The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-14 00:00:00

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Le w !i,zr ' in Llct cl rt , yl-; f ., 11“, t,'!(2 :•111) al (huh Bryant hitakin, arid steali ,g ten Lade,,,- , divers tin plates, and other articles, valuo 41. The "„ found the prisoners Guilty. II was proved that th e y had both been previously convict e d . They Were sentenced to transportation for seven years. IDDLESEX SESSIONS. mt_tTTlNGrsT s DAY.) ty o f Middlesex he Commybreiledgetbleirialmsnersseiioeng,for before Sergeant Adams a n d a f u ll b enc h o f magstraros. k ll "Qas Gibbs appea l ed against the refusa l of the fees of the Kensington division to grant him a licence e house and premises situate at No. 18, Paik-lane, Gore.—Licence refused utianircously. jec!lrauel Searle appealed k amst the refusal ()Fttle to cell of the liberty of Westminster, to grunt a licence i i Bll „ ( ntse, the Salisbury Arms, Durham-street, Strand.. tiALLANTINE said he opposed the present appli hol, on behalf of the justices of the district. List lilt s a u t e ll '.hli.ving had his licence refused for having betting nr nouse, appealed to this court, and having made b i i r we °lll ise that betting should be discontinued, he - wen da licence; but immediately afterwards betting s„„,t. with Lull sw i ng, as before. Upon mak i ng h is till'ePiireation at th e l ast session, the magistrates thought it A duty to ref use t h e li cence. He concluded by cal l ing a t 7 i t °l iceroati of the F di v i s i on , who stated that he had Airl,neY di-posi.el on horses upon several occasions. triat . a" ° "ali admitted that hat year a licence was ;rose' to the appellant, and that a misunderstanding the,e?thetlar betting should be continued or not. lie ii it Zght that if he allowed a sporting man or men to have m 114 E1 derived no benefit from it exct the cus o to , h oe as, not wrong. He thought the magi spates ought jostles tftk .en the proper means to have brought . him to te sow t If they thought he was off-nding agatnsa _ Ni t ": ° I . 'he W. It his licence was granted, he would 0 1414/, sole promise that every vestige of betting Lida ee swept away for the future. ee refused, with 101 ee sts. slop f i li k tigh Middleton also scpealtd against the tied for w - f I " same bench of magistrataa as in the last case, hi r lrilt a licence to his house, situated in Long-ace. heh a d' 4l trtY appeared for the appellant, and stated that litsw.kt t no i nterest in the li s t s , exce p t th e c ustom that wes th e ro palls the house, they being carried on by a son of ....cenee reluse.t. TR'tt•al7 SESSION S —(T HIS DAY.) A . %lat. Prll adjour ne d sess i ons f or t h e couiiry of Surrey ton, L ,:noed thi s morning at the C. House, Newing btaai ll f , e , ° „, w aYs before Th omas P uc kl e , E ) q., and Lull J klasat " 4iii er and M ar y With ers , f or s te a lit:g a half- Loy s e A ° ti nd twelve z•hillit.gp. from the person of Mary the;'4l the galle r y o f Astl e y ' s Theatre, were sen t ence d, t° tw elve month s , an d Wi t h t .r s to s ix months n O ilae of Correction. E -'l°N COJIMITTEE—(THIS DAY) Th e e ALBANS. ei-eately on the sitting Ire m „, °l °Mittee Fat this morning at twelve o'clock. of the Committee tt e room 11 40,„ ean d , and on our re-admittance the Chairman telli n - 'ced that the Committee had come to a resolution their g ase °o the peti t i oners to procee d i mme di ate l y w i th l et 11 'leant WRANGHAM said that it was impossible . t ern t ere et • ° comply with that request, as the petitioners met 11l in the same o ition as before the last adjourn t * Th • P we re at, e. wiLesses were not yet forthcoming, but Th e being sought for and still unfound. lhod ta ' llkl ulusx—What course do you propose we he l !e? +ar eoh.l7,ergettht WRANGHAM said the only course which Of t he -Propose was that the Committee, in pursuance t h co urse they h a d f ormer l y ta k en , s h ou ld a ll ow th,;rll further time to discover the witnesses. He Ea ster troipose ays. to ask the C o mm i tte e t o a dj ourn over th e Th e c ld tech lIA IRMAN said that the Committee, anticipating come to h quear, had con s id ere d th e matter over , an d h a d te e4t t,O a resolutio n o f not a ll ow i ng a further adjourn th: but to call on the petitioner to proceed at once. teipr m . , l °e rgeant W RANGHAM sa id i t was i mposs ibl e to ah t ,„""' to that call, as it was useles for him to call Th e who, w h en ca ll ed, would not come forward. age s t° CRAIRMAN then inquired from Mr. L aw , th e to e ' for the petitioners, whether every means had been t t ° to dis cover the missing witnesses? vtae tkw said every means had been taken. H e aster the the track of one , b ut h e wou ld not give any die te a nce to the Committee that he should have mute eUeeess in apprehending him. with ° C RAIRMAN—The case must be now proceeded ti or declared closed. ke n Sergeant WRANGHAM said that it was certainly theaSible for him to proceed, and, therefore, of course te - i et tie must be considered closed. He should decline ma t t ° up on the evidence, because there was another 143 ter Which rendered him uncertain whether he was d e r Which rendered him uncertain whether he was Jessing a Committee of the House or not. De r B. H ALL —B e fo r e y ou ma k e an y objection, let el o4 l l . erstand whether your case is to be considered e, 4 4 r. Sergeant WRANGHAN said, cer t a i n l y i t would be 14„. 1 °Ito of time and expense f o r th e p et i t i oner to proceed, o,;'he he apprehended from what had transpired the toreittee might yet be declared a lapsed Committee. 011'114 room was then cleared, and alter a delib erat i on re tri ttl f en hour parties were re-admitted, and the Chair. foli a nnounced that the C omm itt ee h a d come to the e", w tog resolution:— tt,:lhat Jacob B e ll, E sq ., i s d u l y e l ecte d to serve as a Aibt li e ti att!a the present Parliament for the borough of St. e kt T ke h Committee then announced that they . should th e a aPecial report to the House on the suniect, and Ra °° ro was then cleared. It continued so at the time fe at to press. COURT CIRCULAR. I thA r% walked yesterday . in til e .- Queen and Prince Albert toor d en of Buckingham Palace, and the Royal Family tietheir usual airings. • tliti,lajeAy and his Royal Highne i ss w, Pr a i l n e c s e a A nd lbe t r h t : Nne s s.° Y.,; ll Highnesses toe Prince 0 and 44 d omestic household, Ladies and Gentlemen n of in th . e=t ; g ette r household, attend , d iv . _. n t'iti,tl4, Morning in the private chapel W 11-sley otheet.ted. tier e . The Hon. and Rev. Gerald • , in Buckinghai 410 or d - 6, M ajestv and his Royal Highness Prince Albert shi p t ! the Duke of Devonshire with afternoon. The 11411'4°112e, Piccadilly, on Saturday • h a visit at Devon 110::Ituite consisted of the Marchioness a of D u u e r o o 1 , a the ael 11 410' 4 . ia e Seymour the Earl of Liatowel, A Gordon. TO. and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. 110,„ Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by her 1441;ttighness the Princess Mary, and at,tendmeadabr,y thethe '' , 41.1 °- "P i esti of Douro, the Hon. Miss S . e ) t -Col. the Al li , 14 Listowel, Col. Buckley, and L thel-ratider Gordon, honoured her Majesty Airesence on Saturday evening. Majesty's with 4, euateYal Richness Prince Albert, attended by uske4-;`-elonel Honourable A. Gordon, went to the St. tspre T heatre on Saturday evening, b amateur NI., seotation of the Merchant of Venice Pension to witness the Society, for the benefit of the Printers r - , let,, 1 112'1% Sat kill: h Etig_hness the . Pri i n n ce an of o W pe a n le c s a , e on rd e , took an airing r a ri t a te g nded tier y. r It t elevenhYal highness the Duchess of Ke h n e t r l r e e f s t id t e o n w e n e: l't, o'clock on Saturday morning, for kit gtll 4 , l 4 e . , near Windsor. Her Roy ' t itli• eti iS Y Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, al Highness was the 4,3,-p• George Cowper - . On her way from town,hness the b eela Ne heas paid a visit to her Royal Highness 4: 88 ef Cambridge at Kew. Itp h r i 11 9 y al hpl, Highness' the Princess Mary visited her 'thuess the Duchess of Gloucester on Satur 't Gloucester Honse. tii'l, ttbinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at d o ' l , The Ministers present were Lord Ei, Vtussell, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of IT,thte:lD.,:togi?, Gofreth .e.V.ExchetciPueri, ,at w, Y, moon a m Broughton, t b L rs o t r o d n, Earl Grey, the ' ttipliVt4lih:tilyli,nentY Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, and NI, deputation '°4 4d e • Usule. The Council sat two hours Mr. Thomas from the Irish Beet Sugar Company tApp li qt ,ing of Mr, William Armstrong, rit,' ll, Ur. Nathaniel Bland, Mr. John GwYcn”John so.‘e t ee t llllen . p ith ., a m w, r. M d. r ol l i i ci i c ch le a m rd en H t H R o u l d la in n g d : Mrd. Mr. is..• % . 11 . the Secretary to the Company d Ety ^ With t h e , a, of Hon. Henry Lab ,, uchere ou Satu ,Ai Ilt , t , t .e Office of the Board of Trade. had an an inter r : IN r a . 4. : 'nta, Solicitor to the Board of Inland Revenee, cliih-ytt interview on Saturday with the Commissioners of 4, 1 4 3 11 at the Office of the Board of Trade. (444:P44410n from the Monmouth, or Forest of Dean 1 4 t 1 l a e ‘ ClllPari , c o nsisting of Mr. Blskemere, M.P., R -1 '. 11411 ,1, -n i , Mr. Y Gr e a o t n rex (Vtie-Chairman), Mr. W 3 att. 1. - 411, 1) ,''`0, and Mr. J. E. Powles, had an inierview on 41 1454 Y , 8 with Lo r. rd . Seymour,__at the Office of her gittb.i, ‘rnamissioners of , Woods and Forests, in The .•• -place. 