The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-13 00:00:00

JN • r t E,T, 0 101 11 th IS' Rol", 0? v elgtolit al A P ;01 1 e oleo t b re e bef t e i d em bar iS d ° t°thel 01 ,rat cro I;onte,: d to return' ol ~ r were itio , , t coo° s o t (' 'lvre a to A d ) ot ha,.. p ie tbnd e tbe„et,bor Ocarf, bs/ ° ment ° A v re. on 811 "40, t eeelli r e G t be n w ith • t b I in he who • 1 it I. 1 vrll fof ICad en)l 4C' tleMe° P he f ancb_ w Of ho: o c n r d l u o ct d . t 1 the Ma l. A 00 5 tUt o t 0 )intin eti- 018 t ill bee) A Rol 3 -n f % tl,e duct i b 'I3:IY t o i rPC s66 . 3vigatioo re e . g it Eg li 0 riem e " u b '5 throuP w hcre obe ow, b a d. the rich to the ep mpaeY I°r has sr, works fl lilt Pose" rman Poe" c g - te a ht s of Mal° 4 M ,1 0 14 , 6 too, 1-%17E25) G EDITION THE THEATRES. After the CO VENT- new comedy of London Assurance, which continues to draw and to amuse crowded houses, e nin 'lei'? Easter pi ece was produced at this theatre List d:g under 'n the title of Beauty and the Beast. I is• 'nominated in the bills " a comic, romantic, operat t ic, 1141°drarnatic, fairy' extravaganza," and it f u lly mer i ts is te l'Y on e of these titles. The old nursery tale t h e krupulously followed in the plot, sP.ve that has Merchant (Mr. J. Bland), the father of Beauty, tia l b e,erl . give n " a local habitation," Br'aton, " and a e4 : 10 1 1 Sir Aldgate Pump. He is, mo',•eover. Alderman, at) rd Mayor, and a gentleman difficulties, and has (large attendant attendant in the person of John Quill li very, y)' his ex-clerk, It a, livery-man out of 1 1 , --r Y:' On these two personages rests the comic pti . on of the piece, brad most ably did they support it. Their Parody tilesrl acting ero.usiy on. the duet, " I know a Bank," was enceored, the quaintness of Harley's singing shouts of laughter. Madame \Tes ti:l;l'as tong B eauty, and sang several exquisite airs, as she the ~e : a n sir g them. Amr.ingst others, she introduced - if :I; Get Josey," . s . ubstit . uting the words, god s zg, Rosey; for the original nigger chorus. The cou esc ,".f re delighted ta hear their favourit., air, and of Aar, Rt asisted on its r.,:petition. PrinceA ga , a li as t h e B er:st, lov e ..i3 It perform e d b y H arr i son, who gave the air, " My tnr• tke the red rejrose," with exquisite taste and feel & ;'• The scenery is . superb,and far taste and magnificence urPasses cc . rything that has hitherto been done li e o u u at this tl - ,eatre. The opening scene, " The sleens•e goo 0F es," is exceedingly beautiful. Beauty's 1 in the Beast's Pslace, is cue of the most -D rgeou s • , kw the at the same time, tasteful scenes we ever to i ; i 6 e col lcludir.g scene of "the throne-room" was most cent . For splend o ur o f scenery an d cosi or t " i e 1-1‘ five never se en an y thi ng , e i t h er i n E ng l an d gad Contin en t, t h at can b e compare d to Beauty tuvy t " l e Beast. The Grand Opera at Paris "). tv diminished head when eoli3- * P4I :: t Covent iL I darden. The dialogue of the tailsis , eacsmartly written, abounding in hits, all of j e ,, wr...11. At the fall of the curtain Madame was rite: tr a•a - d received with all the honours, and Har . . a • ri ono/ Ricci the piece for repetition every evening th,- ; unanimou s a p p l ause of a house crammed to je ' to. J. Tb • HAYMARKET THEATRE. tilp tt 'a theatre opened to-night for the season, after a , B "e; tt t \ i ' e ss., during which the interior has undergone . " 4. °. ~% „ `t e rations and improvements. The seats in the r r i — L ` row% of the dress circle 'nave been covered 41 tir e :; (44 datmask and velvet ; the proscenium has been raters 3 r ecr,nstructed ; and the fronts of the boxes, rootij er sed with a uth en ti c portra i ts o f celebrated dra -401-„ a t i ttioors, executed in oil by Mr. J. Wright. The tispe,:;ef.s a very imposing (Sleet, without bearinan "G pri , 'of tawdriness. On the rising of the curtain, e ottit,' 3 aVe the Qu.eer,” was sung by the whole of the . Noe .4 °Y, after which was performed the amusing farce in t called aly Wife's Dentist. This was follow e d by 1 t called domestic drama of the Rent Day, in lb w Wallaek played his original c haracter of M art i n i lekr tv " ,`" H. sustains it with his usual rough and ttb:„ v ; I rlor ; and in the closing scenes, where deep W e b — , rf quired, was no' deficient in tenderness. Webs, Pt a the some.what farcical character. of Rilfr • 3 ' l °g fc.r the first time, and with his usual judgment 4 4 „ , ot erit t 'ritot ion to detaik. The play, as it always t.oes, tow, o ft with great spirit, for it abounds in dramatic io B. though, as a whole, it. is rather too much 1 41: J . "4. It w a s succee d e d b y M r. Bernard ' s Cel t - 'ramie entitled Mary's Eve, in which M a d ame Tbi Rte perfornac:a her favourite part of Madeline. too Young lathy i s a very i ntell i gent actress, but a little fomterePose of 'manner would not be amiss. She is too to o ; t 1 8 ttitu, Ji n i zlng—a fault which mars some of her O tril Cng efforts. Her d anc i ng , h owever, was ad -I'4ll 4 th '''' Sae moved with a ll th e ease , an d grace, an d the Pea' of a sylph. Th e h ouse was to l era bl y f u l l, and r iormances received with applause. Aft ENGLISH OPERA. ti ted .tr the pertortnaace of Keolanthe, which we no favourably on its first appearance, a new piece, Ite 41 The Deer. Stalkers, or the Outlaw's Daughter, i 4 produced. at this house last night. The scenery of ti r dr e,sseil were got up under the supe r i n t en d ence t he tz -• 4 1a n, and the strictest attention was paid to Ithr o ),4* Wv it for the purpose of producing eff ect as to t 110, 21 'as much as possible to the m anners an d h e - " ° - of the country in which the scene is laid. kth,, k ce was received with the g r ea test p oss ibl e R ye $1 aim, and the greater number of the songs which sung by Mis s G ou ld an d M r . Wil son were 4 ',." lr Onsly encored. The ordinary accompaniments of tnelo-dramatic p er f ormance w ere p ower f u ll y ts t and agreeably diversified by appropriate tunes If th e bagpipes ; and, after the martial notes 1 44 Highland pib roc h di e d a wa y they were re - ec h oe d although not in sound, by an English au tits-Ce, seemingly much delighted with this novel addi tlit the usr,al musical instruments of a metropolitan W'oere all the actors performed their respec 14pZts tr. the entire satisfactio n of th e au di ence , an d i qi e Cet keeping with the country and the times in oc cg tibe incidents of th e pl a y are suppose d to h ave 4 44 4 1're d. . it would he invidious to particularise ; ; but we NI 14 -justice notice generally the excellent acting and lib 'better singing of Miss Gould and Messrs. 1 14 1 an and Stretton, and make particular men of our approval and admiration of the act ts of Mr. 11Han, who is evidently tho- Phly accivainted with the Highland character, and last 'night succeeded in realising, on English 14 t ds, a , ie of the principal characteristi cs o f High i % lit ire, by giving, n look and action, expression to epp nil atsuined simplicity whi c h covers th e covert iii: l l nt which mar k e d t h e c h aracter o f t h e itts'44lider in t h e d ays o f the great Mon lihA part of q t whose a d ven t ures th e p l ay i s osten i,tendcd. to represent. Th e m us i ca l p ar t o f t h e .r°l;mance was accompanied by the Highland Fling, tIA4 41In ehgcrum," " Moreir Shim," and other national Whic;h were played very effectively by Thompson, lie e ll3 er of the Society o f T rue Hi g hl an d ers . A s t h e 4iose, ; la 'one which is sure t o h ave a more t h an or -14,1 successful run, and as the incidents arc or them kop,tB-, unconnected with the music, good singing and tf c 3 Priate decorations witi. which it is accompanied, „ It tie interest, we d o not t hi n k i t necessary to het,- t summary of the plot ; but we would earnestly ta l c il lolend to th ose w h o are f on d o f a goo d song, who litp,4o l :preciate the gettin g up i n t h e b est poss ibl e man toto real pleasing performance, and who wish to of o, tir ege the representati on o f th e manners an d customs ti lt ge sister country, or we should rather say the twin 4 e b t °f Old England, and to patronize those laudable en 14tin aa ers whi c h h ave b een l ate l y ma d e to ma k e the drama toi p ~' to the: senses, as well as instructive to the t its: to go and visit the English Opera, and ttl e ; 88 Vae performance of a piece which, „ . . ; thr production at the same theatre of Vv . , antain Sylph, is unquestionably the most ri a Nt,''''ec and gratifying play that has for some been produced. The greatest credit is due to '4 l‘ Klan, as w e ll f or th e manner i n w hi c h h e h as pro tf4:4l this play as for his admirable performance ; and .4 taill a PiPer did justice to the music of the land of pad floo d. OLYMPIC. 11 4: 13 „ j a commodious little th ea tr e was o p ene d l as t n i g ht, ell.: 'th e management o f M r. B a k er, b y the lessee, 4 ,1.