The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-05 00:00:00

quite as dear. Damp qualities ruled heavy. Beans, Peas,• and Indian ek rn were almost nominal. Flour incved off sl')isly at barely stationary prices. ARIZIVVLS THIS WEER. j Wheat. Barley. Qrs. Qrs. 1,640 870 English Scotch. Irish .. roreign • • • 4,620 2,110 Oats. Malt. Flour, Qrs. Qrs. sacks. 9 1,030 1,390 1,150 17,520 ...... 2,601 sivamarimr. Notwithstanding that the supply ai of Beasts in to -day's Inarltet was very moderate, the time of year considered, the Beef-trade, owing to the mildness of the weather, and the large supplies of Meat on offer iu Newgate and Leadenhall, ruled excessively heavy, at, in some in lances, a further decline in the quotations of 2d per 816 s. The fresh arrivals were confined to 180 Scots from Scotl an d . The numbers of Sheep were small, yet th? demand for all breeds was dull in the extreme, and prices had a downward tendency—the highest general Nure fir D owns in the wool nut exceeding 4s 2d per 81bs. Lamhs—the supply of which was tolerably good "-moved off heavily., and Monday's currencies were not luPPorted. In Calve., next to nothing doing, on some easier terms. The Pork trade was very dull. Mileh Cows were off -ring at from 14/. to 18/, each, in eluding th e i r small 13'ap. Per 811 is. to sink the offal. 5. a. to ‘.d. s. (1. to s. d, Inferior &Ans....heer • • 2 8 210 • • B"oll,lquality . 2 2 2 4 Inf e r i or S .... 2 Prime large Uzea 6 2 8 Second goal. Shoop 3 0 3 4 i'na'ne ~,,„ •• 2 10. 3 2 Coarse-vroolled d144(.3 6 310 Lame ''' s •• •••• 3 4: 3 6 Southdown Weiner 4 0 4 4 _. coane Calves a 0, 3 4 Ditto cut of the wool 0 0 0 0 el9.rnnt small ditto .• 3 6 310 Large Hogs •••• •• 3 0 3 6 'tli : 4 Carves .. 18 0 25 0 Small Porkers •• .. 3 4 4 0 ltrab- •.. •••• •• 410 6 0 Quartar old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Beast s . TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. 748 1 Sheep. I Calves. 1 no. 3,910 195 2`-0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Sheep. I Calves. 1 rigs. 280 104 Beasts. SCOTCH. 1110 I Sheep. 1 Calves. 1 rigs Go b. rices.l v 4 vir GATE AND MEAD ENHAI.X. nig p • neneral demand was excessively heavy, at droop- ISPIL,ti . 16i It per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. Nefor t f.,., A. d. to e. d. °r '• •• 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 6 ti --""ang .. •• 2 4 2 6 osiddllng.. 2 210 PDrimi"large .. 2 8 210 prin'e 210 3 4 30 3 4 Vesa. - . ll—e 'Mall • • York, 1 argo . • • • • • • • ......"•• •• 2 10 glO small.. ...... 3 6 4 0 Lamb. 16 8d to 52 10,1. nOROUGZI UOP MARKET. ab o u nelt qualites of Hops are in'moderate request, at ut 1 ct - "t week's quotations. In other kinds, so little is rig that pric es are a l most nom i na l . T o e ff ect l arge i e ze s lower rtves must be accepted.—New Mid and East 6 , Pockets, 6t O s to 111 ; new W ea ld o f K en t dit to , to 8/ ; new Sussex ditto, 5/ 5s to 6 1 10 s; new y e ar - Ins, 12/ to 13/ • earling3/ 11 to 3/ is; Per r e li w n r: 6 ussex, 2/ 8: to 3/ 123; old Hops, 83 Suc AR COLONXAL. off, recl A fair quantity of all descriptions has been public]y since the re-opening of the markets, and 601: the h e w h ole the sales have gone off tolerably well. tse i ,i y — aroadoes of the new crop, being the first parcel t o 4 - , ed, has realised 35s to 37s 6d for low and mid, 38s t 's Gil for good and fine, and 32s to 35s fur dabs. Wet 413'r I NDIA.—Of Mauritius 5,732 bags and 3,000 mats 3 , 01 ° offered by auction, and met a fair sale ; low mid grey 35 3 64 to 375, good and fine 37s 6d to 39s 6J, °5 3 'to 388, and mid to fine brown 31s to pu t "' u ; washed so ld a t 30 s t o 375. Bengal was • „P to the extent of 6,302 haw, and most an fo und buyers, low to mid white at 37s to 395, good d a ' fine at 39s 6d to 41s, damp and washed at 37s to 40s, er ti ?P grainy white at 44s to 45s 6d, and low to mid , 41 °Y yellow 34s 6d to 37s 6d; Madras, 1,187 bags partl y found buyers, ord to damp Y° ll ° w " and (la at 29s 6d to 328 damp brown at 28s to 29s 6d. „ Eicti.—Y e ll ow Il avanna h h as been sold by auction T o " 37 5 0 R 6 d to 41 3 f or m id an d goo d, at 36:i to 37s for €: Y e llow and br own w hit e , H av annah was taken at 28 s 3 31 3 61 for sound. t he market has not been active, but early h ay .o eck there were symptoms of improvement which 4 .. ‘ „e not been maintained. Plantation Ceylon has bet n fi ' at 54s to 575 for good and fine ord, at 65s to 66s dark celery, at 56s to COs for pea-berry, and at • r tb °I to 52s for triage. Native has been nominally at e ll t 543' per cwt. In other descriptions there has not Q 1 the least inclination to do businesF. butt°c°A.—The m ar k e t h as been quiet for this artiee, previous rates have been maintained. .„CoTTorr.—There bas been a brisker inquiry, and at a Iht advance in the quotations. RICE. —Thi s a r ti c l e rema i ns qu i e t. T' l,ni towaooT.—Bermuda has been sold at is 6d per lb. 0 4Nb ro , ", &c.—The demand is moderate, and an im- O .e lnent is expected shortly, the stocks in th e c ountry Sing light. . t ALLoW.—The market continues steady for new Y. C., C 3 83 3d t o ' 38 s 6d per cwt., on t h e spot . N o l arge %sections have been entered into. ; arrivals are increasing, and the demand 4 Moderate. • Ciatxx Fnurr.—The demand for all kinds has been ^ c) ed, the mild vvnither and Easter holidays assisting Z!'!'', lll33 ption ; pc rtions of two cargoes oranges from St. t ia re nact, sold by Keeling and Hunt at :public sale, sus ;dled the ethane( in price obtained last week. Lemons jdemand. Nuts'have an improved sale, and the steady i p r acter of th e tr a d e genera lly i n L on d on, as we ll as ar " %he outports, atrds a roof that the labourin classes e a better poa h ition for purchasing these luxguries. _ G UILDHALL —(THIS DAY.) 110 BBT , *a s DETECTIVE OFFICES. —Junies Sympson c ha r brought up before Mr. Alderman Challis, on a p q r trge of stealing a watch and other articles, the pro bes of Webb, one, of the detective force. It appeared at the prisoner tad long been a suspected character, haR in the habit of picking 14) strange articles at th ` n els where he lod1:ed for a night for that purpose, and Webb had teen eel on his track to watch r• Last night ttie prisoner took up his quarters at re tt's Hotel in Hob io rn, where also Webb followed him. tp" prisoner wen t to bed there about twelve o'clock, by arrangememt Webb occupied the next room. A f ter ho bad been in bed a short time he heard tv room door ope n, and saw the prisoner enter tl t h a lighted candle in his hand. He approached t chair where Web b's clothes were placed, and after probing th'e pockets nook from them a pocket-book, and en retired, taking al.:o a watch which was lying on the 1 : 164 )g-table. Webb then got up and followed the i 4 4 ,soner. Th e book and the watch were both found bo:iie possession. Th e prisoner was identified as an old eder, ha v i ng b een transported for ten years for usebr ea ki ug. The offieer Webb said that if he had time, he could prove several cases of a similar character against the chewier. ' liemarided till Friday next. B OW-STREET. —(THIS DAY.) 'as 4. rough, well-f e d l oo ki ng f e ll ow , d resse d as a sa il or , charged with begging. Meudi-itv officer stated that, between nine and ten last gat, he obs erve d th e prisoner at the Turn :ttle ,°yk Lincoin'a Inn-fields, begging and crying. Ile f !eived a l ms f rom several passers-by, and a sixpence a gentleman. He t o ld thi s gen tl e man that he had '"Qd thirty wiles, and had not had a morsel of food t o 2tt addir ig that he had come up from the country t 4 'e a lieutea ant on Tower-hill, who had promised to h , t e a ship. He th en wen t i n to Holborn, where :he a t4tnd some .more pence, and afterwards adjourned to • °n Ple of public-houses to partake of some rum and a lto 0 cer now thought it high time to take him tit, eThttBMY, Offi at id on reacing the station a large quan ,rf bread andt meat wa h , found upon him. h ou r prisoner denied that he had received sixpence 411 3 , gentle ma n , or b egg ed of any one. safe J AIMINY; thought the begging system had been b ut Natty 'exp oiled to be well understood by the public, lahnnfortuturttly it was still encouraged by benevolent lead c ' t n k s giving money t o i m po s tors like this. He should wh e ue Prison, er to the House of Correction for a month, kep t ° the fello v would get neither rum nor gin, but be Olson The" ol seems broad and water. er was accordingly committed fora h month. eui 7 Portly-1 0e g n middle-aged individual, wit a j y vat veile d count a trance, whose name did not transpire, ude charged n M arket. With being drunk and disorderly in Covent abor A p olic e - Conga able stated that he was on d uty this Rb en I,g , about two o'clock, in Great Russell - stree t, t ng h ßard aaaoise in Covent-garden, and on hasten e43,tnhilher he f oun d t h e p r i soner w ith his hands to his atts Wa king tico the echoes of all the neighbouring hi l -e ts, and she uting. " Tally ho ! tally ho !" with all %n o r/li ght He told the prisoner that he could not be wed to exercise his lungs in that manner at so un ilenttble an hour, and the prisoner said in reply, fo r ,:', l ,er mind, my hearty, I am ju s t g o i ng i n to the Bed . - e ": He told him to go at once, and returned to his a Ibl but he had scarcely got there before the cry of ally ho! tally ho; ho bo !" came travelling along the th — e 4 '; and hastening again to th e mar k e t, ho discovered Prisoner atilt roaring and shouting with the voice of !ateator, and he therefore took him to the station. Ile w 1 1 , 1.1 quite drunk. kilair. Inspector Black stated that the prisoner was well of e wn at the. Bedford Hotel, where he was in the