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

PROTECTIONIST DE3IONSTR A TIOI\7.—(THIS DAY.) The second annivereary meeting of the Netioeal As toociation for Protection of Indust! y and Capital through out the British Em • he'dday in the Theatre was.is af 4 0 311, D rury -lane. The doors were thrown epau soon ter eleven o'clocle, and imuerdiately there was a rush V ert , to all parts of the house. Th e boxes and pit were _ much crowded; a l arge proport i on o f the Seale appearing to be farmers of the superior class, l:no looked far removed from that state of ruin and de gB4on which the country has been led to imagine arb are in- No on e cou ld be d etec t e d i n the s upper an operati ve or a l a b ourer; h u t th e a b oxes and st a ll s were o ccupied by e Jy set of fell ows, who, amidst all their sufferings, e t t 'n Ilu w and then fi n d t i me and sp i r i t to f o ll ow the ase, and who, even on the present occasion, when they ilught be expected to assume distress though they have tnb l 9t , they seemed quite happy and contented, if heahley . 'cued countenances and robust exteriors be any index to the condition of their minds. Before the busi i•,,Ts of the day opened they kept up a running fire of 'iss and sallies, and any one entering the theatre, igno 4,izin of the purpose of the gathering, would have ed the audience was bent upon witnessing :Incise instead of listening to a long detail of the woes a panto cnciewrons which it is said agriculture is now suffering Lot Stanley or three preliminary cheers were got up for pi e t sn ' t teleY and Earl Stanhope, but it suggested a sus bas, -1 or packing to hear a voice every now and then "it out the reminder of " Shout boys, shout." Still the E e e t t _ing was ord er l y and good tempered, and when the ' l e of Richmond took the chair, at twelve o'clock - , a s ty t L ea cheer was raised, which shook the very walls of etheatre a. • The „ „Ana the U.IiAIMAN, in opening the proceedings, thanked 0 4 !fleeting for the eception it had given him. any p Tons of free trade r were too well known to need any ou i - f 9 tt) : ln ot 4 e t e k : or i l r : him, but this he would tell the meet 1g and the country, that he for one would never give (Cheers.) He cared not for the abuse s h o ile ir oPponents, still less for the ridicule which they 14).gweebeeddielipaofe them; but if they did not think that the people were coming over to the cruse c_leuprotection, the people might depend upon it that they Would let them alote.—(Cheers.) The land was suffer wt 4 " now, when they called for relief, they t 5 met with intimidation, but the operatives elnanufecturing districts had found out the fallacy thate c eo t h he aP bread cr y, an d t h ey were now conv i nce d upon eh. permane n t prosper i ty and happ i ness deper. d e d owe rcl w ages and con s t ant emp l o y men t, w hi c h cou ld hag produced by the principle,: which this meeting th en let to adv ocate. —(Cheers.) He would not detain tail, "ger, but at once call upon the Earl of Win „ea, to Dlove the first resolution.—(Hear, hear.) i ss 'n . : Earl of WINCRILSEA then proposed— . That the . ontinued and still increasing distress of the agr o i: ell era! i n , "" e rest; the unmitigated difficulties of the co . l tee s ,,sa l est; the deep depression of the shipping in ec , r f the diminished and continually declining profits trade and ot every branch of industrial pursuit; the "ction of the wages of labour, and the dimunition of increase in many parts of the United Kingdom; the by co sof crime, and the desertion of home and country stet ly augmenti ng bodies of the most industrious indi valuable portions o f the British population ;—present Social evidence g the evide nce that d erange ments exist in the Pin s Y s tern of the country, which are sap e_. f oundations of its prosperity, and, if _speedily remedied, roust end in wide farmers disaster discontent, and ruin." All that the Cots wanted' was fair and legitimate protection for not finative industry, without which the country could wish nor trade prosper.—(Hear, hear.) The re- Boleti ° ei 6 i, 6 ,a he had to move spoke for itself in clear and de goee„l4egtlage, which could not be misunderstood. It a n d a r lie direct to the declarations of Free-traders, the 8a the Protectionists were quite prepared to make 1,e1,0 concessions to every other interest they would li rl l r ti t : their principles, which was protection to protection l 'sn plough, protection to the British loom, and the British trade.—(Cteers.) The dis h, .! of the agricultural interest had been acknowledged tt,,,lfee-FGraogv:rtieorecilt, but they had neither the honesty nor apply any remedy for fear of offending h ad mad e friends.—(Loud cheers.) Protecieon z : a ct ie ra . a.de this nation what it is, and if they wished to tha t its grandeur to protection they must return, a nd tha. cows h ", too, without delay.—(Cheers.) No country . th„, fi rst Pendent which did not tupply itseif with ho e Last necessary of life; and yet, without protection, 4 1 7 could that be done? Already the land was rapidly policy out of cultivation, and if the existing commercial i cy were persevered in, the colonies, wh.,m the Free (irr said he did nut care for, would shortly fall, and aw ay would go the market of the manufacturer.— hear.) He therefore warned the manufacturer po d the capitalist to pause before it was too late. Do ti': upon it, if the farmer fell both these would go with 0 6,; and he called upon every man who had the internst 416 country at heart to come to the rescue, and banish nmo F ree.traders from their own strongholds.—(Cheers.) R 1 1 . ,°, (1 forbid that he should speak ill ot the dead; but Sir obert Peel was wanting in moral courage. He sue titahed first to the Roman Catholic Association, by bl l4 our common Protestantism was perill e d, and nex t e gave way to the free-trade intimidation, by which h e ad endangered the safety of the country itself, for his p r oceedings had given rise to a party whose principles „ 'efe as various as the co l ours o f t h e ra i n b ow, and whose „_ s reats, as held out by Sir J ames G ra h am, were st i ll m ore odious than those of the Manchester school itself. .",(Cheers.) He therefore urged the meeting not to :,.'hltidon its principles, but to go for protection, and no uing but protection.—(Cheere.) b , Mr. ISAAC BUTT, Q.C., seconded the motion, declaring ~,1 8 conviction that the Protectionists would ultimately ,_"attY. their point. He came there to represent the Pro c."etionists of Ireland, and to tell them that Ireland en ely sytnpathised with this movement. The Hon. -'4l,oarned Gentleman then went into a lengthened statistical statement to show that crime and outrage had nQ incre ased in Irel an d s i nce t h e a b an d onment o f protection. d had gone out of cultivation in Ireland, and the b aas on that was not the case in England was; simply n eca use the farmers had capit a l to work upon her e . ie resources, however, were rapidly disappearing, seill a very s h ort t i me the fate of the lan d i n I re l and, ct overtak e t h at of England.