The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-13 00:00:00

ROY.L.L, tiAYM.Altlii; . ' Wobster, Le83.:4 *ad re:wager, Old Ilrompton THIS EVEIciING, • Will he performed an entirely New Comedy, entitled Bk., 2 - 14031 111.76INESii TILEAT Ico ICAL, ADELP al• the alroct!on of Madame Celesta. THIS EVIINING, • Will be performed TIIE FLOWERS OF TIIE FOREST. To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical fairy drama, called OTLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelps O'Flannigan, Mr. Hudson; Oberon, Mims E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fltzwilliam. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Cndar the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Comedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR. Characters by Mr. C. Ke - ;.n,-Llr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. A , ter which a new Melodrifila, entitled PAULLN.E, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will appear. • To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ; or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Plexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly, Vivash, Robertson. Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Anriol, and Mrs. Keeley. Private Boxes, &c., to be 'nad of all the Booksellers, ana of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also ;,Lees may Le taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Fear o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM TUEATRE. Under the Management of Madame vestige Role Legume, Mr. Chafes Mathewl, TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING, in which Madame Vestris will appear, To conclude with TfIE•QUEEN OF THE FROGS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, R. Rozby, Bellingham, florncastle, Atorril ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss Martindale, and hi: 3b Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC TREATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Tills EVENING, Will be performed MB LADIES' BATTLE ; or, IDrn Dual en Amour. To conclude with SIR ROGFR DE COVERLET, or. the Widow and her Wooers, supported by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, IL Farren, W. Farren, Jun., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shalders, Lee, Bender, Kinloch ; Mesdames, Stir! ng, Leigh Murray, L. Iloward, Adams, E. Turner, and Bartlett. .4:511..1;1'S 1,301 AL AMYHITPEATRE. 173der tin Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Iligtutto Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR TUE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tirely new Company of French Artistes. To conclude with a laughable Farce, Roz-oftice °pea from 11.1 even till Fore. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W.. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. T Will be Derformm - a newlS EVENING, H Coulee", entited GAR DENS. Principal cha rac t ers by Messrs. l TiIbury, KENSINGTON A. Davies, Nor tea, T. Rogers, and Isomer; Mrs. Seymour (her 2d appearance) ; Matidame.l E, Romer, M. A. Marshall, and Wallis. An ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. Principal charac ters by. Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor, C. Florsman, and Dibdin ; Messrs. J. Reeve, Norton, J. Rogers, and Romer. To conclude with a new Farce called TAKING THE CENSUS. Tho prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls 4s • Boxes (first circle), Is.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit , Is. , Doors to be opened at half-past Seven, and the performances to commence at Eight precitely. A second pried will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine —first circle, 25.; sbeor.d circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each, Open ROYAL SURREY ZCO O L ND OGI A C Y .A , L th G e A S R th D o E t N aI S a . y. First re up for the season on M a o n r a u m s ian, the h a e l n E t e t d e r n b it y l representation at a gigartie he m the Messrs. Danson, representing t _Palace of the•Cmars, e Temple e o P f 4 ; City, with a striking View of the Colo d sseuM, extensive, including two gi- Rtc. The Menagerie is both varied an relies, two elephants, which composed of musi ca promenade th e grounds, appropriately parisoned and attended: The ban d, _ by Mr. Godfrey. clan s °t. first-rate • celebrity, is conducted Moored on the lake is seen a real Chinese pleasure junk, with masts and sails complete. Also It ton's aerial brid ge , and various g f mag. nov elties ; arid at dusk will be given, on a scale of su r pa ssing , ni flcence, a r e p resentation of the Clesing of the Brazen ,ates of the Temple of J anus, with (for the first time ever attempted ) a grandrs 0, war transparent diaphoulc panopticon, showing the horro rs of war and the blessings of peace, terminating with a most b rilliant u display of fireworks by Messrs. Southby ; and an allegorical tableau of the arts and sciences, depositing their treasures at the feet of her majesty Q ueen Victoria, the whole forming the most gorgeous tacle ever wit nessed. eons spec- ADMISSION —ONE FRILLING. Friday. Exhibition nights — Monday, Tuesday, W ednesday, Thursday, and • Y. JIILLIEN, with the elite of his Band, will commence their en gagements on Monday, May 26. The FLORAL cu ltural society will be re EXiIIItITIONS of the R oyal South London Flori take place on Wednesday, May 2g 23. daring the Sea son; the First will molt WATER Al Le Imo / BR Thot DAT __m orn i ng 8 min. after 11 I Evening 23 Mtn. after 12 _ .. ouvw—BetOrillng 43 min e after 12 I Eveaing 15 win. after 1 TO4ll THE WEATHER.—Sux TECICEMOMEMA us Thu, s is. ' l AT 12. 5; „_highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. b3—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30•28.. WIND N.N.E.—Morning, fine sunshiny weather; Aftern oon, cloudy. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following Plaeaa at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations _ are arra nged in order of latitude. rimsou Tß .,.. w • nd PoaTaxoirra— N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. freacinTos_w i _ w !nd W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HAterneGs.....w. wind N., strong breeze—overc ast. Ind 801:7THANEProx_w.E., gentle breeze—overca st. Foutzgroies_viri n i t i ,lY., strong breeze—overc ast. TUNBRIDGE Win d , `-r- , ., gentle breeze--overcas t. BasulosToice-...wi nd gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWIciI_w iad •kgentle breeze--overcast. .aentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—Wind N.E. CownESTEß—Wind s'.2,ast.te breeze —overcast. re ze—overcast. CAMBRIDGE—Wind en 'it i o e it breeze—overcast. Tiatisiotrrtr — Wind E. h ard w . Warr-or—Wind E.S.E., strong ' 7, 4 ,: rai n- DanuNoroN—Wind N., strong b;,..,_' ze—r ain. SHAP— Wind N., gentle breeze — : °— light rain. -- partudi BEATTouiC—Wind S.E., gentle breeze,, Cloud y. Partiau The returns from the following pl„ es intl .. c l oud y . the wind and weather on Saturds "at ' a t he state of - o'clock : ale rzung at nine Lommucx—Wind S., calm—partially cloudy. CARLow—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—cloudy. Biumascisa— Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. RUGBY—Wind E., strong breeze—cloudless. BIRMINGHAM—Wind E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. CR fovz--Wind E. S. g.. fresh breeze—partially Cloudy. I ": I °LTHEAD--.Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LxvicurooL—Wind S., calm—cloudless. Laws—Wind S.E., strong breeze—cloudless. Lexcourran—.Wind S.E., strong breezo—principally clear. W array —Wind S., gentle breezo cloudless. DARLINGTON—Wind S., strong breeze—partiallY cloudy. B , :Arrcxx— Win d S E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. "ME WbATHER.—]II. Petit, the director of the Observatory of Toulouse, has published a note stating that the earth is.at present passing through a space where innu merable planetary co r p nacu l a are i nterpose d b e tweenit and the sun, and that to this phenomena must be attributed the lowness of the temperature for some time back. It is proba ble', the note adcle,.that no material change will take place berate s' the 15th of May," namely, Thursday next. • Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post Rvo., W 0 A NOVEL. 0 D. " The' author, we are convinced , is young , othe rwise we 'could n 114 1 3, see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a lendable love the purest sort of fame. We gather this irom the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions On the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man flerfee, and Smythes."—Obeerver. " Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains pasaages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great d taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. (it the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Fl ore nce Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately load of music and poetry ; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Ti-ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. • DON GIOVANNi. It is respectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT wil take place on THURSDAY EVENING next. May 15, when will be presented, for the first time this season, Mozart's chef d'mayre, saitltled DON GIOVANNI, With following powerful Cast : Don Giovanni, Signor Colettl ' • Don Ottavio, Signor C a l zo l ar i ; Massetto, Signor F. Labl ac h e ; 11 Commendatore, Signor Scapini ; Leoporello, Signor Labbche; Donna Anna, Madame Florentini ; Donna Elvira, Madame Giuliani; Zerlinn, Madame Sontag. In the Ball-room scene, Madlle. Carlotta Grisi and Madlle Amalia Ferraris will dance Mozart's celebrated minuet and Zarabanda. With valous EntertalnmenTs In the Ballet Department, by Madlle. C. Grist, lfadlle . Amalia Ferraris, Mesdlles. Rosa, Elmer, Julien, La moureux, Allegrinl, Pascalles, Kohlenberg, Dantoine, Aussando:, MM. Charles, Ehrick, Paul Ta g li on i , Gour i et, Yenefra, DI Mattis , and Gosselin. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. Applications for Beres, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at th e Box office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that TO-MORROW EVENING will be presented Auber's celebrated Opera, entitled Am 11 GUSTAVE 111. •ou Le Bal Masque. e9-e (Countess of AnkastrOm), ' Madame Fiorentinl ; Arvedson, Madlle. Feller ; Oscar Q , (Page of the King) , Madlle. Caroline Duprez ; Ankustro, 9 , 9gnor Lorenzo ; Dehorn, Signor F. Lablache ; Ribbing, Mons. Poultizr; Gustavus 111., Signor Calzolari. I n the Ball-room Scene hiadlle. Carlotta Grist will appear in a Grand Pas, supported by Aladlies. Aussandon, and Dantoine ; Pas de Charactere, by Madlles. Kolenberg, Soto, Soldansky, and Emma ; ' Grand Monstre Galop by the entire Ballet Company. To conclude with a selection from the highly successful Ballet, • L'ILE DES AMOURS. la which Madlle. Amalia Ferraris, Madiles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Julien, Allegrini, Aussandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Esper, Rosa, Dantoine, MM. Ehrick., and Charles will appear. The Opera will commence at Eight o'c'.ock. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket. TREATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James AnderSoll. Engagement of Miss P. HORTOA'. TB I S EVENING Win be pr-sented by her Majesty's • Serrtuta A new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ A EL, THE PRODIGAL Reuben, Mr. VaaCenhoff; Azael, Miss P. Eor eou ; Arnenophis, Mr. W. West; Bacharjs, Mr. Cooper; Sethos, Mr. Ratter; Jepntele, 3Liss • Viilars; Neste, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Lia, yidlle. V!ctortio Legrain (Premier Su;et do Opera de Paris), who PM., ?leen expressly engaged for the occasion (her last appearance but two.) To be followed by • UNE SOIREE CARNAVAL, in which Madlle. Victorine Legrain and Madame Louise will appear. To conclude with the comie Pantomime of HARLEQUIN AND GOOD QUEEN LESS; or, ]ferric , ngland to the Olden Time. harlequin, 31r. Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. C. Lauri; Clown; air. Doughty; Coltanbiw, Miss Palser. Stalls and Dress Circle 53. - - First Pece. Second Price. roxes - - - 33. Is. 6d. Pit /.orar Gallery - - - / No half-price LTpper Gallery - - - - Gd...) to Galleries. Private Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. 64 Ditto 6 ditlo 3d. its. 6d. to 21. 23. Od. Ditto 4 ditto 2/. 25. 04. to 11. 11s. 6d , Ditto 4 ditto 11. I Is. 63. to 11. Is. Od. 'TIRED utter which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama of startling intere.t, entitled AUL' SE ; or. The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Ccant Arnhelm. Mr. J. Bland; Count Florestinc, Mrs. L. S. Buckinzham; Thaldeus of ',', - arsaw, Mrs. ; Devi/shoo!, kr. Buckstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H. Bedford. T H 4-71: 1.)(,),0 1..„-._);. js oll C.UI• M 44 . .: , j •, • 4,, . -__-,.:,: 1:_....,_=. . ~.y klt r , . -,, ... T - 5...,4-, ~, , t , • , 1 c k .4 . 0 : - ~.,. '., \•„.._ ‘••:- " 1 1E ii' 1 ,7,73 7 - • , '' 4 7 . :;,' 0-, s' -',' aROu , 41/4,,,,=' ~. ---- 041 rt inii :-' Atte: LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1851 After some conversation the Home again divided, and the motion for adjournment was negatived by a majority of 145 to 36. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL opposed the motion for the Speaker's leaving the chair. Mr. URQUHAET also opposed the motion. Mr: KEOGH warned the Government against the dan gerous consequences which must attend any attempt to enforce the provisions of the Bill in Ireland, and con tended that the POPE had received every encourage ment from the Government to act in the manner he had done. Lord JOHN RUSSELL denied that there was any per secution in the proposed measure. It was a political measure framed to repel an open and daring defiance of the SOVEREIGN of this country by the Court of Rome. Mr. BRIGHT could not see. any necessity for legisla tion in all that had taken place. Mr. EcnizY moved the adjournmfmt cf the debate. The House divided, and the numbers were— For the adjournment . . ... 54 Against it ..• 365 Majority ... Mr. O'FLAHERTY then moved the adjournment of the debate. Lord J. RUSSELL was in hopes that they might have gone into Committee, but rather than keep the House dividing all night, he would assent to the adjournment of the debate until Thursday nea►. The Property Tax Bill was read a third time and passf,d. Lord SEYMOUR obtained leave to bring in a Bill to make batter provision for the management of the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown, and for the direction of public works and buildings. Tne remaining business was then disposed of, and the licute adjourned. There is apparently no art which has been brought `..0 a higher degree of perfection than that of obstruct ng the public business of the country. Measures will no longer be carried through Parliament because they are in accordance with public opinion, and are supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houzes. They will pass by the favour of the minorities, be cause they have not excited any strong feelings in the minds of some fifteen or twenty Members, suffi cient to induce those Honourable Gentlemen to enter upon a course of factious opposition. The promise of "dying on the floor of the House" will henceforward be no mere brutum fulrnen—no empty threat. Any person really amibitious of martyrdom can accomplish his wishes, provided he can find two or three tough vete rans, men who would be duly qualified to act as " boot-eaters " at Irish state trials, to render their assistance to carry out the laudable undertaking. Indeed, we believe a single follower will suffice, one who can ring the changes on the questions—" That this House do now adjourn," and " that the debate be now adjourned." It is necessary, according to the standing orders, that there should be some intermediate proceeding, before either question can be again proposed. But the spirit of this salu tary rule is violated with impunity by adopting the puerile evasion above indicated, and if a secoader can be found who will act as teller on the division, and vary his position on the next motion, of which he will be the proposer, nothing can be done to stop their course. Two persons can thus overule the wishes of the remaining 654, and can arrest the pro gress of legislation at their mere will and pleasure. This might be a valuable privilege if resorted to only on rare occasions, when desirable to prevent surprise, or a question of real importance being adjudicated on without full and mature consideration. But the matter has now reached a point at which something must be done to abate the nuisance that has gradually sprung up. It is those who have so fearfully abused the power confided to their hands who will be re sponsible for any evils that may arise from the abro gation of the ancient rule. After the time that had already bean devoted to the consideration of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill, we might have hoped that no further factious oppo sition would have been offered to the progress of the measure. It was even asserted that the Irish Brigade had come to reason, and determined to change their tactics in some degree. Every legitimate ground would of course remain open. They might argue and divide on the principle and on each of the details, on every stage, where a division could be fairly called for. In so doing, they would command the respect an d sympathy o f th e H ouse and country. But when they wilfully and deliberately transgress the limits within which they should restrict themselves, they do more to injure their cause than the most powerful and uncompromising opponent s could accomplish. They excite a feeling of disgust, that may be productive of results very prejudicial, not only to their own individual inte rests, but to the cause of universal toleration and liberality. We do not complain of the point raised by the Member for that the been cons id ered and Mayo, t H he on p ou ro r p ab os le iti G on ent s l h em ou a l n d ag reed to in aCommittee of th e whole House before na n dof if thethe Mini sters ßill bad been caught. A fair p o i nt was t t h h e e r i e n b t y ro r d a u i no , napping, an d that they had overlooked an obvious and 'n ec e s sar y b j ced t o precaution, no one could h ave reason aby those who took advantag e o f the oversight. But it appears that the matter had b een loet clearly anticipated and canvassed by t h e Government, and that the PREMIER had not only obtained th e questions of Parliamentary the hi g h est author i ty on a ll opinions o f th e l a w officers of the Crown, but also of '` practice—th e SPEAKER of the House of Commons, a gentleman w h o wou ld rega rd w is h peculiar jealousy any interference with the privileges of the body over which he h a d b een s e lected to preside b y t h e indepen dent v o i ces of it3Members. When that opinion had been delivered, we should perhaps rather have said, thatjudg ment pronounced, that "it was not a Bill of A nature that required to be originated in a Committee of the whole House," the objection should have been withdrawn, and the parties by whom it was put In the Ilousenf Lords, last night, some discussion took place on the presentation of a petition by the Earl of GLENGALL, from the