The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-29 00:00:00

PROTECTIONIST DE3IONSTRA TION.—(THIS DAY.) The second anniv •meeting of the National As ere.are loeiation for Protection of Indu•te and Capital hrough- Res:ltahleDßritish Empire, was held Y this day in the Theatre rury-la.ne. The doors were thrown opm seen !oer eleven o'clock, and immediately there was a rush CI parts of the h ouse. The boxes and pit were r Y much crowded; a large proportion of the audi ene , eh , • aPpearing to be farmers of the superior class, er e iooked far removed from that state of ruin and de ftessio rehich the country has been led to imagine Barbel in. No one could be detected in the of uPPer an oper a ti ve or a labourer; but the boxe s it j and stalls w e r e occu pi e d by e4ti t 'llY set of fello ws , w h o, amidst all their sufferings, chas e, and then fi n d t i me and spirit to follow the mi g h t k a , ll , d w ho, even on t h e present occasion, when they it eot be expected to assume distress though they have rpbe,' t e 6 Y seemed quite happy and contented, if healthy r°dcountenarices and robust exteriors be any s,, the to the condition of their minds. Before the busi cif the oapnednaedeythey kept up a running fire of one entering the theatre, igeo e4Plidtletifililu's:all'udliraepys'oe of the gathering, would have ima tue audience was bent upon witnessing a panto e iestead of listening to a long detail of the woes eider, , nhich it is said agriculture is now suffering r l erd er three preliminary cheers were got up t . Stale and Earl Stanhope, but it suggested a sus beoPi^io- of packing to hear a voice every now and then tatt i j oUt tee reminder of " Shout boys, shout." Still the kh e n g was orderly and good tempered, and when the l ea of Richmond took the chair, at twelve o'clock, a cheer eas raisedwhich shook the very walls of eie eatt., Th e again, rae_,-; a taxeet, in opening the proceedings, thanked opi h i o _ e ttng for the reception it had given him._ I - I et„,anus.of free trade were too well known to need any 4 t a stion from him, but this he would tell the meet tpp ncit tote from that he for one would never give . t , f t r ei r r *eetie° • — (Losers,) He cared not for the abuse spools ePPonents, still less for the ridicule which they of l it tl i pcol e 9tie e eetttio li hne l l z : ) t n htie t i ll opt e ee ra ; but if they did not think that rte bodies of the peoplmight coming over to the cause depend upon it that they Cheers,) The land was suffer )lere a m d how, when they called for relief, they tt 13net With intimidation, but the operatives Of th e "fierturanturing districts had found cut the fallacy tha t their e "aP bread cry, and they were now convinced 41)05 permanent prosperity and happiness depende ld oe, rod wages and eonetant employment, which con htd Produced by the Principles which this meeting tk Meet to acivo t l eeee ovate,_ e.—(Clieers .) He would , not detain ae'r, but at once call upon the Earl of Win- The i. ,)-114 eyo the first resolution.—(Hear, hear.) :10ftilitesiitead:te:Ln:treldrojettfstiWierliesEe then proposed— ,, That the . tseet-nell,ttutted and still increasing distress of the agri ithe unmitigated difficulties of the colo kre et *est; the deep depression of the shipping in s hedandcontinually declining s profits '`tr a d e lui d of every branch of industrial pursuit; mo t , eotai _ crime: wages topl oy o r i n l e o ri f f, ; the m ticn th o e of labour, and the dimu d rai I, l4t y ease n f t uan3' parts of the United Kingdom; val d the desertion of home and o cou i ntry tenses augmenting bodies of the most industrious itdis gable portions of the British t o ;—presen ktiertable evidence that derangements exist in the 6 Ystena oe the country, which are sapf ot the foundations of its prosperity, and,. pteaes?eedily remedied, must end in wide• firm: disaster discontent, and ruin." All that the 41 E 4 r s wanted' was fair and legitimate protection for bc ' t Q° llat ! ve indu stry, without which the country could ie titto t tr‘sh nor trade prosper.—(Hear, hear.) The re ve he had to move spoke for itself in clear and del ttLd kl e th i l t lage, which could not be misunderstood. t as t t' e le d irect to the declarations of Free-traders, these rn Protectionists were quite prepared to make 4,er o°nCeßbiOnS to every other interest they would the je t T, in , up their principles, which was protection t d o Prot,,,:' '4 Plough, protection to the British loom, and by the to the British trade.—(Cheers.) The dis hy t h the agricultural interest had been acknowledged th e *G"elli tuolit, but they had neither the honesty nor l heir e°Ura ge to apply any remedy for fear of offending rep o tsd made . nary friends,—(Loud cheers.) Protection ttisi eta . u o this nation what it is, and if they wished to std th e iti , it s grandeur to protection they must return, th e fi rs t toted too, without delay.—(Cheers.) No country t udepend ent which did not supply itself with LO, necessary of life; and yet, without protection, fehtleetlid that be done? Already the land was rapidly Poli e l it of cultivation, and if the existing commercial trtidjr. said he did not care for, would , shortly fall, and ( 1 -lee avv e a Y would go the market of the manufacturer.— aea i r i: m ' e ar.) He therefore warned the manufacturer Peed - Capitalist to pause before it was too late. De laioa; u Pon it, if the farmer fell both these would go with Of hie co he called upon every man who had the interest country at heart to come to the rescue, and bauts ) qoetee.traders from their own strongholds.—(2 l l ) le t ers tr iietttid that he should speak ill of the dead; but Se e kb ßahe- "el • wanting in moral courage.. .He su l e d first to the Roman . Catholic Association, by 14 : 4 our common Protestantism was perilled, and next hiett li te way to the free-trade intimidation, by which he pr, eadangered the safety of the country itself, .for his e p ee eding had given rise to a party whose principles Ih r aS various -s the colours of the rainbow, and whose re,,,,` a ts, as held out by Sir James Graham, were still ...(kdious than those of the Manchester school itself. sp ied lie therefore urged the meeting not to thing its prciples, but to go for protection, an d no wt hlalprotee in tion.— (Cheere.) 18 aae BUTT, Q.C., seconded the motion, declaring ele],ce rl viction th a t th e P rot ectionists would ultimately test?, their Point. He came there to represent the Pro tiro:lists of Ireland, and to tell them that Ireland en sile. sYmpathised with this movement. The Hon. t tsZ tr ued Gentleman then went into a lengthened iser.:eal statement to show that crime and outrage had l t a i ,tl in Ireland since the abandonment of protection. b re tie ' e ad gone out of cultivation in Ireland, and the be st that was riot the case in England was; simply Te r ,"" the farmers had capital to work upon here. tedle resources, however, were rapidly disappearing, sse tl i e tt a very short time the fate of the land in Ireland, b je et eruvertake that of England.—(Cheers.) The o - f le e t the Free-traders was the extermination of tenant - •eere %N ether and it was for this meeting to say that object should b e ac complished.— *), , no.) The tenant • farmers stood _in the I°°llld co(f evel ation, and if the me e ting succeeded, so they T t this ntinue to stand.—(Cheers.) stage of the proceedings ftemeierteeeereer announced that as the theatre had been to b 44l 'equate to accommodate all who were anxious t P t etent, a meeting had been convened in . St. Mar- Earl and he would therefore request his friends. o e, Mr. G. F. Young, and Mr. E. Ball, , ~ a Qbri to go over and conduct that meeting. _ a tsee'i b l 'aLte . before he quitted the stage, expressed tope at this meeting would pass a resolution, reque st th`e. exhibit Albert to lend them the Crystul Palace . when .ta *o4],:taibition should be over, and then the Protectionists lsee s hove the world that truth was inalienable from the etre.feth_is country.—(Laughter.) I ttee i LIII TT then resumed his addres!, and commented , Iste ei l?; tipon the recent conduct of Sir James Grah ti a t m u.. , e Rignaatized as revolutionary and uncons b ' e ts hd he protested, so help him God, rather t il e d t4 . ° language which Sir James Graham a 4 te ' 3 have his right hand cut off.—(Cheers.) r th e -t Ped that protection was the . seregua d Rhieh Plied was, he said, a false philanthropy orhthe urged the adoption of free trade all over the e e, because it had a tendency to reduce w "g es th et lowest possible ebb, and he insisted that in s/ere t aught us that it was the duty of :0:1:u:tile:Mu to protect its own industry.—(Cheers.) hot t reats Of revolution, or threats of resignation, ishota t hem from m arc hi ng onwar d s i n t h e go d I 'he Resignation, forsooth; why, he remembered thr 4 tiliB country had a monarch that would meet such Ce: r 4 i t With the simple retort that he would go to tseteg'cross and select the laugh twelve honest men he ti, 4 fur his Nlinisters.--(A .) Now that was a 04:1 3 which would well have been followed on a recent e to e l , e r!, for assuredly the Sovereign might . . have gone t hat and discovered a better Minister than ",whih now enjoyed power, but, at all events, she hav e hay.e gone . with this consolation, that it would ee l ,uten impossible to find a worse.—(A. laugh,) . He r t 4 eled e e a long and eloquent speech by conjuring the te t .!tg to keep up the agitation, and return home de eit;'aLited upon ultimately getting protection restored to e t ive industry.—(Cheers.) 801, - ",,r• bse'llV.9ol7, of Selby, in Yorkshire, spoke to the re because he knew h-t,t,o, and ho did so from experience, ten tar the agricultural shoe pinched,. but he forgot to le t he" meeting where it was, unless it was to be found Of C h e s lpech of Sir James Graham and other Members ) reti e House of Commons, who had declared their con le -e 0 than an attempt to restore protection would end irettleyeking a revolution. Free trade only benefited men axed salaries or income, but every other class it tit':erees'q, including the artizen and manufacturinge Ape_ to and sooner or later the country would(e e b r s . t d e ehe4 et tirn to a protective ) th„er itself was preferable to free-trade, and rather ilieeentinne under the one he would tb r cfbOarirthaebodtheear;. r6(4l,4ll,,oraelasoiraluotiuo.niy7as then put . from Me et ; ..ng was proceeding when we went to press.) It • J2f . 