habit sp: t , a y t i_? l g When he came to town, and was a highly re table man, living in the country. die r *"-lI,P*E said that made his conduct the more h at raceful. It was perhaps excuseable for persons who no homes to go to to amuse themselves in the streets a 3 - 11,111°11 ting and bellowing, but for a man in the priso -478 statio n o f l i fe to do so was really too bad. He _ PaY a fine of Os. or be imprisoned ten days. T he fine was immediately pa'd. WE STMINSTER. —(THIS DAY.) Jo hn Hodges, a dissipated-looking young man, who `lveleribed himself as following the somewhat incongruous v `T o ittPations of a pencil-maker and a commercial tra vo,er, Wei charged this morning, before Mr. Burrell, an assaulting -Mr. lid win Gill, and robbing him of a watCh and chain. F roth the statement of the complainant, who said be i? 4 3 a servant of her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, it Deared that he had gone to the Pbcenix public-house Itui West minster last night, t o smo k e his pip e , where he e Le t t he prisoner, and tfter drinking in his company till „ e 1 ' one o'clock in the morning, the prisoner insisted on hiein.ingseu ~b i ra hom e , t h oug h t h e comp l a i nant expresse d a o — well able t o go h ome a l one . C om pl a i nant was t sober, and on the way hcme he had a fall on his face. tl i r eg ai ning his legs the prisoner lent him a haudlcer eht i • to Wipe the blood from his mouth, after using Which the ch complainant became quite insensible, in state he remained until five o'clock this morning, R hea he found himself in his own house, but his watch and chain were missing. Police. constable Green, 91 A division, deposed that THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 18.50 between ene and two o'clock this morning he saw the prisoner end another mn, net now in custody, leading the complainant along the street. Both the prisoner and the complainant were drunk, especially the complainant. On accosting the perty, the prisoner said the people at the public-house had ••t acked " tie complainant into the street, and he (the pi isoner) and the other man :ere taking him hone. Witnees accompanied the party to the complainant's house when, before the latter mitered the door, the prisoner said 1 e wanted to leave them for a necessary purpoee, but would be with them in a minute. The prisoner, however, ncvt r returned. Before leaving the prisoner offered to give witness sixperce far assist ing him in taking the complainant home, which witness refus'd. The prisoner in defence :aid the complainant and him self were drinking last night, at the Phoenix public house, where they hal a few "goes" t f gin just before the house closed. Four or five men were in the house at that time, and they ell h ft together, taking different roads. Prisons r saw th e complainant fall just after he had 1. ft him. and returned to his assistance and told him he would sea him home. The complainant was bleeding at the mouth, and they went inta the Make of York public house t) hale his mouth rinsed with liquor. There they had two glasses of gin-and -water, and on their way to the complainant's house they were join( d by a young man having the appearance of a foreigner, un known to either of them, who assisted the prisoner to curry the complainant home, the policeman having also joined them in Gillingham-street. Prisoner denied all knowledge of the complainant's watch and chain. had seen the complainant wear a watch and chain on several previous occasions, but did not remember his doing so last night when he was in his company. Mr. BURRELL remanded the prisoner till Thursday next, requiring him to find bail for his appearance in the meantime, himself in 40/., and two sureties of 201. each. CLERKEN WELL.-(T HIS DAY.) Richard human, Benjamin Gardner, Charles Morris, and Jane Phillips, well-known thieves, but none of whom appeared to be more than eighteen years old. were placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with burglariously breaking into a house and stealing therefrom several pairs of boots and shoe!. Police-constable Barris, 112 N, said, as he was passing along Feld-place, Bagnigge Wells-road, about halt past twelve last night, his attention was attracted to the shop of Mr. Co c, a bootmaker, where a shutter bad been taken down. He crossed the road, and on examining the front of the shop he found that a square cf glass.had been broken. sufficiently' large to admit a person's arm. He called up Mr. Cux, and asked him if ho had lost any property, and he told him that four pair of boots and four pair of shoes bad lean taken away from the show board. The pri soners had been seen loitering about the shop ten minutes before the discovery of the robbery, and he immediately went to the house where they lived, they being well known to the police, and knocked at the door. There was a scuffling inside, as if they were trying to escape, or to secrete the stolen property, and he heard Morris cry out for teem not to open the door. The whole four prisoners lived in the front parlour. A sawyer who lodged up stairs, however, came down and admitted him, and he then saw Morris in the passage, as if he bad just come out of the yard. With the assistance of other constables, ho took the whole of them into custody, and afterwards went into the yard, and found three boots, five shoes, and ss. in money had been thrown down the water-closet. The prosecutor identified the property, and said the shutters and shop were safely secured at ten o'clock, at which time the stolen property was on the showboard in the window. Ile had seen the prisoners loitering about the shop in the course of the evening. The prisoners were remanded until to-morrow. The female and two of the male prisocers Lad been previ ously convicted. A young lad, named Joseph Keely, was charged with stealing some st!k, value 155., the property of his master, Donald, a linendraper in Gray's Inn road. It appeared that the prisoner was an errand boy in the employ of the prosecutor, and that no suspicion what ever attached to him until the prosecutor received a let ter from Mr. Fletcher, a person in the same trade, stating that the prisoner came to his shop, and said his master had directed him to bring the silk, and sell it to him for 55., a sum much below its value. The prose cutor, upon the receipt of this, accused the prisoner with the theft, and he denied it in the first instance, but afterwards admitted that he had taken the silk, and said he had carried on a system of robbery for eighteen month=, in concert with another youth in the prosecu tor's employ. The prisoner said nothing to the charge, and was committed to take his trial at the sessions. Worley, and he had written to her to come up and ace him previous to going on foreign service. Through the gale of last night the wreck has nearly been washed away. Mr. Davidson, the manager, of the company's wharf, continues at Margate, to ordsr to superintend the interment of what bodies are washed ashore, as also to provide the proper means for recovering the cargo. The heavy gale of wind, however, which has been blowing th© last tweet) -four hours has rendered operatims impracticable. A letter was received this morning from the super intenient of police, at Darwich, announcing the finding of a body at that port, supposed to be one of the sufferers. A life preserver, formed of cork; was found attached to the corpse, evidently showing that the poor fellow had made a desperate effort to save his life. By this it will be seen that some time must lava elapsed before the vessel broke up, to have enabled the poor creators a to prepare themselves in the hope of escaping. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES.-THURSDAY. The Tallyho Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sows. each, h ft, and 25 added. Two miles. (4 Subs.) Mr. Price's Legislator, 6 yrs, llst 71b (Opt. Brouclley) 1 Mr. ref titer's Last Forester, list 71b ...(ept. Little) 2 — Betting-6 to 4on Legislator. Won by a length and a half. 111e1"ytchley Stakes of 10 cove. each, and 50 added. One 'DUE'. (11 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Compas;, Bst 111 b ...(FleMoan) 1 Lcrd W. Pewit tt's Give-and-Take, Bst 7lb (S Rogers) 2 Mr. Stevens's Knight of Gwynne, Bst 71b (Marlow) 3 Mr. Ilalford's Harriott, Bst 71b ......(G. Whithouse) 4 Mr. Freeman's Impression, Bst 310 ...(Bartholomew) 5 Mr. Dawson na Mark Tapley, Bst 7113 (Prince) 6 Betting-5 to 2 agq Harriott, 3to 1 each agst Com pass and Give.and-Take, 4 to 1 age Knight of Gwynne, and sto 1 agst Impression. Won by a length, half a length between second and third; Harriott a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 57 secy. Earl Spencer's Plate of 1001., added to a handicap of 15 cove. each, 5 ft. T.Y.C. (41 Subs., 12 of whom de- dared. Mr. Merry's Brennto, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Wells) 1 Mr. W. Moseley's Alonzo, Fist 101 b (W. bharpe) 2 The following also ran: — Lord Exeter's Bishop of Rosnfors's Cob.. (Norman) 0 Mr. Redgrave's Hind of the Forest, Bst 51b (Rogers) 0 Sir J. Gerard's Jest, 5 yrs, 7st 1315 (Sly) 0 Mr. Payne's Crucible, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Flatinan) 0 Mr. Ford's Ferule, 4 yes, 7st 121 b ...(Bartholomew) 0 Lord Clifden's Wallflower, 4 yrs, ist 101 b ...(Pearl) 0 Lord Strathmore's eh gby Epirus, 7st 51b ...