The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-23 00:00:00

ReiTAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. On EASTER MONDAY, Miami 28, . Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. After which will be produced a new Drama, adapted from the the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Paigrave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, Ryder, Graham, and Everett; Miss Heath and Shea C. Leciercq. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. NEW MANAGEMENT. Sole Lessee—Mr. JOHN B. BIJCKSTONE, BromPton-square. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre will RE. OPEN on EASTER MONDAY next, March 28, 1853, under an entirely new management, the constant endeavour of which will be to sustain the long established character of this house as the first Theatre in the Metropolis, for the representation of English Comedy and Farce, with the occasional addition of such Entertainments as may be considered attractive. - - Nozicm.—The duration of the present recess being too brief to ad mit of any alteration in front of the Curtain, it is therefore an nounced that the Theatre will undergo a thorough repair and re-decoration during the forthcoming summer vacation, from July until October next, when a new stage will be laid down, and altera tions made in the building, founded on many suggestions forwarded by the patrons of this popular and fashionable place of amusement. On EASTER MONDAY, March 28, 1853, will be presented a COMEDY, for the purpose of introducing several new candidates for popular favour. After which, an entirely New and Original Ex travaganza, written by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled MR. BUCK STONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PARNASSUS, the scenery of which will be painted by Mr Charles Marshall, who is engaged at this Establishment, assisted by Mr. George Morris and Mr. Connor; with other performances, which will be duly announced. Orchestra stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), as. each. First Price—Boxes, 55.; pit, 35.; amphitheatre, 25.; gal lery, 6d. Second Price—Boxes, 3s. ; pit, 2s; amphitheatre, ls.; gal lery, 6d. Doers to be opened at half-past six, the performances to commence at seven, second price at nine. Frixate boxes, two guineas and one guinea and a half each. N.B.—A private box, cap able of h - olding 12 persons, with a furnished ante-room attached, Tay be secured at the box cite% price live guineas. Season tickets nay also be had on application. Private boxes to be bad at the public libraries of Messrs. Sams, Seguin, Mitchell, Flookhatn, An drews, Ebera, Bailey, Allcroft, &c. THE HAYMARKET COMPANY Will consist of the following established Favourites : Miss Helen Faucit, who is engaged for a limited period. Mr. Barry Sullivan, Miss Reynolds, who is engaged at this Theatre. Mr. Compton, his first appearance here. Miss Louisa Howard, her first appearance at this Theatre. Mr. Henry Corri, his first appe trance in the drama at this Theatre. Mrs. Buckingham, Mr. Howe, Mrs. Poynter, from the Theatres Royal York and Norwich—her fist ap pearancein London. Mr. Chippendale, from the Park Theatre, New York—his first appearance here. Miss Ellen Chaplin, her first ap pearance in the Haymarket Theatre. Mr. William Farren, his first Appearance at this Theatre. Mrs. Stanley, who is re-en caged. Mr. Tilbury, who is also re-engaged. Miss Augusta Ver non, her first appearance in London. Mr. Rogers, Miss E. Romer, her first appearance at this Theatre. Mr. Arthur Payne, his first appearance in London. Miss Amelia Vining, Mr. Clark, Mrs. Caul field, Mr. Caulfield, Miss Eleanor Bromley, from the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. Mr. Coe, Miss Grace Leslie, her first appearance in London. Mr. Braid, Miss Laidlaw, from the Lyceum Theatre. Mrs. Fitzwilliam, "tr. Buckstone, Miss B. Woulds, Mr. Ellis, Miss Har vey, Miss X. Wont's, Mr. Hilton, Mrs. Coe, Miss Archer, Mr. Wit ten, Miss Grantham, &c., and a numerous Corps de Pallet. While from time to time such important additions will be made, as will not only strengthen the Company, but render every member of it exclu sively belonging to this Theatre. Stage Manager—Mr. Chippendale. Musical Director—Mr. Edward FitzwiDiam. The following Novelties will be produced in due succession:— An Extravaganza. by J. R. Planche. Esq. A Comedy by Robert Sulivan, Esq., author of " The Beggar on Horseback," and " The Old Love and the New." A Play, by Robert Browning, Esq., author of " Paracelsus," &c.—and in which Miss Helen Eaucit will appear. A Comedy, by Tom Taylor, Esq , author of "To Parents and Guardians,' and one or the authors of " Masks and Faces." A Farce, by ch , anas Mrrton, Esq. A Comedy, by Palgrave Simpson, Esq., Author of " Poor Cousin - Waiter." A Drama, by J. R. Flanche, Esq. A Comedy, by Morris Barnett, E q., author of " The Serious Family," &c. A Comedy, by Stirling Coyne, Esq. A Drama, by Douglas Jerrold, Esq. _ _ The Box Office will h. openel on Thursday next, the 24th March, ender the direction of Mr. Turpin, who will personally attend daily, from 10 ti.l .5 The public is respectfully requested to observe that a ne w and com plete staff of box-keepers having been engaged, it is requested that should any incivilities be offered by them, they may be reported to Mr. Turpin, while to insure a proper regulation in the business of the Box Office, no Evening will be announced for the First Production of any New Piece, until the Management is convinced there can be no postponement. • HIGH 'WATER AT LONDI lON BRIDGE. Tins DAT —Morning 34 min. after 12 Evening 57 min.aft. 12 To-Minnow—Morning 18 min. after 1 I Evening 40 min.aft. 1 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 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 ofjatitude. HASTINGS—N.E.,_ fresh breeze— snow. SOUTHAMPTON—N., strong breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—N.E., strong breeze—overcast. GREENIrreH—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. STROOD—N., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—N.E., fresh breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N., g entle breeze—snowing. YARN° UTIT—N. W ., gentle breeze—cloudless. LANCASTER—N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. WHITBT—N., strong breeze—overcast, frost, snow. SWINDON—N., calm—partially cloudy, hard frost, snow. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : LEIGHTON—S.S.E., calm—snow. WHrrBT—N., gentle breeze—frost, snow. DARLINGTON—N.W., strong breeze—overcast, frost. SHAD—N., calm—snow. WEATHER.--Strx °Finnic, Mmecn 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 3g--11' , g7hogt siric4 noon yesterday. 25-4 , Ywest this morning and during the night. 33 this day at nocin. WIND, E.N.E BAROMETER, 29'92. —Freels breeze, awl cold, cloudy weather, with occasional sunshine. 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 the Latest Trains. 4 zib t -J AW4.11.V 0 5 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1853. England must not allow herself to be deceived as to the real cause of those recent and very for midable diplomatic disturbances at Constanti nople. It must be particularly borne in mind by the people of this country, that the origin of this great political movement in the East—a move ment as momentous as it is unquestionably intri cate—can scarcely be defined with anything bear ing even the faintest semblance of impartiality by the avowed and notorious apologists of Northern Despotism. Throughout the whol_e of these remarkable proceedings at the Court of ABD-UL MEDJID, it has been, at any rate, sufficiently mani fest that the prime movers have been successively the imperial chiefs of Austria and of Russia, at first the KAISER and at last the AUTOCRAT, at first the councils of Vienna being manifestly predominant, and at last those councils yielding to the superior and domineering authority of the councils of St. Petersburgh. Remembering these " facts," we should most undoubtedly reveal but little sobriety of judgment were we to listen for a moment with credulity to the spurious explanations of those who have hitherto acquired an odious pre-emi nence in this land by supporting the policy and advocating the principles of the CZAR and the RED ENPRE"- It were simply, to say the very least of it, injudicious to receive thus willingly the so phistical statements, any more than the ' cooked statistics, of reasoners so infatuated in 1 the cause of Russ o -Austrian tyranny—champions who. have ever shown themselves so wonderfully eager to throw down the gage of battle in that cau se under every circumstance, at every such hop portunity. Against the arguments of these, we would on this imminent occasion most solemnly and earnestly warn the