The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-01 00:00:00

MAGAZINE DAY, BLACKWOOD. . Ur. Edmonstoa Aytoun has t une d hi s harp yet once again to chaunt a melodious and re- Latimer. ' mo unding lay to t h e memories of " Ridley and With all admiration for his genius and his earnestness, we cannot but regard poetry as de graded fr om i ts high and almost divine office when it im employ e d as the weapon of the irate polemic, and titnroOned forth to irritate still more the passions of the crowd already in a state of impassioned excite- Inetl t• Sir Edw ar d B u l wer L ytton, ever indefati gable, and ever affording some new i n di ca ti on o t t h e prote an the powers of his genius, developes the story of Hazeldeans in " My Novel; or Varieties of Eng -1311 Life," --Part VI. being in many respects superior to any of the preceding instalments, marked as fiver receding of those were by the graces of 6 18 ,,„ s tYle and the felicities of his -°"nide humour. When the serial has advanced u s ftewhat f urther we shall enter more into detail tP l3 a its diversified merits. A miserably contrasting Per is the one which immediately follows that from b e , Pen of the most illustrious of the contributors to te"`"nchtvood—the second portion of" Additional Chap- s : I f rour the History of John Bull"—an effusion C r eelY less vulgar in its continuation than in its I,inencernent. " Harry Bolton's Curacy" is capitally cu rrtte n and well conceived—a worthy portion of this Co u q periodical. " The Dangers of the in our External Danger," is the next section th e current number of Maga, and is wonderfully ar m in it s c h aracter. Charles Phillips obtains a most c iti toisti c notice of his revised edition of " Curran and nte -;k, r nporaries" from the, reviewer in Blackwood. ; ° :, : u . i ng of the sort can be said,' at any rate, of the e a — T ' e nirn which immediately after wards follows upon the ei.,'°rd Holland's Foreign Reminiscences," a criti thee trltle e tu i l l w hich, though brief, amounts to a most ferocious th au ght. " Popery in the Nineteenth Century" is of the concluding contribution to the chief of fixid"'„Nazines—a paper in which we are surprised to th at "laq old the writer h as been pr.lrmitted to indulge in v an d womanish instan ces o f cre d u li ty , an d i n a notare eat of twaddlin g en th us i asm. S uc h t h ings we .13/a acc ustomed to s ee i n th e c l ass i c pages of diBacftivood, and suc h things consequently fill us with rAct PNi nment. R egrett i ng the appearance of che w, etristics of this kind in our favourite magazine, we liters, Mi nd am all expiation the many treasures of p er i,ure which have first greeted the world in the ck `Lemi adorned with the thistle-bound effigy of °rd ie Buchanan. , BENTLEY. e yeti :t t l 8 Mis ce ll any h as for some t i me past beenm - 74 in reminisc ences of travel, and the present nuns to Bentley's corps of writers of travel a Are 118' Ru ssia; whose "Recollections of Archangel" titvrn?st interesting; he thus pleads for the superio laPd°4 t he Climate of North Russia over that of every I jhit and describ es t h e b eaut i es of nature " in the arctic dr w inter"— ess of innocence which she wears durin g an NI; of may be t rue t h at we have winter the greatest il the year - -that all the river s are f rozen , an d t h at titou!selves stand a c h ance of being so in our houses. k: You stand at the w i n d ow an d l oo k upon the Ilitti,.?"ered landscape before you, and see each star 10 " 111 1? in the sun l ike a diamond; it'you see the trees yee t °ll , r g a rden as if cov ere d by diamond leaves, then whiehneart be g i ns to warm ; you look at the flowers Zli ttu ,. the hard frost h as p a i nte d on your windows, and acr e in her w hi te dress of innocence appears to you isj 4 laurions than ever. The gravest misanthropist earth when he sees Helios joyously looking upon the alis erb agl if he is determined to break through the clouds of h e e l . , and to abolish every sorrow. Often, I remember tem ple was discontented, going out into the star-paved yepl)l.6 of Nature, and all around me the noise of the 840 w beneath my feet, even the ,cold aspect of all 1104;;I:7,°111-by cheered the heart, and made it light and . e• But is it I alone who felt more animated there eu surrounded by this slumbering nature I,:is innumerable persons who will bear witness to I titt6 .ll " feet Observe the stout Russian coachman, ter, 4 is thick black beard, and his high cap lined with 14,4 ti t ylie e h he sits on the box of the sledge, warming his h ts b l e -1 h eating them together, or taking the ice from ae k „ s ti, and you will be obliged to confess that he is ftre. Bide'"eu the picture of comfort as John Bull before his 4 t:re Whe n You go out at night you admire the bright kik en the cloudless sky outshining the glistening sis e ,„" of their brethren at your feet, and the mild tw er m ik of the night throwing a pale melancholy light ,r," l whole landscape. Can Italy boast of scenes t he,v -e se? Can glorious England own them as hers? . No, Sidlre Confined to the frozen nook of the world, inha lte'huY ice -bears." tiop . r um mond Wolff conti nues th e p l easan t barre l/141' his adventures in Madrid, and Lieutenant kr 4 hia trip across " Th e F renc h F ron ti er ," an d 6 41 e 1 1 concludes his "L a dd er of G-old." In the 11 ) - „ I l r iesities of Eccentric Biography " Mr. Fairholt histories of the careers of two noted impos -1817 , a ry Baker, alias the Princess C a r a b oo , w h o i n lthe, me celved " the wise men and women of the t he. , 4, 4fl er the most a mus i ng f as hi on, persua di ng s he, 1 -41) ed and fashionable" of Bristol and Bath that ,tidk,"' dnuglater of an illiterate cobbler o f Withe 'err.' 4 "bail village in Devonshire, was an Indian trh; who had b e en s t o l en f rom h er native land ate!, f rom whom she had escaped to England, 4 4 „ t s ubject o f t h e f i rst of these biographies, and uC~YtSuuthcott th a t o f th e secon d ; th e article is reti ew ilit ed with portraits of each of these worthies. A tite Suuthey's life i s ill us t ra t e d by a copper ibe;,t'graviog of the well-k nown p or t ra it b y O p i e. Ach t , i " enstans, most amusing of raconteurs, spins an i h ip tabl e , Yarn entitled "A Strange Dish; or a Mid ik:lB ; II i n a Mess," and a French author contri -4 the - rp r "st witty legend, entitled, " St. Philomele; t WO P opes;' the perusal of which we recom rairael° 411 who may be inclined to believe in modern sbe of t t s ' A " Biography of Brinsley Richards," grac e , -- L e most Promising of young musicians, also udeg the t it p r esent number of B en tl e y, which con etra zWecehatal; elabrate review of Sir Emerson Ten -publoished work on Ceylon. ,Trje Mite in 41tur.—The following changes have taken of the stations of regiments and depOts in the course thettnonh ot January, and will be completed in the d e b ar a l t y . 44 the Present month of February :—The se and , Zl)es_ h. of the Ist Regiment of Foot from Limerick to 1 er .',t, th e e 7th. Ro ya Fusiliers, from Winchester to Ports- atT o to , the 30th Cambridge Regiment of Foot embarked e _ port on Thursday, from Gosport, for service at f .Orftu the e9th Princess Charlotte of Wales' po , front Fernley to Cork; the 50th Queen's Own, from Regiment o inamouth to Ashtonunder-Lyne ; the 52d Oxfordshire I-414'T Info atr from Limerick to Birr ; the 55th Westmore ttre 4teriment of Foot, from Waterford to Buttevant ; and ri c ': ti West Suffolk Regimeat of Foot from Cork to Lime ealba, k The 41st, the Welsh Regirnent of Foot, having li ed 0 ed at Cork, the depot is now stationed at Castlelmr, li ed depot of the 49th is left at Fermoy. An examina_- 14 z7 0t the staff quarters in the garrison at Woolwich took te e 2 ott Wednesday last, Preparatory, 4t ev..edent of the 2d Royal North British Dragoons or Scotch it is said, to the Of tt3eTrOrn Canterbury to Woolwich, and the Ist battalion 4tltifie Brigade from Dover to Woolwich. k r ' 11310 N -RousE. —The Lord Mayor and the La i lle i;ofe ss entertained the members of the y Court of Aldermen,dy k naj adles, and several private friends, last evening, at the Ptrfor°n-house. During dinner Laurent's celebrated band tern toed a selection from the works of the most popular dee i t', e ra- In the evening the Lady Mayoress gave a soirie N t leg,,Te to upwards of too additional visitors, to whom an s i t ZPPPer was served in the Long Parlour. Dancing "oa r Cr UP with great spirit until one o'clock, at which 1., --° company separated. freerlift! I'ALIEIRK BUROHB.—Mr. Bell has withdrawn Isc a „;',* contest for the representation of the Falkirk burghs, klok - '• 0 „... V the elevation of the Earl of Lincoln to the duke kid °f Atvecastle The contest now lays between Mr. Baird iv 4 r. 'Wilson. • h`i Olt, 1, mum —We believe there is No t p,. (II iv OTTINGEIA:hich k b .g th in the rum our is going the round of the IS .. 111 t bat Mr. Houldsworth is about to vacate his seat as eet "7el itative in Parliament of North Nottinghamshire.— ,'9 ikon Journal. IV I ' ew a officers Colonel Hardinge and Colonel Drdanf-ra, have, been ' instructed by the . Board of . Ordnance to °I 'e ,, ed " - to Liverpool to assist by their advice in the selection r4reW site for the gunpowder magazines, and in framing ati ° l :le for their future management. •Okp the r , ilt, ERENSION OF BUHOLARS.