The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-27 00:00:00

I . i , . . ...- 41111. . . . . . . ... your directors, and wiq be continued ; and, unless any unfoi:aikn circumstances should take place, we have a coi - ,fident noose and expectation that. before we have the ple:;sure of meeting you again we shall he able to it tease the dividends upon the capi tal of the Bank.—(ll,ar, er a r.) I v, id now move the adoption of the report. Mr. Toomas SUEWELL wished to inquire, whether proper provision had been made for any outstanding bad debts. He wished also to state, that be' hoped Feat care would be exercised by the directors in in creasing the amount of the dividends, because he felt it to be essential to the security of the concern that the reserve fund should be kept upon a sound foundation. The CHatammi--The amount of bad debts has b een written off, as far as could be ascertained, and provision has also been made for those debts which m ay be considered as of a doubtful character. Mr. WHEELER seconded thy adoption of the report, w hich was put by the Chairman, and carried unani mously, The CHAIRMAN said the business of the day had been brought to a close, and all that remained for him to do was to thank them for their kind attendance. Mr. BACON said he thought it was their duty to Pass a vote of thanks to the Chairman and di rectors for their labours during the pa.t year.— (Cheers.) The report which they had just heard read must have been exceedingly sa tisfactory to those who had watched the pro gress of the Bank as he had, and, therefore, he Considered that it was their duty to pass a cordial vote of thanks to them for their labours. He held in his hand a list of the profits realised by the Bank 'luring the last eight years, and he fund that they were much greater than in any previous years; and t his, they must bear in mind, had occurred during a Period of unexampled suffering in Ireland, when they alight have expected that the profits would have been reduo d, instead of increased.. With re 'Peet to_the increased dividend he wished to make an observation, namely, that it was a matter which might be safely left in the hands of the directors.— (li esr, hear.) Before they had a reserve fund of 50,000 1. he should have thought it inexpedi:..nt to ! Ilse the dividend ; but when they had a reserve fund ofS° ' ° °°/- (Cheers)—and when the interest of mone y was much higher than it had been fgt. - some time past, he thought that they ha d make th e pr o p o sed increase ; but as he a ' s aid, he thought this was a question which ththe idirectors were quite competent to settl e .— (Cheers.) ank'therefOre, great pleasure in moving a vote 01 to the Chairman and other directors for their exerti ons in behalf of the institution. 331 Sir BURTON MACNAMARA begged to second the LI". He did so as a person w h o h a d li ve d i n I: 4 , 11 d during the crisis which had come upon her ; of uvi consequently witnessed the operations the t he bank s i n t h at country, an d cou ld a b i refc let confirm the statement of the Honour 's Propriet o r, t h at b y goo d managemen t t h e profi t of the B an k h a d i ncrease d d ur i ng a peri od the tnost unexampled suffering. He had watched in operatio ns o f the Bank, and he was, t h ere f ore, a . Positi on to state (and i t gave h i m grea P'eaSUr e their to do so) th a t none cou ld h are di sc h arge d duties better than the officers of the Bank in ace's' He hoped the directors would take into ici4llese:llllt the inferior officers of the Bank, and, COIl• . rln g the hi g h pr i ce of prov i sions, increase their 'l. T e motion was then carried unanimously. tini ch "Atasaaar then said—Gentiemeo, we are h ave ° b l iged t o you for the vote of thanks you ra a , t lirc l*seci to us. It is a source of the ut h _satisf act i on to us to learn that the report, las exer met ‘" your approbation ; we trust that ei4 ing the same diligence as during the past, iiitwt shall de serve a s i m il ar mar k o f your appro b at i on t ied Z s t s ure, , " e beg to thank you very cordially for the thi s , w oleh we have experienced from you at gentl eman s T o reply to the observation of the th e sehtriewho spoke last, with respect to raising °wing to iv , of some of the inferior officers, (rea r t at t i h o: 4l 41- .ase hZ 'go price of provisions, I have to state of .2 , et has been already wider the con..is the Ron. Proprietor directors, and the recommendation of by th em. roprietor has been already anticipated The meeting then terminated. on 'w d P RINCESS'S THEATRE. tk,,, . ' at evening a two act hal" opera, e n titl ed an i qic,d here win, co pi t . - King and the PiP".• was pr success. The scene 1 , ,and, w , way a dd, wost deserve d ;aid in Greenwich, in the early prirt of the r•ign of Jam, •';. the hero is a Se.) ch bagpiper, Sandie Macaulat sot- Emma Stanley), who is in love with the prett' l a lrg i"- hterßos . a) of old Spillpeg (Granby), a s p t u g h , lic a a n i d i. Rwh,_refuses his consent unless Sandie can rais;' t t . o . ad ...llncile writes to the King, asking his Majesty .a n . ad- RI t h e sum to a countryman in distress i . he St_ln i i i e ng E a o; a i l l :ak Lords, who have been plotting to seize 1. he hire Sandia, the his bagpipes wit hin . who the imagine ha s over ittard their plot, to play a tune on King, whi). is a WS hearing, so as to entice forth the r , t4s• teepnately fund of his national music, when they in t" seize him. One of their number,. Devereux Calytt. Barker), wit . rn s the King of his d ang e r is , strolls Wi le all auonsmous epistle, and . poor Sandia. ho urs n al ~ been left on the towards the palace, palace, strikes up a hea t t a h ne, so a ro ad e oft lent for b • the King, who breaktasts heartily S Borne 1,) k and Dumfries ale, which ie andis, h u ar ue hisa ouch. and gives hits , Proaexchange ro ll s the dainties which bad . beei. tateideti far his b eakfast. Sandie mentions e f th e a nd th e la —14"1 7 in that he is the author o on htlunYnious g ep i i;t a re in he aps g all sorts of favours t heir i— T he rebel lards believing aandie knows hi tt; 1 ... 1 !en d secrets lest, he shotill betray them. also reward hits a4o,lBadie takes all as a homage justly paid t• s a titte, e - r• skill tiS a pip. a Several amusing contri:ten:r r ! ""e roa rri w ' are carried pleasantly through two *Tian t P i le% I•Late of the lovers, the end of all comedies , . takes e as l anai e, acting of Miss Emma Stanley as Sandlew She w e . t t and in fact securid the success of the piece. tieally— ea ,liad for at ' the conclusian, and enthusias laith‘4 4 ls3lll l 4cl ed• The music by Mr. Joseph Duggan, e i .glin.... a lt e ,flaa no claims to originality, is light and ; fii ,eb wa s - : e t il to of Pleasant reminiscences. The pieta , . mCttlatiessil;la'nuiced for repetition every evening, will have a run. 01 4..an5, 1 — GRAND --artaN OF HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY: 1)4 MIL/TARY SPECTACLE IN - Sr. JAMES'S allreallt:the7::liitSlU .d j a being set apart for the tale A bin 4 her Ma '-.st y's hirthd ,y, there will, sh- aild t he . pai ous , h e a grand military in tg cti ° 4 in the T P ilia r ;ard, 5t..1.-imes's Park, t oagreeeGabuli'rd-- o:l,Acial programme issued from the I-I,,rs be on the ground at ' h 'I he troops are to 1 141 ,:tieari,, y , diug are 0, appeal ill re,lSt time o'clock. (HE era- end fi le, vxelusiv. plaf t ld dress, and to wear gold a ' a t ; n hes . . pie o,ecti's 0 4 , lA, comprising one hundred rank e l. kotr tat t artan Jmos's Palace at a 4,..tc't h ones The band will el. The qua, te• troops, band. Prince' Albe rt , and hi., Grace the b-i'L, having formed in to line , will await the 2pleh , C.! , 64 oy,' frailness - d will be ac ""rnoa --, :I" Chief, who, it is understot- , ee, a _asini. lain a. stitZ'atited by his Royal 1 the distinaniahed personages h Highness the Grand Duke Con his hi g' - nia of liustia am- - e kiii s , 4l t e•. On emeriti they will he received by t Part a ltr Y compliments due to t heir T ran e k u . s a u f a te l r m w o l v i e ic m h e t n li t ( s . *lin k /t ill rul e round the line. n ..„.„.. . o m uow . b ef .'", r um Rufous Fißas.-011 Tuesday Wternoon,shortly . iwp. . - 140 , e five o'clock, police.constable :\lacl •'k . whilst l'haee-r_t_li.ng. along his beat in Tudorstreet, Bricleae_1 l . G. tiiiFt, discovered that the premises occupied by R and in a very b - gee. r immediately sound- dan alarm, . I i I i T itio ti :; . . r p. le . e r ' it i ! li sq t ;: e 4 e c t : 4 , li f e n hi , h ) 0 „„ ~,,,d stables were on fire. °F eat tat, parish, T ..onilon Brigade, and West ° belonging to the of En g land 1 44" a it'uded, when the firemen found that the'ha ii ittniBtr " • ill th e kits over the stables were envel oped hire,e,a. After some trouble the firemen . and ut 30 a p lentiful suphi Auxiliaries, who were assisted not V,. ° I w ater, got the mastery over w t i h th e flames, fli the e , 4 but r aef „e• )re the contents of the loft were consumed, .(.. reire. a o , d ff . -• a ce ilin g o f the coaele.hous . a , ',- i. , an d t h e a d a fi re that eoa ld 1; 7 a 'unagerl by water. The erigin , of the fire used ``'t be learned. About noon yester at (facer,. considerable alarm broke out at 110, F leet street, 111 :nri - !, (1:1 l i m p Mr. Meehan), trunk-maker. It or i g i na ted the d „nin e to w the k° "kne unknown cause in the first floor back, used as elle re i rk 4 .11,‘.'rt Engines quickly attended, and by setting s not ork the flames were soon extinguished, hein a " 1 1•T`) considering the extent of the premise ail uses , '"rY great. The same morning, about tiot been Of . urilra rtunely .. tes . past three o'clock, a fire, which had it ten ProperB- Wharf', Mill -1)_ It tn. est di • discovered would doubtless hive prov ed '"'e%l, i , ay rous character, was found burning at Mill-lane, Tooley-street, Southwark, the Ni u Yof Messrs. C. and G. Gri ffi n. It was caused litui er s6 ttle &feet in the gas pipe, which set fire to the t o tbe l tart of the fl 'tiring in the B warehouse. Owing eor t ,„ lately aasiatance afforded the damage done was un7 .ively i neons'derable. The firm is insured in the I s/ 1 l 'aoce, Imperial, and Phosnix offices. la Ev , as ..,ew G. • •.0013 CONDUCT ‘ V ARHANT.