The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-12 00:00:00

.tib UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. By the ar r : va l o f the New York pac k e t- s hip r id elia) Captain HackstafF, at this port this evening, we have received papers of the 16th ult., being one day later than our last advices. The intelligence does not embrace any matter of ilzPortance. General Worth, it was reported, would receive the appointment of Major-General , dec lined by C o l one l Benton. No further account of t he rumou re d b att l e b etween S anta A nna an d General Taylor had been received, but the rumour had been 4% 744E11 by a rep or t th a t G enera l T a ylor had been de feated ; it was not, however, believed. The relief su IP Macedonian, with provisions for Ireland, was " P ec ted to sail from New York in a few days , she Will take a large cargo of provisions, Indian corn, mean flour, and bread stuffs, a contribution from the United States to the distressed Irish. The Emigrant Bill, for the regulation of emigrant P as sengers landing in the United States, had passed the House of Representatives of the State of New Yor k , and waited the decision of the Senate ; it stipulates that the owners of a ship bringing emi grants shall enter into a bond providing for their future maintenance. "The bond (says a New York paper), conditioned for the au h port of infirm emigrants, is not to exceed thre e "cite P d dollars, and it is to expire at the end of five 3:ears. In Massachusetts, the sum of two dollars as ~Ttnreutation money, is charged for every emigrant ar `"lng at any port in that state, and the bond for the support of infirm emigrants is fixed at one thousand dol lars for every such infirm emigrant, the bond to last ten / e ars- This Bill also imposes the duty of ascertaining 'What persons are likely to become a permanent charge upon the city of New York upon the Mayor or alms house commissioners. If emigrants are landed at any other port than New Jerk, and should come to that city within twelve months, they wo u ld b e su bj ect to a ll t h e prov i s i ons o f t h e B i ll ; andthe master of every boat or vessel navigating an arm of the sea, in which the emigrant or emigrants came to the port of New York, would be bound to act as the Master of every vessel arriving direct from Europe is re quired to act. " I have heard a number of the ablest senators acknow ledge outside the Chamber that they are utterly and totally opposed to the importation of any and alt emi grants who are unable to provide for their own wants, and that their determination to maintain the Billet all hazards is the result of a conviction that the importation of sick and decrepid emigrants is an outrage upon the city of New York, and upon the emigrants themselves. I believe, however, there is a disposition to consider any objections which might be made to the Bill, and to give the citizens of New York ample time to become fully acquainted with its provisions. The Bill was made a special order in the Senate yesterday, and I think it was with this view that it was deferred until Wednesday next, and, at the suggestion of Mr. Fulsom, ordered to be printed." The following from the New York Herald will be interesting, as showing the course the American banks are adopting in the present low state of the exchang es: — , "We le arn th a t th e b an ks in Wall-street have recently necome large purchasers of sterling exchange, at the low rates ruling, throwing out the best business paper for the Purpose of going largely into exchanges. The „ .. i nks have, for some time past, been discounting the pt." of houses which have been large purchasers of kind London, and having filled up their line of that This of paper, have come into the market as purchasers. ,`"a to a certain extent, is accommodating a certain class g 3 merchants, but in times like the present, it is very dangerous business for the banks. These institutions, no doubt, anticipate an immediate impor tation of s p ecie ; 14 : return for these bills, but they may be mistaken in this ; they may be compelled to hold these bills until ;1113, mature, in the event of which they must contract eir loans upon other paper. They may be compelled to hold some of these b i ls for a longer time than they anticipate, as there is every probability of much diffi culty in the money markets of Great Britain , a nd much d I nger of insolvency of many houses engaged in the faAmerican trade. Should the Bank of England advance the rate of interest to five per cent. or more, and refuse ; 2, d iscount the paper of those engaged in t rade with this country, there must be a great deal of commercial embarrassment, and we fear a great number of bank ruecies." NEW YORE, MONDAY, MARCH 15.—The markets exhibited the quiet aspect which they indicated at the lose of last week. The desire for later foreign news, t ogether with the early prospect of the resumption of l a , igation, had the tendency to slacken h;lsiness in most Janda of produce. Genesee flour continued it) sell in a small d way at 7 dolls. In Southern rather more was Z i ng- Sales of Jersey red wheat were made at 1 dull. 0 o• Corn c on ti nue d t o move freely ; but at some re duction of prices compared to those current at the close of last week. Provisions continued firm, and salsa of new mess pork were made at an advance of 25c. per barrel. Groceries remained about the same, with limited transactions. Breadstuffs.—Flour—We report sales of 500 bbls. Ge nesee at 7 dolls.; 1,500 ditto, deliverable in May, 6 dolls.; 300 ditto Baltimor e , in store, 6 dolls. 44c.; 10 0 ditto Philadelphia, 6 dolls. 25c.; 2,000 ditto, 6 dolls. 31;c.; 1,500 ditto Ohio, deliverabe in June 5 dolls. 75c.; and 500 ditto, deliverable at any time within the year, 5 dolls. Wheat—We report a sale of 1,500 bushels Jersey red wheat at 1 doll. 40c. Corn—Sales embraced (including sales in store and to arrive) about 48 to 50,000 bushels, viz.:-18 or 20,000 Northern yellow at 90c ; 6,000 ditto, deliverable on the opening of the river to Lansingburg, 88 0; 5,000 ditto, deliverable at the end of two weeks, 86c. to 87c.; 10,000 Western mixed, deliverable in July, 71 e.; and 5,000 bushels Southern white, 851 c. The mar ket closed at 90c. for yellow and 851 to 86 for Souther n white —the latter price asked. Coru Meal—We report sales of 400 bbls. Jersey at 5 dolls.; and 500 ditto at 5 dolls, to 5 dolls. 61e. Rye and Barley were inactive, a " quotations nominal. Oats — Sales of sto 6,000 bushel s North River were made at 48c. 4 - RILA DE LPHIA, MARCH 15 . — Cotton was q uiet, but fi rmly held. Flour was more inquired for. with ap- Parently a better feeling among holders ; 1,250 barrels sold at 5 dolls. 75c., and 2,000 at something higher — believed to be about 5 dolls. 80c. Corn meal-1,000 barrels sold at 4 dolls. 37ic. ; 1,000 bushels Southern yellow corn at 10c. ; and 1,000 bushels Pennsylvania yellow at 83c., weight. Provisions rather dull. Gro ceries inactive-500 boxes Cuba brown sugars at 7c., four months. Sales of 150 bushels cloverseed (believed to be) at 4 dolls. 50c. Freights dull; some engagements am being made at 83. 6d. The rate of Exchange on London is quoted at 104, but a large number of Southern bills are offered in the market at 1031—a very low rate. DEATH OF GENERAL DOIIMERC.— General Dou mere died at Paris, on the 30th of last month, at the advanced age of 80. He served in all the campaigns of the Republic and the Empire, and particularly distin guished himself as colonel of the 9th Cuirassiers at the battles of Eylau, F r i e dla n d, and W a gram, at which last be was promoted to the rank of general of brigade. All who were in the campaign of 1812 remember the heroic conduct of General Doumerc at the Beresina, Where, whilst the bridges were constructing, the van of Wighenstein suddenly made its appearance. This was a critical moment—the French army, returning from Moscow, was pressing forward towards the Beresina. General Doumerc, returning from Polosk with the second corps at the head of the 4th and 7th Cuirassiers, attacked the Russians, pursued them into the woods, and, after five successive charges, 10,000 men laid down their arms, and 20 pieces of ordnance were taken. By ilia bold act he secured the safety of the army, and the Emperor made him general of the division on the Field of battle. At Lutzen, Bautzen, and Wurtchen he achieved prodigies of valour at the head of a small division, consisting of Cuirassiers and Dragoons. At the battle of Dresden he took 17,000 Austrians, who defended the road to Freiburg. At Leipsig and at Hanau he showed immense courage, and during the retreat he evinced the experienced of a consummate ge neral. During the campaign in France he showed the greatest energy, and his division covered itself with glory at Brienne, Champaubert, and Montmirail. During the one hundred days he was charged with the organiza tion of the cavalry reserve. During the restorktion, not withstanding the earnest solicitation of his friend, the Duke of Belluno, he steadily refused all service. At the r esolution of 1830 he was appointed to the command of the 18th military division, but when he saw that the Feat military movement was only to turn to the advan tage of the select few he retired. He knew that the ordi nance of exclusion in consequence of age bad not been made for so independent, so loyal an individual as him- General Doumerc bears with him to the grave the love and esteem of all who served under him, and all Who knew him. He will hold the most honourable place hl the history of the first twenty-five years of the pre 'lent century. The Grand Army has not a more in trepid soldier, and his scrupulous honesty enhanced the rare virtues by which he was distinguished in those glorious engagements where courage seemed to be the Patrimony of all. France justly owes a tribute to those gero es. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL CRAWFORD.