The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-28 00:00:00

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Five Bonuses have been declared ; at the last in January, 1852, the sum of 131,1251. was added to the Policies, producing a Bonus vary ing with the different ages from 24% to 55 per cent. on the Premiums paid during the live years, or from Si. to 121. 10 s. per cent. on the Sam Assured. The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Share nolders being now provided for, the Assured will hereafter derive 11 the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, without any Liability "r Risk of Partnership. One-half the life premium for the firs five years may remain on credit. - L Invalid Lives may be assured at rak pbrtioned to the risk. Claims paid thirty days after proof t f ath, and all Policies are Indisputable except in cases of frand. The last year's Report (Just printed) can be obtained free of GEORGE H. PINCSARD, Resident Secretary. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. THEATRE ROYAL. HAY3IARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Aram 28, Third time, COLOMBE'S BIRTHDAY. Supported by Messrs Howe, Rogers, Barry Sullivan, W. Farren, Corri, Tilbury. and Vin cent ; Miss Helen Faucit, and Miss Vining. After which MR. BIICKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To be followed by A VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CON CERT. To conclude with BOX AND COX. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. TUIS EVENING, APRIL 28, W.II be performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Prncipal characters by Mews. C. Kean, Lacy, Addison, and Cheste r ; Mrs. C. Kean, Mrs Winstanlev. and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with the new Drama, adapted from the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Palgrave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. P r i nc ip a l characters by Messrs. W. Lacy , J. Yining , Ryder , Graham and Everett ; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, Amur. 28, Will be performed A.B.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Suter, ant Rosiere ; Mrs. Macnamara and Miss Wyndham. After which, A FAST TRAIN—HIGH PRESSURE—EXPRES3. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, and Suter. To conc.ude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webstet —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, APIUI 28, Will be presented TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Cha racters by Messrs. Keeley and Wigan Mrs. Keeley and Mrs. Wigan. After which, A DESPERATE GAME. To be followed by BETSY BAKER. supported by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with TEIE DANCING SCOTCHMAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. MIS EVENING, APRIL 28, Will be performed FAINT HEART NEVER WON' FAIR L MDT. Characters by Messrs. H. Farren and Morgan ; Mesdames Ander ton, Tuner, and Bartlett. After width, UNCLE CROTCHET. Supported by Mr. Farren. To be follow dby MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. F. It beon. To conclude with THE WATERMAN, ,n which will be danced Pop Goes the Weasel. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A .1/MITRE A.TRE. Sole lessee ant Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Continued and brilliant sut•cesa of the New Spectacle. Third Nighi of an entirely new Drama. THIS EVENING, APRIL 28, d during the week, the performances will commence with the inc - essingly popular spectacle , of AMAKt/WA t• or, Scenes of Kafir 01..rfare f . witb :t+ sew beantilul.,sc,snic intresting dramatic, an I lik,ical-hinkEimesti lan iffe ts. "The "fluraing Woo', the Leap throoh Fire, anti 'he terrific spring of Artialtota's Steed over the Fall-i of the Umtata ? atigh , ly received with enthusiastic approbatf on. ToheAollowcdby . a n• vel and incomparahle display of Equestrian A chlev• m.nt In the canes of ARENA, supported by the most accomplAted .irtistes of t e ',ay. fo.conclisie with anew Comic Drama. entitled IN FOR A EIG; or, Life at.the ce 41p.:! daily trom eneven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Mest. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SU N " COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENTTAIE 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. b . .._ Li A', ~,,,, , ,p . '''‘ • T t I,l:,!4CL4rik' ,<II-6.,444,5, -1-4.---,,,k4rdr-of -,,- 4+44 , , ...„-: . LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1853. The crisis has at length arrived. On the de cision now arrived at will depend the fiscal policy of the country for perhaps many successive generations. It will be determined whether the gross and palpable injustice, under which the country has groaned for eleven years, is to be perpetuated ; for whatever Mr. GLADSTONE may say as to the possible termination of the tax in 1860, we believe that there is no reasonable prospect of such a result. —a result which, if carried into execution, would operate as a prohibition against the further exten sion of the Free-trade policy, which has proved so eminently beneficial to the country, and to which the popular branch of the Legislature is solemnly pledged by a resolution, adopted as a compromise between the leaders of the principal parties in the House, and sanctioned by a decisive and overwhelming majority, one of the largest ever recorded on an abstract question. If Mr. GLADSTONE be sincere iu the intention of abandoning the principal item of direct tax ation, he must throw overboard the resolution of which he was one of the most strenuous support ers. We should be sorry to cast any doubt on the honour and integrity of the Right Hon. Gen tleman, or to assert that he deliberately intended to violate his implied promise. He is, however, placed in this dilemma. If the pledges as to the cessation of the Income Tax be faithfully re deemed, the resolution as to the extension of the policy of " unrestricted competition" must be dis regarded. There will be an end to any further progress in the path of fiscal improvement. The great agent by means whereof the present position has been attained will be consigned to rest— the potent giant permitted to repose from all use ful exertion. Can Mr. COBDEN and the Man chester School support this view of the case ? Can they set at naught all former professions ? We believe not. And notwithstanding a recent deplorable case of tergiversation, we still hope that Mr. COBDEN and his friends and coadjutors Will remain faithful to the great cause of Free Trade, and insist on the gradual removal of indi rec't imposts by means of a permane n t an d equita ble t ax en accumulated and realised property. It woa d. be an insult to Mr. GLADSTONE to argue on th e Other b he did n o t branch of the alternative—that intend to carry out his views. No Hon. Gentlem an could give his vote on the as sumption that th e I n beyond 1860. Thar w ra o e Tax would be continued false pretence be t o suppor t a mea sure based on a of the most dis graceful and dishonourable chara cter But,eveD.,Mr. GLADSTONE himself. mknowled s the injueticeilof the equal assessment o of incknes, without refere nce to the source all kindsouree from whence it may be derived. He declares that it " bears too hard upon intelligence and skin, . compared with property," and " not hard enough upon property as compared with intelligence an d skill." But though thus confessing the evil, h e declines to provide any remedy, even of the most hotnceopathic character. He admits the grievance, but coolly perseveres in the injury. Nay, more, extends it, for be attempts to saddle some of the contributors under Sel.edale vita new burdens by a great addition to the duties on the licences for liberty to pursue Iheir trade or calling. These licenses already realise nearly as much as the entire amount levied on the profits derived from trades and professions. Should the present Financial Scheme be carried in its integrity, they will fully counterbalance, if they do not exceed it. Here, then, we find that trades and professions—taking the average of the whole—virtually pay double Income Tax ; for if, on the aggregate of payments, double the amount be realised, although under a different head, what is it really but an Income Tax, and that of the very worst description ? And the grievance is enhanced, because the tax is not general in its application. It bears only on certain branches of industry, and therefore assumes a character of " spoliation." We must also recollect that the licensing system is totally opposed to the system of " unrestricted competition" recommended by Parliament. It tends to the creation of virtual monopolies, restricting parties from entering into the various branches of industry, by which they might (if unfettered) ultimately realise handsome profits. While, then, affecting to deplore the in justice to " intelligence and skill," the Right Hon. Gentleman is attempting to enhance it, by the provisions of the most Protectionist Budget that has been brought forward since the creation of the Income Tax in 1841. It will be a source, we doubt not, of profound gratification to those who have subscribed