The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-21 00:00:00

Cll PLAYS. Mil. mrrenr.LLI EFIT .—AVEDNEIDAT NEXT. Under the Or s Patronage of Iler Majesty. lt R. 1‘.111.701 - I:,L respectfully announces that . his BENEFIT - ed to take place on WED NESDAY next, May 25th, 18)3, on wi. ceasio tt ; n will be, tresented, for that ilillt oily; the favourite C ,o y of . I,F, MAMA A LA CAMPAG, E, and (for the lest time lan be repeated) LE BONIIOMME JADIS, In which Mcr.3. Regt.w 11 repeat his admirable performance of "Le Bunliontino J being alto the last night but Two of the ), P Comedy , Mr. Mitchell solkits the faYour of au e arl y 1 4 application for bone to stalls - Royal Lisrary, 34E1 Bond.street, 19th May, 1853. _............... TifirEl ROYAL, HAYMAURET. ilmleroe management of Mr. Backstone. tIliS EVENING, Mss 21, WITI rrn.luc.(7th time) Tull MO USETRAP. Characters , Ale;?rs. Chippcntla!e, I:o.4erg, Buckstone, W. Farren, and Edward , ; l'oynter. M.sses A. WOLLIdS, Louisa llowartl, Fitzwillianwl Mrs. Stanley. • "" r LUCKSTO2io'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR- * 1 o conclude ' vir, SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Sup port:, I by Tilbury, 'Raters, 11. Corr!, Compton, and Buck etone ; MN. !- Misses A. Vining, E. Bromley, and E. C!!aplin. LOYAL lIINCESA'S TIIEATIt OXFORD-STIZEET. Ijii(-:X1.0 Management of Mr. Charles lieari. T MS EVENING, DLit 21, Will ba perldhea kw new Drama, adapted from the French of iNi.oka. scribe, tr Mr. Palgrave Qiurpson, called MARCO SPADA. Supptsrtrer by` srs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, Erie'', Graham, and Everttt : miss L e ath and C. Lederer'. To condud with BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Characters by 41 Messrs. T. P. ' ke, Wright, Meadows, Manvers, Graham, Everett, F. Cooke, and c4,,r ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Miss Murray. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. , a4er the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, MAT 21, Wilt be Perirm . ed A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews Suter, and Hoare; 31rg. Macnamara and Miss Wyndham. Atter widen. A FAST TRAIN—HIGII PRESSURE EXPRESS. Characters by eisrs. C. Mathews, Baker, and Suter. To be follo:t. by (3d time) •TIIE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mat F.AMattliewf, and Roomy; Mrs. F. katt4elis, Itllisev Robertson Ellis. Aft,r which; A • T ja. To conclude with TRICING , IT OX. Pr C. Mathews. ,racter by Mr. TIIEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. IL Webstet —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MAY 21, Will be performed TEIE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Cha racters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Leigh Murray. Parselle, G. Honey, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, It. Romer, CuMilford, and U. Bed ford ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley and Miss Woolgar. " Io be followed by TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Cha ract3rs by Mesita. Keeley and Wigan Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Wigan, and Miss Keeley. To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCHMAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC, THEATRE. Lessee and Manager Mr. Farren. LI THIS EVEN4O, MAY 21, - Will be performed THE MILLER. OF DER.WENT WATEr.. Characters by Messrs. 11. Farren, 1•. Robson, Shalders, and G. Cooke ; Mesdames Anderton and E. Turner. Alter which, UNCLE CROTCHET. Supported by Mr. Far rel), &c. To be followed by MACBETH. Supported by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. A. Phillips. To conclude with THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Colo nel Freelove, Mr. 11. Marston ; Lady Freelove, Miss H. Gordon. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, MAT 21, The Entertainments will, as during the week, commence with an entirely.new Hippo Drama (in Two Acts), with new scenery, cos times, and appointments, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. W. E. Suter, illustrating a Sporting Man's Career, and entitled THE CHASE, or LIFE ON THE TURF—in which will be represented a FOX CHASE, with REAL FOX and HOUNDS, the Race, Steeplechase, &C.. Sec. 'co be followed by a display of Equestrian Achievements in the AItF.NTA, introducing the accomplished Artistes of the Establish ment and Mr. Cooke's h . ghly-trained Horses and Ponies. In cone • quenee of the unusually brilliant Arena Performances, they will ter minate the Evenings' Entertainments. 1:.,.-odice open daily Irwin Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. The Zoological ColleeWn contains a variety of interesting speci mens, and the Gardens throughout have been improved and beautified. The Pictorial Representation is an oxtensive VIEW of the BAY and FORTS of CHUSAN, painted by Messrs. Danson, and at dusk is represented the attack of the Chinese fire-rafts on the Br tish fleet, explosion-ships, &e.—Grand Vocal and Instrumental concert. ,Ergagenient of the eminent vocalist, IVli4s Cicely Nott. Conductor, Mr. Godfrey.—An extra Military Band during the day time ; and at dusk a grand display of Fireworks, combined with the Feast of Lanterns and other displays.—Doors open from 9 in the morning. Admission, Is. _DAILY WEATHER TABLE. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON-- NAV., gentle breeze--cloudless. FOLKESTONE—N.B., fresh breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE. , --N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STROOD—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—S.E., light breeze—cloudless. YAuuouTn—N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock : LIBIERICK —S., calm—partially cloudy. LEIGHTON—N.W., calm—cloudless. liotvlinin—S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Pats DAT —Morning 5 min. after 12 I Evening 28 min.aft. 12 Too4oaßow—Morning 52 min. after 12 1 Evening 16 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, MAY 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 62 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.25. WIND, E.—Fine, sunshiny weather. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SA ME EVENING, With all other News, arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CL,OCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. 4.,:77 e s i* Tibt LONDON, SA6CURDAY, MAY 21, 1853. A terrible suspense hangs at this moment over the fate of Turkey, and not only over the fate of Turkey but over the destinies also of Christen dom. It is a matter of profound anxiety to re member how much is• dependent upon the nature of the next intelligence from Constantinople. We have already observed, in these columns, that it was only on the sth instant that the ultimatum was sent in to the Divan by Prince MEN SCIIIKOFF. We have remarked that the ac ceptance or refusal of that ultimatum was rendered imperative at the latest by the 10th instant, according to the haughty and peremptory intimation • given to the Sublime Porte by the Russian Ambassador. Nov, up to the moment of writing, we have only received despatches from the Golden Born up to the 7th instant inclusively. Consequently, when those despatches left the Turkish capital three days yet remained before it was requisite that the Divan sh Add respond affirmatively or negatively to the ultimatum sent in by the Russian Government. Rumours have, nevertheless, been rife—of course —to the effect that the SULTAN has yielded, and that the CZAR has been left in this matter trium phant. Those rumours, it is needless at this moment to observe, are without any foundation whatsoever. At the best they are mere conjec tures.. Nothing definitive could possibly be learnt Yet, and the information given tothe public, both in Paria and in London—purporting to recount the real nature of theresult of the Russian ultimatum-- therefor e .