The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-01 00:00:00

LONDON,

FOREIGN THEATRICALS..

FRANCAIS.—After an absence of thirty-nine years
from the stage, Marivaux's Surprise de l' 4m our
has been revived here, for the purpose of displ
Mlle. Brohan's talent under a new aspect. Mlle sde-
leine Brohan acted the part of the Marquise with great
taste, wit, and elegance, and mainly contribut ekcl to
the success of this revival. M. Leroux exerted him-
self creditably as Le Chevalier, but his embo. °point
dispels completely the illusion of his being the. me-
lancholy swain Marivaux requires him to appea r. In
the other parts Madlle. Biron and Monrose acq ui tted
themselves satisfactorily, but the belise of Got is posi-
tively sublime.

ODEON.—Two little pieces have been favour ably
received here : the first is an unpretending little
affair, La Chasse au Lion; the other a spri4 htly
bluette, from the pm of M. Caraquel, one .)! e the
smartest writers in "Le Charivari," entitlexi! Le
Bougeoir. This trifle is well and tastefully written,
and nicely acted by Madlle. Sarah Felix and MARE lion ;
and the name of the author was given out with all the
honours.

PALAIS ROYAL.—Who has ever witnessed the de-
molition of an old house without secretly wishin, g for
an autobiography of any one of the rooms? W hat a
piquant and surprising story every chamber—nay,
every old table, chair, or sofa could furnish to all in-
dustrious feuilletoniste ! A vaudeville just b) !o ught
out here gives us a peep into Parisian life, not, quite
so complete es this, but something of the sat ne de-
scription. It is called Les Coulisses de la Vie, in
which that supreme farceur Ravel has a part s ome-
what similar to that of Don Cleophas, in Le .45'iable
Boiteux. Possessing like him the agreeable pri v ilege
of penetrating into the arcana of every lima ha
enters, and consequently lifts the veil from nuts iber-
less reputations, happy ménages, &c., which is re in
reality the very reverse of what they appear IS ) be.
One personage is a certain M. Bourlibourg, who lives
in the style of a prince—splendid fetes, rich ,equi-
pages, mansion in town, villas in the country- -but
who, on admission behind the scenes, is found to be a
gentleman living by his wits, overwhelmed
with debts, and without a sixpence in the
world. We next find a lady of the p urest
virtue who lives only on sentiment with -pi )etry
and the muses, a teetotaller par excellence. lexking
however into her boudoir, we find her happy in the
society of a suspioiously well-looking young igellow
over an excellent lunch, not forgetting the cham-
pagne. In the person of Grosset we are intro-
duced to M. St. Martin, a politician and 'orator
of high 'celebrity, whose speeches are furs ished
by his better hel; who, in her turr, durives
them from M. Octave—another suspicious-i o eking
young fellow—and this M. Octave simply pu:ec bases
them of a poor old professor, the denizen of a garret
in the suburbs. These and a few other decepti .ns of
the same kind furnish the materials for Les Coy lisses
de la he, which, though sinning a little on tho score
of length, was entirely and deservedly successful,
being heartily applauded at its close.
VARIETE:,.—A farcical affair, in which Arnal keeps
the house in roars of laughter. has been produced here
under the title of Demenage d Hier. Arnal r epre-
sents a personage, who, forgetting that he has cgs aged
his residence, repairs to his former abode, and, ha iding
it occupied by a couple of fair Spaniards, his mistake
gives rise to a series of quid pro quos of the usual
absurd but laugable nature of whim Arnal knows so
well to avail himself. Needless to say its succes 3 was
complete.
Mdlle. Rachel, whose departure for. Berlin tc• give
readings from Corneille and Racine before the Em-
perors of Austrie, Russia, and King of Prussia was
annourced for the 18th, still remains in Paris. It
was expected that the Ministerial authorisation .neces-
sary to enable her to anticipate by a few days the
commencement of her tongs, which only commences
on the lit of June, would have been granted without
difficulty ; but the Minister having refused it, .Mdlle.
Rachel had no other course left but to decline the
very flattering invitation of the Prussian Monarch,
which she had already accepted.

Mr. Mitchell, one of the most indefatigable of
directors, was in Paris for a day or two last week,
with a view to engage Mdlle. Rachel for a series
of representations to close his brilliant season
of French plays, at the termination of the German
performances, which he has announced to com-
mence on Tuesday next. Fashionable report is
loud in praise of a new idea of this active im-
presario—namely, a portable theatre, which he has
had constructed with proscenium, scenery, and all the
necessary appendages. It was first tried last week,
at the soirée of the French ambassador, where one
of the large saloons was in a couple of hours trans-
formed into a beautiful little salle de spectacle. It is
likely to be in request not only at the town homes of
the nobility, but at their country seats, private
theatricals being now very fashionable.; and by the
present rapidity of railway conveyance it can be
transported to any part of the country in an incre-
dibly short time.
It is stated that Mrs. Forrest (wife of the American
actor of that name), whose separation from her hus-
band was the occasion of so much scandalous expo-
sure in New York, is about to visit England with a
view of appearing on the stage. Her talents as an
actress are not spoken highly of by the critical
judges in America, however deeply they may sympa-
thise with the injured wife and woman.
Madlle. Alboni is preparing to embark by one of
the Liverpool packets for New York. She intends,
it is said, to visit all the principal cities of the Union.
The last opera at Vienna has been Verdi's Rigo-
letto , in which Mme. Albertioi is described as having
achieved a perfect triumph ; Graziani and Ferri are
well spoken of in the other parts.
Mme. Cortesi, a singer of some note on the other
side of the Alpe, is at present tinging with success at
Ravenna, in company with M. Pons, and M. Viani, a
tenor, whom, contrary to their usual practice, our
Italian contemporaries mention with anything but
favour.

