The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-28 00:00:00

I ............. )AY). erpool, The port. e pool by 91 law, win prec eding ,. sa me tun! Id be haw Thurscl!LP 3 g the ti t v . By after he tended t d he The e ble to duty , there it re parneet to re o3 " r he wal corn hi no die t b a d been ie construe' • and Laintiff, to consider AY.) was 'lac.— mraitted an ith, who de.t ineld-street here are i d Le notorlulloaf ly threat , ast theru.,. r ess, but P o i he °dill° b bad be ell the stat ion evening b e. , the prison. e sheet. Lim also in" truth, S h 4 Then' ; would Soy° said thatill Large, Wh A , iven by LP ye there. I is charge. ark, and t i on with 5 , sa id at I ) yon 111 111 if yOU hawing money, as stody. a mane :harge d " e el f tracin, DAY') ned eet, Ch di 'd Wi th ;titer of 0- , and the fr 'in his bol e. Fr° llll r cting th e v d e a tween Lhen brOligtrbi [r. 13 0114 ' sr 'hick she re, ier evi den t io red that _t, • with sive;,, :en t liertier, her rn °t , ll o of toen Y es- de yeen the di him 9 0 ant and ntered into d de li/ r: n wi th row sena' w 0. u t po t ant on chat gad an ds to ought te 6° A Y Di- ' 1 ) 0 0 h aving o ,a he Cart to Higgins' bviotts aPp o , :he c010Pr.,761 , theYrel; i iti se at tDe. te p risoner on til%l i k o AP the WP" e ab° Te in' Toil° month'' °s. SUMMARY OF NEWS 1 . 4 ) %. I 4 . . 4 . A H la'. Yilll. '7,t On = Saturday' the King t; CZ and Queen of the French received a vtr, , large party Neuill La • Patric contradicts the reports that prevailed at Paris °TI Saturday of the dangerous illness of M. Jacques Lafitte. It aPpears he is indisposed, but not seriously ill. ,i l ; ( :a re i e tif ‘ o .e r , n 7t , th at on Saturday the Minister of Ma dispatches from Admiral Dupetit Thouars, of !hie': the members of the Opposition, it is said, will demand ‘r,'',lllllltinication before the interpolations of which they have given notic e are commenced croLevetrtneir%fro....l Leghorn of thei 20th repeat that as the Papal rit could not be induced to make any change . in . its thin a. or instituti ons , a cr i sis, sooner or later, was i nevita ble. rilov,nients among th e A us t r i an t roo p s , o n the line of e P O , had occasioned uneasiness, but they were purely ,%-;e C omniereio o f C a di z announces t h at a f orce o f 5,000 00 Moors, provided w ith ar till er y, bad approached the th e s°f Ceuta. It thus appears that the Moors will act on „offe nsive befo re the slow Spaniards get into motion. th,ehelitafic:edrida Gazette contains a Royal decree, granting to hV.Cuntess de 13 elascoain, the widow of General Leon, and In the pension of 45,000 reels per annum. LAW .11,ND POLICE., b u t_ Cour t of Common Pleas an order was made on the 111 708 i : 1 : ti:stse.,l3.„trxhii.ensv‘•ick to pay correct. Mr. Valiance, his attorney, ect a nd fut-irount of his bill, the same having been exa xtensiv.. t , bridge Petty Sessions, Mr. David Bassett, an 4ve r 4 corn -chandler and miller, was fined 40s. on six th e t-0 c uarges of having refused as one of the constables of c4ittlu.irseiZ.wrraltaeh execu t e ,sipiegtaoily various distress warrants for issued by one of the magistrates . of the atti oa °a * After a long hearing he was fined in the full front tit, 16/. r, --as objction to execute the warrants arose adviee:acintious scruples. The defendant, contrary to the sill,nolll3 solicitor, immediately paid the money, saying a "a the Bench would prefer having the mone y to h is Jtobertl i a l;Deal against their decision. Wh arf, 131' e 'on Paddon, a clerk employed at St. Andrew m 's: hezziern ackfriars, was charged at the Guildhall with e _ Pris oner ei lt. The prosecutor is a cement manufacturer ~ the 111 04; „ was his leda - er-clerk, and he occasionally received the Cashie r iiru g h t to the counting-house when his master and overt h appened to be absent. It was his duty to hand Lis "e stun s on the smut.. day. The prisoner said nothing Jane ji: uct a and was remanded. tbaja 'ayes, ch arwoman, was c h arge d at Clerkenwellby boltcs W ainwright of .No.lo, Kirby-street, St. Andre w's, ' other p ' n ro ' wi th havin g s t o l e n two scarfs, two gold studs , and clonal Percy, The prisoner was employed as . an falls'o.ccad tigPiei'eon" and in consequence of articles being m i sse d 'AI L upon her. On being questioned she admitted A n s ° teti the art • •ies. She was remanded. tr a ",, 4ll g Irishman ic applied at Marlborough-street Office, aoatinst the Duke of Leinster. He said,. he `4 ll arl °f Geogg the Fourth, and brother to the Princess di aom .ott e . On i was proved that his intellects were ttilL„ r eci, and n 1.3 1 , a n istrate directed that he should be P r °Per care of kiss n e 0 ra , /t.T --rAfTRIO AT AD E. led nrdett Coutts, accompanied by Miss Mer edith, has 11 56 th a t .-tkix-la-Chapelle, where she intends to remain ttr eet. Middl e of nex t month, and then return to Stratton- O u s„ their '`urday last, Mr, and Mrs. Long received at dinner at ) 4 , reßia„_r. an . 'lottia el ,;"„e in Hill -street, the Bishop of London and Mrs. tam , Sir Philip and Lady Durham, Hon. , Mr.l3 t *" , e. ar %Upward h the evening Mrs. Long gave a soiree m usi cal e ',ternb "200 of her friends. . `lke of Norfolk is expected to leave town the week aa r .,,`t, for Worthin , to take the command of his yeo ane r°r Ps, which as s embles ' at that place on the 13th of Theor,eight days' irainine• l it h e It o L , a ,l of Morle.,; has accepted the commodoreship of i" Wester, Yach t Club. at Plymouth, where annualy regatta is " fi xe d to take place on the 16th and C Ar en u_e and Duchess of Leeds are expected to leave the iestyTiclion Rotel the week after next, on a visit to his Ma - l' t eted t e t tlg' of Holland, at the Hague, where they are ex Th reinain about a month. f l)" . ll Y Q , A a rel t i3 hun of (Dr. Whateley), with part of his W Arnold on a visit to Mrs. Arnold, widow of the late eat mor ~ of Rugby, at Fox Howe, near Ambleside, in Th e I , eland - k b - • -arl o f .. I , ll eta od, L!),,nts,dadle , arriv r e n c i l n a g t Lowther Castle, in West last, where his Lordship t ' , 4 4 8 4 to ruensid6eufo.rirsoarL n trme. It appears that his Lordship ekrlisl4 (1 7 1 1) inter •-t •11 the success of the Lancaster and Z i a t at A il aa a "i'vaV ! a cs con i siderable leng . th of thhline of which Nana t his estates, both i n Cumberlalid and %Vest a etl 11 ( ilitt . el all, and th e officers of the 2d Life Guards ; Co and the officers of the Scots Fusilier Guards ; 4.13et..e ‘ Q i u n i e n , t A i7 :p a n d the officers of the 1 7th Lancers ; t r ace ball on Fr h id a a7 s ea'enenergtleidt the office of stewards ° the a l AtiscELLattneouS. v e i rv t kag r - 'fi,iational Gallery no less than 16,350 persons, of tLettia,,e.s of society, were visitors yester . day, and although he 4 rts "'ere attired in humble garbs, either their love of i ; or attachmen t. to good order, induced them and all 441:ia:trszivteorib.shavewith the most perfect decorum, and the titi -tdie"" produce d . was the immense influx of gt ad :•? parasols, occasioned by the showery weather, ,The dttlonul trouble to the hall-keepers. 2 0 " sbiloatititiber of persons who visited . the British Museum t the usual average at holiday times, viz., from ort hY 5 r 4. 0. There was nothing new in the collection t t o o ve rt r ' l ae 6 i4 l° t t l ice ; the principal points _ of attraction, how • is s et t he original copy of Magna Charts, and those r h 'ltart for zoological subjects and Egyptian antiquid -4111;1 People were remarkably well-conducted an 14 4 - 414: 04 41 rsti b i cdy of the A division of police was on duty. th e I) Yet kr i av ot the e . ighth . Concert of Ancient Music took 114,„. ak t 0 , morhing theEar presence %s o , d f b la - r ro lis vambridge, ode ase a s s emble Prince Pri,irelanncde a very has subscribers. ti oh ,ve n Ati!on from e tl o ie f w t - h o e rksof . Ha ndel, Haydn, Winter, tic..rara nerubini, Gluck, Righini, Bzc including a selec t sea° *,eethoven's " Ode to Joy," an d grand finale to On Nt r/(1 act of D • , riph.'‘c.ech t , G i o v a nni h e ,!cal the annivers a ry meeting of the Royal Geo- Po rt 'resiC el ety was held at t o ffi ce, 3, Waterloo -place. bti b t rt , It. J. Murchison, Esq., 1.R.5., presided, sup- Si r Bish o p o f N orw i c h, L or d Colchester, War the Hamilton, M.P., Sir John Ren f nie, t h ,ael t , Re T k k • at rt , v• . Raiford, Sc. After some remarks rom kty an, the report for the past year was read. The 1 ,44 4.2 w consisted of 670 members, exclusive of 61 foreign aLltletv a ud con. • t Alb ert esponding members. Hi s Royal Highness 4,t had accepted the o ffi ce of ice-Patron of the et t „7o, gielv• reparations are now being made for the TheatreAnti tho-.4 e Bazaar, which is to be held in Cov t ent- t et ekbib.tion Will ,in the month of July. It is expected a I Mes sed be one of the most splendid of the kind thie country. Sou l, 1 1 „ 11 LANCASHIRE ELECTION. 414 4 ,.;icit STATE OF THE POLL. , 4 tr e jvi th,47 IIO I t:_,AIOND . AT Moiueueo.—The election c„ Noteiletilipeciacylilg With great spirit on both sides, and the since nine o'clock, when the polling com -11 IZt leh e 4v ° been unusually crowded with people in a state k to,,Nt4citement. The district of Manchester cont ains . lle , " ll 4 ll etit t P h s, 14 nd 4,593 voters, of which the township of k'th e i 41°4 as 1,385 , and of the remaining townships about til te2 I tßrie f i Purely manufacturing, and 33 either alto hi.h.'„,.4etitri,,4 t ura' or partially agricultural and partiully Con Ong Places. The manufacturing townships sho a° about 2,800 voters out of the 4,593. STAr r NEWTON, MONDAY, 9 rat. F OF TIIE POLL—FIRST DAY. ~eWtßrown. Eutwisle. 4 ta° . ".. ......... .. 419 778 • ,0. 04 ............ "utry ... ............ 402 613 ........................ ... . qlcil i c a l 'ef3ter ................... 1,464 1,357 ............... ..... 325 216 l ' i e 41e .. 546 367 -',1;!r180'.!I tlig,th'ra ............ 251 564 ......... ••..•• ' ... ...... • ............... 192 371 Itr, 5,364 5,7 02 he n t t , 13 row ies ,"Maj or it y f or Entwisle, 338. 'lti v r a lq.r s o rnmittee here have issued a placard stating e, 4,36 0 ° be —for Mr. Brown, 4,436 ; and for Mr. kr. Ch, leave England for ll tv,--,; "klies biehens is about to tNltla to re residence abroad. We bel ieve v is 11) telnain principally at Genoa. COLLEGZ.- 7,,L5c,: °Z. NINCE ALBERT TO ETON RoyaI Highness Prince he in ?SIT will leave 'y EVENING.—His to-morrow morn- t -1.1 1)3..