towards the ROOD Testimonial, to observe that the pro jected Memorial is now rapidly approaching the period of its completion. How far we are justified in saying this may be at once perceived from last night's proceedings. The meeting convened yes terday was, in point of fact, the final assemblage of those who have participated, directly or indirectly, in the undertaking—the final assemblage, that is to say, prior to the erection of the monument and its formal inauguration. _ _ Every one who sympathises with genius of the highest order employed in the noblest cause—ex ercised, we mean, in tpe int'rests of real benevo lence and genuine philanthrpy—will exult in the event here celebrated as the fulfilment of the first vague dream of this HOOD Testimonial. Every one will do so, we rest assured, because in THOMAS HOOD we recognise the man of heart as well as of imagination. His was not a career lightly to be forgotten by his fellow-countrymen. His writings were not like those of the wretched scribbler whose history is burnt in, as it were, with lunar caustic, upon the tablets of the Dunciad, the poetaster, whose effu sions were described by POPE, as "All that on folly phrenzy could beget, Fruits of dull heat and sooterkins of wit." His wit, on the contrary, was genial and exhila rating--the fruits of his fancy were mellow anti perennial. In him we saw, besides the poet and the droll, the large-minded, open-handed, gentle hearted philanthropist. His sympathies extended upwards and downwards to the furthermost ex tremes, in the most contrary directions. They extended from the Fairy to the Prostitute. It is a man like this that the people honour themselves by hearing in recollection. It is well, therefore, that the grave of poor HOOD is at length about to be pointed out for the veneration of all who de light in poetic pilgrimages. Under the bust of the departed, besides the garland he had won so well, the garland he had woven with his own hands out of the flowers of his graceful fancy, will be emblazoned the simple and eloquent epitaph, suggested by himself shortly before his dissolution —the single line commemorative of the greatest of his lyrical triumphs— "He sang the song of the shirt." Fortunately the genius of Art has been enlisted in these labours for the appropriate and touching commemoration of Poetry. Celebrated on either side of the pedestal, in bronzes, will be groups illustrative of two of the poet's most ex exquisite ballads—in one the corpse of the poor suicide is being recovered from the river, in the other EUGENE ARAM is reclining under the green boughs in the meadow—trouble in the features of the scholar-murderer. As an inscription, there will be no fulsome panegyric, or rhetorical eulo gium—the applause is hinted, the praise is ; bui everywhere, in every touch of the chisel, in every wrinkle in the bronze, there are apparent the feelings of affection and veneration. Yernaps no writer ur Lemur times—except ull u man, still, thank GOD among the living—has ever secured more of the personal, and, we will add, really affectionate sympathies of the reader by the genial goodness of heart re vealed throughout his contributions to literature. The only author of a previous generation with whom THOMAS HOOD could in this respect be brought into comparison, was one whose name and whose very foibles are regarded by us all with emotions of peculiar tenderness—we mean, of course, OLIVER GOLDSMITH. But the foibles of HOOD it were rather difficult, we conjecture, to enumerate and this not by reason of their number, but because of their invisibility, or, if discoverable, because of their insignificance. His nature, while it was in so many respects winning from its almost womanly softness, was at the same time manful and chivalric. Brave-hearted in all that related to himself, he toiled on resolutely to the last in spite of disease and of pecuniary em barrassments. And yet at the very time when he was struggling thus valiantly against his own misfortunes, he could weep on his deathbed for the sufferings of his most abject and neglected fellow-creatures. Some of those tears falling on the paper, traced the words of that wonderful lyric in which he has recorded the miseries, and given voice to the anguish, of the sempstress. We all of us recollect those exquisite verses, written by THOMAS HOOD, as it were on the very eve of his dissolution, in which he lamented over the grave-- " I smell the mould above the rose !" Now that this Memorial is really in a fair way towards its completion—at any rate, immediately the monument has been inaugurated in Kensal green Cemetery—the admirers of Hoon standing over the spot where his ashes are reposing, may exult that that latest exclamation of the poet was prophetic— " I smell the rose above the mould !" Yes—the rose of memory above the mould of cor ruption. COURT CIRCULAR. His Excellency the Portuguese Minister was prevented attending the Levee yesterday, on account of his recent indisposition, from which he is gradually recovering at St. Leonard's-on Sea. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans visited the Queen on Tuesday. The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess d'Aumale, the Duchess de Nemours, and the Princess de Salerno visited the Queen yesterday. The Duchess d'Orleans, the Duchess d'Aumale, and the Princess de Salerno visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. • THE METAL MARKET.—The apprehensions entertained yesterday regarding difficulties in the metal market were confirmed this morning by the announcement that some large acceptances of Mr. John Attwood had not been met. During the day this gentleman's uncovered lia bilities were currently stated to be little less than half a million, but it has been ascertained that they scarcely reach one-fourth of that amount, while it is also under stood that their ultimate discharge will be effected from the realisation, if necessary, of landed property. LOUISIANA STATE BONDS.—Baring Brothers have an nounced the payment of the dividends due Ist and 9th of May on the Louisiana State Bonds issued in favour of the second municipality of New Orleans, and those issued in favour of the Mechanics' and Traders' Bank. EXPORTS TO TURKEY, RUSSIA, AND AUSTRIA--Yes t2rday a return to Parliament was printed, showing that in 1851 the declared value of the exports to Turkey was 2,581,230/. ; to Russia, 1,289,7041. ; and to Austria, 812,942/. - ty was celebrated yesterday evening society L. L 1 incrton us 1 b , MARINE SOCIETY.—The anniversary l Sir J. Tavern ; Lieutenant General of this valuable at the London 1C 17 . 56, 13. f0r in the e e chair. purp portion of the who might otherwise have formed on for wa t s he fou se n a de b d o3 i , n s "dangerous classe." purpose of i t n ra st in it i n n t g i no fewer than 49,884 boys for the Royal, Since that time a it h t a h s e b E r a o s u t g l h n t d u i p a Company's, or the merchant service, and it has also aided 39,360 landsmen with a bounty of sea clothing on their joining the Royal NaN-y The last year's returns showed 3 boys sent to the Royal Navy, and 467 to the mer -1 chant service ; and the society retained 150 still upon its books. It had also aided 43 widows of naval officers, . and had dislmr,ed (AI, iltil- , for elm/it:ll4 purpo;:r... The total receipts from subscriptions, legacies, and in , terest on stocks had amounted to upwards of 9,0001. The usual toasts were duly honour ed, a n d su b amounting, exclusive of several handsome legascrciipt i es, too 16301. were announced. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO 0 CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liyerpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was steady at previous rates. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 240 Pernam and Ma ranham at eid. to 74d., 200 Bahia at 60. to eid., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to 15.," 600 Surat at 3ad. to 4d. , per lb. Railway shares were firmer. The temporary difficulties of Mr. Attwood, a large operator in the iron market, have now be come so notorious, that motive for concealment no longer exists. From what we understand, Mr. Attwood entered into speculations in Staffordshire some time back, which have resulted unfor tunately, but the liabilities; instead of being half a million sterling, as reported, will not exceed 150,0001. to 200,0001., and the landed property will afford a good dividend. As to payment in full, we always feel reluctant in cases suspension to anticipate such good results. By the arrival of the sailing vessel Vimeira, Sydney accounts of Feb. 2, have been received, being much later than those previously to hand. This vessel has performed the voyage in the short space of 82 days and 20 hours. The Sarah Sands left on the 29th of January, but she was to call at Port Philip afterwards and at the Cape. The amount of specie on board the Sarah Sands when she left Sydney was 65,000 ounces. Freights for tallow were at 305., and for wool at id. to id. per lb. The prices of gold had risen to 31. 