Donizetti's Dor Pasquale appears to have been
well received at Treviso, with M. Ferrari as the Don.
The other singers are passed sub silentio-r-s bad sign.
At Naples, Olello and Luisa Miller are the latest
operas mentioned ; in the former Mme. Penco and
M. Pancani, and in the latter M. Cresci, are well
spoken of.
A new tenor, M. Merlotti, has made a successful
debut at the Argentina at Rome, as Jacopo, in Verdi's
Foscari.

A Hippodrome, on the plan of that outside the
Barriere de I'Etoile, is about to commence operations
at Turin.—Galignani.

ME CHURCH ESTATES COMMISSION.
The following is the first report of the Commissioners:
" To THE EIGHT HONOURABLE HER MAJESTY'S
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME
DEPARTMENT, &C.
" We, the Church Estates Commissioners, have the
honour to make our first general report of our proceed-
ings under the Act passed in the session of Parliament
held in the 14th and 15th years of her Majesty's reign,
entitled An Act to Facilitate the Management and
Improvement of Episcopal and Cspitular Estates in
England.
" Under this Act any ecclesiastical corporation may,
with the approval in writing of the Church Estates
Commissioners (who shall pay duo regard to the just
and reasonable claims of the present holders of lands
under lease, or otherwise, arising from the long-con-
tinued practice of renewal), sell to any lessee the
interest of such corporation, and may enfranchise any
copyhold lands, and may purchase the lessee's interest
or deal by way of exchange, or otherwise as may be
agreed upon between the parties. Certain sub-lessees
are to be considered as entitled to the privileges of
lessees.
" The Act further provides, that the surplus moneys
arising from transactions under this Act shall be appro-
priated to the common fund of the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners for England.
" The short time that has elapsed since the passing of
the Act has afforded little opportunity for ascertaining
the extent to which its powers are likely to be made
available, but we see no reason to doubt that its
operation will materially facilitate the settlement of the
Church leasehold question Co the satisfaction both of the
lessors and of the lessees.
" Proposals to sell reversions, or to purchase leasehold
interests, have been submitted by the Archbishop. of
Canterbury, and by the Bishops of London and Norwich,
by the Chapter of Durham, and the Vicars-choral of
Lichfield; and we have reason to believe that similar
applications will shortly come before us from several
other ecclesiastical corporations.
" We have also received one proposal for the enfran-
chisement of five copyhold tenements under the see of
Norwich.
" No purchase or sale has yet been concluded, but the
several transactions are progressing satisfactorily towards
completion.
eg We have the honour to be,
" Your faithful and obedient serval%
" CHICHESTER.
" HENRY GOULBURN.
"JOHN GEORGE SHAW LE.FEYRE•
" 5, Whitehall-place, March 1."

A RUNAWAY ENGINE ON TEE SHROPSHIRE 'UNION
RAILWAY. -On Saturday morning last an accident occurred
on this line which was nearly attended with loss of life, and
by which several persons have been seriously injured. It
appears that, as usual, the train for Stafford left the Shrews-
bury station at six o'clock, and had reached the Don-
nington station, about three miles beyond Wellington,
when it was overtaken and ran into by an engine without
an engineer, which had escaped from its station, owing, it
is said, to the negligence of the man who had oiled the
machinery, and lit the tire without detaching the working
gear. The pace at which it proceeded along the rails was
terrific, and in coming in contact with the train it com-
pletely smashed two of the carriages in which were ten pas-
sengers. Two of them, ladies, were seriously injured; one
man had his thigh fractured. A telegraphic message was
immediately dispestched to Shrewsbury for assistance, and
everything was .tk.ne that could be done to allay the suf-
ferings of the persons injured. In its transit along the line
the engine caused the greatest terror to the spectators at the
Wel;ingten and Hadley station, who describe its speed at 70
miles an hoar.