- tical, simpl ; E , . l lnply gratuitous, simply hypothe unfortunatfy n th br t le . f, a fabrication. Supposing, accordancea m the end it should prove to have been in , with what has actually taken place in Constantinople —it will still have been tiotliing better mia less, however, on th at ' acc a ou b lu n e t k e ily.none the shamefullygues unjus tifiable. It is earnestly to indeed, that the next information this country from the Sublime P or t e will be in meTcally the revers© of what has been recently 'predicated, for reasons it were needless to conjecture, deUrpelolic-ii the decision arrived at by'the Divan will future, we repeat, not only of Turkey, but, indi rectly, also of Christendom. Should the u/iima tum bb accepted, it will hand over the European dominions of the SULTAN, at once virtually and unconditionally, to the AUTOCRAT. Should it, on the other hand, be rejected, as . we trust and believe that it will be rejected, ABD-ui-MEDJID will command forthwith the aid of instant co-operation from the four great European Sovereignties. The Emperor of Russia would inevitably, in that event, find himself opposed, not only by the monarchs of Austria and Prussia, but also—and in a more earnest manner —by Queen VICTORIA and the Emperor NAPOLEON. Turkey would discover her safety, not so much in treaties or in diplomat ,-, as in the sense of justice common to all the chief States of Christendom. The contest on the Income Tax Bill has been postponed. It last night received its second reading without prejudice to future proceedings. Mr. DISRAELI, and those usually acting with him, reserving to themselves the full right of bringing forward in Committee any amendments they might think proper to propose, and it being also understood that they must not be supposed to have at all assented to the prin ciple of the Bill. This was a generous and at the same time a judicious course. It proved that the Right Honourable Gentleman was not actuated by any desire to embarrass Ministers, to whom time was of considerable im portance—that his opposition was not of .a fac tious character. All parties concur in the opinion, that something in the shape of an Income Tax or Property Tax is essential, that no suitable sub stitute can at present be found, and that a delib erate refusal to revive it would greatly confuse the national finances, and materially damage the public credit. No person of proper feeling would incur so formidable a risk, while there was any prospect, however remote, of the re moval of the serious obligations to the sys tem which expired on the sth of April, an„,,,,ihich' is now intended to be revived. If the only alternative lay. between the renewal of the Income Tax without modification and its total rejection, a serious question might arise ; but while there remains a reasonable expectation of improvement—although it should only be a slight mitigation of the serious evils, a very gradual ap proximation to an equitable arrangement—every allowance should be made. The contest should not be one of outposts, or on matters of trivial importance, but on questions of deep and serious interest, involving the practical utility of the measure. In addition to the several amendments to the original resolutions on which the opinions of the Committee will unquestionably be taken, two of paramount importance will be brought forward. The one relating to the period for which the im post shall be renewed ; the other to the distinc tion (if any) to be established between permanent and precarious incomes, and the establishment of the direct taxation of the country on a sound and equitable foundation. On the first point, we have repeatedly urged the great benefit that would be derived if the popular branch of the Legislature, the guardians of the National purse, retained a certain degree of control over Ministers, by compelling them to ob tain the Legislative sanction, to raising at least some considerable portion of the National Re venue in each, and every Session. We showed that a direct impost was the only one in which this control and power of periodical revision, or even of absolute rejection, could safely be main tained, inasmuch as to leave the Customs or Excise, or, indeed, any indirect duties in doubt, would greatly derange and materially prejudice all com mercial and manufacturing transactions in re ference thereto. Nor is it every species of direct taxation that would answer for the purpose. If the House Duties were frequently tampered with, it would injuriously influence the dealings be tween landlord and tenant, and reasonable objec tions might be urged to any item of uncertainty in the list of the Assessed Taxes. But nothing of the kind could fairly be complained of with re spect to the Income Tax. By its means alone could that salutary control be obtained which makes " the People' " the true source of legitimate power." Although we might not agree with the demand for Annual Parliaments, seeing the mis chief that might arise from such frequent appeals to the country, and the incessant agitation and excitement that would be maintained, we can per ceive no possible danger from an annual bill for the renewal of an Income Tax, on which, if once equitably adjusted, no debates would take place, or time be wasted. But if an annual appeal to Parliament were considered too frequent, there certainly is no rea son why the term of the Income Tax should be extended from three to seven years. How, we ask, can any consistent Parliamentary Reformer— men who profess to be desirous of shortening the duration of Parliament itself from seven to three years—vote for such a proposition ? A short time time since we should have said that such a notion was too absurd to be deemed worthy of serious consideration; but, unfortunately, our faith in public men has been so greatly shaken by recent transactions, that we shall abide the event before venturing to express our opinion on the result. But this, we will say, that if profes sing Reformers vote for the renewal of the tax for seven years, they will exhibit a degree of slavish subservience to Ministers disgraceful to them selves as men, and very prejudicial to the best interests of the community, and more especially so to those of the industrious classes, for whom they profess to be the zealous and disinterested advocates. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal ac companied by the Duchess of Kent and Princess Ade laide of Hohenlohe, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, drove over to Ryde yesterday afternoon, and re turned to Osborne at seven o'clock. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon attended on horseback. M. Musurus, the Turkish Minister, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. M. Drouet has returned from the Continent to take charge of the Belgian Legation, in the absence of M. Van de Weyer. The Lord President of the Council and the Countess Granville returned to their residence in Bruton-street on Thursday night from Dublin. Viscount Palmerston returned to his residence ir Carlton-gardens on Thursday night, from his seat, Broadland, Hants. The Lord Chancellor had an inter. view with the noble viscount yesterday at the Home office. Mrs. Gladstone returned to town yesterday from Eden-bridge. Lord Mulgrave transacted business yesterday at the Board of Trade. Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester• day to the Governor-General of Canada. MR. MITCHELL'S BENEFIT.—We perceive that Mr.- Mitchell takes his benefit at the St. James's Theatre on Wednesday next, the 25th. Mr. Mitchell is a manager of consummate taste and enterprise, and it is mainly him we have to thank for the existence of a French play in London. It has now become as much an essential of the season as the Opera itself. Considering the brilliant stars which he has at times transferred to its orbit, and the varied treasures of art and genius poured in such profusion before his audiences, we think that not only the Western world of fashion, but the larger dramatic public owe him a considerable debt of gratitude. Not that there has ever been any backwardness in acknow ledging it on these occasions, for everybody knows that Mr. Mitchell's benefits always were and always are bumpers. We feel certain, too, that they always will be —am ne s'arrele pas dans un si beau Moran—and, there fore, we expect to see the house crammed from top to bottom on Wednesday night. The performance on this occasion will be under the immediate patronage of her - Majesty ; and the .programme consists of the very ex cellent comedy of Le Mari a la Campagne, with the Bonitomme jadis, of which M. Regnier has made such a favourite. The comedy has not been performed since 1850, and will only be performed once during this season, on the present occasion, which is the last night ,but two of the comedies. THE COMMON COUNCIL AND THE CITY RAILWAY TERMINUS.—Some of the opponents in the Common Council of the proposed Railway Terminus in Farringdon street—the greatest City improvement which has been projected for a series of years—yesterday carried their hostility to the scheme to an extent which was positively discretitable. By the most miserable quibbling to which it would be possible to resort, the parties to whom we allude sought to reject the petitions of the citizens in favour of the project. For the sake of the character of the Corporation, we trust that at the adjourned meeting of to-day, there will be such an expression of terrllte:ciii ionorgu:tsyasolfvitllbient Council e fia patent to n all o the aro sure and d tt rni feovrefrryiefurdienofd another te sympathy with the unworthy conduct of these persons. We be to-day at his post at the of themeeting o of t v e h iccho Common s m b o u n t the interests o the City, will Cou ncil.--Moritie/7A s Commis sioners appointed by the Crow / .ser COMMISSION.—The Commis . THE HULL BRIIIERICertezOI.I to inquire into alleged corrapt practices at the last and previous ii revious elections for the borough of Kingston -upon given notice inquiries L . lrge number lave at the Town that they will commence their hall,' on Monday next, the 23d in s i t i . e , of warrants have been issued. T nussioners are Mr. R. Solly Flood, Mr. John Deedes, and Mr. Wm. Balliol Brett. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO 0 CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken for exports and on speculation. The market was firm and steady. The Railway Share Market opened firm, but closed rather weak, with a down ward tendency. The changes in the Bank of England return were of some importance again during the week to last Saturday. There was a further reduction of de posits and an augmentation of other securities, leading to the conclusion that money was in de mand, and this precisely tallies with the fact. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follows : Active circulation.... £23,162,805 307,040 18,219,017 6,204 3,151,746 4,937 5,095,691 Decrease Bullion THE SUN', LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 21, Decrease Rest Increase Public Deposits _ . . Increase 830,222 Other Deposits Decrease 190,212 Seven-day and other Bills 1,383,202 Decrease 34,830 Government Securities 13,124,653 Decrease Other Securities 14,014,176 Increase 406,010 Notes unemployed 8,428,220 Increase 153,825 The following statement exhibits the changes in the note issues of all the banks in England, Scot land, and Ireland, during the month to the 16th April, compared with the month to the 19th March last : ' Bank of England Increase Private Banks Increase Joint Stock Banks Increase Total in England Increase Scotland Increase Ireland Decrease United Kingdom Increase £22,692,686 831,704 3,862,534 190,749 3,132,080 138,469 29,687,300 1,160,922 3,492,622 48.728 5,516,632 4,912 38,695,554 1,204,738 The rates at which Bills of Exchange upon the principal continental cities were yesterday after noon negociated, were generally firm. Trieste, however, receded to 10 53 to 55 ; Hamburgh was 13 84 to 81 ; Paris, 25 25 to 30 ; and Amsterdam 11 181 to The amount of gold exported direct from London during the week, to last Thursday, was 16,367 ounces, and 89,5001., of which 86,5001. went to Sydney. The silver shipments were 333,350 ounces, and 3,0001., principally to Belgium and Bombay. The Funds are very steady this morning, al though with little doing. Consols bring 1001 for Transfer, and looi for Account. The New 31 per Cents. have been 102 k to and the 3 per Cent. Reduced 100 to k. Exchequer Bills of Juno bring par to Is. premium, and India Bonds 30s, pre- mum. Foreign Securities are dull. Peruvian 4i per Cents. 88 ; Spanish deferred 241, and Chilian 104. Railway Shares are very quiet, but York and North-Midland have advanced, and also Great Western and Midland. French Shares are dull. Royal Swedish have advanced. Yesterday the Directors of the Devonshire Great Consolidated Copper Mining Company declared a dividend of 15,3601., being 151. per share, out of net profits arising from sales of copper ores sam pled in the months of January and February last. After payment of the same there remains in hand a balance of 25,4811. Bs. 3d. in cash, Ore Bills not at maturity, and Reserved Fund, applicable to the general purposes of the Company. The Joint-Stock Bank Shares have advanced. The Land Companies' Shares have been neglected. Metcalfe Mine Shares are fluctuating consider ably, having been as low as mi. Sue River also are worse.. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From the Official Lest.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO k 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - i New :Wrier Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO South Sea Old Annuities 991 Consols for Account Ist Juno Exchequer Bills 10. June. March. £IOOO. £5OO parlp 1p Small par 1 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO4 Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent.' BB Peruvian Scrip 2i p [ Russian Bonds, 4,1 per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.... 9B Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 491 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24i Swedish Loan la dis TWO O'CLOCK. Consols IOOB Ditto June Account loot MARINE VIVARIUM.-REGENTS PARK. An interesting addition to the numerous zoological specimens collected in these gardens is this day presented to the public by the opening of the Marine Vivarium. This is the first attempt, we believe, of the kind. It consists of a series of glass tanks, containing specimens of the various rnollusca and shell fish which are to be found on our coast, together with many samples of fresh water fish. The collection is as yet incomplete, but when it is perfected it will form one of the most interest ing objects in the garden. The contents of the principal tanks are as follows FIRST TANK. Crustaceans.—Crabs, spider crabs, hermit crabs, prawns, and shrimps, of several species. SECOND TANK. Star Fish and Sea Urchins.—Common star fish, brittle star, palmipes, uraster, THIRD TANK. Sea Anemonies.—Actinias of several species, including some of the rarest aphrodite, &e. &c. FOURTH TANK. .3folluica Ascidians and Fish.— Trochus, and several other genera of British shells ; barnacles, and several species of ascidians. The fish are the blenny, fifteen-spined stickleback, urassa, and coatis bubalis. FIFTH AND SIXTH TANKS Contain, in addition to A ctini as and A scidians, of large size, several of the nudibranck molluscs—such as ,Eolis and Doris ; sabella and other interesting animals. There is no doubt that many heretofore unknown peculiarities of the finny tribe will be brought to light now that all their motions, &c., can be watched, while the fish is to a certain degree at home and undisturbed. Great credit is due to Mr. Mitchell for the pains he has taken in the formation of this collection, which has been attended with many difficulties ; and we trust that when the success of this first experiment becornes.certain, and the collection is extended, that we shall have the living wonders of the deep from distant climes presented to our view, in addition to those of the land. NEW CONTRACT FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Postmaster-General yesterday completed a new contract for the conveyance of the mails to New South Wales, Victoria (Port Philip), South Australia, and Western Australia, for which service the contractors will receive 1,0001. per voyage, subject to penalties for delay, either in the departure of the vessel,. or in her arrival at the ports of destination. The vessels contracted for are all A 1 on Lloyd's book,s and as the Postmaster-General decided in favour of those ships that would perform the voyage in the shortest time, they are all first-class clippers. The first on the list is the clipper barque Stratford, which will be dispatched on the 4th pros. All letters intended to be forwarded by this conveyance must be specially addressed "Per Contract Mail Packet, Stratford," and the postage will be at the rate of ls. the half ounce. This ship will be followed by others equally fast on the 4th August, 4th October, and 3d December. In the intermediate months of July, September, and November, the mails for the above-mentioned place will be forwarded by the Overland India Mail as far as Sin gapore, from whence they will be transmitted to their destination. The rates of postage will be the same as if sent by the contract packets via the Cape of Good Hope. APPRENTICING PAUPER CHILDREN TO FACTORY LA BOUR.—Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the Mary lebone board of guardians, held at the Workhouse, New road—J. Coham, Esq., in the chair—Mr. Bishop moved the non-confirmation of a minute, directing the inquiry agent, Mr. Sparks, to proceed to Stockport, to investi gate the character of the factory of Messrs. Walmsley, who had applied for a number of apprentices. He con tended, in the first place, that by the Poor-law Act, it was illegal to apprentice children to any trading establishment beyond 40 miles, and he looked upon the application for children at so great a distance with much suspicion, as there was a school at Manchester where above 4,000 children were trained for apprenticeship, and from which a supply could be obtained, if the place was worth anything. Mr. Stawlon seconded the non-confirmation of the minute. The Rev. E. Scobell was sure the board had no desire to , evade the law, but he thought if parents were desirous of apprenticing their children, there could be no harm in Bending the agent of the board down to ascertain the character of the establishment from which the application had been made. Mr. Jacob Bell consi dered by sendins their agent that the board would be involving itself in the responsibility. How were they to act with those children who had no parents ? They could certainly not apprentice themselves. He thought it would be illegal for the board to do so. The motion for non-confirmation of the Minute was negatived by a majority of two, and the board separated. INCOME TAx.