intelligent masses of our u lation. We would re rain • d all dispaa _ pop sionate person s who might feel disposed ta h t the se ken to their suggestions without suspicion, were the eulogists of ETAYNAU, and the glorifiers We, would remind them of PA. REWITCH. that these were the systematic traducereof patriots like WILLIAnr PEPE and Louis KOSSUTH. We wo u ld remind them how invariably these were the friends of Austrian Loans and Russian alliances—the de preciators of LA MA.RTINE and the panegyr i sts of IVlErrvanca. Added to this it must not be for gotten that ever since the outbreaks of 1848, ever since the stormy struggles of 1849, ever since the dissipation in 1850 of the hopes cherished both by the Italians and the Hungarians, these pre tended admirers of freedom have employed all imaginable contrivances in order to justify the course pursued by the Russian. and Austrian . Sovereigns. By so doing, moreover, thay have ' aided not altogether ineffectually in dashing from the grasp of more than one nationality the half realized rights constituting what is termed the palladium of its independence. Overshadowed by the sinister reputations thus acquired, these ik; w v ,„ writers cannot, we feel assured, command any -., ' ' "" - r - liN€4s,,extended. er eilence in their present efforts to 7 7 1 - 7 7 4iXelivitate the (1 • 4 .. , ' - - z,,...,,,,0 , , justice of the measures adopted by ft.: , A; , 1 ~,:'c....,, . : .. , a Joszra and by NICHOLAS,at I the same ; 14 , ~~_~~r A ♦ / THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH, 23, 1853. time that they are endeavouring to estrange from each other, if possible, the Cabinet of St. James's and the Cabinet of the Tuileries. Extravagant though it may appear to some of the more credulous, or, at any rate, to some of the less suspicious observers among the commu nity, such we distinctly assert to be the course pursued in regard 'to this Oriental Question by some of our more daring and unscrupulous con temporaries. Aware of this, we for one, at least, would raise our voice in words at once of warning, of remon strance, and of indignation. Unhappily there is I but too much reason for the utterance of these 1 words at the present juncture, and therefore it is that we would here call public attention the more eagerly to the events which have re cently transpired, or which are at this mo ment still transpiring within the walls of Constantinople. According to the systematic apologists of Northern Despotism, the en tire blame of these events is traceable, not to Vienna or St. Petersburg, but to—the' French Government. The herring is being assiduously trailed betimes, and it is hoped that, by this old, old trick, the judgment of the community may be deceived, and the CZAR and the KAISER may de velope adroitly, sub rosa, the whole of their nefarious designs against the Ottoman. Porte. Acting upon this scheme, the admirers of the Austro-Russian Councils throw the entire onus of the late contentions near the Golden Horn upon tha unfortunate M. DE LAVALETTE, and, therefore, of course, directly by implica tion, upon the Imperial Government at Paris. Unluckily, however, it so happens that the absurdity of any such argument as this may be rendered, in almost half-a-dozen words, glaringly conspicuous. Why, the pretensions put forward by M. DE LAVALETTE in - behalf of his Majesty the French EMPEROR, as Protector of the Sanc tuaries, were advanced last year, and not yester day. They were laid before the advisers of the SULTAN in a moment of enthusiasm, and they have been withdrawn in a moment of prudence. M. DE LAVALErrE has been recalled from his post as Ambassador at Constantinople. The thing is gone by—it is blown over—it was a blunder of zeal, but it is a blunder that has been formally rectified. Then came the real source of these recent difficulties. Then came the predatory incursions made upon the do minions of the SULTAN by the lawless and san guinary Montenegrins. Then came the bold, and beyond all doubt the most justifiable, effort made by OMIR PACHA to crush the assailants of Turkey byinstant and vigorous measures of re taliation. Here was the occasion—long, eagerly, and vainly looked forward to by the councils MI6 Vienna and St. Petersburg. It was an oppor tunity too tempting of its kind to be overlooked either by the RED EMPEROR or by the AUTOCRAT. It was consequently, we repeat, seized, first by the Austrian, and ultimately by the Russian, Go vernment. Austria had an old hatred and a recent grudge to satisfy in regard to Tur key. It could not be forgotten so very speedily how the young SULTAN had interposed be tween the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA and the fugi tive leaders of the Hungarian War of Inde pendence. It was requisite that ABD-UL-MEDJID should expiate his magnanimity. Baulked in her efforts to seize and destroy the Magyar chieftains, Austria resolved at least that her revenge should be at length glutted vicariously through the me dium of the Turkish Goverum6nt. Russia, on the other hand, was still incited to a descent upon the Ottoman dominions, as she had continued to be incited uninterruptedly since the days of PETER the GREAT—namely, by the perpetual goad of that lawless but gorgeous ambition which will only be appeased when the Cossacks shall water their horses in the Bosphorus, when the Greek ritual shall be performed under the dome of St. Sophia, and when the banners of the race of ROMANOFF shall flutter from all the mosques and minarets of Constan tinople. NICHOLAS had to satisfy his hereditary ambition, and FRANCIS JOSEPH his personal appetite for vengeance. Both had the plea of fanaticism. Russia on the part of the Greeks, Austria on the part of the Catholics. The dis turbances at Montenegro came at once, as the excuse and the signal for the explosion. The torch of war lighted by the VLADIKA among his mountains may be said, without much figure of speech, to have fired the train which had long been laid, and extended in opposite directions from Constantinople to Vienna and St. Petersburg. It was in this manner that the merest child might with the utmost facility spell out the meaning of these really simple; though apparently complicated, transactions. Let us repeat—for the sake of lucidity—the outbreak provoked with Turkey by the half-civilised barbarians of Montenegro, pre sented an opportunity for the gratification simul taneously of a- great ambition and a great ven geance—the vengeance that. of the Austrian, the ambition that of the Russian, Government. That opportunity we have said was grasped at with avidity—first, by the councils of Vienna, and afterwards by those of St. Petersburg. In the former instance, the world has witnessed the exorbitant demands made upon the SUBLIME PORTE by Prince LHENINGEN. In the latter instance, it has seen the haughty attitude assumed towards the same councils by Prince MENSCHIKOFF. The endeavours of Austria in this particular were frus trated by the panic inspired at Vienna by the at tempted assassination of the Emperor, and by the abortive but still sufficiently startling insurrection in Lombardy. The endeavour of Russia, let us hope, may be not less summarily or less effectu ally thwarted by the resolute course adopted dur ing the late emergency by the French and British Charges d'Affaires at Constantinople. For, by a singular coincidence, it so happened that the re cent crisis arrived when neither England nor France had her interests watched over at the court of the SULTAN by an accredited Ambassador. Happily Lord STRATFORD, on the part of Queen VicToßiA, and M. DE LA COUR, on the part of the Emperor NAPOLEON, have within the last day or two hastened on from Paris to Constantinople. , Aided by their skilful diplomacy, the young Sultan, ABD-UL-MEDJLD, will ultimately, we doubt not, disappoint both the vengeance of FRANCIS JOSEPH, and the ambition of NICHOLAS—our an ticipations of this result being none the less confi dent because of the perfectly goodunderstanding— perhaps we should rather say the perfectly cor dial coincidence—in regard to the whole of the Turkish question, which has been established by mutual consent between the French and English Governments. Norwich has received full justice at the hands of Mr. DIINCOMBE'S committee, both for the past and the present. Its elections have equalled, if not surpassed, any in the United Kingdom for almost every species of corruption, but it is a fact, most certain to all acquainted with the city, that the last election was not only the most pure known there within the electioneering memory of even Sir Wm. FORSTER, extending back fully forty years, but that not many elections last summer were conducted more satisfactorily. Perhaps this, however, is not saying much. Not only have vulgar force and