PARLIAMEN TA R Y COMMIT TEES.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
CASE FOR THE RAILWAY COMPANIES.
Yesterday on the re-assembling of this Committee,
Right Hon. Lord Ilotham (chairman), Earl Jermyn,
Mr. Baldock, Mr. E. Stanley, and Mr. West.
Mr. ALEXANDER, Q.C., in a lengthy address, opened
the case in opposition to the British Telegraph Com-
pany's Bill, on behalf of twenty-seven railway companies,
on the ground that the Bill sought to invest the pro-
moters of it with power to enter compulsorily upon any
railway or canal in order to lay down telegraphs and
apparatus for their own private benefit. The Bill also
proposed to empower the promoters to remove either
permanently or temporarily, as occasion or convenience
might require in respect of their works, all obstructions
and impediments that . might exist on all railways or
canals in the United Kingdom. The railway companies,
he represented, opposed the delegation of any such
compulsory powers to any undertaking as novel and
altogether anomalous. Even if the old Telegraph Com-
pany had not existed, or if that company had been the
parties applying for these unconstitutional powers, the
railway companies would have met the measure with
hostility. These powers, if granted by the Legislature,
and drawn into a precedent, as set forth in the peti-
tions before the Committee, would enable the British
Telegraph Company to interrupt at their pleasure
the traffic upon any railway, and the arrangement of its
works and stations; and ahhough the Bill provided that
the give compensation to the railways
for company shoulddamagothatmight bo inflicted, yet the whole capital
of the company, as at present raised, would not be ade-
quate to compensate for the damage that might be in-
Ilicted by the interruption of traffic for a single day.
The process intended to be adopted by the new com-
pany was not defined, nor was there any restriction upon
them, by deposited plan or other means, as to the quan-
tity of ground they might take, or as to the nature of
their works. Railway companies were liable by statute
to make compensation for injuries by accident, but if
the servants and workmen of a rival company were per-
mitted to exercise such powers, it would be impossible
fur the railways to secure tho public from injury or
themselves from pecuniary loss. The works of the new
company would require that their workmen should
enter on all parts of the railways, and that materials
should be deposited and trains stopped at irregular
places. This, if not entrusted to the railway company,
would be attended with extreme danger, unless there
was a voluntary and not a compulsory arrangement for
the purpose. No such powers had been granted to other
telegraph companies, and, if they were granted at all,
should not be granted to one undertaking, but by public
act to all of a like nature. The York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, amongst other railways, had constructed, at
a cost of 34,0001., a telegraph of their own, and would
not have done so had they nut calculated on the undis-
turbed enjoyment of their own property, and if the
proposed compulsory powers passed into a law their
property would be rendered valueless. The railway
companies submitted that rival telegraph companies es-
tablished on a railway with powers independent of and
paramount to those of the railways themselves would lead
to great inconvenience and danger. The telegraph pro-
perty of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick might be
made the subject of sale or lease, but the new company
sought to transfer to itself this pecuniary value without
giving compensation; and such a transfer would amount
to an act of confiscation it allowed by legislative autho-
rity. The proposal in the Bill which professed to give
compensation to the railway companies was :wholly
illusive, where it professed to give compensa-
tion only for damage done, although it was
the peculiar characteristic) of the electric tele-
graph to do little or no damage to the land or works
over which it is carried, but at the same time to deetroy
their value for telegraphic purposes to the owner. Ho
would take as an illustration of this the case of the mag-
nificent structure known as the High Level Bridge of
the York, Newcastle, end Berwick Railway over the
Tyne- A telegraph might be constructed along this
without doing more than nominal damage, but tue
claim of the new company was substantially to enter
upon that structure, and to use it without making com-
pensation, and, in fact, for all purposes contemplated by
the Bill to enjoy the advantages of a work that cost
them nothing, though it had cost the railway company
not less than 250 0001. If the in
pulsory principle of giving co-
power to, enter on railways was sanctioned, it
would be equally available for water companies, gas, and
other companies to lay their pipes along the railways
without paying more than nominal compensation. An-
other objectionable object of the measure was to limit
the personal liability of the members of the new com-
pany, and which they were now under in common with
all other joint stock companies; but such a limita-
tion of liability would be anomalous and inconsistent
with legislative policy, which heretofore, made a prac-
tice of never granting to a company compulsory powers
to purchase lands, unless the company proved by an
adequate subscription contract, which did not exist in
this case, that they had funds sufficient to carry out the
undertaking. Experience proved that rival railways,
either coalesced eventually or worked at a loss; and so,
he contended, it would be with telegraphs; and that the
well-known saying on the subject would be realised—
that wherever combination was possible, competition
was not of long duration. The Learned Counsel con-
cluded by calling
Mr. J. R. M'Lean, C.E., who stated that he held a
lease of the South Staffordshire Railway for 20 years,
and that he had, at his own expanse, constructed a
telegraph on that line. Great inconvenience was felt
and much care required in adjusting and repairing
the telegraph at present on the railway, and an addi-
tional telegraph would double the inconvenience and
nuisance, independent of the danger that would accrue to
the safe working of the railway, if compulsorily entered
upon by rival parties. Should not in that event like to
be responsible for the sate working of the railway, and
would rather, though it would be a great hardship, pay
the parties than allow them to come on the line, when
they might go without danger along the turnpike roads.
Was of opinion, nevertheless, that two lines of tele-
graph would be better than one for the public service.
Mr. LOCKE, M.P., was the next witness examined.
He did not think that the clause in the Bill for giving a
controlling power to the Board of Trade would remedy
the evils to be apprehended, and no board could exone-
rate a railway from liability to accident, that such a
state of things was. calculated to superinduce. The
railway company would be liable under statute for com-
pensation in the event of accident a° the public, and did
not tee, as there was no subscription contract, lodged
would
y the
British
at Telegraph Company, what means the
racilw ay s for recompensing themselves. Was
, as was the case in all similar un-
dertakings,ought to have been given by the promoters
of the Bill of their proposed intention under the Bill to
ob
opinion
thhi a l
notice,
e
take land compulsorily from railways. An accident
might on the first commencement of operations happen
that would cost 20,0001., and it was only fair that
the railways should have the security of the usual gua-
rantees from the parties who were instrumental in chus-
ing the catastrophe. Knew from experience in public
works that where there were rival workmen on the
ground they would destroy and play tricks. The public
interest was identified with having both the railway and
telegraph service of this country done in the best pos-
sible way, but did not believe that interest would be pro-
moted by doubling the number of lines of wire, or the
persons employed, fur if the companies, as was frequently
the case, combined afterwards, the public would have in-
' stead of one to pay for the outlay of two capitals and the
cost of two manipulations. Did not think it fair that
any company should be invested with powers that would
enable them to select any railway they pleased, and to
stop or go on as they liked. Did not know, but it might
possibly happen that if these compulsory powers were
granted, they might, in the absence of security of capital,
be used for the purposes of extortion and buying o.
The promoters having got their Bill might exercise it,
and the railways Would be glad to pay to get rid of them.
Rather than permit rival workmen to come on a railway
would individually rather pay to keep them off. Would
telegraph do all the work just as he would one
if they only saw that as the re-
sult of competition they had to pay in the end double,
would, he believed, think so too.
Mr. B. Stephenson M.P., had considered the in-
terference contemplated•
by
rmaailkweaoy, n, e
and
the
public,
the compulsory powers pro-
posed relative to the commercial and private arrange-
ments of the railways of this country, apart from the
immediate supervision of their officers, and was of
opinion that the
powers sought for would be highly
dangerous. Oa railways
of large traffic and where the
trains were numerous, their position and speed was in a
great measure regulated by telegraph, and it was
essential to the security of the public service at all
times that! this supervision should be perfectly secure
and unconflicting. No system was probably more liable
to be injured by contingency so mush as that of the
telegraph, for the
mere accident of one wire casually
n-
falling upon another calculated to divert or destroy
connexion. the electrical was
ion. Conceived that under the i
. Mance of two rival interests this contingency might be
as the
of frequent occurrence two interests would
interfere with
one another irrespective of any personal
North-Western Railway
feeling that
might subsist amongst the different
connected
officers. AII
the public. .
could not be too
g of a railway, ;
absolutely 13-
supervision. The use of
under one system of
the elect •
with the
vi—oir.ki individualsand everything
electric telegraph had enabled the London and
greatly, Without the telegrah they would have been
compelled
the railways to have d system of long and large
adopte a
trains runningto multiply their trains very
but seldom, for the. accommodation of
generally speaking showed carelessness and a disregard
for iatere ta
Workmen employed under rival control
a they were not employed to promote. The
reversion of these telegraphs after a certain period to
any interference with that reversion would be unjust, as
aye would constitute a valuable property, and
an interference with their legitimate source of profit. If
One company Were to be permitted to force themselves
on a railway without absolute control, did not see why a
third or a fourth should not be permitted to do the
sum The granting of any such power would be the
1 admission of a principle that could not fail to be attended
1 with consequences most disastrous. Competition as ap-
plied to telegraphs or in other words competition be-
tween lightning and lightning, was an absurdity. It had
been proved to be an absurdity as regarded railways,
f
or competition always closed in coalition. Railways
could never be worked so well as whea centralised under
one establishment, and the result was,
with telegraphs, that the public would derive the greater
benefit. In telegraphs, almost 9-10ths of the expense
railway
yal
arose from stations a d clerks, and it would be for the
interest of the public as regarded cost, instead of having
this, and soon there would
double establishments, to have them under one establish-
ment. Could not conceive a case for athseiPt purposes be
i no
teeter
ebsi
tnsa
it. combination nt h
is more
country.e asy ,or per-
haps proper, thun that of telegraphs- Is all tended to
be only two or three great
While:of opinion that
eompstitioa in tele.raphs was a perfect absurdity,
advantageous,
thought the telegraph companies ought to be compelled
Periodically to come before Parliament and have their