—(Cheers. ) T he ob- Jfel!•teerct of a the Free-tr a d ers was t h e exterm i na ti on o f tenant whether , and that iobjectt was should for th m i ccomp be a s eetin rs t h o ed say g (tio ' n ot) The tenant • farmers stood in the ay of r evolution, and if the meeting succeeded, so they woul d continu e to stand.—(Cheers.) At „thi s stage of the proceedings 10 "le CHAIRMAN announced that as the theatre bad been t° be inadequate to accommodate all who were anxious .4 - 11 7. ° „.Pretient, a meeting had been convened in St. M - bled kareisti6taall,Land he would therefore request his friends, Ca m • g a Z°l 3o l Mr. G. F. Young, and Mr. E. Ball, of to go over and conduct that meeting. h Mr. Beat s before he quitted the stage, expressed a in elle that this meeting would pass a resolution, request erhazgudl3l7 ce Albert to lend them the Crystal Palace when c Exhibition should be over, and then the Protectionists show the world that truth was inalienable from the of this country.—(Laughter. *trot fir ', Bo rr then resumed his address, and commented Y upon the recent conduct of Sir James Graham, ei c , s tigmatized as revol u ti onar y an d uneonstitu u„4aal, and h e protested, so help him God, rather than used the l anguage which Sir James Graham had 1/„ u ) to have his right hand -cut off.—(Cheers.) worichih o; argued that protection was the safeguard vilh.the labouree—it was, he said, a false philanthropy urgedthe adoption of free trade all over the th e because it had a tendency to reduce wages . to 8 ,5 1 lowest possible ebb, and he insisted that in ever taught us that it was the duty of Zery nation to protect its own industry.—(Cheers.) Threats of r evo l ut i on, or threats of resignation, sheuld Sotcl eteh them f rom marching onwards iu t h e good 'When - Resignatio n , forsooth; why, he remembered m t his country h a d a monarch that would meet such C haring -c ross with the simple retort that he would go to and select the first twelve honest men Le m et fur his Ministers.—(A laugh.) Now that was a cottr ae which wou ld well have been followed on a recent t °cea sion, for a ssured l y the Sovereign might have gene 0 Chit/jug-cro ss an d d i scovered a better Minister than that which now enj o y e d power, but, at all events, she a ught have gone with this consolation, that it would h ave been impossible to find a werse.—(A. laugh.) He c oncluded a lung and eloquent speech by conjuring the C leeting to keep up the agitation, and return home de termined upon ultimately Ratiog protection restored to active industry.---(Cheers.) Mr. DAwsuer, ot Selby, in Yorkshire, spoke to the re kintion, and he did so from experience, Where th e agr i cu l tura l s h oe pinched, because he knew but he forgot to te ll the meeting where it was, unless it was to be I ngle spee c h o f Si r James G ra h am and of M found ember of the H ouse of Commons, w h o had declared their cons - !iction th an an attempt to restore proteetion would end la Pr h ovoking a revolution. Free tract° only b enefited men fixed salaries or income, but every other class it I3Preseed, including the artizan' and manufacturing ope lative, and s ooner or l a t er the country w ou ld be obliged ak r eturn to a protective system.—(Cheer s ,) The ~,ut irt er itself was p re f e r a ble to free-trade, and rather an continue under the one he would go for the oth er. tie'.„,lle resol ut i on was t h en p u t f r om the chair and car d r t itAlairaously. "no meeting was proceeding when we went to press.' It is et - • ofO• is stated that the Protectionist tenant-farmers e;is etn of_ t:rordshire are organizing an opposit :ewrohom they returned as Protectionists, andakaretepputrepsoensitnag. r'ace Alr Harcourt and Lord "%Terre tilt. , ~, ,- 3 chosen from the tenant- farmeis themselves. .ttoy t 3 AL A GRICULTURAL SOCIETY. poration N,,,,21_11e1l meeting, on Thursday, the seal o Royal ..,.s ordered to be affixed to the agreement taketheipaossession of --- f A th t e it, for immediately after the Lth o . of .or the purposes of their cattle show, Pavilion dinner , 411 gust. It has been decided that the ' 41 411 t , , take place in the Horn...park, and a more appropriate, untilt be be g inning 4.-.4.viorvees3ii.er spot, could not have been selected. — W i ndsor TH.,. by or der of the ir, ... P ATENT LAWS. —On Saturday, o 8 "elss and memorials address.ed to the Board of Trade th ey ue subject of the patent laws and the amendment t. tendW• The documents show the expense and delay a liill ing let, ers patent for inventions. There are now two s before the House of Lords for amendment of the patent laws ' which Bills will be considered on the meeting of their a.ordships on Thursday. v e 4 MANX GIANT. —The inhabitants of Liverpool 6L',„,_e llalch surprised to see on Friday, walking up and down Etrie streets, a man of extraordinary dimensions, Arthur t 3. ' froM Sulby, Lezayre, Isle of Alan. He is only high, wePY-ree years of age, stands seven feet six inches 11 1 4 4 4 w.eighs twenty-one stones. lie is a Man:!. farmer, Pool b a little property of his own. lie arrived in Liver orn Y t he King Orry, Captain Quayle, from Douglas. He ~_ es to bid farewell to a number of his friends who are "'Nat to emigrate. C E S. GRAPH.) HIS 1) A .Ir.) 5.w ,. , moderato Marvel, Buen°9 ! Orgt- Liad Ferdinand' 2 4th insta nt 00 having been th iled hence,o lb tit instaot 4, e d on ia, to C°' •itisk brig), 13 vir er : k, 60 wiles d• sh; crew ei►/. , sailed fronrof. ;93 been he ar r r d, River, W S e ll r. W.—Ar ta. 6e. e 'imbue° ; oto ; üba. Nasal John% •ver, Baltic steal —Arrd. S., 0 1111 ; , from Con ° 4 e . )rni o ng i n whiP h e cargo, ll to !hooner, re g i t it at came 0 0 " on shore O or fl it h kl April, w' ,„„y x of thin and 0 " - we rs the watsr, f 1 31° ' ilex E. 0 tte to Oa ka Pl' ' water, ha s viho Aer part of imaged eteete:S., &nnapolia, l l,,A ecked on the 9th AP Ante 4 r stove, 1 3 " — itts ;ed on the ES DAY•) 98t 4Sa t itatton 1 1 1 )00 bags, 11109 370 "ft; yell" 366. wn, 34s t o 50 Benares o.° nc e or fully is • I to 439; thto'iro• idrawn, Is 1/11 Bahia havo¢ee° a floatingtl • The quoiity it the East $l3" ()roes and tbete, hhda' 42 tietrot cos ie 3,122 bill' - - - ation CeY, l°° :l ll 200 bap ost.