'l,tirday,°aztr°thrd, ITni!ersity . Commission held a meeting en • r . o ril z s z t 'ais ttpy, at b ) cial restden t ce Present — i r i . h t e L B i shop 1:: rk o , , I , t heL i°ll , the be a vi n i o n FZ t a r rlle, the Master o v . A ~, owell, the and the 'ut°l. ii • G. L ' •cl 1 11 J. L. Dampi• r. Esq t P , kiThelllrz-P• Steil, the Rev. G. H. S. 14 114 - ri of Carlisle had a dinner party on Saturdamy: thidedtbe'idenee in Grnsvener•plsce. The company George Grey, th e rt-44erl Granville, the Right Hon. Sir 4 oh 'Rht Lien.B Jobeson:thm Rev. ,tloan.liurgoyne,He. a L p ti t b a o m ue D he a r w r, s T . r 1 H 1 . r. 1.) 8 e . la L ß a ec a h ‘ :', am S r ii : /4 1e` r ,. , kr, C. z.„ Ni!. Rendel, Mr. Peto. Mfr H i c. , bark',l% Cubitt ;Ir. F. Fo.,t.r, Mr. C. H. Wo•fr3 O. 441 ' -4 ZN es ' Mr. VV,l , t, Mr. Dtgby Wyatt, Mr. u Ti t s : ,i.s.-r. D u ke , sand M I. Cole. Y 2 4 tep - A u elie of Vcr 11' •on attended the early service ,Zer e - : 4 3', at th C; 1, 1 1 " It t s• i tit. James's. The Prayers 4 11 "rid and thee Sesame ael n i - a e. '- ' preached by the Rev. J. It tt il4lita • The Communion Service was read by the . I lle 413 r. Wesley The Bishop of St. Aseph preached t t l 0,:: I llen at the . daily se-vice 3 est rday. The Bishop '4oytiCsqlt.:;ialnliper7ach on Euler Sunday, at the Chapel L Ittp,„ 414,-"`tsttsiTATioN OF OxFounsuinE.—The tenat.lt °lle c ; f ' of Oxfordshire are we hear, bent upon returning ate °f their t Own body at the next election. They are taking ,I ) trry ° tecur e the election of Mr. Joseph Roberts, of v , ater `,4ot),"l.,ear (tord. itispurpos . ed . to do this by subscrip wilt At i s ' It itit , stated that there are three hundred freeholders li t iert. I ?, Soilscribe UV. each towards .i,ta the return of .tar. nd a tenant of Mr. I , , , ,, ,, ,,A eof i , ,,, a s io tr r o eslt Ppt eet Members lon 'for the county. 114 4 11 :x1; iti ght lion. the Speaker gave his ninth And aftlelltary dialler on Saturday. THE SUN,. LONDON, nVE - F , IL A ND MAIL! N I (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FROM TRIESTE.) A telegraphic dispatch from Trieste has brought us the following : TRIESTE, APRIL 11. The steamer Italia, from Alexandria, with the dispatches from India, has run aground at Umago, about t enty English mites from Trieste. Two of Lloyd'i steamers have been sent out to bike the pas sengers and letters. The mails may be expected this evening. The tranquillity of India remains undisturbed. A skirmish had taken place at Burrow, in the mountains near Kohat, between some robber hordes and a Punjaub regiment, in which the former were defeated and driven back. The Governor-General issued a general order on the 15 - h, regulating the pay of officers and men in the Punjaub, and reforming the military organization there. The army of the Punjaub is to be placed un der the orders of a Brigadier, at a fixed salary of 2,000 rupees a month. The Marquis of Dalhousie was at Attock on the Bth of March, en route for Peshawur. He proceeds to Simla in May. His Lordship was suffering from ill health. _ _ The ship Buckinghamshire, Captain Macgregor, was burnt in the Hoogley on the 3d of March, whilst sailing down the river to start for England. It is insured for 18,0001. and cargo for 70,0001. in London insurances. Two passengers, invalids, perished. Captain Grantham, of her Majesty's 98th, has been severely wounded by some robbers, who attacked him whilst out riding in the neighbourhood of Peshawur in company with a young lady. He was left for dead on the ground, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. An order was to be shortly issued by the Go vernor-General prohibiting military officers from holding situations as directors, secretaries, and audi tors of the Indian Rank. A conspiracy has been discovered in Nepaul, the ohjet of which was to murder General Jung Baha dour. The conspirators were his own father and brother. The General is a favourite of the army, whom the conspirators endeavoured to gain over. Lord Grosvenor, the Hon. Leveson Gower, and Mr. Egerton, had been received on a visit by the King of Oude. Admiral Austen, in command of the naval forces in the Indian waters, had arrived at Calcutta. General Sir Risley Hill has died of apoplexy at U' The obituary also mentions the death of Captain J. D. Cunningham, deeply regretted, the son of Allan Cunningham. Bombay is healthy. A heavy thunder-storm burst over the Presidency on the Bth of March. Lord and Lady Falkland were on the point of leaving for the bills. The market for manufactured goods had not rallied, although within the last fortnight some heavy sales had taken place. Exchange had fallen, but prices rose in propor tion. Stock on hand considerable, and more was ex- pected. Raw cotton had declined since last quotations. The decline in price received by the last English wail of the 7th of February caused a corresponding decline of seve❑ rupees per candy. The new crop is good and clear. Exchanges have fallen. CHINA. We have no later news from China than that sent w4h the mails of the 3d from Bombay. The murderers of Da Costa have been taken. Four piratical junks had been captured. Exports heavy. 1 1 1 IE UNITED STATES. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY EVENING. The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Hermann, Captain Crabtree, from New York, arrived off Cuwes this afternoon, having fifty pas sengers, a large cargo, and specie to the amount of 45,000 dolls. After transhipping her English pas sengers and mails, she immediately proceeded to Bremen. The Hermann left New York on the 29th ult. By this arrival we have received three days' later intelligence, up to the 29th ult. inclusively. The Canada arrived at Boston on the 28th. There is no change in the commercial advices COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, APRIL 13. Wind East.—Arrived the American steam-ship Her mann, Captain Crabtree, from New York, in'ls days. She brings 80 passengers, 12 of whom, for England, were taken out by the Ruby steamer, and the others proceed on to Bremen. When off Falmouth yesterday after noon, between three end four o'clock, she came in con ,act with the schooner Hope, of North Yarmouth, laden with salt, from Liverpool to Holland, end carried away both her masts. Expecting the schooner to go down, all her hands got on board the steamer, but afterwards finding that the hull of the vessel had received but trifling damage, and made no water, they were put on b , ard again, and the steamer took her in tow and brought her in here. Captain Crabtree behaved like a gentleman, and gave directions that the schooner's da mages should all be made good with as little delay as possible. This accident caused the detention of the steamer full twelve hours. ICE.—A Norwegian brig has arrived tier° with blocks of ice, and we hear other vessels are on their passage for the neighbouring ports. The very low rate paid for freights makes the ice speculation a good one this sea sc.°, the winter having been so mild that almost every icehouse is empty. NIAURIED.-CATT, MEW.-OR Saturday, at St. Paul's Church, Wbippingham, Charles Catt, Esq., of Brighton, to Mary Ann, daughter of the late Ben. Mew, Esq., of West Cowes. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. --- Traffic—Week ending April 12, 1851 ... £3,869 14 6 Traffic —Week ending April 13, 1850 ... 10,253 15 8 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 118,878 710 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1:50 ... 110,619 9 0 Total number of Passengers—Week ending April 12, 1811 ... 47,243 Passengers ... Goods ... £i,771 6 1 ... 2,098 8 5 Total ... £8,8,9 14 6 Total miles open, 1851, 173 1 4 ; ditto, 1850, 1711. London Terminus, April 14, 1851. RAILWAY AND SEA-BORNE COALS.—A memorial has recently been presented by the Shipowners' Society of the port of Sunderland to the Lords Commissioners of the. Privy Council of Trade respecting the intended coal traffic on the Great Northern Railway. The memorialists state that they represent the interests of the shipowners of Sun derland, comprising a capital of 1,000,000 e, and affording ern-' ployment to nearly 10,000 seamen ; that their interest is suffering severely from foreign shipping and from the navi gation-laws, and that the railways are now interfering to a great extent with their traffic, and that the Great Northern Railway Company have lately been lowering their tariff upon coals to London for the purpose of f ntering into com petition with the shipping trade. They urge the injustice of this system, and they ask that such clauses may be intro duced into the Bill of the Great Northern Company now be fore Parliament as may compel the company to charge rateably for all articles of a like kind, according to the dis tance they may be conveyed. A reply to this memorial has been received from the office of the Committee of Privy Council of Trade, in which their Lordships state they do not think it right to introduce any clause into the Great Northern Rail way Bill which would involve a principle not adopted with regard to all railways, and they do not see any reason for recommending the adoption generally of the principle suggested by tne memorialists. It is said that the new tariff advertised by the Great Northern Company will have the effect of diminishing very materially the price of coals in the London market, and that the charge will in all probability be brought down as low as Iss. per ton. Sunday Paper. RAILWAY CAPITAL.--The total amount raised by railway companies up to the end of 1849, as seen by a return just published, was 229,747,77 9 /. 15 s . Bd., of which i 8 , 412,6251. 