The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-31 00:00:00

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Tht by t 6130 75°: t lio diet for co t! . i v J o. 'lt,' b ibP o o, to e 01; oll ti 05 0 ' 7 the 0 r actor' bt t re le e esPoio o velf r _l e eo id bet" cb° of of dec al 0 cif! A - I f ') , z pA p ipP o or thi s t jet r. 1114 0 15 es — fo ifite DA y.I fo t sees© 011; yes t he ao c ,1164 ;' 0 i 5 c 0 40 1 ', / e o tj j' r5 " -C re° iioS ti bid de i , 00, A , ive e Ol% ti ed so t Pit" O le r r Ol e a for "for / rt de 4 bf " er t o t c e de ©:be t o 0 54 6 Loo be at ticp 1001 !p!wieh to be married to a young lady of property, but bein g then in rather straitened circumstanceshe induced ono Tempest, the present derendant. to accept two seco nlodation bills of exchange, one for 301. and the other for 1002 Before these bills arrived at maturity Mr. Guy R as as e a u d r al p i r t a i as an receiving anattorney, and last year Mr. Tempest a writ, at the suit of Mr. Dod sen, the plaintiff in this action, his friend Mr. Guy's ;Tile being endorsed as the attorney for the plaintiff. Air. Tempest represented these circumstances to his l i Nal adviser, who told him that he could have no de fence against Mr. Dodson, the indorsee; and he there tln ore allowed judgment to pass against him by default. September hat he was arrested on a capias ad satis 'sciendum. and tame then repeated applications had been made to Mr. Guy to disclose who Mr. Dodson was and where he resided. This information, however,was never Isle,phpleiehveda;bne,t recently Mr. Dodson had been found at it kno ws and that gentleman now declares that he nothing tf the bills, nor did he ever give Mr. b) , any au th or i ty to sue M r. T empest upon t h em , an d nee the present application. r_ u ?l'. Justice W IGUTMAN sa id h e cou ld o n ly gra n t a e to show cause why the judgment should not be set a side, iu order that the defendant might be placed in a situation to lead to the action ; the facts stated in the affidavits on P the application against Mr. Guy must be fin after proceeding. Rule nisi accordingly. SWAIN V. COX. Mr. PR ENTICE applied f or a ru l e to s h ow cause why th e, writ o f proh i bition, issued i n th i s case out o f t h e retty 13 ag-offiee of the Court of Chancery, should net nset aside. The action had been commenced in the °ll atY Court of R ea di n g for a trespass, but at the hear -1; of the case t h e d e f en d ant too k an o bj e ction to the g a tislictio n of the Court, on the ground that the point to dispute involved a question of title. No evidence, "verer, was adduced to show this, and the Learned Judge overruled ' the objection, when the defendant said e would leave the matter in the hands of the Court. Abe. Court decided against the defendant, and ti)rderecl him to pay five pounds as damages ; that When th e money b ecame d ue , i t was di s cov ei ed h the defendant bad caused a writ of prohibition to be is sued out of the Petty Bag-office of the Court of Chan cery, It had only been recently discovered that this !ewer existed in the Chancery Court, and the consequence wee that i n every county court case w h ere pro p erty w a s Zboerned, the d e f en dants were obtaining prohibitions ih were issued, as a matter of course, out of the th", Eng-office. There could, however, be no doubt t h ,":tois power of granting prohibition was transferred th e County Court Act to the Queen's Bench, who f o t r eised a discretion in granting these writs, and there t 'tiho prohibition in this case ought to be set aside. le nisi. 41tCHES' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir H. J. FUST, Knt.) ciAt the acoanix V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. sitting of the Court this morning, after several sus the ordi nar y d es cription had been disposed of, te e Registrar called the case on, and said this case D ° pd over from the last court day on the application of all' Addams, who appeared for the Bishop of Exeter, to further time for the return of the monition. C 147,. ADDAMS rose, and said he was instructed on ,:` \ Lf of the Bi s h o p of Exeter (tbe defendant in this t il t ) to ask th a t th e C our t wou ld gr a nt further time for log the return to the monition; and he therefore erased the Court to allow it to stand over to the next ~"air (Monday, June 10). The Bishop of Exeter niouei the Learned Doctor) had not the slightest des ire to slight the authority of the Court, or intended ; I lle least disrespect, in not complying with its order, but h e 74 18 desirous of o btaining the opinion of Sir Fitzroy e uY and Mr. Baddeley, whether after the decision of e ° Judge s of the Court of Queen's Bench and Court of ode to Pleas, an application for prohibition should be ~,;me to the Court of Exchequer, and which opinion it expected would be obtained during the day. The I ° l l . l Was aware that the question raised by the lip)Pueetion for the prohibition was whether the Peal had been directed to the right Court— Wh et , f uer th e Queen by the Judicial Committee o .$5, privy Council, had power to entertain such appeal. ke kbr. Addams) must repeat, and he begged to im ' ti e ti a s it upon the Court, that the Bishop of Exeter had tl y ,',Viire to create delay, or at all to slight the order of - k;e ttrt. Si R st • EItI3ERT JENNER FUBT — I can readily under and' that . 'i t lit :ADDAfitS—l have no doubt that the Bishop of k r et.,,er Will receive the opinions of Sir Fitzroy Kelly and 1,6; Kato during the day as to the propriety of ap bfrlß to the Court of Exchequer for a writ of prohi -1" aan if no proceedings are taken on those opi -114"8 he (Dr. Addams) would undertake that before tomtleext court day the return to the monition should be , h., 84 HERBERT JENNER FUST—Am I to understand C Addam s that if no proceedings are taken in the 0 1° 1111 of Excheqaer that the order of the Court will be e yed? b e AD If DAMS—Most • certainly, Sir. ToLLER (the proctor for the Bishop of Exeter)— / w il .° Proceedings are taken in tbe Court of Exchequer twill undertake, on the part of the Bishop of Exeter, to th: 6 a return to the monition before your surrogate at s prop er t i me. th tv ir HERBE RT JENNER FUsT—What do you say to ) 4 1 ? (addressing Mr. Bowdler, the proctor for the Rev. lv .Gurha te ). to BOWDLER said, after the application that has been 1 0 44 by the Learned Doctor, I do not feel it necessary °p Poe t h e motion. oh. et lr t? HERBERT ( T E ENER FUST—Then you do not J sir,si r-I,OWDLEn —NO, Sir. at r HERBERT JENNER FUST—Very well, let the case over till the next court day. vr dered to stand over accordingly. ktrob " . EY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) O ei - n r e J. E. JOHNSON . EN., and A Bench of Magistrate:.) hijateI T RAGEOUS ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE. — William mb r, 24, tot committing a violent assault upon William 0 4 0, a police-constable of the N division while in li a 4leention -cf his duty, was eenteneed to three months' labour at Brixton. • ." 1411 •LBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY) 10 0 ,, 'GE OF FRAIID.—Anna Maria Tolfrey, the , • Tl l -44 who was brought up before Mr. Bingham, on .loteutittl.r:st,druee y ;, the 23d inst., charged with obtaining the sum • From Mr. William Richardson, bootmaker, 19, Bisho psgate-street, under false and fraudu st4. Pretences, was placed at the bar for further ex aation, let l .,,addition to the evidence which appeared at full s t l,l 6 ` u in this journal on the 23d inst., the following was tteed tte..ord Alfred Paget, on being sworn, said he was not 14 441 nted with the prisoner, neither had he ever seen w r i, b elore in his life. The letter produced was not 4,fen by him. Bo ci r • Owen secretary to the London Trade Protection Al i . e t l, 170, Regent-street, produced several letters 11 3 ,T e he . had received from parties who had been duped Prisoner. ai d ;Meth Crosby, 41, George-street, Blackfriars-road, f ron ; abo ut four years ago the prisoner obtained VOL test h er mother. A portion of this sum had since been for tired, and her mother had an I 0 II of the prisoner's 01 This . Jea r 2 s o • was given to her mother about three Air og 'o. bets` many - wen, for the prosecution, said that there were a b ot Many more charges against the prisoner, and firyea to hav e h e r re manded. ' ptNGHASI remanded her until Wednesday next. *I ) SOM RACES. (Tins DAY.-BY EXPRESS.) 41, The Innkeepers' Plate. e e Bunnoo 1 t ,„ aneAttiqu • ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• (54Z5 BETTING UP TO. TWO O'CLOCK. 7 to 2 apt Eliza Middleton 9 to 2 egg Tiff 8 to 1 agst Exotic filly • 9 to 1 apt Probity • 10 to 1 agst Rhedycina 10 to 1 agst Kathleen • 12 to 1 agst Sacrifice 12 to 1 agst Clelia 20 to 1 agst Gillyflower • 20 to 1 agst Estafette THE OAKS. r. 41214480 tea Rhedycina (F. Butler) I 4wt p o _ w ileY a Kathleen (A. Day) 2 kiratirick's Countess Won cleverly. 16 ran. 0 N 4 uoOR,D, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON 4 4 1) 1 1 1 : 41 .