-e l2s. rvions rates 00 d last week i ll! 0 Pu ns 2 b b 2' Lon 196 1:0 10*- Ile stock in tb° to 4 Fracting 54 go buyers ah t oo 25s 6d; le 01 10 Nitrate of d per owt 0 aced. DAY.) i b )1e day with t 0 urat, which S DAY• ti ,ition vrere,uosia ase have saw' a Is DA Y.) r Bmics.), o f in di/posit:tie • h wer e of P° LNwoRTIO,,, pE r of a nun' s o .oceeded to NEL ion o f VireOd er . hi s Honour 611 Is DAY' O usual c harg e t w D sitting of no s vare of 01 16 " had referevoed which wired partial) • _ A.O O 'AL PAL — COURT. at ten o'o l ° 4 said-1 thit; ere, as usa ely po uour to be c l° 4 success, 6 ; 3 " I be derived 70 to world; b ° go all necessa r y r• n Westti° ° „do, s on our Nl oer itaPPlYing ia or ll be amv A o ee the WO" business 00 Is DAY') I to.w paper s r y feature 0 DAY.)., n I B O ions for whicu " ,:, - e rs nit, „ n y e 19 es iinnieul" DAY') f ene wal 0 3 had beeo b ps r one reon r fjef the retleri' --- i pot lour vo d d o pbS o f grea t E we Act, th e ‘ l , Of ) dischS r g o us.. refusal or _ the quite de ar aio' offences _ b . ° ~ h a ving 0 is ided to le: t po apply, fit in 0 baokrtir se furth er Wyv iv par , ties w 0 „ Zoent ea bool ti sotha t 13 fiee ti lot be eeP 0 o e f iropres e %tb, onto te t he e— Abe c line rePt Comell°' pmt al clNu e tb 6 duet ando o - es i " lerefore od be tifioate, atit the scharg e oefine d• to accor d thli g nderats,A 330. 1:1— t b e W01.1.`. O OP be ICCe THE SUN, SPORTING NOTEZ, No, XLIV. CEIESTER SPRING MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE S UN. San,—l perceive that I shall not have Ihe benefit of Lard Eglinton's colt to pull my judg s ment 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 remai lied yesterday, Merry Pao], in the absence of Hesse Homburg and Vermoth, is tolerably certain of being the winner of the Palatice Stakes. There scum 3 to be some little doubt whether Lord Clif den will start either his Harpsichord or Touchstone filly for the Roodee Produce Stakes to-morrow; should he not do so, Avia, 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 cf the presumed starters for the Chester Cup:—Russborough, Woolwich, Backbiter, Vampyre, Dne•an-Durres, Sauter4a, Coupe, Langton, The Italian, Clarissa, Spot, Knight of Avenel, Montague, Meier', Seaman, Haricot, Damask, Lady E:ten, Mickleton, Gladiator colt, Strap, Era, York you're-wanted, Wallflower, Wilmont, Rubina, Sprite fitly, The Black Doctor, Nancy , and Hesse Hombur g . Vatican, The Iron Duke, Dulcet, Sir Robert, Cau riri, Panope, Made-Safe, The Cutler, Tightwaist, Knook Knoll, Queen Bee, Hurry Scurry and Guards man are also there, hut, for the most part, are very doubtful runners. The field, after the generally nume roes 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, but 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 (Damask and Duc-an-Durras) with superfluous cash are not such bad apses. 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 OH this stormy sea of speculation, I shell reserve this couple of outsiders as ccckboats to carry me safe home to port. I am, Sir, yours, &c. THE SPIRIT OF 11IE TURF. April 29, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. The only bets laid were:-5,000 to 60 agst Lnngton, 1,000 to 15 agst Due-an-Dhurras, 1,800 to 100 agst Knight of Avenel, and 800 to 100 agst Ru.sborough, for 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, Joc-o'•Sot, Hesse-Homburg, Hurry Scurry, colt out of Khorassan's dam, Queen Bee, Alonzo, Emma, Deceitful, Foam, Spot, Pilot, Sir Robert, Worcester, Vampyre, Wallflower, 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, Knock Knoll, The Cutler, G uardtman. 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 any thiag here. Lord F.glinton 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 iv 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 Ruisborough, Ser.man, Kent's three, and the Black Doctor, as having taken strong gallop 3, and gone re msrkably well. Mr. Osbaldeston's Derby horee did not pleale 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. Grosvener 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. a a g n ed_y Sweepstakes of 5 soya , each, wi t h 3 0 a dd ed. O nce roun d d a A distance. 3 yrs; Master Downer, Modestina, 4 yrs —Lucy, 6 yrs—Murricane, 3 yrs—Br m by Cardinal Puff, 5 yrs. Optional Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. One mile and a quarter. Avis, 3 yrs (300—True Blue, 3 yrs, (801.)—B g by Greatheart, out of Jolly Beggar's dam, 5 yrs (1000 — Costume, 3 yrs (301.)—Emma, 3 yrs (300—Osb ald wick, 4 yrs (300—Maid of the Mountain, 3 yrs (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 a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each. Once round and a distance. Aristos, 3 yrs—Mark Tapley, 4 yrs—Psyche, 4 yrs— True Blue, 3 yrs—The Cutler, 3 yrs—Lady Eden, 4 yrs—Roller, 3 yrs—Kiek.up-the-dust, 3 yrs—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 (n 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 DERBY. 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 backwitrdness in coming forward; is it caused by want of cash, want of talent, or want of principle? er is it from the sheer modesty of the properly qualified portion of our resident little great men? Will 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 al entire and decided entails upon me as an honourable necessity the duty of returning into your hands the trust which I am conscious I should never have received had 1 been a Catholic at the time of my soliciting your suffrages." 'This, then, is a closer so far as he is con cerned, and we cannot now ask him to retain his sat as some otherwise might have felt inclined to do. The only consolation that we have 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 MERcEY AND TIIE BRAZILS.-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 sonic 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 cf Liverpool from the rival power of Southampton. Gra dually, had no such enterprise been originated, oar 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 would exert their growing powers to our subversion. The line will consist of at least three steam ships, built ofironby the masters of the craft, of large ton nage and steam-power, and moulded on the most approved p r inciples.—Liverpool Albion. distant date, MAIL STATION.