rates revised when dividing more than a given per ten-
tage, and that would be the very best mode both in
telegraphs and other undertakings for preventing the
reckless waste of capital by millions. Had taken
an interest conjointly with Professor Cooke and
Wheatstone, since 1839, in the electric telegraph as a
most valuable invention, and was a proprietor in the
old Electric Telegraph Company to the extent of 5,0001.
The old company had no power in their act conferring
limited liability. The company bad been, in his opinion
unprofitable, and had no notion at first of the difficulties
it had to encounter. They had had to pay immense
sums for patents. Nothing short of complete dictator-
ship in the management of a telegraph or railway would
efficient. The Bard of Trade would be perfectly in-
eEcient. It should be worked by those who understood
both telegraphs and railways, and he was quite sure that
the Board of Trade understood neither.—(Laughter.)
The old company had paid 8 per cent., he believed, and
when he said it was unprofitable, he merely spoke from
the results of his own pocket.—(Laughter.) Had re-
commended the directors of the old company to reduce
their rates, and they had done so. Could conceive the
possibility of malicious interference with messages under
a system of rivalry, though no doubt the pains and pe-
nalties of the law would operate in deterring offenders.
After some further evidence the Committee adjourned
at 4 o'clock.

SIR HARRY SMITH AT PORTSMO UTH.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 31.
The Gladiator, steam-vessel, came into harbour last
night, and landed, at the dockyard jetty, General Sir
H. Smith and Lady Smith, who immediately proceeded
to the George Hotel, High-street, where they dined and
took up their residence for the night. After their arrival
at the George last night and during to-day they have
been waited on by the Port-Admiral, Admiral Sir
Thomas Briggs; Admiral Corry, Commander-in-Chief
of the Channel squsdrou; Lieutenant-General Lord Fre-
derick Fitzelarence, Governor of Bombay; Sir Francis
Baring, Bart., M.P., and Miss Baring; Viscount Monck ;
the Mayor of Portsmouth, B. Bramble, Esq.; Colonel
Commandant Menzies, R.M.; Colonel Ballnighall and
Mrs. Ballinghall; Lieutenant-Colonel Holland, Captain
the Hon. F. Egerton, Captain H.nderson, R.N., Captain
Harri, R.N., Captain Lawlor, Captain Morris, Lieu-
tenant-Culonel Hornbrook, R.M., Colonel Wearing,
R.M., Lieutenant-Colonel Del( combe, R M., Mijor-
General Freeth, Lieutenant-Colonel Willis, R.M.A.,
and a number of ether officers and gentlemen whose
names we could not learn. A deputation from the Cor-
poration also waited upon Sir Harry Smith, to ascertain
his wishes as to the presentation of an address of con-
gratulation on his return to England.
The Borough Council met this afternoon at half-past
four o'clock, for the purpose of presenting an address to
the Gallant General. The mayor occupied the chair,
and the meeting was very largely attended. The fol-
lowing address was unanimously agreed to:--
" To Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, K.C.B.
" We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and bergeoses of the
borough of Portsmouth in council assembled gladly
em-
brace the opportunity offered us by your arrival within
thin ancient municipality, to offer to you our cordial
congratulations on your safe return from the Govern-
ment of Southern Africa; and at the same time to ex-
press our admiration of the capacity and fitness for com•
mend which, amidst almost unparalleled difficulties, have
marked tho execution of the important duties which have
devolved upon you; whilst we hail with the greatest
satisfaction the prospect offered by your judicious plans
and measures for the speedy termination of this pro-
tracted warfare. Holding in grateful remembrance the
brilliant services and achievements in all parts of the
world that have distinguished your military career, we
beg you to accept our assurance of the interest we shall
ever feel in your happiness and welfare, and earnestly
trust that those energies and abilities which Providence
has blessed you with may be long preset ved to your
country.—Given in open council, this 31st day of May,
1852."