—In consequence of f Iltec,,uttleoer of burglaries recently committed in the town o th e i m a,ttr, an unusual degree of alarm has been spread among l'flijettlku abitants. A clue has fortunately been discovered, !li,e 4t it is expected will lead to the detection and p d ums 0 lli i r „ of the burglars. A man named John Humfor ,wh !lie,h7' capacity of locksmith, watchmaker, &c., had access . to Il93•1 01 the houses in the place, has been informed against as 1,11411 named James Jones, a convict (whose evidence ' 1 1, , , - 1; °11 iu appearsod by some respectable witnesses), tle i ,•:"ch it he was in the habit of planning bur- N I i 8 and. buyin g the stolen property. He is said to be a utq i h e of the notorious Manning. He was, after a long Pritiot-4-go before the magistrates, commited to Shepton Mallet A 4 two charges. to! reelotNT IN THE Box TUNNEL. —An accident eat oo Thursday to one of the down trains on the T 4t estern, line. Some repairs were going on in the Box 113:11411 kid by some means the carriage ran , off the line. atit stoker was thrown off the engine, and besides receiving drivin,:vere contusions his arm became entangled in the tf ain - Z, 'heel, which Completely severed his thumb. The 1 cat detained in the tunnel about two hours. fees. ‘`! Portland Breakwater now extends 920 feet t,,:':'s abutment, 12 feet above high water mark, and 150 f° r it'L l e at its extremity. The quantity of stone conveyed 4 '% d'ZlWaggon; by•rivvay from the quarries averages 1 : 000 aA r Y by e ooderstand that a Bill is now in preparation fo r se e influential Members . of the country party, not only t his !.,training the ' interference of any ' foreign powers within l 'alij et 4l ro, but also for preventing the admis.ion of British e at .ri, 3 into co nfraternities, orders in brotherhood, or f even .n tiov e e r ., it into any oath or bond of allegiance to any foreign s 'gn.---Trald. pisoki:?'„ULAß, CIRCUMSTAricm,--Abratit: two years ago art y of lace collars and other articles of lace, the Pro: el, e 4 t ° i ! Mrs, and Bliss Peet, Friar. gate, Derby, were placed t he% i n g t ° graSs plot to dry. 'When the eervant went to bring th e Etr „ ? the house they were missing, and it was concluded lieu ! ~icres had been stolen. The circumstance was forgotten ieB. r.lll-ruesday last, when as a man employed in a neighbour test,' then Was pruning a tree, he discovered an old bird's kissi.,‘„! inside of which was completely lined with the fac t i o u,, , ,, lace. The lace is of course spoilt, but it is a satis pe,,,:t to know that the only creature justly chargeable with evetien la " the little bird, perched up aloft."—perby e Chr94iCle, ar s;bsi $ Bay , 'Lek, F• iondo? , ight, 111 Df and cks and ved. !erdiff , i n the swage THE SUN DRURY-LANE THEATRE. _ We again witnessed the performance of the new comedy at this house last evening, aad are confietim,l in our conviction that it is the best, and also the best acted, that has been produced for some years. The little musical piece, the Cadi's Daughter, is exceed ingly pleasing, and agreeably fills up the interval be tween the comedy and the pantomime. The house was exceedingly well attended. HAYMARKET THEATRE. As the period fixed for the final retirement of Mr. Macready from the stage approaches, so does the de sire of the public to witness his performances in crease. Last night, long before the opening of the doors, every avenue leading to the house was thronged by crowds anxious to obtain admittance. Indeed a Macready night at the "little theatre in the Haymarket," is now what a Jenny Lind night at the great theatre opposite used to be. IVithin ten minutes after the doors were opened the house was crowded in every part, and not even standing room could be obtained. Mr. Macready performed Mac beth, and he never performed it more effwctively in his life. Why will he now, in the very prime and vig,our of his age, persist in leaving the stage ? Can no prayers move bins ? LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY Last night the magnificent band and chorus of this society, composed of upwards of eight hundred per formers, under the able management of Mr. Surman, executed Haydn's oratorio The Creation, before one of the largest audiences we have seen congregated in Exeter-hall. The oratorio was preceded by a new anthem, "In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah," composed and conducted by Dr. Elvey, organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Some weeks ago th;s anthem, which is dedicated to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was performed at Windsor Castle before her Majesty, under the im mediate direction of the composer, and was last night executed, for the first time before a general audience, with all the choral and orchestral appliances which Mr. Surman and the members of this society could bring to its performance. The composition is one of a very high order, and will add greatly to the fame of Dr. Elvey. It was admi rably rendered by Miss Birch and Messrs. Turner, Lockey, and H. Phillipps. In the oratorio of The Creation which followed, one of the principal features was Lindley's delicious violoncello accompani ment to the recitative and air "In Native Worth". Mr. "Jockey's rendering of the words was most artis tical, and the performance was deservedly encored. The oratorio was admirably conducted by Mr. Sur man, Who reads sacred music better, perhaps, than any of his contemporaries ; and the choruses were ex ecuted with accuracy, steadiness, and precision. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday (William Cubitt, Esq., President, in the chair), the discussion on Mr. Digby Wyatt's Paper, " On the Construction of the Building for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, in 1851," was renewed, and was continued throughout the meeting. Arguments, based on calculation, were adduced to show, that though the building was amply sufficient for resisting any vertical pressure to which it might be sub jected, it was not so well calculated to resist the hori z mtal force exerted by the wind, which might be taken as sometimes equalling 25 lbs. per square foot. The building in Hyde-park was the most extensive example in existence of the " pure rectangular construc tion," but as it did not possess the strong gable end walls of the Lancashire cotton mills, which were also rectangular structures, composed of columns and girders, the stability of the Glass Structure must depend entirely on the simple rectangular form, which could only be maintained by the perfect attachment of the girders to the columns. It was contended that the snugs by which this was effected were wanting in strength, and the co lumns not being attached to, or rooted into the ground, might be supposed to admit of lateral motion. The ad dition of strong diagonal bracing was therefore recom mended, as being necessary to insure that amount of stability requisite in a building intended for the circula tion of such multitudes of persons as would attend the Exhibition. The great amount of light admitted through a roof entirely composed of glass, was considered objectionable for the display of works of art, and it was contended that a roof partially covered with slates would have been better for general purposes. Explanations were entered into to show, that the snugs for supporting the girders were amply strong, not only for the general duties they had to perform, but also for resisting any tension or accidental strains which might be brought on them by the failure of any adjacent parts, and instances were adduced of the occurrence of accidents during the course of erection, which had proved this position to no correct. it was contended that the glass was sufficiently thick, and that in an extent of roofing of almost forty acres, constructed by one firm during the last twelve years, wherein no glass exceeding the weight of 16 oz. per square foot had been employed, scarcely any breakage had occurred, It was proposed to use Sir W. Burnett's system of saturation, by a metallic salt, to prevent the accidental burning of the canvas on the roof. The construction provided for the effects of contrac tion and expansion, consequent on the changes of tem perature. _ In summing up the discussion, it was impressed on the meeting that the institution was not in any way re sponsible for the expression of individual opinions, the object of the discussions being merely to elicit facts from which each auditor might draw his own conclusions. The meeting was then adjourned until Tuesday, February 4th, when the monthly ballot fur members was announced to take place, and the following paper will be read:—" An Inquiry into the nature of the Patent Law Protection, with a view to the better appreciation and security of the Inventor's rights," by Mr. E. V. Newton. THE SAILORS' STRIKE. SHIELDS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—So far as the wages question are involved, the strike seems at an end, for a number of laden vessels have left our port, the men re ceiving the full wages; and on the first sea-tide a large fleet of colliers will leave this and the adjacent port for the Thames. No doubt a very great misconception of many of the provisions of the Mercantile Marine Act exists in the minds of a very great number of the seamen. The Local Marine Board of this port has just issued a notice ex plaining and defending the provisions of the Mercantile Marine Act. This notice will do good no doubt, as the mon took their views of the measure from the various speakers who have addressed them. The speakers