—The citizens of Worcest e e i r v , ea and the th a e b generally, have at length r assurance of Ni4.4o'ord, the chairman of the directors t of the above corn , *it(' that means will at once be taken ? co . nnect il th e i p s u c h i l t i 3 c - I na: l' h e great lines of railway communication. tit; ''tPect that within a few months the line between this and means, we are 4%441P Abbot's Wood will be opened ; eity L u, will be taken to proceed with the works n p o le r d th ge of a th aw is giv en i rth with. We sincerely trust that the . . ki se s not of the same frangible nature as the former pro ' 'll/t,B' guarantees, and assuranees from the same quarter. propose tf, ' naivetea three means by which the company now „Strlhe necessary capital for the works : by selling the '';ein the canal to the Birmingham and Ox:ord ; and br,L a nYi by borrowing money from other companies , e. hiti-"Vellitig. the Great Western to complete its etigEg I llet t t;• The-Bills now before Parliament for the two first etobjects it is understood will not be opposed by - , nail er „aY Board ; and with regard to the third point, we teigttand that the law officers of the Crown have deter ' / „ V eat r „ l tn the mode of proceeding against the Great i• te tetn,...' °l4 Pany, in order to compel performance of its "ile ; -`3. engagements in respect of completing the above il b a tld th a t, •11 pursuance of that determination, a motion fora , e , rn ade On an early day in the Court of Queen's Bench ters.......'rtwrnittal information against the Great Western direc lo orcester Chronicle. PI l' ati ,_DICE SoMßltz.—This gentleman, who is now Nlll4-64.45 M emorialised both Houses of Parliament, pray ileum,. 'La examination may be taken before the close of the a rtl edie tt r r ' Dyce signed has at the same time . forwarded i)titioneorisautic.tehrtaitfihceaitse, by five eminent medical prac 1- ai iid , which declares that he is not at present of unsound tug kis Property. perfectly competent to manage both his THE SUN, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The last performance for the season of La Son nambula, with Madame Sontag as Amina and Mr. Sims Reeves as Elvino, attracted a crowded and bril liant audience to her Majesty's Theatre last evening. Madame Sontag was in exquisite voice, and never sang or acted better in her life. Thefinale, the far famed "All ! non giunge" was the very perfection of florid vocali zation, and was rapturously encored. Madame Sontag was frequently called on during the course of the opera, and also at the con c lu s i on . The Elvino of Mr. Sims Reeves was a perfect em bodiment of impassioned tenderness, and he was throughout rapturously applauded. The Sonnambula was followed by the last act of the Elisir d' Amore, in which Madame Frezzolini excited even a greater furore than she did on Saturday ; the encore of her last air was one of unmistakeable heartiness. Lablache as Dulcamara was the very perfection of unctions humour, and Calzolari made a most inter esting Nemorino. The grand scene from Gugliel nto Tell, for Coletti, Baucarde, and Lorenzo, fol lowed, and was as usual a perfect triumph. This being a " long Thursday" the choerographic per formances were of a more varied character than usual. We had the grand scene from the beautiful ballet of Thea for Marie Taglioni ; the Pas Styrien exquisitely danced by Carlotta Grisi and M. Charles, the per formances concluding with Les Graces, in which Carlotta Grisi, Amalia Ferraris, and Marie Taglioni appeared together. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The performances last night at Covent-garden Theatre will long be remembered by the habitués of this popular house and the public. It was a long Thursday, and a very long one it was indeed. The performances commenced with Verdi's Nabuco, alias Nino, alias Anato, as it is called by the Royal Italians. Well, it does not much signify what name such mu sical rubbish (with few exceptions) is called. This opera was performed for the deb.& of , that truly great artist Ronconi, and we affirm, with out fear of contradiction, that it was the most splendid display of lyrical and dramatic ta lents combined, we ever witnessed on the Italian stage; and when we take into consideration that Signor Ronconi has not a very powerful voice, and that he is small in stature, some of our readers might feel apocryphal upon the opinion we have advanced; we say, convince yourselves, and go and see him in this difficult role. At the end of the first act, and all through the subsequent ones, he was in turn impressive, pathetic, highly dramatic, and commanding, while his singing was replete with power for his mozens, pathos, the most refined ex pression, and the most artistic finish. We scarcely could imagine that we were listening at times to a baritono, so graceful were his fioriture and so leggiero his execution. In fact, if there be such a thing as perfection, then we say Ronconi's acting and singing (as the Assyrian monarch) arrived at that enviable point. Madame Castellan, as Abi gaile, improves every night; her singing of the aria " Auch 'io dischuiso" was given with a power that astonished us, and in the duet with Ronconi, " Oh, de qual onta," she displayed such energy and bril liancy, that this duet, which is perhaps the best piece in the opera, was unanimously encored and repeated. Tamberlik had little to do, but that little was well done, his splendid voice bursts forth in full force in the morceaux d ensemble. Madlle. Vera as Tenena, and Tagliafico as the high priest, lent their valuable assistance to complete the cast. The band was of course admirable. UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 30.—1 n a congregation holden this day the following degrees were conferred DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW. George Edward Hughes, Oriel. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Edmund Tonks, Queen's. MASTERS OF ARTS. Rev. Egerton Douglas Hammond, Merton, Grand Compounder. George H. Palmer, Exeter. Rev. Edward D. Wood, f Charles William Grenfell, Christchurch. John H. James, Fellow of Brasenose. Rev. Francis C. Royde, t B rasenose. Rev. Robert H. Knight. Rev. Samuel J. Butler, New College. Rev. John Hughe?, Charles Marcus Church, Oriel. Rev. Charles S. Willett, Charles Trimmer, Scholar of Corpus. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Rev. Frederick Neale, St. Alban Hall, Grand Compounder. Marcus R. Southwell, • Richard F, Sketchley, Exeter. Richard J. H. Rice, William Chambers, Scholar of Worcester. Henry H. Price, Worcester. Alexander H. A. Hamilton, George R. Feilden, John J. H. Saint, Christchurch. Edwin Newman, J C a h m ar e l s es H S . n w ell a , nklyn, Trinity. Robert P. Bent, } Pembroke. John M Swinney, Richard L. P. Samborne, Balliol. Richard Zoticbe Walker, Demy of Magdalen. David Parry, Jesus. The Vice-Chancellor has fixed Thursday r ext, the 6th if June, as an extra day for conferring degrees. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 30. JESUS COLLEGE.—PRIZEMEN. CLASSICS. Third Year—Wallis (1), Cheap (2). Second Year—Butterworth (1), Ridsdale (2). First Year—Cleave (1), Cubb and White, 14, te cond prix MATHEMATICS. Third Year—Gammell and Simmonds, JET, first and second prize. Second Year—Scott, T. W. (1), Every (2). First Year—Morgan (1), Walker (2). Declamation Prizes Latin Wallace. Rustat— RidAlale. Rustat Declamation—Ridsdale. Entitled to Rustat Gratuities—Helm, Wallace, Cheap, Ridsdale, Cleave, Boothby, Leather, Walker, Every, Davies, Scott, jun., Dew, Ash, Peile. SCHOLARS ELECTED. Foundation—Cheap, &dadale, Cleave, Morgan, Walk er, Cobb, White. Few Scholar—Morgan, jun. Brunsell Scholars—Scott, Le Gros. PLAN FOR THE ACCELERATION OF THE GLASGOW NIGHT MAIL DOWN. An old correspondent, wh o form e rly favoured us with communications regarding the dispatch of the mails from and to London, has sent us the subjoined plan for having the London evening mail in Glas gow shortly after ten o'clock on the follo w i ng morning. His suggestions seem to be quite prac ticable, and we hope some of our public bodies will take the matter up. The arrival of the mail at the time mentioned would certainly be a great boon to Glasgow and the west of Scotland :-1. Leaving Euston-square station at 9 P.M. by express train, travelling at the rate of 30 miles an hour, would arrive in Edinburgh at 10 o'clock, and Glasgow at 10.15 A.M., also Aberdeen at 4 o'clock r.x., in time for delivery of letters. 2. This arrangement would be quite practicable regarding the correspondence, as the, mail train would run all through the night, as it does not require bags for all the local places at that hour. 3. By sending bags from London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, to all the principal towns along the line where the express train stops, would give ample satisfaction to the public. 4. This plan could be very easily adopted by dispensing with the Railway Post-office, and conveying the mail bags in a van in charge of a guard, and the difference of the expense between keeping up the Railway Post-office and the van would remunerate the railway company for the extra speed they had to run. 5. It is very well understood, one Railway Post office leaving London at 9 A.M. is quite sufficient for the local business when the principal towns would receive such a great benefit by the ac celeration of the night dispatch. 6. This arrange ment would cost the Government no more money, but it would afford the railway company between 4,0001. and 5,0001. a year extra for the acceleration, which would be quite practicable. 7. This would allow a space of five hours in Edinburgh and Glas gow from the arrival of the mail till the dispatch in the afternoon, which would be a great boon to these towns, leaving ample time to answer their correspond ence. 8. N.B. Bags for any of the local stations could be dropped, but not received except where the train stops.