—We understand that TRANSATLANTICthere is little doubt that the Royal Mail steam-ships, will be from L . t r wi r ,e o r l ec t e o ive N o e rd w elr'sorktoanind,,BkoostHonolg,datthenior very il the Comm station. are happy to believe, however, that this alte rationof the last moment being confined to the inward mails solely ; the out warddispatched from Liverpool direct, in order to en ableformation on the not me c n i t al men of the Mersey to avail themselves steamers. We have not time previous to the departure of the our statement Will yet been able to procure official subject,in formation but we have every confidence that :t o FOREIGN LIMES. _sam e Albion. difference of opinion ap pearing to have existed a ti ( a ) e whether limes should be con sidered chargeable with same t duty as oranges and otherwise e enumerated, the authorities have decided lemons, or as fruit raw, and no matter has been considered, and the that there being no doubt that limes area they should be charged with the duty leviable evial. invitation Mayor to a banquettlieL , s a j d u ay(ti species of lemon, le thereon.Mayoressh have is . g t e h a eMansion-house, on the Bth of Blay , to h e r Ma jesty sue T d h c e ar L ds o o r f d the Commissioners in Bankruptcy, and manyando of the leading Ladies, members of the bar, as w ell as t o the High Sheriffs tleading of the four me ropolitan counties, and the sitting magistrates of the several police courts cf the metropolis. . THE NIGHTINGALE. —This bird arrives in England somewhere about the midd le of A p ril. The malee,asiti 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 arrival of their mates, for it is a sadtruth, that if a male nightingale be taken after his song has won fur Lim a partner, he hardly ever survives in a cage -he dies broken-hearted.—Broderip's Zoological Recreations, LONDON, AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. By the arrival of the United States mail steamship Baltic, Captain Comstock, we have received advice& from New York to the 16th .inst. She brings 30,5141. in specie and 204 pAssengers. Simms, the fugitive slave, whose arrest at Boston created so much (xcitetneA, has been sent back to the state from which be 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 dulls., 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 baked upon some foundation, relative to a re newed invasion 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 Emperor. COMMERCIAL 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 fact alone may be ascribed the present stringency in the market. Sales of bills on London have been made at 110 to 1101, mostly at 110 to 1101. On Paris, 5 111 to 5 10. Amsterdam, 41i to 411. Isla.mburgh, 36- to 361. 13remen, 78' 7 ' 4 to 79. The transactions in the con tusental funds have been mod rate. Short paper of the first class is in request at 6 to 61 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 floating 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 T ic. to se. lower than on the sth inst. The sales of Saturday last were 1,000 bales, at a con cession of *c. 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 ail 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 last; 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 creare to other foreign ports. The shipments from southern to northern ports are 178,911 bales less this season than last, and there is au increase in stock of 4,923 bales. Naval Stores-Turpentine sold a few days ago at 2 dolls. 801 c., but 3 dolls. are now asked. Spirits of turpentine, 35 dolls. cash. Resin is firm, and good de scriptions are wanted. Ashes (pot), have continued in fair zequest, 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 Gartsherrit, from yard, d 2 5 0 0 (12 ; 11s ~;0015dOitttoo,nsinEn,agrldis,hsibigahr,tly36dadmolalgs.etd? 3356 (lons. 12?,s , and 200 tons 1ri.,11 wrought scrap, about 27 dolls., a:1 at six months. The stock of Swedes is small and holders firm at 85 dolls. Flour-There has been the usual home trade demand, and the market closed with much firearm's. 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. 621 c. To arrive, it is offered freely at 4 dolls. 50c. 1,500 barrels have been sold, deliverable in May, at 4 dolls. 37c., in bond. Grain-In wheat the operations are limited, the mil lers on aln avy market buying sparingly. Genessee is held at 112 c. to 116 c.; Ohio, 1000. to 105 c. Canadian in bond is inquired for at 102 c. to 104 c. The southern crop of Indian corn being light ia now almost exhausted, and the arrivals are small. The closing prices are 681 c. to 69c. for southern end 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 ( tolls. 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 mesa, and 11 dolls. 25c. to 12 dolls. 25c. for prime. Old mess 14 dolls. to 144 dolls.; prime, 11 dolls. to 114 dolls. Beef is firm at 9 dolls. to 11 dolls. 5Cc., 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 Eavre at 9c. for barrel. Cheese ranges from 61e. to 7c., according to quality. Freights-To Liverpool-Cotton is offered more freely at 3-16 to 32d.; flour, 10d. to ls.; grain, 30. to 4d. per bushel; naval stores, Is. 5d.; heavy goods, 10s. to 15s. To London-Tobacco, 325. 6d.; flour, ls. 6d.; heavy and measurement goods, 255. to 305.; provisions in bar rels, 2s. To Havre-Cotton, id.; ashes, rice, &0., 5 dolls. to 6 dolls. To Glasgow-Flour, Is. 6d. NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 14.-Cotton is quiet. Flour is steady, with sales of 2,000 barrels Ohio at 4 dolls. 100. Corn is firmer at 55c. to 57c. Sterling exchange we quote at 91. CHARLESTON, APRIL 11.-Oar 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 8i to 111. SAVANNAH, APRIL 11.-The cotton 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 81c. to 11t0. HAVANNALI, 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, Nordcn, Roscius, Fidelia,Boadieca, Arctic, Vanguard, Eliza, and Cornelia, from Liverpool; Vests, 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 H. Jcrvis, Colonist, and Aplin, from Liver pool; liiicuna, from Newcastle; Amelia Janet, America, and Nova Scotia, from Glasgow, at Boston. The 2Eolus, from Liverpcol to Baltimore; Roscoe, from Liverpool; Mobile, Otilla, Sea Lion, Essex, and John Haven, from Liverpool; Tamarac, from Newport, ate.., and Virginia, from Gottenburg, at New Orleans. The Milo, from Sunderland, at Noaliaven, Connec- lieu t. The Atalanta, Katamarizoo, and Tuscany, from Liver pool, and the JoLimns, 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 Oilcans for Havre. The captain rolused the assistance of the wreckers, and succeeded in getting the vessel off without any apparent damage, end 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. Theßaracou and Sophia, from London, and Copse, from Leith, at Jamaica. The Frank Stovin sailed from Jamaica for Loudon on the Ist. FATAL ACCIDENTS IN REGENT-STREET„—Yester day Mr. Laugham 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 he 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 tvto fractures of the skull. Great blame was attached to two men named Lambert and Markham, to *hose 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. 11. M. Wakley held an 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 THE COUNTESS OF RADNOR.—We regret to announce the death of this noble lady, which took place on Sunday morning at Lord Radner'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 families are placed in mourning. WESTMINSTER ABBEY OPEN TO TILE PUBLIC.