The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-20 00:00:00

AMERICA N N E WS.

ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAY '2O, 4.30 A M.
The Franklin steam-ship, from New York, arrived
in Cowes Roads soon after midnight, and her mails
Were landed at Southampton about four o'clock this
morning. She brings advices from New York to
the BAi, and has 400,000 dolls.cn board. The Frank-
lin conveys 160 passengers, 143 of whom are for
Havre. Cotton was in a very unsettiad state, neither
sellers nor buyers having an'icipated such favourable
news from England as that taken by the Europa.
Only 500 -four purchasers, at irregular
prices. At New Orleans it went up the fourth of
a Cent on receipt of the Pacific's new. Bread-
stuffs sold free ly. Provisions fsvoured buyers.
Stocks fluctuated, but with an upward tendency.
Money plenty. Extra compensation was to be given
to Collins' line of steamers. Late accounts from
Mexico state that a new Minister has ernbaikA fur
the United States with fall instructions to effect a
final settlement of the Tehuantepec difficulty. The
Bank forgeries trial had cummenco. The Boston
Common Council had invited Secretary Webster to
Speak at Faneuiel Ball with the view of electing him
to the Presidency. The delegates of the New Jersey
Democratic Convention are favourably disposed to-
Wards Commodore Stockton. Dr. Andrew Ploomer,
of Brighton, England, bad been arrested on the com-
plaint of Colonel T. D. Howard, of the British army,
on a charge of absconding from the former place with
one thousand one hundred pounds, belonging to the
Colonel. Henry Clay was getting worse. He has
very strongly warned his countrymen against inter•
vention in Europe. Kossuth had met with a good
reception in Lowell, and large subscriptions raised.

for the firat4se R
MadI~ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
Cheri auoared in the Collier de Perles
cotned time in this country last night. It is a
y of smart, agreeable dialogue, only to be found
artists as Rose Cheri and Lafont, is so thoroughly satis-
factor •
1 and amusing. A rich American gentleman pre-
favours a young lady,
favours the daughter of a banker—who
child— i matrimonial pretensions as regards his
w.th a pearl necklace. To the young lady
the with
is distasteful, and she endeavours to
effect a sale of the gift in order to save the
father of the youth for whom she entertains a
preference from certain pecuniary embarrass-
ments in which he hes become involved with the banker.
The necklace is evenivally rebought by the American,
Who agains tenders it to th,i lady, but only to be rjected
for the banker, learning the eecret of his daughter's
heart, yields in a spirit of parental fondness to her
dearest wishes. The collision between the commercial
and the sentimental nature of the several parsonages
affords, it will readily be understood, a god surface for
shrewd! and suggestive d:alogue, and the author, M.
Mazerea, has turned it to exc.llvntaccount. Wile. Rose
Cheri played the part of the heroine with her usual
delicate and winFong piquancy; and Lafont, as the
LAmerican, who can ill understand the sentim-ntalities of
"is betrothed, manifested an appropriate air of plain and
straightforward worldliness,

MARYLEBONE THEATRE.
Mr. Henry Marston is at present playing at this house
in a round of melodramatic characters, together with an
efltient and well-drilled vonzoany. The Ocean of Life:.
the Brigand, and tho Vampire, are in this ,v,•-k's pro-
-14,,,r4aaP• A grand military ballet, the Conscripts of
.-..'w4rnay, as airan4n3 same years since, in Liv::'rpool, by
'4ol*. Coraiack, is nightly tierforrorid with great spirit and
effect, the principal part being sustairied by the
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of thebider, wiih that remarkable finish and brilli'iney
style which is so familiar to the fri.-ciiienters of tlie
Prina=sti's Theatre, where Mr. Cortnlek has iwen the
Yarlequiu for the last two tVit4O.TS to the C-Auti.nia-_, of
its taitest,tied most favourite artiste, Miss Carlotta Le,
I
ercq. Ia several pus, and esipitt;aiiy in a military born-
-1 Pe last evening, he elicited enthuilastic applause. Mr.
was superlative as the bugi) piece, and the
Principal danseuses, Madlles. Julie, Laiiie, and :Wassail,
acquitted theinawlvis with considers* éclat, Th m -
11ageccent of the lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, iy well deserv-
ing of public patronsgi.„