--Glasgow Chronicle. THE KEYHAM WORKS.— PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY. —Yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, when it was about high tide, the new iron caisson at the entrance lock of the south basin of the Keyhatn Works was, at length, floated from the outer stop to the inner stop, or caisson-groove, in the pre sence of Captain Williams, Superintendent Engineer, and Mr. Townsend, Assistant-Superintendent Engineer. The caisson, which is 43 . its feet deep, floated at a draught of 22 feet 6 inches, and when in its place app eare d t o answer mos t com pletelyintended purpose of s h u tti ng t h e water i n or ou t of the basin. After its insertion the sluice in the dam was opened to permit the tide to retire, when the sluice will be closed, and the remainder of the water will be pumped out by the powerful engine, possessing a stroke of eight feet, lately erected by Boulton and Watt, and which, with halt its power, will probably empty the lock in rather more than six hours. There is at present between 200 and 300 tons of pig iron ballast in the caisson ; when the water is pumped out of the lock 200 tons of ballast will b e remove d, an d an . equal weight of water be run in the the tank which f orms part of the caisson. The sluice the darn will then be re opened and the sea admitted, when the caisson will be re placed at the outer stop, where . its powers will be very severely tested. After repairing defects, if any, it will be returned to the inner stop, or caisson-groove, and there remain until its removal may be required for actual service. The caisson was constructed by Mr. Fairbairn, from designs by Mr. W. Scamp, assistant to Colonel Greeve, Director of Works to the Admiralty. DISCOVERY OF A COPPER MINE.—It is stated that a ve ry valuable copper ore mine has just been discovered on the property of a Mr. Harrold, close to the city of Limerick. THE NEW LAW APPOINTMENTS.—The new SO. licitor-Geueral will, we understand, be Mr. Cockburn. This Y(1111440 a TAGALICy fin Scouthamptm—Herald. LONDON, PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the offices in Leadenhall•street yesterday; Mr. James Matheson, M.P., in the chair. Mr. HOWELL, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting and the minutes of the last meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that he had to express his ex treme regret that their respected deputy-chairman (Sir John Pirie) was not present. The secretary bad, however, received a letter from him_ which should be read to the meeting. Sir John was now at the sea side in consequence of the state of his health, which he (the Chairman) hoped would rapidly improve, and that he would be enabled to resume his position at the board, where his assistance was of great value in con sequence of his long experience, and the talent and zeal which he invariably displayed in the discharge of his duties.—(Cheers.) Mr. HOWELL then read the following letter:— "Swansea, May 27. " Dear Sir,—l regret to say that the state of health is still such that I fear I shall not be able to at tend the general meeting on the 30th instant, and I re gret this the more, as I shall thus be prevcnted from ex pressing personally to the proprietors my most grateful thanks for the highly gratifying, and, I may add, the munificent and truly kind manner in which they were pleased at the last general meeting to notice my humble endeavours to further the interests of the company. ..I trust they will, with their usual kindness, accept this apology for my absence; and, although at the present time I ran unable to attend the court, yet you may assure them, if it should please God, in some measure, again to restore me to health, I hope still to be useful in soma degree in assisting to promote the welfare and prosperity of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. " I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, " To Mr. Howell." "JOHN PIRIE. The SECRETARY then read the following report : " As has been intimated in former reports, the deed of settlement limits the production of accounts to the annual general meetings of proprietors, usually held in the month of December. The directors, however, are able to inform you that the financial state of the com pany continues to be satisfactory, and is such as to war rant their recommending a declaration of the usual half yearly dividend of 4 per cent. fur the six months ending 31st March last. " Reserve Insurance Fund—The directors are also enabled to report that no casualty involving loss from sea risk having happened to your fleet since their last report, this fund remains intact. "Extension of Steam Communication to the Northern Ports of China—The directors having, for some time past, been urged by merchants and others connected with the trade to bhanghae and Amoy, to place a steam-vessel on the line between Bong-Kong and these ports, the steam-ship Lady Mary Wood, which had become a su pernumerary vessel on the India and China line, has been appointed to ply on that station; an arrangement which, while it affords great facility to trade in that quarter, promises to be advantageous to your interest. " Tender to Government for the Establishment of Steam Communication with Australia, &c.—ln their last annual report, the directors intimated to you that her Majesty's Government had issued an advertisement, in viting tenders for establishing a steam-packet communi cation with Australia. These tenders were required to be lodged with the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty on the 22d January last. As the failure of former proposals for effecting this object was understood to have arisen from the large sum which would be required to establish and maintain such a communication in the mode then prescribed by the Government—and the con ditions under which these last required tenders were proposed to be made being such as to leave parties ten dering at liberty to submit their own plans—it became an object of much importance to consider whether the position of this company might not admit of such ar rangements as would reduce the cost of the proposed communication, and thus remove the financial difficulty. With this view a plan was prepared, having for its basis the combination of the proposed Australian com munication with other lines of communication in the East already established, and proposed to be established, by this company, 'the effect of which would be as fol lows: " 1. The formation of an inter-colonial system of steam communication in Australia, and the adaptation of the postal transit between the Australian colonies and the mother country, India, China, &c., to the shortest time and distance admissible by their respective geogra phical positions. "2. Communications connecting these colonies, for commercial and passengers, as well as for postal inter course with China, the Straits' settlements, Eastern and Western India, and Ceylon. " 3. A continuous means of steam conveyance for mer chandise and passengers, as well as for letters, between Australia and the mother country. " The estimated advantages to the company of these combined arrangements, by bringing additional traffic into their other lines, would be such as t) enable them greatly to reduce the cost to the exchequer of the postal communications. A proposal based upon this plan was accordingly presented, on behalf of the company, to the Government, on the 22d of January last. The directors have reason to believe that the important public advan tages of the plan and proposal are duly appreciated by her Majesty's Government, but as the carrying of them into effect involves some arrangement between the Go vernment and the Honourable East India Company, the delay occasioned by the negotiation of these arrange ments has, the directors understand, prevented the Government from communicating to them, as yet, any final decision on the tender made by them in January last. Looking, however, to the important and obvious advantages to the public interests which that tender presents, the directors feel themselves warranted in assuming that the practical adoption of its proposed arrangements cannot , be much longer deferred. "Addition of Two Steamers to the Company's Fleet— With the view of being in some degree prepared for any extension of the company's operations, and in order to maintain its floating establishment in complete efficiency, the directors entered into a contract some months since, with Messrs. Tod and M'Gregor, of Glasgow, fur the construction of two iron steam-ships, of 1,200 tons, and 500-horse power each. They are in an advanced state, and will be ready for service about the latter part of this year. "Transit through Egypt—On this interesting subject the directors are happy to be able to report that his Highness the Pacba continues his exertions for the improvement of the transit arrangements, as well as to manifest an entire confidence in the company, and a de sire to promote its interests. " Extension of the Company's Capital—ln their last annual report the directors alluded to the probability of an increase of capital being required, in the event of the extension of the company's operations. And although they are not as yet in a position to announce to you with certainty such an extension, they have, nevertheless, deemed it advisable to call upon you for the necessary authority to enable them to issue shares for calling up, in case of need, the remaining