The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-24 00:00:00

I us rerf et' TRE SVNi 14 1214 , consequently the mann kmen entirely met with hol -41 .410tta. .The trade ruled:hi Per Ton. LOA- Regents. 70s to 905 la, Regents 60a to 70s, Caps & Cam v budge 503 to 75s L r e4ch Whit es sss to 60s - " u ccih. Slums: —B to Iption, which has been large, rie supplies—must have been avy, on the flowing terms : rer Ton. Kent Shaws s to Essex Shaws —s to —5 Kent Regents —s to —s Essex Regents —a to s Kent & Essx. Mid. —s to -s Kentish Red Kid. —s to —s Chats -a to a HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Saturday night Wll% the opening night for the seascn of this, our great national; Lyrical Establishment, and if we may regard the opening night as en omen, then will the season of 1851 be the most brilliant ever ro- WOOL. . . . %Nade l - d qualities .of English Wool, fit for mixing with r no c4l . ll , are ln-tair request, at full prices; but other kinds 0.01 heavily, at barely late rates. Lest week's imports p r e 1282 bales from MelbOurne, 14 from Rouen, 1,516 from /11-, k4ilip, 114 fipin Bombay, and €2 from the Cape. A . ;* . L • . tp % iirge • amount ,of speculative business having been , since Monday lap, prices have fluctuated con• k r eoly. To-day the demand for immediate delivery is olv .actiye, .yet Jbe cuirencies are Suite 6d per. cwt Pier than on this day se'nnight. on the spot is t 144 at 40s 6d.; Town Tallow, .39s per cwt net cash ; b 6h Fat 7.0 .2 1 / id per 81bs. Our St. Petersburgh letter rather higher (potations. • 1847: I 1848. 1849. I 1850. 1881. 7* - • C. .. Ii set li t L e ldlulest weed • '''Pena June 10.991 50s 6d to Os Od 513 • 72.311 839 72,679 588 (td 6.918 20,944 b2s Ed 4Qs 3d to Os Oci to 4 0 110 d 1,451 1.331 86,'c39 66,498 , 55 87,036 104,,u9 53e Od 43a Od 33,147 37s Od to Os Od 2,226 80,155 87,831 393 6d 37,466 40s 6d to Os Od 1,814 81,172 994 93,120 413 6d orded in the annals of our lyrical drama, for never do we recollect such a brilliant opening night as that of Satur day. Mr. Lumley inaugurated his mann , meat by setting at nought the careless practico which had been indulged in by many. Cof his predecessors, so long as to become almost a tradition of the opera, of cautiously abstaining from pro. ducing any work or any artist of merit before Easter. He has, on the contrary, always acted loyally with his subscribers and with the public, and the nominal has always been, with Mr. Lumley; the real commencement of the season. He has been so fortunate as to inaugurate the commencement of the season of 1851 .by the debug of a young and accomplished artiste, the inheritor of a name which the world will " not willingly let die," and of a world-wide renown, which she herself will worthily sustain. The evening of Saturday, March 22, 1851, will be hereafter celebratfd in the annals of ,the lyrical drama in England as that of the dilnit of Mdlle. Caroline Duprez, the daughter and pupil of the great . . . „ tenor, and who is destined, if life and health are pre served to her, to be one of the great illustrations of modern lyrical art. This young lady made her debiit in Paris at the Salle Ventadour, under the management of Mr. Lumley, in Paris, on the 10th of January last, and created a furore such as has , seldom before been created by one so young. Yet, brilliant as was her success on that occasion, it cannot but be considered that her triumph of Ssturday was even more complete, more satisfactory. In considering the enthusiasm which she excited in Paris, some allowance had necessarily to be made for national feeling and for personal friendship; but when we find that in Loud ,n, where she is a stranger, this young lady has achieved a success to the full as triumphant as that which she achieved in Paris, then are we justified in considering that she depends upon no adventitious support, that hers is the legitimate success which genius, and genius alone, cultivated to the highest pitch, can achieve, and that she will excite the same enthusiasm in every other land as she has on her native soil; for hers is that genius, " one touch" of which CALIFORNIA. Um, : • California the dateaare to the Ist of February. accounta.on the whole seem favourable. The i tt eltital absence of rain still interfered with operations f dry or-winter mines, where a certain , amount of "ii required' for washing, but large surfaces had 4, dllg , up in preparation, and it is alleged that a few t eirltet"would enable an immense amount of the metal Collected. Meanwhile,, although complaints are s o ‘ g tkof the small returni, it appears that in addition to i 4, 000/. in gold brought to New York by this arrival, a 4 11 . 4) f .6.00,0001. was on its way to the United States and gland b other steamers, amongst which was the i t l e ' On this '' occasion' some further accounts have ereceived of a wonderful discuv'erY, originally re t9tl in the San Francisco letters of the lath of January, It : which appeared unworthy of notice without further p o l ls : 11 TV. The statement then was that an explo• it moo company, formed with a capital of 6,0001., to 0 01 1 between Trinidad .Bay and the Klamath river, A l' found- between these places some bluffs on the sea h .„ - wvil extending shout 15 miles, at the foot of which the 1 ,7 contained gold in quantities ranging from 10c. to 14 , 4 °1t5. per lb. The metal was so fine that quicksilver Zen` 'would be essential, " but the sand would be ▪ en` away by shiploads, and would be conveyed to • place where labour was cheap, perhaps to England, : 114 the'geld extracted." The bluffs were described as J oe of rotten quartz, the disintegration of which by 42iction of the sea was supposed to have caused the i s r,ait. "For miles," according to these stories , " t he V e v e as yellow with gold." A vessel was forthwith haled to take new adventurers to the spot and 150 I L, a. They had already departed when the ori -1,1 intelligence of the discovery was brought away 6 Z. "l l, Ssn Francisco, and further news was anxiously Ct:O for. The dates are now 16 days later, but the b l , papers are imperfect. The San Francisco Herald, ,„"er, contains the following: — vL 4 ,e * mentioned in our last circular the report of very sable discoveries of gold on the sea coast near the mouth I t Zlitlarnath river. Further investigations confirm in a degree the richness of the deposits, but also discover 9 serious obstacles to rendering them available at the nt time. The ' Gold 'Bluff' is about 30 miles from 0 1 1 d, the nearest safe point for vessels to discharge their . Theload between is of an almost impassable considerable practicable for mules. hronp s ,."4lisiderable difficulty also exists in bringing into ope any really e ffi cacious method of separating the gold a the sand, the weight of the latter, which is in a great metallic, preventing the ordinary Virginia rockers from t e ag siccessfully. Experiments have been tried to make traction by fusion, but whether they can be carried i i ;4 0 11 a su ffi ciently large scale to be practically useful re -44 to be seen. " L 1 .4 sacotiot s from the West Indies received at New ;:g,. were to the 27th of March. In Jamaica business ~44active, and there had been a revival of the cholera s i rtle of the rural districts. On the Isthmus of Pa trh there was much sickness, but not of a malignant Ofteter. With regard to Nicaragua and the proceed lie in connexion with the temporary transit and the 1 4 ,Kertnal the New York Herald furnishes the follow efitformation i stated a short time ago that the Nicaragua Canal i kt r i r i ny were proceeding with the work of connecting the I N tic with the Pacific as speedily as possible, and that be any months they would open a transit route, via auNi a, for the conveyance of passengers and freight from c k Atlantic to the Pacific, to San Francisco, in California. ee then Comniodore Vanderbilt, the most prominent 14"`Leman cmnected with that company, has returned from itir Pr ague, where he went for the purpose of seeing for him k the advantages which that part of the continent o ff ered % h ue Opening of a ship communication between the two t b , n nils and of overseeing the preliminary arrangements for calencing the gigantic undertaking, and conferring with 8 0rveyers and engineers, who have been for some time a l rged in selecting a route for both the proposed ship canal ‘. l e temporary transit route for passengers. He has re ill7Q with the conviction that the work is not only feasible , qth a t no impediments that cannot be overcome by rgy and enterprise exist in the way of constructing a ship ed that will change the course of commerce, and make ti' d the great mart of the world and the centre of universal ,Th • e , The surveyors and engineers have been very busy since Or arrival in \ icaragua. Up to this time they have fixed 04 routes for a ship canal between the Lake of Nicaragua ' the Pacific Ocean, and also a road for passengers and 1,.. 1 6ht from the extremity of that lake to the Bay of San ki 4 7 o on the Pacific. After examining in a thorough man- I tt ihe whole of that country, the engineers at length so k tit a point on Rio Lagas, which empties into the Lake of 14 4 ragua, as the Atlantic side terminus of the ship canal , , ~,t l Oll a certa'n point on the Rio Grande, which empties Bi;the Pacific Ocean, for the terminus on that side. The V G rande terminates at the harbour of Bonito, which, we ahrstand, possesses every requisite for the purpose for te l .,Z! l it has been selected. The whole distance from one nos to the other is but 19 miles. The summit of the b ig eat ground on the route above the surface of the lake is feet, and for a distance of seven miles and a half from 14,4 e the ground runs down to a level with the water. It 1 4 !_,Perceived, therefore, that the route which has been 40' 0 offers uncommon advantages for the construction of 101 Canal. It is not certain, h o wever, that this will be L'iute that will ultimately be chosen, as a better one may disco ed /: „ N Ver . ellerd to the transit route, the lan d p ortion of it will the k 'ence at Virgin-bay, on Lake Nic ara g ua, and end at IcOrbour of San Juan del Sur, on the Pacific, the di:. (1 4 ,1 between the two points being 12 miles and 30 chains, toil * in a straight line, and through a r emarkabl y healthy S ottY• The whole route will be as follows: From New kits to San Juan by steam-ship, thence to the Casti lian btoon the San Juan river by steam-boat ; from t his ,the river above these rapids, a distance of 100 y ards t 't!ilv, land; thence by the river San Juan and the Lake akaragua to Virgin Bay ; thence to San Juan del Sur, on Is e `ilLifie, a distance of 12 miles, by land, a nd thence to S4,;rticisco by steam-ship. Making liberal al lowances for 4 "..81e-. this will bring San Francisc) within 20 d a y s of Z;, ~ c'tit,' being many days shorter than the conne xion can * 4s by any other route. a t "„a are pretty well satisfied, from what we have heard, aC h Luis transit route to Safi Francisco via Nicaragua will tati l 4,,°Peration some time in the month of June next. Cc:1111- '4' 4 Vanderbilt's character for energy is well known; ,lattiZatt from other considerations , the fact that he is m kt with this enterprise is a guarantee to the public that tqf these great projects—theeonstruction of an ocean ship 1 44 and that of a transit route—will be finished at the eat moment practicable.", " Makes the whole world kin." The character chosen for her detnit was that of Lucia in Lucia de Lammermoor. The moment she appeared on the stage it was evident that the character was