--`2eavo the p d* ‘ gton terminus . of the Great t ten o'clock, at a quarter-pas rote,\Vgtin; lii:.',. laity' train, d in ui the state carriage i the sio‘fw. Company, g His 17,,Waitit„„ to Station, where and suite to Windsor. Castle, , - 7,Yel lir i'•° coavey the Prince time at the Eton ail Pro -""`tiless, after remaining a short and four to the Royal carriages ,olte-ceed in one of the Royal carriages a. 1/ 4 re, o' here the Pr' ic rill arr i before noon. es will be Provost and the tlektOY*l Ilkiness ••11111() received by tin! tlito4 M,,aster ? am after l ,e n usual ceremonial has Prince will ive short 3 the Pr 4 „R a o , iu the z t e flourishing c't th e- ' L ° the Nflagran-le o h'll to witness the of thee ti a4, on i ts ou l lit at tSaillt,-title ensign. At the conclusion hness will f the College, take his itli e lni p l e ' eted that his • Royal Hig . ti_ e time an qp' 8 gel)arture direct for town. It was at on , the Prince (,en ect that the Ki Saxonyt' would accompany that his Ma itst,". to the xr g , to• n i o btrt - s now expected the Queen ti NI not arri;eeinn'Enu 1 . I d upon a visit to ti e f, _*„111 England o....e_dnesi.a3.• p blic-office, 1;11 Tju;NQ POREIGN ColN.—At the -u- Nether ode e*'l4.)' last, Air. May Consul-General of the ffistrates fe r ' acconipn. ed b r 'd a lied to the crrer, of ',ties Wiirr,rit ' 3 irien , pp. „ Mr. Ta e fi rti an ' to search the premises of Weaman-street. -l itho '''w, and Vessrs Calle and Co., of • , of Dutch N o, Of arrant ben-g: ex"ecutedY a large quantit3 found and 0h,".e.,,",,,i,t finished state, and also some dies, were the menu recter.'e;' tO the chief station. It is stated t an otfe ee '' 1 ‘ ere not aware that they were , committing showing ti. e, and off len. boo,. ere,' every facility to Mr. they parties from Ivliout 's, ainl giving up the names of . are 101. for ver.ykt4l)!e3 received the orders. The penaltieshat course A tli h e 2 1 , 1 ; but it has not vet been determined w ./k.""incil•---Birniingfi.am Gazette. yes t Nay 7,' 7 . 1 . PTeu INcENDIARIsm AT KESoRAV-• _ n i telli ence o'f',;°P43'), about four o'clock in the afternoono, R. . N. 'l l Etw e F "NI at. Kesgrave th propert f K iintne `44l);4l,‘4cl-, of ,rave Hall Breechedlpswich, and ffi ee en kinei- th e Suffolk Fire -office and d the Amicable Fire-0 engines 1, 44 _ twerz dispatelied towards the spot. Before the engi s that th e Pi, oceeded far, however, the conductors were informed to 8 , b t , act _ 4 ( 1.1•(1. '1 he fire, it appe ~ e to show werewelus, which there is the clearest evidence Harriett bet 4 ton fire in the open day by an incendiary. . i'stle, fin d 10,1•.,fif Alartleshani, passing tit the time, heard a w 11 - to ward leing toward the Heath, saw the incendiary stop which Et fire L.,l_ bins aud a•,plv something to them. After_ lebeerrse and On liter 41Ving the alarm, the man, not a ear hae% , r ' tut and describes him one of gentlemanly a" offender Im r ,' 41 1 Past Tli • • , Probability of the z itetee,ed. .eie is et ery A ]titter' h e r . -Ipstelelt Express. I'leru, front Leipsie I\4ay 16, says '7" Dr.of the 7,: t1 e., an etuhtent eterinarv. surge , mandarector _ 1',311.0-„tri,nar3i School. at Rosen-dial has just died here o f 'lern r"'"ia, arttr `)-I hours of frightful suffering. M . Ivi, tilling had nevi r been bitten by any animal affected 4 ',lir ltaduess, but about three 'ears back he dissected l e 4 'k whi e h h d 3 n ligth or _ a it mad. This fact proves what . a Hie h time the rabi t ' may rewain latent in uria gui b a e le virus o y. ?NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. We have, from time to time, felt it to be. our duty to direct attention to the negligent and very unsatis factory manner in which the supervision of public works and edifices in this country is gener:illy con ducted. What adds, not a little, to the vexation which the fact is calculated to excite, is, that this evil co exists with an immoderate staff of paid individual servants of the Crown, and more than one highly salaried board, especially charged with the duty of preventing that waste of public money, that dishonour to the national taste, and that injurious result to the national interests, which`, ensue from such unsatisfac tory and negligent superintendence. For example : how many of our public edifices have perished by fire, owing to faults of original construction, or subsequent additions which have had an evident tendency to create or enhance the liability to combustion ; and in these cases, how universal has been the absence of that ordi nary degree of precaution which would have assured the public against the loss consequent on such cala mities ! In how many cases have sea-walls, and dock yard foundations, and piers, after being erected at an immense expense, suddenly given way, entailing, as in the case of the present Custom-house, for example, an expense of reparation absolutely frightful—for want of some competent and diligent investigation, preliminarily instituted and certified by some ofificers of responsible authority. How many opportunities for noble manifestations of that British genius and talent, which open competition would have been sure to have elicited, have been, and daily are, sacri-' ficed to the species of official favouritism which gives to Sir R. SMIRLE, for instance, the fee simple or mo nopoly of all architectural employment in the design and construction of new buildings like those in pro gress at the British Museum ? These are bad cases enough; but they are really less sickening, to our taste, than those constant, and almost inevitable, failures which appear to attend upon all the acts and perpetrations of that self-constituted dilletanti whoM the credulity of Parliament selects for "Committees of Taste." Committees of Taste, indeed ! Enough, that we are indebted to them for such disgraceful puerilities as our Law Courts at Westminster, the Painted Chamber and the late " new buildings" of the old House of L,ords ; the Corinthian façade of the Council-office and Board of Trade, which ought to have been in a line (but are not) with the eastern extremity of Downing. street ! All of them, if we mistake not, inventions of Sir JOON SOANE, happily for art, in a condition to " sin no more !" Had their commissi,ms extended so far, we doubt not that they would have given their verdict in favour of the preposterous portico at the Admiralty ; of the selection of the accepted, instead of one of the rejected designs for the Royal Exchange; awl of the superiority of design and elevation to WILKINS'S National Gallery over INIGo JONES'S Banquetting Hall. We are sorry to find, on a more careful perusal of the Report of the Lords' Committee, appointed a Select Committee to inquire into the building of the Houses of Parliament, and to report to the House" (brought from the Lords 13th instant, and ordered by the House of Commons t o be printed), that the offences of " Committees of Taste" are not yet mere matters of tradition, but are still rife and in active operation. The " Lords' Committee" reports this resolution, " That it appears from the evidence of CHARLES BARRY, Esq., that during the progress of the building of the Houses of Parliament, certain departures have taken place from the original plans approved of by the Committees of the two Houses of Parliament, and ordered to be carried into execution under the direc tion of the Boards of Treasury and Works, which alterations have been made by Mr. BARRY without any authority from either of those Boards ; to which circumstance they think it right to call the particular attention of the House." This resolution really appears to us amply called for, by the amount and effect of Mr. BARRY'S own answers to the Lords' Committee. It seems to us that Mr. BARRY has not only been guilty of singular rashness and in discretion in venturing upon so extensive a field of alterations as he has adopted, however he may try to excuse himself on the ground that " they are only matters of detail," but that he has shown a certain want of feeling for the dignity of his own art, and too great a facility in listening to suggestions about the adaptation of his very beautiful designs to the last new project for ventilation and smoke dispersion and heat diffusion—and to the fresco-painting fancies of the last " Commission of Fine Arts," which is billetted, like a company of observation, on the growth of "The New Palace at Westminster." Undoubtedly, warm and well-aired rooms and freedom from smoke are very agreeable properties in any structure, — but they are but accessories after all. It is of more consequence to give an air of grandeur, majesty, and state, in conformity with the best examples which the middle ages have left us of its mingled palatial and ecclesiastical architecture, to such a building as the sumptuous edifice in ques tion should be, than to accommodate its original plan to the theory of Dr. REID'S scheme of ventila tion, by such an excrescence as the " Victoria Gallery," objected to with so much force in the evidence of Lord SUDELEY (one of the most accomplished and experienced authorities on such a question in the three kingdoms) ; or by the removal of the QUEEN'S Robing-room, immediately behind the House in the original design, a distance of 140 feet from it, to re move " the source of regret" to his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT, " that by the original arrangement there was a great want of large spaces for fresco paintings." We should be sorry to convey any unfair impression on these two points. We, therefore, quote some passages with regard to them. First, as to the ventilation plan, Lord SUDELEY complains to the Isords' Committee of the wholesale alteration of the plan he, as one of the Commissioners had approved, by the introduction of a new Gallery, the roof of which being run up to the height of the main roof, will effectually destroy the very plan which Mr. BARRY had originally proposed of keeping his gallery down, at a much lower elevation, in order to admit of light and air freely circulating through the interior parts of the edifice : " I now come to the Victoria Gallery itself. I object to the Victoria Gallery on several accounts. There was a gallery, but that was of very different character ; that was literally a gallery ; whereas I contend that this is neither one thing nor the other. It is too short for a gallery in proportion to its width, and it is too long for a hall. Therefore, as a matter of taste, I object to its proportions. But that is not the only objection. It de prives Ike Queen of her robing-room immediately ad joining the House of Lords. Another very important point is, that in consequence of this gallery there will be a continuous roof from the House of Lords to Little Abingdon-street. The roof will be from 90 to 100 feet in height, contrary to Mr. Barry's own principle, as stated in his prospectus or paper which lie delivered with his plan ; for he there observes that he has carried up the Houses