—This f ficer expired on the Ist inst., at Nice , where he had been staying for the benefit of his health. He had at- tallied his 71st year. The gallant officer had been con nected with the service from the age of 17. In 1798 the t:leeeased officer took part in the capture of Surinam, and i . 11) 18 01 he was at the tithing of the Swedish and Danish lands. I n 1803 h e once more served in St. Lucia and "S urinam. His next services were rendered during the m emorable Corunna campaign, in all the important m ovements of which he took part, including the moment ')." engagement hich so gloriously and so honourabl y Tratinatr d it. The commissions of the deceased were tu tu; dated:—Second Lieutenant, Oct. 9, 1794; Lieu tenant, Oct. 31, 1794; Captain, April 18, 1801; Maier, J une 4, 1813; Lieut.-Colonel, March 2, 1825; Colonel, April 27, 1836; and Major-General, Nov. 23, 1841. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. MUIRHEAD, OF CRA -I,l4"D.—We tegret to announce the death of the Rev. Muirlread, senior minister of the Free Church of Cramond, which took place on Monday morning. This venerable and highly-esteemed pastor wss in the 84 , h Year of his age, and 59th of his ministry.—Edinburgh Courant. Le Baron Alfred de Zedtwitz arrived in London .(,)1 Saturd a y even i ng b y t h e G enera l Steam Navigation ;.;ompany's steam-ship Sir Edward Banks, that left vetead in the morning. FINE ARTS THE PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS.- Pare XXVII. Not satisfied with presenting this extraordinary melange of engravings upon almost every remarkable achievement in all departments of art, architectural,. sculptural, and pictorial, Mr. Knight intimates his determination to issue a more costly supplement. When combined they will afford the subscribers a splendid gallery in the compass of a few volumes. The second volume is completed in the present number. THE HEROINES SHAKSPERE. Part XII. " Helena," the chaste and devoted pilgrim of "All's Well that Ends well," is the principal, and the most beautiful ideal portrait in this number. It is among the best of the many exquisite Shaksperian draw ings of J. W. Wright, affording one the notion of a noble and courageous, but a loving and fascinating nature. " Margaret," from the same pencil, the orient pearl of Henry VI., the heroic spouse of a pusillanimous but saintlike King, is utterly unwor thy of the historical or dramatic heroine. There is a weakness about the mouth, and a softness about the doming of the forehead, that by no means indicate the haughty, resolute, and scornful Princess of Anjou. " Mrs. Page," by the same artist, is better, but rather too boyish. Looking at the face, you can almost think it is listening to that query of Mrs. Ford, " What tempest, I trow, threw this whale with so many tons of oil in his belly ashore at Windsor ?" There is roguery enough in the features for a dozen Beatrices. PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CAMPBELL. Painted by T. C. Thompson. R.H.A. Engraved by William Overend Geller. A perfect reflection of the features of the poet Campbell is conveyed in this beautiful picture by the genius of the artist, and the skill of the engraver. If only for the delineation of a right royal countenance —a countenance gentle, imaginative, thoughtful, and handsome—we should be thankful to Mr Thompson ; but in pourtraying the face of the illustrious author of " Gertrude of Wyoming" he has conferred upon us a boon for which we are literally grateful. We speak thus not merely in our proper persons, but for that public voice of which we are an organ ; of that public with whom the memory of poor Campbell will " surv ive for aye." Those who associate many of their purest and holiest thoughts with the " Pleasures of Hope ;" those who have thrilled at the warlike music of Campbell's matchless lyrics ; those, again, whose recollections are per petually haunted by his briefer fragments of poetry, his " Fl ower of Love lies Bleeding," his " Lord Unites Daughter," his "Exile of Erin," his " Theo doric," his 4 , Soldier's Dream," and his 44 Hoben linden," w ill assuredly treasure so exac t a t ranscr ipt 1 , of that " human face divine." On the 23d of May, l 1833, Thomas Campbell wrote to a friend, "My picture is finished—Thompson in my opinion has outdone, at all e ven t s , anyt hi ng th a t was ever painted of me before, aid, if I am not mistaken, he has stept to th e ver y zen ith of his art as a portrait painter." Those are the expressions of Campbell himself, and we do not doubt but that no one who has seen the original painting would call in question the opinion so emphatically and deservedly expressed. The faithful brush of Mr. Thompson has been well interpreted by the graver of Mr. Geller. THE ART- UNION for April. More delicacy of touch might have been shown by the engraver in his delineation of Hilton's lively com position " Cupid Armed." Either the copy contained in the number before us is lamentably smutched, or the plate itself was indifferently prepared for the printing-press. " Maternal Love," drawn by Corbould, is a pleasing contrast, from the purity of the whole impression, as well as from the exquisite rounding of the limbs, the latter being effected, of course, by the artis tic modulation of the shadows. Pyne continues his " Letters on Landscape," and is disposed to be facetious • the opening sentence we might almost mistake facetious; the commencement of an intended con tribution to the Charivari. The Irish fairy tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall, is again illustrated with a profusion of grotesque and fantastic woodcuts, some of them daintily beautiful. From the Obituary, recording the demise of Mr. Hall, of the firm of Chapman and Hall, publishers, we transcribe the following anec dote ; though we cannot but think the account most improbable looking to the wretched etchings which illustrate the first chapters of "Pickwick"—etchings quite unworthy of poor Seymour, and certainly unworthy of the immortal work they are here re ported to have suggested : "It is not, we believe, generally known that the ' Pickwick Papers' originated with the artist—poor Seymour, who, having executed seven or eight etchings, sought a purchaser for them, and sent forth his wife for the purpose of finding one. She entered, by chance, the shop of Chapman and Hall, and submitted the de signs, which were at once accepted ; subsequently ap plication was made to Mr. Charles Dickens to accompany them with letterpress, and immortal Pickwick was the result. The first eight illustrations to this book only are by Mr. Seymour. Some two or three months after the first number appeared, and when the author was carrying all before him, the artist rose early one morn ing, walked into the garden, and hung himself. Such are the ups and downs' of life. Fame and fortune to the one ; suicide to the other, and penury to his wife and childre❑ ! Poor Seymour ! at the very moment when he was about to reap the harvest he had been sowing for years of anxious and almost incredible labour, his mind gave way, and he quitted existence, leaving behind him only the reputation of a clever caricaturist, which, had he lived, prosperity would have changed to that of a high moral teacher by art. We have been told—and believe it—that he produced no fewer than ten thousand etchings and drawings on wood ; yet his name is now almost forgotten, and, if reference be made to the com mencing prints in Pickwick,' it is, with the mass of its readers, only to wonder who this Mr. Seymour was and what became of him. He left a widow and two children to struggle with poverty—a terrible struggle it has been —although the Artists' Benevolent Fund liberally came to their relief." Speaking of the services conferred upon literature by the late Mr. William Hall, the Art- Union observes that he (in connexion with his partner), first, in a measure, introduced Mr. Charles Dickens to the world. " Genius like his," it continues, " must have made way, under any circumstances ; but something is due to the publisher who rendered his course easy, and whose liberality as well as judgment aided to secure success earlier than it might have come had he fallen into injudicious hands." The miscellaneous contents of the journal are readable and instructive. GLASS DEVOTED TO A NEW PURPOSE.— Glass, of a rich ruby colour, has been used instead of the old ebony for the sharp or flat keys of the organ of All- Saints, Northampton. The Bedford Times suggests that the idea may be happily applied to the whole key-board of the pianoforte with a tasteful diversity or iridescence of colours. If not too smooth for the friction of the gentle cushions usually applied to such electrifiers, and if not as cold in winter to the touch as the ebony and ivory contrast certainly is at all times to the sight, we should not wonder if the idea may find favour in bright eyes, and add a new grace where so much of the graceful is already so often concentered. —The Builder. POTATOES A HALFPENNY EACH I—On Monday last fourpence per quartern was asked for potatoes ex posed for sale under the market house of this city. This is about a halfpenny for each_potato! potato!—Hereford Journal. ST. GEORGE-IN-THE-EAST. ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS.—Friday being the day appointed for the election of churchwardens for this parish for the ensuing year, at an early hour a very active canvass commenced, and was continued u great spirit till half past five o'clock, when the poll finally closed. As the polling progressed the excitement increased, and tb€ rector, who was in the chair, had the greatest diffi culty in keeping order ; and, towards the close, an im mense crowd collected outside the gates of the church, which were locked at five o'clock. At seven o'clock (the delay arising from the necessity of casting up the votes for about 21 individuals for the office of overseers, trustees, &c., in which not much interest was taken), Mr. Howell, the vestry-clerk, announced that the num bers stolid, for Mr. Liquorish, 250 ; Mr. Bond, 248 ; Mr. Knight, 181 ; Mr. Johnson, 173. The rector con sequently declared Messrs. Liquorish and Bond were duly re-elected churchwardens, which announcement Was received with loud and prolonged cheering. After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated. ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.—THE SELECT AND OPEN VESTRIES.--On Friday a meeting, called by the members of the select vestry of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, was held at the church, for the purpose of making their annual selection of churchwardens, overseers, and other officers for the ensuing year. Dr. Croly attended the church at the hour the select vestry was called for. Messrs. Rock and Flight and other inhabitants of the parish accompanying him. On entering the room in which the select few were assembled, viz., Mr. Alderman Gibbs, Atkins, Alexander, and Whittaker, Mr. Alder man Gibbs intimated to them the absolute necessity of their withdrawing, except Dr. Croly, as it was a meeting of the select vestry. Messrs. Rock and Flight and other ratepayers immediately retired, leaving the Hector in the room. The doors were thee closed, and Mr. Alderman Gibbs called upon Dr. Croly to take the chair, in his right as Rector. Dr. Croly protested against the proceedings and declined to preside. Who took the chair then has not transpired, but the proceed ings ex t a e n r d m e a as theirtedi h t c h h e u f r o c ur w ardn electing e s Messrs. Ramsay and , A FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon, as one of the hands on board the small sloop Bee, of New burgh, which was lying at the new shore, was stowing the topsail, his foot having slipped he lost hold of the yard-arm and was precipitated upon the quay. He fell in a sort of slanting manner, partly on his feet and side, and had his right arm broken in two places, and his ribs driven in upon the internal parts of the body. He was immediately conveyed to the infirmary, where he only remained about twenty hours, when death ter minated his sufferings. The unfortunate man was a native of Newburgh; named Robert Miller, whither his remains were conveyed qn Monday. He had a brother who lost his life in the river by drowning a few months ago, —Perth Courier. THE SUN, t ONDOIst, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, _1847.: HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ----- Mr. Lumley commenced his post-Paschal season here on Saturday, with a new opera, a new prima donna and the debile, for the season, of Lucile GrAn. The original intention of the management was to have opened with Lablache as De Dulcamara. in L'Elisir d' Amore, but in consequence of a severe attack of hoarseness under which Lablache is labouring, and which prevents him from singing, L'Elisir d' Amore was postponed, and I Due Foscari, decidedly the most dramatic opera that Verdi has yet produeed, was performed for the first time in this country. Its production had been originally ad vertised for Saturday, April 17. The following Vl as the cast:— _ Lucrezia Madame Montenegro. Jacopo Foscari Loredano Signor Bauch 6. Barbarigo II Doge Signor Coletti. The new prima donna, Madame Montenegro, is a great acquisition. Her figure is tall and majestic. Tier features are classically beautiful—her's is a face that would de light the artist or the sculptor; in repose, the prevailing expression is that of intense earnestness, but so great is her mobility of feature, that her features express every variety of emotion, with all the truthfulness, but without the exaggeration of the most accomplished pantomimist. Her acting is full of grace, and truth, and earnestness. It is the acting of an accomplished Lady, and we lay an emphasis on the word lady, because her acting was as intensely impassioned as that of any of her rivals. She never degenerated into rant—never mistook vulgar exaggeration for impassioned intensity —never for an instant forgot that she was the daughter of one Doge, and the daughter in-law of another. It would be well if others would imitate her in this respect. Her voice is a pure soprano, clear, beautifully clear, of great powers, and cultivated to the highest pitch of excellence. We need not add that her success was as complete as she herself could have desired. In fact she was called for repeatedly during the course of the performance, and, with Coletti and Fraschini, was culled twice before the curtain at the conclusion. The opera itself is an adapta tion to the purposes of the lyrical drama of Lord Byron's tragedy, The Two Foscari, and Verdi has been most happy in his translation of that noble effort of genius into music. He seems to have become inspired by the genius of the poet. The scene opens with a chorus of the Council of Ten and the Junta assembled is the Ducal Palace. This chorus, which is of an interlocutory character, is most dramatic, and at once rivets the attention of the auditory ; and here we would notice the vast improvement which has taken place in the drilling of the chorus singers of her Majesty's Theatre since last season. The old c ho rus s i ngers wou ld never h ave ' given this opening effectively—they were singers merely, not actors, and acting is requisite to bring out all the effects of this massive composition. Loredano and Barbarigo join the Council, and they enter the Council Hall. Jacopo Foscari is then brought in by his gaolers. Who has not read Byron, and who that has read him, ca n f orget t h e address of Jacopo Foscari to Venice in this scene. The author of the libretto has admirably preserved the spirit of this address, and Verdi has rendered it into music, which is Byronic is its expression and power. There is much of sublime in the opening recitative, " Brezza del mar natio," and in the fine aria, " Dal piu remoto esiglio," by which it is followed, and the construction of which proves Verdi to be the most accomplished Italian musician of the day. Nothing could exceed the truth to the nature, and the exquisite tenderness with which Fraschini rendered this scena. He has completely recovered from the effects of his voyage, and delighted his auditors as much by the purity and flexibility of his voice, and by the exquisite tenderness which he infused into this air, as he had on former occasions, astonished them by his immense power, and electrified them by the intensity of his passion. The air was, of course, encored, and every one present felt that Fraschini had taken a giant's stride in his professional career. He is then summoned to hear his sentence, and here we have a magnificent outburst of fierce indignation, which was given as only Fraschini could have given it. The next scene is the interior of the Foscari palace, beautifully painted by Mar shall, and which proves that that gentleman has been no unobservant student of the masterpieces of Titian. Lu cretia enters, hurriedly followed by her maidens, who endeavour to prevent her entering. In " words that burn" she calls for vengeance on her husband's persecutors, demanding for him not mercy but justice. The chorus remonstrate with her, reminding her that those outbursts of frantic grief will but add to the joy of her enemies, and bid her to look to Heaven alone for mercy. She at length yields, and in the beautiful preghiara, " Tu al cui sguardo onnipotense " pours forth hor soul in prayer for her husband. Even while . she e p x r a d yns , a she d p l e o a u r r n s s f t o h r th h a er torrenthu sba t n , f d i n i d s i condemned r n a n g l a t i m o n t s o , threateningthe Patricians with the vengeance of the Eter nal for their injustice. This scene is one of the most artisti cally constructed in the course of the whole lyrical drama. It might have been written by Sophocles. The chorus is not introduced as a mere make weight to serve the purposes of the composer ; it is essential to the scene itself in which it takes an important part. This scene shews us what lyrical tragedy may become so soon as a true poet shall arise to rescue Libretto-writing from the hands of the poetasters. Perfect as is this scene, both as regards dramatic construction, and musical expression, its very perfection renders it most trying for a debutante. Madame Montenegro, however, threw her soul into the part, and by the truth fulness and intensity of her acting, and by the sweet ness, the power, and the classical correctness of execu tion of her singing, she carried her audience with her triumphantly through this most trying scene, and at once secured her position. In the next scene we are introduced to the private apartment of the Doge. The heart-broken old man has just returned from the council, where his son has ,been condemned. He is alone—but dare he indulge his sorrow ? May not the eyes of the Ten be watching him even then? "Solo I—e lo sono io forse Dove de' Dieci non penetra l'occhio." " 'Ciao schiavo qui sono sono coronato,"—" lam but a crowned slave , " exclaims that old man in his anguish, and never has the utter hopelessness of inexpressible agony—of splendid misery—been more touchingly ex pressed than by Coletti in the utterance of these words. The aria which follows—" Oh! vecchio cor the batte"— was given with exquisite tenderness and pathos. It wai the irrepressible outburst of a noble, but broken heart, bowed down to the earth beneath the weight of grief and of years. Lucrezia enters, and a most impassione'd scene follows. She denounces the council, reproaches the old man for hi 3 submission to their decrees, and then, exhausted by her passion, appeals in tones of the most touching tenderness to aid, to intercede for Jacopo. The Doge endeavours to calm her, but his own heart is breaking, and at last he bursts into a passion of tears. "Tu piangi !" she exclaims, " la tua lagrima speruor mi lascia ancor ?" and with this impassioned interrogatory the first act concludes. The acting and singing both of Madame Montenegro and of Coletti in this most magnificent duet completely elec trified the audience. Coletti has proved himself the greatest living baritone, and the impassioned energy of the acting and singing of Madame Montenegro in this most trying scene