13s. 6d. per oz., and a great change had occurred in the rate of exchange, namely, from 8 to 5,1 and 4 per per Cent. discount for bills drawn against produce. It was feared that a good deal of spurious gold had already been sent to England, but the excitement arising from this cause had greatly subsided and confidence was returning. From the " far south diggins," as they are termed, namely, the Ovens, most encouraging advices had been received. There were 15,000 persons upon them, and new discoveries were being made almost daily. There were many instances of 1,009/. being netted in one day. Deposits had been found onthe road nearer to Syd ney and the whole district between Yam and Gundagin appears to contain the precious metal. The Adelong range was said to be also an exten sive gold district. At Ophir the average daily earnings of the 2,000 diggers were oz. per man. The attempt to tax foreigners double for their licenses was likely utterly to fail. Of the condition of the commercial markets the most satisfactory statements are made. There was a further advance in wool and tallow, probably owing to the rise in the Exchange, and quantities of produce were arriving. Imported goods of various securities were becoming scarce, and of spirits the stock Was getting low. Thus far the glut which existed at the beginning of the year has given way before the large consumption. A general holiday was to be observed at Sydney, on the 12th o 2 February, to celebrate the anniversary of the gold discoveries. The escort had brought to the end of January, into Sydney 16,0001., and from Melbourne by sea 20,000 ounces had been received. Altogether we look upon these advices as the most satisfactory that have come to hand for some time past. The steamer Great Britain, now at Bristol, is to undergo important alterations before she again leaves for Australia. One of her masts will be taken away, and the other three will be square rigged foro and aft, much the same as a 60-gun frigate. She will, consequently, combine all the powers of a clipper ship, as well as the auxiliary screw, having a full complement of seamen. Her departure will be delayed until the end of June. The English Funds have been firm, but there is not much doing. Consols have been quoted. 1001 for transfer, and 1001 to 101 for account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 1031 to and the Three per Cents. 100 to k. Bank Stock is supported at 2271. Exchequer Bills of March have been 3s. to 75., and East India Bonds 335. to 40s. premium. In the Foreign market the half monthly ac count is being arranged, and not much business is doing. Spanish 3 per Cents. have risen to 23 The Certificates are at 6i. Mexican have been_ down to 271 and 26/. Greek Red Bonds are at 11i. Dutch Stock, after being 641 for the 2 per C has rallied to 65k. The cause .f the decline in Mexican is the threat to expel Mr. Falconne nt for bribing members of Congress, but that gentleman had publicly denied the charge. The last week's railway receipts ascertaimed up to this day, are in round figures as under Great Western.. North Western .. South Western Brighton .. Midland South Eastern.. Caledonian Great Northern I.4anco.esaire ana x °mean.. 1853. 1852. £1,8051 £1,8786 .50,088 -45,488 10,892 11,044 9,994 9,611 23,703 23,393 12,651 12,549 9,234 7,698 15,225 711,680 3.00.00 :15,636 The settlement of the account being in pro press in the Share Market, prices are affected the] ceby, and they have exhibited an upward tend( :ncy. This is in favour of the presumption that real by lyers are coming forward and taking the stock into • their names. Even the North-Western shares are b etter upon the detailed explanations that have been published. Great Northern are in favour, :being up IZ. to 21. ; but the South-Western, Great Western, and Caledonian are also higher. Fr ench Shares are quiet but firm. The Gold Mine Shares for the most part are steady, with a limited business doing. In the Land Companies there is an impro velment —the South Australian being up 1/. The Joint-Stock Banks of Australia are also rising. Australasia are 1/. to 2/. higher, and the Union of Australia have improved similarly. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS :DAY (From the Official List.) Business .done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 64 3-16 India Bonds, £lO3O Ditto, under £lOOO 4O 33 Consols for Account •-• Exchequer Bills lid. June. Ma rch • £lOOO 3 7 1 . 3 £5OO 3 7 - - Small 3 7 - - PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO( Greek Bonds, Red Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 27 7 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent., New Deferred Ditto for the Account 234 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6l Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4i per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil. 5i Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols lOOl Ditto May Account lOO- 1 MAIL CONTRACT SYSTEM.—The views of the Govern ment on the mail contract sytem expressed in the House of Lords last night have been received in the City with gratification. The improvidence of former cabinets, which has saddled the country with annual payments amounting to 800,0001. a-year, is to be remedied upon every occasion when the falling in of contracts may afford an opportunity ; and, although the vicious prac tice of granting fixed subsidies is not to be altogether abandoned, they are henceforth to be for periods ,so li mited as to render their discontinuance easy whenever it shall be demanded by the irresistible progress of pub lic opinion. In the case of the cancelled contract with the Australian Company, tenders are to be invited from new quarters for the performance of the bi-monthly ser vice which has thus lapsed, but the sum to be granted is very small, and the contract is to be givgn to those who shall offer to perform the voyage in the shortest period, no dictation being exercised with regard to the route to he chosen, so that the advocates of the Panama line will be placed on a footing with competitors via the Cape or elsewhere. In discussing these points, all parties seemed ready to condemn the course hitherto pursued, although it was attempted to apologize for some of the early con tracts by the plea that the vessels and stations for their fulfilment required an outlay which no company would have adventured upon in the absence of a lengthened grant, and, without such an arrangement there would have been no steam communication at all. The argu ment in this respect, however, apart from being inhe rently unsound, afforded no justification of the recent renewal of the Cunard and West India subsidies, the former at 171,3641., and the latter, 270,0001. per annum, at a time when steamers of all sorts, without any bounty, were actually preparing to carry on a competition which has since proved successful even in the face of the mono poly established against them. PROFESSOR AYTOUN'S LECTURES ON POETRY.—We understand that the brilliant course of lectures on Poetry recently delivered by Professor Aytoun in this city are about to be repeated in London ; and we have no doubt that the very flattering reception they met with here will be fully equalled in the southern metropolis. Nothing can be more interesting than the modein which the Pro fessor treats his subject,—nothing more felicitous and effective than his delivery ; while the eminent truthful ness and acumen which mark his critical canons are instantaneously appreciated by every one who is a judge of what true poetry is. These lectures are doubly interesting, inasmuch as their author is himself a poet of high oandi ig. —hi4 "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers" b. bl,f , 'lie inoa popular poems of the a t , , and far tran sePnding in energy and poetic fire even the celebrated j "Lays of Rome," by which Mr. Macaulay has wreathed I for him se lf a n enduring circlet of Parnassian laurel.—' Edinburgh, Advertiser, April 26, 1853. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) QUEEN'S PLATE. 11ex............................................................. Ariosto..... ..................................................... Four ran. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Lord-Lieutenant (taken freely) 500 to 400 that Newminster beats Lady Evelyn SEIZURE OF WAR ROCKETS AT ROTHER HITHE.