The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-17 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Mazes 17, --- - Will be presented the Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES; or„ a Hundred Years Ago. Supported by Messrs. Paul Bedford, moy, 0. Smith, and Parselle ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss &c. To conclude with (positively the last time but two) SL A.VE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tern's Cabiii. Doors open at half:past sizb'elock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Masco 17, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Prim avg.' character by Mr. C. Kean. After which, CHARLES THE SECOND. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Farren. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. COMPTON. THIS EVENING, MARCH 17, Win be presented (last night but two) THE POOR GEN' TLE MAN. Supported by Messrs. Farren, jun., Cooke, Shalders, E dgar, Bender, and Clifton ; Misses Anderton, J. Adams, E. Turner, 8:4. After which, THE SWISS COTTAGE. To conclude with THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Box-office open Trona Eleven till Five, under the superintenJance of Mr. E. Chatterton. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT —Morning 13 min. after 6 I Evening 34 min.aft. 5 o-Mormovr—Morning 54 rain. after 6 Evening 20 min.aft.. 7 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—N.E., gentle breeze=partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—N. W.., strong breeze—cloudless. TuNsBmGE—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE—N., calm—overcast. GREENWICH—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. STRooD--N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—E., light breeze—foggy. LEIGHToN—N.E., calm—overcast. YARMOUTH—E., hard wind—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : HASTINGS—S.W, gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—W., gentle breeze—rain. TUNBRIDGE--S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—N., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—S., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. STEOOD—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—N. W., light airs—cloudless. LEIGHTON—N.E., calm—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH— S., gentle breeze—cloudless. HOLYHEAD--W., gentle breeze—showery. LANCASTER—N., calm— heavy rain. WHITBY—S., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—N.W., gentle breeze overcast, rain. SHAP—W., calm—overcast. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MARCH 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 27—lowest this morning and during the night. 28— this day at noon. • BAROMETER, 29.90—rising fast. WIND, E.N.E.—Cold, frosty, dull weather. THE PUBLICATION OF ‘, THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by th© Latest Trains. two great Commandments of CHRIST, and those two Commands the DrviNE AUTHOR of our faith himself declared were but the summary of the law and the prophets. Indeed, he borrowed their very words from the Pentateuch. There is, then, no moral ground for excluding the Jew ; it must run up to the ceremonial and theological ground only—just the ground on which Sir FREDERICK declared his reluctance to fight the battle ! He felt strongly enough, that to enter upon that ground would be to deliver the Jews much as they were saved on one occasion in their history, by all the contending sects rising up to destroy one another. The apostolically baptised would deny the Christianity of those who had been merely sprinkled by " unauthorised teachers," the evangelicals would denounce the Puseyites as " leading immortal souls to hell ;" the Spoonerites would cast out the Catholics as "idoliters and oath breakers"—while all of them would, with the tone of excommunication, affirm that " Socinians were no better than Infidels," and that both must be treated as " Heathen men and Publicans." Well may theology be a tabooed theme in the House. We want no more BAREBONES' Parliaments, nor QUEEN MARY'fi Parliaments either. Our Legislature has long lost the distinc tion of an Episcopal Church, or even an Esta blished Church, Legislature. All sects, but the one under discussion, find easy admis sion into it ; while the Atheist would certainly not be deterred by oaths which he regards as mummery, and a WILKES found them no bar to his entrance. A man who seriously violates the moral precepts of Christianity, is surely, by uni versal consent, a greater foe to its interests, than a Jew who keeps his own law. The advocates of a Christian Legislature (in their technical sense) ought, therefore, to have election committees to try the question of the moral character of their members, and to examine whether it was consis tent with the oath in which they professed Chris tianity. Woe, then, to the frequenters of Epsom, Ascot, and Newmarket, if the Evangelicals hap pened to be a majority on the tribunal ! Our creed on the subject is very short. Let a man's Christianity show itself in conduct which induces his fellow-men to trust him as their representa tive ; nothing more is needed. Real Christianity needs no oath to bind it, and false Christianity will be bound by none. If the social and moral conduct of the Jew equals or surpasses that of the Christian, he is as worthy of confidence as the Christian ; and it can be nothing but religious per secution to visit him with political disqualifica tions, because he differs from you in religion only. We have again, with pleasure, to commend the language, as well as the course of Government, on this occasion. The speech of Mr. SIDNEY HERRERT was masterly and thoroughgoing, and Lord JouN was quite worthy of his life-long right mindedness on the question of religious liberty. Should he, however, fail to carry his measure through the Lords, we shall be obliged to censure his want of generalship ; since we maintain that the House of Commons is quite competent to settle the question by a simple resolution of its own. It ought not to submit to the dictation of the Upper House, as to the indulgence needed by the consciences of its members. Among the multitude of books which continu ally come under our notice, it is long since we have met with one more interesting than a work bearing a perhaps not very attractive title,* written by the late Inspector of Prisons. We earnestly commend it to the careful perusal of all concerned—and who is not concerned ?—in the well-being of the community of which they form a part. Mr. HILL's opinions are worthy of attention, because they are not the wild speculations of a theorist, but have been subjected to the tests of actual experi ence. He prefaces his remarks with a prudent caution to the eager philanthropist against undue expectations formed with regard to any indvidual r4form. Each improvement, good in itself, is chiefly valuable as part of a general system. This fa n. fact cannot be too much impressed upon the atten- ft . of those rival benefactors of society who, e ch believing that universal happiness must b the result of some infalliable scheme of their o n, will suffer no co-operation with their endea vours, but wage war against all who would do god by any other means. The field is wide enough, Heaven knows, for us all. Every reli gious denomination, every political creed, may here find enough occupation for all its members apart from sectarian differences. When the enemy knocks at the gates of the citadel, all good citi zens, no matter what their municipal misunder standings, form into rank and march together against the foe. One common danger annihilates immaterial differences, and the bond of brotherhood is at once recognised. The force of that example makes itself very palpable to us when contem plating this large volume by our side, containing hundreds of pages, and all filled with the records of Crime ! This enemy—this common enemy—is within our gates, consuming the vitals of our pros perity, but before we can combine to repel his advances, Politicians pause to decide about the colours they must carry, and Christians wait to arrange the order of their precedence 1 Gloomy as the records of these pages are, it is nevertheless satisfactory to find testimony borne by one so well competent to give it as to the diminution of crime of latter years, com paratively. How much yet exists to sadden the hearts of the thoughtful, and to bewilder the combinations of the statesman, may be seen from a very cursory glance at the facts here collected. The object of this work is threefold. It sets forth the Amount, the Causes, and the Remedies of Crime. Of Causes Mr. HILL enumerates six : 1. Bad Training and Ignorance. 