13 ofited that the Pro a t n ec o t p io p n os i i s io tenant - farmers em of . tivesP k ace ' llr •Hatcourt and Lord Norreys t o re 1 441 they returned as Protectionists, purposin g itotitosetufrona the tenant-farmers themselves. n. P. , o w 43 t 1000 r, , A n t' e A ti o G g lt 1 'zn. T T h u u rt r s A a L ay S , o th c e lE T s e Y a . l — of possession of • will take A t h t .e the r p T o r o urer-da'l6Sbo'ceieatffiym, eadndtothethseocalegtryee7 it, f„,, ole-park immediately after the 14th 7 A t h g e r i fi l l e t, 'l the beglnning with the Royal Of f or the ~ sh all Itlst. It has been decided that the PaN Ilion dinner h of May, hold ing w or loye'lke place i n the Horat-park, and a snore ap propriate, '.z . p re , e e r Bpot, cou ld not have been selected. -- Windsor Tr it , 1 , LAWS by order of th, IL" •CATENT L —On Saturday, . :zug4st of Lotds, was printed a toothretrn contammg_s t o a m e e illtlln u zio!i and memorials addressed e Board o f Ta the,co`,°Q:Ject of the patent laws and the amendment .. tepdi n t • rhe doCuments show the expense and delay at ore bgjetiers patent for inventions. There are now two t law„T?re the House of Lords for amendment of the pater! 4)4 h A l"leb I3ills will be considered on the meeting of their WereAB`LPS'on Thursday. X GItiNT —The inhabitants of Liverpool oilii:- m uch surprised t o . see on Friday, walking up and down streets prised a man of extraordinary dimensions, Arthur t/v ent fr°rll S ulbn Lezayre, Isle of Man. He is only bio 31;"three•.years of age, stands seven feet six inches sa d i 11x , 124 w.eigbs twenty-one stones. He is a Manx far mer, . NI b a little property of his own. He arrived in Liver otriejttiletliing Orry, Captain Quayle, from Douglas. He il)p ut ` t) 0101 farewell to a number of his friends who are t° 541iglAta. rV tten LCES. GRAPH•) ... 1 2 .•• 1 ... 2 ... 41S DA Y.) moderate Marvel, Bono. r.—Sid. Grac° nd Ferdiasadf 24th instant, Laving been on led beno', 14 ., 1 1 1 h instant, wir adonis, to Corx• itish brig), 13.,,e1" i, 60 miles d. la; crew bor e , sailed from the 5 been hood o c i: squally._Art Rtver, William •W —Arra. ° I Nrabuco ; S ea Lba. Maranhao; John's, N ew Baltic steamer, -Arrd. simeoot from Corot's!: rning 00 0 . 1 1; le cargo, whic sooner, t came off vil'" , n shore on or 1 April, *fib" bin and deck he watsr, w ere les E. of Block to to this P° l4 water, has be es ,er part of the maged state. . 4 .nnspolis, eked on a roc,"" the 9th •APl'4 d stove, p slnte h !d on the 7t" S DAY") tation is steal ) wt; yeliovv, ,! : JO bags, most „ , wt; v°, 34s t° "o d 0 Benares sold it fully la sios . ",, to 435; the ry irawn, Is shore ;ahia have b•e f a floating ca l o l f Th e qu antity 0 A the East 03 " rcea, and the re hhda 42 dell: es i 53,122 kat"' tion Ceylon. at 00 bags Nett' !s. rious rates sr: . last week!: puns 2 131 1 "; )n 196 puns 6 le stock in the Toting 5i to 4 buyers ac 2 851 25s 6d; itB a l so gitrato of So' per cwt on th° DAY.) )R.) e day with tb, rat, which 105" ; DAY•) ion were egoL n se have alreaul S DA Y.) BnucE.) . in dieposing4 were of pub° iWORTH.) f a Du mber 0 ceeded to beet' EL) in of Walker r• is Honour 1134 S DAY seal charge •••:., bitting of t h e . re of one e 45 -1 ad referevce.tV (bich ired pa . rtieo.lsl,,nlh LL PALACS COURT. at ten o'cle c. ." id—l think e, as usual, O )ur to be del uccess, Bed be derived 111 world; but to 11 necessali t , c) Westminste r OD our have . ' laappying ou r ' 1 be mple ° L, the wonclei- nines' on th. 3 DAY•) Japer to•dei: feature of ge )AY.) no for flzh— t, which Of: immediate); DAY•) lewal of pro bad been L 3 4" - one m0 0t.. 4 e renewa l u it would p ot f great Co ..3t, the C °46 :f discharge. vs, .tfusal or 5 1, 0 Idle clear im Af enc es evu-. baying b e lt . .?d to leaver:o- pp iy, but ip bankroPt further Pr°: ar p tie. milted to 0 1 that show': t be confine d iMpreSSiOnall9: I th to in°131.130 an d en t, ~jd be up t oho. , ner _ s maroissio clauses. P*l.l! la un der to.: refore ooft. irate , soa; barge gir th fined. accordto; lerstsnd aid Dote be ed, he 0,014 Si • THE SPORTING NOTEt No. XLIV. CIIESTER SPRING MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I perceive that I shall not have the benefit of Lord Eglinton's colt to pull my judgmeut through for the Mostyn Stakes, and that Young Hawthorn is a very uncertain starter, consequently, Lizzy and Merriment will be first and second, and the crack (The Greek) third. As I remarked yesterday, Merry Peel, in the absence of Hesse Homburg and Vermuth, is tolerably certain of being the winner of the Palatine Stakes. There seems to be some little doubt whether Lord Chi den will start either his Harpsichord or Touchstone filly for the Roodee Produce Stakes to-morrow; should he not do so, Avis. 7st 131 b, Guardsman, Bst 51b, and Paddy Whack, Bst 51b, will then run home as I have placed them. The following is a corrected list of the presumed starters for the Chester Cup:—Russborough, Woolwich, Backbiter, Vampyre, Duc-an-Durras, Sauter-hi- Coupe, Langton, The Italian, Clarissa, Spot, Knight of Avenel, Montague, Rhesus, Seaman, Haricot, Damask, Lady Eden, Mickleton. Gladiator colt, Strap. Eva, York you're- wanted, Wallflower, Wilmont, Rubino., Sprite filly, The Black Doctor, Nancy, and Hesse Homburg. Vatican, The Iron Duke, Dulcet, Sir Robert, Cau riri, Panope, Made• Safe, The Cutler, Tigbtwaist, Knook Knoll, Queen Bee, Hurry Scurry and Guards man are also there, but, for the most part, are very doubtful runners. The field, after the generally nume rous deductions on the morning of the race, is expected to number twenty-seven at the least. The betting at Chester last night was of a very lan guid description. Russborough was in force, and Vam pyre, The Italian, Rhesus, Seaman, The Black Doctor, and Hesse Homburg, were talked about, hut not backed to any extent. I remain of the same opinion as hereto fore expressed; still thinking that the race will show VAMPYRE, THE KNIGHT, or THE ITALIAN in the ascendant; the last named for choice; with The Doctor, Rhesus and Russborough at the head of the ruck. All long shots taken about the couple of D's (Damask and Duc-an-Durrab) with superfluous cash are not such bad specs. as they may seem; it is very possible you may not have to rue D. as a bad investment on the Roodee. In case my other ventures fail me on this stormy sea of speculation, I shall reserve this couple of outsiders as cockboats to carry me safe home to port. I am, Sir, yours, &c. THE SPIRIT OF IRE TURF. April 29, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. The only bets laid were:-5,000 to 60 agst Langton, 1,000 to 15 agst Duc-an-Dhurras, 1,800 — to 100 agst Knight of Avenel, and 800 to 100 agst Rthsborough, fur the Chester Cup; and 20 to 1 agst Sir Rowland Tren chard, for the Dee Stakes. CHESTER RACES. CHESTER, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE O'CLOCK.—The following list includes nearly all the arrivals up to the present time:—. The Mountain Deer, Joe-o'• Sot, Hesse-Homburg, Hurry Scurry, colt out of Khorassan's dam, Queen Bee, Alonzo, Emma, Deceitful, Foam, Spot, Pilot, Sir Robert, Worcester, Vampyre, Wal;flower, Clarissa, Sauter la Coupe, Dulcet, Paddy Bird, York-you're-wanted, Pa quetta, Nancy, Lizzy, Montague, Scar, Era, Escape, Russborough, Seaman, Duc-an-Dhurras, Kick-up-the dust, Merriment, Truth, Margaretta, Paddy Whack, Woolwich, Backbiter, Black Doctor, The Iron Duke, Mickleton, Wilmont, Rubinia, Sprite filly, Pagliano, General Sale, Rhesus, Badajos. Grand Duchess, Merry bird, Vanguard, Haricot, Brenda, Maid of Team Valley, Emily Bell, Caurire, Lady Eden, Tresina, March Bird, Merry Peal, Strap, Knook Knell, The Cutler, G uardsman. Dawson's, J. Dawson's, Lord Zetland's, Heseltine's, Lord Eglinton's, and two or three other lots, had not arrived when our parcel was made up. We hear that John Day will not have anything here. Lord Eglinton will have only Knight of Avenel and Hippolytus. Daw son will have nine. A good deal of snow fell yesterday, and we have had a few cold showers to-day, but the course is in first-rate order. We fear it will not continue so, for the weather is very doubtful. The city, as yet, shows little of the bustle incident to a great meeting, and not a bet has been laid. Those who were on the course this morning select Russborough, Seaman, Kent's three, and the Black Doctor, as having taken strong gallops, and gone re markably well. Mr. Osbaldeston's Derby horse did not please them. Rhesus and Backbiter arrived only this afternoon, and have not been out. The following arrived after our parcel was dispatched : —Knight of Avenel, Hippolytus, Langton, Tightwaist, Snow Storm, Mark Tapley, Italian, Colsterdale, Aristos, Asia, Old Claret, and Damask. CHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK. The Entries have closed as follows : TUESDAY. The Grosvenor Stakes _of 10 soya. each, h ft, with 30 added. Grosvenor Course. Mark Tapley, 4 yrs—Vanguard, 5 yrs—Spot, 5 yrs —Alonzo, 4 yrs—Kick-up-the-dust, 3 yrs—Lord Byron, 3 yrs—The Cutler, 3 yrs—Merry Peal, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes of 5 SOVii. each, with 30 added. Once round and a distance. Master Downes, aged—Aria, 3 yrs; Modestins, 4 yrs —Lucy, 6 yrs—Hurricane, 3 yra—Br m by Cardinal Puff, 5 yrs. Optional Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. One mile and a quarter. Avia, 3 yrs (300—True Blue, 3 yrs, (80/.)—B g by Greatheart, out of Jolly Beggar's dam, 5 yrs (1000 — Costume, 3 yrs (301.)—Emma, 3 yrs (301.)—Osbald wick, 4 yrs (300—Maid of the Mountain, 3 yra (501.) WEDNESDAY. Corinthian Handicap, of 5 soya. each, with 20 added. Seven furlongs. Fifty-three, 3 yrs—Escape, 6 yrs—ch f by Arundel out of Camerilla, 3 yrs—b in by Cardinal Puff, 5 yrs. Sixty Guineas, added to o. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each Onc© round and adistancP. Aristos, 3 yra—Mark Tapley, 4 yrs—Psyche, 4 yrs— True Blue, 3 yrs—The Cutler, 3 yrs—Lsdy Eden, 4 yrs—Roller, 3 yrs—Kick.up-the-dust. 3 )rs—Simpli city, 3 yrs—b c by Melbourne, 3 yrs. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. Thrice round. Vanguard, 5 yrs—Aristos, 3 yrs—Mark Tapley, 4 yrs—True Blue, 3 yrs—b c by Melbourne, dam by Bran, 3 yrs—Psyche, 4 yrs—The Cutler, 3 yrs—Hur ricane, 3 yrs—Truth, 3 yrs—The Flying Englishman (h b), aged. BETTING AT CHESTER THIS MORNING. CHESTER CUP. 4 to 1 agst Rhesus 8 to 1 agst Russborough 9 to 1 agst The Italian 9 to 1 agst Hesse-Homburg 12 to 1 agst Backbiter 20 to 1 agst Haricot 20 to 1 agst Vampyre 30 to 1 agst Khorassan's dam colt DERRY. 20 to 1 agst Mountain Deer 20 to 1 agst The Ban and Lightfoot AN M.P. WANTED. Who'll be a Member of Parliament? Who'll represent the famed Isle of Wight? These queries are being popped all over the island to all sorts of persons, of all sorts of politics, and all sorts of creeds, but no one answers, I will! Whence this backwardness in coming forward; is it caused by want of cash, want of talent, or want of principle? or is it from the sheer modesty of the properly qualified portion of our resident little great men? W ill no one volunteer to represent the Royal isle — the ocean's pearl? Mr. Simeon cannot offer again, for he says in his farewell address that " a change of views iv) entire and decided entails upon me as an honourable necessity the duty of returning into your hands the trust which I am conscious 1 should never hove received had I been a Catholic at the time of my soliciting your sutrrages." This, then, is a closer so tar as ho is con cerned, and we cannot now ask him to retain his scat as some otherwise might have felt inclined to do. The only consolation that we havo left is that if we are not represented we shall perhaps be in a more fortunate situation than many other constituencies—we shall not be misrepresented. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MERSEY AND THE BRA2III,S.—A communication between the Mersey and the Brazils, by means of large and powerful screw steam-ships, is in progress, under the auspices and pro prietary interest of some of our most extensive Brazilian houses. There are considerations which render the establish ment of such an enterprise an occurrence, at the present moment, of peculiar value. Probably three-fourths of the commerce carried on between this country and the Brazils is conducted - by Liverpool merchants and Liverpool capital. The formation of an independent line from Liverpool is also important in order to protect the interests of the merchants of Liverpool from the rival power of Southampton. Gra dually, had no such enterprise been originated, our trode would have been swept into other channels; and not only a direct, but a subsidiary, loss would have been sustained, in-- asmuch as every cargo diverted from Liverpool would not only be so much loss to us, but would be gain to ports which subsequently w ould exert their growing powers to our subversion. The line will consist of at least three steam ships, built of iron, by the masters of the craft, of large ton nageTlithleind steam-power, and moulded on the most approved e l LSA is T r L it A t E le Tl d C ou M bt A t t at S t r h A e Tl ß o o N y .7 la W a s il win_ r ptes.--Liverpoos Albion, that understandsteam-ship4 from Liverpo ol distant date , to New York and Boston, will, at no very station. We ereacreive orders to make Holyhead their mail will be confined to to believe, however, that this alte ration being ned to the inward mails solely ; the out ward the commercial dispatched from Liverpool direct, in order to en ableof the last moment of time of the Mersey to avail themselves steamers. We have no t previous to the departure of the on the subject, b ut been able to procure official in formationour statement will prove co u rt e w e : have every confidence that FOREIGN LIMES.—Some d •- . - Liverpool Albion. pearing to have existed as to wit d ifference of opinion con sideredap- pearing chargeable with the sa me limes should be lemons, or as fruit raw, and not ni ot e h duty as oranges and matter has been considered, and the authorities enumerated, the that there being no doubt that limes areathorities have decided they should be charged with the duty leviableecies of lemon, thereon. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress is sued cards of invitation t o a ban quet at the man have on the Bth of May , to he r Majesty's Judges and thieTn-house, r the Commissioners in Ban kru p tc y , and man y of the lleaqies, a(lin members of the bar, as well as to the fi g Sheriffs oftht four metropolitan counties, and the sitting magistrates of the several police courts of the metropolis. THE NIGHTINGALE. —This bird arrives in England somewhere about the middle of April. The males, as i n the case of the blackcap, come several days before the females; they are very easily caught, and the lynx-eyed, quick-eared birdcatchers are immediately on the watch, so that they may secure them before the ariival of their mates, for it is a sad truth, that if a male nightingale be taken after his song has won for him a partner, h e hardly ever survives in a cage—he dies broken-hearted.—Broderip's Zoological Recreations. UN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1851. AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. By the arrival of the United States mail steam• ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, we have received advices from New York to the 16th inst. She brings 30,514/. in specie and 204 passengers. Simms, the fugitive slave, whose arrest at Boston created so much excitement, has been sent back to the state from which he fled. The Tribune states, that while the West India mail-steamer was waiting outside of the bar of Tampico, on the 6th ult., for specie amounting to nearly 800,000 dolls., a " norther" sprang up, and she was compelled to leave the coast at once, without the money. From Havannah we have advices to the Bth inst. We subjoin the mercantile report. Rumours, appa rently based upon some foundation, relative to a re newed invason of Cuba, were rife. From Mexico we have advices to the 22d of March. The Government finances were in a bad condition. The American indemnity had been nearly all spent, and the deficiency on the Ist of the month was 2,500,000 dolls. From Jamaica we have advices to the sth instant. The crops at Trelawey this season will be deficient by one-fourth. Accounts from Hayti to the Ist announce that the late Minister of Justice, and several persons of high standing, had been publicly shot by order of the peror. CO LMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MONEY MARKET. NEW YORK, APRIL 16.-Negotiations for money are not quite so easy as last week. Exchange for the Baltic opened with an advance on sterling, and to this feet alone may be ascribed the present stringency in the market. Sales of bills on London have been made at 110 to Iloi, mostly at 110 to 110-1. On Paris, 5 11* to 5 10. Amsterdam, 41i to 414 e Hamburgh, 361 to 364. Bremen, 784 to 79. The transactions in the con tinental funds have been moderate. Short paper of the first class is in request at 6 to 6i per cent.; but in other descriptions the rates are firm at our quotations. Money on demand upon the hypothecation of mercantile paper and stock securities readily commands 6 to 7 per cent. Specific loans are not so readily made, in consequence of the continued scarcity of flouting capital. There has been a fair market for sound stocks, with a fair demand for Government and States Securities. Cotton-For a few days succeeding the arrival of the Baltic's favourable intelligence there was an active demand, but since then the market has receded some what, with a less active inquiry, the decline being greatest on the low grades. We revise our quotations, which now stand *e. to ie.. lower than on the sth inst. The sales of Saturday last were 1,000 bales, at a con cession of ?lc. on low grades, included in the above, but Monday and yesterday there was a good demand, without change in prices. The receipts of cot ton at all the shipping ports are 1,927,991 bales, against 1,749,065 to the same dates last year, an increase this season of 171,976 bales; the total foreign receipts this year are 258,026 bales more than lust; say 183,287 bales increase to Great Britain, 46,503 increase to France, 28,423 increase to the north of Europe, and 29,813 in crease to other foreign ports. The shipments from southern to northern ports are 178,911 bales less this season than last, and there is an increase in stock of 4,923 bales. Naval Stores-Turpentine sold a few days ago at 2 dolls. 80ic., but 3 dolls. are now asked. Spirits of turpentine, 35 dolls. cash. Resin is firm, and good da scriptions are wanted. Ashes (pot) have continued in fair request, and about 175 barrels have been taken at 5 dolls. Pearl remains steady at 5 dolls. 75c., with sales of 100 barrels. Stock, 11th inst., 1,187 barrels (pot), and 459 ditto (pearl). Iron-English bar is dull, and prices irregular, some holders show an anxiety to realize. Sales are a few hundred tons Scotch pig, at 20 dolls. 50c. to 21 dolls. 50c. from ship and store; 800 tons Garts 36 herrie, from yard, 20 dolls.; 15 0 tons English bar, dolls. ta 36 dolls. 50c.; 260 ditto, in yard, slightly damaged, 35 dolls. 121 e., and 200 tons Irish wrought scrap, about 27 dolls., all at six months. The s tock of Swedes is small and holders firm at 85 dolls. Flour-There has been the usual home trade demand, and the market closed with muc h firmness. Canadian brands, in bond, of which the stock is reduced to about 12,000 barrels, are dull at 4 dolls. 564 c. to 4 dolls. 62ic. To arrive, it is offered freely at 4 dolls. 50c. 1,500 barrels have been sold, deliverable in May, at 4 dolls. 37ic., in bond. Grain-In wheat the operations are limited, the mil lers on a heavy market buying sparingly. Genessee is held at 112 c. to 116 c.; Ohio, 100 c. to 105 e. Canadian in bond is inquired for at 102 c. to 104 c. The southern crop of Indian corn being light is now almost exhausted, and the arrivals are small. The closing prices are 68c. to 69c. for southern and northern yellow, and 70c. for White Jersey; for delivery in June there are sales at 62c. for western mixed; cornmeal brings 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 25c. per barrel. Provisions-New mess pork has been in good demand, and large sales have been made at 15 dolls., the market closing at 15 dolls. 25c. for mess, and 11 dolls. 25c. to 12 dolls. 25c. for prime. Old mess 14 dolls. to 144 prime, 11 dolls. to lii dolls. Beef is firm at 9 dolls. to 11 dolls. 