6s. 71. was raised by shares a nd 51,335,154/. 9s. 1d by loans. The amount raised during the year 1849 was 29,574,7-20/. 15s. Bd., viz., 21,904,0 461 . 19 s. 6d. b y shares, and 7,670,6731. 16 s . by loans. MAILS To DENMARK. —The following been issued from the General notice has steam vessels having commenced running Post-office :—Private Hjert hirg or Bahnn running betwt en Lowestoft and (Denmark) ship letter mails for:Denmark n ewspapers will be transmitted in them as may will in future be made up Lowestoft, and such letters and addressed " by pi ivate ship, sixpence the helr-ounce, will be postage only, at the rate of be si.eciUllv Lowestoft." The British or the letters t w te 4l:l ' not be forwarded I c i o in il s e t ct n e e d pinaitdhiins advance, and this postage by the private ships in question. Newspapers will be; chargeable with a rate of one penny which must also be paid in advance. One of these vessels will leave i l : owestoft it will d every Saturday night, and a bag for transmission by be forwarded from London by the 5 r.m. train of tlea for the present. Letters, &c., for this dispatch, must a b y e posted at the receiving-offices in London, before 2 r.st at `- i the branch o - ces iu Lombard - s tr e et, Bo roegh , Charing cross, and Old Cavendish - st reet, before 3 P.M. ; and at the , General Post-office, St. Martin's -le-Grand, before 330 P.m: T/VTIMONIAL TO TEE LATE MR. RUSEITON:,--* From the amount already collected towards a fund for a tes;- timonial to the late lamented Liverpool magistrate. h ose family are left in rather straitened circumstances, it is fully expected that the sum will shortly reach 10,060/. It is in tended:to have two stipendiary magistrates, instead of one, at Liverpool inflame. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD BEFiip,M ASS! wIATION. . ~ :fit, ~.-1l I'.;'4p~.i ,l J ii o, rausn rebate on ti subjsct, of Stui:heeet ilJarket. As often happens, the question was contrived to be so perplexed, that there was no chance for one bolding what the Apostle calls the place ofn private individual (not of an idiot, as the word might seem to bear), to steer his way ex cept by an indistinct notion that certain men meant well, and others ill, and that by following the one and not the other, he should find himself right. Not that there was any difficulty in knowing the thing to be desired. Any man who should be pitched from the clouds and light on his feet in the neigh bourhood of the metropolis, must know that as no rural gentleman conducts his cattle North and South u h l o a d f t theyobails l d ts i hnheianl circum ference - h r a o l dining-room, some passing sts pointiilt:g e i through contraryruo, u h gath tcontrivescentre wot is s b b o y u m t ,of his domain, so a metropolitan inha bitancy with their wits and liberty to exercise them, would instinctively feel that the place for sale and purchase of ox, bull, and cow, implying as it does the congress of currents of living beef in all direc tions but particularly from North to South and from South to North, should be on either the East or West side of the circumference, and inasmuch as some come up the Thames and none down, should by the direct intimation of nature which made the Thames run East, be on the East side and not the West. But all this was so obscured by cress notions of different kinds, that there was no clue to an end but what has been described. On the order for second reading of the Religious Houses Bill, a scene of considerable violence took place among the Catholic Members, and no Protestant attempted to interfere in support of the mover, who was in consequence severely pressed, and it was only by the display of considerable determination that he got his second reading fixed for the 14th of May. We are bullied by the Catholics, and no man careth for our souls. I cannot conceive how any Member with liberty of speech, and the habits formed by con verse with the portions of society which live in the exercise of the greatest quantity of independence and free-will, could sit still and hear a Member in the position of the worthy mover so sore beleaguered, without coming to his assistance. What should be done on the subject of religious houses, is sufficiently clear, though it is by no means equally clear that there is blood enough left in the body of old Protestantism to think of doing it. The law, with reservation of course of deliberation for reason shown, should go to the extent of what has been found necessary by Catholic Governments of good repute. If Catholic Governments have found it necessary to check the formation of monastic associa tions for political reasons of their own, still more is the necessity obvious in this country, where, glose it as you will, monastic institutions are open and avowed hotbeds for the rearing of deniers of the right of po litical or physical existence to Protestants whenever their leader shall think it advisable to say so. He did it in the case of the St. Bartholomew, and there is not a Catholic Member in the House of Commons who dares stand up and say that he was wrong, or acted under anything but the immediate direction of the Almighty. re ha did it again, there might be some who would prove themselves bad Catholics; but they must cease to be Catholics, if they declined to act against our liberties and our lives at the bidding of the Pontiff. The country once thought these things were changed ; but that web of trust has been swept away by a flood of evidence. By God's mercy, we have been abused and made fools of ; because to be abused and made fools of, is one of the most effective ways in which men can be roused into a timely defence. On Thursday was the commencement of debate on the subject of the Colonies. It was stoutly denied ' that there was any connexion between the profit and loss of a colony, and the desirableness of keeping it. Colonies are not commercial un dertakings i but f places to feed those who want feeding, you payng or the same. Turn this over at Bradford, and ask whether you would not like to be a colony. The strange transactions at the Cape of Good Hope came in for their share of notice from the attacking side. You are to pay two millions for a governor's brass-headed stick. There has been no such costly toy since. G-essler set his hat upon a pole. But you have no de fence, —not the slightest prospect of anything like either indemnity for the past or security for the future. Kafir wars are the act of God. Nobody makes them ; nobody is answerable for them ; nobody can hinder them ; no body is responsible for them. You might as wel ask who is responsible for an earthquake. No body can do anything but pay for the damages. Re signation is all that remains for you, and you will have to resign yourselves again, and again after that, till men are tired of being paid for injustice and re compensed for folly. In the present case two millions will not be all ; you will still have to pay the doers. They must be paid, like everybody else. Men do not do mischief for nothing ; it would be a cheaper world than it is, if they did. You must pay them, and honour them, and hold them up as examples to your little boys, that in your posterity for ever there may be no want of zeal to consume the millions you may have or the millions you may borrow. At the same time it would not be right to be too hard upon the Government. The Government has no innate desire for your wrong. There is the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, for instance, fretting I have no doubt in the innermost sanctuary of his domestic felicity, at being obliged to give up what he, poor easy man, bad counted on as a surplus. We ought to have a fellow feeling for him, and. not a hostile. We are all in the same plight ; we are like the con script in the French comedy, to whom the ferocious sapeur does nothing but cry out "Jean, paye." Our chance to help ourselves is nothing. There is no or ganization for it, no preparation to make it possible. We are the born slaves of such demands, as -our fa thers were, and as our posterity will be after us. You might as well ask an African chief to make an elec tric telegraph, as conceive the possibility of our set ting about either relieving ourselves from such a mischief, or preventing it in future. The debate was adjourned till Tuesday; when the rest of it will be said or sung. On Friday was the repetition of the debate, on what virtually means the restoration of the Corn Laws. The Pope and Protectionists together press hard upon the Government. The majority of the Irish boldly avow, that they vote for the Protectionists because they are Papists. It is the repetition of the Irish invasions under Montrose and others, modified by the difference of times. I hope we shall re member it, when the gnawing, thankless incubus of Ireland comes again to drain us. Remember that the majority of Irish Members did their best to saddle you with the restoration of the Corn Laws, as the means of saddling you with submission to the French general who holds the Pope in leash. It is a new phase of the Papal aggression. When milk is burned to the bottom, we say in Yorkshire, the bishop has put his foot in it; a reminiscence, possibly of great antiquity, of some unkindly feeling towards the spiri tual power. If you do not take care, you will find the Pope's toe in your bread-loaf. The division, at all events, displayed stability. A Member for Aylesbury has been unseated, and the new one, though he might be in the House, had not taken his seat. If' he had been there, the majority for the Government would have been what it was be fore or 14. We are at something very near a dead kick, , with the Pope and his allies of the small loaf. It only shows the necessity there is to be up and doing. Bating the political necessity, I am rather sorry the late Member for Knaresborough was not re turned to the House of Commons. He is the beau ideal of what should be sent to that place. I wish he was on your side, and you bad him. The man wanted for that House by a constituency which has got anything to say, is a man who will set forms at defiance; who will fly in the face of autho rity if it wax wanton to the treading on his toe ; who will be overbearing that he may not be over borne; who has no debilitating habits of deference for others, nor of dependence on receiving the same himself ; who can be audacious or wearisome as suits his purpose, which are the two qualities leading to success ; who will create a salutary dislike to come into collision with him, and a silent convic tion that the easiest is to let him have his way; who will exercise, in short, those virtues by which the big boy of a school maintains his ground. The minor moralities are thrown away in such a position, and end only in the loss and disapppointment of a con stituency. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. London, April 14, 1851. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE STAGE OF hER MAJESTY'S TII EATRE. —Between ten and eleven o'clock on Saturday an accident occurred on the stage of her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, to a young man named Samuel Den well, aged 27. It was ,he duty of Denwell in the third act of the opera of illasaniello to fire off some guns on the stage behind the scene ,, , and whilst so engaged one of them re bounded and discharged its contents into his left leg, the lower part of which was completes. shattered to pieces, with all the bones of the foot. The accident happening behind the scenery the fact was not made known to the company. The unfortunate man was quickly removed to Charing- cross Hospital, where the process of amputation of the leg was Pe • floured witheut delay M r. Lin g bam states that the right leg is also much injured, but• it is considered that am putation in that case will be avoided. Tur; ICTIIPNETT 2.lunDEß.—The execution of John Wills and John Smith, who were convicted at the last Taunton assizes for the murder of William Williams, rat Nympuett, on the Bth of February last, was to take place tl.is day, at Taunton. Since their conviction the pri soners have paid great attention to the advice of the rev. chal.daio, and both have acknowledged the justness of the sentence. They, however, state th,t they bad no inten tion of murdering the man, but thit it was done on the spur of the meme t in consequence" of Wilkins's resistance. CUSTOM-HOUSE SEIZUEE.—The It evvuue-cutter Stag, made a seizure off the French coast last Thursday. The vessel proved to be the Duck,. of Portsmouth, with a crew of three men, and thirty-sits, tubs of sPirit4' --Ports mouth Guardian. ETENING ; ; LADY FRANKLIN'S _RENEWED EX?.E DiTlO out, :ho, Albers a: Aberdeen, and which is intended to sail or the Ist of May. We cordially wish her success, and as good a run out as she had last year under Captain Fors; th "ft having been ascertained last year that an im portant part of the field of search for the missing A:ode Expedition could not be explored by any of the saips then engaged, or about to be engaged in the service, it was resolved to equip a supplementary expfdition for the examination of idle portion thus unprovided for. " The part alluded to includes Regent Inlet and the passages connecting it with the 'Western Sea, S.W. of Cape Walker, to which latter quarter Sir John Franthe was required by his instructions to proceed in the first instance. This search was assumed to be necessary on the following grounds:— " First—The probability of Sir J. Franklin having abandoned his vessels to the S.W. of Cape Walker. "Second—The fact that when Sir John Franklin sailed, hq believed that an open passage was to be found from the westward into the south part of Regent Inlet, according to the chart supplied to him from the ddai rally, and which does not exhibit the discoveries of Rae, made subsequently to that period. The chart annexed is a copy of that we elluda to. " Tliiid—Sir John Franklin would be more likely to take this course, through a country known to possess the resources of animal life, with the wreck of the Vic tory in Felix harbour for fuel, and the stores of Fitry Beach further north, in view, than to fall upon an utterly barren region of the north coast of America. "Fourth—He would be more likely to expect succour to be sent to him by way of Lancaster Sound and Bar row's Strait, into which Regent Inlet opens, than in any other direction. "In corroboration of the necessity of this part of the search, we may refer generally to the Parliamentary papers of 1848, '49, and ' 5O, and may here quote the very important words of an experienced Arctic officer, Captain Beechey, p. 31 of the first series—' If, in this condition (that of being hopelessly blocked up to the S.W. of Cape Walker), which I trust may not be the case, Sir John Franklin should resolve upon taking to his boats, he would prefer attempting a boat navigation through Sir James Ross's Strait, and up Regent Inlet, to a long land journey across the continent to the.lludson Bay settlements, to which the greater part of his crew would be wholly unequal.' And again, in his letter to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 7th of Fob, 1850, Cap tain Beechey writes, . . . the bottom of Regent Inlet, about the Telly Islands, should not be left unex amined. In the memorandum submitted to their Lord ships' 17th January, 1849, this quarter was considered of importance, and I am still of opinion that had Sir John . Franklin abandoned his vessels near the coast of Ame rica, and much short of the Mackenzie River, he would have preferred the probability of retaining the use of his boats until he found relief in Barrow's Straits, to risking an overlai,d journey viA the before-mentioned river; and it must be remembered that at the time he sailed Sir George Back's discovery had rendered it very probable that Boothia was an island.' " The memorandum alluded to by Captain Beechey as having been submitted to the Lords of the Admiralty on the 17th of January, 1849, was the expression of the unanimous opinion of the Arctic officers assembled by command of the Admiralty to deliberate upon the best means to be taken for the relief of the missing ex- pedition; and in this report clause 14 is expressly de. voted to the recommendation of the search of. Regent Inlet. " Upon the grounds above stated was founded the ne cessity of an auxiliary expedition, and accordingly last spring a swell vessel, the Prince Albert, was fitted out to convey two boat parties to Regent Inlet for the search of its western shore, and of the passages or istlitimes connecting it with, or dividing it from, the western sea, including James Ross and Simpson Strait. This expe dition was equipped for an absence of two years' dura tion if required; but returned in less than five months, unhappily without effecting any part of its object, a failure which was owing to circumstances that do not in any degree affect the practicability or hopefulness of a renewed attempt. The vessel has been proved well fitted for the service, whilst the intelligence which it has brought back that traces of the missing expedition had been eiscovere d fer to the westward, on Cape Riley, in the route to Cape Walker, confirms the presumption upon which the vessel was sent out, and gives increased ground for hope in the renewed search. The necessity for its renewal will be the more apparent when ft is stated that the early return of the Prince Albert is un known either to Captain Austin, Captain Penny, or the American ships employed in the search, so that the er roneous impression must exist among them that this special service is even now in the course of accomplish ment. " The resumption of the interrupted search being thus deemed necessary, the command of the expedition -will be given to Mr. Kennedy, late an officer in the Hudson Bay Company's service, who has come over: from Canada for the purpose of affording his gratuitous ser vices. Mr. Kennedy was eight years on the coast of Labrador, and was the first European who ever visited its northern coast. He has had consequently very great experience in the kind of service to which ho has now so nobly devoted himself. A whaling captain of very great experience has been engaged to conduct the Prince Albert, under the orders of Mr. Kennedy, to her desti nation. The sum of 3,7001. was expended last year in sending out the Prince Albert, of which nearly ',6001. was supplied by subscription, the remainder being de rived from Lady Franklin's private resources. Is is ccl. culated that, in addition to what remains of these pri vate resources, about 1,000/. will be required to meet the current pay of the master, his subordinate officers and crew, as well as the expenses of the necessary refittings and additional stores. " The necessity for the proposed search may be thus further developed. The very open season of 1845, in which Sir John Franklin commenced his enterprise, was followed by others of extreme severity; and it is most probable, that having, in obedience to his instructions, attempted to effect the passage westward, by entering the region S.W. of Cape Walker, his progress was there arrested during succeeding seasons, and that he ulti mately was compelled to abandon his ships, when his provisions became nearly