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ditto, 31 to 41 1 - s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lOs per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 125 to 31 161 ; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 13s ; and Straw, 1/ 85 to 1/ lls per load. Supply tolerably good, and trado dull.] HITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 to 4/ 16s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lO per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. ABOLITION OF BURIALS IN TOWNS. A public meeting was held last night, at the Western Literary Institution in Leicester-square, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the immediate closing of burial places in cities and large towns.—Mr. Luke James , Hansard was called upon to preside. The einteneieten in opening the business of the evening, remarked that the question they were called upon to consider effected both the moral and physical condition of society. Burials in jarge towns generated disease tea serious extent, while the profits which resulted from the existence of grave-yards in large and populous dis tricts induced the parties who controlled them to resort to artificial means to promote the putrefaction and de c?raposition of human bodies, and thus enable them to _dispose of the coffins fur firewood.—(llear, hear.) This was essentially a poor man's question, acd he regretted, therefore, that it hid not met with more favour at the hands of the clergy or the Government.—(Hear, heir ) The time, however, would soon come when Government Would be forced, for the sake of the public health, to put an end to the present system, and establish cemeteries in the neighbourhood of large towns.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. W. A. Maemeesoet, M.P., moved the first reso lution, which was as follows: "It having been repeatedly demonstrated that the practice of burying the dead in the midst of the living produces the most deplorable consequences to the health of the community, by poisoning the air we breathe and the water we drink, this meeting deeply regrets that a question involving the disposal of some GOO,OOO bodies, the annual mortality of the United Kingdom, should not have taken precedence of all others in the sanitary measures passed in the last session of Parliament. That more especially at the present time, when cholera is among us, the constant disturbance of dead bodies, in every stage of decomposition, and the exposure of bu man remains in consequence of the incessant upturning of the soil, for the purpose of making graves in places long since filled to repletion, ought to be instantly abolished. That this meeting also protests most strongly on the ground of the utter worthlessness of' the protec tion thereby afforded to the publie health, and for other cogent reasons, against the practice of depositing bodies in vaults, or other receptacles, under churches or chapels, whether in leaden or pitched' coffins; and therefore it records its unqualifitd condemnation of clause 112 of the City Sanitary measure, which, in the year 1848, lega!istd this most objectionable and destructive custom." It was strange, the Bonourable Gentleman observed, that in this country—the most wealthy, the most civilized, and the most moral on the face of the globe— the practice of burying the dead amidst the living should be tolerated for a single moment.—(Hear.) The dreadful gases which were emitted by the churchyards of the metropolis annually proved the death of thousands ; and, as an instance of the dangerous effects of the dead being allowed to remain amongst the living, ho related an incident which a few years ago came under his own knowledge. A lady having died, her body Ives placed in a coffin, upon which was nailed a plate describing her virtues, age, and station in life. The nails fastening this plate were unfortunately so long, that they passed through the wood and lead of the coffin, which caused the effluvia of the body to escape, and the gas proved of so noxious a nature that four of the deceased's daughters, who inhaled it while pining over the coffin, dim' within a fortnight afterwards. lie bad no hesitation in saying that nine-tenths of the diseases !Thiela visited the metropolis were caused by the practice Of interments in crowded thoroughfares, and he hoped that ere long the Legislature would be induced to follow the exatnp!e of every civilized country in Europe, add totally prohibit this abominable and intolerable nuisance. —(l.lcar, hear.) Indeed Government had promised to take up the subject in the present session, and they bad now good reasen to expect that the seed which had been sown years ego would shortly ripen into frnit.—(llear.) Mr. GEORGE TFIOMPSON, Isi.P., seconded the resolu tion, and declared that as only the vested interests of clergymen and sextons stood in the way of the proposal, be had no fears that it would ultimately succeed.—(Elear, hear.) If Government refused to take up this question, they ought to be held responsible to the public for the consequences of such neglect.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GEORGE ALFRED WALKER, the leading mover of this agitation, supported the resolution, and iu doing so entered into some details of disgusting scenes and prac tices to be witnessed in the motropolitaw churchyards ; and gave it as his opinion that most of the cases of fever and consumption to be found in London might be traced to the exhalations of graveyards in crowded districts. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. JAMES WYLD, M.P., moved the second resolution as follows: - " That this meeting believes that the many injurious consequences unavoidably resulting from the present system of interring the dead can only be removed by a legislative enactment, originating with or supported by her Majesty's Government. That in the year 1842 a Committee of the House of Commons reported to Par liament, ' That, after a long and patient investigation, they could not arrive at any other conclusion than that the nuisacce of interment; in large towns, and the injury arising to the health of the "com munity from the practice, were fully proved. That the evils of interments in towns and populous places had grown to such a height, that no time ought to be lost by the Legislature in applying a remedy. That this cus tom had desecrated the repose of the dead, and injured the health and feelings of the living, could not be denied. That it had also exhibited the singular instance of the most wealthy, moral, and civilized community in the world tolerating a practice and an abuse which had been corrected for years by nearly all other civilized nations in every part of the globe.' That these views of the Parliamentary Committee of 1842 were affirmed by a majority of the House itself, in the year 1845. That universal mischiefs require universal remedies, and, therefore, a general Act, for the establiantent of ceme teries in suitable localities should be passed, us a mew. sure of wise legislative economy, and of simple justice to the nation." The resolution having been seconded by Mr. C. Coch rane, was put from the chair, and carried unanimously. A petition to Parliament, founded on these resolutions, was then adopted, after whieh thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting, which was very numerously and respectably attended, broke up at a late hour. MURDERS IN THE NOIRTH OF SCOTLAND. • ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY EVENING,— The ancient Court of Justiciary, under Lords Monarieff and Mac. kenale, has been engaged to-day with the trial of one of the most cold• blooded and revolting mterclers that ever stained the annals of crime. The facts of the case as disclosed in evidence are briefly these:— The prisoner, James Burnett, aged 53, is a crofter and farm servant. Ile rented a small pitta of ground at a plsce called Skelmanao, about 35 miles northward of this city. For the last six years he had hired himselt to work on a farm, about half a mite from. his croft, and Wes the only man servant in the kitchen. He had eight children by his deceased wife, all of whom were grown up and in employment, one of the daughters being en gaged in attending her mother and keeping the cottage. Burnett was in the practice of frequently visiting :his wife and daughter in the evenings after the work of the day was over, and occasionally on Sunday ; but had not slept at home for nearly two years. About five years ago his deceased wife had a paralytic stroke, which to a great extent deprived her of the use of one side of her body, but she was able to move about a little, yet could never be trusted out of sight alone. Abont the end of October last pri soner said to his wife that he would get a laxative powder for her, which would ease a pain which she com plained of in her breast, and take off the stuff which lay cn her stomach and made her ill. He procured from Dr. Wood three powders, containing 4i grains of calomel and 2 grains of eolocynth in each, which medicine was coasidered by the doctor suitable for the case as de scribed by the prisoner to him. The prisoner, on the same day that ho had the medicine. employed a carrier woman to buy for him 3d. worth of arsenic and a New Testament, when she went to Frasenburgh, and stated that it was for the purpose of poisoning rats, which an noyed him in his bedroom. The arsenic was obtained —an ounce of white arsenic—on the Sunday, and on the Wednesday following he told his wife that he would give her that night something to do her good. On leaving the house, after paying a visit to it in the evening, he told his daughter to have a cup of acme jelly or sugar ready for him to mix the powder with, and also not to sit out of bed waiting for him if he were late in getting to the cittage. He Warned to the cottage about ten o'clock, and said he must give his wife the medicine himself, and at night, because ho should not have time to attend to it in the morning. The sugar and the jelly were provided, and when alone with his wife in the kitchen bed he mixed what he called Dr. Wood's powder, and gave it to her while she was in bed. He told his daughter, who then entered the apartment, that he would sleep that ni g ht with his wife, lest she should need any assistance under the medicine. The daughter then went to bed, and un derstood that her father went into her mother's bed, but without taking off his clothes. In about a quarter of an hour the daughter heard her mother, as she thought, vomiting, or sick, and ran to the kitchen in her night rth There sh e f oun d h er mother very s i c k, retch g over the front of' the bed, and her father standing with his h an d s rest i ng on each other behind his back, and with d with his b ac k towar d s the low smouldering f i re, 7 o daughter assisted th e mother , but who was dreadfully Sisk, the prisoner appeared very callous, and covered over the matter vomited with ashes. il He afterwards got the daughter to sweep this matter, and it turned out also that thecu n p yr Ui which n what ha called the medicine had been given was br o k en b y himself, lie of fered d r il y to go forfora (lector, when his w if e sa id , " I h ave done with doctors am poisoned, I am poisoned 1 and the Lord reward them on earth w h o h ave done it. " At five o'clock, A.M., the w o man died. 