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDAY.—Sentence was passed on Bix.ch
to-day—twelve months imprisonment; no fine.

SUBMARINE CoMMUNICATION WITH LONDON.
The proceedings connected with the laying down
of the submarine telegraph from Holyhead have been.
hitherto enveloped with the profoundest secrecy, the
object being no doubt to take the public, and more
especially that portion of it interested in the other
telegraph companies, '^y, surprise, with the sudden and
unexpected completion of the work. The hill of
Howtb was crowded all day yesterday with specta-
tors, anxiously directing their telescopes to the offing,
on the 100k-out for the Britannia and the Prospero,
which were expected with the electric cable, but it
has been since ascertained that a bitch occurred at
Holyhead, which has caused some delay. A length
of about four miles of the cable had actually been
sunk, when the wire broke, and it was found neces-
sary to return and raise the cable again, for the pur-
pose of connecting it. The wire has been laid down
from Howth to the railway station in Dubin, and all
the necessary preparations have been made on this side
of the Channel for the completion of the chain of com-
munication. There are, it appears, three companies now
at work to carry out the intercommunication between
the two countries—the Irish Electric Telegraph Com-
pany, the British Electric Telegraph Company, and
the Magnetic Telegraph Company. The Irish Elec-
tric Telegraph Company are represented in the under-
taking, which is expected to be earliest in the field,
by the eminent firm of Newall, Milnes, and Gordon,
of Gateshead, Newcastle-on Tyne, and in an incre-
dibly short time the connecting cable has bean com-
pleted. It is a single wire of copper, coated with
gut% percha, and outside a network of wire to
strengthen it, and at the same time give it pliability.
Mr. Woodhouse, engineer of the company ; Mr.
Harty, engineer of the Dublin and Drogheda Rail-
way ; with Mr. Calverwell, on Friday last, saw the
wire placed on the Howth line. The submarine
cable will come in at the north-west of Ireland's Eye,
and reach the railway station near the first level cross-
ing of the railway. At Holyhead it starts from
Soldier's Point. It is said that the first message will
be communicated to the Lord-Lieutenant on Tuesday
evening, at which time the connexion will be com-
plete. The whole passage across may occupy from
15 to 20 hours, during which time the electric cable
will be deposited in its submarine bed. A letter has
been received from Holyhead this morning, stating
that it is possible the work may not be completed
before Friday.

THE TELEGRAPH TO GALWAY.
Everything connected with the erection of the
telegraphic wires from Dublin to Galway is now
complete, and it is expected that the first experiment
will take plaee this day.
It is now very generally believed that the Queen
will visit the sou,la of Ireland this summer. The
Cork Constitution says :—" We understand it is now
pretty certain that 66 Grace the Duke of Devon-
shire will pass the greater portion of the summer at
his romantic residence on the Blackwater and from
the very extensive alterations and additions that
are being made to the caitle, it is conjectured that
Lismore is likely to be honoured with a royal visit
this summer."

The Hon. Captain Daly, brother of Lord Dun-
sandle, has issued his address to the electors of the
county of Galway. Ha professes in some respects
conservative principles, and declares himself in favour
of some measures of relief for the agricultural in-
terests, but says nothing of a re-imposition of duties
on foreign produce. He also intimates that he would
be in favour of a repeal of the Ecclesiastical Tales.
Act.

The Lord-Lieutenant and Countess of Eglinton
are to proceed to-day on a visit to Lord Talbot, of
Ma'abide, at Ma!abide Cestle.
Lord Naas arrived in Dublin on Saturday.
THE EXODUS.—According to the Cork Constitution,
a number of respectable young men, citiz-ns of that
city, are preparing to leave their mother country with
a view of trying their fortunes in Australia. The
same authority thus reports generally of the progress
of the exodus :
" From the 17th of March last to the sth of the pre-
sent month 3,722 emigrants set sail from Queenstown
for America. Among them were several citizens and
their families, and many first-rate artisans. A ship of
1,000 tons burden sailed from Dublin ou Monday, hav-
ing on board its full complement of passengers. The
fine screw steamer Mars renewed her journey from Wa
terford to Liverpool on Saturday last, having 250_pas-
sengers on board. On Tuesday the Carron cleared out
from Foynes harbour with 122 passengers, and the fol-
lowing day the Thankful set sail from the same port
with 154 passengers, all bound for Queb-c. The Eli-
zabeth Bentley, for New York, left Queenstown on Tues-
day, having her full complement or emigrants on board.
Tne London steamer on Thursday carried over 300 pas-
sengers, most of them emigrants for Australia. Though
the flow of emigrants to America has long been steadily
augmenting. Australian emigration is increasing in a
still greater ratio, and includes classes not only respect-
able, but those who were once opulent; distinguished
students in the universities, barristers and other profes-
sions, and gentlemen of ancient and noble families are
among the classes who select this portion of the globe as
an asylum."

With respect to the " drain" of the legal profession,
it is thought probable that, before many terms roll
over, it will be found that the Dublin law courts will
have contributed their full quota to the Irish emigra-
tion contingent.