(Pettit) 0 Mn. Foaler's The Monk, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Evans) 0 Mr, S. Scott's Willingham, 4 yrs, Est 91b (Rodney) D. of Richmond's Harum-Scarum, bet 81b (Collins) 0 Major Martyr's Fernandez, 3 yrs, Est 81b(Kitchceer) 0 Mr. Hobson ' s Gladiole, 3 yrs, Est 8!b (Osborne, jun.) 0 Mr. Jamieson's Recluse, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Arnold) 0 Mr. H. Hill's Equir:a, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Charlton) Mr. W. Cowper's b f by Pantaloon, out of The Mite, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Child) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, sst 121 b (HictO 0 Mr. J. Csssidy's Diligence, 3 yrs, sst 10lb (Plummer) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Crucible, 6to 1 agst Wallflower, 7 to 1 agst Alonzo, 8 to 1 agst Bishop of Rornford's Cob, 10 to 1 agst Fernandez, 12 to 1 each agst The Re cluse and Equiria. Won by a neck; Recluse, Jest, The Cob, and Equiria well up. Run in 47 F ecE. Dilligence and the Mite filly fell, hut without injury to themselves or the lads; a man, however, who ran into the course to pick up the lad who was first down, was run over by the Mite filly, and very seriously injured. The Althorp Park Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added, for two yrs old. About half u mile. (27 Subs.) . . _ Mr. Ford's ch fby Slaae, Bat 4!b ..(Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Howard's Prestige, Bst 410 (A. Day) 2 Duke of Richmond's Buckhound, 83t 71b (F. Butler) 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Lord Warwick's Leap rear, Bst 71b (Crouch) 0 Mr. Merry's Pierre de Touche, Bst 71b (Prince) 0 Mr. Hussey's The Mitre, Bst 41b (Abrahams) 0 Mr. Dehtmere's The Forlorn Hope, Bst 41b (Sly) 0 Mr. Payne's Catalpa, Bst 41b (Flatwan) 0 Mr. Freeman's Olivia, Bst 4lb (Roger!) 0 Betting-11 to 10 agst Buckhound, 4 to 1 agst Pres tige, 5 to 1 agst Olivia, 7 to 1 agst Pierre de Touches, and 10 to 1 agst Receipt filly. The Slane filly made all the running, and won in a canter by three lengths; half a length between the second and third. Run in 44 secs. The Northamptonshire Cup Stakes of 10 tovs. each. Twice round. (12 Subs.) _ Mr. Meeson's Doubt, 4 yrs, Bst7lb ... (Whitehouse) 1 Capt. Lowther's Watchdog, 6 yrs, 9st 101 b (Rogers) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Doubt. Won by four lengths. Run in 5 min. 55 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 50 soya. added. One mile and a half. Mr. Sadd's Salute, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Ellett) 1 I\lr. Fowler's Cosachia. 6 yrs, 7:A 101 b...( Whitehouse) 2 Sir J. Hawr•ley's Van Dieman, 4 yrs, 7st4lb (Rodney) 3 Betting—Even on Co: acids. Wcn by a neck. Run in 3 ruin. 17 sees. _ LATEST BETTING. METROPOLITAN lIANDICAP. 2 to 1 sgst Cheerful I 20 to 1 sgst Black Eagle 7 to 1 agst Ada Hury I CHESTER COP. 1 to 1 agstPccp•o'day Boy IS to 1 agst Fugleman 3 to 1 agst Cossack 20 to 1 eget Roland—t 3 to 1 agst Miss Ann 30 to 1 agst Chantrey—t ,4 to 1 egst Glauca DEBBY. sto 1 agst Bolingbroke (t) 12 to 1 agst Voltigeur (t) 6to 1 agstGhillie Callum(t) 20 to 1 agst Clincher (0 3 to.lagst Mtvors (t) 30 to 1 opt Penang. 16 to 1 agstiltalian (t) I Mayors was in great force. TIIE FARMERS' PLATE.—An objection made against the winner, on the ground that he was not bred in the county, was gone into this morning by the Stewards, and the objection havintr been substantiated, the race was awarded to little Houghton. The bets go with the stakes. reached a minimum-25. for E. bite(' bides and tallow, 20.. for wool, and 255. for hair, were the current rates. Exchange on England was falling, md ruled at 69g. per z. Ounces, 251 dolls. to 252 done. each. whole group is admirable and beautiful, the interest of it being heightened by other wounded figures FC lttered about, and also by a little ship. boy kneeling with a lantern in his hand, his countenance and attitude being alike attractive from their ex preasion of intelligence. Although the number of forms introduced into his design of the Nile by Jr. Woodington is less by two than that comprisA in l'ar. Carew's design of Trafalgar, the composition has an appearance of barrenness only in its upper por tion—and this, be it remembered, from the circum stance of the naked panelling of the cockpit afford ing no opportunity for a pictureflue arrangement of spars, blocks, or rigging, as decorative accessories. Altogether the limbs are admirably arranged and developed, the features are heroic and classical, and the casting of the whole is worthy of all praise from its singular sharpness rnd accuracy. Abstaining from any invidious comparison between the two designs now completed, we may be allowed to ob serve that the bronzy adornments of the pillar pro mise to benefit largely from the competition excited among the artists engaged in their production. MERCHANT SEAMAN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM —The anniver-ary dinner of this excellent- institution, which was established in 1827, and is patronised by the Queen and the Duchess of Kent. took place last night at the London Tavern. The Luke of Northumberland presided. The toast of " The Queen" having been drunk with the customary honours, the Noble Chairman, in proposing the health of Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family, expressed his deep regret that by the death t:f the Queen Dowager the society had been deprived of the aid of one of its most generous benefactors. The chairman then gave the toast of " Prosperity to the Merchant Sea man's Orphan Asylum," and stated that the society now fed, clothed, and educated 110 children, the orphans of per sons who had been engaged in the merchant service. The Noble Duke urged the importance of raising a building fund, which would enable the society to establish an asylum of its own, instead of holding the building in which the chil dren are at present placed upon an uncertain tenure. Ile also expressed his opinion that the wealthy merchants and manufacturers were especially bound to support this institu tion, as they were so much indebted to the skill, enterprise, and daring of Biitish seamen. Captain Nelson, of the Trinity-house, treasurer to the society, announced during the evening donations and subscriptions, amounting to 1,175/. The " Health of the Chairman" was propw.ed by Mr. W. Cotton, and the Noble Duke having returned thanks, gave the "Corporation of the Trinit}•house," who, as wella'S.the corporation of London, had given several munifizent dona tions to the charity. Among the subsequent toasts were the " Directors of the East India Company," "Captain Nelson, the treasurer," and " Ships, colonies, and commerce." which was briefly acknowledged by Mr. G. F. Young. Mr. Toole was a very efficient toastmaster, and the musical arrange. meats were under the direction of Mr. G. F. Taylor. ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.--- CLOSE OF THE LI- TIGATION IVITII ALDE RITA N G IBBS. —Yesterday the pa - rishioners of St. Stephen's, Walbrooli, assembled iu the vestry-room of the church, for the purpose of electing churchwardens and other parochial officers for the year en- suing. The Rev. Dr. C;oly, the rector, presided. The vestry elected Mr. Wilson and Mr. 11. Rock as church wardens for the ensuing year. Mr. Crosbie, the vestry clerk, read a lengthened report of the trustees as to the pa rish property they had received in charge from the Court of Chancery, and the recommendation that 5099. be paid on both sides in liquidation of the cots in the case " Gibbs v. Flight and another." A long conversation ensued, in the course of which it vas stated that the claim of Mr. Phillips as sant in to the select vestry amounted to upwards of 2,0001. Mr. Rock hoped the parishioners would not waver. Let them stick to the 500/. More would not be got, and they would have the 50'31. to beautify the church. vTintually the resolution was confirmed confining the offer ;0 5001. Charles Lockington and Samuel Grieves, who have been several times on a charge of conspiracy to defraud :Messrs. Fig gins, the eminent type founders, were yesterday , fully committed for trial from the Guildhall, by Mr. Alder man Challis. A tall, determined-looking mar, who gave his name George Honeysett, wc.s charged at the Marylebone Police court with having been concerned in a number of burglaries which have been recently committed by a gang of house breakers in Sussex. Mr. Long remanded the prisoner until Saturday. A girl named Catherine Braidwood was yesterday remanded from the Westminster Police-court, charged with robbing Sarah Wilmot. The prisoner had been taking tea with the prosecutrix whom she hocussed, and then robbed her of her wearing apparel, arld of everything portable in her lodgings. TFiB CIIOrEILI AT TUNIS.—A letter from Tunis of the 19:h ult. states that the cholera, which had apparently subsided, had again made its appearance. Four or live cases had appeared amongst the Jews. la the little town of Bi zerta the loss had beau considerable. A French physician, who had been sent there by the Bey, was obliged to fly, the po:ulation declaring that he spread the disease by his'breath and glance. The Bey has established a cordon sanitaire about Bizerta. But it is not at that place alone that such an accusation was brought against the medical men ; the same was done at Tunis when the malady was most rite, and then almost all the patients perished, no aid being accepted. At Worship-street, J esterday, Mr. Griffiths, the barrister, attended for the purpose of making a statement in vindication of the character of Mr. Watson, a silversmith, in Norton Folgate, who had been recently summoned to this court, by a Mrs. Mitchell, charged with detaining a gold chain. which she alleged she had left at his shop for repairs. Mr. Watson and his shopman, both deposed that Mrs. Mitchell had never been to the shop; she, however, swore positively to having left the chain with the shopman, and the magistrate ordered Mr. Watson to make restitution. It appears, however, that Mrs. Mitchell was altogether mis taken, and that she had left her chain at the shop of a Mr. Willis, in the same neighbourhood, whose shopman bore a remarkable resemblance to the shopman of Mr. Watson, and who, on bearing of the circumstance, produced the chain which had never been called for since Mrs.. Mitchell had left it. THE WEATHER IN FEANCE.