The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-22 00:00:00

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" I , d ~..." 1 ~1 ~~1 •I~ •I •• I, CI ..... ...... ~.•"‘. .... ~. i. . ..0.: ..... 0 ..... , 120' r , is ,,. ; , .. , • , I , " /J " — "rid. Admiral Moorsoin, Pacific; Hugo Grotius, ~laKeller, Batavia for Rotterc'arn. Arrd. from the R.ver ~and sailed, vvith the rest cf the outward-bound 071 the Ratcliffe, Spin! y, I\l,-vv selvh Wales; Thun as and Joseph Cri sp , LauncetAcii, Van Dicna,Aa's Land; British E ire, Adel a id e, S ou th Austra li a ; Demerara ; '"guts, Jamaica; Waleshen, New York ; Amelia, Yar- Inouth, Nova Scotia; Salvager, Qui' bte. PORTSMOU TH ', APRIL 21.— NV Ind N. to N.N.E , fine. ; Sid. Weq Indite ; Elizabeth, Quebec ; Carl ' 4210 , Santa Cruz. OFF IlasirrNos, APRIL 9 1.—Wind S.lV.—Kerzag on "ilbridge IZath -en, Porto Cabello for Bremen; Lotus, tine, Barbadoeqh SoUTHADIPTON, APRIL 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrd Avon steamer, West Indies. SlO. Washington steamer, New York. PLY2IOUTH, A PRI'. N.W.—Arrd Chorister, Richcrils, Monte Video. Id. Candalar, Adelaide, South Australia; Ba-binger, New - York; Ruse, Quebec. YARBIOUTII (ISLE ( F A VEIL 21. 'MI d Dul:st f Portland, Adelaide, S,,uth Austre lil; Ave, gio.bee. jALMOUTII. APRIL 20.—Wind W. to W.S.W.; 21st, Ziod N., fresh.—Aird. Sons if Commerce, Anderson, 7 ;1 1113 2 ell]; Curl Johanne, ILinsen, Porto Cabello. Sll. • 'llan, Hanover. Off port, Mary Jane, Brandt, aulosain Un- Sunderland; Oregon, Carey, Port-au k:incl, The A man d a , Sunderland to Calcutta, put in re Yes!erday, with carpenter and four men washed T ) 7( 'rboard, aed loss a bulwarkv, stanchions, and having wehir eh struck by a h eav y see , 1:50 instant, whist lying to, split the covering board, and shipped tl e cargo. PILL APRIL 21.—Wind N.B. by 13.—S1d. Bonauza, li al o ‘ a n to i l u la . l Indian Queen, Ihrbadoes; Mary Ann, Peters, LITExpooL, APRIL 20.--Wind W.N. ; 21st, N.N.E. Josepetta, Porto Rico; Lanailtshirr, Tullock, ,„ 1-I° bilet Pilgrim, Savannah; Guisachars, late Ord , Cal -1,11"ai Joseph Wh ee l er, S u lli van , Barbados Otomoco, 4 - 4 - " r ne, New O r l eans . JoanWocdall, Calve of Boston; Hope; Helen Doug's', Rcstigouche; Canalia st. , ton; Rance, Calcutta; Matilda. Cape Town; li:flacon, St. Domingo; Y ork, New Orleans; Elizabeth, Virginia; '' jec ' tia nd,Sts'in Island; Annandale and Forest Queen, tew York; Volans, Si - . Andrew's, New Brunswick; _ ar garet and Lady Falkland, Quebec; Superb, New loundland, Arrd. Cynthea, Boullenhouse, St. Domingo; Isaac IVright, Peabody, New York. „ ~8 1I IELbs, APRIL 21 —Fears are entertained for the : 9 'kty of the Edmund Castle, of and from hence for Ga 1.1.137 . 1 . 1 3 7 and to America, a chest lid having been picked up ra'A the name of one of her crew on it, and some hand 13Pisk417i3tiknz", Castle, of Newcastle," branded on them. APRIL 21. —Sid. Mersey, Quebec. nOLTIIEAD APRIL 21.—Wind N. — Sid. Chandos , Rio ri - ' ra ndei Zephyr, Senegal; Aurora, Halifax. WA.TERrouu, APRIL 9 0.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W. — " 3 . Coils, Sh an k, 13arbadoe.s. b `.l.lJEurrsToNvx APRIL 19.—Wind S.—Arrd. Pem - Ricbardscn, Calico; Prirce Regent, Jago,Callao; it nn , !Jest, Cheyney, Patagonia; Ravenswood, Manson, narbel,es. Sld. Earl Charlemont, Bombay; Queen, - I, leb ee; Victory, Coquimbo. Put back, William, New k. with cargo shit' et Off port, Maria, Otter, St. tili ng°, and sailed for Bremen. NEW - 7 -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Letters from tte leading country markets held on Saturdayik state that the demand for all kinds of Wheat , English and foreign, ruled heavy, at further de pressed rates. Spring Corn and Flour, the supplies of wh ich were o n th e i ncrease , had a downward tendency. T f ',.reigh Grain markets have ruled extremely lilac an the near continental ports prices have not been 4 u PPorted. At Oiessa and Dantz:e, as well as at Alex -4,1e Wheat was Benin?: at depressed currencies. Up ' e llr market last week the arrivals of home - grown Grain was somewhat on the ineeesse. From Ireland and Scotland they were unusually - small. The foreign im riations amounte d to 2,290 quarters of Wheat, 12:631 ▪ „ t() of Barley, 38,111 ditto f Oats, 50 ditto of Rye, ; 4 9 ditto of Beans, 216 dlto of Peas, 77 ditto of z e : a e a , 1 ,759 ditto of Rapeseed, 141 ditto of sundry T he ' B ' 4 ,9 0 3 sacks and 150 Carrels of Flour. , quantity of wheat received fresh up to this morn ing's market coasta i se f rom E ssex and Kent aas very startll. B 3 land carriage and samp!e, the receipts of that g r ain were li m it e d, an d o f but middling quality. The I h 7 e w of parcels of both red and white aas smaller than some time past, and a fair clearance was (Bail.) . 4,c' e * l , at prices about equal to those obtained on Mon a3' last. Th e atten d ance o f b ot h t own an d country b 1 1 1 1 _Yers was scanty, an d we understand that several of jta continue to import foreign Wheat largely on their ‘ .7 • . t 1 account. Offers still arrive from the east coast to :ittward Wheats at farther depresed rates. The ';‘6a'"' of foreign NV he a', which was chit fly I TP:'sed of granaried am p les, was large. a ,jr. .dry qualities so sold to a fair extent. last Week's currencies. In the inferior kinds exceed- in g y little ea% doing, at late rates. blight Cargoes sfloa have amour:tellto 8.9 hale from Hamburgh ; 159 ditto. from the Cape ; 1 251 ditto from Port Philip; 1,232 ditto from Mt.lahie ; 71 ditto from Port Victoria ; ar.d 616 di:to horn Hobart Town. Thus it will he perceivtd tLit the stoeke in varehouno ere increasing, and that a fair ave.srage quantity will, in all probability, be offered pubic Erie next month. In Foreign end Colonial Wool very little business is in the private con tract milrlt..l. British Wools are from Id to lid per lb lower. 4 iillt have b een purchased at Is per quarter leas money, i to . l 'ave the exp ense of l a nding. The quantity of Eng -3141 Batley wa s very limited ; but that of foreign %sits ~; r g e. Malting p a rcels were in fair request at full i , • c e B ; but grinding and distilling sorts were dull at t ue late d ec li ne . W e vvero well supplied with Malt, i e n il d for delivcry. Ail descriptiona moved off slowly. ~ 17 Prices, however, we have no change to re- Fun. There was a large supply of Oats on acts in A very extt naive business was trans yed in that grain, at stationary figures. slowly' the show of which was tolerably good, moved off i ,," 1 3'; but we have no change to notice in value. The ,""cluirs for Peas was almost. w holly in retail, at late ~ es• In Indian Corn and Meal so little was doing that a r r a le 3 Was almost nominal. The Flour trade was heavy moil quslities were offering it drooping prices. Wh CIIttgENCY PER lALPERIAL MEASURE. -eat—Essex & Bent, 1 M alt—Clievalier. • • • .. 50s to 54s Rcd, New.... 35s to 40s 'vats—Yorkshire and Dl tto,White, New 39s 46s Lineolr.sh., Feed. 13s :be. Norfolk and I,ln- Potato .„ Coln, Red..... 348 37s Youghal and Cork, u ltto, White.. .... 308 405 Black .••• . •• 12s I4s Irish. R e d........ 343 39s Cork, White .•• .. 13 s 153 0 Di tto'White...... 38s 41s Scotch , Feed. •• • • 163 Si, Y 4-- 01(1 .... ..... • —s —5 Beans—Tick . ........223 25s 1tajeW........... :• . 20s 22s Pigeons .... 20s 34s eY—Gri u di ng . .... 153 19s Peas—Grey..• •••• • • • 233 24s MalteYing ......... 218 23s M W aple. ••• • • ... -23 t 253 k ve e llalier .... ... 22s 25s hite... ••- - .. 223 238 " - Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •.• • ....• 24 t 268 f01k.... .. .. .... 43s 48s Flour—Town-made... 323 36 8 tle'wc ••••• .. .. 403 42s Suffolk •••••• • • -27 s 3i, ' , Lagaton and 'Ware 46s 503 Stockta & Norfolk 27s 313 SMMDS. dull average supplies of most Seeds were on sale to 1t7 ,: The general demand ruled heavy, at barely last night's quotatim.s. In Cakes scarcely any business was transacted. The sales for foreign Clover Seed, this year, 'lave fallen short of those of last scason by upwards of So 00 0 cwt. .flitr nl NWhite, per bush. 105 to 11: Red aid Green.... 105 12s, alllstard, . 83 lls 1,4 White •••••• • • • Cs 9° r" ' B T r ing • • •—• ..33 ca 430 d Oln e itt rl e ar Y , Per quarter ~ 685 72s CID gra "•• ••• •• 205 2t. rer, Rea Er, (cwt ) 353 50, White 343 48s Foreign Red:. 333 5Cs White.... 323 50s lre f° l l ..... Its sl sralTurnuar. Ilt ing the past week a fax average supply of foreign 6 ,1 °e1, has arrived in the port of Loudon, viz., 1 , 244 head , ,7 1 93 ? Beasts and Calves. During the corresp ond i n g rerlud in 1849 the importation amounted to 1,093, and au the same time in 1848, 1,256 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN TILE PAST WEEK. e a r°l ' l Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pi g s ,mbUrgh 40 r etn en 16 tner oteru P ••• am l iath 214 ... lertin g 104 Carraway ;•• • • • 29s 32! Coriander .•..••.. •• • • 16s 24s llempsecd, per quarter 32s 35s Linseed, Eng.::owing 51s 561 Crushing •• •... •. 40s 43s Baltic •• • • ...... 38e 44s Odessa • .•..... 421 46s Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— •. • • .8/ Os 91 Os Foreign, per ton 51 105 Ti lOs Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 lOs 61 5s Itapeseed,New, pr Ist 35/ Os 381 Os M 6 ... - ... 203 ... - 26 .. - ... 5 ... - ••• ..... Total ..... w . 464 545 ... ... 235 .. or responding seek in 1849. 325 ... 560 ... 20 ... I E S 3 same Week i n 1848— —.532 558 ... 