The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-29 00:00:00

MAREV;? NEWS.—(TILIS DAY.) 12r.t.7 Dtx.etle.M.XTEl. , I ,-)trrliFlELD.Atc..rtdow F 1 y, 21 8s to 3/. 103; Clov er , 441 0, 3/ Os to 41 103 ; and P•travv, 1/ 25 to 11 7-i Per 'Dad. Trade very dull, at barely last vveek's prices. CutuaEn.AND.—Meadosv Hay, 2i 85 t, 3112. ; Ulover ditto, 3/ Os to good Straw I/ 23 to 1! 83 p.,1 161. Supply tolerably g, and trade dull. IT lIITECRAPEL. AlCiulovi Hav, 2/ 85 to 31 10, ; Clover, ditto, 3/ 03 to 4/ 105; ant] - traw, to li 81 per 1"(1. Both nay and Straw moved off heavily, at our quotations. Four hundred of these shares were allotted to Mr. Lord, upn which he paid 10,0001. Ho had since been registered for ono hunch el and twenty shares, and ho held forty which wern not registered; the balance of his shares he divosed of in the mark, t. Subsequently to the issuing tf these preferent:al shares the governor, doputy , governer, and assistants resolved to convert the scrip shares into money stock so et to (finalise the voting, and they passed a bye , lav , allotting a vote to every 51. paid up; and when Mr. Lord applied to have his forty shares registered, to enable him to vote under the charter of incorporation, the goretnors refaced to register them, but offered to ieece st , . , ek for the amount which had been paid up upon thew, which Mr. Lord declined to accept. Nov the Court would perceive that under the charter of incorpo ration the holder of each 1001. share was en titled to one vote, and the man who had paid up all his calls was only enabled to exercise as many votes as he bell shares, but by this new bye-law, ho would to taititiel to twenty votes, arid Mr. Lord in sisted that r either the managers Her the proprietors' body had power to matte so vast an alteration in the con stitution of the company. Mr. Justice ERLE thought the Learned Gentleman had stst rd sufficient to justify a rule to show cause. Eli's) nisi accordingly. author, and Mr. J o hn O xen f or d b o wed h i s thanks fro m I a private box. The tragedy was followed by a new farce entitled A liztvband Wanted, but the "gods" seemed to be of opinion that one triumph was suffi cient fur one night, and they hooted the farce as voci ferously as they had applauded the tragedy. The pantomime concluded the evening's amusements. The house was exceedingly well attended. COX ONT.S.L. Str°4ll.--The West India mails, t has remained dull, and the sales have been at about ' , nylons rates. Mauri ..,tilli and Ben offered at aucien was nearly al with• ' tr avail at extreme rate;, holders not being disposed to leali' b ake any corcessien. 1,250 boxes Ilevannalt woe all sed at 37s to 41i 6 , 1 for low brown to mid 3 ellow, oej e , ei 19 same instances rather easier. 4.000 bags brown 1111-- Te I Manilla have been sold privetely at the pre - vious value of las in bond. le C ,, I3PP EE.-Tla e market has bee Ceyl on at about 61s 64 n duller with b uyers of tel y, incl u di n -a tive ,and 2,000 b ags s• Id psi va a fees at 625: I , 111c'E.-ll 6cl i threl,e 170 ii ot s 0 g ba d whatg what) Bengal s o ld stea dil y at preB4l.7.Perne.-685 bees Bengal and 460 bags Madras withdrawn from public sales, tor want of buyers, on era se . • , . term s. Ise fe Ee.-1 000 bssees Malabar were withdraNn above ....e e 1 • ea. a v't tlai but 475 hags good clean. sifted Sumatra sold ela,"i'Y at 4-td to 4irl. 'EA.---There is tallier leee doing. eeee -- ehas.-___-....._____ LAW IiVrELLIGI ENCE. o guEEN'S .BENCH. — (THIS DAY.) lel r e ee Justice PATTESON, Mr. trusii'!O COLERIDGE, and Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) ei IN THE MATTER OF HARDER. , practice meat. .I„oergeitut WILKINS proceeded in his erg,. "• : • ,,t i : h o u h ld ad no he w ei p i roc ce d to the charges of mal n hrst place ha would an th e g t _r Barber, and ured against M . ./01101111t in proceed to tl e charge of Mr. b,..- . , which he thought he could show that Mr. ti a ,r in t fad been the person deserving of blame, and he u ght that Domaw Society had bcea much more te- orlo n t 1,-, 0 Mr. mit then to Mr. Barber. That Goethe; te not yet abandoned the charge that they had brou h ti sae. that .et Mr. Barber, though the Master had reported M w grounds for the c h arge . o,e t" "?. THE 816E11. said that b e th oug h t t h at he could asst valuable ti me of the Court; he only meant to the cases cf Robins,' executor and o f G ues t and Rein Holds, • - e el ! I. ' BTergeant Wrenerss would proceed with Robins' a Au this case he submitted that there was nothing !her in the conduct of Fletcher cveo, and how could ; a ve re in the conduct of Barker, who merely carried out oetareet of by Fletcher. It eppeared that there f:130 s a t of I 040/• in the funds, part of the property 45 LI % Ca Reib: .deceased, of which hia executors had tO k il 1 d ' ill of but f r Mr. Fie t. ob , tohweye woolhatever, and which, o s eer aim 1 3 d never have known anythit.g. Fletcher e, arber ebtsred into communication ait h Mr. Reid, an ai eca tors by which it was agreed that be should receive a ev ill e not flingexce one-sixth of the property to be te e a , r ed, but nothing should bo recovered no charge -la to e(ihs , e made. It was in this part of the case that Mr. h e had.."eY Made his appearance, when he pretended that io s r eed Mr. Barber a lecture on what he called the propriety of such trauractions as the present, though Rfterwtt tee, rd. it appeared that he had come forward to A t :l h r. it tee, to take part in a similar transaction. In . e agreeraent which had been drawn up between the parties 'Pea duethis occasion the name of Turrall bad . been intro h i t ,ed to conceal the name of Fletcher, who did not we' V ii e bo known from whom the information proceeded. r }eitherWes not done with the intention to deceive, f) St eele s tated in an affidavit that he bad informed tagY that Turrall was not the real person contract nd he i l'h a 4 not an uncommon practice in such cases; a dig subtle not that there was nothing in it of such etto tacrechtable nature as should prevent an orall tn ;',Y from practising. He would wish to . or utile attention of the Court to the affidavit S , I . --"'• Barber, from which it appeared that Mr. ari e t a t h e 6 eld i the solicitor to the . Bank of England, had t utor : to Mr. Stephens, a solicitor, to one of the axe • p u p of or Mr. Rebins, to inform bun of the self-same hat r tY. lie submitted, therefore, that if Mr, Barber 114 4 4 F e d rred ' it was in very good company. Mr. Barber b t' . 4) Worn the , . he was never aware that the infer a I°4 had bee d• d from dishonest source, but myt ,u erive any froseu‘' had klways believed that it lad been obtain h e n o r l sdt:t4 a,.stock. broker, a friend ot Fkteher's. In anot , l e 'hell fir. Barber swore, that 80 far from Mr. Since- ItipProbat!ng the principle of the matter, Mr. Smedley dean in the principle, and that be had af , er- , Predt:.e4gaged Mr. Barber in a similar transaction, and b aile e l 'al 3/, for has services. Who would for the future spoie kr. Smedley? Perhaps in this case he bad isk e th il with more energy than it aas proper in address- Ile a ---' high order of intellect which he was, but scat Was a cuts° in which he had been from the eteht-"gaged, which he had traced from the commence - hiss i - ele a e d in which he had always greatly interested IV `" trom the time when he had heard the deelat atems k ie,,, , 4 f tae-a4e accomplice, of the innocence of Mr. Barber tot°z'arge fer which he had suffered such teing as no eaCe euuld tell. When that unfirtunate man left this the ;h 7 it had been the business of his life to anal} se 114 his af fair. He had not sought for those honours Vrate-4 Prefession, or asked for that advancerneet which N e w , l ie objec ts o f some men's ambition; and if he d to t , uet see William Henry Barber once more restored fsellti4lt station from which he had been driven he shou 14 qtniti mat had not lived in vain. [flre. ill! Learned ats, gad so overcome by his fe( bogs that 41itti1,Quilged to sit down for some minutes to receiver te a-hi',l24l.re he could resume tho argument.] 'I ie the4e-tu Gentlemen Veen proceeded to commebt d upon d h een -48 , e of Guest and Reynolds, which be observe had Wit-I,ll'4Ely adjudicated upon by a Mast( rin Chancery. 4 g r "Pect to the charge of fraud which had . been 'au l't • in swearing that had paid the tae against Barber he e iffid lvl tnesees at Tunbridge Wills, it appeared from the b,,id4vits taat Barber had ordered his agent at Tun ati,Je to Pa Barber e y the witnesses, and that this agent had nc ,,,'ta to do se. He submitted that, though there was tie r k t 01 caution, there was nothing that could be called siltention to defraud. bz., ti,rl'aUstiee PAT TESON remarked, that whatever might e t 18 'u ftt ' inquiry,a titteetion he 0 as 3 he was not sorry that this t eiee -- ;',t 'led arisen, as he relieved that there was tic- Ntti,,,'" toe Whole practice of the law of so loose a It t o ' b eathis making affidavits of intent, and he wished t he u: understood, that whenever attorneys came before / eres t Ar ' in such cases, they would fall under the se e.4rs, d,ispleasure of the Court. pot, the Waterers then proceeded to comment (101,h had last caso of Stiddolph. It epee ared that Sthl tt4e" ffectei an insurance of 100/. on his life with I;aid the " a gellt of an Maui aeco company, of it hick he lee ee m,° first ,conpremium and that since the effecting cf ~3>ttr,,,izy Barber had tinued to charge Stiddolph 0 4 1 ; a Year with the premium, 5/., while, in fact, no ,Iltiee'l4 bed ever been paid. Now, it was a happy 4 e liVe Barber, that after his departure from England I)4tiaa discovered a document, to the truth of which lie 4 laeh t 6W , ° ria and which Stiddolph did not deny-namely, I,,tthritte44tee'bbeetti bearing date February 1841, wh'cli was wren Stiddolph and Barber, and upon e /vi ech amaetifernent between then, was made, and in ,`',lldeuirtrre was not one item charged by Barber to earl w - a - e" for the not of insurance premium. But 4 4d C a not the only occasion upon which Stieldelph 'W ere ; vet o ld nct say perjures' himself, but at least ('P eSIIIY NI h°t.)earned Sergeant was proceeding when our re • O C.O 1-1 se. , s - e e Th e se 41t:gut,11.