-(THIS DA Y.) To-day having been fixed by Mr. Henry for giving his decision upon the summons against William Hale, for having in his possession a greater quantity of gun powder than allowed by law, the defendant, as well as the counsel, and other parties engaged in the case, were in attendance shortly after 12 o'clock. Mr. Henry said, the defendant was summoned for having kept within three miles of the city of London a greater quantity of gunpowder than is permitted by the provisions of the 12th George 111., chapter 61. It was admitted that the premises where the seizure was made belong to the defendant, and that the quantity found exceeds what the law allows, but it was contended that the article seized is not gunpowder, and that is the question to be determined. It was proved by scientific witnesses, who had analysed the powder in question, that it is composed of nitre, sulphur, and charcoal, which are the same ingredients as are used for the manufacture of ordinary gunpowder, but the difference relied upon is, that the seized powder had not undergone the process of granulation, and that the omission of that process contradistinguishes it from gunpowder. Having taken time to consider that question, and, having looked into the history of the manufacture of gunpowder, I am satisfied that the distinction relied upon is not well founded, and that the powder which was seized is gun powder within the meaning of that word, whether taken in its ordinary, scientific, or legal acceptation. On refer ring to the " Encyclopaedia Britannica, ' title "Gunnery," I find it stated that for some time after gunpowder was introduced, it was always manufactured and used with out the process of granulation, and that that process is a comparatively modern improvement, previously to which the only gunpowder in use was ungranulated, or what is in the trade termed " Tribal powder." In the same work, under the title "Gun Powder," the definition of that word is thus given--" A composition ofnitre, sul phur and charcoal, usually granulated," implying there fore that sometimes, and for some purposes, gunpowder is not granulated. I now proceed to consider whether the Act of Parliament was intended to apply to gun powder generally, or only in a limited sense of that word, and I think it is manifest from the title and preamble of the statute, that it was passed with va view to include within its provisions every species of gunpowder in all the stages of its manufacture. It is entitled, "An act to regulate the making, keeping, and carriage of Gun powder," and the preamble recites, "That whereas the manufacture of gunpowder, though necessary to be encou raged as an article of defence and commerce, yet ought to be regulated by law in order to prevent the great mischiefs which may arise from explosions, &c." It then proceeds to enact that no person shall in any manner manufac ture, or keep or carry gunpowder except as therein pro vided. The 11th section is the one under which the defendant was summoned, and it provides that no per son shall have or keep at any one time in any place within three miles of the cities of London or West minster, or within one mile of any other borough or market town a greater quantity than 2001bs. in weight, if he be a dealer in gunpowder, or than 501bs. if not a dealer, on pain of forfeiting all above the allowed quantity, and also 2s. for every pound of the excess. I ant of opinion that whether the powder be granulated or meal powder, and whether it be for gun, rocket, or mining use, it is equally gunpowder within the provisions of that section, and within the mischief which it was in tended to guard against. It must be obvious to every one, and to no one more than the defendant himself, that if a fire were unhappily to oclur upon his premises, an explosion of such powder and materials as were found there could not fail to be very destructive in such a populous neighbourhood, and if it were attended with loss of life, he would be liable to a prosecution of a much more serious nature than the present. It only remains for me to adjudge that all the powder seized beyond the allowed quantity shall be for feited, together with the barrels in which it was con tained, and that the defendant shall pay 2s. for every pound beyond such allowed quantity, and I adjudge the excessive quantity of gunpowder to be 57 lbs. in weight. The hearing of another summons against William and Robert Hale, and one of their workmen for illegally manufacturing war rockets was then proceeded with. Mr. Clarkson, in opening the case, stated that the Crown instituted the present proceeding under the 9th and 10th of Wm. 111., chap. 7, which provided that any person who made, or caused to be mode or sold, squibs, rockets, serpents, or other fire-works, should, on being convicted, be fined for every such offence the sum of 5/. Under another section, a manufactory for this pur pose was deemed to be a common nuisance, and dangerous to the surrounding neighbourhood. He should show that there were found on the premises at Rotherhithe bet Ween 1,500 and 1,600 rockets. Many of them were quite finfshed, and some of them in the prodess of manufacture. Those finished were packed up, as•if about to be sent away. All were taken pos session or ny the pullue. t • Tnere were also round some empty rocket cases, and some iron heads, which were probably intended to be used in the manufacture of rockets. It might be contended by his learned friend that the provisions of the act did not include war rockets, but only referred to fireworks which were employed for amusement, but he thought there could be no doubt that the Legislature intended to use the -word " fire works" in the most comprehensive meaning, and to include within it rockets made for the pur poses of war. The rockets in question were most powerful instruments of war. One of them had been tried at Woolwich under the superintendence of the military authorities, and it was proved to be of a most destructive character. The attention of the Go vernment was first directed to the manufactory at notherhithe in the month of October last, when great activity appeared to prevail among the persons in the employ of Mr. hale. If not all, nearly all were foreign refugees, and there seemed to be a degree of secresy in the way in which they entered and left the premises and carried on their different operations. When these circumstances, coupled with the fact of between 1,500 and 1,500 rockets being ma nufactured on the premises in a very short time, came to the knowledge of the authorities, it of course became their imperative duty to investigate into the matter. They would perhaps hear from the de fendants for what purpose these weapons were manufac tured. At least, it was open for them to do so if they thought proper. The elder defendant told one of the witnesses that he exported them to different parts of the world ; but the Government, an they were in duty bound, had taken the trouble of going through 40,000 or 50,000 entries at the Custom-house in order to inves tigate into the truth of that statement, and he should be able to prove that if any were exported they were so under other names than that of Mr. Hale. The infer ence, therefore, to be drawn was either that there had been a suppression of his name, or that the articles were exported under some other designa.ion than that of rockets. Mr. Clarkson—How long back have you gone in your search ? Mr. Bodkin said he believed since 1847. There was also another [ciroumstance he thought it right to men tion, namely, that Mr. Hale could not have manufac tured the rockets without a considerable sum of money, -the value of the rockets actually seized being between 1,000/. and 2,0001. in addition to that, he ought, per'. hape, to state that Mr. Hale had only recently been a bankrupt, and that though his bankruptcy was after wards superceded, he was only able to pay a small com position to his creditors, of some 3s. in the pound. That obviously presented itself to the minds of those who had been engaged to inquire into - this affair. The learned counsel then proceeded to call the following wit nesses : Mr. Evans, superintendent of Thames police, said—l accompanied Sergeant Saunders to the premises in ques tion on the 13th April. They are situated on the banks of the Surrey Canal. Before I went in, I saw the defen dant, Boylan, ramming a rocket in one of the workshops. (A specimen of the rockets were produced.) I then went into the premises. I told him who I was. I pro duced the search-warrant. I asked him if there was any gunpowder on the premises, and he said no. In answer to questions, he stated that neither of the Hales were present. I found about 20 of the smaller rockets in a box. Boylan said they were what he had been finishing. I found also a large quantity of empty cases and empty shells. There were four workrooms, and they were fitted up with apparatus for making rockets. There were altogether 3,629 shell heads, and 2,489 shell tails. There was a shed near the work rooms. Boylan said there were only a few empty cases in it. I asked for the key. He said he had not got it. I told him I must break it open. He then went to his cottage, got the key, and opened the door. In that magazine I found 79 boxes, chiefly running about four feet long, by eight or nine inches in depth. I found them filled with charged rockets. They were very strongly made, being of inch deal, and very firmly screwed down, each with 12 screws. Boylan, at six o'clock, said he would go to his master at Chelsea, and inform him of the seizure. When he returned he said he had not seen him, and then left the premises in the charge of some officers. On the following morning I was at the chief police office in Scotland-yard. The two Hales were there. Mr. Hale, sen., asked me under what authority I had entered his premises. I told him under a search-warrant. I had it with me, and I then produced it. -Mr. Clarkson suggested that it was unnecessarily consuming time by repeating the evidence given at the last examination. Mr. Bodkin said, he