exhausted. Such a necessity may have arisen somewhere about the latitude of 74 deg. N., long. 105 deg. W.; in short at any point S.W. of Cape Walker, not farther W. than long. 110 deg. And in such case, rather than return north (which might be indeed practicable), or move south upon the American continent, of which (upon the coast) the utter barren ness was already well known to bina, he might prefer a south-eastern course, with a view of passing in his boats, either through James Ross Strait, or through Simpson Strait, into the Gulf of Boothia, and so up into Regent Inlet to the house and stores left at Fury Beach, the only deeot of provisions known to him. The advantages of such a course might appear to him very great. " First—Two open passages being laid down in the Admiralty Chart into Regent Inlet, by James Ross Strait, and by Simpson Strait, a means of boat transport for his party would be afforded, of which alone perhaps their exhausted strength and resources might admit; such a course would obviously recommend itself to a commander who had experienced the frightful difficul ties of a land journey in these regions. "Second—The proposed course would lead through a part, the south of Boothia, in which animal life is known at some seasons to abound; the testimony of Sir John Ross upon this point, as shown in his work, being very strong, and well known to Sir John Franklin. " Third—The Esquimaux frequenting this part of Boothia were found by Sir John Ross to be extremely well disposed and friendly, though they could not be induced, during his detention of three years and more, to act as guides to remote parts beyond their accustomed limits. It may be remarked, that Sir John Ross first communicated with the Esquimaux at Boothia Felix, in January, 1830, and that on the 27th July, 1834, Sir George Bsck first met the Esquimaux at the mouth of the Back River, at which date they knew nothing of any ship having been in Regent Inlet. In other words, the news had not travelled 200 miles in four years and a half. " Fourth—lt is the direct route towards the habitual yearly resort of the whalers on the west coast of Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. Indeed these ships occasionally descend Regent Inlet to a considerable distance south. Fifth—There are two persons attached to Sir John Franklin's expedition who are well acquainted with this region and its resources—viz., Mr. Blanky fee-master; and Mr. Macdonald, assistant-surgeon of the Terror. The former was with Sir John Ross in the Victory. The latter has mada several voyages in whaling vessels, and is acquainted with the parts lying between the Regent Inlet and Davis Strait. Where so few amongst the crews of the missing ships have had any local experience, the concurrent knowledge of two persons would have considerable weight. " Sixth—Opinions are very greatly divided as to the part in which Sir John Franklin's party may have been arrested, and as to the course they may have taken in consequence. It would be therefore manifestly unfair and most dangerous to reason out and magnify any one hypothesis at the expense of the others. The plan now proposed seeks to provide for the probability of the.ex peditien having been stopped shortly after the passing to the south-west of Cape Walker. The very open sea son of 1845 was followed by years of unusual severity until the last. It is therefore very possible that retreat as well as onward progress has been impossible—that safety alone has become their last object. Can it be that now, when the hope of tescuing them in their last ex tremity depends (as far as human means can ensure it) on the multiplying of simultaneous efforts in every direc , don, the necessity of this one should not be recognised? The special search which is now pleaded for mu s t he neglected unless a vessel be sent out purposely to carry it into effect." D E ATH 01' THE HON. CAPTAIN .uuDLEr, A. W. PELHAM, R.N., M.P.—We regret to announce the unexpected demise of the above gallant officer, who expired yesterday, at his residence, in Motcomb- street,Belgrave-square, in his 39th year. lie was youngestson of the l a t e, and brother to m arried, 1839, the present, Earl of Yarborough, and daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart., by whom he has left au intent family. Ile was a Liberal in politics, and was elected for Boston on the retirement of Sir James Duke, Bart. DEATH or THE HON. F. S_AVILLE.—This gentle man died on the 3d of April, at Coblentz, after, a short illness. The deceased was fifth son of the Earl a nd Countess of Mexborough. lie marred in 1839, Antonina, d aug ht er o f the Rev. William Archdall, by whom he leaves issue three children. Mr. Saville was brother to Lord Pollington, late M.P. for Pontefract. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—On Friday information was received by the Metropolitan Police that the Royal Ordnance Powder-mills, at Waltham Abbey, bad been burglariougly entered and plundera of a large a mount of property. The thieves broke into the cashier's office, and, forcing open the iron -safe, they took from it 3201. in 13ank of England notes, 196 sovereigns, and 18s. 2d. in silver and copper. They also effe..ted an entry into the storekeeper s-room , from whence they took 121. Besides the cash, they took a quantity of powder, and got clear away with their booty. MONDAY - APRIL 14, 1851. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTION OF FINE ARTS. for ' ;lll,tely fer the ertiste of this ceuntry, there ss no I.sck of opportunities for the public dis play of their paintings. Outside the galleries of the Royal Academy they can find accommodation for their works in one or other of the numerous subordi nate exhibitions. For instance, there are the walls of the British Institution, there are those of the Society in Suffolk-street, there are the apartments of the old and new Water Colour Establishments, there are the rooms of Mr. Grundy, and further on, is Regent street, there are%, the saloons of the Portland Gallery, nearly opposite the Polytechnic. On Saturday we had the gratification of attending at the last mentioned exhibition of pictures, on the occasion of the private view, prior to the opening of the collection to public view this morning. Having luckily visited the Portland Gallery before it had become inconveniently crowded with visitors we had the satisfaction of surveying the works of art on the walls under somewhat advantageous circumstances. When it is remembered that the majority of the paintings are the productions of young and conse quently inexperienced artists, but artists manifestly, in the very selection of their themes, ambitious, and for that reason, therefore, entitled to attention, it must be obvious that with an abundance of blemishes to pardon, the critic has much to admire, to marvel at, and to commend. It is, per hap', this fact, more than any other, which, to our thinking, invests the collection in the Portland Gal lery with a more than usual interest. Among the mass of unknown aspirants, however, may be recog nised the names of men already well known by the power and versatility of their productions. Conspi cuous among these, moreover, will , * noticed the name of the president of the institution, Mr. R. S. Lauder, several of whose pictures this year are of admirable ability. His "Christ Walking on the Sea," No. 61, perhaps the most remarkable painting in the collection, is a noble evidence of his capabilities, conceived in a lofty spirit, and produced with a bold and daring mastery of the materials cf art. The figura of the Saviour, serene and majestic, stands in the lull between two enormous waves green as emerald, and transparent in their liquid modulation. The one form appears alone amidst the awful solitudes of the sea ; and the sun having already sunk below the horizon has left a solemn glare of red in its wake— the ruddy streak of light contrasting finely with the darkness coming over the rest of the waters. Another painting from the same hand represents "John the Baptist in the Wilderness," No. 281, a work of great excellence, especially in reference to the grouping. The figure in the foreground, among the listeners, bears, inten tionally perhaps, but we cannot but think unfortu nately, too manifest a resemblance to the form and features of the Divine Redeemer. " Macbeth," No. :519, by E. J. Niemann, is in admirable keeping with its theme, wild and weird as the very sound of the marvellous poesy itself. The Thane of Cawdor and his companion, startled in one of the gloomier por tions of the " blasted heath" by the ghastly appa rition of the witches, are portrayed with an obvious appreciation of the text of Shak apere—the altitude of the ridge on which the weird sisters are grouped, being well indicated by the crow winging its way to the " dusky woods," whilst the mists congregate over the moor, and the " light thickens " into twilight. The " Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum," No. 32, by L. W. Desanges, is a not unsuccessful venture upon a path already trodden grandly by John Martin. A charming portrait of " Rudolph, youngest son of Sir Alexander and Lady Spearman," No. 113, is contributed by the same master to the collection. R. R. Mc lan has two spirited and admirable paintings in the gallery; one No. 68, " The Highland Sword Dance, or Ghillie Callum," an animated representation of that most animated of dances, wanting only the bagpipes as an accompaniment, and suggesting rather a painful idea of fatigue in the old fellow who is whistling the melody ; and another, No. 219, depicting some " Highland Children going to