—(rms DAY.) . 4 ea i i 4 •A`Jort was occupied during the morning in to ~! toesargeMent upon rules fur new trials, but the 'srtriar_e of tsch-nical and uninteresting a rature , e a report, SAIL COMIT-11.0 —( T lIIS DAY') (Befor e M r . Justice &ILE.) ke l a . IN RE TANNER. *t; ~,;:111111A.RSII moved, on behalf of Mr. Tanner, ._a i: l , 4l iis e a. - „"° a property residing at Norwoud, ter a ru!e W t 'h ".,;'P''il the dtidaeot the Comity Court of Lambeth .14iiie5,:h°,ause why a mandamus should not issue ~re-. a l,° 4 - p,; 41 to hear a Cent sin paint. Some short tem. iaolati "e"o°11 named Culling obtained judgment in the e ke etn eer .44 against Mr. Ross, the soa-ice-law of Mr. 24 4 . pieh awad.,.._the.. geo . ds in the house which Mr. Ross w e ,ttace, I,LT diatratned fe; the amount. The goods, I'Me"''er 40 tilly belonged to Me. Tanner, and an inter li:ita brn•naans was taken out for their recovery, but s ) 54 ole e t in g. e alled on in the County Court for hear ieta-°e eetton scar taken by the Li arned Judge that 471, 4 ' vi l. ll ll :h iee , a claim had not been ser . vel on the Il e ' tele of the cherge of the goods, as proyided by the h ati ly s lv teatj e ''''' judges, arid the summons was dismissed. jae there-epited le3",wea given to the offiser that the goods . 15 a 4 t a T n ged to Mr. Tanner, and the objection, cpeuil•cie4Zzebt riot to have . been ma"e.. Th eY fr 114 qtt''l'X—Did the melee state on whet 1 1 ° • r e e .' t j ete l e ra h ed s how he came by the goods, and how 'Nr• Jog vN"Ae Possession of the son-in-law ? s tia,.ice 0 8 8 said it certainly did net. . hid -h'igood, aZtt apprehended, then, that the notice ~,"e dothlQ.,(l t hat i tis the judge of the county sait ~..Ntieetill,Rehu Wh eth 'lle objection tarred the . claim 'lt T a - ,„ 4 'ellej l . „ e t he had power to interfere, mice the t , kr. vv - " e r 46' 48 not a court of review. Could no ' ti tue4„„ - 4 11't 3 ,g an action of trover? . M - " 4 tO6k -48 11 said the issuin the mterpleader !beat -I. ' ti - a a' ' ,astie e 1 ,, ay that right entirely , tillt if •;-'4l-t said he would grant a rule to show Oar %ti nt - 1 " turned out hereafter, that the judge of % v e t h• 7 eotirt a eao ° -El di e • Si- adjudicated in the matter, it would ate N e i tt 4:lased with costs. kr toltbe °Jelin*. Von • At. s 3ll • CODP ER.MINERS OF ENGLAND, in ) eput Ttt moved for a rule, calling upon the Gs:- sh e ers of England rues, and Assistants of the Copper -411 44 o ° t •ngland, to show cause why a .mandamus , area ; lsm, -4 D . stl th r , -6 commanding them to rep ter forty_ Jett ‘ttrajeeat u ense of Mr. Lord. The company of 4ilt4-,;691, a,a,,Was originated by royal charter in the ' l 4; l e Wee e "l l a governor, deputygovernor, ar,d teriat a art aline qa etit r Jonstituted as the governing body. In Pea l ° Per m' tu g?), a second charter extended the powers a t Y tv e eras of the heavy co to Ireland. . The cona -141,is aolue..s!ablished for pef smelting copper eepid anagoi..r..und it was authorised to raise an tin vietcp or co of joint stock. In 1841 the nominal 14 thelea) itj °°r4PataY amounted to one million, di vetoh!tlll,4,t eh ar e r ce) of 1004 each, and by a provision Wer e e,t.tr incorporation the holders of the *ow or e , Bte ..e to ono vote in electing managers, htt,(ettea i tt _se f or each share. This nominal capital ztrt_taay of trstence down to 1 846, when it was found ti o e _s; reed it we c ella had not been paid on the 100/. toil eoo,ooo7ea there!Ore determined to raise au ad -4 ill preferential shares of 254 each. FRENCH PLAYS. S 7. JAMES'S THEATRE. This theatre has been open only three weeks, arcs last evening Mr. Mitchell produced his third new opera of the season. It was the Caid, by Atnbroise Thomas, the most laughable and the most successful " o,:era Bouffon," that has been produced of late years, and which, although it has had a twelve month's run in PeriT, is still as attractive as ever, there always being an overflow at the Opera Cam:que whenever the Caid is announced. The plot is an extravaganza, and is most amusingly filled up by the actors, while the music is sparkling with brilliancy and wit—we use the term wit advisedly, for the caricature imitations of Verdi and the minor fry of the Italian school of composers are as admirable as are the imitations in Punch of " Mr. Pips his Diary," and as full of hu mour. The scene is laid in a village in Algeria, to which Birotteau (M. Lee), a Paris barber, and his affi sliced bride, Virginie (Madlle Charton), a French modiste, have emigrated in search of fortune. The Arab Caid of the village (M. Buguet), conscious of his own deserts, is in continual fear of being secretly assassinated or grievously wounded by those over whom he has tyrannised; and these wholesome fears are fostered by his intendant, Aii-Thjou (M. Chao teaufort), who finds his account in keeping the Caid in seclusion as much as possible, as he pockets in con sequence divers bribes for carrying messages, pro curing interviews, &c. Birotteau determines to ex ploiter the fears of the Caid, end having obtained an interview in spite of the opposition of Ali-Bajou, he announces that he can put the Caid in possession of a talisman which will forewarn him of the intentions of all criminals against his person, for which he asks 20,000 boudjous. Birotteau accepts, but when the time comes for the delivery of the talisman and the payment of the money, the avarice of the Caid assumes the ascendant, and he offers the hand of his daughter to Birotteau, instead of the cash. Birotteau, who thinks it a very tine thing to be son-in-law to a Caid, accepts the offer ; but it so happens that Fathma (Madlle. Danhausser), the Oaid's daughter, is already engaged to Michel (M. Nathan) a French drum-major, and Fathma, Michel, and Virginie adopt active measures to make Birotteau repent him of bis choice ; and so actively do they carry on hostilities, that Birotteau, when the time comes, rtfuses to marry the Csid's daughter, and insists upon the money. To this the Caid at length con sents, being moved thereto by a mysterious thrashing which he had recently received (the said thrashing having been administered in the dark by Birotteau with the cane of the drum-major), and which the Ceid verily b.lieves he should have avoided had he possessed the talisman. The talisman (a pot of pommade de Lion), is accordingly pur chased, and Birotteau and Virginie are united, while the Caid gives Fathma to the drum-major, ima gining very justly that such a man with such a cane will be a more effectual defence against his enemies than even the talisman. The piece was excel lently acted. The imitation of Grisi by Mademofiele Charton was admirable, and, in fact, the whole of the bravura in the second act, describing to the Arab girl the delights of Parisian life, was a perfect piece of florid execution. It was rapturously and deservedly encored. Made moiselle Danhausser, who acted the part of the Ceid's daughter, is a debutante very young, very pretty, with a sweet voice, excellently cultivated. M. Lac appears to greater advantage in Birotteau than in any character in which we have yet seen him ; his making up was admirable, and his acting as the coiffeur humor ously fantastic ; his vocalisation, toe, was excellent. M Nathan, as the drum-mejor, sung and acted with the most rich and unctions humour; the fears of the Caid were elaborated with most amusing fidelity by M. Buguet, while the acting and singing of Chateau fort, as the old Intendant,. was full of whimsicality, quaintness, and fun. The music and choruses were admirably given, and the mise en scene perfect. The opening scene of the second act is superb. The opera was received throughout with shouts of laughter and applause. It was preceded by Peer's Maitre de Chappelle, in which the Barnabe of M. Chollet was one of the most perfect pieces of genuine comedy, both as regards acting and vocalization, that can be imagined. The house was crowded by the elite of the fashionable world. DAY.) OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT UPON A POSTMAN WHILE ON DUTY.—Stephen (Gregory was brought before Mr. Bing ham, charged with ass :tubing I/eery Graham Long, a le - ter-zarrier, while on duty. The prceecutor, whose flee was very much cut and bruised, stated that this morning, about ten o'clock, I e was poet e ling up Windmill -street with about 40 letters in his possession, when he in , t the prisoner, who wai perfect stranger to him, and from some cause which he (comp!ainant) could not Rennet fur, the prisoner cane up to him and addressed him in the mutt abusive and foul terms. Witness srid, "I do not hnow you; I wish I you would go away ; " and ate-I him if he was not aware that he (witi ess) was bound over to keep the pelee ? The prisoner then struck him, and knocked him down in the street. Wit ness endeavoured tr secure the letters he had ill his pssession, knowing thet they contained valu able property, and told the prisoner to leave him, but while he was lyirg on the pavement the prisoner struck tins three or lour blows in the face. With the assistance of several persons he succeeded in getting away from the prisoner and gave him into custody. The letkrs were secured and given into the hands of a post man who mss passing. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, entered into a long statement c f farnify grievance-, which the corn plair ant did not entirely deny. Mr. BINGHAM said it was his duty t r pass over those matters, and to consider the assault, and being satisfied Oat the assault was proved, he would hold the parties to le.nl to keep the peace for three months, and in addition should require the prisoner to enter into his own recognizinees to appetr at the Quarter Sessions to answer any charge that may be preferred against DRURY-LAISI.6 THEATRE ; \re had intended writing a notice of the admirable representation of Othello at this theatre last evening, hut we so entirely concur in the justice of the follow ing critique, which we find in a morning Cootempo rary, that we do not hesitate to adopt it : " The tragedy of Othello, or the jiloor,:if Venice, was perfor me d l as t night 'forthaltritiii4tinder the present management. Othello is, perhaps, the finest acting play ever written ; the characters are so dis tinctly articulated, and are wrought out with such marvellous reality, that the vvork,,aems"rather the result of inspirati on th an.t h e laboired effort of human skill. There is no drama .scssfultOr difficulties for the actor ; for not only is there required a refined ap preciation of the craft, but superadded thereto a deep knowledge of the workings of the heart, and a full reverence of the poet. It is rare, therefore, that even an approximation to uniform excellence is reached in its representation ; for there is assuredly no company of actors now existing possessing the va riety of talent necessary to its due exposition. But what may be wanting in genius may be rendered less apparent by the exercise of a worthy enthusiasm, and a Just determination to convey the true meaning and intention of the poet. The tragedy, as acted last night, though it may not rank with the "past glories" of Old Drury, bore fair evidence of the desire to realise the unrivalled wonders of that scene, and hence, taken in its entirety, it was cleverly and in some instances sublimely rendered. The ob jections which we recently urged to Othello, as presented on the modern stage, were satisfied by the judicious restoration of Bianco. There was not, indeed, any announcement of a rigid adherence to the " text of Shakspere," but there was a nearer ap proach to the reality than has been witnessed fur nearly a century. For this the management deserves all praise. The play was presented throughout with greater care and success than the metropolitan stage has witnessed in our time. We would that the matches of song breathed by Desdemona during her " wit wanderings" were likewise restored—without ;hese the gentle Venetian loses a moiety of the sym pathy and pathos with which Shakspere has richly so endowed her. These versicles are as essential to Desdemona as the perfect rendering of Ophelia or the ballads of wisdom of the Fool in Lear; for the resto ration of the latter to the stage, infinite thanks are due to Mr. Macready. They are the niusical>ighs of the o'er-fraught heart, and impart beauty, grace, colour, and completeness to the several portraitures. Musical knowled i ce, a fine voice, and the exuberances of a prima donna are not required to give to them their due excellence—indeed, we would not have them sung, but rather musically murmured, and this might with faci • I ity and satisfaction be accomplished by the actress whose powers enabled her to personate Desdemona, end we know no actress E 0 fully capable of accomplishing this improvement of the present incomplete version of one f the most perfect creations of Shakspere than Miss Laura Addison. The Othello of Mr. Anderson is a picture, not without imperfections, but of considerable power. In some c f its details there are blemishes which we would wish to see removed. Amongst these the most prominent is the unsparing use of the mere power of a fine voice. The passage beginning That's a fault,' and including the imaginary de scription c f the famous handkerchief, was admirably declaimed. Would Mr. Anderson deign to copy his own taste in this, throughout the recitation of Othello, he might fear no rivalry. Monotony and loudness often, in other places, marred a fine conception of the author's purpose. The readings were always careful, and frequently original. And the physique of the Moor was assumed to perfection. lago was acted with marked intelligence by Mr. Vandenhoff. It was subtle, without the accustotned exhibition of fiendish cunning. The simulation of naturalness was PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Toe lessee of this theatre seldom lets the popular French operas escape him, and in this spirit of activity he now brings out an Anglicised version of the Vai d' Andorre, which was played for the first time last night. It has been carefully prepared for the English stage, and the greater part of the score has been re tained ; while the general direction has been vested in the hands of Mr. E Iward Loder, whose ability in discharging duties of the kind has been well and often tested. In some respects it would be impossible to accomplish a more agreeable delivery of the music. The musician-like feeling of Miss Louisa Pyne, and the beauty both cf her voice and exe• cution, qualify her, in certain essential particulars, to fill the interesting part of Rose de Mai. Her exe cution of the music was as neat and as finished as possible; in short the character was represented with an artlessness that was eminently pleasing, and there was no flattery in the applause —no impropriety in the encore which awaited her romance in the second act. Mdlle. Nau, as the village heiress Georgette, was a manifest improvement upon Mdlle. Cotti, at the other house. Mrs. Weiss was a tolerable Therese, and published her recitative accusations against the unfortunate Rose with great dramatic energy. Tile part played by Chollet, the gay and nonchalant Lejoyeux, fell into the hands of Mr. W. Harrison, who copied his model as closely as his powers of imitation would allow; but as the subtleties of such personations are not of easy transcription when the natural genius does not lie in the same direction, Mr. Harrison did not rub out former impressions, and the spectator still thought the French artist the only veritable Lejoyeux. Mr. Her rison, nevertheless, did all that lay in his power to give the character its individuality, and to those who were not in a position to make contrasts, he was not unamusing. He sang with f. ealorn, and carefully pointed the musical dialogue : he also threw consi derable spirit into the military song in the third act, winning thereby a loud encore. The tenor strains of the hunter Stephan were rendered by Mr. Allen as delicately and as tastefully as possible. The sweetness of his organ, the smoothness of his ex ecution, and the beauty of his style are facts never to be concealed; and hence he outweighs his contempo rary, M. Lac. The homely tenderness of Jacques Sincere was portrayed by Mr. Weiss in his wonted manner, and his singing was steady and explicit. The choruses were executed with more vigour than correctness, but the endeavour to do well will pro bably be more fruitful of good results when the dis cipline has extended over a week or two's public prac tice The principal singers were called for when the curtain fell, and the opera may be considered suc cessful. artistic, and the guile and the crime w e re s uffi c i en tly bidden from his victims, though clearly visible to the spectator. It is, out of question, the best Ingo on the stage. There is no character in which we have seen Miss Laura Addison that is so instinct with a fine Snaksperian appreciation as Desdemona. The femi nine dignity, the chastened joy, the patient suffering, the wife-like devotion, and the passionate heroism are all portrayed with such delicate distinctness, and yet so harmoniously are they combined, that the pro found interest for the wronged wife and the loving woman almost supersedes the agony and the heart wreck of the villain-ridden Moor. The scene in the fourth act, in which she asserts her purity, is quite Rxehelesque, and elicited repeated rounds of applause. The Emilia of Miss Vandenhoff is commendable for its good sense and dramatic spirit. The principal performers were called for at the termination of the tragedy." ROY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. A new classical tragedy, in five acts, entitled Ariadne, was produced here last evening with the most complete and deserved success. It is an adap tation by Mr. John Oxenford, of the Arians of Thomas Corneille (the younger brother of the great Corneille), a tragedy which is revived on the French stage whenever there is an actress capable of sustain ing the character of the heroine. It has been re cently revived with very great success by Mademoi selle Rachel. Mr. Oxenfurd has executed his task with great taste, ability, and jw 7 gment, and has in troduced several judicious alterations. Amongst the most judicious of these is the alteration of the denoue ment; in the