—The journals from Languedoc give a gloomy account of the effect of the late cold and frosty nights on the fruit trees in that department. Almonds, peaches, apricots, plums and pears are said to have been cut oil. It is stated thatl some of the trees on the high grounds have escaped, but the blossoms of all those in the plains have been entirely destroyed. The vines have also suffered considerably, both in the department of Languedoc and in the adjoining ones. The young buds of the mulberry trees have also been much injured. MALTA, MARCH 26.—The Council of Govern ment.has lately been occupied with an important discussion on religious affairs, and the priests have carried their point —fixing the Roman Catholic religion as the dominant one. The discussion was animated. The Bishop of Gibraltar has entered a protest. Persons become endeared to each other while par ticipating in the admirra ion of works which speak to the soul by their grandeur.—Eliza Good's Journal. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MILNGAvir.—On Thursday night, about ten o'clock, a destructive fire broke out in the ex:ensive printworks of Messrs. Black and Co., Milngavie, which rapidly spread from one building to another, and thrsatened to lay in ruins the entire premises, wit's their valuable machinery and vast stock of cloths in the process of being printed. • - A messenger on horseback was instantly dispatched to this city for the assistance of the fire brigades, and a few minutes before eleven o'clock the North and West of England engiees, and the Kelvin, belonging to the City Fire department, under the direction of Mr. Turner, the su perintendent, set out for the scene, each drawn by four spirited horses, and accompanied by their respective staffs of firemen. They all reached in less than an hour after starting, and , within a short time of each other, and in the above order commenced vigorous operations. The'fire had originated in the finishing loft, which is in the second story of one of the detached buildings of the works, and was rapidly spreading over the steaming-house and other portions of the premises. The first' object of the brigades was to stay the progress of the dames, and prevent them from spreading to the main portion of the buildings. The North of England engine arrived in time to effect this to a considerabli extent, and followed by the other, and with a copious supply of water from a lade lead ing from the river to the works, were able in a short time completely to subdue the devouring element. It was not, however, till seven or eight o'clock in the morning before the burning was entirely extingtoshed, at which time the fire brigade left the spot. The amount of property destroyed must be considerable, though velum) not beard any estimate of the loss; but we are glad to learn that the whole is co vered by insurance. We hitt, not learned how the fire ori ginated.—Glasgow Herald. EMIGRATION FROM GLOIICESTEE.—(FROM OUR ConnasroarnaNT).—Yesterday (Vriday) morning an un usual spectacle attracted the attention of thousands of spectators upon Gloucester quay. This was the departure, for New York, of the barque Solway, E. Shadwiek, com mander, with about 130 emigtrints. The vessel left the docks about half-past six, amidst - the cheers of a very , numerous body of spectators. The vessel, which is a hand some one cf the class, was gaily decorated with flags from her bowsprit to her stern. The 'people accompanied the vessel for a considerable distance down the canal. She be longs to Messrs. Price and Co., of Gloucester, and is of 900 tons burden.. She is fitted up conveniently, b l O plail}ly, Air the accommodation of the voyagers, and the passage money was as low as 51. to Nevi Irdik. A 'second ved'sel, the Cor sair, belonging to the same firm, is announced to sail from Gloucester in a few clays, with emigrants to Montreal and Quebec. This vessel takes out about 20Q paupers from Chel tenham union, the guardians paying their passage, under the new regulations which those authorities are permitted to snake. 'ibis is quite a new feature in the history of the port of Gloucester.—Bristol Mirror. ABSENCE or Mien.—Christopher Trotter, one or the witnesses on the trial of James Bill, at the Dorchester Assizes, last week, who reported to the Judge the fact of his having been robbed, while in the Crown Court, of Si. 65., discovered, upon his return to his lodgings, that his money was quite safe in the place where be had deposited it for se curity until his return. — Salisbury Herald. TUE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, " REGINALD HASTINGS," IST THE AUTHOR OF "THE CRESCENT AND TNE Caoss."—The appearance of Mr. Warburton as a writer of historical romance may be considered as the lite rary event of the present season. Unusual curiosity - and in terest, indeed, has been excited to see whether that pen to which we owe one of the most attractive books of travel, and one of the most stirring biographies of the day, wcala achieve success in the field of fiction. The publication of " Reginald Hastings" will put an end to all doubt on the subject, for it may be characterised as among the best his torical novels that we have had since the days of Scott. Like his great predecessor, Mr. Warburton has mingled much historical truth in his web cf fiction, and has given us a picture of some of the most striking events in the grand periAl of our civil war, combined with a story of touching personal and domestic interest, that will place his name in the foremost rank of the novelists of our time. Cavaliers and Roundheads are pourtrayed in his pages with equal force and justice. Among the principal historical personages, more or less elaborately drawn, are Charles I. and his Queen, the fiery Rupert; Digby, Falkland, Cromwell, I've, Hutch ' inson, Goring, and other le a ders of both parties. It ia how • ever, in the fictitious characters of his story that Mr. War burton has been most successful. The chivalrous hero, Reginald, and his brother, lingo Hastings, true types of en thusiastic loyalty ; their venerable father, Lord Hastings, and Reginald's rollicking 'cousin, " Hotspur;" the unfortu nate "trimmer," Sir James Demiroy, and his lovely and well• contrasted daughters, Zillah andl'hcebe; the humorous and original Irishman, Bryan O'Connor; and, above all, the stern and mysterious Puritan, Hezehiah Doom, under which name is concealed a character which it would spoil the reader's interest to reveal—all these are sketched with the band of a mlster..--,Eveniny Paper. GAZINES, S:c. 7 (CONTINUED). HARRISON AINSWORTH'S ROMANCES. Vol. VI. Cheap Edition.: A sixth volume having been now issued, and con sequently, we presuinc, about half the series having been completed of ao present cheap and popular re publication, we may here briefly reiterate our previ ous words of approval of the entire character of the re-issue. Volume Six brings to a conclusion the xvell known " Chronicle of the Tower of London," fol lowed by the three chapters of " Cecco del Orso," As we have already intimated in a recent notice, the subsequent volumes to appear, (both of them) during April, will comprise " Saint James's; or the Court of Queen Anne," together with the story, scarcely so well known, called " Auriol." As an addition to the libraries of fiction already accessible to the mass of the population, the re-issue of "Harrison Ain worth's Romances" in their present form will prove, as already proved, acceptable to many thousands. For cheapness it rivals even the standard publica tions of Bohn, and the periodicals of Knight and Chambers. SOUTHWARK-(THIS DAY.) John Taylor was placed at the bar before Mr. Ham mill charged with violently assaulting Eden lloward, a female with whom he cohabited, and who is now lying in a dangerous state. Aen Bander stated that the prisoner and the injured female resided in her mother's house, 131, Cornwal:- road, Lambeth. About seve❑ o'clock that morning, the prisoner came home, and proceeded to his room up stairs. Witness was in the parlour, and a few minutes afterwards, sho was startled by a heavy fall on the floor above, and a frightful scream followed. Witness in stantly ran up stairs to ascertain what was the matter, when she perceived the female attempting to gain the bed, when the prisoner approached bee and struck her a violent blow en the stomach, which caused her to fall down insensible on the bid. Prior to his striking her in witness's presence, she exclaimed that he had given her her death-blow. Police-constable, 180, L, was called in by last wit no's; he called in a surgeon. Witness here banded in a certificate from that gentleman, setting forth that sho was in great danger, and was not expected to live. In defence, the prisoner said he did not strike her. Mr. IlAmsitm. said he should remand him for the at tendance of other witnesses. THE ROYAL THE WRECK OF ADELAIDE. AUTHENTIC LIST AND NAMES OF THE PAS• SENGERS WHO PERISHED. - (RECEIVED THIS MORNING.) We regret to confirm the great loss of life, as pre viously conjectured, by the wreck of the Royal Ade laide. This morning Mr. Hartley, the manager of the City of Dublin Steam Navigation Compsny, received from the agent at Cork an accurate list of the passengers who were shipped on board the ill-fated steamer on her leaving that port for London. Mr. Hartley, with a view of allaying the excitement as to the real number who perished, and their names, has banded us the following for publication:— Cork, April 3, 1850. Dear Sir,—Your note of Ist inst. shucked me not a little. It is a sad, sad aflair—such a tearful loss of life, in addition to a fine steamer. I sincerely trust some portion of her plsscrgers and crew may have been saved, though from present accounts here I fear there is little chance. Encloe I you have the list of passengers by her, which, as it turns out, were so numerous-144 adults and 23 children. These are, of course, exclusive of those for Plymouth, and pessibly inure may have got on board there. We had a fearful night here on Saturday—so bad that I kept tho Duke of Kew until Sunday morn ing.