2. Drunkenness and other kinds of profligacy. 3. Poverty. 4. Habits of violating the laws engendered by the creation of artificial offences. 5. Other measures of legislation, interfering unnecessarily in private actions, or presenting examples of injustice. 6. Temptations to crime, caused by the proba bility either of entire escape or of subjection to an insufficient punishment. The advocates of popular education will here find abundant corroboration to their arguments. In one account, among the prisoners of _one year, we find that less than one in three could read well, not one in thirteen could write well, and only one in fifty had learnt more than mere reading and writing. We shall take another opportunity of considering Mr. HILL'S suggestions on the all-important matter of Education, in one very significant portion of which he reminds us of the efficacy of good parental training, by showing that a large part of the inmates of prisons are orphans, or hare lost one parent. So widely ex tended is the subject-matter of this work, that our only intention in these remarks is to direct to it the attention of our readers, reserving a further consideration of its " Remedies" for another time. . if , .. _,, -Alt44' c , vit .- .-; .; ppp , : plitt .i.1).5 , +44 , 4, t t LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1853. We do not regret the Parliamentary time de voted to the Jews. Their numerical and political insignificance constitute the glory of the debate. There might be but little of high and pure prin ciple in demanding the political emancipation of nearly one-third of the inhabitants of Great Bri tain and. Ireland, but it can be nothing but the purest and. most intelligent zeal for civil and. re ligious liberty which can so pertinaciously insist on bestowing the full rights of British citizens on the politically unimportant denomination of the Jews. In this point of view both the Liberal majority of the city of London and that of the House of Commons are entitled to the highest credit. Sir FREDERICK THESIGER, it eeems, is the last leading counsel in the great cause of bigotry and exclusiveness, versus religious liberty. No doubt, he did his best ; and no doubt few, if any, could have done better with such a case. We think, however, he would himself agree that the whole of his speech, but its close, was the merest special pleading which in his extensive practice he ever attempted. He was obliged to concede to Baron ALDERSON and to history, that the clause in the oath which keeps out the Jew was made to keep out the Papist—that hence we are in the curious position that we have ad mitted those whom it was meant to keep out, but keep out those to whom it had no reference at all. He pleaded that our admis sion of Jews to the elective franchise had too small, " too infinitesimal" an influence on our legislation to require us in consistency to admit them to Parliament, if that franchise sent them to its doors ; but he forgot that, as representa tives, their number would always be quite as " infinitesimal." If their vote could ever, as suggested, be a casting vote, it must be when 656 Christians, or thereabouts, were equally divided on a question ; 'the question, besides, must always be a political one, since it were morally impos sible that Jewish theology and circumcision could ever come to actual conflict in the House of Commons with Christian theology and baptism. The Sabbath of the Jews was even brought in against them. Possibly a Jewish Member might be ballotted on an Election Committee. These committees enjoy the enviable privilege of sitting on the seventh day of the week. Would the House accept the excuse of the Jewish Member ? We may reply, that the chance is indeed an " in finitesimal" one in favour of the Jewish Mem ber; and Sir FREDERICK must allow the "infini tesimal" to be pleaded for Jews as well as against them. If asked. how likely he thought the event to happen, or the House to make any difficulty about it if it did, Sir FREDERICK would doubtless have replied, with one of those inim itable looks which troubled the opposing counsel so much in the ACHILL' case, "If the sky fall, we :hall catch larks." Sir FRED/CRICK even quoted some unknown pamph leteer to prove that if they could, 100,000 Jews would t a k e sa il at once f or S yr i a ! H ow infi niteli mal, in that case, their influence must be he quite forgot ' . it would soon open up the ques tion, not of their admission to Parliament here, but of " Pried a nd High Priest Reserves" in the Syrian colonies. We leave, howeve r , with as raneliall Sir FREDERICK'S in genuitiesendation of their forensic skill as the Noble and. Learned. Member can wish. The grave question, all the junior counsel in the as he himself and asserted, is the religious question. 8 0 0 strongly parlia ment, he says, is now a Christian feature. It takes an oath in which it p rofesses i It observes Christm as-da y , Good Friday, aans lanatnyd, Sunday, and therefor e consists of good Christians . Unfortunately, as to the oath, Mr. SIDNEY RBI,: BERT challenged any one to find a declaration, by implication or otherwise, of being a Christian, i n the oath for Catholics. The Christianity of Pres byterians and Nonconformists must be at a very low ebb if we estimate it by their respect for Christmas-day and Good Friday ; indeed, we fear that a very large proportion of the House adopt as their creed respecting all Saints' Days, the sen timents of the witty author of " The History and Mystery of Good Friday." Our Sabbatarian friends will doubtless thank him for making Sabbath observance a test of Christianity. It was a little more to the purpose when Sir FREDERICK observed that our laws were made with a reference to the Christian standard (doubtless our Courts Christian think so), and he was afraid to lower that stan uarstatkranubte it may be justly asked, would the lowered the theology of e It is not the morality but Christianity that Jews impugn. Their mo ra lit y Commandramita oftener in "Ler ad o= our altars the bud. Their Ton than the * Crime : its Amount, Causes, and Remedies. By. Frederick Hill, barrister-at-law, late Inspector of Pri sons. John Murray. FRENCH PLAYS.—MIIe. Luther took her benefit last night at this th ea t re , on the last night but one of her engagement, She appeared in four pieces, one of which, Marriage au Miroir, was new to us. She played with her usual spirit and vivacity, and was loudly applauded audience, piece. at the end of The and h h o e u r s e m w aj a e s s fi t l y le a d nd wi p tl r i in th ee e usual fashi ona b le Albert also honoured the performance with their presence. ll A T e leave o f 'r" the R T RR 4 airum.—Mr. B. Webster took his Haymarket st age , i n hi s manager i a l finalcapacity, lv last night. and pieces in which he appeared The Pretty Girls of Stiberg, , e his celebrated and striking repre sentationiwnewrehTichhe l ß at o t u e s r ed he Li g o a n v Napoleon I. After this he n which he alluded with adsadtirsefttion to the success of his of the Emperor improvements which he pecuniary e n a n n ia nouncement pardonable e a p f r ar id e e w a e n ll d management, and to the great Tpeh had effected in the "little theatre," that his success had placed him, i n a 7 point of view, independent of the world, was received with loud cheering, as was also his further announcement thiti, he should continue to cater for the public at the Adelnh; Theatre. The ho use was filled to the ceiling with and fashionable audience ; and the wa rm and even enthusiastic reception which they gave to Mr. B . Webster must have been highly ratifying to his feelings. HONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW& CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton, at Liverpool yesterday - were estimated at 14,000 bales, of which 3,000 American were taken for export, and 2,000 on speculation. The market was animated, and closed firmly with prices nearly l t d. per lb. against the buyer. The sales comprised 13,000 American, 300 Pernana and Maranham at 6kd. to sid., 120 Bahia, 300 Egyp tian at 6jd. to Bd., and 400 Surat at 3/d. to 4(1. per lb. Railway Shares were flat. - The six weeks' average price of wheat is 455. sd. per quarter, and the last week's sales were 103,145 quarters. _ _ _ - The Teviot steamer, with the Brazilian and Buenos Apes mails, brings accounts of rather a startling character from the Argentine Reptalic. It appears that the Provisional Government had taken offence at the asserted interference of Mr. Gore, the British Ambassador, with the local politi cians, and had in consequence handed him his pass ports. This is evidently a libel upon that gentle man, and in his