50c., and 5 dolls. to 6 dolls. 25c. for mess and prime; prime mess in tierces, 15 dolls. to 16 dolls. 25c. Lard is in good demand, and sales to a fair extent have been made for Havre at 9c. for barrel. Cheese ranges from sie. to 7c., according to quality. Freights-To Liverpool-Cotton is offered more freely at 3-16 to 32d.; flour, 10d. to Is.; grain, 3, 1 03. to 4d. per bushel; naval stores, ls. 5d ; heavy goods, 10s. to 15s. To London-Tobacco, 325. 6d.; flour, Is. 6d.; heavy anf measurement goods, 255. to 305.; provisions in bar rels, 2s. To Havre-Cotton, id.; ashes, rice, &c., 5 dolls. to 6 dolls. To Glaegow-Elour, Is. 6d. NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 14.-Cottea is quiet. Flour is steady, with sales of 2,000 barrels Ohio at 4 dolls. 10c. Corn is firmer at 55c. to 57c. Sterling exchange we quote at 9 . 4 4 .. .CHARLESTON, APRIL 11.-Our market was very in active under the Africa's advices. Prices of cotton for the present are nominal; sales were limited to 300 bales at extremes ranging from 81 to 114. SAVANNAH, APRIL 11.-The c otton market opened with a fair demand at previous prices, which continued until eleven o'clock, when the accounts by the Africa were received, noticing an advance of one-eighth in Li verpool. This brought the market to a stand, and no sales were afterwards effected. The morning's business amounted to 815 bales at from Sic. to 11/0. BAVANNAII, APRIL 8.-Prices of sugar are firmer. There is an active demand, as many vessels were char tered and receiving. Molasses as last reported. Freights to Europe the same. Exchange on London, 6 to 7 per cent. premium. AMERICAN SHIPPING. Arrived—The Washington steamer, from Bremen and Southampton; Fides, Edward O'Brien, Constantine, Hemisphere, Norden, Roscius, Fidelia, Boadicea, Arctic, Vanguard, Eliza, and Cornelia, from Liverpool; Vesta, from Dublin; India, from Newcastle; Governor Hinck ley, from London; Salome, from Bordeaux; Arbaces, from Genoa; Wilhelm, Cotton Planter, and Fanny, from Antwerp: Favourite, from Newport, Wales; Luconia, New York, and Volans, from Havre; Luna, from Gal way; Star, from Marseilles; Dorothy Henrietta, from Rotterdam; Sir Isaac Newton and Hyne, from Ham burgh; Manilla, from Cardiff ; Oudsod and Metta, from Bremen; Fanny, from Londonderry; Mississippi, from Cork; and Juliet, from Rochelle, at Now York. The Hor, Sidon, and Albion, from Liverpool, at Apa lachicola. The John 11. Jervis, Colonist, and Aplin, from Liver pool; Kilcum, from Newcastle; Amelia Janet, America, and Nova Scotia, from Glasgow, at Boston. The )Eulus, from Liverpuol to Baltimore; Roscoe, from Liverpool; Mobil, Oinks, Sea Lion, Essex, and Johu Haven, from Liverpool; Tamarac, from Newport, Wales, and Virginia, from Gottenburg, at New Orleans. The Milo, from Sunderland, at Newhaven, Connec- ticut. The Atalanta, Katamanzoo, and Tuscany, from Liver pool, and the Johanna, from Leghorn, at Philadelphia. The Georgia, from Newport, Wales, Intrinsic, and Jessie, from Liverpool, Eli Whitny, from Cardiff, and Robert Mason, from Bristol, at Savannah. The Ocean, from Leith, and Renfrewshire, from Glas gow, at St. John's New Brunswick. The barque reported ashore at Key West was the Brothers, of Yarmouth, from New Orleans for Havre. The captai❑ refused the assistance of the wreckers, and succeeded i❑ getting the vessel off without any apparent damage, and she proceeded on her voyage. The Woodstock and Freeman, from Liverpool, St. Vincent, from Newport, Wales, and Mary Allen Scott, from Glasgow, at Port Royal, Jamaica. The Baracoa and Sophia, from London, and Copse, from Leith, at Jamaica. The Frank Stovin sailed from Jamaica for London on the Ist. FATAL ACCIDENTS IN REGENT-STREET.—Yester day Mr. Laugh= held an inquest in St. George's Hospital, on Valentine Symons, aged 26, a painter, in the employ of Mr. Jackson, contractor under the Woods and Forests. De ceased was working at the front of 86, Quadrant, when a ladder, adjoining that on which ha was standing, tilted over, and knocked him down a height of 15 feet. He was taken up and carried to the hospital, where he died from the effect of the injuries, which consisted of two fractures of the skull. Great blame was attached to two men named Lambert and Markham, to whose negligence the accident was attributed, and the jury, in returning a verdict of accidental death, told them that they had narrowly escaped a charge of man slaughter.—Mr. H. M. Wakley held au inquest in the Mid dlesex hospital, on William Toombes, a painter, aged 32. Deceased, while painting the front of 311, Regent-street, occupied by Mr. Turner, a veterinary surgeon, incautiously placed a ladder which he was using on a scaffolding that was too narrow, when it slipped, and he fell a height of twelve feet, fracturing his spine. Verdict—" Accidental death.' Both these accidents occurred in the same street, and at about the same hour. DEATH OF TILE COUNTESS OF RADNOR......We regret to announce the death of this noble lady, which took place on Sunday morning at Lord Radnor's seat, Coleshill, Berks. Her. Ladyship had been in declining health for some time past, nevertheless her demise occurred somewhat unex pectedly. She was the daughter of the late Sir Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay, and married the Earl of Radnor in 1814. Her Ladyship was much beloved; by her death many noble familieiai.e placed in mourning. VV EsTmmTnit ABBEY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.-- , The Lean and Chapter of Westminster have resolv ed to o p en Westminster Abbey to the public without charge on a nd after Sunday next. Circulars have - been dispatched to the choirs of the different cathedrals throughout the country request ing their attendance. There will be a full choir every Sun day eyeuipg. DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON, G.C.B. We regret to announce the demise of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.O 8., one of the oldest flag officers in the British Navy, whose brilliant naval career is identified with our national annals. The venerable and gallant Admiral expired last evening at his town residence in Eaton-square, shortly after six o'clock. The gallant deceased was son of Mr. Edward Codrington, brother of the late Sir William Codrington, Bart. He was horn in 1770, and had consequently reached the ripe age of eighty years. In July, 17i3, being in his fourteenth year, he entered the navy as a midshipman, and after a pro bationary career of nearly ten years he obtained his lieutenancy. Without going into detail of the ser vices rendered by the Gallant Admiral, we cannot notice his decease without mentioning that he was Lieutenant of the Queen Charlotte in Lord Howe's action ; that he commanded the Babet in Lord Brid port's celebrated victory ; the Orion, under the im mortal Nelson at Trafalgar ; the Blake in the IVal cheren expedition ; that during the Peninsular war he had the command of a squadron in co-operation with the Spanish patriots off the coast of Catalonia ; and was subsequently Captain of the fleet stationed on the coast of America. The crowning achievement in the life of the de ceased Admiral was, however, the battle of Navari❑o, when the Russian and French squadrons acted under his general orders. The instructions issued by the Admiral for the positions of anchoring and the order of battle were concluded by Lord Nelson's well known maxim, that " If a general action should take place no captain can be better placed than when his vessel is alongside one of the enemy." The Asia, the Vice-Admiral's ship, bore a leading part in the conflict. After having disposed of two Egyptian men of- war, she became exposed to a severe raking fire, which carried away her mizen-mast and dismounted many of her guns. Vice-Admiral Codrington was him self struck, and his watch shattered in his pocket. The victory, howeN er, was complete. In the Admiral's official dispatch the condition of the enemy's fleet on the morning after the action is thus described : " Out of a fleet composed of 81 men of war, only 1 frigate and 15 small vessels are in a state ever to be again put to sea." In reward for this distinguished service, Sir E. Codrington was advanced to the dig nity of the Grand Cross of the Bath; while from the Emperor of Russia he received the Grand Cross of St. George, and from the King of France the Grand Cross of St. Louis. During the administration of the late Earl Grey the gallant Sir Edward was the naval Commander in-Chief at Portsmouth. Since the expiration of the usual term of service he has not held any appoint ment. Sir Edward represented the borough of De vonport in 1832, and in several successsive sessions in the House of Commons. In 1809 he married Miss Hall, of New Windsor, by whom he leaves a family. Sir Edward's commissions were dated as follow : Lieutenant, 28th May, 1793 ; Commander, 7th Oc tober, 1794 ; Captain, 6th April, 1805 ; Rear- Admiral, 4th June, 1814 ; Vice-Admiral, 19th July, 1821. He became an Admiral of the White in 1841. - NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Sir Francis Baring, Admiral Dundas, and all the other members of the board have returned to the Admi ratty. Lieut. James IL Morgan's (of the Royal Marine) sudden death at Tenby, on the 11th inst., has been re ported. The Turkish steam-frigate Feiji Bahri is expected at Spithead, from Southampton, when it is expected the frigate and brig that have wintered in this country will proceed to Constantinople, touching for a few days at Plymouth. The Prussian man-of-war corvette Mercure is daily expected at Spithead. Crane, late packet brig, having had her bottom com pleted, was taken out of No. 2 dock at Devonport on Saturday, and the Tortoise lighter, taken in the same tide. Devon lighter, Bond master, arrived at Devonport on Sunday, with stores from Pembroke. Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander Alley, sailed at nine A.M. on Saturday from Devonport, for Portsmouth; she is expected at Devonport again on Wednesday with Admiral Ommannoy, and will then take away Sir W. H. Gage, who will leave the port universally respected. The Devon lighter, Bond mas- I t e r, will be appropriated to convey the furniture to the River. The Sir John Falstaff barque, belonging to Ports mouth, sailed on Friday with a cargo of coals for the Government of Moulmein. She will bring home a re turn cargo of teak wood. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK. -- Wind northerly, with cold weather.—Yesterday and last night we have had unsettled weather, with squalls of snow, and occasionally thunder and lightning. Put in the Dutch ship De Amatel, Captain V. Dwyn, from Amster dam to Batavia, with lo ss o f cutwater, works of head, flying jibbooms, &0., having b een i n contact w i th the Spanish brig Dacila, Captain Arozena, off Beachy Head, early on the morning of the 27th instant, and very shortly after wards the Spanish bri g sun k , her crew and passengers having barely time to save their lives on board the Amstel, some of them in a s t ate of nudity. They were very kindly and humanely treated by Cap tain Van Dwyn, of the Amatel. L. Vanden Bergh, Esq., the Dutch consul here, having had intimation of the accident to the Dutch ship, and that she was off the Isle of Wight, with his usual promptness applied for a Government steamer to render such assistance as might be essential, and soon after the steamer succeeded is falling in with her, and the Amstel was accordingly safely towed into this port about noon. It appears the collision was purely accidental, and only attributable to the darkness of the night, which both commanders have fully admitted and agreed to. The Dacila was from Te neriffe, laden with wine and cochineal, bound to London. We regret to add, one of her crew was unfortunately drowned. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty's steam-fri gate Retribution, 22, Captain Frederick Warden, came down harbour yesterday, and sailed to-day with super numeraries and stores for Commodore Martin's squad ron at Lisbon. The Falmouth lighter sailed yesterday with stores for Pembroke. Letters dated Valparaiso, Bth of February, announce the arrival of the Portland, 50, Captain Chads, flag of Rear-Admiral Fairfax Moresby, in relief of the Asia, 84, Captain R. F. Stopford, flag of Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, to sail on the 15th for Portsmouth, where she is to be paid off. WOOLWICH, APRIL 28.--APPOINTMENT.—Master's Assistant George Morice to the Southampton, 50, flag ship on the south-east coast of America station. The Leopard, 12, steam-frigate, of 560-horse power, engines by Messrs. Seaward and Co., went down the river to-day on trial in charge of Mr. Brown, Second Master-Attendant at Devonport Dockyard, and the crew that brought round the Greenock steam-frigate to Woolwich. Mr. Humphrya, chief engineer at Woolwich Dockyard; and Mr. Hughes, assistant to the chief engineer at Somerset House, went in the Leopard to witness and report on the working of the en gines; and the following officers, at preseat studying steam at the factory in Woolwich Dockyard, were on board :—Captain Murray, Captain Sir Frederick Nicolson, Commander F. Egerton, Commander G. Ogle, Commander T. Hope, Lieutenants N. G. Brick nell and J. N. Norman. The Leopard, on arriving at the Lower Hope, ran the measured mile once down and once up, and made a speed on the average of 9 2-Ioths knots per hour, and then returned to Wool wich at two o'clock r.m. On her return up the river she kept considerably ahead of one of the fast Leith boats belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, and was half-an-hour sooner at Woolwich than the Monkey steam-vessel, which accompanied her during the trial. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Henry W. Allen, was taken into the basin to-day to be refitted and newly painted on the Black Eagle, Master- Commander John retley, being taken out. _ _ _ _ Commander H. G. MOiria (1846), and Mate A. J. Bul . .. lock (1849), were both examined on Saturday last by Mr. Humphrys, chief engineer, having completed their course of study at the factory here, and on passing re ceived their certificates. SYMPATHY OF THE RUSSIANS AND FRENCH IN THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. By private letters received from her Majesty's; ship Enterprise, Captain Collinson, C. 8., dated Hong- Kong, 26th February, it would seem that much sympathy is felt by the Russians in the fate of our miQsing Collrtryn - icru. The following is an extract of a private letter from one of the officers serving on board : "We left two officers, Lieut. Barnard and Mr. Adams, assistant-surgeon, at Michaelowski and Nor ton Sound, with orders to proceed into the interior, vnd see whether any communication takes place be tween the Russian ports and the natives inhabiting the shores of the Polar Sea. From Michaelowski I went to Sitka, where from the researches of the Russians we find our Polar chart, as far as the Col ville, is concerned, totally in error. The Yoncon, it would appear, is the head water of the iiverpak, which runs into Bebring Sea to the southward of Norton Sound, and they have no port on any river emptying itself into the Polar Sea. "We found a great disposition on the part of the Russian authorities to aid in our search. The Go vernor-General, Captain Resenburgh, has ordered the post of Michaelowski to be reinforced this year by 18 Aleutians and nine skin boats, which are to be placed at Captain Moore's disposal, should he require them. The men are armed with rifles, are expert hunters, live upon Esquimaux diet, and speak a dialect of the same tongue. The skin boats are what the Russians have made use of in all their exploring expeditions. " We are to sail on the Ist of April to Bebring's Straits. " Lieut. Bellot, of the French navy, Knight of the Legion of Honour, has volunteered his services, by permission of the Minister of Marine of France, to join an Arctic expedition, and speaks of the enthu siasm felt in the French navy that one of their own officers should be embarked in the sacred cause which has engaged the sympathies of all nations. This devotion is alike creditable to the officers and to the nation." LAUNCH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—This beau tiful model of a 20-gun frigate arrived from Woolwich at an early hour on Sunday morning, and was brought ashore at Cubitt's-wharf, Pimlico, the same day, at high water. Yes terday morning, at five o'clock, nine horses were attached to the sledge on which she was landed, which proceeded at a slow pace towards the Serpentine, Hyde-park, where she ar rived at ten o'clock, having occupied five hours in her transit, part of which was taken up in mending one of the wheels of the sledge, owing to the tyre coming off no less than four times. Having arrived on the north side of the Serpentine, preparations were made for launching, when she was dragged with some difficulty to the water's edge. One of her hawsers was taken across to the south side, and fastened to the horses, when, after some few casualties, and the breaking of the haw ser, which was soon made good, she was dragged off the sledge into the water; but, unfortunately, in so doing, her rudder was broken. The riggers have been set to work, and will have her completed by the Ist of May. ADMISSION OF SOLICITORS. —The Master of the Rolls has appointed Tuesday, May 6, at the Rolls Court, Chancery-lane, at four o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for swearing solicitors. Every person desirous of being sworn on the above day must leave his common-law admission or his certificate of practice for the current year at the Secre tary's Office, Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane, on or before Monday, May 5. THE ALDERMANIC GOWN OF BRIDGE WITHOUT.— The vacancy in the Ward Bridge Without, caused by the death of Sir C. S. Hunter, will be filled at th e nex t C our t o f Ald er men. Alderman Thompson, as senior alderman, is en titled to the office, which has not so many duties connected with it as the alderman of any other ward is obliged to per form. The inhabitants of the Ward of Cheap, of which Mr. Thompson is the alderman, not wishing to lose a man of such high respectability, resolved to petition him to remain amon g them, and he has consented. The next alder man i n rotation for the privileged ward is Sir J. Key. THE GREAT PAIR IN THE PARISH OF KENSING TON, NEARRENSAL NEW TOWN.—On Saturday the most active preparations were in progress for the opening of this fair on Thursday next. The precise locality, or th at w hi ch will be at any rate the nucleus of this holiday fair, is a large field— say twenty acres—abutting on the south of the Talbot-road, by the Westbourne Water Works, and running up northward to the bridge which crosses the Great Western Railway, near the new ragged school at the south-western extremity of Kensal New Town. The best way of approach from me st parts of London to the site of the affair is by the Royal Oak public-house, Paddington, then up Albert-terrace, to the left into Westbourne Park-road, which runs into the Talbot-road, adjoining the field in which the fair will be held. The nearest public-house to it is the Artesian Arms, the landlord of which may reckon upon making a fortune. The field yesterday contained from sixty to seventy show n vans, amongst which severa l b e l ong i ng t o the well-kno w Richardson and Nelso n L ee were v i s ibl e . Wombwell's not _as large w ild beast vans, from whi c h grea t thi ngs are expected, hasbooth— indeed arrived. Th e most remar k a bl e f ea t u re is a indeed it may be c a ll e d a one -story building t finished at the upper extremity of the field. We u nderstand almosttand that it is to be a cas i n o on a m onstre scale. The roa ds leading and waggons to the field were thronged with show Tan s laden with materials for construct to in r g them boo all, so that we booths. The field in question will, we think, should not be surprised giveto see t space he fair extend south-west ward to the Hippodrome. PA Y M E NT OF CUSTOMS D UT lES._Yesterday notic e was issued that on and a ft e r the 6th of May all duties und er 151. will have to be paid in the Customs treasury, in s t ea d of the long room , as tit present. pa yments of not less th an 501. (in stead of 100/. as For the conv en i ence of merchants and others, former ly) may be made at th e B ank of E n gland. Messengers will be dispatched e very h alf-hour b etwee n the Bank and Custom-house. On and after the 6th o f May great alterations, with a view to expedite public bu siness, are to be made in the Customs department. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Al ert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of %Vales, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, the Princess Royal, and the Princesses Alice, Helene, and Louisa, left Windsor Castle at seven minutes before twelve o'clock yesterday, for London. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Charlemont, Lady Caroline Barrington, Honourable Flora Macdonald, Hon. Mary F. Seymour, Lord Byron, Lieutenant-Colonel lion. C. B. Phipps. Captain Hon. Joseph Denman (Royal Navy), Colonel Buckley, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, and Mr. Birch. The august party went from the castle to the Windsor station of the Great Western Railway, where a guard of honour of the first battalion of Grenadier Guards were on duty. A special train conveyed the Queen to the Paddington terminus, on reaching which the Royal Party entered six of her Majesty's carriages, and with an escort cf Lancers, proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where they arrived at ten minutes before one o'clock. Tho Queen and Prince Albert were received at the Palace by the Vice-Chamberlain, the Master of the Household, and Colonel Wylde. Her Majssty held a Court in the afternoon, for the re ception of his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands. His Royal Highness arrived at Buckingham Palace at half-past two o'clock, and was received by the Equer ries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, and the Master of the Ceremonies. The Prin.° -! Henry of the Netherlands was attended by Count Schimmelpenninek, the Netherlands Minister ; the Chevalier van Rappard, Aide-de-Camp of his Royal Highness ; and the Chevalier de Carsonbroot. Uflicter d'Ordonnance of his Majesty the King of the Nether lands, Attaché to his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness bad an audience of her Majesty, to which he was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B , the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and conducted by Colonel the Hon Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ce remonies. His Royal Highness was also presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert. The Queen was attended by Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting, and Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, R.N., Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the Exhibition building, in Hyde-park, at a quarter past three o'clock, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Lieutenant• Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Commissioners assembled at four o'clock. Those present were—The Earl of Rosse, Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir C. Lyell, Sir C. L. Eastlake, Mr. T. Baring, M.P.; Mr. Cobden, M.P.; Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. P. usey, M.P.; Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P.; Mr. John Shepherd, Chairman of the East India Company; and Mr. Hopkins, President of the Geological Society. Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Scott Russell, Secretaries to the Royal Commission, were in attendance. Mr. Edgar Bowring also attended. Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Colonel Lloyd, Special Commissioner; and Dr. Lyon Playfair, Special Commissioner, were also present. A deputation from Sheffield had an interview with the Royal Commissioners. The deputation consisted of Mr. Henry Wilkinson, Mr. Joseph Bradbury, Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Potter, Mr. John Hawkswortb, and Mr. John Hall. The Musical Committee of the Royal Commission, consisting of Sir George Smart, Dr. Wylde, and Sir Henry Bishop, had an interview with the Royal Com missioners to make the final arrangements for the mu sical performances at the opening of the Exhibition. Viscount Palmerston, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain, Mr. Norman Macdonald, superin tendent of the Lord Chamberlain's department, and Mr. Mayne, Commissioner of Police, had severally inter views with the Royal Commissioners, respecting the ce remonial of the inauguration of the Exhibition on the Ist of May. The meeting of the Royal Commission broke up at half-past six o'clock. A meeting of the Financial Committee bad previously been held at the Exhibition Building, which was at tended by the Earl Glanville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Sir Alexander Spearman, Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, and Mr. Pap. Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Edgar Bowring, Se cretaries to the Committee, attended. The Committee sat two hours. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Philharmonic Concert, at the Hanover square Rooms, with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Hon. Mary F. Seymour, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Byron, Lord George Lennox, Captain Hon. J. Denman, Col. Wylde, Col. Buckley, and Lieut.-Col. F. H. Seymour. His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands visited the Exhibition Building in Hyde-park yesterday afternoon, and was conducted through the building by Colonel Lloyd, Special Commissioner of the Royal Com mission. His Serene Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenbourg landed at Dover yesterday morning from the Continent, travelled to London, and in the afternoon proceeded to Frogmore, on a visit to her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent. The Duke of Wellington had an interview with Sir Gcorge Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. A deputation from the New River Company bad an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. The depu tation consisted of Mr. Richard. Beauvoir Birens (gover nor), Mr. Charles Henry fil4rim (treasurer), Mr. Henry Hulse Birens (auditor), Sir John Johnstone, Bart., M.P., Mr. Gathorne Hardy, and Mr. Thomas Mills (directors), Mr. Frederick Inglis (clerk), and Mr. Wm. Chadwick Mylne (engineer). The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Secretary Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office. The Marquis of C lanricarde had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. Lord and Lady John Russell arrived in town yester day from Pembroke-lodge, Richmond-park. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, the Rev. Professor Powell, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). Sir William Clay, M.P., had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday. THE FASHIONABLE WORLD . IMPROVEMENTS as the IMPROVEMENTS IN PALL-MALL. Schombergh House, Pall-mall, better k" pre mises of Messrs. Harding and Co., silk• mercers to the Queen, with its many historical associations, has been forced, in its time, to give way t o adapted to the prevailing fashion, and better calculated a building more to meet the requirements of its ()wriers. The new building, which Messrs. Harding and Co. have erected, presents a striking illustration of the progress which has been made of late years in the construction of houses devoted to the purposes of trade compa ratively modern and profuse introduction:The r ich furniture, and articles of virtu in of mirrors, fashionable shops is beginning to pass away, and greater attention is being paid to elegance of design, correctness an d artistic beauty. In these respects there proportion, there is no building in the metropolis, dedicated to similar pur which can be placed in comparison witposes, s t r ucture which Messrs. Harding and co. have reared the elegant in Pall-mall. The exterior is the Italian style el a rchitecture belonging to the Roman e chool. The elevation is executed in brick, w i t h Caen and Aubigney stove dressings to the windows and cornices. The lower portion, including the portico and its elabo rate embellishments, is formed entirely of the latter material, which is peculiarly adapted to the P account of its great hardness and closenesse n f rpose, on texture. We believe this is the first instance of its employment in the metropolis. An Italian staircase leads o the show rooms on the first floor. It is pannelled, and lighted from above by glass domes , bet wee n which is a w headed covering, following the line of ascent, also ool 'n glass. The whole of the gla ss used in this portion of the building is bent, and embossed with flowers and fo liage; and its introduction for such a purpose is snother example of the manifold uses to which this valuable ma terial is applicable. A corridor, having pendentive ceil ings, divides the front from the back show-rooms; a nd the architecture is assimilated, in some degree, to that of the staircase. The walls of the front show-room are covered with paper in silver tissue, wiW, ariched cor nices picked out in gold and colwrs. The apertment behind is divided into a series of arches, the pilas tres and spandrils intervening being filled with ara besques those in the pilastres on a gold ground. The ceiling is richly pannelled, and the decorations, generally, are painted in white and geld, w i t h here and there flowers and foliage coloured in the most delicate tints. A boudoir is attached to this apartment, with walls and ceiling also richly pannelled. The whole of the work on this and the ground floors is executed in Parian cement. The ground floor, upwards of 130 feet in depth, is decorated atter the same elegant design. A magnificent Swedish stove (Jeakes' patent) warms the apartment, and is constructed so as to carry the smoke under the floor. It is manu factured of brown steel, with ormolu enrichments and arabesque pannels in encaustic tile, on a crimson em bossed ground. Glass lamps, of globular shape, o f an entirely new form, light the entrance, ground floor, and corridors. Some idea of the dispatch with which the works have been carried on may be gathered from the fact that Messrs. Holland, the builders, who aro also the contractors for the new Ordnance-office adjoining, did not commence preparing the foundations until the en d of October last. The new building is in keeping with the pnlotial character of this portion of Pall-mall, an d must be acknowledged as one of the most tasteful resorts of the fashionable world in the metropolis. The architects are Messrs. Lawford and Heneker; th e builders Messrs. Holland ; and the decorators Messrs. Trollope and Son. The stoves have been supplied by Mr. Jeakes; the chandeliers by Messrs. Hughes and Forest; and the glasses by Mr. Blandford, of the Thames Plate Glass Company. The Duke of Northumberland, with his usual liberality and consideration, has given instructions that during the period of the ensuing Great Exhibition in the metropolis his Grace's mansions of Northumberland-house, London, and Sion-house and gardens, Middlesex, shall be open fur the inspection of parties visiting London, more espe cially those connected with the county of Northumberland. By applying personally or by letter at the commissioner's office, Aluwick Castle, introductions for this purpose may be obtained.