knew as little about many of the provisions of the Act us the men themselves. There is nothing to induce the belief that the great body of the sailors on strike are prepared to commit any gross acts of violence. In a former com munication it was stated that several vessels laden for foreign ports were detained in the harbour on account of the crews refusing to sign articles in accordance with the provisions of tki Act, either in the shipping-office or on board. To-day some of them have signed articles on board, and the vessels will clear out. The seamen of Sunderland are pretty much in th© same position as those of Shields. Vessels are sailing daily at the advanced wages, and the next sea-tide there will be a clearance of the harbour of vessels. A deputa tion from the seamen waited on the Board of Trade on Tuesday, and stated their grievances. The chairman read to them the letter received from the Board of Trade, in reply to the seamen's memorial, and a long and friendly discussion followed. The principal subject of complaint on the part of the seamen appeared to be that the spirit of the Mercantile Marine Act is adverse to the independence of the parties whom it professes to pro tect, and that the minuteness of its details, and the sys tem of ti c k et i ng o f l ate years eng rafted on the mercan tile m ar i ne, i mpose vexatious restra i nts w ith ou t accom plishing any useful object. A publi c meet i ng of the men was a ft e rwards held at the Sailors' Hall, and a reso l u ti o n carried unanimously, declaring the determination of the men not' to go to the * lll Xptng-office, or to sign articles there. .I.le seame n of Stockton met in the Town-hall on Monday and pronounced against the Mercantile Marine Act. Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, a counterpart to the memorial to the Board of Trade, were exten sively signed b y the seamen of North and South Shields yesterday. Down to the moment of our correspondent closing his dispatch the Hecate war-steamer had not arrived in the Tyne. A berth is provided for her by the harbour master, and she is expected every tide. A body of Newcastle policem en are on permanent duty in front of the Shipping-office, North Shields. A meeting of the North and South Shields seamen is to be held at Tynemouth to-mo rrow morning. Sinco the above was written we have to announce that the fleet of colliers are hauling out, and are getting ready for sea. They will sail this afternoon. He that understands the weight of each, would rather wield a flail than a sceptre.—Eliza Cook's Journal. ROYAL MARINEB.—WOOLWICLI, JAN. 31..--S econ d Lieutenants Freeland, Harrington, and Lane, have rejoined the Woolwich division from Admiralty leave. First Lieute nant Adair and the detachment of Royal Marine Artillery disembarked at Woolwich from the Cyclops steam-frigate, on that vessel being paid off, and proceeded direct to join the head-quarters at Portsmouth. DEATH OF A CONGREGATION.—A correspondent in forms us that the poor man, named John Jones, who used to form the Rev. Mr. Walker's " congregation," at his chapel in that place, died on the pith instant, and was buried en Sun. day last at Backhand Monachorum —Plymouth Journal. WHAT ABOUT WESTMINSTER. BRIDGE ?—lt would be a great boon to the entire neighbourhood, both ends of the bridge, if you could enlighten us as to the intentions of the Government respecting the new bridge, the propased temporary bridge, &c. There are so many rumours about that with mzny of my neighbours, who are leaseholders, I am in a state of perfect perplexity as to what is about to be done. lam told, on pretty good authority, that the new bridge will certainly be erected on the old site; that Mr. y has quite ch anged his opinion about the bridge being injurious to the new houses; but that he wishes the new structure to be 100 feet broad, and flatter than the present one, allowing 18 feet only from high-water mark to the keystone of the arches. To this proposal, I hear, the City Navigation Committee object, and say they must have 25 feet clear above high-water mark. Is not the present bridge, with three arches blocked up in the centre of the Thames, a disgrace to the country—the centre arches of a metropolitan bridge kept up by a wooden leg ?—Correspondent of the Builder. LONDON, SATURDAY ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. INTERVIEM WITH THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. At two o'clock yesterday a number of gentlemen interested in the repeal of the advertisement duty had an interview, by appointment, with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, at the Right Hon. Gentle man's official residence in Ibwning- street. The deputation was composed of the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P.; Sir James Duke, M.P.; Mr. Ewart, M.P. ; Mr. Murdo Young, of The Sun newspaper ; Mr. Hunt, of the Daily News; Mr. Grant, of the Morning Advertiser; Mr. Spicer, of the Patriot; Mr. Francis, of the Athenaeum; Mr. Ingram, of the Illustrated London News; and Mr. Pratt, of the British Banner. • The thuncellor of the Exchequer received the de putation with the greatest affability, and evinced throughout the interview much good humour. Mr. EWART, M.P., addressing the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said, that in the course of the last session of Parliament he had pointed out, in his place in the House of Commons, the injurious operation of the advertisement duty ; and he could say of his own knowledge that a great many petitions fur its repeal had been presented from all parts of the country, especially from the representatives of the provincial press. The matter was, however, so familiar to the mind of the Chancellor that it was almost unnecessary for him (Mr. Ewart) to point out the results of this particular tax. He might say, however, that its abolition might be advocated, first, in respect to its necessity, and next on the ground of its general benefit to all classes, which would be very great in deed. There was scarcely any portion of the com munity, indeed, which the tax did not affect. Then with respect to foreign countries, and particularly America, he might advert to the benefits resulting from the non-existence of such a tax there. A gen tleman present held an American newspaper in his hand, which would show to what an amazing extent the community there availed themselves of advertising, where there was no duty payable. Mr. GRANT, of the Morning Advertiser, here pro duced and handed to the Chancellor copies of the New York Journal of Commerce and the New York Courier, each containing a vast number of advertise ments beyond anything of the kind seen in an English newspaper—upwards of 2,000 in each ! Mr. EWART continued to say that any person who saw an American newspaper, and compared it with an English one, would be struck with the great differ ence in respect of the number of advertisements. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (looking over the American newspapers)—lt makes a Chancellor of the Exchequer's lips water to look at a sight like this.—(Laughter.) Mr. EWAIT also submitted that the advertisement duty was a tax on commerce. It was on that ground that Sir Robert Peel proposed to take off the auction duty. The same principle applied to the advertise ment duty as to the auction duty, but with much stronger force. Under all the circumstances, on the commercial bearings of the question and on the smallness of the duty, • the deputation rested their hopes that something would be done by the Right Honourable Gentleman, the Chancellor the Exchequer, to abolish or mitigate the tax on ad vertisements. The deputation had certainly to some extent been leagued with the paper duty and the stamp duty, but, at the same time, the advertisement duty presented claims for its abolition on grounds peculiar to tself, in that it affected the general body of the com munity much more than the other two. He might add his belief that in France there was no advertisement duty, and there the same beneficial results arose in the way of freedom of communication between the people as in America. The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER said he really thought it right and proper that the deputation should come and put him in mind of those things, and he would give them his best consideration but he must say that in the course of this week and next he expected to receive deputations from per sons complaining of the pressure of taxes of all kinds. laugh.) When he had heard all the statements that the deputations had to address to him, he would make up his mind. Mr. MURDO YOUNG begged to remind the Right Hon. Gentleman, that the deputation were only asking for the remission of a tax which yielded acomparativey small portion of the general revenue of the country, whilst the benefits resulting from its abolition would be general and incalculably great. Personally he (Mr. Young) was interested in the abolition of the paper duty ; but, on public grounds, he should very much more wish to see the window duty and the advertisement duty abolished. Mr. GRANT said the advertisement duty pressed with peculiar hardship on the class of domestic ser- vents, in that it operated to prevent them getting situations. Numbers of them, not being able to lay out 35., 44., or ss. in an advertisement, were obliged to lie for weeks together out of situations; whereas, if the advertisement duty were abolished, they would be enabled to advertise their wants at so much the less Mr. Muuno YOUNG also submitted to the Right Hon. Gentleman, that if the duty were taken off advertising would become a fashion instead of a ne cessity. People would advertise three or four times where now they only advertised once. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER nodded assent. Mr. GRANT was of opinion that the remission of he duty on advertisements would load to an increased consumption of exciseable articles, inasmuch as people would advertise, and that much more 'requently than at present, things on which, duty was chargeable. Mr. INGRAM said that the farming class would also be benefited ; for at present many people went a great distance to market to buy articles which their next door neighbours had to dispose of, if they had known it. Mr. PitATT submitted there was a necessity of ex :ending the advertisement duty, unless it was repealed altogether, so as to include advertisements in railway carriages, omnibuses, and Cabs, and on alvertising vans. By having recourse to such means of publicity there were people who daily reaped large sums of money without paying one farthing of advertisement duty. Mr. M. YOUNG said, in confirmation of Mr Pratt's remark, that the very cab in which he (Mr. Young) had come to attend the interview, contained inside two such advertisements staring him in the face. Mr. SPICER submitted that if the duty on ad vertisements were to be reduced to sixpence the revenue of the country would not sustain any loss from the modification, looking to the much greater number of persons who would advertise their wants and their wares. ENGLAND. Mr. M. YOUNG thought that a mere reduction of the duty, without its total repeal, would be impolitic, seeing that the cost of collection would remain. Mr. EWART was of the same opinion as Mr. Young. It was a principle of Sir Robert Peel to repeal a duty altogether in preference to reducing it. Mr. FRANCIS begged to submit to the Right Hon. Gentleman a very curious fact, showing the way in which the ends of advertising were attained, and the duty at the same time evaddd. The proprietors of the Panorama of the Nile had erected on the top of their building some machinery for the purpose of starting balloons. An apparatus was connected with those balloons to which were attached large numbers of tickets for admission to the panorama ; and as the balloons rose in the air, they dropped those tickets in all directions. (Great laughter, the Chancellor of the Exchequer joining most heartily.) Persons finding those tickets, on writing the name of the place where they were picked up on the hack of them, were entitled to be ad mitted to the exhilAtion at half price. He (Mr. Francis) held in his hand a number of such tickets, ready to go up in those balloons when the weather permitted.—(Laughter.) The cost of such a balloon to the proprietors was 83., the gas used to inflate it 25., and th e cost o f t h e t i c k ets 2s. The half-price of th e ti c k ets dropped from the b a ll oon an d picked up yielded 21., so that the propr i etors o f th e panoram a would gain a profit of 11. Bs. on the transaction. — (Renewed laughter by the Cnancellor, the deputation joining.) The C LIAnCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (looking at the tickets handed to him by Mr. Francis) said it was worth While a Chancellor of the Exchequer's seeing and hearing such things, in order to see how ingenious the world wasin evading a tax.—(Laughter.) Mr. FRANCIS said some of the tickets dropped from the balloon had been picked up in Berkeley square and Buckingham Palace, and had been presented at the entrance-door of the exhibition, by parties who had picked them up. Mr. M. YOUNG (to Mr. Francis)—l see you have tickets of different colours. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEEQUER (to Mr. Young)—l suppose for different flights.—(Laughter.) Mr. YOUNG—Yes ; some of them for higher longi tudes than others.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. FRANCIS adverted to the public inconvenience if tradesmen in general had recourse to such a method of advertising. Mr. YOUNG apprehended that a butcher would not sell his meat at half price if a man went to him with such a ticket.—(Lughter.) With respect to the advertisement duty, it pressed with singular ine quality. If the Duke of Northumbtrland wanted to sell an estate worth 100,0001. he woud be called upon to pay no more for his advertisemeit duty than the poor servant girl in want of a place. Mr. HUNT said this was a tax, the whole benefits of the repeal of which would go int) the pockets of the public. If the eighteenpence duty were taken off the public would get the whole eightenpence, unlike the paper duty, the removal of which would to a great extent benefit the large mantfacturers imme diately, and the public only remotely Sir JAMES DUKE instanced the ctse of the agri culturists, who, to his knowledge, conplained loudly of the impediment which the duty of advertisements threw in the way of their adverting their stock for sale. Mr. EWART said, on the same prindple that a duty was levied on advertisements, the state would be justified in taxing the town-crier.-0. laugh.) Mr. INGRAM said he paid more, inpany cases, for advertisement duty, than he had reeived from the advertisements. Many of his advertsing customers had taken credit for an exceedingly bag time, and it frequently happened that he never received a farthing of the amount due from them. Mr. MURDO YOUNG—Aye, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer loses nothing by that.—(Laughter.) The deputation then withdrew, much gratified with the cordial reception they had re eived from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and pith the good humour which the Right Hon. Gentleman displayed throughout the interview. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Yesterday was a busy day at the Chrystal Palace. The Executive Committee received in the course of the forenoon no less than four bushels of letters. For some time past their correspondence has been accumulating with fearful rapidity, but the Post-office delivery of yes terday is the largest they have yet had. It was caused by intending exhibitors sending in, as required, specifi cations of what th e y i n t en d e d to show for the catalogue. The day was also a busy one for the contractors, who are pushing on their work so as to have the building ready for the reception of articles, and for the allocation of spaces, which must now take place immediately. It was also a busy day with the public, who are crowding in great numbers to see the interior of the Crystal Palace before the 3d of the month, when it will be closed until the Exhibition actually commences. Oa Thursday up wards of 1001. was taken at the door, and, in fact, for some time past the receipts have been steadily on the increase, so great has been the curiosity to examine the inside of an edifice, the external view of which is so striking. The fund thus formed now amounts to a very handsome sum, and will, we understand, be distributed in an appropriate manner. A portion will go as a donation to St. George's Hospital, where all the wok kmen who have met with in juries have been sent for medical advice. A portion has been absorbed as a sick and accident fund, and the re mainder will he divided among the most deserving of the hands employed during the progress of the undertaking. It was absolutely necessary to restrain by a high ad mission charge the flow of visitors that would otherwise have set in upon the building, or otherwise the men would have been obstructed in their labour, and serious inconvenience and delay would have been incurred. Thcw3 who have paid their ss. entry money have been enabled to see in process of construction the most re markable structure in many respects that the world can boast of. The masses of material that have hitherto occupied the ground area having been gradually absorbed in the works, the whole space is now comparatively clear, and the first steps in parcelling off the allotments of each nation are about to be taken. The word "France," suspended to one of the galleries of the centre aisle, east of the transept, indicates the intended whereabouts of our nearest neighbours across the Chan nel in the great industrial show; one or two hoard• ings have been put up as the boundary lines of other foreign countries, and the limits of our own colonial produce begin also to be defined. In the midst of all these preparations, and with the actual realization of the Exhibition so close at hand, the public will be interested to know what enterprising per son has been first upon the boards of the Crystal Palace in the character of contributor. Great dramas are often opened on the stage by actors fillie g very minor parts. Here is a great spectacle, to which the whole world is invited, and in which every branch of human industry is expected to figure. Who, it will be asked, has bad the courage first to venture upon the boards and throw down his gauntlet of universal defiance? All honour to the fair sex! the Exhibition can boast of a woman as its first contributor. A milliner has be earli es t in the field in the great industrial rush to Hyde -park. Names are strictly guarded, or happy should we be to record the style, title, and address of this enterprising sempstress. And what, it will be asked, was her contribution? A neat little box, to the handle of which the