'lho prisoner then went to the farm and resumed his work as usual, but early in the day returned to the cotta ge funeral to tak e p l ace next day, t his and gave ord ers for t h e was done, and f or a time A ll was quiet. BuCwalt. within a w ee k i t was rumoured that th e p r i soner to one of the f ema l e servants of the to b o marr i e d farm where h e was a labo urer , an d on the b.nnsthteing pr oc l a i med s trong suspicions w ere exc i ted, and he Was isinterred, and Prehended. T was then he body on exhumation was found to contain a large q u antity of arsenic— 20grains bein g f oun d i n the sto mach alone. The three powders obtai ne d from Dr. nlYny_o(ll, it 5 1 30: cappeared had never been g i ven to the de .harge of mu r d er was t h en preferred, elle i n the evidence it also came out that th e pr i soner had b e r e i e raia ll coha biting with' the female servant r e f erre d to; that et i utercouree had frequently taken place between THE `SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1849. them; that he had offered to run away with her; and, cn getting a refusal, he requested her to leave service and go to her mother's until his wife should die—as the old women was now so infirm that she could not be ex pected to live 'long. With this the girl complied, and was at home when the prisoner's wife died. The pri soner, when at the bar, displayed the utmost in difference, and at the close of the trial, when the jury returned a verdict of guilty, not a muscle of his face moved. Lord Mackenzie then put on the black cap and pronounced sentence of death in a most earnest address, ordaining, wi;h the con currence of Lord Moecrieff,_ that the prisoner should be hung on Tuesday the 22d of May next. The prisoner received his sentence with the same stolid intlitEirence that bad characterised his whole conduct, and when going down the deck protested that he was innocent. He has hitherto borne a good character, and was not given to any known vice. There is no hope of mercy. The next case is that of a woman, fur child murder, which comes on for trial to morrow. She stands charged with the murder of her own child. 4 The third case is that of a young man, a farm labourer, who stands charged with having entered the cottage of a lonely pauper widow, 61 years of Dv, by the chimney, and, alter committing: a terrible rape on the woman, atrargied her, and left her lying deed in the bed. This case, having only happened the other week, will not be ready for trial at the present circuit. It is 35 years since there was an execution in this city; then it was that of a woman for poisoning her husband, and now it will be a man for poisoning his wife. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. (From the 7 bees.) The scene presented in the Haymarket on Thursday evening on ,the opening of the Opera doors was fully equal to that of the 4th of May, 1847, when Made moiselle Jenny Lind first made her debut in London. Anxious groups were similarly placed about the Colon nade watching the arrival of the long string of carriages, and the visit of her Majesty to the theatre increased, if possible, the general excitement. Immediately the doors were opened the pit and gallery were crammed to suffo cation. The stalls and boxes were more gradually, but not less steadily, filled, and before the curtain rcse the whole theatre was occupied. The reception of Made moiselle Jenny Lind, the shouts of applause which arose on every side, and the waving of handkerchiefs, were an indication that the enthusiasm which has held the public for two seasons is still in full force. The belief that Made moisselle Lind had retired from the stage, and interalcd to sing in concerts only, which, after all, are but a frigid re creation as far as the habitues of the opera arc concerned, gave the significance of a debut to the: reappearance :on Thursday. There was something like the delight which is felt at the recovery of a lost child in the greeting with which the public received Mademoiselle-Lind. And she came back to them in the fullest possession of those qualities which have made her immense reputation. There is no occasion to dilate on her performance of Amine in La Sonnambula, for if there is any one cha racter in her - repertoire which has lived in the memory:of the London public that is the part. But it seemed as if her voice had even improved, and as if she had acquired a more perfect command over her resources. Those high notes, so unrivalled in sweetness, and ad mitting the finest attenuation without losing a particle of their value, seemed to vibrate through the house with a clearness hitherto unknown. The s otto voce shake, which was always her favourite expedient, appeared more delicate than ever, and excited the old applause. In her ornaments she displayed new means of effect, and surprised her audience by the facility and brilliancy of her exectution. Her acting was marked by that per fect identity with the character she represents which has always rendered her Amina one of the most remarkable impersonations on the stage. Her simplicity as the happy village girl, her manner, half delighted, half terrified, when she is rather pleased by the compli ments of the Count, and at the same time frightened lest they ehould arouse the jealousy of Elvino, and her deep distress when loaded with the weight of an imaginary guilt, are as forcibly delineated as ever. The character ut Elvin° was played by M. Calzelari, a debutant, who may be considered a decided acquisition to the company, and that in a lino where reinforcement was wanted. This young tenor, for he is only 26 years of age, is a native of Parma. He comes here. ,immediately from Brussels, but he originally made his debut at La Scala, in Milan, and - has sung with great suc cess at various Italian thcetres. His register and the management of his falsetto remind one of Carded, but there is far more body and vo lume in his voice. His cantabile singing is as even and smooth as possible, end his sotto voce passagee, beauti fully perfect, show a remarkable command over the organ. His great song was, " 0 perche non poss 9 odiarti," which was loudly encored, and ho produced the most striking efflct by his strong contrasts of piano and forte. It is said that he especially shines in Rossini's music, and the flexibility of voice and thorough training which ho now exhibits, though in music of a different character, leave no reason to doubt the fact. Ilis acting is not quite so graceful as it might be, but it is marked by energy and intelligence. Mademoiselle Jenny Lind did not appear before the cu: Lain at the end of the duet "Son geloso" (when the drop is let down), though she was summoned with long and loud applause. She, however, came forward after the conclusion of the first act, and twice after the con clusion of the opera, when "Ah non giunge" had been encored with repturc. She then appeared once more leading on Calzolari, who was warmly cheered. . . (From the Chronicle.) There were some who feared that recent events, which much interested and agitated the musical world, would be found to have diminished the attraction of Jenny Lind. They argued, that the tide of feeling, which had run in her favour from the first hour of her arrival among us, having been suddenly checked when it had swollen to an unprecedented height, had become di verted; or that a revulsion had occurred, and that it would never again flow with the same volume and force. The chain of sympathy, they said, which had attached to her the affection of the public, had suddenly been broken, and there was not even in her fascination a power to re-unite it, and restore it to its former bind ing strength. It was supposed that something like a feeling of piqu e or a ng er m i g ht hav e replaced those warm regaros, or at least a very keen re gret at Madlle. Lind's resolution to retire from the stage—a resolution so frankly and, spontaneously withdrawn in deference to public opinion, and of which the motives, perhaps, may never have been really understood. One glance at the exterior, and still more at the interior, of her Majesty's theatre, last night, would have served to dispel those sinister forebodings. Without, eager crowds waiting, they scarcely knew for what—all the avenues filled with persons pushing and crowding to gain an entrance to an area already filled to suffocation; within, one o'i the most brilliant cod fashionable audiences that have ever graced even this theatre. It was a renewal of by-gone scenes. True, the current had been interrupted, but the slight obstruction had only revived an ardour too long languishing under privation. And when, at last, the charmirg songstress cause tripling on the scene with well remembered simplicity of gait and mien, such a burst of enthusiastic welcome hailed her return to her more legitimate sphere, that it was itself the best assurance that her altered purpose was the right one. Such a scene of excitement seldom accompanied even her former triumphs. It was somethirg more than a hearty greeting to a favourite