136 ve ... Y few arivals have taken place at the outports F rom Ireland 86 Beasts, 42 Sheep, and 41 Calves have arrived‘,o , for thi s ma rket direct by sea. The number . -eoreign Beasts and Calves on offer this morning wa s alight good, that of Sheep small. There was a improvement in the demand, and prices had an .. ▪ p ih and tendency. From our various grazing districts e arriv a l s of Beasts fresh up, to-day, were consider• k libl Y on the increase, compared with those reported . on ti "day last; nevertheless, the demand for that descrip t;" of stock—as the dead markets were well cleared of _geir last week's supply, and the weather was more fa vourable for slaughtering—ruled steady, at last week's P r iees, the primest Scots selling at 3s 6d per Blbs. The Z el zbE'r of B eas t s f rom Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and AMbridgeshire was 2,120. From other parts of England we received about 700 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c., andremainder f rom Scotland 320 horned and polled Scots. The 4:, 44 ainder of the supply was chiefly derived from abroad. ;etrtoenwas a slight falling off in the supply of Sheep, the gen eral quality of which was good. On the whole the trade was firm, and a good clearance was th • eet cd, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per Blbs, th e Primest old Downs, in the wool, selling at 4s 6d, so out of the wool 3s 10d per 81bs. We were toler ably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with Lambs, the demand for which ruled firm, and in some instances p..oe.r.eteudr.rencies had an upward tendency. ' In Calves only • imited business was doing, yet prices were well sup- The Pork trade was in a sluggish state, at last we ek's ( potations. Per alba. to ainkthe offal. Taferio, Beasts...., to s. d, s. d. to a. d. eatla 2 4 2 5 Inferior Sheep ••• • 3 0 3 2 rrix a t, c l u alitY •• • 2 8 210 Second qual. S hee p 3 4 3 8 Pria m ar ge Oxen 3 0 3 2 Coarse-weolled ditto 310 4 2 - 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 4 4 4 6 gee co arse Calves 3 0 3 4 Ditto out of the wool° 0 0 0 kop r eall ditto 3 6 310 Large flogs •••• • • 3. 8 4 2 3 0 L,rart Calves • lB 0 25 0 Small Porkers •• • • 3 a •• • . TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. /3eastS• Sheep. I I Calves. rigs. 3 .658 20,760 126 230 I Beasts.FOREIGN SUPPLY. 326 I Sheep. I Calves. I rigs. 330 55 ZrZWG.LITE MEADENELAX.L. Beatour l as t report t h e arr i va l s o f coun t r y-killed co at have materially fallen off, th e y h av i ng L ee n chiefly n tpaed to about 1 : 000 carcases of Beet, Mutton, and poui have The supplies on offer slaughtered in the metre delis is aye been but moderate. On th e w h o l e , t h e general steady, and prices are well suppo r t e d i n every instal: l % f'• Only about 300 carcasses of foreign Meat ave appeared on sale. At per atone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 13.... i . ( nfertor.• .... a. d. to a. d. 2 0 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 8 Middling „. ~,, 2 6 2 8 --- middling.. 210 3 0 Phme large .. 210 3 0 "---.b. p ri me small 3 0 prime .... 3 2 3 6 , 441 •• •• •• •• •* .. •. •.11 00000 ••• 3 4 0 3 2 : Perk, 1arge........ 210 3 4 210 3 8, - 5 ma11........ . - . . . Lamb. is 6d te 5s 6d. the plaintiffi, and that the direction of the Learned Judge was tyrong in not leaving it to the jury to ray whither the dcfi.ndant hal sufficient funds out of %1 hich to pay the plaitt . ff%' The Court took time to consider the decision. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Si:tings in Banco ht fore Lord Chief Justice WILDF:, and Justices CRE:-:SWELL, WILLIAMS, and TALF..ULD.) The Court was occupied at great length this day with the arguments in the case of " Smite v. flarniltoe. This action, arising from circumstances which may yet be in the memory of our readers, was one brought to recover the amount of an insurance alleged to be due to the plaintiff by the Sun Fire and Life Assurance Office. The. plaintiff was a draper and upholsterer, having severed sno - ps in different parts of London. One of his shops ut :Islington was burnt down, and the vh. le. .:tif. the Bieck, consisting chiefly of drarery gAOCTs' , - deatroyed. Suspicions were st,..ewed at ti e it i e tire had not taken place from iteci:lental usiases;azid7when the plaintiff brought his claim agaiust, , the insurance company, they disputed it, si'tkei the pliiintiff brought an action to recover his in surance, whicki was tried at Guildhall, in which the ver dict was given for the defendants. A rule for a new trial was moved for, and obtained last term, and came on for argument this day. Mr. Sergeant Byles apt eared for the plaintiff and Mr, Cockburn fur the defendant, The reading of the Jm'ge's notes occupied a great pert of the morning. The Court also sat at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice Mau'e and a Common Jury, at Vl° Sessions-bostse, iy ettminster, but no case of sufficient importance t) nerit a report was brought before it. Wool. 'l4 I oPQrI4 cf W 9911149 149m19t1 silIC9 AdaY lad, BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Bef ,re Mr. Justice ERLE.) THE HALIFAX CORPORATION. Sir F. THESIGER moved for a certiorari calling up6n the Town Council of the borough of Halifax to bring up an order for the payment of a sum of money, for the purpose of being quashed. The motion was made under the 44th section of the 7th Will. IV. and Ist Vic., chap. 48, which provided that any order of a Town Council for the payment of money might be removed into this Court. The order ef the Town Council i❑ question confirmed the proceedings of their finance committee, which, on the 22d of March, in the present 3 ear, di rected the treasurer of the borough to pay Mr. Wavl, the Town Clerk, the rum of 961. 155., for profeasional charges and di,bursements, the particulars of which were srecificd on the back of the order. Now, Mr. Wavil was the Town Clerk, in receipt of a salary of 2501. per annum, and these costs and charges had been paid to him in respect of certain preceediegs for recover ing a borough 7 rate which the Town Council had directed to be levied under the Municipal Corporations Act. It, was clear, therefore, that the services be had performed came within his duties as Town Clerk, for which he re ceived the salary, and he was not entitled to t hese ad ditional charges. There were two casts bearieg upon this point, the first was that of Thomas v. the Mayor of Swansea, reported in the 12th Law Journal Exchequer 73, and the second that of Jones against the Corporation t f Carmarthen, reported in sth Meeson and Wail,by, page 83. In the first of these uses it was decided that where a town clerk performed certain duties in pursuance of his office he was not entitled to any remuneration other than that embraced in his salary, unless there was a special con tract to the contrary ; while in the latter case, where the town clerk was in receipt of a salary amounting to one hundred gain( as a year, with a special contract that he was to be paid fees for prosecuting or defending actions at I,w, it was held that he was not entitled to any additional remuneration for services he might per form as town clerk, other than those specified in the special contract. Mr. Justice ERLE arid, if his recollection served bile tightly, in the first of these cases the town clerk was receiving no salary at all, and yet it was held that as there was no special contract fur the purpose, he was not entitled to receive any remuneration fur the services he performed as town clerk. l it FREDERICK THESIGER observed that, however hard it might seem, that was the ruling of the Court, and he believed it would effectually dispose of this case. There were two technical points arising here that he thought it right to mention to the Court. There was no minute of this order on the books of the Town Council, as it was made by the Finance Committee and confirmed by the Council, while the minutes of the Council and the Committee a ere still in doubt, and had not yet been transferred to the books. It had been held, however, in the Corporation of Lichfield, that these omissions could not stand in the way of quashing the order. Mr. Justice ERLE.—You may take a rule to show cauae.—Rule nisi accordingly. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1850. lovely paintings especially arresting observation Beyond, i❑ all essential particulars, far be- 1 yond his companion iliu'trations to the "Keepsake" ' (1850)—" The Parting Look," 56, and 63, "The dea'h of CleoLice''—is his charming realisation of one of those lovely dreams of girlhood which have been long Parting unexpressed in the popular imagination, evoked into being by the sensuous poetry of Alfred Tennyson. Who has not loved his Gardener's Daughter, where, in the blooming thicket of rose bushes, " Half light, alf shade, she stood ?" Here is the form so often seen in the mind's eye, scanned at last by the body's ! No. 234, from the pencil of Corbould, is the vraisemblance of the Gardener's Daughter. Elsewhere (98) he has depicted the " human face divine" of "Maria"; and the supple and lithesome form (309) of the " Ameri can rider, Master Hernandez." No. 271, however, is the most ambitious of his productions this year, and represents with considerable force of sentiment that passage from English history where the beautiful " Queen Elgiva falls into the hands of the creatures of Odo, the Archbishop of Canterbury," and is by them branded with a hot iron on the forehead. Much in the school of the charming artist of " The Momentous question " is the felicitcus picture (258), " Colin en 1 Jesse," illustrative of one of the sweet poetic tales of George Crebbe. No. 254, " Going to Service," by J. 11. Mole, is full of domestic