original Ariadne throws herself on the sword of Piritheus, while in the adaptation she, Sappho-like, casts herself from a rock into the sea. The scene of the tragedy is laid in the island of Naxos, where Theseus and Ariadne, accompanied by the sister of the latter, Phadra, have taken refuge after having escaped from Crete, where Ariadne has saved Theseus from being destroyed by the Minotaur. While in Nexus Ariadne makes the discovery that Theseus loves another, and the latter persuades Ariadne to marry Clinarus,:King of Naxos, Ariadne consents in order, as she explains to her sister Phaedra, to ascertain who is her rival in the affections of Theseus, who will no doubt at once fiy to his new love, on whom she will take a bitter ' revenge. .What new l ove i s Pb ae i ra h erse lf, t o whom Ariadne has confided her project, and this, the great scene of the tragedy, was beautifully acted by Mrs. Mowatt, whose Ariadne is one of the most exquisitely tender and impassioned impersona tions of character ever seen. She at length dis covers the truth, and, denouncing Theseus, throws herself from a rock into the sea. The denunciation of Theseus was a splendid piece of impassioned de clamation, and brought down thunders of applause. The Phaedra of Fanny ining,a et part, was Miss V" • " lb • t a small admirably acted—she fairly shared the triumphs of the great scene with .Mrs. Mowatt. Mr. Davenport as Theseus, and Mr. Ryder characters. stage w ithThealltragtehdey as (Enarus, made the ost of two very osecondarywaatstent p io u n t to classical propriety of scenery and costum e which is now more than ever a distiogui - sareg characteristic of the management of the Royal Olympic Thea're. At the conclusion of the tragedy Mrs. Mowatt was called for, when she was led on by Jr.l Davenport, and followed by Miss Fanny V in i ng , who was led. , on by Mr. Ryder. There were then l ou d ca l ls for the I MR. WILLY'S CLASSICAL CONCERTS. The fifth of Mr. Willy's classical chamber concerts was given last evening at St. Martin's Hall, Long acre. The principal instrumentalists were Mr. Stern dale Bennett, Signor Fiatti (whom we were glad to see back again here), and Messrs. Zerbini and Wes lake. The programme comprised, besides some vocal music by Miss Bassano and Mr. Benson, some instru mental pieces of the first order. In the adagio of Beethoven's quartett in F, No. 1, Signor Piatti was particularly distinguished ; and nothing could exceed the delight of the audience at the adagio and elegro vivace of Mendelssohn's grand duo in D major, op. 58, as given by Sterndale Bennett and Fiatti. In Mozart's quartette in D No. 7, the andante was encored. The concert concluded with Beethoven's grand trio in B flat, No. 2, Op. 70, ex quisitely played by Sterndale Bennett, Willy, and Piatti. The concert, as a whole, proved one of the most interesting of the series. AN APPEAL TO THE BENEVOLENT.—A grand mis cellar euus concert, under distinguished public and pri vate patronage, will be given at the Concert-room of the Princess's Theatre, on Tuesday, the 26th February next, on behalf of Mrs. George and her ehildreq, whose cruel desertion by the composer, F. N. Crouch, is re port2d in the papers c f the 19th September last, at which the following distinguished and popular artists have most promptly volunteered their services—namely, the Misses Williams , Bassano, Clarissa Enemy, L ucom b e , Messent, O'C onnor, Pyne, Poole, Roe, and Ransford; Messrs. Binge, F. Bodda, Genge, Lyon, Phillips, Rens ford, F. Smith, Sporle, &c. Instrumentalists—Miss Kate Loder, Messrs. Distin, Nicholson, Cooper, Patey, &c. Messrs. W. S. Roekstrow and John Roe will offi ciate as conductors,—Musical World. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MonsaNG.--The Havre cotton market was yesterday exceedingly dull, with prices somewhat less firm than on Saturday. The sales a - nounted to about 400 tales. The ship Parana, from Buenos Ayres, and the Indecis from Carmen, arrive I yesterday at the port of Havre. THE RIVER PLATE —LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.— Private advices from the River Plate to the end of, No vember, via Rue, state confidently that a treaty had been ratified between Mr. Southern, the British Plenipoten tiary, and Rosas. The documents had been dispatched to England by the steam-ship Hydra, and may there fire be expected daily. KING'S COLLEGF LONDON. The names o f th e followi ng s t u d ents of the college and school appear in the list of wranglers at the late Cankridge examine tion:—Watson, second wrangler; Irving, Harrison, Greenwood, Northcott, Heywood, and De Lisle. THE SVN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 29, 1860 THE LATE LORD JEFFREY. The death of one who, after a life of mental acti vity, had reached his 77th year, is not an event in the ordinary course of things remarkable. But when a public persce, even at that somewhat advanced age, suddenly departs from among ue, the natural feeling of regret is not unmixed with surprise, and the in stinctive feeling that a void has been created in old associations. This is especially the case with Lord Jeffrey. Not so many years have elapsed since he was known as the editor cf the Edinburgh Review, and some passages in his life arising out of his con nexion with that publication have become so linked with our ideas of two of the most distinguished poets the age has produced, that his death cannot be passed over without notice, and a record of the few features of his career. The late F ranc i s Jeffrey, by courtesy Lord Jef frey, as a J u d ge of t!e S u p reme C our t o f S co tl an d , was born on th e 231 of Oct o b e r, 1773. At the High School of Edinburgh, his native city, he received his first education, and in 1787 he became a student at the University of Glasgow. The published Me moirs of Lord Brougham, ant the anecdotal recollections of literary contemporaries, have made the public familiar with the existence in Edinburgh of one, amongst others, of those debating societies so common in this country, where young men of an ardent intellectual temper are wont to exercise their young and vigorous faculties in discussing great questions, to which they more often bring energy and mental enterprise than knowledge, but which at least elicit a spirit of inquiry and a desire to master facts, principles, and logic. The " Speculative Society" of Edinburgh shares, with similar societies at Oxford and Cambridge, the honour of having included among its earliest members some who have subsequently at tained great political and literary distinction. Among the most distinguished of these were Lord Brougham and the late Lord Jeffrey. Young Jeffrey con he went t o O x f ord, and tinued at th e Gl asgow University four years, when was entered of Queen' s College ther e . T his was in 1791. The legal profession was his allotted path in life ; and having duly qualified, he was called to the Scottish bar in the year 1 794. Success in that pro-, fession is proverbially of slow attainment, and Mr. Jeffrey had acquired a contemporary reputation in society as a wit and a literary man long before he had attained eminence as an advocate. When, at last, his opportunities fur display arrived, he es tablished hi s repu t a ti on as an advocate of the first rank. He is described by an intelligent biographer as excelling " in acuteness, promptness, and clear ness in the a r t o f stating, illustrating, and arranging keen satire, and stroug and flowing eloquence." Tae same writer, quoting a contemp orary critic, the au thor of " Sketches of the Scottish B ar, " says, " Ever quick, b u t never b o i s t erous nor pushing, Jeffrey wound his way, like an eel, from one bar to the other. If what he had to do was merely a matter of form, it was dispatched in as few words as possible; generally wound up, when circumstances per !flitted, with so me biting je s t. I f a cause was to be f o r ma ll y argue d, his b un dl e of papers was unloosed, hi s glass applied to his e y e , and his dis course began, without a moment's pause. He plunged at once into the mare magnum of the ques tion, confident that his train of argument would ar range itself in lucidorder, almost without any exertion on his part. He possessed a most retentive memory, and could proceed from one subject to another at a moment's warning." The same writer quotes the fol lowing anecdote of Lord Jstfrey, in his professional character:—" As Mr. Jeffrey sat down one day, at the close of a long and argumentative speech, an at torney's clerk pulled him by the gown, and whis pered in his ear, that a case in which he was retained had just been called on in the inner house. Good God,' said Jeffrey, have heard nothing of the matter for weeks; and that trial has driven it en tirely out of my head ; what is it ?' The lad, in no small trepedition, began to recount some of the leading facts, l'ut no sooner had he mentioned the first, than Jeffrey exclaimed, ` I know it,' and ran over, with the most incon ceivable rapidity, all the details, and every leading case that bore upon them ; and the speech ho de livered upon the occasion was the most powerful that ever fell from him." " Isis oratory," the same writer goes on to say, "is not commanding ; and it is like the frog striving itself to the size of the ox when he attempts to be impressive; but once, indeed, says the writer bef o r e quote d , we remember an apes trophe startling, nay, commanding, from its native dignity and moral courage. A baronet having brought an action, in which, to gain his