boundless pecuniary bribery been always matters of course, but " cooping," or car rying off voters, sometimes in great numbers and keepin g them intoxicated till the election was over, ha s generally been done at Norwich on a peculiarly graconincil eestceacile.withTihteharivveerwiatnndessbeedamutanifuly little lakes naval cooping; by means of the fine wherries be longing to the navigation. Sometimes anchored at a sufficient distance from the shore to secure her li v i n g cargd, a vessel of this kind would quietly duringthedays of exc i tement in a little woodland shad es , l i ke a pirate in the c r o e p v e o s of e the islands of Greece, evading all observation but so metimes also hostile wherries, duly equippeduon the for electoral . nautical warfare , would peep in upon jolly crew, and carry it back in triumph. There can be no doubt, however, that in 1852 th e Members and the committees on both sides acted up to their pledges. The Liberal party took the lead, as became them,.ancl T ;01 .a I),)(Tut9 at least co r di a ll y dincurred, : :dthough CAA. Dickson Was reluctant, according to his own confession, to sign the anti bribery pledge. If a constructive case of bribery be sustainable, which we more than doubt, it is certain that the responsible parties used every effort to prevent it. The tea party which was spoken of, was paid for by those who attended it ; and a very large watch committee, appointed by the Liberals to keep careful guard over every elec tor supposed to be accessible to Tory gold, was composed entirely of non-electors. Messrs. PETO and WARNER were most certainly _returned by a triumphant majority of unbought votes. It seems, therefore, singular that this particular election should have drawn special public atten tion to the old city of the BIGODS. The wrath of DICKSON is the _origin of this Iliad. The gallant Colonel, like a true ACHILLES, prefers the plea sures of vengeance to protecting his already heavily-mulcted pocket, and his Patroclus, Mr. KITTON, of course, shares every feel ing of his hero, besides a little private stock of concern for his professional reputation amongst the Toryhood of Norwich. In vain did the Nestorian counsels of Mr. BROWN assure him that a Colonel, known not to be a man of large fortune, could never in Norwich fill the seat of a PETO or a WARNER. Vengeance was the only thing Colonel DICKSON would hear of. One grand difference there is, indeed, between our sol dier of Norwich and his irate legendary prototype. , Colonel DICKSON did not quietly retire, and teach neglectful Tories, by his absence, the worth of his prowess. His MINERVA can hardly induce him to thrust back his sword into its scabbard, - and he strains every nerve to right himself, rather than leave his vindication to events. Perhaps, however, he regards the Select Committee as the council in which he is first to vent his wrath, and then indignantly secede. That he has done the first amply is obvious enough, and, after so much quarrelling with friends and foes, he is but little likely at any future time to be numbered with the Colonels Parliamentary, of whom, to say the truth, we have already quite enough. The Committee has, however, presented us with quite a fresh election scene. The Derby has just gone off, and now we have the Carlton, with the Reform Club in the back-ground. The Election Committees have been familiarising us with the circumference ; we have now a clear view of the centre of action. Only the initiated few under stood the thing before, but every reader is now admitted to the very adytum of the Carlton. The little dark room below ;—that is it. There Colonel FORESTER and Mr. BROWN, of the firm of DEBENHAM, BROWN, and Co., arrange all the proceedings touching election petitions. (W. 8., we presume, belongs to the Dii Majores, and does his work in the Olympian part of the Club.) Near at hand labours Mr. COPPOCK in the same vocation. When an adequate number of rival petitions have accumulated in the hands of each they commence a petition parley. Each carefully examines his lists. It is ascertained in how many places the petitions, are " weak ;" that is, unlearned reader, not weak in point of sustain ing evidence, but in the political result of unseat ing the candidate. If it be found that, as at Norwich, the unseating of a Liberal Member would issue in the election of another Liberal Member, the petition is weak, the business of the Parliamentary agents being, of course, to strengthen their party, and, not merely to turn out any particular Member. And here we may as well at once state plainly lies the whole error of Mr. BROWN. He had not had explicit instruc tions from Mr. KITTON, the Norwich solicitor, to withdraw the petition, but he clearly understood from his communications with that "loquacious gentleman," that he was at liberty to pair off the petition against any "weak" petition but the one from West Norfolk. The latter Mr. KITTON consid ered to be not a " weak" but a " sham" petition— this class, of course, designating such as are got up merely to compromise with, or to frighten if possible. It appears, then, that the petitions are adjusted in batches. B.—" I'll withdraw Norwich 2, Kidderminster 1, Gloucester 1, Middlesex 1, and. Youghal 1, six in all, - what say you ?" C.—" I'll withdraw Down 2, and West Nor folk 2, four in all. " " Done, " says B. ; and forthwith ten Members rejoice in secure seats, and a lucky escape from cross-examination before a Committee, and a return, upon oath, of their electioneering Income Tax. " Batch against batch," says 8., "is our plan. I cannot say which is set off against which." The Committee very properly reported that it was worthy the consideration of the House whether this trade in withdrawal of petitions should be continued in the hands of the present agents, it appearing rather a. grave question how far the " batch" system may not be an infringement of the rights of the true and independent electors who sent the petitions to. the Honourable House. The whole inquiry makes it perfectly clear that many cases of provable bribery are withdrawn at the eleventh hour from the public eye ; also, that So deeply rooted is the habit in most places, that Mr. BROWN, with his vast experience, declares that almost any Member might be unseated on petition—" he is amazed when a petition fails ;" and further, Mr. BROWN, the same experienced man, assures that "as constituencies increase in size they increase in Radicalism, and' the Con servative principle declines." A sufficient evidence, if any be needed, for the reason why Lord JOHN RUSSELL refuses to do away with his 60 or '7O snug little boroughs, and to increase largely the consti tuencies of all below 10,000 electors. The worthy citizens of Norwich were, of course, indignant at the Gallant Colonel's charge of their having amerced Messrs. PETO and WARNER to the tune of 12,0001. or 14,0001. It was truly mor tifying to such an electoral Magdalen as Norwich to be thus reminded of old sins, in the very year of recovered virtue : and we hardly wonder that Mr. SINGER could scarcely brook the refusal of the Chairman to listen to the self-vindication of the Reformed City, of which he was the bearer. Let not, however, the penitent be discouraged. Two or three elections like the last (with some slight improvements) will 'do as much to efface old recollections, as the county magistrates and their architect have done to hide from all generations to come the uniquely interesting ruins of her fine Od castle. What the House will do on Mr. DuNcomßE's motion it is not for us to conjecture. Were it possible, which we do not believe, to unseat the sitting Members, or either of them, the result would certainly be the return of two tho rough-going Liberals. The evidence would he overwhelming, that the election of 1853, was wholly free from " extensive" bribery and corruption. LORD MALMRSBURY.--Lord. Malmesbury is at present staying in Paris. He was present at the review on Sun day in the Place du Carrousel—that is, he witnessed the Imposing sight from the balcony of the Tuileries. He as received in the warmest manner by the Emperor, ;who would take no excuse, but compelled him to dine i with him nearly tote-a-t4te, though his lordship had been engaged elsewhere. _ ACCIDENT TO THE DUKE OF, SOMERSET.—Tbe vener hble Duke of Somerset met with a most painful accident On Sunday last. , His grace was in his library, and had just taken a heavy volume from one of the bookshelves, when, on. returning to his chair, he missed his seat, and fell with considerable violence backwards. The duchess ;was close at hand, and summoned immediate assist puce. The duke suff er ed severely f rom th e s hock, and has since been attended by Sir B. Brodie, Dr. Bright, and Dr. Lathom. We are happy to hear that his grace was considered much better on Monday evening. THE NEWSPAPERS FOR AUSTRALIA, &C.