of .Parliament greatly above all the rest of the buildings, for the benefit of air and light. Now I need not observe to your Lordships, that both the light is obstructed and the air is impeded by this arrangement. Besides, we shall be deprived at one end of the House of Lords of the power of lighting it, if it should be re quired. Then, as I before observed, the Queen is de prived of her robing-room immediately behind the House of Lords ; the very situation in which Mr. Barry himself, by his former plan, recommends that it should be placed, but which has since been altered. In fact, as it appears to me, everything has been sacrificed to this Victoria Gallery." Mr. BARRY, after showing that the plan he is now working on is—not that which the Commissioners had originally settled, but—that which Committees of both Houses had subsequently settled and assented to, states that— " Whereas in the plan selected by the Commissioners the river front is 780 feet in length, the average depth ef the building from east to west is 270 feet, and the area covered is five and a half acres : in the plan approved by Parliament the length of the river front is 880 feet, the average depth of the building from east to west is 335 feet, and the area covered is seven and a half acres." And thus, in a written paper given in by him, he alludes to this new erection of the Victoria Gal- lery : With regard to the latter cla*s of alterations, I beg to observe, that, in the first place, I was required to make the necessary arrangements for the new system adopted by Parliament for warming and ventilating the entire building, which alone have caused many serious and im portant changes." And again : " Are the Committee - to understand you that the Vic toria Gallery has been carried up to as great a height as the House of Lords itself merely for the sake of venti• lation ?—No ; not merely on that account. That is only one of the reasons which has induced we to carry it up to that height." In these and other passages the pka for the altera tion is mainly founded, therefore, on the necessity for coaxing the original design into compatibility with Dr. REID'S monster flues. Next, as to the coquetting with the same design, which has been practised on behalf of the frescoes. Let question and answer—as in all other cases of owii talc : " HoW comes it that you never made these inquiries respecting the importance of having the robing-room in a particular place until the plans were so far advanced that you could nut place it there without an incon venience ?—I beg to state that the inquiry was made in time, as the plans are not so far advanced but that the change may be made with the greatest facility. I had the honour the other day of going over the whole build ing with Prince Albert, and it was a source of regret with his Royal Highness that there was a great want of large spaces for fresco paintings. On my pointing out, however, to his Royal Highness, that an opportunity might be afforded of obtaining large spaces in the pro posed robing room at the throne end of the house, he was pleased to express his satisfaction at the change." Again : " nave you made, up to the present moment, any alteration in consequence of communication with the Commission of Fine Arts? —I have proposed an altera tion, in consequence of a regret expressed by the Com missioners of Fine Arts, that there was not sufficiently large spaces for paintings; namely, that a change should be made in the design of the Victoria-hall or gallery to afford the large spaces for pictures which are wi,hed for." It is abundantly clear from the previous quotation, that this plural " Commission " extends not beyond the limits of Prince ALBERT. Now, with all our own love of art, which is ardent and sincere, we think the following remark of Lord SUDELEY is conclusive as to the mis take committed in sacrificing essentials of the original selected design to the accommodation for fresco paint ings. It is like preparing to convert the great Legis lative Chamber of the Empire into one vast Pala lorama ! Lord SUDELEY flap, in answer to Q. 89— " If the buildings of the Houses of Parliament are meant for the tine arts, I think then that Mr. Barry's observation may be perfectly right; but I consider the Houses - of Parliament as built for no such object; that the fine arts ought to be called in to embellish the Houses of Parliament, and that no necessary architectural arrangement shall be sacrificed for their display." We think more highly of the good taste of his Lord ship than we sympathise with the regret of his Royal Highness, which Mr. BARRY was so prompt to remove. Among the papers appended to the Report, touching the alterations in consequence introduced by Mr. BARRY into his design, we have perused with won der the conceded application of the Commissioners of Police, to have separate accommodations and cham bers provided in the new Houses, for the police con stables, forthwith, " in lieu of the sort of temporary barrack in Palace-yard, in which they have been hitherto lodged." The surveyors of the Board of Works call the architect's attention to the propriety of making provision for ample permanent accommo- cation for the police in the new general outlay," and in p. 30, Mr. BARRY, in his paper, says, that he had been called on, among other altera tions, "to provide accommodation for the A division of police." And this is actually being provided! What next, in Gov's name, will the gentle public be called upon to do for these mock Praetorians ? The thing is too ridiculous. Can they not be contracted for in the manner in which arrangements for all other constables are usually made ? Send them to the " Brown Bear," or the " White Lion," but don't give them dormitories in the Palace of Westminster ! We do not see, however, that any estimate is yet given in for the expense of warm baths and a billiard-room —for the same destination ; but we see that Mr. BARRY ranks the accommodation to be provided for a Librarian of the House of Lords next in order and consequence to that which is to be provided fur some A policemen ! Upon the whole we do not understand how Mr. BARRY can bring himself to call the remarkable de partures he has made, on his own - responsibility, from the original plans, from the plans settled by the two Houses of Parliament, and the occasional instructions given to him by the Woods and Forests, " mere matters of detail." Does he think them to be such? Lord WHARNCLIFFE is entitled to much commendation for bringing the whole matter be fore the House of Lords ; and it is to be hoped that such a system of uncertain accountability, and un tangible control, as are described in Mr. BARRY'S answer to question No. 85, will be got rid of with the least possible delay :- 4"rhen you left it with the intention that alterations should be made in the plan; but to whose approval were those alterations to be subjected?—l knew not that they were subjected to any one's approval in particular. That rested with the Government. But the examination of the Commissioners before the Committee of the House of Commons will show we expected many to be made." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1844. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAT. THE SETTLING. " At a meeting of the most influential subscribers to Tattersall's interested in the Derby and Oaks set tlement, it was unanimously agreed that no possible impediment could exist to the settlement of all ac counts on the Derby, in which the names of Running Rein and Orlando do not occur ; and that, therefore, the settling will take place this day, as usual, with the above exceptions." meeting The referred to in the above document, which was posted in the Subscription-room, took place in the early part of the afternoon, and was, as intimated, attended by several of the most influential subscribers. At a late hour the room became crowded, and, as the great majority of those present, either di rectly or tacitly acquiesced in the proposed settlement, and some actually commenced paying and receiving, we presume that, with the exceptions mentioned, it will be proceeded with this day, as usual. THB LATE MR CROCKFORD'S ACCOUNT. In the course of the afternoon, a letter was re ceived by Mr. Tattersall, from Mrs. Crockford, a copy of which, and of the opinion given by the Earl of Stradbroke and the Hon. George Byng, two of the Stewards of the Jockey Club, vs e subjoin : " SIR,—I trust that the circumstances which cause me to address you, will be a sufficient apology for doing so. " Being ignorant of the custom in use at Tattersall's in situations parallel to the one I now find myself placed in, I consider it best for me at once to place in your hands the betting-book of my deceased husband. " You will perceive that, in case Running Rein shall receive the stakes, there will be a loss of 604 L ; and in case Orlando shall receive them, of 7241. "1 inclose you, therefore, a draft for the larger sum, and would wish you to apply this sum, together with the receipts from the several losers, to pay as far as may be the claims of the several winners. " It is possible that, in a case of this sort, it is not cus tomary to settle the book ; should it be so, I am not anxious to establish a precedent. " With a deep sense of the trouble I am about to im pose upon you, I have the honour to be, Sir, yours most respectfully, "S. F. CROCKFORD. " Carlton-house •terrace, 27th May, 1844." OPINION OF THE STEWARDS OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. " We are of opinion that every person indebted to the late Mr. Crockford on his Epsom account is bound to pay the amount due to the person deputed to settle the same. (Signed) " STRADBROKE , " May 27, 1844.' , " GEORGE BYN G. ORLANDO AND RUNNING REIN. The following is a statement of the case u it now stands :—Anxious, for the sake of the settling, to bring the matter to as speedy a termination as pos sible, Colonel Peel, on Friday last, made a proposi eion, through the Steivards, to refer it, under the re cent Act of Parliament, giving arbitrators the power to examine witnesses on oath, to a barrister, to be selected by the Lord Chief Justice. This proposition was far warded by the Stewards to Mr. A. Wood, who refused to accede to it. On this the Stewards considered themselves absolved from any further re sponsibility in the affair, a communication to that effect was forthwith made to the different parties. Colonel Peel immediately placed the matter in the hands of his solicitor ; and on Saturday process was served on the stakeholder. The betting yesterday was even. LEANDER. We find that in one particular we were misinformed as to the travels of the lower jaw of this unlucky animal, which does not appear to have been taken by Mr. Forth to Messrs. Weatherby; but of his declaration (made in the presence of Lord Stradbroke) that he had been imposed upon by the Messrs. Lichtwald, and of the other particulars of this singular affair, our account was substantially correct. BRIGHTON, AIAY 2G.