The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-30 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS . There was a THIRD EDITION of THE SUN published yesterday afternoon, containing the ilay's racing at Epsom, received by Express. The Fourth Edition, published in time for post, contained — The conclusion of the day's proceedings befoi.e the Railway Committees of the House of Commons. The Parliamentary intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the Debates in the Hou.se of Commons up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. The whole extending to Six columns and a half of the smallest type. RAILWAY NEWS. su4scribers and others interested in Railways will .find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAII,WAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. Sun-uffice, 112, Strand. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW ETENING Will be performed Donizetti's Opera entitled LINDI DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Mddle. Castelan ; Maddalena, Mddle. Bellini; Pierotto, Mddle. Brambilla ; Antonio, Sig. Fornasari ; 11 Protetto del Villaggio, Sig. Lablache ; II Marchese di Boisfleury, Sig. F. La blache ; L'lntendente del Fendo, Sig. Dia Fiori ; and Carlo Visconte di Serval, Sig. Moriani. The Dansenses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame -To scphine Weiss) will appear in some of their Favourite Pas (beitri; their last appearance but two). To conclude with an entirely New Grand Ballet, in Five Tableaux, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, entitled ROSIDA ; OU, LES MINES DE SYRACUSE. The Ballet and Mis en scene, by M. St. Leon. The New Scenery by Mr. Marshall. The Music by Signor Pugni. Rosida, Mdlle. Cerito ; Alman, M. St. Leon ; The Queen of the Mines, Mdlle. Moncelet ; Torbern, M. Di Mattia. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances :-- First Tableau.—" La Sicilienne" (New Pas de Caractere), by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, accompanied by the Corps de Bullet. Second and Third Tableaux.—Pas du Mincur, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, assisted by Mesdlles. Ferdinand, Demclisse, and Cassini. " Pas des Quatre Nations" (New Pas de Caractere), by the Corps de Ballet. To be followed by "La Wolinienne," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-effice, Colonnade, Hay-market. Doors open at Seven; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, BENEFIT AND LAST APPEARACE BUT ONE OF THE DANSEUSES VIENNOISES. ..... . The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that the BENEFIT of the DANSEUSEi VIENNOISES (their iast appearance but one), will take place • ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5, When will be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisi ; Bertha, Mdlle. Bellini ; Tl Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, Sig. Lablache ; Basilio, Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Foruasari. The Danseuses will appear in some of their favourite Dances. Their Pesfonnances this Evening will include the celebrated " Pas des Miroirs," the " Pas des Moissonneurs," and a New Pas, entitled " Pot Pourri," comprising a resume of their most admired Dances. With a Musical Entertainment, combining the talents of Madame Castellan, Mdlle. Brambilla, and Sig. Moriani. To be followed by various Novelties in the Ballet Department in which will appear Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Luelle Grahn, and 3ldlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, &c, ; M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. _ applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box ofAce, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an entirely new and Original Opera, entitled THE ENCHANTRESS. The Music composed by M. W. Balfe ; the Libretto, by M. de St. Georges and Mr. Bunn. Mr. Balfe will, on this occasion, preside in the Orchestra. 'non Sylvio. Mr. W. Harrison ; Ilamir, Mr. Borrani ; Dnke d'Aquila, Mr. Weiss; Nugnez, Mr. H. Horncastle ; Stella, Madame Anna Thillon. To conclude with the First Act of the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. The Duke of Silesia, Monsieur Silvain ; Giselle, Mdlle. Weise. Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3s ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, Is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Box-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDER. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Ilumby. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Tilbury ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Hall each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office. from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIT. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs. Yates ; Phcebe, Miss NVoolgar. After which, will be produced, a New and Original Farce, entitled THE IRISH DRAGOON. Mr. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby ; Paddy Murphy O'Brallaghan, Mr. Hudson. To conclude with ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed Bellini's celebrated Opera, entitled LA SON NAMBULA. Count Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. Allen , Amine, Miss Grant. To be followed by the favourite Interlude of THE WEDDING DAY. Lady Contest, by a Young Lady, het Third appearance on any Stage. After which, a New Divertissement, entitled LE PRINTEM PS. Supported by Messrs. Gilbert and Marshall, Miss Ballin and Miss Marshall. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN LIVERY. Lord Sparkle, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Paul Patent, Mr. Compton ; Violet, Miss Emma Stanley. • Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist , Mr. Edmund Br adwell. THEATRE ROYAL. LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. National Triumph—Unprecedented Suecess of the New Burlesque. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Comedy, entitled OUR NEW GOVERNESS. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Wigan, Turner, Stanton, and Keeley ; Mrs. WooMdge, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley. Previous to which a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidgo, and Miss Dawson. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Nfrs? Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c sThe Box-offlce is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-FitENCH PLAYS. Positively the Last Performance of 3ldlle. Plessy and Monsieur Regnier. THIS EVENING Will be performed LES FAUSSES CONFIDENCES. Monsieur Remi, Monsieur Cartigny ; Dubois, M. Regnier ; Araminte, Mdlle. Plessy ; Madame Argante, Madame Croset. To conclude with a New Comedy, entitled LE MARI a la CAM, PAGNE. Ferdinand Colombet. Monsieur Regnier : M. Malhieu- Monsieur Cartigny ; Ursule, Mademoiselle Plessy: Boxes, 65.; Pit, 3s. 63. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence at Half-past. NEW STRAND THEATRE, THIS EVENING, Will be repeated an original Drama, in two acts, by Leman Rede, Ailed SALOON and CELLAR; supported by Messrs. H. Hall, Romer ,Cockrill, H. Lee, Montgomery ; Mrs. H. Lee, and Misses Bromley, Fitzjames, and Hamilton. After which, a grand Scena from DER FREICHUTZ. Rodolph, Mr. C. Hodges ; Zamiel, Mr. Ridgway. To be followed by a Military Ballet, called The SOLDI,ER'S DREAM. Added to which LONDON BY NIGHT. To conclude with ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, the ADVENTURES of a FRIDAY. Robinson Crusoe, Mrs. C. Horn, Jun. ; 3lartyn Crusoe, Mr. Thompson ; Friday, Mr. 11. Hall ; Whitna3nda, 3liss Hamilton. Boxes, 35.; half-price, Is. Gd. Pit, Is. 6d. ; half-price, Is. Gallery, 6d ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITYIEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. To-day and during the week, the GODOLPIIIN ARABIAN ; or the Race Horse of the Desert. In compliance with the wish of several influential and fashionable parties, and in order to accommodate those who, residing at a din tance, are prevented from visiting the nightly representations at the Amphitheatre, as well as with a view to the gratification of the 'uvenlle members of families, Mr. BATTY has concluded an arrange ment with Mons. Tournaire for THREE DAY PERFORMANCES, introducing the entire troop of French Equestrians. These per formances will take place THIS DAY, the 29th May, June 5, and 12. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The Greatest Novelty in London—Two New Pieces, and " The Old Fleete Prison," at Half-price. THIS EVENING Will be produced an entirely New Dranta, entitled TIIE FAIR MAID OF PERTH. With New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, and powerful cast. After which, a New Comic Drama, called THE HONEYMOON SCRUPLES. __ _ To conclude with a New Local Drama, entitled THE OLD FLEETE PRISON ; or, Th,!, Widow and her Suitors. Splendidly appointed and supported by the Entire Company. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACII SEASON!—GRAND FETES. Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's , n Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch, as It formerly existed, the Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of Auld Reekie." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with his most decide and perfect approval, and from the more than usual care which has been observed in its execution, he points it out as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old anti New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Knablishment, will this season be on an unusually effective sca l e. Mr. GO DFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in Posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will b e p ro d uce d id rotation,i ncluding some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the fires on the :Calton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour traYal• And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake! The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in ,roluced. The Tallleau designed and executed by Mr. Danson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless and su,)erb design which combined with the Feux D'Arti rice, the Sainte and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur roundin es ci• witgnessed heights, will form th e most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display . Feeding of the Carnivora, at half-past Four; Pelicans, &;., at Five ; Concer' at Six; and Pyrotechnic, Display at Ninn- Adm'Asion. One shining. LOSS OF THE CATHERINE:--- A letter received at Lloyd's, from the Foreign-office. commnaicates the stranding of the British brig, Ca therine, Thornton, master, (from Cadiz to England) on the coast of Algarue, on the 26th of April, and that the Director of Customs at Olhao, and the British Vice- Consul at that port, were making every effort to save the vessel and cargo. COLLECTION OF CHARTS AT LLOYD'S. His Majesty the King of Denmark has presented Lloyd's with a set of Charts, published by that Govern men t. GREENLAND FISHERY. PETERHEAD, MAY 26.—The Mary, Menkie, arrived this day from Greenland, with 4,500 seals, reports the following vessels, belonging to this port, viz. :—Commee, with 8,000 seals; Union, 6,000; Eclipse, 8,000 Jean, 2,500. Now ready, in 3 vols., MR. D'ISRAELI'S NEW WORK, " SYBIL ; or, THE TWO NATIONS." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. THE JUNE NUMBER OF COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY ➢IAGAZINE AND HUMORIST Contains the following interesting articles : 1. Costume and Characters of the Court of George 11. By Miss Strickland. 2. The Brothers of Birchington. A Lay of St. Thomas A'Beckett. By Thomas Ingoldsby. 3. Literary and Familiar Reminiscences of Thomas Campbell. 4. Cheneir's Love Dream. By the Hon. G, Sydney Smyth, M.P. 5. A Sketch of the Lives of Lords Stowell and Eldon, with some Remarks on Mr. Twiss's Life of Lord Eldon. 6. A Peep into the Royal Academy. 7. Mr. Disraeli's " Sybil." 8. The Carnival at Cologne. 9. The Steeple Chaser. By the Author of " Peter Priggins." 10. Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queems of England. 11. Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Half-Pay. By W. H. Maxwell, Esq. 12. The Robertses on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollops. Chap- ters 37, 34, and 39. 13. An Excursion up the Oronooko, and Ramble through Vent zr ela. (Concluded). Henry Colbcrn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS B I LEECH AND ALFRED (7ROWQUILL. The JUNE NUMBER, price 2s. 6d., of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, Will contain : THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS. A Romance of Old Paris. By ALBERT SMITH. Illustrated by Leech. Chapter XVl.—The Grotto of Thetis—The good and evil angels. Chapter XVII.--The Gascon goes through fire and water to attract attent►on—The Brother and Sister. Chapter X VIII.—The Rae de l'llirondelle. The Masquerade, by G. D. The Plum-Pudding. Literary Retrospect. By a Middle-aged Man—Allan Cunningham. A Ghost Story—The Gaol-Chaplain ; or, a Dark l'age from Life's Volume. Ennobled Actresses—The Duchess of Bolton. By Mrs. Mathews. A Garland of May Flowers. By the Irish 1V hiskey Drinker. The Altered Man. By Paul Prendergast. A Proud Land is England ! A Song. St. Silvester's Night. By Mrs. Romer. With nn Illustration by _ _ Leech. corn not the Poor Man's Lore. By William Jones. Early Years of a Veteran of the Army of Westphalia, between 1805 and 1814. The Damned Souls. By W. G. J. Barker. Hereford—Sketches of Legendary Cities and Towns. By Miss Cos tello. Glimpses and Mysteries—The Lodging-house. With Three Illustra tions by Alfred Crowquill. Richard Bentley. New Burlington-street. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are much obliged to " One who likes to see The Sun," at . . liudde'r'sfield, for his kind suggestion. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 7 minutes after 9 I Evening .. 38 minutes after 9, THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MAY 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 61; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, N.E. NOTZ.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. 7' 4, 7 , 7 o • "1 ' • tclS DROIT , - "IN Mfftnin Ant LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1845. The House of Commons met at Four o'Clock. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented the report of the Committee of Privileges, in the case of HOWARD V. GOSSETT. The discussion on this subject will take place to-morrow—(this day.) Mr. HENRY BERKELEY then moved for a Select Commitee, to inquire into the operation of the Insol vency Act of last Session, with a view to remedy the hardship inflicted by that Act upon creditors below 201. On receiving an assurance from Sir J. GRAHAM and the SOLICITOR-GENERAL that the subject had occupied the attention of the Government, and that the LORD CHAN CELLOR was about to introduce a measure to remedy the evils complained of, the Hon. Member withdrew his motion. Mr. Sergeant MunpriY then brought forward the questions of the payment of Ministers' Money in Ireland. No decision was, however, come to, as the House was counted out shortly after the Learned Sergeant had con cluded his statement. The opposition made by the Catholic prelates of Ire land to the Academies Bill is an unfortunate occurrence at the present time, as it will be mixed up with the Maynooth affair, and throw difficulties in the way of the Government, which may tend very much to mar ,their plans for restoring peace to that country. It ap pears to us that the Irish bishops attach too much importance to the question of religious education in col leges. In England the practice of teaching divinity to all the students at the two Universities has become obsolete, and it never existed, as far as we are aware, at any of the five collegiate institutions in Scotland. Our northern neighbours, as all the world know, have not suffered on that account. They have neither become in fidels, nor Roman Catholics, nor Episcopalians, but adhere as religiously to the Kirk and the religious tenets of KNOX, and the other fathers of the Calvinistic Church, as they could have done, had they never heard of any other system of belief. Why, therefore, should the Ca tholics be afraid ? If their religion cannot stand upon its merits, there must be something in it radically bad or defective, and it is rather disparaging to Irish men to insinuate that, if they are not watched by their priests and constantly steered in the right way, they will become Protestants or infidels. There is not the slightest ground for such fears, and it would be well, therefore, for the heads of the Church to weigh all the circumstances well before they make demands on the Government which must be inconvenient, and may be ruinous to the best in terests of their country. The mixed education in the National schools, they know, works well ; Catholic and Potestant children learn the rudiments, and some of the higher branches of instruction together in the same classes, and we have not beard that any proselytes have been the result on either side. What fear can there be that attempts of the kind will be made, or be successful, upon young men whose religious feelings are already formed, who still may have daily opportunities of attending their own churches, and receiving religious instruction from their pastors ? Besides, they ought to remember that in this world of difficulties, mankind cannot obtain all that they may de sire, or that they believe really good. Parties who differ in opinion must yield a little, allowance must be made for prejudices, national as well as religious, and mutual forbearance be cultivated, else civilised society would become more intolerable than even the wildest bar barism. We have strong hopes, therefore, that the Irish prelates will endeavour to meet the views of the Government as far as they can with a conviction, of safety, and have no doubt that on the other side every disposition to conciliate will be willingly shown. It is a fortunate circumstance that the present Lord. Lieutenant is one qualified for such a juncture, and pos sesses a knowledge of the world, and an amenity of temper, joined to sterling abilities, which have already surmounted great difficulties in important negotiations. The reply which Lord HEYTESBURY made to the pre lates, on receiving the deputation, augurs well for the cause. According to the Dublin Evening Pat, his Excellency expressed his conviction that " the Government would pay the utmost attention to opinions and suggestions coming from such a source, and with the best disposition to adopt those suggestions, so far as they could do so consistently with their duty. The de cision upon those points would rest with the Govern ment, who, he felt assured, were most anxious to provide for the moral guardianship of the pupils, and to prevent any possible interference with the reli gion of any class. Looking to the various suggestions in the memorial, his Excellency stated it as his own opinion, that no serious obstacle was likely to arise on any point but one, namely, the vesting the appointments in a board of trustees, as the Government, he thought, would have a decided objection to such an arrangement, which could not be expected to work satisfactorily." The dreadful catastrophe at HAGGETT'S Hotel on Mon day night, or rather the morning of Tuesday last, was one of the most distressing we have had to record since the commencement of the present year, prolific as that has already proved in domestic horrors. So distressing a sacrifice of human life, under circumstances so fear fully contrasted, in some of their associations, with the deplorable event that they resulted in, may well seem to carry with it to all hearts its own impressive lesson on the frailty of human existence, and the evanescence of those gifts of nature and fortune which all ranks of civi lized society so extravagantly prize. But we