would only ask such questions as were pertinent to the inquiry. Witness's examination continued—He then said there was not a particle of gunpowder in the place. He said I had the rockets by me these two years. I export rockets through the Custom-house to various places. He mentioned Copenhagen and Hamburgh. He said he shipped some in the John Bull steamer, which is a Hamburgh boat. He said I have offered them to the Covcrntlient, a!,d T shall be very glad if they would take them off my hands. He also said if you will inquire of Sir Thomas Hastings, of the Ordnance, you will find what I state is correct. Cross-examined by Mr. Clarkson—The nearest house to the premises at Rotherhithe, is about 200 yards off. It is an isolated neighbourhood. Mr. Hale, sent., told him that he had got a patent for the rockets. H did not say he was about to apply for another patent for rockets of a new description. John Saunders, a police-officer, who accompanied the preceding in the search said--We found 79 cases con taining 1,543 rockets, all charged. We also found 3,629 iron rocket heads, 2,489 rocket bottoms, and 1,955 empty rocket cases. Ralph Thomas examined said—His attention was directed to the premises from the sth April last, gave evidence to show that the three defendants were con stantly at the premises, and in some way or other en gaged in the manufacture of the rockets, &c. In cross-examination, he said he was instructed by his superintendent to watch the premises, and to change his dress on different days. AuguslUsener examined, said—l am an engineer. I have been in the Prussian artillery for 15 or 16 years. I served in the last Hungarian war. During the last three months I was a major of the staff. I was em ployed by the Messrs. Hale in making rockets at Ro therhithe. I began to work there about the close of September last, and i continued to work until the be ginning of November. I did not know either of the Hales before I went to them. I was introduced to them by M. Kossuth. It was last summer when I first saw M. Kossuth on the matter—that was after he came back from America. I saw the elder of the Hales in the company of M. Kossuth in September last. On that occasion M. Kossuth presented me to Mr. Hale. It was in M. Kossuth's own room. M. Kossuth, on introducing me to Mr. Hale, said—" This is an Hun garian officer, and a late officer of the Prussian artillery ; therefore, with regard to his being acquainted with this kind of work, you may employ him in the manufacture of rockets." M. Kossuth appointed the amount of my wages, which were to be 18s. a week, and he said Mr. Hale would point out what I was to do. M. Kossuth told me to keep the affair quite secret. He asked me to keep the manufacture of rockets quite safe. M. Kos suth spoke to me partly in the English and German tongues. I was ordered to be at Mr. Hale's house at half-past 9, when he would take me to the manufactory. I went to his house as appointed, and he accompanied me part of the way to the premises at Rotherhithe. It was concerted between us that we should not enter together. When I got there I saw Robert Hale, two Englishmen, arid a German. One Englishman and Robert Hale were engaged boring rockets. In about a quarter of an hour I undressed and went to work. I was directed to arrange the fourth room or compart ment, which appeared to have been out of use for a long time. This occupied me the first day. Subsequently I was employed every day, except on Sundays, at the factory. I was principally engaged in putting the heads on the rockets, and in boring them. That was the principal employment in which I was engaged up to November. Mr. Robert Hale directed me what to do. He was there every day, coming about half-past nine until half-past five. I sometimes saw the elder defendant, Wm.. Hale, on the premises. He acted in the capacity of first manager of the factory. I received my wages from Robert Hale. I assisted in making altogether between 350 and 400 while I was there. The German's name was Gurnack—he came about the same time that I did, and I left him there. In Nov. I was taken sick, and went into the hospital. During the time I was employed Robert Hale sent me to M. Kossuth, at Pimlico—that was about the middle . of October. I saw M. K ossu th. I was sen t more th an once to a similar factory at Pimlico. I there saw M. Kossuth, Mr. Hale (the father), a fellow-workman, and some other persons. On the first occasion I went a machine was tried for letting off rockets. The conver sation was here also partly in English and partly in German. The conversation lasted an hour. After it terminated I and my fellow-workmen were told both by M. Kossuth and Mr. Hale to wait for Mr. Hale at the corner of the street. It was then that M. Kossuth told me to keep the affair secret. He did so in German. About a fortnight afterwards Robert Hale requested me to go and see his father. I did go, and the father sent me to M. Kossuth, and said he would tell me what was the matter. I then went to M. Kossuth's house at Kensington. Mr. Bodkin—What did M. Kossuth say ? Mr. Ciarkson objected to the question, on the ground that his learned friend was endeavouring to elicit some thing against M. Kossuth, who was absent and un charged. Mr. Henry said when the question could be put would depend on whether any communication was afterwards made by the witness to Mr. Robert Hale. Examination of witness continued—After I saw M. Kossuth I did not tell the younger Hale at any time about the conversation. Robert Hale on one occasion told me and my fellow-workmen not to talk in public houses or in places about what we were doing, or to mention the name of Hungary or Kossuth, as that would betray our work. I should say when I was at the fac tory about 600 rockets were manufactured. Cross-examined by Mr. Clarkson—l had applied for charity before I went to the Messrs. Hale. It was after I came out of prison for theft that I was employed by them. Re-examined py Mr. Bodkin—l was imprisoned five months at Maidstone for theft. I was destitute, and I took what was not my own. George Garnack, a German, employed at Mr. Hales's factory, gave similar evidence. Sir Thom_ as Hastings, the principal stor e k ee p er o f th e Ordnance, - prouduced the correspondence which had taken place with Mr Hale from 1843 to 1853, and stated that after experiments had been made with his rockets, the Government declined accepting, but offered to sup ply them with those articles. Mr. SCANLAN, an officer of the Customs, proved that no roPlrots: had heen eyparted through the Custom-house, in the name of Mr. Hale, from 1847 up to April, 1852. This being the conclusion of the evidence, Mr. Henry said he should send the case to the sessions, The defendants were then bound over to appear to answer the charge at the sessions, the two Hales being to find bail, themselves in 801., and two sureties in 401. each, and Boylan being only re quired to enter into his own recognizances. DA 1G Y WEA TILER TABLE. THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1853. S :,te of the wind and weather at each of the following 7.tees at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations Are .rranged iu order of latitude. lI.A S 7.; I tsr G S — 7Caltli—ClolldleBg. 7'o4KEsuniE--S.W., gentle breeze --overcast. TPNISRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. STS OOD —W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SWINDON—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAME RIDGE—S. , Calm — partially cloudy. ''he - returns from the following places indicate the state of he weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock :- 3 1U.LLINGAR— N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. 111(111 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE rflui r)A7 —Morning 2 min. after 5 ( Evening 25 min.aft: 5 To - Voapo7—Morning 51 min. after 5 Evening 18 min.aft. 6 THE WEATHER.—SITN OFFICE, APRIL 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 54 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'87. WIND, E.S.E.—Light breeze, and fine weather. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1853, NEW YORK EXHIBITION. The following is a copy of the circular issued by the Department of State at Washington : " Department of State, Washington, March 31, 1853. " Sir,—lnquiries having been addressed to this de partment on the subject of the admission of such articles as may be contributed by the Sovereigns of Europe and other friendly powers to the New York Crystal Palace Exhibition, I deem it proper to acquaint you with the views and intentions of the Treasury department in rela tion to the matter. • " You are aware, doubtless, that in ordinary cases the revenue laws require, that if goods are not accompanied by invoices, importers shall give bond to produce in voices, which must be sworn to by the actual owner. It is believed that no difficulty will arise on the part of in dividual owners in complying with these requisitions ; and the Treasury department has issued regulations upon the subject, with special reference to the Crystal Palace Exhibition, which are based upon this assumption. " It cannot be required, however, nor indeed expected, that those Sovereigns who have taken or may take an interest in this Exhibition, would conform to the minor details and technicalities imposed upon private indivi duals. To avoid, therefore, the tedious, and in such cases unnecessary, formalities of furnishing invoices, swearing to the actual cost of articles, &c., it is proposed by-the Treasury department, as due to the comity and good-will so happily subsisting between the United States and other nations, to make exceptions to the usual course in favour of such powers as contribute to the New York Exhibition. _ —.