The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-04 00:00:00

Oil 0 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Th e m (THIS DAY.) ti the arch General Sessions commenced this morning tont • 468i0n-house Clerkenwell-green. The calendar , r kas, the Lames of 86 persons. .jo a k- e grand jury having been sworn, th,tr: Macdonald pleaded not guilty to an indictment keg, him with stealing a purse and two half-sove li p " , , it too pr. perty of Jane Turner. J 4 :?tealf appeared for the prisoner. _ v k i kin Turner said, on the 27th of last month she was hi ed with her sister when the prisoner came up and Ittae her to buy some oranges. She refused and at the Ilie d til4 ,_, o she felt the prisoner's hand in her pocket. k, e ,„!'thad the prisoner and gave him into custody. Th - i 0 Howard corroborated this testimony. k r. ,_ 1 , 41 7 at once found him Guilty. tottriete'eargeaut Alums said that the prisoner had been 1 4e „" twice before from that court, and it was t r tli e n mse to deal summarily with him. The sentence Portal therefore was that the prisoner be trans- T t , ue.Yend the seas 'or seven years. 14:tin P r isoner, on hearing the sentence, dropped on his 4 ottvl olently. ed for mercy, and was taken out howling MoxT "SI O ----- N-HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.) PeZ4l4v (MT THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.— ,ucas Horrochs, a man of highly respectable ap- L l 4) c ,.. e1 was brought up this morning before the Lord charge o uttering a bill of exchange know ,l? be false. 11 , 430 1i, " :,, t Z 11 appeared on b.-half of the London Joint " etre.. )l— ` , ta whom the bill lied been paid, and stated Ilatet ....Instances of the case, from which it appeared tt becember last the prisoner, who lives tlehester entered into partnership wit Ittlie..4stot Ko ' eber as general merchants, agreeing I °l4 . 3' 4 time to furnish all the capital for the pre 'ea ar,74eoordingly an account was opened at the L . on- Ithi t h" 4 lt Stock Bank, in the name of the firm, into °tebt Prisoner id 5001. in cash, and two bills o '44 - b ° for the sums of 4001. and 20/. respectively. 11 44 44 bill for 4001., purported to be drawn by a firm intill est3 t i g „ ll on a firm in Dundee, and the prisoner re d" bank officials to make inquiries as to it- i te e f il" 4? b a lli tY of these firms, as probably other 11 4.. " c ame sort would have to pass through ws. b„ 4 th S ubsequently, in the month of February, he lin°llth he bank to request that the bill might be te elor i tf ? tw ard for dis - coanting, which . induced the rift ~,‘4 3 make some inquiries relating to the bill, ; . 44; 44 then discovered that the signatures of both i rib ,_ ° ! t hle ttil f d "oeptor wore false, and that the bill was a by - "ler al . -° ,gerY• Measures were taken to arrest the °°4o 1-11 ‘ 1 Yesterday he was discovered in Manchester l- bllcktecittothe directors, and refusing to give any exp ana t Pto L. the bin, he was given into custody and brough 4- ' 4l t ft I ra ' Elet as night. ,°°4 14 entirel exonerated the prisoner's partner -4 I ssub st • ut owlede•e Y of the guilty nature of the trans - O -4° that gentleman was one of the witnesses cs antlat e the charge. L..!ope,` l P , culled on , th e pri so ner said he should take b 7q., • ki,course of pleading guilty to the charge, as he to all the endeavours which he had been te' lt I .t° withdraw the bill, and could now . perceive b p ielt: h w aa the victim of cunning, temptation, and ‘ b t h" w hich neither he nor any other person could 41 ,, 5 e to the proper parties. timdsd, 4 ''R )) tikvon ordered the prisoner to be re ' 0011474! of the ev Wednesday idence. week, in order to give time for p h * I v "S TREET. -(THIS DAY.) ..(1 .ori i i n k ano o ,_ g two young men, named John Butter kiltestf "n Reid, were charged with stealing a piece e lte t r4 al the larder, at Lord Palmerston's town re bl°' 4 , Carlt on - gar d ens . Citsr44u,bers were seen together this morning near tr, 4 l3t ' e4 a• Butterfield was carrying a he army and when he saw a table t police-con s t 7 Pane' into some gardens and ran off. The ekOat'tLwbere apprehended, and the parcel was found ko t L ik kl. et tit il i n °ll. hi Lordship's service identified the qta i - •"„anid it his hangig in the larder yesterday He save Butterfield on the area steps this afterwards missed the bacon. 4413 1 NE fully committed the prisoners for trial. Pp b `„el d i „ AI TERS' PENSION SOCIETY. I_ lll -bo„ t ' --Y th e annual general meeting, and twenty -16 ItT l lci4, s 'n of the above institution, took place at h the 4,Yern, Frederick Shephard, Esq., in the pensioners Whittingham Pension, seven the e i 11 1 4 1, - 'u, in addition to the forty-eight now on I) %18c,-Ilent, from list of twenty-four candidates. ‘‘`j.l ll4llo ll. , a the close of the ballot, having 31111nljti'N?'td th:su a c t cessful candidates, expressed syn!- ‘!viot, enco uragement to those who had failed on this ) y, then read the report, Ntp.,:Atis secretar- It congratulated the 16+ on'rldnimously adopted. tak in baying keen honoured l b •• Frederick Peel, t c ( 11 h ad g the chair at the . ast , anniversary festival, It i 4 'tfi 6 4 re:anted in producing subscriptions and do 'lliitilsl'nd the usual average, ounting to no Otry _ 3 . 31 4 Bs. 6d., Governorandincludingthaemhartsrnompaenysuomf l it Nt i f t u n ttl t . a! from the committee C t t tr4°44tra V t 4b P' e la ra nd. atte T n i cred the anniversary diner, d r in eg n r e e r t , e In Itlture that employers, .by their attend littv.°ll,l,i'l give more aid to the exertions of e tb re e c 4 0 9 n2 71 - . ty1,1‘51., give and life subscriptions '• n 'arly the same as last y ear. Notwithstanding k N tl th 'ill erease of pensioners and amonnt . of pensions, 1111 ' 111D1 Y/ 31 P of accounts due the previous year, had t necessary -a4 to draw 601. from the funds, yet t;V a tt ; I. had been a dd e d t o t h e funded stock, which j t el 041 1ted to 5,6641. Bs. sd. During the year seven and two women, had died, one of haa',. -ve sten the funds. The total re -161, ..1 5 : 5 1,172/. Ss. 9d., and the gross expenditure llici , leaving a balance 0t4 . 5 1. 14s. 91d. t " appointment of the committee, treasurer, LittZ-11)1, &cf , rthe year ensuing, thanks were etitrileag 'itil awarded to the chairman, ~and the me A It TT ur deto, 4 4-- - TT AY TRAFFIC RETURN. 0,-, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— tZ' 173 4 1 )—Traffic for the week ending March 1 qZengers ... £5,715 4 10 . 1,914 16 0 co Total £7,630 010 rte 'Ponding week last year... 7,464 19 1 kt hp COITNTI S JUNCTION AND SOUTHEND N l i t '4 ol 4‘ l,7 4 eSterd ' ay :meeting was held before Master Sir lits'`.'' °i 'he, to arrange the list of contributories. u The on livDtsketls divided into five parts, and the one taken t 4 ' 14 4 t c'eeasion contained the names of forty-ei6h. gth Of those his Honour, after inves- eti r .titre facts of each . case separately, fixed the great d tpt„Al co ntributories; a few were struck off, a t n . 1 01 1 % - rs were adjourned. The first part of the con e r e i _ klisoe'clltettobraces the names of twenty-one member f ‘ l t6 e e of management, and may be looked upon as ets t4 siteleted. fourteen being finally " settled," and the k k tillti on e f r expunged or their cases postponed. At the Nit a gir t e' proceedings Mr. Ewart, the i e _ tliOln,"7"4ted that as regarded tbe remaining classes at i b -le e' he would as respected two of them, submit d a_ kfthllof M ee ting to the ' Master one case out of each, the . e . ;, f 's% wonld govern the other cases in those lists, :11 cf 1 ,148 p e ,,, e all of a similar nature. The fifth class consisted Lti k ,"l, tl;',s()na to whom shares had ibeen allotted, but by . t L lN'te b-7.'ePosit had been paid. The official manager said t els, t ,vicl4; ° Posed to strike out all the names in this class, as th . would not warrant their being retained.. The ``aoms` that 1, ' ced in the course indicated -e =tiny acquiesced Manager. S:tl,-ttmr'lsi',v,‘lllADlNG, AND BASINGSTOKE RAILWAY.* n'pee, ts. th e proceedings relative to the application of Mr. t jor t ° '`ket manager, that the Master should make I,,''N °ll ,'se e -a „;.`ng the Messrs. Cox, stockbrokers, of Throg- f ~,Nosd 4 a arr e : `, on the list of contributories as transferees o L'klt ; I _4l and upon the deposit of which they had ob nt t s os °'" of 6,3001. from the company, were resumed. 1 ) 4 4 "ng M• °l4ke s Daniel in support of the application, and letOst ~1 1 the tof tlie 111essrs. Cox, his Honour said 1 ,,,"• - 1 1 4 „; k- uttj, ll l , ll e to Put those gentlemen on the list as trans 'uttt,hlght ;',l4at, very considerable doubt on the case, ty of right to feelin g afford to the official manager an op bring the matter before the Court. 741Pk-1• Elt FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. — Las t iltjtl44S 11 t n rneeti ng took place at the King's Arms llote l , 'fur the purpose of explaining the objects and Ni t (in the this society. Mr. George Wilson took the fit,ttt f?tabsenee of Air. Hindley, M.P., who w t as 14, „ be ing present), and pointed out the grea be , ociety was intended to confer upon . the wor t % fr • - a ' kY' enabling them to exercise the right of he • of -neui se• 11Ir. G. E. Dennes stated that th • 1 7 a rr s le mbers of the society was now increased t e o 890, ur_ flog th; ,11 shares. The society, he observed, bad p th q 1 ,,, 41 3' acres of land at Moulsey, near llampton Court, t l 'llsr s l3llll, l had been divided into 212 allotments, vary /th 41 4 ,e from 29/ to 401. The committee were more tsereatY for other estates situated in the various coun tlit'atio4-,inonbers of the society resided. After these ex-_ kit'liclicitt rs solution, in accordance with the objects of /v as Passed, and several new subscribers were v k to 1, 14 by It?' WARD.