—lt is said to be in contem plation to add a new wing to the Pavilion, for the pur pose of obtaining a better view of the sea. Yesterday a gentleman from the office of Woois and Forests was engaged in measuring the ground for the site of the pro posed wing. SCOTT MONUMENT.—The Earl of Weyinss has li berally transmitted 20/., and Mr. Paterson the banker has remitted 15/., coliected on his schedule in Dalkeith. Upwards of 2,000/. have been contributed by the public since the meeting, three months ago, at the Music Hall ; the deficit, therefore, does not now amount to 1,000/., and as subscription lists still lie at the banks, club-houses, and at the Royal Institution, the admirers of the genius of our illustrious countryman, now in Edinburgh, who have nut yet contributed, have still an opportunity af forded them of assisting in completing this national monument to his memory.—Scotsman. In one of the accounts of the late Leipsic fair it is said :—" Never was the catalogue of books and other publications greater than at this fair. It extended to 2S sheets of letter-press, containing 2,000 new works, without including music and geographical maps and charts. The number of the publishers of this vast addi tion to literature is 789. The German translations are very numerous, and yet there are not more than two of any one, foreign work, except the Mysteres de Paris" of M. Eugene Sue, of which there are ten versions." THE . WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. THE RIVER AND THE RAILWAYS. There was a general turn-out of the working population of the metropolis yesterday, some on their way to the rail roads, others hastening to the wharfs to embark, and many taking advantage of other conveyances for the purpose of reaching the suburban fairs at Greenwich, Stepney, and Wandsworth. In spite of the Lord Mayor's proclamation, the Woolwich and Greenwich steamers were occasionally most tremendously. overcrowded, particularly after sunset— for, although the City police were stationed on the wharfs and piers in the vicinity of London-bridge and also at Black friars, his Lordship's jurisdiction did not extend beyond those places ; and, consequently, there was no one to prevent the vessels being overloaded at the Adelphi, Hungerford, and Westminster, and also at Greenwich. The " Solid pier," which is in a very dilapidated and insecure state, and the Watermen'alloating pier at Greenwich, were thronged with the holiday folks from an early hour till midnight. Steamer after steamer arrived, and. discharged their living freights ; and no sooner was one cargo got rid of than another supplied its place. The town, the fair, and the park were filled with good-humoured mobs; the fair was generally the first place visited, afterwards the park, and lastly, the Royal Hospital, and there was plenty of amusement and re creation for the multitude in all directions. The showers of rain which fell at intervals during the day frequently dis persed the people, and forced them to seek shelter in the taverns, tea-houses, and other places of refreshment. The veterans in the hospital were busily engaged in conducting the numerous visitors over the painted hall and the wards of the building. The crowds became so great in the afternoon that numbers were obliged to go away unable to obtain ad mission. The fair is precisely similar to the one at Easter, and indeed of twenty previous years. Richardson's theatre, and the great Crown and Anchor booth, fitted up for dancing, and where at one time 400 persons were dancing the Polka, are the principal attractions. The gingerbread stalls are as numerous as ever, and the public-houses and tea-rooms are stocked with enormous quantities of provisions, of which has and beef are the staple articles. The consumption was of course immense. The numbers landed at the two piers during the day exceeded 40,000. There were thirty steamers engaged in the traffic, viz., eleven of the Watermen's steamers, thieteen of the old Company's, the Robert Hawkes, William Gunston, and Laurel, engaged for the holidays by the Watermen's Company ; the Flirt and the Coquette, which kept up a communication with the Black wall Railway, and a Gravesend boat called the Prince of Wales. The Watermen's steamers, and the vessels engaged by them, made sixty trips between the Adelphi Pier and Greenwich, and carried down 15,000' persons and brought back as many. The Greenwich Railway also came in for a large share of business, and the trains were running every quarter of an hour with as many holiday folks as the car riages could find room for. e Thirty thousand souls were conveyed up and down this line .eluri l lg the day. . The greatest hilarit% and good humour prevailed among the vast assemblage at Greenwich, and we did not hear of any mate rial accident. Stepney fair has been again revived, and the display of booths, shows, and exhibitions of every description are more numerous, and immeasurably superior to Greenwich. There is more room, and the arrangements for the accommodation of the people are decidedly better. The fair is held in two large fields close to the Thames-police Court; in one is an enormous canvas temple called the Crown and Anchor, be longing to the Essex phenomena, Young Gipsy Stevens, and it was brilliantly illuminated in the evening, when dancing commenced with great vigour, and that popular pas the Polka was all the rage The booth is 300 feet long and 60 in width. Refreshments were supplied in abundance to the dancers. There are two other dancing-booths in the same field, and the outside of one of them is decorated with a large painting of the wife-killing Harry the Eighth, and is conducted by Mr. Mason, the landlord of the house known by that sign in the Mile-end-road. The veteran Clark, with his equestrian company, his corps of acrobats, and his daughter, Aurora Clark, who displayed most astonishing feats in the ring, is located in a large circus in the same field. On the adjoining field there is an immense number of exhi bitions of every kind, Peterson's large theatrical booth, not inferior to Richardson's, where a " tale of enchantment" was performed to admiring audiences every half hour; Johnson's theatre on a smaller but very superb scale, living wonders of every description, ups and downs, swings, and roundabouts. From an early hour all the roads leading to the fair were pouring in an incessant stream of visitors, and when it was lighted up at nine o'clock the scene was one of the most brilliant and animated ever witnessed. The numbers present would defy calculation. The Prince of Wales, Maid and Magpie, Safe Harbour, Sidney Arms,' and Star and Garter Taverns in the vicinity of the fair, as well as the grounds attached to them, were filled with people, who, from the noise they made, and the shouts of merriment which ever and anon proceeded from them, appeared to enjoy themselves highly. The fair is highly productive to the inhabitants of Stepney, and from 21. to 51. has been freely given for the use of one or two small rooms during its three days' existence. In consequence of the competition in the Gravesend trade, and the low fare by railway and steam-boat, the concourse of Londoners who have besieged the town during the last two days is beyond all precedent. • EXCURSION TO COLCHESTER. A little more than two hours have elapsed since we left the Shoreditch Station, and here we are making the best of our time at Colchester, without having experienced any incon venience from curves, cuttings, gradients, or inclined planes, but with many thanks . to Mr. Hall, one of the Ma naging Directors, for the precaution he has suggested, and which is carried out on this line ; we allude to the signal posts which are placed along the line. It is a post of some ten feet in height, at the top of which there are five painted panels or leaves, which are spread out like a fan, or drawn in as occasion requires ; for instance, when a train is stop ping at an intermediate station to take up or set down pas sengers, and the train happens to be on the opposite line of rails to that on which the station is, then all the panels of the signal are extended, so as to prevent any other train or engine passing. But if the stopping train happens to be on the line of rails next adjoining the station, then two panels only are exhibited, and another engine or train may pass along the other line of rails, provided the speed be re duced to fifteen miles an hour. When the fourth panel is removed from sight, and any portion of the third is visible, no engine or train is allowed to pais more than 100 yards beyond the signal on the same line of rails, until the third panel is entirely raised. After the train has passed the signal-post some 12i minutes all the leaves of the signal are withdrawn from sight, which shows the line to be clear. We are happy to state that since this simple plan of Mr. Hall's has been adopted, no accidents of any kind have occurred. SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY EXCURSION. The Directors of the above railway very wisely and humanely followed the course pursued by them in the Easter holidays, by allowing the public the advantage of seeing either Southampton or Gosport at half fare, or, in other words, any one going down to either terminus yester day, paid, in the first instance, full fare, but, on his arrival at his destination, he was allowed to keep his ticket, a por tion of the corner only being torn off by way of check, and he was at liberty to use it in returning either last night or to-day, at his pleasure. Whether it arose from a due want of publicity, or from the coldness of the weather we know not, but there were comparatively few applicants for the favour. At seven o'clock a train was started, carrying about 300 passengers, but more than half of them were regular pas sengers, who had no thought of being mere excursionists. Other trains followed throughout the day, but they carried no more than their usual number of pas sengers. The morning, which at an early hour threat ened to rain, was cold, but the seven o'clock train had a fine run Weft. 