— The Dean and Chapter of Westminster have resolved to open Westminster Abbey to the public without charg e on and after Sunday n ex t. Ci:-culara 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 evening. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1851. COURT CIRCULAR. er Majesty and his Royal Hizhness the Prince Al- bert, accotrir.nied by their itoya.l Highnesses the Prince f Wale 3, Prince lir ed , Prince Arthur, the Princess Royal, and the PrinCeELI&S Alia', Helena, and left Windsor Castlo at seven nainire before twelve o'clock yesterday, f•r Louden. The 11 , 1,yal suite consisted of the Countess of Charleinont, Lady Caroline Barrington, Honourable Flora Macdonald, Um. Mary F. Seymour, Lord Byron, Lieutenant-Cclonel Hon. C. B. l'hiPPs• Captain Hon. Joseph Deninual (Royal Navy), Colonel Buckley, Licatmant-Colenel 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. The Queen and Prince Albert were received at the Palace by the Vice-Chamberlain, the Master of the Household, and Colonel Wylde. Her Majesty 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 Prince Henry of the Netherlands was attended by Count Sc'uimmelpenninek, the Netherlands Minister ; the Chevalier van Rsppard, Aide-de-Camp of his Royal Highness; and the Chevalier de Cars'onbroot. Officier d'Ordonnanoe of his Majesty the King of the Nether lands, Attache to his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness had an audience of her Majesty, to which he wss 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. IL Seymour. The Commissioners assembled at four o'clock. Those present were,--The Earl of Roue, Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Honourable Henry Labouebere 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. Pusey, 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 Comsnission, 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 bad an interview with the Royal Commissioners. The deputation consisted of Mr. Henry Wilkinson, Mr. Joseph Bradbury, Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Potter, Mr. John He,wksworth, and Mr. John Hall. The Musical Committee of the Royal Commission, consisting of Sir George Smart, Dr. Wylde, and Sir Henry Bishop, bed 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 deaartment, 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 had previously been held at the Exhibition Bailding, which was at tended by the Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, Sir Alexander Spearman, Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Cubist, Mr. T. F. Gibson, and Mr. Peto. Sir Stafford Nortleote 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 Froginore, on a visit to her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent. The Duke of Wellington had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. A deputation from the New River Company had an interview with Sir Georgo Grey yesterday. The depu tation consisted of Mr. Richard Beauvoir Birens (gover- nor), Mr. Charles Henry Pilgrim (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 as interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday. THE FASHIONABLE ,WORLD. IMPROVEMENTS IN PALL-MALL. &hem borgh House, Pall-mall, better known as the pre mises of Messrs. Harding and Coa silk merc e rs to the Queen, with its many historical associations, has been forced, in its time, to give way to a building more adapted to the prevailing fashion, better calculated to meet the requirements of i building, which Messrs. Harding its owners. The now O'o. have erected, presents a striking illustration of the progress which in has been made of late yearsthe construction of houses devoted to the purposes or. Thu compa ratively modern and profuse t uctien of mirrors, rich furniture, and articles of virtu in fashionable shops is beginning to pass away, and greater attention is being paid to elegance of design, correctness of proportion, and artistic beauty. In these respects, there is no building in the metropolis, dedicated with purposes, which can be placed in comparison gh the elegant structure which Messrs. Harding an d _o. have reared in Pall-mall. The exterior is Roman school. n style architecture belonging to the of school. The elevation is executed in brick, with Aubigney stone dressings to the windows anCdaceolirniacnesd. The lower portion, including the portico and its elabo rate embellishments, is formed entirely the latter material, which is peculiarly adapted to ih: f purpose, on account of its great hardness and closene . texture. We believe ibis is the first instance of it s 3 of employment in the metropolis. ' An Italian staircase leadlo the show rooms on the first floor. It ii Par , ,,, n , e h i i i tl e h t s l,. and lighted from above by glass domes, between headed c veering, following the line of ascent, Walgsg°l.l" glass. The whole of the glass u , cd in this t or a t . no in the building is bent, and embossed with flowers i and l fo liage; and its introduction for such a purpo e p is another example of the menithld uses to which this valuable ma terial is applicable. A corridor, having pendentive ceil ings, divides the fron t from the back sow-rooms ; and the architecture is assimilated, in some degrete to that of the staircase. The walls of the front show-room are covered with paper in silver tissue, with enriched cor nices picked oust in gold and colours. The u p on ," behind is divided into a seriee of arches, the pil e s. tres and spandrils interv enin g being filled with ara besques those in th e p ileetres on a gold ground. Tao ceiling i s eiehly paenelled, and the decorations, gene rally, are painted in white tied gold , with b ete and there flowers and folia g e coloured in the most delicate tints. A boudoir is attached to this apartment, with walls and ceiling also richly pannelled. The who le of the work on this an d the g round fixers is executed in Parien cement. The ground floor, upwards of 130 feet in depth, is decorated atter the same elegant detign. A magnificent Swedish stove (Jeakee' patent) warms the apartment, and is constructed eo as to carry the smoke ander 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, of aa entirely new form, light the entrance, ground fioor, and corridors. Some idea of the dispatch with which the worke have been carried on may be gathered from the fact that Messrs. Holland, the builders, who are also the contractors for the new Ordnance-office adjoining, did not commence preparieg the foundations until the end of October last. The new building is in keeping w i th the palatial character of this portion of Pall-mall, a n d must be acknowledged as one of the most tasteful r'esort's of the fashionable world in the metropolis. The architects are Messrs. Lawford and Hatcher; the builders Messrs. Holland ; and the decorators Messrs. Trollope and Son. The stoves have been suppli e d b y 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 Sin-house and gardens, Middlesex, shall be open for the inspection of parties visiting London, more espe cially those connected with the county of Northumberland. by applying personally or by letter at the commisSiorler's otlic., Alnv. ick Castle, introductions for this purpose May he ob:tti,ed —Newcastle Journal. During the last week fifteen vessels put to-4a from the Birkenheal Docks, and there are at praent,,in dock sixteen vessels.