half million of capital (or as much of it as may be required), authorised to be raised by the royal charter of incorporation, and the official sanction of the Lords Commissioners of her Ma- jesty's Treasury. For that purpose a special meeting, according to the notice which has been given, will be held this day, in order to submit to you a resolution. in conformity with the stipulations of the charter and deed of settlement. In issuing these new shares the direc tors propose, as stated in their last report, to offer them at par. in the first instance, to the holders of shares in the present capital of the company, in the proportion of one new share for every two of the present shares, on payment of a deposit, as a first instalment, of 5/. per share; such further sum as may be required to be called up by instalments of similar amounts, and after due no tice being given. A detailed statement of the conditions under which the new shares will be issued will, however, be circulated among the proprietors for their information when the proper time may arrive. " Dividend—The directors now recommend that a di vidend of 4 per cent., clear of the income-tax, for the half-year ending the 31st of March last, be declared, and be payable on and after the 21st proximo." General 111‘Lnon moved that the report be re ceived, adopted, and circulated among the proprietors. Sir BURTON MACNAMARA seconded the motion. He wished to observe that he had felt it his duty to in quire amongst his brother commanders of ships in the Indian seas, and it gave him the greatest satisfac tion to state that their vessels bore the very best of characters.—(Cheers.) The resolution having been unanimously carried, Colonel MUNRO moved the declaration of a divi dend of four per cent. He did so with the greatest pleasure, as he was, no doubt, the last arrival from India, having only arrived within the last few days ; and he could assure them that all the arrangements which had come under his observation in the com pany's ships were most gratifying.—(Cheers.) Mr. CASTILE SMITH seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said as no Hon. Proprietor appeared to wish to make any further observations, he had to declare the meeting closed. He had also to declare the meeting special, for the purpose of considering a resolution for increasing the capital of the company. Mr. ANDERSON, M.P., said that, in accordance with the deed of settlement, and, in pursuance of the notice contained in the report, he had to move that the capi tal of the company be increased to 1,500,0001., 1,000,000/. of which was already paid up, by the issue of 10,000 new shares, of 50/. each, to be issued by the directors at such time and in such manner as they might deem most advantageous for the interests of the company. Mr. WILCOX, M.P., seconded the resolutions. Mr. OwDEN wished to know whether the increase in the capital was only to take place if the further contract with the Government was carried out, or whether it was required under their present arrangements ? Mr. WILCOX said that a reference to the report would show that it was only wanted in case of an in crease in the operations of the company. The two new vessels were to be paid for out of the depreciation fund, which now amounted to 190,0001., invested in Exchequer-bills. The resolution was carried unanimously. Cordial votes of thanks having been given to the Chairman and directors, and acknowledged, the meeting separated. The Newcastle Journal reports that a thief has stripped the church of Dinnington of every portable article, service books, books belonging to the congregation, an alms dish, and even a box of steel pens. lle broke open every place; but the olanauaim-plate was net kept in the church. FRIDAY EVENING, SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST OFFICE. (Prom the Times.) A journal of which a perfect copy may be procured by half-past four every Monday morning cannot be expected to advocate " the total cessation of Sunday labour in the Post -office." If all Sunday labour is forbidden, then we are participes crintinis, and even if we were allowed the Jewish mode of reckoning the day—viz., from sunset to sunset, we should still find considerable difficulty in doing what is ex pected of us, without infringing on the Sabbatical hours. Our evening contemporaries, indeed, and some of the " weeklies," might preach Sab batical observances without the like inconsis tency; but we in return might appeal, and we do appeal, to the common sense, the uni versal usage, and the immemorial tradition of the country. The English custom is so decidedly and so manifestly against a literal and Jewish ob servance of the Sundry, that few persons can sub scribe to Lord Ashley's proposition without strange forgetfulness or reckless hypocrisy. There are few persons in this metropolis who do not use a carriage, or an omnibus, or a steamer, whenever it suits their convenience or their pleasure on a Sun day. There are few persons who do not have a hot dinner on Sunday, if their means allow it, and keep their servants at home for the purpose of cooking it; there are few persons of a humbler class who hesitate to send a dish to a bakehouse, or to purchase refresh ments at a public-house or a shop on Sunday; there are few who will not pay a toll on this day ; or who, on an emergency, will not write a note, and send a special messenger with it. Nor can we pretend to quarrel with the liberty claimed by the English public in these matters. The English particularly resent the bondage of a rigorous exterior. They are not the people to draw their blinds, and spend a fine Sunday afternoon in demure and solitary tippling. They abhor seemings. Accordingly, their Sunday observ ance is honest and transparent. Asa general rule, they take a moderate degree of recreation on Sunday, and do as much work as will save a good deal more work, or contribute to the cheerful enjoyment of the day. If they were more capable of hypocrisy, perhaps they would adopt a more formal profession. We are justified, therefore, in the practice and public opinion of the country in deinanding for the public service no stricter Sabbatical rule than as great a cessation of labour as is compatible with public con venience, or as will not produce serious inconveniences. It may not be easy, indeed, to lay down the rule ; for it would undoubtedly puzzle ninety-nine hundredths of the respectable householders of this metropolis to say what is their rule of Sabbatical observance. The question for the conscience in this matter is not so much the antecedent rule as the propriety of this or that existing practice. Show us the practice, and we are prepared with an opinion upon it. We are pre pared to defend the use of a village bakehouse on a Sunday, because a hot dinner contributes to the cheer fulness of the day, and it is better that one public oven should be heated than twenty private ones. We are prepared to defend a walk into the country, and an occasional excursion further and faster than our legs will carry us, on Sunday, because this also tends to ally holiness with cheerfulness, and because, in the neighbourhood of large cities, the respectable class are a species of police over the less respectable, and show an example of innocent and quiet recreation. From all accounts, the Sunday is much better observed in the suburbs of London than in the suburbs of Edin burgh and Glasgow, where the line between the ob servers and the non-observers is much wider than here, and where the observers sit at home doing what they best know themselves, and the non-observers have a monopoly of the out-door recreation. If the general practice of respectable Englishmen is any guide, we cannot think it positively sinful that half a-dozen clerks should' go to a post—office early in the morning or late in the evening, open and make up a few bags, and so enable many thousands of their fellow-creatures to receive letters, perhaps of great importance, on Monday morning, instead of having to wait another day. The nature and the results of the recent change at the Post-office, about which heaven and ' earth were moved for some weeks, have been repeatedly described to our readers, and it is unnecessary now to add any thing to the full explanation given last night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There never was such a bubble as the agitation we refer to, as far as regards its statements and its terrors. As for its motives, the less said about them the better. But who would have thought that all that nonsense about " Sabbath dese cration," about" the commencement of Sunday labour in the Post-office," about " the point of the wedge," about " postal tyranny," about " official persecution," and about Mr. Rowland Hill's secret and steady design to vitiate the morals and undermine the faith of this country, was all about a plan which has actually relieved 8,000 persons in the country of a good deal of Sunday labour, and reduced the persons employed' in the General Post-office from 27 to 4 throwing so little labour, even on them, that no person in the Post-office need now neglect Divine service ? Lord Ashley himself, who possesses far too much candour for the people who prey on his scruples or his good nature, does justice to the recent changer, and cheerfully vindicates them from calumnious mis- representation. It might, however, be wished that the petitions he presents, and makes the foundation of his case, were equally candid and truthful. Without intending it, the Noble Lord has made himself the harmless vehicle of as great a flood of nonsense, not to say worse, as was ever poured into the House. The motion was carried by 93 against 63 ; a result easily accounted for by the agitation which has been got up on the one hand, or, on the other hand, by the very little zeal manifested in some quarters to support Government, where it may decently be left to its fate. Lord Ashley, it must be admitted, has considerably modified the otherwise impracticable character of his resolution, by confining its im perative expressions to the non-collection and de livery of letters, and leaving the non•transmission of letters to the issue of an inquiry. For our own part, we believe that the cause of religion would be better consulted by leaving every part of the subject to the discretion of a department which has shown a more active spirit of reform, and a more hearty desire to consult the wishes of the people, than any other branch of the public service. 