaints submitted me, the particulars of which I have not bad time to inquire into; so, like his Excellency, I must plead the emer gency as a solid reason for not producing my budget, and give, like his Excellency again, a statesmanlike descriptive retrospect, in lieu of something better, and as his Excellency can afford no information, awaiting instructions from the Home Government re specting the future regulations of the gold fields, I, too, must follow in the same footsteps,. and be again, like his Excellency, silent on the point which the public is most interested in. Golden Point lifts itself up into a huge reproach of Government regulations, or rather irregularities. To the eight feet square system, the abandonment of Ballarat is in a great measure attributable, an aban donment that was more accelerated by the perver sion by the Government officers of the terms of the licenses, which in themselves were bad enough, but made worse by the purp ose to which they were applied. The diggers were huddled . together, so that the most might be made out of a given space, thu s creating constant bickerings about disputed claim s , to settle which the Gover nment was impotent. Holes were soon worked out where they were found pro fitable, or abandoned in other places, because there was not sufficient space allowed by " irregularities" to test their capabi l i ties, and in proof of what I say Golden Point now stands Queen's evidence against the Government's fatuity, and blundering to grasp all, and do nothing. The Golden Point is not half worked; it is simply " botched" according to license, and its water front age destroyed. It looks as though so me w ith er i ng pow er had swept over it, and left huge graveyards behind. It is frightful to contemplate the waste of labour, and time, incurred through sheer carelessness, and want of foresight on the part of the Government authorities, who are prompt enough to issue regula tions, to raise a tax upon them, but very tardy after that consummation to see the regulations carried into effect. They can mulct the digger, the hut keeper, the store, and tent keeper, with most indefatigable alacrity, but they cannot afford to do what they pro mise, they never had the licensed allotments properly laid out, for that would not have suited their pur pose, to distress gold diggers, and exact double, treble, quadruple, aye and quintuple, as much as they were entitled to by the terms of the licenses. The com monest surveyor would put the whole lot of them to shame, but then on the other band it might be said in their favour, that they have outrivalled Jeremy, not Bentham, but Diddler. The Creek is turned from its channel, and over flows the plain ; its bed is excavated with good suc cess, but much heavy labour in sinking, and the con stant influx of water entails considerable extra labour, which, however, the yield amply repays. There is water here in abundance, which heavy storms are daily increasing; and if the commonest precautions were taken, there would be an ample supply for the next six weeks. The Creek is flowing, the water holes filled, the feed is abundant, and the whole country presents a delightful aspect. In conclusion, I think that Ballarat has a future more glorious than its retrospect ; and, to account for its partial abandonment, I must come to the conclu sion that gold diggers, like swallows, migrate at cer tain seasons, and, like swallows, will return to where ".they made their nests," provided that they are not too much disturbed by spoliators. A. C. HENSON'S SAFETY RAILWAY TRUCKS An improvement of considerable importance in the present system of conveying goods on railways, has recently been effected by Mr. Henson, the success of which is amply attested hi. the most competent prac tical men in all the details of this description of traffic. Grril the glaring imp-rtections in the ordinary con struction of goods' trucks had been sufficiently exposed in the gold-dust robberies on the Sow Western Railway, it was net soppos-d that they care ained the germ of so much mischief. But rohheries of all descriptions of merchandise nad I 'rig been matters of daily te:currenc, , , as may easily be conceived when the unprotected state of th e waggons i s cons id ere d, and it is remembered that, a vigilant escort is only provided when bullion is being con veyed, though