The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-30 00:00:00

HER, IVIAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Tee opera oi^ Lucre<ia Borgia, which had been an-
nounced for last night, with Madame Fiorentini as the
hilroine, was unavoidably postponed in consequence of
that lady's illne3s, and the ever feesh and lively Don
l'asquale substituted, While the audience no doubt re-
gretted the change, and the ciuso which created it, the
txcellent representation of the comic opera, in which
l'lblache appeared in all his glory, made no bad amends
(24
fol.. the diappointment. After the opera, the new ballet
26lie was given.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE
alYfr. Baehanan's personation of Shylock last evening
s far more satiatactory than his Hanilet. Ho is "n-
-nwo
u:need atteinpt Lear on Monday. On that evening
a ballet company is to appear, ancl,various novelties are
ato.ted to be iu preparation.

COUR.T CIaCULAR.
ner its . OSBORNE, THURSDAY.
accAug.lesty and his Royal Highness Prince 'Albert,
ba(reanied by the Princess Royal, rode out on horse-
-1,6
f. 37 steed by afternoon. Their IL)yal Highnesses
the
Gia'fi of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Ir
4:' also rode in the neighbourhood of Osborne.
leave of
°,Yal Uighness the'Duchess of Gloucester, took
p
Alb,r°l. her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prin.,
b t yesterday morning, and left for Ryde, attended
Yl4dY Caroline Murray and the Hon. Colonel Liddell.
hi::4ldY Caroline Barrintrton had the honour of being
._Yrlted to dinner, and the lion. Charles Murray, who
" Ind from London cn a visit to the Queen.

Crellireapllurke of
Buckingham had an interview with tlie.
of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
enco in Downin street.
bar James Brookeg- had an interview with Sir John
pal
thgton yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
scl• deputation of the Great Extramural Cemetary As-
elitelatit" consisting of Admiral Sir Watkin 0. Pell,
Lloyd, Mr. William Fairlie, Mr. William
&ehi v 8) Mr. W. Lloyd Birkbeck, Mr. George R. Cor-
h,.,, solicitor, and Mr. Frederick CGrfield, secretary,
znian interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole on Wed-
3kaY, at the llome-office.
Joheßov. Mr. Batchelor had an interview with Sir
y, ,
tro: akington yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr,
13 "fling had also an interview with the Right Hon.
"oust.
lar
Earl Pitzhardinge had an interview with Mr. Secre-
t' Walpole yesterday.

N, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
of Iso-a,'''Admiral David Scott, K.T.S., on the retired list
4r;i6_,. died a few days since, in the 78th year of his
eft ,to was a Lieutenant of 1800, Commander, 1811;
thePfLoailni , 1,814; Flag-officer, 1850. " Allen's List" gives
,u.c'wipg heads of his services:—
the it,dibipman of Geolan, brig, and served on shore at
iutdep!:etion of St. Domingo, 1793, and wounded in the
ltloa to Tiberoon, 1794. Acting Lieutenant of
Brilmten when she engaged the Dutch ship-of-the-line
811,4103' 1797; end Lieutenant of Bellerophon, and
earat'al w °ended at Trafalgar. Acting Flag-Liente-
rende'itlg duty in Venerable and Pallas, until the sur-
rsre of Flushing; and senior of St. Domingo for the
iqea,'nder of the •
Waleheren expedition. Served in
6,11 America till the end of the war."
died"nrnander W. Lowcay, on the retired list of 1830,
one nat ,Weymouth a few days since, aged 64. He was
` too berm, of Trafalgar, served on board the
tin"; in Sir R. Calder's action, and also in the expedi-,
1 against Flushing, and was twice wounded.
l),„Ilee venerable and mucl, respected ex. storekeeper of
27-tttiord Dockyard, Mr. Thomas Irving, died on the
of tlinstant. We reported a few days since the death
ez-etorekerper of the Royal Arsenal Wool-
P',Y the death of Mr. Irving a pens aionat of 5501.
ter
IN; will lapse to the Government. There were
IN; l'`)v,keepers on the superannuation list for the Ar-
de 4/, bat the prnsicn of one has now lapsed by the
teoa.th. of Mr. Cherthsm. Mr. Coffin is the surviving
tlel—tenuatt d storekeeper. Mr. Clifton Bailiie, late of
8:_ Leander, 50, upon applicadon, has obtained permis-
icu to leive the royal naval service.
et,,v%otern Jereeeo9.—Tler Majesty's frigate Spartan,
4e,', Pan Sir William Bute, will probably sail to-
-Jekter Bong Keng.
ahi
Cornwallis is ordered to be got ready as a store-
CP,_ for the squadron in China, and will be forthwith
'
4'4 EMI fitted.
The steam bloelseship Sanspareil has taken her guns
oe
eoaed,
eleik berque-rieecd screw man-of-war, all black, was
"u served between twelve and one o'clock this morning to
the westward of the Start, going up Channel under full
;tea
ra.—Wind, easterly.
The ship Trafalgar, of London, Captain Richardson,
Ithe 14th 14th of 5 this port, with guano from Hong• Kong; left on
h
Match, and has passengers Mrs. blorrison,
41,' Ward, Colenel Almeida, and Major Cunha.
OREERNESS. JULIE 29. Her Mek_sty's paddle-wheel
ateam.veselmn Wildfire, tender to Waterloo, Mr. 8r0ck-
....(1):;. wooed muter commanding, was dispatched on
"Itectinuay,ieternoon to the Nore, for the purpose of pro-
Leed,!,,,t;lne cargo, &c. of the schooner Renown (bound to
Seed e„ir IS-11c,a), which vessel grounded on the Nero
follewing ege the night of Saturday last, and sank on
Waterloo, In.le the
Lieutenant Christopher, senior of the
Wildfire to superintend
of marines, are on board the
&e., means eivre.., the getting up of the cargo,
A medical curve), -riaa employed for that purpose.
seamen of ra.e3t, olden on Tuesday on some
several of whom eijeref:poirrtoendsaestebsveitnrgooupn-
tier vice. fislifPorMicugge3;
Some fro officers
ln
and a party of seamen to be drafted
for the - ; pert are about to proceed to the Clyde,
the purpose of navigating her Majesty's screw steam
"'°ol:l•ship Miranda,
of 250-horso power, to this port,
where She is to be stationed as one of the first division
°f thesteam squadron of reserve.