sentiment and pas toral eimplicity. No. 225, "A Sebed, or Public Reservoir," by 'L. Ilaghe, forms one of the most attractive and meritorious among the larger productions in the gallery. It is essen tially Oriental in character, and the disposition of the colouring is a marvel of ingenuity. No. 202, " Little Red Riding . Hood," by Charles Weigel!, a sweet little jewel of a picture, the infan tine embodiment of that delightful description of Scrooge's neice—" A dimpled, surprised looking capital face, and a ripe little mouth that seemed made to be kissed." No. 193, " Caxton reading the first proof sheet from his printing-press in Westminster Abbey, March 1474," by E. - H. Wehnert, is alto gether a noble composition in size, in subject, in grouping, in colouring, and in general execu tion. The theme is essentially enthralling, being one of the most memorable events in modern history. The scene is the Almonry, where now stands Henry Vll.'s Chapel, surmounted by its gorgeous ceiling; the personages introduced besides Caxton are his assistants, IVynkyn de Worde, Richard Pynson, Lettou, and William Alachlinia— for furt hestarticul ars respecting all of whom see Charles Knight's masterly biography. We are delighted to see that this splendid picture is on the eve of being engraved for publica tion. No. 123, " Lake Windermere," by George B. Campion, besides being one of the largest landscapes, or, rather, we should say lakescapes in the collection, is filled with numerous beauties. Nos. 100 and 107, by C. Vacher, are oblong pictures of scenes in the Wilderness, marvellously beautiful in colour and treat ment, especially the former, representing the murder of an Arab horseman. Ne. 75, "Christ and his Disciples in the Corn-field," by Henry Warren, should have been mentioned before this, if priority of notice implies merit in the pro duction. Being to the knowledge of every frequenter of the S)ciety's Gallery one of the most eminent leaders of the association, Mr. Warren main tains that distinction in the present year by this fine spirited composition. Among the admirable works from the hand of G. H. Leporte, the animal painter to the King of Hanover, we must also especially direct attention to (280) a lovely illustration of an incident mentioned by Youatt, the historian of the " Horse." Other paintings (such as the fruit pieces of Mrs. Margetts, the Lance of water colours) will be found eminently deserving of study in the artistic profusion of this collection. /~~~ 11 • jl/o.° VOI , LOUGZI EOP rmitnEnvr. We have a n - :oocrate inquiry f,r fire Hops of last year's growth, at till prices. In rill other kinds so little is doing th,..t the quotations are almost nominal, although the sto , .:lis held by the brewers aro smell. New Mid and East Kent ; ccl:cts, 61 Os to 101 8s ; new Weald of Kent ditto, Cl to 8/ 3s ; new Sussex ditto, 51 5s to 61 103 ; new Farnhamns, 121 to 131; arling 31 'o 41 5s ; yearling, Sussex, 2/ Ss to 3112; °ld Hops, 11 to 3/ 5s per cwt. EOU,OUGII AND SPXTAIGPIELDS tt7aiTir.aie4f tieme-g!OWL Potatocr, ccastwiee ~ ind per railway conveyance, %%Aro confined to aboi-t 2,200 lons. FiCra abroad we received at; tal sup ply QT.& to 1,230 tone. derived as feltuws :—ltotterclarn, 1t.5; Caltds , , 234; Daniel., k, 441; Rouen, 330; and liar longer), 70 tons. The quantity of foreij;,n Potatoes weighed by the City me era, from the Bth of August, 149, to the 15th hist., &mounted to 71,934 tons. Picked efimpl.-s of Eaglish being et arse, higher rates have br.en obtaitied for them, but all ether kinds command very little attention. Per Ten. York. 'Regents 9t. , s to 120 s Ditto Shaw 3 for Per Tcn. Comrncn Whites 40s to 45s Kent Shawn panting 80s to 90; Scotch Regents 70s to 804 Ditt• min. Cups 50s to 60s Ditto Buffs ... s to s Blues ....... s to s Lincoln. Regents. 80s to 105 s Wi:sbeach ditto COs to 1008 vitt° Kidneys .. s to s Berwick Regts... 75s to 00s Essex Regents —s to Ditto Shaws ...... 70s to BTh Ditto Kidneys —sto 8 Chats, found..... ZiOs to 40s Ditto datmged... I,ts to 205 French Whites ... 45s to 60„ Belgian Whites... 405 to 50, Dutch Whies --s to — s German ditto ... 40s to 458 TAVLOW. A steady business has been transacted in our market since Month) , last, and prices are fairly suT.portcd. To-day P.Y.U. on the spot is selling at 375, and for de livery during the last three months, 38s 3d to 38s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow, 35s 6d to 36s per cwt, nett cash; Rough Fat, 2s per Blbzz. Vara from St. Pctersburgh give the price laid down here as high as 393 Gd per cwt. I ls4s. - Stock this day • • —1 12,254 Price of T. C. •• .. to"sos3Odd Deliver' last week i 1,066 Ditto from June 1— • . 82,681 Arrivals last week .1 472 Ditto from June 1 79,131 Price of Town •• •... I 448 Od MAi LB Rff-STREET.-(THIS DAY. MURDEROUS ASSAULT IN HYDE-PARK BY A GENTLE , MAN.—Captain Conrad Montgomery, of No. 2, Ryder street, St. James's, was brought before Mr. Bingham,, charged with violently assaulting Mr. Thomas Rolt, a gentleman well known in the sporting world, by striking him over the head with a life preserver. The complainant, in consequence of the dangerous na ture of the injuries he had received, was unable to alt nd. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the defindant, and a solici tor attended to watch the case for the prosecution. The solicitor for the prosecution said his client was so severely injured that he was unable to attend. The constable who saw the whole transaction Rai in cow t, and, after hearing his evidence, he proposed to apply to have the case adjourned to a future day, but would offer no objection to the defendant being admitted to bail. Davis, 46 A, deposed that about twenty minutes to six on Sunday evening he was on duty in Hyde-park, near ApAey Reuse, when he saw a scuffle between two gen tlemen, the defendant and another, whom ho ascertained to be a Mr. Rolt. lie saw the defendant strike Mr. Roll with the loaded stick produced, and kncck his hat off. Defendant then took hold of the stick by the small end with both hands, and hit Mr. Bolt over the right eye, from which the blood flowed in torrents. He was in the act of striking Mr. Bolt again, when witness went up and said to defendant, " My gracious, what are you about? you have nearly killed the gentleman already." Witness then caught hold of defendant's arm to prevent him from striking Mr. Rolt. Defendant then said, " Oh, you know nothing about it. lie struck me first., and I have not finished with him yet." Witness then wrenched the stick from his hands and throw it on the ground. He then procured assistance, and after heading defendant to the charge of another constable, conveyed Mr. Bolt to St. George's Hospital, where his wounds were dressed. Witness added that he produced the surgeon's certificate, stating that no immediate darger was to bo apprehended from the injuries Mr. Rolt was suffering under. Mr. Bodkin, on the part of the defendant, said that his client was walking in Hyde-park on the previous evening, and that there being some difference between him and Mr. Role, he (defendant) on meeting with that gentleman was accosted by him in very bad and fuel language, end Saving with him the stick produced, his client, unfortunately, in an unguarded moment, struck Mr. Bolt with that weapon. He (Mr. Bodkin) did not think it necessary to call any witnesses on the pre sent occasion, as the case would no doubt be remanded. The question was now the amount of boil. Mr. BINGHAM said it was a case he could not dispose of himself, us he thought it a case for the Quarter Sessions; but there being no complainant present he could not do that now. As to the question of bail, he would accept two sureties in 1001. each, and the defendant in 100/., for his appearance on Monday next. Bail was immediately procured, and defendant left the court with his friends. KIDDERMINSTER ELECTION COMMITTEE.—(THIS DAY.) The Committee appointel to try the merits of the petition presented against the return of Mr. Best for the borough of Kidderminster re-assembled at the usual hour this morning; Mr. Bouverie in the chair. The Committee were engaged the whole of the morn ing receiving evidence of agency which presented no feature of general interest. TIIE AMERICAN MAIM—LIVERPOOL ) SATURDAY. —The British and North American Royal Mail steamer Canada, Captain Harrison, sailed for Halifax and Boston this forenoon: she had the weekly mails for Canada and the United States, besides a numbei of passengers on board) The next incoming steamer, Europa, is expected on Sunda,y night week, but it is probable some f the packet ships may anticipate her arrival and bring a feW days' later intelligence. MEMORIAL TO TIIE LATE MR. G. E. ANSON.— A meeting has been held at Sudbury to adopt measures fet erecting a memorial to the late Mr. G. E. Anson, when it Iva& resolved that the clesestory windows of the ehttrcli of Haw bury, the parish in which Mt. Anson resided ) shottld be re stored and illuminated for that puipose...—john Bu'l. TUE MURDER nF MARIC ANNE PARSONS.