—Yours truly, JOHN LEFEBURE. James Hartley, Esq. Way-bill of the steam-packet Royal Adelaide from Cork to London, 27th day of March, 1850: Ally Hickey and N. Leary,; Battarhy, P. and Ann Sullivan; Learys (wife and child); C. K ane, I'. Delano and boy, R. Reily, E. Hamilton, M. Creed, J. Keefe, E. Wall and wife; C. Devane, D. Daly, Howley and Collins, M. Day, one child; C. Buckley, Mary Roche, B. Mur phy, E. Sullivan, N. Sullivan, J. Sullivan, E. Buttler, M. Young; J. Mesgon, wife, and two children; Biddy Holan and two children; Hurt, Sullivan, and two children; Andy Barrett; T. Murphy, J. Murphy, Julia Murphy, one party; Alice Murphy, with three children; Barrett, Madegan, and Collins; Ellen Bearden, J. Apern, Jude Kelly, one party; Jerry Downing, M. O'Brien, D. Fagney, J. Cunningham, one party; J. Graham and daughter; M. Lorden, Ellen Leary, Undergar, Walsh, Hogan and Hayes; E. and M. Roymayne; Boyle and sister; Abraham Boyle, Will Boyle, one party; E, Kelehur and child; D. Coleman, D. Coleman, jun.; Jane Hurley, Ellen Daly, C. Cronin, one party; E. Crowley, M. M . Carthy, S. Siccocks and child; Hannah Lahive, 13. Shea and Kelly; M. Brien, J. Hogan, J. Har rington, Mary Puckle, Mary Driscoll, Mary Cow ley, and three small children, one party ; four adults (no names given), John Fitzpatrick, Mary Picket and child; C. Sullivaa (booked and not gone), Mary Flannagan (booked and not gone), Regan and child, one adult (name not given) ; M. Madigan, Puckle, J. Maronv, M. Shaughnessey, D. Shahan, one party ; Kaufil, J. Kaufil, Quick, one party ; Scanlon, C. Wil liams, A. Sweet, Mograth, J. Green, M. Henessy, Mackin, Walsh, J. Buckley, Sally Finneen, Dwyer, M. Corbot, Noonan, Mary Leary, Fahy, C. D. Brien, one child, a soldier named Bennett, J. Sullivan, M. Donovan, Mahoney, M. Barry, Hearn and Howgan, Murphy, Col lins, Bingely, Flannagan, two Sullivans, Coughlan, Reardon, M'Cartby, Mellish, F. Glynn, Twoomy, Healy, Weldon and wife, J. Schaughnessy, Madigaa, Sullivan, Healy, two adults and three bop (no names), Hickey. three adults (no names). The only cabin passenger for London was Mr. O'Callaghan, who said he might gat out at Plymouth. The names of those who shipped at Plymouth are as follows:—Cabin passengers—Mr. Payne, surgeon, of Plymouth, wife and three children; Mary Ann Hurst, a married lady, who was travelling to London with her sister, Jane Wether; and Mr. Tucker, a ship's mate. Deck passengers—Ann Welch, who was going to join her husband at Woolwich, and 3 children; Squire, a young man, Munroe, and Thompson. The list of the crew has already appeared, with the excaption of a cook and a seaman, whose names are not correctly ascertained. By the above it will ba seen that the number who pe rished were -144 adults from Cork. 23 children, ditto. 14 passengers from Plymouth. 25 crew, including captain, Mr. J. Bally. Total 206 Several distressing se;:nes have taken place during the week at the company's ofli e, m Leadenhall-street, and at their whart, in Lower East Smithfield, by relatives of the unhappy sufferers inquiring Lif..er their probable fate. The man Blunter, f ro m Plymouth, was a pe t ,- sioner in the East India Company, and he was cowirg up to tawn t, reccile his pension. Among the unfor tunate creatures from Cork wasa young wif , named Julia Harrington ; her husband was a solclicr, in the service of the East India Company, at the barracks at DER MAJESTY'S TIEATRE• List night was the first " Sontag night" of the season, and also the first of the delighiful "long Thursdays ;" no wonder therefore that there was a crowd collected around the doors of her INl , jesty'a Theatre long before the time fixed for their opening, no wonder that the Haymarket was throrged with carriages, no wonder that the crush was terrific, that every box and every stall was occupied, and that even standing rcoom in the pit and gallery was at a pre mium even long before the commencement of the opera. The opera was Don Panuale, with Lablache as the Don, his• first appearance this season, and Madame Sontag as Norina, her first appear ance before a London audierca in that character, and also her first appearance for the season after having achieved in Paris, during the course of the last few weeks, a success to which nothing can be compared save the triumphs she herself achieved in the French capital on her first appearance there, before her retirement from the stage, and in comparison avith which even those triumphs appear as nothing. The character of Norina is exactly suited to Sontag's peculiar style of acting and vocalization. • Norina is witty, espiegle, gay, vivacious, but, above all, and before all, she ts a lady, and there is not, there never has been in our re• membrance, any artiste on the Italian lyrical boards who could approach Madame Sontag in the delinea tion of the lady. Tne Norina of Grisi was full of power, but it was too boisterous, and apprcached at times almost to vulgarity —not so the Norina of Madame Sontag, it is to the full as animated as that of Grisi, but is always ladylike and graceful. In the scene in which Norina is introduced to Don Pas quale, in the concluding scene of the second act, where she turns upon the astonished Dan, and in the whole of the third act, we could not but make the comparison between the Norina of Grisi and that of Madame Sontag; and, in snaking the com parison, it was impassible to avoid observing how much more delicate and graceful was the Norina of Madame Sontag. As a piece of vocalization it was perfect. V Her beautiful execution of her aria d'intrata, " Qucl guardo it cavaliere," created a perfect furore, which continued the whole evening. Nothing could exceed the brilliancy and the finish of her fioriture in this exquisite air. Her acting in the scene in which she is introduced to the Don was, as we have before said, most graceful and ladylike, but at the same time irresistibly comic; and her voca lization in the quartette and finale to the second act was exquisitely beautiful ; the quartette was, as a matter of course, encored, and never have we Ix fare heard it so effectively given as it was last night by Sontag, Lablache, Beletti and Calzolari. The duet with Lablache in the third act, " Signorina in tante fretta" was exquisitely rendered by Madame Sontag and Lablache, and in a histrionic point of view it was the very perfection of comic act ing. Nothing could exceed the elegant playfulness of Sontag throughout this scene. The duet was encored, as a matter of course. - Then came the finale, which as a piece of brilliant, sparkling, yet most graceful and most finished execution, has never been surpassed. Sontag lavished a profusion of the most brilliant ornaments upon this finale, and created a furore which resembled the triumphs of Jenny Lind. Sae was, of course, encored, and at the conclusion the pit and stalls "rose at her," as Edmund Kean used to say, and greeted her with tumultuous and en thusiastic applause. She was called un at the conclu• sion of each act, and three times at the fall of the curtain. Lablache, the great Lablache, the evergreen Lablache, was the Don. He appeared in excellent health, excellent spirits, and in magnificent voice, and never acted the Don with more unetious humour, never sang the music with greater power than he did last night, and his re ception was as enthusiastic as the welcome back of an old friend always should be. He is the same La blache that he has been any time the last twenty years, and is still in every sense of the word the greatest of bassos. Calzolari sang the music of Ernesto with great sweetness, and was encored in the serenade, and Beletti was admirable as Malatesta. All these artistes were called at the conclusion of the opera, and several times also during the course of the performance. At the conclusion of the opera Madame Amelia Ferraris repeated her pas • with M. Charles, and excited the greatest enthusiasm. As a professor of choerogra pbic art, Mademoiselle Amelia Ferraris has no rival ; the applause with which she was greeted was rap ous, and at the conclusion bouquets a foison were showered on her. The last scene of Ernani, with Sims Reeves, Mademoiselle Parodi, and Beletti,fol- lowed, and the exquisite singing and acting of these accomplished artistes elicited the enthusiastic plaudits of their delighted auditors. The delightful ballet of Les Metamorphoses, in which Carlotta Grisi was as brilliant as ever, concluded the entertainments of the evening. Their Royal Highnesses tle Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and attended by the Ba roness Ahlefeldt, Major Stephens, and Mr. Edmond St. John Mildmay, honoured the .perf•rmauces with their presence. The royal party cccupied.her Majesty's box. Amongst the company were his Excellency the Russian Ministers, the Baroness Brunow, Mademoiselle de Brunow, and Mademoiselle Olga do Lochner; his Excellency the Portuguese Minister and the Baroness do Moncorvo, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Eliz ,beth Lane Fox, the Earl and Countess of Ox'ord, the Countess de Flahault and Miss de Flahault, the Count M. de Rosen, Vise:mint Canning, the Baron Reitchel, the Count do Potocki, the 8., - ..ron de Krebmer, the Count de Civey, the Baron de Schertz, the Viscount Clifden, Lord Adolphus Fitz clarenee, Lord William Lennox, Lady A. Paulo t Lady Augustus Wentworth ana Miss titi entworth, Lord Francis Gordon, Lady Charles Somerset, Lord Gardner, Lord Rendlesbam, Lord Harry Vane, Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., and Lady Woodford, Sir John Lowther, Bart., Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir W. Keith Ball, Bart., Sir Hoary Meux, Pact., end Lady Meux, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Sir Compton Danville, Bart., and Lady Domvillr, Sir John Scott, Bart., Captain the Hon. A. Vivian, Mr. Walter Lennard, the Hoe. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ward, Mr. helloed, the Hon. Mr. Chichester, the Hon. C. R. Neville, Mr. Saukville Lane Fox, Mr. T. Wentwo; th, Miss Sands, Mr. and Mrs:. 'C. J. Palmer, Major Buckley, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brero ton Trelawney, Mr. W. Cubist, M.P., Mrs. Paul, Mr. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie, Mr. and Mrs. Grote, Mr. Martin, Mr. Hubert do Burgh, Mr. Mogan, Mr. C. W. Pache, M.P., Mr. G. Cornwall, Mr. G. Barrow,'Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, &e. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Signor Tsmberlik, a new tenor from the Opera of the San Carlo, Naples, and from the Opera of Barce lona, made his debut here last evening in the charac ter of the hero in the opera of illasaniello, and, albeit he vvas suffering from the fatigue of his journey (he only arrived in London. on Wednesday), and was, moreover, dreadfully and visibly nervous, yet it was evident before he had been on the stage live minutes that he was an artist of very high order. His voice is a pure chest voice, o f cons id era bl e p ower and of sonorous quality, and his style and deli very prove that he has been educated in the best schools. He was encored in the barcarole, and this compliment seemed to have restored to him his presence of mind, for he sang it on the second occa sion admirably, and without any trace of that tremu • lousness which was evident when he first sang it, and which we at first took for an indication of a voice which bad passed its prime. He was also encored in the invocation to sleep, which was beautifully ren• was splendidly dered ; the mad scene acted, and the address to the insurgents was magnificently declaimed. Signor Tamberlik was called on frequ en tl y during the I course of the evening, and he has achieved a great and a deserved success. Madame Castellan sang the music of Elvira very gracefully, and Miss 13alline, as Fenelle, gave evidence of the possession of much greater pantomimic power that the world has hitherto given her credit for. Massol resumed his old character of Pietro, and was perfect in it. The choruses were admirably rendered, and the splendid overture was as usual encored. THE NELSON MONUMENT. A second alto relicvo i n bronze h as been affixed, on the north side, to the base of the Nel son Column in Trafalgar - square—having been , very recently cotnpleted at the establish ment of Messrs. Moore, Terrance, Com pany, Baldwin's-gardens, Gray 8 Inn-lane, and lane, from a design by Mr. Woodington. in material it consists of one-tenth part of tin to nine -tenths of copper; the whole being of an eq ual thickne ss th roug h out, weighing altogether three tons , and being cast ver tically in tire divisions, with a skill and clearness highly creditable to all parties concerned in the undertaking. In design the subject is treated in a manner singularly felicitous, representing an incident in the battle of the Nile —that famous incident when the heroic Nelson, having been wounded over his only remaining eye by a langridge shot, was conveyed into the cockpit with his face and bosom covered with blood. The great sea- captain is portrayed as half recumbent in the arms of two of , his sailors, and the surgeons disturbed in his attend , ance upon a wounded tar by the apparent danger, of his renowned commander, is hurrying forward :o the assistance of the latter with (age': emotion. By th e side of the illustrious admiral is the gallant Cap tain Berry, speaking to Nelson, while Nel son himself is gently rejecting the proffered help of the surgeon until bis " turn " arrived. In the background are two more sailors descending into the cockpit with, another wounded comrade, while a fourth, though severely maimed, is raising his arm enthusiastically to cheer the glorious hero, who was not only reverenced but beloved by every man in the British fleet. The effect of the BUNTING APPOINTMENTS. East Essex hds., 'rues., Blackwater-street ; Thurs., Massing-street; Sat., Lyons Hall, Leigh—toi. Bramham Moor hds., Mon., Little Almsclitf; Wed., Brayton; Fri., Brambam Park-10i. Suffolk hds., Tues., Gipping Ball; Fri., Horseheath Worcestershire hds., Mon., Himbktou ; Wed., Bad ford Gate; Fri., Cotheridge-101. Ledbury hds , Mon., Dymock Village; Fri., second mile-stone, Tenbury Road-101. Mr. Farquharson hds.. Mon., Milton Park. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. TLe Qocen and Prince Albert walked this mornirg in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their usual airing!. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of, Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lord James Murray, Major-General and Lady Isabella Wernss, Sir George Couper, and Colonel Hall (let Life Guards). The band of the let Life Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend. The Queen's private hand was in attendance yesterday evening in the Castle, and performed the fbllowing pieces : Overture (Op. 1,5) Scena and Aria, "Freischutz'' Adagio and Allegro, Sinfonia, No. 2 Selection, La Part du Diable" His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Royal Society of Arts in John-street, Adelphi, with a visit yesterday. The Royal Duke visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT . FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDRNT.) CONES, APRIL 4. FASHIONABLE VISITORS.—A great influx of com pany has taken place during the past and present week, principally to view the splendid furniture of Northwood House, the property of the late G. H. Ward, Esq. After a fruitless attempt to let it, as it is, the whole of the elegant and costly furniture, Mate, &c., are to be sold by auction. There are few noble mansions in England that are so expensively furnished, and before this can hardly be called finished the princely owner dies, and the whole goes to the hammer. Sic transitgloria mural. The beautiful schooner yacht, building for the Marquis cf Conyngham, by White, is in a very for. ward state. She is to be launched next week ; she measures 225 tons. Captain Smith is having his yacht, the Talisman, fitted for the season, and several others are making preparations. THE RIVER PLATE. We have letters, by the Ipswich, from Buenos Ayres to the 17th January. The Governor had de livered his annual message, which filled, in moderate sized type, 250 octavo pages, and.was chiefly devoted to self-gratulations on the subject of the success of his efforts in bringing the English Government round to subscribe precisely his own terms, in the treaty lately arranged. On this subject the message was extremely diffuse; but the bulk of it is without in terest for the English public. The commercial intelligence is important. Some purchases of tallow at high prices had been nego tiated, and the market was entirely cleared of the article. The accounts from the country districts were deplorable, the entire face of the country was likely to be covered with the flights of young locusts, which had not . received any check Item the weather, and, in case rain did not arrive soon, would destroy every vestige of vegetation. The au thorities had stopped the working of all the Estan cias ; the proprietors of cattle were forbidden to in terfere with their herds in any way, even so much as to move them from one pasture to another; and this restraint was not to be removed until one month after the rains had set in. If rain did not come soon the cattle would be all destroyed ; as it was, all the salt ing establishments were at a dead stand ; and what few miserable beasts were driven into Buenos Ayres had not a pound of tallow in them. It was impos sible to procure salted hides suitable for the English market at any price, there being none at the Sa. laderos. 