'We confess to a considerable degree of disgust at seeing so many persons demanding from the State, in the name of God and his commandments, that which they won't themselves, as may be seen a t ev ery church d oor metropolis, n o t t o spea k o f st ill more gratui tous S a bb a th desecrati ons . If t h ere i s t o b e a cer t a i n d i n o this amount of concession to the raw political conscience, we presume the first part of the resolution, relating to the collection and delivery of letters, will be taken into consideration, though an y s t r ict and un i versa l ruthisle on o pointf privatew i channelsl e lead to abundantfor the conveyance evasions, of and letters. But let that pass f or t h e present . A s f or o e ther object of the reso l ut i on, the non-transmis sionof letters during the w h o l e t wen t y -f our Sabba tical bout the whole kingdom, we an ti c ipate no other benefit f rom suc h an arrangement than a deluge of petty questions, the moral of whi c h w ill be that the first and great com m andment of Chris rtt ohlee the ot h o urs, and throughout tianity is a Rabbinical Sabbath. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. BRISTOL, MAT 30 . — At a very early hour this morning a most alarming a n d d estruct i ve conflagra tion broke out at the Great Western Cotton-works, Barton-hill, the result of which will be to throw up wards of 2,000 persons out of employ. The reeling and warping sheds have been entirely destroyed, to gether with the whole of the very va l ua b le and costly machinery contained in them. The circumstances attending the fire are of a most mysteri ous c h arac t er , and certainly lead to the belief th a t i t must have i been the work of an ncend iary. The fire was first discovered soon after two o'clock, an d it is a game. what remarkable fact that that portion of the build ing in which it was first se e n h ad been passed through only a quarter of en hour before by one of the night watchmen employed on the premises, and he declares that he not only saw no light, but th a t t h ere was not the slightest smell of anything burning. The alarm having been promptly given, the three engines be oatntdileother insurance be longing to the establishme b n e t fo w rm e . r e e d b. o r f ou t g h h e t fu in ry to o P f l t a h 3: and they were shortly afterwards joined by the City Sun, Imperial, offices. Atlas,oe s Bristol . s Crown, fio m re e - fire-engine, gee idea n t m e o , af a y n d th os e England, of the factory, there was a flames when we state that the reel ing and warping sheds, with the rooms above them, extending over a space of upwards of 600 feet, were . . burnt to the ground in about two hours. In addition to the firemen and their . whole exertions were most of the workpeople large body of police on th e spot, and as it was soon seen that the total destruction of this portion of the i t was only by the most strenuous building was inevitable, turned to saving the great mill of the factory and the c c o o t t t t o o n n- ; sh in ed d , ee i d n , which were some 10,000 bales of efforts that the latter was save d , the woo d work b e i ng completely charred, and the pitch with which it was protected being actually. melted. Had this building taken fire, from its contiguity to the main building, in all probability it would have been destroyed, and the loss in that case would have exceeded 300,0001. In the sheds where the fi re originated the re was no oily cotton, or anything that might have caused spontaneous combustion. About 320 men were employed in the sheds, but they left at six o'clock last night ; there were no repairs going o n, and the managers saw everything safe at e i g ht o'clock in the evening. The boiler-house roof also was completely burnt. The fire was got un d er soon after four o'clock. One accident occurred to a fire man belonging to the Sun Fire-o ffi ce, w h o was thrown off the engine and received a compound frac ture of the right leg. Fortunately for the proprie tors, the works are insured in the Sun, Atlas, Nor- MA Y 31, 1850. wich Union and Imperial Fire-office. The last de *tructive fire that occurred at these works was on the 12th of October, 1849. The damage now exceeds 5,000/. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAT O. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness walked early this morning in Osborne Park. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode as usual. There was no addition yesterday to the royal dinner party. A full-length miniature of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, painted by Sir W. C. Ross, R.A., by command.of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was presented to her Majesty on her birthday. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Lord Mayor with his company at din ner yesterday evening, at the Mansion house. A deputation from Glasgow, consisting of the Lord Provost, Mr. John Henderson, of Perth ; Mr. John Jamison and Mr. Charles Grey, of Glasgow ; had an interview with Lord John Russell, at his official resi dence in Downing-street, yesterday. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Macgregor, M.P., and Mr. Cowan, M P. Vi-count Jocelyn transacted business yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their office, in White hall-place. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governors of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSON! RACES.-THURSDAY. Yesterday was as complete an ;otf'daYas could well be conceived, the sport being indifferent, the betting flat, and the attendance thin. The few who were tempted by the fineness of the weather to repeat their visit, find ing little to stimulate them i❑ the racing, turned their attention to the-Oaks, for which about sixteen are ex pected to run. We give the quotations below. It will be seen that Tiff and Eliza Middleton have changed po sitions, the latter, after being backed at 4 to 1, declining to 11 to 2, currently offered. Rhedycina was sent to the right about, and Gilliflower was priceless. Next to the two favourites, Probity, Sacrifice, Kathleen, and Sister to Swallow were most in favour; the investmente, how ever, were of small amount. Tingle is scratched. The following is a return of the racing:— The Epsom Four yrs old Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; colts, fist 1 llb; fillies, Sit 61b. New Derby Course. (6 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Quasimodo (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Carew's Normanton. (J. Mareon) 2 5 to 2 on Quasimodo, who took the lead, kept it to the end, and won by a length. Run in 3 min. 9 sec. The Durdans Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and 50 added; the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold fur 3001., &c. Last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (4 Subs.) Mr. Bingley's Christiana (600, 4 yrs, ist 21b (Thick) 1 Mr. Roberts's Heroine (601.), 6st 11lb ...(E. Sharp) 2 Duke of Richmond's Harum Scarm (601.), (crd. sst) 3 Mr. Dorrien's The Yerderer (2001.), 3 yrs, Est llb 4 Betting -6 to 4 agst Hamm Scarum—and 2to 1 agst Christiana. No other mentioned. Christiana took the lead at starting, was never approached, and won in a canter by three lengths. Run in 2 min. 17 secs. The Grand Stand Plate of 200 sovs. added to a Handi- cap Sweepstakes of 25 sot's. _each,_ls fc, and only 5 declared; the second to receive 501. out of the Makes and the third 25 /OM Two miles and a quarter. (43 Subs., 28 of whom declared.) Mr. Humphries's Escape, 5 yrs, 7st. lib . (Charlton) 1 Duke of Richmond's Jelly-fish, Est 131 b (Kitchener) 2 Mr. Nevill's Herbert, 4 yrs, ist 11lb (E. Sharp) 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Murphy's Dough, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Magee) 0 Mr. Ford's Lady Evelyn, Bst 61b (Bartholomew 0 Mr. Rolt's Eagle's Plume, 5 yrs, 7st 11b...