point, he bad shown a disregard of all moral or honourable re strain*, Mr. Jeffrey made the following observations on his conduct :—" My lords, there is no person who entertains a higher respect for tire English aristo cracy than I do, or who would be more loth to say anything which could hurt the feelings or injure the reputation of any one member of that illustrious body ; but after all that we have this day beard, I feel _myself warranted in saying— [here lie turned round, faced the plaintiff, who was immediately behind him, and fixing on him a cold firm look, proceeded in a low determined voice] that Sir —has clearly shown himself to be a notorious liar and a common swindler." In 1802 was started the Edinburgh Review, a pub lication which, if not actually suggested by' Lord Brougham and the late Lord Jeffrey, was at least es tablished mainly through their instrumentality, and sustained by their contributions. Edited during the first year by the Reverend Sydney Smith, the control of the Review was from the year 1803 to 1828 en trusted to the late Lord Jeffrey, and some of the most brilliant volumes of the publication came out under his auspices, and were enriched by his pen. The re cent republication f the articles contributed by him, and the ample notices they have received from the most important political and literary journals, renders unnecessary any criticism here. It was during the period of this editorship that Jeffrey's name became known to the public by his bloodless duel with Thomas Moore, the post, arid the caustic satire in flicted on him by L or d Byron in his " English Bards and Scotch Revie wers. " It was a kind of negative honour iiour Es to o f t h l e d late es I s r a d t trJaffreybu tattributed that o i tt ri s r e v pn i e ew e , sl f ; o i t i h l d e have stung Byron t o the composition of that satire, powers as a poet. i a a t r e a d c t t e h r e that the development late of Lord his an It u w it a i sm in n t e his s have y e Jeffrey was of importance. Until the republication of his t ss eays those 'Messrs. L ongman, that reputation, excep with who guessed at, or were in the secret of; the authorship of the articles in the Edin burgh, rested mainly on report, and in private life. The fact of his editor h . s of so important and influ ential a publication was in itself an evidence of no ordinary powers. -le public have since been enabled to judge for themselves, and their decision has fully confirm©d a character for critical acumen, which till then had rested so much on hearsay evidence. In 1821 Mr. Jeffrey had been chosen Lord Rector of Glasgow University, and in 1828 he became Dean of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland, on which occasion, we believe, he resigned his editorship of the Edinburgh Review. In 1830, on the accession of the Whigs to power, and of Lord Brougham to the Chancellorship, M r . J e ff rey became Lord Advo cate of Scotland, and took place in tire Imperial Parliament. As the lawyers of England, Scotland, and Ireland usually work their way to the bench by first working their way into the House of Commons, Lord Jeffrey, towards the close of the Duke of Wellington's Ad ministration, took measures fur getting into Parlia ment at the earliest convenient opportunity. To the first Parliament of King William IV., which met in September, 1830, he was returned for the district of burghs that includes Forfar, Perth, Dundee, Cupar, and St. Andrew; but a petition having been pre sented, the Committee unseated him on the 2ith of March i n th e f o ll ow i ng year. The influence of this disappointment was, however, of short duration, for almost immediately be took his seat for Melton. Lord Fitzwilliam was an earnest Reformer; Sir James Scarlett, afterwards Lord Abinger, repre sented the Fitzwilliam borough of Melton in a por tion of the Parliament elected in 1830, and as Sir James had resolved not to support Lord Grey's mea sure of reform he felt bound in honour to resign into the hands of its patron the representation of the place for which he sat; hence the vacancy in 1831 by which Mr. Jeffrey was enabled to become the nominee of Lord Fitzwilliam. This seat he con tinued to hold till the latter end of 1832, when he was returned for Edinburgh, and remained the re presentative of that c ity for more than two years, his colleague being Mr. Abercromby, now Lord Dunfermline. The four years during which Mr. Jeffrey had a seat in the House of Commons form a period during which his reputation was rather diminished than augmented ; at all events his fame with the pub lic became very little extended at this stage of his career. True, be mingled much in London society, and rarely entered any circle in which intellectual conversation was esteemed,—where wit and lively repartee, brilliant disquisition, or subtle philosophy were appreciated without exciting unqualified ad miration. But in the House of Commons he was too old to enter upon a noviciate, nor was he able to overcome in Parliament the adverse influence of great fame acquired out of doors. It has grown into a pro verb that the House will have no favourites but of its own rearing, and to that Mr. Jeffrey certainly formed no exception. His mincing tones and metaphysical reasoning were anything but acceptable to an as sembly so popularly constituted as the Commons of England ; and though he was listened to with a cer tain degree cf pet , repos he disappointed the expecta tion of those who conceived that the editor of the Edinburgh Review must necessarily W i e ld in Parlia ment an authority analogous to that of Burke, or other great literary men who have had influence in the councils of this country. In the formation of Lord Grey's Government such a man as Mr. Jeffrey could not be omitted. He was already in Parliament; he was one of the most consistent politicians that even the old Whig school could pro duce. Ile and his powerful journal had been amongst the greatest allies of Liberal principles that the - British dominions contained ; but though he could not be neglected he raised himself very little above the ordinary level of those learned gentlemen who usually make their appearance in London clothed with the dignity of Lord Advocate, and after a few years retire to Edinburgh to assume the judicial ermine. Mr. Jeffrey's promotion followed in due course. In the summer of 1834 the death cf Lord Craigia created a vacancy in the Court of Session, and Mr. Jeffrey became the successor of that learned personage, assuming, in compliance with a usage amongst Scotch judges, now three centuries old, the prefix of Lord— a title merely official, and in no way connected with the hereditary honours to which it bears so close a resemblence. On his appointment to that dignity, Lord Jeffrey was placed in what is called the second division, to which, from the moment of his elevation to the bench, business largely flowed in, so high was the opinion entertained of his diligence, his integrity, and his great judicial powers. It is gene rally understood that amongst his brethren of the bench he held an extremely high position, although he often embarrassed a tedious advocate by too closely confining him to those points in the case respecting which Lord Jeffrey himself entertained doubt or de sired information. But he, who had been accustomed to adorn and elevate the dullest arguments of Scotch law, or to illuminate the haziest depths of Scotch metaphysics with such airy elegance, such bright and sparkling plenitude of illustration, may well be par doned if with a seeming, but not real impatience, he led inferior intellects back into the narrow circle as signed to them by their nature and destiny. The writer whom we have already quoted says— In person the subject of our memoir was of low sta ture; but his figure, which he tried to set off to the best advantage, was elegant and well-proportioned. His features were continually varying in expression, and were said to have baffled our best artists. The face was rather elongated, the chin deficient, the mouth well formed, with a mingled expression of determina tion, sentiment, and arched mockery. The eye was the most peculiar feature of the countenance : it was large and sparkling, but with a want of transparency. The late Lard Jeffrey was the eldest son of George Jeffrey, Esq., one of the under clerks of the Court of Session, in Scotland, by Henrietta the daughter of Mr. Loudoun, of Lanarkshire. I n 1802 he marr ied Catherine, a (laughter of ;the Rev. Dr. Wilson, of Ste Andrew's, who died, leaving him no issue. In 1813 he married Charlotte, a daughter of Charles Wilkes Esq , of New York, grandniece of John Wilkes. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. CHRONICLE.