MR. JARRETT'S CONCERT.
The -concert which toeir place last night at Exeter
'Lana under the auspices of Mr. Jarrett, was one of the
7erit,abln " monster" species. There was a band of
Z41'13, 100, conducted by Signor Bottesini and led by
r• Willy, which performed the overture to Oberon, the
/Item) and Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's
ream, and a new overture, composed expressly for the
neCasion, by Signor Bottesini. Tee last, a work of
distinguished merit, will in all probability be affirded
More than one occasion of appealing to the
enffrages of an English audience. The singers were—
Mrs.i Sims Reeves, Mdlle. Jetty Treffz, Madame Falconi,
issea Dolby, Williams, Stabbach, Brougham, and E.
zrougham; Messrs. S. Reeves, Reichart, Tedder, Ho'z •'l,
Wall"rtn, Staudigl, and Braham—enough to afford
enme idea of a miscellaneous entertainment, in which so
tan, and eminent talents were called into request. Mr.
rahatn was encored in the " Death of Nelson," which
be never sang with more energy—Mr. Sims Reeves
created
a furore in " Adelaide "—and Jetty Treftz, in
Mozarts sentimental " Addio," Panotka's sparkling
" Linden tree," and the immortal " Trab, trab," was
enthusiastically applauded. In addition to these, we
must cite "Ocean, thou mighty monster," by Mrs. Sims
lieeves, "Grand Dio " (Mereadante) by Miss Dolby,
bud Stsudigl's " Qui sdegtio," as among the most
Artistic and successful performences of the evening. A
new song by Mactarren, She is not here," was so
Well sung by Herr Reichert as to elicit an encore;
end Isiendelssolin'e plaintive duet, " How can
Llight and joyous in ?" was charmingly given by the
Masses Brougham. The instrumental department was
egnallY strong—soles on the violin by Sivori, on the
doable case by Bottesini, and on the violoncello by
Visits, besides a duet for clarionet aid fiat° by I,:z ,rus
and Richardson, played in firs-ra'e style, were received
With the loudest applause. The feature of the whole
concert, however, was the pian Oorte fantasia of Madame
}'level (Dutiler's Guillaume Tell), a performance of
.
erithscoadant ability, which area ii,cd a sensation not to be
described. In addition to Signor Bottesini, MM. Ant-
ehticz, Alexandre Billet, Schinion, Desengee, and Aguilar
lent their valuable assistance as ecci.mpanyists at the
Pianoforte. The hall was erowdo.