key was attached, was delivered some days ago to Messrs. Fox and Hen derson at the Crystal Palace. Tilt ) , opened it and dis covered, carefully deposited within, two very pretty caps .. —of a new and taking pattern. A note intimated that they were intended tor the Exhibition, and there of course they will figure—the first consignment to a col lectionhuman industry will be r e a T I l h e t h Executive s o n f two complete li s t s of contributions f rom —onamitteee have as yet red. r e e e p e r iv s e e dnwt only i l y abroad. The one is from Sardinia, the other from Ham burgh.Ou Thursday evening a singul ar acc id ent t oo k place et the new building, which we hove not yet heard ststis- I totorily accounted for. The wi n d as n i g h t f e ll b eg an to blow heavily from the south-w es t, b ut was no t nea riy so high as it has been from about the same quarter since the work commenced. All of a sudden the glazing of a bout 1,000 square feet gave w ay, b ut not i n t h e usua l wa y when glass is blown in, fur it rath er see med to be the eft ct of an eddy than of a direct current of air. The extent of breakage, t hough it see m s large when stated in figures, is not 8 01 when examined t;i.li the eye. Tho canto of it is now under investigation, and will no doubt be satistso:„fily explained; but in the mean time it will be sati,fa:itory to the public to hear that the columns, girders, andother important parts of the structure at the spot where the accu i ent t oo k place do not appear to have been in the least affected, and that as far as we could ascertain the permanence and stability of the structure are not at al compromised by what has happened. It is only extraordinary that a great work of the kind, so novel in design, and carried on with such marvellous rapidity, should have been completed with so few mi.haps calculated to throw doubt on its strength. We may mentions as a curious fact connected with this subject that when the glaziag of the tran s ept arch was in salsrge portion of t h e east aide ha d b een finished west side had b een close d i n. W h i le thePrg before the work was in this state it came on to blow a gale from the west, and though the arch caught the wind as in a hood, not a pane of glass gave way. PRIMARY INSTRUCTION FOR ALL The time is come for every right-minded and clear headedsuperintended by Englishman to join heart and hand w ith Ri c h ar d Cobden in his great enterprise of reali s i ng f or the people t e r tn a t eosf Primary Instruc , local boards, uncramped by doctrinal teachi ng , an d open to the gratuitous admission of every child w ithi n t h ese realms. tio, lis to bepulpepo an rt u ed niv b e y na l l oc syael ....Tevery aristocracy, for ..._. i has embarked on the nobler and more arduous task of achieving England ho man w from ho, a reluctant for her free instruction, in spite of the jealous hatred o f a domi nant priesthood, and the timorous scruples of sectar i an againstluc n t selfishness. May God prosper him in his work! The course he has taken is the only course that can lead to victory: it is plain, broad, and straightforward—simplo as Truth and direct as Justice. On behalf of that English people, who at their last numbering were 17,000,000 souls, of whom nearly 8 ,000,000, it was comruted, could neither read nor write, he asks that they shall be permitted to tax themselves for the means of supplying that elementary in struction for tho want of which the sons and daughters of the land aro growing up i n all the squalor of vice and the brutishness of ignorance. Church sy s t ems , voluntary systems, systems of the Committee of the Privy Council—all schemes which have attempted to blend dogmatic and doctrinal teaching with the secular instruction of the people—have issued in a failure, the (,r(,nt of which is measured by tbote simple but appal ling words, "nearly 8,000,000 out of 1 7,000,000 who can neither rtai nor write." Since An6elm first preached the name of Christ i n thi s gnearly of bishop one island, well niga 1,400 y ea rs have passed away, and 10! a t h n i d s p i s r i t e h s e t, result p o r e f s a b l y l t t e h r e s a c n r d i p m tu i r n a i l s t t e es r_ c h t i o n half the population the characters in which that taared name is written are unmeaning signs, and this, too, in a land where " the reading of God's woad" has, for the last 300 years, been made the professed basis of the na- ' tional religion! Now, the men of Alatichester, with Richard Cobden at their head, have originated a society, n ow ca lpd t h e " National Public School Ass liation.” That it will meet with infinite opposition—that it will have to fight its way to victory through years, it may be, of arduous effort and frequent defeat—that it will rouse up against it the mistaken scruples of pious ignorance, and the af fected zeal of interested hostility,—for all this we are Well prepared, but it will triuraph iu the end. 'Xo doubt EVENING, PEnnbARY 1,185 L the ultimate possibility of getting secular instruction for the untaught millions of England would be to doubt the existence of that practical wisdom and that manly justice which have never yet permitted her people to to lerate the existence of any social solecism to the enor mity of which they were once thoroughly aroused. Thus to arouse them is the duty of all who have access, through the public press, to the public intelligence. Let not the press be wanting to its mission.— Weekly News. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) We ve•itured to anticipate, in our remarks of last week, that the market value of dividend shares, as well as some others of first-rate character intrinsically, had nearly reached a maximum price, and the events of the week fully bear out this conjecture, there being some rather serious differences to note in the value of most of the dividend and other shares dealt in, which will be found in our quotations of business done. The reaction is, howe►er, perfectly healthy and natural, and clearly indicates the fact that the capitalist, warned by past losses, is becoming daily more cautious, by not paying such rates as would leave less than 12} to 15 per cent. per annum interest of money. In all other respects the state of the market is satisfactory for the buyer, and, in some few instances, advanced prices have been obtained for favourite shares. In the Metal Market, Lead is firm, at unaltered prices. Foreign Tin has again been largely dealt in, at advancing prices: the mark. 4 closes very firm, with an upward tendency. The price of English Tin has been raised 51 per ton, and refined is hardly obtainable, even at the advance, but bars and blocks may be had, in sezond hands, under the quotations. Tin Plates firm, and in good demand. Copper unaltered. The following are the dividends declared during the past month: — Mines. North Pool ... Spearne Consols Balleswidden East Wheal Rose South Wheal Frances Carn Brea .... Bedford United Alfred Consols Devon Great C0n5014... Wheal Buller ... Treviskoy Trethellan South Caradon Wellington .. Per Share. £l5 Amount. ... .£1,500 ... 640 ... 602 ... 1,920 • • 1,984 ... 2,000 ... 600 ... 2,048 ... 7,168 ... 2,560 ... 1,800 9 Il• 300 ... 640 ... 512 Total 4E24,274 Of foreign mines a dividend has been declared by the Cobra Company of 31. per share, amounting to 36,0001. At the Tresavean meeting, on Tuesday, they did what they have not done there for 30 years, make a call. They must put down a new shaft to work a side lode. United Mines account was not held as appointed, but postponed for the third time, on account of the absence of Mr. Michael Williams; he having returned, it was fixed to be held yesterday, when, in consequence of the loss of 4001. or 500/. a month, and the dislike to paying calls, they would, it was expected, resolve on discharg ing some of the agents, and about 100 labourers. Their neighbour, Great Consols, must also follow, for the same reason. The mines are feeling the effects of the late floods. At Plenty and Goonearle, they have put the engine idle; the great adit is choked, and the water up to surface. At Grambler the adit is crushed, so that the water runs out of the shaft at surface. The Callington Mines sold 45 tons of lead ore, at 18, per ton. - Bryntail Mine sold 25 tons of lead ore, at 111.25. per ton. The next sampling of Trehane will be 55 tons of ore, of the beat quality, and another parcel of 40 tons. At Trelawny, 100 tons of No. 1 ores, and 70 tons of No. 2, were sampled on Wednesday. A good lode has been cut in Bell and Lanarth, and in North Pool the lode in the shaft is producing about 15 tons per fathom. An improvement is reported at Merllyn, in one of the pitches going further west than any of the former work ings, and on a different lode, which is worth 401. per fin. Forty tons of ore have been raised at the old lode, and the estimated yield of one pitch is 20 tons for the month. At North Roskear meeting. on the 13th Jan., the ac counts showed—By amount of ore sold in November, 4,170/. 3s. 10d. Costs for Oct. and Nov., 4,1641. 3s. lid.; leaving profit, 7051. 19s. I Id. By dividend of 51. per share, 7001.; leaves balance, 51. 19s. 11d.; add balance trom last account, 1,8451. Bs. 5d.; leaves now in hand, 1,851/. 9s. 4d. At the South Caradon meeting, on Tuesday, a divi. (lend of 21. 10s. per 256th share was declared, and a ba lance of 8941. 3s. 6d. carried to the credit of the next ac count. The accounts showed—Ores sold in October, 2,224/. ss. 6d.; ditto November, 1,9631. 