—The aldermanic gown rendered R itk ee subj ec t d ‘ ecease of Sir John Pirie, Bart., bids fair to a sharp contest. The struggle is entirely 'Art th ‘Qe acid.. Nicol, the late sheriff, and Mr. John Carter, \‘'lli,;ltion, boWeyer, of Mr. Jacob . Emmanuel Good -1.1`1.; i 4 as sheriff two or three years since. At tlblanisti:4lcloured that an independent Member of 11 0 i 8 about to give notice of motion for an address 4 e llte n i3 , l l .,.,,that the Attorney-General may be directed to , I )t b ., , tr t h i • Wiseman for a misdemeanour in the acceptance 'ltp t :tat e 41')iscopal see erected in this country by a foreign ,end otherwise acting upon the Pope's brief of C ii be pti fa ' 'as, in the objectionable parts not required for )," ° lics, --eti ° ll of the spiritual wants of the English Roman tt:"lt Ar 1 % . th, a — , S4I 'PERS AND MINERS. WooLwicit, b;;;Yrie sergeant, five corporals, and twenty privates n a -- "cityp c ° of the Ordnance corps, under the command of ka •lC,' t f, a t "}, Praser, Royal Engineers, embarked at Roff ~a , l , f • Past k, A.M., on Saturday last, for l ace,Ano t ' h a to assist ooc at the Crystal Palace in Hyde er detachment is expected to arrive at -eolaee in the course of the present week, from We 4.t, Priva4,l,,„"*".s.' W OOLWICEI, MARCH of this division arrived at the Dockyard bsi e forth Kent Railway on Saturday afternoon Paid off from the Prince Regent, 90, at Ports shehe drums and fifes of the corps were in waiting P to the Royal Marine barracks. /„.111- SERVED LAWYERS IN THE ISLE OF T he (.1 .a.l 8 8—, ooD OLD TIMES.—In Sir George Carey's h i , ,by 1 603, an attorne • coming to settle in the island i s la with a ) ound of cndles handing at l!ghted, with bells p ahout his legs, hunted out of ebt''tetuseivrlasnmeh as our ancestors livedthere so quietly hlo c k e r, "long never tempted to go to London nor Win 14di" e s whgeeY seldom or never went out of the island, inas teollt4 vov, t heY went to London, thinking it an East k ot le r i r k ge, they always made their wills, supposing some and t° Oka, Prevail.—lfoody's dotes and Essays of THE SUIT, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HANDICAP. 9 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Clothworker 20 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's The Swindler 20 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 15 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbings's The Cutler—taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 ugst Mr. Mare's Recruit—taken CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st-12 to 1 taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Wallflower, 5 yrs, Est—t 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn, 5 yrs, 7st 81b 30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's The Knight of Avenel, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Harrison's Seaman, 4 yrs, 7st—t 40 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Bee-hunter, 4 yrs, ist 121 b —taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. T. Lister's Nancy, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b—t 50 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Sir Richard, 5 yrs, 7st—t An improvement in the first favourite and Wallflower, and an outlay of considerable amount ou The Knight of Avenel and Bee-hunter, were the "features" of the busi ness on this event. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Raby 12 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Cnseus 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mare's Gillyflower—taken The above quotations were the result of very moderate investment'. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 11 to 10 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian 5 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster-11 to 2 taken to 2001. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian 12 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt —taken 12 to 1 agat Mr. Nichol's Newminster—taken 22 to 1 agat Mr. J. Clark's Marlborough Buck—taken 1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Greville's Ariosto—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Confessor—taken to 601. 60 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Lady Geraldine colt —taken to 200 L 5,000 to 50 agst Mr. Irwin's Thunderbolt—taken 2,000 to 20 agst Mr. Wentworth's Azeth—taken The two favourites were at 6 to 1 each until near the close, when the odds quoted against the Prime Minister were taken to 200 L, leaving him unquestionably first favourite. The Mountain Sylph colt, Newminster, Marlborough Buck, and Lady Geraldine colt, were also in favour, but closed at pretty nearly the prices we quoted last week. OLDHAM STEEPLECHASE.—MONDAY. Mr. Ormerod na Shinrone (Green) 1 Mr. Tiernan's Isaac Mr. Newburn's Queen of the Wieke (Archer) 0 Mr. Taylor's Jesuit (Oliver) 0 Mr. Robinson's Old Jock° (Hopwood) 0 Won cleverly. Run in 9 min. 30 secs. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1851. Nominations for the Beddington Free Handicap Steeple chase. Legislator, Scavenger, Anglesey, Trust-me-not, Qua druped, Mind-your- own-business, Good-time-coming, Don Juan, Miss Mowbray, Viscount, The Unlucky One, The Generl, St. George, Spring Buck, Rendsburgb, Buscot. Nominations for the Grand Metropolitan Steeplechase. British Yeoman, Spring Buck, Rendsburgh, Sir Peter Laurie, Rat-trap, Vain Hope, Maria Dail, Jerry, Sir John, Peter Simple, Mulligan, Spectator, Lord George, Anglesey, Miss Coliingwood, Scavenger. EPSOM SUMMER MEETING, 1851. Nominations for the Manor Plate. Grist, 6 yrs—Forest Flower, 6 yrs—Ferule, 5 yrs— Beebee Bunnoo, 5 yrs—Gladiole, 4 yrs—Elthiron, 5 yrs —The Pilot, 4 yrs—The Moor, 6 yrs—The Swede, 4 yrs—Banker, 3 yrs—Charley, 4 yrs—c by Sir Hercules, out of Empress, 3 yrs—c by Sir Hercules, out of Miss Letty, 3 yra—Teeswater, 4 yrs—f by Slane, out of Guz man's dam, 4 yrs—Pierre de Touche, 3 yrs—Brennus, 4 yrs—Bordeaux, 4 yrs—Woodlark, 5 yrs—Zadoc, 4 yrs —lmpression, 4 yrs—Joc o' Sot, aged—Castenero, 4 yrs —Mogador, aged—Sisyphus, 4 yrs—Ella, 3 yrs—Sim plicity, 3 yrs—Salute, 4 yrs—Warwick, 4 yrs— The Marchioness, 5 yrs—Windbound, 4 yrs—lracundus, 3 yrs—f. out of Dark Susan, 3 yrs—Royal Hart, 4 yrs —Handsome Doe, 4 yrs—Mouse, 4 yrs—Soufflé, 3 yrs —Miss Spring, 4 yrs—lanthe, 3 yrs—Rodney, 5 yrs— St. Patrick, 3 yrs—Flare-up, 4 yrs—f. by Slane out of Exotic, 4 yrs—Terpsichore, 3 yrs—Bushranger, 4 yrs— g by The Tulip, out of Rosalie, 6 yrs—Nutcracker, 4 yrs—Heroine, 5 yrs—Old Fox, 5 yrs—Bullfinch, 4 yrs —Docility, 5 yrs—Juggler, 5 yrs—Wallflower, 5 yrs— Dulcet, aged—Seignor of Holderness, 4 yrs—Sir' Charles, 4 yrs—Cora, 4 yea—colt out of Dark Susan, 4 yrs—Utrecht, 4 yrs—Narcissus, 4 yrs—Estafette, 4 yrs—Eva, 5 yrs—Gloom, 3 yrs—Calmar, 4 yrs—Laun dry Maid, aged—Strongbow ' 5 yrs—Hazy, 3 yrs. Nominations for the Grand Stand Plate. The Ban, 3 yrs—Kathleen, 4 yrs—Bordeaux, 4 yrs— Valentine, 4 yrs—Nutcracker, 4 yrs—Narcissus, 4 yrs —Souffld, 3 yrs—Borneo, 5 yrs—Seignor of Holderness, 4 yra—Elthiron, 5 yrs—Ballet Girl, 4 yrs—St. Rosalia, syrs—c by Lanercost, out of La Bellezza, 3 yrs—Agis, 6 yrs—Old Dan Tucker, 5 yrs—Sauter la Coupe, 5 yrs —c by Sir Hercu'es, out of Empress, 3 yrs—Zadoc, 4 yrs—Utrecht, 4 yrs—Royal Hart, 4 yrs—Eva, 5 yrs —Clothwolker, 5 yrs—Strongbow, 5 yrs. Nominations for the Two yrs old Stakes. Sir J, Hawley's br f Skelda—Major Pitt's oh f, by The Emperor, out of Peeress—Mr. Francis's b f Doro thea—Count Bathyany's b f Queen Bee—Mr. Carew's Little John—Lord Clifden's f by Bay Middleton, out of H. R. H.—Mr. W. Gulliver's b f Lady Blanche—Mr. S. Scott's b f by Galipole, out of Gaiety—Mr. Greville's b f by Slane, out of Brington's dam—Mr. Forth's b or br c Whirlwind, by Simoom, out of Bitthday. AQUATICS, THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—Yesterday evening a fourth deposit of 10 sovs. aside for the forth coming contest between Robert Coombes and Thomas Mackinney, who are matched for 200 sovs. aside, was made good at Mr. Mackintosh's, Red Lion, Westmin ster-bridge-road. The meeting was an important one, as at the time the match was made there was no day named for its coming off. The men tossed for choice of the day, which was won by Coombes, and it was then agreed he should name the day on the evening the de posit was made in March; and after the ceremony of posting the Vic.'s was gone through, Coombes named Wednesday, the 7th of May. LOWESTOFT RAILWAY AND HARBOUR.-011 Satur day last the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Harbour -master's offices, in Lowestoft; S. M. Pato, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Peto congratulated the shareholders on the completion of the harbour, and in the fact of its being completed within the capital, 320,0001. From the statement of the accounts, it appeared that on the capital account the receipts amounted up to Dec. 31, 1850, to 322,7611. 1 8s. Bd., and the expenditure to 352,5571. 65., but, deducting for sale of surplus lands, old materials, &0., payments of Eastern Counties Railway, for steamboats, timber, rails, and other stores, the amount of expenditure was reduced to 320,1911. 18s. 6d., leaving a balance in hand of 2,570/. Cs. 2d. The revenue account for the half-year ending Jan. 4, 1851, showed that the receipts were 7,2161. 2s , and the expenditure 4,858/. 145., leaving a balance of 2 , 357 /. 88. FALL OF TWO HOUSES.—This morning, shortly before eight o'clock, two houses, Nos. 9 and 10, Gray's Inn road, fell, carrying with them a large quantity of scaffolding. The houses, which were of great age, were undergoing re pairs, and at the time they fell there were only four workmen on the premises, who, on hearing a cracking noise, at once made their escape. ROYAL SOllO THEATRE.