admi rably chosen. Mademoiselle Caroline Duprez is young, certainly not exceeding eighteen years of age, her ex quisitely chiselled features are most mobile, arid her lustrous eyes are capable of the most intense expression of feeling; her figure, although somewhat petite, is per fect in its symmetry, and there was in her appearance and gesture, an expression of girlish siin plicity, relieved, however, from any appearance of awkwardness by . the gentleness' of manner which is the inherent characteristic of high breeding, which pointed her out at once as the representative, par excellence, of that Lucy Ashton who was imagined by Sir Walter' Scott. A burst of enthusiasm greeted her on her ap pearance, and then all was hushed into silence for the far-famed cavatina, " Ancor non giunse. Never have we heard this delicious cavatina wore perfectly . ren dered. The voice of Mademoiselle Caroline Duprez is exactly suited to the music of the part ; it is a high soprano of the very purest quality, of the great est flexibility, cultivated to' the highest pitch of perfection, and possessing that delicious freshness of youth for the absence of which nothing can compensate; her intonation, too, is perfect, and in this respect she possesses a great advantage over her cele brated predecessor, Madame Persians. Before she bad concluded the cavatina it was evident that she was not only the Lucy Ashton of Sir Walter Scott but also the Lucia of Dunizetti. The whole conclusion of the first act was a series of triumphs; the duet with Edgardo was exquisitely given, and at the conclusion she was called on and greeted with the most enthusiastic applause. In the second act, the scene with Enrico was beautifully rendered, and Mdlle. C. Dupree showed herself through out this act as great as an actress as she is as a singer. In the malediction scene she ,was especially true to nature; she sinks to the earth as though blighted by that terrible malediction, as though she had indeed no longer any hopes in this world. The mad scene was beau tifully rendered, and at the conclusion she was again called on and enthusiastically applauded. Sincerely do we congratulate Mr. Lumley and the public on the dellit of Mdlle. Caroline Duprez, who is, if we mistake not, destined at no distant day, to take her place in the front rank of the prime donne of Europe. She was again called on at the conclusion of the opera, and when she appeared to sing in the National Anthem was again enthusiastically applauded. Calzolari was the Edgardo. He sang the music with great feeling and expres sion, and reminded us more strongly of the Edgard() of Rubini than has any other artist who has recently. appeared . in the part. Lo renzo's Enrico was full of power; his rendering of the "$e tradirmi tu, potrai " was very fine. Signor Balan chi was the Bide the Bent, and' made more of the character than any .of his predecessor's have done ; and Signor Romagnilli did full jus tice to the little character of Arturo. These gentlemen are new to Her Majesty's Theatre; their engagement adds to the efficiency of the:company. The orchestra, under Mr. Balfe (wilts was warmly greeted on taking his seat), has been greatly improved, and the choruses are admirable. At the conclusion of the opera all the artistes were called on. The National Anthem was then sung, the solo parts being taken by Madame Fio rentini and Madlle. Duprez. The overture to Mesa nielo was then performed by the orchestra in the most admirably perfect manner. Then came the ballet L'lsle des Amours, a sketch of the plot of which ap- peered in our number of Saturday. High as our expectations had been raised by what we had heard of this ballet, we must confess that they were more than realized. Nothing can excedo the quaint beauty of the scenery, the dresses,, and the dances. Watteau has been reproduced even to the minutest particular of his style; the scenes are just the " trim gardens " in which the lords and ladies, and shepherds and shepherdesses off Watteau, "take their pleasure," and the characters are just the shepherds and shepherdesses and lords and la dies which our graucllathera were wont to purchase at high prices in Dresden china as chimney and drawing room ornaments. There is, however, an exquisite creations, whose prototype is not to be found in Watteau, it is Fleurette, the creation of Amelia Ferraris, who has proved that she is to the full as great as a mime, as she has long been acknowledged to be as a diesse de la dance. Her actin was full of espieglierie, as her dancing was QI grace, elegance, and art. The pas de bouquets, with M. Charles in the first tableau, was the very perfection of coquettry, and nothing could be more piquant than her polka and waltz; her grand pas in the third tableau was a superb display of choerographic art; but the great triumph of the night was her pas de deux with M. Charles in the fourth tableau. She was called on to repeat this, and at the con clusion some superb bouquets were thrown to her. This is the greatest triumph she has yet achieved. At the conclusion of the ballet she was called for, and was led on by M. Charles and M. Paul Taglioni. Madame Petit Stephan danced a rococo dance, as a grande dame, with great quiintnt as; and Madlle. Tedeschi made a moat successful debiit as the God of Love. The house was crowded in every part. (From the Times.) Seldom has the Opera season commenced with so cheerir an aspect as on Saturday night. Every habit:it must be perfectly well aware that the opening of the lyrical year is often but a dull business, and images will recur to his mind a box audience cut into oyer-dis ntifnactpgirtouscpaftbilyy Ullopeleedmly gaps, and even a dingy-looking stage. There was nothing of the sort on Saturday. The house was filled in every part, boxes were in demand, and not a trace of listlessness was to be found. Moreover, the interior of the edifice had been entirely cleaned, and thus a good groundwork of cheerfulness was given to the whole picture. The promised appearance of a new vocalist, with the world-honoured name of Duprez, and the knowledge that she had been introduced by her well-remembered father to the Pa risian public, who had received her w ith all honour, was quite seenle Carolineelughtorai Duprerseagenerwalafsewelianrginolyf e g x r p e e e c t t e a d ti o o n n. he b r l fi a r d o e t m e o n i : trance, and at once struck her audience by her light and youthful appearance. Her dress was simple but picturesque, her gestures graceful and unaffected. She was not the Lucia elevated into a tragic heroine, but the artless, sensitive girl, gently winning the sympathies, not taking them by storm. sine r, but nevertheless Her age i s sa id not to excee d eighteen, and as an almost necessary co not yet attai ne d i ts full volume . She is not as yet a p owerful g sveeqrutheneleeesshetrhveoicoer,gtahnough b eau tifully fresh, has ise ua l throughout, and there is not a n o t e w i thout its va l ue . Her training musthave Her been most admirable. Through the whole character her execution was a remarkable specimen of steadiness and truth ; every passage was pe r f ect l y rendere d ; not a single fa ult of intonation was committ e d ; and it should be ob served that she progressed. gained in favour as he opera Those who had been most susceptible of th e juv en ile want of pow er at the b eg inning were surprised by the effect which she gave to the concluding aria in the mad scene: The grace, de licac y , and prec i s ion with which she executed the difficult ornaments we re most gratifying to the ear, an d se ld om do we find the quality of neatness raised to so high a politi,,n. The acting of the mad scene is in keeping with all the rest— not a ter rific display of violence, but a quiet exhibition of grief. It is a great virtue in Mdlle. Caroline Duprez that she does not attempt too much in the histrionic way, but that all she does attempt she carries out thoroughly. Th of the marriage scene , for instance, could not have been more i mpress i v ely represented than by thes e poignant imp leme anguish of the young vocalist employed. 'She was caltd at the end of each act, but her great triumph was the aria above alluded to, w here she was summoned back by universal acc l a mations before Edgardo had commenced hi, finale. (From the Herald.) This great establishment opened on Saturday night— later by some two or three weeks than usual. This circ stance , however, brought together an audience of unusual brilliancy, in-consequence of the universal presence in town of the leaders and satellites of fashion. Since the occupation of the house by the givers of the National C once , ts the restorer has been at work, and we are glad once more to see the golden cur ains, and the long lines of boxes, the divisions of which had been la moved by the projectors of the unfor tunate speculation alluded to. After the cold and tasteless decorations which had been substituted upon this occasion, the criental lustre of the bouton d'or hangings was doubly, trebly welcome. Mr. Lumley still exhibits the enterprise which has all along distinguished his management, and the subscribers are not called upon to wait till Easter for the production of matters of interest. The old system has been utterly extirpreed by him, and instead of the obscure personages who were formerly called upon to parade their feebleness and indifference before the habitués, entertainments are now provided of similar mark and character to those which, in the ancient days of the house, were only thought of after some weeks had elapsed. The reform in this particular has been one of the moat noticeable features of Mr. Lumley's career ; and recurrence either by himself or his successors to the old shabbinesses of provision at this period of the season is now impossible. The event of Saturday night was the first appearance of Mdlle. Caroline Duprez, the daughter of the celebrated tenor, who recently made her &bid at the Salle Ventadour under the auspices of Mr. Lumley. The nationality with which this young lady would instinctively be regarded in the French capital Waded 12 59M0 degree • ng doubt, tg height= 16-rVEMENTS OF ATLANTIC STEAM.SHIPS FROM ti b 7 I POOL —The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, i1t;.,% 1411 Comstock. sailed from the Mersey on Saturday 44 ( 00n for New York, with the u sual mails, a large cargo, twenty-sixth t passengers. Dur i ng t he summer months _ Itieteam.ships composing the Collin's United States line *l th s til from Liverpool every other Wednesday, commencing tt,„4 the Paci fi c, Captain Nye, on the 9th of April next. The 1) 0 6 51 mail steam-ships (Cunard line) will sail from Liver ,kv weekly during the suummer, commercing with the Captain Eyrie, on Saturday next, the 29th instant. li;`!'e will 'be no alteration from the other side of the At ic until May. L'k , UßDEltOtril ATTACK ON A POLICE OFFICER. —On q' i dity night, at half-pa s t nine o'clock, Banks, one of the Only constabulary forc e , w as attacked in Southdown - lane , 4Verpool, by nine men, carrying fire-arms and bludgeons. ) , I !' struggled with them, and took from one a formidable Ilion formed of a carp prop, heavily bound with iron and Cling attached for the wrist. On retreating they fired tff: t ‘ him twice, but the shots fortunately did not ta ke it " e t- A couple of the mounted patrol followed in the di ttti rm the gang bad taken, but did not come up with li), its they are supposed to have taken to the fields. At Ir hour it transpired that about an hour and a half kii°t,9°rB the attack upon the police officer a number of armed (4, 4, (the sameAller to gang n. dou The ) abused the inmates , and entered the house oMr. 4, farmer, y : 1 \ 1 00/. in gold. s v irt MGM ACT EXTENSION BILL.