—A re turn has been made to the House of Commons " of the lumber of appeals Made by tenant farmers under the third section of the act 14 and 15 Vict. c. 12, and amount of abatements allowed by the Commissioners of the Income Tax in every district," from which it appears that the total number of appeals is 1,200 ; total number allowed, 750 ; and amount of Irelief granted, 3,419/. ss. 71d. AY TOUN ON POETRY, LECTURE THE FIFTH. Yesterday brought together, in Willis's Rooms, per haps the largest and certainly about the most attentive audience which has yet assembled to welcome Professor Aytoun in the metropolis, during the delivery of his course of Lectures on Poetry and Dramatic Literature. Nevertheless, though the audience upon these occasions has hitherto been, as we have intimated, both numerous and attentive—it has, nevertheless, invariably contrived to be, at the same time, the most sedate and phlegmatic we ever remember to have seen collected together. This, possibly, by reason of its being so pecu liarly fashionable, the majority present consisting of the creme de la creme of Belgravia—members of that great world " about three miles round" described, in the last number of Bleak House, as revolving on its own axis, during the height of the Season, while the planets and the rest of the celestial bodies circulate at their appointed distances. The result is that the Lecturer ob tains scarcely a word of applause from his exordium to his peroration. Even those who have temerity enough to adventure upon some nervous little token of apprecia tion recoil before their own rashness, startled, like Fear in the Ode of Collins, even by the sounds themselves have made. We miss the cordial plaudits of the Pit—and yearn even for some vulgar enthusiasm to break the lull of that refined and recollected self-possession. Dramatic Literature was the subject of yesterday's dissertation meaning, of course, English Dramatic Literature. And, although Professor Aytoun in this lecture took a comprehensive survey of the whole pro gress of the Drama in this country, from the time of its rise to the period of its decline, his observations were principally confined to a consideration of its supreme glory during the ever -memorable reign of Elizabeth. He referred at the outset to the dramatic crudities of the mediaeval epoch—the old Monkish Mysteries, in which the principal personages introduced upon the stage were celestial beings, or the chief actors in the stupendous tragedy of the Redemption. He alluded, before the close of his discourse, to the dramatic productions of some among the more eminent of his literary contem poraries —commending in a particular manner several of the effusions of the genius of Bulwer Lytton and of She ridan Knowles as worthy of being numbered with the masterpieces previously contributed to this department of our national literature. But in the one instance it was only a cursory reference, and in the other merely a passing allusion. Little fell from the lips of Professor Aytoun yesterday, but had some bearing, sometimes re mote, it is true, but more frequently immediate, upon Shakspere and his contemporaries. He spoke, no doubt, in a very express and earnest manner both of their pre decessors and of their successors. But die appeared to do so, simply that he might accord to them—to Shak spere and his contemporaries—a more marked and a more emphatic preference. He lamented, in a touch ing and tender tone of regret, the obscenities of such men as Greene and Marlowe, who had stooped to wallow in the mire, when they pos sessed genius, on the wings of which they might have soared through the empyrean of imagination. Subsequently, he mentioned in terms of mingled con tempt and loathing, the prurient wit of writers like Wycherley and Farquhar. Here, however, we would venture to take exception to the iconoclastic fury of Professor Aytoun's comprehensive and uncompromising condemnation. He would apparently establish in this country an Index Expurgatorius. He condemns the last mentioned dramatists as unworthy of admission into any respectable library. He would have them swept from our bookshelves. Even of their wit he says we have beard a little too much. We don't feel quite certain, but he would be glad to witness them burnt at the city gates by the hands of the common hangman. Now, while we admire the noble ire of the lecturer, in pronouncing his detestation of all this notorious impurity, we would, at the same time, presume to hint that the adoption of his ideas would jeopardise some of the most glorious produc tions of the human intellect, if it did not tend to extin guish altogether some of the most notable names in the world's literature. Destroy Wycherley and Farquhar, because of their indisputable, and, we will add, even execrable grossness—and how about Rabelais ? How about Boccaccio ? If we dedicated horrible old Mother Mandrake to oblivion how, possibly, could we dream of preserving afterwards, with any consistency, the "immortal memories" of argantua and Panta gruel ? Supposing we were to act upon this principle— what flaws would be rendered necessary in the " De cameron !" And how much would be left of "Candide ?" —of " Don Juan ?"—of " Tom Jones ?"—of "Ernest Maltravers ?" What havoc there would be among the classics ! We should have left to us, in each instance, only " a thing of shreds and patches" as the effigy, here of Greek, and there of Roman literature. The extrava gant severity of the sentence pronounced yesterday upon Farquhar and Wycherley, was only sur passed, to our thinkin g , by the yet more exaggerated harshness with which Professor Aytoun declared that he regarded what are commonly termed the misfortunes of genius, as in the vast majority of instances, the fruits of actual culpability, the results of either criminality or improvidence. Speaking of Shakspere, the lecturer may be said, in several particulars, to have exhausted the vocabulary of paneygric. Honestly, we will admit that we had scarcely expected this full and fervent appreciation. Professor Aytoun had already pronounced Homer to be one who has remained until now, as a poet, not merely unrivalled, but unapproached. Either he forgot that he ever said so, or he resolved to make some amende honorable to the shade of the "gentle Willy " —but, whatever his reason for so doing, he, yesterday, commenced his remarks upon Shakspere, by speaking of him in simple terms, as " the greatest poet this world has ever known." Another —and, to us, not the least welcome, of Professor Aytoun's contradictions ! It was with a subtle and winning apprehension of the mar vellous scope of that mighty intellect, that the lecturer afterwards drew especial attention to his wonderful locality, or power of local association. His recog nition, moreover, of the unexampled capacity of Shakspere's mind as shown in the equal facility with which he portrayed every conceivable diversity of cha racter, was delightfully contrasted with his depreciation of old Ben Jonson's men and women—described by . Professor Aytoun very merrily as a crowd of conven tional bores who are perpetually belabouring each other with their idiocyncrasies ! Nothing possibly could have been in more exquisite taste than the lecturer's allusion to the really extraordinary and matchless genius displayed by Shakspere in the delineation of fe male character. Let us admit, however, that the mere mention of Scott's name at this portion of the discourse was, to our thinking, simply absurd. We were rejoiced, howbeit, to hear that graceful and well-deserved tribute to Mrs. Jameson—as one of those women who have in modern times, according to the elegant phrase of the lecturer, "vindicated the sex of the Muses "—with particular reference to a work which has long been among our own especial favourites, we mean, of course, that relating to " the Female characters of Shakspere." It would be difficult without giving Professor Aytoun's remarks upon Shak spere verbatim , to do anything like justice to this part of yesterday's dissertation. Enough perhaps if, in its re gard, we add here, that it appeared to us conceived throughout in a spirit not unworthy of its inimitable subject. It was remarkable that immediately the Pro fessor arrived at this portion of his discourse, there was perceptible on the part of the audience the breathless stillness of expectation. It was another tribute to the world-wide fame of that supreme and golden reputation. It reminds us of a little Purism statuette exhibited the other day in a shop window in Regent-street, ticketted simply— " The Immortal Bard " altogether unmistakeable, though without any name to mark the individuality. According to the syllabus, the programme of yes terday's lecture ran as follows : " The Drama , ---Its rise and progress in England— The predecessors of Shakspere—His art, intellect, and power—His successors—Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, &c.—Reasons why the Drama declined—Spe cimens of the style of the different Dramatists." Conspicuous among our regrets, yesterday afternoon, was one that the Lecture did not allude in more genial language to the lives as well as to the writings of Beau mont and Fletcher—the Damon and Pythias of Litera ture. THE PROTESTANT ALLIANCE.