performer—it was rather as if a friend was restored e hem some difference had estranged—and every voice seemed to point a moral in its cheer of welcome, that, in the spirit of the good old English msxim, all wore determined to " let bygones be bygones." Mdlle. Lind seemed at first deeply affected by this warm and kind reception. There was observable a slight tremulousness of the lips, as she repeatedly ac knowledged the renewed plaudits. But the emotion once suppressed, the artist replaced the woman ; it was no longer Jenny Lind, but Amine, all joyous and happy in her innocent affection ; the face became radiant with smiles, and the stream of song gushed forth. Never, since Jenny Lind first assumed this character here, did she act or sing with more wondrous power than on Thursday. There was some , thing more than ordinary emulation; her soul and heart were in it. At all times a character peculiarly suited to her idiosyncracy, some strong impulse of feeling arising out of the occasion seemed now to lift her Amine; above the range of an imitative art. Her performance was not acting—it was inspiration. The art lay in the self abendonmente the self-identification with the character to be embodied; all the rest, the fluctuation of passions and the minor details, were pure nature chastened and informed by a finely-toned taste. It is this which makes the charm of Jenny Lind. If some may, with a show of reason, complain that she does not enough lose her in dividuality in the character she embodies, they should reflect how much of that seemiug self-reproduction ex ists in their own imperfect vision, which sees only phy sical peculiarities, and neglects to notice the strongly marked and characteristic difference impressed on each character by the mind of the performer. Lind acts— as she seems to sing —from the soul. There may be in her acting, as there is in her tinging, the perfection of art; but it is art so exquisite, that it scarcely needs dis guise—it realises that ,nature which is demanded by longing after the ideal. The artistic beauty of Mdlle. Lind's Amine. precludes " points." It is almost a pro fanation to seek for them; if they occurred, they would seem to spoil the symmetry of the whole. All descrip tion of her acting must ever run in a circle: it must ever be " nature!" " nature!" One can but apply the same terms of praise to tho charming simplicity of her de meanour in the first scene, her by-play when alarmed at the gallantry of the Count, the uudisguished artless ness of her affection for Elvino; her gushing affection and arch tenderness, to the almost supernatural abstrac tion of her air in the somnambulist scenes, when she walks more an embodied soul than a being of flesh and bleed, to the intensity of her grief at the estrange ment of Elvino, and the overpowering joyousness, the be wildered happiness, when his affection is restored. To every phase of the performance the same term of praise applies—it is all so exquisitely natural because so finely artistic. It is somewhat late in the day to repevt these praises, or to remind the admirers of Jenny Lind that she raises the part above the level given to it by her most successful rivals. If she does not aim at the deep tragic pathos infused by Garcia, she lands a moral dig nity and an elevation of spirit peculiarly her own. In her appeals to Elvina, however poignant her grief, her tones and the expression of her countenance indicate a lofty consciousness of outraged virtue, however subdued by womanly feeling. Hut there would be Tko limit to this kind of retrospection in a performance so perfect. In the vocal portions Jenny Lind excelled herself. The scene in Rodolpho's chamber was sung with marvellous power and discrimination, and those delicious low notes in which she is unrivalled were prolonged, refined, and re fined, till they seemed to die away into the echo of sound. So again in the last scene, the vocalization was perfect in taste and execution ; and in the "Ah ! eon giunge," she produced electrical effects by the bril liancy and susteutation of her execution and the daring fights to which she urged her true and faithful voice. One of the most charming things in the whole opera was the duet with Elvino in the first act, where they part for the night, given by Lind with an arch tenderness u As hth f . o r The the presenceenthusiasm f of he ther Majestya u d audi ence, n e i u h d c e i o te e e lu i r t notns capti vating.knewtciee il s cd t ne r restrain n i e n o_ a b pe t o ei h tee accorded l a en ad fromhbeo but to boxes —rose s t ff — o e r r i e n e g royalty to o n itself. t he masse 8 i b n fh e a e r common impulse, to re•demand the finale, and again to bring the fair singer twice before the curtain. To make a debut as an effective Elvino to such an Amine required no ordinary powers. Signor Culzolari overcame this dif ficulty triumphantly. Signor Calzolari has taken his place at once--and will keep it. Indeed, we are inclined to ex pect great things from him hereafter. lie is modest, without being timid or wanting in self-possession ; and, if the vraiscmblance and perfect filling up of the part of El- Nino be a test, he is ate actor of a superior order. Ile has a tenor voice of great compass and even quality. The upper notes strongly resemble in sweetness and purity those of Gardoni, and the whole voice is remark-- ably sonorous. It has a quality which admits of a great volume of sound being poured out, without the sweet ness being lessened by the exercise of power. In this Calzolari excels Gardoni, and even Mario. ill not descend to tricks liTauthrteeitrinyclaallinuadlcitlsymerm of his singing, hoe ever, consists in the event •of his style. He sings the music po p sel llW e. In the " Tutto c .ciolto" and w . of orngment to g he developed gre-aatinteandPbeerness of expression; and in the sung with intense feeling and written by the coin That he should not have paled groat in the greater effu 3 achieved an unequivocal of LlllO, but should have wholte dramatic ra t the i e l ]sat power. , . i is the best proof of his ocal success, talent. We have only room to mention the Rodolpho of Belletti as the best wo remember. Ile made a character where the materi a l s aro scanty enough, and sung his music admirably. The other parts were moderately well filled, and the choruses were well given. (From the Pod) At an early hour of the afternoon the approaches to the theatre presented a dense mass of people in a state of high excitement to witness the reappearance on the gage, in the Sonnambula, of the true and legitimate queen of the lyric drama. The old enthusiasm of the two past seasons seemed to have increased in intensity, induced by the various reports that Jenny Lind was never again to appear on the stage in a dramatic cha racter. The nightingale has been twain caged, and on no previous occasion h as sh e a cted so delightfully or sung so supremely. The theatre was literally crowded to the roof. Upon her entrance on the stage, the public arose simultaneously, and received her with one long-sustained uproarious cheer, which Ives renewed as each several beauty was evolved by the unrivalled artist. The Amine is so perfect, so beyond all former precedent and all future hope, that to analyse its beauty of con ception, skilful working out, and wondrous vocal feats, would be to repeat an oft-told tale. Suffice it to say that no iota of its original excellence was missing, and that many new and unexpected graces were intro duced. The voice was pure, fresh, and brilliant, and the slight exhaustion which at certain moments was evident at the latter end of the last season had completely disep penred, and the organ had entirely recovered its amazing strength end volume. We were never so strongly im pressed with the opinion that the stage is the true arena for the exhibition of her powers, and that the applause of a crowded theat re is necessary to elicit her rarest quali ties. If we may judge of the continued popularity of Jenny Lind, and the firm grasp she list upon the appre ciation and affection of the public, by the perfect furore evinced on Th urs d ay, then moat assuredly the silly and unfounded re ports which lave gone forth must now be dis persed into " thin air." Jenny Lind was of course called before the curtain at the end of the first and second acts, and after a double encore of the " Non giunge" she was summoned to appear four times amidst the cheers and bravos of the entire house, the royal visitors being amongst the most enthusiastic of the au dience. Signer Calzolari, a tenor of great continental reputation, made his debut as Elvino, and at once achieved popular favour. His voice is a tenor of great sweetness, extended compass, and singularly sympathetic in quality. His method is admirable, and his expression full of tenderness. He was w armly greeted on his en trance, and his rendering of the famous " Tutti 6 sciolto," and the s u b sequent "Ah I perde non posso odiarti," was rewarded with a simultaneous redemand. Signor Calzolari will he found a valuable acquisition to the theatre. Signor Belletti appeared as Count Rodolpho, hisasnl seemed a.edesmashceaaatdnid::gmaegs seldom admirable. I V dbot louh i eu age. r h a fi vxir first ti i s s o s 'H' sceneow with so fn c Aw o am n u ns a m an, s m i n e s o t o ffeme somnambulism a s a ce n n tb s e o b d r is i t ll i i n a g n u t is a h n ed essemblage. It p present in the metropolis had de i t n e d rm m in a e y d h to a a v rs eh age honourad forsthaet the rentree of Jenny Lind. (From the Daily Nays.) Whatever reasons Jenny Lind leaving the stage, she has found better reasons, it would seem, for returning to it; and the same reasons, we hope, will induce her to remain upon it for some con siderable time to come. The stage cannot afford to lose Jenny Lind. Her leaving it in the prime of her youth, and the full strength and vigour of her powers, would make a blank which we could never hope to see filled up. The announcement of her re-appearance has, for tome days past, been the prevailing topic of conversation in every circle, and on Thursday the theatre was crowded by an immense assemblage, eager to sac her once snore in her favourite",part of Amine, in the Sonambula. Her re ception was, if possible, even more enthusiastic than on her very first appearance two years ago. The whole audience rose, and welcomed her with acclamations, while hats and handkerchiefs were waving from every part of the house. She looked exceedingly well, and was in excellent voice. Of so well-known a performance as her Amine it is only necessary to say that it was captivating, and pro duced as great an effect on the audience as ever. The character of Elvino was supported by Signor Calzolari, who appeared for the first time in Eegland. This young performer's continental reputation is very high, but not higher than he deserves. His appearance is exceedingly prepossessing, and his whole representation of the jealous country lad ry as full of truth and nature. He is a singer of the first class. His voice is a tenor, very liko Oar doni's in the sweetness of its tones, but considerably stronger and fuller. His portamente is admirable, his notes being held and sustained with the most exquisite delicacy and smoothness; his intonation is perfect; and his style is pure and graceful. Whether he is capable of giving expression to strong and trag ic p assi o n r em a i ns to be seen; but in characters of the class to which Elvino belongs lie has unquestionably no superior. Belletti added greatly to the effect of the opera by his excellent performance of Count Rodolpho. His "Vi rs,viso" was beautiful. THE DEBATE AT THE INDIA HOUSE. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of a Morning Contemporary : ir e Y e e o r n r n a r k i r m p e e e e r t : i to a l rjatevillua journal, e - m i t , cl y , u t s o a e l r f e c ' o o f A ny P t e h r y i e l of East India Stock my deliberate opinion on a your able pro prietorst2oc7oltuhlmeB4n9s.of subject of most grave and solemn importance, upon which they will he called to decide by ballot on Tues day next. I have just returned from an adjourned do bate at the India House, on the justice and policy of the recent act of the directors, in anrexiog to the British territory in India ti.e principality of Ssttars, ceded by treaty to the head of the family of Sevajee, his heirs and successors in perpetual sovereignty. The plea set up to support the measure of annexation is, that the late Rajah, Pertaub Singh, and his successor Appa Sahib, have both died without male issue, and that it is not incumbent OR the Government of India, as lord paramount, to recognise collateral heirs or adopted sons. The question which the Court of Directors have thus decided is one which will not merely affect the interests of the house of Sevejee ' but those of all the princes and chiefs of India with whom similar treaties have been made. In assuming the right to withhold permission from , adopted heirs to success i on to princ i pa li t i es an d real property (ex e mpt f rom taxation) they have, as all Indian history will dem onstrate, usurped an author i ty w hi c h t h e most arbitrary a n d powerful among the nat i ve Govern ments have nev er d ared to exercise. It is because I believe that the promulgation and en forcement of this doctrine will be, sooneror later, fatal to the existence of our empire in India, that I presume to tender to the proprietors generally the counsel already offered in the Court in Leadenhall-street. I especially address myself to those whose votes will, on Tuesday next, sanction or repudiate the act of the executive body. No c 1( °trine, more than the one referred to, is ca l cu l ated to spread alarm, dis may, and disaffection among all ranks of the po pulation in India. It strikes at the root of the most ancient, cherished, and universal custom of the people a custom not only upheld for secu lar purposes, but prescribed and enjoined by the Ilindoo religion itself. In regard to our political de signs in India, there may be among the people great in difference and ap a thy, and whatever the c h aracter o f those designs, xi e may bo competent to realise them by the aid of our lar ge I n di an army; but such a course as that now for the first time entered upon will have a di rect tendency to sap the foundation of that attachment which the native soldiers have hitherto evinced towards the British Government, and we may find, when it is too late, that those on whom we have been accustomed to rely have made commen cause with their disinherited countrymen. Tho student in the history of Indian events during the last fifty years will not require illustrations of the critical tendency of any ac t o f encroa chment upon the prejudices or customs o f men , w h o , while ready fear lessly to risk their lives in our servi ce , are prover bially tenacious of their domestic, national, and religious rights. It is with great satisfaction that I have witnessed the the noble stand made by the most eminent men, both in direction and amongst the body of proprietors, against gn the oadoptedne whichy a part has e s just ended; and it will, I am convinced, be admitted by of t the many years has called forth unwise executive. a g re a a tned dangerous rd spNlaey o f debatep r talentf eoc e e r proceeding all who have bad the opportunity of listening to it, that the argument against the course which has been taken has been conclusive and overwhelming. Amongst those who have recorded protests or delivered speeches condemnatory of the policy of annexation are to be found the venerable Mr. Tucker, the Right Honourable Holt Mackenzie, Major Oliphant, Mr. Shepherd, Mr. John Sullivan, the Honourable Leslie Melville, Major- General Caulfeild, Colonel Sykes, Sir Robert Campbell, Sir Henry Willock, Msjor Moore, Sergeant Bain, and Mr. John Morris; and had a vote been taken in court, either on Weduesday or to-day, I believe the decision would have been in favour of the motion for re-consideration. To escape from present defeat the supporters of the annexation of the Sattara principality have appealed to the general body of the proprietors; and strenuous efforts will doubtless be made to obtain proxies and secure a majority at the close of the poll. I earnestly, hope, however, that those to whom the appeal will be made will be influenced by consideration more important than a desire tes oblige their friends. That they will reflect upon the justice and policy of the ques tion before them, and bear in mind, also, that the re sources of thousands, either connected with the services of the East India Company, or dependent upon the reve nues of India for all they possess or hope to enjoy, may be seriously affected, as they will without doubt be placed in imminent peril, if a decision so repugnant to the feel ings and views of the people of Indiais not re-considered. I am, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN BRIGGS, East India Proprietor. THE IRISH TREASON CASES.—THE WRITS OF ERROR. TIIH QUEEN V. W. f33IITH o'srtrnbr. It appears, from the list of causes published with the Lords' Votes of the 26th instant, that the case of the Queen v. W. S. O'Brien has been set down for hearing on Thursday, the 10th of May, and the Judges have re ceived notice to attend. 'I he case of the Queen v. 111`Manus has also been set down for hearing. Petitions from 5,996 gas consumers and inhabitants of the city of London, and the parishes of Bow, White chapel, &c., have been presented to the House of Com mons in favour of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company' s Bill ex t en di ng th e ir limits. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27.—The Peninsular Com pany's steam-ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, with the Peninsular mails, left the dock this aftercoon. She had a full general cargo, and a mill amount of specie. Her passengers amounted to about fourteen. The Iberia, with the homeward Penin su l a r mails, may be looked for on the 401 vf next month. at the beginning of this week. She took up her reel deuce in Fiuch•strect. The steamer Scotia, which hed been disabled in Kingstown harbour during the Este gales, arrived here on Tut!day from Dublin, and thee Beesley gave informa tion at the police-office that Miss M'Call had robbed him. The detective officers soon found out her where abouts, and brought her and the eight boxes to bridewell. When the two met at the police-office, the lady gave utterance to her wrongs in no measured terms, upbraided her deceiver for his villaey, and politely informed him that, if his bead had been near the bath, she would have poked it through for him, big a devil as he was." She hesitated not to say also, that learning after she went to live with him, how he had abused his wife, who was still living, dislike had taken the place of any affection for him. Beesley thelared that all he wished from M'Call was his papers and the letters from his wife and owners. During the investigation, however, it came out that the paper which was most desired was an assignment of 1,300/., which he had transferred to his mistress when they were living together in temporary quietude. The as signment had reference to some priza-money to which Beesley was entitled by virtue of services on the coast of At; ica. Miss M'Call offered to give up all papers hut the assignment; but Beesley, not content with this, charged her with felony, and she was locked up in bride well for the night. On Wednesday Miss M'Call was brought up at the police -court before Mr. Rushton, charged with stealing a work-box and other articles. Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner. Beesley said the prisoner had been living with him for six months, in Ireland, but had now left him, and robbed him of every thing. Mr. Rush ton— Have you been living together as man and wife? Bees ley—Yes. In reply to Mr. Davenport, Beesley said he belonged to the Scotia steamer, and had been living with the prisoner in Kiugtow•n until last Friday. He had allowed her to use the name of Beesley. He gave her an assignment of 1,3001. He did not want her to live with him. Could not tell how much property she had des troyed, as he had been ordered off in a hurry. Mr. Rushton —But you have brought her here on the distinct charge of stealing books, work boxes, and other articles. Officer Tuck—We have those at the office. Mr. Davenport—Was it not your wife's work-box? Beesley—Yes. Mr. Rush ton—Did you set her up in the house? A. I had it fur nished before. Q. Da you know what is gone? A. I claim nothing but my papers. Mr. Rushton—ln order to sustain a charge of f. bony you mu►t be quite clear that these articles were never left in her custody. She was in such a capacity wi:h you that the articles were common property. it seems you made a settlement on on her. Beesley—That I gave her; I do not ask it. Mr. Rushton—lt appears a very hard case that she should have taken away his papers. The whole thing is a rupture of one of those wretched connexions which always end in misery. Mr. Superintendent Clough—She proffered to give up all the papers, pro vided ho would allow her to retain the deed of assign ment for 1,300/. Mr. Rushton—Who has got that deed? Prisoner—l have. That is the paper he wanted from me. The prisoner then proceeded to give a history of her connexion with Beesley, particulars of which will be found above, and added, that she loved the father of her child, but did net like the complainant. When she was living with him in Canning-street, Birkenhead, he called her improper names before the landlady of the house, end she took a dislike to him then. She stated that she would have been married in May to the father of her boy if she had left Beesley, who offered to settle 1,3001. on her if she would not go. She got Beesley to write to the father of the child, but he destroyed the letter written by her desire, and sent another, telling him that she was liring with him. Mr. Rushton--I do not think any charge of felony can be sustained in this case. Dis charge her. Tho prisoner then left the court.—Liverpool Mercury. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM• PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIXG. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL '27. TOTNT-STOCB 33.11.N1C5. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid, Price Annum. Share. -........... ------ - Xs. d. X s. d. A detralaida •••• •• • ... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 2334 Britsh.North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 60 0 0 - C uylon ........ •• •• • • 71. par cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Cunantercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - ' Colonial.. .. Gloucestershire •...... 15/per cent. - - - lonian •• • • .... ••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lend,' and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24 - - 13 0 0 - Loudon Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Vrovincialef Ireland.. 181. per cant. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, Now.- ... •• • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland •• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. frovncial of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, Now. ••••• •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia •.• • • • 51, per cent. - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia .• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 2434 Ditto •• ...... • • -6/, per cent - 2 10 0 - Union of L0nd0n..... , 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - • INSURANCE COMIPANIES. Dividend Amount Name Of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - £ s. d. £ s. d. Anion ...... ••-• • • • 3/. 109. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Al.iance Brit. and For. O. per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18% Ditto Marine••• •• • • 61. per cent. ICO 0 0 5 0 0 - .A.*.las .... .• Britisti Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5° Ciericl,Med.& Gen. Life spr ct.& N. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 County .... • ... ••• • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Crown .• •••••• • • •• • • 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Bugle • 6s. 50 0 C 5 0 0 5% Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 12 6 - Euro-ear. Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Family Enrlowmrt Soc. 41. & be. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - i.cemiesons' .• ••••• • • Gt. per cent. 20 0 0 a 0 0 - Globe • • • • •• • 61. per cent. Stock. - - Guardian ••.•••• • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 - Duper:al Fire ...... • • 121. per cent.' 500 0 0 50 0 0 '220 Imperial Life ••••.• • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Dideninity Marine.... 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 4 13 1 - Laws F!re • ... • ..... • . - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Lsw 1 ife- -..•••• .• 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Leval and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 41 lOs . Lor,dcn Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 garine -.-- - - •• - 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Meo. Invlld &Gen• Life 1%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life •• • • ..... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 b 0 0 - E".elladiurn Life 5l. per cent. 60 0 0 2 0 0 2/ 05. Pelican .• - - - - t'inc•nx ... ......... - - 141 riotector Life.... • - Provident Life.. .. • ll. Se. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 Rock Life • • Royal Exchange 57. per cent. Stock. - 184 Sun Fire • - - 203 Ditto Life • ... - - 44 Universal Life ION pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - !ridoria Life • . - 4 0 0 4% lIRIDGES _ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. --- - X. s. d. £. e. d. Charing-cross •••• .. • • - - 25 0 0 - Souiliwrk,Nw Sub• Av. - 632 12 8 -1% Ditto Nw 01 7% p.c. 25e. per cent. 1,0 0 0 - 4 Waterloo .. ••••• • • • • • - 100 0 0 - 3 34 Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 1/. ss. 40. - GO 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall -.. .• • Av. 11. 17s. 70 10 3 - 24 DOCIr.D. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - -........._ - £ s. d. £ e. d. C Anmercial .... - 75 East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - 132 East Country - - London ...... ..... .. 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 111 Ditto Bonds •••••• • • 41. per cent. - - - Sl.Katharine -••• • • • 4 per cent. Stock. - 82 Ditto Bonds ........ 4%1. pr cent• - - - Southampton - ...... , 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 - V.r.a.TIarbWORIC.S. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. .-- - Z e. d. £ s. d. Eat London.... ••• • •• 81. 100 0 0 - 173 Grand Junction .• ...• 21. 105. 41 13 4 - 50 Kent.. --••••• • • • .• 3/. IN. 100 0 0 - - Lambeth •• ••••• • • • •• s'. par cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 New Rivr Lndu Brde 21. 10s. - - 65 Vauxhall . Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 100 West Middlesex • . . I.os. pr cnt. - - 120 `...."1 - 571' OP SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid, Price, Annum. Share. -- ---.. £ s. d. I X s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 193 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11N Clydesdale Bank -••• •• 635 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 1214 Commercial Bank Eastorn Bank.. •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 91. 7s Edinb.ft Glasgow Bank 0/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 534 Exchange Buk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 30 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 National Bank 634 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13N North of Scotlandßank 4l.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.175. North British Bank '• • 50 0 0 10 0 0 Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116 1 4 Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 50% Western Bank.. ... •• • 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7334 Aberdeen Fire and Life 7341. pr cent. 12 10 0 20 e 2% B. Accord. Life and Fire 20 0 0 011 0 1 British Guarantee Ins. 4'• per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1103 Od 0 Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. 60 0• 0 20 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 '2l. _1341s Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 1 i 10 0 0 OIS 0 i 9.1.0 d. East of Scotland Life.. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51 . per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 _ IlerculeBlnsurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 : Incur. Co. of Scetlnd•• 51 . pe r cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 6s 10 0 0 0 10 0 3s. Od. Mercantile Life .. •• •• 10 0 0 1 0 0 208 6d National Fir© and Life 51. per cent. 0 22 634 /.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 North British Incur. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1718.6 d. North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 011 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 Scot. Ma.. and Gen. Life g eo ttioh !fawn Insrnco. 6UI. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s Stanlard Life •••• • • 51. ?yr cent. 50 0 0 5 0 ~.) United Dep. Assurance . 51. per cent. 10 0 0 0 ,148.64 ....--.....—.. POST- OFFICE NOTICE.—On and after the Ist of May next the following Receiving Offices, under Ports mouth, will be opened for the issue and payment of money orders : —Landport, Portsea, Southsca. THE NAVY CLUB. —The gallant members of this professional club dined together on Thursday at the Thatched Holm Tavern. Captain Lord George Paulett was president, and Captain Rodney Mundy filled the vice chair. Among the gallant members present were, Vice-Admiral J. Sykes, Rear-Admiral Sir W. O. Pell, lint., 11,,;,1r•Admiral Sir Josiah Coghill, Rear-Admiral Sir 11. Dillon, Rear Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew, Rear- Admiral Sir J. R. Rowley, Bart., Lord W. Paulett, Captain Lord Edward Russell, Captain Lord F. Gordon llallyburton, Captain Percy Grace, Captain Henderson, Captain Porter, Captain Alexander Milne, Captain Du Cane, &c, COURT CIRCULAR. _ The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, took an airing yes tetchy in an open carriage and four. Colonel Buckley and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour, the Equerries in Waiting. attended on horseback. Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday at Buck ingham Palace. The company included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mccklenburgh Strelitz, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Wellington, Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Augusta Crtdo gan, Baroness de Speth, the Marquis of Breadalbine, the Earl and Countess of Yarborough, Lord George Lennox, Mr. G. C. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Sir George Couper, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay. The band of the First Regiment of Life Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following pieces:— Overture, " O'Donohue of t he Lake" Levey. Las Cuirassiers Polka Waddell. Potpourri, "141 Favorite" 'Waltzer March His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester Homo. Sir Thomas Phillipps and Mr. Ormsby Goro had in terviews with Sir George Grey yesterday et the Home offico. Sir John Lowther had an interview with the Right Hen. Baronet on Thureday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Coloniat•otliice for the Governors of the North American coloni(s. Dispatches were also sent off last evening for the Governors of Van Diemen's Land and Port Philip. LITERAT URE. LIFE lAT TILE FAR WEST. Frederick Buxton. By George Every reader of Blackwood's Magazine will re cognise in this agreeable little volume of 312 pages, the republication, in a collected form, of one of the most brilliant and iotereding serials recently introduced into that eminent periodical. The book is one of the literary children of Maga. Its author (alas ! that we should sly) was one of the liegemen of Kirg Christopher. - The pre mature and melancholy demise of Lieutenant George Frederick Ituxton cannot have been yet forgotten by the generality. The present volume is the last fruit of his intellect, and is quite of the stamp of the " Travels in Mexico." It merits a corner in the library of every lover of travel and adventure. THE REPORTER. We observe that our able contemporary, the Re porter, has progressed considerably into a second volume. It has already acquired in regard to insur ance the position attained by the Builder in reference to architecture. As the only periodical devoted to the following institutions and societies—the Assur ance, Provident, Benevolent, Charitable, Friendly, Building, and Investment—it is entitled to a very particular consideration. The information is ample and well digested, and the leading contributions are invariably characterised by their intelligence. THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. In this quarterly organ of the agriculturists—the great agricultural authority in the United Kingdom, and especially throughout Scotland—we seldom fail to recognise contributions of remarkable practical utility. In the number just published, for example, there is one paper of peculiar importance —the one containing a synopsis of the " Legislative Measures of the Session of 1848, relative to Agricul tural Affairs and Rural Improvement." Mr. Thomas Rowlandson, of Liverpool,. has moreover greatly enhanced the value' of the journal, by contributing a clever " Rationale of the Ap plication of Special Manures." The twenty-second instalment of the " Farmer's Note-book" contains passages from the pins of Dr. Thomson, of Mr. Towers, of Mr. Reiss, of Mr. "clay, and others. The tables of the Revenue—Frio( s of Grain—Average Prices of Grain—Foreign Markets—Butchers' Meat, and Wool—are copious and accurate. Besides which there are seven able reports of the transactions. THE ILLUSTRATED ATLAS. Under the editorship of Mr. Montgomery Martin this new and novel publication is progressing favour ably. The second number, just issued, contains two excellent plates, representing Austria . and Mexico in maps and marginal illustrations. Thus, in the first, besides the *lmperial arms of Austria we have a view of Vienna, a sketch of the Cathedra' Church of the Capital, St.. Stephen's, and a delinea tion of the return of the • Sennerin. While in the second, we have pictures of gold-washing, of Mexican peasantry, and of the extraordinary ruins discovered at Uxmal in Yucatan. MR. PIPS MS DIARY. MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1849—Down the road to a Steeple Chase, which I had never seen before, and did much locg to behold: for of all Things I do love Diversion and Merriment; and both Mr. Strappes and Sir William Spurkins did tell me there would be rare Sport. Got a Place in the Grand Stand, cost me half a Guinea, which was loth to part with, but thought I should have brave Entertainment for so much Money. Did find myself here in fine Company, Dukes and Earls, and Lords and Ladies too, which did please me ; but among them some Snobs, in Stable-cut Clothes, with spotted Neckcloths and Fox-headed Breast-pins; though some of these were Lords too, who seemed to have been at Pains to look like Ostlers.; To see the Crowd on Horseback and in Carriages, and those on Foot pushing and scrambling, and trampling each other to get a Sight of the Course, as if there had been going to be a Coronation, or a Man hanged! The Course, marked out with Flags, and having Hurdles, Posts, Fences, Rails, Hedges, Drains, Ditches, and Brooks in the Way; and this Sportsmen do call the Country, and say such a Country is a Teaser, and so I should think. By and-by the Juckies in their Saddles, but their word is Pig-skins, looking in their gay Colours, like Tulips on Horseback, which was a pretty sight. Then a Pell rung to clear the Course, end the Horses with their Riders drawn up ready to start, and presently a Flag flourished for a Signal : and so they off. Good lack, to see them galloping helter-skelter, like mad, through Rivers- and over Hedges and Ditches, and the whole Thing done in ten minutes ! Some did jump the Fences and Hedges, which they about mu did term Raspers ' clean over; but others not so lucky, and stu c k in Bramblcs or on Stakes, or between double Rows of Posts, with a Quickset in the Middle, whereof the cant name is Bullfinehers. Others upset in Ditches; and one or two of them not able to get up again, and carried away upon some of the Hurdles; and when the race was over three Horses found lying with their Backs broken, and so shot. Sir William did inform me that it was a tidy Field, which I could not agree, with the Raspers and Palisades upon it, and the Horses spiked, or sprawling with their Riders on the Ground %%his bro ken Backs and Limbs. Nor did I understand the Fun of this part of the Thing; wherefore I suppose I must be dull; for it doseem to be the chief Delight that People take in it. For, as if the Gates and Rails belonging to the Ground were not dangerous enough, they do set up others called made Fences, being stubborn Posts a nd Stakes twisted with Briars and Brambles, which do seem to be meant for nothing but to be tumbled over, and in that Case do as much Mischief as may be to Man and Beast. The Horses mostly ridden by Jockeys for Hire ; but some by their Owners, who, me thinks, do set a sufficient Value upon their own Ex istence when they venture their Necks in riding a but I do blame them for risking the Life O S f te a ep u l s e C efu h l a Horse.—Punch. ; orse.—Punch. Tisa ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS.-011 Thursday the first annual meeting of the governors and subscribers to the above charity was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of general business, to elect officers, and the election of ten applicants for admission into the Asylum at Pail-house, Highgate, from a list of 133 candidates. Sir George Carroll in the chair. The report read by the secretary stated that the progress of the society was s highly gratifying, there being, exclusive of yesterday election, sixty pupils on the foundation. Since the open ing of the establishment, the educational course pursued has been attended with the most pleasing results, each individual case being consulted carefully with regard to the development of its powers. The patients generally had mido considerable progress in reading, writing, arithmetic, music, a nd drawing. Sir William Cla y , Bart., moved the adoption of the report, which being se conded by It. Strahan, Esq., was carried unanimously. The balance-sheet showed the receipts for the year to o 3,6882 19s. 9d.; the expenditure 2,4931. ' 13s. id.; leaving a balance in hand . of 1,1881. 6s. Bd. The busi ness of tke day having been concluded, And the names of the successful candidates having bean anno unced, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting se parated. _ lc - 43 b- t ~4)3 -41 RUMOURED ARREST OF CA BRER A . Intelligence has been received cf the arrest of Cabrera and of his secretary, Gonzales, on the French frontier on the 21st. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) WAR MEDALS.—The residue of the war medals for the Army will, we hear, be delivered in about a fort night. The absence of the delivery lists is said to be the cause of the delay, as the Medals are already at the floss Guards. The Board of General Officers meet in _ ----- the first or second week in May to consider the new claims that have been sent in since the first dclivery took place. THE SENIOR OFFICERS OF TUE ROYAL MARINE CORPS.—We have heard from good authority that it is in contemplation to increase the number of full pay re tirements of the Colonels Commandant to eight. This will make two more vacancies fo r C o l one l s Commandant of Divisions. A contemporary says, "Colonel Wright, Commandant of the Chatham Division, has not yet received his retirement, although he has formally resigned his appointment. The Gallant Officer completed 53 years' service on Saturday last." TUE PROMOTIONS TO THE MELAMPUS.—Sir Francis Collier, in his appointment of Commander Mason to be Acting Captain of the hlelampus, 42, at Bombay, su perseding Commander Inglefield as Acting Captain, arranged in the event of the Melampus not having left for England before Commander Mason reached Born. bay, that Commander Inglefield should take charge of the new 80 gun ship Meanec, and navigate her to Ports mouth. COMMISSARIAT, CEYLON.