do not affect to discharge the duty of moralists in adverting to it. Our object is to claim once more the attention, nct of the municipal, not of the police authorities of this great city, but of the Legislature itself to that scandalous deficiency of precautionary and protective arrange ments , i n sudden and alarming exigencies, that ought to be always available, at certain known stations, in sufficiently numerousi districts, for the purpo ses o f succour and refuge. We have so , often, in common with other journalists, pressed upon the police magistracy and the parochial authorities of the metropolis the responsible duty that devolves upon them of providing such means, and duly organising their supply and application, that we slunild despair —were we to renew our appeal to them— of doing so with any greater degree of success than has attended our former ' efforts. It is really high time that the Secretary of State for the Home Department should introduce some measure on this subject, with clauses of sufficient strin gency to ensure for its enactments a faithful and vigilant execution. Fire-escapes ought to be, undoubtedly, deposited in some permanent locality in each of a given number of districts, into which the city and liberties 'of Westminster and their suburbs, for example, might be divided for such a purpose, without delay. Every possible means should be adopted for giving the most extensive publicity to all these details. The deposit, and the prompt supply of these escapes, should be made with, and required of, responsible parties, paid for the discharge of these duties, and amenable in heavy penalties for any neglect of them. To each of these district stations at least one messenger should be attached, in order to ensure at all hours instant communication with the nearest establish ment of the fire brigade. In this way there would be no time lost on the outbreak of a fire—first, through the absence of any party specially charged with the duty of looking out for such accidents; secondly, by rea son of the distance of the point to be applied to ; thirdly, by that uncertainty which often produces irreparable delay with regard to the precise direc tion in which fire-engines and fire-escapes are to be carried, even after the fact of a fire having broken out is ascertained by the brave and active men who know not in what direction to hasten. It may be ob jected by some that an organised system of this kind, simple as the plan would be, would entail on parties au objectionable expense. Such an objection would really not be tenable, however ; for the expense would form almost an imperceptible item in the general amount of the parochial expenditure. But if it did—would pa rishioners hesitate to pay an insignificant increase of rates to sleep in comparative security against the possi bility of casualties, fraught with such terrible extermi nation, as the calamitous fires occurring among them? In the destruction of RAGGETT'S Hotel the lady of a Member of Parliament has perished ; her daughter escaped, but only by an almost miraculous fortune, merited, se may add, by the exhibition of a mot meritorious self-possession. An Earl and his Countess narrowly escaped destruction ; the noble father only just succeeds in snatching his infant heir from the devouring flames, which had already began to gather round his cot—and, horrible to relate, afterwards consumed his faithful attendant. In a gallant effort to rescue one of the inmates of that blazing house—(the ill fated lady of the Member for Maldon, who had arrived in town only the day before, to be present at the QUEEN'S Drawing-room on the following Tuesday),—the owner and landlord of the devoted house perishes with her ; and nothing has been found to attest or to identify their mortal remains, but blackened, burnt, and mutilated masses of undistinguishable humanity. The unfortu nate landlord's daughter perished by a fate almost equally deplorable—falling to the ground before the fire-escape could be properly applied to her chamber window. The lady in whose bed-chamber the fire com menced is rescued with extreme difficulty, and five other ladies, aroused from their beds, are saved from the balconies of the drawing-room windows. If a calamity so awful in its destruction of human life could be aggravated by the destruction of valuable pro perty, that incident of aggravation has not been wanting in this case. The unfortunate Mrs. ROUND is supposed to have had with her the jewels on which she fondly, perhaps, and naturally looked forward to making her obeisance to her SOVEREIGN, at the Court of Tuesday ; and they arc valued, it is said, at a considerably higher amount than even those of the Countess of Husurtnu non's, worth 3,000/., and also sacrificed in the flames. Mr. KING, the father of the lady in whose apartment the fire originated, had with him a very valuable chest of plate, which has been, doubtless, melted in the ruin. Now the fire was seen and the house alarmed, by one or two active and intrepid men servants, and an omnibus time-keeper, very shortly after midnight; yet, strange to say, we find no account of any combined or active exertions of the police. It was an opera night, and the French company had been giving a performance at the St. James's Theatre. There must have been plenty of the constabulary within reach ; but, somehow or other, as we have too often occasion to remark, they are seldom to be found when they are most wanted. And when two or three do present themselves in such scenes of unofficial exigency and alarm, we never hear of bold and disinterested exertions to save human life in fearful jeopardy. That they should not have assem• bled on the spot long before Mr. Inspector BERESFORD marshalled them—which was precisely when all the mis chief was done, all the loss of life and property per fected—is surely highly discreditable to the vigilance, and reflects little credit on the courage of this highly paid and much-eulogised, but, too often, very inefficient force. We have nothing to complain of in their subse quent deportment, or their services in protecting the ruins from intrusion ; but why were: they not at hand to snatch the inmates of the house from the flames ? They should bo kept in much stricter training, and be much more easily got at, to justify the enormous charge of their establishment. According to the evidence of a witness at the inquest, the man who had charge of the escape ladders was totally unfit for duty, or all the vic tims might have been saved. This shows what might have been done by the prompt and strict superintendence of the police. We have received Madrid journals of the 21st inst. On that day the Cortes met for the last time previous to the prorogation. No business was done ; but in the Chamber of Deputies some questions were put, respect ing the news from Rome, evidently intended for the Ministers, hut no Minister was present. One of the speakers said, a petition, signed by several Deputies, had been presented to the President, demanding an extraordinary meeting of the Chamber, for the purpose of hearing explanations from the Government on the relations between Spain and the Court of Rome ; but the President informed him the petition was not signed by the requisite number, and, of course, was invalid. Another speaker complained of the absence of Ministers, and the President, finding there was no business before the Chamber, pronounced the adjournment, and at that moment three Ministers, MARTINEZ DE LA Rosa, Mot, and PEDAL entered. They were surprised, or pretended to be surprised, that the Chamber was adjourned, and thus escaped some questions which they might not find it convenient to answer. In reference to the objections of the POPE to the propositions of the Spanish Ambassador at Rome, the Herald() says :—" It cannot be doubted that the Court of Rome will acquiesce in the fundamental terms of the treaty, which are the political acknowledgment of the Queen of SPAIN, and the religious sanction of the sales of national property. The Holy Father's assent is only accompanied with some restrictions, upon which it is difficult to pronounce, as they are not sufficiently known. But it may be safely affirmed that there is great exaggeration in the rumours in circulation." Rumours prevailed, and they seem not to be without foundation, that NARVAEZ has fallen into disgrace at Court, and that a serious misunderstanding exists between him and Queen CHRISTINA. Don CARLOS, according to accounts from different quarters entitled to full credit, has at last resigned his claims to the throne of Spain, in favour of his son, the Prince of Asturias. The consequence of this, it is anticipated, will be the marriage of the QUEEN with that Prince, in order to put an end to the dispute about the succession. Louis PHILIPPE, with his usual skill, is said to have arranged this affair. On the 21st the Three per Cents. closed at 32i for cash, and 33i for account ; and the Fives at 24i for ac count ; Debt, without interest, at 60 days, 81. It appears from the Paris papers that Marshal Bu- GEAUD had commenced operations against ADD-EL KADER atd his adherents, and that several skirmishes had taken place, ending in favour of the French. The Moniteur publishes two dispatches from the Marshal to the Minister at War, dated the 6th and 9th of May. In the first he announces his arrival in the Ouaren is, and his preparatory movements. In the second he gives an account of two affrays on the 14th, between the rear-guard of a convoy and about 500 Kabyles, who attacked it. The enemy were beaten off with the loss of several killed and 20 prisoners. The French, who had only eight killed and 15 wounded, captured 300 head of cattle, and made other booty. Another affair of slight importance took place on the following day. Mar shal BUGEAUD states that, in the evening of the 14th, some tribes made their submission. The entire insurrec tion in the Ouarensenis was caused, he says, by the same Scheriff, who raised the Dahra, and