--Newcastle Journal. During the last week fifteen vessels put to sea from the Birkenhead Docks, and there arc at present in dock sixteen vessels.—Liverpool . THE. GREAT EXHIBITION. The preparations for the opening on Thursday con tinue with increasing vigour, and yesterday the building was thronged in every part with eager and excited mul titudes of labourers, exhibitors, and employes of the executive. There remains not the slightest doubt that our portion of the Exhibition will be all in order and fit for inspection. The compartments of foreign countries will also have their arrangements far advanced, and though parts of the entire display may not be in ship shape, still steps will be taken to remove from the main avenues any appearance of confusion or incompleteness. The Royal Commission met yesterday at the building, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert was present. They settled upon a further programme connected with the State opening, the substance of which we gave in yesterday's impression. They also decided that exhi bitors should not be admitted to w it ness th e cerem o n ial without season tickets. It app ears th a t h a d th e y gran t e d the application made to them on this subject, the most serious inconveniences would have resulted, and it would have been impossible to maintain the self-support ing character of the undertaking. Local committees would have claimed a similar right of being present, and a vast number of persons who have given their unre munerated services to the affair would have considered themselves aggrieved had they been excluded. In con sequence of this decision the sale of season tickets is again resumed, but the offices fo r that purpose will not be open later than 12 o'clock in the day. We subjoin the return of foreign and colonial goods received at the Crystal Palace up to the 28th, and from which it will be seen that at that day the arrival of con tribntions had not in all cases been completed. The following is a return of foreign and colonial goods received up to 26th April inclusive : FOREIGN. COLONIAL. Australian Colonies : Belgian Brazil China .. Denmark... 63 Egypt 49 France...... Germany : Austra ..... 638 Nortn: nauove. „ Hamburg ...... 125 „ Lubeck ... ...... 3 ~ Oldenburg - Zollivereh3 : „ Bavaria .. „ Baden ... 2 „ Hesse lOl „ Nassau ... „ Prussia „ Saxony ...... „ Saxe Meiningen :, „ Wurtemberg 137 „ Frankfort Greece lB Holland Italy : Naples 3 „ Rome 27 „ Sardinia B7, „ Tuscany 96 Mexico ....... ... New Grenada.. .. Peru 4 Persia ............. 1 Portugal Russia .- 251 Spain Sweden and Norway 29 Switzerland ...... 153 Tunis Turkey ... • .. 3 United States ..... 907 W. Africa ........, ....... 9, Haiti Society Islands ... 1 ---- New — South Wales South Australia Van Diemen's Land BO New Zealand... Bermuda Canada . 04},n of Ovvd Ilopo Ceylon Hong-Kong .. 19 India ... . ..... ....... 446 Malta.. ........... ... 49 Mauritius . Nova Scotia . . St. Helena ... •• West Indies—Antigua... ~ Bahamas ...... l3arbadoes „ British Guiana ~ Grenada Jamaica „ Montserrat „ Trinidad Total ..... ... 1,172 ,Channel Islands : uuernsey Jersey xd 00000000 ••• 23 Total ...... ... 33 Total. ABSTRACT. Foreign .......... .9,473 Colonial ..... 1,172 ,Channel Islands .. 33 Total With Customs rotation 10,142 With Executive Com mittee rotation, or duty paid and free ... 536 Total 10,678 THE FOREIGN COMMISSIONERS.—Up wards of twenty •f the Foreign Commissioners were welcomed on Wednes day evening by a numerous party of persons distinguished in literature, art, and science, at the residence, in Russell-square, of Mr. Edward W. Cox, the proprietor of the Journal of the Exhibition and of the London literary journal the Critic. Among the company assembled on the occasion were Sir Wm. Ross, R.A., Mr. Cope, R.A., Mr. Sergeant Manning, Mr. Crabbe Robinson, Dr. Granville, Dr. Southwood Smith, Dr. Quain, Mr. Spence, Mr. and Mrs. George Cruikshank, Major Calder Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew, Mr. R. H. Home, Mr. Wills, Mr. Wm. Howitt and Mrs. Mary Howitt, Mr. H. J. Townsend, Mrs. Abdy, Mr. W. C. Kent, Misses Harrison Ainsworth, Mr. R. P. Collier, Mr. Blewitt, Miss Meteyard, Mr. A. Fonblanque, Miss Douglas, Mr. Col burn, Mr. Fullom, Mr. Paull, Mr. George Harris, Mr. D. F. Evans, Mr. Thompson, Mr. W. Paterson, Mr. Hurst, Mr. Handel Gear, Mrs. Hampton, Madame Meunier, M. Rosetti, Mr. Aguilar, &c., &c. Mr. Cox promises a series of similar reunions during this present season, to welcome in like man ner the foreigners distinguished in literature and art who may be visiting us. SUICIDE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER PROM HOLLAND TO THE GREAT EXHIBITION IN HYDE PARK.— _ Yesterday at noon, a jury was empanelled before Mr. Baker, at No. 24, Finsbury-square, on view of the body of Mr. F. G. Camp, aged 24, a tine young man, and of most wealthy connexions in the Netherlands, who was principal commissioner front Holland, appointed to attend to the ar rangement of the contributions from that country to the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, and who committed sui cide under the following melancholy circumstances. Mr. John Matthews, solicitor, Arthur-street West, London bridge, attended for the Dutch Embassy; with Mr. John William May, the Dutch Consul, to watch the proceedings. John Ramsey, servant to Madame Julia, landlady of the house, said that the deceased, about a month ago, engaged apartments. Last Saturday night deceased returned from Hyde Park at seven o'clock. lie appeared extremely de sponding. He dined with Madame Julia and Mr. Mouchet. About ten o'clock the following morning witness went to his bed-room, with a cup of strong tea. He knocked repeatedly, but could obtain no answer. The door was locked. Madame Julia and Mr. Mouchat, upon hearing him call so frequently, came to his assistance. A key was obtained, with which Mr. Mouchat-opened the door. Deceased was then found sus pended by a piece of cord from the bed-post, and life was extinct. Witness instantly went for a surgeon. Mr. Mouchat stated that he cut the cord with a pair of scissors. He had heard that a person was about to be appointed as commissioner, to supersede deceased. He thought the du ties deceased had to undertake were too much for him. lie appeared to have his mind overburdened with anxiety about the Exhibition. Mr. Geosson, assistant commissioner, stated that on Sunday last he found two letters, written by the de ceased, in which he complained of the treatment he had been subjected to by the business he was engaged upon being about to be taken out of his hands. Verdict, " Temporary insanity." Deceased's property was given to the consul. THE ISLE OF WIGHT PERVERT TO THE CHURCH OF Itostu,—Mr. John Simeon is the eldest son of Sir Richard Simeon, Bart., the first representative of the island in the Reformed Parliament—a fine old English gentleman, pos sessing large estates, and deservingly beloved by his nume rous tenantry and domestics ; a Liberal in politics, a steady supporter of the Protestant Church, and a true friend to the farmer, he is what a landlord ought to be. There is no im provement in the breed or feed of stock that he does not try, no new manure or seed introduced that he does not test, no improvement in agricultural instruments and machinery that is not proved at Swanston with a view to their being recom mended to lt.;s tenants. His farm buildings are all on the most improved principle; his farm-houses and cottages are all fit for human beings to inhabit (this, unfortunately, is rather a rare thing to say, as there are numbers hardly fit to put swine in). It i s , therefore, with great regret we h ear o f the false step of his son. The Rev. R. Sumner, son of the Bishop of Winchester, married Sir Richard Simeon's second daughter, whose untimely death we last week recorded, and whose funeral takes place to-morrow. LORD C L ANCARTY.—The Earl of Clancarty has been labouring under an attack of gout for the past week. His Lordship was unable to attend the board of guardians on Wednesday, and we understand his absenee from the Dublin Society's cattle ;how is owing to 0 1 4 Pigufal attack. • FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. A numerous and fashionable audience assembled at the St. James's Theatre last evening, to inaugurate the short season for the French plays. Short as the season may be, however, it cannot but be most bril liant, seeing that Mr. Mitchell has managed to. secure the services o f a l mos t ever y one o f th e notabilities of the French sta ge ; an d so a l er t i s h e in securing every available talent, that although_the name of Madame Charton did not appear in the pro gramme of the season, which Mr. Mitchell put forth a week since, yet that lady appeared last evening, and sung the solo part of the " National. Anthem" divinely. The performances commenced with the vaudeville of Jobin et Nannette, sustained by M. Hyacinthe and Mdlle. Scrivaneck, of the Palais Royal Theatre. The plot of Jobin et Nannette has been common stage property any time during the last century, and has been freely used by almost ' every farce writer from the author of La Serva Padrona, one of the earliest versions of the piec e , d own t o th e aut h or o f t h e Alarming sac r ifi ce , which: is, we believe, the latest. M. H yacinthe and Mdlle. Scrivaneck were admirable in their respective parts, and kept the audience in a roar of laughter. Then followed Scribes last new comedy, Une Bataille des Dames, which was produced so lately as the 17th of last month only at the Theatre Fran