even then the ingenious thief has not been foiled. Rebbery, however, is not the only inci dent of goods traffic by these truck,. The common practice has been to keep together in them the most incongruous articles—ilks and sugars, draperies and blackings, firkins of butter, and barrels of Inciter matches. Over these packages a tarpaulin has been loosely spread, partly secured by ropes, the constant shifting of which and the chafing of the goods against the rough iron fittings of the waggon, have proved highly destructive. From these causes it has fre quently happened that merchandise has arrived in a damp state, or in a bad condition ; and we believe it impossible to estimate the amount of losses thus arisiog from theft, and the depreciation of perishable commodities. These tarpaulins, moreover, besides being no security against the weather or the thief, are the occasion of a vast cost to every railway com pany, and there can be no question as to the expe diency of dispensing with them. The essential points to be united in the construc tion of a goods' truck are, facility of loading and un loading when open, facility of opening and closing, and that it should be proof' alike against water, fire, and thieves. In Mr. Henson's waggon all these con ditions have been ingeniously observed, and they have also been combined with an economy which every body of railway directors will be certain to appre ciate. By a judicious combination of wood framing and sheet iron—sometimes plain and sometimes cor rugated, as the nature of the traffic may require —a vast amount of strength has been given to these structures, and a degree of lightness as yet unknown. Added to thi , , great attention has been paid to the form of each carriage, so as to reduce to a mini mum the resistance which the atmosphere offers to its motion at a given velocity. In the con struction of the roof the same principles have been applied, and the result is, a strong and light covering, which, when fastened down, renders the truck as completely secure as if it were a merchant's safe on wheels. Either the whole, or part of the roof may be raised, to suit the requirements of the traffic ; but in general, so much of it only as is necessary. Side doors are likewise provided, which can be readily opened or closed by one man, whereas several have hitherto been required to close each truck. By means of a self-locking apparatus, which can only be released by the persons in charge, perfect security is insured, and so far as danger from robbery is to be appre hended and provided against, the contrivance may he pronounced perfect. It must be obvious, too, that in carriages of this description, merchandise cannot fail to come to hand in proper condition—neither mois tened or damped by the contact of wet, nor injured by friction against iron nuts, ropes, or tarpaulins. To the public in general and to railway companies, Mr. Henson's waggons must prove eminently advan tageous. The superseding of the extensive and in jurious tarpaulins is an improvement sufficient in itself to render the new system invaluable; and it may be mentioned incidentally, as tin illustration of its great value, in a financial point of view, that this simple feature of Mr. Henson's arrangement has, on one railway alone, effected a saving of some thousands per annum. As regards the working of golds train., also, a great economy of locomotive power must necessarily arise ; for the weight of the carriages being vastly less, and the resistance of the air upon them diminished, they require a smaller tractive force. The mercantile public will also profit largely by the change, in the greater security of their pro perty, and the better condition in which it will reach them, compared with the state of circumstances which has prevailed hitherto. Altogether, the improvement is, perhaps, the most satisfactory that has been intro duced for years past into the working system of our lines of railway, and, before long, will cer tainly effectuate some beneficial and importan l changes in the cost of the conveyance of goods. FOR - L. LIP' SIGN MUSICAL IN 1 EL LIGENCE. (From Galignani's Messenger.) M. Leopold de Meyer has been d i st i nguishing himself at a few of our recent concerts, where he has excited a genuine enthusiasm by the brilliancy and ige playing. Standing perf ec tly a l oo f front all