IRELAND.
THURSDAY.—The curtain has finally dropped,
d the last so( ne of the Irish elections has been played
"4t- The contest for Donegal closed yesterday evening
i,s
a decisive Ministerial victory. Nevertheless, all
"Ings considered, the free-trade eandidato made a re-
spectable stand tovvards rescuing a seat from the Pro-
tectionist ptirty, and, as previously remarked, had Mr.
the field,
Johnston, as well as others, been earli3r in
field, the probability is that the Government Irish
Majority of four votes would have existed only in
iltagination. The following were the gross numbers
Polled:—
Conolly 1,883
Hayes „, „„ 1,695
Johnston 1,049
From the following list, supplied by the Evening Mail,
it will be seen that the legal profession have obtained a
lion's share in the representation:—

IRISH BARRISTERS.
[Thus marked (*) have ceased to practise]
The Attorney-General *Wyndham Goold
The Solicitor-General *Edward Grogan
Isaac Butt, Q.C. Charles G. Duffy
John George, Q.C. W. H. F. Cogan
Yinvnt Scully, Q C. *John Ball
John D. Fitzgerald. Q.C. John.F. Maguire
William Keogh, Q.C. *Maurice O'Connell
*Sir George M.For,ter *TFistram Kennedy
Itess S. Moore *Right Hon. Viset. Monck
14), ftus Bli,,nd
Patrick (for Portsmouth)
atriek O'Brien
ISiiil SOLI:

ECITORS (4).
Corneltus O'Brien
I Robert Potter.
re Irish M.P.'s—namely, Mr.
; Mr. M`Mahon, Wexford;
and Mr. Cairns, Balfast.

R• Davison
1 John Badloir
Pour English barristers al
George Bowyer, Dundalk;
Sergeant Sim, Kilkenny; 1

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR --1 most fully agree with the view taken by "
li A
arrhter," in your impression of yesterday, respecting
the conduct of the Master of the Rolls for Ireland,
viz,, that to comment on the excellence of the ex-
ample which it was his constant habit to set, in
always returning fees which ;he had not earned, would
only be "to paint the lily, or gild refined gold."
But without a pretence of that character, I am in-
duced to add the •expression of my hope, as a law
student (with sundry misgivings, however, that my
letter, like many others, will be consigned to the waste-
paper basket), that this incident will tend, ad valorem,
to rescue the legal profession from the very sweeping
denunciations hurled against every branch and almost
every member of it in the present ago of the cry for
legal reform.
I hope, Sir, it will assist likewise in retaining the high
lhatk of honour and the strong love of justice of the
English bar. Obvious and important as are the reforms
needed in the law generally, that honourable profession
need /liver fear being in danger of languishing so long
us the advocate and the judge so pre-eminently distin-
guish themEelves us honourable men. And the legal
profession would be more in favour with the public
could they have the satisfaction of reflecting that el-
though they may not at the thine period possess more
than one Master of the Rolls, they might count, in point
of honour and fair play. if not in point of talent, many
a Romilly.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Tl©.
July 29, 1852. JUSTI

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SUBTERRANEAN TELEGRAPH BETEEN NAPLES AND
GALTA.—The Giornale di Roma of the 20th gives along ac-
count of the construction of a subterranean electric telegraph
'which has just been opened between Naples and Gaeta. The
'wires are covered with gutta percha, and the writer says it
is the longest line ever constructed on the same principle.
THE DBx-nt ELEcrioN.—Mejor Beresford has
oertainly a very curious method of meeting the very specific
charge made against the Honourable Gentleman. No doubt
It is very common for men when charged with offences
against the law, and when they know that they are going to
e committed for trial, to say that they will reserve their de-
f
euce until that occasion arrives, well knowing that they
112'Y prematurely disclose some fact which would tell against
themselves. The practice is not only common but allowable
enough in all such cases. Still it seldom happens that these
wry prudent persons succeed in convincing juries or the
"Grid that they are innocent men. The prosecutor may fail
111 proving his case; but the wariness and caution of the " old
hand" do not make a favourable impression upon the audi-
tory, In like manner, we conceive, the reservation of 'Major
tieresford's defence unt.l he meets the charge in the House
of Commons, will not tend to strengthen the opinion of his
Innocence. His suggestion that perjure(' evidence might be
got up against bins it he were to make a premature dis-
- °nue, is simply a piece of gratuitous insolence. The
question at issue is simply this—Did he write theletter found
°,U. the person d the briber Morgan, or did he not? If he
l'Pl write it, which be does not venture to deny, none but
ulatitsify
the clearest and most distinct proof on his part that the pur-
pose for which it was written was lawful and innocent will
the public, or, we should conceive, the House of Corn -
_oo f. As the case now stands ainst him, the evidence is
mplete, and it is for him to
9tlaers to give further testimony make
against him; and be could
Commonsßraintree if be had
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ler Uuardian. 41,Y seal explanation to give. Atanc"c'