announcement to the British :mer chants of an intention to retire, he most energeti cally disclaim the charges brought against him. It is probable, therefore, that the English fleet will have to take very decisive measures to resent the insult. Trade in Buenos Apes was necessarily much affected by the continued disturbances, and there was an accumulation of produce as well as of imports. The town is stated to be well defended, but this does not afford the least security that the insurgents will not attack it. At Rio, on the 30th ult., the exchange on Lon don was 27i to 28k. At Pernambuco the e rport trade was affected by the scarcity of vessels, lbut a larger amount of tonnage was soon expected. Sugar was coming down from the interior, and the stocks were therefore accumulating. Exchange on Lon don 28i to The Falcon arrived at Liverpool, only brings Sydney dates of November 17, but has 58,0002. in specie on board. The intermediate advices from Sydney allude in most encouraging terms to the yield at the " dig gings." The Turon claim was particularly eulo gised. As some guide to parties connected with companies formed in England, the following sitate ment of a local association may be usai.7ully given : "Every week has added to the evidence they possessed of the amazing richness of this mine. Portions o:f the quartz, selected indiscriminately from the ridge, having been forwarded to Sydney and tested by practical ausay ere, have yielded gold to an extent which has not only startled the directors, but which, if published, would scarcely be credited. " Independently of the facts brought under the d irec tors' notice by their own experiments, disinterested par ties have spoken of this claim in the highest terms, and the Assistant Gold Commissioner gives his opinion of its value in the strongest language, in his original report on the subject to the Chief Gold Commissioner. " In the early part of last month, the directors were fortunate enough to secure the services of a gentleman lately arrived from Mexico, where he had been engaged for many years in mining pursuits, with whom thoy en tered into an arrangement to proceed to the Turon, sur vey and report on the auriferous Quartz Vein on the Company's Claim, and the best mode of working the same. This gentleman has returned to town, and. his report fully confirms previous statcurtents. He excavated nine feet, and quarried out a block of quartz so large that it cannot, in the present state of the roads, be conveyed to Sydney, bearing indi cations of gold as rich as previous samples, which yielded at the rate of 1,4001. sterling per ton. The character of the quartz upon this claim is of the best description, being thoroughly impregnated with gold, and so equally distributed as to be perceptible to the naked eye on all sides, but when brought under the influence of a powerful lens, it is found to pervade the whole mass." It is evident from these accounts that quartz exists to an extent that will afford a profitable, opening • for companies that have the requisite capital and machinery. The steamer Sydney has at length arrived, 'bring ing 800,000/. in specie ; but her letters will 3acrt be , delivered until to-morrow morning. The report made by the Directors of the Crystal Palace Company has afforded great satisfaction, and there is an impression that the profits must yield a very ample return upon the capital, see ing the highly advantageous sales that have been made of the surplus land. The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of England took place this day, Thomas Hankey, Esq., in the chair, when the usual accounts were laid before the Proprietors, showing that the net profits of the half year, ending the 28th February last, were 563,0491., and the " Rest," from which the divi dend was to be made up, was 3,594,2331., which would enable the-Court to declare a dividend of 4 per cent. for the half-year, leaving the " Rost" then at the sum of 3,012,113/. The announce' nent of the dividend was received with applause. The increased demand for money that has existed within the last two days is said to be due to a re newed inquiry for the Continent; but the /Large Australian arrivals may impose sotne check. There are, however, suspicions that the Bank of England may now find it necessary, in order to cheek so many foreign companies and loans, to raise the minimum rate of discount. Certainly the numiber of United States schemes and the Spanish loan are calculated to excite vigilance. The bullion in - the Bank is expected to show an increase in the return of Friday next. Consols have declined to 100 and 99i for Tranfer, and to 100 and 99i- for Account. Exchequer Bills of June are 135., and March I.ls. East India Bonds are 40s. to 455. premium. Foreign Stocks are more fluctuating, and rather drooping. The Turkish Loan is only Og- to 1* pre mium, and the Spanish Certificate is not higher than B*, owing to the statement in the Message of the American President that he advocates. the acquisition of Cuba by purchase. Mexican B onds have been at 26* to *. Peruvian Scrip is at 4i. Grenada Active Bonds are 24. Brazalian Ne•w per Cents. are 98i. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are at 38i. Dutch and Danish Bonds are quiet. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1853. 1852. Great Western 16,667 1 1,404 North Western 45,011 40,745 South Western Brighton Midland South Eastern 7,677 8,245 23,059 21,988 10,870 1.312 Caledonian 8,767 8,,037 Great Northern 13,960 10,539 Lancashire and Yorkshire 17,759 1 6;747 York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick 13,657 12,388 These returns are very satisfactory, and it will be observed that the Lancashire and Yorkshire, the Newcastle and Berwick, the North-Western, and the Great Western considerably increased their receipts. Railway shares have been flatter, but the sales are very limited, and it is rather the absence of business that causes the depression. Foreign shares have been also in favour of buyers. The gold mine companies are all lower, the more extraordinary, considering the arrival of the steamer Sydney with a large amount of bullion, and the prospect of the Great Britain also coming in. Most of the companies are affected, the chief business being in Great Nuggett, Port Philip, and Colonial. The land companies have all given way, but more especially the South Australian Land. The Van Dieman's Land have receded after the late rise, and the Agricultural are drooping. The Australian Bank shares have beenin demand, and there is a further rise-in the Union.. The Lon don Chartered and the Scottish are well maintained, and the London Bank of Australia and India, is up to /, premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. [(From the Oficial List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities, 1726 India Bonds, £lOOO 4O Ditto, under £lOOO 45 Consols for Account 13th April Exchequer Bills, lid. June. March. £l000 £5OO 8 11 Small 9 8 11 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 9 84 Danish 3 per Cent. Grenada Bonds, Deferred, - -I,.Ditto Ez Dec., 1849, Coupon..;ii , 231 Greek ex over-due Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent 261 i Peruvian Scrip Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 64i Portuguese 4 per Cent. — Ditto for the Account 3B 9 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 4i per cent l4Bl Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... . Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 498 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 25 5 4 Spanish Passive (Converted) 6 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 8i 8 p e Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852. 1 0 1h p Venezuela Bonds per Cent. Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent l6i Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 994 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols . Ditto April Account 991 100 ALBERT DOCK.—STRIKE FOR WAGES.—We under stand that a large body of the supernumerary labourers at the Albert Dock warehouses have struck (for higher wages. In this case the regular men, as they are termed, get 3s. 6d. a day, whilst the irregular, or those not in constant employ, get only 35., and that after waiting days for a job. But another grievance is, that instead of being paid fo r h a lf a d a y, w h en th ey are ca ll e d i n for ajob, they are only paid 4d. the hour. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1853. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY. THREE PERSONS KILLED. This morning, shortly before 7 o'clock, an accident of a frightful character took place at the Brighton Station of the London and Brighton Railway, by which three of the company's servants lost their lives. It appears that the engine which was to bring up the 7 o'clock train to London, had just emerged from the shed to be attached to the train, and on it were three persons, the driver, stoker, and engine -fitter, when the boiler blew up with a terrible report, filling the station with a dense body of steam, which for several minutes obscured the immediate scene of the catastrophe, and rendered it impossible for those in the vicinity to form anything like an idea of the extent of the injuries sus tained. The screams of dozens of persons at the station added to the general terror and confusion prevailing, and caused it to be supposed that a great number had sustained in jury. Upon the clearing away of the steam and smoke it was found that the three servants of the company had been killed, and the bodies frightfully mangled. The engine-driver had his head completely blown off from the neck, and it was found some 60 yards from the engine; while the body of the stoker was found dismembered of both arms and the head smashed into a shapeless mass ; the engine-fitter had both legs blown off and his body dreadfully shattered. The remains of the unfortunate men were gathered up, and the force of the explosion may be imagined, from the fact of portions of the bodies having been picked up at the corner of Surrey-street--- some 300 yards from the station. A. piece of the engine, a heavy iron mass was driven through the roof of the station and fell 200 yards f rom it. It was fortunate that the accident occurred prior to the engine being attached, otherwise the loss of life among the passengers might have been awful indeed. At the hour of going to press we received the follow ing communication upon the subject of the melancholy catastrophy COURT CIRCULAR. Prince Albert presided yesterday morning at a meet ing of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the New Palace of West minster at eleven o'clock, attended by the Hon. Capt. De Ros. The other commissioners present were—The Earl of Derby, Earl Granby, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord 0 verstone, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, the Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Sir Alexander Spearman; Bart„ Sir James W. Hogg, M.P., Sir Charles Barry, Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Richard Westmacott, Mr. C. W. Mike, Pro fessor Forbes, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. J. Gott, Mr. P. Pusey, and Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P. Mr. Ed gar A. Bowring, Secretary to the Royal Commission, attended. The meeting broke up at a quarter before two o'clock. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, LONDON, 17th March. Sir,—l am instructed to inform you that a serious accident took place this morning at this company's ter minus at Brighton. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Camoys, Colonel Bouverie, and the Hon. Captain De Ros, honoured the performance of the French Plays at the St. James's Theatre with their presence last evening. Her Majesty's private band attended at the palace on Tuesday evening, and performed the following composi tions : At about ten , minutes past seven, the engine of the short train' which leaves Brighton for Littlehampton daily at 7.15 a.m. was standing attached to its train, and ready for departure, when it suddenly exploded, and the various parts of the machinery were driven through the roof of the shed under which it was standing. The driver, the fireman, and a fitter—who were upon the engine at the time—were killed, and their bodies were found at some distance from the engine. Although some of the passengers were seated in the train, they all escaped without the slightest injury ; and, with the exception of the three unfortunate men above referred to, no personal injury whatever was sustained. From evidence already obtained, the directors have too much cause to believe that the accident arose from the driver having screwed down the safety valves shortly before the explosion took place. The directors will cause the matter to be strictly investigated without delay.— I am, Sir, your obedient servant, FRED. SLIGHT, Secretary. Overture (Op. 56) Selection, " Euryanthe" Choeur, " Gustave" Pas Redouble ,Kalliwoda. .Weber. Auber. .Labitzky. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, visited the Comteese de Neuilly, at Claremont yesterday. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended by Lord James Mur ray and Lady Fanny Howard, honoured the Princess's Theatre with her presence last evening. A deputation, with a petition to the crown for inquiry as to the unfinished and abandoned portions to Devizes, in the county of Wilts, of the Exeter Great Western Railway (the Hungerford Extension), and of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official resi dence in Downing-street. The deputation consisted of Mr. Bond Cabbell, M.P., Mr. Watson Taylor, Mr. Paul Anstie, Mr. James Waylen, Mr. Wm. Cunnington, Mr. John James Fo x , an d r. Philip Hayward. a deputation e pi interview o w f th framer the w ß o g k h t k H n t n e . r s E f . r c o m a r d Leicester hadA terday at the Board of Trade in reference to the heavy amount of deductions made from their wages under various pretences. The deputation consisted of George Buckby and Joseph Elliott, of Leicester, accompanied by T. Winters, of London. A deputation on the subject of the Melbourne Bank had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. The deputation consisted of Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., Mr. Oliveira, M.P., Mr. Macgregor, M.P., M. D'Olier Gowan, Mr. G. Cook, Mr. Gardiner, Mr. Aggus, and Mr. Mayne. A depu tation of the Australian Mining Company had also an interview with his grace at the same time. The deputa tion consisted of Sir J. Shelley, Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., Mr. James Baring, and Mr. Edward Esdaile. A deputation from the Royal Flax Improvement Society of Ireland had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The deputation consisted of the Earl of Erne, Sir J. M. Stronge, Bart., Mr. Vincent Scully, M.P., Mr. Fagan, M.P., Mr. Cairns, M.P., Mr. Macartney, M.P., Mr. Kirk, M.P., Mr. Davison, M.P., Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P., Mr. F. Scully, M.P., Mr. James Sadleir, M.P., Dr. M'Kibbin, Mr. Prendergant, Mr. J. Shar man Crawford, Mr. Ross S. Moore, M.P., Mr. Herd man, Mr. Macadam, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Grace, M.P. Captain Vit c h, R.N., bad an interview yesterday with the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial. office to the Governors of the West India Islands. ELECTION COMMITTEES-(THIS DAY). MALDON. This committee resumed this morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Du Cane, the sitting member, was examined by Mr. Merewether, and disclaimed all knowledge, direct or indirect, of any bribery or treating at the late election. He had given most positive orders to his agents that nothing of the sort should take place. Mr. James cross-examined this witness with the view of proving that Mr. Onley Parker and Dr. Tomlinson were his legal agents ; and Mr. Du Cane admitted that he had attanded committee meetings in NEW WINDSOR. This committee resumed this morning at half-past eleven, when Mr. Sergeant Mangham was heard on be half of Lord Charles Wellesley, the sitting member. The learned sergeant argued at considerable length that the publicans, who had kept open houses during the election, had done so on speculation, and at their own responsi bility, and without the order of Lord Charles Wellesley or any of his agents. The learned, sergeant had not concluded his address when our report left. SHERIFFS COURT-(PHIS DAY). There was only one case heard this morning, for work done, not of the slightest interest, but there being a great numbei of witnesses, the case was not concluded when our report left. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCOXOII. LEAMINGTON GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE.—Peter Simple, it is said, is not to be the horse this time. The latest moves indicate that the winner will be found in Maurice Daley, Bourton, or Warner. The latest named has been backed for a great deal of money by the public. The Hurdle Race would seem to be a tolerable cm , tainty for THE HERO ; Odiham being the probable second. The Free Handicap Steeplechase I presume will be won by BULLFINCHER. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. THE AUSTRALIAN STEAM SHIP. Mr. Frith, chairman of the board of directors, with another member of that board—Mr. Robert Marshall, secretary—Mr. I. K. Brunel, the engineer, and Mr. Wakefield, his assistant—have been on board the Austra lian, making an inquiry into her condition, so as to de termine her future destination. Thirty-two of her mail bags were transferred to the Lady Jocelyn, which de parted on Tuesday for the Cape and Calcutta ; and orders from the Postmaster-General have been received for the immediate landing of the remainder of her bags, which comprise about 200 sacks of newspapers and bags of letters dated subsequent to the 4th of March. They will probably be kept at Plymouth until the 3d of April, when the next outward mail is appointed to leave. The official day for the departure of the Australian was the 3d of February, but the directors obtained permission from the Admiralty to postpone the date to February 23. The time lost from that date to the present has been in consequence of the defective state of the ship. Sir Robert Nichol, Governor of New South Wales, and suite, and several of the Australian's passengers, are going out by the General Screw Company's new ship Argo. The di rectors, after surveying the ship, determined that she should return to London to have her cargo discharged, and to be docked there. She has her steam up in the Sound now, and will leave in a few minutes. Mr. Wakefield comes round in her. At a meeting of the board of directors of the company, at their offices in Lombard-street, yesterday, a deputation appointed by the passengers of the Australian mail steamer had an interview for the purpose of obtaining the return of the passage-money. Some discussion took place as to the return and condition of the Australian, and the direc tors at length consented to the desire expressed in the resolution, and directed the passage-money to be paid back to those who demanded it. C OLD.—The total receipts of gold from Australia to be expected during the next two or three weeks seems little short of 2,000,0001. The Sydney, it appears had exactly 700,0001., and the Great Britain was to take a similar amount. The Black Friar and New Orleans had 250,0001. between them, and an aggregate of 1,650,0001. is therefore made up by these four vessels alone. The Cleopatra and Sarah Sands would also be likely to leave at an early date, and to ship considerable sums. BANK OF CONSTANTLNOPLE.—It appears that the Turkish Government have made a demand upon the late London agents of the Bank of Constantinople for 420,0001. The agents, however, being under advance to the extent of upwards of 250,0001., while the assets remitted to them, and on which the demand is founded, I have not yet been more th an par ti a ll y rea li se d , d ec li ne to give up anything. It is thought that the sum in ques tion has been the only thing relied upon to enable the repudiation of the loan to be carried out, but as there is every reason to believe that the Turkish authorities must have been fully aware of the lieu which exists upon it, a hope may be entertained that it was on some better grounds that Lord Clarendon was induced to represent to the bondholders that all their claims would be met within a month. The 80,000/. of specie lately sent from Constantinople was merely in connexion with the liqui dation of the bank now in progress under the commission recently appointed. AUSTRALIAN COPPER COMPANY.—There was a special meeting of the English and Australian Copper Company yesterday, to give the proprietors all the information the directors pbssessed before the annual meeting in July. It appeared that the want of labour had been severely felt, and that many of the miners and skilled workmen had left the company's service for the diggings. The last accounts showed that the price of labour had fallen con siderably on account of the large emigration, and that the directors hoped some reaction would take place, and wthnarksti,nen would again be procured for the co m p an y' s as Well as for those of the Burra Burra Company. The accounts exhibited a profit for the twelve months of 27,000/. in Australia, and of 14,600/. at the Spitty works. There was a large quantity of copper ore in store, and about 3,000 tons were on the way to England. The chairman advised that no dividend should be paid out of the 42,0001 . j us t a t p r ese n t, on accoun t o f t h e critical state of things in Australia, but hoped by the next meeting something might be resolved upon. The meeting then adjourned. THE! OUTWARD INDIAN MAIL.—The Bengal steamer, which left Southampton on the 20th ult. with the East India and China mail, arrived at Malta on the 28th ult., and thus performed a distance of 2,132 miles in little more than eight days, including a stoppage at Gibraltar. The Bengal is the largest steamer in the world, and has performed the distance between Southampton and Malta quicker than it has ever been performed before. She had to wait at Malta two days for the India and China mail vie/ Marseilles before she could proceed to Alexan dria. This was on account of the rapid passage she made. Th ere i s no d ou bt th a t when the monster mail d screw ri a n line ste thatame steamers nowthe India huilding aairlevpialacseedutohnamthpet?Anlenxeaend only be dispatched two days before the one vid Mar seilles, inste a d o f f our d ays as a t p r esent, which will be a most important advantage to the mercantile commu nity. EXECUTION FOR MURDER.—On Monday last, John Williams, an American, was executed at Greenlaw, Berwickshire, for the murder of Andrew Mather, the toll-keeper at Cleikumin, near Lander. The unhappy culprit conti nue d th roug h ou t t o man ifest considerable indifference, and to show few signs of penitence for the deed for which he suffered, NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The above society commenced their performances for the present season at Exeter-hall last night, under the conduct of Herr Lindpamtner, who, it appears, is to divide with Dr. Wylde the superintendence of the first four concerts, whilst the last two are committed to the care of the celebrated Dr. Spohr. The principal feature of the first part was, of course, the symphony of Mendelssohn. This work, which was first produced in 1842, is the last of this class of com positions which emanated from the mind of its gifted composer. It is now so well known, and has received such universal approval, that any analysis of it would be quite uncalled for ; suffice it to say, that it appears to have suffered no diminution of the public favour, and that the exquisite scherzo was, as usual, re-demanded amidst the most enthusiastic plaudits. Beethoven's choruses were sung with steadiness and spirit, and the latter encored, the grotesqueness of the subjects and its fanciful treatment appearing to be much relished by the audience. Spohr's duett was a substitution for one by H. Smart, which was compelled to be postponed in con sequence of the indisposition of Mr. Sims Reeves. It was by no means effectively sung by Mrs. Endersohn and Mr. Lockey, the gentleman being frequently almost wholly inaudible. Mozart's great air was given by Mr. Weiss with correct expression and due dignity of style, but his voice has not sufficient volume in the lower notes to give the necessary effect to this simple but sublime composition. The clarionet concerto, though containing some happy ideas, displayed on the whole more difficulty than beauty ; it received full justice at the hands of M. Wuille; who exhibited a facility of execution and com mand over his instrument truly surprising. The pianoforte part of Beethoven's magnificent concerto was played by Madlle. Clauss in a manner which fully jus tified the sanguine expectations raised by her per formances last season. The well-known War March of the Priests, from the " Athalie," brought the concert to a conclusion with the utmost éclat, but, in con sequence of the numerous encores, not till a late hour. SUICIDE OF A FOREIGN MERCANTILE AGENT. Mr. G. S. Brent, the deputy-coroner for Middlesex, held a lengthened inquiry last evening, at the Middlesex Hospital, touching the death of Van Brecob Frieswicke, aged 31 years, a native of Holland, who died in the above institution on Sunday last, front the effects of having swallowed a quantity of nitric acid (aqua-fortis), on the 2d ult. The details of the case are as follows :—On the morning of the 2d of last month the deceased was lodging at No. 7, Clipstone-street, Fitzroy-square hav ing only taken the apartments the day previously, although he had lodged there before, and he called out from the window of his room to the policeman in the street, that he had taken poison, and wanted help, at the same time throwing down the latch-key. Two constables went