—lt may, perhaps, be interesting to those parties who had sent off pewspa,pers to their friends at the "gold diggings," but which were delayed being forwarded, in consequence of the accident happening to the Australian, mail screw steam-packet, to know that those for Port Philip and Sydney, New South Wales, were transhipped and put on board the Albemarle, which has sailed from Plymouth; and those for South Australia were dispatched from Gravesend by the Orestes. The letter portion of the mails to Port Philip, Melbourne, and Sydney were for- Warded by the Indus, Peninsular and Oriental steam packet, with the India mails, of the morning of the 4th inst., from Southampton, and by the new contract from Singapore to Australia, &c. SALE OF A RENTER'S SHARE IN THE ITALIAN OPERA. —Yesterday, Messrs. Foster and Son offered to public competition, at the auction mart, a renter's share in the Royal Italian Opera, at Covent-garden. The original income was 251., but which has been reduCed to 121. 10s., by consent, 'which . , it was stated,' was paid with the utmost punctuality. It is held for an unexpired term of 43 years, and the holder is entitled to a free admis sion to all the performances, transferable, each season, whipir w6rth about five or six guineas a sf , .flson. It Nal:sod [55 L;AtineaJ. - 'share -Was sold' 'weeks since, at the same place, for 200 guineas. ,The original price was 5001. each, and they have been sold as low as 701, each. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY; TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed heavily, with prices of all kinds much the same. The sales comprised 4,750 American, 300 Pernam and Maranham at 6id. to Bd., 20 Bahia a'z, 6d., 300 Egyptian at 7d. to Is. 2d., 400 Surat 341. to 40., and 150 Sea Island at ls. 9d. to 2s. ad. per lb. Railway Shares were rather firmer. Bills of Exchange upon the principal cities of the Continent were taken yesterday afternoon at fuller rates. Paris, 90 days, 25 25 to 30 ; Amsterdam, 11 19 to 19i ; Hamburgh, 13 81. to ; and Trieste, 11 10 to 14. The ship President Ram, from London to Ade laide, has put back to Plymouth very leaky. There seems to be a very marked difference in the success attending the operations of the gold companies. One or two have been subjected to great disappointment and some loss, while others have been, much more fortunate, and have excel- lent prospects. The Colonial Gold Company has received advices to the effect that there woulb be an excellent locality selected, and that the men were steady, and inclined to observe their engagements, with one or two exceptions. The Port Philip Company bas news of exactly the opposite cha racter. The locality selected, Forest Creek, is either a bad one, or the Cornish miners are pocket ing the " big lumps" themselves, the resident manager being of opinion that the latter is the case. While such proceedings on the, part of the men appear to us peculiarly ungrateful, they at the same time stand as a beacon to guide the future course of all Australian undertakings. The Port Philip Company incurred a great expense, and exercised the greatest care in the selection of its miners, principally from Cornwall, taking all possible measures to render it their interest, as it was their duty, to respect the engagements entered into. So great was the s oli c it u d shown in this respect, that the wives and families left behind were confided to the company ; we believe, in some instances, a certain amount of the husband's pay being handed to them. Mr. Evans Hopkins, the colonial manager, is a gentleman long and well known in the mining world, and has had experience in South America, where gold min ing is conducted, but despairing of making the men work, he enters into the extraordinary contract of allowing them two-thirds of all the gold picked up, and defraying out of the other third all the heavy expense of their maintenance. To suppose such a system could endure, would be to suppose an absur dity, and according the local director has stopped it, and discharged the men ; the wisest course he could take. The conclusion we arrive at, there fore, looking at these facts, and comparing data which other companies possess, is that the staff alone should be sent to the colonies. A few super intendents, highly paid, and having scientific as well as practical experience, would not have the temptation of digging for themselves, because it would be very unlikely they could earn more than the company might well afford to pay them, but the sturdy English miner, newly arrived, forms such extravagant notions that he becomes far more untractable than the equally hard-working labourer, some time in the colony, and capable, under instruction, of doing quite as well at gold mining as the practised man left without scientific direction. There is proof already that no difficulty any longer exists in obtaining labour in the colony. The number of disappointed diggers is so large, and the influx of respectable men who have no immediate resource is so continous, that we fully expect, ere long, to hear of the com panies obtaining hands almost on their own terms, seeing the comforts and the certainty that they can offer, and the appliances of skill and machinery that will make it pay to work fields valueless to the unaided miner. A few months may yet elapse be fore the amount of profit obtainable by companies can be tested, but that under proper management . and with adequate capital they can afford a satis factory return, we entertain very little doubt. A new project, the Royal Danish Railway, is about to be brought out under a six per cent gua rantee from Messrs. Brassey, Peto, and Betts, with division of profits above that sum. The Danish Government has granted ample privileges and full powers, and the line is expected to be completed in fifteen months. There is very little business doing in English Stocks, and prices remain about the same as yester day. Nothing in the foreign news seems to alter the impression which prevailed yesterday, viz., that, however lowering and complicated 'the Eastern question is, there is strong ground for the presumption that negotiation will gradually smooth away all difficulties. Consols have been 99 3 / 4 for Transfer, and 991 4 for Account. The New 3i per Cents. have been at 99i- for special transfer. The only bargain in Exchequer Bills has been at Bs. to 12s. premium for the small. East India Bonds have been quoted at 425. Extensive dealings have been entered into in the Foreign Securities, and prices have been more buoyant. The fall in values, which occurred by sympathy with our own funds, has now been nearly recovered. Mexican have been firmer, at 252 Grenada active Bonds have been marked 22i and Equador hare risen to 5k Buenos Ayres Stock is dull at 60i. Peruvian Deferred Bonds are about 63k to 64 3 / 4 , and the Scrip is 3 3 / 4 to 4 pre mium. Venezuela is quiet at 38k. Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been better, realising 241 and the Certificates are up to 8k f. Greek Bonds fully maintain the previous quotations, and are in deed a shade higher, having been done at 82. Rus sian 4k per Cents: are worth 1032. French 4 3 / 4 per Cents., 103 50 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. 982. In the Railway Share market there has been scarcely any business done. Caledonian are better, and there is a slight advance in Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, South Western, Mid land, and South Eastern. The French lines, though dull, are held very firmly. The Gold Mine Shares have been quiet. Port Philip have been done as low as par, but Colonial keep up. Nouveau Monde are firm, and Austra lasian are higher by to 1. The Land Companies' shares are stronger, with more doing. The Joint Stock Bank shares of Australia are in fair request, and the South Australia are attracting attention. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Rumness done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities.. ........... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 . . Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 64 India Bonds, £lOOO — Ditto, under £l000 Consols for Account 13th April Exchequer Bills, 1/d. June. March. 5ma11.............. • ........................ 812 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 6Ol Equador Bonds` Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Ditto Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon. Greek ex over-due Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent 2si Ditto for the Account.. 2si i Peruvian Scrip .. .... . Portuguese 5 per Cent. 3B Russian. Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 4i per cent lO3l Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 49 1 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 248 i Spanish Passive (Converted) si Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun B4 1 p e Venezuela Bonds 3i per Cent. Ditto Deterred, 1 per Cent l6 French Routes, 44 per Cent Dutch Exchange ffi per Cent 664 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.. Consols Ditto April Account HALF-PAST TWO. 994 99A THE MADIAI have arrived at Marseilles from Leghorn in the French mail steamer Hellespont. LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Handel's sublime oratorio " Messiah" will be performed . to morrow, Thursday evening, by the London Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter Hall, under the direc tion. of Mr. Surman, its founder, and conductor of the oratorios for twenty years. Principals—Miss L. Pyne, Miss M. Williams, Miss Stabbach, Miss C. Henderson, Mr. Lockey, and' Mr. Lawler. The band and chorus will consist of nearly 800 performers, and will be corn plete in every department. The suspension was announced yesterday of Mr. Le muel Goddard, engaged in the iron trade. The amount of his liabilities is not stated; but it is supposed they are rather considerable, and chiefly held in the north. THE THEATRICAL FUND. —Amongst the donations to this fund which were announced at the dinner on Mon day, was one of five guineas from Mr. Tegg, the well known publisher. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for stan dard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.05, it follows that gold is, about 0.48 per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon don. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10tid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.7 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.61, it follows that gold is 0.35 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. MONEY-MARKET AT VIENNA.—The telegraphic quota tions from Vienna show a very unfavourable movement i« the nion.. , y-market, the exchange on London havinT arlvancell to 10.58. was probably eaused;-howeve, , by the prevailing apprehensions regarding the Turkish question, and the absence of intelligence as to its antici pated settlement. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 22. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, and . Lieut.-Colonel Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilier Guards). Sir Wm. Molesworth arrived at the Castle this morn ing, and remained for some hours. The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, drove out in an open carriage this afternoon, attended by Colonel Bouverie and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros. Earl Granville (Lord President) left town yesterday for Stoke•on-Trent, Staffordshire. Mr. John Wood, chairman' of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Pressly, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official re sidence in Downing -street. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Brighton. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Canada, the West Indies, West Australia, South Australia, Hong Kong, Ceylon, and Malta. THE FIRE AT WINDSOR CASTLE. During the whole of yesterday the greatest activity prevailed in that part of the Castle where the fire oc curred on Saturday night last, in order, if possible, to trace out the exact spot where the fire began and the cause of its origin. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visised the spot at an early hour, and seemed most anxious that the origin of the fire should be satisfacto rily cleared up. The Lord Chamberlain and Colonel Biddulph also devoted considerable time to the same ob ject ; and in order to arrive at a correct conclusion as to whether or not the flue was the cause of it, a chimney sweep was employed for ascending the same and sound ing it, to find if there were any flaws or bond timbers running into it. The sweep was engaged for a consider able time in that operation, but without being able to throw the least additional light on the cause of the fire. The furnace which heated the flue being in the stone passage, as soon as the sweep had descended, it was agreed upon by the authorities of the Royal Palace that the wainscoting, from that part as far as the fire had travelled, should be pulled down, and as minute an in spection as possible should be made, for the purpose Of testing the safety of the flue ; it being the opinion of those in command of the royal property, that if the fire was caused by that agency, every precaution ought at once to be taken to prevent a similar recurrence ; for had the disaster occurred in the dead of the night, in stead of the early hoar it did, it is fearful to contem plate what in all probability 'would have ensued. THE AMUSEMENTS OF LENT. This being PasSion Week, during which, from time immemorial, managers and actors are allowed to rest from their - work, lecturers, astronomical and otherwise, wizards, concert-givers, and entertainers of all descrip tions, have stepped forward in numbers greater than usual. At Drury-lane, M. De Linski "wields nightly the wand of enchantment" to crowded audiences; though, perhaps on the ground that ".familiarity breeds con tempt," his somewhat stale exploits have not created Any great excitement in the nowadays easily-pleased audience of- Drury-lane. The wizard Jacobs holds a nightly soirée, with much greater and more deserved success, at the Marionette Theatre, where he has suc ceeded Mr. Wooden, who, in his turn has transferred himself to the Myriographi c -h a ll, Piccadilly, better known as the Salle de Robin, where his really great and varied powers, and the facility with which his transfor mations of character are effected, keep the auditors in a state of constant excitement and agreeable surprise. Judging from the crowded audience and the continuous applause of last night, the entertainment bids fair to have a long and prosperous run in its new locale. At the Adelphi Mr. C. H. Adams has once more made his annual appearance, and, judging by the patronage with which he continues to be honoured, his popular lectures on astronomy would seem to have lost none of their early attractions. We know of no exhibition more interesting and instructive than Mr. Adams'. At Sadler's Wells, in the far regions of the North, Mr. Hoskins is delighting the Islingtonians by a new Shak spere entertainment, termed " Leaves from the Life and Lays from the Lyre of William Shakspere." It consists of two parts, the first on "The Ballad Litera ture of Shakspere," which, besides being illustrated by the lecturer in a few brief and clever sentences, is vocal ised by a small band of singers, consisting of Miss Julia Harland, Miss Burton, Miss Fanny Beaumont, Messrs. Sharpe, Price, and Beale, the whole being conducted by Mr. Linly Norman, who perform a dozen or so of the Most noted ballads interspersed through the plays. The second part of the entertainment consists of a disserta tion on the "Visibly Invisible Characters of Shakspere," in which the lecturer seeks to bring out in further detail than has been done by the poet, such incidental charac ters as " The Thane of Cawdor ;" " Potpan, the serving roan ;" " Leah, Shylock's wife ;" " Th e VVise Woman of Brentford ;" " Will Squele, a Cotswold man ;" and " Yorick, the King's jester." This he very successfully does, and with a good (Mal of fancy and feeling, showing 0, competent knowledge of his subject. At th Olympic and the Surrey there are grand concerts, 'which comprise in their programmes the names of all the popular and Well-known vocalists of the metropolis. To-night the Sacred Harmonic Society give their usual Passion-week Performance of " The Messiah," at Exeter Hall, *hen Herr Formes will make his first appearance in England this season, and on Fiiday night they will perform Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise, and Mozart's Requiem. The London Sacred Harmonic Society at Exeter Hall, and the Cecilian Society 'at Albion Hall, London-wall, also repeat " The Messiah" to-morrow night. BBesides all these there is the usual panoramas and other ekhibitions of a similar nature, "ever varying, ever new," continue open; and, on the whole,the Lenten fare of the metropolitan sight-seers is neither meagre nor unsatisfactory. SHERIFFS COURT-(THIS DAY). (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) lIIIRRELL V. LLOYD. TEA TABLE GOSSIP AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.