cannot be surpassed. Coletti and Madame Montenegro have made the duet "Tu pur lo sai" their own. No living artistes can surpass them in it. The applause was most enthusiastic, and at the fall of the curtain there was a general call for both artistes, and never was call more richly merited. The second act opens in the prison of Jacopo Foscari. He is maddened by his solitude, and his imagination conjures up troops of spectres, the ghosts of his predecessors in these gloomy abodes, who perpetually haunt him. lie fancies he sees the shade of Carmagnola rising, and bursts into the fine aria, " Non maledirme prode," invoking the shade not to curse him, and at length overpowered by his feelings, falls senseless to the ground. This scene was finely readered by Fraschini. The concluding words— " Cessa la vista orribile, Piu sostener non so." were given with a harrowing expression of intense horror that was perfectly thrilling. Lucrezia enters, and a most pathetic scene follows. She has come to take her last leave of her husband. Suddenly without, the voices and music of the Gondoliers are heard--recalling to the unhappy prisoners remembrances of former happy days. The duet "L7i si ride, qua si m uor ," i s exqu i s i tely expressive, and was given with intense pathos by Madame Montenegro and Fraschini. The old Doge enters, and the scene between the father, the son, and Lucrezia (as developed in the exquisitely pathetic trio, " Nel tuo paterno amplesso"), is heartrending. They are inter rupted by the vindictive Loredano, who comes to an nounce to Jacopo the hour of his departure has arrived, and here occurs not only the gem of the opera, but de cidedly the finest com post tion, as yet, of the Maestro Verdi. a magnificent quartette full of dramatic expression, which was splendidly given by Madame Montenegro, Fras chini, Coletti, and Buuche—the latter looked the in carnation of cold, triumphant, vindictive hate. The attention of the audience was rivetted. At the conclusion there was a tremendous burst of enthusiastic applause, and a loud call for the repetition of the quartette, which was complied with, and at its conclusion the artistes were twice called for, to receive the plaudits of their audience. Then follows the scene of the formal reading of his sentence ; and his father, his wife, and his children take their last farewell of him. In vain does Lucrezia appeal to the Council of Mercy ; in vain is her appeal, backed by the ladies who accompany her ; in vain does even Barbarigo appeal to Loredano for mercy. He triumphs in their afflictions—he will " feed fat the ancient grudge" he bears the Foscari ; and, acting by his inspiration, the Council determine that mercy would be a bad example, and the doom of Jacopo remains unreversed. The third act opens with a joyous chorus of citizens, who in the midst of the carnival are masquerading in the Place of St. Mark. They sing a beautiful bar carolle—" Tace it vento e queta 1 onda." A vessel bearing the flag of the republic appears, and all retire in terror. It is the bark which is to bear Jacopo to eternal exile. He is brought from the palace'. Lucrezia fol lows him, and here they separate for ever in one of the most exquisitely tender duos ever com posed—" Da voi contano a morte it viver mio." He commends his father and his children to the cure of his wife, who interrupts him by occasional short questionings and outbreaks of grief, until they are interrupted by Loredano, who complains that the gaoler delays too long, and the " tiger heart" as Jacopo, in the bitterness of his agony, denominates him, forces the unhappy husband to sever himself from his wife and his home for ever. We are then introduced to the heart broken old Doge, who is joined by Barbarigo. The latter has just received proofs of the innocence of Jacopo of the crime of which he is accused, (the death of Donato.) The old man returns thanks to Heaven, his son will be restored him. Lucrezia enters in a state of distraction, "Alas I old man," she exclaims, .. yo u have no son." " The innocent is dead." Nothing could exceed the acting of Coletti in this scene, he falls as thou- h thunderstruck into a chair, and remains almost paralysed by grief. He is soon, however, aroused— he is summoned by the Council of Ten, and informed by Loredano that thez have determined to relieve him from the car es o f State, who demands from him the Ducal ring. The Foscari is at once aroused—" Hhe would have thought the old man would have had sc much blood in him?' Rising with all the impetuosity Cl youthful energy—'c Da me non l'ottera forza mortale," he exclaims—" Twice have I sought to abdicate and was refused—l then swore I would die a Doge ;" and he adds proudly, " Io F oscar i non matco a g iurei mei.' . They threaten to force him, and then follows a most affecting scene, " Q ues to e dunque l'iniqua meacede," in which he yields, and resigns the insigne of his office Loredano would fain take from him the ducal crown, but he recoils from the touch of the monster, indig nantly exclaiming—. " Non me toccare misero, N'e la tua destra indegna," as he gives the crown to another senator. This magnificent scene was given with intense feeling and immense power, and was encored. Lucrezia enters—he takes her hand, and is about to leave the Palace, when he hears the bell toll, which announces the appointment of his successor. It is too much for the old mark, and calling on his son, he falls dead. We had read in the musical publications of the Continent of the triumph which Coletti had achieved in this character, and went prepared for great things, but great as were the expectations we had formed, they were infinitely surpassed by the reality. It is impos. Bible, by words, to convey an idea of the sublimity of Coletti in this part. He is unapproached and unapproachable by any baritone of the present day either as a singer or an actor. The triumph of Madame Montenegro we have already recorded, and the Jacopo of Fraschini was quite worthy the Foscari of Coletti, and this is the highest praise that can be given to any character. The choruses were admi rably drilled, and the orchestra did ample justice to the fine and massive music of Verdi. It would be injustice to close this notice without bestowing honour due on Bouche, who made up and acted the part of Loredano admirably, and whose superb bass voice told with immense effect in the concerted pieces. The divertissement of the Bacchante was performed for the rentt ee - of Lucile Grahn. She is looking exceedingly well, and is indeed much improved in appearance since last season. She was received as all old favourites should be received, with a cordial welcome. and was as graceful and elegant as ever. Her far famed revolving pas, which she originally introduced in the Pas des Deesses, was warmly applauded, as were many of her poses, which were exceedingly elegant and graceful. She was called for at the con clusion of the Dive, tissement. Thea, the most beau tiful of ballets concluded the evening's entertain ments. The famous pas of Rosate being of course honoured with a treble encore. The house was crowded in every part. Amongst the Nobility and Fashionables present, we observed— Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Mr. Edmund St. John Mildniay ; in their Royal Highnesses box were the Baroness Ham merstein, his Excellency Baron Hirzer, and Mr. and Mrs. Bridges Taylor. Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box was occupied by the Hon. W. Curzon, Capt. Taylor, and the Hon. Miss Mitchell. Prin?e Loui s N apo l eon, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnosi and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechnier, the Mar quis of Donegal, the Countess de Jarnac, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of March, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl Powis, the Earl of Cardigan, the Dowager Countess of Essex, Viscount Castlereagh, Viscount Cantilupe, the Baron and Baroness Rehausen, the Count de Cowry, the Count and Countess Houdriffsky, Lord .Ashburton, Lord Gardner, Lord Macdonald, Lord Sandys, Lord Francis Gordon, Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, Lady Woodford, the Hon. - Tollemache, the Hon. R. Curzon, the Hon. G. Byng, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir Henry Webb, Sir George Wombwell, Bart. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Brereton Trelawney and Miss Trelawney, Mr. Herbert De Burgh, General Woodford, Colonel Dixon, Captain Reynold, Colonel Windman, Major Murray, &c. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SIINDAY.—Lord John Russell left the Castle yesterday for town. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning, attended by Major-General Wemyss. Their Royal Highnesses the Princ e o f W a l es and the Princess Roy a l took a carriage airing yesterday forenoon. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice rode on ponies yesterday, and took walk ing exercise on the eastern terrace and slopes. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also t ►ken an airing yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out in a phaeton and pair yesterday afternoon, the Prince driving. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice followed in another carriage and pair. The Equerries in Waiting attended on horseback. The Royal dinner party at the Castle yesterday in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness do Speth, the Marchioness of Blandford, Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn, and Viscount and Viscountess Seaham. The band of the first Life Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band was afterwards in attendance in the Castle. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise this morning in the grounds around the Castle. This morning her Majesty -and Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private ehapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. Her Majesty the Q ueen D owager too k an airing in a carriage on Saturd a y. H er Majesty day, at Marlborou g h H ouse, by his Roya l Hi g hness the Duke of Cambrid ge . w as visited yester day, Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Hammerstein and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, ho noure d the performance of " I Duo Foseari" with thei r p resence on Saturday evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service, yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chape l . Mr. Labo uc h ere (Chief Secretary for Ireland) arrived in town on S a t ur d ay, from Dublin. The Right Hon . Gentleman p a id a v i sit to Lord John Russe ll , a ft er his arrival. Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister, transacted busi ness, on Saturday, at the Foreign-office. Lord John Russell arrived in town on Saturday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Sir George Grey arrived in town on Saturday evening, from his seat, Fallodon, Northumberland. Dispatches were received on Saturday, at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Mauritius. The Duchess of Inverness had a dinner party on the Saturday, at h er res i dence in Kensington P a l ace . At the Chap e l R oyal, St. James ' s, yesterday, Prayers were r ea d b y the Rev. Dr. H. Dakin!, the Les sons by the Rev. D r . W esley, and the C omm union Service by the Bishop of L on d on. The Sermon was p reac h e d by the Rev. Dr. W es l ey. The Anthem was , "L e t G o d arise" (Greene). Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The Marquis of Stafford and the Ladies Gower ; Ladies St. Germans and Campden ; Lords Howe, St. Germans, and Cantilupe, and the Bishop of Ely, were among the nobility present. THEATRE ROYAL NORWICH.—We understand that Mr. George Owen, the youthful tragedian,is engaged to appear at the above theatre on Wednesday next in Hamlet, being engaged for six evenings, when he will personate Macbeth, Richard 111., Douglas, Richelieu, and King Lear, Scc., previous to his proceeding to the north. __ SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The Elijah of Men delssohn will be produced at Exeter-ball on Friday next, under the personal superintendence of the composer, who will arrive in town to-morrow. FRACAS ON BOARD A FRENCH VESSEL.—On Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, as one of the police boats on duty at North Shields was rowing up the har bour, the officer in charge of the boat's crew had infor mation that the master of the Jean Baptiste, a French brig, had been ill-using the mate. The police inspector got on board, and found the mate lying on the deck bleeding profusely from a wound in his head. It ap reared that the master and the mate had been quarrel ing, and the master knocked him down, and he fell with , his head against the covering board, which caused the wound. Medical attendance was procured, and the mate was conveyed ashore; and the French consul, on inquir ing into the circumstances, ordered the French vessel to remain for the present.—Durham Advertiser. Mr. Brooks, so well known as the enterprisi ng tra veller, and successful settler in the Indian Ar c hip e l ago has received an official sanction and r ewar d of his la bours, by being being appointed Commission er an d Consul G England to the Sultan and th e Indepen denteuerabl Chiefs of Borneo. M r . Broo ks will reside a t S u ffi t c h i e enptolyssesasdivoannoce for the no mination of a regular G overnme nt there. No ti me however, will be lost in e stablishing an en trepct at Labuan for British of this this isla n d, yet warrack. It is already known th at Captain Mund a y, , R.N., has taken forma l p ossession of the adjoining Is land of Labelle, where he has hoisted th e E ng li s h flag. Although there are rea ll y no p artie s in a disposition t o matters areur right not sufficiently t rade, and a cen tral protection for British interests, against which ar rangement there are no parties entitled to raise an objection. The Dutch, who are the only persons assuming authority in these seas, do not object to our proceedings, but, on the contrary, are glad of our assist ance in the suppresion of piracy and the extension of commerce, objects both of paramount importance, and which, it is notorious, have hitherto been most inade quately cared for.—Observer. It has been deemed expedient by our Government to erect a Consulate at Rio Grande, in consequence of the great increase of our intercourse with that port. AIL Fraser, who was some time attached to th e British em bassy at the Court of Bra zil, has been appointed the first English Consul-General at Rio Grande. —Ov L sery r FORGERY OF SCRIP CERTIFICATES OF THE LON DON AND SOUTX-WESTERN RAILWAY SHARES.—Much sensation has been excited in the share market, by the discovery that a large number of scrip certificates of shares in the additional capital of the South-Western Railway Company, created in November last, have been brought into the market, and disposed of, and s i nce ascertained to be forgeries. The directors have apprised the public of the fact by advertiseme n t, and earnestly requested any parties i n terested in the matter to com municate to them immediately. They have had several meetings on the subject, and have placed the affair in the hands of Daniel Forester.—Sunday paper. Earl and Countess Grey left Datchet Park, near Windsor, on Saturday, for the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere's seat, at Cobham, Surrey. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—In our re cent notice of the extensive wor ks connected with the formation of the new basin in this dockyard we omitted to give the manes ~f the Royal Engineer officers by whom th is great national undertaking was designed. We now feel great pleasure In mentioning, that with the exception of the two inh ts, to be used as occasional docks on the eastern side of the basin, which were proposed and planned by Sir W. Denison, the present governor of Van Diemen's Land, these magnificent works were designed by Lieutenant (new Captain) Beatson, and were carried on under his superintendence for upwards of two years, during which period the coffer dam, of about 1,300 feet in length, was successfully completed, and the foundations of one of the entrances, and a great part of the south and west walls, ~ith a considerable part of the masonry, were executed. Since the summer of 1845, the works have proceeded under the direction of Sir W. Denison and Captain James successively. To Captain Beatson is also due the merit of having designed and superintended nearly all the other important works and buildings which have been erected in this dockyard during the last eight years, the monster iron tank and slip roof excepted; works as creditable to his professional ability and indefatigable zeal, as they are worthy of England's first naval arsenal. The Inconstant, 36, Captain Wise, arrived at Devon port from the Mediterranean on Friday; she will be paid off. During the whole period of this ship's com mission, we may confidently assert she has met with no ship of her size competent to be considered her rival. She was built at this dockyard, in 1836, on the design of the late Rear-Admiral Hayes, and is of 1,422 tons. A trial between this vessel and the Thetis, 36, completed last year at Devonport, of 1,524 tons, built on the design of the chief members of the committee of the late school of naval architecture, would be a great nautical treat. The Avenger steam-frigate, Captain C. Dacres, left early yesterday morning for Killybegs, Ireland. She has on board 2,066 sacks of seed barley; 120 sacks of seed oats; some turnip and onion seed, besides beans and peas. These stores are in charge of Mr. Bluet, pay. master and purser, who has received his instructions from the Treasury as to their disposal. She will return to Devonport after discharging her cargo, where her crew will be turned over to the Amphion, 36, Captain Williams, and Captain Dacres will fit the Avenger for other service. The Medea steam- sloop, Commander Mason, on her way to the Cape of Good Hope, touched at Madeira on the 2d ult.; and the Rosamond steam-sloop, on her way to the same place, touched at Madeira on the following day; both coaled, and proceeded on their voyage. An well The court-martial on the seaman gunner belonging to the Recruit, 12, Commander Slade, is ordered for Tues day morning, nine o'clock, on board the Victory; Rear- Admiral H. Parker, C. 8., President. Three schooners, which have been hired to carry meal on Government account to Dublin, have loaded at Clarence-yard during the past week, and sailed to-day for their destination. The Thetis, 36, Captain H. J. Codrington, C. 8., in order to lose no time while waiting for a dock, is having her topsides caulked, and making good such defects as ' do not require to be done in dock. The voyage of the Myrtle steamer to Plymouth, with supernumerary officers and seamen for the squadron on the North American and West India station, is sus pended for the present. The Bulldog steam-sloop, Com mander G. E. Davies, in which they were to have taken a passage, has had her orders countermanded. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Her Majesty's frigate Incon stant, 36, Captain Wise, came in this morning from the Mediterranean, touched at Lisbon on the 25th, and left on the 26th ult. A few days since she spoke with her Majesty's steam-sloop Hydra, Commander Arthur Mor rell, from the Island of Ascension, bound home, and will probably call here. Commander Morrell went out to the coast of Africa in command of her Majesty's sloop Espoir, 10, which arrived at this port on the Bth instant. Yesterday the barque James Campbell, 300 tons, of Glasgow, out 31 days from Liverpool, put back to this port with her commander, Captain Graham, in irons, and confined to his state room, the door locked, the key in the pocket of the ship's carpenter, and a seaman with a drawn sword keeping guard outside, in the cabin. The ship, which was bound with a general cargo for Batavia and Singapore, left Liverpool on the 9th of March, and the captain has ben confined since the 29th ult., eleven day!. The case will undergo examination before the magistrates. SPORTING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. past week at Newmarket has proved the pretensions of the son of Euclid to the championship of the "feather-weights," by his gallant victory for the Newmarket Handicap. During the present week he has to meet fields that will try his metal, both at Bath and Epsom, and, if he be sterling coin, will win one or both of the forthcoming handicaps, and perhaps finish by winning the Chester Cup; but I am inclined to think he will find his match on the Surrey Downs, if not at Bath, the horses that he is likely to meet being decidedly su perior, as a whole, to his antagonists at Northampton and Newmarket; at the former there were but three racers figuring as starters, to wit, Wolf-dog, Halo, and the Euclid colt; and at the latter place but one besides the winner, and that one the gallant Sting, who had the felicity of carrying Bst. 61b., nearly half a hundred weight more than Mr. Gregory's colt, thereby making the performance nothing so very wonderful after all. Some of the clouds on the Derby horizon have been cleared away, giving to view a few stars and the leading Planet, the latter, although shining brilliantly at present, will be outshone by a star in the constellation, (Sir) Her cules, on the morning of Wednesday, the 19th day of May in this present s ear of grace. But to return to plain matter of fact. The Craven meeting has disclosed a few secrets well worth knowing. It is now very evi dent that without the Goodwood stable have something better than Planet, their ehance of pocketing the Derby Stakes is very small indeed. lam of opinion that Glen tilt is at the least 51b. better than Planet, and that this nag will be found to be Kent's horse for the " great go" on the Surrey Downs. He will represent the stable for the Two Thousand Guineas, most probably aided by Halo. The last week's sport on the Heath has entirely destroyed the Derby chances of Whirligig, King of Naples, Don Caesar. Voronetz, Outpost, Fannus, King of Morven, Brother to Stitch, Lancer, Red Hart, Bit Nibble, Vampire, Lazarillo, Redwing, Jack Musters, legoldsby, Tanais, Morak, Marpessa colt, Shawn Buidhe, Clarendon, and Villiers—that is, supposing they ever had any, which is more than doubtful. War Eagle is a goodly animal for a very small party, but will, or ought, to receive his quietus from Epirote in the Newmarket Stakes, on Friday week. Whether he does or not mat ters little; he cannot win the Derby. Epirote, notwith standing his defeat on Thursday by Planet, will be in a condition to return the drubbing, and with interest, on the Surrey hills. In him there is plenty of room for improvement, and he is adapted to hilly courses. The trash in the market now , consists of Mr. Martin, War Eagle, Bingham, Mathematician, Philosopher, Good Coin, Cossack, Lionel, Nottingham, Black Dwarf, Wanota, Conyngham, King of Morven, and Will-o'-the wisp, and complete will-o'-the-wisps they will be found for luring on to destruction unfortunate speculators in search of the philosopher's stone. On Tuesday the Bath and Somerset County Races commence with the Lansdowne Trial Stakes, destined for Kent or Day. The Produce Stakes will be won by one of Day's lot. For the Weston Stakes Kent's stable will furnish the winner. Messrs. Wreford and Day must between them win the Ten Soya. Stakes. For the Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, &c., a very fair field will assemble to contest for the palm of supe riority, about eighteen, most probably the following:— Qaeen of Tyne, Lerd Saltoun, Miss Elis, Crown Prince, Ajax, Clumsy, Miss Burns, Woodpecker, Sir Simon, Fox whelp, Morocco, Alliance, Buscot Buck, Miss Shirley, Crozier, Brave Buck, Halo, and Claremont. The Queen of Tyne, Ajax, Miss Burns, and Buscot Buck, all venerables, can have no pretensions to beat the Euclid colt; these, with Foxwhelp, Clumsy, Morocco, Alliance, Miss Shirley, and the Crown Prince, must be content to form the ruck. I expect to see the winner spring from the three years old, and either be Crozier. Halo, Brave Buck, or Claremont—the last two for choice. On Wednesday a Sweepstakes of 25 Bova. each is everything to nothing with a start on Day's speedy filly Angles. The Bath Handicap to My Mary or Columbus. The Dyrham Park Stakes, a questionable quicksand, into which either Kent or Day must fall—Tallyho, Tantivy. The Moon will throw its light upon the City Cup. There will be two good days' sport at Catteriek Bridge his week, on Tuesday a❑d Wednesday, for which I shall jump to the conclusion at once, and, a la Bunbury, append a list of the supposed winners:— Stakes. Revival Handicap Tim Whiffler, Administrator, or The Magnet. Filly Stakes Little Nell or Ellerdale. The Shorts Camphine or Beverlac. Tallyho Handicap Junior Stakes Eagle's Plume, first ; Referee, second. Champagne Stakes Henriet or Beverlac. Claret Stakes New Era or Sir Martin. The Epsom Spring Meeting I shall analyse on Thurs. day next, and endeavour to give the names of the star. ters, if possible, for the Metropolitan Stakes.—l am Sir, &e., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 12. FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.—Mr. Wakley held ati ;nquest on Saturday at the White Bear, King-street, Hammersmith, on the body of Thomas Hatton, aged 68 years, who was killed on the evening of Wednesday last. It appeared that, on the evening in question, between five and six o'clock, the deceased, who was a recipient of the Latymer charity, was crossing the road in a state of intoxication, and while in the act of placing his foot on the pavement he suddenly fell backwards into the road. At that moment one of the Hammersmith Conveyance Company's omnibuses was passing on its journey to town, and before the horses could be pulled up the wheels passed transversely over the deceased's face, neck, and chest. He was immediately conveyed to the surgery of Mr. Griffiths, close by, but it was then found that he bad breathed his last. The evidence was most conclusive that no blame could be attached to the driver of the omnibus, and the jury returned a verdict of" Accidental death." The installation of his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, will take place, we understrand, some time in July, unless a general election should interfere to prevent this ar rangement. The venerable Laureate, William Words worth, is to write the Installation Ode, which will be set to music by T. A. Walmisley, of Jesus, Professor of Music in the University,—John Bull. _ _ -- Lord Brougham left town on Saturday to visit the Duke of Wellington, at Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Noble and Learned Lord returns to town to-day. SUMMARY of the MONEY MARKET. (From The Vbserucr of yesterday.) At periods of excitement, such as at present exists. and such as has prevailed, how for some weeks past, in the Money Market, it is a task involving many difficulties faithfully to record the progress of events and the pro bable bearings of the really important movements of the Court of Directors of the Bank of England; nor is the I duty rendered the less onerous by the contrariety of opinions of the past and present steps that have been pursued by the Directors of the Corporation. Among leading men—the elite of them, whose acquaintance may be claimed, whether they be merchants, bankers, or the principals of discount houses—there is some bias for and against the mode which has been adopted, and which might have been pursued, to meet the requirements of the existing state of things. To steer a fair and even course, then, is the duty of those whose avocations lead them to record the passing movements of the Money Market, so that those who are not within the vortex of Stock Exchange operations may be enabled, from the circum stances that have passed and the probabilities for the future, to form for themselves something like an impar tial and an unprejudiced opinion. To advance this in teresting object is the intention of the writer of the following remarks. The text, in illustration of early points connected with the Money Market, and to elucidate the present condition of affairs, may be most aptly given by quot ing the last notice issued from the Bank Parlour, and which is couched in the following terms:— " NOTICE. "The minimum rate of interest on bills discounted at the Bank of England, not having more than 95 days to run, is 5 per cent. " Bank of England, April 8, 1847." Before commenting upon this latter measure of the Bank of England, it cannot but be interesting to trace back a few months the movements of the Corporation, and the state of credit, taken in conjunction with the ruling value of the Public Smithies. It was almost the middle or the latter end of August last that apprehensions were first very seriously enter tained of a general failure in the potato crops in Ireland, and when shrewd men began to calculate upon heavy imports of foreign corn, flour, &c., to pay the cost of which it required little foresight to know, if such did occur, that coin and bullion would be extensively required for exportation, as a set-off, since the most sanguine did not have in view such an increased demand for British manufac tured goods as would tend to square accounts, or render the balance of trade in our favour a reality. At this period the Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities were at 961, the July dividend off (the same stock was at 971 cum div., in the early part of 1846), the circulation of the Bank of England stood at 20.426,1301, and the bul lion in the two departments of the Bank of England— issue and banking—at 16,366,0681. As the harvest prospects very soon afterwards were ascertained with something like certainty (the result proved the accuracy of the data obtained upon the subject), it became apparent to those taking an active part in stock and monetary affairs, that the prices of the pflblic investments could not be maintained. " Breakers " were distinctly