in and removed him to the hospital, where he was at once attended by Mr. Corfe, the resident medical offi cer. He seemed after some days to rally, but fatal symp toms ultimately supervened, and he lingered, as stated above, until his death. After taking the poison, a letter was found written by him, addressed to the " Magistrate of Marylebone," wherein he stated that his body would be found and taken away by his friends, that all neces sary expenses would be paid, and he hoped that his name might not be alliewed to appear in the newspapers. Mr. Palmer, the landlord of the house, stated that the deceased had first come to him last December, under the name of Charles Lewis Vincent, fresh from the Con tinent, and as a foreign agent. He also told witness that he had travelled a great deal, having been to the Californian gold diggings, New Orleans, and other parts towards South America. That be was now a mercan tile agent in a large way ; and witness believed him, seeing him with plenty of money, and paying a cabman 12s. a day to go to the docks, the Custom-house, &c. When he left to go the first time it was to the Conti nent, in great haste. His proper name was only ascer tained through the agent of foreign firms in Birchin lane, City. Mr. Corfe said that the deceased was most respectably connected, but had, unfortunately, got in with some brothel-keeper in a street off the Strand, who had since sent in a bill to the agent of 12 guineas for lodging. A Swiss girl of the same house also visited him in the hos pital. A gentleman from the Foreign-office, to whom he had applied for 25/., also called some time since, and stated him to be of the highest respectability. The de ceased, when pressed as to the commission of the act, would only reply, " family matters." It was stated that he had a wife and two children in his own country. The post-mortem examination clearly showed the poison to be the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, leaving the state of his mind at the time an open question. ROASTING BY GAS AT THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, GREENWICH HOSPITAL, BY M. SOYER.—Two interesting trials have taken place at the above establishment, with an apparatus, manufactured by Messrs. Smith and Philips, patentees, of Skinner-street, Snow-hill, under the superintendence of M. Soyer, which, in its results, finally determines the question on the merits and eco nomy of roasting by gas. The results of the first trial, which took place on the Bth inst., was that 36 legs of mutton, weighing 288 lbs., were roasted at a cost of ls. 2d. In order to arrive at more positive results in regard to its economy, a second trial was deemed requi site, which took place on the 11th inst., when equal weights of mutton were cooked-23 joints, weighing 184 lbs., were roasted by gas at a cost of 100, with ga s supplies at four shillings per thousand feet ; when cooked, the above weight of meat was found to weigh 146 lbs. ; dripping, 19 lbs.; of gravy or ozmazome, 24 lbs.—thus showing the actual loss to be 84 lbs. Twenty-three joints of mutton, weighing 184 lbs., were cooked in the usual way as adopted at the institution, namely, in one of Count Romford's ovens, hith er t o con sidered the most economica l wa y of roasting. Wh pn t a k en out they were found to we i g h 132 lbs. ; dripping, 18 lbs. gravy, none ; thus showing a loss of 341 b. The coke con sumed by the oven weighed 102 lbs., coals 30 lbs., thus proving the great economy of gas over the oven by a saving of 13 lbs. of meat, 1 lb. of dripping, and 24 lbs. of gravy, the value of which saving is as follows ; Meat, at 6d. per lb., 6s. 6d. ; dripping, at sd. per lb., 5d , an d grav y, a t ls. 6d. p er lb., 4 s. lid ., making a total of 11s. od. These experiments took lace before the Gover nor, Sir C. Adams, and his lady, Sir J. Liddle, M D Lieut. Rouse, general s u p er i n t en d ent ; Lieut .Monk,. Messrs. Lee and Saville, inspectors of works, &c,, & c ,, who expressed their a d m i ra ti on at the cleanliness c. and simplicity of the apparatus. In order to show the ad vantages of the system in all its branches, a rump steak was broiled by M. Soyer, before the company present, who partook of it, and declared it was perfection, and free from all odour. EMIGRATION.—By the late advices from the Australian colonies we learn that 12,000 emigrants and 152 ships had =iv - Kt in Port Philip during the month of Decem ber. IMPORTA iS T FROM TITO KEY. (BY,SUBMARINE ;,,TELEGRAPH.) (From a Second Edition, of the Morning Post.) PARIS, THURSDAY. The following has just been received from Con stantinople, dated March 5 Prince Menzikoff arrived at Constantinople on the 28th of February. On the 2d of March he proceeded direct to the Sultan, and abstained from paying the Minister of Foreign Affairs the cus tomary visit. The day before yesterday Fuad Effendi placed his resignation in the hands of the Sultan. It has not yet been accepted. On the demand of the Grand Visier, the Margo d'Affaires of England has sent dispatches to Admi ral Dundas, commanding the fleet in the Mediter ranean, at present at Malta, begging him to come, with all convenient speed, and to anchor in the Archipelago. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 6. The resignation. of Fuad Effendi is aceepted. He is replaced by Rifaat Pacha. AUSTRALIA AND THE CAPE. SOUTHAMPTON, MARcH, 16. By the Teviot we have received the Cape of Good Hope Shipping and Mercantile Gazette of Feb. 4. That paper, in announcing the arrival of the Aus • tralian mail steamer Sydney, states that she has on freight gold valued at 800,0001. sterling, and 143 passengers. She left Sydney on the 4th, Melbourne on the 11th, Adelaide the 17th of December, and King George's Sound on the Ist of January. The files of Cape papers exchanged by the Sydney and Teviot at St. Vincent are very incomplete. The following is the only news, in a postscript to the Cape Shipping Gazette of the 4th of February : " Yesterday's post brings the following intelligence —His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Major-General Yorke, Colonels Cloete and Sey mour, and other members of his staff, left Graham's Town early in the morning of yesterday week, with an idea, it was rumoured, of making some arrange ments with the friendly chiefs, with a view to th e declaration of peace. His Excellency the Governor in a general order has expressed his high estimation of the services rendered by Captain Hall and the officers and men of her Majesty's steam-sloop Styx along a dangerous and difficult coast, without loss, accident, or impediment, during the arduous con test now happily brought to an end. " His Excellency had appointed a board of offi cers to assemble at Graham's Town, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of investigating all claims or losses sustained during the war. " Information had been sent to the civil com missioners of Uitenhage that the Zourberg was again infested with a body of Kafirs, supposed to be about 100 in number ; the police and the far mers were about to unite in expelling the ma rauders. " The chief Moshesh has recently punished a Basuto captain, and killed seven of his people, for having plundered some colonial farmers ; and Letsi, the son of the Basuto chief, has delivered to the Civil Commissioners of Smithfield a valuable horse, which he stated was found in his father's territory, but supposed to belong to a British officer. Her Majesty's ship Hastings arrived at the Cape on the 17th of January from Trincomalee, and was to leave on the sth of February for England. Her Majesty's ship Electra, bound to Australia, left Ship's Bay on the 31st of January. The Meander, Hydra, Dee, Vulcan, and Hast ings were at the Cape when the Sydney left. The arrival of the Sydney at Plymouth may now be momentarily expected. ARRIVAL OF THE SYDNEY. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 16. The Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company's steamer Sydney, Captain l?ranklyn, ar rived at 7 this evening. Her dates are—Sydney, December 4 ; Port Philip, 11; Adelaide 17 ' • King George's Sound, January 1 ; Cape of Good Hope, February 6 ; St. Vincent, March 2. She has 122 adult and 17 children passengers, and 175,790 ounces of gold on freight. The Vulcan, which left Sydney on the 3d of November, placed her mails on board the Sydney, at the Cape. The Harbinger, for Australia, left St. Vincent on the 24th of February. The Queen of the South, for Calcutta, left the island on the 27th of February. Colonel Eyre, of the 73d Recipient, is about to return to England through ill-health. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MARCH 16. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. ) COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE BILL. Clause Otte (County Financial Boards to be constituted). -Amendment pr o p ose d , i n page 1, line 19, after the words County of Lincoln," to insert the words " and the Western Division and the Eastern Division of the County of Sussex"—(Mr. Henley)—Question put, " That those words be there inserted." The committee divided—Ayes, 70 ; Noes, 142. • MINORITY —AYES, 70. Bagge, W. Raiford, Sir Henry Palmer, R. Bailey, Sir J. Irton, Samuel Percy, J. Ball, Edward Jocelyn, Viscoant Portal, Melville Barrington, Viscount Kendall, Nicholas Smyth, J. G. Blair, Colonel Knatchbull, Wm. F. Spooner, R. itoldero, Col. Lennox, Lord HG. Stafford, A. Booker, T. W. Lindsay, Colonel Stanley, Lord Buck, Lewis W. Loraine, Lord Start, H. G. Clive, Robert Lowther, Colonel Taylor, Col. Cobbold, J. C. Macartney, G. Turner, C. Davies, D. Mandeville, Viscount Tyler, Sir G. Denison, J. E. Manners, Lord G. Vyse, Capt. Disraeli, Benjamin Miles, William , Waddington, H. Drummond, H. Mitchell, W. Walcott, Adm. Duncombe, Hu. A. Moore, Ross S. Walpole, Spencer H. Dundad, G. Morgan, Delaying West, F. R. Egerton w. Morgan, C. Rodney Whiteside, James Elmley, Vise. N aas, Lord • Wyndham, General Fellowes, Edward Napier, Joseph Wyndham, W. Forbes, W. Newdegate. C. Wynne, Wm. W. E. Forester, Colonel: Noe!, Gerard James Frethflell, J. North, Colonel t TIELLENO. Gaskell, J. M. Ossulston, Lord Greaves, Edward Packe Charles W. Henley, J. W. Gwyn, Howel Packington, oir J. Jolliffe, Sir W. G.H. MAJORITY—NOES, 142. Baines, M. T. Fox, W. Price, W. P. Ball, John Freestun, Colonel Robartes, T. J. A, Barnes, T. Gardner, R. Russell, F. C. Bass, M. T. Goodman, Sir George Sadleir, J. Bell, J. Gower, F. L. Sawle, C. B. G., Bellew, Captain Greenall, Gilbert Scholefleld, W. Bennet, Philip Gregson, Samuel Scully, F. Berkeley, H. Greville, Col, Scully, V. m, Berkeley, Hon. C. F. Grey, sir U. Seaha Berkeley, C. L . Hadfield, G. Seymer, Lord. H. K. Biggs, William Hall, sir Benjamin Seymour, Lord Hayter, W. G. Seymo.r, H. D. Bonham• Carter, J. Harcourt, Col. Boyle, Col. Shee, W. Bramston, T. W. Headlam, T. E. Shelley, Sir J. 'r. Brand, H. H e neage, Geo. H. Smith, John B. Bright, John Heneage, G. Fieschi Smith, R. V Brotherton, Joseph Hervey, Lord Alfred Smith, W, M. , Brown, W. Heywood, James Stapleton, J o h n Bruce, Lord E. Heyworth, L. Strickland, Sir G. Butler Charles Hindley, Charles Sturt, H. G . , Cavendish, G. Howard, C. W. G. Stuart, L ord .D. Chambers, T., John Hume, Joseph Sull, van, M. Cheetham Hutt, William S w ift , R. Kershaw, James Thicknesse, R. A . H. G. Towneley, C. E Child, Smith To a ml ne, ln L e v , r Gi d . A. L Clay, Sir W. King, P. J. T hornely, T. Kirk, William v. Cobbett, J M. Cogan, W. H. L Las an e g e t u o e n s , , Lowe, Robert Cobden, Richard Crook, J , Vernon, G. Crossley, Frank Lucas, F. Villiers, Rt. Hu. C. P Deedes, W. M'Cann, James Wall, C. B. Denison, J. E. Marshall, William Walmsley, Sir J. D e vereux, J. T. Massey, W. N. Walter J. Dodd. G. Meagher, Thomas Warner, Edward Duckworth, SirJ. Miall, Edward Whatman, James Duncan, George Milli gan, Robert Wickham, H. W. Dundas, F. Monck, Lord Wilkinson, W. Egerton, E. M oody, B. C.' A. Wilcox, B Elliot, J. E. Morris, D. Williams, W. Emlyn, Viscount Mostyn, E. M. Wise, J. Esmonde, J. Norreys, Lord Wortley, J. S. Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Brien, P. Wrightson, W.? Farrer, James O'Brien, Sir Timothy Young, Sir I. Fitzgerald, J. D. Oliveira, Benjamin Fitzroy, Hon. 11. Osborne, Ralph Fitzwilliam, G. W. Palmerston, Via. TELLERS. Forster, M, Parker, R. Townley Forster, Charles Pechell, Sir G. Gibson, T. M. Fertescue, Chichester Pilkington, James Barrow, W. H. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—A Parliamentary paper has been issued, which contains the returns made to the railway department of th e B oar d o f T ra d e o f th e rail :way accidents which happened during the half-year, end ing June 30, 1852, from which it appears that the total number of per sons o f every d escr i pt i on kill e d an d in jured on all the passenger railways open for public traffic in Great Britain and Ireland during that period, amounted to 83 killed, and 99 injured, and may be classed as follows :-1 passenger killed, and 56 injured, from causes beyond th e i r own con t r ol ; 10 passengers killed, and 5 injured, owing to their own misconduct or want of caution ; 26 servants of companies or of contrac tors killed, and 23 injured, from causes beyond their own control ; 23 servants of companies or of contractors killed, and 7 injured, owing to their own misconduct or want of caution ; 23 trespassers and other persons, neither passengers nor servants of the companies, killed, and 8 injured, by crossing or walking on the railway. The number of passengers conveyed during the half-year amounted to 39,249,605. TITHE COMMISSION.-It appears from a return to the House of Commons, ordered at the instance of Mr. Fitz roy, that no agreements for the commutation of tithes were confirmed by the commissioners during the year ending Ist January, 1853. The total amount of rent charge agreed to be paid in lieu of tithes in England and Wales is 2,482,5701. 7s. 9d. ; the total of akvards 1,525,7011. 13s. 44d. ; total of rent-charges 4 ,011,166/. 9s. 4id. Total rent-charges of the present return not, included in former returns, 2,894/, Bs, Bd, THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. The report of the directors to the shareholders, at the extraordinary general meeting, which was held this day, was as follows : " The directors think it desirable, as the charter is now obtained, and the undertaking is rapidly advancing towards completion, to take advantage of the oppor tunity afforded by an extraordinary meeting called to consider an agreement with the West End and Crystal Palace Railway Company, in order to submit to the pro prietors a short statement of the position and prospects of the company. " After the purchase of the building the first step taken was to secure an appropriate site. For this pur pose it was found expedient to purchase a much larger extent of land than was actually required for the park, in order to secure the assent of adjoining landowners, and to effect diversions of public roads. "The principal purchase was that of Mr. Schuster's park, consisting of 171 acres, which that gentleman most liberally allowed the company to take at its then existing market price, as determined by a valuation. The price was ,referred to Mr. Daniel Smith and Mr. Norton, as referees, with Sir John Musgrove as umpire, and settled by them at 86,6611. 12s. Bd. The other purchases comprised 178 acres, at a total cost of 81,000 1 ., so that the company on the whole became the proprietors of 349 acres, at a cost of 167,6611. The policy of se curing sufficient land before its value had been enhanced by the construction of the palace soon became apparent, as a portion of the surplus on the outside of the park has been already disposed of at a large profit. An offer made by Mr. Wythes, of Reigate, of 100,0001. for 1 49 acres of this land has been accepted, which, with some other small portions sold, will show a profit of 51,000 1 ., which has been realised in the course of a few months by the resale of land. The company still retain 200 acres, within a ring fence, of land of the most valuable character. " The necessary space being secured, the determina tion of the position of the Palace thereon became a matter of anxious consideration, and the summit of the hill above Sydenham was finally selected. This site, owing to the nattre of the ground, involved an increase of expense, but the advantages of occupying one of the most commanding situations in the world, overlooking London, the Valley of the Thames, and the plain of Kent, were so app aren t, th a t th e directors did not hesi tate to adopt it. " Indeed, they may state that throughout the whole conduct of the enterprise, in which they have had to contend with all the difficulties and responsibilities of an undertaking so entirely novel, the directors have steadily kept in view the principle that the first condi tion of success was to create a palace and park which should constitute a monument worthy of the nation. " In doing so they have striven, as far as possible, to consult economy ; but they have endeavoured to attain this object rather by avoiding unnecessary expenditure in matters not strictly essential, than by curtailing all of the leading features of the magnificent plans of Sir Joseph Paxton, or of the admirable and instructive col lections and decorations of Messrs. Jones, Wyatt, and others. " By acting on these principles they have succeeded- - notwithstanding the adoption of extended plans, by which the palace and surrounding park will be carried out in all their leading features, on a scale of magnificence far exceeding anything originally contemplated—in limiting the amount of expenditure to a sum which, noW that the principal contracts are all let, may be confidently stated not to ekceed the original limit of capital pro vided by the charter, viz., 500,0001. of share capital ; and one third of that amount, or 166,6661. 