—This was an action to recover damages for breach of contract, under rather unusual circumstances. It appeared that the plaintiff's wife was engaged as a wet nurse in the family of the defendant, who resides in the City. It was admitted that there had been an en gagement, but it was denied that it was for any specific period, but no sufficient reason was given for her dis charge without notice. A. Manning, the dry nurse, was called, and said that Mrs. Lloyd had heard that Mrs. Hurrell was herself in a very interesting state, but that was only tea-table talk. His Honour said it was not made out that there had been any agreement for six months, but some compen sation ought to be made. The plaintiff said that, on that belief, he had put out his own child to nurse at ss. a-week. His donouraZiedlos: in lieu of notice. (Before a Jury.) NELSON V. TAYLOR. THE VALUE OF A LEG.—This was an action to recover damages for au assault, by which one of plaintiff's legs had been broken. The damages were laid at 501. Mr. Buchanan, Basinghail-street, fo r the p laintiff, stated the case, from which it appeared that, on the 13th of December last, plaintiff, who is a bootdoser, went to the shop of Mr. Cole, bootnaaker, in Union street, to whom defendant was foreman, and some dis pute having arisen, defendant seized plaintiff by the collar, and threw him with great violence from the shop into the street, by which one of his legs was broken. He was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he was kept for five weeks ; and since his discharge he had only been able to earn a few shillings a-week, and was stilt suffering from the injuries sustained. Mr. Lewis, for the defence, called witnesses who con tended that it had been a fair stand-up oght, and that the injury was not intentional. Mr. Buchanan in reply, however, pointed out the po sitive evidence for the plaintiff as to his violent eject ment by the defendant. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for the plaintiff, damages Si. REMORSE AND SlllClDE.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the Bear and Rummer, Mortimer-street, M'arylebone, on William Thomas Tucker, a tailor, aged 47. It appeared from the evidence of deceased's widow, who evinced great mental distress, that for the last 22 years deceased led a dissipated wild life until Christmas, when his father died in the workhouse, which deeply affected him, as he was frequently heard to exclaim that if he had spent upon his father the money he had squan dered in drink, he would not have died an inmate the workhouse. of workhouse. He often said he would not long survive his father, and threatened suicide. He lately purchased a business, which proved a failure , which two o ' clock in creased his melancholy. Between one and on Sunday morning he returned home the worse for drink, and went to bed. His wife sat up all night watching him, lest he might be smothered in his dri n k. Upon bringing him a cup of tea at seven o'clock, s h e found him insensible, and gave the alarm, after which she sent for a friend, who, in consequence of deceased having said to him the day before, " Mr. Ph easant, to morrow you 'will hear of my death," concluded he had poisoned himself, and sent for medical aid, but before Mr. Tucker, the surgeon, could arrived, deceased was a corpse. Mr. Tucker said deceased died from laudanum, which was taken from a phial that was found at his bed side. Verdict, "Insanity." WORKING MAN'S EMIGRATION SOOLETY.—Last night a full meeting was held at the Temperance Hall, Broad way, Westminster, Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P., in the chair, for the purpose of receiving an explanation of the means and objects of the Working Man's Emigration Society.—The Chairman, while expressing his conviction that at no time had the lot of th e agr i cu l tural labourer been more prosperous than it now was, enforced the de sirability of opening to the industrious a way from a country where labour is in excess to another where it is greatly needed. The society enable men to g o out by the aid of the funds resulti ng f rom the com m on sub scriptions, priority being determined by ballot. Six persons had secured passages under these arrangements, and several others would receive the same aid in a few days, the society receiving the security of two persons repayment.. A. number of questions respecting the operations of the society were put and answered, and resolutions approving of the society and its aim wore passed before the meeting separated. THE FATAL BOILBREXPLOSION AT BRIGHTON. VERDICT OF THE JURY. The inquiry before the Coroner into the particulars attending this melancholy catastrophe was brought to a close at a late hour on Monday evening. The jury re tired for two hours, and then returned the following verdict:— " First, on the body of John Young, the engine -driver, that his death was caused by his own reckless conduct, in placing a higher pressure on the engine than it was fitted to bear ; " Secondly, as to John Elliott, that, by such reckless conduct, Young did kill and slay him ; and " Thirdly, that, in the same manner, Young did kill and slay Richard Thomas Baker." The Coroner added that the jury also drew up and signed a paper, in the following terms : " The jury now sitting upon the bodies of John Young, John Elliott, and Richard James Baker, the persons un fortunately killed at the Brighton Terminus, on the 17th day of March inst., unanim ous ly recommen d that in future a more frequent and rigid examination be made of the locomotive engines. . " And that the directors be requested to take into ccn sideration whether an improved system cannot be adopted of instructions to the drivers. " And the jury hope that the time is not far distant when the safety-valves may be placed beyond the undue control of the drivers." The bodies of the three deceased have been interred side by side in the new extra-mural cemetry, on the Lewes road, near the Cavalry Barracks. Four thou sand persons witnessed the ceremony. DEATH FROM CHLOROFORM. Yesterday afternoon Mr:Wakley held a lengthened inquest at the Lord Wellington, University-street, St. Pancras, on Caroline Baker, an unmarried woman, aged 28, who died in the U n i vers it y C o ll ege H os pit a l from the effects of chloroform. The inquest-room was crowded by medical gentlemen and others anxious to hear the re sult of the inquiry. Mr. J. H. Gould, physician's assistant, said, that on Friday night deceased was ad mitted to the hospital suffering from a delicate and dan gerous disease. The following day an operation was deemed indispensable, and previous to his performing it she was subjected to chloroform by Mr. White, the act ing house-surgeon, who applied it on a piece of lint to the mouth and nose. Soon afterwards deceased talked wildly and threw her arms about. Suddenly a partial relaxation of the limbs took place, and she became insensible and pulseless. Witness, fearing a fatal re sult, sent for Mr. Clover, the resident medical officer. Artificial respiration was kept up, galvanism applied, and everything done to resuscitate her, but in vain, as she gradually sank and died. Mr. Clover corroborated the previous witness, and stated that, although not a qualified practitioner, Mr. White was fully qualified to administer chloroform. During four years chloroform had been applied in 1,600 instances without one fatal case occurring. The quantity of chlo roform administered was at the option of the operator, and generally averaged one drachm. Professor Erichson performed the autopsy and found a fatty degeneration of the heart, and also that death was produced by paralysis of the heart consequent upon the application of chloro form. The unfortunate affair was a purely unforeseen accident, for which no one was to blame. Dr. R. Quain fully sustained Professor Erichson's opinion. The coroner minutely summed up, commenting upon the great cau tion that should be observed in the administration of chloroform. The jury retired, and after a brief delibera tion returned a verdict of "Accidental death," accom panied with the following observations :—" More pre caution ought to be used when chloroform is adminis tered, by a person of experience being present during its administration." The coroner fully agreed with the ob servation of the jury, and Mr. Clover promised to attend to it. BRIDGNORTEI ELECTION. The farce of the election of a burgess to serve in Par liament, to represent the " free and independent" of this notorious little borough, took place yesterday. The af fair passed off in dumb show ; there had been some talk of an opposition ; but notwithstanding the number of persons who are ambitious of a seat in Parliament, no body appears to have been bold enough to attack imacu late Bridgnorth, with Apley Castle frowning in the dis tance. In fact the place has acquired such a very bad name that the present proprietor is likely to have and to hold it all to himself until Parliament steps in and rescues the unfortunate voters from territorial influence. Why Bridgnorth