—After a long inquiry into the case of Mary Ann Parsons, the Ma gistrates have committed both the primontra b Mr. and Mrs: Bird, to be tried at the assizes for a felonious assault on the deceased. The evidence produced at the exatnination of the prisoners was in substance the same 29 that on the trial before Mr. Justice Talfourd. The proceedings were adopted at the desire of the Government, Mr. llarvie stating that he bad received his instructions from one of the Government solicitors. Mr. Jennings, who appeared for the prisoners, said, the charge was precisely the same for which they had been tried and acquitted at Exeter, and complained that it was by the remarks which appeared in the Times upon Mr. Justice Talfourd that the public attention had been excited, and the Government induced to take the present course. Lord John RuFsell gave a grand banquet on Saturday evening, at his mansicn in Cheshana-place, to the following Members of the Lower House :—The Hon. William P. Campbell, the Hon. C. Skeffington Clements, Sir Harry Verney, Captain Fordyce, Mr. John H. Talbot, Simeon, Mr. B. Sheridan, Mr. R. 1). Mangles, Mr. A. Hastie, Mr. Toirens MCullagh ' The O'Gorman Mahon, M r . T en i son , and Mr. Compton Stansfield. The family circle comprised the Noble Premier, Lady John Rassell, and Lady Harriet Elliot. MIDDLE TEMPLE.—CALLS TO THE BA R.--Tile undermentioned gentlemen, ea!led to the degree of the Utter Bar ou Friday last, were sworn in at the ?diddle Temple Batt on Saturd4y:— Augustus Edgar Burch, Esq.; Simms Reeve, 1!:q ; Henry Jesse], Esq. ; James Lister Smith, Esq. ; and Charles Locock Webb, Esq. CURE FOIL THE WHOOPING COUGH.—" I know," said one of my parishioners, " what would cure him, but in'appen you wouldent believe me."—" What is it, Mary?" I asked.—" Why, I did everything that everybody told me. One told me to get him breathed on by a piebald horse. I took him ever such a way, to a horse at —, and put him under the horse's mouth, but he was no better. Then I was told to drag him backward through a bramble hush. I did so, but this did'nt cure him. Last of all, I was teld to give him nine fried mice, fasting, in a morning, in this way— throe the first morning; then wait three mornings, and then Ove him three inoN ; wait three mornings, and then give him three more. When he had eaten these nine fried mice, he Lecame quite well. This would be Me to cure your child, Sir,"— Notes end queries, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert tcok a drive in an open carriage and four on Saturday. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, presided on Saturday morning in the Council for the manage ment of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy Office, Somerset House. His Royal Highness Prince Albert inspected a bust of Viscount Gough, by Mr. G. G. Adams, on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal llighness Prince Albcrt inspected, on Saturday, an advanced proof by Mr. Greatbach, from Sir George Hayter's picture of " The Christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales," in St. George's Chapel, Windsor ; also, the etching from Winterhalter's picture of their Royal Highnesses the Prince Alfred and Princess Helena, in Highland costume, engraved by H. T. Ryall, sub mitted by Mr. Moon. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess f Kent, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, the Earl Gran villr, Viscount Canning, Lady Blantyre, Lord Port man, and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey. The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and played the following pieces : Mardi. Overture, " Masaniello" Pas Redouble, "Sur le violin du Diable" Mohr. Selection, " Daughter d St. Mark" Valse, " Winterblutheu" Llbitzky. Polka, " Shad well" " God cave the Queen." The Queen's private band afterwards attended ; and performed the folloNsing pieces : Overture, "Marguerite d' Anjou Meyerbeer. Allegretto, " Lobgesang" Selection, " Malek Adel" ... Costa. Liedesfreicheit Marschner. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and the Princess Louisa took an airing in an open carriage and four on Saturday morning. The Queen and Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service yesterday in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald 'Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended the service yesterday morning. The Royal Family took their usual exercise yester day in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge at tended Divine service yesterday morning in the Foundling Hospital. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess cf Kent and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Forcign•office. The Ministera present were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Car lisle, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Council sat two hours and a half. Mr. George Henderson and Mr. Allan Gilmour, a deputation from the Glasgow Shipowners' Association on the Merchant Service, Admeasurement of Ships, and Seamen's Fund Bills, had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Gurney and Mr. W. Tagg had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home office. Sir Thomas Fremantle, chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer on Saturday, at his official residence in Down ieg-etreet. A deputation, consisting of Joseph Neatby, Samuel Sturge, and George Stacey, had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey. Sir H. Verney had also an interview with the Right lion. Baronet on Saturday. Lord John Russell bad a Parliamentary dinner party on Saturday, at his residence, in Chesham plat e 4 Dispatches were received on Saturday, at the Co lonial-office, from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian tslandS. The Duke of Wellington attended the early ser -0,0 yesterday, in the Chapel Royal i St. acJ amesedthe The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiate d, anti P sermon. At the daily service the Prayers were read by the Rev. W. hall, the Lessons by the Rev. G. Repton, and the Communion fiervice by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr Monson, The anthem , " Thou c , 0 God, art praised" I(Greene), as as sung by Messrs. Lockey, Grey, and Medlin. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. Letters have k een received h._ . 17 the Smthern Whale Fishery Company from their commissioner, 111 r. .5_ 41- derhFo announcing hia arriyfd in the Samuel Enderby at Hobart Town, or he 1',./th of Aoi•ei-nbei last, where he had put in merely to obtain a few additional supplies, and whence he intendet to continue on the following day his voyage to the Auckland Islands, distant but a few days' sail. The Samuel tilderby left Plymouth oh the 17th of August last, and has, consequently, made the passage to Hobart Town in 94 days. [ADVEUTI6EMENT.)—A. Element, tobacconist, 33, Upp.r Sepuonr-street, one door from Edgeware-road, con tinues to lay Tattersall's odds against all horses for the prin cipal races on pap r, yiz.—Lawrsdown Trial Stakes, Dyr ham-park Stakes, Weston Stakes, Somersetshire Stakes, and Steeplechase at Bath, Northumberland Plate, Chester Cup, Two Thousand and One Thousand Guinea Stakes, Newmar ket Stakes, Derby, and Oaks. Gentlemen sending their commissions from the country may rely upon the fullest odds being laid. All bets paid the day after the race. DEATH OF THE DUCIIESS OF MAILLBOROUGII.-- We have to announce the decease of her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough. Bar Grace was confined with a stillborn infant some five weeks ago, and was considered to be rapidly progressing to recovery. A severe mental shock which she unfortunately experienced about a fortnight ago took such s powerful hold of the nervous system that her Grace never rallied from it, and finally sank under its baneful influence at an early by Ql2 S Atlarday )319111iDg• 1847. 184 S. I 1819. I 1850. 9,897 8,282 I 26,243 4Ss Od 505 Od 383 9d to to Os Od to 50s 6d Cs Od 736 I 1,219 1,322 75,251 ' 92,717 90,137 29,182 37s Od to Os Od 1,570 Bi, 445 C:5 i ! 1,902 269 89 ! 74,523 92,890 108,847 90,157 50s Od 525 Od 413 01 335 Od CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chareclier was u 111 ciently recovered from his lute indisposition to be able to sit at his private residence in Park-lane to day, to hear any cases that might press. Although his Lordship's health is consi derably improved, it is generally understood thst he will not be able to sit in open court before next term. ROLLS' COURT.---(THIS DAY.) iktitiuEs cf no general interet-t occupied the o.4urt the whole day. VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor cf England was oc cupied the whole of the morning with hearing a ease in his private room. (Before the Vitu Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) The cause of " Herrison v. Armistead'' cecupied the court the whole morning. It possessed no feature cf any interest except to the parties concerned. (Before the Vice-Chancellor \VIGRA - 3.0 SHARPE V. TAYLOR. The further arguments on this part-heard case occu pied the Court the whole day. The me came before the Court upon exceptions to the Master's report, whereby ho had found the value of a certain ship called the Victoria, to have been, in May, 1840, 7,485/. The exceptants insisted that her value was not more than 1,5001. 1,600/. It appeared the had been built in Americs , , and hsvirg been wrecked off Liverpool, was bought by the plaintiff and the defendant, who, having repaired her, had employed her in the American trade. The object of the bill was to obtain an account of the profit, of the adventure, and of the amount reAised by her fate. Mr. Wood and Mr. Hislop Clarke were heard in sup port of the exceptions. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bethel!, and Mr. Follett, were in support of the Master's finding. QUEEN'S BENCH —(TIIIS DAY.) Before Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL and Justices PATTESON, COLEBIP.GE, and WIGHT:BAY.) LEFEYRE V. CHAPPEL. Mr. Sergeant SIJEE said, in this ease, which was tiled before Mr. Justice Coleridge at the last si!tings at Guildhall, and in which a verdict was found for the de fendant, he had to move for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground of misdirec tion. The plaintiff, Mr. Left vre, was a commission agent, residing at Boulogne, echo, having witnessed the success of an opera called Le Prophete at Paris, and hearing that the opera was about to be brought out in London, was desirous of securing ail the boxes and stalls of the Italia❑ Opera•hcuse, in Covent-garden, on the night on which the opera was to be performed, with the view of making a profit by the transaction. The plain tiff acccrdiogly wrote a letter to a person named Merchant, in London, desiring him to see the mana ger of the Opera-house, and to engage all the boxes and stalls that were in the market to that parti cular night. Merchant was caned as a witness at the trill, who deposed that he went in company with a per son named Goldsmid, to the box-office of the Italian Opera-house, where they met Mr. Chapped, the de fendant, who is a music•teller, in Regent•street, and a subscriber for a number of the boxes and stalls at the Opera-house. Seeing Mr. Chappel, Mr. Goldsmid en ter ed into conversation with him, and introduced Mr. Marclwit to bin', who said to Mr. Chappel, " I be lieve I have the honour to speak to the manager of the Opere." Mr. Chappel bowed his assent, whereupon Mr, Merchant went on to may a friend cf his had authorised him to buy all the stalls, boxes, and tickets, for the night on which the opera in question was to be performed, so that there might be no opposition or competition in the sale of the boxes or stalls. Some days before the bargain was completed the def.nclatit went to the house of Merchant, a-id announced him- self as the manager of the Opera, and represented to Marchant that the Queen was expected to attend the opera on the night when Le PropliZte was to be played. It was after that representation that the bargain was concluded. Now the ground on which he (Mr. t'crgt ant Shee) moved was, that it was stated by the Learned Judge (Coleridge) at the trial to the jury, "that if the defendant did make the representation that he was the manager of the Opera, the first question was —was he not the zn::nager in the sense in which it was material for him to be 1:0 for this contract?" New, the fact was thbt the rlefendact wes not the manager at all. fie was a person carrying on the business c f a music- seller, and so far from - being the manager of the Opera, lie was a competitor with the plaintiff in the sale of the boxes and stalls, inasmuch as he had an office open in Regent-street, fur disposing of box and stall tickets for the opera for the very night in question. He (Mr. Serge ant Shee) submitted that Mr. Uhappel, the (It fen dant, made a fraudulent representation to Marchant, the agent, in this transaction. Lord CAMPBELL inrimatrd that the Court would take time to perube the notes of the trial, and give their thcisiou on a future day. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Muni the LORD CHIEF BARON, and Barons PARE, ROLFE, and PLATT.) RENNIE AND ANOTHER V. CLARK. Mr. DuVILL applied in this case, which was tried be fore the Lord Chief Baron at Guildhall, and in which a verdict was found for the defendant, for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial, on the ground of misdirection, and of the verdict being against the evidence. The action was brought by Sir John Rennie and Mr. Remington, to recover 2,6001., the balance of an account of 5,0001. for engineers' expenses in respect of a projected undertaking, called the East and West Junction Railway, which was proposed to run from Kidderminster to Hereford. An action had been previ ously brought against one of the provisional committee, but it failed, in consequence of the defendant's liability not being proved; anti the present suit bad since been instituted against Mr. Clark, who was deputy-chair man of the company. The jury, it appeared ) found a verdict for the defendant, but they ac companied it by an expression of an opinion that they thought the plaintiffs were entitled to their claim, although it did not seem to them that the defendant was personally liable as a member of the committee. There was distinct evidence at the trial, not only of the em ployment of the plaintiffs by the company, and of their having applied for and received various sums on account, but that the company had abundant thirds in hand to pay the demand in lull. It would seem that as much as 19,0001. had been received in the shape of deposits, and that 9000/. of it remained in possession of the banker when the company was brought to an end. It further appeared that the defendant was one of the directors who had control over those funds; and he suggested, when the caneern was braken up, that they should all scramble fur the 9,000/. That course, however, did not meet with approval, and it was ultimately agreed that the sum should be handed over to another company, of which the defendant weal a director. It was con tended, on the part of the plaintiffs, that the defendant was liable, whether the company had funds er not, but that he was, beyond all doubt liable when there were ample funds in hand to meet every claim against th e company . Th e answer set up to this by the defendant was, that the, plaintiffs were em pleyed cu the terms a being paid cut of the deposits, if there were_ . any, and th a t th ey h a d consente d to indem nify the directors from all responsibility. The plaintiff, denied that they were employed on :such an underAand jug; but a resointien of the committee was produced, which directed that the usual bond of indemnity should be obtained from the solicitors and engineers. The plain tiffs objected to its reception on the ground that it was agreed to in the absence ?t Sir Johortßennie and Mr. Remington, but the objectien was,overinled. An attempt was then made to prove that tleo:tattritaybf the resolutio n was communicated to the Ttldintlffs, but the evidence on that point was of a contraeledory nature. The Learned Judi. e then lefs it jury to say whether the V ee he defendant had ;,,;hicerppyiy. Cu the under sanding that he ai d net net to be ...liable,but aas to be indemnified, and also whether . the : pl . a.atifl:4 knew tl ey were to be erapJued:cn the faith ot . gying a bond of indemnity. Mr.. now contended that there was no proof of Any indemnity being agreed to by HER MAJESTY'S TIIEXTRE. Verdi's opera I Lombardi wan ri vived at this theatre on Saturday evening fur the debut (T the cele brated tenor Signor Baucardi, whe ' as O:onte, has achieved a triumph which at once places him in the very first rank of tenor:-. Before he had sung a dozen metes his success was complete, and the ap plause which, on his entering, was rather faint, be came enthusiastic when he completed his first cadenza. His voice is a pure tenors di forza, combining most passionate expression with a peculiarly telling effect. The tones seem to flew without ;my apparent exertion on his part, and he sung the whole of the music in a pure chest voice, without once having re course to the falsetto, and without reaching the ex treme points of either his upper or his lower register. Never was the register of any tenor more even, and never did any singer infuse more impassioned expres sion into his tones than did Signor Baucardi. As a proof cf the compass and quality of his voice we may mention that he sung B in alt in his vocedipetto with pure tone and perfectly in tune. In the last act ho came out in full force and elicited a rapturous encore by his manner of singiug the duet, " Oh 1 Belle a questa misera," with Madame Giuliani; at the conclusion of the duet, both artistes were recalled. His perform ance with Giuliani and Coletti, in the concluding trio, fairly took the house by storm. He was applauded to the echo, call.d on to repeat the scene, and at the con clusion was again called before the audience (as he had been frequently during the course of the opera), and greeted wiz h the most enthusiastic plaudits; a more triumphant or a more deserved suc cess than that of Signor B lucardi it. is scarcely possible to imagine. Madame Giuliani was an interesting Giselda ; her execution of the aria "Non far Sogna" was highly artistic. Coletti as Pagano was, as usual, magnificent. He was the original Pagano, and none other has as yet approached him in that character. The fine unisonous chorus ' Componi o cara vergine" was superbly rendered, and was rapturously encored; indeed the manner in which the choruses were given throughout reflects the highest credit on Signor Felice Ronconi, the chorus master of the establish ment, as does the admirable manner in which the music was performed on Mr. Balfe, and his most efft cient and excellent orchestra. Between the acts of the opera, Carlotta Grisi and M—Cbarles danced the Truandaise ; and in the ballet of Les Plasirs d .iliver, which followed, Madlle. Amelia Ferraris danced her new pas to perfection, and was applauded to the echo. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Rossini's Moisa (that version of it we mean which was re-written for the grand opera at Paris, as con tradistinguished from the original Moss in Egitto pro duced at Naples), was performed at this theatre on Saturday, under the name of Zora. It being contrary to our - English customs to produce scriptural person ages on the stage, Moses has been transformed into Zora, the Israelites into the Bactrians, and the Egyptians into the Assyrians ; as on a former occasion Moses was transformed into Peter the Hermit, and the Opera was called Pietro L'Eremita. The opera, probably, has never before been represented with su h affluent vigour—with such consummate dignity Bad nobleness. The third act, which involves the most brilliant of the choral triumphs—namely, those incident to the collision of Zora and OAris, and the exposure of the divine autho rity of the farmer by the miraculous destruction of the golden idol—produced an effect which we believe to he wholly unrivalled, even at the Royal Italian Opera, where—as in the lluguenots and the Propkete —we have been accustcmed to the superbest excel lencies of combination and discipline. The exertions which have been expended by the management upon this large work, to ensure it a fit and suitable embodiment, are highly creditable to the spirit and enterprise which have influenced them, and no praise would be thought excessive. The celebrated basso, Zelger, made his first appear • ante upon this occasion. Personally no one could have been better chosen as the representative of Zora, the great central figure of the opera. whose denuncia tions expose the cruel and audacious Assyrians to the vengeance of the God of Fire, and elicit those strokes of punishment which paraphrase the miracles as de fined in the Mose. The declamatory recitatives, which either apostrophizes the immensity of the Deity he serves, or invoke its correcting interference, were delivered by him with majestic simplicity, and nothing more could be wished for. Tarn berlik as Amenofi (the Orosman of the Pietro), more than justified the good impressions which he has so plentifully encouraged. His singing was throughout admirable, in style somewhat too elabo rate and over-coloured, perhaps, but masterly as de monstrations of vocal effect. The duet to which we have referred, the famous "Parlay, p iegar," elicited a loud encore. The skill with which in this he com peted with Tamburini— (who was his coadjutor)—the pulmonary emphasis of his declaration of amorous anguish, and the pervading earnestness of his manner, were irresistible, and at once challenged the approba tion of the audience. Ihe duet with Anaide (Affix) in the lest act brought forth a like display of ixpieL sion—unfulding again and again the perfection of florid tenderness. Madame Castellon, as Anaide, acquitted herself with infinitely more ability than we could possibly have expected. Toe music belonging to this part is of a very try ing nature, making frequ-nt rppeals to the physical strength of the singer ; nevertheless, Madame Castellan rendered it with uniform energy, and scarcely left anything to be desired. The scena which fell into the hands of Mdlle. Vera, as Sinaide, the queen—,a bravura of no ordinary difficulty and pretension—had also an able and profitable ex , - , cutant. Tamburini we might have complimented More this for the successes of his vocalisation as the king ; but let us do it now. Tailiafico sung the music of Osirie, the rival priest, with his usual accuracy of detail and propriety of method. The concerted piecis were, in all cases, finely rendered ; and the "Mi Manca" was redemanded. The stupendous finale to the third act, with its jubilant and extatic threw the audience into a fury of enthusiasm not to be restrained, and the encore that followed was one of the most tumultuous and triumphant that we ever re member to have assisted in. An attempt was made to recal, it a third time, but the appearance before the curtain of the principal singers was accepted in lieu, including Costa, who was received with a round of plaudits as deafening as it was prolonged. The preghiera which terminates the opera, the celebrated " Dal tuo stellsto soglio," was given with similar im posing substance as that which distinguished the pre cious finale, receiving an additional effect from the scenic artifices which accompanied it. The gradual opening of the back scene as the prayer was sung by the kneeling group, disclosing a huge amphitheatre lined with myriads of figures, while the area of the stage fills slowly with gaudy eastern soldiery, who prostrate themselves in attitudes of pious reverence as the strains of humiliation ascend to Heaven, formed a tableau of great and impressive beauty, and brought the opera to a striking close. The ballet in the third act is likewise entitled to panegyric as a spectacle, though its abbreviation may be recom mended. EXHIDITION OF WATER COLOUR PAINTINGS. Out of the three hundred and twenty-nine pro ductions arranged in the Gallery (53, Pall-mall) of the Xew Society of Painters in Water Colours, this day opened to public ex,hibitine, We shall here have an opportunity of particularising several of surprising originality an-I of remarkable excellenee. These at• tracted not only our own attention during the private view of the collection on Saturday afternoon, but that o f t h e numerous and fashionable Coneotirse who streamed round the spacious apartment of the as. iociation from early morning to sundown. From the gratification experienced by ourselves; and the satisfaction fiery audibly expressed from time to time by the crowd in attendance, it is to us apparent that the eftorts of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours to decorate the walls of their gallery for the spring season or WO have been unusually stiacessful, and such as augur the in creasing prosperity and popularity or thb ettttblisly , merit. Aided by the explanatory catalogue, the visitor_ will find the walls of the large room con taining the exhibition replete with a visible poetry of a mo3t s uggestive character: E x quisite repre sentations of animate tied inniiinifite bade ar rtingta rig to contrast admirably with each other, are scattered throughout the collection in more than ordi nary abundances Feattireh of ideal heAutp skid landstap'ea or pictiiresque verdure, form of course the principal subjects for the brushes of the man? , artistic competitors t but with thine are als o bl e nd e d in agr e e:- able confusion pictures portraying flowers, shells, or fruit pieces, with bolder attempts depicting incidents drawn either front history or itthanee, Conspicuous in his success this year beyond all the other painters of water-coloured landscapes, we must in the very first instribet particularie W: Bennett, one of the most promising and distinguished mem bers of the association. his fttiniliarity with nature is that not merely of an " artistic pactitioneri'4 hot that of one Mending in his abilities the exquisite per• ceptive faculties of the poet with the felicitous mimicry of the painter. Ile sketches the twinkling leaf and the limpid water, the shadow and the sunshine, the cloud and the rivulet, with the ssine brilliant exacti tude. Witness this (32) his Barbrook, where " Every hillock glows As with the blushes of an mini:lg sky," a beautiful thought derived from the verse of Aken side, or Lis "Road through the ForeSt," or his " Group of Gulls," or his "Babbling Brook" That gently kissah every sedge It overtaketh in its pilgrimage." Other aspirants for public approbation are, in like in:lnner, noticeable in their several departments. Edward Henry Corbauld, for example, though he has Lhimself surpassed his present productions, can never be overlooked by any v4itor to the exhibition—bis LITERATURE DIARY of a LADY'S TRAVELS in BAR BARY. 2 Vols.. A lady travelling through Barbary recorded in her diary day by day her adventures, her observation?, and her impressions thereon. Some judicious friends having perused the manuscript, expressed their belief that some portion of the reading public might feel in terested in a lady's observations relative to a part of the world rarely visited by lady tourists. In com pliance with this advice some " leaves" from the above-mentioned diary have been made public, and many readers will have cause to thank the judicious friends aforesaid. The scenes here described are as yet unhacknied, and the lady traveller is eminently well qualified for the task of setting forth the pecu liarities, agreeable or otherwise, of Barbary end its inhabitants, civilized or barbarian. As an ex in ple of the matter and the manner of these volumes vi ill be more effective and more amusing than an anal 3 sis of their content:, we transcribe the following extracts descriptive of A VISIT TO A HAREM IN TUNIS. "Tie rich carpets on which I trod, the drowsy at mosphere laden with the finest perfumes of Arabia, and the countless figures, clad in gay, fantastic garments, NA surrounded me, all strengthened the illusion aft - 1 eas present in an actual scene from the thousand and one nights. LH:eh took me by the baud and led me up to the handsome divan, which was raised two steps, and furnished with sk.ft cushions covered with yellow da mask. Then st e made me a sign to sit down beside her, which of course I did, though by no means with the same eme as herself, since the very low divan was made to be sat on with crossed and beec'el legs. Whilst my eyes were gradually accustoming themselves to the dark ness of the spacious room, I bent them upon my neigh bour, the queen of this sumptuous harem. Lillah is a well-preserved woman ol five-and-thirty, or from that to forty. Threa of her grown-up daughters were present and conversed with the other ladies of our party, as well as they could, by means cf signs. We had for inter preter Mlle. d'H.'s cousin, a lad about ten pars old, who was still privileged, by virtue of his tender ye ars, to enter the jealous doers of the harem; not only, how ever, did he often refuse to interpret to the ladies all the questions which our curiosity suggested, but ho was so fondled and petted by them that he was ell hut useless to UF. "But to return to the harem queen. Her figure may, perhaps, have been handsome, but it is now spoiled by excessive corpulence, which, however, according to the Moorish canons of beauty, only serves to heighten her charms. Her dress was very simple. Her upper gar ment was only a loose, shapeless kind of caftan, of bright rose-coloured levantine silk, fastened at the thre at by a splendid diamond clasp, and reaching only to the knees. Under it she wore a jacket thickly embroidered with gold; her richly brocaded trowsers were fastened from the knees to the ankles like leggings. Her bare feet were fattened out of all symmetry. Several female slaves waited behind her with various kinds of slippers. "All the two hundred women in the harem, with the exception of the negresses, were dressed in bright.cc lours d silks, and Lillah was only distinguised from the rest by her incomparably beautiful jewels, and by the universal deference shown towards her. Anything finer than Lillah's diamonds and other jewels I never saw. On her right thumb she wore a splendid ring, with the Bey's cypher in diamonds, and on the third and fJurth fingers of both hands she had rings, one pair of which was set with emeralds, and each of the others with five or six diarnans-monstres. Oa her right arm she wore three rows of fine pearls, each of which was as large as the tip of my little finger. I was not a little astonished to see several rows of the commonest glass beads in such costly company. 