— " You will, therefore, embrace an early opportunity to inform the Government of Great Britain that such an arrangement will be made in their favour. At the same time it will be understood that this exception governs those cases in which articles are entered for exhibition solely. Should any articles placed on exhibition remain in the "United States for consumption, it will be expected that a statement of their cost will be sent to the Custom. house for its appraisement.— I am, &c., (Signed) " W. L. MARCY." E G. Y P T. ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 19. The Hon. East India Company's steamer Acbar, with the Bombay mail of the 29th of March and 40 passengers, arrived at Suez on the 13th inst. ; the Oriental, with the Calcutta mail of the 19th of March, and 106 passengers, arrived at Suez on the 15th, and the whole proceed to England this day by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer Bengal. A French steamer, for Marseilles, and an Austrian steamer, for Trieste, will leave at the same time. General Sir W. Gilbert leaves Alexandria in the Bengal, accompanied by his son, Mr. F. H. Gil bert, the ex-Consul of this place. The new Con sul, Mr. John Green, has been presented to the Viceroy Abbas Pasha, at Cairo, by whom he was very favourably received. The Hon. C. A. Mur ray is still at Cairo, for the appointment of his suc cessor as Consul-General in Egypt. Abbas Pasha is to obtain a fresh proof of the Sultan's favour by being officially acknowledged as the chief or head of the Viceregal family, by which all the princes, sons, and grandsons of the late Mehemet All will be bound to acknowledge the Viceroy's authority. This is considered a very judicious act, as these younng men have hitherto been acting very independently towards Abbas Pasha, and, from the vast amount of landed pro perty they individually possess, might bring the country into a state of anarchy. In the event of the Sublime Porte going to war, the Sultan can expect but little or no assistance from the Egyptian fleet, which is now in a very inefficient state. The only ships at all seaworthy are pne line-of-battle ship, two frigates, and six steamers of all sizes, and the former have been out of the harbour only three times, for very short cruises, ever since the termination of the Syrian war in 1841. At that time the Egyptianfrigates, fleet consisted of 11 line-of-battle ships, 5 5 corvettes, 6 brigs, and 3 steamers, but, as on e o f the conditions then imposed upon lqehemetAli was that he should not build any more vess e l s , t h ey have been gradually decaying, and are being broken up one by one. Trade continues dull, and prices of produce are again on the decline. Freights are also a little lower. Exchange on London 98 piastres per 1/. sterling. THE HOOD MONUMENT. Yesterday evening a meeting was convened at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the Hood Testimonial. There was a rather numerous gathering of the subscribers ; and a particular interest was imparted to the proceedings by the exhibition of a really exquisite model of the design, made by Mr. Matthew Noble, for the monument to be erected over the grave of the poet in Kansal-green Cemetery. This monument, which will consist of a huge pedestal of polished red granite, will be surmounted by a colossal bust of Thomas Hood—immediately below which are to be inscribed the words— " He sang the song of the shirt." Underneath will be displayed the name of the departed, together with the dates of his birth and death, and an intimation that the tomb was erected by public subscrip tion. On either side of the entablature will be bronzes in basso relievo, illustrating —one, " Eugene Aram's Dream," the other, "The Bridge of Sighs"— " Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care, Fashioned so slenderly, Young and so fair." Altogether, the design reflects the highest credit upon the artistic genius and the poetic taste of the sculptor. The model is a happy indication that the project of the Hood Monument is now in actual process of realisation. On the motion of Mr. MIIRDO YOUNG, seconded by Mr. YAPP, James Wyld, Esq., was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said it had not been his intention to preside over the meeting, as he attended simply as a visitant, but since it was the wish of the subscribers that he should tali e the chair, he would do his best to give satisfaction. The first business to be disposed of was to read the minutes of the last public meeting, and then the report of the committee. (Hear, hear.) ➢Zr. WATKINS, the honorary secretary, then read the minutes, and afterwards the report, which was as fol- Lows : "April 27, 1853. "The committee have to report, that, in pursuance of a resolution passed by them, December 2, 1852, the present meeting has been called to receive their final report and statement of acoounts. They have much pleasure in announcing that the total amount of subscriptions is £448 8 0 Of whi.th remains to be collected only, sub ject to loss by defaulters The gross expenses paid and incurred, includ ing the purchase of ground for the erection of the monument, amounted to "And the sum deposited in the London and Commercial Bank is 29 9 6 54 9 1 " The committee have also to report that 4001. has been guaranteed to the sculptor by Mr. Murdo Young, the trustee elected by the subscribers. Upon which, the form and style of the monument having been discussed with re ference to the means at the disposal of the committee, and the generally expressed wish of the subscribers, a copy of the annexed letter was addressed to the following gentle men :—Messrs. E. H. Baily, R.A., P. Macdowell, R.A., W. C. Marshall, R.A., R. Westmacot3, R.A., J. H. Foley, A.R.A., H. Weekes; A.R.A., W. Behnes, J. Bell, and M. Noble." " Sir,—The sum of 4001. having been subscribed for a monument to be placed above the grave of Thomas Hood, in Kensal-green Cemetery, I beg to hand you, by desire of the committee for the fund, the following description of the style of monument which they have approved. " A colossal bust, in bronze, upon a pedestal of red po lished granite, the whole 12 feet high, and 6 feet 6 inches square at the base. In front of the bust, and leaning against it, a laurel wreath, in bronze. Upon either side of the pedestal bas-relief compositions in bronze, about two feet in diameter, illustrating The Bridge of Sighs,' and Eugene Aram's Dream,' or The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies.' Upon the front of the pedestal this inscription He Sang the Song of the Shirt.' The poet's name, date of birth, and death, with the statement—' Erected by public subscription. A.D. 1853.' Upon a separate portion of the pedestal to be introduced a Comic Mask,' veiled, in bronze, and the ' whole to be protected by a suitable railing of bronze or iron. Should you be pleased to. prepare a model of the above composition, not exceeding four feet in height, the committee request that • it may be sent to the Whittington Club, Strand, on the 31st of March, with a motto or monogram attached, accompanied by a sealed envelope containing a repetition of the same, with your name added, and addressed to myself. Messrs. Macdonald and Leslie, of Aberdeen, having promised to supply the granite pedestal at a considerable abatement on their usual price, and it being probable that the metal castings may be obtained on similarly advantageous terms, the com mittee are induced to hope that, in consideration of the literary eminence and moral worth of the poet whose genius they desire to honour, and of the humble sources from whence a large proportion of the subscriptions have been received, they will be met in a liberal spirit by the gentle men to whom this letter is addressed. The following are the sculptors who have been applied to. [Here the names were given.]