was permitted even under the Reform Bill to continue to send a couple of members to Parliament, nobody can tell ; the place has declined in importance, and consequently in spirit and independence of its people ever since, though with the addition of Ironbridge, Coal brookdale, Madelev, and Broseley—all close by—a large and really independent constituency might have been created. Let us hope that the new Reform Bill will do something in this way as regards Bridgnorth. • On this—the morning of the election—the town was astir unusually early, the people all intent on the little fever and bustle incidental to an election. A banker in a small town has always a great deal of influence in it, as everybody knows—Bridgnorth has the good fortune to possess a gentleman of this sort in Mr. John Pritchard, who is " qualified in every way " and possesses even a larger amount of claims on the constituency than usually falls to the lot of a person in his position. This morning he made his ‘ 1 triumphal entry " into Bridgnorth ; it occupied very little time to escort him from the entrance of the town to the Town-hall. and scarcely more before he was declared " duly elected." Mr. T. P. PARTON, banker, proposed, and Mr. S. H. RICHARDS, a magistrate of the borough, seconded the nomination of Mr. Pritchard. There being no other candidate, " the declaration" fol lowed of course. Mr. PRITCHARD addressed the electors briefly —he avowed himself a • conservative in every sense of the word, and promised to promote the interests of the borough. Very little was said about the late petition and expo sure of the bad practices at the last election for the borough, and the whole affair passed off tamely —more so than some of the people appeared to like, for the Shrop shire folk are fond of good ale, and we are informed that " there was to be no treating at this election : " judging by the number of sober people about the streets --unusually at an election in Bridgnorth—probably the information we received was correct. DETERMINED SUICIDE BY FIRE -ARMS.—This morning, between nine and ten o'clock, the neighbourhood of Gol den-lane, St. Luke's, was alarmed by the loud report of fi re - arms , followed by successive screams from the house No. 64. Police constable Seward, 67 G, on hastening o the spot, found in a slaughter-house at the rear of the t premises a man lying on the ground with the back part of his head completely blown away, and a rusty old horse-pistol by his hand. Among the brains and blood were found several iron screws with which it is supposed the weapon was loaded, and rammed with a skewer. The unfortunate man was a pork butcher, named Joshua Walden, 56 years of age, f or a considerable time tenant of the house, and is stated to have striven early and late for the support of a wife and large family, now destitute. Pecuniary difficulties are ascribed as the occasion of the rash act. THE RECENT MYSTERIOUS CASE OF DROWNING AT LIVERPOOL. Yesterday, the coroner for the West Derby district of Lancashire held an inquest at Bulmer's Hotel, West Derby, Liverpool, on the body of R. B. H. Blundell, Esq., of Deysbrook. From the evidence of the domestics examined on the inquest, it was ascer tained that early on Saturday forenoon he left his house to walk about his grounds and did not return that night, and that on , the next day search was made for him, when his hat was found floating in a pond in a field about 300 yards from his own residence. Mr. Barnes, the surgeon who attended on Mr. Blundell for several years, gave it as his opinion that, although somewhat eccentric in his manner sometimes, there was nothing ~to convince him that he was wrong in his mind. The coroner having summed up, the jury, after an hour's deliberation, brought in the verdict—" That the deceased, Richard Benson Blundell Hollinshed Blundell, was found drowned in a field contiguous to the lands of deceased, but by what means sufficient evidence has not been given." Deceased was for many years magistrate of the county, and one of the most extensive coal proprietors in Lan cashire. LIVERPOOL CORN MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION. —A meeting was held on Monday afternoon in the Corn Ex change, Liverpool, to take into consideration the best method of forming a corn merchants' association. The meeting was well attended by the corn factors of the town. The chair was occupied' by Mr. Woodward. The first resolution was to the effect that the corn trade of Liverpool was at present conducted in an unsatisfactory manner, whether as regarded the uncertainty respecting the term "customs of the trade," the heavy charges as compared with those at many other ports, or the want of correct statistical information. The second resolution was—That with a view to the removal or better adjust ment of existing difficulties, an association be formed, to be called "The Association of the Liverpool Corn Trade." A committee, consisting of the leading factors, was then appointed to carry out the objects of the trade. The subscription to the association was fixed at U. ls. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. —At the Comitia Majora, held on Monday, March 21, the following gentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for diploma, were admitted members of the college : Dr. Armitage, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square ; Dr. Bristowe, North Addington-street, Camberwell. Also, Dr. Holmes, Great Torrington, Devon ; Dr. Somerville, Walsall, Stafford ; Dr. Tuke, York ; Dr. Bayes, Marine-square, Brighton, and Dr. Thompson, Newark-upon-Trent, were admitted extra licentiates. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE. —The magistrates of Chard have recently been investigating a case of great atrocity. Six men —named Thomas Mills, Wm. Sparks, George Harp, Jojin Harp, Stephen Harp, and Edward Harp— were charged with criminally assaulting Mary Ann Hol man, a married woman, apparently about 27 years o f age. It appeared from the evidence that theprosecu trix had been working during the day at a beer-shop b k a e b p y t b li y ne a n m f a o n r n h a is md w e ife ßain , dn s r o ie , g a Cewker w t hie r htiree ne in making baby she hadaing im bibed sundry . pota i t s i o on , s s o h f ort be ly er befo beer. She re l lie o'clock. Raison fttogohome,in company with Raison, left tw o herot the at the p r s d o o n o e r r , s an rushed us h s e h d e i h n a , d a n n o d, so se o i n z e in r g e h nte r re e d ar t r h i a ed n nearh e r off the h u iedl y , parsonage.followedh e b r y e th t h e e o y t h t e h r kr , ee t tw o - a herlonelye, 0n s t p h o e t handkerchief and her legs with a piece of cord. ground, and tied her hands with a p One of the p risoners ,w ( M a r i l d l s s ) b a e s a s t a l e t r e d w t e h r a e r ibme belt a till l y s Several he became of t i h n e s i e n n a s i f b t e r On her recovery she succeeded, after some time, i n escaping from her bands ; and her impression was, :that while she was in that state all the men assaulted her. The bench committed all the men for trial at the next amazes. SPORTING- INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCXCV. What with the heavy state of the grow..., 2..nd partial preparation of many of the animals engaged, the past couple of days' racing at Lincoln will not afford any clue to the future engagements of the various competitors. King David, who has, I am aware, a turn of speed, in all his previous races has shown himself to be inferior to Chilton, now comes out an d b ea t s hi m c l e verily for the Trial Stakes. Condition, and nothing else, effected this. The Two-years-old Stakes was, very possibly, won by the best animal, the Jewess being uncommonly . speedy. The horses behind her, I fancy, will create but little sen sation. It was a matter of great astonishment to the knowing ones how the hurdle racer, Caurire, managed to win the Spring Handicap ; but here, as in the Trial Stakes, con dition was served, the winner having been in capital work for some time previously, and looked much better prepared than any of his opponents. NORTHAMPTON Nnws.— -It is said that there will only be a couple of starters for the Northampton Triennial Stakes, Frantic and Convulsion. It so happens that there are only three others out of the twenty-two nominations who are, in racing phraseology, on their legs—the rest having been long since disposed of by death, and other potent enemies of the equine tribe. The probable starters for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes are, so far as I can discover, to be found in the following :—Confessor or the Dandy, King of Trumpet Muscovite, the Alp, Harrier, or King of Troy, Sweet heart, Tremble, or May Day, Hambletonian, Maria, Defiance, Happy Joe, Termagant, Charity, Hobby-horse, Postulant, Jacqueline, Llanforda, one from Butler's, and- Tobolski. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY. The HURDLE RACE HANDICAP of 5 sous. each, with 30 added. Two miles, over six hurdles. Mr. Mundy's The Hero, aged, 9st (Weaver) 1 Captain Reynard's Fazeley, aged, 9st 61b . 2 Mr. Forster 's br g by Dormouse, 9st 41b Mr. Saxon's Sir Robert, aged, lOst 0 Mr. French's Little Queen, aged, lOst 41b 0 Mr. S. Merry's Victress, aged, lOst 21b 0 Mr. F. Harrison's Psyc h e, 6 yrs, 9st 71b 0 _ _ Mr. Green's Garrick, aged, §st 31b Mr. Bird's ch g by Record, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b 0 Mr. Lamptough's Latitat, aged, Bst 101 b 0 Mr. B. Land's Theodine, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Victress, 4to 1 agst The Her 0, sto 1 agst Psyche, and 8 to 1 agst Fazeley. Won by two lengths, the same between second and third. The TWO-YEAR-OLD SELLING STAKES Of 5 SOWS. each, with 25 added ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, .Sat 41b. Straight run in, about half-a-mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. E. R. Clark's ch c by Napier, out of Cawroush's dam (401.), 7st 61b (Sabin) 1 Mr. Styan's bf by Muley Moloch (201.), Est 41b._... 2 Mr. Lyster's Little Jem (201.), 6st 71b 3 Mr. C. W. Wilson's Polly Burns (201.) 4 Mr. Armstrong's The Merry Maid (401.) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Muley Moloch filly, and 3to 1 each agst Napier colt and Polly Burns. Wm L by a length and a-half—a length between second and tliird. The LINCOLN SPRING HANDICAP Of 10 sots. each, s_ft., and 50 sous. added. One mile and a half. 15 f i übs. Mr. Saxon's Caurire, aged, Est 131 b (Clements) 1 Mr. Smith's Harp, 5 yrs, 7st Olb 2 . Mr. Land's Odiham, 5 yrs, 7st 51b 3 Mr. Hitchin's Musician, 6 yrs, Bst Olb 0 Mr. Morris's Sir Rowland Prenchard, 5 yrs, Bst Olb 0 Mr. Reeves's Abdall a h, 6 y rs , 7st Olb . 0 Mr. Marson's e by Theon, out of Rebecca, 4 yrs, Est 1 llb 0 Mr. Darling's Thunderbolt, 4 yrs, 6st. 111 b - 0 Mr. Watter s Sir Eustace de Grey, 3 yrs, sst 51b Betting-5 to 2 agst Harp ;7to 2 agst Rebecca oda; 6 to 1 agst Abdallah ; and 8 to 1 each agst Caurire Dint' Thunderbolt. Won by a head. A length between second and third. The SELLING STEEPLECHASE STAKES of 5 sovs each and 25 added. Winner to be sold for 80/., About three' miles. Mr. Higgins's Countess, 10st Olb (Weaver) Mr. Green's Sea Dog, lOst 131 b Mr. Edward's_ Chance, lOst 131 b 3 Mr. Mundy's Quickstep, lOst 4 Mr. W. Stauton's Contract, list 71b 0 Mr. Searby's Conductor, lOst 91b ••• • 0 0 Mr. Higgins's Fazeley, lOst Mr. Barry's Leporello; iOst 21b Betting-j 6 to 4 - agst Quickstep. Won by six lengths BETTING AT MANCHESTER,—TuEsDA.r. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 9to 2 agst Defiance (taken). 11 to 2 agst Hobby Horse (taken). 9to 1 agst Lianforda (taken). 15 to 1 agst The Confessor (taken). 15 to 1 agst Maria. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Contentment (take 7to 1). 9to 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill. 9to 1 agst Lampedo. 100 to 6 agst Pug Orrock. 100 to 6 agst Peggy (taken). 20 to 1 agst Terpsichore (taken). 600 to 20 agst Mr. Moon (taken). CHESTER CIIP. 10 to 1 agst Trifle (take 11 to 1). 18 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn (taken). 20 to 1 agst Mountain Deer (taken). 28 to 1 agst Black Doctor (taken). 30 to l'agst Newminster (taken). 30 to 1 apt Indian Warrior (taken). 30 to 1 agst Truth (taken). 40 to 1 agst Ann Eliza (taken). RorAL DANISH RAILWAY. . An extensio n o f th e railway system from Hamburgh, through the mainland of Denmark, to the northernmos t "" part of that kingdom has long been planned, and the . terms on which the first section of the line is to be in troduced are now published. This section is to consult' . of 69 miles, which will constitute the most important: part of the whole work. At present there is a line frol l - Hamburgh through Holstein to the frontier of Schlesw l g , . and the 69 miles proposed will comprise an extension of the communication through Schleswig to the Baltic port of Flensburgh—a distance of about thirty-five' miles—and a junction line of about. thirty-four mike. to the port of Tonning, on the German Ocean. BY the transit from sea to sea thus to be opened up across the narrowest part of Denmark, 500 miles of dangerous navigation will be saved in the passage froni i London to St. Petersburgh, Stockholm, Dantzic, ate-;, Stettin, as well as to Copenhagen, Elsinore, and' all the other ports of the Danish islands, and the ar rangements in conjunction with the North of Europe' Steam Company will enable the Baltic to be reached in about 32 hours, Copenhagen in 48, and Hamburgb in 36. With regard t o th e p ro b a bl e resu lt s o f the enter prise, it is stated that the Holstein •(Kiel and Alton Railway, of which the proposed line is to be a continua tion, realised last year upwards of 7 per cent., although it cost 9,7001. per mile, and, as the entire cost of the' present one is not to exceed 7,5001. per mile, while its influence on commerce will in every respect be much' more important, a higher and more 'rapidly increasing rate of return is relied upon. The calculation of this. promoters as to the revenue immediately to be obtained from all sources amouhts to 10 or 12 per cent. ; but, In= order to reduce the position of the shareholders to a cer tainty, an arrangement has been madoby . the contractors,- Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Brassey, to lease the line &on/ the date of opening for 14 years, paying the shareholders" a minimitin, rent of 6 per cent., and dividing equally with them the profits beyond that amount.. 5 per cent. is like wise to be allowed on all payments till the opening of the , line ; and, as a security for the general performance of these conditions, the contractors are to deposit 100,000/. in the hands of three trustees—the Earl of Yarborough ,. Mr. Glyn, and Mr. Ricardo. The undertaking is to be' completed within 15th months, and the concession from' the King of Denmark, which is in perpetuity, embraFO . a clause against the establishment of any competing lines for .a period of 100 years. The title of the com pany will be the Royal Danish Railway. WEST INDIE3.=—The most interesting portion of the intelligence received, by the steamer Parana from the' West Indies, relates to the effect which the discovery of gold in Australia is at length exercising upon the colo nists. At Jamaica the desire to emigrate to Sydney, Melbourne, and Port Adelaide was steadily i ncreas i n g, and all the vessels taken up for those places were imme diately filled with passengers. The accounts relative to the progress of *the yellow fever do not confirm those previously received. At Tobago and St.. Vincent it had appeared in a very virulent form, and the troops in gar rison were those chiefly attacked. At Barbadoes, how ever, it had nearly disappeared. The agricultural re; ports from the several islands present no new feature 0 1 importance. PERU.—The accounts from this province state that although negotiations were in progress with Nest Grenada they were likely to end abruptly. A statement of the revenue had been issued, which shows a consider able increase in the export of Guano, the total bei n g 125,656 tons, of which 77,436 tons were shipped to Eng land, 36,6 40 to the - United State s , and 12,188 for France. —CHILL—The advices received from Valparaiso are generally satisfactory. The country is represented t t be steadily advan c i ng i n prosperity, and the pres id e nt had signified his desire' to encourage and promote the establishment o f pu b lic works of utility. The toad , e with Sydney w as i ncreasing ; three vessels were nearlf laden with flour, and sev era l h a d sa il e d w ith passenger' regard to the import trade, English cotton ree,fl e i factures co n ti nued to find a less active demand, vria' the stock on hand was large. Coal was unaltered i° value. Flour was firm and in demand. Copper No: scarce, and much sought after. Quicksilver met vrith„, dull s a l e. The rates of freight had advanced to 3/. 0 '; and 3/. 15 5 ., w i t h 5 per cent., and st i ll h i gher quo ta,tioi o i l were dem an d e d f or G uano . C opper ore f or LiverP° n ' 4/. and 5 per cent. ; and for Swansea 4/. 10s. had b ee . offer e d an d refused. Saltpetre for a continental P°" 31. 15s. E xc h ange on London was quoted at 47i ~0. 60 days. PARIS SAVINGS BANK.—The sums received at the 519,826 fr., from 4,274 depositors, cf whom 7 67 Paris Savi ngs B an k d ur i ng th e pas t wee k amounted new; and the sums paidttick-t0'.586,84fr. • The 0 7 0 paid into the Caisse de Retraites for the aged duruig_ o same period amounted to 349,495 fr., for 508 P.oo l ' of which 298 are new.