—Tuesday the 5 e44 7 aid Camdu ct W arrant, founded on the recent pro m,, I of th. Right Hon. F. Maule fur bi ttering the ~,_,,, I, or the soldier, was issu e d from the Horse i eete,l l : • . It i s of considerable length, and authorlses an .. Art a p, „ ~ e. an the amount or pensions, which holds ou pri vat.- s of i i , , •r , of a most brightening nature to ram-commis ; n c" , • ffieers a n d it s im ' ' good character. The boon low _ i ,ugh will 1... t follewed b • many taaii-fi -.fi al effects. ~,__'. w .w 9, le ' h o d . tll tit i 1 ki great measure al itiy that ritic.n -44`e1t....t , ti _ has lately prevailed amongst the non-com 'moiled offic ers as well • a 3 Pr ivates. SU N, EAST INDIA HOUSE. A epeciel geeerel cont.! of the East India Company was held Vest rdAy mornieg at their 'louse. Leatlenhells ree fo r the puriai,e, Oita consieeration the ac kn, , W i4A!.(Pell i,td 1,3' to Weerd of Commissioners fir the Adair, of. India to the resolution passed by the Speeial G Ceurt of Proprietors, held en the 25th March lasi. i• nry St. George Tucker in the chair. The minutes of tee previous Court having been read and confirmed, the correspondence and resoluti ins relat ing to 'the subject for which the meeting bad been con veze d having been read, Mr. LEWIS, t .ne of the gentleman who signed the re quisition caliitig the Directors to convene the meeting, then detail, d the pi oceedings which had taken place at a firmer Court, when it wit- revolved to cell upon the Board of Control to produce certain papers relating to the neje of Savant. That resolution was communicated to the Beard of Commissioners for the affeirs of Delis ; hut it was quite clear from the correspondence which had teken place with the President of the Board of Control, that the production of these papers was to be refused. Now he would not comment upon the indignity with which the Board of Conte 1 had thus 'r ate-I this honourable society, hut he could not het regret that airy splenetic feclines on the part of the President of that Board should have led to the non-preductitm of the papers in eines:ion. There could he ne deubt whateYer of the inexpediency, the injustice, or the impropriety of r fusi , g the papers The resolution calling for their production was paned neon a start-meet made by an Honourable Proprietor, to tee eff le that her e. ejesty's Government had m, de cer tain ove, tures to the R ije of Stamm and he sheuld hove thought the Wald of Control would have felt it due to its on n character to supply - this society with the in'or matien called fer under such circumstances. Every par. -on present must admit the impolicy of the refusal, be wise independently of its inflicting injustice upon a private individual, it was uncoustitutiona% if not wholly illegal. No doubt the functions of the Board of Con rol were to keep secret the documents, which came into her hands during such time when secrecy was re quired, but when the necessity far secrecy has been got rid of it was unjust. illegal, and unconstitutional, fir the Secret Committee to withhold information fr. m the Court of East India Directors, who wets the teltni nistrative body of the affairs of India, and had a right to insist upon the production of these papers. It was in flicting an atrocious injustice on the Raja of Sattara to keep back these decuments. They related to an offer th-t had been made to the Raja of Sattara by the anent of the Governor-General. inconsistent with the eharees which had been preferred against the Rja of Sattara, and it was therefore incumbent upon that Court, having a due regard for its character for honesty and justice, not to rest satisfied with the refusal which the Beard of C'ererel had conveyed to them. A grievous wrong had been done to the Raja of Sattara, and justice could not he. ecured to that individual without inquiry. No cir eurnstance more showed the necessity for such an inquiry than the refusal to produce these documents. Bagnell, who was a distinguished commander in their own service, in a letter written to a friend in this country, d , clared that it was the opinion of almost every Person connected with the 231 regiment, that there was no truth in the charges which had been made against the Raja of Sattara, arid these papers ought to be pr , iduced. Ile should therefore move, " That .:!tinsiilering that the correspondence adverted to in this Court's resolution of the 25th of March last arose in con sequence of a statement publicly made in this Court, arid in order that the Court of Directors and Proprietors might he informed of the truth or falsehood of such statement, this Court is of opinion that such corre spondence ought not to have been imported into the S-eret Committee. That the retention of such corre spondence in the secret department, for a period of nearly fourteen months, without any alleged injury to the public service, is impolitic and unconstitutional. Chat th- non-production of correspondence whieh may, as in the present instance, affect the judgment of the n , -mbers of this Court in regard to the innocence of the x-R ja of Sattara, is repngt ant to the first principles of lost-ice, and calls upon this Court to declare its movie /ion of the necessity of an inimtediate inquiry into all the proceedings conn.cted with this ease. Mr. SULLIVAN scconded the resolution. Truth, he aid, never could be eancell‘ d, and if there was any truth in the charges mid • against the Raja of &Mara. what obj , cool,' there he to the production ••f these raper'. The • iris of Jewiee required the production of the papers, and the only question was, had that Court ,- .he power to call for theta. lie entertained no doubt that it had; an ;, in his opinion, the refusal was cliatne tricaPy opposed to their rights and privileges, and multi , iyt be SIISt4iIP-d. If, therefore, the Board of Cootrol ier-ist!cl in its r' fugal, he should reenitim.-nd the Conrt pe,it'on Parliament for its aholit;on. Th. prialuction ot the paper t!..uld wit by any po-4 , ibility, injure the pub . . . _ . Ire service. and he contend-d that. the Board of Control. lad no right to refuse them Gross injustice lied been one to the R a j a or Sattara Fle h,d been &throned, •legraded, and banished, (without hearing his defence. A promise that he simuld be furnished with a copy of the evidence against him, in his own langu'.ge, was tlagroaly broken ; while, on the one heed, when anything could be found to tell against him, it was readily pr , duced ; on the ether, when yer anything in his favour was called for it had ale ays , een refused. This; Court could not, thtirefore, with any r , :e"ard for its character, tolerate this refusal, and he called upon the Court to adopt the r, -solutions which had been submitted to them, in order that then might be in a p.sitien to perform the functions which the Legislature had imposed upon them. Mr. WEEDING opposed the resolutions, believing that if the Board of Control had refused to preduce.the pa ofwa s Control most h a c d ou r r e t t e = d and to th e pers. thy had &me so . flom a sense of public dutY r T e h so e hlt n i s - a o r u d r t i w n er or th th e at ß Court had no right to ask or expect mare. It vident from th e d e b ates w hi ch had taken place t w" House of Commons that Parliam en t was notfa favour' l the production of these papers, and he n ura. ; ;: otherwise than blame those proprietors who had br ht the Court into thisdilemme, while he ;applauded the "114 reV n- :etion and tetermination of the Right lion. Gentletn the President of the Board of ContrL ti e • ' moveu, as An amendment, that the Court do adjourn. Mr. FIELDER seconded the amendment, because he Celt convinced that if G-verement refused to produce these papers, it was useless for that Court to interfere further. Av. GEORGE THOMPSON opposed the motion for ad iouretnent. The Board of Directors had already sent India for information connected with a etetement he inade at a former Court, without the colvent of the Board of Control. A reply had since been received from India, and as it neither related to matters connected with the levying of war and making of peace, it coned mot legally be suppressed. These papers would eternally prove the innocence of the Raja of Sattara, and the measure could never be left at rest fill they were lai before that Court. He had intended to move another amendment, but as the motion for adjournment was before the Court, he could not move it, and therefore he would read it as part of his speech Whereas, by the Act o 3 and 4 Willian IV. cip.,Bs, section 35, it is enacted, that the Court of Directors hall, from time to time, appoint a Secret Committee of hoe Directors, for ihe particul. , r purposes in this Act specified ; and that the said Secret Committee shall take ats oath, of which the folLiwing words form pert. viz.: --• I wi l not disclose or make known any of the a-cret orders, instructions, dispatches, official letters or comutUnicatiot,s, which shall be sent or given ta me by the Commissioners for the uffiirs ot . It ria, unless I shall he authorised by the said Commis-loners to disciose and make known the same.' And a h<-reas. the c particular purposes' above mentioned are specifieally declared in the 36th section of the same Act, in the following words, viz.: Pr waded also, and he it ernic;(4,l, that if the said Board shall be or that the subject matter of any of their deliberations eoncerning the levying war, or the making peace, or treating or negotiating with any of the native princes or states in India, or 'with arty other princes or s tates, or touching the policy