'Her head-dress was very simple, apart from the im mense value of the je vels attached to it. All the Moor ish women I Lad hitherto seen vote their hair combed smooth backwards, in the fashion we call a la chincise; but Lillah's hair, the incipient greyness of which had been changed to brown by artificial means, hung down her cheeks in bands as bread as a finger, and was cut off below. The hair of the back of her head was tied up in a a bite silk lecrc`def, two long ends of which, worked with gold, hung down her back, whilst the other two stood upright on the crows of her head like horns. All the other women had head-dresses of the same curious form; and Lillah moreover wore pendent from the hack of her head a great lot of amulets of every shape and size. Not to weary the reader with de tails c f the costly things I saw, I will only mention that a ring with a solitaire, worn by one of Lillah's daughters, has been valued in Paris at a hundred and twenty thousand francs." "Lillah's nails and hands were dye 3 with henna, like those of all Moorish women, and her eyelids and eye brows were tinged with a black powder. I gave her to understand, through our young interpreter, that I wished to know how the colouring was effected, whereupon she sent one of her women to fetch the little amaratus containing the indispensable materials. Finding that I was to be made acquainted with the cosmetic, not only by sight but by personal trial, I asked why I, of all our party, was especially chosen for that honour. Her an swer was, " You are not yet married, I am sure, but if I paint your eyes you will very soon get a handsome husband." To this I could only reply that I was mar ried, but that nevertheless the honour of having my Nee painted by so fair a princess was most welcome to me ur.dcr cny circumstances. I now submitted to the beau tif)iug procus, but perhens I d;d not tit for it as coolly as I should have done, fur when Lil'ah had finished, her daughters expressed the strongest disapprobation of her performance. So much the worse was it for me. "Incidit in Seyllam qui vult vitare Charybdin." " Scarcely had I begun to congratulate myself on having escaped from Lillah, who had twenty times been near putting out my eye with her sharp pencil, ero I fell into the hands of her daeighter, a he, without more ado, fell to tubbing my face all over with her handkerchief, which she moistened with her spitt , e. The powder used for darkening the eyelashes is black lead. It is kept in a little fl .ak of horn, or even of precious metal, to which is fitted a wooden pencil, that alt !r being blackened with the powder, is drawn along between the lids. Some dexterity is necessary to perform this operation success fully, and without causing pain. The practice was known to the Greeks and Romans. Pencil, and powder, just like those wed in the present day, have been found in the tombs of Egyptian women in the catacombs of Sahara. "Among the objects that greatly struck me in this abode of luxury I must mention the ladies' pocket hand kerchief's. What will the reader think when I say that a hand like loaded with some forty thousand pounds' worth at least of jewels, coquetted with a dark cotton handkerchief, such as might be worn by a labour rig man in England?" THE OLD JUDGE ; or, Life in a Colony. By the Author of " Sam Slick, the Cloclanaker." New Edition. On its first appearance we noticed at length the peculiarities of this delightful volume. We are glad to meet with it in a new edition and a more condensed form, in which we doubt not it will find a cordial welcome among the numerous friends and admirers of the censorious, but, withal, good-humoured," Clock maker." The manners and customs of communities, and the peculiarities of individual character, are touched off by Sam Slick with a smartness and nicety which give at once an actuality to the sketch and a charm to the description. MEMORIALS OF WESTMINSTER. By the Rev. Mackenzie E. C. Walcott, M.A. The curate of St. Margaret's, Westminster, has here presented us with a very comprehensive and care fully compiled history, or series of memorials, of the city of 'Westminster, Saint Peter's College, the parish churches, palaces, streets, and worthies. To its au thor the composition cf this work has evidently been a labour of love, and its perusal will afford pleasure to all whose tastes lead them to sympathise with, or whose habits of thought ena ble them to appreciate, the peculiar spirit i n which it is penned, and the peculiar subject to which s i t r reWal lates. " The streets constan tl y traversed, say M cott in his preface, " and the registers constantly re ferred to, by the clergyman of a large metropolitan parish, in the course of his daily avocations, sugges in themselves subje cts of great and p terest, affording ermanent in t a t the same time a pleasant source of relaxation in an inquiry into the histories con nected with them. In the case of a parish like that attached to the Church of St. Margaret, which owes its foundation to King Edward the Confessor, the records which it possesses, all that it contains and has embraced within its ample circuit—the kingly palaces, t he ancient college, the courts of law, the royal parks, the sites in a city instinct with rich memories of eight centuries and dwelling-places of worthies me morable in Church and State—afford "ample scope and verge enough" for the most enterprising pen, patient research, and the keen spirit which describes the past. " High towers, fair temp'ea goodly theatres, Strong walls, rich porches, princely palaces, Large streets, brave houses, sacred sepulchres, Sure gates, sweet gardens, stately galleries, Wrought with fair pillars and fine imageries." SPENSF.R. Such were the attractions of the theme which fasci nated the attention of Mr. Walcott . , and originated the splendid volume now before us. To render the work worthy of the theme has evidently been the aim of author, artist, publisher, and printer. It is adorned with nine pictorial illustrations, re presenting Sc. I ,Alargarei's Church, Westminster, i n t h e olden t i me , Whitehall and its St. Margaret's, from Henry t 1.2 e vent i h;s tr L a i r n tee p e of great window of St. Margaret's sa—::urcn _Gaatesl, 4 . 1) 11 e Gate- Westminster School, New Palace-yare , house and the Church of St. John the Evarge.... The initial letters of every chapter are drawn from I letters in Cardinal Mazsrin's Bible, w hich, together with its beautiful typography and the peculiat atare of its contents, give the aork a venerable and un common appearance. /‘ , rainy of the copious lists cf dates, &e. herein contained will not prove intereroaing to every render, but thos e who may be inclined to and interesting `ass over such species of information will pause with pleat:we at many an amusing anecdote recor d co nnected wi th the worthies and walls of Westminster. Ma. SMITH O'BRIEN IN AUSTIIALIA.—The Nation states that " Smith O'Brien is held in close and solitary con finement by the English authorities—forbidden all inter course with his fellow-exiles —attended by turnkeys under strict orders not to exchange a Lyliable with hilm.