—Liverpool Q Lion. DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON, G.C.B. We regret to announce the demie 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 hid 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 born in 1770, and had consequently reached the ripe age of eighty years. In July, 1783, 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 Wal cheren-expediP*;7.thitdUring the Peninsular war he.llad the - 49:1iii0440 squadron in co-operation with the SpaniSh-patiiots off the coast of Catalonia ; anCi., 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 Navarino, 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 gene s ral 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, however, 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 Frauci3 Baring, Admiral Dundas, and all the other m e mb ers o f the board have returned to the Admi- Lieut. James 11. Mcrgsn's (of the Royal M.:tricc) sadden death at Teuby, on the I lth has been re ported. The Turkish stem•frigate Feiji Babri is expc:cteci at Spithead, from Southampton, when it is expected the frigate tend brig that have witverid in this country will proceed to CoLstuntinople, touching for a few days at Ply mouth. - Tne Prussian man-of-war corvette Mereure 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 Allen, sailed at nine A.M. on Saturday from Devonport, for Portsmouth; she is expected at Devonport again on Wednesday with Admiral Ommanney, and will then take away Sir W. H. Gage, who will leave the port universally respected. The Devon lighter, Bond mas ter, 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 Amstel, Captain V. Dwyn, from Amster dam to . Batavia, with los s o f cu t wa t er , wor k s o f h ea d, flying jibbooms, &0., having been in contact with the Spanish brig Dacila, Captain Arozqna, off Beachy Head, early on the morning of the 27th instant, and very shortly afterwards the Spanish brig sunk, her crew and passengers having ba'rely time to save their lives on board the Amstel, some of them in a state of nudity. They were very kindly and humanely treated by Cap tain Van Dwyn, of the Amstel. 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 in 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-k 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 Al-Assn. Seaward and Co., went down the river to-day on trial in charge of Mr. Brown, Second Master-Attendant at Devonport Dcckyard, and the crew that brought round the Greenock steam-frigate to Woolwich. Mr. Humphrys, 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 present studying stzala at the factory in Woolwich Dockyard, were on board:—Captain Murray, Captain S:r 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 2-10ths knots per hour, and then returned to Wool wich at two o'clock P.m. On her return up the river she kept considerably aht:ad of one of the faA 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 atcam-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 Petley, being,* taken out. Commander H. G. Morris (1846), and Mate A. J. But lock (1849), were both examined on S4turday last by Mr. liumphryr, 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 missing countrymen. 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, and 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 Kiverpak, which runs into Behring 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 Behring's Straits. " Lieut. Bellot, of the French navy, Knight of the Legion of Honour, has volunteered his services, by permission of the linister 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 con - .ing 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, uwortunately, 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 SOLICITOUS. —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 tilled at the next Court of Aldermen. 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 whichM r Th om pson is the alderman, not wishing to lose a man of h n . hi g h respectability, resolved to petition him to among them, and he has consented. The next alderman' in rotation for the privileged ward is Sir J. Kev. TEE GREAT FAIR IN THE PARISH or RENSING TON, NEAR KENSAL NEW TOWN.—OR Saturda y the most active preparations were in progress f or tale opening of this fair on Thursday next. The precise l cality, or that which will be at any rate the nucleus of tails holiday fair, is a large field— say twenty acres—abuttine• t' on the south of the Talbot-road,liy the Westbourne WaterWoiks, and running up northward to the bridge whi c h 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 mi st parts of London to the site of the effair 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-hou s e to it is the Artesian Arm' , the landlord of whi c h may reckon upon making a fortune. The field yesterday contained from sixty to seventy show, vans, amongst which several belonging t o the well-known Richardson and Nelson Lee were visible. Wombwell 's wild beast vans, from which great things are expected, has not as yet arrived. The most remarkable feature is a large booth— indeed it may be called a one-story building— that is almost finished at the upper extremity of the field. We understand that it is to be a casino on a nionstre scale. The roads leading to the field were thronged with show vans and waggons laden with materials for constructing booths. The field in question will, we think, give space for them all, so that we should not be surprised to see the fair extend south-west ward to the Hippodrome. PAYMENT OF CUSTOMS DUTIES. -- Yesterday notice was issued that on and after the 6th of May all duties under 151. will have to be p aid in the Customs treasury, in of the long room, as at present. For the convenience of merchants 'and others, payments of not less than 50/. (in stead of 100/. as formerly) may be made at the Bank of England.' Messengers will be dispatched every half-hour between ilfe Bank and Custom-house. On and after the 6th of May great alterations, with a view t o expedite public bu t sinews, are t 9 be made in the Customs department. 