—The minutes of Ltdsa. en ee taken before the Select Committee of the House of tttc.,„ein the Bill for extending the provisions of the Designs itli t ;' 6o , and to give protection from piracy to persons ex 4tieh.-41g new inventions in the Exhibition of the Works of I btsZ t rY of all Nations ; has just been printed. The wit 44t7..!xamined were Mr. Thomas Webster, barrister-at top M. William Carpmael, patent-agent; Mr. A. P. New -4111 Patent-agent ; Mr. Charles May, civil-engineer, of th e W a jf Raneome and May, Ipswich; and Professor Bennet iriZerofr. Some considerable difference of opinion is ex by-the witnesses with.respect to the working of the t4 miL lt Patent laws, and the necessity which exists for some ,ullA, - ; ,Siftion with respect to the:protection of inventors ex 14g ~ t heir inventions in the Great Exhibition. The fol h,llg is an extract from the evidence of Charles May, Esq., Ei hil shows the injurious effects o f the patent laws in the 11 1 5 , 0 iiion, and the necessity which existed for the passing 13 ,j1iY n e such measure as that of the Designs Act Extension et o Ll" There is one subject to which I would refer, which for Cowper spoke of, wi th res p ect to the number of „ hi",.. 6 in the metropolitan commission, with regard to this 4, e ' u ition,-who made protectiob a condition of exhibiting ; ; 1 41 4 ; I atn a member of a different section of the machinery 't a end in our section there were a great many who mmade ltia"2 l dition of exhibiting that the re should be protection, citi T ;l lo withdrew their applications when they were in e 4 that th er e was at present no distinct protect ion." (1 4. 411 . D Mu RDZE IN BERKELEY..SQUARE.—OnSatur ti i nformation was given to Mr. Bedford, the coroner, thi1, 1 15 , 11 the p r evious evening, the body of a fine full- g rown ke.,.. 4 itd been found in the enclosure of Berkele y -square, 1 4Y "as supp osed to hive been born alive and then made "u • 8 4.1 t ,LDER OF AN INFANT.—On Saturday Mr. S,„" the coroner, received information from Devarill, the Qra",. °ll ing o ffi cer of Shadwell, that the body of a newly the s 'eruale infant was the previous day found floating in 4 44 -ve t Thames, off Bell Wharf. It was in a decomposed tek e , and there were marks of violence observable. It was tO the dead-house. liVik e r. W. Baker, jun., deputy coroner fur the easter n nt.h_ 4 of the county of Middlesex, has been appointed the " r lot the Tower liberty. the sensation which she evoked; and the criticisms that reached this country were warm and enthusiastic. '1 he success which awaited her in Paris has been realized to a like extent in 'London, and Mr. Lumley may be congratu lated upon his good fortune in having found a vocalist of such great present utility and such unequivocalpromise. The per sonal appearance of the debutante at once prepossessed the spectator in her.favour. Small In stature, and evidently not yet far emerged from girlhood, piquantly Jewish in the cast of countenance, in demeanour sweetly modest and unassum ing, the new Lucia kindled universal sympathy the moment she set foot upon the stage. Although the ordeal through which the was about to pass was a severe one, her self-pos session, notwithstanding the vehemence of the salution, did not desert her, and she delivered the " Perche non ho," a test of no ordinary kind, with as much excellence probably as she would have exhibited had the circumstances been less exciting and , the stake at issue less important. The charac teristics of Madlle. I. uprez's voice are sweetness and flexi bility, frequently reminding the listener of the instrumental •delicacy of the organ of Pereiani. Power it certainly has not, and hence we do not imagine that for a year or two, at least, 'she will be enabled to grapple with parts of the higher tragic class. The cultivation to which her voice has been subjected 18 betrayed in the smoothness and docility of her execution, which is exquisitely neat and finished, nothing occurring from the first note to the last that is crude or irritating. This easy and unforced delicacy, combined with an intimation Uniformly jrist, ensures most agreeable results ; and though as a vocal demonstration no - effect is produced that is large or astonishing, we haveseldorn had so pleasing a Lucia—one so personallY aceordint with the spirit of the story. She rendered the well-known cavatina to which we have referred with simple and graceful -freedom ; and we, were soon put out of fear for the fisriture, all the feats which declare the ripe ness of exercise, and' the co mmand of voice which it is its function' to establish. being plainly within close and im mediate reach. The child and pupil of one of the finest 'dramatic singers in Eur, pe, the musical education of Mdlle: Duprez has been conducted and-r peculiar, advantages; and the fruits are, befOre us in-purity of style, correctness of 'articilletion,'nicely.balanced phrazing, and elocutionary ex actness. These qualities were vividly manifested in the ttve duets which follow the cavatina, and again in the mad scene. We could scarcely expect to find, in short, a more adroit and better-disciplined order of mechanism. , • (prom the Post.) • MDLLE. CAROLINE DUPREZ'S DEBUT. A great name is a dangerous inheritance. Associated with ideas of lofty excellence and encyclical public triumphs, it soggests comparisons and creates expectations difficult indeed to sustaiu andsealize. Its advantages are as nothing com pared-With its responsibilities; and, instead of being con sidered beneficial to a debitant, it should be regarded rather as an alarming asd oppressive burthen. It is true that the child of an, old and favourite artist possesses hereditary ,claims to Our consideration; that a grateful recollection of past enjoyment may add heartiness .to the reception, and vigour to the applause, which courtesy bestows and dis cernment awards; but rigid justice admits no further claim, and its power must rather be directed towards preventing us from expecting too much, than being satisfied with too little. People will compare, although " comparisons are odious," and tif a great name be a legitimate passport to public interest, it is •at the same time one which subjects the bearer to an unusually severe scrutiny. Such was the Caee with Mademoiselle Caroline Duprez, whO 'Seat : * evening made her London debid, in the character of f Lucia; and when we state that she came most honourably through _the ;trying ordeal, we shall (the nature of the circumstances considered) make a very large and important admission in her favour. Madlle. Duprez possesses a pure, sylvery, soprano •voice, not very full in quality, but remarkably fresh and youthful. It is firm throughout, and clear as crystal in the upper register, espe cially from E in the fourth space to C above. Assiduous exercise has rendered it very flexible, without, however, impairing the brilliancy of its tone. Her method is perfect. Nothing can be more artistic than the vocal management, or more systematic than her execution. She has not sung many bars before you feel that whatever difficulty she may attempt will certainly be accomplished ; so scrupulously correct is her'style, so composed and steady her manner. The young lady's intonation too, if we except a slight ten dency to rise (which might, on this occasion, have been the result of 'nervouiness), is irreproachable. As an actress she is judicious' and pleasing ; her demeanour is ladylike, her countenance expressive and- interesting, and her figure though petit, symmetrically formed. ' (Frain the 'eltronick The raising' Of'the curtain of her Majesty's Theatre, an 'event of which took Place on Saturday night, in the presence of a brilliant and distinguished audience, may be regarded as the formal announcement that the most extraordinary season ever likely to be recorded in London annals has fairly commenced. , 'Lucia di Lammermoor -was the opening work. The opera has rarely been performed under more interesting circumstances. It introduced to the London public a young debutante—the daughter and pupil of one of the greatest musical authors France ever produced. Mdlie. Caroline Duprez .(tv'ho made her - first :appearance upoa the stage early in the present year in Pins), sought, in the arduous character of the Bride of Lammermoor, an English ratification of the , French verdict, which declared her, both as an, actress and as a vocalist, more than worthy of the name she bears. The con firmation of that verdict was not merely unhesitatingly, but. enthusiastically, accorded on Saturday. Sir Walter "Scott's exquisite conception has never been more com pletely realized upon the stage than by Mademoiselle Duprez. Young, for she is scarcely eighteen, ex ceedingly pretty and exceedingly graceful, with a most fortunate manner, in which modesty, though ap proaching timidity, never approaches it so nearly as to pre vent the artist from doing herself justice, Mdlle. Duprez ad mirably reproduces the idea of poor Lucy Ashton With a freshness to which the opera-goer is little accustomed, there is a charming air of refinement:about her, which seemed in stantly to fascinate the aristocratic audience, and caused her to be at once taken into their favour. The moment she came on, at the terminatioa of the harp prelude, her face and manner created that species of impression which rarely proves a false prophet. There was an unmistakeable indi cation,of intellect in high cultivation. The first acclama tion she received v ould, under any circumstances, have been showered upon the daughter of her father, but, although not a note of her voice had been heard, they appeared to be bestowed upon one whom the house, having just seen, had already learned to like. But if there could be any doubt Upon this point, her execution of the opening cavatina de cided her claims. Mdlle. Duprez's voice is a high soprano of exceeding flexibility, perfectly under command, and with a compass of great extent. Her method is that of the superb artist who has sedulously instructed her, and she phrases largely and nobly, as might be expected from his pupil. This, and the sympathetic quality of her voice, may be re corded as the two great elements of her present success, and as the assurances of manifold future triumphs. Her preci sicn of execution is marvellous, and in the passages where the composer has designed that executive power should for the moment be the object of display, she dealt out her ca dences with ;masterly ease, and amid irrepressible Plaudits. But, speaking of the cavatina, the tenderness of the character and of the sentiment was developed throughout with an earnestness and a completeness which spoke of strong dra matic intention. It was clear that the artist before us had never been taught to regard an opera as a mere construe eodepe andor- of the construc tion designed to introduce a singer, but that, in a true and fitting spirit of art, she regarded a singer as one whose duty it was to devote all her vocal and histrionic power to the illustration of a lyrical drama. This distinction, which can never be too strongly urged upon those who aspire to follow a t'asta or a Malibran, but which those who are content with being mere vocalists may neglect at their will, was un ceasingly brought to our minds by Mdlle. Duprez's perform ance. She never forgot that she was an actress as well as a singer, and she brought a remarkable dramatic power in aid of her