The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-26 00:00:00

Won by a lergtb.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box at
her Majesty's Theatre was yesterday evening occupied by
the Earl Talbot, the Marchioness of Lothian, Lady Vic-
toria Talbot, Lady Cecil) Kerr, Lady Alice Kerr, and party.
Her Royal Highness the _Duchess of Kent's box was occupied
by the Earl ,and Countess Howe, Lady Adelaide Curzon,
Lady Emily Curzon, Miss Gore, and party. Amongst
the noble and 'distinguished company also honouring
the theatrq with their presence we remarked the follow-
ing :-.--His Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness
Brnnnow and Mae. de Brunnow, the '4'rlrl of Lonsdale,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Shelburne, Lord
Gardner, Lord George Paget, 111 r. Charles Barry Bal
win, M.P., the Giuntess of Harrington and the Lady
Jane St. Maur . Stanhope, Mrs. Hatton and the Misses
Hatton, the Earl of Mountcharles, Lieutenant-General Sir
Alexander Woodford, Bart., Lady Woodford, and Miss
Woodford, Lord Sandys, Colonel Meyrick and Miss Key-
rick, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Sir John Bayley, Bart., Lady
T
Bayley, and party; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Palmer and
party, Mr. Stoner, Captain Smith, Mr. Bligh, Mr. Crombie,
Mr. Galsworthy, Mr. L.,artin, General the Hon. H. Ca-
vendish, Sir George Wombwell, Bart., . Sir Henry Webb,
Bart, eze.

ROYAL ITALIAN n
—PER.s.—The performances at
Opera, last evening, were honoured with
the presence of a very brilliant and fashionable audience.
Among the more distingeeee
eed persons present `an remarked
his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who, accomped by his
daughter-in-law, the Diarchieness of Douro, and the Mar-
chioness of Salisbury, occupied Miss Burdett Coutt's lapx ;
the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and the Ladies Henrietta
the ,
_Duchess of Montrose, the Mar-
wne and
and Geraldine Somerset, the
Countess of Shelburne, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Douro,
the, Countess of MalmesburY, the Countess Craven, the Earl
and Countess of the and Lady Elizabeth
Yorke, the
quis of Limed°
Earl of Durham, the Earl and Countess of
Jersey and Lady
Clementine Vi • Iliers and Aire. Baillie Cochrane, the Countess
de Flahault and Madlle. Plahault the Earl and Countess of
Clare and Lady Eleanor Fitzgibbon, the Earl of Bessborough,
Viscountess Castlereagh, the
Earl and Countess of Stamford
and AVarrington, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Sydney,
Viscount Ciltden, Vi
- •seaunt and Viscountess Villiers and
Miss Peel, Viscount S
entnerton Viscount Cranborne, the
Count and Countess de Morella,'&c. The Queen's box was
occupied by the Hon. Mrs. C B. Phipps, Colonel Bathurst
and Mrs. Ilathurst, Mrs. Villebois, and Miss Burnaby.
ST, JAES'S THEATRE. Thi is •
an evening to
be especially s
-y the frequenters of this elegant
and fashionable house. kr. Mitchell, whose combination of
enterprise and judgment as a theatrical manager, has passed
into a proverb, cannot fail of being " rallied round" to-night
in a manner equally gratifying
to his feelings and creditable
to thol:, who have derived so much pleasure from his inde-
fatigable exertions. Two new pieces are announced, in
which Madile. Rose Cheri and M. Name will perform.
DEATH OF J. TALBOT, ESQ., Q.C.—On the re-as-
sembling of the Metropolitan Water Bills Committee this
morning, Mr. Beckett, chairman,
Mr. Sergeant Wranghain
!said it was his painful task to have to communicate to the Com-
mittee the melancholy event of the death of his learned and
distinguished friend, Air. Talbot, who had breathed his last
on the previous
night at Brighton. (Here the Learned
Counsel became so painfully affected as to be obliged to re-
sume his seat, stud for some minutes himself and
some twenty members of the bar present were
observed to shed tears. 1
I The Chairman said that the Com-
mittee deeply sympathised with thLea-ned Counsel, and, to
save him further pain, would at once anticipate his request
by adjourning the proceedings to the next day. The
accordinglycom-
mittee
of the heart, of which
it is said Mr. Talbot died, was mate-
rially accelerated h ' 1 over-exertion. About
y. professional _
twenty aristocratic fa own into mourning by
the death of this rallies will be te,
universally acknowledged leader of the
Parliamentary bar.
ARTIFICIAL NT•F• Zaba de-
livered 21,,,,,,
___Bir. ..... • •
livered a lecture at -.- . 3on Saturday last, lis'o Room especially as
ex-
plaining the princi 1 Mnemonic system,
applied to the study of of
his
nd Modern History. The
of Ancient
comprehensive gray !Chronology thereby attain-
able is truly aste P• ol!•univerear.
g Mr. Zaba's system has been
already adopted in 11..elsv mi. chief English seminaries. The
lecture yielded muesli interest to a large audience, who were
presided over by Lord Robert Grosvenor.
RAILWAY .A.c —On Saturday the usual
ClDENTS.re-
turn relating tofor the half-year, ending
the 31st of Deceirnalolway accidentsr.inted.
The number of pas-
sengers was 47,509,3er92last,Twhaeanpumber of persons killed was
113, and 264 ; passengers killed
-njured. There were eight
and 213 injured, from causes beyond their own control; nine
passengers were killed and 14 injured owing to their own
e
misconduct or want of aution ; 30 servants of companies or
of contractors were killed and 17 injured from causes beyond
their own control ; 32 servants of companies or of contractors
were killed and 11 injured owing to their own misconduct or
want of caution; 33
trespassers
and other persons, neither
passengers nor servants Of the companies, were killed and
nine injured by crossing or walking on railways. There
was one suicide. The length of railways open on the 30th
of June, 1851, was 6,698 miles, and on the Ist of December
last 6,690 miles, h • increase during the half-year of
192 miles,
f mg an
A Dublin paper reports the failure of desire. Sin-
clair and Boyd, of Belfast, "one of the most extensive mer-
cantile firms in Ireland," and adds that their liabilities have
been sot down at sums from 300,0001. to 700,0001., but that
they probably do not exceed 100,000/. Other failures, it Is
also said, are likely to fellow in consequence. The whole
statement, however; is a most eXtraordinary exaggeration
All the acceptances of the firm will be duly paid, and they
have merely reouired some delay on their general obligations,
which has been readily granted. Their entire engagements,
moreover, are believed not to reach a moiety even of the
smallest sums alleged.—nnes'
FALL DOWN A PRECIPICE.--'A fatal occurrence
has just taken place at Pont-yeTwr, in the vicinity of Owen
Lake, to a little boy, son of Mr. Charles Jones, master of a
school established by the for. Colonel Douglas Pennant,
at the above place. The child missed his footing and fell
down a precipice upwards of thirty feet high. He was
killed on the spot. To add to the painfulness of this distress-
ing calamity, another child of Mr. Jones's died soddenly
s')
mane day.