'Notwithstanding numerous stoppages, the whole distance (78 miles) was completed in three hours and 20 minutes. Few of the holiday people stopped in South ampton. Waiting for the train were two steamboats, ad vertised to sail—one to Cowes, the other to Ryde. They drafted nearly all off, nor had they returned when we came away; and, although few in number, were determined to see the most they could while out. The directors afforded the same facilities to the people of Southampton to spend their holidays in a rational manner, and it 'appeared as if they bad embraced the opportunity with much more avidity than the people of London, for the early up-trains were very long ones and every carriage filled. EXCURSION TO DOVER. Long before eight o'clock the London station was crowded ; and so completely were the officers of the Company taken by surprise, that it was with the greatest possible difficulty they , managed to accommodate the holiday assemblage; and in deed it was only by a prompt yet effective " transmogri fication" of cattle and goods " trucks" into third class " car riages,* that they were enabled to satisfy the claimants for what the old Jacobins Would have termed " the honours of a sitting." It was pleasing to observe that the 'holiday folk were as willing to be accommodated as the Company's officers were desirous of accommodating. With so much good feeling the train could not but be a merry one. All appeared to be gratified at the anxiety manifested to afford every possible convenience for the trip, and a ft.w minutes after eight o'clock the first train, containing upwards of 1,000 passengers, cheerful and communicative, was rapidly wending its way into the " rural districts." The atmos phere was a fine clear one, and though a sprinkling of rain now and then fell, it seemed but to freshen up Nature's countenance and to render her smiles the gayer and the more beautiful. Just below the Maidstone sta tion we had a glance at the Maidstone branch line, which appeared to be in a forward stater We understand that it will be opened, in August next, some months, if we are not mistaken, before the time which. the engineer fixed for its completion. At the Staplehurst station, where we sojourned for a short time, availing •ourselves of , another train by which to get to Dover, we witnessed what might a short time since have been deemed b3r . the directors a very strong evidence of the necessity of a brands to Hastings—viz., three coaches with passengers from that town. The pream ble of the Dover Company's Bill for a branch to that place has, however, been declared to be , not proved, and the Brighton Company will, therefore, probably have the felicity of carrying all those passengers who now prefef travelling by way of Staplehurst. From the line we could perceive the works being carried on at the branch line leading into Folke stone harbour. This branch appears to be near its comple tion. At the present moment about 150 tons of coals per day find their way into the railway waggons. Greater facilities are to be afforded, in the shape ofcranes worked by steam, for land ing coals upon , this branch line ; andit is stated that when these get into work, the average quantity of coals landed daily will be upwards of 500 tons. We hadalmost forgotten to observe that just below the Ashford station we observed the Canter bury, Ramsgate, and Margate branch-line marked out. This, it is expected, will be finished in about eighteen months. At Folkestone station a considerable number of the passengers left the train, and availed themselves of the opportunity of making a steam trip to Boulogne. Throughout the day the trains were crowded, and none carried fewer than 600 passengers. The most anxious atten tion was paid to the comfort of the , passengers by the secre tary, Mr. Whitehead, and the superintendent, Captain Cherie , wood, and, indeed, everything that could possibly contribute to the pleasure of the excursions was most sedulously at tended to by those gentlemen. NORTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. , CAMBRIDGE LINE.) Previous to the I hitsup holidays, the directors of this line wisely, and we may add, generously adopting the course pursued by some other railway companies, advertised their intention to issue " holiday day-tickets" for Whitsunday, Monday (yesterday), and Tuesday (this dav), by the pur chase of which a person going to Bishop's tortford, or the intervening stations, would be taken from London to Bishop's Stortford and back for the one fare down • and we were happy to find yesterday that many hundred's of per &ins availed themselves of this arrangement ; though from the repeated inquiries we heard for places by the " third class trains," we wish, for the sake of those who were more immediately interested in the matter, that that portion the public had been apprised of the fact, that no third-class carriages were intended to be run. By the eight o'clock and by the half-past nine o'clock morning trains a vast number of individuals took their departure from the " city of smoke and toil," unawed and" nothing daunted" by the melancholy a ppearance of the weather. At the latter hour appearances were indeed most unpropitious and uncongenial, and re mained so through the greater part of the day, at Bishop's Stortford and along the intermediate line of country; never theless, every succeeding train dropped its quota of pas sengers at the respective stations on the railway, all light of heart for the day, and bent upon enjoying their own rational idea of recreation, and all were alike determined to make the most of the Whitiun holidays. The number who availed themselves of their return tickets on this short line of rail- road was about 900 ; and nothing could exceed the atten tion which was paid to the passengers by the Company's servants. BRIGHTON RAILWAY EXCURSION. The recurrence of Whitsuntide, like that of Easter, is always a " green spot" in the lives of the inhabitants of the metropolis, than whom we question if any people more enjoy the opportunities these annual festivals afford for relaxation from their usual employments, and for participa tion in the pleasures to be found both in town and country. Emphatically it may be said that the worthy citizens then quit town and go down into the country, with the firm determination of being happy. In proportion as facilities for travelling are provided and increased, so new points of attraction open up; and as this process is going on almost daily at a rapid rate, so the number of these who avail themselves of the means of locomotion becomes still greater and greater. An instance of this we had yesterday, when, through the liberality of the London and Brighton Railway Company, hundreds and thousands of holiday folks were, at half the usual charge, whisked to the most beautiful watering-place in England, which, until the completion of this splendid line ofroad, was nearly altogether closed against the great bulk of the middle and working classes. The first train left the terminus at London-bridge early in the morning, and contained upwards of a thousand carpenters, and the second, which left at nine o'clock, was a monster one, consisting of 54 carriages, drawn by four en gines, and conveying the enormous number of 1,500 passen gers. Other trains were kept running at regular intervals. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. • The fifth concert took place last night. The following was he programme :-- PART I. Sinfonia in B flat (No. 4)—Beethoven. Duet, " Stung by horror," Miss Rainforth and Herr Staudigl ( Pascal Bruno)—J. L. Hatton. Concerto, violin, Herr Joachim—Beethoven. Overture (Faust)—Spohr. Duetto, " Pazzarello, 0 qual ardir," Mr. Machin and Herr Staudigl ( Faust)—Spohr. Quintetto e Coro, "Ah godan for felicitade," the principal parts by Miss Rainforth, Miss A. Williams, Mr. Manvers, Mr. Machin, and Herr Staudigl (Faust)—Spohr. PART I. Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream)—Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream)—Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Song, with chorus, " You spotted snakes," Miss Rainforth and Miss A. Williams (A Midsummer Night's Dream)—Men delssohn Bartholdy. Notturno, march, and finale chorus (A Midsummer Night's Dream)—Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Song, with chorus, " Joy, 'tis a glorious thought," Herr Staudigl ( Fidelio)—Beethoven. Hunting chorus ( The Seasons)—Haydn. Leader, Mr. Loader; conductor, Dr. F. Mendelsson Bar tholdy. The novelties introduced by Mendelssohn into the plan of the concert excited great interest in the musical world, and produced a more crowded audience than we have seen at the concerts for several years. " Everybody," in common par lance, was there; and the room had that animated appear ance which it used to have in the old palmy days of the So ciety—days which, we trust, are returning. There was only one symphony, but it was a chef d'ecurre— Beethoven's in B flat. In the performance of this magnifi cent work the effects of Mendelssohn's training were appa rent. We have frequently heard it very finely played at these concerts—with satisfactory precision and great vigour. But there was last night an attention to the chiar 'oscuro of musical sound in which this orchestra, with all its excellence, has hitherto been deficient; a softness and delicacy in the piano passages, a sharpness in taking up the points, a simul taneousness in those sudden bursts with which Beethoven startles his auditory, a unity in the whole movement of the band, as if all its members were animated by a single mind, and a fire and animation which we never before observed in an equal degree. The symphony was followed by a duet from Mr. Hatton's opera of Pascal Bruno, sung by Miss Rainforth and Staudigl. This opera was lately produced at Vienna with some success, Staudigl being one of the per formers. Such an occurrence, of course, has given occasion to many remarks on the hard case of our native composers, who, finding it impossible to have their pieces performed at home, are compelled to try foreign lands, where they are better received than in their own country. Look (it has been said) at this case of Mr. Hatton—we should never have heard a note of his music, either on the stage or in the concert, if it had not gained some eclat at Vienna. Now, supposing this to be the case, the fault does not lie with the public, but with the musical profession themselves. We have said again and again, that we have never yet seen a piece by a native musician, when fairly brought before the public, that did not meet at least as favourable a reception as it was entitled to ; and we hare not the smallest doubt that, had Pascal Bruno been brought out in London, and performed as well as in Vienna, it would have been as well received as in Vienna. Whether it deserved a favourable reception is a question upon which the duet performed last evening threw little light. It was an impassioned dialogue, demanding much theatrical