o fimitation,his playing. or even resemblance to the other great pianists of the day, M. de M eyer di sp l ays a verve and poetry both i n his compositions an d execu tion, which, combined with his marvellous power over the instrument, render his performance perfectly unique, and stamp it with the rare gift of genius. An interesting concert was giren a f ew d ays ago by M. Tellefsee, a Norwegian pianist of distinction, and one of the best pupils of the late Chopin. M. Tellefsen performed several rnoreeaux in a manner which vividly brought to mind the style and Pxecu 'ion of the great artist. Besides the benificiaire,M. Franchotp me, the favourite violoncellist, executed several pieces with a mastery that obtained tor him loud and unanimous applause ; hi s son, a lad of 12, also performed in a manner tr u l y surprising on the i s ame n.trument, and the concert was brilliantly concluded by Mme. Sabalier, who gave some of her c hansonnet!es , in her most p o p u l ar manner. M. Berlioz 's " Benvenut o C e lli ni " has been pro duced at Weimar, and, according to a letter from M. Listz, under whose r directi on i t was got up, with great success. This noble wor k , which contains more beauties than any three modern productions (those of Meyerbeer alone excepted) produced for years at the Grand Opera in Paris, was sacrificed to the musical clique who reigned at the opera when it was brought out, and whom the honest criticisms of Hector Berlioz had made his inveterate foes. It must be added that the indisposition of M. Duprez, who was unfortunately taken ill at the precise moment of its being brought out, was the immediate cause of stopping the run of this fine work. Mme. Alsjmo has been singing with success at Leghorn, in Pecini's Medea. A new opera has been successful at the Carcano, in Milan, under the title of La Sacerdolessa d' /side, the music by Maestro Mazza, and the libretto by M. Torelli. Mme. Lava and MM. Scola, Righini, and Cervini, are highly si:oken of in the principal parts. fit Florence, Verdes Luisa Miller, with Mine. Albertini, and MM. De Vecehi, Gorin, and Euzet, is said to hive created great enthusiasm ; the excellence of the ensemble must, however, needs have beenim paired, by the fact of M. Gorin having completely lost his voice. At Naples the revival of Nabucco at the San Carlo has given great satisfaction, witb Mmes. Rin dazzi and Gnone ; a Mlle. Remorini, a debutante only 16 years of ag., iy highly spoken of as Fenena. At the Fondo L'Elisire d'Amore had been successful, with Mme. Cortesi, and MM. Gnone and Mon tanari. Dime. Sanchioli i 3 at present singing with success at Messina, especially as Norina in Don Pasquale. MM. Prudenza, Monari, and Fieravanti are also men tioned in terms of warm commendation. An Italian journal announces that an operatic company is in course of formation at Tiflis in Georgia! , At Orient, at Madrid, I Foscari has been produced with great success, the principal parts filled by Mine. Cattinari, MM. Sinico and Cresci. The theatre is said to be on the brink of ruin, the Queen having withdrawn her protection from the management, and M. S c l era , t h e i mpressario, having been obliged to pay Mll e . Alb on i 60,000 f. for 24 re presentations, for whi c h hi s rece i pts only a mounted to 27,000 f. e GENERAL puItvyo..OAIwd ii etht ORDER. a:I.r ii ROYAL ARTILLERY. General's-office, l,lBs2. His Lordship the blaster-General approves each company of the regiment having in its establishment six acting bombardiers from this date. H. D. Ross, Deputant-Adjutant-General. GENERAL ORDER. , Deputy -Adj utant-Genera l's 70_ ftice • Her Majesty's pleasu re h as b een o btaine d for the Woolwich, April 6•. 18 " retirement upon full pay o f the un dermentioned LOU,si Royal officers, vi z . : — Lieutenan -Colonels_M- 14 A. Lethbridge, Horse Artillery; A. J. 11. Wood o'd ri er the provisions and H. Stow, Royal Artillery•u 10, 1847, it appearing of the royal warrant of April_ by the reports active duties of their are r ermanently unfit ' i.or ments to take effect from the profession. These retirements of the tat inst. ty-Adjutant-General. meditchaei examination that they Depu . 11. P. d os s, comp an y (sth battalion) having Captain Marston's 0fp.... pository instruction, they da by - Captain Paynter's comp . lieve d yester y were re companY• completed a course RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending April 10, 1852 ... £10,613 19 3 Traffic—Week ending April 12, 1851 ... 