—Mr. Macgregor's letter on "The Rationale of Unrestricted Trade" (published in our yesterday's paper) contains a great deal of valuable information, which our Protectionist friends would do well to study and digest. He has brought such a host of well-authenticated facts and figures to hear against their pet fallacies, that their only chance of escape is afforded by the appalling look of his eleboe rate epistle, in closely-printed columns long drawn out; and even this we now propose to take from them by recaptulating the most material of his elucidations. The grand point which the " Country Party" are anxious to establish is,. that provisions may be, and at the present moment are, too abundant and too cheap. When the doctrine is thus nakedly pre sented to them, not a few will probably be startled at it; but such, fairly analysed and stripped of all its manifold disguises, is their creed—if, indeed, they can be fairly said to have any, and are not knowingly and consciously struggling for the simple gratification of their cupidity. The corollary, or obvious inference, is, that a statesman should do all that in him lies to counteract the beneficent designs of Providence, and that to make the necessaries of life unattainable, except by a given amount of la bour, is the never- ceneing duty of the L , gislature. Mr. Macgregor avows his complete dissent from this doctrine ; and not satisfied with indicating its inhe rent absurdity, he proceeds to combat it analy tically, synthetically, logically, and historically. Respect for its advocates has induced him to study it in all its branches, and a state of confirmed disbelief in its soundness or reasonableness is the result upon his mind :—" I consider that there is much that we are bound to endeavour to do with regard to ame liorating the condition of several millions of the people in the three kingdoms, who are still under fed, insufficiently clothed, and miserably lodged ; but I can bring no power of calculation, no exertion f reason, to my aid, which will justify me in arriving at the Protectionist conclusion, that those millions will he more fully fed, more warmly clad, and more comfortably lodged, by diminishing the quantity of food —therefore making it scarce, and therefore dear." If the agriculturists had rested their case upon what is termed the 'vested- interest argument—if, forgetting the changes wrought in almost every branch of British industry within living memory by improvements in science or legislation, they had merely complained that they had been let down too rapidly--it would be enough to remind them of their pettish or arrogant re fusal of a fixed duty when considerately proposed with the view of breaking their obviously approaching fell. But when they talk of laws pissed by what Mr. Macgregor terms Houses of Landlords (with soldiers drawn up in Parliament-yard to suppress the rude protests of a starving populace) as laws of nature, or laws of the Medes and Persians at the least, we have no alternative but to preserve a scornful silence, or to repair with Mr. Macgregor to the authentic records of our social progress, and to illustrate the abortive or baneful tendencies of their beloved system by its fruits. Mr. Macgregor undertakes to prove "that there have been lower prices of corn and more severe periods of agricultural distress while prohibitive and protective corn and food duties were in full force, than at the present time." lie does this with a fulness of detail which amply compensates for any want of originality in the plan. Until the commencement of the revolutionary war, England was generally a corn exporting country, and the mode in which the restric tive system was carried out varied according to the emergency. The Plantagenets enforced it in a manner which would hardly suit the Irish landlords, the Downshires and Glengalls, who would fain grow rich on the destitution of their countrymen. Richard 1., finding several ships at St. Valery laden with corn from England, when a famine was apprehended there, hung all the masters and crews of the vessels, and sent the corn back to be eaten by his own English subjects. Bounties alter nated with prohibitions, whilst engrossere, regraters, and forestallers (whose speculations were really of a nature to neutralise the effects of national improvi dence) were sometimes pilloried by the authorities, and sometimes pillaged by the people. But seasons of plenty were chequered by seasons of want, and cheap years mingled with dear years, as if to defy and discredit the vaunted wisdom of our ancestors ; nor did famines and riots grow less frequent when modern legislation took up, and gave its own pe culiar warp to, the principle of interference. In 1795 there was great scarcity, and the Lords of the Council set the example of eat ing coarse bread. In 1800 there was a scarcity, and feod was very dear. "In February, 1803, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer stated, that in consequence of twenty millions having been drawn from the country for grain, it became necessary to continue the Bank Restriction Act." In 1810 there was great distress. The Luddite riots broke out in 1811, and assumed a most alarming character in 1812 ; the chief ground of discontent and the real root of all the evil being low wages and dear food. But untaught by expe rience, or hardened in selfishness, the agriculturists procured a corn-law, tantamount to a prohibition, to be passed, amidet the clamorous opposition of the lower orders, in 1816 ; and prohibition or protec tion was thenceforth the order of the day until 1846. Did wages keep up ? Did trade uniformly prosper ? Were the agriculturists prosperous and contented under their monopoly ? It is sufficient to name the years 1816, 1817, 1819, 1822 (when there was a famine in Ireland), 1823 (when sixteen counties sent requisitions to their sheriffs to call agri cultural distress meetings), 1825 and 1826 (years of great commercial, manufacturing, and shipping calamity), or (not to render the list tedious) to 1833 as a specimen of what may happen under protection to farmers—or to 1841-1842 as an illustration of what may be inflicted by the same regime on manu facturers. The prescriptive condition of the labourer in the most exclusively agricultural districts is the op probrium of the landed interest; and whenever they now venture to talk of their bold peasanty," the coun try's pride," a wondering exclamation or a contemptuous laugh is the reply. Mr. Macgregor's illustrative commentary on the comparative state of our protected and our unprotected manufactures is equally fraught with instruction. Almost all which are not protected are shown to be thriving; whilst all which are pro tected might bo supposed, from the must cursory glance, to be the predestined victims of a fatality. Need we name the Spitalfields weavers, the London tailors, and the needlewomen, who saved from foreign competition by those duties on silk and ready-made articles which Lord John Man ners and Mr. G. F. Young ignore one day and denounce the next—indisputably constitute the most destitute portion of the urban and suburban classes of the community ? A s t ron g bee n reflected has reflected on some oth e r important top ics by M r._ is MecgregOr's diligence ; an d o ur remaining space only just sufficient for a warning to the orators who have been wont to make a butt of him. We would merely hint that, if they could manage in the discus sion of any one of the comprehensive questions of the day, to display a tithe Of his knowledge, candour, and good faith, they would at once obtain a more credita ble and more influential position in the House than they will ever win f)r themselves by their sarcasms, their sophisms, their vituperation, or their ficetlous ness. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE We are enabled now to confirm our announcement, several weeks since, that Captain Houston Stewart, CM., now Comptroller-General of the Coast -guard, will succeed Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., the member of the Board of Admiralty, his Lordship pro. ceeding next week to Devonport as Superintendent of the Dockyard, vice Sir John Louis, promoted. The First Lord of the Admiralty, the Right Hon, Sir Francis Baring, Bart., M.P., arrived at his offi• cial residence last evening. Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, CB , M.P., returns to the Ad miralty this day. Captain Sir B. IV. 'Walker, K.O 8., Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Ellice, Comptroller of the Steam Department, and Mr. %Vette, assistant to Sir B. Walker, visited Portsmouth yard on some official business connected with the eteamers yesterday after noon. THE A RCTIC SEAR C LUNG EXPEDITIONS. —We stated yesterday, on good authority, that it was de termined to send out a new north-west expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had an interview yesterday with Admiral Dundas with reference to such service Speaking of the Behrieg's Straits expedition, our Portsmouth correspondent observes :—" The navel men here have read with vast interest the detailed accounts of the proceedings of the Herald and Plover in Behring's Straits. They have not gone more than a degree and a half further north, and very little fur ther east than Captain Beechey did long ago ; but their discovery of the land and island in 71 N. let. and 175 IV. long. is of the greatest moment, because it is a leading object, and no doubt the first operation to he performed by the Plover on the opening of the navigation this summer, and also the first object of the Enterprise and the Investigator, will be the ex amination of the unknewn land, and now the situation has been defined no doubt this will be satisfactorily accomplished. It was a most unfortunate cir cumstance, and much to be regretted, that the late period of the season, coupled with bad weather, totally prevented Captains Kellett ned Moore from doing so last summer, when they first discovered it. We are at a loss, however, to perceive what object was to be obtained from sending boats to coast along the North American Continent from Point Barrow to the ''''Kenzie rivers ; it was running a greatrisk lor no purpose; there was not the least chance of Sir J. Franklin being on that coast. If he had, he or tome of his men would have found their way to tome of the ports of the Hudson's Bay Company, just as well as Commander Pullen or the men of the boat party. We have always been of opinion that Sir John Richardson's exploration last summer was a useless enterprise ; for we know enough of the Hudson's Bay Company, to be aware that the voyagers and hunters are always during the summer travelling and hunting at the north of the Mackenzie River and the north of that part y pf the American con tinent."