(Chapple) 0 Mr. Death's Lady Frances, 5 yrs, Est 71b (U. Mann) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Herbert-3 to 1 agst Dough-4 to 1 agst Escape-5 to 1 agst Jelly-fish—and sto 1 agst Lady Evelyn. Jelly-fish made play at a good pace, fol lowed at wide intervals by Escape and Herbert, to the distance; here the three closed; the race, however, which was severely contested to the end, being between Es cape and Jelly-fish, the former winning in the last stride by a head; Herbert beaten a length and a half, and no thing else near. _ _ _ The e Nonsuch Stakes, of 15 sous. each, 5 ft, and 25 added; for two years old, 7st, and three, 9st; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Half a mile. (5 Subs.) Lord Clifden's Beaufort, 2 yrs, 7st (G. Brown) 1 Mr. Gully's Solomon, 2 yrs, 7st (Holloway) 2 Mr. W. V. Jenkins's Miss Larkaway, 3 yrs, Bst Illb 3 Mr. Webb's Vigilant, 2 yrs, 6st 1 Ilb ... (W. Sharp) 4 Sir G. Heathcote's Dark Susan filly, 2 yrs, Est Illb 5 Betting-5 to 1 each agst Beaufort and Solomon Beaufort made all the running, and won by half a length; all well up but the Dark Susan ally. The Cobham Stakes of 5 sots. each, with 30 sons. added; the winner to be sold for 1501., &c. Heats, one mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Howard's Aristocrat, 3 yrs, Est 71b. (1501.)... 1 1 Mr. Formby's My Mary, aged, 7st 121 b (601.) ... 3 2 Mr. Marson na Rubins, 3 yrs, Est 41b (1500 ... 2 dr Both heats won easily. Handicap for the Innkeepers' Plate (this day). Yrs. st lb 1 Yrs. st lb Joe o'Sot Athelstane Old F.)x Thorhill Rodney Stanton MKS. ,RS, AND LATE THE i .RTERS, BIDE Trainer. A. Taylor J. Scott Beresford Fobert ..... Boone . W. Sadler J. Day Hesseltine Dilly Godwin French. Death. . 'T BETTING. Latest Betting. 9 to 2t 11 to 2 8 to 1t 10 to 1 10 to 1 12 to I 14 to 1 15 to 1 20 to 1t 40 to 1 Rider. Templeman Whitehouse Rogers ... Marlow Marson ...... J. Sharp A. Day .... 8umby....... . Flatman F. Butler Bartholomew W. Abdale Holmes Norman Wintringham Warrener.... Harlock ..... Stebbing.... Treen . ' Doubtft BT. 1 it starters. EGEN. t Voltigeur 2 to 1 ags CRICKET. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Cavrnous.) THURSDAY, MAY 30. POST-OFFICE. Motion made, and Question put, " That an humble Ad dress be presented to her Majesty, representing the great desire which exists, in all parts of the United Kingdom, for an extension of that rest on the Lord's Day, which is afforded in the London Post-office, to the Post-offices of the provincial towns, and praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct that the collection and delivery of letters shall, in future, entirely cease on Sunday in all parts of the Kingdom :—And, also, that her Majesty will cause an in-' quiry to be made as to how far, without injury to the public service, the transmission of the Mails on the Lord's Day might be diminished or entirely suspended." The House divided : MAJOBITY-ATES, 93. Anderson, Arthur Forbes, William Mostyn, E. M. L. Arbuthnott, H. Galway, Viscount Mundy, William Bateson, T. Gaskell, J. M. Muntx, G. F. Bennet, P. Gladstone, W. E. Newdegate, C. N. Beresford, William Gooch, E. S. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Blandford, Marquis Greenall, Gilbert O'Connor, Feargus Booth, Sir It. G. Giosrenor, Lord It. Oswald, Alexander Bromley, Robert Plalsey,l'. P. Palmer, Hobert Bruce, C. L. C. Hamilton, G. A. Pearson, Charles Brotherton, J. Baste, Alexander Perfect, H. Burghley - , Lord Hastie, Archibald Plumptre, J. P. Buxton, Sir E. N. Headlam, Thomas Pugh. Davidj Childers, J. W. Heald, James Pulley, Philip Cobbold, John C. Bildyard, T. B. T. Richards. Richard Colvile, C. R. Hodges, T. L. Robartes, T. J. Conolly, Thomas Horsman, Edward Scott, Francis _ _ Cowan, Charles Ilotham, Lord, Smith, J. A. Currie, H. Jerilyn, Earl Smyth, John G. Davies, D. A. S. trollifre, Slr W. G. Stanley, Edward Denison, &hound Keating, Robert Stanton, W. it. Dickson, Samuel Lacy, Henry C. Strickland, Slr G. Drummond, Homo Lewisham, Visc. Sullivan, Michael Duff, George Lockhart, A. E. Tenison, E. K. DuiT, James Lockhart, W. Tollemache, John Duncan C.eorgo Long, W. Turner, George Duncult , John liacnaghten Sir E. Verney. Sir H. Edwards, Henry M'Gregor, John Villiers, F. W. Evans, William WTaggart, Sir J. Welby, G. E. Farrer, James Meagher, Thomas Williams, John Fergus, John Milner, W. M. TELLERS. Floyer, John Moody, C. A. Ashley, Lord Foley, J. H. Morris, David Acland, Sir T.T. MINORITY-NOES, GS. Armstrong, Sir:A. Grey, Sir G. Parker, John ' Baines, M. T. Grey, It. W. Rich, Henry Berkeley, Admiral Hall, Sir Benjamin Russell, Lord John Boyle, Colonel Hawes, Benj. Russell, F. C. Bramston, T. W. llayter, W. G. Salwey, Colonel Brown, William Henry, Alexander Scully, Francis Burke, Sir T. J. Heywood, James Shell, R. L. Carter, J. B. Heyworth, Lawrence Somerville, Sir W. Cavendish, C. C. Hobbouse, T. B. Stansfleld, W. R. C. Cobden, IL Howard, C. W. Tancred, H. W. Craig, Sir W. G. Howard, E. G. Thompson, Col. Dundas, Admiral Hume, Joseph Thompson, George Ebrington, Viscount Jervis, Sir John Thornely, T. Elliot, J. E. Lewis, G. Comowall Tufnell, Heary Fagan, William Lushington, Charles Walmsley, Sir J. Ferguson, Sir R. Mackie, John Walter, John Fordyce, A. D. Mackinnon, W. A. Willyams, 11. Forster, Mathew. Maule, Fox Wilson, James Fertescue. Chichester Melgund,Wiscount Wilson, Matthew Fortescue, J. W. Moffatt, George Wood, Sir Charles Fox, W. J. Nugent, Lord Wyvill, Marmadeke Grace, 0. D. J. O'Connell, M. J. MIMIC Graham, Sir James Packe, C. W. Hill, Lord M. Granger, T. C. Palmerston, Vis. Bellew, It. M. A MAN FROM CALIFORNIA. (From an American Paper.) Marble was in Boston the other day, and strolling along the wharfs, when he met with a tall, gaunt looking figure, whose sunburnt countenance and tat tered parti-coloured garments—originally of the most outlandish fashion—had that picturesqueness about them derived from only long-continued exposure to the atmosphere, which fancy sketchers delight to pre sent on canvass. Dan, who never permits the lack of an introduction to interfere when he desires to make an acquaintance, hailed the man—" Hallo, my friend, where are you from ?" " Jest from Calerforny, stranger." " Ah, indeed ! and you can tell us, then, whether it's all true about that ?" somewhat anxiously interrogated Dan in reply. " Trew as you live, and a darned sight more—for no man out of Calerforny really does live." " Then why do you come back ?" "Back ! why to get my family. Fact is, stranger, a man gets so powerfully rich that he becomes cove- , tous of himself ; and, of he aint very careful, will cut his own throat to rob himself. The root of all evil, you know—there's a leetle too much of it, and I left for a while, partly on that account." " Oh, you did, eh !" " Yes—and between you and me, that's the only way a man can die in that blessed land !" " Healthy climate, I suppose ?" " Healthy !it aint anything else. Why, stranger, you choose there any climate you like—hot or cold— and that without travellin' more than fifteen minits. Jest think o' that the next cold mornin' when you gets out o' bed. There's the mountain there—the Sawyer Navady,' they call it—with a valley on each side of it—the one hot and the t' other cold. Well, get on the top of that mountain with a double barrel gun, and you can, without movin', kill either summer or winter game, jest as you will." " What ! have you ever tried it ?" " Tried it ! often—and should have done pretty well, but for one thing." " What was that ?" " I wanted a dog that would stand both climates. The last dog I had froze off his tail while pantin' on the summer side. He dident get entirely out of the winter side, you see. Trew as you live." SUMMER CIRCUITS. The following circuit arrangements were made yester day by the Learned Judges:— Oxford—Lord Campbell and Mr. Justice Williams. Midland—Lord Chief Justice Wilde and Mr. Baron Home—The Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Erle. South - Wales—Mr. Baron Parke. North Wales—Mr. Baron Rolfe. Norfolk—Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Pat eson. Western—Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Tal• fuurd. Northern—Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Cresswell. Vacation Judge—Mr. Justice Maule. IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR.—Several samples of sugar having found their way into the Bristol markets, which, from the superiority of their granular texture and colour, have caused consi derable interest throughout the West India trade, we have been induced to seek the most authentic informa- tion in regard to its origin. It would appear that by means of the now well-known patent for drying by cen trifugal force, and a few simple adjuncts, sugar, which took from three to five weeks to refine, is now done in as many minutes! Incredible as this may seem, the whole process and the result here stated has been wit nessed by our informant at the sugar-houses of &vine. Finzel and Son, at Bristol. Moreover, sugars altoge ther unsaleable in our markets were converted in a few minutes into an article worth about 365. per cwt. To the colonies this must prove of the last importance, as the raw produce can, by a machine not more than 4 feet 6 inches in diameter, be there cleaned and sent home free from the present waste of 12 to 15 per cent. by leakage, &e. There are various patents involved in this one, and the several holders, Messrs. Seyrig, Hardman, Finzel, and Rotch have, in thus uniting what have hitherto been conflicting claims, produced a result which may be classed in practical usefulness to our colonial and home interests next to that of the discovery of the vacuum pan.—Morning Herald. CIIELTEN RAM.