THE HIGHWAY TO AMERICA.
Lord Clanricarde has addressed a letter to Mr. J.
Persse, of Newcastle, in tbe county of Gad ay,
certain charges which had been made
refuting
against his Lordship in reference to a speech recently
delivered in the House of Lorc's upon the vexed ques-
tion of an 1ri.,11 packet station. " The purport of
what I said was," writes the Noble Marquis—
m
postal
hltetialTtiruecans communicationeu dry ut auch
ht
opnAo
the suggestion
gat,:
thate asroe accelera-
tionreef
tmh
Commissioners, so far as to have the
embanked and lauded at Holyhead, I Asfiarlicaimbaeeiins
blamed in Ireland for making that recoil) endat•ln
which I certainly made in the performance or my public° ;
duty, without reference to local interests; but that
such blame was quite misplaced, because I was
convinced that P the principle of establishing the
quickest possible postal communication across the At-
lantic were conceded, the consequences must speedily be
the formation ot a packet station on the west coast of
Ireland. The expression of this last opinion (which is
what the placard basely s) i 3 clearly reported in
the Times of May 4;h. I dou,t that tee water of the
placard has so great a personal interest in the prosperity
of the town of G Away a, I have, But apart from that,
my sincere opinion is that me overnment ought to es-
tablish the quickest possible mode of commuoicati,n
wih. America, and :hat tor such communication Galway
will f amid to be the best, and capable ot b itag made a
packet port at a cast ve-y moderate in comparison with
the object. The first thing to be done is :0 esta!-.lish
the principle upon which the Imperial Government
should act. In this object all Irishmen ought to join as
the people of Belfast have done, with cordiality and
honesty. And I trust the people of Galway will evince
a due sense of the conduct of those who would convert
this great question into a weapon or petty, personal,
paltry hostility. and make it a matter to serve selfish or
par y interests."
It is stated in a Cork paper that a question of no
ordinary interest will come to be argued before one
of the :Masters in Chancery at the close, probably, of
the present week. It relates to the construction 'of
the recent Act of Parliament, rendering invalid be-
quests left to Raman Catholic bishops or clergymen
for certain therein specified purposes, and it arises
in the present instance upon a question raised as to
the validity of the will of the late Miss A. Healey,
of the city of Cork, who devised large sums of money
to the Catholic bishops and clergy for Catholic chari-
ties in Cork, specified in the will. These bequests
are disputed now by the testatrix's next of kin, and
their validity is contended for by the executor, Mr.
Stephen Coppinger, the barrister of Amiens-street, so
that we shall probably have the whole question—Ec-
clesiastical Titles Bill, &c.—opened before a judicial
tribune, and then brought into the Court of Chun.
eery, if not to the House of Lords, for ulzinaate
decision.

The 6th Ceirabiniers (equipped as Light Dragoons)
will embark to-day at the not th wail for II me Bay,
en route to India, to relieve the 3.1 Light Dragoons.
The horses of the Gth have all been given up to other
cavalry corps. The 90 h regiment at Clonmel are
under orders to proceed to New Z.aland. The
Limerick Chronicle states that the 71st Highland
Light Infantry Reserve, at Canada, are ordered home,
with a view of b-ing amalgamated with the Ist bat-
talion at Newry, and then proceeding to India.
The payments out of the Encumbered E•tates
Court last week have been but trifling—only 26,000/.
The sales, however, have been unusually extensive,
and the produce has been about a quarter of a

The Customs duties for the week ending this
evening exceed by 4001. those of the corresponding
period of last year. The particulars are as follow :
1
1852. 851.
Tea ... ... £7,699 8 4 ... £7,168 8
1,661 6 8 7
Sugar ... 2.576 18 11 ..• 965 4 2
Wine ... 1,961 16 7 ..- 418 15 9
Spirits •I• 603 4 3 ... 5 229 0 6
Tobacco .„ 3,179 9 3 ••• 685 8 3
Miscellaneous 542 2 0 ...
----

£16,562 19 4 £16,128 3 11

night the Belgian mail
left Dover Harbour, with steam-
packet
COLLIMON BETWEEN A BELGIAN STEAMER AND A
BAiN t.T ER.
wind being very h' h ,
mails, for Ostend, the , .., II! , with ein,idt,
weather. At one o'clock on Tuesday morning llen 4—J
u-1111Ca3p1t7indlYZu.ose,
Goodwin 'Sands, she came into violent --,
wi-
Ellida, of Sandefiorn, Captain contact with the
barque Goy
voya,e fr , um London, for Quebec. Thestad, on her
new vessel, bad her bow stove in, steamer, which is a
damaged by the crash, but man and was otherwise
tion Tne barque sustained aged to tn,:ke her destina-
quariq, and put into Dover the caged darns ',.-e m her
are being proceeded with, same morning. Her repairs
voyage.—Ddrer Chronicle. to enable her to proceed on her

THE FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MAILS

FOR JUNE.
Th
. .
e following are the dates on which the foreign and
colonial mails will he movie up at the General Post-office,
St. Martin's-lo Grand, during the present month (in-
chiding the new postal contracts, which will come into
operation), and when the return packets will be due at
Southampton, Plymouth, Liverpool, &c.:—
For British North America, Bermuda, the United
States, California, &a., on the evenings of the let (this
evening) and 15th inst. from Liverpool to New York
direct; and on the mornings of the 9h and 23d inst. to
ditto, via S auhampton, by United States' Mail packets;
on the evening of the 4th inst. to New York, 11th inst.
on Halifax and Boston, 18th inst to Now York, and on
the evening of the 25th inst. to Boston, via Liverpool, by
British Mail packets. Next packet due on the 9th inst.,
and then weekly.
For the British and foreign colonies in the West In-
dies (except H nduras, Nassau, and Havannah), Vene-
zuell, New Granada, Grey Town (San Juan de Nica-
ragua), Chili, Peru, and California, on the mornings of
the 2d and 17th inst ; Mexico and Havannah on the
morning of the 2d only (to-morrow), and Honduras,
Nlsseu, &c., on the morning of the 17th inst.
vid Southampton. Next packets due on the sth and
20th inst.
For St. Vincent, Cape of Good Hope, West and
South- Australia, Port Philip, Sidney, New South
Wales, and Van Diemen's Land, on the evening of the
2d inst, and hereafter on the evening of the 2d of every
alternate month, by the Australian Royal Mail Com-
pany's screw packets, yid Plymouth.
For Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira. via Lisbon, Cadiz,
and Gibraltar, on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 28th
inst., vid Southampton—due on the 6tb, 16th,
_ .
and 261 b
inst.