visible in the hori zon, but apparently too remote to occasion imme diate apprehension, and, as usual, hopes were entertained that, by some easement or other of the helm, the barque of confidence in monetary and commercial matters would go on well. However, it turned out that the harvest did not come up to an average, and, what before was a matter of doubt and speculation, was changed into a reality, viz., the almost total failure of the potato crop in Ireland, with a very short yield in other parts of the United Kingdom. But were there any very serious forebodings hazarded of the future demand for specie for export? Certainly not, generally speaking, for in the month of October, the Bank had still by it bullion of the value of over 15,600,000/., and its circulation was at 20,550,645/ The Three per Cent. Consols stood, on the Ist of October, at 964 Those who held opinions that all was right pointed significantly to the firm hold the Bank directors had upon their then most ample stores of gold and silver bullion and of coin. Here, then, was the first point by which safety for the future was alleged, and be lieved in most quarters to be guaranteed. Another month rolle3 on, and the manufacturer, and the merchant, and the trader, found things getting worse and worse. Each rested on his oars in hopes that a favourable breeze would spring up—their sheet -an chor was in the opening of the ports for corn. Business became slack, imports, vast indeed, of bread-stuffs were considered a certainty, but still many considered that the " expediency" period had arrived, and, that being the case, that Lord John Russell would have conceded the grand point he was believ( d to have indirectly pro mised. It was about this period that what may not be inaply denominated the evanescent holders of our Funded and Unfunded Debt began to look about them, and many sales were the result. On the Ist December we find the Three per Cent. Consols at 951 the cir culation of the Bank of England at 19,987,8001., and the stores of bullion at about 14,800,0001. Great indeed was the disappointment, and severe were the losses estimated, by reason of doubts of the safety of large operations being entered into on the part of the manufacturers, when it was ascertained that the potato crops were so decided a failure, and that the question of the corn-laws must be left to the decision of Parliament. The autumn trade bas been all but destroyed —the pre parations for the spring were checked, for ere Parlia ment met and decided upon what was to be done with the duties upon foreign grain, much mischief had been done. In the provinces money was wanted—sales of Stock and Exchequer-bills became numerous. At the commencement of 1847 Consols stood at 94, the issues of the Bank were at 20,031,17 a, and the stock of bullion was then as high as 14,900,000 Half the month of January had scarcely gone over, before more strongly and plainly were " breakers" seen ahead. The outward current of specie to the United States had a full impetus imparted to it. Still the di rectors of the Bank of England held on their course steadily. There were reasons, questionless for this course on their part, of which more hereafter. Com mercial operations still languished, and all hopes of im mediate relief from the measures of the Legislature had vanished. The time was gone by, and a train of specu lative operations in foreign grain had been commenced, the result of which has yet to be felt and appreciated. In the month of February the Three per Cent. Consols dropped to 90, the circulation of the Bank of England was given at 19 613,4701. and the stock of bullion at about 12,300,0001. The first demonstration on the part of the directors of the Bank of England to check speculation in corn and cotton was made on the 14th and 21st of January last, when discounts were raised to 3i and 4 per cent. The second effort was on Thursday week, and the last the day before yesterday, as per the notice quoted above. Then how stand the figures respecting Consols, issues, and bullion? The first closed yesterday evening at 8611, the issues of the Bank at 19,854,9401., and the bullion in store at 10,246,410/. Briefly a summary may be made thus for future re ference:— The Three per Cent. Consols. since August last are Lower by about 10 per cent. _ The Issues of the Bank are lower by about 600,0001. The stock of bullion has been decreased by about 6,000,0001. The question that primarily forces itself in most quarters is, could the Bank directors earlier have taken the stringent steps which they have recently adopted ? The response is almost universally in the negative. Next to the best thing that could be achieved, the open ing of the ports at the close of last year, was the passing of the Corn Bill of the present session. Had restrictive measures been taken much earlier than they have been, the direct tendency would have been to limit arrivals of wheat, flour, meal, &c., in this country, and the horrors of starvation would thereby have been very considerably augmented, at least in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland. It was not, indeed, until full and entire information had been obtained in the Bank parlour of the probable renewal, or attempt at renewal, of certain papers representing corn transactions, and of operations for facilitating the , purchase and transmission of gold abroad, that the step of Thursday week and the day before yesterday was taken. But is there any difference in the aspect of the money and commercial markets now, as compared with the panics of 1825-6 and 1836 7 ? As respects the latter, there is a most decided difference. The present may termed as a corn and specie crisis. Never was the great mercantile interest in so sound and healthy a condition as at this moment. By circumstances which no human poser could prevent, Great Britain is compelled to be the recipient of fleet loads ot corn, &c. This was not the case at the periods Just quoted. And while in the public depots at all the ports in the kingdom, goods of every descriptions are :warehoused in ample quantity, never was a season less free from I ime bargains than the present. Even in cotton and corn things have taken a turn in the right direction very recently. As prices of the latter are on the fall, more will most likely be brought to market. It is pretty accurately known that the stocks of foreign wheat in store in our ports are not large, but the vast amounts in transitu will come to a much worse market than was anticipated when the orders for them were sent out. All then was hey-day for higher prices. The reverse of the picture is now pretty certain. With a surplus revenue — with a more stringent policy on the part of the directors of the Bank—with a tendency in the markets for grain and and provisions to go bsck—with an increasing ex portation of British manufactures to the United States, and a fair expectati on th a t m uch further supplies w i ll mesay be required—with all these points consid ered, se d, s a a n t d ely th h a a t z s a f r e d a e d d il t y h , a w t ethhoepfeuervoernofthec speedi l y— the crisis has p as sed, and g reat tts p in terestserous of the development.coun country will be again in the full tide of pros perous Bs,oo entall o 7a o r o k i e , ts ha o s f thellteermopsinuiopnon en t ertainedw hi el the contract in nthen f co been taken by our Government for the relief of the Irish and Scotch distress is that it was too high; but however much the value of it may have been at pre sent depressed, the bargain is one, to say the least of it, .of a satisfactory nature for the Government. No foreign state could obtain advances upon similar easy terms. The second instalment of 124 per cent. was paid up yesterday. It scarcely had influence up on the value of money . The scrip is held in few hands, and most of its owners are rich. As respects the value charged for discounts at large, it is not pos sible to furnish correct quotations. As above noticed, the Bank of England, upon approved Bills of Exchange, charges 5 per cent., and as much as 54 and 64 per cent. are submitted to in other quarters. The commence ment of the payment of the quarterly dividends has scarcely influenced the rate of interest a fraction. It is worth a notice that during the present strain upon the Money Market not one word is said, in ci=ties where so much fear a year or so back prevailed, of the ruin to be expected from investments in railway pro perty, new or old, at the present moment. Steadily, in fact, are the railway receipts advancing, and well can the directors afford to pay a more handsome per tentage to their proprietors than that yielded by the public Bocuri- u .