—lferald. Commodore henry Eden, Superintendent of Wool wich Dockyard, returned to that establishment from leave of absence on Friday last, relieving Captain H. Austin, C.B. The gallant officer has not the most distant idea of resigning his appointment as reported. Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.B , late Commander-in-Chi e f at the Brazils, struck his red pendant on board the Raleigh, 50, Captain the Honourable J. Hope, at Portsmouth, at sunset yesterday ; and orders have been issued to pay the ship off at that port, without disturbing her internal fittings, The Raleigh, 50, discharged her powder and live shells, at Spithead, yesterday morning, and al though it blew a hard westerly gale she weighed and ran into Portsmouth harbour under treble reefed top sails and jib. She was exceedingly light, but she seemed hardly to feel the gale, not listing over more than six or seven degrees at mos t. U n d er the skilful pilotage cf Jones,` the dockyard pilot, she shortened sail, and lulled up to her moorings, took in a hawser and secured ship, without letting go an anchor. Al together, considering the strength of the gale, it was a most seamanlike display of nautical skill. NEW STEERING IVeleeL.--Captain Fayrer, an old and distinguished commander in the royal navy, has just patented, for England, Scotland, anti Foance, a very great improvement in a ship's steering appara tus. The steering-wheel has hitherto not been under perfect command, and numerous fatal and other acci dents are constantly occurring to helmsmen. Cap tain Fayrer's invention is for the purpose of correct ing this dangerous propensity of the wheel to fly round, and to prevent the danger arising therefrom, and to ensure safety not only to the helmsman but to the ship, under circumstances in which they have fre quently lost the rudder. We understand that many scientific officers of reels have inspected and have highly approved yf the mod e l. PORTEMOUTII, JAN. 28.—The IL cate, steam-sloop, Commander Shadwell, on her arrival at this port from America (whither she conveyed the British Ambas sador), will refit and enter a new crew —her present hands being only temporary draughts from the Ex cellent gunnery ship—for service on the China sta tion. She will carry out t h e domestic retinue and personal effects of Rear-Admiral Austen. Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert's broad pendant will be struck at sunset this evening. Sir Thomas proceeded to town this morning. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Her Majesty's brigantine Viper, Lieutenant-Commander Bernard, sailed yes terday for Sheerness to be paid off. her Majesty's steam-frigate Stromboli, Commander Lord Atnelius Beauclerk, returned yesterday from cruise in the channel. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Sprightly arrived on Friday from Portsmouth with seamen, gunners, and volunteer seamen for her Majesty's frigate Arethe 50, Captain Symonds, on board which ship since, Monday only, upwards of 300 hands have enterer,. The Vulture steam-vessel has been brought for ward for commission, and is taking on i‘oard three months' provisions and store`. Wind northerly, stiff breeze. APPOINTMENT. WOOLWICII, JAr. 28.—Mate—Hugh 11. Knocker, appointed on the 31 of July, 1849, to be actir.g mate in the Vengeance, 84, on the Mediterranean station, to be mate of the Frolic, 16, also . on the Mediter ranean station. Commander Fishbourne superintended the launch ing (f his boats for the Hermes steam sloop this afternoon from the boathouse, and had them taken on board that vessel. The Hermes will leave Wool wich to-morrow for Greenhithe; but in consequence of the state of the tide Captain Johnson will not leave for Greenhithe to adjust her compasses until Wed nesday morning, on which day he will adjust them. In a private letter, received here on Saturday from the coast of Africa, an account is given of the Water witch, 8-gun sloop, Commander R. R. Quin, having in November last, on her way with dispatches to the Commodore off Whydah, captured, after a beautiful chase of eight hours, a fine slave brig, named the Diepique, fitted for 500 slaves, within one day's sail of Lagos, fur which port she was bound. The next day the \Vaterwitch chased for some hours a large felucca slave vessel, but lost her in a heavy tornado. The commander of the Water witch haring been sent with dispatches for the Commodore did not think himself justified in delayi ng t o l oo k f or th e felucca. I DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF WEMYSS AND MARCH —We regret to announce the demise of the Countess of Wemyss and March, at Gosford Home, the family se at in East Lothian, on Friday last. Her Lady ship, a daughter of the late Walter Campbell, Esq., of Shawfield and Islay, married the Earl of Wemyss and i March (then the Hon. Francis Charteris-Wemyss), in the year 1794. The children born of this marriage were a son (Lord Elcho) and eight daughters—the late Lady Eleanor married to Walter Frederick Campbell of Islay; the late Lady Margaret, married to Colonel Wildman; the late Lady Katharine, married to the Lord Grey of Groby; the Lady Charlotte, married to A. Fletcher, Esq., of Salton; the late Lady Louisa.An toinctta, married to William Forbes, Esq., of Callender, M.P. for Stirlingshire; the Lady Harriet, married to Sir Grant Suttie, of Balgone and Preston-Grange, Bart. ; the Lady Jane; and the Lady Caroline.—J diaburgh Courant. DEATH OF A MISER.—On Saturday Mr. 11. W. Waklcy held an inquest at the Rose of Normandy, High street, Marylebone, on Sampson Scares, aged 63. The deceased, who had lived for 23 years in the garret of the Rose of Normandy, was allowed by the Servants' Royal Oak Club 3s. 6d. a week. Although possessed of 4,800/. in the funds he scarcely allowed himself the necessaries of life, and his room, as well as his body, presented re volting evidences of voluntary starvation. Two years gi ago a relative gave hi m two fl annel s hi rts , whiahats death remained u n t ouc h e d i n hi s b ox . T expressed it t o b e hi s op i n i on t h a t deceased had Coroner ad starved himself to d ea th. V er di c t, N a tural deatb s MASTER BOOT AND S 11013 MAJ R m , e e tip gof h PROVIDENT t e r INSTITUTION.—TLe fourteenth annu alsterday evening, at donors and subcribcra took place the Freemasons' Tavern, Mr. F. lay or in the chair. Alter the election of two annuitants, the secretary read the re port of the board of directors, which stated that at festival,in April last, the subscriptions tamountedhe anniversary to 5 O/. Its. id. After the last annual meet ing the committee proceeded to take the necessary steps for the erection of the asylum at Mortlake, for the re ception of aged and decayed members c f the trade, their wives and widows. The estimate of Mr. T. Ball, viz., 3,0994, was accepted, and the progress of the building, under the direction of Mr. J. Turner, had been highly setisfactery. The asylum would contain twenty-five habitations, each dwelling to contain a sitting-room, chamber, and kitchen. The foundation -stone was laid on the 4th of July last, when upwards if 2001. (including a donation of 501. from Mr: Miller, of the firm of Meyer and 11. 1 .illcr) was subscribed. The report having been received aid adopted, a statement of the finances of the institetion was read, when it appeared that the receipts during the past year amounted to 3,972/. Bs., and the gross expenditure to 3,3491. 13s. Sol., leaving a balance in hand of 622/. 14.. 4d. The customary routine busi ness having been transacted, the meeting separated. ________ ...... UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 28. TEE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF DIVINITY. At a meeting of the electors to the above -named pro fessorship, holden this day in the law school , , the fol lowing gentlemen declared themscicu3 CIL mlidatcs:— Alford, Rev. Henry, B.D. (34th wrangler, and Bth classic, 1832), late fellow of Trinity College; members' ( prizeman (undergraduates), 1831; Bell's scholar, (third Lnyceo-ranirdio,nnllB;og3ali.uc;thalionrudlsean lecturer, 1841; one c f the exarni othßeirakpeoseime3s,; Rev. (j i . m fo o s r e 4 ph “ i s lo e s h o o p o h l y o i f n the He University art,,,an o ci f 3d classic, and senior CPhialnWeeillllioarTs,ruMe.dAa.ll(is2tl,stlBw3rla7llaetre, fellow and tutor of Trinity College; vicar of Ware (1815); author of a "Life of Aristotle." Pal, Rev. Francis Russell, D.D. (10th wrangler, 1810), late follow of St. John's College; rector c f Ful bourn t. Vig,ors (1626). numphry, Rey. William Gil!on, B.D. (27th wrangler, Ist cl astsic. and junior, Chancellor's medallist, 1837), fellow of Trinity Cleg; Pitt scholar, 1833; members' thieB:l6elts ollfutli7e:polescat:er, prizetnan (undergraduate:) n , 1849; examining chaplain to the Bishop of London; author jertaj e i f p, a l ( l '.l c o l ni .. mi tra ct s ry A • mirauy, m. 41. (B.A. 1824); one of the senior fellow:. and collet;• preachers of Trinity Coll ge; members' prize is Oenier bachelors), 1826; Norriiian prizernan, 1823 ar.d 1825; liulscan prizetnan, 182-1; classical professor In ;he Eastlndia College, Halley-bur) ; Christian advecate, 1833. liclwyn, Ilev. Withal:, 11.1). (e.i.x-th wrangler, first classi , .; Brorine'., Greek and senior Chancellor's medal list, 1828); Craven tcholar, 1826; Norrisisn pr:z-m ar 1829; canon of Ely (1833); vicar ef M e lb ourn, Cam bridgeshire (1846). Trench, Rev. Richard Clievenix, M.A. (8.A., 1829) of Trinity College; Hulstat, lecturer, 1845; vicar of Rabin Stoke•cum-Abbottson, Haat 5 (1845), and chap!alu to the Bishop of Oxford. Wordsworth, Rev. Christopher, D.D. (14:h senior eptime, let classic, and senior Chancellor's medallist, 1830), late fellow and classical lecturer of Trinity Col lege; Craven schoLr, 1829; Browne's medallist (Latin 1 Ode and Eoigr arns ), 1827 cud 1828; Chancellor's 8 ; 82 Eng lish medallist, 1827 an d 18 28; P arson pr i zeman, author of "Installation Ode," 1834; public orator, 1836; Hulse - al lecturer, 1818-9; canon of Westminster; afther of " Greece ; Historical, Pictorial and De scriptive;" editor of " Bentley's Correspondence;" author of " Athens and Attica ;" " Letters to Mr. Gol den," and a numb er o f e d ucat i onal works, &e. 