For the Mediterranean, Malts, Greece, Alexandri!,
India, &c., by the fortnightly overlai,d closed mails, via
Karseilles. on the evenings of the Bth and 24th instant.
Next mail due in London on the 20th inst.
For Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt.
&e., on the morning of the 21st inst„ via South'
aropton.

For Lisbon, Madeira, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and the
Falkland Islands, on the morning of the 9‘ll inst., VII
Southampton; due on the 16. h inst.
For the Cape of Good Hope, Port Natal,
Ceylon, India, the Inland of Ascension, 840, ""tie
« veniog of the 14th inst., via P.)mouth. Next PACket
over due. Mauritius,

For France and Belgium daily (except Snags)f
Hamburgh, &c., Tuesday and Friday evenings; 110118 n"
&c., Wednesday and Saturday mornings.

THE CoU

The following is the o
corn, &c., received in tl
Essex, from the 24th
both inclusive :

Colchester
Harwich •
Leigh
Mahlon

iTRY MAKKETS.
ficial statement of the quantitiel
1
ie port of London from the P0r,t0,5,12
Way, 1852, to the 29th May,

T.
Crl

ad
rs
CD P:1

- _25

- i 1641
- 11
- 180

it;9-
a. I A'

26 43°
20 94",,

CHELMSFORD, MAY 26.—Prices to-day were as follown-7d
Wheat, white, 42s to 48s ; red, 374 to 425; barley, 27s to 3011
chevalier 285 to 335; grinding 22s to 28s; malt 55s to 5„1,
chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge. am
to 31s ; white, 29s to 31s ; boiling, 3,4 to 33s ; dun, oeir9`
to 30s ; beans, tick, 26s to 30s ; harrow ticks, 275 to ''
muagan, 25a to 295.
red 39i
COLCIBESTER, MAY 29.—Wheat, white 44s to 475 ; Ado
to 426 ; oats, 21s to 23s ; beans, mazagan 26s to 275; rp'" tp
and small 'Bs to 31s; peas, white 345 to 38s, grey, new
; barley, 28s to 3Js per qr.
KIaKALDY, ault 23. —The following are the quo"ti°l2s
for gr ain
Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats.
First 458 Od 30s 6d 23s Od
Second 433 Od 268 6d 21s 6d
Third 3ss Od —s Od 19s Od
Oatmeal, per ba,2,- of 2801bs
HADDINGTON, MAY 28.—The folio

Beans.
—s Od
—s Od
--8 Od

retif4
Oa
--I 011
103 01. ,
lie° 4'

30s Od to
►s; are the

grain at our market to-clay:—
Beale'
I
Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. ~,. od
First
:. $d
Second 4lB lld 29s 9d ' 21s bd 00,1
Third ...... ..- 39i Od 28s 34 12 Ps Od
423'1/ 00
Total quantity of Wheat in market 255 qrs., Ti sold
Do. Barley do. 58 qrs., •'
olil
Do. Oats do. 308 qrs., 2102 gold
Do. Beans do. 76 qrs.,

COAL ttlAilfiEl
Prices of Coal per ton at t:
Carr's Hartley ..... 136 6d
Chester Main 133 3,'
Davison'sWest Hartley 13s 6o
New Tanfield
Newcastle Hartley
Ravensworth'sW. Hart 13s 6d
Ravenswi.rth Pelaw
South Peareth lls Od
Tantield Moor
Canfield Moor Butes l2s 6d
Tyne Main lls 6d
West Wylam
Wylam
Wall's End, &c.

.he close of the market gA
Walker .................. 16s AL";
':den Maio ..... 15s w'
Braddyll .......... 15s 6_l
etton " ..
O
. 04
.... 165 a
........ ... 163 od
Keepier Grange .••••• jss Rd
1-,AmOton ............. • 153
Lumley . 1
148 ,1
49
eensher ..........
...........
6d
Richmond ..... ....... .
Russell's Hetton . ..... 151 „A'
ilewart's 169 u"
Heugh Ll._ . 153 pd
.................. 155 6a
Kelloe ..sd
South Hartlepool 1-'9 gel
Backhouse ...............
Coe. ...... . ......... 15fr „
u 9
Woodhouse Close. ....•
130 "
283 .....Sold. 42.

Gosforth
Barton
Harvey Wylam (nns.) 12s :so
Hebburn ....... 13s 9d,
Johnson • l2s 94:1
Ships at mKrket,

RAILWAY
MARKETS,
SHARE MARffier"'".
hibited in the share market
LIVERPOOL, AI 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-- AT roved feeling. °Z-
There was an jug, Wiest
has been done at im d to-day, .
'Ph les reported were
prices. Aa SA Bir'
Birkenh d L
ea . aneashire, and Cheshire (late Chester and 16
kenhead), 18;x—Caledonian, 191/2 Eastern Counties, 9 3
.....,
and a good bu
—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 7917, Ditto, Fifths, 6 dis:
London and North-Western, Ne-w —Quarters, 5!,A P.---.l4°'
Fifths, • 02ii
—Midland, 683/4—North Staffordshire, Oh than
OS,fr,
37/8 13--Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire.
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Preference, gust, ad teed. 6 ped
cent., 3,, p.—Son, h- Eastern a.d Dover, 21% --Yorit'.o3.,
North midland, 237/B—Ditto, Preference, 4 /3.-...Dary'
Rhenish, 3Y4 die.
MANCHESTER. MAY 31. of
Sroox ExcHANOZ.—There has been a fair stnoao.' _
business done in the share market to-day, but at lower trY ''''
than those of Saturday. The transactions were as follOre**
Caledonian, 19,4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72 IA c.
•01°1t;
--2-41/,
don and North-Western, New Quarters, 52/ p•——

British, 734 —North Staffordshire, 6 7-16 dis.
OIKAIINtihAnd, MAY 31. is
STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was little or nothing dooe
the share market to-day. The only sales reported wera-',,
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 79/B—Ditto (B),
South Staffordshire, 1 1-16 dis.