action, between two characters of whom the audience knew nothing; and it is impossible to sympathise with feelings of which we do not know the sub ject. Such a scene, to produce its effect, must be represented on the stage, as part of the piece to which it belongs, and not torn out of its place, and sung by persons standing up in the front of an orchestra. It would be unfair to give a judg ment of a piece heard under such circumstances. We can only remark that it is evidently the work of an able musi cian ; that its ideas did not strike us as remarkable for ori ginality ; and that, whether owing to the overfulness of the author's score, or to the overplaying of the orchestra, the voices were buried beneath the ponderous load of instrumen tal accompaniment. Miss Rainforth, in particular, whose vocal organ is by no means feeble, could scarcely make her self audible. The next piece was Beethoven's violin concerto, played by young Joachim, who, though he has several times played in public since his arrival in London, may be said to have appeared last night for the first time before a great musical audience. His appearance in the orchestra was very inte resting. He is quite a little boy, and does not look above twelve or thirteen, with a pleasing and ingenuous counte nance. lie acknowledged the welcome he received, and the enthusiastic plaudits bestowed on his performance, with much modesty, and his unaffected simplicity was very engaging. Child as he is in years, and small in stature, he is, in art, a grown man and a giant. He has every quality of a great performer; a full, rich, vocal tone ; a rapidity of bow and finger which no difficulties can embarrass ; great force and vigour, united to the utmost delicacy of taste ; and much feeling and expression. He does not belong to the Paganini school, and executes the utmost difficulties, in the highest regions of the scale, without even having recourse (or at least very rarely) to the use of harmonics. Wonderful and delightful as Joachim is now, it seems impossible oven to imagine what he may be when he arrives at the age of the passions, before which time the genius of an artist can never be fully developed. There was then a selection from Spohr's Faust, preceded by the overture to that opera. It proved, comparatively speaking, a failure. The music selected, though very effec tive on the stage, is too theatrical in a concert-room. There cannot be a greater mistake, prevalent as it is, than the practice of taking these complicated concerted pieces, full of bustling incident, which, however clear and effective they may be rendered by, dramatic action, are nothing but un intelligible confusion in a concert. The whole of this part of the performance, accordingly, made no impression on the audience. Mendelssohn's music in the Midsummer Night's Dream had a very, different effect. It consisted, in the first place of the charming overture which everybody knows, followed by a little instrumental scherzo movement, quick, magical in its fairy lightness. It was loudly called for a second time. Then came " Ye spotted snakes. with double tongue," as a duet and chorus ; the solo parts were sung by Miss Rainforth and Miss Williams, and the chorus consisted entirely of female voices. Though the verses are indelibly associated in our mind with Stevens's beautiful glee, yet we listened with delight to Mendelssohn's elegant and imaginative treat ment of the subject. There were then two instrumental movements, a notturno and a march. The latter (a gorge ous composition) was encored. And, lastly, there was the final chorus, " Through the house give glimmering light," for female voices, and having for its accompaniment several of the most remarkable passages of the overture. Nothing more exquisite can be imagined than the whole of these mu sical illustrations as they may be called) of the Midsummer Night's Dream. They are full of the genius and fancy . of Shakspeare himself. The reception given to this beautiful music was rapturous ; and we heard all round us the most eager desire to hear it again. We can inform our readers that this opportunity will present itself next Friday, at Mrs. Anderson's concert, where it is to be performed in precisely the same manner—bythe same solo singers and chorus—as last night; and, by the way, we may add, that, at the same con cert, Beethoven's grand choral fantasia is to be performed, Mrs. Anderson taking the pianoforte. On the whole, the concert of last night was singularly in teresting, and appeared to give the utmost delight to the audience. MR. C. KEMBLE'S SHAKSPEREAN READINGS. Mr. Kemble gave a reading of the tragedy of Othello last evening—a drama with which some of his greatest triumphs were connected in the character of Cassio, a part in which he stood alone, and in which he leaves no successor. Last night, despite his advanced years, the speeches of Cassio were spoken with all that remained (with much more than could have been expected) of , the admired actor's former elastic vigour and animation. The scenes generally retained for full delivery were selected with the same sound judgment which has characterised Mr.Kerable's arrangement throughout, and were given with tasteful and still impressive elocution. It is a remarkable fact, that Mr. Kemble always obtains the greatest applause whilst he is depicting Shakspeare's female characters. As the gentle Desdemona—the most artless, in nocent, and beautiful of Shakspeare's creations—he excelled himself, as if his energy increased in proportion to the beauty of the character which he represents. The rooms were more crowded last evening than on any of the previous occasions. The Earl and Countess of Harrington, and several persons of rank and distinction, were present. WHEAT, &C.—Accounts of wheat delivered from the warehouse or vessel, duty free, under the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, cap. 92 ; of flour, &c., substituted for wheat; of the delivery of flour and biscuit so substituted ; and of for feitures under the Act, showing the disposal of the articles forfeited, have been laid on the table of the Commons' House of Parliament, on the motion of Mr. John Trotter, the Con servative Member far West Surrey. We take the opportu nity of presenting our readers with a summary of these very detailed accounts, which may serve in some degree to show the operation of the new Corn Act from the 10th of August, 1842 (the period of its receiving the Royal Assent), up to the • sth of April, 1844 (Good Friday last). It appears, then, that the total quantity of wheat delivered from the ware house or vessel, duty free, during that peridd amounted to 71,048 quarters ; that the quantities of fine wheat fl.ur de posited in the warehouses amounted to 81,171 cwt., of which 7,059 cwt. were afterwards delivered for home consumption, 69,176 cwt. were taken out for exportation either as mer chandise or as stores, and 4,935 cwt. remained in warehouse on Good Friday last; that the quantities of captain's biscuit so deposited between August, 1842, and April, 1844, amounted to 12,625 cwt., of which 11,815 cwt. were taken out for exportation as merchandise or as Pt6res ; that the quantities of standard biscuit (of the standard of that sup s plied to the navy) so deposited in the warehouses amounted to 53,316 cwt., of which 50,993 cwt. were afterwards taken out 1 for exportation ; that the quantities of common ship's bis cuit deposited amounted to 164,821 cwt., of which 159,224 cwt. were taken out for exportation ; and that the quantity of fancy biscuit deposited amounted to 10 cwt., all of which were afterwards exported as merchandise or as stores. The forfeitures under the Act appear to have b een b u t f ew , an d the return of the fines levied is nil. Sir Fowell Buxton is at present on a visit to this city, for the benefit of his health, and is undergoing a course of treatment - at Sydney Gardens establishment. The celebrated Mrs. Fry is also staying with us for the purpose of recruiting her health, which has been for some time past in a very precarious state. We understand that both Sir Fowell Buxton and the venerable ➢irs. Fry are taking the mineral waters at the pump-room.—Bath Herakl, LI TERA T LIRE. THE THREE KINGDOMS. 2 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844. In these volumes we have an account of the Viscount D'Arlincourt's travels through England, Scotland, and Ireland. The work is penned in a slight and superficial spirit, but it is not, on the whole, un amusing, for the author never dwells too long and wearisomely on any one topic, but hurries from sub ject to subject with the velocity of a bird of passage. The most entertaining portion of his volumes is that which refers to Scotland, whose varied scenery, toge ther with the impression it made on him, he describes with infinite relish, and gives a lively account of a day or two he passed at Eglinton Castle, and of his visit to the far-famed and romantic island of Staffa. THE GOVERNESS. C. Knight, London, 1844. There are many sensible reflections in this unas suming little duodecimo on the important subject of female education, and the duties of governesses. " Can we safely assert," asks the author, " that woman is more informed, more excellent, more adapted to the duties peculiar to her station and her sex, than in the days of our mothers—that she is more exempt from the failings of her sex, or less liable to their errors ? If the answer is even doubtful, the work of education is still imperfectly understood." There is no doubt that, even in the present improved age, the work of female education is not so well un derstood as could be wished ; still there is no denying the fact that it has made great progress within the last ten or twenty years, and that women are now infi nitely better and more carefully instructed than they were in the days of their immediate predeces sors. Not only are they more accom plished, but the knowledge they acquire is of a sounder and more practical character, and they are now, in an immense number of instances, qualified to take part in conversations which would have been wholly unintelligible to their mothers. Formerig, if they could sing a little—play a little—dance a little, and paint a few extraordinary flowers on card-board, they were considered to be perfect in all that it was necessary they should know ; but this is the case no longer; more, much more is expected from them ; and it is doing them no more than justice to say that in very many cases they fulfil all the increased ex pectations of society, and are yearly approximating nearer to man, in point of equality of intellect. The author of the little volume before us points out some of the more obvious