'ILI° above named gentlemen will deliver the Pi-selec tions required by the s'a'uce on Monday, Febreary 11, and following days. The election will take place about February the Mb. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, M ONDAY . The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal licll;iiy took walking and pony exercise in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, attended by Lord Camoys and Colonel Seymour. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening includes her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Colonel Hall. Her Majesty s private band will attend in the Castle after dinner. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchero yes terday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the Council, issued invitations yesterday to the Cabinet Ministers and the Great Officers of State of the Queen's Household, to a grand dinner on Saturday next, the 2d of February, at Lansdowne House. At the meeting of the distinguished party the Roll of Sheriffs for the present year will be arranged. Lord John Russell returned to town yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo lonial-office, from the Governors of New South Wales and the C2pe of Good Hope. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood had a dinner party on Saturday, at their resi dence in Downing-street. The Marqui6 of Lansdowne and the Earl and Coun tess of Shelburne arrived at Lansdowne House yes terday from Bowood Park, Wilts. THE STEERSMAN OF TIM VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR. —Mr. Thetnai licndel, who stew el the Victory at Tra falgar, is living ou the Strand,- at Top:law, Devon, and has lately received a medal for that action. Lord Nelson's taznily, far more thoughtUul and generous ti . ati his country, had given him a medal shortly after the battle SUOCKIt-G ACCIDENT.--NOTTINGFIAM, MONDAY.-- reit 'rtiay afternoon, about halt-past one o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of a Mr. Giaham, Harring ton- :trcet. It appears that shortly before the time :shove stated, Mts. Graham had sant three of her .I..oung - ,:.-st childr: n up-:tairs. to play in the tap room, that she might be bettsr enabled to clean the lower arart ment. They had, however, not been there long ere the neighbourhood was alaro el by the must appalling sercamr, and immense bodies of flame and sine he Isere seen to issue from the windows of the t)p story. The wretched mother, beirg aware of the situation of her children, shri. iced for help, and a policeman, more cou rageous than the rest of the crows', rushed uc-stairs, ant', notwithstanding that the upper part cf the house was in flames, succeeded in rescuing the wretcl'el suf forers from the burning room ; thin, however, ho did not elfect withot t considerable it jury to himself. The poor children were frig} Cully bur: t. but still alive, although there did not appear any hole of their long iemaining so. The town fire engines were immediately bent for, and by the praise worthy tied en tiring exertions of the crowd as.cnibled, the fire was ultimately t xtinguishcd, aftee having destroyed only the upper story. The children were af,erwards conveyed to the General Hospital, whole they still remain. One of those reunions which ri,fl,:et so much credit, end evince so much good feeling, on the part cf those who give them, took place on Satureay evading last, in nine of the large WOI li,hops st t: e establishment in Little Moot-fields, t f the eminent cabinet manufacturerr, Messrr. Smee and Son. The occasion chosen was the attainment by the eldeit sor, Mr. William Alfred Smee, of his majority, when the whole of those employ d ou the premises, about ninety. rat down to a substantial and excellent supper, which those well-known caterers for the wealthy at numptueus banquets, the Messrs. Ft plea, of the Albion, did not think it i eueath them to provide. The room was most tastefully deecrat7d with evergreens and flowers entirely by the workpeople themselves. The tables were placed down the centre, and st one end a cross table, surrounded by the national and otlatr flags, and wreaths of flowers, in one of which were tom the initials " W. A. 5.," and below it a flag bearing the words " Success to Trade." At this cross table sat the host, Mr. Since; on his left his lady, Mrs. Smee; and en his right Mr. W. A. Since ; immediately around were seated the remainder of his family and a few friends who had the privilege to receive invitations. After the supper a bountiful supply of punch was placed upon the table; the usual loyal toasts were drunk, followed by tow t 3 appertaining to the occasion, many of which were proposed or re sponded to by the clerks and workpeoplo in speeches, which, not only in sentiment, but in diction and delivery. were highly creditable, and bore testimony to the really good feeling which exists between the em ployers and those employed. This was more forcibly shown by the stati tics given in the course of the evening, of the largo proportion who had been for a i n n ero the giv e e s o tab io lish oa m p e i n tai t. ,ltonogorotebromr of f f yearssongs and ng gleesaged style, and at midnight Mr. and Mrs. Smee, w ith t h e i r e family, retired amidst most deafening cheers, and soon after the cones any separated, every one feeling that the chain which binds each man to his fellow-man in good citizenship had been still further strengthened. The appearance cf the workpeoplo was exceedingly respect able, the utmost order and decorum prevailed; and it was remarked that their conduct might serve for an example to many of those much above their station in society. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY...—TIie Rev. Dr. Singer, S.F.T.C.D , has been appointed to the Regius Professor ship of Divinity, vacated by the death of the Rev. Dr. Elrington. The salary is 1,400/. per annum. A HAPPY . FAMlLY.—Amidst the rocks of Loch Shielding there is one rock, in a fissure of which live in the most perfect harmony, a hawk, a rook, a pigeon, and an owlet. For years have these otherwise incongruous births domiciled together on this rock. FALL IN THE PRICE or B READ.—Yesterd r ay ce th c e t bakers throughout the metropolis 7d. 1 the the 41b. loaf id. Best bread isnow charged weighed on_delivery. Some, .s, only charge sd. SOUTH- WESTERN RAILWAY h lo o s w f, ev t e e r a , o i n n d t q h u o al quality e populous, bas recently paid up his 48,000/., for which chairman, distil°, he was in arrear with his company, together with 4,000/. interest thereon, and Mr. Reid his 10,000/. arrears; but Mr. Chadwick, we believe, still stands indebted to the company to a large amount. We presume this will put a n end to the attacks made on the first two gentlemen, whose arrears, considering their position, cannot be justified, have, in a pecuniary point of view, been rather advantageous to the company. The forthcoming divi hpip;annum.aere:or fma, anoani Wrnnn permanent ,i o,believe,:io ends ounder. thisfur per , t re h wrt a yhe t taii,ic l an n t}rni o .:u s taahm t rnei:du,cjwoniut company is will po e au i eb o nnxe u yt p s i i con tractnehacgavt yeetsaved is expected to be at the rate (1 from 3 to 3i per teb c ho e e an n e i a t e . f s4fur l per oootonhnoege i. on that item alone.—lleraputh's Railway Journal. REDUCTION or RENT.--ThO Duke of P or tl an d h as just reduced the rent of his tenantry at Whitwell, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire. This is fir better than his son, Lord Henry Bentinck, preaching about protection at Retford a fortnight arm. Reduction of rent, too, is something more serviceable to the farmer, and more cer tain also, than a return, now and then, of a per-cattige. Landlords will find that they " must come to," there's no mistake about it. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The anniversary meeting took place last evening : G. R. W ater h ouse, ELq., president, is the chair. At this meeting the officers for the ensuing year, Messrr. Waterhouse, Yurrell, and Douglas, were respectively re--lected prcsieent, trea. surer, and secretary, and Mr. Siainten $1 as elected secretary in the room cf the late Mr. Edward Double. day. The president then delivered an address on the state and prospects of the society and entomology in general, which, at the request of the members, was ordered to be printed. g