• Wild, with three new pieces —Charles Ae`tile,Y, the Irish Dragoon, by Harry Lorrequer ; Little Gipsey, a farce, by the author of the %, & l el' Club ; an d th e Ol ym pi c F ra ilti es , a b ur l etta , Iti,; 4 e auth or o f C up id. Th e h ouse was f u ll, b ut not !viti4veniently crowded, and th e au di ence thr o ughout fed the utmost good-humour. Charles O'Malley N it ra . tised from the popular tale in the Dublin ,i v ritty 111agazine, and certainly exhibits an ad ,44ptule picture of life in Ireland some thirty years ago. IN t he schoolmaster begins to be no stranger, even in 4 4: 1 44 s and we much fear that another generation will h t I Pass away before the fine old race, the contem kt4tll:l,es of O'Malley, will be as rare as the lineal de thOuts of the old Irish and Welsh harpers. Were to tt ,eo other pro o f o f thi s , it might be found in the tt t ` 44 rity of representati o n s of I r i s h life at present in While such a state of society as that repre ea uY Harry Lorrequ e r w a s common t o near ly a ll St 4 h tld s it was denounced in England as b a rb ar i an ; 4 ta tti "t" , that it comes to be a sort of recollection—a it tete of what has in a great measure ceased to exist, V„qttirea the popularity of a heritage of the past. bt4 i eee was well got up, and f a r a first night the Wiit t hanee was altogether unexceptionable. Mr. G. R ep the lessee, as the Tinker in the Little Gipsey, iti 4i ,eaedingly well received. M r . Wild has ju tttt cs,IY, we think, reduc e d th e p r i ce o f a d m i ss i o n to e t (I %es to half-a-crown, the pit t o one s hilli ng , and ktietettlillerry to sixpence—abolishing the half-price to pit ey . We heartily wish him success. 4: ; NEW STRAND. k,, ' 8 house was opened last evening, under the ma e of Mr. H. Hall, who has engaged Mrs. OiC e t Mr. Attwood, Mr. Maynard, from the Mel. tseld several other respectable performers. The 401111ince commenced with a short piece written by 0 4, ;lemon, entitled hot , lver Thimble Light 4 sp„'4 2 ade, which is , and is net without merit. ,tkiii",,garvey (Mrs. Keeley), the heroine of the drama, 4 e 4 ;46 daughter of a bookbinder, had captivated the 1 1, 1 4% °f David Dabble (Mr. Corrie), a painter and 41 s11 - \ t * She was also courted by Tom Nabs (Mr, H. de g but rejected his addresses, and preferred her first 4t ti; 4l4ta nee, the honest and plain tradesman. Irritated . % p a pl liter‘u.sal, the " Indescribable," as he is described in I f?' Ili a l took revenge on the father for the fidelity Ni b d a ughter , and contrived, with the assistance of a 41 41 (Mr. Attwood), to implicate him in a robbery Iv, 6 0 , ;lad been committed in the house of a lady by °1;1 1 ," had b een emp l oye d i n hi s tra d e as book e e'rhe wi c k e d pirii- was, of course, diicovexei ; 4 %r e e e ' waB acquitted the re:ii offenders were (!- ' 4 4l)l4. °v er to jubtice, and Jane Harvey and David - W ere made happy. It is needless to say that the acting of Mrs. Keeley was good, and much applauded. She was well supported by Mr. Corrie, and Mr. Attwood represented the wicked, designing, and cast-off servant admirably. The piece was an nounced for repetition with general approbation. The entertainments for the night concluded with an Easter extravaganza, called The Mission of Mercury, in imi tation of " Poor Neptune," in which a number of fa vourite songs and choruses were given with tolerable success. The performers, however, were not quite per fect in their parts, but allowance must be made, on ac count of the circumstances under which the theatre has opened. SADLER'S WELLS. Under the management of Mr. R. Honner, the lessee, this theatre keeps up its long-in:lintel:led and welt-merited character. We perceive, with pleasure, that although the greater number of the performers are fresh on the London boards, they exhibit in their performance such evidence of talent as gives us a hope that they will be an acquisition to our metropolitan theatrical talent, and when they are properly instructed in their professiee, will reflect credit on themselves, and yield a plentiful harvest to Mr. Honner. We would, however, recommend to Mr. Honner to re strain those t bullitions of tragical display to which pro vincial performers are so prone, especially on their first appearance before a London audience. The bill-of fare last night consisted of four courses, viz., The Tomb of Luneda ; Our Mary Ann ; Jock°, the Brazilian Ape; and the pantomime of Harlequin Tom ; and the performers, although sometimes " civerstee ping the modesty of nature," and occasionally deficient in energy, did, on the whole, fair justice to the authors of the several pieces. The act ing of Mrs. Maddocks was characterised by grace and dignity, and, with a little more command over her in tonations, she will be one of the best actresses we have on the boards. Mrs. Honner performed the parts as signed to her with that force and energy which distin guish her performance ; and the audience (a numerous one) appeared highly delighted, ar.d applauded the se veral performers with great enthusiasm. ASTLEY'S. This favourite place of amusement opened its doors last night to popular admiration, surprise, and laughter. The good-humour of the public was in complete har mony with the excellent sport provided for them. In deed we do not remember an Easter Monday when the far-famed productions of this establishment shone brighter or more captivating than on the present occasion, whether as regards the magnificence of dress, scenery, or equestrian display. Every depart ment was perfect, and the whole combination was in brilliant harmony, emulating in splendour and effect the wondrous glories of bye-gone days at this chivalrous Am phitheatre. The great advantage which this house pos sesses over other places of amusement is, that the mind can relax from the severity of tragedy, or the lighter sentiments of comedy, and enjoy the broad humour of farce with the marvellous achievements of mind over the brute creation, brought out into forcible contrast with the apparently super-human efforts of man vieiog in agility, and contending for the mastery, beyond the limits prescribed by nature. But it is from this restless emulation, this panting after excellence— the handmaid of immortality—that the earth has been converted from a wilderness to a paradise— " Man never is—but always to be blest." The Conqueror's Steed; or, the Prophet of the Caucasus, was the grand piece of the evening, and amply realized the expectations of those who, on being asked " Where will you go to-night ?" responded with a smile of surprise—" To Astley's, to be sure I—are you not going with us ?--I would go a hundred miles by the rail to see those wonderful horses ; they understand everything just like a Chris tian !" And sure enough they do. One is almost tempted to envy their sagacity as much as their doci lity. But for the play—one does not go to Astley's for " the play"so much as for the horses and their kindred riders—the doubt being which is the cleverer !—and that doubt must not be referred to the Clown, clever though he undoubtedly be, for, like all men wise in their own conceit, he in. variably decrees the palm to himself. On the present occasion, however, the sentiments uttered by the hero of the piece —the Prophet of the Cau casus—were such as would do honour to the best heroic tragedy—sentiments which Wallace and Tell so nobly asserted on their native hills. Indeed we thought that the feelings of the audience seemed to participate in them more warmly from the reflection that the brave Circassians were now fighting the battle of freedom on their snow-clad hills against the merciless Russians. It is unnecessary to enter into the plot of the piece, as on these occasions everything is made subservient to the more effective display of equestrian excellence, amid romantic scenes, wherein the ingenuity of man is brought into bold relief with the sagacity and agility of the horse ! The piece ends with the triumph of freedom, amid a gorgeous display of rock, and battlement and tower in flame, dazzling in varie gated beauty—all reflecting the glories of the storming scene over rider and horse—prince and peasant, despot and slave, commingled under one canopy — the canopy of recovered freedom—echoing to the shouts of the victorious Circassians. We have nether time nor space for more particulars, and we regret it the less because, to enjoy the scene tho roughly, people must go to Astley's and see its wonders with their own eyes. There is a very little black poney there, who can jump like a but terfly, and almost talk like a monkey, who de lighted every body, and even astonished his Mas ter, because he obeyed the Clown in preference! to the no small delight of the Clown himself, who first lost half-a-crown, and then recovered his " own " and double, no doubt, by collusion with the black gentle man, to the great amusement of the boys and their laughing companions.