—Last evening some per formances took place at this theatre, consisting of Lovell's drama of Love's Sacrifice; or, the Rival Merchants, followed by Luke, the Labourer. The entertainment was for the be nefit of Mr. H. Birch, that gentleman enacting very cre ditably the somewhat difficult part of Aylmer; and Miss Page, a very promising young artiste, performing most charmingly the character of Margaret, Aylmer's daughter. Of the rest of the dramatis persona' we need say nothing. We were gratified to observe a very fair audience in point of numbers. DRAMATIC INSTITUTION, GOUGH-STREET. — Last evening. Mr. 11. Green, the stage-manager, took his benefit at this institution on which occasion the Jealous Wife, and the Vicar of Wakefield, supported by the Society of Old Western Dramatics, were performed. In the comedy Mr. C. Wilson sustained the part of Mr. Oakly with great ability, and Miss Marsh as Mrs. Oakly, acquitted herself admirably. The house was filled to overflowing, testifying in a most marked manner the high estimation in which the exertions of Mr. Green are held. CASE or STARRING AT BRISTOL,--At the Bristol police-court yesterday, man named ITAllister was charged with having stabbed a man named Christopher Connor. The prisoner and another man were quarrelling at a beerhouse in Graville-street, when Connor endeavoured to separate them, upon which M'Allister stabbed him in the left side with a chisel. The wounded man was immediately conveyed to the Bristol infirmary, where he now li es , an d t h e pr i s oner has b e en remanded to' await his fate. I„, l IEATRICAL TEMPESTA" IN PARIS.—The French theatrical papers aro filled with accounts of La Tempesta and Lablache in the terrible Calibano ! not forgetting the charming Rosati in Ariel, who seems to have turned the heads and hearts of the impressionable Parisians. The witty and pungent Corsaire describes her success as unequalled since the days of Taglioni, and makes very merry with the state of trepidation into which the Grand Opera has been thrown by her engagement. "On the announcement of the fair Rosati" (says this paper) " whose reputation was well known, though she had never been seen in Paris, the admi nistration was thrown into emoi, and it was speedily deter mined to move all heaven, and earth, and the police, against so pretty and dangerous a rival. A solemn protest was drawn up and duly presented to the Minister of the Interior against permitting so terrible an invasion. The Minister, not a little puzzled, referred the document to the Commission des Theatres, who 'assembled and gravely examined the ques tion, and afterwards ordered a rehearsal of La Tempesta, which they all attended in solemn conclave. Here, it ap pears, the dancing and pantomime of the elegant Rosati confirmed all that had been stated of her dangerous rivality, and the enormity of allowing so formidable a proximity. The result was that she and her attendant sylphs were officially excommunicated, and the representation of the opera suspended. Things were in this state when Mr. Lumley, who had been absent in London, preparing for the important opening of her Majesty's Theatre, arrived in Paris, and Prospero himself, with his cabalistic aids, could not have removed all the difficulties and impediments more in stantaneously, and enfin La Tempesta was produced with a success which will rank with the great triumphs of the Theatre Italien in Paris. Youth scatters its affections with a liberal hand, like a young heir, ignorant as yet of the value of his pos sessions.—Eliza Cook's Journal. A committee of English gentlemen has just been formed at Calcutta under the title of the " Vernacular Translation Committee," whose object will be to promote the translation of standard works in general literature by English writers into the vernacular languages of India. dthencsum. LONDON OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. We have received by express from Marseilles our dispatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail which left Bombay on the 3d ult. The following is the letter of our correspon dent:-- " The Governor-General is making a progress through the Punjaub in great state, and would have ere this reached Peshawur i had not his march,been impeded by heavy rains and bad roads. He has visited all the cantoninents near his line of march, and it is therefore hoped that his visit may lead to the improve ment both of roads and barracks. The Punjaub is perfectly tranquil, and likely to remain so, for Shere Singh, Uttur Singh, and Chuttur Singh, have been removed from the north-west provinces to Calcutta, and were safely lodged in Fort William on the 17th of January. " Assam and Scinde, on the eastern and western extremities of the empire, have both suffered from slight incursions of the adjacent predatory tribes. I mentioned in my last that a force had been sent from Assam against the Agami Nagas ; a party of these peop'e have now retaliated by making an incursion into our country, murdering three British subjects, and carrying away 27 men, women, and children. It is supposed that a force will be sent against them under Colonel Lester, as the troops already sent do not appear sufficient. " The affair on the Scinde frontier has afforded another example of the chivalrous daring of the Scinde Horse—a corps which many most experienced officers who have witnessed its performances in Scinde and the Punjaub unhesitatingly assert to be superior in efficiency to any regiment of British cavalry, the men being equal to English troopers in bravery and self-confidence, and superior to them in the management of their horses and weapons. The affair happened in this wise :—Oa the 24th of Dec., a party of mounted plunderers made a foray from the hills of the western frontier, and carried off a few scores'of camels. As soon as the intellingence of the incursion reached Kund Khote, Jemadar Doorga Singh, in command of the detachment of Scinde Horse stationed there, set off in pursuit, taking with him a Dufedar and fifteen troopers, with four Beloochee guides. After a long pursuit, during which several of their horses dropped from fatigue, the Jemadar and the few who had kept up with him got sight of the robbers (about fifteen in number), who thereon abandoned their booty and took to flight. Doorga Singh mounting a fresh horse and continuing the pursuit. On reaching the foot of the hills the robbers turned and showed front, having been reinforced by a fresh party of horsemen, and between 30 and 40 armed foot, while all of Doorga Singh's party that had been able to keep up with him were two of the Scinde horse and one of the Beloochee guides: The latter recommended the Jemadar to give up further pursuit, but he replied that the guide might go back if he was afraid, but that he himself could not face his commanding officer if, after sighting the robbers, he did not attack and kill some of them. He then went at them, followed by his two Sewers and the Beloochee. His party was of course surrounded and cut to pieces, and the finishing stroke was about to be given him when he had the presence of mind to call out God be praised ! here they come,' on which the robbers suddenly made off, as if panic-struck, without' waiting to strip or plunder the slain, whose bodies were brought in by a party next day. The guide was brought back by other parties of the fron tier guard who had been out in search of the robbers. The camels also were all recovered. " Other parties of marauders were still hovering around the hills, with the view, as was supposed, of making a descent upon the Naszarees in that quarter, but a squadron of Scinde horse being sent to observe them occasioned the abandonment of their design. Some of them, however, made a dash at the camels about Boordeeka, and carried off a number of them— a circumstance the success of which is attributed to the death of Jemadar Doorga Singh, who guarded that portion of the frontier. " Mr. Hunter, late of the 24th Regiment Native Infantry, has been assassinated in the neighbourhood of Benares. He was found outside the fort at Chunar insensible from the effects of a deep sword cut on the head, which fractured his skull and caused death in a few days. The instigators of the murder are said to be well known. Government have offered a re ward or 500 rupees for the apprehension of any party concerned in its commission. _ _ " Sir Charles Napier leaves us by this mail. He arrived at Bombay on the 28th of January, and was most enthusiastically received by his admirers at the Presidency, a large proportion of whom had served under him in Scinde. He was entertained by the Club on the 31st. In his farewell speeches in Kur rachee and Bombay Sir Charles spoke explicitly re garding the causes of his resignation. He said that When he first was made Commander-in-Chief, he thought he was to be Commander-in-Chief in truth, but that he soon found out that he was not to be Commander-in-Chief at all, but only a sort of mon ster adjutant: He had been dictated to on military matters by boy politicals who knew nothing what. ever of military science. 