-and vbited 131 hid Paver TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 17th, the Education Bill was moved to be read a second time. The opposition to it brought out a fearful exhibition, couched in the silkiest phrases, of the bigotry which sensible men begin to see is gathering round us in a multitude of directions simultaneously, and likely to carry us back to something like the condition of mental subser viency from which our forefathers emerged at the first Protestant Reformation, which is beginning grievously to want a second. The opponents stated, with tones so soft, and voices so musical, and looks so rapt, as might have served to win the most orthodox of widows to a young church man's arms, that all they asked for was liberty of conscience ; and their conscience was, that nobody should receive any education except intermingled with religion, and that religion theirs. To which they added the modest syllogism, that because their sect was the majority, they had a right to the sole exercise of this conscientious freedom. What is the difference in principle, between this and the liberty of conscience c l a i me d by that Most Holy Office, which felt impelled to assert its freedom of burning all heretics it could lay hands on ? It is difficult to deal with this kind of consciences, unless by the intervention, where practicable, of a prison or a madhouse. We are fast falling under the rule of such men, not forgetting the women either. Protes tant Abbesses, " black, white, and grey, with all their trumpery," beard our Chief Justices,—(the Justices have the beards),—and to their ability insult them for doubting of their Holy Water. And for these designs, the first object is to get and keep the direction of the education of the masses. Teach the children of the peasantry that Holy Water washes away sin, and in the next generation we shall have the subservient peasantry who will worship the curate of the parish as the great washerman. The Prime Minister was full of unction and con ventional propriety, in the speech with which he favoured us. It is a faculty, among others good and indifferent, which he possesses to some extent. No thing is so difficult as to assume the appearance of religious feeling going one inch beyond the habitual pitch of the mind's elevation. Any attempt either to win the support of others, or to conciliate the inward man by saying to him " See what a good boy am I," invariably betrays itself, at least to spectators at all familiar with the case. The fallacy which ran through the speech of the Prime Minister and all tbo opposition, was that of professing to suppose, that the Bill opposed the teach ing of religion. Whereas it only said, there should be a division of labour and hours. Why do we allow our children to take a lesson in drawing or music without the interposition of religious teaching, but because they are taught religion at other times ? Enormous sums and an immense machinery are appro priated to teaching religion in various ways ; and simply because it is a point men cannot be prevented from quarrelling on except by being divided like the pugnacious kinds of animals, it is declared to be stuff of the conscience that there shall be no teaching of reading, writing and arithmetic at one hour, and religion at another. No man shall eat his beef first and his pudding afterwards, but every man shall be obliged to have his meat and pudding chopped to gether, simply because it makes the whole process of eating unsavoury and likely to be rejected. Writing to you as I do, very much for the use of the operative classes, I take the opportunity to im press upon them, that they are made to pay taxes up to eleven times the rate of what is laid upon the rich, and there is a vigorous refusal to allow any portion of the money thus collected from their hard earnings to be expended on the education of their children, without insisting on its being chopped up with the teachings cf a church, the active part of whom are in direct hostility with the principles of Protestantism and civil supremacy as settled at the Reformation, and eager for nothing so much as to carry the working classes back to that subserviency to priestly power which existed at the preceding period. The falsification of the Scriptures is their great instrument, and with this view they persist on shutting up the waters of worldly knowledge from all who will not take it through their dirty cup. A well-informed people cannot easily be misled, on that or any other point. The recovery of Euclid from the Arabic was a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation. Therefore the people shall not learn Euclid by itself, lest they should reform again. Nevertheless there is hope, not only from the general difficulty of carrying back a people to the ignorance of former days, but from a circumstance existing within the body from which the danger comes. All that active and powerful portion of the clergy whom popular par lance styles the Evangelical, are on the other side. They scout holy water, as their fathers did. And it is not to be doubted, that in case of necessity their Cranmers and Hoopers would be forthcoming. Let it be our business te see that such necessity shall not come near them. The debate on the Bill was finally adjourned to the 20d of May. On Thursday was a debate on another interesting question. There is a law by which any of the chil uren of the working classes (for it was never intended to be executed on any other), under fourteen years of age, found guilty of taking a turnip in the field, may be whipt by the public executioner at the dis cretion of two magistrates without a jury. You are a whipt people, it is clear ; or like to be. The present Bill is to extend this power of whip ping, from fourteen years of age to sixteen. Now assemble your working men, or as many of them as is convenient, and tell them to lay their hands on the heads of their children under fourteen years of age, and maturely reflect that the law is that those children (I believe, by some process known only to lawyers, the girls are held exempt),—but that little boy that you have taken with you to the workshop or to the field, and that perhaps puts you in mind of those who are gone and never can return, may be sent to you whipt by the public executioner, at the direction of two squires (I think there is a Bill promised, which is to do it at the direction of one), if in his hunger he has taken a turnip, or for what I know, a bramble-berry. And specially mind this, that when the squires in the House of Commons were asked how they would like one of their own children to be sent home to them in such sort, the squires roared with mirth at the notion that there was to be any conformity b e t wee n the feelings of a working man and theirs. Run to the Re form Associations ;it is your only c hance. Wet Tyler turned out upon an insult to his child; and I remember a good and brave man whose bones now lie in a foreign land, telling me forty years ago, that \Vat Tyler was our first reformer. And so he was. We thought we had got past such days, and that there were neither Wat Tylers nor cause for them. But it seems the squires know better. Yet let me not forget to say, there were those in that rank and upwards, who manfully stood up for you. There was the Member for Preston, whose an cestors were with the Parliament in the Civil Wars. The Member for Sheffield, of course, did not let the thing alone. S eat e ff ir Robert Peel, too, came in at the l as t with gr ect. And men of note of the agricul tural party, who are not always the foremost in caring for the people, will be found on the right side of the division list. The weakness of arbitrary power in this country is, that in a good cause the people always can find leaders. On the whole, I think the new Bill was pretty well scotched by the success of Sir George Strickland's proviso. The Conservative evening paper is probably right in its surmise, " that it is no longer worth any thing." But this does not remove the old. On Friday the debate was on the form of govern.. ment for the Australian Colonies. Parliament will probably succeed in settling what it is to be ; which is a very different question from wha t it would be best to be. I am, Sir, your obedient ser vant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 22nd April, 1850. -------- EXPECTED ACC QUEOUCHEN.EMENT OF T HE g ish u o e p en o 's f At a late hour last night the several members of the Cabinet, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop Canterbury, and principal members of the household were suddenly placed on the , qui vice by an intimation proceeding from t.i‘hiePeast7e t A ha t t th sy e n l l a p t: there was nothing toms had developed themselves of the approaching f m h o e r r ning and early r o 1 a(iitc..cpu:sci-h:nin e thic o beyond this intination to denote that there would be any immediate increase to the Royal Family. All we can state to relieve the public mind is, that shortly after dinner the Queen expressed herself rather un -14 di, an d that symptoms ' presented themselves Ns w hich leave little doubt that within n 24 hours that event will occur in which the nation feels so deep an interest. —.Herald. ARTILLERY.—WOOLIVICII7 APRIL 21. have •ustb 21.-- The g O a Y r A ri L son orders for the routine of to-morrow (Monday), April 'l'2, have ~: :ler„ at 9 :30 A.M., J Artill een issued, and they state that the whole of the anal will the g guard .n n t l b e l e e, n i i i n n light;,;. will takentarchlianc review p toe f.,,, 4su ,: s at ten o'clock. There will not be any papers, as the day s e. , ,r the intended review which whl shortly Inot(m, a ,„ p Tsitive,ly stated in some of the Sunday news eo doubt reviewthe t p r ui l i i: ..7 j e ll is is e not a y de e t act:d e e e d .c. u t p h o e n d ay T e h n e There which NN ill take plea, to en the last occa.:. i s ich no th d ion the exc?llent arrange ments made by Licutmorft,General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.C.11., Com mandant cif the garrison, ably assisted by Br gade-Major Bingham, proved so satisfactory to the autho iities here and to the public, that no inconvenience was expe rienced, the battalicns having lined the ground front the Common to the mortar and howitzer battery, and the staff rode down the centre of the battalions leisurely, which pre vented the running and crushing of the spectators witnessed on previous occasions. GRAY'S INN. —Thomas Trevethan Spicer, M.A., gree of Bar- LL.B., was on Wednesday last called to the de ri4te3.--at-Law by the Ileaottrable Society of Gray 'o lan, •• • 0 , ,•••" " **** e. '' ro 111 ..- " ~..-:: 0. ~,,,