who presented himself as a kind of prophet sent by GOD to delive Al geria from the Christians. Two other impostors, how • ever, are stated to have appeared, one in the Mountain and the other in the Dahra. Marshal BIIGEAUD attri butes these revolts to ABD-EL-KADEIt, who was expected in that quarter. Some additional particulars had been received respecting the treaty with Morocco. The Journal des Debats, in an article on the subject, which probably speaks the opinions of the Govern ment, says—" Fresh intelligence leads us to believe that this affair is far from having the gravity which bas been attributed to it, and that it is not of a nature to compromise the solution of the secondary difficulties which still remain to be arranged with our neighbour in Africa." It then gives the following letter from Tan giers, dated May 10 : "The circumstances which have suddenly arrested the ratifica tionofthe convention lately concluded for fixing the limits of the frontiers, are clearing up more and more, and this unexpected obstacle a ppears to possess less gravity than could be at fiat {up. posed. The convention was intended to seek out and fix the ancient limits of Algeria, such as they existed when this possession was under the domination of the Porte. But it would seem that in the convention negotiated between the plenipoten tiaries of France and Morocco, the primitive object had been exceeded, and that a large portion of territory belonging to Morocco had been assigned to France. When the text of the convention was sent to the Emperor, the chiefs of the Kabyles, neighbouring to the frontiers, were in his presence, and he com municated to them what had been done. They all cried out against it unanimously, declaring that the frontier marked in the convention was very different from that recognised before the French conquest, and that the new arrangement took from them a portion of territory which had belonged to them from generation to generation. In reply to their pressing com plaints, the Emperor had to assure them that it was never in tended to encroach on their rights, but simply to fix the ancient limits of the Turks. A fact which, besides, would seem to prove that the designation of the frontier was still a subject of doubt, is that the convention was only signed, it is positively asserted, by one of the two Plenipotentiaries of the Emperor, the Caid of Ouchda. The second Sid- Ahrned-Elkadir, refused to affix his signature, for the rea sons which afterwards determined the Emperor himself." That journal adds :—" At no period, and in no part of the world, have questions of frontiers been easy to decide. We may point to the frontiers of Belgium and Holland as an example, they having been only recently fixed definitively. We may also mention the frontiers of the English possession in North America, which were in dispute for awards of fifty years, and which were de cided only two years back. That did not, however, pre vent England and the United States from living in peace for thirty years, as they do at present, although their limits are again con tested on another side. We do not see, therefore, why difficulties which between two civilised nations are habitually resolved by means of negotiations ought to be arranged otherwise when one of the parties is what is called a barbarous nation." Several of the journals advert to a letter said to have been addressed by Queen POMARE to Louis PHILIPPE, and published in some of the London papers, but it is so evidently the work of missionaries that it requires no particular notice. The Presse very correctly thus gives its origin : " The hatred of the missionaries to the Catholic religion, and to the French name, betrays itself in every line of this long address. What is most striking and most characteristic is, that the Queen has sent a copy of her letter to Kame hameha, third King of the Sandwich Islands, with a request that he would insert it in the Polynecian, an English journal, published in Honolulu. How probable that this recourse to the press should be the act of a poor ignorant woman Moreover, her letter is countersigned by a certain George Platt, and its contents breathe from one end to the other the perfume of the doctrines preached at Exeter-hall." The Basle Gazette states that Dr. STEIGER has re ceived his pardon ; but we find by a letter from Lucerne of the 23d that the statement is unfounded. It appears, however, that the Executive Council has been called upon to report, in the event of the life of Dr. STEIGER being spared, what means can be adopted of preventing his disturbing in future the tranquillity of the country. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Tues day, at 85f. 85c. ; the New Loan, at 86f. 20c. ; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 80c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,230 f. ; Rouen, 1,115 f. ; Vierzon, 830 f. ; Havre, 892 f. 50c.; Avig non, 1,0551. ; Basle, 270 f. ; Spanish Actives, 39%; Spanish Three per Cents., 41% ; Spanish Passives, 7%. The following are the quotations for the new lines:- Orlears and Bordeaux, 210 f. premium ; Boulogne, 100 f. ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 47f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 18f. 75c. ; ditto (Calon), lf.; ditto (Gan neron), 10f. ; Northern line (Laffitte), 32f. 50c.; ditto (Rosamel), Bf. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 10f.; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 15f. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 18f. 75c.; ditto (Talabot, 35f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 10f. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), 4f. 50c. ; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 15f. ; Creil and St. Quentin, lf. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths during the week, ending May 24, is the smallest, we be lieve, on record since the establishment of the Registrar- General's office, being only 810—less than that of the pre vious week by 25, and than the average of five springs by 78, and showing a diminution, in less than two months, of about 500. The number about the beginning of March exceeded 1,300. It is gratifying to find, too, that there is a decrease under every head, if we except small-pox and measles, and even in these instances the increase does not exceed ten in the former, and four in the latter. The decrease in diseases of the organs of respiration is most remarkable, the total being 227, while the average for five years is 292. Bron chitis, pneumonia, and consumption have been much less fatal than usual. The deaths from old age are 54, average Cl, and the violent deaths only four, two of which are suicides. The deaths from small-pox are 25, and occurred at the fol lowing ages :—Seven under one year; three 1-3; four 3-5 ; six 5-10; three 10-15; and two 20-30 years. In one case the age is not specified. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The supply of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was plentiful, but the trade bought 7,000 bales at Friday's rates ; 500 were Surat, and realised 2 1 / 2 d. to 3 1 4 d., 500 Pernam 5%d. to 5 5 /d.., 100 Egyptian 6d. to 8 1 / 2d., and the rest American 3%d. to sd. per lb. A good business was done in Shares at firm prices, and the market was steady. Barnsley Junction, 5; Ditto, Half Shares, 2%; Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction, 9% ; Belfast and County Down, 1%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 3 / 4 ; Caledonian, 10 9 1 4 ; Ditto Extension, 2% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6% ; Cambridge and Oxford, 6s. ; Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares, 48; Ditto, Half Shares, 26 1 4 ; Clitheroe Junction, 21. 38s. 94. ; Clydesdal e J unc ti on , 9 8% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 10% ; Dublin and Galway, 3 3 / 4 ; Dundee and Perth, 3%1 Dundalk and Enniskillen, 4 3 / 4 ; Eastern Counties, New Shares, 9 6s. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 65 66 ; Ditto, New Quarters, 6% 14 ; Edi n b urg h an d Northern, l%; Edinburgh and Perth, Is. 6d. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 335. 495. ; Glas gow and Ayr, 61 ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 116 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 20%; Great North of England, 30L Shares, 30% 34 ; Great Western, 187 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 42 ; Goole and Doncaster, 1 1 / 2 % ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 6 3 A Leicester and Birmingham, 9s. 6s. ; Limerick and Waterford, 8 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 51s. 6d.; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 46 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 34 34 1 4 ; Londonderry and Enniskilen, 4%; London and York, 4 1 4 6s. 3d. ; Direct Northern, 3 1 4 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 6% 5 / ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% 6s. 3d. ; Lynn and Dereham, 433. 6d. ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 70 1 / 2 ; Matlock and Midland, 78s. 6d. 3 3 / 4 ; Midland Railway, 180 : Ditto, 401. Shares, 2154 ; Ditto. Fifth Shares, 3 3 / 4 ;Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 140 3 / 4 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 17 16% •, Newry and Enniskillen, 4 ; North British, Half Shares, 5 5 1 4 ; North Kent, 965. ; North Western, 4% 4 3 / 4 ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 3%; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 2% 41s. ; Preston and Wyre, 30 1 4 ; Runcorn Gap. Preference Shares, 36%; Sheffield and Manchester, 120 ; Ditto Quarter Shares,ls Sheffield and Lincoln, 1% 38s. 6d. ; Shrewsbury, Wolver hampton, and Birmingham, 5; Shrewsbury, Oswestrv, and Cheshire, 314; South-Eastern and Dover, 43 4314; *Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 15%; Ditto, No. 2, 13 1 /, ; Ditto, No. 3, 7 ; Scottish Midland, 2 1 4 ; South Wales, 5 1 4 ; Trent Valley Continuation, 18s. 11. ; Ulster, 48%; Waterford and Kilkenny, 3 3 4 ; Welsh Midland, 20s. 21s. 6d. ; West York shire, 2 1 / 2 2 3 / 4 - ; Worcester and Tring, 4 1 / 2 ; York and Car lisle, 1 ; York and North Midland, New Half Shares, 18 1 4 ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 5 5 ; Ditto (Rosamel's), English, 465. 