to he observed with respect to such princes or state, intended to be ecnnmunieated in ordars, dispatches, • official letters or communications, to any of the Ooverrn: snouts or Presidencie: in India, or to any officers or v:ints of the said Company, shall b • of a nature to re (ure secree:. it shall and may be lawful for the Hail Board to send their order;, dispatches, official letters, or communications to the Secret Committee' of the said Court of l firectors, to be appoint , d as is 1:1) this Act die cted,' Therefore res ilve That the pao , ,rs relating o the case of the IlAja, of Sauer) ' the cemmunieation Of A hilt has been • efused by ( he Boa rd of Commissioners to a resolution passed by the Court of Proprietors on the 25th diet not form the subject matter of any of the de liberatiens of that board, and were not sent or given by the board to the Secret Committee of the Court of Direeters, brit arose out of a letter, dated the 24th March, 1846, which was written by the Sect et Committee, for the purpose declared in it, of obtaining informed , , n tOr the Jelin of Directors, touching a matter which had been the suiiieet of public debate at the India a "Ise* That the origin sting of such a letter by the Secret Committee, irrespective of the Bird of Control, attd the witholding of the reply, when received, from the knowledge of the Court of Directors, on the ground that the "ad of Commissioners refuse:l to comrunnicate the same, was against Law; a usurpation by the Secret Com mutee of the proper and peculiar functions of the Court of Directors ; a concealment of papers to which the Gain of Proprietors h:d an undoubted right; and a denial of justice to the deposed R ja, of Satta re.' lie could not believe that, the Secret Committee oi that house could not produce these papers without the con sent of the Board of Control, because such a power exer cised by the Board of Control would be illegal and un constitutional, and he would never cease to demand their pro auction. The CuAflame/ said it was in the option of the presi dent of the Board of Control to decide what were and what were not secret questions, and he for one could not understand what good could possibly result from the adoption of the first resolu tion; with regard to the question of re-opening the case of the Raja of Sattara he must confess that from first to last his opinion had not changed upon that sub ject, but still he could not consent to the re-opening of the matter. Something had been said about the Presi dent of the Board of Control being actuated by splenetic motives. He could not concur in that opinion. lie had always found Sir John Hohtiouse most courteous in his communication with that Board, and ever read• t o listen with reason to any statement thAt weight be made to him, and arrive at his decisions with justice and impartiality. No •doubt the Right. lion. Gentleman thought it inexpedient to produce these papers at present for the use of that Court very iik t .l s for toe same reason that he refused to give tt, it ir ii am ,..nt, cod. he wust,..therefore, resist the itr. .1. W. 11000 contended that the rights and privi leges of that Court had not been invaded by the refusal of the Board of Control, because the power of decidiu COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Alhert, accomeaniod by the i•rinee i , fLeiningen. honoured the Fancy R9Z in the Reglit's Park Barracks, with a visit yesterday. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. is s Dawson, Marquis of Ormonde Mr. G. E. Anson, Sir Frederick Stovin. Lieutenant- Col,eA the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the am. A. H. Gordon. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales. the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson, took an airing in an open ear riage and four, yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and his Serene Highness the Prit.ce of Leiningen were on horseback. The Equerries in Waiting, Lieu tenant Cwonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, attended on horseback. The Queen and Prince Albert inspected yesterday the Emperor's Vase and the Royal Hunt Cup, which have just, been completed for the Ascot Races, and which were submitted by:Messrs-Hunt and Roskel. Prince Alfred and the Princess Helena took airings yesterday in the gar& ns of the Palace. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buck inham Palace. The c ,-, mpany included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his imperial frighnes. the Gram! Duke Constantine, their Roe al Highnesses the Hereclit4ry Grand Duke and Grand IThichess of Saxe Weimar. his Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca, his Serene HiAtness the Prin , !e L.iningen, the Duchess of Sutherland, their Excellei.cies Baron and Barones,; de Brunnow, his Excellency Count Sehimmelpenninclt, their Excellencies Blron and Baroness de Rens% Count Revel, Lady Augusta Bruce, 13aroress de Sped), the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl Spencer, Viscount Pal merston, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Vice-Admiral de Lutke, Le Cnse - ller d'Etat Hon-owiz. Baron de Frio-Hits (Aide-de-Camp to his Imperil the. Countess of Assenburg. Count de Beust, Baron Zigisar, and the Varcplis Provenr.li. The Rend of the Coldstream Guards was in attend ante during dinner, and perform, d the following nip ces. Grand Fantasia, Homage to the Emperor Nicholas.— Coott.. Guadrille. The Phantom Dancers, from Alf . red Melon's Melodit s Allegr tto. Szchetztoll from 9.h Sincon;a Presto ion , •ot, from Choral Si•ifoniA.—Beethoveti. V-ilte et. (;hl-p—" Alan'."--Cosra. GI 4., Slew }gentle Gales."—Sir R, H. Bishop. Polka, Nlitvirka. tier Maj- ty the Qaeen Diwaqer, accompanied by their Royal iiighne..le, th. Tler.ditary Grand Duke a d Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, took an drinz in po,y pha, ton y- , t.r(lay. Her Niqiesty and their n.val visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at tlnmhridg. Fl _ _ _ Ttie 11.- , r dusty Grand Duke and Grand Duehess or Saxe Weirnar, attended by the C , tintess of Assnnhon.r. Earl H-.we, Count (I , alisr, and Baron Zigesar, visited nd inspeetud the Colosseum yesterday. Their Royal ilighnes.es also honoured with a visit exhihition of Na-h's Drawings of tho Interior and Exterior of Wind sor gastlo, at Nir. 1 , 11.-an's gallery in the fraymark?t. Trio Grand Duke Constantine inspected, yesterday. Emp.,ror of Russia's vase, of which his Imperial Highness was pleased to express his admiration. Th.. (Trani Duke Constantine of Russia, ettended by the Rut.sian Ministt-r and Vie , - Admiral Lutke, and also by Li- tretiant lolonel the lion. Charles Grey (Equerr‘ to the Qap,n), visit.d their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, yesterday, at Cambridge Iltinsv. His Royal Highness Prince Genrme visited her Vft j,sty the Quern Do wag , r an , l the 11 , -rdirary Grarrl Doke ar d Grand DuAress of Saxe Weimar yesterday at M , rihr wow: h riff,tbie. Their It nal Highnes, , es the Duke and Duehess of Cambridge. Prince Goorfze, and the Pritiee-,s Nfary, vi. site the Fancy Thzaar in Regents Park vestrrday. Her noya , flivht+ms the Duchess of Kent visited the Qu .en Dowarw yesterday. His Royal 11 , .,.:h0e5s the Duke of qambridge. attended by Baron KZlc'Se beck, presided yesterday at the Covent Garden Th..atrical Fund dinn , r, in Freemasons Hall. The Earl of Bradford had an interview with Sir !3el.rge Grey yesterd,y. Earl Fortescue had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home office. A deputation, including Mr. Saunders, Sccretary to the Eistern Union Railway Company ; Mr. Few, Soli citor to the Company ; Mr. Rusk, Sf)cretary to the Har wich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway Company; and Messrs. Rourdillon and Turner, Solicitors to the Company, had an interview with the Right Ron. Edward Strutt, ye,terday, at the Office of the Coinmis :,imiers of Railways, in Great Gi,orge-street. ACCIDENT ON THE EDINBURGH A N,) GRANTON RAILWAY. One of those accidents or fatalities against which the only st , carity is the incescant vigilance of wt-11-trained, skilful , ffieers.ve,urrid on the Edinburgh and Grantor line, betwixt three and four o'clock on Friday last Yr :videntially no lives were lest, though three individuals were mere or lees injured ; but the warti'ng thus given to the comnan, promises onc:= and for all to prevent. any sitnatr CASU thy. Toe quarter-past three o'cl.!ck down train, consisting of three carriages. hid reached the Sc:,tiand-street station, a here it sin d awaiting to he attacht.d to the locomotive to proceed anton. Wv chanced to b- present at the time, and observed one of the guards on the top of the train arran;:ing the luggage; suldenly a rumbling, noi , e was heard the tunnel. which waxi d Lind, r and louder, dernling the quick approao - , of a earriag ; the alto% e guard locked round for a moment in the direction of the tunnel, and then hastened from the top of the carriage, but with such lightning rapidity did the card ,ge descend tht,' towl, that the guard almost instantly distil) pearel from our sight betwixt the wreck of the l t , c ; a_ t e r r i 4 a c g , , , , ,,on f t t , h . etuttda with which the t o h a re b e e p ir a tg ,s s , t n rt 4 i , c r k was side throwtphie.intti..haien p w la f t ,r f. i. rrro p;op l: l h h, e d tw ro o rw r a e r u d ia . it b ii t y, wc.srre unn.jured. It was found that the break truck w i t h pree‘les th e tra i ns whilst cl , scentline• the turn. is in the o;urse - tir adjustment the succeeding a beenreet, w" in hitwactd theto slip on n an t d o ,fi th n e: li i na cline t , !a. ,t a i t tli c . L ,7b a ritt s k t the truck • cotnrneij:eing . o7 , 4sC'end,..he applied_ himself to • the b:cak. but turned the - . screw the wron g w a y, so th at in s t, a ,l o f c h ec ki ng . h e , pen-d out the moil m, Pro o- bly he iml2iiird that. the iiresk