voice. We do not mean that she merely paid the clo- est attention to the business of the scene, taking her own share in the "by-play," as well as in the more prominent detail, for these are duties which the admirable stage edu cation of all French artists never allow them to forget ; but Mdlle. Duprez did far more. She threw herself, heart and mind, into the dramatic cha racter she was representing, and whether that heart was speaking in the accents of affection, or whether that mind was wandering through the haunted mazes of madness, she never lost sight of the dramatic retirement of the scene. Her acting tears her his from ia ln v her e, w theaa exquisitely rinliolegiftgf,heteehnnecadeylcurs touchinges the moment an du t h w e h during the celebrated finale of the second act, when Edgar concluding en be gave passage, where the agonised girl, true to her woman's nature, mtvi instance nhisage outragedidoNn,ooscilovefunaottent tragic e d eet htcbemerrruinidsanlaeihndslg bridegroom fidelity, tyodiomnre her lgei tta3phnitn‘, the agoniesl tts o hho, h s een a eg l a y s a a , od ' f ' pours out her prayer for him by whom she has just been m t w h e a s e l o d a a n i e b g s e e sn u f, t i tt f hh u ee l s ln uob a fs r e r g iA tuh g ee e nt c s e ai r r e u m aakt o ie n o i : w hf er d e ra r m en a d t e ie red ap w p i r t e h ci v a n ti i n t n ed . perfection of o f f ew ra s u e s a iV na de a l delivery have and further developed the physical powers of Mdlle. Duprez, there will be no character in the prima donna's range which she will not be able to undertake. The gentle sorrows of Lucy Ashton are already perfectly within her w iewni iteththhe herpredict tdehda eirschtstyen smiles hei walks rs i nctoi chief sympathies successes r n pi d ae at hl e i in x ed executive cauomft parts i a v a. e n skill,which a ho audience. ir cd h eh t n o ce venture c s ainell.o mne forth netr grasp, and, with increasing strength, she need not fear, triumph on Saturday night was complete ; she was summoned before the curtain at the close of each act, the plaudits were unanimous and enthusiastic, and the house seemed to find a pleasure in having an opportunity of reviving them when Mdlle. Duprez appeared to take her share in the anthem. AINIERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 23 By the Royal Mail steam-ship Europa, Captain Lott, we have advices from New York, via Boston, to the 11th instant. Our usual telegraphic message, via Halifax, has not arrived. She brings 60,000 dolls. in specie. A ship, supposed to be the Asia, was seen off Halifax on the 12th. Beyond various diplomatic appointments, little busi ness of importance had been done in the special session of Congress. The Empire City had arrived at New; York with 750,000 dolls. in gold duet. Her advices; from California had been anticipated. The steamer Georgia had also arrived with 500,000 dolls. in specie. By the mail ship Merlin wo have advices from Bermuda to the 26th ult. There was a great want of water. Our advices from Canada mention that a dispatch has been received from Earl Grey stating that Goverunient declined to open the coasting trade of the provindes to foreign vessels until the question of reciprocity with the United States had been determined. Details of news from Jamaica to the tat instant had been re ceived. . The cholera continues to frevail in many parts of the island. In the country districts it had made its reappearonce. --- Cent I America we learn that on the 81st of • Fiom Central _ January an engagement took place between the armies of Guatemala and Salvador and Honduraat resulting in the total defeat of the latter. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.' There has been a moderate business done in -'stocks since the last steamer, with a moderate improyement pine de scriptions. The demand for exchange has been less active in consequence of the firmness of .the market. Theliales have been to a fair extent at 10 to 'IOM for first-cIaSA sterling ; France, 5.10 to 5.7 1 / 2 ; Amsterdam, 414 to ' , IN •, Ham burgh, 36 1 ,4 to 3 6% and ; Bremen, 79 3 / to 79. The supply of bills moderate, but the renewed activity in cotton here as well as in the south Will fura4b a better supply for the steamer. Cotton— Falcotes Circular says,-- " Our last weekly circular was written for the .taltic 4th instant. On the sth sales mere 3,000 bald, at to 3 / 4 c. advance; on the 6th, 2,000 bales at fluffier advance Mc. to 3/ o. ; on the 7th, 2,0.0 bales at M c. to , %c. further advance; on the Bth, 2,100 bales at very extreme rater, and to-day 4,000 bales at a further improvement of %c. to 4c , making the average advance since the 4th instant. li s c., the market closing with an upward: tendency. Our latest dates from Mobile are of the 7th per telegraph, as fol lows: —Marketi suffering and progressing, _cuddling 10%, receipts falling off; river overflowing ; freights dull at 3 /0. New Orleans market rising; receipts and estimates decreas ing; and by mail of 2d from New Orleans, ourOrrespondent writes, the rivers about are rising, and wu•sb,all have a greater overflow of the Mississippi and triblitltries than for last two years. We revise our quotations Walt:inform to the present state of our markets. Inferior Atlantic,. 10 to 10M ; New Orleans and Mobile, 10 1 4 to ; other Gilf ports, 10 to 10t4 ; good ordinary Atlantic, 10, 9 to 10%; New Orleans and Mobile, 10 3 / to 11; other Gulf ports, 10;4 to 11 ; mid dling to good middling, 11M to 11%, 12 1 ,4 ,to 12 1 4, 11% to 12 ; 'middling fair to fair. 12 to 1 2 %, 13 % 144, 18 to 13%; fully' fair to good fair, 12% . to 13%, Pt% to 15." Breadstuffs—Flour—For some nays there Isis been rather more activity in the market on Eastern account, without any change to notice. The transactions in wheat are very limited, holders not being willing to meet r the markets as compared with flour. Indian corn in lithiied supply for home use. Iron—The market for English bars has declined, and we note sales of 200 tons, from store and to arrive, at 21 dolls. 50.1. to 22c., six months, showing a firm market. Tobacco rather quiet, but prices were unaitred. A lot of hogsheads Kentucky brought 10c. to Freights are less firm, with less engagements; of cotton at 5-13tlis ; flour is 16i ; dead weight, 205: - Within a few days we noticed engagements to Liverpoolff 100 tierces of beef at 35., tt 0 barrels of lard at 25 5. , 2,000 bales of resin at ls. 3d., to London. We hear of flour at ls. 3d. to is. 4d. ; 600 barrels of turpentine, 250 barrels of resit), 2s. to 2s. 6d.; 700 barrels of beef at 45. 6d. ; 700 packagis of bacon and lard, 255. •, cheese, 305.; 50u barrels of 'oil cake, 2s. 6d. Glasgow—heavy goods, 255. to 275. Cd. TO'Holladd—rice, 30s. ; and to Hamburgh—cotton, 9-16 centsi and rice 25. JAMAICA, MARCH 1. The business of the last fortnight has been principally con fined to purchases for immediate consumptidn, but few whole sale purchases have occurred. The marketger most descrip tion of goods are heavy and inactive, as the prospect of the crop is favourable. IRELAND. DUNGAIRVAN ELECTIOI<,, DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—The Tenant League has received another and more signal repulse than it mep in Limerick by the disastrous defeat at Dungarvan opne of its ablest champions (Mr. J. F. Maguire), and the return of the Whig candidate by a majority of 75 in a constitue ncy which counts little over abo voters. The result is more,remarkable when it is recollected that at the last general ejection, and before this new " Irish cry" had been got up t , gr., Maguire was within an ace of ousting from the representation of this same borough a no less distinguished antagonist than Richard Lalor Sheil ; and yet now, after three years of preparation, and with four-fifths of the Liberal press of,lreland at his back to sustain what is deemed a great " principle," he is driven from the hustings by an all but unknown and inexperienced opponent. The organs of the League are perfectly dumb foundered—and well they may be. Subjoined is a sketch of yesterday's proceedings:— " DUNGAIWAN, FRIDAY.—At an early hour this morning the sovereign people were once more in the streets, particu larly and unnecessarily noisy. The dragoons, infantry, and constabulary patrolled the streets and prevented the collec tion of crowds. The voters under the nelar franchise Bill (a rating of 81. under the poor-law), commonly called the agri cultural electors—snug, comfortable farmers—were brought into the town by escort, and a few seufiles .ensued in the market cquare. The mob seized the heads of the horses and endeavoured to turn them back; the military interposed—the prancing horses of the dragoons very soon cleared a passage for the vehicle.', and the voters were enabled to come to the poll and vote for Ponsonby. The market square was the grand scene of action. There all the important battles were fought. The bribery and qualification oaths were adminis tered to the voters, and there were not a few of the usual electioneering incidents, such as attemPta to rescue voters , and loud demands for freedom of election, insinuations of bribery, &c., and quick repartees in Irish, expressive of a love of country and Mr. Maguire, or admiration of Mr. Ponsonby as a landlord. Sir Nugent Humble came to the poll with 30 of his tenantry, and the tenantry of the Duke of Devonshire averaged from 80 to 100. The gross amount of the constituency i s 318 ; of these it was presumed 239 could be brought to the poll. Th e state of the poll was as follows at 12 o'clock at noon : For Ponsonby For Maguire ... At half-past twelve o'clock : For Ponsonby For Maguire 82 Majority for Ponsonby _ 63 " Up to this hour 227 had voted, and judging from the con stituency and voters available for Mr. Ponsonby there can not be any doubt about the result of the election. Indeed, the hope of con parta had arrived, the q at ue t s lely T e ho'oclfocarkmtehres from mgutihre country parts tip "Prussians" had come up, and the victory was with Pon sonby. The booths, however, will be kept open till five o'clock in obedience to the Act of Parliament. The num bers at half-past two o'clock were as follow For Ponsonby 153 For Maguire Majority for Ponsonby _ 75 "Neither of the candidates polled a vote after half-past two o'clock yesterday. At three o'clock Mr. Maguire with drew from the contest. "This morning the High Sheriff will officially declare that the Hon. Charles Ponsonby has been duly elected to ° o f f t p la tigarvan e n League candidate ." be attributed to the neu trality e was, p T r h e s ien e r n ea t ic i s n o nn P os i a dd r eo l i ru a ab m btl e et n hm t a t et h at e shu b er o e r , d efeat o t u o gh observed by the Very Rev. Dr. Holly, the prish priest, who, had he exercised his influence in opposition to Mr. Ponsonby's return, the result might have been very dif ferent from what it has been. A Romish journal thus sneers at the middle course adopted by Dr. Rally • _ "The . is pockets. Rally , He nobody, and thinks Parish priest, looks on with the country can do with out him. So it can. He also has the two ways' in him. He's not patriotic enough to vote for Maguire—and he's not honest enough to tell Ponsonby his Very hands Rev in h that he's a Whig. That's enough to call any one. No matter ! As a Dungarvon man said, ' The parish priest says he'll do nothing for us now ; and when the Easter dues come, we can tell him we'll do nothing for him.' ~ The advices from New York by the Cambria state the failure of Austens and Spicer, a large firm, with liabilities for upwards of 200,000/., which