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 eubstatice of which we gave iu yesterday'a impression. They also decided that exhi bitors should not be admitted to witness the ceremonial without season tickets. It appears that had they granted the application made to them on this subject, the most serious inconveniences would have resulted, and it would have been impossible to maintain the sell-support ing character of tee undertaking. Local e:.mmittees 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 aggt loved had they been excluded. In con sequence of this decision the sale of season tickets is again resumed, but the offices for that purpose will not he 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 bad 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... ..... Egypt 49 France Germany: Austra ..... 638 North: Hanover.-- ... 11 „ Hamburg 125 „ Lubeck 3 „ Oldenburg Zolliverein New South Wales ...... 12 South Australia 9 Van Diemen's Land..... 80 New Zealand.. ... 42 Bermuda Canada . 345 Cape of Good Hope 37 Ceylon Hong-Kong .. 19 India ..... ..... . .. 446 lalta 49 Mauritius . Nova Scotia St. Helena ... 4 West Indies—Antigua... 1 „ Bahamas 9 „ ]3arbadoes ~ British Guiana 16 29 Grenada „ Jamaica ~ Montserrat ~ Trinidad „ Bavaria .. „ Baden .... „ „ Hesse .. 101 . „ Nassau ... ..... 14 „ Prussia ... 1,072 „ Saxony 144 „ Saxe Meiningen 5 „ Wart emberg 137 „ Frankfort Greece lB Holland Italy : Naples 3 Rome 27 Total ..... ... 1,172 „ Sardinia .. ~ Tu5cany......... Mexico ...•—• • ... ..... New Grenada........... :Channel Islands : guernsey 'Jersey 23 Peru 4 Persia ... 1 Portugal lO3 Russia . Spain Sweden and Norway 29 Switzerland ...... 153 Tunis Turkey ... United States W. Africa ... Ilaiti Society Islands ... 1 Total ...... ... 33 Total ABSTRACT. Foreign Colonial ..... 1,172 ,Channel Islands 33 Total 10,678 With Customs rotation 10,142 With Executive Com mittee rotation, or duty paid and free ... 536 Total THE FOREIGN COMMISSIONBRI3.—Upwards of twenty of the Foreign Commissioners were welcomed on Wednes day evening by a numerous party of persons diwinguished 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. Rosati, Mr. Aguilar, &c., &c. Mr. Cox promises a series of similar r6unions during this present season, to welcome in like man rer the foreigners distinguished in literature and art who may be visiting us. SUICIDE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER FROM 1 - lOLLAND 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 fine young man, and of most wealthy connexions in the Netherlands, who was principal commissioner from Holland, appointed to attend to the ar rangement of the contributions from that country to the Great . Exhibition in Hyde Park, end 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 tile house, said that the deceased, about a month ago, engaged apartments. Last Saturday night deceased returned from Hyde Park at seven o'clock. He 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. Ma dame 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.si piece Olcordi from the bed-post, and life was extinct. Witness instantly went for a surgeon. . Mr. Mouchat stated that be 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, assi stant 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 Cinuacu OF liomE.—Mr. John Simeon is the eldest son of Sir Richard Simeon, Bart., the first rep resentative 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 dom estics; 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 his tenants. His farm buildings are all o n th e mos t improved principle ; his farm-houses and cottages are all fit for human beings to inhabit (this, unfortunately, is ra ther a rare thing Co sa y , as there are numbers h ar dl y fit to pu t swine in). It is, therefore, with great regret we hear of the false step . of his son. The . Rev. R. Sumner, on of the Bi s hop of Winchester , married Sir Richard Simeon's second d a ughter, whose untimely death we last week recorded, and whose funeral takes place to-morrow. LORD CLANCARTY.—The Earl of Clancarty has forb acre at ro t o h f me guardianst past he w u e b e o k i an . Nieriees Lordp An. g ca u l s n wu d e e n r ua bn a l n dee a tr t os t t a aa c ilt l t : e nofa his tgialobeustbe Society's cattle show is Owing tO this painful attack. rt Z 1 A teirtp; A7-&.q;9 FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMESIM THEATRE. A numerous and fashionable audience assemblecLatl,s7L:e:;„!:--,,ea lbe St. James's Theatre last Peering, to inaugunie u / the the she! t season for the Funcli plays. Short us thesesie seasonsmay be, however, it cantle: but be most brit- "e-a's limit, seeing that Mr. Mitchell has managed to secure the services of almost every One of the notabilities of the French stage; and so alert is he in securing every available talent, that although the name of Madame Charton did riot appear in tile 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 piece, down to the author of the Alarming Sacrifice, which: is, we believe, the latest. M. Hyacinthe and Mdlle. Scrivaneck were admirabl e i n their respective parts, and kept the audience in a roar of laughter. Then followed Scribe's last new comedy, Une Bataille des Dames, which was produced so lately as the 17th of last month only At the Theatre Franqais. The scene of this delightful comedy is laid at a château near on the eastern frontier of Lyons, and bordering France, and the time is the year 1817, immediately after the discovery of the Bonapartist conspiracy at Lyons. This château is the property and residence of Madame la Comtesse d'Autreval (Madlle. Judith), a fine high-bred and courageous Woman of 32, and a Royalist of the most ultra description, h er n i ece Leonie (Madlle.. St. Marc), an interesting girl of 16, is residing with her in the:chateau. Henri de Fla vigneul (M. Lafont), the son of her dearest friend, is condemned as being concerned in the Lyons conspi raby, and has sought safety in the chateau, where he is disguised by the Countess as her valet, Charles, and at first gives great offence to Leonie for - what she imagines the assump tion and arrogance of his manner, but the young lady, having discovered; his real character, falls in love with him, and makes a confidante of her aunt. Now it so happens that the aunt also has fallen in love with the too fascinating Henri, and hence the Bataille des Dames. There is also at the chateau certain M. de Grignon (M. Regnier), the son of a brave mother and a most cowardly father, and who is, according to his acount, brave in theory, but not in practice, 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 in this position when the Baron Montrichard (M. Roger),o the prefect of the department, arrives