was ineffectual, but at tol events he lost is presence of mind, brut leaped from Ihe truck sust,:ining seine injury from the shuck. Th,- traek, which weighs abut st-ven tons, bein., thus left uncontreileil roiled sewn the tu,nel with an inereasine vel,city, and must have rtainel the rate of at least sixty miles an hoar when we saw it issue forth at the Scotland street end of the tunnel, and the next instant dash into the train. The line was soon cleared, and working as usual in the course of an hour from the cAlision. A medical gentle rn-n, residing in Scotland-street, was immediately in attendance, and, along with another surgeon, who was also promptly on the spot, lent the requisite aid to the sufferers, one of whom was severely cut and contused, and atter having his wounds dressed, was conveyed home in a carriage. The remaining two were not so severely hurt; but we are happy to learn that all are in a fair way of recovery. It is, therefore, so far satisfac tory, that we have no fatal case to record, and we trust nothing farther will occur to shake the confidence in this line, the general arrangement s of which, with the excep tion of this untoward occurrence, have been anxiously and skilfully devised ; and this disaster, too, might have been avoided had the party only known how to apply the break, which shows what care should he taken in the selection of the subordinate officers. The parties who have the principal charge of the incline, we are happy t, s ay, were expressly brought from England, where they had been similarly engaged, but, as it happened here, all depended on a breaksman after the lapses occurred, and who, if he had been equal to his duty, could with com• parative ease have recovered matters.—Coledoniun Mercury. GENERAL FALL IN PROVISIONS.—Tuesday morn ing the price of bread was r e d uce d i n severa l p lac e s i n the metropol is a halfpenny in the 41b. loaf ; many of the under-priced bakers announc,d the gratifyin, fact by large placards, having the words "Glorious news, down again to 10Id.," inscribed. The general pride ofseconds bread is from 10fd. to 1 lid., and the L agn C,,, n p a „ y are selling . at 10(1. the 41b. loaf ; interi,.r can b- obtained a penny less, and the best bread sells at Is. ld.; fl,ur has been reduced in proportion. A redueti:.,n of a penny . in the pound has taken place the prices of butcher's meat of all descriptions, and in consequence bacon and other cured provisions have been reduced. The fine weather has caused a large supply of fish , . which is sold remarkably cheap; small soles can be had from 2d. to 3d. parr pair , andmackvrel five for ls. Vog4:!.:oh's, particu krly tzrein'ilfind cabb3gvs, are very plenfr'el; f Tuner, whien ab•iut a week ago sold at 7LI a bUiieri, can now be had at 2d., and early York cabbages at lfd. each; early foreign potatoes sell at 3d. per lb. LON - DON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1847. ( what secret papers should or should not he produced, was vested absolutely and entirely in that branch of her jesty's Government. Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON supported the motion for adjc:urnment. Mr SAVAGE was decidedly of opinion that the Raja. of Sattara had been cruelly illtreated, and he should support the original motion. Mr. HAT MACKENZIE maintained that the papers ought to he within+ i from the Court or the public, with. out. the President of the BOard of Control gave suffieiet•t retwins fur their concealment' He had iti , encled to move That by the general law and usage regulating the ad ministration of the affairs of India, it is required that all important proceedings of the sevi.ral Governments in that countr) shal be regularly recoided, and that the record of such pr , dings shall, with the special exc , p ti• nof case,: tevi i-g rrrec), be commun;cated to the Court of Directors. That in order to mnietain that p.inciple, it is essential that no proceedings shall originate with the Secret Oomtnitte, s unle.•s the R aril of 0,,,,, m i,i0n e n, shall be of opinion that there is one requiring secrecy. and that no ree(Til of .the proceedings of tiny of thy' Indian Governments shall be retainf-d in the secret department unless the said Board reprecented by i , s president s. ha!) declare that to divul , e the contents ow. f would be inlurions to the public interests. Th,tt th“ papers now required by this Court. have been withheld without any such declaration on the part of th, B.,ard of Conimi ,, sioners. and that, cons. quentiv, it is the right :IA duty of this Gala to adhere to anti re itenite :he re,olution pas,ed on the 25th of March After some further discussion, in which Rungo Ripojee, Mr. Twining, Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, and others, took part, Mr. LEWIS replied. The Gotta then diviti,d, when there appeared— For the adjournment . Against it Majority The Court then adjouroA, at five o'clock LITERATURE. T_M WORLD'S' (7( ) IiPLAIN7"; and Other Poems. By Charktte Young. Among the many absurd notions now prevalent not one is more absurd than that whi,h is so frequently expressed, that the age of poetry has departed. It is presumed that we are become so thoroughly an utilitarian generation that we are wholly incapacitated from participation iu the divine and spiritual regions of the Poet. Our hearts are somehow considered to he case hardened against all the gentler and holier emotions. Men are depicted now-a-days as though they were digesting auto'uata, thriving upon a heart less system of materialism, and yearning only for the acquisition of wealth and the extension of a dry and debasing knowledge. Monstrous as have been the papullr delusions by which the energies of the com munity have been from time to time weakened and misdirected, we maintain this to be the grossest dilution by which society has ever been afflicted. We maintain it to he a grosser delusion than that , xtutel by .iternholt and Hopkins, than the credulity in alchemy, than the helief in El Dorado, than the superstition of the Chinese cobbler who refused to kill the ducks wad Ihuig about his garden for fear that peradventure one among them might have originality been his grandmother. We maintain that Poetry would now find as many appreciators as in the days of Cowley or Byron—if not more! Notwithstanding that our sylvan scenes are being marred by the en croachments of railways, that the picturesqueness of the " pebbly dips" is destroyed by a gradient, or the loveliness of the dingles interrupted by enormous cuttings, we are satisfied that the worshippers of Nature are more numerous than in the days of the most bucolic minstrels from Virgil to Shenstone. To express our meaning in the language of mythological allegory, if - th e s t r i ngs of the Orphean lyre could again vibrate —even though it were in the vicinity of some branch of the Great Western Railway—the trees, and the rocks, and the brambles, and the brutes of the field would have as much inclination to dance to the sound of its melody as they had in the days of ancient Greece, and that is saying a great deal! Talk as we may of our having become a more money getting race than formerly, we are convinced that the ears of the million are not impervious to the voice of the Poet, that they are not one jot less ready to wel come that voice than their predecessors ; that on the contrary, the Poet may be certain of a more nnmerous and discriminating, and even a more enthusiastic audience than at any anterior period whatever. Mr. Payne Collier may tell us of the Roxburghe ballads, and Bishop Percy may become garrulous upon those relating to Robin and his merry men of the thicket, but we would ask them if ever ballads penetrated the ears and the hearts of a whole nation so instantaneously and earnestly as did the ballads of Thomas Hood ? That is one instance out of a multitude in proof of our argument. Let the name of your poet he as un poetical and uncaptivating as you please—let it las James Hogg, or Thom the weaver, or Ebenezer Elliot, or Motherwell, or what not—let his theme he as lowly and uninspiring as it may be, upon a broomstick, or a debate lin Parliament, or a milliner, or even a suicide of a class that shall he nameless—iri spite of all this, in spite of the jeers and decisions of the unsympa thising few, in spite of that utilitarianism of which we are so perpetually reminded, the voice of' a true poet is always listened to with attention, and his words chronicled in the memories of the people. In this manner, unassisted, unpuffed, and unparaded, Alfred Tennyson has gradually grown up into a classic. A goodly number of poetical writers now living, have, ia this manner, surrounded themselves with thousands of ad miring enthusiasts. Even the poet-actor can collect an audience now by his small pipings We are satis fied therefore that the old outcry, that poetry is a Irug in the literary market, is all nonsense ; and we are rejoiced whenever any one is adventurous enough to put in his denial against the clamour by the publication of verse—especially when it happens to be particultrly excellent. The World's Coaiplaint, therefore, and other poems, by Charlotte Young, are welcome ta us. They are certain, moreover, of a cordial greeting and an unbiased perusal from the public; like all similar attempts to enshrine household thoughts and loving principles in the amber of song. S'thiller, indeed, has shown in a magnificent allegory, that at no period can the magic of poetry he wielded in vain over the multitude. In his exquisite poem of " The Partition of the Earth," he describes how the Deity on the rormation of the globe distributed the different por tions of the creation to different classes—the forest to the hunter, the plain to the husbandman, the flood to the fisherman, the main to the merchant. When the partition is completed, "a figure comes listlessly on." Lord Francis Leveson Gow e r h as t rans l a t e d th e