—The second annual meeting of this society was held yesterday in Free• masons'-hall ; the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. There were also present the Earl of Roden, Mr. Chambers, M.P., the Hon. Captain F. Maule, Admiral V. Har court, the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Comte de St. George, Colonel Alexander, Captain Trotter, Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, Colonel Edwards, Captain Valiant, Captain H. Layard, Rev. Dr. Marsh, Rev. Dr. Steane, Rev. Dr. Bunting, Rev. Dr. Malan, Dr. Thompson, &c. The Rev. Dr. Marsh having offered up prayer, the chair man said it had pleased God to bless the efforts of the society with considerable success. Two or three events had occurred during the year in which its friends had every reason to rejoice. lie believed that the libera tion of the Madiais was, in a great measure, the re sult of the efforts of the Protestant Alliance—(hear, hear) ; and the friends of Protestantism had also greatly to thank the society for having been the means of bringing the question of the nunneries before Par liament with so much prospect of success. Respect ing the college of Maynooth, he believed that but little good would result from the commission of inquiry ; and that, whatever that commission reported, nothing but the total repeal Of the Maynooth Grant would satisfy the Protestant feeling of the country. The secre tary then read the annual report, which stated that four new alliances had been established, making a total of 61 in connexibn with the society. The income of the al liance was 1,5001. (leaving a balance of 801.), exclusive of 5001. which had been subscribed for the future benefit of the Madais. An increase was recorded in the number of public meetings held, convert schools opened, and tracts distributed. On the motion of the Earl of Roden, seconded by the Rev. Dr. Malan, the report was una nimously adopted. The meeting was then addressed by the Rev. W. H. Rule, the Rev. S. Garratt, Mr. Cham bers, M.P., the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Hon. Captain , Maude, and the Comte de St. George. The last-mentioned speaker stated that the conventual system was on the increase in France, and attribute d that cir cumstance to the 6c - t of English parents sending their children to French schools, under Roman Catholic influ ence. These schools, he said, were nearly all filled, while those conducted by Protestants were for the most part deserted. He then described the state of a recently erected runnery, which he visited on Monday last in Paris, where he said the treatment of the nuns was worse than that to which criminals and paupers were subjected in the prisons and workhouses of this country. A vote of thanks having been accorded to the chairman, the Rev. Dr. Steanc closed the meeting with prayer. 853 LATEST FROM TURKEY AND GREECE. BY SUBMARINE A ND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH , PARIS, SATURDAY. The following telegraphic dispatch has been re ceived here from Constantinople by telegraph from Belgrade : " CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 13. " Prince Menschikoff has granted a further delay the consideration of his ultimatum." This important news is certain ; but the, tele graph further adds : " It is said that a change of Ministry is on the point of taking place. Al Pacha replaces Rifaat Pacha, and Faad Effendi enters the Ministry. The Grand Vizir is to be replaced by Mustapha Pacha." Telegraphic despatches have also been received from Athens. The latest news thence is that the question of boundaries between Greece and Turkey had been referred to the arbitration of the Ambas sadors of the three protecting Powers—England, France, and Russia—at Constantinople. An American squadron, consisting of five ves sels, is at Athens. One of them (the Cumberland) has on board Mr. March, the American Minister, who demands reparation for certain alleged wrongs inflicted on a missionary named King. A dispute has arisen, which has assumed almost a serious aspect, between Mr. Wise, Minister, and the Government of King Otho, relative to a ques tion of precedency in the matter of invitations to Court, (h.—Second edition of the Morning Post. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. We are enabled to inform the public, that after the French and Russian dispute respecting the Holy Shrines had been settled, Prince Menschikoff demanded of the Porte a convention which should secure to the Greek subjects of the Porte all the privileges and immunities which had at any time been granted to them by the present Sultan or his predecessors. The Porte would thus place her whole internal policy in the hands of the Czar, who would by such a treaty become practically the protector of three-fourths of the Turkish subjects. and the arbiter between them and their Sovereign. We are not informed what steps were taken by the British and French ambassadors at this conjuncture. If our Government and that of Napoleon have not supported the Sultan, the Turkish empire is now a Russian pro vince, and the Muscovite has effected by cunning, and through the faults of the other great powers, what he dared not carry out by force. A Government ed by the compliant Aberdeen must encourage the worst appre hensions of timidity and concession on our part ; but where is Viscount Palmerston ?—Morning Herald. ADEL . PIIL On Wednesday night, Mr. Webster tried an experi ment with the Adelphi audience which few but himself, confident in their attachment and devoted loyalty, would have ventured on. He produced there the Merry Wives of Windsor, not burlesqued as Shakspere has been lately, with some success too, at some of our other theatres, but in the real, rich, unapproachable comic vein of the original. Mr. Webster, however, played the fat knight himself, and with such perfect success as to prove that an Adelphi audience needs neither ribaldry nor extravagance to amuse it or make it laugh. His performance was marked with an earnest care and at tention, and with a thorough appreciation of the genuine humour of the part, and it is not too much to say that this bold attack on the religio loci owed much of its success to his very skilful and talented impersonation of this favourite but difficult character. The other parts were also, in the main, excellently distributed. Mr. Leigh Murray was a bold and vigorous Mr. Ford, occa sionally, perhaps, too boisterous. Mr. Page fell into the hands of Mr. Parselle, and its native mediocrity ; and Mr. Wigan, as might be expected, played Dr. Caius with a nicety and expression not too highly to be ap preciated in the success of any play where the tout ensemble is of consequence. Mr. Keeley played Sir Hugh in his own quaint comic style not easily surpassed, and Mr. P. Bedford took mine Host ofthe Garter, which suited him excellently. Of the female characters, Mrs. Page, played by Mrs. Keeley, was by far the best ; Madame Celeste, we think, has mistaken ber powers in attempting Mrs. Ford, and as for Master Slender, which we find ourselves classing among the female parts, almost without knowing it, for there was nothing in it partaking of the male sex except the attire, we were surprised to find so little appreciation of the part in so eminent an actress as Miss Woolgar. These two parts are certainly the weak points of the caste, and unless an alteration be made in them the play cannot properly be called a Shaksperian revival, but must be be content to remain in the lower category of an " Adelphi version." The pictorial illustrations, as it is now the fashion to call the scenery, were very beautiful, and called forth considerable applause. The dresses, too, were good, and barring the few exceptions, which w ewe have pointed out, the piece is one of the most credit able productions of the day. CLERICENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) A respectably-dressed woman who gave the name of Ann Clark, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, the sitting magistrate, with attempting to force her way into one of the station-houses of the E division of police under the following circumstances : It appeared from the evidence of one of the sergeants of the E division, that this morning, shortly after two o'clock, the prisoner went to the station-house and com plained in a very loud and noisy manner of one of the constables. Finding that she was rather the worse for liquor, they put her out and closed the door, when she immediately commenced screaming, and demanded ad mission as a matter of right. Remonstrances proving of no avail, and the prisoner being determined to gain admission into the inside of the station-house, he, acting under the instructions of his inspector, took her in, locked her up, and brought her before his worship. The prisoner denied all the statements made by wit ness, and declared that she was as quiet as a lamb, and that her statement was as true as she was a sinner. (Laughter.) Mr. Corrie said he could not look over the offence, and in default of the payment of a fine, she was sent to the House of Correction for a fortnight. COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL. DINING INTELLIGENCE. (From, the Mining Journal of this day.) MINES.