3d. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 11 ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), 21. 9s. ; Paris and Lyons (Gan neren';), 2% ; Paris and Lyons (C a l on ' s ) , 39 5. ; P ar i s an d St. Quentin, I/. 6s. 6d. ; Sambre and Meuse, 10%. MANCIIESTEE STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 28.-The sales are -Barnsley Junction, 5 1 / 8 1-16; Ditto, Half Shares, 2% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 914 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 3 i ; Caledonian, 10 9' • Ditto Extension,2%; Churnet Valley, 5 % ; Clitheroe Junction, 2 % prem. ; Direct Northern, 3 1 4 ; Eastern Counties, Ditto New, 4 1 4 prem. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% 2%; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester, 1%; Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth, 5.%; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6 3 / 4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6 7-16 ; Leeds and Thirsk, % ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 8 1 / 2 ) .i l ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 1 / 2 7 ; Leicester and Bir mingham, 4s. 7s. 6d. prem. ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% 11.16 ; London and Windsor, ss. 6d. 6s. prem. ; London and York, 4 1 4 41. ss. 6d. ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 15% 3 / 4 ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction, 4%; Manchester and Birmingham Con tinuation and Welsh Junction, 2 1% ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 21%; Midland Railw a y C onso l s , 40/ . Sh ares, 21 3 / 4 22 ; Ditto, Birmingham, and Derby, 137 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 17 1 4 17 ; North British, New Sh ares , 5% ; North Western, 4% 9-16; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 1 / 8 2; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1 13-16 % ex new ; Sheffield and Manchester, 120% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 ; South-Eastern, No. 3, 7 ; Southpo r t and Euxton, 276 ; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junction, 2% • Welsh Midland, 1 1-16 prem. ; West York shire, 2 5 1 /2 ; York and North Midland Extension, 18 17% ; Great Northern of France, English, 5: 1 / 4 ; Huddersfield Canal, 21% ; Manchester Fire and Life Assurance, 1 1 %. The intimation given by Lord John Russell last evening that he intended this day to put questions to the Premier with respect to negotiations with the Government of Brazil, hav ing for their object the formation of a new treaty of com merce, Ike., has attracted attention in City circles. It is more than probable, from what we hear, that the answer will be that there are no negotiations at present for the purpose alluded to. But from information, through private sources, we believe there cannot be a doubt that something like an approximation with the views of our Go vernment, and of that of the Brazils, is in progress. It cannot be too strongly urged upon the attention of our Ministers that deep and lasting injury must be pro duced upon a very large proportion of our manu facturing interests, and upon our export trade, by a strict adherence to the line of policy which has recently been car ried out respecting the amount of duties levied upon the staple exports of the Brazils. And an opening . is afforded by the fact, that (as we are told) the mission of the Count d'Abrantes to the German Union has not been quite so satisfactory as reported in the Continental journals. If this prove true, no time should be lost by our Government in resuming, if it has not already done so, a friendly inter communication with the Minister at present located here as representative of the Brazilian empire. We are without any arrivals of interest to-day from the colonies. Railway schemes were so prolific that we confidently ex pect to see scores of them of but limited existence-in fact, never carried beyond the preliminary stage of the advertising and collection of deposits. Some lines, however, especially where requiring no large amount of capital, will be certain to ensure support from the public, as well as the Legislature, and many of the Irish lines stand in this favourable position, how ever doubtful it may be whether one or two, which we could name, will pay. A small 'under taking of a most promising character, full details of which, we believe, have appeared in the advertising columns of The Sun, has been brought under our notice, and cer tainly appears to offer an unusually excellent prospect of ad vantage to the district for which provided, as well as for the parties who may be so lucky as to be concerned as share holders. The Newry and Warrenpoint Railway is the line to which we allude, and which, for so short a line, will ac complish more than many similar and expensive under takings. It will connec t Newry, an important commercial town, with its shipping, port, and harbour, and be an im portant adjunct to the Newry and Enniskillen and Dublin and Belfast Railways. The Public Securities have been very firm to-day, and there has been a good business doing. Consols have realised 99% to Al for Money, and 99% to 3 / 4 for Account. Ex chequer-bills have been 61s. to 635. premium. Bank Stock is rather firmer, at 210 to 209%. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have realised 101 1 / 8 to %. The Three per Cents. are 91% to Al. The Government broker continues to purchase New Three-and-a-Quarter and Three per Cents. The Foreign Bonds are dull, as the Acceunt will be ar ranged to-morrow. Spanish Actives have been 29 3 / 4 , and Portuguese Converted 66 3 / 4 ; Mexican have been quoted 36% to 37%. Brazilian are firm at 90. Dutch Two-a 44 a- H aU per Cents. were 633/4. The Railway Shares have been rather brisk again, although the settlement of the Account is in progress. The old lines are best supported. ONE PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 9B 3s 987* New 3 1 / 1 per Cents 10114 % 14 101 1 / 1 Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11 1 4 5-16 11 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ll 3-16 1 / s 11% Ditto 30 3-ears, Jan. 5,1860 ll 9-16 11 9-16 Bank Stock for Account... 2ll 211 Consols for Account.... Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, IV 2 d 62 63 61 63 pm. 63 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised 59 58 60 pm. 60 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela l5 V i 15 8 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3 6 7 /8 371 A 37 1 / 8. Ditto Account Ditto. Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents Ditto, Converted 66% 66 1 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Belgian 4% per Cent. 99% 99 99 Belgian Scrip, 2% per Cent French, 5 per Cent. —f. —c. 121 1 4 f. —c. Exchange Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9B 98% PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. BAILWAY SHARES PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 2%14 2% Binning. and Gloucesterloo 134 136 Bri'ton, Lewes, & Ilast. 20 Bristol and Exeter 7O Do. New .... Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 2 1 4...... 21 % % 2% Cambridge and Lincoln 111 2 ...... 6Mi 7 Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chichester and Brighton 10 Churnet Valley Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 / 2 14 21% Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast Junc. 2% ll 10% Dubl . - and Galw• ~ 2 1 / 2 _ 3% -- 3 's IA, Dublin and Galway..... , Dublin and Mullingar... 24 Eastern Counties Ditto New 4/. 16s. Eastern Union Ditto Extension .. 1% 2%%, 2 Ely and Bedford 1 1 A 2 1,- 13 2 14 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Nort hof England-100 252 248 253 255 Ditto New Ditto New 2 35% 37 36 36 Great Western BO l9O 192 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2 1 / 2 ... .. 5 3 / 4 Harwich Hull and Selby 5O ... 106 1 ,4 104% 105 105 Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birminglun (5t0ck)...244 243 247 DO.New Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares London and Brighton... 50 Do. New consolidated Bths 25 ...... London and Croydon, 131 15s. 9d. 18% ,ei lBl/2 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. London and S. Western 41/ 6s 10d 80 79% Do. New London and York 2% 4% 3% 3% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... ........... 2%...... 2 34% 2% Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 l/ Manchester and Leeds... 73 153 152 l5l Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters 4 .... 9 Do. New Quarters ... 2 ... 7%' Midland 100 .187 186% 190... 188 Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby 100 152 ... . Newcastle and Darling ton Junction Do. New Branding... 10 33 ... 32 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 , l 7 l, 18 17., 17% North British ...... ..... 12 1 / 2 2 2 1421%.. 23 Do. New North Kent Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do~ New Perth and Inverness ... 2% Rugby, Worstr, 81 Tring 1 Scottish Midland IIA ... . 2% 2 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%. ... 474 5 4 l, South Devon South Eastern & Dover 33425 4d... 41 3 / 4 42 1 4 Do., No. 1 8 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales ... ... 2% WA Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 York and North Midland 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension l ll lB3/414 FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and A miens... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... 174 ......... Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 4 1 4 Lyons and Avignon Namur and Liege Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ...... 10% Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d . 44 Paris & Lyons, Latlitte's 2 Paris ard Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Rouen .. 2O Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) .__ Do. do. (Hainguerlot's) 2 ...... 21 y 4 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. 18 j, 3 11 2% 2% The subjoined address of resident members of the Senate of the University of Cambridge, in favour of the proposed grant to May nooth College, which has been called forth by the one presented last week, expressing a repugnance to that measure, was yesterday morning presented to the representatives for that university. The address is signed by residents only, and among them by no less than eight professors and eighteen principal tutors of colleges, the remainder of . the 78 names appended consisting almost entirely of fellows and officers of the different colleges and of the university. The Cambridge Advertiser, in the columns of which journal the address and signatures appear, remarks that "names of greater weight in this university are hardly known." The address was in circulation in Cambridge for only four days, and at a period when many of the residents, including a considerable number known to be favourable to the object of the address, had already left the university nn the termination of lectures. The number of names actually affixed leaves, however, no doubt as to the sentiment pre vailing with the great bulk of the resident masters of arts in favour of the augmented grant. "TO THE RIGHT HON. A GOULBURN, M.P., AND THE RON. CHARLES EWAN LAW, M.P. "The undersigned, resident members of the Senate of the Uni versity of Cambridge, desire to intimate to you, its representatives in Parliament, that the proposed grant to Maynooth College is viewed by them with no feelings either of apprehension or repug nance, and that they deprecate most strongly the agitation now in progress against it." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A new grand ballet, entitled, Rosida, ou les Mines de Syracuse, was produced here last evening, with that tri umphant success which attended almost every work, operatic or chocrographic, that has been produced at her Majesty's Theatre by Mr. Lumley. The new bal let is, we believe, the work of St. Leon, and it does infinite credit to the talents of its author, who has shown that he possesses poetical feeling, a thorough knowledge of pictorial and stage effect, and constructive powers of a high order. Rosida (Madlle. Cerito) is a young Sicilian girl, in love with Alman (St. Leon), a sailor, and the first tableau of the ballet is on the deck of a ship on a gala day. The masts are hung with wreaths of flowers—the sailors are rejoicing on deck—a bevy of Sici lian damsels, among whom is Rosida, arrive on board, and of course a dance ensues. There is, first of all, a most effective bullabile, and then comes the new " pas de charactere, La Siciliene," by Cerito and St. Leon. This is an exquisite dance. Cerito displays in it all the pretty coquetting of a village beauty, and gives us those arrowy rushing steps which are so peculiarly her own. She may indeed be called " The Muse of the many twinkling feet." Alman has been condemned to the mines. Rosida resolves to follow him—the only method of accomplishing this, is by assuming the disguise of a miner—a miner's dress is brought to her, and the pantomime of Cerito is exquisite. She dances round the dress—she touches—flies from it alarmed, and rushes round the stage in a series of rapid steps, so rapid that the eye can scarcely follow the motion of her feet. She approaches and takes it up, tries on the coat in the most fascinating and espiegle manner imaginable, and at length takes the dress up, and rushes off the stage with it. The second tableau exhibits the interior of the dark and gloomy mine. The miners descend one by one, and proceed to their work ; among them is Alman. He is left alone. Suddenly the mine is illu minated—the black masses disappear, and in their place we see the splendid abodes of the fairies of the mine. The Queen of the Mine appears, and encourages Alman. He approaches to worship her, when instantly the abodes of the fairies close up, and the mine resumes its pristine gloomy appearance. This is a most magnificent scenic effect, and told admirably. Rosida descends, dis guised as a miner. This, we believe, is the first appearance of Cerito in male attire, and she certainly looks most fascinatingly in her miner's costume. In this tableau she dances the pas de mineur with St. Leon. Her pantomime was most expressive, her dancing delightful. The applause was, of course, rapturous, and at the end of the pas there was a perfect shower of bouquets. The mine again becomes a fairy palace. Again does the Queen of the Fairies and her court appear, and poor Rosida, terrified at these supernatural appearances, rushes from the mine. At this late hour (for the ballet did not conclude until one o'clock), it is impossible to follow minutely the adven tures of the lovers, who are, of course, at last made happy. The last scene is a triumph of art. It repre sents the harbour of Syracuse. In this tableau we have the Pas des Villaoeois by Cerito and St. Leon, in which the latter displays some of the most astonishing tours de force that ever he has per formed ; the " pas des quatre. Nations," a characteristic pas by the corps de ballet, and " La Wollinienne," by St. Leon and Cerito. Never has Cerito appeared to so much advantage as in Rosida, she exhibits throughout feeling, expression, and poetry—not unworthy of Tag- ' lioni herself, while, at the same time, there is no lack of that neatness of execution, of that gushing flow of exube rant spirits which has hitherto been her great charm. The scenery was magnificent, and the noise en scene per fect. Cerito and St Leon were called for at the fall of the curtain, and honoured with the usual testimonials of public approbation. The opera was Don Pasquale, but we had, in addition, Castella, Brambilla, and Moriaui in a scene from Linda di Chamouni. Ihe " I►anseuses Viennoises" in several of their favourite pas—Carlotta Grisi and 'Toussaint ; the pas "de la Favorite," and Lucile Grahn, with Ferdinand, Demelisse, and Casson, in her own 44 pas de quatre." The house was crowded before the rising of the curtain, every nook from which even an occasional glimpse of the stage could be procured was occupied, and the greater part of the audience remained until the con clusion of the ballet. We are nit surprised at this, for it is the most interesting, and aho the most magnificent ballet that has been produced fora long time. COURT' ().1 ttCU LA R.. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual walks yes terday, in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Alkert, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson, went yesterday morning to the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset House. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke de Broglie, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended at Buck ingham Palace on Tuesday, and performed the following pieces, under the direction of Mr. Boase : The Royal Birth-day March—C. Coote. Jubel Overture—C. M. Von Weber. Grand Selection, Don Carlos—M. Costa. Dublin Wal:zes—Labielzki. Annen Polka—Strauss. The names of the Duchess Dowager of Bedford and Mrs. Dempster Heming were omitted in the list of company present at her Majesty's birth-day drawing-room on Tuesday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge and Prince George, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge dined last even ing at the Foundling Hospital. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Earl and Countess of Brownlow with her company yester day evening, at their residence in Belgrave-square. A deputation from the Alto-Douro Railway Company had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Ecclesiastical Commisioners for England had a meet ing yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Bishops of London, Winchester, Bangor, Ely, Lichfield, and Salisbury, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. John Nichull, and the Dean of Westminster. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colo nial-office, for the Governor of New South Wales. The Duke de Broglie transacted business yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. LITERATURE. LEAVES FROM A JOURNAL, AND OTHER FRAGMENTS IN VERSE. By Lord Robertson, one of the Judges of the Court of Session. 