are magnified to double that amount in the papers. They were the oldest auctioneers in the city (their business being analogous to that of our pro duce brokers), and until last. September enjoyed the highest credit. Embarraraments in connexion with some cotton and woollen mills in the interior of the state, coupled with losses on shipments to California, are mentioned as the causes of their stoppage. As usual in such cases, on both sides of the Atlantic, it is represented that the house will pay in full, but it is not really believed that the assets will yield more than 50 per cent. This event, together with the suspension of four of the smaller thinking establishments, bad created some little distru , t, and money was rather more in demand. The rate of exchange also was slightly more in favour of Eng land, the last transactions having been at mi. From this side the news was to the 22d of February, and the accounts of the Liverpool cotton market had produced a favourable feeling. The statement that an additional grant of 200,000 dolls. per annum had been made to the Collins' line of Steamers appears to have been telegraphed to New York in error previous to the sailing of the last packet. It was sub. sequently contradicted. It is reported that the Government, convinced at last of the necessity of moving the National Gallery from the btli4l°will in rig nt an insin v:erinTrafalgar-square, have adopted the suggestio ns quarters, sad propose to place the pic tures Th e lion. Frederick George Ellip, son of Lord uriiltus Palace. Howard de issioldn Waen, is russ appo s. inted an unpaid attaché to he r Majesty's M at Bel we learn Croker for New York on Tu esda y . Sixty - three altogether had si g ned the T HE POLIsH AND HUNGARIAN REFUGEES IN Ll y—o Of the e i n r q e u f u i r g y e , e s o ne embarked d e s in n a y t h a e f te Charles,r n o on that v En F sixty agreement for their transmission, but when the muster-roll was called, three (and these Poles) were missing. Of the sixty, thirty-two w ere Poles, and twenty - eight Hungarians. Besides toe refugees, there were also on board thirty Hol steinera, whose p,ssage - mo ne y had been paid b y Messr s. Spunk, Souchay, an . , dCo me rchants, of Manchester, and about twenty-nine German emigrants, who paid their own fare. Three of the refugees, who have expressed their wil lingness to p-oceed to America, are sick at home, and one is in the hospital. The rest are at the soapery, in Oriel-street, in the mo s t wretched plight. Their allowance of money does not exceed 6d. per day, and above twenty of them have been attacked by bronchial affections.—Lite r P 00l Times. TnE STREET ORGAN NUISANCE. —In consequence of the recent accident which occurred to the brougham of a medical gentleman in North Audley-street, and of repeated complaints which have been made with respect to frightening horses, and endangering the lives of the public by the street organ nuisance, the Commissioners of Police have issued a general order for the suppreseion of street-organ playing in the public thercoughiaree of the metropolis. •.. ... 131 "" ". ... 79 ... 145 Lord Stanley will be entertained at dinner at , Merchant Tailors' Hall on the 2d of April. For such a fes tival the time is appropriate—for such a festival the country is prepared. Lord Stanley has within a yery brief period declared his opinions in reference to the great questions which now agitate the empire; but, despite the explicitness with which those opinions and those declarations were made —notwithstanding the characteristic frankness of the Noble Lord in relation to all matters connected with the recent Ministerial crisis—there have been persons who could not see plainly that which was sufficiently evident —who would not understand that which was patent to all. Therefore we are glad that this manifestation cf public opinion as to Lord Stanley is about to take place. Lord Stanley, we know, wishes, as he has always desired, that with regard to his opinions there shall be no mistake. The dinner at Merchant Tailors' Hall will afford the leader of the Country party an -- opportunity of putting an end to all the quibbles to which Political schisma tics have subjected the open-hearted policy of Lord Stanley. It is somewhat strange—the coincidence is singular— that when the nation was sick of Whiggery, some years ago, and was determined upon a reaction, the late Sir Robert Peel was entertained at Merchant Tailors t-t —ad; that he there delivered his memorable speech of " Register ! register ! re gister !" which gave to hint in the next Parliament, chosen within a few months, a majority of ninety; and there was sealed the compact between the Right Hon. Baronet and the nation which was destroyed by himself— a compact which is now in the hands of a nobleman of unblemished character and undaunted chivalry., The dinner of the 2d April, we doubt not, will be worthy of the occasion and of the man. —Herald. Two failures were announced on Saturday, the patties being Messrs. James Deacon and Sons, Irish linen :actors, and Oliver, Worthington, and Co., warehousemen. The amount of their respective liabilities was not stated, but those of the latter house are small. The loss from Messrs. Deacon, it is said, will fall in Scotland, and that from Oliver, Worthington, and Co., in Manchester. The two firms were connected in business. SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE.—THE FIFTIETH ANNI VERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE SCOTCH FUSILIEfts.—On Thursday morning the '2d battalion of the 3d Regiment of Guards paraded at St. James's Palace with laurels at the head of their colours, in commemoration of the battle of Alexandria, and the glorious fall of Sir Ralph Abercrombie. The most distinctive, or rather attractive, part of the scene was the appearance of several old veterans, evidently non-commissioned officers, who had survived the "battle and the breeze" through the hard-fought services of the Peninsular to the final struggle at \Val erloo. Some of these veterans, wearing their medals, were upwards of SO years of age, yet still hale and hearty : they were most heartily cheered by the spectators on the occasion. The men were marched off to the parade-ground of Buckina,ham Palace to the truly appropriate tune of " Bonnie Scotland ;" and, although the weather was inauspicious, a vast number of civilians attended, deeply impressed, as far as they could understand them, with the glories won in Egypt by the "Scotch Fusiliers," then designated " The Third Guards." The Transatlantic Packet Station Commission met on Friday at the Board of Trade. Present—Earl Granville (Chairman), the Hon. William Cowper, M.P., Sir James Gordon, K, C. 8., Sir John F. Burgoyne, K.C.11., Captain Stephenson Ellerby, and Lord Hobart (secretary). Iris count Bernara, 1 Y., had an interview with the Coln mizsionere. PAPAL AGGRESSION. (From the Times.) After five nights of debate we may presume that we know something of the opinions of the House of Commons on the subject of Papal aggression. After three months of inces sant discussion we may also presume that we have gained a sufficient insight into the opinions of the people of England. As those opinions have been but little alluded to in the debate, and when alluded to have been mentioned principally yrith the purpose of misrepresenting them, it may be worth .while at this particular crisis to remind the public of what `those opinions really were. It has been the fashion of those who are looked upon as pre-eminently liberal, and whose constant appeals are to the popular voice so long as it coin cides with the views of which they are the advocates, to speak with the most supercilious contempt of the great po pular movement which would seem to have an especial claim to the support of these expositors of popular wants and wishes. But they have not only treated this movement with contempt. they have also grossly misrepresented its tendency and meaning. Every one who has alluded to the public meetings of the last three months has spoken of them as outbursts of bigoted intolerance, as de monstrations got up by the clergy in defence of their rank and emoluments, as efforts directed against the spread of the Catholie religion at the expense of its rival de nominations, as embodying a feeling rather theological than political, more sectarian than national, and more fanatical than loyal. Is this, or anything like this, a fair representa tion of the great and unanimous movement which, during the last few months, we have witnessed and recorded? Did not every meeting anxiousiy protest its wish to preserve invio late, notwithstanding the aggression, the principles and prac tice of toleration? Did not almost every speaker carefully distinguish between the conduct of the Pope of Rome and his . . On the same evening an extraordinary scene took place in the Commons House, on the resumption of the debate on the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. There has been no such exhibition there, since what was called the "Ten Minutes' Cheer" given in the nature of a charivari to a Noble Lord who was dis covered inopportunely sitting in the back benches; and which, I remember saying to those who were then my worthy and approv'd good masters, resembled the repre sentations of what in France was called the assembly of the Jeu de Paume, when the national representatives ex pelled by force from their hall, adjourned to a racket court. The able and as the press denominates him eccentric Member for West Surrey, Mr. Drummond, (whom it is impossible to hear so qualified, without remembering the best if not the only joke attributed to the somewhat matter-of-fact sovereign in whose reign persons of the standing of your Members began their lives, when he said of a certain admiral, that he wished he would bite somebody), rose to ;the question of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. As I must plead guilty to saying that his speech upon a former stage of the Bill was the only one in which common sense had been uttered, I am not going to join in any hue-and-cry against him now, and shall coolly speak my mind. His speech was a resuscitation of what might have been heard in the days of Elizabeth or the third William, when men could see danger in an agent from the Pope in the hands of a foreign general, sent to pooh-pooh the existence of any law in England but by the fiat of the Vatican; and the remarkable ensemble of his head, the model if not the copy of a martyr in an ecstasy, added rigour to the whole. The first declaration by which he excited the fury of the opposite party, was to some ex tent exaggerated. Our forefathers when they sup pressed what were called religious houses, did not de clare that all such were either places of involuntary confinement or receptacles of immorality. But they declared, and they thought they had the proofs, that such establishments had a strong tendency to lapse into one or both of these predicaments, and that numbers of them had so lapsed, and therefore they suppressed them; and Catholic as well as Protestant powers, have at sub sequent periods followed the example. If the Member for Surrey had confined himself to this, he would have strengthened his position; which he might have still further done, by appealing to the facts, that in the public papers there are at this moment cases mooted, one in volving a very pointed suspicion of one of the charges, and the other of the other. But all this was nothing compared with the explosion which ensued on the orator's giving an enumeration of the