—The share market has been very generally depressed this week, and shares in many mines, both dividend and speculative, have been offe re d at reduced prices, without finding buyers to any great extent. In the Metal Market, our anticipations, as expressed for several week past, have been fully borne out. —Cop per maintains its price, 'and is very firm at the quota tions ; the miner may, therefore, expect a better stan dard than last reported.—Tin is without alteration, which augurs well. For Plates there is less demand for the moment, and stocks are accumulating.—Lead is in less request, and a shade easier.—The Spelter market has become very active ; and yesterday (Friday) 100 tons were sold at 191. 10s. ; subsequently, 200 tons, at 201. ; and there are now no sellers under 201. 10s.—The Iron market is in a more animated state ; a large busi ness doing in manufactured sorts, and Scotch-pig is ls. per ton better, 50s. 6d : cash being paid for it. In the Bullion Market, Mexican and South Ameri can dollars 4s. Hid. per oz. Bar silver contain g gold, all gold above 5 grains in the pound to he paid for, ss. id. per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold. ss. id. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 91. per oz. standard. Spanish doubloons, 78s. per oz. Columbian doubloons, 765. 6d. per oz. Fine cake silver, ss. 54-d. per oz. Quicksilver in bond, 2s. 4d. per lb. The Gold Mining shares this week have been very much neglected—there being a total absence of specula tive movement. On the whole, however, prices are fairly supported, as sales are not pressed. Port Philip and Great Nugget made a start upwards on Thursday, but in other shares there was no movement worthy of notice. The same flatness characterised the market yesterday, and no improvement was perceptible. The advices from California, lately received, state that in nearly every case mining operations have been in the highest degree prosperous. Nearly all the principal placers, old as well as new, have been yielding hand somely ; and the low prices of provisions, and facilities for transportation, have turned to the advantage and profit of the miner. In Miscellaneous Shares, business has been generally dull, with the exception of Crystal Palace shares, which have been in great demand during the week, varying from 31 to 4 prem., and considerable business was done yesterday at from 3i to 3g- premium. All the land companies' shares have been heavy, although some ral lied a little yesterday. THE WOOLLEN TRADE.. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) The opening sale in London was well attended, and the biddings were tolerably brisk for the Port Philip, Sydney, and Cape wools. There was, however, a good deal of inferior quality in the sale, which affords no cri terion of prices, and, therefore, all that can at present be said is that full quotations have been obtained, with a tendency to advance. In the evening Messrs. Marsh and Edenborough put up 2,043 bales, including 89 Australian, 817 Port Philip, 952 Cape, and 185 Van Diemen's Land. Port Philip clean sheep's sold at ls. 6d. to 2s. Old., lambs' 2s. to 2s. 24d. Cape clean sheep's 10d. to is. Bd., lambs' is. sd. to is. 10d., scoured Is. 7d., handwashed 110. to is. 6d. Van Diemen's Land scoured skin is. 9d., handwashed do. is. 1 zd. to is. 7d., sheep's clean is. 74-d. to.ls. 81d. Australian scoured went at ls. 7d. to 2s. 3d., clean sheep's is. 7d. to ls. 9d., handwashed is. sd. to ls. 71-d. The total quantity to be included in the present sales, which are expected to terminate about the 4th of June, is 32,116 bales, of which a por tion is still of the former clip. The number of foreign buyers present was again'very limited. With regard to the foreign wool trade, as usual, on the eve of the London sales there has been very little business done in this market during the past week. At the opening sale, which took place last evening, we un derstand there was about the usual attendance of buyers, and prices are reported to be as nearly as possible the same as those which ruled at the last February series. In the English wool market there is no change to report in the general demand for wool, or prices quoted. In the Liverpool wool market there has been a steady demand for wool at full prices ; business is not extensive because stocks are very light. Sales during the week, 450 bales Alpaca, 420 Oporto, 250 Buenos Ayres, 100 Barbary. In the York wool market we had twenty-four sheets of hog wool exposed for sale to-day, one-half of which was disposed of at from 9s, to 10s.. 6d. per stone of 141 lbs., and there were plenty of buyers. As for the woollen trade of Leeds, Whitsuntide hav ing become, by almost universal assent, nearly a general holiday for a considerable portion of the week, the ordi nary business of the town, as a consequence, is much disturbed. The markets this week have been unsettled, dull, and flat ; and only a moderate business has been done. The uncertainty which always precedes the Lon don wool sales has, no doubt, been a contributing cause. At the opening sale, last night, the attendance was not particularly numerous, and the average of February sales' prices was fully maintained ; the only important feature being a better appreciation of wools of a superior condition and quality. The number of foreign buyers was limited. The quantity of wool to be offered during the present sales is 32,116 bags, and it is expected they will terminate about the 4th of June. The trade in the warehouses was very dull and quiet until yesterday, when, along with a beautiful and genial change in the weather, several buyers made their appearance in the town, which has caused considerable activity both yester day and this morning, and given a better tone to the busi ness of the week. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—We have had less business doing in the piece market this week, but the old prices have been fully maintained. The manufactu rers show no desire to purchase wool at present, but are more wishful to use up the stocks they have on hand. It is supposed that the manufacturers are better supplied with the raw material than the dealers are at present, and can keep out of the market till the new clip comes in. BRADFORD MARKET. - There is little variation from last week. Most of the manufactUrers are engaged in executing orders taken at unsatisfactory prices. Wool, on the whole, is easier to buy, especially colonial wool, but the trade is at present very quiet. HOSIERY TRADE OF LEICESTER. - - Being holiday week but little has been done in the warehouses. The large contract orders entered into by the manufacturers for the wholesale London and Manchester factors being in the course of completion at prices under the present cost of production, it remains to be seen whether the present high price of material and advanced rate of workmanship can be realised. Yarns are firm and still selling under the present value of wool, for which though there is less demand for the long kinds the price keeps up, and in short sorts there is a scarcity. THE INCOME TAX. CITY RAILWAY TERMINUS. Yesterday, pursuant to a requistion signed by a majo rity of its members, a Special Court of Common Council was convened by the Lord Mayor for the purpose of re ceiving the numerous petitions in favour of the project, and for the consideration of such measures as might be proposed subsequently upon the subject. The Court was convened for 1 o'clock, at which hour there was an unusually full attendance of members, and the galleries and passages were inconveniently crowded by the public. All the petitions having been presented, Mr. Deputy HARRISON handed to the Town-clerk a resolution he in- tended to move, which was read, and the discussion was adjourned until this day (Saturday), when it is ex pected there will be a full attendance of the public as well as the members of the Court. THE OFFICE OF CHAMBERLAIN. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR moved the following resolution, which was carried, and ordered to be referred to the Officers and Clerks Committee :--- " That it be referred to a committee to inquire into the nature, duties, and emoluments of the office of Chamberlain of this City, to reconsider the terms and conditions of the ap pointment, and forthwith to report to this Court as to any and what alteration it is desirable should be made in referenci p thereto, or to the office generally." Adjourned. A MEMBER OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY DROWNED.—We regret to state that on Friday afternoon Mr. Edward Compton Dyson, scholar of Corpus Christi College; eras unfortunately drowned in that part of the Cherwell, known as Deep Marten, skirting Christchurch Meadow. The melancholy occurrence was occasioned by the over turning of a skiff. Au inquest is to be held on the body this afternoon, by Valentine Cox, Esq., the University coroner. HARBOURS OF REFUGE.