The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-19 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE
Madlie Cruvelli madd her first appearance for the
season at this establishment on Saturday evening. Her
splendid perforniance of Norma is too well known and
appreciated to render it necessary to enter into a detailed
analysis. The salient excellencies of Cruvelli were de-
veloped on Saturday with - even increased prominence,
and her Norma must be pronounced yet better than it
was last season. She had a magnificent reception and a
triumphant ovation.
Lablache, who made his first ap-
pearance this season, as Oroveso, was received with an
onthaaiastic welcome. The great basso is in his fullest
potency of voice, and his performance Wag, Sip it always
'
has been, "grand and elevated, to a degree. •Gardoni
personated Pollio, and Mdlle. Feller, Adelgiss. • The Queen's box was occupied by the Marchioness of
Ely/ -LeAY E. -Hay, Miss Hope Vere,
Miss Dillon, the.
Viscount o,suliton and party. Amongst the noble and
distinguished company also honouring the theatre with
their presence on this occasion wo remarked the follow-
ing:---His Grace the Duke of Wellingfon and the Mar-
chioness of Douro, his Excellency the
Froney Ambasea-
.dor,sted suite, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the
Baione'as Brunow and Mane. Brunow;
Wilton and party, the Earl Grey; the Earl and Countess
of Glengall and
Countess de Flshault and
party, the
Ladies Egerton, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart.,
Mdlle. d© Flahault, the Countess of Harrington and
the Countess of
Lady Jane St. Maur Stanhope, Count Louis Corti, the
ALE, Lady,
and Miss Howard; Mrs. Egerton, the Earl of Mount-
charles, the Viscount Dupplin, Sir Henry Webb, Bart.,
Lady Charles Somerset and the Misses Somerset, the
Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Shelburne, the Countess
Burton Trelawn
of Chesterfield, Mr. and Mrs. Craven, Mr. and Mrs.
Mare pis of Clanricarde/ Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard
Bart., Lady Barrett Lennard, and party; Mr. Hubert de
Burgh, Mr. George
Y/ Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, :the
Hudson, Mrs. Hudson, Miss Hudson,
and party; Captain inglefield, Towsend, ,E6q., Miss
Caroline Collins
Mts. Storer, Colonel Dixon, Mr.
Franks, Mr. Luke, .W. Delafiold Mr. C. Pole, Col.
Freestnn, M.P., and W.
Lockyer Freestnn, Lord Sin-
clair, Der. Clement Uzielli, Mr. 13. Trelawney, Miss
Atwood, Mr. Montague Gore, Captain and Mrs. Robert-
son, the Viscount Anson, the lion. A. D. Willoughby,
Colonel Wildman, &e. the Viscount Clifden, Sir George Wombwell, Bart.,

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CC VII.
THE YORK SPRING MEETING, &c.