various sacerdotal impostures at different times astir in Europe. " Winking statues, bleeding pic tures," are unhappily notorious, as having called forth the exertions of the well-informed and honest among the Roman Catholics themselves, to expose and put them down. A further addition hich Mr. Drummond made, was what effected the explosion, and as offence was taken at it, I shall not repeat it in terms, but refer to the reporters; contenting myself with stating, that it is an entire mistake to suppose there was anything either in the matter or the manner, which authorized such epithets as " insulting, gross, and indecent," which are applied in some of the public prints. It was the simple statement of an alleged fact; en which the question ought merely to be, whether it is a historical fact er not. If it is not, then it ought not to be made use of as a groundless taunt. If it is, we are not yet come to that pass, that a weakness in an adversary's case shall not be mentioned for fear of displeasing the adversary. All I can individually say upon the subject is, that from my ear liest youth Ihave,heard it stated as what nobody thought of denying. It was stated always with the addition, that the asserted quantity pf the relic in question in different places far exceeded the bounds of possibility; though per haps not so palpably as in what was always mentioned as a parallel case, the superhuman numbers which zeal un checked by anatomical science had attributed to certain teeth. The thing was and is matter of general belief as historical fact among Protestants; and therefore we are not yet at that pass when t? Protestant Member may not mention it. The cries and gesticulations of some of the opposite party might lead to awful apprehensions, when this was done in the green tree, of what might be done in the dry. Fancy that the numbers had been inverted, and that we had been a minority, protesting ag ainst Smithfield. The Speaker behaved admiraly ; and his niche ought to stand next to that of the man who " had neither eyes to see, nor ears to hear." A word of flinch ing from him, would have doomed as to never uttering a word in Parliament that had not previously received the imprimatur of the Holy See. Ile declared that the Member for Surrey had done nothing that was out of order, that he had not reprimanded him, that the inter ruption given to him was disorderly and contrary to the rules of the House, and concluded by calling on the Roman Catholic fellow-subjects? And did not almost every meeting exhibit among its most active supporters persons estranged from the faith and hostile to the pre-eminence of the Church of England? Was not the prayer of almost every petition, that measures might be taken to counteract Papal aggression ? And was Parliament ever asked to prevent the spread of the Roman Catholic faith by the fair and legitimate weapons of discussion and controversy? We are sure that no one who has made it his business to acquaint himself with the proceedings'of the public meetings on this question can deny that this is a true account of their general scope and ten dency; and being strongly impressed with this, it is with some impatience that we have heard the constant misrepresentation of the sentiments of the English people by those who on most occasions assume peculiarly to represent them. It is doubtless very disagreeable to those gentlemen to find themselves in so signal a minority. But the public have seen the true bearings of the question with at least as much acuteness as they have, and it will avail them little to seek to give a false colour to the deliberately expressed views of persons as Intelligent and as clear-sighted as themselves. Alight we not, also, in our turn, on behalf of the aspersed public, ask these gentlemen whether it is entirely on pure and philosophical views that they have arrived at the con clusion that nothing must be done to arrest the career of Rome? When they accuse the recent public meetings of an overweening partiality to the Establishment, may not their opposition be in many cases attributed to an equally power ful dislike? Have they never felt that the aggression of She Church of Rome is a step towards the demolition of the union between Church and State, and the introduction of a voluntary system of religions worship? And are they quite sure that they are not seeking this object by lending themselves to the support of an intolerant and domineering aggression? • But if the public opinion of England has been slighted and misrepresented by the opponents of the Bill, it has equally been slighted and misrepresented by the Bill itself. The resolutions of the public meetings were levelled at the Papal rescript and its various results—namely, the estab lishment of a regular Roman Catholic hierarehy, the intro duction of the canon law, and the convocation of synods. With no one of these different causes of complaint do _s the Ministerial measure propose to deal. It is on these matters and their legal and constitutional results -the breach of the law of nations by the exercise of an act of sovereignty by a foreign Prince ; the breach of the Constitution of England by the Pope's assumption of an ancient branch of a royal pre rogative; and the violation of the great compact between Protestants and Catholics embodied in the measure of 1829, that every speaker in favour of the Bill has based his argument; and yet the Bill leaves all these un touched, and merely attempts to deal with one, and perhaps by no means the most important result of the Papal rescript —the assumption of territorial titles - and even that prohi • bition it is admitted that there is no intention of enforcing. It is difficult to say what the principle of the Bill is, but it certainly is not what the people of England ask for—an adequate and complete resistance, or, indeed, any resistance at all, to the onward movement of Rome. We have seized the colours of the invading army when we should have done more wisely to possess ourselves of their arm& The policy wo o f f h s t o u h c ot hh dogsr a e wm theme as h b e r t e lyt m hh i e n e d n s s t u ow s n e o e s f P findl n a o t o' tt h s e c daringewlebharl a et t o e d comparison ne favour of a measure tending to a totally different conclusion, we are forced to believe that a changeling has been substi tuted for the legitimate offspring of public opin'on We be lieve the argument in favour of some legislation to have been most triumphant. But that legislation is not the Ministerial Bill, but a measure such as we have before alluded to, and such as was pointed out by Mr. Walp le in his admirable speech, is which, if anywhere, is assuredly to be found a faith ful and vivid expression of the enlightened opinion of the pub lic. It is to such a measure as this that the wishes of the people of England are directed, and by such a measure alone that they will be satisfied. Instead of this what is it which the Government offers us? According to Lord Pal merston, a complement of the Emancipation Act of 1829. Did the people of England, or did those who argue in favour of legislation, demand a complement of the Act of 1829 ? Has one single public meeting, or one single speaker in fa vour of legislation, out of the ranks of the Ministry, said one word in favour of extending the Bill to Ireland ? The uni form line of argument has been, that the Pope has made an aggression, and that therefore it must be repressed ; but not that the Act of Ins is too limited and ought therefore to be extended. The attention of England was entirely directed to the attack on England, and by way of complying with her wishes the Ministerial Bill leaves the wrongs of which Eng land complains unredressed, and avenges them by an unpro voked and uncalled-for attack upon the Roman Catholics of Ireland. It is an abuse of language to call the measure a prohibition of Roman Catholic eccle siastical titles in England extended to Ireland. The principle and substantive eillict of the measure is the attack upon Ireland, the English part is trivial in comparison. The Attorney-General declares the effect of the measure to be merely to assimilate the case of the newly-created English Roman Catholic bishops and of any Irish bishops who may hereafter be created to that of the ancient Irish bishops. Is this to carry out the wishes of the people, or to supply a conclusion legitimately following from the arguments of his supporters? The people pro tested, and the Attorney-General and his friends argued against the effects of the Papal brief, and among others against the new hierarchy, and the Attorney-General seeks to satisfy these demands by placing that ob3ectionable hie rarchy on the same footing as the ancient and firmly esta blished Roman Catholic bishoprics of Ireland. It was not to place Dr. Wiseman by the side of Dr. Murray, nor Dr. lillathorne, Dr. WHale, that England has protested and Parliament has debated. No better guarantee for the safety of these ecclesiastical intruders into England can be given than in placing them in a situation iden tical with the ancient prelates of Ireland. Why should the Attorney-General wish to assimilate the case of the new bishops to that of the old? Can any . law be more unsatis factory, more anomalous, and more unjust, than that ss hich he is anxious to invest with a larger sphere of action ? The Roman Catholic prelates of Ireland are recognised in that capacity by Government, by Parliament, and by the courts of justice; and yet for doing what it is their bounden duty less,t o eandy arewith su o b u j t e c d t o t i o n g a p w eon h fa i clsthyynt to od e i y ebae w l e o an u cf l to d i roc h n: e do u ra t t t t e ht r eh l y eu s u se we will f of the Government. Th t e h s e e y p a e r n e a l l e t v ie e s lle d d o n ß ot ee p o r 2 e n v i e s n in t g th in e the esis very ye titles of the at ca w n h on ich law this state of things the best relations in which a Roman Catholic hierarchy can stand to the State, the Attorney- General proposes to extend it to England, and he does this in satisfaction of a demand for the suppression of territorial titles, the prohibition of the canon law, and the repression of synodical action ! Will Parliament accept injustice to Ire land as an equivalent for denial of justice to England? House to assist him in supporting the freedom of dcbate, which was responded to with a vigour that put an end to the insurrection. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SATURDAY, ISIARcir 22. The inclemency of the weather prevented the Queen and Prince, and the younger members of the Royal Family from enjoying their accustothed early walks and rides, this morning. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes terday. SUNDAY, MA 23. The Queen, and Prince and the Royal Family walked early this morning in Osborne Park. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal Household, attended Divine service in Whip pingham Church this forenoon. The Rev. J. Protheroe officiated. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes terday. On Friday the debate was resumed. Mr. Walpole Q.C.rnade a powerful speech in support of the Bill. What assumes to be the Free-Trade and Liberal party made a painful exhibition. It asked how the }louse could think of proceeding with the Papal question, when an uncertainty in the Coffee duties was hanging over the beads of the community. The declared object was to obtain delay. On which question there are at all events two sides. If delay is keeping up an agitation which diminishes the Government's majority against the Pro tectionists, and so far favours the views of what call themselves the Free-Trade party, on the other side it is plain that the country is fast coming up to the rescue, and that the end will be anything but in their favour. The debate was finally adjourned till Monday, when it is expected it will conclude for the present. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 24th March, 1851. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. Present—Lord John Rus sell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Broughton, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Marquis of Clanricarde. The council sat three hours and a half. The Attorney-General had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing street. A deputation in reference to the Sunderland Improvement Bill, consisting of Mr. Hudson, M.P., Sir H. Williamson, Bart., M.P., Mr. Koe, Q.C., Mr. Fenwick, Mr. Ettrick, Mr. 'Webster, Mr. Bowery, Mr. Scott, Mr. Phillipson, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Robinson, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home•office. Mr. Sandford had an interview with Earl Grey on Satur day}, at the Colonial-office. Mr. George Pownall, Mr. George Gutch, Mr. Charles Mayhew, Mr. Robert Hesketh, and Mr. Richards had an in terview with Lerd Seymour on Saturday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in White hall-place. HER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE.—The Queen's box at her Majesty's Theatre was on Saturday evening occupied by Colonel the lion. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Miss Phipps, Colonel and Lady Drummond, and party. Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals who also honoured the theatre with their presence we observed the following : His Grace the Duke of Wellington, his Serene Highness Charles Duke of Brunswick, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excel lency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis of Granby, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Douro, the Marquis Clanricarde, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Marchioness of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Glengall and Lady Butler, Lord Ward, Lord Adolphus Vane, the Earl of Fal mouth, the Earl of Pembroke, Lord Eliot, Lord William Lennox, Lord Templemore, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Canterbury, the Earl and Countess of Bradford, Lord and Lady Frances Gordon, Lady Antrobus, Viscount Dillon, Colonel Blair, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Leonard, the Hon. John Jocelyn, the Hon. John Fortescue, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P.,&c. THE SPEAKER'S PARLIAMENTARY DINNER.—The Speaker of the House of Commons gave his sixth Parliamen tary dinner on Saturday. The following noblemen and gen tlemen sat down to table :—Lord Drunilanrig, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Mahon, Hon. Captain Dudley Pelham, R.N., Sir H. Inglis, Sir Thomas Acland, Sir J. Johnstone, Sir J. Guest, Mr. Edward Banbury, Mr. Simeon, Mr. Hastings Russell, Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. Baring Wall, Mr. Roundell Palmer, Mr. Portal, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Thomas Greene, Mr. Compton, Mr. Pugh, Colonel Moore, Mr. Deeded, Mr. Caley, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Greases Lown lPy (Cambridge), Mr. Wigram, Mr. Slangy, Mr. Langston, Mr. H. Pigott. Lord Langdale has placed his resignation in the hands of Ministers. This was a course of action to be ex pected. We announced some time since, on good authority, that it would take place. The appointment of Sir John Romilly to the vacant seat on the bench will be made as soon as it will be convenient for Government to dispense with the vote of the Hon. and Learned Member for Devonport. The services of Lord Langdale are justly appreciated by all the members of the profession of which he is an honoured mem ber. We believe that Sir John Romilly will be a worthy successor of the Noble Lord.—Morning Paper. SOCIETY OF ARTS.—Amongst the numerous com pany who attended the private view of the Exhibition of the Society of British Artists on Saturday, were the Marquis of Aylesbury ; the Earls of Cawdor, Bradford, Lovelace, and Sheffield; Lords Sondes, Crewe, Worsely, Gr. Lennox, De Lisle, and Dudley ; Viscounts Hill, Rokeby, Claud Hamil ton, Radstock ; Charles Wellesley, Viscount Mandeville ; Viscount Strangford, Viscount Canning, Naas. Robert Gros venor ; the Bishops of London and Worcester; the Dean of St. Paul's; Sirs A. Murray, Henry Calder, Charles Lemon, W. Stirling, W. Baynes, John Hamner, William Verner; Messrs. Charles Baring Wall, M.P., James Matheson, M.P., Hon. R. Verner Smith, M.P., H. J. IL Hope, M.P., Henry Howard, U. F'., W. Lockhart, M.P., Quintin Dick, ra.r., W. Ewart, M.P., &c. REFRESENTATION OF SOMERSET.—Lord Dungar von has withdrawn himself as the death of Sir A. Hood, on the ground of reluctance to take a course in the House of Com mons, on the subject of Protection, opposite to that adopted by his grandfather, Lord Cork, in the House of Lords. Mr. Gore Langton has since been requested to become a can didate. THE LONDON AND NORIH-WESTERN, MIDLAND AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAYS.—The representatives the above companies met at the Reston-square station on at S a turday, for the purpose of effecting au arrangement ion f or an am i c able division of tra ffi c to and from all those places be tween London and York where they come into competition with each other. We regret to have to state that thvar ties could not effect an arrangement.—Herald. DISASTROUS LAMBING SEAS O N.—The the as far as it has proceeded, this year, says the Lincoln Chronicle,N.—The lambing proceeded, is the worst on record , number parishes of ewes cast ing their lambs is immense in the four e ß w o es thwsl l , Holton-le-Moor, Owersby, and much within bounds if w and Blyborough. We shall be e say the loss exceeds 1,000. In many instances one -third , in others one-half, is lost. This will add considerably to the overpowering difficulties d embarras and meats of the Lincolnshire agriculturists. DEATH or LORD DACRE.—We regret to an nounce the decease of Lord Dacre, which took place on Fri day afternoon at his seat, the Hoo, in Hertfordshire. The late venerable nobleman was in ,his seventy-seventh year, having been born in 1774. He was always a consistent Whig in general politics, although he never joined his party in supporting the late measures for a free importation of foreign corn. On this subject he leaned towards the doctrines of protection. He is succeede l in his title and in his estates by his only brother, General Trevor, cf Glynden, in Sussex, who was a distinguished officer throughout the Peninsular war, and who took the name of Trevor on his succeeding to large property in that county. The present Lord's eldest son, the Hon. Thomas Brand, is one of the Members for Hertfordshire. His second son, the lion. Henry Brand, has acted as private secretary to Sir G. Grey since the accession of the present Ministry to office. DEATH OF AIR. SERGEANT LUDLOW.—We deeply regret to announce that the illness under which Mr. Sergeant Ludlow has so long laboured terminated in his death on Tuesday, at his residence, Aldmondsburv. The deceased was one of the Commissioners in the Court of Bankruptcy for the Bristol district; was formerly town clerk of that city, and for many years discharged the dut ies of chairm a n of the first criminal court of the Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions. Gloucestershire chronicle. JOINT STOCK ComrAzirEs.--It appears, from , a return printed by order of the H ouse of Commons, that 159 companies were provisionally registered during the year 1S ;57 were completely r e g istered : and 142 companies were provisionally register ed, but have n o t obtained complete registration. The a mount of fees received at the office for the registration of joint sto ck com p anies during the year 1800 was, at the head office, in London , 2,656/., and at the branch office in Dublin, 751. ; total, 2,7311. Only one joint,stock company is stated to haye become banknrpt. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. REFORM ASSOCIATION. MALTA, MARCH 11.—It is now blowing a gale of wind Sir,-0a WcdnesdaY the 19th, the Expenses of Prose- from the north-west, and it is thought doubtful if the French cutions Bill was gone into in Committee, with great attend- steamer will be able to get out. The ships in port are all ance and zeal on the part of rural dispensers of the law. made snug, with their topmasts and yards struck, and the On Thursday considerable debate arose on the subject me .. r . c h h e a s n e t vessels are equally prepared. of Passports. What appears to be a bard case, was 1 inst., retu o r u n r e g d e to steam-frigate,orafter,which wer4, out too strong 6th o stated by Mr. Bright. Naturalized foreigners, of whom enable her to proceed to Graham'sshortly it blowing t _ t Island, which she was there are numbers in all the manufacturing towns and ordered to visit. notably in your own, settled in England to all appearance The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new steam-ship for life, ar e re f use d a British passport if they have occa- Ganges arrived here from Southampton and Gibraltar on Mon to visit the continent for commercial or domestic the evening of the 7th inst., and left for Constantinople on purposes. They may possess the power of voting for a the morning of the Bth, having made the passage from her Member of the British Parliament, but they may not first port to Malta, in eight days four hours, including ten have a British passport to Hamburgh or to Calais. This hours' stoppage at Gibraltar, showing an average speed of 111 1 looks very much like a thing which might be mended. knots per hour—the quickest passage ever yet effected. The A phenomenon on the Vote paper of this day, is that Ganges is perfect, whether as regards hull, engines, accom modation, or stowage, and her . immenserapidity . will render the petitions for more stringent measures than the her a great acquisition on the line for which she is intended Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, are beginning to swell in num- viz., to run between Constantinople, Smyrna, and England. ' ber, the names of the places occupying more than a She is commanded by the veteran Commodore Brooks, who page in material extension. All crea tures require a is well known here as the commander of the Sultan and certain time for getting their eyes open; but they open Erin, both belonging to the company. them at last. The homeward India_ mail may be looked for about Satur . . ._ _ .. day next; the outward mail for India by the Medina may be expected here to-morrow. Her arrival is looked for with intense anxiety, the Ministerial crisis causing as much ex citement here, as it cannot fail to have done in England. Mr. Daniel Hall, second master, of 1848, has been ap pointed from the Impregnable, flag-ship, at Devonport, to the Fisgard, flag-ship, at Woolwich, for surveying service. Mr. C. J. Cawley has been appointed master assistant to the Victory, flag-ship, Portsmouth. Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, has been masted at Portsmouth. She has about 460 names on her books. Birkenhead, steam-transport, Master Commander Salmon, is coaling at Portsmouth. She will be some time collecting a crew. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY, FIVE P.M.