7 relghtB still very low, but not considered to have ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. If in any respect Eliza Cook's Journal for April differs from its predecessors, it is in the greater variety and excellence of its contents.' A mere enu meration of the titles of some of the articles will be a sufficient evidence of their variety. Among the more reflective essays, we have one on " The Indi gent Poor," another ou " Literature and Civi lization," an interesting criticism on " Tbe Caxtons," " A Visit to the Gutta Percha Works," a " Biographic Sketch of Dr. James Hope," "Working-class Benefit Societies," " Vol canic Phenomena,'' &c. &c. Among the lighter, but not less practically valuable contributions, are the ad mirable fictions of Silverpen and " The Wayward Wife," " Advice to the Ladies," " The Happiness of Home," &c. Petry always has a - con spicuous place in _Eiza Cook's Journal, the con tributions of the editresr, of course, holding the foremost rank. Of these the charming song, " How glad I shall be when the Cuckoo is singing," is most appropriate to the season, and will be delightful to all who love the country beauties which it so vividly conjures up; such readers will gladly respond to the gay refrain of every stanza : " And then we'll go straying And playing A nrl ma) ing BS upland and lowland, by dingle and dell." In ‘‘ The Streets " we find another of those affectionate reminifcences cf her childhood, which abound in the writings of Eliza Cook, and are so justly admired by all who appreciate the genuine heartiness and naturalness of her verse. "Turn again Whittington" affords a happy theme fur inculcating the excellence and efficacy of hope. The legend, as illustrated here, bas indeed— " A might and a meaning tur many sad hearts." THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. From an interesting criticism upon Robert Brown ing., with which it commences, to the "Annals of Progress," with which it concludes, the People's and Ilowitt's Journal for April is altogether excellent. Amusement and information are pleasantly mingled in its pages. In an article on " Crime ; its Causes and its Cure," we are reminded of a fact which (until it is practically acknowledged) we shall never weary of impressing upon our readers, namely, that "it is cheaper—taking no higher view—to educate a hun dred children than to transport one thief." In "Hints to Nervous Gentlemen," we find the following infallible recipe :—" Be careful to have no time fJr nervousness !" In some remarks upon a most at tractive theme, " The Mission of the Poet," it is rightly said, "Every man has his mission, lives for a purpose, and wields an influence ; and when he dies the world is either the better or the worse fcr his existence." And what, then, is the mission of the poet? Accurately as it is here de scribed, that mission has long since been more tn• phatically set forth—" Let your light shine before men, that they may glorify your Father in heaven." This injunction, more or less applicable to all, is more especially appropriate to those to whom much is given, and from whom, consequently, much is to be expected. SOUTHEY'S LIFE AND CORRESPON DENCE. Vol. HI. Within the present volume of the biography of Robert Southey, edited with much care and ability by his son, the Rev. Charles Cuthbert Southey, we hare an account of his career during seven years of his prime, from 1805 to 1812, from the thirty-second to the thirty-ninth year of his age — mostly given us in the shape of a very various and agreeable correspondpnce. The extraordinary care with which these letters have been treasured up, collected together, and subsequently arranged inexact chronological sequence, must be a matter of very sincere self-gratulation to the many admirers of this distinguished writer. The persons to whom, the epistles are addressed are almost as various as the moods in which they were written—to his triend Bedford, to Mr. May, to Lieutenant Southey, to John Riekman, to the Messrs. Longman and Company, to • Walter Savage Landur, to Mr. Neville White, to Mr. Adamson, to Walter Scott, to William Gifford, &c. &c. All go far to prove the depth and worth of his scholar ship, the ripeness of his style, the warmth of his heart, and the delicacy of his sensibilities. As such they are delightful to read, and we doubt not will be devoured with avidity by many thousands. THE WORKING NAN'S FRIEND. This little periodical is indeed calculated to be what its name asserts, the working man's friend and family instructor. It is issued in weekly numbers at the price of one penny, and the monthly part now before us is a sufficient evidence of its excellence. Written for working. men, its articles are chiefly characterised by their common sense. Amusing anecdotes, tales, and poems enliven its pages, which contain also an abundance of good advice and useful information. The spirit of the work is well exempli fied in the following lines, not remarkable for their poetic excellence, but nererthelesis well worthy of being constantly remembered by all : 6 4 SMOOTH THE PATH. " 'Tis well to walk with a cheerfAl heart, Wherever our fortunes call — With a friendly glance, and an open hand, And a gentlo word for all. " Since We is a thorny and difficult path, Where toil is the portion of man, We all should endeavour, while passing along To make-it.as smooth as we can: ALISON'S IIISTORY OF EUROPE Vol. XIII. Illustrated Edition. Bringing the narrative inclusively down to the battle of Ligny, the last military triumph of the Emperor Napoleon, the volume before us is em bellished with two striking portraits, excellently en graved from original and authentic paintings, one of Prince Talleyrand and the other of the Emperor Alexander, as Byron calls him in his " Age of Bronze," the "coxcomb Czar." From the represen tation of the Autocrat's countenance, however, pre fixed to this volume as a frontispiece, uncomely as it is in every feature, we should scarcely have given his Russian Majesty credit for having ever dared t*, assume the airs of a petit maitre. The republication of the masterly illustrative Atlas, by Alexander Keith Johnston, is continued with the ut most regularity, month after month, the companion re-issues appearing simultaneously. Next month both will have been brought to a con clusion, in a fourteenth part and a fourteenth volume. When thus completed, Mr. Alison may congratulate himself on having witnessed the publica tion of his great history in an edition as superb as could be well contrived with the united aid of the paper manufacturer, the engraver, and th e typographer. His narrative of the most momentous epoch (hninanly speaking) that was ever recorded in the annalsof mankind, since the first commencement of the great;march of nations along the path of civiliza tion, williharein be presented to the read e r i n a f orm wor th y a . its eloquence and its comprehensiveness. No iib r gy, no English library, no European library es4o be, Considered complete without a copy of mi i on's work upon their bookshelves, and no edition of that, many as there have been, and excel lent ones•as there have been already, can be regarded as in anyrespect comparable to the one here drawing rapidly towards its teminatiov. It is an edition honourable alike to the age, the work, the author; and the publishers. HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO. Vol. 111. By W. 11. Prescott. Another cf the masterly works of this luminous historian—one whose name is henceforth destined to shine brightly in the records of American literature —has here been brought to a conclusion by Mr. Bentley in the form of a cheap and admirable repub lication. The mere circumstance of the present edi tion being (already) the fifth, is a token that the writings cf Prescott are appreciated—nor is the pub lic appreciation of his effusions, the effusions of his scholarship and his erudition, of his industry and h is elcquence, carriyd to any extravagance , ent husiastic and earliest as is his literary popularity. The bo oks this Milton of historians has pnned with his fir m, . though invisible, hand, are au attestation. th . at . his perceptive faculties, his judgment, and his d . iscruntna . - tion are as keen and vigorous as if the light of his eyes (now sightless) had been transferred i nternally to his intellect. That a melancholy interest is excited towards the author of these brilliant productions by the knowledge, at present very F eneral, of the extra ordinary difficulties under which they have been penned, we are, of .course, aware; but apart alto gether from th e fascination inspired by the great toil overcom e by , th e blind annalist, his genius would be quite sufficient of itself to secure to him a wide awl lasting admiration. Such being our opinion of the historian Prescott, an opinion formed not lightly, it must be almost unnecessary to add that we regard this cheap and beautiful re-issue of Me works by Mr. BRntly 9S a boon conferred upon the mass of English readers. As one interested in the diffusion of sound knowledge and sterling literature, we are sanguine the population may not be unmind. ful of the present advantage. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. just read a leading article in your paper of yesterday, upon the subject of the Bill for facilitating the sale of encumbered estates, brought forward by the English Solicitor-General in the Homy of Commons, on Monday night; and agree ing in opinion as I do with you upon the useful results that would accrue to Ireland, and in deed to the empire at large from the adop tion of a measure really calcul a t e d t o a tt a i n th e bene ficial objects which you have enumerated, I take leave to forward to you a copy of a letter addressed by me to Lord John Russell about eighteen months back, and also a short article in connexion with its subject, published in an Irish provincial paper; and this I do, Sir, in order to direct your attention to the par tial character of the Bill now proposed, and the gross injustice it tends to work to owners of property in this country, who are not within the jurisdiction of that court, to facilitate whose operations it has been solely framed. ,The object of the Bill in question is confessedly to enhance the value of encumb ere d es tates, by giiing them an artificial advantage in the market. Were the object to restore the value of land generally, for the purpose of facilitating it s transfer by sale, Irish proprietors could not complain ; but this attempt to raise the value of encumbered estates by means which must have the effect of depreciating those which are unencumbered, and of reducing the value of their secu rity below its . natural level, is,. in my opinion, an exercise of legislative power alike highly impolitic and unjust. Is it not most inconsistent in a " Free-trade Ministry" to thus grant a "bounty —fur it is to do nothing less—to 'their