8,869 14 6 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 121,370 5 3 Total of the half-year. to this date, 1851 ... 118,878 7 10 Total number of Passengers—Week ending April 10, 18:52 ... 69,267 Passengers ...£8,157 8 7 Goods ... ... 2,•156 10 8 Total ... £10,613 19 3 Total miles open, 1852, 173 1 4 ; ditto, 1851, 173 % , London Terminus. April 12, 1852. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending April 10, 1832 ... £ 1 3,677 18 Ditto, April 12, 1851 . 10 , 93 1 1 9 6 2 Increase in 1852 ... London Terminus, Ap r il 12 , 1 852, £2,746 2 7 GIFTS, EASTE R Hughes d Stack, church having h Yesterday Messrs. an c - 3""AY. The parish of St. Mary le-Strand, distributed the DIPLOMATIC CONSIGNMENTS, The authorities Sr. T. MARY-LE- STRAND EASTER w ardens l f having considered the practice under existing as left by will in the year 16q, by a lady named with respect to officers accompanying to the regulations annu h a , Easter gifts of Bs. 4d. each to 12 poor widows of the Elizabeth i Jennings. A second distribution of small sums of nation articles directed to be delivered duty free for am.acshmosey from the churchwardens' fund took place to poor pa. place of desti: par sadors or other privileged emulations , n . Most of the recipients were far advanced i n persons, these re which rlshioners. have reference to certain +; „„ xcis v e e ' been years, and some years ago liberally assisted in con ributing repealed, have been rescinded, and directions w h i a ne, deli- tcwards that fund which they thi, day received a portion of. regulations of the E issued that in future only sp i r i ts, tobacco, and wine, per- T HE BistioP OF GI.OIJCE:STER.—We sr,. nappy in vexed duty free by an ofli- ban able state that the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and g to of destination . sons, be a.cornpanied to their for amhassad. is or other privilege place Bristol has this week been enabled to visit Stapleton, and p• cer of the C I authorised to y once delis ered i that his Lordship is now nearly coavalescent...G4 est „ under parties : prope r r own, all other articles being at authority to the i 6fourtiat, receive them, DREADFUL MURDER AND SUICIDE. LYNN, SUNDAY NIGHT.—The county of NOY frilk seems likely to maintain the unenviable notoriety it has lately gained fee. crimes of the deepest hue ; and to the list of tragedies already presented, one of murder and suicide is now added. The , scene of this outrage is the picture:•qu. , village of Castle Rising, about four miles from Lynn. Tne perpetrator of the deed is a man named D a ws, a gardener, in the employ of J. T. re, Esq., and the vic inis are his wife and child. It appears that, the man bad been noticed to be in a low state for some few days, but had been in constant attendance at his employment, and on Saturday last watered the garden towards evening, with the child, a little boy aged seven years. This morning, however, about half-past five o'clock, a man going across the fields observed a body lying in a river, where the water was shallow, and which ran near to his cottage. The man ins'antly obtained the assistance of others, a;)( - 1 the body was identified as that of Daws. Some of the party then proceeded o the house of the de ceased, in order to break the intelligence to his wife. On arriving at the house of the deceased the doors were found to be fast, and after vainly endeavouring to arouse the inmates, they burst open the door. Here a dreadful scene presented itself. Upon entering the room, the women was found lying in a pool of blood, with her throat frightfully cut. She was quite dead. Near to her was the child, with its head nearly se vered from the body. The room bore evidence of a severe struggle having taken place, and, from circum stances, it is supposed the woman was first attacked by her husband in bed, and her struggles and cries awoke the child, who clung to his mother, the night clothes of both being nearly torn to shreds. Daws was found with nothing on but his shirt, and not far from him was the knife with which the fatal deed was done. There was a slight wound in his throat, which he inflicted, no doubt, whilst standing near the river, and then flung himself in. No cause can be assigned for