—" Astley's is the go !" VICTORIA. This theatre, which heretofore has not borne the first character amongst the Minors, was opened last night under the direction of the most successful of managers, Mr. Osbaldiston, and we were glad to see that his old patrons on the Surrey side of the water had not forgot he who used to cater so well for them a few years ago. During the short period which had elapsed since the termination of the late management, a vast number of hands must have been employed, for the theatre, both outside and inside, has undergone a complete metamorphosis, and it now presents as neat and cheerful an appearance as any of its rivals ; indeed the visitors to the theatre in olden time would now doubt its identity, it is so clean and comfortable. The manager has abolished the upper circle of boxes, and made a large and most commodiously comfortable gal lery—a change that will please all parties, for those who resort to that part of the house are now as well off as the people under them, and although it is calculated to contain 1,500 people, it was crowded in every part. So also were both pit and boxes. A new piece was presented, named Woman's Love, or Kate Winsley, :the Cottage Girl. An Easter Monday is not the best night on which to see and criticise a new drama. The people who had been enjoying themselves at the fair were a little too noisy to allow us to follow the plot ; but we can say it was eminently successful. We were not the only one who was glad to recognise an old friend, and with an old face, though in a new place. That old established " man of the people," Mr. E. F. Saville, again made his bow to a Surrey audience, and was most warmly received by his friends, who comprised the whole au dience. Being such an established favourite on that side of the water, and backed, as he now is, by M iss Vincent and other excellent performers, it will behove the proprietors of " the Surrey" to " look out," or the prestige attached to their house will fall into the shade. At the close of the first piece Mr. Saville (who is entrusted with the arduous duties of stage manager), in obedience to the unanimous call of the house led Miss Vincent before the curtain, and she, having made her courtesy, he announced the piece for repetition nntil further notice ; and, in doing so, feel ingly alluded to his flattering reception, and promised, that while he filled his present situation, he would use every effort to please his kind friends, the public. Afterwards Miss Vincent delighted the audience with the performance of five characters in Nature and Art, which was as well received on the South, as it had often been on the City side of the river. The evening's entertain ments were wound up with Knave's Acre, or the Knights of the Road. It was a new piece, and was well re ceived. The scenery in it was very grand, and elicited immense applau,e. Altogether the affair went off well. The audience appeared to be well entertained, and the Manager must have been gratified. The Victoria bids fair now to become one of the respectable minors. Mr. Oshaldiston is bold in his undertaking, and we wish him snecess. THE ADELAIDE GALLERY. This place was crowded yesterday Yesterday by visitors, who appeared to be much gratified by the varied experi ments and exhibitions of works of art. In the course of the day net fewer than 1,564 persons paid for ad mission. Tl:e exhibition of the dissolving views on a disc of 20 feet diameter, afforded much amusement to the holiday folks, its curious changes, such as a fine view of the Upper Lakes of lidlarney, fading into the Thames Tunnel, this again into a rose bud, which blows and dis covers embedded in its leaves a sly little Cupid with bow and arrow ready for mischief; this fades and forms the head of a female mania; the eyes rolling and start ing ; then comes Mr. Jim Crow performing his jumps, seeming not to lose any of his popularity by appearing before his audience 20 feet high. Some of the land scapes and a Turk's head are painted by Simpson ; the means of lighting the Biscenascops which exhibit those pictures is the same that is used for the Hydro- Oxygen Microscope, this image being reflected from two parallel mirrors. The instrument is left open for publiclt I) , ,^n prup..ed that duri ng tne hclidays these usoal I, , !ctmen on sciantine sub ject* should give way to lgilter ariausernet,ts, but this did not meet with the approbation of the lecturer (Mr. E. M. Clarke), whose day it was TU E SUN, LONDON_ TUESD Y, APRIL 13, 1811. to lecture on polarized light ; he stated that, by expe ' rience, he never found more attentive auditors than those of the working classes, and persisted in giving his lecture ; the experiment was highly successful. The lecture room and gallery, though crowded to suffeca tine, presented a mass of listening heads, without a single interruption. At the conclusion, the Lecturer stated the circumstances under which he that day appeared before them, and returned thanks for their profound at tention. This was replied to by a hearty cheering. Payne's process of salting meat was shown ; the meat afterwards cooked ; and the visiters tasted, by practical experience, the efficacy of the plan. The process of electro typing was exhibited, and a few specimens of medals and coins were distributed ; and, as usual, the Electrical Assistant shocked some hundreds of willing part'oes, and exhibited the interesting experiment of the lightning plate by the superb p►ate electrical machine. Lockey's Electro Magnetic Carriage Protector afforded much amusement. The military pupils of the Master of the Grenadier Guards performed during the day. Arrangements arc making for evening exhibitions on a liberal scale. TEIE POLY TECHNIC INSTI. TUTION. We doubt whether any of the places of amusement were more crowded yesterday than the elegant and scientific resort in Regent-street. It was extremely difficult to get in, and very difficult to pass along from place to place. The Lecture-rooms and Experiment rooms were crowded as soon as the gong struck an nounced the commencement of a lecture, so that a much greater number tvished to hear and to see than could at once get admittance. The Diving Bell was in as constant requisition as was consistent with giving the men who move it up and down a reasonable respite from severe labour ; and it appeared never to go down with a single unoccupied seat. The bosons for giving an electrical shock appeared never to be without a pair of hands immersed in them ; add, moreover, an absolute shoving and squeezing amongst children, and youth of both sexes, to get a glimpse of the panorama of the River of Can ton, and the " Opening of the Seventh Seal." If we had not seen from a distance that Primrose-hill was as crowded as ever, we should have thought that all the holiday folks had forsaken their old pursuits, and flocked to the Polytechnic. But though it was crowded, Primrose-hill and Greenwich, we have no doubt, were also covered with those who sought, and, we believe, in most cases, found happiness. At least we saw signs of great delight at the Polytechnic; and it was easy to notice that the bulk of the visitors, con sisting rather or the lower than the upper classes, took a great interest in the many mechanical and scientific wonders which the institution contains. Such a cir cumstance is a most gratifying proof of a great improve ment in the taste, the habits, and the knowledge of the people. means of relief, hotverer, it must be obvious that nothing short of liberal contributions on the part of the public at large can suffice, which the Governors most earnestly solicit, and are fully convinced they shall not solicit in vain. DESIGN FOR A NEW ROOF Ti) THE GUILDHALL OF THE CITY OF LONDON. This noble and e!egantly proportioned Hall has evi dence in its present state, by the very large buttresses exhibited in the exterior, of having possessed in former days a splendid Gothic r oo f. Th e present fl at ceiling was erected after the destruction of the old wooden roof at ti e great fire of London in 1666. It'is well known that it was built as a temporary expedient ; and it has been kept up by repeated repairs from time to time, and is not at all in character with the other parts of the structure. A perspective drawing, which details the effect of what is supposed to be the character of the old roof; has been for some days exhibited in the read ing room of the Corporation, and attracted great ad miration. It shows how it may be easily restored with out injury to any part of the present walls or openings. It is proposed to alter the present circular headed win dows running along the sides of the Hall into pointed windows built in the interior of the present windows, and ornamented with stained glass, the effect of the present tracing to continue, for the purpose of carrying up the character of the present wall, and from thence the new roof will spring of a similar construction to those at Weqtainste.r, Eltham, and Hampton Court, enriched with pendants and ornamented open arches. The soffet or ceiling will be panneled and enriched with bosses at the intersection of the mouldings. The draw ing has been made with a view to illustrate the inten tion of Alderman Thomas 'Wood by hia motion in the Court of Common Council, referring the subject to the consideration of the City Lands Committee, which mo tion was seconded by Mr. D. W. Wire, and also for the purpose of being sent to the Royal Academy for the ensu;ng exhibition. The design has been drawn by Mr. Edmund Woodth or p e , son o f t h e Town-clerk. ODE ON THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE.; • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—A new claimant for the authorship of the " Ode on the Burial of Sir J. Moore " hiving just appeared, and being noticed in your widely-circulated Journal, I trust it will not be deemed intrusive in one of the friends of the late Charles Wolfe, who' was for tunate enough to enjoy his intimate acquaintance, to state that he read out for me, from a manuscript in big handwriting, the poem in question, as his own compo sition, a few evenings after it was completed, in the pre sence of my ever•esteemcd college chum, J. A. Rus sell, now Archdeacon of Clogher, a circumstance. of which I have long retained the most lively recollec tion, as the impression produced was of a nature not easily to be effaced. I shall only add, that there never existed the slightest doubt on the subject among his contemporaries, and cannotibut express my firm convic tion, that this gifted individual, distinguished no less for genius than for sincerity and truth, was incapable of im position, or of appropriating to himself that fame to which any other person was justly entitled. MICHAEL J. KEATING, Limerick, April 6th, 1841. Archdeacon of Ardfcrt. THE ATLANTIC STEAMERS. What must be considered the failure of