School—Lochabar"— most of them blowing their nails to warm them in the bitterness ofs ;the season, while the gilli nen adhere blows his horn in advance of his compa nions. R. Burchett arrests our attention at the very entrance of the gallery with his clever delineation of the " Death of the Venerable Bede," No. 2, one of the sublimest deaths ever recorded by biographer. The subject is taken from the beautiful account fur nished us by Cuthbert, the favourite disciple of the good and wise old monk of Yarrow. It runs as fol lows :—" The young disciple I spoke of before, whose name was Wilberth, said to him, Dear master, there is still one sentence that is not written: He answered, Write quickly.' The young man said, It is now done. • Thou bast said well, said he, all is consummated, hold now my head, that I may have the pleasure to sit looking towards my little oratory, where I used to pray, and whilst I am sitting may call upon my Heavenly Father,' and thus sitting on the floor of his little habitation, he sang Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; and when he had named the Holy Ghost he breathed out his soul." The whole scene is monastic in its character, and is portrayed with an elevated pathos. Among the sea-pieces we may especially notice, No. 46, "A Dutch Market Boat leaving Shore," by A. Montague, delightfully fresh and breezy throughout ; and No. 124, a dashing picture of " An Affray," by H. P. Parker. "An Incident in the Life of St. Elizabeth of Hungary," No. 177, by J. Collinson, is a noble speeimen of its school, the countenance of St. Elizabeth in particular being depicted with a wonder ful expression of devotional rapture. Among the more meritorious works of Mr. R. S. Lauder should have been noticed before this, No. 256, his clever delineation of " The Lady of Shallott," from the lovely verse of the Laureate Tennyson. The shadows and reflections in the mirror are wonderfully managed. What can possibly be said of W. H. Deverell's " Banishment of Hamlet," No. 53—what ? But that it is a detestable sample of a most execrable style— out-Franciaing-Prancia—hard, angular, grotesque, more hard, more angular, and more grotesque than any limning on a stained glass window of the mid dle ages ! The collection, after all we have said, is richest in landscapes than in any other kind of pro ductions, and its finest landscapes we have not yet particularised. S. R. Percy contributes one of the finest of these, being No. 39, " Llyn Idwall, North Wales"—the lights and shadows on the distant mountains in the background being entitled to especial admiration for their truthfulness. Another and a yet nobler picture, by the same artist, is No. 250, ! " Summer—Storm clearing oir —a painting such as Thomson would have prized and appreciated. The broken tree to wards the centre of the picture—the draggled and saturated look of the vegetation, and the wild and scattered look of the clouds passing off we might al most fancy with a muttering of thunder in the dis tance—all are admirable, and prove the painter to be no unobservant student of nature. J. C. Bentley has one or two clever pictures in the exhibition, such as No. 71, " The old Mill Ferry ;" and No. 160, a " Scene on the Weaning in Yorkshire." As usual, G. A. Williams is !among the most successful con tributors ; No. 162, " A Morning on the Thames," and No. 189, " Stacking the Autumn Hay Crop—Evening," being exquisite specimens of his ability. The last is a rich sunny piece of English rural life. Two little circular pictures from the same hand win our admiration at a glance—No. 239, " Midday," somewhat too dark, by the way, for the hour indicated, and No. 217, "Evening," with a warm sunset glow on the tree-tops. J. Collinson has a clever rustic scene, entitled "The Reply," No. 93, and a " Fruit-piece," o. 120, by W. Duffield, arrests the attention as a picture highly meritorious. A view of the " Boulogne Coast," No. 222, by E. J. Cobbett, appears to us one of the curiosities of the gallery, odd in treatment, and yet singularly natural in its effect. "The Halt, Smugglers," No. 276, by 11. P. Parker must not be overlooked, animated as it is and true as reality, even to the very biscuits in the blue cotton handkerchief. A Cottage interior, No. 312, by A. Provis ; a Landscape with_a watery atmosphere lit up with sunshine,,and having alevonder fully beautiful appearance, No. 223, by A. Gilbert; a charming group of three children suffused with the pink glare of sunrise, and poetically entitled the "Morning of Life," No. 335, byIL.W. Desanges—also demand from us some eulogistic mention however in cidental. In the Water Colour Room we observe a capital sketch of " A Young Shaver," in themn of W. Hunt, No. 343, by W. Hemsley. Altogetheraner is the i gall, ti so m e r e y r e a s s p e m et a s y o b f e conjectured more th sthan a v from e ra average e o x u c r e n l l o e t n i e c e e several of the pictures in the gallery being gy ng pa o n f e am r e ic. merit really entitled to praise borde , ring even on LYCEUM THEATRE, MR• RIDEN'S BENEFIT:. assistant box . -bookkeep er The benefit of Mr. W. B. Ris den, and box-keeper to the dress circ le , which was fixed . for the 7th instant, but which was u navoidably postponed i n con sequence of the closing of the theatre, will take place one day in the second week of Easter, «hen two new pieces will be performed. All tickets issued for the 7th will, we under stand, be available at the forthcoming biniefit. Risden, who is suffering we believe, from severe indisposi tion, was not aware of the closing of the house un til the evening of the 7th. We understand tha t a movement is now going on amongst the influential shareholders of the Y or k , N ewcastle, and Berwick Rail wa y , to invite George Hud son , E sq., M .P. , to resume the chair of th ei r important company. OPENING OF THE OUTH WALES RAILWAY rnom CnitysTow.—The 18th of. June next h as been fixed as the day for open i ng the portion cf the South Wales line from Chepstow to Gloucester, in order to complete the rail com munication between • that city and Swansea. Th e b r id ge open over the Wye . at Chepstow . in a forward state; a single li n e of rails will be laid down by the proposed date of ing. Great exertions are being made to complete the heavy tunnel at Cwmbvfrla, to the west of Swansea, andiin order t o accomplish this a large number of excavators have been e mployed. The works in Pemb ro k es h ire are b e i ng pus h e d f or ward with all possible speed. Strenuous exertions are being made to complete the Vale of Neath line, so as to be opened simultaneouly with the South Wales Railway. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. La Aiwa di Portici was repeated on SRturday, and was received, from beginning to ens, with enthusiastic applause. The magnificent acting of Mademoieelks. Monti more than confirmed the very high opinion which Eye expre.lsed of her powers on Friday. She is the gre.stest mine the world ever saw. Signor Pardini was suffering so severely from influenza that he was com pelled, at the end of the second ant, to resign the part of Massaniello to M. Poultier, whose manner of rendering the character gave general satisfaction. Madame Fioren tini sang the music of Elvira exquisitely, and Massol was as great as ever in Pietro. The choruses were given with admirable precision, and the superbness of the niise en scene elicited repeated plaudits. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the theatre with their presence. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT•GARDEN. Roberto it Dia;Olovlis to have been performed, here on Saturday, with Tamberlik as the hero, and it was understood that her Majesty would honour the theatre with her presence. On the doors being opened the fol lowing hand-bill was found posted over the money takers' box:— " It is with extreme regret that the directors arc com pelled to announce that the illness of Signor Tamberlik was this afternoon so greatly increased as entirely to de prive him of his voice, and it will therefore be impos sible to perform the opera of Roberto it Diavolo this evening. The opera of Semiramide will be substi tuted, in which Madame Grisi and Mademoiselle Ar.gri will perform; the part of Assur will be sung by Signor Salvatori, who, although still suffering most severely from hoarseness and sore throat, has most kindly con sented to appear. Under these circumstances, the direc tors most respectfully request the kind indulgence of the audience. " Boys! Italian Opera, April -12, 1851." " 3IEDICAL CERTIFICATE. " I hereby ceraty that it is ouite impossible for Signer Tamberlik to perform this evening, in conse quence of complete logs of voice from a sudden attack of influenza. " A. BILLING M.D. " ' April 12, 1831.'" ,_ _ _ It was also understood that her Digjesty would not be present in consequence of the postponement of Roberto. No sooner had the overture to Semiramide commenced than a row began which completely drowned the music, the calls for," Gye" were uproarious and continuous, and io was not until Grisi appeared that calm was re-estab lished. She soon sang the rioters into good humour, and the opera proceeded in the usual manner. Both Grisi and Angri were in excell , mt voice. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Anderson's benefit, on Saturday evening, was deservedly patronised by a numerous and brilliant au dience. The entertainments consisted of the petite comedy of A Morning Call, in which the charming Nisbett made her first appearance since her recent in disposition; followed by a Ballet Divertissement, in which the Spanish dance "La Manola" was executed by Madlles. Victorine Legrain and Louise, and a pas sent most gracefully and beautifully danced, by Mitotic. Adele. In the musical melange which ensued, the warmest applause was given to Miss Birch in Bishop's "Lo, here the Gentle Lark," and to Miss Goddard, who performed a fantasia on the piano -forte, the theme being an air from L'Elisir d'Amorc, with admirable ex pression, case, and execution. Azael was the concluding piece, with its unrivalled Memphisu splendours; showers of bouquets greeting the finished brilliancy and exquisite agility of Legrain, and similar tokens of approbation fulling to the lot of Palser, la jeune deesse de danse. The theatre re-op:ns on Easter Monday with an adaptation of Schiller's renowned drama, Theßobbers, and Azael 716 to be the afterpiece for some nights more, when, we un derstand, a pantomime is to be produced, which will doubtless prove a fertile source of attraction to the Ex hibition visitors. Mr. Anderson has also announced a reduction in the prices of admission, being desirous of rendering the great national theatre a really popular place cf entertainment daring the,snmmer months, to ,d we confidently expect that the exertions of so spirited and excellent a manager will receive their due appre ciation and reward. SPORTING °TES: No. XXXIV. A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE MALTON MEET ING AND THE BETTING MARKET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The way the money is going would lead me to infer that my prognostication of Friday last on the Mal ton races, though on the right scent, is not exactly cor rect. For the Two years old' Stakes, The King of Trumps, upon the strength of his running second to Mountain Flower at Doncaster, is being backed as if it were a foregone conclusion; although holding his ma esty in high respect, I am confident that Scott has a " dark" youngster in his stable, entered for this stake, good enough to cut out the sovereign of the card table; but the question is, whether be will pull him out or not; echo answers, No! For the Malton Handicap, the "yel low slave" points to Presto. Unity, The Magic Wand, and Abbess of Jervatix as the animals destined to figure to most advantage, the first-named for choice. The Saxon is the fancy animal for " The ClAret ;" and the colt by Prince Caradoc, out of Miss Julia Bennett, for the Convivial Handicap; Mulgrave, 4 yrs, 7st 31b; Magic Wand, 4 yrs, Est 61b; Lady Jersey, 5 yrs, 7st 31b; and Madame Wharton, 3 yrs, sst 71b, also figure prominently among the nominations for the latter stake. The betting this morning shows several changes, and is as follows:—Melton Handicap-3 to 1 agst Presto, taken freely; 4to 1 agst Unity. Two Year Old Stakes —Even on the King of Trumps—Convivial; Handicap -2 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc Colt. Two Thousand Guineas-6 to 4 agst Grecian; 3 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph Colt (in great force); 4 to 1 egst Newminster (offered); 10 to 1 agst Confessor; 20 to 1 agst Exeter. One Thousand Guineas-5 to 2 agst Iris; 3 to 1 agst Aphrodite; Bto 1 tigt , t Phlegia. Newmarket Stakes— Offers to back Teddington against anything. Chester Cup—As before. Derby—Wets to take 12 to 1 to " a sum" about Mountain Sylph colt. Oaks-7 to 1 each, Aphrodite, Payment (despite the cough), and Iris. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 14, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STRATFORD STEEPLECHASES.—SATUnDAY. Handicap Steeplechase of 2 sous. each, with 10 added. About three miles and a quarter. Mr. Campbell's Modesty, aged, list 71b( Wainwright) 1 Mr. G. Bott's Fanny, lOst (Frost) 2 Mr. J. Phillips's Dunmurry Lass, llst 41b(Unsworth) fell Mr. Armstrong's Pathfinder, lOat 41b (A groom) fell Betting-5 to 4 agst Modesty, 7to 4 agst Dunmurry Lass, end 4to 1 each agst Fanny and Pathfinder. Won easily by six lengths. The Hunters' Stakes of 2 soya. each, with 10 added, for horses that have been regularly hunted this season within twelve miles of Manchester, 12st each. About three mites and a quarter. Mr. Campbell's Modesty (Wainwright) 1 Mr. Lowis's Eleanor (Walton) 2 Mr. Armstrong's Pathfinder (Winkup) 3 Mr. Thompson's Reveller (Frost) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Modesty. Won easily by two lengths. 'RES FOR 1851. Abanzavenny 24 The Hoo(tiorhambury) 26 Chester &Y. Lothians 8 York Spring Bath l5 Epsom Harpenden 2B Wye 29 NE. S. Lancashire (Newton) 18 Lenham . Stockbridge .........•• 19 Winchester 2O Newcastle ............ Salisbury Ipswich Stamford.... ............. 15 Itsley ... 15 Nottingham ............ 17 Chelmsford .............. 22 Goodwood ............... 29 I UST. RACING FIXT Malton l5 Newmark. First Spring 21 Hembledon Hunt Lewes 5 Newmkt. Second Spring 6 Plymouth Spring Liverpool H (Hoylake) 7 Durham Shrewsbury 8 Ascot Beverley, Hull, &c 4 Hampton ll Manchester ll South well (Notts) Knighton l3 Loo (Holland) l6 Bibury Newmarket Carlisle .... Ludlow Lancaster Worcester Liverpool ....... 9 Ripon Brighton 6 Wolverhampton ..... 11 Huntingdon l2 Reading SEPTE : . York Southport Derby Egha 26 rn 27 Eccles . ........ 1 Warwick ............... 2 Lincoln .................. 4 Radcliffe .................. 8 Lichfield ............... 8 Yarmouth .... Weymouth .............. 9 ......... 10 IVIIIIR rt. Leicester lO Doncaster Sandbach Bedford Eglinton Park ... 23 or 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket P.O 3O BEII., Monmouth Richmond Chester Yorkshir e U n i on H unt 8 NOVE Worcester Wrexham Newmarket S.O l3 Newmarket Houghton 27 ;MBER. ....First week. The Master of the Rolls will take his seat in the Rolls' Court, Westminster, to-morrow. The practice of holding a levee, and entertainine , the Accountant-General, the Mas ters and Registrars of the Court of Chancery, and the leading members of the equity bar, which bad fallen tor some time into disuse, will ou this occasion be revived. After receiving and entertaining them at his house, Gordon•square, the Master of the Rolls will proceed to the house of the Lord Chancellor, who will hold his accustomed levee, and enter tain the judges and bar. Lord Bury (son of the Earl of Albemarle) is about to discharge the functions of private secretary—without salary—to Lord J. Ramat], in the place of Mr. NV. R. Grey, M.P. for Tynemoutb, lately appointed one of the Secretaries of the Poor-law Board. TUE QUEEN'S LEVER.—On Wednesday, the 28th of May, the Queen will hold a levee at St. James's Palace, instead of that gazetted for Wednesday, the 18th of the fol lowing month (June). THE MARQUIS Or LANSDOWNI3.--We are happy to learn that the Marquis of Lansdowne was much better yes terday than his Lordship had been since the lamented demise of his estimable Marchioness. The Noble Lord President of the Council will not join in the meetings of his colleagues until atter the Easter recess, and his Lordship will decline all ißrittiticalS during the fashionable season. ~. 707, i• , _.•'§. 11 pi -----",-,---,. - - - .. :, I _, . 4 „, ,'fire- :., , ,- ,;(.1=,-..'•11 .- -ifil° ~..A c. ,?.: ,4 4 ,- 0 • ~, ..• , i ,.... 3 .. 75 . t ~ ...3 , 1 .„ RAILWAY INTELLGENCE. \. l\: ''CN';:i -- '7 ~- - ,L...) , , )—. - >):>.0'1.:.; J----- THE EASTERN COUNTIES AND NE Vir2.IAIZ. ~.____.: RAIL WAY COMPANIES. ' . ..1 7 - i - c tv d. sma i v We subjoin the report of the committee of Eastern Counties shareholders on the subject of the prope 6e d guarantee by that company to the Newmarket Company: " Report of the Committee of Shareholders, to be laid before the Proprietors at the Special General Meeting cf the Company, convened for Thursday, April 17, 1851. " Your committee have to report that the negotiations with the Newmarket Company, alluded to in their sup plemental report adopted by the special general meeting, held on the 18th ultimo, have resulted in the provisional arrangement of the terms of a working agreement between the two companies, based, in the opinion of your committee, upon a due consideration for the common interests of there both. " The terms so arranged, subject to your approval, have been re:erred to the colicitors or the company, to he by them embodied in a formal agreement, for execu tion by the two companies respectively. " A sketch inep of the country occupied by the New market Company, in respect of lines made and unmade, exhibiting their connexion with the other lines of the district, accompanies this report, a study of which will illustrate the importance of securing a position which, in the command of a competing company, might be used as the basis of operations seriously detrimental to Eastern Counties interests. "Indeed, the main object of your committee in re commending the arrangement is to prevent the diversion of traffic from the li nes o f the E astern C ounties Com pany by intrusion on th e part of other compan i es having ' com peting, if not hostile, interests, care being taken that the desired protection be obtained upon terms at once prudent for the Eastern Counties Company to con cede and satisfactory to the Newmarket Company to accept, and calculated, in their practical operation, to subserve the pecuniary interests of both companies, and to maintain between them constant good-will and mutual co-operation. upon the condition t d i y r e completion arrangement anids booed ding of their line to o f " t h T e h s e p e e n e Cambridge by the Newmarket Company, from the date of which event the proposed agreement will come into operation, and not before. " The principal financial feature in the arrangement is the obligation to be assumed by the Eastern Coun t i es Company to pay to the Newmarket Company such a sum as shall, with the