own peculiar customers ? What must be the effect of such a one sided measure on property other than that which it is intended to favour ? Irish landlords are being incessantly reminded that it is their bounders duty to promote improvement, . and to provide their tenantry with suitable farm offices and such other permanent conveniences as may be required fur the proper cultivation of the soil. I admit that it is. Many of them have done this, more are doing it, and still more are anxious to do it. Would you throw an insurmountable , obstacle in their way ? Supposing a proprietor not encumbered with debt, yet desirous to raise money on his estate, for the above-mentioned purposes, brought into competition with mortgagors under this Bill, would he not find it impossible to do so, on the security he can offer, un!ess at a ruinous rate of interest ? Supposing another burdened with debt, although to no extraordinary extent, might not such a Bill, by inducing mortgagees to call in their money, plunge him into difficulties, and thereby add to the evil which it was the purpose of the framers to correct ? Are the prudent and deserving individuals of a class to be thus unjustly injured for the benefit of its imprudent or less worthy members? and is a moral and economical wrong to be perpetrated for the purpose of propping up an imperfect and arbitrary enactment? These questions, Sir, I am induced to address to you by the conviction in my mind that much mischief would be the result of the proposed partial application of princip!es, which, if judiciously embodied in' a legislative measure, to be extended equitably to landed property in Ireland—if not in Great Britain also—might be productive of all, and more than, the advantages that you seem to antici pate.—l: have the honour to be, Sir, &c. C. H. BO WEN. 13, Longford-terrace, Dlonkstown, Dublin, March 28, 1850. THE LATE GALES IN IRELAND. On Friday and Saturday last we were visited by very severe gales of wind blowing from S.S.E. to S.S.W., during which the shipping along the coast has suffered Eeverely, and several lives have, we regret to say, been lost. On Saturday morning the mail steamer Thetis, which made her passage good during the late tremendous gale, on the night of Tuesday the sth, and morning of Wednesday the 6th of February, did not arrive here on Saturday morning till half-past 8 o'clock, being five hours beyond her usual Cute. The Firefly, from Ar droisan, and the Princess Alice, from Fleetwood, arrived about the same time. The steamers Athlone and Wil- Liam Penn, which sailed hence on Friday night for Liver pool, put back on Saturday. The Athlone bore up off the. Calf of Man. The Windsor, which should have sailed on Saturday evening, did not leave till Sunday morning, when she, the William Penn, and Athlone, proceeded same tide for Liverpool. The Lyra steamer, which left Greenock on Saturday evening, at 7 o'clock, with the mails, arrived next mornieg at a quarter past 5, being about three hours beyond her usual time: The Prince cf Wales, which left hero on Friday evening, and for whose safety great fears were entertained, encountered the gale, and arrived sate in Fleetwood on Saturday afternoon. The Blenheim arrived here on Sunday, from Liverpool, the storm being still very severe, at a qaarter past 1 P.M. On her passage off the Mew Island, near Donaghadee, ste passed a quantity of wreck, which was proved to be part of the cargo of the barque Teresa Jane, Wright master, of and from Liverpool, with a general cargo, which went on ehorn on the Mew rocks on Satureasy night, at .11 o'clock, and .has become a total wreck. Some of the cargo (calicoes) has been saved and landed at Grooweport. In this case of shipwreck, we are sorry to say that before the vessel went ashore the master and six of the crew were washed overboard, and drowned. 'Pin bugle Burrell, of Lancaster, Wil liam Foster went ashore en the rocks at Coney Lland Bey, Lear Ardglass, on Friday night. The schooner Peggy, of Portgordon, Reid master, from Liver. pool to Aberdeen, loaded with salt, was driven on shore in Cloughey-bay, on Friday morning. She has received little damage; but her cargo will have to be discharged before she can he got off. A small vessel was driven on shore on the North Rock, on Friday, the 29th ult., all hands lost. Her name is not known; but she is sup posed to be a Manx schooner, laden with salt, for Bel fast. The brig'Spartan, Rorge master, from Liverpool to the Mediterranean, has put into this lough, leaky. The schooner Preston, Wilson, master, of Be!fast, from Dundalk to Llanelly, was wrecked on Saturday on the Common Rook, and, lamentable to state, not a single soul of those composing the crew was saved.—. Northern Ihig. REQUISITION TO SIR E. N. BUXTON, BART., M.P. —A . requisition has been got up by the advocates of Protec tien, and is in curse of signature by the electors in South Es , ex ' calling upon Sir Edward North Buxton, one of the Members for the Division, to resign his seat and make room for a gentleman who will uphold the principle of Protection in the Legislature. The requisition states that the parties view with the• utmost alarm the distress of the cultivators of the soil and the depression of trade; and convinced that ruin must result from free-trade in corn, they are anxious to obtain a Parliament that shall represent.the general feel ing of the country.. With this view addresses have_ been presented to her Majesty, praying for a dissolution, but these have been unheeded; 'and they add," Under these circum stances, we are obliged to scrutinise the conduct of indivi dual Members of the House of Commons, and finding that all your votes have been reeorded in favour of free trade, and against all remedial means of relief, we are reluctantly compelled to request that you will forthwith give us an (T -portunity of electing, in- your place, some gentleman w h o in a British Legislature will advocate protection to British industry."—.E:ssex Herald. OXIDE or ZINC.—A communication has been made to the Customs' authorities by the Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, stating that he has received the commands of their Lordships to transmit to them for their information a communication from the Board of Trade on a memorial, praying that a material deno minated grey, oxide of zinc may be henceforth imported into the United Kingdom without payment of duty, and that he was directed to state that their Lordships of the Treasury at present concur with the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade in considering that the article in question should be admitted free of duty. It was, however, the wish of their Lordships, that it should be understood by the Corn missionere, that if it should appear to them that there is any substantial difference or distinction between white oxide of zinc (Which is already by Treasury order admissible free of duty) and grey oxide of zinc, their Lordships would be pre- . pared, upon being furnished with adequate information from scientific persone upon the subject, to reconsider their deci sion.- Itappears from competent authority that the material is an impure oxide of zinc,. produced during the process em • ployed for extracting metallic zinc from the use, and that the grey colour which it bears results from its admixture with portions of coke placed with the ore in the retor t s used for the smelting process, and that the only prep ara tion to which the substance thus obtained is then subjected to consists in crushing and sifting it, and on consideration o f the matter by the Commissioners of Customs, it h a s been directed that in i future grey oxide equally with white ox ide of zinc s to be a dmissible• duty free. • A CLERGYMAN HIS OWN CHURCHWARDEN.— At the of in: C m h b U e r n e t l 7l:ll Cle i n nat i e b d r and usual meeting for the election parish of St. Giles's, in the city of Durham, on Easter T ees _ n o ' ne that gave him satisfac tionday, the Rev. Francis Thompson' elected himself as his own churchwarden, stating that, as he to appoin t the dpties of the office, he would had never been ablee e in the discharge nominate and elect himself.. The inconsistent with against such appointment, as being inconsistent with his other duties to the par sh, and nominated two inhabitants to fill the office. The reverend chairman would only put one of the persons nominated to the choice of the meeting, and the o ther as an amendment. The parishioners insisted on elect ing both, if the chairman refused to appoint a parishioner as usual. The chairman stated that he would only return him self and a Mr. Joseph Dawson, who had the majority of votes, at the next visitation as elected. A scene of confusion ensued, and the parishioners then left the vestry in a body, declaring that such conduct of the chairman was tantamount to shutting the doors of the church. THE LASCNSHIRE ESTATES •OF 1:#1E EARL OF DERRy.—The Bight lion. the Earl of Derby is now engaged in draining nearly the whole of his extensive estates in the townships of Ilalewood, Eccleston, Knowsley-, BickerstaiF, and other places. We believe his Lordship is determined to complete the task in a thorough and workmanlike manner, which will be a lasting and permanent improvement, and ultimately return twenty-fold to his numerous tenantry. There are a great number of labourers now engaged in the good work.—Liverpool Albion. A BLACK RAINBOW.--We learn from Messrs. Hatch, Gray, and Co.'s /?epottcr, that a a black rainhoW was discovered one evening, about eight o'clock, by the good people of Sew Bedford. Its direction was from the north west to the south-east, and it lasted about twenty minutes. It was very perfect, and of . great size.—Boston Traxecript. • .1