ASCOT RACFS AI.,D THE ROYAL Exurni
valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waillce
pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person eau
seen and known miles distant ; they answer every purPse
,f
on the Race-course, at the Opera-houses ; country seen`. i,
and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles; they are invaial"
for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to Sportsmen,
Gentlemen,lvarnekeepers, and Tourists.—To be had at A,,lessr9.
S. and 1-3. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street. ri;
dilly, opposite the York-hotel. Telescopes—A new glicl
important invention in Telescopes, pos•essing such el'oe- se,
ordinary powers, that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye Pc'
hrttie
will show distinctly, Jupiter's iiloons. Saturn's Ring, an ee
Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weighing only get,
ounces, can be seen a person's countenance ;.1 miles
pery
and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede u
0, ail
other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger anact,•
sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and be
course glasses, with wonderful powers; an object etua 13,
clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. a"
r,
ieg
_ne
Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable preset
Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are placed before "73-ost
feet mion, every object appears clear and distinct, the „to
aged
defective sight becomes bright ar.d
its youthful, natural, and original state. The InvisiPlerolief
genic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for or
of extreme deafness. —39, Albermarle-street,
posits the York HoteL is broegn6p.
DEATH OF EDMUND M`DONNELL, ESQ., OF
—Accounts have reached us of the death of this %le
tleman, at Rome, on the 20th of the present month' 6 Ca-
lves about 72 years of age. From the demise of Anne
Uterine, Countess of Antrim, to whom Mr. M'Cionnei oa w
vvo
married in 1812 (assuming her Ladyship's name, hsf tbi
being Phelps) he enjoyed, in his own right, possession n_tifel
estate and castle of Glenarm. This ancient and beau
edifice he greatly improved
improved and ornamented, leaving
~ taro
monument of his judgment and refined taste. The vs
oloce
now passes to Hugh Seymour M'Donnell, Viscount De tot,
and Earl of Antrim, who was born on the 7th of Ang h,
1812, and married, in May, 1836, Laura Cecilia, fifth,d,..4uger
ter of the Earl of Macclesfield. The Earl of Antrim P"'"
d eser v
sided for some years past at Portrush, and has become _ of
edly very popular, owing to the liberality and mildue"
his disposition.—Belfast
Atm lioLLowAr's PrLis.—An astounding cure by this mi
{-ADVERTISEMENT. J—THE EARL OF ALD80,11fc.U.9,,r%
medicine, utter every other means had tailed. See extract
Lordship's letter, dated .` Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb..s,,.!_veci.
Professor Holloway—Sir :I beg
fected a care of a disorder in my Liver and stomach which all tia
over the continent, hits
eminent of the !amity, at home and all
t sof Carlsbad or XI
been able to effect ; nay, "t ever the wa er d (Id ills 10;
to acquaint you that your pill I_l_4
h(also Hollow*/
of the liver or stomac .
cure any disease 's Establishment. 244. strand. at
Ointment) at Professor tioitoway
tit the civilised world.
t•v all medicine vemin, thronccho
rlenbad.. (Signed) ALDBOBOUGII." These won er P

BIRT1:18.
OF A SON.
On the 25th ult., at Chiawell, Essex. the wife of go.Pr
Holcombe, 13th (Prince Albert',) Light Infantry.
On the 27th ult., at South Ntherton, Somerset, the sae
of the Rev. Henry Bond.
OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 27th ult., at Ickleford• house, near Eitchin, the
aim Mrs. Frederick Dudley Ryder.
On
ntlle2B at Eccleston-square, the wife of J°llo
Pitt Taylor,

MARRIED. Lew,
On the 27th ult., at Hornsey, the Hon. Henry. h,
Noel, son of the E trl of thiinsburouA, to Emily Eliz Ott
daughter of the lion. and Thy Baptist Wriothesley
O❑ the 27th ult., at s'. Peter's Jersey. Henry CopPi°b„-;
third iliughter of Charles Ramie 13:41
eldest Fen of Robert Beeton, E'sq , of Mile end, to Leu—y'
nt St.

crrOatalt,thoet 2Ehi-lotthuelmt ,uarciatli-orkij-pilaEcile, Edinburgh, aged 77,1°11
is.
On the 23d ult., at Funchal, Madeira, Sir Charles Forbes,
Bart., of Neese and Edinglassie, Aberdeenshire, aged 20.
On the 2Gth ult., at Howley-place-villas, '"aged 41, Archi-
bald Hay, Esq., late Captain in the 89th and 86th Regiments,
youngest son Of the late G..neral Sir James llar, K.C.IL
On the 27th ult., James Phelps, Esq., eldest son of the 'Pet
IZev. James Phelps, anit late Captain in the 14th Ligh
Drageos,s, raged 40.
On the 27th ult., at Allsop• terrace, Regent's-park, Marie'
wife of G. Sannders, Esq., of the Bmgal Medical Service.
On the 28th ult., at Dulwich, Surrey, aged 28, Christopher
Thomas Hore, Esq., R.N.
On the 30th ult., Ann Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Joseph
Thomas, of 33, Finsbury-square.

DIURDO YOLJN,) '
1