millownera of Tipperary, praying for protection against the importation of foreign flour. It, however, led to no result. The Church Buildings Act Amendment Bill was or dered to be referred to a Select Committee, and their Lordahipe adjourned. In the Commons, On the motion for going into Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill, Mr. MoonE moved, as an amendment, "That the standing order which requires that Bills concerning religion should be first considered in a Committee of the whole House be read, and that the order for the Committee on the Ecclesiatical Titles Assumption Bill be discharged." Sir G. GREY said the question bad been considered before the introduction or the Bill, and the decision ar rived at was, that the Bill did not come within the scope of the standing order. Mr oe . n R s ; l e Asr were i c En K Rt e was rsf:ir de o d f t with iadt that f ftuehnreel there estso wouldt p h i e n i o sb n pe . rni ot a necessitya t i e s of religion submitting the Bill in the first instance to a Com mittee of the aGppi oi3 VV isn h ot O zie l d e Slltuogolgueesaserice h itohra that shoMulrd. M. t e s t . Committee precedents. ce S d e e l n e Mr. H. GRATTAN supported the motion of Mr. MOORE. Mr. REYNOLDS said he would move the appointment of a Select Committee, to search for precedents. The SPEAKER said he could not do so as an amend ment. He could only negative the motion for his leaving the chair. Mr. ROEBUCK. believed it was competent to move an adjournment of the debate. The SPEAKER replied in the affirmative; and Mr. REYNOLDS accordingly did so, in order to give time for the appointment of a Committee. Mr. KEOGH said that Mr. BRODIE, Mr. BADDELEY, and Sir FITZROY KELLY considered that the Bill ought to have been introduced in Committee. The SOLICITOR , GENERAL dented that the Bill affected spiritualiiie2. Mr. GLADSTONE would vote for a Committee to search for precedents, if that question could be brought fairly before the House. Mr. SADLEIR supported .the amendment. Lord JOHN RUSSELL opposed, and Mr. BRIGHT sup ported, a reference to a Select Committee. The House then divided, and the adjournment of the debate was negatived by a majority of 17e to 53. Mr. LAWLESS then moved the adjournment of the House, which was seconded by Mr. H. GRATTAN. Mr. REYNOLDS said that if Lord JOHN RUSSELL would grant a Committee to inquire into precedents he and his friends would in the mean time allow the Bell to proceed in Committee. Sir G. GREY hoped the House, after the recent div sion, would reject the present motion, and allow the Bi to proceed. It will be observed that a verdict has at length been pronounced in reference to the fatal railway col lision in Cheshire. It will also be remarked that this verdict is couched in language expressive of the most emphatic condemnation. Accidental—purely acci dental—the death is unquestionably pronounced to be, but " with great blame to the executive committee and charge of imprudence and indiscretion against the officers." Such are the preliminary phrases of the verdict, vague but adverse—the subsequent sentence being somewhat more explicit in its reprobation. " There was deficiency," it says, " of loco motive power, and the management was so imperfect as to endanger the safety of the public." Whether this decision is or is not in all respects cha racterised by truth, it cannot be denied that it has been arrived at after the most mature deliberation. Nothing could be more painstaking than the attention paid throughout to the inquiry by the coroner, or more evidently conscientious than the final opinion expressed by the body of jurymen. From all the circumstances of this case it must from the very out set have been apparent that no adequate precautions were taken to prevent the possibility of any such horrible and disastrous accident. Otherwise it could scarcely have occurred so slowly and deliberately. 'Warning of some sort must inevi tably have been given of the danger approached by the second train previously to its entrance into the fatal tunnel. From the peculiarity of the occurrence it has suggested itself te the minds of the jury that peril of the like kind might henceforth be very readily avoided by the affixing of signals, invariably, at the mouth of every such:excavation, and by attach ing lights in addition to this upon all occasions to the carriages. had measures of this description been adopted upon the railway through Cheshire, the survivors of the unfortunate victims of the collision would not have had better cause for lamenting the untimely demise of their friends and relatives. The event referred to should con sequently be taken as a warning of an awfully im pressive character, enforcing upon all the railway companies of the United Kingdom the necessity of adopting the means specified for the avoidance of equally lamentable catastrophes. Considering the terrific power placed by science under the guidance of man in the steam-engine, it must, nevertheless, be confessed that the marvel is rather that so few fatal accidents have occurred since the inauguration of the railway system than that the public has been oc casionally startled by their announcement. Those who have never chanced to be waiting on the platform of an intermediate station when an express train has roared past and disappeared in the distance can at all realize the extraordinary velocity with which the iron rails are daily traversed. Coupling with this the strange complication of the various lines upon any one of the trunk railroads, and the seemingly inex tricable difficulty of shunting those lines one into an other, according to the passage of the various trains up and down, and in proportion to the lapse of time in the four-and-twenty hours, the wonder is that no more accidents have transpired than those recorded during the last quarter of a century upon the diurnal tablet of the newspaper. Nevertheless, while such may be the surprise the u experiencedn ioiati t i e, those ndtheco who nsideration of this matter are familiar with the general organization of the system of railways can understand the facilities placed in the way of the authorities for the prevention, under ordinary circumstances, of any really serious catastrophe. With the aid of their customary regulations, with a strict adherence to the hours of arrival and departure, with careful attention to the conduct of the different underlings intermediately situated between the principal termini, and with a sedulous regard to the repairs of the road and the efficiency of the engines employed in the traffic to and fro—there scarcely remains a possibility of any thing like a collision, or of an accident of any less terrible character. It consequently behoves the directors of the various lines now in ope ration to look cautiously to each and all of the particulars above enumerated, so that in every instance the blame may attach rather to their servants than to themselves. By this method the public interest would be effectually conserved, and additional reasons would be afforded for attention to their different duties among the officials employed upon the three thousand miles and upwards of railway now in active operation through out England. Rewards of a more attractive kind than those hitherto extended to the servants of the various companies should be held out for the faithful discharge of duties of a very arduous and responsible description. Punishments in like manner of a more serious and practicable species, such, for example, as the degradation or discharge of the culpable, should be raised in terrorem over the heads of those entrusted with the lives and deaths of their fellow-creatures, inciting them to the more punctilious discharge of duties so peculiarly onerous and important. By this method we feel satisfied that the whole intricate system of railway management might ultimately be conducted with the precision and regularity of clockwork. THE VISITORS' LisT.--Thanks to the enterprise of one of our most indefatigable journalists, the editor not only of the Critic, but of the Journal of the Exhibition, a fly sheet has just been issued from the press at a merely nominal price, and of a singularly useful character. Its title is that of our paragraph. In it are periodically published the names and addrerses of the various strangers visiting our metropolis. Those foreigners who have not yet been announced in its columns as among the recent arrivals in London, we would recommend at once to transmit their names to the publisher as a matter to them of very obvious convenience. Besides this interesting catalogue of visitors, the paper comprises an admirable guide to the sights and amusements of the day, lucidly arranged, and containing every particular of any in terest whatsoever. The Visitors' List will be found alto gether to be one of the most excellent publications yet offered to the foreigners arriving amongst us for the purpose of witnessing the Exhibition. REUNION DES ARTS.—Last night this Society opened its :Second Soir6e at the Private Rooms, 27, Queen Anne-street, with a crowded and most select company. We must give great eredit to the committee for the good selection and arrangement of the music, which was most admirably executed by some of our best vocal and instru mental artistes. Miss Rummel, Miss Magner, Madame Lmaitre, Miss Lavinia. Miss Day, Madame Goffin, Mr. Day, Mr. Goodban, Herr Schmidt, Herr Rummel, Herr Goffrie, Mr. Frederick Chatterton, &c. The lower apart ments were ornamented with some fine pictures by English and foreign artists, and where, during the interval of the to a musical performance, the company retir e d t o partake of some coffee provided for them by the committee, spend i ng a late hour. most pleasant and social evening, which was prolonged ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHL—An address, to which 255,766 signatures were attached, and which was pre sented to her Majesty from her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in England, disclaiming any intention c,f trenching upon the royal prerogative in the recent appointment of a Roman Catholic hierarchy, has been printed by order of the House of Commons. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—Amongst the recent deposits at this valuable establishment may be seen a machine for making nets, the invention of Mr. William Mullen, United States, which accomplishes that which not long since was deemed an impossibility, viz., tying a knot in the centre of two straight cords; and the knot formed by this arrangement, strange to say, is the same precisely as that made by the fishermen in which the needle is passed corn- chauical ingenuity lead us to W that nothing is really Imposts lble • , the present day, t o believe pletely through the mesh. Cert h a a in t l s y o t f h req ese ue tr n i t u ly mp a h p s pe o a f r m s ien for we find that which to-day to morrow is a me re commonplace We e attempt, understa nd that by this contr i vance nets o f a ll ki n d s may b e pro d uce d at a mer e ly nom i nal advance upon the raw material as at pre sent procured. seems matter. absurd WELSH LABOURERS V. IRISH NAVVIES.—One day last week, a body of Irish navvies, numbering about forty or fifty, weresgngaged by Mr. M'Cormack, contractor, of Bir kenhead, tS proceed to Bangor, for the purpose of excavat ing and forming a line of railway to connect that town with Carnarvon. The Irishmen were duly landed, and were making preparations to commence their work, but the intel ligence 80011 spread among the Welsh stone-quarriers and others. The navvies were looked upon as a species of in vaders, and the Welshmen instantly assembled to the num ber of upwards of 200, surrounded the Irishmen, and with out a blow being struck, drove them in a mass on board a steamboat. The navvies seeing they had no chance against such overwhelming numbers, quietly submitted, and were landed in a few hours afterwards at this port. The Welsh men effected their purpose notwithstanding the remon strances of the Bangor magistrates. The expulsion of the Irishmen had the effect of suspending fora ti me the excava tion of the railway.—Liverpool Mercury. • _ S U N, forward should have yielded gracefully to the adverse decision. In place of that we find motion after motion for adjournment, the majority in creasing on each division until at length it amounted to no less than 311, there being 54 for and 365 against the adjournment, and yet that over whelming majority were obliged to succumb, and to consent that the motion for going into Committee should be postponed until Thursday r ext. Under such circumstances it is clear that a Committee of Inquiry must be appointed to inquire and report on the standing orders, and to ascertain the best manner of expediting the progress of legislation in both Houses. THE SHARE MARKETS MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 3,000 to 4,000 bales, comprising Pernam and Maranham at Nd. to 7:gd., 150 Egyptian at 7 i d. to BLA d., 300 Surat at 4d. to 4T Id., and the remainder chiefly Ameri can. The market was in a declining state, and prices of all kinds were IA d. lower.— Railway Shares were heavy at lower prices. nasTxszc a.an.ways. Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices. Aberdeen.. .. Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juneion Belfast and County Down Birming., Woiverhamp., and Stoar Valley .. Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh Jane late 331. 6s. 84.. - Senor Don Manuel Payno arrived in London on Sunday, and this afternoon sent to the Chairman of the Committee of Mexican Bondholders the original document executed in their favour for 2,500,000 dolls. out'of the American indemnity money. Senor Payno is instructed by his Government to do the needful for the punctual payment of the next dividend, and for the immediate issue of the new bonds. He contra dicts the rumour of any intention on the part of Mexico to negotiate another loan for 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 dolls., on the security of the revenue of the clergy, and says that np to the date of the departure of the last packet from Vera Cruz neither had such a loan been broached in Congress, nor had the President received any authority, to effect, or Senor Payno any instructions to negotiate one. At a meeting of the Committee of Spanish American Bond holders, held the 9th May, and specially called for the pur pose of considering the Buenos Ayrean debt, it was resolved unanimously : " That this Committee, considering the period has un doubtedly arrived when the financial situation of Buenos Ayres enables her to resume the payment of the dividends in full on the English loan of Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., and to enter into an equitable arrangement for its ar rears; and also aware that the Government of Buenos Ayres, under its distinguished President, General Roses, is sincerely desirous to re-establish the financial credit of his country, to fulfil the sacred obligations of national faith, and to do full justice to the British bondholders, hereby appoint David Ro bertson, Esq., and Joseph Tasker, Esq., members of their body, to act as a sub-committee in behalf of the Buenos Ayrean bondholders (the former gentleman as chairman), to take such steps as they may think fit and proper to effect a settlement or the same at the earliest possible period, in con junction with, and under the guidance of the Messrs. Barings." The letters by the steam-ship America have been delivered this morning. Bills of exchange on London were in request at 10 I s e to 10% per cent premium. Public Securities were drooping. About 7,688,000 dollars had exported from New York this year to the e9th ult., being nearly as much as had arrived from Californio. Upon the subject of the import market it is stated—" The total value of dry goods put upon the market this week is 856,954 dolls., showing a falling off of 200,195 dolls. compared with the week previous. The value of foreign dry goods put upon the market for the week ending the 2d April was 920,813 dolls. ; week ending 9th, 741,928 dolls. ; week ending 16 tb, 1,057,149 dolls.: total value for four weeks ending April 23d, 3,579,844 dolls. The importations are not large enough to create much remark, and will probably continue through the season at about the same rate they are now coming in. Prices realised thus, far this season have not been at all satisfactory, and large losses must be submitted to on stocks now on hand before the fall trade commences. The raw material for most manufactured articles is likely to be much cheaper than at present, and in that event, goods already in the market will stand a very poor chance of pay ing cost." The Wheat crop in Ohio and New York is spoken of as being particularly promising. The Canada advises notice the opening of the navigation, the merebant-ship Toronto having arrived out at Quebec on the 20th ult. This vessel left Liverpool on the 17th March, some days after the London vessel. Some attention has been excited by the proceedings at the Mansion-house yesterday, in connexion with the discharge of a gang of Dutch thieves, in whose possession a consider able amount of bonds was found. The desirability of an ex tradition treaty between England and Holland is clearly shown by the case in point. The English Funds have been rather flatter, and the set tlement of account is going off without difficulty. Consols have been 97 to 97 1 4 for Transfer, and 97 1 / e % for the 10th of June. Bank Stock is worth 211, a slight improvement. Exchequer -bills have been quoted 495. to 525. and India Bonds .535. to 545. prem. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 97% to 98. Foreign Securities have been rather heavy. Spanish Five per Cents. have been marked 19'X i , an't the Passive being very firm. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 33 , 4. Brazilian small Stock has realised 89 to 90. The quotation of Mexican Bonds continues at 35% Russian .Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 99 to par, and Dutch Four per Cents. 89 %. Danish Bonds are 102 to 103. yQ 'there is to be a meeting on Thursday of parties interested in the French railways, for which concessions were formerly granted, but which, owing to the political difficulies among our neighbours, could never be made available. The " caution money" remains in the hands of the French Go vernment, and as new parties are tendering to make the lines, it is feared the amount may be confiscated. To come, there fore, to some arrangement in this respect is the object of the parties interested. The Railway Share Market has not been so depressed as during the last day or two, but no sensible improvement can be noted, and the business doing is very contracted. Good traffic returns would soon give a tone to prices. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., bOl. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. • . .• Bristol and Exeter.• •• Caledonian •• •• •• Chaster and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portam. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber-1 deen Junction .. Do., New .. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. Do, (181. E. & H.) .. Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire .. Do. New quarters .. Edinburgh and ClasgoW Edin ~ Perth, and Dundeel Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. do. G. D. & C.steck Great Northern .. Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Great Southern and Western, Ireland .. Great Western .. Do. New, 171. .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirsk Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. •• London and Blackwall Do.. Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M. &B (c) London and ,i i.-Western . Do. new 501. Do. new 40/. .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Nlanchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire .• Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union Midland Do. 501. shares .. 3% d. 32}4 - 3 sK a s 61 61% 14 la% dia. 34 —36 Do. Blrming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket .• Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen .. Newry, Warrenpoiut, & Rostrevor •• Nirfolk Do. New 201. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British.. .. North Staffordshire •• Nerth-Western •• North & Sth .-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new .. Shrews. & Rirm., Class A Do. Class B Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do.; do., New . • ShrewSbury and Chester (Nor. W. Do. Halves Do. Oswestry Do. New.. Shropshire Union .. Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent . • South Devon South-Eastern South Wales.. South Yerksh. and Riper .. - . 8 7 - .9% 33 3 dia. b —4% dis. 25 -27 13 —l2 dl3, 3 —2% dia. 9 % —9% .. 7 —6 1, 134 —lO tbs. % 1 p ,7 . - 16% - 17 - 9%y - 10% dls, 5 —41 j 4 3N dia. 1 dis. 17%-1A yv 13% 14% .1 4 Its' 3 - i 3id. 17 -19 26% - 27% 29 -31 Dun Roth., and Goole, South Division .. Stockton and Hartlepool :,wansea & LoHghor, &c. raw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Deck and Railway Vale of Reath Waterford and Kilkenny Watertord and Limerick, Waterford, Wes., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London .. Whitehaven and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and Nerth Midland 1 34 - ii dis. 4% -4% 9',4 - 10 - "i% 16 —lb ells. 53 —4% d. Console QUAUTEit do THREB 4" Ditto Account, Juno 97 10 ... BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock ai per Cent. Rediced 96 3 per Cent. Consols Anns New 3 1 4 per Cant. ALM& .. ... ...... 97% 93 97 3 / 4 Long Annuities, E xp . J an. sth, 1860 7 5-16 India Stock D , Bond, , .. .. 6 % —4% dis, • • 21% —3% dia. —1% dia. 26% 26 36 Jo. is, 10001 ...... 53 54 p Ditto under 1.0001 o:asals for Account 97 % 14 E ect aor Bills. I%d. 1,0001.... — 52 p Small — 49 52 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Small Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent 102% 103 Al3xicen Bon els, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4% per Cent. lOO 93% Spanish Bonds, 5 ?or Cent. ...... Ditto Account Ditto Passive Bonds 5 ,4 Dividen , &'s on the above payable in London. Dutch 2J4 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates LINES Z.E.&s: ~Tazs. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.--. - (Tills DA y. LONDON, MAY 13.—Wind at noon N. to: N.Y.W., fresh breeze and cloudy. CARDIFF, MAY 12.—Wind N.E.—Sld. James, Orr, Wilmington. SWANSEA, MAY 12.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Alderman, Thompson, Cuba. WitITEHAVEN.—Arrd. Rosanna, Antigua. BAYONNE, MAY 9.—The Isabella and Jane, of Newcastle, got aground fifty miles north of this 3d inst., and remains, but is expected off without d amage. HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, MAY I.—The Primrose, of and from Sydney, C.B. to Boston, went on shore on Plum Island, Boston Bay, 20th ult. ; crewlsaved ; vessel and cargo will be sold. The Sciene, of and bound to St. John's, New foundland, from Matanzas,', was wrecked on Sable Island, 15th Feb., vessel and cargo totally lost. The Gustav 1., of and bound to Antwerp from Havannah, was wrecked on Sable Island, Is; ult., a small part of cargo saved in a damaged state. QUEBEC, APRIL 25.—A ship is reported to be at hand, said to be the Great Britain. The weather is very fine and the ice has disappeared. CHARLOTTE TOWN, PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND, APRIL 30.—The Fortitude, London to Quebec, was lost on the north side of this Island April 22; crew saved. DEAL, MAY 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Niord, Rio Janeiro, for Borga ; Eniegheten, Bahia for Nordkoping. Arrd. from the River and sld. Jane, South Australia; Dalhousie, Cal cutta; Albert, Rio Janeiro; Mischief, Barbadoes. OFF THE START.— Republic, Sandwich Isles for Bremen. OFF FAIRLEMIL lleppins, Surinam for Amsterdam; Johann Carl, Trinidad de Cuba for Bremen. COWES, MAY 12. Wind N. Arrd. Ranger, Bahia; Mary Elizabeth, Havannah ; Cornoro, Havannah ; Del phi"), Havannah; Thorndike, M a t anzas; _• Rouble, Ha vanna h . SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 12. Wi n d S. W.—Sld. Asia, Port Philip. OFF WEYMOUTH. Monarch, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, MAY 12.—S1d. Pioneer, Labrador. Off port, Due Amice, Bahia, for Ham burgh. LivErtrooL, MAY 12. —Wind N.E., moderate. —Arrd. Creole, Buenos Ayres; F. Moore, Jamaica; Isis, Savanilla ; Brutus, New Orleans ; Devonshire, ditto ; Abbot Lord, ditto ; Bate Howe, ditto ; Thomas H. Perkins, Mobile; Elizabeth Bruce, ditto; Colonist, Savannah; Samuel, ditto; Tyring ham, Charleston; William Penn, Philadelphia; G. Z., New York ; Patrician, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Sylph, Cape of Good Hope; Countess of Sefton, Lima; Betsy, Buenos Ayres • Gluckauf, Rio Janei r o ; Pa r t on , S t. Mor nees ; St. Helen's, Santa Martha; Mary Worrall, Vera Cruz; Eastern Queen, New Orleans; Rappahairnack, New York; Armidas, ditto; Independence, Staten Island. The Hotspur, St. Domingo to England, was totally lost on Great Mapes, date unknown; crew saved;, cargo expected ,to be saved. RAMSGATE, MAY 13.—The Swan, of Liverpool, Newcastle to Plymouth, is totally lost on the Godwin Sands;, crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 12.—Wind N. to N.E.—Arrd. Hamp ton, Calcutta; Marmora, llavannah. Sld. Victoria, New York. BRISTOL, MAY 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Adolphus, Yates, Pernambuco; Dagger, Jamaica. NswronT ' MAY 12.—Wind N.E.—Sld. L ou i se M ar i e, Hayannah ; Emily, Boston. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 13 ) 1851. TEA.—Former rates have been barely maintained, but very little has been done. Last week's deliveries were goad. COTTON.—This article has been dull at about previous rates. CHANCE.RY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHANCELLOR.) IN RE SPARROW. This:petition, opened on Saturday, was again resumed this morning. It seeks to charge the brother of the lunatic, who is also committee, with an occupation rent of the family house, called Gostield-place, in Essex, and with the rent of the park. It asks, moreover, that he be compelled to account for dis bursements to a large amount inane for the improvement of the estate, which he takes at the death of the lunatic. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) No business of importance occupied his Honour this morning. • VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord CRANWORTH.) BEMAN V. RUFFORD—THE GREAT WESTERN V. THE NORTH WESTERN RAILWAYS, OR THE BROAD V. THE .NARROW GUAGE. This case, _which has occupied the Court for three days, was again resumed this morning. Mr. BETHELL, for the Great Western Railway, having concluded his argument. Mr. MALINS opened his reply this morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.) IfEAP V. TONGUE. This case came on for judgment this morning. The plaintiff is the nephew of Wm. Heap, who in the year 1845 died intestate, leaving a widow and several more col lateral descendants. From the affidavits it appeared that in the month of October of the same year a voluntary agree ment was executed by all parties to share the estate of the dteeafed Win. Heap equally among themselves. In 1848, however, another agreement wee executed by all the parties except the plaintiff, by which the general estate was made liable to certain mortgages, and the title deeds handed over to the mortgagees. The plaintiff now prayed to have the original deed carried into effect, and declared valid as regarded the mortgagees. His HONOUR granted a decree complying with the prayer of the petition. XIIIY IVIA.RICETS, SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 bs to 41 5s Od ; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ lOs; and Straw, 11 is to 1/ 9s per load. A. fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBEALAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 108; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4l 10s; and Straw, 1/ 23 to 11 11s per load Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3l 5s to 4/ 8s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ lOs; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ 9s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. coLorcutz. SuGart.—The market for British Plantation is firmer; but I owing to the large quantity of East India Sugar brought to public sale, only about 250 hhds have changed hands at full prices. At auction 10,000 bags Mauritius, 5,003 bags Bengal, and 7,50) bags Madras sold readily, and, in some instances, the two latter went 6d dearer; the prices obtained ranged from 38s 6d to 44s 6d for crystalised ; Mauritius, 38s to 40s 6d for mid to fine yellow grocery, 37s to 40s for grey, and 28s to 36s for low to fine brown ; Bengal low to good white Bemires, 39s to 43s 6d ; crystalised 43s to 445; and date kind 84s to 38s 6d; Madras, low to good brown 28s 6d and 34s 6d to 36a for low yellow; 670 bags Penang realized 30s to 404 6d for low white greyish. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,254 bhds 138 tierces 137 bar rels; there were taken for home consumption 634 hhds 58 tierces 159 barrels. The stock in the same places is 4,385 hhds 669 tierces 530 barrels. COFFEE. —lOO casks and bags Plantation Ceylon at auc tion partly sold at steady rates, but 950 bales and half bales Mocha went at 2s reduction from the highest point, chiefly at 67a 6d for good clean garbled small berry; a few lots long berry brought 80s; 200 bags good ord Rio sold at 40s. Rint.—The market continues greatly depressd. The quantity landed last week at the East and 'West India Docks Was 250 puns 13 hhds. There were taken for home con sumption 190 puns 17 hhds, and exported 38 puns 89 hhds. The stock in the same places is 10,815 puns 1,446 hhds, RICE.-980 bags mid white Bengal was taken in at 10s. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 38s 3d to 38s 6d Per Mt. on th e spot, and Town 39s 6d. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY (Sittings in Banco.) 130L1 V. DAY. The Court gave judgment in this case, which was an action to try a right of way, in favour of the defendant. THE CASE - OF MR. . Lord CA:urattu, intimated that BARBER the ourt would defer giving judgment in this case until next term, in order to have time to look anxiously into all the affidavits, and see whether it was fit to grant a rule to show cause. E XCHEQUER. -(THIS DAY.) TIIE DUKE or BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS V. TIIE COM. MISSIERS OF IN eIiveLAND REVENUE. The LORD CHI O E N F BARON delivered judgment in this cane, which came before the Court on an appeal under the Stamp A ct, against the decision of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, who had required that a stamp to the value of 1,0001. should be placed on a deed of settlement made between the Duke of I3uckingham and Cbandos and other parties, and bearing date the 27th of May, 1847. This deed was in substance a conveyance dining the Duke's lifetime of his interest in cer tain large estates, subject to certain mortgages, an nuities, and other charges, fur the purpose of rais ing the sum of 1,500,000/. The Commissioners were of opinion, though no sum was mentioned in the deed, yet that it ought to be stamped with an ad valorem stamp. The Court were now of opinion that the deter mination of the Commissioners was wrong. It was a well established rule in the construction of revenue Acts, that a duty could not be imposed excei:t by the clear and express words of the statute, and the Court considered that the terms of this particular Act of Parliament did not bear out the construction which the Commissioners had placed on them. There was no purchase or consideration money expressed in the deed, and the transaction could not be treated as a sale. The Court were satisfied that the Crown had not made out a right to charge an ad valorem duty on the deed, and there fore judgment must be for the appellant. Judgment for the appellant accordingly. (Sittings in Banco.) THE VAUXIIALL•BRIDGE COMPANY V. SAWYER.—JUDGMENT. The LORI) CHIEF BARON yesterday delivered the judgment of the Court in this case, unich was a special ease directed for the opinion of their Lordships by an order of 11Ir. Baron Aldeisoa. The question to be determined upon the state of facts set out in the cae was, whether the Vauxhall-bridge Company were liable to be rated to the land-tax in respect of the tolls which they collected on their bridge. It appeared that the company were incorporated under the Act of the 49th George 111., c. 142, which gave them the power to pur chase land and to form the approaches to the bridge, and to take tolls for passengers and goods traffic. The Court were of opinion, however, that the first section of the second Act expressly showed an intention on the part of the Legislature that this de,eription of property should be subject to the tax, and the company must be held liable to pay it in respect of the tolls they collected, as coming under the denomination of an "hereditament." Judgment for the defendant accordingly. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY - OLD COURT. / (Before the RECORDER.) MIRDEMEAN:II,IR.—John Tattersall, aged 17, described as a Custom-house ollieer, remanded from Last session, was in dicted for having indecently exposed his person and assaulted a little girl in Kensington-gardens. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the prose cutior. and Mr. Ballantine, with whom was Mr. Parry, for the defendant. The details of the case are wholly unfit for publication. The trial occupied the whole of the morning, and had not closed when our report left. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) The Court was engaged the whole of the morning, trying Mint cases, none of which presented any feature of public interest. MARLBRO'-STREEF-(THIS DAY.) TEE SOCIETY OF INTERPRETERS.—IMPORTANT DECISION. —A Frenchman named Corquin, residing at No. 31, Lisle street, Soho, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick for using threatening and abusive language towards Mr. C. Benzoni, 17, Duke-street, St. James's, late secretary to the Society of Interpreters. Mr. Fisher, from the office of Mr. Dod, 16, Great Marl borough-street, appeared fbr the complainant, and stated that this was a summons granted by Mr. Bingham for an assault. Complainant had, however, no desire to press the charge; the object was merely to protect him from the an noyances to which he was frequently subjected. Mr. Ben zoni bad been secretary to a society called the Society of In terpreters; be had exerted himself most successfully in its for mation, and had devoted much time and great attention to its interests, but owing to the conduct ofcertain parties Mr.Benzoni had recently resigned the office, his resignation had been duly announced, and his solicitor had, on his behalf, signified his readiness to render his accounts, which would show the so ciety indebted to him in a small balance. An impression, however, had been created (most erroneously) that Mr. Benzoni was indebted to the society, and in consequence the complainant had been continually annoyed by the defendant and other members, demanding of him in no very courteous terms the return of their subscriptions. Mr. Benzoni had been sued in the County Court by one of the members, and it had been there decided that he was in no way liable; but the defendant and others, dissatisfied and not duly impressed with the non-liability of complainant, were disposed to in sult him on all occasions. Mr. Fisher said he was desirous only shat defendant should enter into his own recognizance not to repeat the insult and threat he had been guilty of. Mr. HARDWICK said he must do so. The defendant said, as far as he was concerned he would ; but there were 85 members who would still insult the com plainant whenever they met him. Mr. HAnnwicx said, if they did the whole 85 must go to p r i son . If the complainant was indebted to the society there was a proper course to pursue to bring him to au ac count. Mr. Hardwick then bound the defendant over in 40/. to keep the peace for three months. Montague Gabriel Newton, a young gentleman residing at 33, Woburn-place, Russell-square, was charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance at Mr. Genese's, 125, Jermyn-street. Mr. Genese stated th a t a b out fi ve o ' clock this morning the defendant came into his house in a state of intoxica tion, and created a great noise and disturbance, to the great annoyance of the customers. Witness requested him to leave the house, and on his refusing to do so, he sent for a constable and gave him in charge. The defendant stoutly denied the charge, and could, if time was allowed him, bring forward witnesses to prove that he was quite sober. Lester, 142 C, proved that the defendant was very di unk when he took him in charge. The defendant was fined the usual drunkard's fine of ss. A CAPTAIN IN THE GUARDS COMMITTED TO THE HOUSE OF ConnEcnox.—Captain Paulet Henry Somerset, of the Coldstream Guards, was yesterday committed by Mr. Hardwick, the Marlborough-street magistrate, for ten days to the House of Correction, for having horsewhipped Police constable Griffin, while stationed at the Great Exhibition. The prisoner, who was driving a phaeton and pair, violated the regulations issued by the Police Commissioners with re gard to carriages, and when remonstrated with by Griffin, struck the officer several times across the face with his whip, so violently as to draw blood, and then drove off at a rapid pace, but was afterwards stopped. his excuse was that he had not been treated with that civility that a gentleman had a right to expect. The gallant Captain seemed in a state of most uncomfortable bewilderment as he was led off to the lock-up cell. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAIL WAY.—Last night an inquest was held by Mr. Payne, the coroner, at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the b od y of R obert English, aged 22, who met his death from injuries received on the North Kent Railway on Saturday last. The de ceased, who was in a third-class carriage coming to London, sat on the rail at the back of the carriag e. Som e persons ad vised him to come down, but a e took no notice. The train otheThcearPrerg"l, had been a short time in motion, when he fell aackward on to the railway, and disappeared in o a ver moment. who was with him, by climbing after some minutes succeeded in attracting observation ia -es a the train was stopped, and on going back up the and observation, line the deceased was found with one of his hands Levered from his arm. The deceased was taken to the hospital, 'when it was found that not hand only was his left hand hanging sever a ed from hs arm, The bones of the left arm were very but the other merelyexitebnysivelylive when b , it of frac t s u k re in cl . , n as well as several bones of the face. ie was a b rou ght to the hospital, hut di e d the nest day. On admis sion bis left arm was amputat e d at thesh t oulder joint, and the other arm was amputated below the fore-arm. He was quite sensible, and said he had been drinking, a n d h e was evidently under the infl uence of hquor when brought to the hospital. The jury returned a verdict of " Aecideutal death." ENTERTAINMENTS TO DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNERS BY THE CORPORATION OF LONDON.