3s. 3d.=.4,187/. 7s. 9d. Costs for Sept. and Oct., 3,049/. 3s. id., leaving profit, 1,1381. 4s. Bd.; to which add 3951. 18s. 10d. balance of previous account, and deduct 6401. for dividend, leaves 894/. 3s. 6d. to credit of next account —The report states —"Our prospects are still good; we have been able to carry out our promise of giving you an increased divi dend, and also increased the balance in hand." At the Trethellan meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts for Nov. and Dec. showed—Balance from last account, 3361. 7s. I Id.; ores sold (less dues), 374/. 16s. I Id.; sale of materials, 1481. 14s. 9d.=8591. 19s. 7d.—To costs and merchants' bills, 3901. is. 7d.—By dividend of 2/. 103. per share, 3001.: leaves balance in favour of adventurers, 169/. 18s. _ _ At the Tresavean meeting, on Tuesday, a call of 101. per share was made. The accounts were-Labour cost for Nov. and Dec., including merchants' bills, 2,2421.45. -Copper ore, &c., sold (less dues), 1,551/. 19s. 9d.; showing loss, 6901. 4s. 3d.; from which deduct balance in hand, from previous account, 3871. 13s. 6d., leaves now against the adventurers 322/. 10s. 9d. At the meeting of the Holy ford Copper Mining As sociation, the accounts showed a balance of 1,412/, 75.3 d. in favour of the mine on the last six months' working; also an increase of 139 tons in the ore raised, and a de crease in the expenses of 968/. 9s. 7d. The liabilities amount to only 232/. Is. Bd.; and the bills and cash in hand to 360/. Si. ad.; the machinery, steam-engine, and other property on the mine, is estimated at 2,1151. 14s. Id., exclusive of the various buildings. The direc tors, in their report, express no decided opinion as to their future prospects, on account of the uncertain extent of the bunches of ore that have been opened on; in some parts of the mine, however, the produce is good, and the ore of rich quality. Should the amount pro duced be equal in 1851 to that of the past year, a fair balance will be left at the disposal of the shareholders. Mr. %V. H. La Serre was elected a director in the place of Mr. F. L. Mesurier, for the present year. At the Callington quarterly meeting, the accounts showed-Mine cost and other disbursements, including balance of last account (2,669/. ss. 9d.), 5,468/. 4s. sd. By silver-lead and copper ores sold in August, Septem ber, and October, 2,0251. 93. Id.; instalment, 1,0001.; leaving balance against adventurers, 2,4421. ss. 4d. The report of the directors stated that Captain W. Lean had been chosen, instead of their former managing agent; that the operations were now being actively prosecuted; and their prospects were, in their opinion, much more favourable, both as regards the lead lode and the Kelly Bray copper lode. The agent's report ste":-tad that more ore ground was now opened, and the prospects of the mine becoming profitable much greater than at the last general meeting. At the West Wheal Seton meeting, the accounts showed-Labour cost and merchants' bills, 954/. 17s. 3d. By copper ores sold, less 1-15th dues 408/. 185. 9d.; leaving balance of 5 45 1. 18 s. 6 d.; to which add balance of previous account, 541. 186. 4u. = 6001. 165. 10d. Amount of call received, 4001.; leaving present balance against the adventurers, 2001. 16s. 10d. A call of 21. per share was made. The West Alfred accounts, referred to on the 18th of January, have since reached us ; they show-Total amount of costs to end August, including merchants' bills end Sept., 3,4461. 95. 31; labour cost fur Sept., Oct., and Nuv., 6361. 6s. 10d.; merchants' bills, Oct., Nov., and Dec., 1,3531. 18s. 4d. = 5,4361. 14s. 5d.-By call made April 8, of la per 128th, 1,2801.; ditto Nov. 5, 251. ditto, 3,20/.; leaving balance against adventurers, 9561. 14s. 5.1. By call now made of 11 per share, 1,0241. At Wheal May meeting, which was well attended, the accounts showed a balance of 212/. 13'. in favour of the mine; the cost for the two preceding mo nths was 661. Gs. 6d. Measures were adopted for completing the registration of the company, and resolutions were passed expressive of the satisfaction of the shareholders at the prospects of the adveuture. An engine is now in course of erection at the mine, after which the workings will be actively prosecuted. At the West Goginan meeting, on Tuesday, a call of 2s. 6d. per share was made. The operations at the mine were represented as progressing satisfactorily, and san guine expectations are entertained of the results. At the meeting of the Abergwessin company on Wednesday, it was resolved that a new lease should be applied fur in the names of four of the shareholders present, each engaging to tyke as large a number of shares as are now held by them, and to recommend them as an investment to their friends. Much regret was 31. . 2 building, h3atilhe .a Stephens,r le do i d eArt ex pressed on account of the past mismanagement of the undertaking, owing to which many of the calls had not been responded to, and the works at the mine had in consequence been suspended. One of the proprietors of the land was present, and pledged himself to grant his portion of the land to the company. It was also agreed that those among the old shareholders who have paid up their whole calls of 101. per share, should not only be entitled to their full nnutber of shares in the new company, but have a preference as regards any additional number required. The exertions of Major Adair and Mr. Howard on behalf of the com pany were warmly acknowledged at the meeting, andeofunlsl confidence was expressed in the success of the opera about to be undertaken. At the South Plain Wood meeting on Tuesdy, 17s. accounts showed-Balance from last act . 0 1 a 7 a s. t "" 'lod.-By 10d; call of 1/. per share, 1,0241.1,1,1,50 November, 1 9 2 d 1 ..; ; balance ' Messrs. labour cost October, 196/. 93. 2d.; 4 d in cluding merchants' bills not due, of cost of least, 311. 65.; rent, n 0 n uhl favour Williams, eoouf ntah:3o oe atou id s h a e l ia n :lt t e t a o ono f fd e f untract, 150/. ; lea N ing ich b o a l l the accounts. Frotn the re portwe call encr on u o r f a a la p s g ss. ac o g character, a udit the indications, from the first of an ter, improved as the working pro the t aunter lode had yielded some fine of t:h u en e i npdite c nWe t r bh d aar t ta spe cimens o f yellow and grey copper ore. The necessary bu ildi n gs at surface are nearly completed; the agent is about being permanently located on the mine; the lodes pro ceeded, ee a d p ed p , ear a nd ed are said to look very promising, and give every indica tion of a good mine in depth. At the Tyn-y-Worglod m ee ti ng , a genera l statement of the company's affairs was laid bolero the share holders, from which it appeared that the purchase of the quarry property had been completed, and funtis provided fur developing its resources. The report of Mr. St. Pierre Foley gave a very favourable account of the present operations and future prospects of the com pany. The available capital is upwards of 3,5uu/., which is cheated mute than ufficient to meet the expen diture until returns are made. Several gentlemen of capital and influence are now included in the proprie tary, and very sanguine expectations are expressed as to the successful issue of the undertaking. The report of the directors of Cameron's Steam Coal and Swansea and Lougliet Railway Company, at their /319 5 1141 Pittiodoqo reoehulended the poseautieu of cost. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Jszi. 31. The Queen iva'ked this forenoon in the Slopes and Horne Park, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Marquis o,f Salisbury, the Marquis of Stafford, the Earl of Wilton, and Viscount Sydney, went out shoot ing this morning. The Prince was attended by Lieu tenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal took equestrian exercise, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and the Princess Louisa took their usual airings to-day. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked out in the afternoon. The royal dinner party this evening included her Royal ilighcess the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson Gower, his Excellency M. van do Weyer, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis of An glesey and Lady Adelaide Paget, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Stafford, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney. Baroness de Spetb, Sir John Romilly, and Sir James Clark. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended at the Castle, yesterday (Thursday), and performed the follow ing pieces during dinner:— Overture, "Fest" Lindpaintner. Waltze, " Elinore" ... Browne. Selection, "Prophete" Meyerbeer. Quadrille, " Jeanne d'Arc" Bohlman. Galope (the Queen's) ... D'Albert. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and played the following selection:— Overture, " Czaur and Zimmerman" ... Lortzing. Prii7e and Hymn, "Le Prophete" Meyerbeer. Trio, "Pre aux Clercs"... ... ... Herold. Allegro Molto, Sinfonia No. 3 ... Mozart. Fest Marsch, "Feldlager in Schlesien" Meyerbeer. A deputation from the Convention of Poor Law Medi cal Officer; consisting of General Sir de Lacy Evans, M.P.; Mr. Jacob Bell, M.P.; Mr. Hunt, representative of the provincial Medical Association; Mr. James Sted man, Guildford, representative of the National Institute of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery; Dr. Wilson, Phy sician of St. George's Hospital; Dr. Hodgkin, chairman of the committee; Mr. Peter Martin, Reigate; Mr. Wil liam Cantrell, Wirksworth; Mr. E. Boulger, Bleeching ley; Dr. Barnett, Mr. George Ross, Mr. J. T. Mitchell, Mr. William Lobb, Mr. John Liddle, Dr. Bainbridge, Mr. Edward White, Dr. Tripe, and Mr. C. T. J. Lord, honorary secretary, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street, in relation to an amended system of poor• law medical relief. Lord Torrington had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. A deputation, consisting of Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P., Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. Alderman Finnis, the City Eemembrancer, and the City Solicitor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing -street. Mr. Shaw Lefevre and the Dean of St. Paul's bad an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office. A deputation from the Sanitary Commission, headed by Viscount Ebrington, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Sir George Grey and Lord Seymour were present at the interview. Mr. Spooner and Mr. Newdegate had an interview with Sir George Grey at the Home-office yesterday. Lord Monteagle had an interview with the Chan• cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing -street Sir William Somerville had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Ewart, M.P.; Sir J. Duke, M.P.; Hon. C. P; Villi ers , M.P. ; Mr . Grant (Morning Advertiser), Mr. Young (Sun), Mr. Hunt (Daily News), Mr. Francis (Athenceuna), Mr. R. W. Spicer (Patriot), Mr. Ingram (Illustrated News), and Mr. Pratt (British Banner), had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street, in reference to a repeal of the advertisement tax. A meeting of the Finance Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held yester day at the Board of Trade. There were present Earl Granville (chairman), Sir Alexander Spearman, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P. Mr. Gibson, Mr. Cubitt, Colonel Reid, and Mr. Bowring (secretary). COURT THEATRICALS AT WINDSOR. (From the Court Circular.) The Queen gave a dramatic entertainment last even ing at the Castle. About eight o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his Royal ilighness the Prince Albert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, entered the temporary theatre in which the performance took place, accompanied by the distin guished guests staying at the Castle, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal Household in Waiting. A select party had been honoured with invitations to witness the dramatic representation, comprising the Countess of Mansfield and the two Ladies Murray, the Earl and Countess of Home, Lady Isabella Wemyss, Lady Emily and Miss Seymour, the Provost of Eton and the lion. Mrs. Hodgson, the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, Sir John and Lady E. Cathcart, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, and Miss Georgians Bathurst, Colonel Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey and Mrs. George Clive, the Rev. Frederick and the lion. Mrs. F. Anson, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss and Mr. Couper, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seymour and Miss Seymour, Mr. and Miss Cox, Mr. Cox,jun., Mr. Algernon Greville and Miss Greville , Mr. Birch, Mr. Glover ; the Commanding Officer of the Coldstream Guards an d officers of the regiment, the Commanding Officer of the Royal Horse Guards and two officers of the regiment. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance during the evening in an ante-room. The Queen and Prince Albert having been conducted to their seats by the ladies and gentlemen of the house hold, and the visitors being also seated, the performance commenced. The following was the programme:— (BY COMMAND ) Her Majesty's Servants will perform Shakspere's Co medy of AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke (living in exile) Mr. King. Frederick (brother to the Duke, and usurper of his dominions) Mr. C. Fisher. lords attending upon Amiens Mr J • . Inge, the Duke in his ba- Jaques nishment Mr. Charle s Kean. Le Beau (a courtier attending upon Frederick) ••• ... Mr. James Vining. Charles (Frederick's wresVer) Mr. F. Cooke. Oliver Mr. Ryder. (sons of Sir Rowland Jaques de Bo i s), Mr. G. Everett. Orlando Mr. Alfred Wi (servants to Oliver) an. g Adam Mr. Bartley. Dennis / Mr. R. Cathcart. Touchstone (a clown) Mr. Corin c Mr. Addison. Sy luaus } (shepherds) "' Mr. J. F. Cathcart. William (a c ;uutry fellow in love with Audrey) ... Mr. Meadows. Eu:tace S N_lr. D aly. Louis (Lords) e Mr. Stacey. Foresters—Mr. Miller, Mr. Pendygrass, Mr. Hodges, Mr. Butler, Mr. Lomax, Mr. Stirling, Mr. Nye, and Mr. Field. Rosalind (daughter to the ba nished Duke) ... Mrs. Charles Kean. Celia (daughter to Frederick) ... Miss Vivash. Phebe (a shepherdess) ... ... Miss Le Clercq. Audrey (a country wench) ... Mrs. Keeley. Incidental to the comedy, the following songs, glees. &c. Glee—" What shall he have that killed tho deer." Song—" Under the Greenwood Tree." Glee—" Blow, blow, thou wintry wind." Director ... ... ... Mr. Charles Kean. Assistant Director ... ... Mr. George Ellis. The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF WARWICK..-It iS our painful office to announce that Sarah Elizabeth, Countess Brooke and Countess of Warwick, expired on Thursday evening, the 30th ult., at the town' residence of the Earl of Warwick, in Carlton-gardens, after a long and painful illness. The deceased lady was in her 65th year. She was the only daughter of the late, and sister of the present Earl of Mex borough, and relict of John George, fourth Baron Monson, of Barton, in the county of Lincoln. POTASH FARM ESTATE, Noltrour.—This property, made so notorious by its having been owned by Rush, has lately been purchased by Sir John Peter Boileau, Batt., of Ketteringham Hall. It is said to be the intention of the worthy Baronet to carry out extensive improvements upon the estate, and make it a model farm; and as a commence ment Mr. Hamilton Fulton, the agricultural engineer, has been entrusted with the superintendence of the works for its thorough drainage. The execution of these works will give a considerable amount of employment to the local la bours, and it is hoped will have the effect of wiping away the stigma which has fallen upon this hitherto unfortunate but very improvable property. THE LATE GALLANT AFFAIR WITH SMUGGLERS IN THE CHANNEL—It may not be generally known that one of the ruffians who threw overboard the crew of the Harpy, when they so gallantly captured the French smuggling cutter Petit Jules, has been delivered over to Lieutenant Willcox, at Guernsey, and is now lodged in the gaol at Winchester. This man, Alexandre Fanim, was the French man who thrust the Harpy's men under water with the pump-handle after they were thrown overhoard, and was , captured at Alderney by John White, the sailor who was s carried to France by the smugglers. The Petit Julesto the has been since captured, and is now at Weymouth, a i p Harpy. Lieutenant Willcox was on Thursday 7 the Harpy, prize e esented with a valuable ring by the officers and cre w o accompanied by a letter, stating that the donors regretted the present was not more valuable , so as m ore the respect and esteem they entertained forth f u lly to convey heir commander on his resigning the command of the liar Nautical Standard. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.'-.The general meeting of proprietors of this company is fixed to be held on the 21st of February at the usual hour, and the divi. dend to be declared will probably be after the rate of 5 4 per cent., without redaction 'from the ref:aye fluid of 144,0004 the line connecting their property with the port of Swan sea, a Bill for the construction of which is now before Parliament. The line is now ready for the reception of' the rails, which will be purchased as soon as there are sufficient funds arising from the calls due from . the shareholders. No other business but that connected with the railway was brought before the meeting, and the re port was unanimously adopted. We understand that She committee of the Company of Copper Miners in England, being dissatisfied with the manner in which the cause of Fox v. the Company of Copper Miners was argued before Lord Campbell, in which cep an adverse j u d gment was given, hav e a ppli e d for a copy of the judgment of the Learned Lord, in order to see if there are sufficient reasons to move for a new trial. In Foreign Mines, the United Mexican have fluctuated during the week, the prices quoted b e i ng as lo # as 4* to L. Business has also been done in Copuipo, Cobre, St. John del Rey, Linares, and Worthing. SPORTIN G IN TELLIGENCE, BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—F n/DA T LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-11 to 1 eget Vain Hope, 11 to 1 aget Abd-el-Kader, 12 to 1 agst Sir John, 12 to 1 agst Maria Day, 16 to 1 agst Victim, 25 to 1 agst The Young-un. CHESTER Cur.