—The monster horticultural and floral exhibition to be held in Cheltenham in June is begin ning to cause some excitement in the provinces. The affair, projected by a committee of the town, is supported by many of the nobility of the midland counties, and is being carried through by them with much skill and energy. The beau tiful gardens of the Royal Wells have been selected as the spot for the exhibition, being the origin of the present im portance of Cheltenham, and where his late Majesty George the Third drank the mineral waters in 1778. For many years past these extensive avenues and gardens had fallen into great dilapidation until, a short time since, they were purchased by two residents in the town, Messrs. Rowe and Onley, and by them restored, beautified, and completely re novated. The old pump-room has given place to an im mense Corinthian:structure midway in the lofty avenue of elms. In this building are tents erected over the long pro menades. The show is to be held on Thursday, June 20th. The schedule of prizes, to the amount of two hundred pounds, has been secured by competition, and offers large induce ments to the growers and exhibitors of plants in the several sections. We observe that a premiuin of 121. is offered for the best ten stove plants, and similar amounts for orcbidace greenhouse plants, heaths, &c., together with second and third prizes, and also premiums for smaller numbers of each. Six pounds is offered with second and third prizes for the finest collection of eighteen blooms of roses, a premium which will undoubtedly bring together an unrivalled show of the queen of flowers. The list contains a n unlimited and varying list of prizes for flowers and plants, specimens, fruit, and vegetables. Altogether this is to be an event in the, history of Cheltenham, and arrangements are making for rendering several days after the exhibition a complete fes tival, to act as a beacon of attract i o n to the health and plea sure seekers of the summer. The affair has been liberally projected, as the prizes are open to all competitors, and will doubtless most with cordial support from the public at large. [ADVERTISEMENT.) — Another Wonderful Cure of a Dreadful Swelling by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—John Forfar, a farm labourer, of Newborough, near Hesham, had an enormous swelling on each side of one of his thi g h s . H e was under the advice of three eminent surgeons, and afterwards an inmate of the Newcastle Infirmary, altogether for about two years, but the efforts of the doctors proved useless, as he de rived no benefit from their treatment. Hearing so much in praise of Holloway's Ointment and Pills, he determined to give them a trial, and these invaluable medicines effected a cure in about eight weeks, although he was working twelve hours a day at haymaking. Afterwards he continued at work without pain or discomfort throughout the winter.— Sold by all drug gists, end at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand London. THE DEFUNCT PALACE COURT.—It is understood that the Treasury has awarded to each of the four barristers of the Palace Court the sums they paid frt. the purchase of their pieces. Mr. Best, M.P., paid 2,000/. for his appoint ment as one of the four, and was the last purchase allowed. The attorneys and officers of the defunct court are said to be waiting for compensation. Spores.—This great composer, who has quite re covered from the ill effects of his severe accident, has just finished his ninth orchestral symphony, which he has en titled "The Seasons." It is to be hoped that the Philhar monic Society may be enabled to avail themselves of this interesting novelty before the present series of concerts expirto. PROBABLE ST. Tiff Eliza Middleton Exotic filly Probity . Sacrifice Regina Kathleen Sis. to Swallow Estafette *lthedycina..... Gillyflower ..... Fernande.... ..... Sister to Pillage) Clelia or Cora... C. of Albemarle *Ramonette..... ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. TWENTY. TWO OF RUGBY. This match was commenced on Thursday at Rugby, and the following is the result of the first day's play:— ENGLAND -FIRST INNINGS. J. Wisden, c C. Tinley, b F. Tinley W. Clarke, b C. Tinley •• • ••• ••• G. Parr, bF. Tinley ... ..„ T. Adams, c Lillywhite, bF. Tinley... ... T. Box, c Pickard, b Lillywhito N. Felix, Esq., run out ••• ••• •• • W. Martingell, c and bF. Tinley ... A. Mynn, Esq , b F. Tinley ... J. Guy, not out... ... G. Chatterton, not out... Byes 3, leg byes 1, wide 2, no balls 1 ... ... 9 ... 0 ... 7 ... 4 ... 11 ... 4 ... 28 ... 1 ... 14 ... 18 ... 7 THE NEPAUL PRINCES.—His Excellency General Jung Bahadoor Koonwur Ramajee, prime minister of the Nepaul State, accompanied by his two brothers and suite, paid a visit to the East India ! House yesterday, and was in troduced to the Court of Directors Of the East India Com pany. His Excellency, who was brilliantly attired in the costume of his country, was congratulated by the chairman, Mr. Shepherd, on his arrival in England; and in return ex pressed himself much gratified by the reception he had met with in all quarters. After partaking of an excellent and very handsome clejeuner ' prepared for the occasion, his Excellency was conducted over the Company's library and museum, and on taking his departure expressed himself highly delighted with his visit. His Excellency will be present at Exeter-hall to-night at the performance of the London Sacred Harmonic Society. SIR JAMES BRooKE.—We have received a letter from Mr. Henry Wise, 34, Cornhill, stating that Mr. Drum mond, in the House of Commons, on Thursday night, used these wor d s :--" The real secret of the attack upon Sir James Brooke was to be traced to an anonymous slanderer, who had r t u h m e n aa o nd n dd d ts s h— u e u s l e n q wd u eo e nr n yt t h l yy; the applied hs t a h os e fc s r e itb r i e e r failed in partitioning the district with him." Mr. Wise fur ther says that lsn; statements, iarn. D m r a u r m ks in to on h d i to me I disclaim."—Post. ARRIVALS AT INIIVART'S HOTEL.--The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, and Miss Talbot, from Alton Towers; Lord and Lady Farnham, from Farnham Hall, Cavan ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, from Curraghmore ; Mr. Robert:Peel, from Paris. Senor Isturitz, Ambassador from Spain, and suite, are daily expected ; apart ments have been taken for the reception of hie Excellency. ARREST OF A RUNAWAY PARTNER.—The Constitu tionnet publishes the following communication from Lille : " An arrest has taken place in this town under somewhat extraordinary circumstances. One of the four partners of a banking-house in London had one fine day been found missing, and, together with him, the funds in the strong box, amounting to the enormous sum of 125,000'. He bad taken refuge in Belgium, and his place of retreat was , known. Either because it was easier to arrest him in France, or because there was danger in seizing him in his own quarters, a pl an , b y w hi c h h e s h ou ld b e drawn t o Lille, was imagined and executed, though not without trouble, by the three injured partners. The woman li quent had been on terms of intimacy with a em ployed in his establishment. This woman was gs!in n e o d, o o n l g .e e r ; She wrote to her former paramour that she couldn longer live without him, that she was about to that he must meet her at Lille, where :I to which she had poste restunte would indicate the hotel upon the repaired. The three partners, reckoning 1 steamboatgreatly on Satur daysuccess of their stratagem, took a spec o la sge, quit England, nearly 40/. At four o'clock in themorning evening and performed a rapid v oyage, of the police, in case Lille, where they secured the assi s tance he bait. They placed them selvestheir prey should have taken the bait. whichtli ey a c r o r s i t v e t d h e at n' i one of them taking up etwoiaoritah,e,rsanadt the in ambush near the p s B hi a s ra p t o ' e tb y el o is n thhi o ne ' e c in lo :u :k precisely the ex pected t a i o h n ai Ni rd i t r h es i s n er t ,fo h ; a o delinquent,t r ahnean sh all surrounded d d e e d p i c b t y not long in suspen se , police mngm ea o dn t i ya St treason,et l . ystho Paul. wm aerondn T ts a h stt e the y sepe were pei stepping nnu gge t h h i o s se as w to h n o i m he could now Marais.o u t o f We yssnepor.tocseueds e o n n as his most formidable enemies. He per coheniimlvyesedlolfaostkuoduncipce that resistance was useless, and accompanied the po lice to the lock-up-house, where h e w ill remain con fined until he is dispatched to England, where h o will have to answer for his delinquency." MR. COBDEN AND CAPTAIN AARON SMITH. The following singular correspondence has been published " 16, Camden Cottages, Camden Town, May 25, 1850. " Sir,—My friend, Captain Auron Smith, has re• quested me to wait upon you in reference to a speech of yours, reported in the 7 imes of yesterday. I shall be glad of an appointment for an early hour on Monday next ; " And remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, " To Rich ar d C o b den, Esq., M.P., &c., Lo G ndon." ET " 103, Westbourne-terrtkze, 1!f1ay.25, 1850. " Sir,—lf you wish to make any communication to me respecting your friend, Captain Aaron Smith, I re quest that it may be made in writing; and, as you area stranger to me, you will please to be good enough to add a reference to some person of respectability, by which I may be able to judge how far you are warranted in interfering in the matter in question, or entitled to any further answer from we. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " E. Garbett, Esq." " RICHARD COIIDEN. " 16, Cawdon Cottag es , Camden Town, May 28, 1850. "Sir.