I}lB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANlES.—Yester-
day the Committee appointed by the Rouse of Commons to
inquire into the applicatfon of the -British Electric Tele,
trawl Company. for power to provide, duplicate or competing
tTes of telegraph, between the principal towns throughout
B,:e kingdom, met for the first time in Committee-room No.
tn„:ll,'e Cominith e consisted of Lord C. Wellesley, Viscount
weueul, Mr. -Edward Stanley, Mr. E. Heneage, and Mr. F. R
Weft. Sargt. Wrangliam, Q.C., Mr. Keating, , and
.i'aelbut,
Mr: liodgo-a appeared for the ll• ins!, Company; and Mr.
and other Learned
111 r. Hope, Q.C., M. Roe,
ntlemen for the Llectric Telegraph Company, and the
various railway companies uniting to oppose the Bill. Mr.
'Sergeant ,Wrangham, opened the case i•f the promoters of
t 2 Bill in a lengthy address. He stated that the object of
_ the measure proposed by the British Telegraph Company
we sto enable the public to derive the advantage of a more
raxtentive and economical use of electric telegraphic come d
ttnicatian, and that in order to do this it was indispensable
construct that
the company should be empOwered by Parliament to
which
telegraphs on railways, and along canals, from
eh they were at present, from certain clauses, excluded.
It was sought for this purpose to increase the capital of
rowe Company
from 100,00 N. to 300,0001, with one-third bor-
,.
.n 4 Powers, to re. ince rporeie the company with limited
'lability, and with controlling powers, to the Board of
r,Tarade. Mr.. E. Hightm, engineer of the British Telegraph
..Iqmpany. and Mr. Denison, M.P., chairman of the Great
ruler Railway, were examined, after which the Committee
adjouroed.
PLYaeotyli GREAT. WESTERN DOCRIL—The re-
commencement of these works, which have for • .
past been abandoned, was celebrated at Plymouthtime
on Tues
day by a general holiday. The completion of the docks is
considered of great importance to the prosperity of the port.: A procession was formed, which started from the line, and
after traversing the princi; al streets, returned to the site of
the docks, at. Mill Bay, where the usual
pe ceremonies were r-
formed. The company then partook of a dejeuner at the
Royal Hotel. The day was closed by a concert, followed
by
a display of fire-works at the Botanical-gardens.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.---We learn
that. the nePheW of Admiral Moorsom, one of the directors of
the Chester and Holyhead. Company, and who, as resident
director, enjoyed a salary'of 1,0001. per annum, with free
occupation of the magnificent estate of Gorph Wysfa, pur-
chased by the company, has been appointed secretary of the
above company, at a salary beyond that received by the late
' secretary or his predecessor. . - •
Mr. Delasaux held an inquest at G9odneeone on
Wednesday, on the body of Mark Page (coachman to Sir
B Bridges), who vommitted suicideid e'closet adjoining his
bedroom, where he was found by some of the household. He
bhae_d
i_sarspended himself to a peg, and when discovered was on
brni_!Lfee, but 'quite dead. Verdict, " That he destroyed
_deli while in a state of insanity."— Canterbury Journal.
TnE Suzeins
h AT THE HORSE
day Mr. Bedford
Barton, the seldieeela GUARDS.—Yester.
an inquest upon the body of John
morning in the glum who destroyed • himself on Tuesday
peered that Barton, eejr of the Horse Guards. It ap-
Grenadiers 19 years, veas haad been in the tint battalion of
habitual drunkard, and that
. the act of self-murder was leenrpee.trated in a fit of depression
following a season of indulge.ac Verdiet—" Temporary in-
sanity.'
- THE LATE MURDER AT TOLLES
acquittal at the assizes
his liberation from prison, after his no!tr—Ever since
at Chelmsford in March last,
Cobb man tried for
the wilful murder of Mrs. Cobb, at
accident wandering
by stLrY, has become
an outcast, and has only been seen
It until last
about the fields to avoid public -observatio.
y aularhood for
week has not bemseen or heard of in the ne;
• it,iourer's
a considerable time, when lie was discovered gb
dog lying under a hedge hi the parish of Wigberou in .the
last stage of exhaustion, his frame being reduced ty
tion fronra state of corpulency to that of a living skAr,ltvoal:
and scarcely able to walk. When observed by the owner
of the dog he begged that some one would shoot him, as no
• one would notice- him except with the utmost derision and
contempt wherever he went; and his lodgings had been the
• outhouses of the different ,farmers by night, the hedgerows
. ,his place of concealment by day,. and his food such vege-
tables as he could procure in bis travels. He is now in'the
Leaden and Winstare Union-holve at Stanway, as a rauper
of the pariah of Salcot.—lpswich Express.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY.—The second conver-
sazione of the season
at 17, Bloomsbury.s was held last evenieg by this society,
'Flare, when a large number of members
,and visito:s were present. The suite. of apartments was
,furrished with-a considerable number of chemical and. .mi-
neralogical specimens other
and various Objects of interest in
brar ches of science. Amongst
of -which were distributed these the stereoscope, several
large through the rooms, attracted a
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