the 2,000 tons steam-vessels British Queen and President from which so much was expected, as given rise to a good deal of controversy in naval circles as to the cause which has produced so unfortunate and unlooked-for a circum stance. As no matter can be more interesting to naval men than what relates to steam navigation, we have been at pains to collect such data as will enalile them to form opinions and draw deductions with greater Certainty than they can do ss anting this necessary information. Both the vessels in question were built at Limehouse, by Messrs. Curling and Young. Their dimensions and tonnage are somewhat alike, the British Queen being about tea feet longer, but having a deck less than the President ; the power of the latter is represented as that of 600 horses, while the former has only a power of 500, or, according to some accounts, 450 horses. The engines of the President were made by Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, of Liverpool ; those of the British Queen by Messrs. Robert Napier and Co., of Glas gow ; and both are represented as beautiful pieces of machinery. It is evident that in these two vessels there is a great disparity of power for tonnage ; but it is remarkable that although both have repeatedly made tedious pas sages, the President is the most unfortunate of the two, and when she left New York on the 11th ult. had only twenty-seven passengers on board. The vessels provided by Mr. Cunard for the Halifax line, which have made and continue to make the pas sage so regularly, were built in the Clyde, by Messrs. Duncan and Messrs. Steele, of Greenock, and Messrs. J. Wood and C. Wood, of Port Glasgow and Dum barton. They are all, we believe, of nearly the same dimensions, and about 1,100 tons, with engines of 4'20 horse power. We state these particulars in order that cur naval friends may be the better able to draw their inferences, for in steam navigation, like everything else, there roust be some rule of horse-power for tonnage (suppo&ng all vessels to be constructed on the hest mote) which wili apply with the most profit, over or under which it would not be proper to go. On comparing the British and American Company's vessels with Mr. Cunard's, there appears a very great disparity ; for the vessels of the latter have, as relates to President, one-third more, and in the case of British Queen nearly double the horse-power to propel the same weight in tons ; and this on the face of it is enough to account for their greater speed, and certainty of accom plishing the voyage in weather when the others woul,l be obliged to abandon their course, or unable to make head against a gale. Cunard's vessels have alto the ad vantage of being built of scantling sufficient to hear a heavy armament, and this, so far from being detrimental to their speed or efficiency, turns out precisely the re verse, for while the British Queen was obliged to sus pend work for some months, and undergo repairs which cost several thousand pounds, after running for one season only, the others have neither strained nor started anything, and will, like our vessels-of-war coe structed with stout scantling, on improved principles, probably continue to run for years before the hull re quires repair. Our readers will recollect, that when Mr. Young (of the firm of Curling and Young), sat in Parliament for Tynemouth, that gentleman never let slip an opportu nity of denouncing Sir William Symonds's system of ship-building. We believe this was done from con scientious views, and that he was imposed on by certain members of the ci-divant school of Naval Architecture, who boasted that they crammed him for the nonce. Now, we find how much easier it is to preach than to practise ; for although the draught of these vessels was, we be lieve, furnished from Somerset House at the request of the Company, whether owing to the want of strength or size of scantling, or other fault in the construction, we find that repairs became necessary in a very short time after the vessels left the builder's yard. It appears to us that vessels of about 200 feet long and 1,000 tons, with 400-horse power, arc the best cal culated for quick passages across the ocean from point to point, and that when their dimensions extend beyond this an increased ratio of power must be appended, to attai❑ which would be most expensive ; besides that the machinery and fuel would occupy nearly all the space in the vessel. The construction of these large steamers was designed on the score of economy, on the assump tion that the same establishment, with a small increase of seamen and stokers, would suffice to work a vessel of double the size. But this may be an error. At all events, the experience to be derived from the voyages of the British Queen and President do not warrant us altering the opinion we recorded in these pages when first those vessels were designed.—Naval and Military Gazette. THE PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP. Another week has elapsed, and still we are without any tidings of this unfortunate vessel. It is now thirty-two days since she left New York, and, were it not certain that she must have encountered tbe severe storm of the 12th and the 13th ult. , the time she has been missing would, of itself, naturally give rise to the worst foreboding as to her fat-. We need scarcely say, that now, as was the case last year, her non-arrival, as well as the want of all news of her " whereabouts," has given rise, during the week, to ail kinds of reports and all kinds of conjectures. While, in the opinion, or, rather, according the fears of some, she must have broached to in the storm and foun dered, others express themselves confident, that, though she must have sustained some serious disaster, no fatal catastrophe has befallen her. In the opinion a the latter we are strongly inclined to coincide. It is extremely pro bable that she sustained, in the storm between the 12th and the 14th, damage either to her machinery or to her steering apparatus; and that, thus rendered comparatively unmanageable, she was making for the nearest port by the aid of her sails, which were not, it is said (though the statement may be as untrue as any of the sinister state meats respecting her which are in circulation), either nu. merous or good.--Liverpool Albion. \VESLEYAN MISSION,—It appears that in Ireland there are 10 stations and 23 missionaries. In Stock holm, Germany, France, Gibraltar, and Malta, 12 stations, 21 missionaries, 1,828 members in society. Continental India and Ceylon, 21 stations, 39 missionaries, 1,243 mem hers in society. New South Wales, Van Diamen's Land, New Zealand, Friendly Isles, and the -Fejee Wands, 35 station:, 53 missionaries, 10,921 members in society. South and West Africa, 42 stations, 47 missionaries, 4,769 members. The West Indies, 50 stations, 89 mic sionarics, 48,035 members. British North America, 77 • stations, 91 missionaries, 11,681 members. Total, 256 stations, 371 missionaries, 78,504 members; being clever, rnissionwies more than were employed list year prrl In g .10 morlldie iAS the number of merniN.s.rs commuaieants, of 5,777. - There arc 53,078 11 t h e mission schools, and more than 200,000 persons regularly attend the ministry of the missionaries.—Report of the .Liverpool Conference. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS HAT. ( From the Morniny Chronicle ) A pamphlet is in circulation, entitled " Daily Bread," which recommends to the industrious poor a new species of practical protest against the bread tax, as a likely means of exonerating themselves from its severe and unjust pressure. The scheme proposed is for a penny subscription from so large a number of the working classee, aided by the con , tributions of those who also suffer from and are opposed to the food monopoly, as may suffice eo freight one or more vessels with continental corn, or American flour, and bring it into some English port. On its arrival, a distribution amongst the owners to be formally claimed, and if refused, as it of course would be, to proceed to the public destruction of the cargo. Without passing any opinion on this plan, we wish to fix attention on the fact that such a plan is propounded and entertained. For aught it appears the process would be perfectly legal. There is no law against the investment of the smallest sums by hungry artisans in the purchase of food from foreigners. The vessel so freighted might le gally anchor in our ports. The petition of a thousand fa mishing families for leave to land and eat the food which they had purchased from their small and hard earnings might be a most unexceptionable document. The refusal by the Custese house authorities, or by their masters on reference to them, would also be legal, and we presume kevitable. The right of the proprietary would be unques tionable to throw their cargo overboard, though the billows I of Goole harbour, or the waters of the Thames should be whitened with the spoil ; or though the execrations of multitudes, witnessing the waste while they were pinched with want, should be both loud and deep; and if the hun gry and angry thousands broke out into violence, it would then become legal to read the Riot Act, call out the I military, and suppress the disturbance at whatever cost of human bloodshed. Whatever the wisdom, justice, or expediency, of any one step of the pro cess, each is yet free from the charge of unlawful ness. The proposition is legal, and it is entertained; that is the gist of the matter, and the fact may perhaps be worth a thought. It is not strange that such notions