'lt is this, gentlemen, this,' said Sir Charles, that has caused me to resign my command. I have been thus explicit with you be cause I am among . my own Bombay officers once more. It is this, I repeat, that has caused me to resign. " - No steps have as yet been taken by the Supreme Government for enforcing its just claims on the Nizam. It is rumoured that the Board of Control have for the present put a veto on the occupation of any portion of the Nizam's territory in satisfaction for the debt, and it is surmised that Sir J. Hobhouse would prefer a species of commission (like the exist ing Mysore commission) for regulating and settling the Nizam's affairs. It is certain that no movements of troops have taken place such as w ould be required 19r supporting a step of such gravity as the occupation of Berar. Meanwhile the state of the country is becoming daily worse—there is no Minister, and the Nizam secludes himself in his harem and indulges in strong drink to a very lamentable extent. An out break has occurred amongst the Rohilla prisoners confined in the Nizam's fort of Daroor. They have obtained possession of the fort. A force consisting of five breaching guns, 600 infantry, and 300 cavalry of the Contingent, has been sent against them. "The of of the North-Western Bank of India continue to attract considerable attention. Serious disclosures, affecting the character of men in good positions are being continually made, and from the fact of members of the board being in hostility to each other charges criminatory and recriminatory are occupying the columns of the papers. The ad mission by the late secretary, Major Angelo, of very large deficits has not been followed up by any ex planation, which is excused on the ground that the directors have refused to give that officer competent auditors. The real history of the alleged frauds has yet to he given to the public. "From the kingdom of Ava we have accounts of a very destructive fire, which took place at Rangoor on the 28th of December, and destroyed nearly the whole of the town. 2,000 houses were utterly con sumed, and the fire occasioned great losss to the ship ping in the river. " We have accounts from China up to the 29th of December. Sickness still prevails to a lamentable extent among the troops at Hong-Kong, although.the shipping and civil community remain remarkably healthy. The 59th have lost upwards of 130 men within the year, and it is stated that scarcely 100 men in the regiment could be found in a really effective state of health. Commissioner Lin, whose seizure and destruction of the opium in 1839 led to our war with China, died suddenly on the 18th of November, while on his way to the insurrectionary district of Quan-si. The Government troops are reported to have obtained some success over the insurgents of that province, but another disturbance has broken out in the island of Hainan, where 10,000 insurgents are in arms. Two bodies of troops have been sent against them, but the first fraternized 'with the enemy and the second were beaten and dispersed; meanwhile cholera has broken out in Hainan, and after raging for two months to a frightful extent in that island, has extended to the mainland, and commenced its ravages in the south-west of the Quangtong provinces. " Mr. Fast, a Swedish missionary, had been mur dered by pirates in the Min River, but the Chinese authorities, behaving with unwonted energy, had captured the offenders, and beheaded twenty-eight of them. " The appearance in your columns of the letter of ' An Old Indian' has given great satisfaction to all here interested in the progress of the country. He has rather understated the deficiency of roads than overstated it. Out of the Island of Bombay (with the roads of which the Government have nothing to do) there is scarcely such a thing as five mile of con tinuous good road in the western presidency. In the harbour of Bombay there is not a quay alongside which even a collier could be loaded, and at the head of the great water carriage of the Gulf of Cambay there is no accommodation whatever for landing or embarking merchandise." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Times.) BOMBAY, SATURDAY EVENING, FEB 1. THE MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS. We have little to say this time on money matters. Pressure and distrust are the prevailing features in the bazaar, and the decision of her Majesty in Council being in Ram Lall's favour, is not likely to improve affairs. Securities continue dull, and the following may be given as the quotat i ons o f t h e d ay: —T rans fer Paper, 108 rs. to 110; Sicea Fives, 102; Stem Fours, 84; Company's Fours, 80 &; Company's Fives, 97; Bank of Bombay Shares, 14k per cent. premium; Oriental Bank, 19 per TUESDAY EVENING, cent. discount; Commercial Bank, 18 per cent dis.; Agra Bank, 2 per cent. dis. The Commercial Bank have paid a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per an num for the half-year ending the 31st of December, 1850. The business transacted daring the past fortnight in our import markets has been small in extent, and at prices even further depressed than those prevailing at date of last report; and, from the great scarcity of money at present existing, there seems no prospect of any change for the better for some time to come. The tightness in the money market will be still further in creased by the decision in the great opium gambling case, news of which reached Bombay by the last mail; and as it affects a large number of dealers—not a few of whom will, it is expected, become almost bankrupts in consequence—they, as a matter of course, have been obliged to curtail their operations. Export produce bas been very scanty in the market of late, •but, as the new crop of cotton is beginning to arrive, business will pro, bably shortly be resumed with activity, especially as the late accounts, both from the east and west, for the staple are considered favourable. Cotton Piece Goods—Prices of nearly all descriptions of piece goods have further declined, and the demand has been exceedingly dull during the fortnight. Gray Goods—Shirtings have sold to the extent of 5,270 pieces, at from Rs. 4 4-6 to Rs. 4i per piece,—the inquiry being stiil confined to the better makes of 66 to 72 reed, those below this number being totally unin quired for. Domestics—Sales, 5,362 pieces, at sr. to a*. per piece. Sales in all descriptions of these goods are very difficult unless at greatly reduced rates. Mada pollams—A sale of 6,366 pieces, at 2r. 4a. 9p. per piece, is reported, those in most demand being the inferior qua lity of weight :under three lbs. Lengeloth—Sales, 1,500 pieces, at 4ir. to 4-14-9 r. per piece. In T cloth we have not heard of any sales. Jaccenets—Sales, 1,200 pieces, at lir. to lir. per piece, chiefly of the better qualities, which alone are in any d ema nd. Bleached Goods—jacconets. Sales, 2,300 pieces, medium quali ties, at 2r. 9a. to 6r.13a. per piece. Other descriptions neglected. In shirtings we only hear of a sale of 100 pieces 36 k 40, 66 to 72 reed, at 6jr. per piece. ,Of qualities below 60 there is a large stuck in the market, but they are dull of sale. In Madapollams we have not heard of any' transactions. Twills--Sales, 1,560 pieces, at 6-7 r. to Sir. per piece. Inquiry .moderate, and prices maintained. Fancy Goods—The demand for all descriptions is at present languid, and stocks tolerably large. The only descriptions of goods in demand are lappet scarfs, low lappets, bleached dhoties and mulls, of which some sales have been made. Dyed Goods— Turkey red mulls and plain cloth are in moderate in quiry, while twills are dull of sale. Cotton Yarn—The sales in all amount to 186 bales water and 40 bales mule twist, and 44 bales orange yarn. The only number of the two former in demand is 20s', for which an increase in price has been obtained; all others are dull, at reduced rates. Dyed yarns are also dull and neglected. Metals—At the date of our last we stated that a further decline in prices of metals might be looked for, which has proved correct. British and Swedish iron and steel of all kinds are now lower in price, and almost unsaleable, while the rates quoted for copper of all de scriptions are almost nominal. Lead, both sheet and pig, and tin plates, have declined in value, and epelter is dull of sale. Cochineal—No sales to report; quotations remain as before. Saffron has improved in value, owing to an increased demand, but we have not heard of any transactions. Woollens—The market for these fabrics remains as last reported on. Beer—The market is bare of both Bass's and All sopp's. A sale of 20 hhd. William Younger's, at 67r. is reported. __ . Spirits—No inquiry, the only sale reported being one of 45 hhds. brandy, at 2ir. per gallon. Marine Stores—Very little doing, and the value of nearly every article enumerated under this head has somewhat declined. The only sales reported are-80 bolts bleached canvas, at 13ir. per bolt; and 400 cwt. white paint, at Bkr. per cwt. Manilla Cheroots-50 boxes of 1,000 each have been sold st 40r. per box. Ball Thread-15 chests coloured ball thread, 2001 b. each, have been sold at lla. per lb. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The total purchases during the fort night amount to 5,550 bales and 200 candies, chiefly new Dhollera to arrive, at rates varying from 110ir. to 114 r. per candy. The bulk of the new Candeish which has as yet reached the market bas been bought up for export to China. Of new Surat a small quantity has been purchased at 120 r. per candy. The exports to China during the past month have been as five bales to one during the same month of last year, while to England the quantity exported is more than a half less than in 1850. Opium—During the fortnight the demand for the drug has been steady, and purchases have been made to a moderate extent. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer of the 10th ult. took on some 1,850 chests. The present quotations are for Indore Rs.' 990, and Malwa Rs. 1,020 per chest. Freights—The rates of the day are—to London, 21.55. to 21. 7s. 6d.; to Liverpool, 2L 2s. 6d. to 21. ss. per ton; and to China, 13i rupees per candy. The harbour is filled with vessels, and there are now on the berth for London 6, for Liverpool 7, for Clyde 1, for China 10, for other ports 5: with 27 awaiting freight. Exchanges—A large supply of bills on London, re ceived by the last steamer from China, have soli at 2s. 24d. to 2s. 2 13.16 d., six months' sight, the banks' nominal rate being 2s. 2d. On Calcutta the rate is 97tr., and on China 216 r. per 100 dolls.—Times. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Captain Sir Everard Home, Bart., having nearly re covered from the effects of the accident on board his ship the Calliope, 26, rejoined her in:Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning. On arriving alongside, the crew spontaneously manned the yards and rigging, and gave three times three hearty cheers, which much affected the gallant officer. The Calliope, and Fantome, 12, Com mender Gennys, were afterwards mustered and inspected and paid advance, by Commodore Lord John Hay, C. 8., and on Sunday both ships sailed for Sydney and New Zealand at 2.30 P.M., with a fine breeze from the north. They call at Rio en route. Paymaster Thomas Shanks (1809), and formerly of the Vanguard, has been appointed to the Impregnable, 78, flag-ship atDevonport, vic e O zzar d, w h os e term of service has expired. The Arab, 12, Commander Morris, lately paid off from the East Indies, sprung her foremast so badly that she was obliged to have a new one at the Cape; and now the Kingfisher, 12, Commander Harvey, having sprung her foremast on her passage from the Coast of Africa, is obliged to be paid off at Devonport instead of Woolwich. She has been towed into harbour. Powerful, 84, Captain Hon. R. S. Duadas, C. 8., went alongside the Portsmouth yard jetty on Saturday, and began to dismantle. Yesterday morning she got out her upper deck guns and her spare spars. She will be completely unrigged, and probably dismasted and cleared out, for, paying off on Saturday, if her books are ready. Prince Regent, 90, rehoisted her pendant on Satur day, when her new complement of Marines re-embarked. Captain Harris commissioned her. The Commander (Caldwell) will not join until the Powerful is paid off. The Prince Regent has already 400 names on her books, including about 40 of her old crew, about 70 from the Powerful, and her officers and boys. Avon steam-tender, Mr. Veitch, in charge, returned , on Saturday morning. Queenstown, on t h o auv D ien e sg v is o et n am p ab o ca r e t rtk f r r ee o de m ph-e l s ' rh o i r tp t r, s o m or o js u as tahtteraCommander Bradshaw, Satur day, sailed for the Mediterranean and West Indies. PoRTSNoUTH, MONDAY.—The Cumberland, 70, Cap tain Seymour, flag of Vice- Admiral Sir George Sey mour, Commander-in -Chief on the North American and West India station, arrived at Spithead yesterday to receive advance. There are no movements to-day. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—The Kingfisher, 12, Com mander Henry Harvey, which came in on Wednesday, with her mast sprung, from the coast of Africa, will pro bably be ordered up Hamoaza to be paid off, in pre ference to going en to Portsmouth, her original des tination. The Alecto steam -sloop is to be paid advance at this port, prior to sailing with the mails for the coast of Africa. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's pac kethourly expected with the Good Hope. The late eas terly and northerly w idds w ill probably retard her mail h om eward passage a day o r two. ae Bosphorus, first f r e Captain p theta in Cap© Hall, 0 f i s On Tuesday afternoon the Red Rover trawling-sloop, Captain Brown, when lying about eight miles south of the Eddystone, w ith her trawl - net dow n , w a s run into by the John E. Adams, cf New York, outwardbound, with German emigrants, and would have sunk had not the fluke of the ship's anchor caught the sloop's main sail, which it tore into ribands, breaking the gaff, and carryin away the mainsheet, topping lift, reef, pen a pilot boat landed here Cap nants, &c. The John E. Adams is accused of running into a mackerel lugger off this port last year, and drown ing one man. About three years since an American which port she left laden with ship ran into the Ariel trawl-sloop, and drowned all her she was run into by a strange craw—four oeThar s h d a a n y d s. g tain van der Borden, of the Dutch huker Tagg (Tagus), bel tarongingand he to ese V , illrudnindgfeon;Lisbon.. On the 23d of Feb., at of her crew she h te r n ig o;c w lo h c i l e c h in p t a h a e se e d ven e i n n ; g , by the voices was judged to be an Englishman. The huker showed lights, but the brig had none. The Tagg was struck on the bluff of the bow, and became very leaky. The pumps were manned, and several of the cases of cheese were removed aft, so as to get the leak ont of the water, but these efforts wer e unavailing, and the crow were obliged to take refuge on board ano ther Dutch vessel, Ba the Welcome, from Lisbo n, bound t o Holland. Soon aft e i joining falling short, t t ey w the huker g o down. Captain Prov isions van der Bord en l an d e d h ero to proceed by rail and steam to Holland. THE MEDITERRANEAN. We have correspondence from the Mediterranean, dated Malta, Feb. 24. The commander-in-chief , V ice-Ad miral Sir W. Par ker, G.C.8., was at Malta , with his fleet. The flag ship, Queen, 110; Ceylon, flag -s hip of Rear-Admiral gate, Scourge steam-sloop, Fireb ran d 2 steam-frigate, and M e di na and pHearrh73B•o, Racer, ; Caerdeornial,l; Terrible2o,Alb Albion, 90, G anges, 84, Su steam-fri Antelope ateanspackets, were in the highest order, daily exercising their crews with sails and spars, field-pieces, great guns, and small arms, and boats with guns mounted, frequently performing evolutions at the mouth of the harbour. Spitfire steam-vessel is ordered to be got ready for surveying service; Commander Spratt, formerly Lieu tenant of her Majesty's ship Beacon, is to have the com mand. The Porcupine was intended for this service, but was found to want a very extensive repair in her engines. Alr. Pollard, second mater of the Modica, has boon for the second time within six weeks, subjected to a court of inquiry. On the latter occasion (17th ult.) he was ordered a passage to England, and on arrival will be placed at the disposal of the Lords of the Admiralty. Mr. Cook, the second master of the Albion, had been appointed to • the Medina temporarily, until the pleasure of their Lordships as regards Pollard is known. Racer, 12, Commander Beddoes, was inspected on the 21st, and was every day expettilik toiteteiVe her orders for Corfu, where she 'will relieve the Frolic, 16, COW mander Vansittart, oidered to rijoin the - kiln3iral.' SHEERNESS AS A PORT OF DEFENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'TIMES. Sir, —ln consequence of the riot among the seamen at Yarmouth on the 24th of February, the Black Eagle and the Lightning war steamers .were prelered thence from Woolwich, with directions to. call at Sheerness to re meive detachments of Royal Marines, consisting of 1 lieutenant, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 25 privates for each vessel, from the Trafalgar and Ocean. When the order to prepare the detachments reached the Trafalgar a requisition was made 13y, the officer com manding the Royal Marines on hoard for 60 rounds of ball cartridge for each man. The reply was, there were none on board! He then suggested an application being made to the garrison at Sheerness for some ammuni tion. The application was made, and the reply was, that as the Ny hole ammunition the garrison possessed only amounted to 16 rounds per man; none could be spared. At last a small keg was obtained from the Ocean, which was handed overt° the Trafal gar's detachment, es they were first ready, and they were dispatched in the Black Eagle before noon. The Trafalgar has not a single round of cannon ammunition on board, nor any other vessel in harbour except the flog-ship, which has a small quantity for the morning and evening gun. The garrison is equally destitute of ammunition. The nearest magazine is at Upnor Castle, near Chatham, 12 miles up Che tidal river Medway, with no direct road to it by-land. The Lightning had to remain at Sheerness till the Admiral's steam-tender had obtained some ammunition for the detachment from Upnor Castle, before she could proceed to .her destina tion. Is not Sheerness, its important dockyard, and the valuable ships at the entrance of the Medway, in a de fenceless state?—l am, &c., AN OFFICER OF TWENTY YEA.ItS' STANDING. Chatham, March 1. MR. MACREADVS FORGETFULNESS OF HIS BROTHER ACTORS. TO THE EDITOR OF TiE MORNING POST. Sir,—Living on the skirts of the world, it was once my vocation to bustle in, I now and then, from the " loop-holes of my retreat," observe the changes of. the moon, and note the passing events. On more than one occasion you have done me the favour to give insertion to my impressions on the fleeting " bubbles of the day," and I now venture to trouble you with a few observa tions on Mr. Macready's dramatic death, his retirement from the stage. To use the words of our great Shak spere— " —nothing in his life Became him, like the leaving it : he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest things he ow'd As 'twere a careless trifle." This must be apparent to every one who reads the great man's speeches at Drury-lane Theatre and the Hall of Commerce, in neither (with the exception of an ambigu ous compliment to Mr. Phelps ) is there the, slightest al lusion to the brothers of his art, who bad assisted him for so many years in all his "Battles, sieges, and fortunes." Surely among the number of his old associates, some few might have been remembered with respect, and a kind word might have been found to have recorded his appreciation of the efforts of the meritorious, although humble men, who, in his last campaign, enabled him to present his plays to the public with, to say the least, eredit and respectablility. Not so, the great tragedian's sovereign contempt for the professors of the stage, the "beasts,"' as he delights to call them, entirely swamps his gratitude ; he shares with his titled friends in the "prejudices against actors," and al though himself a very humble actor's son, cordially despises his less fortunate brethern (many of whom are his superiors in birth and education), and rejoices in leaving them. Of Mr. Webster, again, as you very justly observe in your paper of to-day, • some slight praise might have been recorded for his unceasing labours to support the legitimate drama for so many years, if worldly courtesy did not suggest a kind re membrance of the money that passed between them. When John Kemble took his leave, " His old associates, Th• partners of his toils, his feelings, and his fame," gathered round him and received his parting thanks and good wishes. At Charles Kemble's retirement, 'twas the same; and when Mrs. Glover left us, the whole pro fession mourned. With these bright examples before him, to glide out of the world without one friendly word to his fellow-labourers, proves that a great trage dian may be a very little man.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, _ AN OLD ACTOR. Bronpton, March 3, 1851. * Surely this must be an error.—Es. Morning Post. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen yes terday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert went yesterday afternoon, at a quarter before four o'clock, to the building for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, in Hyde-park. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Prin cess Alice, and :were attended by the Viscountess Can ning (Lady in Waiting), Lord Alfred Paget (Equerry in Waiting), and Colonel Bouverie (Equerry in Waiting to the Prince). His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning, attended by Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and the Prin cess Louisa took a carriage drive yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin cess Helena took their usual exercise yesterday, in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The Earl and Countess Granville, Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain W. B. Hamilton, R.N., bad the honour of dining with her Majesty and Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening. The Queen's private band was in attendance in the Palace after dinner. A meeting was held at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, at the private residence of Lord John Russell, in Chesham-place, Belgrave-square. There were pre sent Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmer ston, Earl Grey, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Broughton, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. . Mr. Labouchere was not present at the meeting, the Right Hon. Gentleman not having arrived from Brighton. The meeting broke up about twelve o'clock, at which hour Lord John Russell went to Buckingham Palace to have an audience of the Queen. A meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street. There were present Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Broughton, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, and the Right Lion. Fox Maule. Mr. Fitzstephen French, M.P., had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. DEATH OF THE EARL OF HARRINGTON. We have to announce the demise of the Earl of Har rington, intelligence of whose dissolution reached town yesterday afternoon from Brighton. His Lordship ex pired at half-past two o'clock yesterday morning, atter a short but severe illness,`several of his Lordship's nearest relatives being present at his decease. The deceased Charles Stanhope Earl of Harrington, county Northampton ; Viscount Petersham, county Surrey ; and Baron llarrington, county Northampton, in the peerage of Great Britain, was eldest son of Charles, third earl, and Jane Seymour, daughter and co heir of Sir John Fleming, Bart. He was born Bth April, 1780, and was consequently close on the attainment of his 71st year. In September, 1829, he succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father, and on the 7th April, 1831, he married Miss Maria Foote (the celebrated actress), daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Foote, by whom he leaves issue an only daughter, Lady Jane St. Maur Blanche Stanhope, his only son, Viscount Petersham, having died at the early age of five years. The late Earl was the intimate friend of George IV. when Prince Regent, and was a Lord of the Bedchamber to that Sovereign, also to his late Majesty William IV The deceased peer entered the .army very early in life, as did his brothers, the late Hon. Major General Lincoln Stanhope, the on. Colonel Leicester Stanhope, and Sir Charles Francis Stanhope, for his commission us ensign bears date the 2d December, 1195. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 3d West India Regiment, when he retired on half-pay in August, 1812. He attained. the rank of captain Nov. 21, 1799; major, Jan. 24, 1803; lieutenant-colonel, June 25, 1807; and colonel, June 4, 1814. Since his marriage his Lorship has led a retired life, rarely mixing in those circles of fashion of which for many years he had been considered one of the leaders. By the demise of his Lordship, the earldom, and family estates in Derbyshire and Cheshire, devolve on his next surviving brother, the Hon. Colonel Leicester F. C. Stanhope, C. 8., born 2d September, 1784, and married 23d April, 1831, Elizabeth, only child and heir of the late Mr. William Green. The families of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Mr. A. and Lady Caroline Sanford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Kil dare, Lord and Lady Southampton, Mr. G. Repton, M.P., and Lady Jane Repton, &c., are placed in mourn ing by the lamented death of the respected Earl. The progress of knowledge is slow ; like the sun we cannot see it moving, but after a while we perceive that it has moved, nay, that it has moved onward.— Eliza Cook's Journal. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND LORD STANLEY. —A great meeting of the delegates of the Protection so cieties from all parts of the country assembled at the South Sea House yesterday, when a resolution expressing a deter mination to reverse the free-trade policy of the late Sir Robert Peel was unanimously agreed to. Another resolu tion, expressing the confidence of the association in lithe policy of Lord Stanley, was also adopted, and a deputation was nominated to wait on the Nyble Lord to communicate the terms of the resolution. —Her FOREIGN IcE.—The first arrival of foreign ice this year has just taken place by a vessel arrived in the river from one of the Norwegian ports, with an entire cargo, Com- Prizing several hundreds of tons weight of the article. Ail ARCH 4, 1851. MINISTERIAL CRISIS. - r SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES,-e-There ana(people in the East, so at least -travellers say, who for a trifling gratuity will allow themselves to be • t lettziati- for a writ, sr a max th,sar as long as you have patience to wait, and essbo on &leg dug out and warmed up is' much alive as ever they were. That is the very feat- just exhibited in Downing -street. For the_ benefit of her Majesty and the British public, a dozen statesmen have allowed them selves to be wrapped up and buried for eleven days, and were yesterday exhumed, apparently not much the worse for it. Where the feats are so similar it is not wonder ful that there should be some torrespondence in the cir cumstances. In the case of the Eastern performers, it aomewhatedetracts from thel /prodigy thet , they-nerer have been very, much, alive. It je, alter all, te.torpid,. cold, and toad-like animation that they possess, and they improve on the Ss attire! poverty of their constitutions by the habit'Of holding their breath, end keeping test levies% possible all their natural functions. Granting the feat to be real, it is not the inhumation of a healthy and vi gorous man, with his lungs in full play, and his blool leaping in his veins. Now, could the Whig Govern ment hare suffered an eleven ' days' trenee if it had been enjoying healthful and vigorous vitality ? It must have been reduced in condition, and have been an adept at sponteneoue collapse. We are not told, nor is it likely, that the Indian oric ginals come out of the grave stronger than they went in. Can we expect more of our own conjurors? Have Lord John Russell and his colleagues entered into a more po tential existence by having 'undergone the ordeal of eleven days' annihilation? The process hag occasionally been found a specific for preserving what life there was. "To counterfeit dying when a man thereby liveth, is to be no counterfeit,. but' the' truer and perfect indigo of lite indeed" But.that is l the utmost a man can the by-shut ting his ;eyes and• holding his breath. When he gets up and shakes himself he finds that he has the same aches . and pains, the same encumbrance' of flesh and weakness of lungs as ever he had; Whatever the extiet nature of this mysterious interregnum—whether the Cabinet was frightened into hysterics by Mr. Locke King—whether it had inhaled chloroform for an operation, on the Ec clesiastical Titles Bill, or had been mesmerized by Mr. Disraeli, there must be an equal absence of positive re sults, and the Cabinet - must be the same thing this day that it was immediately after the division on the county 161. householders. But the public are to suspend their judgment to next Friday? On that day it appears we are to have an entirely new start. The world began again after the deluge,. and the session is to begin again after the "crisis, " which is supposed to wash away all remembrance of the past. This is taking life easy. The sun-dials say' tempus jizgit, but her Majesty's Ministers flatter themselves that they, can arrest the flight of time, and let five weeks slip away without ankloss'of position. But in order to bring us back really to the very point we stood at this day month; two things are necessary—first, that the past should be forgotten; then that all the parties concerned should re turn to what they were. The first condition could easily be fulfilled by reducing the preliminary session to a sort of antedeluvian antiquity ; Mr. Locke King must class • with deinotheria, and Mr. Disraeli and his Irish brigade find their places in the saurian family. A few fossils must be all that remains of those portentous divisions that drove Lord John to despair. Unhappily the crisis will have no such Lethean power. The lessons-read to us during the past month are still fresh in the memory, and will infallibly be acted on. If Lord John Russell is more alive to his situation than he was at the beginning of the session, to also are the Protectionists, the Peelites, the Papists, and the Reformers. This is the second round of a stand-up fight, and as the Government was beaten in the first round, its chance is so much the worse in the second. Unless we are very much mistaken, none of these parties think that any claim has been esta blished on their gratitude or forbearanee, for it is not the habit of mankind—not, at any rate, of politicians—to lie on the ground to be walked over by their rivals. In Parliament, in particular, it is rare to find a morbid taste for the Opposition aide of the House. On the whole, then, we venture to think that the experimental session just ended will not be