his committing so rash an act except insanity. MEL AN CH OLY DROWNING OF ;TWO DRAGOON GUARDS AT ISLE WO RT IL On Sunday afternoon, at about balt-past three o'clock, an intense excitement and feeling of horror was occasioned to large numbers of gentlemen and ladies promenading on the beau iful walk leading from Richmond and Kew, by the following sad catastrophe taking place opposite 'slew orth Church : A large number of the 4 , 11 Light Dragoons, whose present quarters are Hounslow and Hampton Court, had come to Isle worth to enjoy themselves, as it was Easter Sunday. The principal portion of the soldiers had taken up their location at the London Apprentice Tavern, when four of them determined on a row upon the river. A boat was hired of Mr. Styles at the ferry, and had got to a part of the river which is sepa rated by a small alt or island, from the Grand Junc tion Canal, where, it is alleged, from some " larking occurring, the boat was suddenly turned bottom up wards, and the four soldiers were suddenly immersed in deep water. A fearful cry arose from each shore, and such boats as were proceeding up rowed hastily to the spot to render assistance, and several put off from the ferry. Two of the soldiers were rescued, but Charles Iviren and Hardy Rouse, two of the ablest and best soldiers in the 4-h Dragoons, were drowned. Iviren was only under water little more than a quarter of an hour, and he was taken to the London Appreo: lice, and Dr. Day attended, and used every effort, but all was useless. His comrade was not got up under half-an -hour. The occurrence created the gretveat gloom. -- --- THE COUNTRY AIARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantities corn, &c., received in the port of London from the ports g , Essex, from the sth April, 1852, to the 10th April, 1 851 both inclusive : ~ w a a.; 4-b at al 00 0 Colchester .............. Harwich ............... Leigh ....... . ......... Maldon 100 4601 1375] 35 54 1 a 109 - 12261 CHILMSFORD, Aran. 9.—Prices to-day were as follow:—' Wheat, white, 42s to 48s ; red, 36s to 41s ; barley, 26s to 295; chevalier 28s to 333; grinding 21s to 278; malt 55. to 5 65 ; chevalier 553 to 58 s ; oats 18 s t o 25 s ; pea s , p artr id ge , 27e to 30s ; white, 28s to 30s ; boiling, 29s to 32s ; dun, new, 26. to ?'s; beans, tick, 26s to 30s; harrow ticks, 27s to 311; Langan, 24s to 28s. COLCMESTER, Ar RIL IC.—Wheat, white 44s to 46s ; red 4 01 to 42s ; oats, 18s to 225; beans, mazagan 26a to 275; and small 28 s t o 30 s ; p eas , w hit e 34 9 t o 3 8s, grey, new 27 8 ti 2Ss__ m ; barley, 30s to 32s per yr. KIRKALDY, Ara 10.—The follo w i ng are t h e que t a tioo for grain:— ._ _ middle Wheat. Barley. I First 42s Od 313 Od' Second 41s Od 30s Od 1 Third 363 Od 253 Od 1 Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINGTON, APZIL 9.—Tl grain at our market to-day : Wheat. .... Peso., --s --s --s prices 41' Barley. Oats. Bon, 32s Od 23s Od 33% 29$ 3d 21s Id 31e 10 ; 254 6d 19s 31 29s Oa market 611 qrs., 567 so'a., do. do. 201 qrs., 165 so lu . 200 qrs., 302 qrs., 276 5014 do. 183 sOld Oats. 23s Od 22s Od 19s Od imperial, ie followi Beane. —$ Od —s Od I—s Od 30s Od to rig are the .. .. First....„.. Second .. 41s ld i Third .. 5•4 6d Total quantity of Wheat in Do. Barley Do. Oats Do. Beans COAL MARKET. —YasricanAY. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market: ,A Bate's Wer.it Hartley.. 13s 6d Haswel1.. , buddle's W. Hartley.. 13 s 6d K ee pi er G range Chester Main l 2s 9d L am b ton Howard's W. H. Neth. 13 s 6d N. H e tt on Ly ons 153 03,d , North Percy Hartley.. 13 s 6d P ens h er 14s v Ravensworth'sW. Hart 133 6d Pl ummer ••• 153 3 ' i ,, Redheugh Main ...... ll s Od Ri c h mun d ;':1 155 Tanfield Moor ......... 133 Od Russell's Hetton fanfield Moor Butes—. 12s 9d Stewart's .. ... » l6i Ocl Townley... ..... ......... 13s Od Cassop Walker's Primrose ... It s 6d Denison 145 Oa West Wylam Wylam , Wall's End, slcc. IHeugh Hall ... ......... 145 91 Gosforth . Harton 135 14 0 9 d ? B o a u c t k h ho K u e se ll ... e . ... 14 4 ; 3, 1 Hebburn Heaton ........... 3 3 Hilda l3s 6d South Durham...,,.,,. 14 4 , Northumberland Ldßiddell ..... •... ...... 1 1 355 3 3 , 5; 00 9 3 9d : di ,' r, ' : i' v l e a e e n s't g c c . , :0:r . i n e . f e o h ith 111 1 14 5 ; ,l!I c i Walker N W ix oo n d n h ,s ou iv se er C t l h o y s er and 133 DI E a d m en bt M on ai P n rim — r . o . S . e .... ..... B13';It, .............. 