should enter people's minds. Analogous experiments have been tried on former occasions. There was once an unship merit of tea in and into Boston harbour, which harbour was then pert arid parcel of the British empire. Mr. O'Connell's first election for county Clare was the con signment to the House of Commons of a prohibited article. The oath was a sort of duty laid on by the Protestant mo nopoly, which prevented that consignment from reaching it 3 destination. Both these experiments won a place in history. They were scouted with great superciliousness, but they did the work. Nor could it be otherwise than a very awkward thing to transfer the evidence of the iniquity of the Corn-laws from the mind to the senses, from logic and statistics to the actual, visible destruction of the dai!y bread that people pray for and pine for—their own honestly purchased daily bread—in order that the wealthiest of monopolies may retain the most grinding of impositions. The subject would be brought home to the dullest intellects. The passions might not be altogether unaffected. Such a scene at a theatre would be rather striking and inflammatory ; whither the reality might tend it is very difficult to calculate. One thing is certain, that the Corn-laws are not a jot the better, nor more expedient, nor more humane, for the fact that no scene of this kind has yet passed in our ports. Whatever destruction of human food may have been caused by too long detention in bond, has been an unobservable operation. The un natural barrenness for want of culture of fi uitful soils in other lands, whose inhabitants would willingly rear the grain for which our manufacturers would willingly ex change their products, does not appeal to the sense!, and is scarcely apprehended by the common mind. The effect is not less real than as if wheat were shovelled into the Thames, from morning till night, day after day, in the face of gazing, astonished, and cursing multitudes. The pamphlet, asith its Scripture motto, " Give us this day our daily bread," explains this fact. The transacti in itself may never happen ; it can only happen through the most reckless infa . uation ; but it has become, by tne proposition, a conceivable event. It will happen, and it does happen, in the minds of the toiling poor, who know that they are paying sevenpence half-penny for the food and fourpence half-penny for the tax in their shilling leaf. As the notion spreads amongst them, they will be not much less influenced than by the actual occurrence. Food me nopoly is food destruction, whether it be thrown into the sea while labourers are needing it on shore, or whether it be wasted, instead cf being multiplied by culture to pur chase goods which manufacturers would be employed to produce. Tie upholders of the Corn-laws .are annual destroyers of immense quantities of food, which the work ing classes earn, or arc reedy to earn, if permitted. The operation may be circuitous, and out of sight ; it is not the less certain. But let this fact be actually exhibited ; or only let it be clearly and generally apprehended; which, before long, it assuredly must be; and what do the monopolists think of the sentiments with which they Rill be icgarded by their countrymen ? " Straws show which way the wind blows," and whether the project of this pamphlet be feasible or unfeasible, it is still a symptom that the Anti. Corn-law agitation is assuming a more formidable character. Notwithstanding the inter ruption of public meetings by the organised uproar of a comparatively small minority, the petitions already signed, or in course of signature, will, we understand, exhibit an interest in the subject beyond all precedent or pa rallel. The recent detection of an outlay cf 'Try money upon disturbers of the peace, professing Chartism, will also tend to put the interruptions that have occurred in their true light. The Anti-Corn law League, and its numerous ramifications throughout the country, are daily gathering strength, and beginning to root themselves firmly even in many of the. rural dis tricts. Whatever scherr es may be suggested, we trust that all opponents of the bread-tax, of whatever class, will feel the importance of a full di'play, as petitioners to Par liament, of their growing numbers. This is the first, the ink- , mediate and most urgent course, for adoption. Let them show their millions. The fitting time for that purpose is close at hand. The Easter holidays should be their final season of preparation for the Parliamentary struggle that is soon to follow. The effect of a great simultaneous effort may not be to insure the immediate abolition of the bread-tax, but it can hardly fail to put the question into a position of certain and speedy triumph. (From the Thnes.) It is not always that a great statesman lives long enough to see the full fruits of his own policy. On the contrary, when his lot is cast in troublous times, as was the case with Mr. Pit', the vexing cares and responsibilities of his position tend so materially to shorten existence, that, in general, little more is permitted him than to exercise his self reliance and foresight in adapting his course to the exigencies of public affairs—he himself being often with drawn from the stage of life before the results of that course, whether for good or evil, are unequivocally as certained. But there is one living statesman, the head of the genteel family of the Phippses, whose career, besides outstripping the Timmses and the Higgses, and the other aristocracy of the same lofty grate, presents an illustrious exception to the preceding remark. Among the many distinctions of that high personage, who, within a few years, has been rapidly promoted from the position of a fashionable novelist and a performer of private theatricals to that of a Jamaica Governor—afterwards to the dignity of Lord-Lieutenant in Ireland—then to the Colonial seals in Downing-street—presently to the Home Secretaryship at Whitehall—and, anon, to the rank of a British Mar quis—the fact that the happy nobleman has survived, and is still surviving, to behold the practical effects of his literary and administrative genius is not to be overlooked. What account his bookseller may be able to give of the later editions of " Yes and No," it is not for us to say. But the fruits of the Noble Marquis's incumbency in Ireland, increasing as they do in number and im portance, exhibit a uniformity of disaster and mischief which, while doubtless awakening his own ruminations, de serve the anxious attention both of his colleagues and the country. Thu same classical taste which made Lord Normandy a lover of private theatricals inspired him with a generous appetite for applause when performing the part of mock sovereign in Dublin Castle. Knowing that he held his engagement by the season, at the mere suffer ance of the great Irish manager, whose displeasure would have been tantamount to his dethronement, his assiduous and accommodating Excellency prosecuted throughout a style of policy which, though well calculated to awaken the echoes in his magnificent progresses as the Deliverer-Gene ral of gaols, excited the astonishment and apprehension of every impartial Judge presiding at the Assizes, and of every friend of order acquainted with the Irish populace. From that period up to the present moment, neither the more circumspect Viceroyship of Viscount Ebrington, nor the preaching proclamations of Lord Morpeth, nor the hollow deprecations of O'Connell, nor the temperance diversions of Father Mathew, have been able to counteract or repair the evils of the Normanby reign. Depredations, arsons, bludgeonings, and carnage have been the order of the day. The crack county of Tipperary,—the strongest fastness of Ribandism and the Whig Board of Trade—ie, at this moment, in a state bordering on absolute rebellion. The handful of military at command, reduced on account of the tranquil condi tion of the country, arc under arms night and day. Small pickets of troops are scouring the disturbed districts in every direction where they can venture to show them selves, and divers innocent lives have been sacrificed to the bru'al ferocity of the insurgents: '- This is Lord Nor; manby's " justice to Ireland." (From the Illorning Post.) It was humorously said once of a public man, who al ways appeared to be busy and yet effected nothing, that his regular habit was to lose half an hour in the morning, and to spend the rest of the day in running after it. Something of the same kind of' defect seems to belong to the advocates of free trade; they have injured the corn coerce and revenue of the country by their measures, and now, instead of applying themselves to the business of i z i; storation, they keep running after the false scent w led them astray eighteen years ago. Thus Mr. Porter, whose theories arc al much in favour of free trade as ever, but who finds it necessary, as a constructor of tables, to state facts, as well as to promulgate theories, acquaints us that the average annual exports to the 1832 l va u e t b o y 18 n 3 e b y th y a t n w t e h n e t y y w e b : c l e e n o t! in E u th ro o p fi e ve w y e e re ars les fr s om in a i c t h f o f 1 0 1 1 0 1 r e d e d t t h h e e close close of t t h h e e w w a a r . r t wN h eo e rwe ol i d inn c t o l m ee m fifiv e ve r e c y i y a ee l aarr r ss e w l t a hh t ions with Europe were in exist ence, and, except on the other side of tho Atlantic, the old navigation laws of England were in full force. But, in the five years from 1832 to 1836, the new system ' traduced under the Ministerial auspices