6s. Bd. of loan capital. "The whole of the share capital of 500,0001. is sub scribed for and available, and there will be no difficult,' in raising the authorised amount on loan. The put' chase money of the lands resold, amounting to upwards of 100,0001., will be received by the company before the Ist August. "As regards the prospects of profit and return of the capital invested in this great national undertaking, th e directors will only state that every step which has been taken towards realising the general conception has in creased their confidence in a successful result. It is now certain that a building—in magnitude an d archi tectural beauty very far surpassing the original Arne ture in Hvde-park---filled with unrivalled collections of art and of objects of beauty and interest, placed on a commanding site in the midst of a spacious park, which the charm of na t ura l scenery i s combined wit' ornamental gardens, terraces, and fountains, on a scale of magnificence rivalling that of the Palace itself, will be thrown open within every access of the millions of inhabitants of this great metropolis. If. es appears to be proved by the Great Exhibition of 1851, a demand really exists among all classes of the population for a supply of the means of gratifying enlightened curie" sity and enjoying innocent recreation, healthful alike to mind and body, amidst objects of natural and artist ic beauty and scientific interest, the results of such an un dertaking can hardly fail to be eminently successful. "As the time, however, is approaching when these results will be brought to the test of experience , the directors refrain from indulging in any antici pations, and will confine themselves to adverting to one point connected with the question of commer cial return, which is no longer s p ecu l a tive. The advantages afforded to artists, manufacturers, patentee* and others, by such an unrivalled opportunity Of exhibiting their productions, have been so generally appreciated, that they have led to numerous a?' plications for space for exhibition, at a rental to be paid to the company. These applications already comprise many of the leading manufacturers in different departments, whose productions formed the principal attraction of the Exhibition of 1851; and as the P r°- gress of the New Crystal Palace becomes better known,the demand f or space i s fast increasing. From thehoasre' plications already ma d e t o M r. B els h aw ,_ r liras superintendence th e d epar t men t o f B r itish man was placed in 1851, th e di rec t ors are as sured Y will be able not only t o fill th e w h o l e o f the available space in the i n t er i or o f th e b u ildi ng w i t h o bjects of inte rest,but also to realise a l arge re t urn on the whole capi tal tha a t c . the tal invested, from rents alone, independently of all other sources of revenue. "The directors will now advert to the arrangem ent with the West End and Crystal Palace Railway Con pany, whose bill has just been read a second time in the House of Commons, which is the special object of the present meeting. This railway is promoted by an en tirely independent compa n y, an d a lth oug h your direc tors have given it , every suppo r t and en couragemen t from the obvious higortance of facilitating the means , transport to the Crystal Palace from all parts o f L° II" they do not prop ose th a t thi s compan y should'. undertake any guarant ee or a d vance o f eaPi„, The agreement which has b een en t ere d i n to by - bu two boards, subject to the approval of the PI; prietors, is simply a t ra ffi c agreement, b y w hich is provided that th e C r y s t a l P a l ace Company' fix the rate at which tickets shall be issued eluding admission to the Palace, and transport by A ti r railway, the proceeds of w hi c h s h a ll b e di v id e d in b' e proportion of four-sevenths to the Crystal P a lace Cer a d ‘ pany, and three-sevenths to the railway company; a O O as the railway company are a b ou t t o ex p en d a 1 ri s capital, on the faith of th e t ra ffi c w hi c h will be broug to to the Palace, it is further stip u l a t e d— as a security them against the risk of the Crystal Palace ComPaei fixing rates so extremely l ow as to l eave t h em w ithou t any adequate remuneration—that the proportion an signed to the railway company under this division not be less that Bd. for each passenger, to and from ' the palace. " This proposition will be submitted to the meeting, and the directors recommend the proprietors to ratiff. lt " being sati s fi e d t h at i t i s most advantageous for t h e ir in terest to secure, at the earliest possible period, such a n additional means of cheap and convenient t ran spolt.,. ° the pal ace upon t erms w hi c h i nvolve no onerous li a bila or obligation." OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES.—CONVEYANCR OF gO ugß ARTILLERY BY RAILWAY.—An experimental removal fil e troops and artillery took ph c e y es t er d a y mor ning the Bricklayers' Arms station of the Sonth-Eas_ Railway, for the purpo se o f ascer t a i n i ng th e ti me regim. to load and unload heavy artillery with horses, anicaw i r i ; tion, &c ., for conveyance by railway. A portion 01 t battery f the Royal Artillery, with the f u ll complenl ell e of men, horses, guns, ammunition, waggons, &c., loaded in a train at the Bricklayers' Arms station, cots veyed to Woolwich, and there unloaded—all in 2 ha ll and 38 minutes, 35 minut es o f w hi c h were occupied i n constructing a temporary platform to unload the gni THE FATAL LOCOMOTIVE BOILER E X PLOSION, o . iS. f MANCHESTER.—Mr. W. S. Rutter resumed his inclag - , into the causes of this event yest er d a y a fternoon, at Waggon and Horses. Captain Wynne, the Governt o F inspector, was examined, and stated that the explosio. might have resulted from the engine being out of rele, as well as the cause to which it has hitherto been buted—the engine driver, Hefron, having screwed down the safety valves. He would not, however, decid e what it was really to be attributed, though he consid the engine very much worn. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BOLTON 1 1 ' 45 ; WAY.—Another victim has been added to the list of thos whose lives were sacrificed by this catastrophe—B et b sl e M`Cartney, Mr. Barbour's nurse, having died at t.v. Manchester Infirmary late on Tuesday night. He r u l it juries consisted of a dislocated ancle, to reduce was necessary to amputate a portion of the bone of joint. This is the sixth death arising out of the act s tle u Mr. Carati still remains in a precarious state. " OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON SUNDA. , )" . to Last night a public meeting of young men 0 1 3 1" 5 7, e 1d the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays was - ne e at the London Tavern, Mr. Robert Seely, in the abser--a of the Lord Mayor, in the chair. After a few eh se ' v ta l tions by the chairman against the opening of the Cry.:tir. Palace, a resolution was moved and seconded. fe - Newton, amid a scene of considerable uproa r and con Sion, moved as an amen d ment, " That, in the opiai°,llo - meeting, the opening of the Crystal Palace on days would be a religious, a moral, and a social ad to tage to the community." On a show of hand s, i,,s's, chairman de c l are d the original motion to be car rie d large majority. HOPS. —In a Parliamentary paper which ha s ,„ be t e e d printed by order' of the House of C o mmons, it's B "'_ o f that the total number of acres under the cultivatio3n6A hops, in the year 1852, was 46,1571, of which 1 : 6 ,',,, D tY were in the district of Rochester, 10,1091 in the of Sussex, 9,493 4 in the district of CanterburY, b.; t 9 i in the county of Hereford, 1,730 i in Hampshire, If" &e. the Isle of Wight, and 1,1071 in Worcestershire , ,/44/ The total amount of the duty for 1852, was 4 1 1 8 66/. Bs. lid., of which the old duty amounted to 2 d and the 3-- 2s. 4d., the new duty to 180,987/. 19s. 11d., rrho ditional duty of 5 per cent., to 21,290/. ss. va, o2 494 total weight of hops charged with duty w as -511 L :400, lbs., and tho amount exported during the year _ 965,8551bfi,