—For several hours last night we had a very heavy gale of wind, almost approxi mating to a hurricane, with much rain. It moderated some what towards the morning, but it still blows strong from the S. W. The Cumberland, 70, with Admiral Sir George Se q -- mour and family on board, cannot get away from St. Helen S. nor can the American packet-ship Independence, outward bouni for New York, get away from Spithead. The Sprightly steamer went eut to St. Helen's with letters, &c., for the Cumberland. this morning. The Atalanta, Dutch man-of war schooner, Lieut.- Commander Klerk, has ran into har bour for shelter, but will proceed for Curacao directly the wind will allow. On Saturday the court-martial on board the Victory eat from 9 o'clock in the morning to try Commander St. Leger and Lieutenant Kelham for the loss of the Flamer, and Elam, the mariner, for shooting the Krooman. After a mass of evidence had been gone into, the Court, after an hour and a-half 's deliberation in retirement, acquitted Com mander St. Leger of being responsible for the loss of the ship, but reprimanded and admonished him to be 'lmre cautious in future. Lieutenant Kelham, the officer of the watch at the time the Flamer struck, and tried on the same charge as the commander, was honourably acquitted of all blame; and Elam, the marine, who shot the Krooman, was also acquitted, having mistaken the deceased in the night for an enemy. Commander St. Leger had no legal " friend" to conduct his case, but was assisted by Captain the Hon. George Fowler Hastings, late in command of her Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops. Admiral Sir John Ackworth Ommanney, K.O 8., of Havant, near this port, was appointed on Friday to succeed Admiral Sir W. H. Gage as Commander-in-Chief at Ply mouth. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—The crew of the packet brig PO.. terel, 6, Lieutenant Commander Creser, will be paid off on Monday, and she, like the other packets of her class, is to be repaired and fitted up for slave suppression service on the coast of Africa. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Retribution is ordered here from Lisbon to be refitted. The St. Jean d'Acre, a screw-propeller of 100 guns, is to be laid down on slip No. 5, from which the Sans Pareil, 80, was launched on Tuesday. APPOINTMENTS. Woor.wicH, MARCH 22. Captain William Moorsors (1851), recently promoted from the Excellent, gunnery ship, at Portsmouth, is appointed additional to the Eagan!, flag-ship at Woolwich, and will be borne on the books of that vessel while carrying on experiments with concussion shells, with which he has hitherto been very successful. The gallant officer joined at Woolwich on Friday, on his ap pointment to the Fisgard. Commander Arthur Morrell (1823) to the Boscawen, 70, guard-ship of ordiaary at Chatham, vice Commander Joseph Cammilleri. Captain William Loring (1848), having completed his studies at the steam-factory at Woolwich dockyard, was ex amined to-day by Mr. Humphryt, chief engineer, and on passing rece,ved his certificate. The Vivid, Dover mail steam-packet, Captain L. Smi thett, arrived from Dover to-day to have some defects made good. The Garland, Dover mail steam-packet, Lieutenant-Com • mender Wylde, will leave Woolwich on Monday to resume her duties on the Dover station. The Garland was taken out of the basin to-day. The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander Pet ley, was taken into the basin to -day to be repaired and painted. The Tartarus steam-vessel was taken out of the dock and into the basin during the same tide to-day. The Shearwater steam-vessel was taken out of the basin and into the dock vacated by the Tartarus to-day. The Infanta Don Suez, Portuguese war steamer, Ca p tain Da Silva, went up the river on Friday afternoon, t o land the packages she had on board for the Exhibition in Hyde park. Mr. Tomlin, extra clerk at Woolwich dockyard, is ap. pointed third-class clerk on the establishment here, vice J. Manning resigned. RELIGIOUS HOUSES.—The Bill brought in by Mr. Lacy and Mr. Spooner to prevent the forcible detention of females in houses 'wherein persons bound by religious or monastic vows are resident or associated, provides that such house shall be registered by the clerk of the peace of the county in which it is situate; that the justices for every county in which any religious house shill be registered shall appoint six or more justices of the peace to act as visitors of each house, who shall be sworn to keep secret all such mat ters as shall come under their knowledge in the execution of their office as visitors, except when required to divulge the same by legal authority, or for the better (xecution of their duty. Registered religious houses shall be visited twice a year, and if it appear to the visitors that any female is desir ous of leaving the religions house in which she is resident, they shall have the power to remove her, and to place her under the care of the matron of the union in which the reli gious house is situate. Superiors not causing their religious houses to be registered, or wilfully making any false state ment in respect of such houses, or obstructing or impeding any of the visitors on their:way:to,lat, or in or returning from any such religioUs house, shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanour. Any person assaulting a visitor in the religious house shall be deemed guilty of a felony. Concealment of any part of a religious house, or the premises appertaining thereto, or of any person residing therein from the visitors, or the production of a false list of the inmates, shall be looked upon as a misdemeanour. NATIONAL EXRIBITION.— GRAND FAIR. The London committee for conducting a grand fair, or fête, is honour of the Great Exhibition, and composed of individuals of well-known experience and respectability (the best pos sible pledge that can be offered to the public) have selected a spot admirably adapted for this purpose; viz., the former site of the Hippodrome, at Bayswater, a convenient distance from the Crystal Palace, and comprising some twenty-five acres. The proprietors of many of the principal establishments in the United Kingdom, as welt as foreigners, have already applied for ground. Amongst them, Richardson's far-famed "Temple of the Muses," newly constructed by Messrs. John son and Lee; Alger's Crown and Anchor booth; the tent of Mr. Nicholson, of the Garrick's Head ; M. Ricardo's museum ; M. Eritzen's, exhibition; Signor Raffael's "Cabinet," cum niultis aliis, and a profuse: display of costly bazaars, and fancy stalls, the whole presenting to the nations of the earth a graphic "English Fair," conducted too with th e u t m ost judgment, liberality, and decorum. LONDON DISTRICT LETTER-CARRIERS PENSION SOCIETY.—This institution is established, first, to add to the small official pension allowed to those who have served as letter-carriers for no matter how long a period, and worn themselves out in the public service; secondly, to grant a small annuity to widows, who, from the limi.ed salary re ceived by their husbands, are with their families, toa often left in the deepest distress; and, thirdly, as soon as the fund of the society will allow, to make provision for unprotected orphans, which last, it is confidently hoped, will be accom• plished, should the same liberal encouragement be continued as hitherto has been experienced. The foregoing objects are effected by the members' own contributions , assisted by the donations of their already numerous patrons, from which source a sum amounting to 3001. has been received within the last twelve months. Among the contributors are—Lord Holland, Messrs. Hoare and Co., Baring Brothers and Co.. Masterman, Peters, and Co., and several other highly respec table banking and mercantile firms. On Thursday evening last a benefit in aid of the funds took place at the Sadlers Wells Theatre, which was well attended, the performance being Lytton Bulwer's play of .Richelieu, and Charles the Second, or the limy Monarch and was supported by Mr. Phelps and the talented company belonging to this popular establishment. The important case of Miss Talbot, and all the matters connected therewith, including. Saturday's proceed• hags before the Lord Chancellor, were given in the Observer of Sunday morning, March 23, to the extent of three columns; also, the angry correspondence of the Bishop of London and Sir B. Hall; Suffolk-street, Gallery, Society of British Ar tists, affairs of the great parishes Marylebone and 5 , . Pan. cras, &c. Price of the Observer, 40 folio columns, 6d. The Observer of Sunday morning, March 23d, gave, in addition to Miss Talbot's affair, and the correspon for dence of the Bishop of London with Sir B. Hall, &c., abou t a column of the opera, first appearance of Madlle. Duprez on S a t ur d a y night. The extensive publicatio , n a o t f io t u h: commences at four o'clock on Sunday mornings, in t imeserver all the Sunday morning railways. A Monday 's edition, which is best for the country and abroad Observer afternoons. _ _ ALLEGED MURDER AND EXHUMATION OF THE BODY.—Last August Elizabeth Catherine Richards, aged 15, living as nursemaid with a private family at Swan-walk, Pimlico, after partaking of some beer, w as su dd en ly seized with violent pains in her st omach, vomiting, and other symptoms of poisoning, Iler illness increasing, she was re moved to her father's hones, Battersea, where she died a few hours after her arrival. Before her death she told her father that a certain party had put a white pow der into the beer that she drank. h ereupon W the f a th er west to that party sad inquired concerning the white p ow d er , about which the ac cused gave differ ent versions. The deceased's statement, and her body having swollen and burst after death, gave rise to the most unfavourable rumours, which were greatly increased by the fact that deceased and her fellow-servants were not on good terms. her father, after various strong representations to Mr. Wakley, M.P., the coroner for the western district of Middlesex, induced that gentleman to issue his warrant for the exhumation of the body, in order that it should be sub jected to an au t o psy and an inquest. The body was accord ingly disinterred last Thursday, in St. Luke's churchy ar d, coroner, , the father, and severe' Chelsea, in the presence of_M a r i . dr l o i n . M. Wakley, the deputy_ The .'dof the coffin other relatives of deceased. . removed and the body identified, it was conveyed to the Drs. Rogers and W workhouse, where a post- m ortem examinati on w i ll be per formed, and an analysis of the stomach made, preparatory to the bolding of the inquest. The South-Western Railway Company have sub mitted to the Home Secretary a statement of the advantages that weuld result from making the port of Southampton a central depot for emigrants, both to the public interest and to the emigrants themselves:: Am ong the advantages enu merated are safety as regards nav i gation, sav i ng o f t i me, punctuality, and economy. The company offer to make ar- rangements to secure conveyance to and from Southampton at moderate rates, and in every respect to meet all the re. quirements of the. Emigration Commissioners. The question is now under consideration, and we believe it will be deter mined in the course of the present week. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,_ MARCH 24, 1851. I ?, n. If .t t. d' r" s; 14 , I Ll' L ~~:,r. f-:~{' l ith t ii4tto b V/ 01"1. 1 I'i ~~>~Y ~• .~ , , Da S ° ; rot 1101 1 ,clc, for.: let 40, ill .;t root but er7 ffer red ght the :led io ket ilk, rt. la. AL eV; lies the