—Yesterday was published a statistical return of the works now carrying on at sun dry harbours of refuge in Great Britain. From this return it appears that works for the greater safety and efficiency of such harbours are being carried on at Dover, Harwich, Alderney, Jersey, and Portland. For Dover the total estimate was 245,0001. ; the total amount voted is 176,000/. The vote required for 1853-54 amounts to 34,0001., and about 35,0001. will afterwards be required to complete the works. The total estimate for Harwich is 110,0001., the whole of which has been voted. Alderney stands thus :—Total estimate, 620,000/. ; amount voted, 245,0001. ; vote for 1853-54, 62,0001. ; votes required for completion, 313,000/. Jersey—total estimates, 700,0001. ; amount voted, 222,000/. ; vote for 1853-54, 40,000/. ; votes required for 'completion, 438,000/. • Portland harbour and breakwater--total es timate, 588,9591. ; amount voted, 275,0001. ; vote for 1853-54, 90,0001. ; and the sum required to complete the works amounts to 223,959/. THE CAMP AT CHOBILAM.—The 11th company of the Royal Sappers and Miners, under the command of Cap tain Jervois, Royal Engineers, and at present stationed at Alderney, have been placed ui.der orders to hold themselves in readiness to come up to Woolwich at the latter end of the present month, fur the purpose of pro ceeding to joie the troops to be encamped on Chobham common during the ensuing month. It is said, that in addition to the field batteries of the Royal Artillery under the command of Captain Price at Shorncliff, and Captain Campbell at Chatham, two additional batteries will proceed from Woolwich Garrison to Chobham. It is also expected, as so few troops will be left in garrison, that the militia will be quartered in the various bar racks in the kingdom, .and go through the regular rou tine of garrison duty. SECRETARYSHIP OF SOCIETY OF A RTS. --- P ro f essor Solly has resigned the secretaryship to this society, in consequence of having undertaken tile duties and cor respondence connected with the formation of the Trade Collection, proposed in the second report of the Com mission of the Great Exhibition of 1851. We under stand that the present assistant-secretary, Mr. James Forrest, a gentleman in every way well qualified both from his practical acquaintance with the duties of secre tary and from his business habits, is a candidate for the appointment. We shall be glad to hear of his success. — The Builder. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Althmigh the fate of the Income Tax seems de cided, and any reversal of the decision seems almost hopeless, yet an idea has occurred to me, to which you can give publicity or not as you may think best. Minis ters, doubtless, think that mercantile and professional men wish to escape their share of taxation, by requiring the repeal of schedule D, and thus throwing the whole weight of the Income Tax upon the other classes who are assessed under the other schedules. Now, to prove that this is not their motive, but that it is solely to the odious inquisitorial power of the Income Tax to which they have so insuperable an objection, I would propose that every person now assessed tinder schedule D should offer to Government to pay a double or treble House Tax, instead of this Income Tax. It should be at the option of the party assessed to give notice to Government that he would pay this double or treble House Tax, and he must be bound to notify such election to Government. But to guard Government against the party altering his mind after he had so made his election, he should k not have power to change his agreement subsequently. He should he bound to pay this substituted tax till 1860, the year proposed for the termination of the tax, and should pay it, whether lie had any income or no income in the inter vening years:, 6111860. Government would therefore be sure of this augmented House Tax for seven years, and the party would willingly pay it (even if he had no income in con quence of losses) for the purpose of escaping the expo sure of his private circumstances. It is difficult to say whether Government would gain or lose by permitting this voluntary substitution, but tens of thousands of the Queen's subjects will thus escape the infliction of a tyrannical tax which they detest, and which alienates a vast body of intelligent subjects from that devotion to the Queen who would be enthusiastically loyal were it lot for this detestable and tyrannical tax.—l am, &c., ANGLICUS. Liverpool, May, 1853. TAXES POUNDAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,— It is to be hoped that in the new enactments for land, assessed property, and income taxes, a better 'pound age than is now given (3d. in the pound) will be allowed to the collectors. We, Clerks to the Commissioners, are meanly enough allowed 11d. in the pound, but the col lectors are worse off still. In my district I know collec tors who are really out of pocket considerably, taking all their duties into account. Surely, Sir, a Liberal Government will remedy this. A CLERK TO THE COMMISSIONERS. May 16, 1853. THE TOILER EXPLOSION AT DIIDLEY.—A coroner's inquest has been held on the bodies of the men killed by this explosion, and the following verdict has been found: —"That the deaths of Millward, Stokes, and Sheldon had been caused by the bursting of a large boiler of the steam-engine in Messrs. Davis' factory, from the inter nal pressure of steam arising from a scarcity of water. Such scarcity, in our opinion, was occasioned by the incompetency of the engineer, whose life has been the sacrifice of his inexperience. At the same time we con sider the boiler, from the fact of its being much oxydised, and thereby reduced from its original thickness, to have been quite unfit to sustain the pressure then working. Still, from the evidence adduced, no party apprised Messrs. Davis that the boiler was in a dangerous condi tion. The jury, therefore, exonerate tile proprietors from blame ; but in all future cases they recommend that no engineer be employed without testimonials as to his experience in the particular class of boilers by which an engine may be driven ; and we further recommend that on the re-erection of the works, the boilers be mounted in a superior manner, having one open and one shut supply valve, both of largedimensions, the shut valve to be entirely out of the engineer's control ; also at least two water indicators, so that one shall in dicate truly, independent of the feed valve." TO THE E WE SUN. Sig,,—Having addressed the letter, of which I enc lose a copy, to Lord John Russell to-day, I look to your sense of justice- in favouring me by giving it immediate publicity, and I remain yours faithfully, VANE LONDONDERRY. • Holdernesse House, May, 20, 1853. My Lord,—l see in the diary of Mr. Thomas Moore, recently edited by your Lordship, the following JJSS sage : Sm ` it J h un a e nd l6 h , is lB f s a 2 mi . — ly, B l re u a t kf t a .e s l t l e . Breakfasted j g o ers hn 's : (1 7 , Va r ). Sharpe, &c., highly amusing. ' Talked of Sir Robert son,'—after the battle of Leipsic, to the gaining to he was instrumental, Lord Castlereagh, in sending over Lord Stewart the public document, containing the orl(,. for thanks to Wilson, among others, on the occasion, a°, companied it with a private one, desiring Lord Stelr,ar,! (now Marquis of Londonderry) to avoid the thanks to r l to i son as much as he could, in order not to give triumph h in is st p ea a d rty of . th L e o p rd ub S li tr o v n a e r , t, to by vir m il i s s o ta n k , e, w s i h io ol h v a e s d b t a h ( i i s t b le e t f t oT; bearance never to turn it against the Government since. (Vol. IV., p. 291.) wa l s t p a u p b p lis ea h lis ng th th a i t s actaltuhmenypeorniodtwv,o-hoefn tyhoeurdiLooornitii.il:Pa, servants of the country, and endeavouring to sur i i. the share that they respectively had in the affairs the that glorious epoch, you had become one a d Queen's Ministers, and were especially at t 13e.-t of that very department to which, in vindicatioa. of my brother's memory, and of my own public char.° ter, I should naturally have appealed for the refutati?i; of such a slander. All the official corresponden ce of We Foreign-office was open to your reference. Y° ll not, I presume, so little acquainted with the public and employment of my old friend (for 40 years) 3a ,t diplomatic colleague, but now your dear and exce l l, e b j. ally, Lord Aberdeen, as not to know that he was " l i e channel through which any communication to Sir Robeu Wilson must, at that time, have passed ; nor could 9 ° T ; I suppose, be ignorant that the gentleman who had bee t° attached to my military and diplomatic mission or Prussia and Sweden as private secretary, bad rise n be his high talents, strict integrity and character, chief clerk in your Lordship's office--I mean Mr. J O ' v " Bidwell. If your Lordship had exercised, I will not the personal courtesy and candour, but even the 91°- n , ordinary sense of justice and official discretion, 1 -'9 e° ,4 ' suiting any of these legitimate and accessible so ure : , your Lordship would have found that this story rr P i t what I now proclaim it to be—a scandalous, malign% falsehood in every point and particular. And Id ° not merely by placing my own authority in contif,:bic,, tion to that of the inventor or propagator of th e ,", 11, but on the clear and conclusive evidence of Mr. D'"„'; e r y, who has given the following reply to my rl i q - 1(1 0 whether he had any recollection of anything that 1 have given even a colour to such a gross fabrication. a Mlt " May 16, 1853.