—l have the honour to be, &c., " ' JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec.' "In reply to these communications, the secretary re ceived letters from each of the above gentlemen, the ma jority of whom expressed regret that, in consequence of the number of their engagements, and in some cases the resolution they had formed of declining all unre munerated competition for public monuments, they could not comply with the request of the committee. Mr. Bell, Mr. Behnes, and Mr. Noble wrote expressing their intention to prepare designs ; and on the 31st of March, Mr. Bell having in the interim `relinquished the idea of competing for the monument,' the model by Mr. Noble and the sketch by Mr. Behnes, now submitted to the subscribers, were received. " Mr. Behnes' design not having been executed in com pliance with the terms of the application made to him, and Mr. Noble's model proving not only correct in these particulars, but in the opinion of the committee an admirable work of art, they have determined to recommend it to the general body of subscribers." The CHAIRMAN said the secretary had received an in teresting communication from Miss Eliza Cook, which the secretary wished to read, and which he was sure the meeting would be glad to hear. (Cheers.) The letter was as follows : "54, Great Ormond-street, April 25, 1853. "My dear Sir,—Permit me before the final meeting on Wednesday next, of the committee and subscribers con nected with the `Hood Memorial Fund,' to express to you my extreme gratification at the result of a project which I never imagined would have been so successful as it has proved. . _ " A simple tabular erection to the memory of one of England's truest poets was all I hoped to realise, bu, the generous sympathy of English spirit, extending from the poor shop girl to the princely duke--bas increased the Fund to an amour far beyond my expectation, and a memorial of an important character can now be placed over the remains of him who has slept for nearly nine years without a common head-stone to direct the worshippipg stranger to his ashes. . . . " the design for the intended monument, by Mr. Matthew Noble, which has met the approval of the committee, claims my unqualified admiration, and I believe this admi ration will be shared by all who look on the production. " I request you to give my warmest thanks to the sub scribers who so readily did honour to the glorious dead ; and assure them that their response to my unworthy but heartfelt appeal in this cause will ever be a proud and fond remembrance to me. " Oblige me by presenting to the committee my acknow ledgment of their services, and by expressing to Mr. Murdo Young my perfect sense of his disinterested zeal in advanc ing the interests of the monument. " As regards yourself, you have too certain a conviction of my high estimation of you as a private friend and public co-operator to require any complimentary declaration in this letter. Moreover, you are cognisant of my severe suf fering, which forbids all unnecessary correspondence —so, with the reiteration of my sense of satisfaction at the thorough accomplishment of the endeavour to raise a me morial to ' Poor Hood,' I beg to subscribe myself with sincere regard, yours most faithfully, " ELIZA COOK. " To John Watkins, Esq." The CHAIRMAN said no formal programme had been prepared of the evening's proceedings, but if any gentleman had any proposition to make, he should be happy to hear him. It was right, however, that he should state that this was simply a busi ness meeting convened for the purpose of bringing this noble monument to a close. (Hear, hear.) The purpose of it was nearly accomplished ; and all they could now desire was to see the model before them put into execution ' • but before this was done, the co mm itt ee would be glad to hear any suggestions that subscribers might wish to offer. (Hear, hear.) After a brief pause, Mr. MuRDO YOUNG moved that the report be approved of, and the model accepted, in accordance with the wish of the committee. (Hear, hear.) This motion having been seconded by Mr. WALLER, was put from the chair, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN again repeated that he, should be happy to hear any gentleman who felt disposed to ad dress the meeting. Mr. W. C. KENT—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, in presenting myself before you as asubscriber—as merely one -of the-subscribers—l cannot, of course, presume to speak with any degree of authority in regard to the feelings entertained by those gentlemen who have par ticipated in furthering this memorial. At the same time, I think I may, without much presumption, ven ture on my part to submit to this meeting the propriety of expressing to the originators of this design the thanks of those who have helped to swell the subscriptions. I think it would be ungrateful in us as subscribers if we did not do so, seeing that but for the exertions of those amiable persons who have co-operated in bringing this subject before the public, we should not have been afforded this opportunity of marking the grave of Thomas Hood with some testimonial. Without these exertions the ashes of Hood might have been al lowed to remain uncommemorated in Kensal-green Ce metery, without either a brick or a bramble to indi cate the spot where the poet rested. I may possibly be allowed, therefore, to submit most respectfully to this meeting, that we ought to express our gratitude to Eliza Cook for those lyric sympathies—(cheers)—with which she awakened popular attention to the subject. (Hear.) We ought also to express our thanks to those gentlemen who have most kindly aided in enforcing the necessity of this testimonial—to one gentleman in particular, for the liberality he has displayed in guaranteeing the payment of the full amount, in case of emergency, and to another gentleman for the assiduity with which he has discharged the duties of honorary secretary. (Hear, hear.) I think these two gentlemen may be well associated with the fair originator of the design, without any disparage ment to the paramount and popularly-recognised merits of Eliza Cook. (Hear, hear.) I also think that, before the dissolution of the committee—for I am given to understand that such is the purpose for which we have been called together here this evening—we ought to express to them also our thanks for the share they have taken in the proceedings. (Cheers.) I also think, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, that we ought to con gratulate ourselves on being enabled to witness this even ing that exquisite model, the product of the genius of Mr. Noble ; and also to rejoice in thinking that we have arrived in so many respects at . such a satisfactory con- elusion. (Hear, hear.) For we have not only the mo del before us, but we have now in the bank upwards of 3501. ; and there need therefore be no further anxiety as to the ultimate settlement of this memorial to the entire satig , faction of all parties here assembled. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, we have associated ourselves together in promoting this testimonial not simply I believe as admiring critics, but also as lovers of true philan thropy. For I am sure it is impossible to rem; the memory of Thomas Hood without entertaining feelings of profound admiration for the humanity apple rent in all his writings. It seems to me, as far as IWs been enabled to learn from the disjointed fragments of information which the public have as yet obtained, that his whole life appears to have been one continuous struggle against poverty. (Hear, hear.) With extra oalinary genius, and a truly and splendidly poetic tem perament, he was, nevertheless, compelled by necessity to forego the seductions of the Faeryland of poetry in order to obtain bread for his family by his labours es 6 wit and a jester. (Hear, hear.) I have always thought! and I think this the more I reflect on the career of Thomas Hood, that there is something much more pathetic in the recognition of his humourous writings than in that of his more plaintive productions. It hag always appeared to me exceedingly touching—that rain of tears that falls in the intervals of his innocent laughter, (Cheers.) And in that charming model, to which have already referred, we have this recorded in a grace ful manner through that comic mask (partially veiled) by the side of the lyre. We ought to recollect that Hoea has given us reason to regard his memory with feeling! of gratitude, not simply in reference to the past, no t merely in, remembrance of our having read his product Lions once, or twice, or th ree ti mes , b u t we ought to feel a special gratitude to Thomas Hood for the store of con. solation which his works will always afford us in the future. (Cheers.) I think if I had the toothache I could almost forget the pain I suffered in the whimsicalities of his " Comic Annual"—(a laugh)—while lam quite o r° that, if I had the heartache, I should find it assuaged bb those fictitious sorrows to which in his more tender effusions he so frequently gives utterance. (Cheers.) I find th at I am wandering into a kind of presumptuous diale r " tation on his genius. I hope, however, you will forgiVa me, for I assure you I esteem it as a great privilege tine patient hearing you have accorded me, because it afford me the opportunity of proposing to this meeting, through our excellent chairman, a vote of thanks to, and a r e ' cognition of the services of, Eliza Cook, and those gs 1 1" tlemen who have been associated with that lady during some months past in these proceedings. (Cheers,) Mr. HART reminded the meeting that the roods; would have cost a much larger sum than that mentioned in the report had it been prepared under other cirouol" stances, but no doubt the artist sympathised with the object of the subscribers, and he had, therefore, CO'll sented to do the work for a much less sum than he other . ' wise would have been entitled to demand. (Hear, hear.) Now, he thought that being so, they ought to embody the liberality of Mr. Noble in the resolution which had just been proposed. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. C. KENT cordially acceded to this prer" sition. Mr. HART had very much pleasure then in seconding the resolution, but, in doing so, he must be allowed to make a few remarks upon the different sorts of servdee ° which had been rendered by the various partie s engaged in this graceful undertaking. (Hear, hear.... According to his view the subscribers had done the least in the matter, because it was easy for them to cont ibute according to their means, and there was an end to their trouble. It was not so, however," 4 th the originator of the memorial and the committee. Ne_'' , to the originator, he thought Mr. Murdo YOring was or titled to much credit in the matter, for hp4ivst only srfr scribed a very handsome sum, but had also given a large amount of time to the undertaking, and afforded adver' tising facilities for enabling the committee to make their wishes known throughout the length and breadth of the land. In addition to that, Mr. Young had guarantee(' to the sculptor the 4001. which he claimed for his s plen' did work, and on the whole, therefore, he thought that gentleman ought to be put down as the largest subscribe r to the memorial. (Hear.) He would take nest the gentleman who had contributed so much towards the success of this effort in the character of honorarY secretary. (Hear, h ear .) Th a t gen tl eman had aly"t voted a large amo un t o f ti me an d anx i e ty t o the s ject, as, indeed, had all the members of the committee's and it was especially necessary that they should mart their sense of the willingness and e ffi c i enc y with which those services had been rendered by distinctly referring to them in the resolutions then under consideration- (Hear, hear.) To show how energetic these g entlemen had been in the discharge of their d e li ca t e f unc tions, b° need only mention that the numerous and aristocrat i° committee which had been formed for raising a wen °. ment to Tom Moore had been unable to come within three-fifths of the sum which the Hood Memorial Coin; mittee had collectel in the metropolis. (Cheers.) Tha t fact was sufficient of itself to justify the suggestion WI had ventured to make, and he hoped the meeting wen% find no difficulty in adopting it. In conclusion, would take leave to observe, that,he thought the result of this movement said' something for 'the feeling o f the public in England, and clearly evinced their all: preciation of true merit and talent. (Hear, bean) One would have supposed that the memory of the Ple b would have become dim by this time ; but no After the lapse of seven or eight years, it was still green in the hearts of his countrymen, and they readily subscribea the funds to erect a monument in honour of his geninn and worth. (Cheers.) All this, he thought, was mat ter . w for congratulation, and should not be forgotten, ne,.. that they had almost arrived at the final stage of theP proceedings. (Hear, hear.) The resolution, as amended, was then put from chair, and carried by acclamation. Mr. WATKINS said it would afford him great PI 'on to communicate to Mi ss Eli za C ook the kind eipreeel....- of thanks which th e meet i ng had been pleased to P": to her. (Hear, hear.) For himself, a ll he could ea; was, that he f e lt more than compe n sated for the exer tions he had made in the cause by seeing the success which had attended their efforts. (Cheers.) Mr. YAPP suggested that when the monument Wan ready the subscribers and the public should be Inad l e aware of it, in order that th e y m i ght attend at Kent; green Cemetery and see it u ncovere d. Th i s was mode adopted abroad, and he thought if it were followed here it would be tantamount to erecting another racoon: ment to Hood, because it would draw the world to th e sacred spot to pay the homage due to the memory °i the poet. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WATKINS said he would take care that this sur gestion should be duly attended to. Mr. R. MARTIN said there was one o th er duty which they had to perform before they separated, and that scr to pass a cordial vote of tha n k s t o th e i r exce ll en t c hair' man man for the kind and lib era l manner i n wh i ch . h e ha" acted in taking the chair at this and the former public meeting of the subscribers. (Hear, hear.) M r. Wyld had taken a d eep i nterest i n th i s matter from . beginning, and he thought they ought not to separt to ," without offering hi m i n return t h e i r hearty than,_ar (Hear.) He th ere f ore b egge d to move that the corol'" thanks of the meeting are due, and are hereby given, t ° the chairman for his conduct in the chair. (Cheers.) , Mr. MURD O Y OUNG h a d very great p l easure i n sec ond' ing the motion. He had known Mr. Wyld for m any year* and the longer he knew him the more he respected him' (Hear, hear.) He deserved great praise for the interest he had taken in this cause, and the admirable manner in which he had conducted the proceedings of their me et. ings. (Hear, hear.) The motion having been carried by acclamation, Mr. Wu]) said it was customary amongst English' men either to sing " God Save the Queen " at their meetings, or pass votes of thanks to the chairman -4 f laugh) —and he was at a loss to discover the sense of itJ unless it was for the sake of keeping up the old 010 - tions that prevailed amongst us. (Hear, hear.) For hi° own part he thought a man ought to feel himself 010 ciently honoured by being allowed to occupy the position which he had been placed in that night, for Tom 1102 was the man w h o , t o g i ve the true direct i on to the phi lanthropy of th e age , an d therefore to be assoc i a te' in any way with his name must indeed be an honour ' (Hear, hear.) T om H ood first , he repeated, was the man to point th e fi nger of charity in the right direction he did so too l ong b e f ore your Lord Ashleys had enter ed the field, and they should be looked upon only as 1 ! : , followers. (Hear, hear.) Tom Hood cast the light of or_ genius in the proper place, since it touched not only thin' own hearts, but the hearts of the whole British public; and to be engage d i n any way in an undertalans.„. to pay a trib u t e t o hi s memory was an hovel-- which be might well feel proud of. (Hear, hear.) Th e y' in fact, were handing down to posterity a monunle l 2 which, while it showed the respect of England for udi , t worth and geniu s o f th e d ea d, wou ld a l so reflect ere'', upon themselves ; and, therefore, he thought that, stead of looking for this vote, he ought to thank them for allowing him to take part in such a noble wor t ' (Hear, hear.) England was now , an d h e h ope d ev er would be, the gem of the seas ; but the day might co when bereft of her colonies,. she would stand alone 113 ,, her glory, and the n th e d escen d ants o f t h ose now l e avt her shor es wou ld re t urn as p il gr i ms to v i s i t the 01',1°— where rest the ashes of such glo rious men as Tom B°°d : (Cheers.) Then would this, and a ll s i m il ar monumen t ' be be pointed at a s th e m il e st ones which their forefather tohad erected t o m a rk the p rogress o f civilisation, and recal the efforts which had been made to promote "" happiness of the whole human race. (Cheers.) The meeting then separated. RAILWAY ACTS.---Yesterday a retu rn wa s issu ed for specting railway acts passed in 1852. In the yea r e d acts were passed. The increase of mileage occaaie_„%, by the same wa s 36 m il es an d 7 9 cha i ns. The ; m orn; of capital occa s i one d b y them, 835,6641. ; and the e crease of loan, 143,0151. The total actual inane s° occasioned by the 51 acts was 692,6491. FAMILY ROMANCE ; OR, EPISODES IN THE DO in E STIO ANNALS OF THE ARISTOCRACY, By J. B. Burke, -ra s n " . o , au Thor of "The P eerage ," & c . 2 vo l s. —l t were imP-se sible to praise to o hi g hly, as a wor k o f amusemen t, the y° two most interesti ng vo l umes , w h et h er we s h ou ld 11 %. regard to its exce ll en t p l an , or i ts not less exce ll e nt 83 yd cution. The volumes are just what ought to be il l if on every drawing-room table. Here you have 13 i 11 . fifty captivating romances, with the pith'of all their e terest preserved in undiminished poignancy, and an the i r may be read in half an hour. It is not the least of merits, that the romances are founded on fact —or wh a d , at least, has been handed down for truth by long i ce tion—and the romance of reality far exceeds the re ra— te ,d of fiction. Each s t ory i s to l d i n the clear, unau.,e-wle style with which the author's former works have ; t he the public famili ar ; while they afford evidence e` value, even t o a work of amusement, of that hi et°r A of and genealogi ca l l earn i ng that may justly be expect,euand the author of the " The Peerage and Baronetage; pv er " The Land e d Gentry" —each the best of its kiilL e - d, a published. Th e ar i stocracy and gentry cmeP„i33ians-- great debt to. M r . B ur k e as their family ~,,„r Omsk/rd. ti .kja J