Pais. The scene of this delightful comedy is laid i at a château near bordering eis the on the eas t ern f ron ti er o f L Fr y s o n n c s e , and , year 1817 , i mme di a t e l y after the discovery of the B onapartist conspiracy at and the tim Lyons. This chateau is the propert y and res i dence o f Madame la Comtesse d Autrevel (Madlle. Judith), a fine high-bred and courageous woman of 30, an d a Royalist of the most ultra description, h er n i ece Leonie (Madlle. St. Marc), an . interesting girl o f 16, is residing with her in the" bateau. Henri de Pla vigneul (M. Lafont), the son of her dearest f r i end, is condemned as being concerned in the Lyons co nsp i in - racy, and h as soug ht s afety the château, where he is disguised by the Countess a s her va l e t, Ch ar l es, an d at fi rs t gives great offence to Leonie for what she imagines the assump tion and arrogance of his manner, but the young lady, having di scovere d: hi s rea l c h arac t e r, falls i n love with him, and makes a confidante of her aunt. Now so happens th a t th e aun t a l so h as f a llen i n love with the to o f asc i nat i ng H enr i , and hence th e Bata !lie des Dames. There is also at the château h certain M. de Grignon (M. Regnier), the son of a brave mother and a most c owar dl y f a th er , an d who is, according, to his acount, brave in theory, but not in p rac ti ce, who talks with the soul of his mother, but always finds the paternal half engrosses him altogether, whenever he is called upon to reduce his words to action. This semi-hero determines to marry, and fixes upon the Countess for his lady-love. Things are i n thi s pos i t i on when the Baron Montrichard (M. Roger), th e prefect of the department, arrives to search for Henri, of whose concealment in the château he had received in. formation. He is completely outwitted by the C ountess, who engages Charles in his own service, and actually sends him on his own horse across the frontier,. while n De Grignion is arrested in his place, s heang which Henri returns, and all is set r i g htby the 'r i val of an amnesty, when the Countess, generously overcoming her own affections, resigns H enr i to Leonie. The dialogue is brilliant and s p ar kli ng — s parkling even beyond the usual brilliancy o f S cr ib e; an d th e acting is perfect. Madlle. Judith, who made her debut last night, is entitled to rank among the very first artistes of the haute comedi4, Mdlle. St. Marc is the most interesting of jeuxesj demoiselles, and Lafont's gentleman valet was a perfect piece of artistic repre sentation. Regnier, as the coward hero, was deli ciously quaint and humorous. It would be well that some of our English humorous actors should pay a visit to the St. James's, and study the admirable deli neation of the character of M. de Grignon by M. Reg nier, they would then see that it is possible to be quaint, yet at the same time well bred, and that to be hu morous it is not at all requisite to be vulgar. The Baron of M. Roger was a careful and artistical performance. The play was much applauded throughout, and, at the conclusion all the art i stes were called on. The performances concluded with a drollery, entitled L'Amour a r Aveuglette,in which M. Tetard made his rentrie. The National Anthem was performed, in the course of which Madame Charton, as we have before stated, gave the solo. This lady had kindly volunteered her services for the occasion. The theatre was crowded by a distinguished and fashionable company, amongst whom we observed Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency the Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunnow, Madame de Ilona, the Marquis of Douro, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Countess of Tankerville, La Comtesse de Flahault, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Kilmorey, the Earl of Gifford, the Earl and Countess of Morley, the Countess of Waldegrave, Lord and Lady Walsingham, Lord Ribble dale, Viscount Clifden, Lord Frederick Beauclerc, Lady William Poulett, Lord Alfred Churchill, Lord Adolphus Vane, llon. Valentine Brown, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Henry Webb. &e. &c. STRAND THEATRE. Under the new designation of "Punch's Play house," this little theatre opened last evening, under the management of Mr. W. R. Copeland, of Liver pool. Considerable improvements have been effected in the interior of the house ; the gallery is replaced by a new tier of boxes, new entrances made, and the whole of the theatre entirely re-embellished and deco rated, many ethigies of the hump-backed moralist being prominent throughout. The opening piece was a two-act farce by Mr. Courtney, entitled Living in Glass Rouses, which amused the audience consider ably, the principal characters being sustained by Til bury, W. Attwood, Norton, J. Rogers, Romer, and Mrs. C. Horsman ; the latter lady, who comes from the Manchester Theatre, is the only really good im portation among the many new faces announced in the bills. She reminds us somewhat of Mrs. Orger in former years, is very pleasing, clever, and good looking, and a decided acquisition to the metropolitan boards. The second piece, caned The Exposition, from the pen of Mr. Shirley Brooks, is a burlesque sparkling with witticisms and jokes. The frosty deities of Scandinavia, Odin, Thor, and the other per sonages of northern mythology descend on earth to partake of the enjoyments diffused by the gathering of all nations to the Great Exhibition. The chief part in this capital sketch is that of " the Spirit of the Age," which Miss Marshall, who met with a very_ flattering reception, enacts a la Mrs. Keeley. The authors of both these pieces were loudly demanded, and bowed their acknowledgments a midst unanimous acclamations. The preparations and drilling o were certainly incomplete, and the prompter's post n sine cure, but the utmost hilarity an d deli g ht were mani fested by the spectators, whom w e trust to behold more numerous i s worthfuture a visit, isoci and sion is M t r o . be hoped Punch's house that a succession of smart novelties will render the mfuwchhiaesi:isted provedby a ballet o 8 specu lation a profitable one. Liv e l y i and telli ng sketches, s uch as that of Mr. Brooks s, will a nswer we ll, and w ould in o opinionur be o company,nde the employmentr Mr. Bolton' s management last a ttractive u autumn, when Flextnore, Cortnack, Palser, Wright, pe o ru p ,l e s l ae a n n od d ,f and Co., drew overflowing ben c h es . , we h d o a w r e e v s e a r ; a gu e l i et quite e a r s a c n o d m e p x e p te e n r experienc e d n t c o e ( f l e e A m l i a r t n . h a e C g the public as some who deem it a very clever piece of criticism to throw cold water up on effort s t o pl ease , which should, i n th e i r commencement at least, be viewed with an indulgent and encouraging eye. ,KOLDSMITIIe BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION,—Th e eighteenth anniversary f est i val in aid of the funds of th i s institution, was yesterday held at the Freemasons' Tavert_' , . Great Queen-street ; Mr. James Garrard, prime warde v lLT the Goldsmiths' Company, in the chair. The cloth . ha ... "gi been removed, the chairman proposed the usual loy .. s 1 1:"W coupling "The Church" with " The Queen," a ference to Prince Albert, making a graceful a ilus ce mmercial Royal Highness's present efforts to promote the the Insti and social prosperity of this country. " se i the Chairalan tutiou'' was next drunk amid great Lipp"? J sing prosperity congratulating his audience upon th t e :n o rr:-4 celebrate, and de of the charity which they were mot t he enlar ged muster to the annual monstrating the same by a reference ex of gentlemen around him, and tha of appeal to the i n proof of this assertion, tended subsF a :to w n . 1 :1 of the past year. lie pointed out, urged, that intimes past the additionpre asunbscri feelings of his hearers, the fact p tisubscriptions t s o o t f h 4 e o f l u . ; n funded propertyrge by f 1 3 , 0 ;;;/- ; had . enjoyed prosperity, and sent recipients ofthe their bt°outhose which they themselves now indulged hopes similart . 13 i. m r . 3. W. Thomas, president, experienced and enteraie s " —. moving picture of the wants of in returning thanks, d rew institu exhorted the subscribers to the n i a cause so fertile of good to those gr atifying to their benefactors. He farther iderable applause, that two cheques for those tenew r e e d lie e v x e e d tt h w y ns benefited, andsonos L h'ad been forwarded to him by the thirty l o ad , ch on the occasion of the annual ball, had elves by their efforts to promote the in terests remarked, fetgei;ißeni st a wbs ra eis.m s signalized the charity. Of these, one was a donation, the tercsts 0. - the annual subscription fund. This showed. his private exertion might do for the promotion of 1 - , -- ri t c : other toasts and a liberal subscription followed ; after w hich the company dispersed. other to go to . . THREATENED INTRUSION OF EQUESTRIANs INTO KENSINGTON GARDENS. —Last night a meeting of the inha bitantse of Bayswater, Kensington, Notting-hill, an d n vicinity of Kensington -gardens, was held at the P rince, t Albert Tavern, Notting-hill, to consider the PrcPriet forma tion pre senting of a public ride in Kensington-gardens. meeting were those who signed the requisition calling the the respectable Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Barlow, the two churchwardens of the parish of Kensington, and nearly allbarrister-at-law, inhabitants of the district. Mr. B oy le , pre sided. Mr. Dunford proposed tlieeidirswt ith surpriseresolution, N a c n h d ich ala w r es m to the effect that the meeting the intention of the Comm c u lass pw e a s rd o s f viewed of Woods and Forests to of a century been set apart d aprarticularly for ladies and chil make a drive in Kensingtonfia-agiaatrat nrse, c w r e h a i t c i h o n had of al fa l r her Majesty's subjects, to w the effect that a petition should be dm. The resolution 3 1 4 carried. Mr. Williams proposed the next resolution, f o rthwith presented to her Ma jesty,' praying her to give orders o f Woods and Forests not to carry out to the Commissioners of The resolution NAB carried, and a deputation hav in g . the intended infringebeen appointed to present ouch Magog, ti a p mee tipg broke PP. -