~I ~~: _ ~i ~' ~ _ ties of the country. It is not, therefore, a matter )401 1 wondered at, th a t p ar ti es , having control over mo ne y • - 4 invested in the Funds should reali'e part of it, and take Railway Debentures instead ; thus in some instances very nearly doublirg their annum incomes. The pro phetic warnings of a terrible Lnd inevitable crash from the railway mania have hitherto passed off like a dream, and for the unfortunate state of Ireland, as respects the supply of food, and the necessary consequences resulting from purchases cipcuormchmaseersta, to meet the wants of the p eo pl e , Eng shipping, and other leading interests, would have been bright indeed. EAST SOMERSET ELECTION. The election for the eastern division of the county of Somerset to fill up th e vacancy occasioned by the lamented decease of the late member, Colonel William Gore Langton, took place at the Ass'ze Hall, Wells, on Saturday. E sq ., a pp eare d u p on t h e hustings, accompanied Shortly after eleven o'clock, th e candidate, William Pinney, by his friends Captain Scobell, R.N., and the Hon. Major Boyle. Captain Scoam proposed William Pinney, E sq . , o f Somerton Erleigb, as a fit and proper person to repre sent the eastern division of tho county in Parliament. The Hon. Major BOYLE seconded the nomination of Mr. Pinney. No other candidate having been proposed, the High Sheriff declared William Pinney, Esq., to be duly elected to serve as a member for the eastern division of the county. Mr. PINNEY then rose, and having thanked the elec tors for the honour done him, said it might be expected that he should allude briefly to some of the principal questions which now engrossed the public mind. And first, then, was the question of protection. He had never been of opinion that protection would be beneficial to the farmer, but that, on the contrary, it would (more especially to the grazing farmer) tend greatly to injure him. He had, therefore, never been in favour of its maintenance. They might now turn their attention to the other measures which had been brought forward by the great protection leader to rally them to the poll. They first saw the Protectionist party favour ing the annihilation of the independence of Cracow by the Russian despot—a course which he thought would not meet with the support of the people of this country. Then their voting for the application of sixteen millions of the public money for the construction of railways in Ireland. Another question which excited much in terest was the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy. The question was one upon which he wished to keep himself open, to which he would give every attention, and upon which he would act to the best of his judg ment. With regard to the Government education ques tion, he considered that her Majesty's Ministers had acted fairly and honestly between all parties—they had dealt equally between the Church and the Dissenter, and had given no favour to either. Some details might require alteration, but the measure was based on sound principles—the principles of justice and equality, of civil and religious liberty. Mr. Pinney concluded by again thanking them for the high honour which they had con ferred upon him.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member was then girt with the sword, and the business terminated. THE WINDOW-TAX and IRELAND. The interest which sanatory questions is now awaken ing will, we hope direct increased attention to the oppressive and injurious window-tax. The following petition ha s b ee n put in circulation by Mr. Richard Holwell : " TO THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the Parliamentary borough of the city and borough of Exeter—Sheweth, " That one of your Honourable Members for Bath (Mr. Roebuck) has very clearly and efficiently pointed out in his seat in the House of Commons, that the land lords and tradesmen, officials, &c., &c., do not, in her Majesty's kingdom, called Ireland, pay any assessed taxes of any kind, or any income or property-tax whatever. " That in the part of her Majesty's dominions, called England, all her subjects who have 1501. per annum and upwards, pay aid. and 7d. in the pound thereon, also all the assessed taxes and window duties. " This your petitioners consider extremely unjust, im politic and unfair, to the great detriment of good opinion and respect (which is the best safeguard of the Three Estates), that every endeavour is faithfully used by the Legislature for equal justice to all subjects in this realm. " We, therefore, submit respectfully that your Honour able, House will, with ou t l oss of time, remit us the window duties and asse sse d taxes, and in lieu thereof put on an income and property-tax on all property, trades, professions, and offices in Ireland exactly as in England, which we are well assured will add a great appreciation of good Government, and much to her Majesty's crown and dignity, in the affection of her dutiful subjects,— and your petitioners will ever pray, &c. &c. (Signed) "RICHARD HOLWELL. &c. &c. &c." 10, Salutary-place. LADIES' CARRIAGES.—It is the intention of the di rectors o f the Great Western Railway to set apart one division of a first-class carriage in every train for the exclusive accommodation of ladies who travel without a male companion. By this arrangement ladies with first-class tickets, should they prefer this secluded mode of travelling, will be able to avail themselves of it, e.r.d tour incurring annnyaneoe whiolz sometimes happen on the best regulated railways. THE COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FUND.—Since the last advertisement of subscriptions to this fund, we find that 559/. have been added, including 1001. from Mr. Jedediah Strutt, of Belper, and 501. from Messrs. Petrie and Co., of Rochdale. The subscriptions are from many places, principally, however, from Hull, Belper, and Dun fermline, and chiefly in small sums. The total amount of of the subscriptions, as advertised here, now reaches 60,6921 . —Manchester Guardian. STATE OF THE FRENCH CORN MARKET.—lntelli gence from Havre, dated Thursday evening, announces that the price of flour had risen on that day rapidly, and that but little wheat was in the market. New Orleans flour, which on Monday paid 48f. the barrel, was sold on Thursday morning at 51f., and in the evening at 52E and 52t. 50c. A great number of purchasers had ar rived from Paris and Lower Normandy. The Nicolas, from New Orleans, has come into port with 3,000 barrels of flour and 1,100 .hectos. of wheat. At M ontv illi ers, near Havre, had risen lf. to lf. 50C. the hecto. The quantity of wheat exposed for sale is stated not to have exceeded 250 sacks. From Lisle we learn that wheat has fallen 84c. the hecto. This downward move ment was attributed . principally to the fact of the Societ6 de Prevoyance having exposed a certain quantity for sale. At Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne) there was a slight fall. At Valenciennes quotations were firm, but little business doing. Yesterday, in the Paris market, scarcely anything was done, both buyers and sellers seeming determined to wait for the prices of this day. It was said that purchasers had arrived from Orleans, where the supplies were beginning to run short. KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.--The Council of this College have appointed Mr. Fearon, late interpreter to the Chamber of Commerce at Canton, and Registrar General at Hong Kong, to the Professorship of Chinese, lately founded for the instruction of missionaries and others intending to proceed to the dependencies of the British Crown in China. The professor intends com mencing his course of lectures on Wednesday, the 20th instant. FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Throughout the metropolis on Saturday a reduction of kd. was made in the price of bread both of the first and second quality. A corresponding reduction was of course also made in the price of flour, &c. EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE IN Copeland, a man confined in CLERKENWELL STATION-HOUSE . by cutting his right charge of felony, attempted suicide IseEri c — Yes t erday o n• house john r o i n ght arm. The wound being of a very dangerous nature, the divisional surgeon conveyed him, in a state of insensibility, to the Roy al Free Hospital, in the Gray's Inn-road, where he was immediately attended by Mr. T. Cooke, the house surgeon of the institution. GREAT WESTER RAILWAY, SWINDON. —When the woi Its at Swindon station are completed, which is ex pected at the beginning of June, the whole department of building and repairing engines, with the exception of the cast-ironwork, will be transferred to that manufac tory, where all the machinery, boilers, &c., will he made and finished under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Gooch, superintendent of locomotives to the com pany. The tires of ail driving wheels, &c., will not only be welded, but wrought and screwed there only, in the manner recommended. At present the carria ges, trucks, and a portion only of the engines and tende rs u se on the line are manufactured at Swin don. ar rangements are now in progress hAih now perform the di s t ance from Paddington to Exete r, N. to acc elerate i o speed of the express trains , w stated th t hat ACCELERATION or TE in four hours and a halt : l d e d that the journey shall be perf orme d i n four l a , d h n e vniee completed , eCesa(l9 i it m i i s l eisa ) : ten hours, being at the rate of 484 miles an hour, including stoppages. SINKING OF A CANAL BOAT WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PASSENGERS ON BOARD.—On Easter Twits day a large party from the neighbourhood of Tipton and Darlston hired a boat, named the Euphrates (an old market canal packet), to convey them for a holiday to Birmingham. The packet started, filled with men, women, and children, to the number of one hundred and sixty, increasing in numbers as the boat went along, to such an extent that many persons had to sit upo' the top, where also was a band of musicians. On reaching Rolfe's Bridge, Smithwick, those on the top commenced amusing themselves with rocking the boat, when sud denly she gave an unlucky heel, and in an instant the musicians, together with the other outside pas sengers, were precipitated into the canal ; the water entering the boat at the same moment, she filled and sank. The scene which ensued beggars description, the shrieks of the women and children being heard at a great distance. Fortunately, at the spot where the accident happened the water was not more than between five and six feet deep, and although the situation of the passengers was dangerous in the ex treme, their escape from drowning was very extraor dinary. There were at least seventy passengers in the cabin, some of the windows of which were open, and the water had reached nearly five feet above the cabin flooring. Those who had children were holding thew above their heads, screaming franticly for help. With considerable difficulty the whole of them were get_ Out alive and landed in safety on the canal banks. By th e ir kindness of the manager of a neighbouring glauwogs, the women and children were admitted in h to ea tte ca w psized where they dried their clothes. instead of sinking down, fri ghtful .-- Study loss of life would hare been mos t Paper, there is n il i a lo t u h b e t but that t/ge v!?