—At a meeting of the Corporation of London, held in the Guildhall on Saturday, it was resolved that the entertainment or entertainments should be give n t o distinguished foreigners visited the metropolis who have upon the occasion of Exhibi tion of all Nations, and a committee was appointed th Great der and report to consi der in that object upon the most eligible means of accomplishing the Guildhall. We are given to understand that the pl an w ill b e upon the most ma g n ificent - scale, and in every respect w or th y o f t h e C orporat i on and the remarkable Oc casion ; and that, in tie arrangements, it will not be for gotten that the first meeting to receive and carry out the magnificent project of Prince Albert took place at the tesi deuce of the Chief Magistrate. We are requested to state that Lady Franklin's vessel, the Prince Albert, will sail for the Arctic Regions on or about the 15th of May, and to give notice to all who may wish to communicate with the searching expeditions at pre sent out in those seas to forward their letters without delay to the care of Alr. Kennedy, ship Prince Albert, Aberdeen, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERD.A.Y. THE GREAT MATCH. Even betting. A good deal of money laid out at ovens, The Flying Dutchman, on the average of the betting, having the all. DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Hernandez—taken • 11 to 2 agst Sir J. Hawley's Teddington—taken 32 to 1 agst Mr. .T. Clark's The Marlborough Beek 14 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban—take 15 to 1 16 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's The Prime Minister — taken and afterwards offered 18 to 1 agst Mr. Higgins's Theseus—taken and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—t 25 to 1 22 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Heartbreakei"—t 25 to 1 agst Mr. Hill's Mountain Deer 1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Saxon's Tile Black Doctor—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—taken 50 to I agst Lord Ealintoa's Hippolytus—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Gleahawk—t to 1001 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Greville's Ariosto—taken 1 ; 000 to 10 agst Mr. Morris's Hungerford (John o Gaunt colt)—taken 5.000 to 50 agst Mr. Merry's Louis Napoleon—take 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Waller's Enterprise colt The Prime Minister, whose fall from 6 to 1 to 20 to 1 was recorded in our last quotations, rallied this after: noon, bur, efier a considerable outlay at 18 to 1, closed at layers of 16 to 1. Hernandez and Heartbreaker were most in demand, but very little business transacted. OAKS. 7 to 2'agst Mr. Ford's Payment—take 4 to 1. 5 to 1 ag‘t Sir J. Hawley'.: Aphrodite—taken. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Gratvvicke's Hesse Horcburg—thk en 20 to 1 agst Voltigeur winning the Match, The Ba ll the Somersetshire, and Aphrodite the Oaks—taktal 1,000 to 30 agst Lord Eglinton winning the gatc' and the Derby—taken. YORK SPRING MEETING. YORK, MONDAY EVENING, SIX O'CLOGK.—The,.ft lowing ;ire the arr i va l s up to the present time:—The Flying Dutchman, Voltigeur, Radulphus, Castanette, Ladybird, Pand e mu s , Pelopidas, The Knight of th e Garter, c by Ithuriel out of Gipsy, yortalotere. Wanted, A Wallah, colt by Sir Hercules out of Lant" l4 liestrestraire, Witch, Post Tempere, King of Trueri* E1z , ,t13, Mona's Pride, Paquetta, Eliza, Middleton, $ 1145 filly by Melbourne, Miss Lavinia, and Chantry. A great deal of rain fell on Sunday, and the courseja heavy. _ AT Business Companies. Runways. Leasing No m i nal p rim. done to-day. perks and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 3G —1 p. Mr. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do •• • • all 14% 29% Do., withon a guarantee .. Do .. • • all 1 7 —2B Llirm., WoL, & Dud,,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .• 15 8 % -9% p Do., without a guarantee •• Do .. 15 7 —8 p Buck inghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 16 Clydesdale June Caledonian all 4 1 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern all 1 2% —33 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 1 p Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 11 1% 102% Do. 34 Shares Do .. • • all 1 0% 51% Do. % Shares Do .. all 213 23% Leeds and Brad. Midland • • all 99% Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 11% —ll Do., Pref. •• Do .. • • all --24% Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. Norfolk .• all 11 —l6 Do., 6 per cent Do .. all Alidd lek , bro' and Redcar, 6p. et Stookt.& Dar all •• N. 8c East, 5 Per Cent •• E. Counties . all 54 —56 Do. New .. Do .. • • 43 4 , 6 p Preston • and iL.& N. W.] Wyre • • •• 1 &L a. & Y . all 42t 44 Do. % SharesA Do .. • . 10% 8' 9 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 21 21% 21% Roy. & Illtchi n G . Worthen' 6% 711 834 1, 0. Shop. Ex.. Do 3% I % 1 311 3 . Sher., Roth. and Goole, 5 per et. Lanc. & York 18 11 6 .. South staffords. Mr. M'Clean 9% 3 25 dig, Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. • • Stock.& Dar. all 24 •••• 24% 24% Do. do. .. Do • • all .. Do. do. .. 1)0 .. all •-• Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western all 45 45% inErzx INC: SaAItES. MU Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. -.—...._..-„.........—1-___. Aberdeen .. .. • • all Si - % (us dis. of Caledonian 10/. .. .. 10 6% -6% , Chester and Helyhead .. all 163( - 16% 16 39 my Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all %- 34 dia. I . y- East Auglian (31. 10s.) nal 6 per cent .. • • all 2% -2% 2% b a t Eastern Counties Elton., nos 5 per cent. No. 1 .• all %- % P 34 Pm Do. No. 2 .. • . . all % Par dis - 34 P P liesDo . New 6p. cent. Stock 10 1134 - 11% its Eastern Union, Scrip ild guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 16 - 1636 ler Do. 101. Deben. Shares. all •• -•• i ts East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shar es .. all • • -** an E. &W. York. Ju ne . stha all .. - • • • 1 3', Edin. Per. & Dun. sip.ct. all %dia. - Par n- Glasgow & S.-W. Conger. 100 • • •••• 0- Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 1339 - 13% 1334 , d Great South. & Western ~ (Ireland) eighths .. .. 234 % - Ip. '" Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... .. .. 6 1% -1% dia. 4% % Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 13134 -133% 13134 J" Leeds and Thirak, 6 per in cent., No. 1.. .. .. 11 .. -.. p r. Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 .. -.. p ,d London, . Brighton, and it South Coast guar. 5 per i- et., late Croydon thirds 100 119 -119% Do. pref., 5 p ct. Stock, 16 1651, from 501. share. E 100 116 - 120 r. Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 134 -137 rr London &S.-W., new .. 5 2% -2% P. ',.. Londonderry and Ennis h killen, half shares .. 10 .. .- •• . Manch., She ffi eld, and e Line., guar. shrs., No. 1 all 13 - 13% e Do. new, 101. .. .. all 12 - 12% 12 a Do., 6/. .. .. .• • . 3 % - % P a Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 115 - 115 1 4 Do. Consel. Bristol & firming., 6 per cent.. 100 132% - 13334 132% 36 1 83 D Do. Bristol & Gloncos. 48 - -•• _ Norfolk Extension .. all 1634 - 1 736 Du. guar. 5% per cent. all 4% -4% c Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 North British .. .. 5 4% - 5 % I Oaf. Wor. &Si , 01.15/.6 p.c 2 74 —l% p 336 El Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed all 11 - 11 % 11 Shrews. and Ches. (Nor.. , 1 W. Min.) 8 per cent. all lb - 15 % 1 South Devon • • • . .. an 13 -- 15 , South-Eastern, 434 p. et. 10 • • -•• 1 Waterford &Kirke nny, M. 1 •• -** • WestLondon,lst Cl. (10L) all .. -• • t Do. 2d Class de. (par) all •• -•• 1 York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N.of E. Pur. ~ all 1634 - 1 6 % 4% -4% York and North Midland H. and S. Porch. .. 10 134 -yi ims. 3 X FOREIGN. Boulogne and Amiens .. all 9% - 9 % 9% Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) .. all 16% - 1754 Demerara . Dutch Rheniah .. .. 11 5 -oi dis. East Indian .. .. .„ 14 1.% - 2 p. 15% 1 Great Indian Peninsula.. all %-% P. ] Ditto ditto .. 2% %-% P. e Louvain ala Sambre ~ 736 • • a Luxembourg .. .. .. 8 1 34 - 2 r Ditto •• .. •• lO 3% - 3 % 1] Madrid and Valentia .. h Maria Antonia .. „, 25 • 7 - 8 Ditto, New .. .. 736 2 - 3 Namur and Liege .. .. all 6 36 - I t Northern of France .. 16 14 it -15 14 % IS Orleans and Bordeaux .. it 4% - 4 dia. a Paris and Orleans .. .. all 32 -34 b Paris and Rouen .. .. all 2 4 % - 24% Paris and Strasbourg .. 16 5% -5% dia. 1034 Rouen and Havre .. .. all 9% -1 0 % ( 1 1 Sambre and Arenas .. 20 3% - 4 W Tours and Nantes .. .. lb 934 - 9 die. at Tournay, Jurbise, dLan den, and Han, •• all 1 - --• Wet rlaa4eri 17; • • 8% 3 —3% 334 I 3 lank, 37%. 133 t. 14 4% -4% 10% - 11 •• ~. 79 -81 14% - 14% 21% - 2214 •• .• 20 —lB dis. 9% - 10% 4N --5 16 -IN 33i, -4 13% -3.1 8 i 7 - % - % 4134 - 85 - 14 - 80 - 61% - 9% - -7 - 16% - 17% 100 1 1 0 100 8 6 81 13 4 47% 00 14% 82 11 p. 9 — d. 6% dis, 5% d. 173 81i -8% 12654 - 4% - 436 - 2% - 86% - 7 - 634 - 3% - •127 . 