—Captain Maclean, of the Royal Artillery, having been appointed Deputy Com m:ssary-General at Ceylon, the following (Akers have been appointed as committees to verify the balances of cash stores, &c., to be transferred to that officer:— At Culombo Lieutenant-Colonel Grantham, Royal Artillery, Captain Seward, 37th Regiment, Lieu tenant Fraser, Ceylon Rifles. At Trincomalee—Lieu tenant-Colonel Cochrane, Ceylon Rifles, Captain Atkin son, 37th Regiment, Lieutenant Skinner, Ceylon Rifles. At Galls—Captain Curteis and Lieutenant Clutterbuck, 37th Regiment, Lieutenant Franchell, Ceylon Rifles. At Kandy—. Major Pinder and Captain Wingfield, 15th Regiment, Lieutenant Gordon, Royal Artillery. At Nuwera Eilia—Major Brunker and Lieutenant de Montenach. TILE RESERVE STEAM SQUADRON.—The Admiralty have directed that the machinery of steam-vessels in ordinary is to be turned at least once a week, in order that they shall always be kept efficient for service. THE NEW BASIN AT DEVONPORT.--It is reported that the Admiralty have at length decided upon constructing the new basin at her Majesty's Dockyard, Devonport, on the plans suggested by Mr. Rendel, C.E. The steam engine has been again set to work to clear the basin, and men kept by the contractor have commenced opera tions. The estimate of Mr. Rendel is 9,0001. bfr. W. H. Thompson, Master of her Majesty's ship Victory (1829), has been appointed by the Admiralty to euperintend the swinging of her Majesty's ships at Ports mouth, to ascertain the local deviation of their compasses, vice Commander Strange. Mr. Thompson is also em ployed at the dockyard in revising the rigging warrants of steam-vessels. MININ G INTELLIGENCE. (From tho Mining Jeurnal of this day.) Since our last a favourable change has taken place, and considerable business has been transacted in the mining share market. For our leading and dividend-paying mines there is a constant inquiry, but sellers appear to be holding out for advanced prices. From our local cor respendeuts we learn that several improvements have taken place during the week, and that the mines in the great mining districts are generally looking well. L► Devon Great Consols there has been several trans actions during the week, and the bargains effected have been rather under last week's quotations, although the mines generally have improved considerably during the week; some important discoveries have been made, and the bottom levels in Wheal Anna Maria are also im proving. Buyers continue to appear for South Frances, South Basset, West Buller, Cern Brea, Trelawny, 'West Cara dun, and set oral others of the favourite mines. In Kirkcudbright shares there has been some business, from the manifest improvements which have taken place recently. A correspondent writes us that "at the Cairnsmore mine they have, during the last week, cut into a very rcb course of ore in the 50 fm. level east, and they have recently met with the same mineral as accompanied the great deposit in Black Craig Mine." The recent discovery in the 50 fin. level, in Cairns more is extremely interesting, it being the deepest level in this extraordinary mineral district, and must prove a great incentive to capitalists working the several veins in the neighbourhood. A cargo of silver-lead was shipped from Black Craig within the past week, which it is expected will he followed by regular periodical shipments. At liercdsfoot a great improvement has taken place in the bottom, or 106 I'm. level, where the lode is now very large. and moderately rich throughout. The agents calculate in continuing to sample 100 tons per month. Grambler and St. Aubyn have improved; in the edit level of the former mine a lode was cut a short time Iliac°, worth about 121. per fathom, and still continues productive. Tamar Consols and Tincrofta have been in demand thronghout the week, at a corresponding advance, in anticipation of an approaching dividend. During the week shares in the following mines have changed hands :—Deron Great Consols, South Wheal Basset, Treleigh, Mary Ann, Camborne Consols, Tre• !sway, Kirkcudbright, Trehane, Condurrow, Mendip Hill, Tamar Consul, Treviskey and Barrier, East Pool, Tincroft, Ashburton United, E:gair Lle, Cwm Erfin, South Tolgas, Bedford United, East and South Tamar, Great Rough Tor Consols, &c, &c. The accounts presented at the Wheal Franco meeting showed a balance iu favour of the company of 375/. 5:. 2d., although the profits of the last five months amount only to 21.; but an expenditure of nearly 100/. has been made during that period for necessary machinery, which will not be required again, a full explanation being given Li the committee's report. The captain's report clearly presents a general improvement, with more cheerful prospects than they hare had for some months, and also anticipated a profit of at least 300/. for the next two months consequently the mine will be in a position to pay a dividend at the next audit. At the West Wheal Providence meeting the accounts showed a balance of 5381.83. 2d. A dividend of 2/. per share was made, leaving a balance in hand of 26/.Bs. 2d. At the meeting of the Tremayne adventurers the ac counts were audited, showing a balance in favour of the mine of 3151. 4s. 83. Dlipatches . have been received by the Bolanos Mining Company, and the United Mexican. The Bolanos letters are to the sth March, and represent the progress making in the erection of necessary machinery connected with the engine. Some little improvements have been made in the underground operations, but which aro retarded by increase of water, and now wait the completion of the engine before any important discoveries can be effected; at the same time considerable improvements are anti cipated, from the general opinion that they are approx imating a "bonanza," strengthened by the appearance of some rich stones of silver ore which have already been discovered in the lode laid down in the plan No. 3 ; con sequently, the next accounts aro looked forward to with some degree of interest. The United Mexican letters are to the Bth of March, and satate that the cheering prospects conveyed in the former advices have disappeared for the time. The agent's report represents recent improvement in the Santa Cecilia Mine, being accompanied with more fre quent traces of ore. In the end of San Vicente a favourable change has taken place, but the general ap pearances are not so encouraging as the last account. The next remittance will leave in May, but the amount cannot be now advised. In foreign mines there has been an active inquiry, especially for St. John del Rey and Australian shares, and several bargains done at advanced prices. There have also been inquiries for North British Australasians at former quotations, but none are obtainable at such prices. Some shares in Guadalcanal have changed hands wider our present quotations, but sellers . generally are looking for better prices. United Mexican, Bolanos, Cobre, and Copiapo, hare also been done. EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES IN PRIVATE LIFE. Last year there resided in a house in Russell-street, in this town, an unmarried lady, named Catherine WCall. She was young, handsome, and of engaging manners. With her lived her son, a child two years of age, both deriving their support from the father of the boy, who is a gentleman of influence and wealth, residing in one of the southern counties of England. The intimacy between the lady and gen tleman had commenced in Liverpool, and there is no doubt they were mutually attached to each other. The lady wee amply supplied with means, and from correspondence which took place be tween them, it is evident an alliance at no distant date was contemplated. Unfortunately for all parties, the lady attracted the attention of Thomas Beesley, the cap tain of the Scotia steamer; and ho, although a married man, so far succeeded in his endeavours as to induce her to become his mistress. She gave up her house in Liver pool, and went to reside with him, at his residence in Kingstown, near Dublin. She at once assumed his name, and was treated by him with great apparent kind ness. Ho laviehed prevents of valuable pictures upon her, a large elegant bath, his wife's work-box, and other costly articles. Matters were likely to have proceeded very comfortably, but unfortunately the lady intercepted a letter from the father of her child to ber then para mour. She opened it, and found that Captain Beesley had been writing to her friend and informing him of the situation the mother of his child then filled. The conse quence was, that the father, enraged at the conduct of tne lady, considered himself released from the further support of gether. C‘f; A nd s u m ct ig t h h t re b seized the poker, and demolished every present Beesley ll had made to her. The leaden bath she perforated with w e expected, m Miss .t c h e ediscoveryinto a viol o f t e h n i this tre acherous g e. s h e the house. She pack ed u p ei g ht boxes, containin g her knife,nea rlyonad,huinnderheodrth,olshe e s, d t e h s e tr p ey ic e t d u r a e i s s me h s e t c e u v t up w everything h in own property, and came off to Liverpool. Beesley fol lowed her to the steamer at Kingstown, and, with his two servants, endeavoured to persuade her to return to his house; but the was resolute, and Arrived in Liverpool KING'S COLLEGE. The distribution of the prizes in the medical depart ment of King's College took place yesterday in the College-hall, and was, as usual, attended by a largo and highly respectable assemblage of the friends and re latives of the •tuc:ents. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided; and among those present were 7-- the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Lichfield, Sir Robert Inglis, and the Dean of Westminster. The DEAN of FACULTY read the annual report, which showed an increase in the number of students, and bore testimony to the ardour and success with which they hadprokecuted their studies. Tlio following gentlemen were then called by the dif ferent Professors and received f rom th e h an d s o f hi s Grace the Archbishop the honours which they bad won, accompanied by a few words of compliment and en couragement : Senior Scholarship.—John Wood. Second Year Scholarship.—Charles Pardey. Junior Scholarship.