Ger- man original into English, with so much elegance, that we quote a fragment of his version : " The mien of disorder, the wreath which he wore, And the phrenzy that fll-k - d from his eye, And the lyre of ivory and gild which he bore, Proela;med that the Poet was nigh ; And he rushed all in tears at the fatal decree, To the foot of the Thunderer'S throne, And complained that no soot of the earth or the sea, beenEiad given the Bs'd as his own. The earth, said the Godhead, is portion'd away ; Arid I cannot revere the decree ; But Cie Heavens are mine, and the regions of day, And their portal is open to thee," There is a poet's guarantee that his art can never become old ! The little volume before us then comes not in an unfitting season. It has been written as the writer professes in her miniature preface, in the hope that its readers "may fi n d sca tt ere d here and there some stray thou g h t that may become a happy one." As such it m ust b e received then. The pieces a,e fugitive, upon odd and capricious fancies associated with life, and death, and home, and nature. That the author has a natural capacit for the art is shewn, we think, in a sin g l e li ne in they' Song of the Turret ('lock," when tne spirit of the clock—not the Chimes h-la-Boz—has beer, commenting upon the fact of the hands having been crumbled into clay by which it had been constructed, and of it, a mere creature of metal, still throbbing on after its creator is dead. But, "Alas!" it cries, 'tis a glorious thing to die! I've hat' d Occasionally we p er cei - v t e i! a i s n y v na lin at t hy sig b h e : t ' aieen the imagination of Charlotte Young- sympathy that ofsome of F to o r instance,subject u.ee t t%arecollectionwritten itt h e e n r s ob l iny in e e t h s c he a u wr p mi o i n e. i, h ,n e Fg r rvoesrt: esatuonce contemporaries. trbe ec al samel of the author of " Paracel,us," late Elizabeth Barrett Barrett. Again we can d-tect a similarity between the ideas and language of the former that sometimes altno4 amounts to plagiarism. Take as an example the piece beginoing— h looking round " How strange it eqms, wh ile trees, To think this piercing w i nter b! ast Will yield to gentles t b rei . ze ; Upon the leafie,s That brooks in icy fevers bound Once more will flow along, And once again the echo mock Tne amoreus bl4cabird's s• ng." The notion of this—very prettily and newly ex pressed, it is true—is however identical with those quaint but delicious stanzas of Keats, beginning— " In a drear-nighted D.-cetnber, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity : The north cannot undo them, With it sleety wh'stle through them ; Nor frozen thawings glue then* From budding at the prime." As a.,peohnio of the writer's poetical straiiii - we . give These; dainty 'verses : Sing on, gay birds ! Tho' leave,: are falling fast, And one by one Your summer joys go pa s t , Yet still sing on ! 81. orn on, fair flower s ! Tho' blows the autumn wind, And pelting rains Fall dismal and unkind, Yet still blipaa on ! Smile on, bright eyes ! Do' you have seen d; part Y , ur youths' best hop es , The childhood of your heart, Yet still smile on ! Hope on, young hearts Tho' you have learn'd to call All live a cheat, That cheers but to enthrall, Yet still bope On ! Of h ippy thoughts like these the book has many , the expectations o f the authoress will theref ore he realised. a a l rta lavishs concise abundance but KNIGHT'S ONE - VO LUME RDIrrON OF S HAKSPERE. Parts I. and a The present work is abou t the cheapest and mos t valuable that has perhaps e ver b een printed em rokrtsp, p tsi r hg i a s u i ll n , g pite t r h ie e nti w rno h d o tut i v e ceto ( l ) f rey t h ex planatory marginal note s, and the frontispi ece t o each of the dramas fro m the p encil of William Har ve y —the notes, the t ext, and the embel lishments being vre l m m shilling a m identical with those contained in Mr. Knight's more voluminous and more costly edition. To the people this publication must prove an inestimable boon, for it will place the most wonderful writer of any age or country within the reach of the most moderate incomes, and form at the same time a really elegant book when completed. ive ts y x of vz t_he xx. -ElLtionary pen;eatrnaEateN:eGfsulritShuelHdr GI : s IIE th I i L s ITA P VS 9r G i D o U d I i A : C .a j I into the alphabet its utility and comprehensiveness become more apparent. It is the very condensation and l(i 4 q ce ucn i, te s s e .:7 l 7 . of plan n n : x n te •y n c i i l e or e o d n i a i ti. completion to the compilation of a popular and accessible biogra phical and geographical dictionary—a dictio nar y, say, mentioning the name of every remarkable individual in ancient or modern tunes, of positive existence or of a merely supposititious existence, as in mythology, naming merely the principal events in their careers, the periods of their birth and death, and other simple details. in the geographical department might be comprised all the advantages of a gazetteer with divers improvements, such as the result of the last census of each town, the legislative influence possessed by its inhabitants in sending a representative to the House of - Commons, or the Peninsular Cortes, or the French Chamber of Deputies, or the Prussian Diet, or the Roman Conclave, &c. In all essential respects as an etymological and pronouncing dictionary the present one is complete. MOZART'S "IL DON GIOVANNI." Mr. Holmes, in his " Life of Mozart," gives the following interesting history of the opera of Don Juan : " His emotion at the' reception of Figaro in Pra gue was so great that he could no t help saving to the manager, Bondini, As the B , heinians understood me so well, I must write an opera on purpose for them.' Bondini took nun at his word, and entered with him on the spot into a contract to furnish his theatre with an opera for the ensuing winter. Thus was laid the foundation of 11 Don Giovanni. Hav ing now completed all his arrangements for Don Giovanni, he set off on a second expedition to Prague, accompanied by his wife. Not a note of the music of his opera was yet upon paper, but he had thoroughly digested the sulject in his mind. The original libretto, entitled, dissoluto punito ossia II Don Giovanni,' was adapted by Da Ponte from the Spanish tale, El combidado de piedra,' of 'Firs° de Molina ; and of all the dramatic subjects treated by Mozart, this appears to have taken the strongest hold on his imagination. From the beginning to the end he has sustained it without a symptom of fatigue. On reaching Prague, he first took up his quarters at the inn called the 'Three Lions, in the Coal-market ; but subsequently removed to his friend Dussek's, who resided at a vineyard at Koschitz, in the picturesque suburbs of the city. Here, on an elevated site, which commanded a view of the a n ti que magnificence of Prague, its faded castles, ruined cloisters, and other majestic remains of feudal times, under the mild rays of an autumnal sun and in the open air, Don Giovanni was written. Dussek's house was a scene of great resort and revelry while Mozart was his guest, and it is remembered that there was often considerable playing at bowls in his grounds. In the midst o f a ll th e ta lk an d laughter with which the amusement was attended, the com poser pursued his work; but rose from time to time , when it came to his tur n t o t a k e part i n the game. The original score of this opera is written on various kinds of music paper, apparently the first that came to hand. Nothing more happily illus trates the decision of Mond, who never made sketches, or retouched compositions ; though we now and then find him improving a thought in the act of .writing. Il Don Giovanni was finally completed, excepting the overture, on the 28th of October, 1787, about six weeks after Mozart's arrival at Prague. [he parts were given out to the singers as they were finished, and the composer rehearsed them privately with each, while the rest of his work was in course of completion. A week only was left for stage re hearsals ; from which fact, much previous and a good general notion of the business of the drama are to be oreauppOsed. In directing the first rehearsal of his opera, he- was obliged to stow the orchestra at the scene in the ceaietery Di rider finirai,' Ribald° audace,' &c., as one of the trombone players did not execute his part correctly. The scene was origin ally accompanied by three trombones only. As the passage, after repeated attempts had no better suc cess, Mozart went to the desk of the player, and explained to him that he would have it done. The man, who was a crusty fellow, answered with some rudeness, It is impossible to play ; and if Ican't play it, I am sure you can't teach me.' Heaven forbid,' returned the composer, smiling, 'that I should attempt to teach you the trombone; here, give me your part, and I will soon alter it.' He did so on the spot, and added two oboes, two clarionets, and two bassoons. The coincidence of the modula tion in this celebrated scene, and of the oracle in the Alceste of Gluck, is remarkable. Mozart has, how ever, strikingly improved upon his model, and in creased the solemn and uneari hly effect of the voice of the Commendatore, by terminating on the fifth of the key. The original Zerlina of the opera was Signora Bondini, daughter of the manager. In rehearsing this part of the finale of the first act, where she is seized by Don Giovanni, there was some difficulty in getting her to scream in the right manner and place ; it was tried repeatedly, and failed. At length Mozart, desiring the orchestra to repeat the piece, went quietly on the stage, and awaiting the time that she was to make the exclamation, grasped her so suddenly and so forcibly, that., really alarmed, she shrieked in good earnest. Ile was now content. That is the way,' said he, praising her, you must cry out just in that manner.' He gave at this