deficiencies that still exist in the present system of female education ; and his remarks are deserving of consideration, for they are apparently the result of an extensive practical acquaintance with the subject. COURT CIRC ULAR. The King of Saxony is expected to land at Dover this afternoon, His Majesty will proceed by the South- Eastern Railway as far as Tunbridge, from which place he will cross the country to Buckhurst Park, the seat of the Earl and Countess Delawarr. On Wednesday his Majesty will visit Knole, Pens burst, Redleaf, ice., and returns to Buckhurst to dinner. On Thursday morning his Majesty will leave Buck hurst Park for Brighton, whence, after visiting the Pavi lion, he will proceed to Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, &c. &c. His Majesty will arrive in London on Saturday after noon. The Earl and Countess Amherst, the Earl and Coun tess of Wilton, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, M. de Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister at the Court of London; Lady Elizabeth and Mr. Henry Russell, Lord Cantilupe, and the Hon. Mortimer West and Lady Mary West, will form the party invited to meet his Majesty at Buckhurst Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended by Co lonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting, left Claremont for town, at half-past ten o'clock, yesterday morning. His Royal Highness proceeded to the Hanover Square Rooms, where he arrived at twelve o'clock. The Prince remained during the rehearsal of the Concert of An cient Music, and afterwards attended by Colonel Wylde, went to Buckingham Palace. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal. and attended by the Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting, left Claremont soon after one o'clock, yesterday after noon, in a carriage and four for town. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, were in another Royal carriage ; and Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting, followed in another Royal carriage and four. The Royal party arrived at Buckingham Palace, es corted by a party of Lancers, at twenty minutes before three o'clock. Her Majesty was received at the Palace by the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Frances Devereux, Maids of Honour in waiting, and Col. Berkeley Drummond, Groom in waiting. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes terday included the Marquis and Marchioness of Lans downe, the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, Lord and Lady Ashley, Viscount Canning, and Lord and Lady Granville Somerset. The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following pieces:— Overture, " Die Vehmrichter" Berlioz. Quadrille, " Chatsworth" Coote. Pot pourri, " Cheval de Bronze" Auber. Walzer, "Dalkeith" Galop, "Albert". Creston. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the queen Dowager yesterday, at Marl borough House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the performance of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Righ t Hon. W. E. Gladstone left town on Saturday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Malta. CLOSING OF THE STATE APARTMENTS, WINDSOR CASTLE.—We have authority to announce that the State apartments in Windsor Castle must be closed on _Wed nesday next. Intimation will be given as soon as the public can be again admitted to view them. The King of Saxony is expected to land at Dover this afternoon. His Majesty will proceed by the South- Eastern Railway as far as Tunbridge, from which place he will cross the country to Buckhurst Park, the seat of the Earl and Countess Delawarr. On Wednesday. his Majesty visits Knole, Penshurst, Redleaf, &c., and returns to Buckhurst to dinner. On Thursday morning, his Majesty will leave Buckhurst Park for Brighton, whence, after visiting the Pavilion, he will proceed to Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, &c. His Majesty will arrive in London on Saturday afternoon. The Earl and Countess Amherst, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, M. de Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister at the Court of London ; Lady Elizabeth and Mr. Henry Russell, Lord Cantilupe, and the Hon. Mortimer West and Lady 1 r West, form the party to meet his Majesty at Buckhurst Park. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Mai( 26.—Sir Coleman O'Loghlen who opens the motion in arrest of judgment to-morrow , is likely to occupy the entire of the day. Mr. M‘Donagh, Q.C., is on the same side in this motion. Each of the traversers, it is said, will claim the right to be heard by counsel on this as well as upon the new trial motion. But from the spirit exhibited by the Attorney-General, and the extreme anxiety mani fested by some members of the Court to reach the termina tion of the State prosecutions, it is probable that this claim will be resisted, and that the Court will limit the traversers, so that the argument may be brought to a close within two or three days. Sir C. O'Loghlen demurs generally to the indictment, and there is good reason to believe that such a case will be esta blished, as would justify the Court in pronouncing against the validity of some counts of dig Indictment, although enough might be preserved to sustain a conviction against all the traversers except, of course, the Rev. Mr. Tierney, respecting whom the Attorney-General has abandoned the prosecution. The argument and decision upon the arrest of judgment may also become important, in relation to the appeal to the House of Lords. The writ of error is already prepared, in order that the ne cessary forms should be gone through, in case the judges should decide against the motion in arrest of judgment. There is scarcely room for doubt that the appeal to the House of Lords will be successful. But the sufferers are to suffer incarceration in the meantime. The sentence, in all likeli hood, will be passed before the close of the present week, _ EXECUTION OF TWO BROTHERS IN NENAGH. Yesterday, John and Thomas W ade, brothers, who we re found guilty last assize of th e murder of a man name d Patrick Ryan, were executed in front of the Nenagh g aol. A third brother, Patrick W ade, remains i n gaol until next assizes, charged with being concerned in the same awful deed. At a f e w minutes afters welve o clock the two wretched men ccompanied by the Rev. Mr. Power, appeared on the drop , R.C.C., and the Rev. Mr. Bowles, R.C.C. Thomas Wade, who rather a low-sized man, about twenty-five years of age, repeated a ft er the withßev.Mr.Power, a declaration of his guilt. He acknowledged t h at his brother John, he was at the murder of Patrick Ryan (Morgan) —that there was so other person at it but the two ; that Shanahan, the informer, swore falsely, for he was not concerned in any way with the murder, nor did he know of it. That he forgave his prosecutors, and prayed most fervently for pardon of his sins, and that the Lord might have mercy on his soul. John Wade, a taller and stouter man than his brother, about twenty-eight years of age, repeated, after the Rev. Mr. Bowles, a similar declaration of guilt. The unhappy men bade each other farewell, shook hands, and kissed each other, prior to the light of Heaven being shut out from them in this wor ld. Afte r the drop fell, Thomas Wade appeared to s u ff er muc h, b ut i n a f ew m i nutes there was no appearance of life. John Wade died almost instantaneously. IMPROVEMENT OP KIRKDALF.—Within the last few months several hundred dwelling-houses have been erected in Kirkdale. The recently open ground about St. Mary's Church is covered with neat cottages, and all tenanted. Be tween the village and Bootle-lane, Mr. Duckworth has laid out a very picturesque and elegant little square, surrounded with villas of great taste, and not more tasty than convenient. The cry is still more neat and small houses in the environs of the town, and we are glad to see all who can afford it remove into pure air.—Limpool Journal. IRoN TRADE.—An additional furnace has been blown in at Blaenafon. The greatest number of men ever employed are at present fully occupied, with every prospect of a continuance.—Carmarthen Journal. i We aro most v ery happy to learn that matters proceed vemprovingly with our manufacturing neighbours, and _that by every calcula tion we may expect a successful career in the iron trade for three or four years, if parties do not become too inflated with sanguine hope, and put "too many irons in the file."—Mon mouthhire Merlin. PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. MAY 13.—The sitting scarcely occupied an hour, and very few of the papers which were read possessed general interest. M. Arago Informed the Academy that arrangements were making for putting up, at the Paris observatory, a telescope of enormous dimensions, furnished with glasses combining all the new improve ments, and worked by machinery. A commission was appointed to co-operate with M. Arago on this important subject. A very long paper, interesting only in its details to chemists, was received from Bordeaux, on the quantity of heat given out by the 'various combinations of sulphuric acid with water. M. Laignel laid before the Academy a notice of a new apparatus for soundings at sea during the passage of the vessel through the water. At present, it fre quently happens when a vessel is going at a quick rate, that the lead ceases to descend, and even returns towards the surface. By the new apparatus the line is made to fall by the very march of the vessel, on the same principle, in the inverse way, as a kite rises in the air by the apparent action of drawing it towards the holder by the string. A disk of wood to which the lead is attached is made by the action of the appa ratus in the resistance that it sustains to plunge to wards the bottom. The idea is ingenious, and will probably be found successful in practice.