Railways. I Leasing
Nominal Prices. Business
Companies.) to-day.
Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W . . •••
Bin& 020., gua. all Gt. Westn. 30 -31
Do. without, all p, Do.
Bir.Wolv. & Dad.,l
guar all pd Do.
Do. without, 811 p, Do.
Buckinghath. all p Lon. &NAV 18;4 19
Clydedale Jc., all piCaledonian 45 —47
R. Lin., gua. 6 pert
cent. all pd Gt. Northn. 36% —37
Gloucest. & Dean!
Forest... 221/0 pd Gt. Westrn. 4% —5% p
Hartlepl. Dk. & 1 Yk.N.ew.l
Railw. ~,allpd./ &Berw. f
Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N.M. 111 —ll3
Do. Halves., all p Do.
Do. Quarts., all p Do.
Leeds &Brdf.,all p Midland
Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern 12% 13%
Do. Pref....all pd Do.
Lowestoft., gua. 4
per cent...all pd Norfolk
Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do.
.•
Middleshe & Red- •••
car, 6 p. c., all p Stlitn &Dar
N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 60 —62
Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do.
Do. F. 5 pc. all pd Do,
Presto. & Wyre, (11-4.es:N.Wl
all paid I & La. &Y f 453,4
Do.Hlres, A, all p Do.
Read., Guildf., and
Reigate ... all pcl:S. Easterta 23% —24
Roy. & Hit., 6% pGt.Northn 9%
Do. Sbep. Ex., all' Do.
Shf. Rtli. & Goole,
sp. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks . . •••
S. Staffdsh., 9% r 1111rAl‘Clean .114 1 dis.
Wearl'al. 6 p c. tckt& Dar
Do. do. pd Do.
De, do. ~ all pd Do.
Wiltag allp Gt, Westrus 100 115 1