—Samuel Bowen Partridge, Albert Daniel Smith, [)avid Johnson. ANATOML—Priz,:..—George Samuel Garrard. Cur tifica.tes.—RQbett Fowler, Willism Hewett, William Browne. PHYSIOLOGY.—P;iz,%—Edrard Simpson. Certifi cates.—Robert Fowler, Frederick 'William Headland, George Lawson. CHYMlSTRY—Prize.—Edward Abraham Hancock Head. Certificate.—Richard Cu Y3IICAL MANIPULATION—Prize.—James Henry Lakin. Cf.rtificate.—Mvid Henry Monckton. MATERIA MEDlce..—Prize.—Frederick W. Head land. Certificates.—Gearge May, Richard Wilkinson (equal), Edward Abraham Head, Edward Dayis, Wm. Eli nry Adley. Hewitt. Certificates.— John Cox Lynch, Thomas Chaytor Beale, George An thony Kir.opp Lake, Win. Tidboald Luxton. IAIEDICINE.-7PriZ%7JOhli Cox Lynch. Certificates. —George Anthony Kirsopp Lake, Duncan Ferguson, John Denis Macdonald, Thos. Chaytor Beale. MIDWITERY.—Priz , I. — Jobn Cox Lynch. Certificates. —George Anthony Kirsopp Lake, David Henry Monck ton, Thomas Chaytor Beale. BOTANY. Prize. Hebert Fowler. Certificate.— Charles Pardey. FORENSIC MEDlClNE.—Priza.—George Anthony Kir sopp Lake. Certificates—Thomas Chaytor Beale, John Willcoeks Wakem. CoMPARATIVE ANATOMY. Prize. -- David Henry Monckton. Certificates. Edward Simpson, George Lawson. MEDICAL CLINICAL.— ( Winter session.) Prize.—Dun can Ferguson. (Summer session.) Priv?.—Georgo Al fred Sheppard. _ _ _ SURGICAL CLINICAL,—(Winter session,) David Henry Monckton. (Summer session.) Thomas Chaytor Beale. WARNEFORD PitrzEs.—Henry Hyde Salter, John Wood, Charles Pardcy. LEATHE'S PRIZUS.—Goorgo May, James Balfour Cockburn. ASSOCIATES. —Thomas Rhodes Armitage, William Watson Beerer, Robert Bentley, Charles Gage Brown, George Bowring, Henry Mills Cannon. Robert Cooko, Peter Martin Duncan, Walter Fergus, Warren Fincham, Samuel Griffith, Joseph Samuel Lavies, Parker Marget son, Thomas James Sturt, Thomas Hawkes Tanner, M.D., Edward Lowe Webb, John Wend. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,fbr the Week ending on Saturday, the 21st day of April, 1849. ISSUE Ml' /LITWIN T. - E. Notes i55ued........ 27,769,625 Government debt .• 11,015,100 Other securities .. .. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,446,056 Silver bullion •• . • • • 323,5G9 £ 27,769,625 1 X 27,769.615 M. MARSUALL, ChinfCashicr. Dated the 26th day of April, 18 MPAITMEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 13,953,241 Other securities •• • • 10,017,336 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 8,691,680 Gold and silver cola.. 741,263 X 33,431,520 M. 2.[A.RSILILL, Chief Cashier. 149. BANKII4O D: Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest .. -••••• • • • • . . 3,124,487 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di- vidend accounts).. 2,606,747 Other deposits ••. • • • 11,815,217 Seven day and other bi 115.... •• .• .. • • 1,132,069 £33,431,520 Dated the 26th day of April. 18 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Aram 27. Srocz EICTIANGE.—Tbe share market has been more actiro to day. The sales are—Great Western, 2% dis.—Ditto, New, 2% dls, —Midland Stock, :0. LIVERPOOL, Aram 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The transactions to-day were as follows: Caledonian, 27—Ditto, Preference, —London and North-Western, 130—Ditto, New Quarters, 3 p.—Eastern Counties, lA—Midland, 66—Ditto, Halves, 1134 dis.—North Staffordshire, 73e. 9d. ells.— South-Eastern anti Dover (No. 4), 6N die.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. rurchase), 6 per cent. 1111 ICbfi, 2N die. MANCHESTER, Aram 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Leeds, 321. Shares, 6% dis.— London Stock, 130— Leeds, Preference, 11% —Ditto, Fifths, 4 1-16 dis.— Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 14% dis.—Dever (No. 4), 6 1546 —North Staffordshire, 3 13-16 dis.—Old Dovere, 2114—Eastern Counties, 7; 7 4 s.— Caledonian, Preference, 114 —Manchester and Ilirtninghain (U), Q.iartt rs, p. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 27. STOCK EXCIIANGL.—The following are to-day's transactions:— London and North-Western, 132—North Staffordshire, 5/.lBs. 9d. at. YORK, Aram 23. STOCK rXCIIkNGE —The business transacted to-day was as fel. lows:—Grout Northern, 101. IBs. sd.—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6. GLASGOW, APRIL 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done 112 the Stock Exchange to day has been as follows :—,Eastern Counties, BU—Glasgow. Kil marnock, and Ayr, 67—Ditto, Halves (No. 1), 6/. 16s. —Ditto (Xo. 2), 6% —Scottish Central, 24. SOUTH SEA WHALE FISHER Y.—A number of in fluential parties, captains and others connected with this important branch of commerce, assembled at Messrs. Green's duckynrd, Bow-creek, Blackwell, on the after :.von of Thursday last, to witness the advantages and power of a harpeon-gun, the invention of Mr. Greener, the well-known gun-maker, the Mews. Greene having fitted their fine South-sea vessel, the Narwhal, with har poons end harpoon-guns. Amongst the officers: and others present were Major Brown, Captain Male, Cap tain Baker, Captain Jarman, Mr. Richard Greene, and Mr. Greener. To show the simplicity and power of the invention, Mr. Greener went into the whale-boat, and with a very small charge, only 4 drachms of powder, pro jected the harpoon, with a line attached, a distance of twenty-three fathoms, in a straight and unerring dire°. tic,n; and the result was stated by parties who had been engaged in whale fishing to be more than double the distance ever required. The use of the gun was then given to Mr. Macbeth, the chief officer of the Narwhal, and ho discharged the harpoon in most admirable man ner, striking a bag of cork at thirty fathoms distant, which called forth the cheers of all present, and they afterwards unanimously expressed their approbation of the invention. Captain Jarman, of the Favourite, stated to the company assembled that ho had used it with the greatest success during his late voyage, recently con cluded, and remarked, that although ho had but one gun and three harpoons, he shot fourteen sperm and numbers of black whales, on several occasions killing them on the spot. The invention a ill do much to en courage a revival of this important branch of commerce, as the men will be less liable to danger when using it than they were subjected to when they had to approach within a short distance of the whales, to enable the har poon man to discharge the harpoon out of his hand when standing in the bcw of the vessel. FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.-411 Thursday a numerous and respectable meeting of the in habitants of Tooting and the surrounding neighbour hood was held at the Rising Sun, Lower Tooting, for the purpose of forming a local association in furtherance of the objects of the Metropolitan Financial and Parlia mentary Reform Association. Mr. W. Clarke, of Crof ton Lodge, occupied the chair, and Mr. Aitken, of Mit cham, having explained the course to be pursued, and commented upon the necessity of the metropolitan dis tricts, co-operating energetically with the City society, established under tho presidency of Sir Joshua Walma ley,a resolution was passed to form an association, to be called the Tooting, Mitcham, Merton, Carshalton, and Wallington Financial and Parliamentary Reform Asso ciation. By a unanimons further vote, Mr. Clarke was appointed chairman, and Mr. Aitken secretary, to this association. LYCEUM THEATRE.—The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the performances at this theatre with their presence on Wednesday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Douro, the Hon. Miss Page t, Lord Byron, Colonel Buckley, and Lieutenant- Colonel Seymour. His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold of Naples occupied a box. The following dis tinguished personages have also honoured .the at re h t e he Dolce of pith their presence during the week . Leeds, the Marquis of Stafford, Earl of Cardiga n, Lord, Lady Eddisburg, Earl of Munster , Earl of Belf ast, T Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., Anne Charteris, Sir P. Ca Thomas Clinton, Lord B. Cecil, Earl of Su ffi eld, Lady n upe,Lady and Lady Doraville, Duke, L Earl of a Lord rol i u e Fi Barrington , gerai d, Sir Visco untj. Scarborough, L Shelley, a a d d y y C od Marquis of Donegal, Sir Bellingham and Sir F. Bathurst, Lord Ogden, Lord A. Lennox, Lord drell, Sir Jame s lion. E. S. Russell, Chevalier Collona, out teas of Hopetoun, Dowager Lady Glas gow,ELS L a a e d r i l y b a u n r a n Graham, e C ' Lord and Lady Maidstone, Earl and Countess of Culloden, Lord G. Lennox , _ Sir G. W om b we ll , E ar l o f Chesterfield, Lord and Lady F. Gordon, Sir John Lowther, Lady Charlotte Guest, Marchioness of Co nyngliern, Countess of Lichfield, Viscount Anson, Lady Mary Ross, Earl Strathmore, ,Marquis of Kildare, Hon. F. Byng, M.P., Lord Seahana, Sir W. R. Clayton, Bart., Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, Countess of Essex, Sir F. and Lady Thesiger, the Earl of Eglinton, Captain Lock, &c. &c. &c. RIIPREMITA.TION of SMEFFIELD.—With the excep tion of a Chartist meeting on Monday, there have been no public proceedings whatever in reference to the pro spective election of a Member for this borough. The writ has not yet been issued, nor is it probable that it will be till Mr. Ward shall have got the navy estimates off his hands. Probably no decisive steps will be taken, therefore, before the expiration of another week. Mr. T. Clarke, the exponent of the Chartists, after a good deal of vapouring, left Sheffield two or three days ae. in consequence, it is sa id, o f a dis s ension among h i s_ friends and supp orters . M r . R oe b u ck is thus left in t he field without ev en the shadow of an opponent.- 81 4field Times. BUOMPTON HOSPITAL FOU CONSIMPTION.—Yes. terday a full meeting of the board of management was held at the institution, Edward Speers, Esq., in the chair. The report to be submitted at the annual festival, on Wednesday next, was read and adopted; it was ono o f the most cheering description. It is expected that the foundation stone of the new chapel, the funds for the erection of which have been so generously proffered by the Rev.. Sir Henry Foulis, will be laid d ur i ng the