—A com munication was received from M. Hoefer, on the organisation of the instruction and practice of me dicine in Prussia, and the secondary states of the Germanic Confederation. We gather from this paper that the theoretic studies are more rigorous in Germany than in France, but that the clinical studies are less rigid, which the author attributes to the vicious organisation of the German hospitals. In Germany, as elsewhere, sufficient attention is not paid to the practical knowledge of medicine and sur gery, and men who study hard in the cabinet are per mitted to take out degrees without going through the practical probation which can alone give real know ledge to the practitioner. We learn that it has been proposed to adopt a different system in Germany, and to establish regular grades of the faculty; requiring fur the first grade—bachelor in medicine—an apprentice ship in' both medicine and surgery, with a perfect knowledge of the nature and combinations of drug, and granting the physician's degree only after a cer tain period of practice, added to this apprenticeship. The fees to the members of the first grade would of course be lower than those to persons of the higher grade, who would, in addition to their practical know - ledge, as derived from apprenticeship, have the advantage of experience. The poor, and persons of the middle class, who are unable to pay high fees, would thus have a guarantee for the capacity of their medical attendants, and a phy sician could be called in occasionally, to add the ad vantage of his greater experience to the knowledge of the bachelor in medicine and surgery. Something of this kind would perhaps be useful in other coun tries as well as in Germany; for, whatever may be the theoretical knowledge of the applicant for the di ploma of doctor in medicine, it is hardly right to confer the highest degree of the most important part of human science without those guarantees of prac tice and experience which are considered necessary in less important professions. WILFUL DAMAGE OF PROPERTY IN TIIE HOME PARK, WINDSOR. WINDSOR, Mom )Av.—About three years since a cutting of the depth of eight or ten feet was made across a great por tion of the Home Park, leading from the Waterloo-gate, in the Frogmore-road, to Datchet, which has been a public thoroughfare from 'Windsor to that village for several centu ries past. Across the trench, which is about ten feet wide, an iron bridge was thrown, in order that her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert might proceed, uninterruptedly, from the Castle to the New Kennel, near the Dairy, where are kept her Majesty's favourite dogs, under the care of May nard, the keeper. This excavation at the time was loudly complained of by the inhabitants of Windsor and Datchet ; which, independently of its cutting up one of the most beau tiful and delightful portions of the Home Park, renders this part of the walk, across the Royal domain, at night, and es pecially to females, of an extremely dangerous character, several of whom have been attacked during the winter by the loose characters who have congregated in that vicinity. Within the last few weeks the cutting has been extended several hundred yards, and it now reaches very nearly to the Waterloo-gate, in the Frogmore-road. In addition to this, a high mud bank, faced with turf, has been thrown up along the whole length of the ravine on the Castle side, so that almost from the moment of entering the park until it is completely crossed, and Datchet-mead is entered upon, scarcely a glimpse of the Royal residence, not even of the Royal standard on the Round Tower, is to be obtained by the promenaders between the village of Datchet and Windsor. The old cutting has just been excavated to the depth of several additional feet, rendering this once picturesque walk one of the most dull and gloomy imaginable ; and in addition to these precautionary means to prevent the public from en joying the liberty they once possessed of walking on the green sward, a strong iron fence is in the course of being erected throughout the whole extent of the cut, about half way up the high bank, thus rendering it almost impossible for any one to climb up the steep acclivity. These extraor dinary proceedings (the extent of which it is not believed either her Majesty or Prince Albert is yet aware of, as the job was not commenced until after the Court left Windsor six weeks ago) have very naturally caused great complaining and dissatisfaction amongst her Majesty's lieges throughout the neighbourhood. For many nights past portions of the new iron fencing on the sides of the cutting have been wit. fully bent and shattered, and large pieces broken off and thrown into the park ; and, notwithstanding the watch which has been kept since these outrages were first discovered, the perpetrators of them still remain unknown. This destruc tion of property has been of serious consequence to the con tractor, Mr. Faulkner, of Husham, near E s h er , w h o i s com pelled to bear the whole of the loss which has been sustained, the works not being yet completed. Upwards of fifty of the iron fences have been damaged and partly destroyed. When the whole is completed the public will be completely " cut off" from llerne's Oak, with all its delightful and most in teresting historical and Shakspearian associations. We shall, however, still be permitted to view its venerable trunk and lifeless branches from the respectful distance of some fifty or sixty yards; but as for the Fairy Dell, the scene of Falstaff's amours with the two Merry Wives:of Windsor (but which, by the by, has lately been half filled up by some Goth-like hand), a glimpse at the commencement of what is now termed " Cut-throat-alley" will scarcely be obtained by the passer by. We may mention that five venerable elm trees, near Queen Elizabeth's walk, in this immediate vicinity, and which were planted in the early part of the reign of William the Third, have been levelled, in order to carry into effect the " improvements " which are now in progress in this por tion of the Royal demesne. A DUEL—One of those stupid modes of adjusting a dispute, called " affairs of honour," came off in the vicinity of Bristol, on SatUrday morning, between Mr. 1 - 1-- and Mr. W—. The cause of quarrel has been variously stated. A correspondent of the Bristol Gazette asserts that the balls used were made of bread, coated with black lead, and adds, that one of the bclligerents made his will, bequeathing 3001. to his adversary.—Keene's Bath 'Journal. EXTENORDINARY FECUNDITY OF THE ANIMALS . AT ME LIVERPOOL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.--This week - there has been a great increase of British born " foreigners" at these gardens. An East India monkey has given birth to a fine young one, which promises to arrive at full growth and strength as readily as if born within the tropics. This is a vary rare birth . in these islands, and but one similar- one has occurred at the Liverpool Zoological Gardens. The female hyena has had a litter of five fine healthy whelps ; and there has been hatched a brood of beautiful black swans. The zoological varieties of the gardens have likewise been aug mented by the addition of two splendid young leopards, brought by the Catherine, Captain Williams, from Calcutta ; and, altogether, the visitor who enters these delightful grounds for the first time this season, will find a multitude of novelties of all sorts to attract his attention. _ . - - - ALARMING FlRE.—Yesterday morning, shortly before five o'clock, a fire, which occasioned very considerable alarm, broke out in the Rodney's Head "public-house, occu pied by Mr. Francom, situate in Little Suffolk-street, South wark. With all speed three engines were at the scene, with . the firemen. There being a good supply of water, the hose were carried into the flaming premises, and placed in such a position as to throw a great body of water upon the are,: which quickly extinguished it, but not before the staircase,. with the flooring, joists, &c., were consumed, about one-fifth s of the roof burned off, and the rest of the building and fur-. niture greatly damaged by water and smoke. Mr.Francoul t is fortunately insured in the Li censed Victuallers' Fire Office_ During the tire it is supposed that some villains entered the. bar-parlour, and stole therefrom cash to the amount of up wards of 30/., the cash-box being found on the floor, forced. open, and emptied of its contents. The house had only bee n . rec ently fitted up and greatly improved. FORTUNATE ESCAPE.-011 Sunday forenoon, wh i w a a t five minutes to eleven o'clock, the large flagstaff situated at the top of the steeple of St. George's Cliurchi Cannon-street East, and upon which the union flag used 01k particular days to be placed, suddenly broke off through tht vio lence of a stiff easterly breeze, and fellwitla a crash on th qstone platform at the entrance to the ch urc h , w he re a number of the congregation had been standing only five minutes be 4 fore. It fell partly on the iron palisading round the platform; which it broke away to some extent, and a large cast-iro4 column which supported a gas lamp close by was shivered to pe was a 4 O lik f e ee t t h l e on m g, as a t n o d f 3 a f s e h et p in to c a irc p u o m ini piec es. terc at n R e s flagbas staffe ,tarin of about four inches in diameter. It was broken into four pieces, one of which struck with some violence Mr. Hocka• day, a cork cutter in Cannori•street, while standing at d) north side of the church, but did not materially injure him It is not more than a fortnight ago since the vane or wea 7 thercock was placed on the top of the stal It was about 5 feet 10 inches long, and was found after the concussion, broken into four pieces, in the back yard of Mr. Hattersley, about 40 yards distance from the church. . s Several ships are fitting out at Sunderland for tite coast of Africa, to bring cargoes of guano to this country.-7 Durham Advertiser. Died, at Melrose, on the 18th curt., at a very act: winced age, Jean Burnett. She entered the service olf the late Mrs. Gardiner, in the year 1771, and on her marriage, continued till her mistress's death, eleven yeafs ago, when she pf:ssed into the service of her son, Alm W. Gardiner, Esq., Melrose, where she continued till her own death as above—thus completing, with undevi ating integrity and industry, a service in the same family, without ever having left it, of no less a period than seventy-three. years—a period which, it is believed, has few parallels in Scotland. A VENERABLE AND RESPECTED GOOSE.—We 6114 the following is e orthy t=f note, to show our Devenittn friends how honourable_ old age is esteemed in F:Annef.. set:—There is now in the possession of W. - ii en i y Brake, of Closworthy, Somerset, a goose in the 37th year of her age, with young by her side.-- ,Western Times. A young lady offers the following serviceable add original rules for the guidance of spinsters ;---', Befoie marriage it is necessary that a young woman should see her intended husband in foni situations, viz.-Ist, „tipsy ; 2 , 211 y, playing at cards and losing ; 3dly, wait ing for his dinner ; andlaitly, i n a b a ll- room ." maTa4onntrtAßx CIRCUMSTANCE..--OBE mass Qf rock has been - facsed in Mr. King's . quarry, Higher Beb bington, 40 feet long, 12' feet' wide, a n d 3} feet deeP, making 1,680 cubic feet, or 120 tons. It is perfect, mid without stain or flaw of any kind, and is now being cut tip for WC—Halifax Guardian. r