1845. This little volume was first printed for private cir culation amongst the friends of the distinguished author. The approbation expressed of it by judges of high eminence in the literary world has induced him to give it to the public, and for more reasons than one the public should be thankful. First, its intrinsic merits are great ; and, secondly, it is delightful to find the profound lawyer, the brilliant orator, and the. laborious judge, enjoying his first free vacation with all the buoyant spirit of the enthusiastic classical student just released from his University, and finding himself for the first time on the sacred soil of Italy— the land of his high dreams. " Nor (in Lord Robert son's own words) let it be said that the journey was in itself idle, and the record of it—even for the grati fication of friends—only a piece of useless vanity. To give rest to the mind is not to be without thought, any more than to sleep is to be without dreaming. And surely to have beheld the glories of the Splugen and the Simplon—to have seen the sun rising from behind Vesuvius, or his golden rays glit tering on Venice, as he sunk behind the Alpine heights which skirt the Adriatic—to have contem plated the perfection of ar,lhite..:ture in the majesty of St. Peter's, in the beauty of the Duomo of or in the dark aisles of the Cathedral of Florence, and the triumphs of art amidst. the labyrinths of the Vati can and the Florentine Gallery—or to have wandered by the Coliseum, stood on the Capitol with the Forum At his feet, and every arch and pillar pregnant with classical recollections —or, finally, to have pondered amidst the ruins of Pompeii, yet daily disinterring— all this was not to be in a position where waking dreams were likely to be absent. It may be hoped that while such images were passing before the eye, the mind was not vacant. I, therefore, resolved to show my friends that my holidays had not beep a blank; and I rather chose to do so in the some what ambitious form of what cannot, I fear, be called poetry, and yet is not sober prose. I took this course, because it pleased my fancy, and I thought that truth is not less instructive al though presented to the eye in a garland of flowers ; any more than the vine grows less luxuriant because gracefully festooned. lam aware that some may think the work after all extremely trifling. I feel that " Oh, my strain, Perhaps even now some cold fastidious judge Casts a disdainful eye, and calls my toil, And calls the love and beauty which I sing The dream of folly. " But from so grave a censor I must appeal to the generous and indulgent, and claim from them a sym pathy in those musings which afforded me such un feigned delight." Withnut quoting specimens from these effusions, we will content ourselves with a pas sage from L'Envoy, which beautifully expresses the past and present feelings of the illustrious writer. " The panoramic pastiin o'er, slow drops The curtain on my sated eye, and like The rainbow in the heavens, the vision fades. Nor say, that to my task with slothful foot I turn, the holiday now o'er, and in An idle schoolboy guise creeping like snail Unwillingly to school.'—Oh, no. Over The cheerful stream lightly my bark has sped, Joy at the helm with fancy in the sails, And now—laden with larger charity, And deeper love of ..•,untry—home she turns, Casting her anchor there—to seaward bound Ni, more. Nor dean my 1-,anderings idle. or Their record vain, fur one whose con6tant care Duty exact demands. The memory of These hours, like water sprinkled from the brook On arid ground, amidst the summer's drought, Will fall upon my heart, freshening the soil." THE ROAD TO OREGON. Though several parties have penetrated into the Ore gon territory from the United States, through the gorges and over the towering heights of the Rocky Mountains, yet it may be safely asserted, from the concurrent testi mony of traders, trappers, and settlers who have them selves passed these natural barriers, that the difficulties are so numerous and formidable, and the time necessary for the passage so long, that there is no secure, expe ditious, or commodious tract which can ever be used as a highway, so as to afford facilities for an influx of emi grants overland. Several routes have been tried of late, and each differs only from the other in the privations which the passengers undergo. None but the wild and fearless free trappers can clamber over these precipices and tread these deserts with security, and even these are quitting them as haunts, and now using them only as unavoidable tracks. It is true there have been pub lished more favourable accounts, within the last year or two, by parties who have made the journey safely, and who encourage others to make a similar experiment ; but these accounts are in such a state of bravado, and accompanied with expressions of thankfulness by the parties for their own success, that they are indirect proofs of the difficulty and danger of the undertaking, and of the utter hopelessness of such a route for general purposes. For hundreds of miles the several tracts pre sent nothing but fqghtful barrenness under foot, and overhead scorching heat or piercing cold. The country even west of the Rocky Mountains is broken with tow ering cliffs, deep ravines, and sunken streams, from which the traveller cannot draw a drop to allay his burning thirst; and the soil is either sandy, in which he sinks at every step, or of a black rugged stone, which tears his feet. The travellers have been obliged to feed on the lean carcases of their animals which have died from hunger, thirst, or fatigue. Farnham says, that his party were at last obliged to kill their universal favourite and pet, their dog, and economise his flesh. He further says, that during eight days' journey, and he had proce e d e d w ith the expedition of one travelling for life, he had not met with a single acre of land capable of producing grain or vegetables. Another American traveller, Towns hend, says, " Our only food was dried crumbling meat, which we carried, and chewed like biscuits as we tra velled. There are two reasons by which the extreme thirst which the wayfarer suffers in these regions may be accounted for ; first, the intense heat of the sun upon the open and exposed plains ; and, secondly, the desic cation to which everything here is subject. The air feels like the breath of a sirocco, the tongue be comes parched and horny, and the eyes, mouth, and nose are incessantly ass-Ailed by the fine, pulverised lava which rises from the ground with the least breath of air. Bullets, pebbles of chalcedony, and pieces of smooth obsidian were in great requisition ; almost every man was mumbling some of these substances in an en deavour to assuage his thirst." The lead bullets and the other substances which they chewed were for the purpose of producing spittle, which they would swallow to prevent inflammation and death.—Dunn's Histo-y of the Oregon Territory. The Universal German Gazette states from Con stantinople that Mettetis, Bishop of Kysikos, and Member of the Holy Synod, has been elected Greek Patriarch. He is said to be a very rich man, and unattached to any political party. On Monday the King of the French, the Queen, and their Royal Highnesses the Princess Adelaide, the Prince de Joinville, and the Duke d'Aumale, left Neuilly for the Palace of Fontainebleau. - So late as the 20th instant the snow fell heavily round Geneva till it became full a foot deep. At the same time it camedown at Thann in the Haut Rhin, at Anch, Tarbes, and other parts of France, even at Compiegne. NIGHTINGALES NEAR LONDON !—A pair of these birds have taken up their residence in the Surrey Zoological Gar dens, where, undisturbed by the music or the firing on the nights o f the grand pyrotechnic display, they continue to warble their delicious Melody early aud late. EPSOM RACES. THURSDAY. t a s• The weather on the Downs ve.oerday was ju t " -5 /. 1:1 11' lgreeahle as it was in town—cold, misty and rainy--oesda fining the prospect to a vary limited range. Th e r a ted %N . l. re in bail condition, and the Course, much deterioroe from the state it was in. was dirty and c lan:111.. f t, p s o ery, company 'as exceedingly small, and the day's consisting- of three races, was for the major Rar t e v o inferior, the Surrey Cup, which was originull).lei,day, to give a feature to the amusements of the toiro 000 alone having excited any interest, or affording a nW h r t he for speculation. The racing, which commenced wit r. ,, walk over at two o'clock, was brought to a c10,,e sho IV after four with the fillowing results : 1, ft, The Epsom Four Year Old Stakes of 50 sov s • each' te, for colts, Bst 111 b, and fillies, Bst 6 1 b. Derby Curs (5 Subs.) „ d or s M e t i . e . e F p o: te d k 's es b c a Qi l ii o T s a o n i t ,s . , .. e . ........ , ............... "1"e- over second to save his stake. One s f ll lief (8 Subs , .. of whom one Oeclared.) Lord G. Bentinck's hr f ' ' . • •rq 4al 91b Moonstane, 3 ) i itcho ner „ Mr, Hook's b f Wild Roe, 3 yrq, 4st 91b...•••••••." ; Mr. T. Dawson's b c Live-and-let-Live, yrs, 7 s '' 4 Mr. Death's Isleworth, 6 yrs, 85t 3lb ..................... 5 Mr.. l Galpine's f by Elis, out of Cecilia, 4 yrs ......... r. IVestley's Jessie Hammond, 3 yrs, 5,,t 61b .. 1 .... 6st 1 . I to 1 Mr. J. Day's b g by Mazeppa, —Busk, 4 yrs , Botting-5 to 4 agst Live. an,l-let-Live antl_ d ` it A ll a h g., - s!: Moonshine. Moonshine took the lea ' d, 13 ' The own way, and won by three lengths. ,late o f 2 0 ° s e ov S s. u v r a n l?t . e, C t t h ip e s(iilirapnludsicianp)speocriePiece of 1 (.) sols• adteidelaargedua;rter. ea h, with 50 added. Cup Cou'rsbey,•Stliwbs.raolflei3. (21 I Subs.) ~,: e i i nor) ,2 Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, 7st 31b...(1,-"e,' e - IN N N 1 rr r . ... F. 111.;\171. Ai Elba's Moustache, A o? l :it i o, l s b u t c t s i t t aa k te ' a s hrea T ,e h 4t, e Wreck, 3 Duke of Richmond's Loth )s. a r r 3s i r o s7 , 's s 7t Mr. Bonsor's The Correct Card, 3 yrs, ssr 3 l b ...... 7 Lord Verulam's f by Laurel, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b.•• ............ Betting-3 to 1 agst Moustache, 7to 2 ag s " iOO sto ore . 5 to l agst Cataract, 5 to ,l agst Craton Oil• ce The no C i l or ti r ) e o c k t t Card, he e a and a after e to g ( 1 )i n a sYl „; tri s il l a :l T b.B.s: h t: e :l: .............................. a ::: ... a l': iles: and, with Lothario and Cataract 'in w q at u t ai ' r)t g e ' rtjitif6d • : ibPliteri to the turn into the straight running; Lothario "csiVitA beaten, and the Wreck became second, Catar" . 0 41 1 ° Up with her. At the distance the filly joinedAil'sri:lclell' a beautiful race ensued, Croton Oil, splea dlwY frota tbt winning by a head. Cataract ran iu difficulties 10 aoli distance, but struggled gamely to the end, at' d ri v ps ol3. beaten by a head for second. Nothing else Was - cro• finish. A theLoa Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 40 added 5 1 $utel/ old, Est 7lb ; fear, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 1 2:u 0 177 P - 01 gees, a' e aged, 9st lib ; mares and geldings, ace have run in either of the preceding' rit ee b e ats' ' A 31b ; the winner to be sold for 150/. ; 1 mile. (6 Subs.) 1 Lye) $ Mr. Dawson's Live-and-let-Live, 4 yrs •;••••(6 '' ) ,. e) r e 3 3 Mr. Coleman's The De v il-amon.. the-Tail o rs, .7 1 Mr. I)yson's Loadstar, 3 yrs ....................... ...