4% p. .5 p. 3 F. 87 6 di:. 434 die. 100 42% 34 4 2 0 all all all 1 6% 25% % 27N 16 2-3 Business done to-day. 13% A 434 80 14% % 7% 4%( 16% % 87 86% 61% % 97% 126% 127 k 21% 17 2 ITi dla. 21 61 % 34 LATEST BETTING AT YORK. THE MATCH. --- Even betthog, Voltigeur for choice. zet4kro A' I ittaig YORK SPRING MEETING. (Tills DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Champion Handicap. Knight of the G ar t er ... ▪ ••• Post.-tempore ▪ "' Abdallah Revival Stakes. Torn Holiby rdirpletts HARWICH ELECTION COMMlTTEE.—Yesterday, a t the conclusion of the day's scrutiny, another vote—that c f Daniel Dawson—was declared "bad," making the third vot 0 declared invalid. EMIGRATION FROM SOUTH WALES.--A large num. • ber of the best and most efficient workmen connected will the mining and iron districts of Rhymny, Blaenavon, and ; Blaine are about t o l eave th e country in the course of a very ' law week“, intending to embark as emigrants for the United.. States. Vessels are continually announced to sail from pet various ports in South Wales for the purpose of carrying'' emigrants, and ere long a large body of Latter Day Saints. wilt journey to Bristol and Liverpool, for the purpose of:, emigrating to the large Mormon settlement on the banks of:. the Great Salt Water Lake. Many of these Mormonites are employed in the iron districts of Glamorganshire, and com prise some of the best and most experienced workmen. No ' fewer than eighty men, women, and children left Swansea. last week for Liverpool, prior to emigration to the California‘ settlement. NEW CHURCH IN KENSINGTON.--A new church, to' be called Christ Church, is in course of erection at the seal 1 west end of the parish of Kensington. It is expected to b e ready for consecration about the middle of July. It is a beautiful specimen of the early English style of architecture, and though small, will be very convenient. An ecclesiaeti , 3al district has been assigned to it, and it will be in all respcicti adapted to parochial purposes. The church will be erected at a cost of about 3,000/., mast of which has been raised by voluntary sul.hcriptions and grants. SIR JOHN BARROW'S MONUMENT.—The res fora tion of this beautiful tower, which was struck by lightning in January last, is now nearly completed. Fortunatetv, the damage sustained was confined to the summit, the main body of the tower having totally escaped injury. The estim aced cost of the repair is 1201. A LARGE IMPORTATION.—By the Sarannkpacl:et ship, which arri ve d th e ot h er d ay f ro m Philadelphia, t aere leviathan fig of the enormo us we ight of fifteen hundredweight ! The arrival is about t o b e con veyed to London, there to be exhibited amongst the I.( ist of the world's wonders. —Liverpool Mercury. THE LATE FATAL RAILWAY COLLISIO N IN Sus 'TON TUNNEL.—PRESTON, MONDAY. - Th e seventh d ay of this came to this country a protracted inquiry was passed in taking additional evide nee from various persons present at the catastrophe, and from Captain Laffan, the Government engineer. The cora nor at great length summed up the volumin ous ev i dence, and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," with g reat blame to the executive com m i ttee, and a charge of imprudence and indiscretion against th e officers; there was deficiency of locomotive power; the management W as i m p er f e ct, endangering the safety of the p u bli c. Sign al3 at d each en of the tunnel and lights in the carriages wer e N . commended. TOE CAPE MOUNTED RIFLES.--Upon disbanding a portion of this force, on the ground of disaffection, Sir H. Smith paid the following tribute to the officers in command, in a general order dated,, "Head-quarters, R ing William's town, March 15, 1851 :' -" It is with the deepest regret that the Commander-in-Chief has been compelled to deprive a considerable number of the Detachment Cape Mounted Rillßifles under Lieutenant -Colonel Napier of their arms and a corps with whom he has served so long —a corps heretofore the admiration of every Commander-in-Chief, and of the officers and soldiers of the army. Whatever may be the infatuation which has led to this melancholy defection in a corps where once a truly military spirit alone existed, Lieutenant-Colonel Napier and the officers of the Cape Mounted Rifles have exerted themselves to the utmost to avert it; their conduct upon all occasions is of the highest, order, whether in the field before an enemy, or in quarters; and truly does the Commander-in-Chief, as well as every British officer and soldier in this command, sympathize in their nat ura ll y wounded feelings. Lieutenant-Colonel Napier and the officers of this detachment m a y rest assure d this ex pression o f appro b at i on o f t h e i r services will be submitted to his G race t h e D u k e o f W e lli ngton, the Comm ander-in- Chief. - A. J. CLOETE, Lieutenant. Colonel, Deputy-Quarter master-General." ROYAL MARINES.—WOOLWICIL, MAY 12.—Major Hawkins, with 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 1 drummer, and Captain Buchanan, with 3 serge an t s , 3 corporals, and 1 drummer, all of the Woolwich division, proceed on the re cruiting service on Wednesday next—the former to Aber• deen, and the latter to Perth. The Clothworkers' Company, of which the Right lion. the Lord Mayor is a member, and his Lordship was master when the grand entertainment was given to the late Sir Robert Peel, Bart., at Clothworkers' Hall, are about to invite a number of the most distinguished foreigners who are now in this country to a banquet at their hospitable board on an early day. It is said that the other companies are pre paring to show the spirit with which they can sustain the character of the citizens of London for hospitality. There will be, it is supposed, a most strenuous rivalry, FATAL ACCIDENT. —lio'riEsB.—On Thursday ran iron sloop appeared oft Bo'ness, when a sudden gust of wind capsized the vessel, which sunk a few minutes after. Three men on board escaped by the boat, but unfortunately a senncr hey nn hogrri Was air weed. 41.1.61, On the 6th inst., at Upper Holloway, John Soper, Esq. On the 6th inst., at Wem, Shropshire, aged 71, atherine, relict of R. W. Smith, Esq. On the 4th inst., at Brinton, Norfolk, aged 64, William John Brereton, Esq. On the Bth inst., in Bath, Rebecca Hannah, widow of the Rev. Ilcad Pottinger, vicar of Compton, Berks, aged 90. On the 9th i nst., Frances ;Vary, only c hild of the late H. J. South, Esq., of St. Thomas', Southwark, aged 22. London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112 , Strand, Printer, at lie Sun Office, No. 112 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the SAVOY, in the county o f KWWoos, Tuesday s May 13, 1831, MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY- This establishment was opened to the public by hie Roy' 91 Highness the Prince Consort yesterday. A large party W .° assembled to meet the Prince. The usual cemonies having been observed, Sir H. DE LA re BECHE, in the name of the officers of the' Institution, addressed the Prince. His ROYAL HIGHNESS replied in the following terms :—" lAA thanking you for the address which you have just read t'O' me, I would als o express t h e s i ncere gratification with whit ti I witness the o p en i ng, i n a form most likely t o make j'A generally and practi c ally use f u l , of an institution the progres of which I have long watched with much interest, and th want of which has long been felt in this country. I rejoit in the proof thus afforded of the general and still increasir interest taken in scientific pursuits; while Science hersel by the subdivision into the various and distinct fields of h et i study, aims d a il y more and more at the attainment of use , u and practical results. In this view it is impossible to esti , mate too highly the advan , ages to be derived from an insti tution like this, intended to direct the researches of science" and to apply their results to the development of the immense' mineral riches granted by the bounty of' Providence to out' isles and their numerous colonial dependencies. It will always give me the greatest pleasure to hear of, and, as far as I am able, to contribute to the continued success of th Museum of Practical Geology." His Royal Highness shortly afterwards left the buildin. and the proceedings terminated. The O'Gorman Mahon paired off with the Mate r of the Rolls against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. A STRANGE ROBBERY.—A robbery of unheard-of audacity, it is stated, took place on Wednesday evening at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. The thieves, who were pro bably concealed at the moment when the gates were closed, carried off one of the lions of the menagerie. The police only became aware of the fact the next morning, and en tertained hopes of discovering the thieves, whose course has been tracked as far as the Quai by stains of blood on the ground. A handkerchief, covered with blood, has also beeit discovered near the animal's lair; it bears the initials " C. V.'O Major-General Napier paid a visit to Galway on. Thursday last, accompanied by his staff, when the troops in. garrison underwent an inspection, and the General expressed/ his approbation of the high state of discipline which they evinced. it.J Nal Fo No other I The Tae !~. l 'ue ......„ ___ t 17% - IN .... Ri Direct Ore!atm, eVery quer 'ROM RR Time. zar. v. 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WE thern ste the circle Post-ofti This 1: ces, and A Gol Ounce. 4 L MI themsel' Oil Lam Phine er and ruir C HAI above, 28. to 2€ Ms. to f trade. A C proved DEAF: form ti Withott Or th e rerned3 Merit. delay a applica vartow withou To t Stamp, ceipt o COM EST! Merc Di Atte Evenit T