to search for Henri, of whoseconcealment in the château he had received in formation. He is completely outwitted by the Countess, who engages Charles in his own service, and actually sends him on his own horse across the frontier, while De Grignion is arrested in his place,:hearing which Henri returns, and all is set right by the arrival of an amnesty, when the Countess, generously overcoming her own affections, resigns Henri to Leonie. The dialogue is brilliant and sparkling—sparkling even beyond the usual brilliancy of Scribe; and the acting is perfect. Madlie. Judith, who made her debilt last night, is entitled to rank emong the very first artistes of the haute comedie, ftidile . St. Marc is the most interesting of jeunes ; 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 tbat some of our EngliAh 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 artistes were called on. The performances concluded with a drollery, entitled L' Amour a l'Aveugletle, in which M. Tetard made his rentree. The National Anthem was performed, in the course of which Madame Charton, as we have before stated, gave the sole. This lady had kindly volunteered her services for the occasion. • i‘; The theatre vras 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 forts, 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 INaldegrave, Lord and Lady Walsingham, Lord Ribblesdale, Viscount Clifden, Lord Frederick Beauclerc, Lady William Poulett, Lord Alfred Churchill, Lord Adolphus Vane, Hon. Valentine Brown, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Henry Webb, Sgi. &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 effiigies of the hump-backed moralist being prominent throughout. The opening piece was a two-act farce by Mr. Courtney, entitled Living in Glass Houses, 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 an nounce d i n 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, called The Exposition, from the pen of Mr. Shirley Brooks, is a burlesque sparkling with witticis ms 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 II v ery _h reception, ception, enacts a la Mrs. Keeley. T e authors of both these pieces were loudly demanded, and bowed their acknowledgments amidst . unanimous acclamations. The preparations and d p r: o l .se li tr n en g orn w a e n r i e certainly incomplete, and the prompt er's p ost we d elig ht trust to behold h occasions. and sine cure, but the utmost hilarity w fested n b u y m t e h r e ou s s pec o t n ato fa rs t , ure more e e is decidedly worth a visit, and it is to be hoped that a succession of smart novelties will render the profitable one. Lively and telling that Mr. Brooks'c 'll vl answer sketches, nucah as well, the employment of which and would in our opinion be much assisted by a proved so when Flexmore, Cormack, Falser Wrig h t, abtatlrlaecttciv°ernPuennYde'r Mr. Bolton's management last drew overflowing benches. Mr. ' Copel and andautumn, C is, however, a clever and experienced teenager, and, vie dare say, quite as compete et to feel the pulse of the public is some who deem it a ve ry clever piece of criticiten to throw cold water upon efforts to please, which should, in their comm view ed with an ind 1 eneeinentat least, be u gent and encourag ing eye. G OLDSMITIP.' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.--Tbe eighteenth anniversary festival in aid of the funds of tbis institution, was yesterday held at the Freemasons' Great Queen-street; Mr. James Garrard, prime veng t v i l hg the Goldsmiths' Company, in the chair. The cloth toasts, been removed, the chairman proposed the usual 10:e in re _ coueling "The- Church" with " The Queen," ! a i tt e a t i on to his ference to Prince Albert, making a graceful e the commercial Royal Highness'e present efforts to promote o t- ss , to the Insti- Taverani. and metal prosperi.y of this country. tution" was next drunk amid great increasing prosperity " S applause,e-.c the Chairman celebrate, and congratulating his audience upon th t e to of the charity which they were mat to the enlarged muster proof of this assertion, de monstrating the same by a referenceextended subscription list of gentlemen around him, and the or, in of the past year. He pointecteoty of Suol. the annual an addition to the funded urged, by . waY o ft appeal to the had enjoyed prosperity, and subscriptions of 40/. ; and the fact tbat in times past the pre sent feelings ot recipientshis hoefatrhe boom to those which they th e now indulged hopes similar experienced and , 8, dre w a moving picture of the wants of entertained. Mr. J. W. Thomas, president. in returning thanks, by institution, exhorted the subscribers to those relieved s in a cause so fertile of good to those beatifying to their benefactors. He further renewed exertion so benefited, amidands" considerable applause, that two cheques for remarked, h had been forwarded' to him b the thirty on the occasion of the annul ball, had fifty guineasho twhem'selves by their efforts to promote the in terests of Inethe charity. Oe these, one was a donation, the to go to the annual subscrintion fund. This showed o ther . Ibis wha t private exertion might do for the promotion of 1 s g i e g e n t a l e i i wor k. Other toasts and a liberal subscription followed; aft er w hi c h the company dispersed. THREATENED INTRUSION or EQUESTRIANS INTO KENsINGToN GARDENS.—Last night a meeting.e li f the and the inha bitants of Bayswater, Kensington, Notting - a h t i the Prince vicinity of Keneington-gardens, was held propriety of pre- Albert Tavern, Notting-hill, to consider PTO the intended forma seating a petition to the Queen against t a h r e . _ 3. Amongst lion of a public ride in Kensington - g den l• g the meeting were those who signed the requisition callre-two churchwardens Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Barlow, the 1 all the respectable of the parish of Kensington, c_l an ß o t y i ie, barrister-at-law, pre inhabitants of the c'istrict. Mr. be first resolution, which was sided. Mr. Bunford proposed the with surprise and alarm to the effect that the meeting viewedoilers of Woods and Forests to the intention of the Com auss - ,,l ardens, which had for upwards make a drive in Kensington - G ardena, . fo he recreation of all classes of of a century been set apartd sitcnlarly for ladies and chit an P her Majesty's subjects, dren. The resolution wa s carried. Air. Williams proposed the nex t resolution, to the effect or thwith presentee , to that a petition should be f h e r Majesty, praying her to give orders to the Commission ers d a deputation 1111 1 71 _ of Woods and Forests not to carry out ent. The resolution was tarried, an the intended infriong g been appointed to present such petition, _ .._. the meeting bro ke ur