amount of their own net earnings, be sufficient to pay a dividend equal to 3 per cent. per annum on the amount of their share capital (stated at 350,000 n, or thereabouts)—with this limitation, that in no event shall the Eastern Counties Company be called upon to pay a larger sum than 5000/. in any one year. " In reference to this part of the proposed arrange ment, your committee observe that the deputation from the Newmarket Company in an early stage of the nego tiations stated that they estimated the value of their lines to be equal to 3 per cent. per annum on the share capital; and, at the request of your committee, fur nished statements of the amount of their share capital, and of their debenture debt, and also calculations show ing the grounds Lon which they so estimated their pro perty. " Upon a careful consideration of the facts and esti mates thus submitted to your committee, and having especial regard to the importance of the situation occu pied by the Newmarket property, which they cannot but look upon as the key of a defensive position of great value to the Eastern Counties Company; and also in consideration of the improvement which must necessarily take place in the earnings of the Newmarket Company by the opening of their line to Cambridge, which will have the effect of extending their traffic to Ely over the Eastern Counties li ne , and of iccreasirg it to Chester ford, via Cambridge, your committee came to the con clusion that it was expedient to admit the estimate of 3 per cent. as the basis of the financial part of the pro posed agreement, subject to the limitation of 50901. as a maximum possible payment by the Eastern Counties Company. " At the same time your committee stipulated for an option being reserved to the Eastern Counties Company of the right to purchase the whole undertaking at twenty years' purchase on their guaranteeing to the Newmarket Company a dividend of 3 per cent. per annum on their share capital, being at the rate of 15/. per share for each paid-up share of 251. each. This stipulation has been agreed to by the Newmarket deputation. " The working details of the agreement your com mittee would leave to be settled by she board of directors, as your responsible executive. " With these observations your committee recom mend the adoption of the proposed terms, and that they be referred to the board of directors to carry the same into effect. " Aching upon the powers granted to them your com mittee received a deputation from a publicly convened meeting of proprietors of the East Anglian Company, held at Manchester, from whom they learned that the pending agreement between that company and the Great Northern Company is still in abeyance. " The deputation expressed a desire for a working arrangement with the Eastern Counties Company, in preference to that proposed with the Great Northern Company; when, after giving the matter due considera tion, your committee came to the conclusion that the matter could he more fitly dealt with by the board of directors, to whom, therefore, they referred the deputa tion, and accompanied such reference with a strong re commendation to the board to consider the matter, with the view of carrying the object into effect upon equitable terms, and thereby to promote the policy of securing to the Eastern Counties Company the control and manage ment of the hues and traffic in the eastern districts of England. " In conclusion, your committee observe that they have practically confined their labour to the arrangement of the terms with the Newmarket Company, the nego tiations with whom were pending at the date of their last report to you; and have nut thought it prudent or expedient to act upon the powers conferred upon them, to enter into negotiations with all or any of the other companies in the eastern district, as they have consi dered that so to have done would interfere with the free and responsible action of the board of directors, and would have retarded rather than promoted the accom plishment of the object you had in view in conferring those powers upon them. " B. MARWOOD KELLY, DAVID WADDINGTON, GEO. C. PAULING, NATH. NICHOLLS, JOSEPH Box, JEREMIAH PITCHER. " Bishopagate Station, April 10, 1851." The Court will most probably leave town about Wednesday next. PRINTERS' DRAMATIC SOCIETY.-011 Saturday evening an amateur performance by the members of this society took place at the St. James's Theatre, in aid of the funds of the Printers' Pension Society. The entertain ments consisted of The Merchant of Venice, a recitation of Collins's Ode on the Passions, and the drama of Charles the of r-Vsenw scene'ece worthy Twelfth. The performers on the occasion were all mem bers of; or connected with, the printing trade, with the ex ception of Miss Cooper and Miss Marshall, of the London theatres. The theatre was extremely well filled, and Prince Albert, under whose patronage the performance took took place, attended by Colonel Gordon, occupied_at n es Toy o u n e box, which had been specially retained by her M J 7 the occasion. On his Royal u i be ing g a sw r recognised are bounde d nb and the star upon his breast, a judiciously " God save the Queen " was performed by the orchestra. H lo i u g cl hne c ss hee b r b e renders comment unnecessary ; The charitable object for which the entertainmentn wasa e t ei motedsly read in manynd thep pa rts LCostumes bet-rayedreaatstrpiaictners to say, that the Merchant of a more throughout, and had been taken to render th truth than is adherence to historical " professional " event, a by amateur performers. Previous to the comedy an ap propriate cgornaculfiueddingwidthramthae. Catherine Williams, th p • enanollins's Ode on ePassions was recited by Miss address was spoken by Miss MR F oy e a is i t b H e i t g w h e n e e n ss th a e pp n e l a a r y ed an m d much performance. Richings Park, near Ivey , the residence of Sir Thomas and Lady Willshire, was the scene of great festivity on Friday last, on occasion of the christening of their infant son and heir, who received the names Thomas, in th e of Arthur Reginald presence of a distinguished party of their friends and neighbours. Excellencyll's • i the Belgian Minister (M. Van de Weyer) is, we are happy to learn, quite recovered from his recent indisposition arising from influenza. MARRIAGE OF MISS TALBOT.—This young heiressa attended the soirée given by the Countess of Jersey on Friday night, in company with the Countess Newburgh. She is a visitor at the residence of the Lord Chancellor and Lady Truro, and all her proceedings are closely watched by the Chancellor, who seems determined that no undue influ ence shall be exercised towards her. The case of t his lady, , which has excited so much attention, is likely, it is is ,cur is s aid, receive a very happy and legitimate solution. rently rumoured that Miss Talbot is about to be i married to ham second Lord Edward Fitzallan Howard, M.P. for .18 son of the Duke of Norfolk, Hereditary Earl ,Marsh a l ,. and Lordship holds the office of Premier Peer of England. His Lords his 34th Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen, and is inyear; is heir to a property in Devonshire of t h e value of 25,000/ tbe thrown . 1 pe r annum, so that the 80,0001 . would no Ed away. It, perhaps, need scarcely be added that Lord ward is a oman Catholic. cr MART cl THE CONDEMNED Corivl r w -.J.J.Rx..--This unfortunate young woman, ' w of heriti convictedf at the last Bury assizes of the murder o n ant, still remains in Ipswich gaol, and should 3 al.... reprieve be received she will be executed on the 23d n m o A e t i It is, however, generally believed that she will . 1 0 theluga it being alleged that tted at the time she con , TI , crime she was labouring attack of the milk fever. The way in which under an e woman th e unfortunate e .. perpetrated the murder—namely, • the child alive -- seems to bear out this belief. burying t of the whole A statenaen case has been submitted to Sir George Grey, but up to Friday night no answer had been received. EToN COLLEGE, —.The Dowager Lady Farquhar, Sir Walter Farquhar, and Mr. Harvie Farquhar, have caused a memorial window to be placed in the college chapel of Eton to the memory of Mr. Farquhar, who was educated at Eton, and at the age of 19 killed at the battle of Alliwal, fighting gallaitly. The subject of the window is the story of King David. There are five compartments- the centre one represents King David, and in each of the other divisionseteen arc group s o f fi gures ill u strativ e of the narrratiir scriptural e. B etween the groups are angels bearing scrolls, al which filled with l ilch up passages are inscribed. The tracery is angels bearing similar scrolls and inscrip detail is inscriptions. The composed of rich foliage, of the most harmonious colours. This beautiful window, which has Newcastle been completed, was -upon-Tyne. An ad executed by Mr. Waile, of Islewee joining window to the above, subscribed for by old Etonians, London, has recently been and executed by Mr. Connor, o f windows are at the western These presented to the college. entrance to the chapel. The Grand Surrey C a nal Company have notified a which will date from the 31st ult. reduction in their charges, - s eas that recently adopted by the The alteration is the om any, with the exception that a Commercial weeklyDickaC rent, will be substituted for the monthly, and not s hitherto customary. 1 quarterly term Essex The Justices have accepted a tender to erect the county lunat ic c aaylutu ler 63,4661, 03 30 D 3 ToIl• , —0 46 . ! from rotrs' 00 I : r, or" o&1 wed d V Lod 3 9i Our ntlf able, id 0 , and op's I ' ~:,'. e