1 1 5 4 5 s 6 9 d d s i d C n a e r 3 d , i s ff u a .. rtiey .... a 1717 Eletton .................. 165 Od ShipB at market, 322._ ~.Sold, RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCHANGE:. There was an improved feeling. e L; hibited in the share market to-day, and a good! bus in e. .. has been done at improved i,ries. The sales reported we r , q 4 Aberdeen, Wi—Caledonian, 19 1-16 —Eastern CountieV C , —east Lancashire, 171 4 — Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72, t 4 ar s, —London and North-Western, 1241 ,6—Ditto, New Qu ar 51/1 p.—Midland, 66%—York and North Midland, 25 L k MANCHESTER, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Th e business to-day was very i;rnited, , re but prices had an upward tendency. The transactions 1 4_, as follow :—Blackburn (No. 1), 5% 2 Caledonian, ; ...... Eastern Counties, 9 7-16—Cheshire Junction, 11% cr oa . th Lancashire and Yorkshire, h 7 :;i3 66 1i.,-,,5,0e1d• Yorkshire and River Dun, 1% dis.—Manchester, oue; 16. and Lincolnshire, 31'4—South -Eastern and Dover, 2 1 1- ' B IRIAINGLIAM, APRIL 12. cont i nue s STOCK EXCHANGE —The share market stilt continues 'Mid' dull, and the business transacted is of small lands continue in good demand, and the renewalinWof the South able rumours with regard to the working its shares ex' Staffordshire line has rendered the ofricee tter „ of course, the trernely firm, if not improving. As a m. business more than,, occurrence of the Easter holidays°l of favour' uBually dull; but on their terminati o o w n ing were the closing 123 %.--Midlands , more lively state o f f things may be expected. The 65—South Staffordshire, 1 ','S t a :_____----. quotations:— London an d N o rth -es rende rs ter a n , arrival of --- PPER..... e SWIFT PASSAGE or AN AxisiticAN CL/ vvr have • The New York-built clipper-ship Swordtl4l, Captain- 6 again the pleasure to announce the a clipp o r• c ock , arrived on the 10th of February, maul l eer 10'" against light winds and calms, in the short spaceg th e Passage' This is coming close to the celebrated trip of 90 days. Cloud, and is in every respect a splendid of the Flyipg greatest day's run reached 325 miles, and performance. Het 15 knots an hour. She has had light at periods she made whole northerlyeand during the last to daysreezes nearly al e o~d strong winds. Her run to C she encounter , days, 24. days 10 hours to the line, andpe Rom occupied 47 this port. Her skysails have been l9 days 10 hours to and for 23 days she did not set nearly the whole tittle' Alta California. average three miles per hour*-. BIRTHS. - OF A. On the Gth inst., the wife 80N of . Captain Douglas Lan' of a n heir. On the Bth inst., a t G reat Malvern, the wife of Captain Winnington Ingram, 11. M. 97th Regiment. On the Bth i ns t., at Stoke Newington, the wife of itenri Ridley Beal, O On the (Jai inst., at F A DAUGHTER. Ilecham -lodge, Twickenham , t he wife of George Beauchamp Cole, Esq. ARRIED. On the 10th i nst., at St. Paul' P 6 Paul's, Covent-garden, Jo n e s — n es ..nth,th. El., of Grove -lodge, Sawbridgeworth,. Herta, to f r y , third daughter of J. Barnard, Es o , of Harlow, Essex' „ n aer On the 10th inst. at New St. Pancras . Church, A lelc "d a le Nicholson, Es q ., o f Little Tower -street, City, and Lo", t he square, I s li ngron, to Anna Bella, youngest daug h t er of Cap.ai n G uy Carleton Colcloug' it, of Canada. On the DI. Bth inst. at Althorn, g Spencer, e ld est daughter of Earl Spencer. h ED t Lidy Georgians Fr anees e _ On the 7 t h inst., Robert Spittal, M.D., second son of the late Sir James Spittal, of Edinburgh. h 8t i:, s v. C. i‘ hinet.,atSit l e. ok ,o e r - i b e 3 B , s -N ayland, Catherine, 0 daughter h i t h et? u of the a On the 90 1 inst., at Fareham, H ged ants, a 69, Edvilr I sact, Esq., late of the Stock Exchange. relict On the 9th inst., at Christ's Hospital, aged 73, Anne, re of the late James Thompson, El. , leB On the 19th ult., at Nice, aed4uh 40, Compton ar r Domviie, E,q., eldest son of Sir Compton D o mvile, Bert- , o' Santry-house, near ilublin. ___......_ London: Pr - Lilted and Published by MUEDO Y 01.1146, Strand, 11 2 , Stnd, Printer, at The Sun Office, •Na• Strand, in tha Precinct of the s aw y, ths Mutt/ of Utd4101414 WingliA7l 41 0 14 14 ism, 38 1 590. '~~ Y