forgotten, or lost upon faction. As little can we imagine that we all are what we were a month ago. So, although the greatest cap tain of his age has been employed to give the word of command, "As you were," we fear that obedience is im possible. The crisis has been graced with an unusual display of sentiment, and some of its passages have been really affecting. Compliments and condonations have been freely exchanged; so, of course, all parties are now expected to help in strengthening an Adminis tration which it turas out, by the process of exhaustion, is the only possible one. The disappointed candidates for power are told, "Sir, you have had your Chance and you could make no use of it; so be generous, and give us that strength which you cannot use for yourselves." This argument may be logical, but we are not so sure that it is founded in nature. As a matter of fact, whether creditable or not, people are not always anxious to assist their fortunate rivals. We ex pect a gm:id deal of generosity of the feminine sort— more forgiving than forgetting. Sir James Graham will once more call Lord John Russell his " Noble Friend," ut he will not forget that his Noble Friend has been reduced to ask his assistance. Lord Stanley will not forget that Lord John Russell has been nearly beaten by the Protectionists in the Lower House, and is stlways at their mercy in the Upper. Mr. Locke King will not forget, though he live ten thousand years, that he has beaten a Government by a majority of two to one. The Roman Catholics will not forget that they hold the ba lance of parties, and can defeat Ministers on almost any question they please. The Whigs, of course, vould only be too glad to pass an act of oblivie4i; if it could be reci procal, bat there are some considerable parties in the Commons who have nothing whatever to do but to remem ber, and whose memories have been sharpened to a pre ternatural accuracy. Aristotle describes the high minded man and the low-minded man, and very pro perly ascribes to the latter a long memory for disagree ables. But later moralists have detected that the virtues of his high-minded man required some assistance from fortune, and that his low-minded man was also some what the creature of adverse circumstances. A man who can avenge himself, soon makes a *an memory, but a man who cannot is forced to keep long scores. Shylock could relate a long list of civilities that had doubtless escaped the recollection of the bestowers. His memory,indeed, was somewhat painfully overcharged, and longed for the opportunity of delivering its burden. Lord John Russell's numerous enemies may perhaps practise no other forbearance than that of the vindictive Hebrew when he said— " And for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much monies." How much is to be done next Friday ? All the mea sures for the session are to be reproduced, and the im provement is to be such as not only to make up for the previous failure, but also to create a stock of character for a falling Government. Lord John Russell is to have sown his wild oats for the session, and is to be actually, better for that employment of so much valuable time. If their measures are still to be selected and elaborated, her Majesty's Ministers have to accomplish in three days what they have failed to do in six months. There are things, of course, which it is easier to do quickly , than slowly. To get through a quickset hedge, to storm a breach, to take a dose of castor oil, or to snuff out a candle with one's fingers, requires precipitancy rather than deliberation; but in the present instance there are some other parties -concerned, who will possi bly not consent to be carried out of breath. When Lord. J. Russell salts Parliament to move the quicker because it has lost time, it will be likely enough to ask for whose convenience this is demanded, and what it is to expect in return for this partial surrender of its deliberative power's. His Lordship must not expect his credit to be increased by his late stoppage. There is no second lease of political confidence without additional claims to it. If the Cabinet, as it now seems, is to consist of the same men, it must present some decided improvement of measures; otherwise we shall soon find ourselves as we were a week ago. CHRONICLE.—The long Ministerial interregnum closes with a transition or tentative Ministry. Tho same individuals who have held office for five years with the general toleration of the country return to power as being the most . negative and neutral of parties, and therefore exposed to the smallest amount of actual op position. Lord John Manners undertakes to promise them the modified support of the Protectionists on all , indifferent questions, though, perhaps, the Government would set a higher value on his political engagements on behalf of the Country Party, if he bad not at the same time constituted himself, with little modesty, and without a shadow of reason or authority, the exponent of " the universal feeling of gentlemen on his aide of the House." But, be this as it may, it cannot be doubted that the House in general will be inclined to facilitate the operations of a Government which, for the time, contrives to hold office ,{3y a sort of apparent necessity. Having never wished to displace the late Ministers, we cannot be unwilling to give therd oven a more candid trial than their professed opponenta can offer them. It was in some degree bemuse they were blindly rushing upon destruction that we so strongly censured the anicrdal policy which wa's fOrced upon them by their leader. Continuing steadily to denounce the errors which we have hitherto denounced, we Shall, - as 'heretofore, abstain from any factious opposition to a Ministry which professes many sound principles, and which may, perhaps, intend, on some favourable °eels sion, to carry them out in its practice. The ludicpus termination of the crisis had been foreseen since Frlar y . evening. toid John Russell was then awere that Lord q Stanley's failuie and his own tenacity 61 . 7 Dukeh b f made any new combination imp t o ft(; Wellington's function was only tha h when the Senate ordered them to name a dictator. They llOman ctmsuls, could only transfer their power to The country e one individual whose name was inserted in the ir ii e n i s terial interregnum wars by would rejoice that the 3 any means at an end , if thereihweerlaetenoGt o to v o er m nm uc e h nt re is ason to fear that the restoration of but me ers e t i o e o n d t of c icumstancc s ffifrus the com mencement of a lon g and chronic anarchy. Tho com all of e n a amore n u d a Ministry was, at doubt,th er to fo r a m at nes greatio extent, Crated at binatiote npotn s and foreseen by Lord John Russell at the moment of his resignation. Threats had recently( been held out that a refractory Parliament would, in case of need, be punished by a dissolution; and the premature breaking up of the Administration was represented, by the special partisans of the retiring Premier, as another form of a similar policy. Lazy supporters ware to be frightened into activity, and uncertain adherents to be rallied into the Whig ranks by the panic fear of losing their accus tomed leaders. On trial the experiment was found to fail, although it proved, as was expected, that there was still time to recall it. The Liberal party in the House has had the opportunity of expressing a discontent and distrust which have been greatly increased by the wretched imbecility exhibited in an insincere with drawal from office, and by the new twist of the " Ag gression" policy. Out of doors not a single meetieg has been held, and scarcely an individual opinion has been expressed, in favour of the recall Of Lord John. Russell. A- fortnight - ago he was encumbered by his no-Popery pledges, and by an unpalatable Budget. Ile has now yielded to fear what he refusid to reason, and has mutilated' even his frivolous and inoperative Aggres sion Bill. , A -better Btidget may be..contrived, Cut.it will be clogged with the recollection that it has been.• - forced upon- -those who propose it. dissolving party has been-effectually shaken to pieces by theshock which, vyes to Startle it ihto reunion. , For -eversitood purpose,. s'. os the Ministry is weaker than-when it Was compelled to ' 'resign by the forcible feebleness olits chief. An one re spect it is possible that it may be stronger inmere *etas, : as a large body of the Protectionists seesifs.likelf to:supe . ,, port. it as beieg,the most helpless and seineezeablanf aneps seen tagonista;'but suppoil fioin opponents can only be pntseei. chased bysthe suspicion and alienation of formeisadhe- ,- -; os rents. There are many Members who lessee c- foe ehiatte-otee 'Whig Government chiefly because irwah threatened by wit' the numbers and therdnion of the'Pr i oteetioniste. --But eee, • if en underAtdncling is est-al:Jibbed be th e , * lemur sides of the House, the advoeates'of pregress and et tree- - trade will feel themselves reletised from their allegiance.- Oa the whole, we are satisfied that no aklyenteee to the party will' have been attained by the late resignation. The injury to the country produced by this barren agiee ration is sufficiently serious and evident. The freshness of- the session has already been wasted without' any real eoiernencement of business, The Budget, flnd the promised reforms of the law, are still to be produced, if not to be prepared. It was sufficiently vexatious that the foolish Aggression disturbance should interrupt and anticipate the business of • the country; but, thanks to • Lord John Russell's manovment, even the /Co-Popery Chimera has still to be' hewn into the eliepeswhich•it is • fleetly to assume. The egg, predestined tb be addled, is' not even yet deposited. Lord Stanley's plau, for shelving • •tho 'whole question in a Committeeemay perhaps, after- • all; be adopted, as a, pledge Of the mew alliance. That it ' is more statesmanlike than the blustering of the Durham letter, and'not 'more dishonest than the retractation-of the pledges which were contained in that memorable doetiment, and which were virtually broken by the intro eduction of The sham Aggression Bill, will be adinitted with little difficulty. But it wilf'be well for Parliament • cautiously to consider the consequences of suclea mode .of escaping from a false positibie. As the blunder must, sooner or 'later; be acknowledged 'and , abandoned, it is unadvisable to prolong the agitation bY's process`hcvhich, after all that has taken place, must necessarilf assume an irritating and controversial character. 