‘ Both heats won in a canter. THE OAKS.—(THIS DO.) L. 45511 PROBABLE STARTERS, WITH THE RIDERS ill° , i , del° tr/. BETTING. Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch--" -e- - 1 (t) 4to 1 , 5 ° Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair—F. Miti er co W 1 Mr. Gully's Maid of Orleans—J. Day,,i 7l° ' - ' . Mr. Armstrong's Venus—Murphy—l2 to 1 Mr. R. Bennett's Hope—Marlow-12 to 1 1 0 0 I Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis-1 1 ; Howle tt-- ' ito I Mr. Rowers's Glee—Bartholomew—.l3 13 to 1 " 3 el- Lord G. Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere--l'u—l Mr. Liley's Stamp—Robinson-18 to 1 t o Duke of Richmond's Refraction—Whiteho je Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude—Mann cbsPP Sir G. Heathcote's Fille mal Gardee Or' Lord Eglinton's Plaudit—Marson Mr. Blake's Event—Boyce Sir J. Mill's Giantess—J. Howlett Sir C. Monck's Physician filly—Lye Mr. J. Thompson's The Wreck—Noble let Mr. Osbaldeston's Fickle Wild Rose—Or' Mr. Bowes's Heather Bell—Simpson Alorl.MajorColonel el Y wr a e r e, s h e l u ,Cs r g aHr h s l sn M eay i — s s S i y a rah—Holmes t Ss 44' 6 ' w, - „ o bh One or two of the above are doubtful ; 13 ; u 1 i v bo at Heathcote may probably start two, there "'T a lon I 'lo be at least twenty runners. 5 to 1 wa s h ; c o te Kent's lot, and 15 to 1 about G. flea t—° rid e ' is not sufficiently recovered from his accident to —......---------- 1... , VIVI THE CALEDONI A N SI ei° FESTIVAL. e C alea° o ol. the t he _L The twenty-eighth anniversary festival of Asylum, incorporated for supporting dilating tlstr' dress of soldiers, sailors, and mariners, nativesef ~. their ''' t dr, who have died or been disabled in the se•ctivii;ondon,_not en and of indigent Scotch parents reside lye d at the FresenrasheffiTh apd e of toe" to parochial relief, was held on Wednolengh a nd Que Tavern, his Grace the Duke Of 131 ! ty in the c hair. . ~e, K. G., K. T., President of the At six o'clock his Grace th e piper to the Hig the preceded by her Majesty', piper, f the Marquis of pre A s 7. Society of London, and the piper o . d t and Stelee-to T . Prest en s j o bane, and accompanied by the N lee - Dr CO ail' Grace having been said by the Rev. • . , ; „ 50 of__,J 8 be company sat down to an excellent dinner, consist , - wise delicacies of the season, which was placed upoPi tbe " - Oil Bacon's best style. During the dinner the band ",; p riste io d's Fusilier Guards played several martial and ori See t '" and the pipers, at intervals, performed several 0. Slrsii dent aeg national melodies. 0 1 a f , d r, entered the b_ The cloth having been withdrawn, " Benedienjose d°- by Masters Stevens and Sullivan and Messrs...floe:oo' Young, and J. L. Hatton, who presided at the P"'" ,be p Toole, the toast-master, havin called for sile e q_ c l a ttb „del The CHAIRMAN rose, and in groposing4, th . t`ioo, e, se b o Majesty the Queen," the Patroness of the Initt•tt7byhichtiot in a most happy manner to the frequent ' 6 4 as sare c o ress Majesty had paid to Scotland, and said he Cc' eat er la Or there never had existed a Sovereign who t ook a g i. aid be r in the welfare of all classes of her subjects than jesty the Queen.—(Ceeers.) Os' too Drunk with three times three. ts 11 Air, " God save the Queen." The sole P ar alb . Stevens and Sullivan and Miss Betts. flea s patro 1, The next toast was " The Queen Dowager, Stoi c- Institution." Drunk with three times three. goo , /Übe l ea ld beir to Madrigal—Masters Stevens and Sullivan, •IS' fr o hurst, Young, and Hatton. 0 0°e 4 The CHAIRMAN said the next toast in the er t l prio c ;so His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." g e tha t the, 10 4 , to T oe i r sool a slight alteration in this toast. True it was o f Wni 477 the throne was generally known as the Prioc e boson 0. they were Scotchmen assembled together Scottish institution. They claimed him as ke of,' he should propose " Prince Albert, Albert D: . ..Ay! t he —(Loud cheers and the rest of the Royal r s-- t itee 6 The toast, as altered, was then di unk with three A li Glee--" Hail, Albert Hail." t 0 Oo r ;set The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toas bal t his ta li t ",oo lant defnders—the Army an Nav," " id t per ° P r i eatl e omitted at public feativals, was more y veculiarlY ao se hle bi le an occasion like the present, when they were jg o f the c it te : ther to promote an institution for the e ducatien_ nt rys O of those who had fallen in defence of their ee'l o s Probe to the exertions of those brave men that Enron fo__A for the peace which had existed now undisturlfoubs4l7o; long series of years. It was those brave men' the peac e ) 13_, 11 prodigal of their lives, who secured for BuroPe i cheera* tb,,5 would, he trusted, long remain undisturbed . —(to renerijty should ever an occasion arise calling upon 11 _, g t he vi e exertions, he felt assured that we should sh„°' er s.) we had not become a degenerate people.—( t ' e ys. 0 A d The toast was then drunk with all the hone°, ro y. 0 11:, Captain FORRES returned thanks for " The ° t , for „sr Captain LAMONT, R.N., in returning rh a , %/ P oi 0 . ' ,.,00<‘ Navy," expressed it as his conviction that the s'" t as on n ire esen erse",ile in a more efficient state than it was at the Pf t her_ a jr:j (Cheers). It was true that since the p eace e ot str or os, had progressed in naval affairs, but we ba d „ P ea tle:0010, During the last 12 years, especially, we ha r d 14.- 00 ; 0 0;d1 in the building of our ships, and in the disciline eo 0 ale of our men—( Cheers). In his opinion no eea ce j lot bed into the merchant service who could be recel, ,be Le t man-of-war, if his complaints were reinedi e n'444 Ate sailor complained ' of at present was, that in tit! o ree di gieT to less pay and less liberty than in the niercharfve„,oo!„ l 0 .. these complaints be remedied, and there We'l l ; t he 11- t her he se in manning the navy.—( Cheers.) As one % ai l 01 %0'01 of this institution, he would observe that they es.,rop n ot naittee many men of business, but they coula.,,, t ittweal a s men to give the whole of their time to the '''" obt he ir iiro'" wanted to see upon that Committee some Int e e ete,'" e a ees men of business, who could and who would u ‘gals r o ;o og and attention and labour to this duty, and t e ,"ss tbs snake the as k l . um equal, if not superior, to sof j ro u..- 0 4 the United ingdom.—( Cheers. oche' eieg to The children were then introduced a nd 0 nr le iort one re room, preceded by the pipers, ar d a more her o od ' n d W e lt healthy set of children it has never been our g cha ol,a ce eeet see. They were attired in the uniform of th e t e en e a beg otif. t e of all ages from fourteea to six. They hafeineked Atli serir driled—they marched in exact time, aoe, ~,1 01 i0 e' ,,,50 ~: he word of command, they halted, forme ( ' '1,4 ia t i iel wi , -,, luted the Chairman. Their appearance e%° the D eity sti, terest in the room, more particularly are° ° g e rePe s ll o og were in the gallery, and the little fellows lr • e_ r p ot .., loudly applauded. Having been drawn 11P 11 ` 00 1 % sides of the room, The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the teast_e g t o b f e t, li , c res o .! " The Caledonian Asylum, and may the OffsP:1000 at t i ti r ece !orj o never want a Protector."—( Loud cheers.) ;,,, sed_dth i ri e were acquainted with the objects of the Some j ot let!? t o f _ it would be unnecessary for him to go at any ! o re to . . I s cle w a history of them. They were most of thenr s a hee n i 7 oo oo , ral years had elapsed since the first atterne.t ° 601 Of og irl ; The object was at that time, found this institution by the Highland wa r war yrs! i , O at when a fu rlil; Feria • eu ho b,. cr it..-. ° and when numbers of their countrymen on ce leS"_ ne es, geld, and numbers of orphans were in consee e _ ; , ent ast L e ent lete any protection—the object was, under t hos_44 l l ; ra ye if t i i ; eo , ii! establish an asylum where the children of ED to en able ree Y es" of their country should be educated sO C heer s .) Dade yen after life to earn their own livelihood.—i soc iety ~,,,,,i. ce had passed after its first formation before the of that se,uT ta teas _ progress. It was reconstructed in 18q , 2 :: f t hat b efi ctr ortion e t hen ~.. raised for its support ; a considerable p n s a rea &too?' , raised by an individual who had always bee _,,,,. e , It o . to this institution, he meant the late Lf"; ho se . _s: ne rioft (Cheers.) There was also another persons) A t tp; r o be the Society was deeply indebted.--(CheectibralitY fo r in Sir Charles Forbes with that benevolent rd, the the a.r 4100/. toWa he is so distinguishe ' d, advanced 1, , _ .e Co rti n o u p tn: view.—( Cheers.) In consequence of t"'' bets, ga, a solo_ !urn was founded. In 1814 the Highland anu e the nted t° inel; mittee of their number was apeot . was , ' stitution • n g.) no r. institution. In 1815 the in —(Loud C heeri e ettlal - rated by Act of Parliament —( eff a p rOP!, management of the Asylum to the subscotnag the s ocietY ° ll i , a bit sures were adopted so as to establish we _ opene d eiled. Jo foundation. In 1819 the first rooms re w ere Te e bo ut 01 few boys i , ...his house in Hatton-garden, and a year 1819, however, had arrived before any O f g rounu , . 0 ,. . 1 d i 1e27 the institution acquired the spot res ent opt erect s f acres in extent, which is the site of the p , 0 5 . as it vt,ber ° asylum was two years in building, la g one 0 0 Th e hene 6 t boys, since which time the asylum a allow. _.s, 1009,3 as great an extent as their funds would and; it t w bat thos ' which it had conferred were very g reat '.titut. oo . tbeke f the ins •ted l a tt it was opened for the reception oafhadfacladitional n o isbiog t i ff . , desired by the friends o h were line .we benefits anxiouslyshould be extended, but . t ey 0 , bog hip action. Although a certain er 1 ' THE SUN, LONDON, FRIBA Y 11 ORNING, MAY 30, 1845.