time a fresh instance of his extraordinary memory. The drum and trumpet oarts to the finale of the second act of Don Giovanni were written by him without the score, from mere recollection. He brought them himself into the or chestra, and giving them to the players, said. • Pray, gentlemen, be particularly attentive at this place,' pointing t', one, as I believe that there are four bars either too few or too many.' It proved to be as he had sail. The brass instruments have fre quently no place in the original scores of Mozart. tie wrote them continually on a separate paper, carrying the composition in his memory at the time. Everything went so smoothly and comfortably in the production of this opera, that the time was one of great enjoyment to the composer. At the conclu sion of the first rehearsal, he went out walking with the organist and orchestra director, Kucharz. Among other confidential WI, the discourse fell upon the new opera ; and Mozart asked, What is your opinion of of Don Giovanni. It is quite of a different character to Figaro. Do you think that it will please as much ?, On receiving an encouraging reply, he continued, Your assurance quiets me ; it comes from a con noisseur. But, indeed I have spared neither labour nor pains to produce something extraordinary for Prague. It is a very great error to suppose that my art has become so exceedingly easy to me, I assure you there is scarcely any one who has so worked at the study of composition as I have, You could hardly mention any famous composer whose writings I have not diligently and repeatedly studied throughout.' The time pasted in festivities of various kinds, and the composition of the overture to Don Giovanni was en- tirely neglected until the night of the 3d November, 1787. This was the eve (if his great triumph. A large Party was assembled at Dussek's, and Mozart was en- joying hitnself with Vaem, apparently thoughtless of the overture. His friends, however, became uneasy, and one of them said to him, ' Mozart, the first perform ance of Don Giovanni is to-morrow, and you have not yet written the overture.' He appeared to consider awhile, and about midnight retired to his apartment, desiring his wife to make him some punch, and to stay with him - to keep him awake. Schlectegroll thus records the circumstance, which has been con firmed by the widow herself. ' She accordingly be gan to tell him fairy tales, and odd stories, which made him laugh till the tears came. The punch, how ever, occa-ioned such a drowsiness, that he could only go on while his wife was talking; as soon as she ceased, he dropped asleep. The effort svhicb he made to keep himself awake, the continued alternation of sleep and watching so fatigued him, that his wife persuaded him to take some rest, promising to awake him in an hour's time. He slept so profoundly that she suffered him to repose for two hour's. At five o'clock in the morning she awoke him. He had ap pointed the music copiers to come at seven, and by the time they arrived the overture was finished: ['he overture was r ea dy b y t h e morning, but the copyists were less diligent or less successful with their work. The opera should have commenced at seven in the evening, but there was no overture, and ' the crowded theatre was kept waiting until a quarter to eight, when the parts were hastily brought into the orchestra covered with sand, and with them entered Mozart, to take his place as conductor. His appear ance was greeted by the general applause of the theatre; and the unrehearsed overture was then com menced. During its performance the audience gave many signs of renewed pleasure, which at length broke out into a loud exclamation. When the curtain rose and the first scene of the opera was going forward, Mozart said to some of the musicians near him, "The overture went off very well on the whole, although a good many notes certainly fell under the desks." He was well acquainted with the talent of the orchestra of Prague, ani it is not unlikely that this most unusual exhibition of an over- ture played without a rehearsal was a de• signed compliment to it. The original cast of the characters were as follows :—Don Giovanni, Signore Bassi ; Don Ottavio, Signor Baglioni ; Lepo rello, Signor Felice Ponziani; Don Pedro the com mandant and Masetto, Signor Lolli ; Donna Anna, Signora Saporiti; Donna Elvira, Signora Mecelli ; Xerlina, Signora Bondini. "Thus with no other inducement than love for his art, and attachment and gratitude to his audience at Prague, Mozart produced another great work, com bining the labour of the greatest melodist, sympho nist and master of dramatic expression ever united in the same individual. Whether we regard the mix ture of passion in its concerted music, the profound expression of melancholy, the variety of its situations, the beauty of its accompaniment, or the gradeur of its heightened and protracted scene of terror in the finale , of the seconi act, Pon Giovanni stands alone in dra m2.,tic eminence. Of all musical romances it is cer tainly tha first. lie received about one hundred ducats for this opera—a slender c in -ideration, which i was a little auzmented by the sale of scores I • to the the tires of Vienna and Warsaw ; but when h e i found how badly his opera was got up at Vienna, he regretted that his necessities had prevailed with him to let it be played. Don Gtovannt, said he, was rather written for Prague than Vienna, but chiefly for myself and my friends. It is an extraordinai y fact that the Tarrare of Salieri, which was brought forward at Vienna with Mozart's new opera, far ow-- stripped it in popularity. At this distance of time it appears strange that an opera, known only for one tolerable ronncVshould have had the success described; but the fortune- of works, when backed by the i:: fluence of living composers, and when submitted aPer wards to the tribunal of posterity, is Often very dif ferent. Tarrare is now only named with a smile, or to provoke the inquiry, What was it all atiout ?' The criticism which the Viennese made upon his best operas tried his forbearance to the utmost. He had heard it said of Figaro, that it was too difficult,' and ' too much spun out for a comic opera,' and now he heard of Don Wovanni, that fur a romantic opera it was too learned, too much crowded with effects of scientific har mony.' Ciiticism of this kind, taint praise qualifies with - blame, was beStoWed on Don Gi Tanni by an assembly of composers and dilettanti at the house o Prince Radzit% ill, where that work was performs , i soon after its production. Haydn, who h:id long sat silent at this party, was at length appealed to 'lt is difficult to decide,' said he, among your various opinions. All I know is,' he added with vivacitv that Mozart is the greatest composer now f xistino..►• The floe compositions in the appendix to Don Giovanh, distinguish the year 1788. In this he introduce,: some of the singers, who thought themselves neglecte.l with regard to songs, into more prominent sirtiations in that opera. The fine song of 'Don Ottavio, sua pace, was composed for M. Morella; the due; between Zerlina and Leporello' Per quella tue manine: for Madame Monbelli and Signor Benaci ; and th, recitative and aria of 'Elvira, Ali tradi,' for Madllf. Cavallieri. We are thus furnished with the names o• the original representatives of these characters a. Vienna, and the pieces he now supplied for them ar, in no respect inferior to those written in the first hen' of production." NAVAL IN PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—This morning, by the firs. train from London, a Board of Admiralty, comprising the Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., First Lord ; Vice-Admi ral Sir Charles Ad a m, K.C.8.; Rear-Admiral J. W. I). Dundas, C. 8., M.P.; and the Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., arrived on a visit to this tort. Their Lordships wer. met at the Gosport terminus of the S pith-Western Rail way by Sir Charles Ogle's Fiag-Lieutenant, who con ducted them to the Clarence-yard through the Queen' railway entrance, where they were received by Mr. Davies, Master-Attendant, and - Mr. Grant, F.R.S Storekrypee. Their Lordships immediately embarke.; in the Co mmander-in -Chief's barge and crossed over o. the King's stairs, where Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., th. Commander-in-Chi e f ; Rear -Admiral Superintendent Hyde Parker, C. 8.; Captain Milne, of the St. Vincent: Captain Dacres, of the Avanger • Captain Ch a t s , o f Excellent ; M r . Brown, Master -Zttendant ; Mr. Kellam) Assistant ditto ; Mr. Fincham, Master Shipwrig ht, other o ffi cers of the establishment, received the m. Sir Charles Ogle conducted their Lordships to his officio mansion, where he sumptuously ntertained them at breakfast, atter which their L o rd s hip s ma d e an inspec tion of the dockyard under the conduct of its superinten dent, proceeding to the new steam-basin, thence board the Arrogant, 46 gun screw frigate, built by Ai . Fincham, who explained to their Lordships the variouc . matters of interest and improvement connected witp her construction (she is ready for launching). Ttt-nee. . in rotation, their Lordships proceeded on board te., Odin steam-frigate of 1,326 tons and 560-horse Fiwei also built by Mr. Fincham. whence they proceeded o the Avenger steam.frigate, 1,444 tons, 650-horse Dowpi Captain S. C. Dacres, who conducted their Lord-hit. over his vessel, and succeeded in getting an order'froo I them to have his.vessel fitted with a mix nmast, Whtei will considerably improve her appearance, having bi present only fore and mainmasts. From th• Avenger the party visited the Centaur steam-friza!e, e 1,269 tons and 540 horse power, like the Avenger de signed by the surveyor; after inspecting which vess, their Lordships, accompanied by Sir Charles Ugh-, pr.. ceeded in the Myrtle steam tender to Spithead with their flag flying, to make an inspecion of that tine ant: s.