'lnquiry might bave been practicable before the Durham agitation; but, ' after the appeals which have been made on both sides to sectarian animosity, it could not possibly lead to profits ble results. Lord John Russell's characteristic inten tion of ascertaining frain Archbishop Murray. the maxi mum of persecution to which he is prepared to sisbniit, is fortunately not the only alternative. If 'a prudent statesman could by possibility find himself involved in the difficultiVs which Ldrd John Russell has contrived to accumulate, it is by no means easy to say what course he would adopt to relieve himself. Bat, at least, it may be asserted that he would endeavour, if possible, to bring the discussion on Papal Aggression to' a close; nor, even if penal legislation was ' altogether unavoidable, would he consult the destined victims of his measure on its terms. While we admit and applaud Archbishop Murray's habitual `loyalty and moderation, we can by no means' 'allow that his virtues should be considered in legislating • for the body to which he belongs. If he has been threatened 'with injustice, the Bill would have been equally unjust in its bearing on his turbulent colleague of Tuam. Some surprise has been expressed at the opinion declared, both by Sir James Graham and by Lord Aberdeen, that although the proceedings connected with the new hierarchy were offensive and insulting, they ought not to be met by legislative action. Yet it is scarcely the custom of England to reply to insolent language by Acts of Parliament; nor will Lord John Russell's mutilation of his Bill, in deference to the objections of a favoured individual, meet with the approval of sober-minded politi cians. Loyal subjects are entitled to no more than justice, and troublesome brawlers to no less. It is not difficult to perceive that the policy of the more am bitious portion of the hierarchy at present exactly cor responds with that of their most indignant opponents. The wish of zealots to persecute scarcely outruns the desire of their adversaries to be persecuted. In either case the object will be attained by concentrating the attention of Parliament and of the political world on subjects alien from their proper occupations. Since the return of the Ministry to office, Lord John Russell has already made a false step in his Aggression policy. - The second reading of the Bill is to be proposed on Friday, in the form in which it was originally laid on tho table. But, as this is one of those measures, the entire rinciple of which is involved in its so-called " details," and as the most material of these are confessedly otjectionable, there is an obvious impropriety in asking the House to suffer it to pass through so important a stage, even with a pro mise that its provisions shall be altered in Committee. The second and third clauses, as they stand at present, are repreiented by their responsible author, however in accurately, as acts of gross oppression and persecution. In consenting to vote for the second reading the House evil[ be affirming propositions which have been already aban doned by the Minister as unjustifiable. It would have been better to introduce an amended Bill than to make this new and unnecessary demand on the confidence of an insulted and impatient Legislature. But it seems fated Oat every step in this labyrinth of blundering should ;end to its own separate error. _ _ HERALD.—It is recorded in the annals of the French Empire, that when, about noon of that day atne wards fromor:alised by the victory of Marengo, the .Austrian columns bad penetrated to the centre cf their position, end defeat seemed well nigh inevitable, Nepole,n, as king orAc of his most trusted Ihutcnents " whet he thought of the batik?" received for answer, " . The battle is wready lost; but there is time to win another before night." History tells us how prophetic were the words of General Desaix, and the anecdote has been preserved, not so much, we imagine, on account of its importance in itself, as because it strikingly illustrates that general lew, applicable alike to politics and to war, to the con flict of arms and to the conflict of opinions, which tells us that despondency in failure, or security in success, are equally misplaced where accident and fortune so often interfere to bring to pass the most unforeseen events, and to disconcert the profoundest calculations. "Ce qui arrive toujours c'est l'imprevu," and the last ten days have furnished no exception to the rule. Within that space a Government, feeble indeed and disunited, nor possessing in any degree the confidence of the country, but to which the differences of its opponents and the general disorganiza tion of partici appeared likely to ensure a somewhat longer duration, of existence, has fallen in consequence of no assault from without, but by an act of political suicide. Within that space a statesman possessing un measured influence over the House of Lords, in the Commons supported by a convect band of more than 250 followers, and backed up by all the weight and power of the great agricultural interest, has been com pelled, after a struggle brief in point of time, but con ducted with ability and prudence, to which unwilling justice has been done by his most determined oppo nents, to abandon for the present the attempt to form an Administration. Not less mortifying, though far more easily accounted for, was the failure of that third party, the " trimmers" of our age, who during five years have arrogated to themselves, and undoubtedly have at times possessed, the power of deciding the fate of doubtful questions in the Lower House of Parlia ment. When permitted to try their hands at the work of Cabinetmaking, they found themselves un able to command the assistance of a single indi vidual beyond the very narrow circle of their own personal supporters. Nor is the last stage of this " strange, eventful history" out of keeping with the singularity of all that went before. In the dearth of advisers, and amidst the chaos of parties, there has re-. appeared the came of one illustrious person, whose actions in former clays are inseparably connected with the .history of his country, but who now to the public at large seemed as much permanently removed from the political arena as though the gates of Westminster Abbey had already opened to receive the remains of the greatest of modern generals. It was well worthy of that genuine and dis piterested patriotism, which, even more than hie military glories, has distinguished the career of Wellington, that, at an age far more advanced than that of any other man now engaged in public life, and with a reputation which well entitled him to say, " Non indecenter vita, quod relinquum eaf, petit, Gum fame, quod sails est, habet," h s e o v e re should Sovereign t h note benefits e n fi a t v s e hesitated of a ntunrivalled, n rnbiunequalled ie ga) ue amiss Undertso:si eseact o es fr udo.t oc e ne hrxes i p Tedsc e x t e r n : rr cal considered hie :of abilities once confessed ti ly jno first point .but little impaired by stances, however, it may hitherto been enabled t more carefully than which position t t b h we : 'oj fna hive t re : ysloi Conservative b c a uses which, i this The party, do, the deg ree actual to future attention prospects. which seems worthyremarkable episode of politics is for both sides, have been assigned . temporary Notwithstanding the that tt a reconcileAi Government t nis t e Ministerial a l it to i like ke disclaimersthat (which, have affected their f in deed, however emphatically delivered, hardly amount to ea se :lt : in n presided was, or could be, driven, reason hat o o r re c r om wh m i e e n h T w 'ajeo o dnr: w d: i ij l ta l ooi n hb O new t liß s ee a vue y from power, but from office, ither 13 even friends.by the w itmhorreespseereitoutso athtteacfikrsot,f the accidental minority on Mr. Locke King'smotion, or y often and rhisre marked marked that the number ofthose i M t has a s been Disraeli who demanded an ex tension of the franchise had not, in any the slightest de gree, increased since last year; that, therefore, the move ment in itself was not one whit more formidable than before, and that the real author of the Whig defeat was the Prime Minister himself, who virtually gave in his adherence to the principle which he prolessed for the moment to resist. It is not wonderful that the steediest supporters of his Government should have preferred go ing quietly home to their dinners rather than listening to speeches of no particular interest, followed up by a division which meant, and which decided, nothing. It have objected seems to us very natural that many should to record their votes at the bidding of the Premier against that very motion which, as be had told them, they were next year to be summoned up to support and carry through. Still more flimsy is the pretext put forward in the second place—to the effect that a majo rity of fourteen was not sufficient to enable Ministers to conduct the business of the country with success. For it is notorious that out of the large number of Members who went out into the Protectionist lobby, some, at least, were influenced in their vote —not by anyconside ration founded on the merits of the questioreberfore them, but pure ly by a desire to retaliate upon the Cabinet for their conduct on the Anti-Papal Bill. The Permier himself seemed conscious of the weakness of his ex cuse ; for ho more than once repeated, that though neither the one event nor theAher.would separately have