—This is the first time I ever hea r the Sir Robert Wilson was instrumental to the gaining °' the battle of Leipsic. He did his duty there, as well O le rest. But you will recollect ho was attached to the ber trian army under the superintendence of the Earl r deen ; therefore, if any order of thanks was sent bYr,r, Castlereagh, it would have been addressed to Lord deen, his (Wilson's) chief. I never saw or heard or ' c ," e d order of thanks, or of the reservation, and lo w read all your letters and dispatches. " JOHN BIDWEL"'. o t tl It adds not a little, in my mind, to the respon sr °';,,o which attaches to your Lordship in this affair,_ that),;„ were a party to the conversation which Mr. Moore 1 ) 00 fesses to report ; so that, for aught that appears/2, 1 i yourself may have been the person who told the sw t le , but, at all events, your presence on the oc casioa, t be prives you of- the excuse (weak as it would be) °' • paragraph being one which was likely to have in 3 cl vertently escaped your editorial notice. The scene, Mr. Moore tells us, was " amusing." Very likely ! and if Mr. Moore a!' associates were alone concerned, I too should et amused at the resemblance of his buffoon coterie to tbilde, described by Gil Bias, "Nous passthnes une soir ee ,e licieuse a clechirer le proch,ain ;" and the double 5 P - t o your Lordship has had in this calumny obliges D ie of disturb the pleasant recollection you may entertainthe it, and, above all, to call the serious attention °f ,v, public to so scandalous an infraction of duty, de e! ' and truth. ese our Lordship will please to observe I send, in tlr ft strange times of suspicion not a copy, bu t ; re. John Bidwell's original, which I will beg to ba ir- tiii4 turned ; and I have only to add—inasmuch a s an d publication of your Lordship's is going the r 0 ;01 . of the world—it is my intention this letter to 9-te Lordship shall follow it, and I have the honour t° your obedient servant, VANE LONDONDERR Y To the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN: • Snt,—l see that you do_ not approve of the fi n3ll er , vagaries of our talented Chancellor of the Excheq op; Your country readers feel puzzled, and do not kDrl, what to be at with their stock. I have been asio d ii iii several persons what they should do with it. only say, let it alone ; or, if you must meddle take the Two-and-a-Half stock. I have asked as'.. I persons, who are quite as much my s tifi e d as m ysem' wish you would enlighten us a little. per The two proposed modes of conv e r s i on of Tbre,e' Cents. seem to me to be per cent. : - I s t . 821. 1"4 3. 1 i, or 21. 17s. 9d ; 23, 1101. at 24, or 21 . 15s• - 1 The interest guaranteed for 40 years and the prii) - 0 at the end of that period. The difference 000170,4, income 2s. 9d. for 40 years, and in capital 2 7 /• no te Now one would expect that the one should corriP e— ,o l the other ; but the difference, 2s. 9d., with coelP ° , if interest for 40 years, cannot exceed 101. or 11/., el e 1• you could invest it without brokerage, or any other pense or trouble at 3 per cent. It appears to , me, then, that no one will tsk e f la n afraid° 821. 10s., except some greedy person who, a-- -e .• speedy reduction, will secure 2s. 9d. per annum toblos at the expense of 271. 10s. to his successors. N° w 'llo believe that the three stocks, viz., Three-anut e olf Three, and Two-and-a-Half, will at present be (i v(' equal in value, but how is Mr. G. justified in tnitis the hands of all future Finance Ministers, C 1 i" ° Ol t. public for 40 years, with a final increase of 10 Per t Ae o to the National Debt, so far as the conversion effect, and this during a period when, humanly sP e3 ne money is likely to undergo a very serious el l3ll ° t , to value ? If he should really devote the ss. per 0 1 1 1 4 of the reduction of the National Debt, of course o' the objection will be obviated. A OA' . 1 he It appears to me that the Exchequer 130 11 - g „pert' some future time be desirable, but not to t stockholder. I am, Sir, Your humble servant, A gs, B. WILIJA.c— po et CITY CHAMBERLAINSHIP.—The committee for ~t ye, ing the election of Mr. Alderman Farebrother We t, s r° terday at the Vintners'-hall, Upper Thames-strease v eil the attendance of the friends of that gentlemar e , w i r sia il l l large, including Alderman Sir R. Carden (the c ip ,le 3 oh o' Messrs. Abraham, Bellingham, Baggaly, W. , n. ,,,iili 1 1 ,' 6 bers, and other gentlemen intimately connote(' `alreserYo City. It appeared that 1,872 votes have bee l . l e ds 3 t, promised to the worthy alderman, whose fri , ou te , , sanguine of his success at the approachinced fr e . e i Strong assurances of support have been Nee . ' 00 0 14 the members of the Corn Market and otheT Interest bodies, and what is termed the e , long-shore 1 , 1 ; fa voas , , known to preponderate largely in the alderrn3l9"rot hei. ill( ' When it was intimated that Alderman Fare „ fi tier o , e 3 tended to be put in nomination, a number of f7 l ` . '" an d ' volunteered their services, and are now aoti ve 6erl. 0 PPOPOSED NEW STREETS.—" In my is said successfully, engaged in canvassin g the ~joiell;„ h u mble _Tv', streets says a Middlesex magistrate, " there are t end,e opposl,l4, imperatively called for. One from the St i j u ect'j to Snow and Paul's banking-house, througle„ ro r ;. l i. s i t inn -fields, across Holborn, and into I3edforo, _ pit l _, the other from opposite Somerset-house to tli a a verl , Museum. The first might be constructedde I for thr e n e d moderate expense, as thc road is already Ina the S h tf tll o fourths of the distance, and the g n a t openin t hong - in end is prepared beforehand. At prese st re3 rc y fine square of Lincoln's-inn-fields —the 13rEc300 P ee ss the heart of the metropolis—is within 200 o o l ig n o 11 01 ,13 of that great thoroughfare, the Strand , ther. e circe ir oro whatever to it in a carriage except by the the ii . i_ et, route of Chancery-lane and Carey-stio•cet,ciare.orrlro,, complicated and filthy labyrinths I Even pedestrians can only approach it /1 the l l ' 0 0 a IT and squalid courts. Such a glaring blot ti o_ ced to l 9 tee great and splendid city should not be s t a ' be Ursa"vjelP any longer, especially when it 'nigh 0 , co i ll ., is ta. moved. My other proposition would, ' nificen t v , ( 1 throngll,2ol3follr, a larger outlay, but it would open a ge i 9 1 n r e xtrer 3 t -„'0 0- ` 1 with a sptndid public building at eae .I , ui wing t. "--- the increased value of the ground for f ; ) _ t oo of sal e Corresrondent of tile Builder. _.-11 1 ° 0 -cial bring in a very adequate return for the inVee' SALE OF LOUIS PRILIPPE'S PICTURE. ,,st _„,,. by Messrs. Christie and Manson. . 0. .- 1 -",,, w o:lc vo t. the Spanish gallery of pictures was con_tpluesilo-Ts:ooo,tvere" which have been much visited during tr cee d l ogi ll i e it unusually crowded while the sale was n P o f :00 0 :: e ; 1 0. 0 withstanding the catalogue contained sonic o r the I "; 1 0 01 0 had attained a reputation equal (t)iodls Amon the ro, portent paintings previously , S _,.... a i t of ") r' Atilt . ' valuable may be mentioned : ' -A- 7 5 r . ; 1 1 ; ~ & po , t& e lle; of Bazan," gy Carravncrio, herds,"°l4s'n 0 0 011 " 90/. ; " The Adoration of the Ske i p _ a _ ins to i le e. _,,,, 0 convent at Madrid, by Ribera, st, ~,.LIV-I,icoralisliktillie tWrIS, Margaret of Austria,"'daugstltdertborf Charles VI b e Y dfro°,) in their balcony," by Goya, 701- ' .) elite, 30/. ; v a the t A Virgins," by Carmona, 3 61 . ; . „ A r a ttle be l '_ t he e e - 40/. 2 Genesis, chap. xxix, by Orr fart Jesus," by Vargas, he Spaniards, on aoso, 01,, Moors and the Spaniards " (t the Virgin , wil° o oas ter ;'cl of losing the battle, pray to The Virgi n 3 , w een _ ye Carthd of the Del'. i,Sev t r, , usian n; e btai e li - s 1 by Zurbaran, 160 - , af pictur e. ch ole or from a convent in Granada, their prayers), obltinaerrdliferoLbmye , Alter of 07: 0 . 1) 01 u° Cecil° , 1.0 1 701. ; "Jane of Austria, ros ~.. a ~ ha, Governor of the Low Count i ' fo n! 110 1 . ; ost. Jo were Museum, portions of an altar, cornosV chased for the Brussels realised 1 051 ' i 's sal e Austria," by the same artist, proceeds of the day Ta-___ y es terdal, , , N oo fig by Velasquez, 301. The pro gZaurCbaran, 651 4 ' on ' s ill. 4 ., : u he 2,500/. , Nonill --- a t . v e j T. GEa E T R A P T ooL• lio W 3 r ag ' • Liverpool Police-court, John i v ' n a char t;`, n ote .4 Tuesday, o dene sit 00 , at the Mansion-house on to a butr as the re' WALES TE RBECAENNET, Fxr....iv ...._ .wn, %%7, . _ the signature of Wm! Simp son amina tion, ,ri nest, req s oil 3001., was brought up for e. c, at h i s 0 0 ~a ,, ,,,u0 i wag no additional evidence, lie.s.'"ea` peted that Mudd' ;` . ' s vli o po . x ..... . ~,, 4 4 ' mrinded for 7 days, as it i i. r mottli" e si'* - shortly arrive in Li . verpoo brought up last Friday on days. further remanded for 7 the same ella r g ' al