—Yours of the 25th only reached me this morn ing. You request me to make my communication in writing in reference to my friend, Captain Aaron Smith, and, making it a matter of pound?, shillings, and pence, you request a reference as to my respectability. "My reference then will be to the secretary of that League of which Richard Cobden was once the head, and of which I was a member. You have availed your self of the sacred shelter of the House of Commons to make use of language respecting my friend,Captain Aaron Smith, which you well know to be false, and which you also know you dare not have used in any other place without being certain to receive personal chastisement. "I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, " E. GARBETT. "Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., &a." " 103, Westbourne-terr ace , May 29, 1850. " Sir,—l will not allow the insulting tone of your !etter to deter me from offering to do justice to your Friend, Captain Aaron Smith. You say that my state ment respecting him was false. Disprove that state ment, and I will retract it in my place in Parliament, with an ample apology for the wrong done to his cha racter. If, instead of disproving it, you seek to evade the question by blustering about 'personal chastisement,' it will afford the strongest possible proof that I have not mistaken the character of Captain Aaron Smith or his friend. As for such threats, I pay my police-rate in order that society may be protected against ruffianly violence, and am obliged to you for the hint. " Do not suppose that I have sought to shelter myself behind the privileges of Parliament. If your friend should again obtrude his offensive presence upon a re spectable body of philanthropists, as he did at the publio meeting respecting the Borneo massacre, an d s h ou ld I chance to be on th platform, he shall be told to his faoe all, and more than all, that I have said in the House, unless, in the meantime, he clears his character by better arguments than menaces of physical outrage. And " I am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, (Signed) " RICHARD COBDEN. " E. Garbett, Esq." " 16, Camden Cottages, Camden-town, May 30, 1850. " Sir,—l am in receipt of yours of the 29th. " Had you written in the first instance in a different spirit, you would have found that the interview I sought with you was not intended to intimidate, but to show you what the facts in reference to Captain Aaron Smith really were; and if I satisfied you that you were in error, I simply wished you to do justice to a calum niated man. " You stated in your place in Parliament that my friend, Captain Aaron Smith, ' was a most atrocious pirate,' and that he took Captain Cooke out of the Cambrian ship; and you (very logically, certainly) call upon me to prove a negative. " I had always understood that every Englishman was considered innocent until he was proved to be , guilty; but it seems you think differently. "So much for preface. Now for facts—Captain Smith never did take Captain Cooke out of the Cam brian; but I do not, in defending my friend, wish to shelter him under a quibble. "/t is true that Captain Cooke was taken out of the brig Industry on the 7th August, 1822, by a piratical vessel, on board of which Captain Smith was at that very time a prisoner, and from which ship he afterwards escaped. " Captain Smith, on his arrival in England in the fol lowing year, was arraigned on two indictments at the Admiralty Sessions, before Sir William Garrow, one of which was for the alleged offence of capturing the Vio• toria, Captain Hearne; the other for taking Captain Cooke out of the Industry. Captain Cooke, on the first trial, was a witness for the prosecution, and on that occasion gave the whole statement of his own capture from the Industry. " I need not tell you that in those days counsel were not allowed to speak in favour of a prisoner. " Captain Smith was, therefore, obliged to address the jury himself, which was, in reality, to conduct his own defence. " The jury, without moving round in the box, in stantly acquitted him. " Captain Smith was then immediately arraigned on the second indictment, and be made a strong attack on Sir Robert Gifford, the then Attorney-General, for the manner in which the prosecutions were conducted by him. '• The Attorney-General then stated that as the jury had all the facts on the first trial, he should not offer any evidence on the second indictment, as it would only be repeating what they had belore heard. The jury. there fore, under the direction of the Learned Judge, at once acquitted him. '• The trial took place on the 19th December, 1823, and as the records are open to any one, you can readily ascertain if my statement is true. Captain Smith afterwards published a narrative of the capture of these ships, in which he clearly shows that what Captain Cooke stated was untrue, and the latter party has never had the manliness to answer it or in any manner to defend himself. "lam at a loss to understand the concluding para graph of your letter. " If parties will call public meetings with the avowed object of casting censures on an absent individual, they must submit to the inconvenience of hearing their pro ceedings censured by those who are still fond of the old English maxim of ' a fair field and no favour.' " I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant, " E. GARBETT. " Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P." SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. At a meeting of this society, held last evening, at their rooms at Somerset Ifouce, after the exhibition of several articles of interest, a subject of considerable historical importance was brought under discussion. On a former occasion a paper was read by Mr. Wick • ham Martin, M.P., on certain nails of unusual magnitude found near Canterbury, and in immediate contact with human remains. It was stated by the workmen under whose inspection the skeletons were exhumed, that the scapula or shoulder blade of one skeleton was pierced by a nail, which was found in situ. Other nails of the same size were discovered near the bones of the lower extremities, and they were altogether five in number. Upon this an hypo thesis has been raised that the skeletons are those of Roman malefactors, who expiated their crimes, as was customary amongst that people, upon the cross. Ex ception to this was taken, on the ground that no written evidence of any such practice amongst the Romans when in this country now exists. Mr. llallatn was of that the absence of question,such evidence because pu n n ot is b h e . m crucifixion, if common, wou ld not b d b toa y pekinne h itn i o s oa t nf e noticed by decisive rians as in any w a y remarkable. Severalie gentlemen, however, amongst whom were Mr. Wright and Mr. Roach Smith, a dd uce d examples of the find ing of similar nails in localities, and under circum stances, which left no doubt that they were used in the process of cremation. The question, therefore, before the 'Whitsuntide vacation stood thus; but last night Mr Martin read a further note, in answer to inquiries made at the former meeting relative to the trustworthiness of the workman who was the informant as to the po sition of the nail in the shoulder of the skeleton. tie was now said to be a person whose statement ought to be taken with perfect confidence. This does not seem to alter the principal point of inquiry ; for al lowing, which is much to be doubted, that the bones were those of crucified persons, is there an y evidence, direct or indirect, to show that malefacto, rs were buried, as these seem to have b een, with; honour, Nour near or in ground used for ord inar y sepu lture cross was found, nor any remains of wood that have could, as far as the evid ence goes, been used found on the site of a Rom for any such purpose. The n b b o u n r e i s al a g n r d ou n n a d i , l s a n w d e e n. connexion with such urns as are used for the deposit of the incinerated dust of bodies submitted to the process of cremation. The subject is one of great historical interest, but it rests on evidence altogether o sred t society . in the It wasnorth an nouncedo Scotland, t oo weak for the establish ment of the point con tended for. A very valuable and curious fibula of g o ld, an d o f a form extremely was i r b a i r t e e t o d i scovered v aluable relictha t tnhoew remains declinede in thev e wh oseg entle ma n g p i o v s e s possession name, io n t !li s in consequence of the disgraceful and arbitrary Custom of seizing every relic of antiquity that private enterprise exhumes from bogs or wastes. Several instances in which the Government officers had interfered were laid before the society, and a proposition was made to the effect that the society, as a body, should memorialise the Government pray ing for the removal of an influence which operated so prejudicially upon the advance of antiquarian science and historical fact. It was understood that an immediate effort with this object was to be made by the society, which, it must be confessed, as far as the promotion of its specific duties are concerned, has for too long a time continued in a state of reprehen sible inertness and inactivity. This is a question which in all probability will be discussed at a future meeting. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has given 6001. to the three small livings of Horsley, Oxenhall, and Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, towards the erection of parsonage houses.—Bath Chronicle.