-12 to 1 agst Rhesus, 20 to 1 eget Italian (t), 22 to 1 agst Haricot (t), 33 to 1 eget Mon tague, 33 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn, 40 to 1 eget. COS. sack, 40 to 1 agst Flying Gout, 40 to 1 agst The black Doctor (taken freely.) THE CHESTER CUP. The following is a list of the declarations of forfeit up to this morning:— Dough, Clincher, Snowstorm, Vanguard, Musician, Doubt, Mark Tapley, Velox, Chantrey, Quiver, Yost. tempore, Champion, Alp, Captain Grant, Alonzo, B. Innen (5 yrs). Chief Justice, Zadoo, Eleho, Sweep, Earl of Warwick, Calmar, Don Juan, Mulgrave, Achyranthes, Old Claret, Colocynthis, Docility, Jenny Lind, Rever sion, Carthagenian, Abbess of Jerveaux, eh o by Gla diator out of Abbess, Modestina, f by Gladiator out of Lollypop, Gaffer Green, Barnton Boy, Miss Spring , lanthe, Lough, Bawn, b e by J o h n ou t o f J o h n Cosser's dam, Indian Chief, Truth, ElippogrifC Calculator, Bor deaux, Bushranger, Cheerful, Circus, Cnmus, Christina, Clelia, Exeter, The Gent, Hippolytus, Holthorpe, Little Jack, Landgrave, Melody, Officious, Osbaldwick, Pan demus, Queen Bee, Pitsford, Prestige, Shadwell, Priest ess, Reindeer, Snowstorm, Westow, Scarborough, Trouncer, St. George, Won't you come o u t to-night, Sweetheart. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag lids., Tues. The Criepin, Wiak field; Fri. Cross-roads, Bedfont-lane-11. Lord Elcho's hds., Mon. Ingram; Wed. Carham; Fri. Longridge; Sat. Belford-10f. Newcastle and Gateshead hrs., Mon. Ponteland; Fri. Prospect-hill-10. Morpeth hrs., Tues. Benridge; Fri.Widdrington-10f. Tindale lids., Tues. Stamfordham ; Fri., Nunw ick-10f. Hayden lids., Wed. Spattle Nook-wood; Sat. Dry barn Cleugh-9. Stockton and Billingham hrs., Mon. Redmarahall; Thurs. Greenabella-10f. Durham County lids., Mon. Willington ; Wed. Thornley Hall; Frt. Findon House-10i. Raby hds., Mon. Hartforth; Thurs. Kininvy; Sat. Middleton Tyas-10i. Hurworth lids., Tues. Croft-bridge; Sat. Moor Bank -101, Mr. Hildyard's hrs., Tues. Kennels; Fri. Swainby bridge-10f. Duke of Beaufort's hds., Mon. Hullwington; Wed. Cirencester-wood; Sat. Tormarton-village. Mr. A. Smith's lids., Mon. Shoddesdon-gate; Tues. Oarc-hill; Wed. Wherwell-wood; Thurs. Doles -turn pike; Fri. Bnlford; Sat. Speery-well-11. Bath stag hds., Tues. Frome; Fri. Farrington Gur ney-114. Suffolk lids., Tues. Brome Hall; Thurs. Ousdon Hall; Sat. Ampton Ledbury hds., Mon. nymock Village; Fri. Feathers Inn. Staunton-10f. Worcestershire !ids., Mon. Bishampton; Wed. Old ington Common; Fri. Plymouth Arms, Hewell-10f. Warwickshire lids., Mon. Offchurch Bury; Tees., Mitford-bridge; Wed. Solihull; Thurs. Snitterfield; Fri. Burton Dossett Tollgate; Sat. Alcester-104. Herefordshire lids., Tues. Hall Court; Fri. Mynde Park-10i. Mr. Farquharson's lids., Mon. Fifehead Neville. B. V. Hars., Tues.. Melcombe Park Wood (for roe deer); Fri. Milborne New Town-llf. Brighton bars., Mon. Patcham; Wed. Thunders Barrow; Sat. Dyke-104. Brookside bars., Mon. Newmarket-hill; Thurs. Teiscombe Tye-10f. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mod. Holmbush Lodge; Wed. Buck Barn, West Grinstead; Fri. the Swan, Pease Pottage-104. Duke of Rutland's hds., Mon. Lands Dyke-lane; Tues. Londonthorpe; Wed. Belvoir; Fri. Weaver's-lodge. Cottesmore hds., Mon. South Witham; Tues. Launode; Thurs. Grimsthorpe; Sat. Langham-11. Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon. Ravendale; Wed. Mel ton Low-wood; Sat. Pelham Pillar-11. Earl Fitswilliam's lids., Mon. Barnwell Castle; Wed. Sulehay-wood; Fri. Sts.nwick-pasture-10. Lord Henry Bentinck - 's lids., Mon. Newbold-common; Tues. Thorney ; Wed. Panton; Fri. Austacre-wood; Sat. Magin-mcor-11. Mr. Bellier's lids., Mon. Legbourne; Tues. Horsing ton-mill; Fri. Market Stainton ; Sat. Welton-wood -11. Donington lids., Mon. Staunton Harold-park; Sat. Keywortb-station-102. Mr. Meynell logram's lids., Tues. Kedleston-ino; Thurs. Swarkstone-bridge; Sat. Wiebnor-10/. Ballsworth lids., Tues. Skelbrook-park; Thurs. Bads worth-hall; Sat. Woolley-edge-10i. Mr. Lemley's lids., Mon. Bsrnby-moor; Tues. Os berton ; Thurs. Sandbeck-park ; Fri. Grove-10f. Braniham Moor hds., Mon. Garforth-bridge; Wed. Brayton; Fri. The Wildman; Sat. Plompton-10f. Rufford hds., Mon. Cocking-mooi; Tues. Fox and Hounds-inn; Thurs. Laxton.village; Sat. Park-hall Sir Tatton Sykes's lids., Mon. Settrington-house; Wed. Htldingley-house; Fri. Scampston-house-10f. Holderness lids., Mon. Teckton; Tues. Warter-priory -104; Thurs. Brandesburton-llf; Fri. Beverley Race-course-1(i. Sir R. Sutton's lids., Mon. Kibworth; Tues. Widmer pool-inn; Wed. Charley- mill-11 ; Thurs. Brooksby -12; Fri. Ragdale-11. Essex Union lids., Wed. Tile-ball ; Sat. Runsell green-10i. East Essex lids., Tues. Finchingfield-town; Thurs. Earl's Colne George; Sat. Moor-gardens-10f. Mr. Conyers's hds., Mon. Ougar-turnpike; Wed. Blackmore; Fri. Old Sampford-10f ; Sat. Hatfield town-11 3. South Essex hds., Tues. Dunton Blacksmiths; Sat. Tilbury-mill-10f. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. o / p . e li i l i e e s d, 1551. -. 1850. 1851. intiTisii. ---- 72 Aberdeen .. • ................. ..... £722 Xl,lOO 37% Belfast and Ballymena •• • • .......... 416 640 17 Belfast and County Down• ..• •..-.. .. - 146 33 Birkenlik,ad, Lancashire, and Cheshire 732 1,029 27 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. .. 414 650 85,4 Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • ••• •••• • • • 2,969 3,348 160 Coledonian.... .. 2,2 401100 30 94N Chester and Holyhead.• • ..• ••••• •• •• 32 Dublin and Belfast Junctio n 53 Dublin and Drogheda •••••••• • • • • • • • 713 83G 24:36 6119 G Dublin and Kingstown •• • 126 143 3i r 30D1).uunnnddilueeeteiarnaednAbkrahnrnnodiaskTabiee•r•nd..e...e..n.. j.....u.nr.c..t.:... L an cashire •• -....--- .• - •• p 57 3,318 7 6 , 7% Lu d t Anglian...." - .... .......... 2 6 6 26 624 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ........ 13,532 13,311 95 Eastern Union .. •••••••• • • • . .. .. .. 1,604 1,825 116% Edinburgh and Glasgow .• ••• • • • .... 2,460 3,068 71 Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee ...... 131 1 : , : 7 1 5 : 4 111, 1 ,74 : 9: 8 6: 3 18 Furness Railway •• • •• .. •• „ „ .... _ 223 171% Glasgow, and South -W estern ........ 2,593 3,356 22%, Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock .... 810 89 0 236 Great Northern and E. L.- - ...• , 2,398 7,338 188 Great Southern and Western,(lreland) 3,521 4,127 262% Great Western •••• 90 Lancaster and Carlisle-- ... ..... 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire 569 39 Leeds and Thirsk ................ - 71 - 12Y, Liverpool, Crosby. and Southport- - 39,347 33.753 518 1 ,4 London and North Western.. ...... • 545 738 :6:3 : 2 , sosl Southc, u o ot ti i t i h d s o Dhl n .eomv a ro n ki nd d .,:an ß . .Ida. Doncaster, k . . i .. 1 1 . ... a Ili . ... .d.• •• •• ... .... Goole •... *: '• ' ...* 17114 London, Brighton, and South Cosst.• 7,090 11,0341 239 London and South Western. •••• • • •• 114 140 15 Londonderry and Enniskil ••••-- ( - 1 zu le a n tiock, Sze. 77 87 11 y, btanchester, Buxton.. „ u m a i m% Lincolnshire 4,411 5,663 167% Yanehester, 49 298 : lai MM a ra d I n ii• c' P °h i e s d i tt e r " I: *_ daB ; nl W dea- : :,,, r; u 5 1-.. t u e t7 r e xtern 1. 4.• ( *. Tr .. c i . ..a t 1 . • ; • . 1 :•••••••• ••••• ••••• ••••• 6 2 : 9 6 9 ? C 2 437 1 ! 4 065 1 600 s South T Ulster i ll' : raoffre -..thrtd t a w i? gan - 1 1 . : 3 1, :: fft ,c. ri e l e ar (3 . e2 l y..e 1 i a .. e st.r tbr a n . 11 . ' 1n n. : . 5. . : 1' 1 r.....: r...r.h..1.13...5....1.."...e.:::.::..................1.....................: • : 9 71 _, : 8 17 7 3 933 4 :8 8 6921 , 2 91 1 .._., :, 7 : 424 3 69 87. : 9 825 0 1 45 47 30 Shropshire UltiOn .......••••••••••• 1,357 1,478 234 So uth Eastern --• • • .... 25 Waterford and Limerick • . .... .•• 1-672 1,891 1181029389 1 3 w W i e i s i t t ehaven Cornwall J • Junction n . c • • t i • on 1 . .. ••• : • .. •• : 12 • •••••••••••• 284 279 • 162 165 293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick 256 York and North Midland .•• - - - FOREIGN. 76% Amiens and Boulogne... •• •. 44 Divppe .. .. .. .... .. ..... . 3i2 252 63 Montercau and Troyes .... •••••••• • • 680 865 336 Northern of France ................ 14,293 16 •, 2 0 1 143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) AA 2,697 72 Orleans to Bordeaux --• • • • ...... • • 2'2 56 -73 'l3 82 Paris and Orleans •• • . 5 174 5,873 ' 20" 85 Paris and Rouen . ••• • •• •••• •• •• •• 59% Rouen and Ilavre .. •-•••• • • • • •• •••• wbbaresottiihn:dar in j u red --- -------- a MURDER NEAR BARNSLEY.—On Thursdaycoro ner's inquest was held at the Eastfleld Inn, Hollin-moor, oni the body of George Firth, who was found by some colliers on the morning of the preceding Friday, lying with a frac ture The man died on the Sundry morning following, and on a. of his skull on a footpath near Berry - moor-bottom.. by a ball or slug fired fluff' a gun or pistol. post mortent examination it appealed that the fracture had. been occasioned was quarrelling Ile was a man of intemperate habits, and on the night of his his head by a fall, as he was able to When found it was not imagined that he bad been wounded by a bullet or slug, butmurder‘vit h h that his t state on of f i s wayintoxication, home. and walk home and to speak. In the course of the night he was heard to fall on the floor of his room, aed assistance be ing procured it was discovered that he was bleeding very much from the head, but he could not tell how or where he received his hurt, nor was it discovered to be a gun-shot or pistol-shot wound till after death. It did not appear thet he had been robbed. N o su • • spicion attaches to anybody in the n eighbourhood, but the Coroner has made a request to Sir George Grey that he will offer a reward for the diecoyery of the murderer. MOO' rge. Sh OP again Nag' lt Arr d. top'. Idles' !rdsi luicet WM r d , PIM ostla per Peg