-rvieeahle three-decker, the St. Vincent, 120, flag ot . Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K C. 8.. M.P. _ Thei . . . • Lordships were received on the quarter-deck by Captait Millie, and all the executive officers if' the sbip, and wet) conducted over fur; the admirable manner in which s•h , is ritzged, st 'red, and prepared for any service, drawin; forth the highest encomiums from their Lordship., wt, remained to luncheon; and after highly comphnetitin! Captain Milne and his officers, left at half-pa.t thie o'clock, under a salute of 19 guns, and returned t, harbour, thence. to London, by the 5.30 train. Th. Viscount T. , mpl.town ids° breikta-ted with Sir Charle Ogle, and accompanied the Lords of the Admiralty t the St. Vincent, with Lord de Ros. While the other members of the Bard went on a via , to the St. Vincent, the first Sea Lord, Vice-Admiral S• Charles Adam, accompanied by Rear-A(111144 Parker, Mr. Fincliatn, 11 toter Saip vright, and Nlf Brown, Master Attendani, ins p cted the Ajax. 56, stew, guard-ship in the:basin, and mule a minute t'xatninati. of the trunk for the screw. the Britannia was al, casually inspected, from which ship this piny pr • ceeded to the Prince Regeftt, 120, razeeing to a 92. an inspected the new plan for her rudder and till‘r, the it, vention of Captain Fanshawe Martin, late of the Quee,. Trafalgar, and Camperd.iwn. From the Prince liege. the Retribution was the nex t v i s i t , d, a f t ., r which Si Charles Adam rejoined his eolkazues and left with the. for L , indon. Mr. Ward. MX, Seetetary‘ to the Adm' rally, came down yesterday, and propped,4 to fLyei hie of Wight. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander IVeit, siri s yp at Spitlaead this afternoon at-five o'clock, fetrpri the We,• coast of Africa. She is ordered to..,Wooktieh to be pal . • fr, and will convey thither some new bouts, and a gnat.. tity of preserved meat (pemmican), prep ired under Lir inspection of Sir John Richardson, for the use of th- Arctic expedition._ The Conde da Montetnolin and suite. accompanied by General Montenegro, ai rived at this port yesterday at half-past twelve. They were escorted over to the dock' yard in Sir Charles Ogle's barge, attended by his fl captain (Captan Pasco, of the Victory) and flag lieutenant, and presented to Sir Charles Ogle at the King's stairs, who then embark,d in the barge, anti proceeded on board the Fanny yacht, in which the entire party proceeded to bpitheal, to inspect the St. Vincent, after which they returned and dined ttith Sir Charle, Ogle and a distinguished party. This morning, a. half-past ten, Captain Pasco received the august visitor:, at the dockyard gate, and escorted them to the Com mander-in-Chief's house, where they met the Lords of the Admiralty and breakfasted ; after which they were escorted by Captain Pasco over the dockyard, to tilt royal yachts Victoria and Albert, and the Fairy, on board which Commander Crispin received them, am explain d everything of intere*t. Thence they wen . ro the Victory and the Clarence victualling establish ments, aislar Hospital, &c. The Conde and suite, ant'. Captain Pasco, with a distinguished partv i dined thi evening at the manion of Colonel Dundas .Campbel North End-house, Kingston, who accompanied his High ness in vhit. The utmost respect was shown th Conde during his stay, which appeared to please hin much. The Penelope steam-frigate, Caotain Giff&rd, was a' St. 1 - 1 -lens, all well, on t e 6th ult , having arrived Cher on the sth with three prizes in tow. The first, taken ,or the 17th of March, had been chas , d four d-ip; and nigh by the Fiing Fish, 12, Columaoder Dyke. an I is be,utirul vessel of 100 tons, a very fast sailer, h A lointlp her slave crew at Kabentla, where were the L,rne. IS Commander Brisbane. the Heroine, 10, Cowman ler Itki munds, the S••alark, 10. the Bittern, 16. and the Li() 16. The Penelope left Kahenda on the 221 of Mire for C .ngo River to Water, wa, at St. P.,ul de Loaodo the 25th, and loft it on the 28.7. h of Mnrch. Capiuree the schooner Felicichtrie. with 312 slAves on boar I, ; &beet 60 tons. On the 4th she captured th, schooner Juanita, from Rio, everything fitte I 1 ,, r slave, but none on board; she, too, was a remarkably fas, sailer. The Styx steana sl ) •p, Commander Chads, Na at St. Helena on the 6th of April The Alwross, 16. Commander Farquhar, had also arrived there. The Pen , lope's of f icers and crew were all well. PLYM.)UTR, MAY 24.—Her Mal st,'s stetra•VeS , i' • Hecate, Commander Joseph We.t, arrived this mornin.• from the coat of Africa. She left Sierra Lune the of April, Goree the Ist cf May, and Teneriffe th.• 14th inst. Tne coast and Wands were healthy. The Ilacar. did not speak any ship on her passage home. Her crew are all well; the last death on board occurred in Septem ber, 1846. After receiving practigne in the :sound, she went up Hamoaze. The Hecate left Englanil in June, 1845. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the G•oternor of the Cape of Good Hope. THE " GREAT BRITAIN."—A well. informed cor respondent writing under date, " Tyrella, May 20th," informs us:—The springs hiving gone off seems to hail made no difference in the position of this noble and un questionably strong ship. She stands now very nearl3 upright, and to the eye she appears nearly . on an even level, instead of being buried as it were eight or Bin, feet by the head as she has been through the winter. Her stem is but a few inches below the level of thi sand, and her keel is quite visible at low water or thereabouts. Captain Claxton, last week, gave the poor people who live along the shore side, and ar) had been working the ship, leave to help themselves to that portion of the breakwater formed by the fagots ; and very speedily a vast difference was made in its height—carts, barrows, trucks, hands and arms, bein g spee dil y i n requisition ; at low water, fokrninomrgattrhhiyeemd:ot:u•nspi. this work went on. The crew have for some days been engaged in removing chains and other materials from off y disturbed, to brea , t r h h e g top poleso f the and f s a p g a o r t s s , a r p e r preparatory a v t e o t r dation of the breakwater, which, ho wever, must be re. moved, unless it be intend e d to lif t the ship over it, Up to the la,t of the springs many prrsonb vt , ited the ship on board - that timber has and breakwater. It, is reported the bad places in the road to the ship s the fietldes.-11%/1 been ordered from Downpatrick, by Captain Claxton, and p ew a r r . ; i b ,e e l i e n g g r made aph. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A. REMARKABLE better for carting aeros Daopsy, BY 1101.LoWAT's PlLLS—Tames Thou ,LaEn oldC trdißscEhargOedF soldier, who had been many years A ta ß s was much impaired attendd ,, in India, where his constitution b 'Mg in very bad health' e bes h i t d . e (.e.orge s llospital some time since. weeks, the poor fellow began to despair, hae,irn;asdzpsicualt worse. Afte i r ns se tead serer.! i t better. One day he happened to meet his courn g anding edicer, who gyve him some money, and. recomme.ided him to try liollovvaY'P Pills, veliell advice he followed, .anti, in 'about two months , e v e r y SYrnAom of dropsy had left him, being restored ti , perfect hialth This s another extraordinary pouf of the virtue.' of this ' , untying medicine, Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Estab- Umlaut, 244, Strand, Landon. i THE NECESSITY OF SANATORY REGULATIONS IN TIIE CITY. On Tuesday Dr. Lynch, accon pan 4A 1 y sevirai of the most respicta,tle inhabi , ants or t 1,,, Ward of Farringdon 'Witte - A i r, waited upon the Lord MAyer, to represfut to hi, I,ord,hip.the immediate nec:Asity which existed for the aocipt-o n of mea,oires to prcr, nt the spread of disens, s engencier-d hr went t.f v , -nti , ation and water, and the enorm-us it.iitix of Irish poor into the city of London. I take the librrty to ad-ir-ai: your Lmi Wp (•aid Dostr. Llnch) upon a suhihil iz: whiel; I know pma tr a ro livrly intere.it. I have the the,. et, be af,cotti panied by the churoward ens o f St Brid,,,s Sr. Dun stall's, and o her parisheh in the wa.d , hi, of w 14ona have personaly nn , pected the dwel4g s of zi:e poor. arc! have mad prs sentmentg to terecting attention to the nuisanhce w ort hich of Aide/men. ch ab fi n d in the c , , and alleys in wh:tih th e p',:,r reiie. They h.,ve fdt trtil it their duty to w.,it upon you to sz!tt•e a few trela,,eholy Nets, and to st,l.&.t your hssistav•e.% Of ail the thirty inetro;ioht.a. di,trzet,, the Warr/ uf F, rm ,,d., perhaps tie tvorst us t 4. its ifitrr.y k ea /. 0 .,, tel under the sW..ense., and r v i; i :!;;: i p l u t ,e i 's nre built lock t.,1,,.ze1t. aild qdr n.r ii , „ wait. h..rrible fi:-serip i;vo, :h, dAii , iiu es o f , In ire s. wrrs they q efts. , of th- want The pri%ieti ar C. , ILTIMIIIII wt.!) tps whteli p the p.•or, In such ne tip tr.tp, r ru eke-we Hnd e ti . p , sttfer te , arse. rrom the so i m ,1 verealre twitter. In withie rir• 37ards Fiete•street, the liars of the h ei,ies are in a most revul ink! 