cf Mr. Huskisson was in force, and what is celled "free trade," cr a consi derable approach towards to it, prevailed to a much more considerable extent than in the five jeers succeeding the peace. It also appears that in comparing the quantity of exports since 1821 to thecounti ies with which we have con eluded " reciprocity treaties," with the quantity to countries that have concluded no such treaties with us, the progress is leis in respect to thef r or s m bip former, and an dg d our tradereatrinrehspaveectatoot the latter. In short, our thriven under the new system in so far as we have tried it. Twhich the free traders m o d est l y propose i s th he remedyatw eshr I try it further I And. . as if t hi s were not enough, the organs of these speculative theorists tell us that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in order to repair the decaying finances, must adopt their experiments to re- COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen, attended by Lady Barham, rode out this afternoon in a phaeton, his Royal Highness Prince Albert being on horseback, at t.'nded by Colonel Bouverie and Colonel Wemyss. Another phaeton contained the Hon. Misses Pitt and De% ercux, and Sir Robert Otway. Tile Royal Party returned to the Castle shortly be fore five o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, also took an airing, and the Princess Royal was also taken out, attended by the usual party. The Rev. Dr. Short took his departure from the Castle this morning. The Lady Isabella Wemyss arrived to-day at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Earl of Uxbridge, and Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, of St. Leonard's, will have the honour of dining with the Royal Dinner Party at the Castle this evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, nt tended by Colonel Keate, honoured the Lord Mayer with his company at dinner yesterday, at the Mansion house. The Duke of Cambridge visited Hampton Court and Richmond on Sunday afternoon. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town yesterday even ing from Paushanger, Herts., the seat of Earl Cowper. Lord Holland belt town on Saturday evening for the Continent, on his return to his mission at the Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. The Marquis of Lansdowne, we are happy to state was much better yesterday. The Noble Marquis took an airing in his carriage for the first time since his re cent attack of gout. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and resumed the hearing of the great will cause of the late Mr. Wood of Gloucester. The Soli citor• General resumed his address, and had not con cluded at the rising of the Court, at four o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. In consequence cf the Newmarket Craven Meeting, 'ere was no attendance yesterday. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING—MONDAY. The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three-yrs old, Est ; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 51b A.l4' . (7 Subs.) Mr. Bowes's Epirus, aged (Nat) 1 Mr. Osbaldiston's Mountain Sylph, 4 yrs Duke of Rutland's Flambeau, 5 yrs 3 Lord Exeter's Beyrout, 3 yrs Lord Albemarle's Viol; 3 yrs 5 Mr. S. Cooper's ch c Cuirassier, 3 yrs Mr. Sowerby's ch f Plimgari, 3 yrs 7 Betting-6 to 5 agst Flnbsau, taken; sto 2 agst Epirus; and sto 1 agst the Mountain Sylph. Won in a canter by two lengths. The three-yrs old were beaten off ten lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sow.. each, and only 5 ft if declared, &c., for three and four-yrs old. D. M. (7 Subs.) Mr. Ford's Young Quo Minus, 3 yrs, 7st 7th Nat 1 Lord Exeter's Rodosto, 4 yrs, B‘t 51b Lord Lichfield's fby Sir Hercules, 3 r 3, 6st 91b 3 Lord Albernarle's Janus, 4 yrs, Bat 10:b 4 Duke of Portland's cby Glencoe, 4 yrs, Bst alb 5 Betting-2 to 1 agst Glencoe. c;4 to 1 agst Janus ; and 5 to 1 agst Rodosto. Won very easily by two lengths. Match-Bst 71b each. T. Y. C. 100 b.ft. Mr. Thorn hill's Menalippe (Pettit) beat Mr. Greville's Perseus. Betting-7 to 4on Menalippe. Won by a neck. Match—A. F., 100, h ft. Mr. Payne's fby Langar, out of Emigrant's dam, Bst 31b, (Nat) beat Lord Lichfield's c by Ibrahim, out of Malvina, Bst 71b, Betting-4 to lon the Langar filly, who won in a canter by three lengths. Sweepstakes of 100 soy:. each, h ft, fur colts, Sat 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; three yrs old, and not engaged in either Riddlesworth or Two Thousand Guineas Stakes. D. M. (6 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Escort (Nat) 1 F. Craven's br f Benedetto Captain Williamson's Decision 3 Lord Orford's b f Bettina 4 Betting-5 to 2 agst Bettina ;3to 1 agst Decision ; 3 to 1 east Benedetta ; and 4 to 1 agst Escort. cast by a head, after a fine race with all. Match, 100, h ft. T. Y. C. Mr. Byng's GPrryowen, Bst llb received. Captain . 11ons's Nicholas, 7st 6ilb The Riddlcsworth Stakes of 200 sove. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1837; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, 83t 41b; untried mares or untried stallions al lowed 31b; if both, 51b. Ab. M. (9 Subs.) Mr. Thornhill's Erir.go, by Ernilius NEWMAREET, MONDAY NIGHT. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAPES. 4 to 1 agst Ralph 6 to 1 agst Eris.go—ta. I 5 to 1 agst Wahab 7 to 1 agst Joachim—ta. 6 to 4 on three agst the field. THE DERRY. 7 to 2 agst Scott's lot—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot 8 to 1 agst Coronation 12 to 1 agst Van Amburgh—taken 13 to 1 agst Rosalie colt—taken 17 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle 18 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc 20 to 1 agst Palmmon 20 to 1 agst Ralph 22 to 1 agst Eringo—taken 27 to 1 agst Marshal Soult 33 to 1 agst Wahab—taken 35 to 1 agst Metternich—taken 35 to l agst Cameleon—take 40 to 1 35 to 1 agst Belgrade—take 40 to 1 40 to 1 agst Joachim 50 to 1 agst The Duke of Wellington—taken freely 1000 to 15 agst Young Quo Minus—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mosque—taken 1000 to 10 agst Hereford—taken 1000 to 10 agst Gammon Box—taken 1000 to 10 agst Morning Star—taken 25 to 1 agst Belgrade and Ermengardis—taken 26 to I agst Mosque and Cameleon—taken TUESDAY'S RIDDLESWORTH —All have paid, except Wahab, Abydos, and colt by Mundig, out of Thebes. I For the 50 Sovs. Stakes (Tuesday)—All have paid, except Nick, Oak Apple colt, Gobemouche and /Eolian. For a Sweepstakes of 5 Sovs. each (Tuesday)—Ruthless, Jessica, Audrey, and Remnant are named. EAST SUSSEX HUNT RACES.—AIoNr!Ay. The Farmer's Stakes of 3 nova. each, and 10 for the second, the New Course, were won in two heats by Lord Gage, nd Agdis, aged (Mr. J. Lipscomb) beating Louisa, aged, Oak apple, 6 ?rrs ; Diana, aged (dis), and Holiogbury, aged (dis.) The Last Sussex Hunters' Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 35 adc'ed, the New Course, 12st each, were won in two heats by Sir J. Langharn, nd Little Tom (Mr. Johnston), beating b g by Wamha, Honest John, Maid of Sussex, Advance, and two or three others. The Hack Race was won by Mr. Barnett's Battledore, and the Hurdle race by Mr. J. Saxby's Nimrod. We unuerstand that the martiac, , e of Lord Bruce, eldest surviving son of the Earl of Elgin arid Kincardine, and Miss Cumming Bruce, only daughter of C. L. Cum ming Bruce, Esq., M. P. for the county of Moray, is to take place during the Easter recess at Kinnaird House, Mr. Cumming Bruce's seat in Stirlingshire. A clause has been inserted in the Liverpool Docki' Bill, exempting from Dock dues all vessels pass ing by the Docks without using them. This was obtained chiefly through the instrumentality of Mr. Mark Phillips, M. P. for Manchester. Upwards of 51,000 signature: have been ob tained to the Manchester petition for the repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws., THE REPORT OF THE ROYAL HOSPITALS IN THE CITY. The following is an abstract of the Annual Report of the great number of poor children and other poorpeople main tained in the several Royal Hospitals in the City of Lon don, under the pious care of the Lord Msyor, Aldermen, and Governors thereof : — CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. Children first put apprentices and discharged from Christ's Hospital the year last passed, 157, five whereof being instructed in mathematics and navigation, now placed forth apprentices to commanders of ships, out ef the Mathematical School founded by his late Majesty King Charles 11. Children buried the year last passed l4 Children now under the care and charge of the Hospital in London and at Hertford 1,245 1,437 To be admitted on presentation granted at this time The support of this Hospital materially depends upon benefactions and bequests. As that part of its income which is permanent is far short of maintaining the usual number of children, whose education qualifies them for the Church, for naval service, and for every station of life, according to their abilities, and as the principles ef rLligion, as well as the order of civil society, are points to which their attention is constantly directed, it is hoped that all charitable persons will readily contribute to an in stitution which is not only of local, bnt of ns.tional good. The expense of repairing and keeping up the buildings of this Hospital (many of which are very ancient, and origin elly formed part of the old Grey Friars Monastery) hay ilg been found to be already burdensome, a fund was es tablished in 1802, by subscription of the Governors and other friends of the Hospital, with a view to the gradual and complete rebuilding of the whole fabric, and a great part has accordingly been restored in a most commodious and substantial manner, without reducing the number of children upon the establishment during the progress of the works. Much, however, yet remains to be done, and the Go vernors regret to state that the fund originally subscribed is completely exhausted, and a very considerable sum has been expended from the general fands of the charity; but they are willing to hope that the generosity of the public will nffird the mraus of completing the great work, and pre v .lat the necessity of encroaching further upon the perma nent income of the Hospital, and thereby diminishing the scope of its usefulness. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. Patients admizte3, cured and discharged during the list year, 5,015; In-Patients, 12,827 ; Out patients, aid 15,830 casualty patients, most of them ate poor, sick, and lame persons; and being destitute of all relief many of them have begin supplied with money, clothes, and other necessaries, to enable them to return to their several habitations; in the w hole 33,672 Buried from thence S In- Patients Remaining under cure Out-Patients • . • This being the most ancient Hospital in t he City and suburbs of London, and having escaped the great fire in the year 1,666, the buildings by length of time became so very ruinous that in the year J 729, there was a necessity that great part thereof should be taken down, and a sub. scription was tben entered into by many of the Governors n d ether charitable persons for defraying the expenses of re-building, which was pregr,ensively effected. All fees on the admivtion of patients have been abolished, the sisters and nurses placed in situations of comfort, better adapted to the nature of their duties, and the accommoda tion for the In-Patients, now so extended as to admit above 500, and their diet and general comforts very ma taially improved. The accomplishment of those objects, so essential to the welfare of the patientv, has occasioned a very heavy increase of annual expenditure, The Go vernors, therefore, particularly beg leave to submit the .same to the benevolent attention of the public. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. There have been cured and discharged from St. Tho mas's Hospital, in Southwark, the last year, of sick, wounded, maimed, and diseased persons, 2,897 in-patients, and 32,476 medical and surgical out-patient=, including c some of whom have been relieved with money and necessaries at their departure, to accommodate and sup port them in their journeys to their several habita tions . 35,373 Buried from thence, after much charge in their sickness Remaining under cure In-patients / Out-patients 736 So that there have been, during the last year, of poor miserable objects, under the care cf the said Hospital, and destitute of other proper care, in all The Governors think it their duty to state, that in con sequence of rebuilding London Bridge, and the formation of its new approaches, at an elevation of many feet above the old level, they have been obliged to make large pur chases of grounds and buildings adjacent to the Hospital, at a considerable expenditure of ca7ital, in order to secure such ventilation and accommodation as are necessary to the health and comfort of the patients. They have also been obliged to rebuild the north wing: on a new site, the former building having been rendered irsecure by the removal ofthe house adjoining. And they are now rebuildinga correspond ing wing on the south side, which had become necessary in consequence of the whole south wing being so dilapidated, badly lighted, and ventilated, as to make it unfit for the reception of patients. It is therefore humbly and earnestly recommended to all charitable E ersons, that they would be pleased, by their contributions, ao enable the Governors to defray these heavy charges, and to meet the still greater outlay which will be requisite to complete the plan of im provements now unavoidably in progress ; as well as to continue affording, and still further extending, relief to the distresses of the numerous sick, maimed, and diseased poor, who daily apply in large numbers for the same, as appears from the above and other annual account', parti cularly in the class of surgical out-patients, for whose better relief and attendance arrangements upon an improved plan have been adopted. BRIDE WELL HOSPITAL. Received into this Hospital during the last year, under commitments by the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of the City, as criminal or disorderly persons, who have been kept to hard labour or received correction Apprentices sent by the Chamberlain for solitary confinement 74 Received into this Hospital during the same period, sundry poor persons, who have been convicted for wandering abroad and begging in the streets of London l5O 1,308 The Governor informs the public that they have opened a new house of occupation in St. George's-fields, where the honest and industrious poor (and more especially the young) are instructed in useful trades, upon a more ex tensive scale than has been found practicable of late years, owing to the increase of buildings contiguous to the old site ; and where, in the case o f th ose w h o h ave f or f e i te d their characters in society, the grea t o bj ects o f mora l re form, and restoration of character (as contemplated by the original charter) are provided for on a large scale. BETHLEM HOSPITAL. CURABLE& Remaining in the hospital on the Ist of January, 1840, includ ing those out on leavecf absences Men ... 61 } Women 110 171 Admitted in 1840 Men ... 128 30 8 Women 180 Dibeharged cured . . Men ... 64 479} 173 Women 109 Ditto uncured Men ... 25 Women 44 69 Ditto, request of friends Men .., 1 Z A Women 3 S -'` Ditto, improper objects Men ... 21 } 37 Women 16 Ditto, having teen sent out on leave of ab sence, and no account received since of Men 2 10 their state of mind..._ Women 8 Died Men 4 Z Women 8 12 Remaining on the 31st December, 1840 Out on leave Men 7I ~ Women 9 1 16 Ia the Hospital Men 65 1 158 Women 93 Incurable : _ Remaining in the Hospital on the Ist of January, 1840 Men 26 64 Women 38 Admitted in 1840. Men 17 31 Women 14 j Discharged Cured Women 1 Ditto, by request of friends... Men 2 } 3 Died Men 3) Women 1 i 4 Remaining on the 31st of December, 1840 : In the Hospital ...Men 38 88 Women 50 Women 4 95 Criminals:— Remaining in Hospital Jan. 1,1840 ... Men 65 Z . , n Women 15 -- Admitted in 1840 ......Men. 7 11 Di , charged Cured Men 5 _ Women 1 6 Died Men 5 7 Women 2 S Remaining in the Hospital on Dec. Men 62 1 78 31, 1840 91 Remaining in the Hospital the Curables 171 Ist Jan. 1840, including those Incurables 64 315 out on leave Admitted in 1840 Curat les 308 Incurables 31 350 Criminals 11 665 Disehlrged in various ways in Curables 305 1840, as above specified Criminals 13 Remaining in the Hospital Dec. Curables 174 31, 1340, including those Out Incurables 88 340 on leave •• Criminals 78 The Governors inform the public that a Committee meets every Friday at Bethleno Hospital, to admit and discharge the insane from 111 Pert :2 o f the. CitedCitedKingdom , without exp°tise to tlioii - relations or friends. The Hospital for Lunatics, on an unproved plan, n e wly erected in bt. George's Fields, unites the advant ages o f air, exercise, and out-door occupation for the patients. To extend the EVENING EDITION. plenish the public coffers. We recommend as have money in the public funds to look to this. As tht: Ger man commentator, whose sentiments we publishes, the ether day, observes, it is quite idle to determine meass:res of trade and commercial intercourse by the abstract dog mas of any school. It may be truly affirmed that in such matters there is no such thing as an absolute principle which is true at all times and under all circumstances_ nsome cases tree trade is beneficial, in other cases it is not. All depends upon the peculiar circumstances of the rise--uport the particular wants, capabilities, opportunities, and reasonable objects of each country. While a country is thinly inhabited, and a vast field fC rim provement b y labour is open to be worked, trade can scarcely be too free, for the tendency of free trade is to procure the greatest quantity of commodities at the leaAt expense of labour. But, if a country happens to possess'. a redundancy of labouring power, then free trade is likely to be pernicious. We may sitar our laws so as to enable capitalists to buy the produca if cheaper labour abroad, but how shall we alter the laws of other countries so as to make them buy from us in return ? We can do no such thing. " Oh," says the political econo- Feist, " but we cannot continue t, buy without sell. ing." The truth of that proposition depends upon the Itangth of time contemplated. We can continue to buy ..Nithoot selling so long as our stock of gold and silver lasts, and, since every one who can get a Bank note may convert it into gold, that period would only be 2imited by each individual's interest, or by the breaking of the Bank. Then, by preosure of severe distress and the scarcity of money, all sorts of commodities would become as cheap here as on the Continent. But the money amount: of taxt.tion being still the same, list: pressure would be intolerable, and it would be imposslole for the Go vernment to screw out of the people eno, of money to igh pay the fundholder his annual interest. ', T his would be t h e consummation of free trade in a cou.atry circum stanced as ours is. This is the point to wbicil free-trade theorists are now trying to drive us. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ) TIME S,—A 4 : the Stock Exchange to-day very little business was transnted, and the jobbers and brokers were, for the most part, occ:APied with arranging their accounts for the three successive settlements which take place this week in the public securi'ties, viz., that in the Share Market t•-morrovv, that in 11'7! Foreign Funds on Wed nesday, and that in the English '‘Llncl3 on Thursday. A later fr.An Bahia of the 6th of F e bruary, sates that • trade continua to fall off, and, to sho7v theproportion of . -v the decline, the folio•sing statistical data are ices :—ln the year 1835-6, the Custom-house receipts were ,625 contos; in 1836.37, 1,389 contos; in 1837-3 8 (the vv'er of Re volution), 1,043 coatos ; in 1838-39, 1,760 coat os ; and in 1839.40, 1,610 contos. In 1838-39 the gross kli:nount of produce expor ed (calculated on the weekly Vain esti mates) was 9,291 contos; but in 1839-40 it diminishosi to 5,982 contos. In 1838-39 the Customs' receipts O ff 'the exportation of produce was 804 contos, and in 1839'4 0 only 524 contos. PO ST.—Tlie funds have been nearly stationary all day' in both markets. The President steamer, expected from New York, is still missing, and there was no news from any quarter to give a stimulus to prices. The payment of the dividends may be supposed to have had a favourable influence, but the effect of this appears to have been, as . is usually the case, fully anticipated. Frankfort letters of the 6th inst. mention that two agent% of the house of Rothschild and Co. have set out as agents fir the Phillipine Islands, belorging to Spain, where they are to reside for ten years. It was said they were to superintend the collection of certain li - ranches of the customs of the colony, which have been assigned to the. firm as security for money advanced by it to the Go-. vernment of Spain. Messrs. Rothschild have been for years in the enjoyment of the profits derivable from the, valuable quicksilver mines of Almaden, and are so much better off than the bondholders of For tug-al, for which country they were responsible in connec tion with the loan of 1835.6, or even the bondholders of Spain herself, that we cannot approve of their sendirg out people to the Philippine Islands to intercept revenues which should, in the course of fair dealing and common honesty, go to the liquidation of the .dividends so long postponed, and of the Treasury Bills issued 1 - 1 the Agui lar Embassy here in 1836. The coldness of the great Peninsular loan contractors towards their supporters has been such that they shall never have our sympathy or sup port let their sufferings by their private engagements Le ever so grievous. The despatch by Messrs. Rothschilel and Co. of agents to the Philippine Islands argues someth sery treacherous towards the house on the part of Spai.l. The committee of Portuguese bondholders have been addressed by parties who complain very loudly, but with what justice we leave others to determine,_ that, for their signa tures epprobatory of the new Portuguese conversion, which have been to the extent of 200.0001., they can at tain the remuneration of no more than ten shillings per cent., which is less by five shillings than they were ac customed as " men of straw " to receive for their signa tures in favour of the railway projects at one time so much in fashion.. There can be no doubt that the Portu guese tools, in their excessive meanness, have somewhat undervalued the services of the poor men who have been accustomed to do this sort of business, and who have starving families to plead in extenuation of the guilt attaching to a betrayal of the interests of their fellow countrymen. SUN.—Still no news of the President. The public securities have been dull to-day, but they have maintained their value. For Money the quotation was to 90, and for the Account 901 to 90y throughout the day. This gives a value on short loans in the Stock Exchange . of about 3 per cent. per annum • Exchequer Bills renizei•los. to 13s. premium ; India ionds, par to 3s. premium, a slight improvement for each ; the New Three and-a-Half per Cents., 98/ to 99 ; and the Re duced Three per Cents., 881 to 89 ; Bank Stock ,was at 1713 ex dividend. The Foreign Securities and the 124,ilway Shares a 'ere very little dealt in to-day, and the current value establisl ,ed by the few bargains entered into, evidenced the ratta.er downward tendency of the markets. Spanish Active Bonds were heavy te-day at 233; Portuguese New Five per Cents, at 33i; Mexican at 29/ to 301 ; Chilian at 61, and Brazilian at 694, which prices exhibit a sligLit decline, as compared with the rates of Saturday. French! Five per Cents. were at 113 F. to 113 f. 25c., and Dutch, Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 52 to 51,1. Great Western Rrilway Shares were 27 to 271; the New, 131 to 13i ; the London and Birming .. )am, 64 ; the New, 221 ; the South-Western, 181; and the York and North Midland, 304 tp 31 premium. Brighton shares were 4i, South-Eastern 15, and Manchester and Leeds 31 discount. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE- STREET. NOON. APRIL 13. Barometer 3O 13 in. Thermometer Highest .. 54 Lowest W:nd N. W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. The sacred Harmonic Society will conclude their series of Lent concerts:on Friday with " Jeplitha." It is the eighth of Handel's Oratorios produced by the Society, and was performed for the first time on Wednes day last' with complete success. FALLING HOUSES.—A correspondent calls our attention to the dangerous state of some houses to. wards the east end of Carey-street, and complains not without reason of the negligence of district surveyors, and local authorities, in not taking more active measures to pre vent such accidents as those which occurred lately in Fleet street and St. Giles's. MEHEMET ALI.—A medal of the Pacha of Egypt, in silver and bronze, is about to be brought out un der the patronage of Sir M. Montefiore, with others of the Jewish persuasion, and most of the leading merchants in the city connected with the Egyptian trade, in order to commemora'e his protection of commerce, patronage of the arts, and religious toleration. The face and bust of the medal is being taken by Mr. A. J. Stodhart, from a painting in the possession of Sir Moses Montefiore, just brought over from Egypt, where it was done expressly for him by the orders of the Pacha. The portrait will repre sent him as wearing the tabouche, after throwing off the turban, and th e reverse of the medal will contain an alle gorical device, representing some of the most interesting events in his life. It is not generally known that some time since Lord Brougham made the Paella of Egypt a present of 100 volumes of English scientific books, which the latter had immediately translated into Arabic for dis tribution and use in the schools of Egypt. A copy of each of these works was recently sent over by the Pacha as a present to Mr. Galloway, father of the Bey of that latename, in twerhfeorerenceeenotlfytdhieedAiln his service.liedpowers he Ju was s t erectingtot a h e n observatory on the banks of the Nile, which was to be placed under the control of the Royal Society of London. THE PRECIOUS METALS.—Among the nu merous alarming paragraphs we continue to see in the papers, London and provincial, of the movements abroad o f the precious metals, it is a singular fact that we seldom or never glance n o ccch u zor r soent frequentyoi nc e f el chroniclers, ot n s sdda especially ahs s r np i e n nde single a l ieahl certainlvelannouncement r. iiTlvthehei been eeternaleonasl shipped . pyf but, r i ea t dy a ss movements homeward, though these movements, we dare w tao say, htf e a p h h a sa coor y veeenquite said, autnito t precious oha i cu t s s landing at Dover front periods,tbe e Continent is never once noted. To allay a t o h p e po f s e i a o rs, however, of John ''ke's f p rom old England, we aboutmaymen h t e o should udrainedld tion that the writer of this paragraph,g in t i h a . t is t pe he r p atu re b c n io le as masses of gold and silver frequentlyon its way ore Bull, s llest comes . in contact with IFge. Cons Pierward, Great Britain ; and that it was only other day be saw sovereigns in boxes, the to the number of about , 100,000, landed from the C • to the metropolis of ontment.— Correspondent of the Dover Chronicle. TIIE SILK GOWN.—cc To be or not to be,." is the question which is now agitating the Wesleyan body throughoutdowns in in the pulpitstlliseountr of the srxit3 yonthesuhjeceto! wearing cleri calby its itinerant ministers. Mr. Welsh, in a pamphlet which he has pub lkhe3, states that the system, if adopted by all the itine rant preachers, will cost the Society 7,0001. a-year. The Rev. S. D. Waddy, the most popular Wesleyan preacher in this town, hating had a silk gown presented t) him by some ladies in his congregation, has appeared therein in public, but his so doing has not met with the approval of the office-bartrs of the Society in Hull. The Rev. Mr. Bunting, at Manchester, also appeared in one on the same day as Mr. Waddy, which circumstance being strcngly disapproved, Mr. Bunting has withdrawn himself until the Conference, when the matter will come on for discus ' siol S '.— of i a i v a o li n P ra a b r i c e r. has the weather been during the last month, tilat third is at the present moment more grass an season dingth:ts egu en than is teheoxipJ e u c nedlforzhton year. g. g A g ood hay ing Rerald: s ' r ll , 4 9