'corn the over flowiag rrf e-sap.io's. arid the aecianulation of impuriti.ei of every dts. In some instances we tint that the du't istitr,ieters had not temieed the itfal from one to Mae mon. hs. am] that they refused to terform that r 7 u . .y eriltss they reeriv-11 a gratuity. We 'mind the poor itthahita,ts st 11Sible of the injury %Melt ;uch aboinin.titnis ten cord, anti heard ttkm eompain of ho inadequate supply of -water which visited them for to more team one hour three linos ti weak, and which heir pover y pr. , yett fed them from keeping vessels in which to ear • it. Ttl , 2l' complained, tore or the quality tf the water. cot fitte.h as. it was in heatral rooms, sa absorbing the aitimal exhal.vious and ft ul air. We ' , amid that the drains run mid- r a stack of houses in stead of into the main sewer. and there i. at present no cower to compel the landlords to open these drains direct to the sewers, by which arrangement an essential cause of malaria and disease would be removed. The , nauest of St. Sepulchre beg to state that Ye courts around Smithfield and the Old Bailey are ondrained ; that in several of the courts there is but one privy, to which the inhabitants of both sexes and all ages resort, to the great detriment of common decency ard morality ; that the betties in such places are a disgrace to the sane, tory supervision of the city of London ; that the opera.. tion of the window 7 tax is seriously injurious to the noor ; that all the remonstrances of previous inquests have been neglected ;‘ that there is no pri:per authority or board which understands the subject in its magnitude to be found in the city ; that in the several places the mess-pools oveiflow the - cellars ; that in_ some cellars, under the privies, eight neoule lodged in a place of •welve feet square..;- tad-that cow-sheds, sLughter ;louses, and knackers' yards, are suffered to exist in the uidst f.f a. CryWtit - .0 plitt adon. The te.,ntlem,rx of the nqut•st, aftt-r emr - oerivi ,g other horrors, and showing hat the wretched habitations are full of pbegu o vapours, xpress their fear that if sultry w•.sather supervene 'ever will make_ a:,ful ravages amore,r4 the poor. ['hey find that ev..ry sp-arni-r which atrir-s ;rom Ireland impOrts itioneute numbers. of the 1111,T Irish lirect front Coiit,, where rn tN phus and dvs , n-. ,onaery a unirbound, and are call o w ,: off all clasots ti . f . the rn). They kne.e that th--se poor ereatures re tort t o th e eourt a an 1 are)s tear Levy have b•-en visHrig m . their acid tbey apprehen•l that a. all the .iquelit.s Of infeciiion aliou-t1 th-re. 3n epideanc mar occurred at L%very,, 1 , at Manche.ter, nil et Rochdale. It is we!: known (too scarcity of p ro , limn lowers the si stem, and is a pred 'posi ng mansa of ises s e; -To what are lb s,. po. , r et attires to look for ovOrt, or i-V-p hope ? Thy iarpt ts earn stly v i a osfi - lently trust that yeur Lordshn wi I ',it th.. ta :lopting inensur e s of preventien. The workhouses reset at thi: rnowent. Too West Untim hi, are WI, aimed several, and seer others to the Fever Hostit-ila. !artholornew Hospital plleed extra nedst in th e war d s. tut is unable to rn'-et the is4zen ee . I t , h as, ike the , they ho s pit a l s , been admitting this it -x of prWents for he last three weeks, aittl w ithin th e li s t three day'.,they rave - he - en cemeellr dto refuse ad tn i s -i on to several apeli ;ants. Numbers ' -f these who have ben admitted into he hospitals have died. The nurs-s have died, and the ielievitioffieers have shared the sae) late. In Liverpool he medical ofLers have been carpi. their O d -frit. the dimeharge . tries. 'rite c0 .,, r-crow‘±ed r,t , m. of the poor re MIA still mere liensely by their tvretched relatiens Lyle) have liedin alright from famine and fc-ver. 'With tech a te.emiog„ population, debilitated he privation anti )redisposi-d to•lcv , r, it is most perifoui to them and to prev ious?e'i - t„h. p ep . el to the rtoxteu s inn is-iengtl--Whir% diSetitY ( 1. We &rest your Lo:dsti:p to assist.us in procuring a constant apply of . wa.e , a-d the initardiote eitiawtin t y of such thiees..With t.-is view, tee inte, a t pm, Lordship to name earls- daet for the a-ion of the 'utrit' '.iii Ina: .tibliehra'tli invite! el e , he mem ofthewerl urging e•trit o • t-t >utort sattatory treestires tor the be •• ti: o f the Hour. , eitt!. melt the que4 'meld 3:gest•to ) our ;hip the pr , :priety f ealloor o Com non 'oul.ell as a:miti as possible, to apply to Parliam en t a short li 11 empeweritig the Ci y atuhorities to en. once the abolition of cesspools. and similar tins.oices, which wen-- of mortal inj try to tt: e con not ,i t y, t o cc,ul - landlords t-i.trariatid oral rho dr&ns of ev ry holm, :Ito the lewer. aril t j t - ttropo!nt rim inspector Rim would tkeeare that this Jaw was enforced. They indulge the ,-p e , tee Gesertimset wenid ton L ich vey facility the hithiable cud. t a s n ob Loynd. The eteor j t e,:ictl tat,!,- shoos_ that the ito,rn (reefer 'Th e S t a i itay fro m t dezr h i rho 5h• , ( 1... The re o,isrespenting incr-aso sieltra-t s in the last veeles - e , ortuary re:;ord. ;Jere was an ere; -sit in Lon lin of :nimete-eiplit sleuths ever the healthy average, In such paces the ,1111 lasses 411 the wie do not reach ttity two - year s of averag e age, and the most simple diseases become malignant. The mortality amongst::- children, who lire rrosit stote-ptible of tmcrAph , rie influence, is double the mortality in the country. I have sent thre, very had e33es of fever to the hospital this e.o , it,•te . tiit in one insta nce the mother w as i n - . lt stai.e of inttus The 'isms. sity for immediate • interfereac e is ex. It is a mat ter of life and — deatli. — ln tiverpoo' they have este , tiished lax , ret'os and AppointA "WI ere of health. Every precanti nary meficure which s-' -c,.. (Mt! lug rest ought to be had recourse to, to pre, pet ths spre:d of deh an'appall-ng ea!amity as has appeared among,, as, delv. in a 111 , 411Plit 4 imminent datitzer, would be criminal indiffrrenee to the safety of s•teiety. The get. •enten wh-stn I have th e h onour to intredece to v o ur :41rdsliip will confirm the stsvemeets I have made. They have:always most honourably` eser-, , ,i themsel ves i n th e cause. of the poor. - aed they would j me in entreating oor Lorcish;tt to give us most eelea,ole * His," , eof the ~ l ietspers AI R Oe's. ame I , h-r of the lep,ateVon,•sail that the pe.ttl ittial nets ance was much loser b . ) Veib - tst- , "(.n s ef some of his acquai• ttnees than they . imagined. Althereh he hart f• r settle time rzapied oremises in Fteet street IF. ascertained that here were two hOl;tts within twemy yqrds or:114i. pre. macs' in a st te of filth whic't it woull not actusllv he svisistent with (1.-c , ney to deserir , e. It was an • xtra irdiaary fact, that in sen beetlities, of the condition of enich no einntlaint hurl tit in t r i,de, he round the a hi. ainatio ti n c ' great !t, it ,a in those to wh,eh his oven „am w • s particularly he hich rnnct ,„„ aware. Rover. Eno ter to , t - us: _ fp.t t . - . n . .t A lte .Ab p; c ite A ti f t .t o 7 c7 , si i , n iz .es..., :l4 1,. C. m l ae landlord t m tin sewer, or to u pel t ; i 3i c it " t u rrn ru t ' k e that improvement h•mself, and ;;;,, a r ' th e exnen.c out or the fi rs: rent &mantle'. Aldcrrn an r Hugh-ft Mur e. said he c eild bear testis -none to the very great facilities renlered upon all occa , ens by the Ganinissiotkeiss 'if Sewers, to the whole •st , nt of tbrir powers —([!'sr, hesr) He had had ectsieiri to open drains from some houses which he had siti!t, to communielie with the main sewer, and the Com et,sioners rentleriel him stah valuable aid that the anense was 4uite Inc lt Dr. Lynch s:tid there was no doubt of the disposition neon the part of' the Cominissioners, but they had not ~he necessary p over, wed it tiel; the wish of the ward -hit they should hate the ;sower. Mr. Georg-, W - ,Uer said, teat as a met. ts - r (if the Commission 'it' Sewers, hs could confirm the statement Lde by Alderman Hughes Hughes, of Ithe Commissioners to render all the necorssr_y great but he regretted to say that it was a matte as to the an fi x e i t e l iy aes. i► any ex- ens° at an. a t' t " royment of health. In the prevail p upon thef enssbly necessary 4 .ar. , ti h es tze ho ob l A t w h a. o , g u s .s o es i t n o di go s. that in many instances the to the poor. The men who were :effi s a i el e it . itlY fie rw ra Sa p sh a i l s. paid e ulaP r nee l l : dts een t w- contractors acted in a very oppressive mann toloyed by the contractors were in the habit o f impor tuning those who !yore in comfortable ci rcumstances for theprice o f some beverage while performing their work; ui the case of the poor they did not importune, they demanded, and if the demand was not complied with they refused to do their duty, The commissioners had tr been complain de to in cas es o f t hi s kind, but the con• aders replied, " We can't help- it; if we change the inea we have w e may get worse:' No w th at was a cruel Aid brutal oppression upon the poor, and he trusted that ene alteration would be made, such, perhaps, as giving authority, to the police to direct the removal of the dust. Several other gentlemen of the deputation having made additional stat• merits in confirmation of the repre sentation of Dr. Lynch, The Lord Mayor said he certainly:thought the public were greatly indebted to the gentlemen who had brought so import an t a s u bj ect before him ; and he assured th that so far as h e cou ld ren d er any serv i ce to d. the ile cause s w use., he 'should b e completely tit their: ll fo command. glad to find that justice as so i Commissioners of Sewers. He Zne:sgnolielded to th e l warm they t were hey c l o n e I T the Are:: d ca e e u ti se d o . do d s , a ) %a l t j e a r t y w r a e s g n ul e a c t e i s o s n a a r y ; bat Ire mske drains from their houses to sewers.—(Hear, hear,) Fur the par compelling landlords deputation an opportunity of =- pose of giving to the . to the common heir object, he should appoint Monday cony : H .4l 'g Court for the discussion of the merits for holding a sewers ( :— , 11 -,r i b L e petion of the ward.—(Cheers.) . • D r. Lti neh and the other genii, mt n then moat- core dially thankt d the Lord Mayor, and r...tired. ravliitato t iecouip salon of _ . REQUISITION TO SIR ROBERT PEEL rnoss Bra- ITINGHA.M.—At a Mee kg ~ f the triennsut free trade held vn Tue,tiny ...venire, in Lids b..rough, it wus res.dved ta. r et' 1 t. , tit and 4.. a 'lute at the turtneOdling iu the worn ut Mr. bpuoner, kgte of the present, members. rap ia, ye !al ye Idt ;re -311 Itt be ut pir is be as . of ' be w ~f f- to of 1 I n I.