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN.
'SIR,—One of the dullest meetings at Newmarket on
record was wound up on Friday, by the realisation of
my predictions in every instance. The Nabob had his
race in hand all the way for the 100 Sovs. Stakes, win-
ning with considerable ease by a: length; the queer-
pinned Sackbut obtaining , the second; place, beating
Ambrose by four lengshs., How the " talent" came
to back Ambrose against his field of two, when he is to
all intents and purposes dead amiss, and for what reason
they laid 3 to 1 against The Nabob is a complete
puzzler to me, as the winner was in excellent health
and `condition, and,, notwithstandieg his being an infe-
rior animal, could have given Sackbut and the dead
amiss Ambrose seven pounds each and a beating.
The Prime Minister party, as I stated in my Notes of
Thursday, were tolerably confident of pulling 'through
for the Port Stakes with their short,distanced son of
Meleourne and Pantalonade; it was a-near affair, how-
ever, with Lemartine, as the Minister only won by a
head. Midas, like unto Lord Exeter's horse in the pre-
ceding race, was dead amiss, and finished, a bad- third
and last.
Sophistry walked over for the 50 sovs. Stakes, and so
ended the Craven meeting of 1852. It has not been
without its effects on the future, though comparatively
unimportant when placed beside former meetings:
Lapidisee defeat in the race for the Column Stakes,
and Father Theenea's unexpected victory in the New-
market Handicap, have been the most important results
of the week's racing. Th© former at once decided the
fate of the whole of Lord Ribblesdale'e Derby stud ; per-
haps with the exception of Hingston, who it seems is
likely to take the place in the betting lately vacated by
his stable companion, for since the defeat of
Lupidisr, Kingston has been much more inquired after
than he was before, notwithstanding he was reported to
be at the least some six or seven pounds inferior to the
defeated of she Column. Day's party made an awful
mistake in not trusting Father Thames with a sprinkling
of the circulating medium ; this was owing to their en-
tertaining a rather low estimate of his chance, for had
it not been for his owner, who will start his horses good
or bad, he would not have been sent to Newmarket ; but
as Sir R. Pigot gave orders for his journey to head
quarters, the stable evidently was of opinion that they
might as well make use of him to draw a line
for their Chester Cup horse; which feat Father Thames
accomplished for them in first-rate style through Offi-
cious, and so enabled them to get the length of the
Metropolitan winner and Chester Cup favourite, Stilton.
The fields for to-morrow's races at York are, as near
as I can ascertain, as follows:
Craven Stakes, one mile—lris or Croupier, Lady
Agnes, Radulphus, and Peniston. The four, it is not at
lellawtliellr on Lord Derby's horse telling its
he finish. Mareou will ride Radulphus.
pass the post in the order placed, the
apAlesahboetijan'nd Blunderer.
Joan:,
vidTagihml
nteapel reznutaebtntai
tab.t
nd
Stakes,
five furlongs 44 yards—Lamb-
dubious, I must,
St. Andrew,
two miles—Vol-
DGt Orinc:kp
e.Sstrtioaritp:si
13Jacakaneidnt,gptebhrtehi
raQgp peen,ur
somewhat
in his runcgo fur the QUERN or LASXBTOw, and ex-
pect to see Lord Eglinton's Strait Acket in the third
place, if no nearer.
tigTeuhr'e, EFliyihinirgonD, Dutchman's Handicap,
LoughHandßicaawin (d), Achryanthes,
Prior of Lanercost, Harp, Goliah, Sally Warfoot colt,
and perhaps Bardolph, Euphony, and Le Fawhn. For
the first time this season in a great Ha
hap, t e three
elders. The winner, I ex
found in HARICOT Or ACIMIANTHES, and
pest, will be
being tooled by
that Voltigear, notwithsiesnding hie
film
years old will, I think, be defeated, as t ey run at a
great disadvantage with their
Marson, will not be nearer than third. Those who fancy
long shots or outsiders, will find a couple of capital iii
vestments, if they go to the post in form, in Harp and
Goliah, both possessing a very good chance of doing
the mysterious or unexpected win. Lucio, I believe,
will not run for this event, and Lough Hawn is very
doubtful.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
Donizettra 1 Martiri was again
night, in consequence of the continued hoarseness of
Tamberlik. The Sonnambula was substituted, with
olume
anTdatorbescorinik,ancoe,r
Castellan for the heroine, and a new tenor of the name
toin listen of Galvani, from the Seals,
for the Elvino. The organ
of Signor Galvani is soft and southern in quality, but
put off on Saturday
sounds flat and ineffective. The nearest approach to an
effect: was in these passages which required delicacy
gberienagtlyaccduesfltocmieendt
and tenderness. He possesses considerable skill in the
management of a voice originally deficient in flexibility,
and by his perfect savoir faire may prove highly useful
aAnnddearf,teirt
in the operatic company of Covent Garden. Madame
Castellan's Amina is well known. This accomplished
vocalist was in her best voice on Saturday night, 'and
was tumultuously applauded in the finale " Ah non
giunge." She might, without any itnpropriety, have
construed the demonstration into an encore, but she
chose the modest course, end simply made her obeisance.
She subsequently appeared before the curtain with Gal-
vani and I:Belietice, when she received a second fire of
plaudits. The ballet divertissement was well received,
Messrs. Alexandre .and Mignard, Mesas. H. and L.
Bellotti, Leblond, 8„.,. sustaining it with much spirit.
Vamberlik war stated in the honae to be so much re-
covered that the promised Martini will be, unless a re-
lapse should supervene, produced on Tuesday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary honoUred the performance wi:h
their presence. The Royal party occupied the Queen's
box. Lord William Powlett and Major the Hon. James
Macdonald were in attendance upon their Royal High-
nesses., His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
also honoured the theatre with his presence. Among
the fashionable company - present we remarked
his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excel-
lency the Swedish Minister, the Baroness Rehausen
and Mdlle. Chainier, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl
of Durham, Viscount Exmotlth, Lord and Lady
Francis Gordon and Lady Blanche DuPPlie, Lord Ar-
thur Hay, Lady Peel and Miss Peel, Honourable Mrs.
George Anson and Miss Anson, Hon. Francis Lawley,
Hon. Harry Grey, Hon. Francis Stonor, Hon. John
Fortescfue M.P., Hon.' Leopold Agar Ellis, Baron de
Steinberg, Lady Talfourd and party, Hon. Mr. Burke,
Sir Henry Webb, Sir George rind Lady Armytage and
party, ir William and Lady de Bathe and party, Sir
Wiliiartnt.Freser, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Colonel
Crombie, Sir James Ferguson, Colonel Blanc, Colonel
Tyr/1011u, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Mr. Norman
Macdteaald, Mr. Charles Standish, Mr. Gregory, Mr. C.
Webstur, Mr. H. WebAer, Mr. Lyne Stephens, Mr.
John Stanley, Mr. Ewer, Mr. Martineau, Mr. Arce-
deckne, Mr. Praed, Mr. Oliver, Captain De Bathe,
Captain and Mrs. Leyland, Mr. A. H. Thistle-
thwaytet, the Misses Burgoyne, Captain Steele, Cap-
tain Oliver, Captain Robertson, Mr. Henry Gre,
&c.,

The Champion Handicap, one mile—lris or Croupier;
Penang, Oxtord Blue, Prince. Caradoc colt, Miss Lydia
filly, and one of Stebbings's. Should Sir. Charles Napier
be started, as the representative of Stebbings's stable,
there will be the unusual sight of four black horses
in the race, who will probably finish in the four fore-
most places; the PRINCE CAEADOC COLT or Miss LYDIA
FILLY winning, with the whole field tolerably close up.
The latest betting this morning rules as follows:
Zetland Stakes-2 to 1 agst The Queen, 4to 1 agst any
other. Craven Stakes-6 to 4 apt Lord Derby's
couple, 5 to 2 agst Lady Agnes, 4 to 1 agit Ridulphns,
Clincher not mentioned. Flying Dutchman's Handi-
cap-5 to 2 agst Voltigeur, sto 1 agst Haricot, 6to 1
each apt Achyranthes and Sally Warfoot colt. Cham-
pion Handicap-4 to lon the field. Eglinton Stakes
—2 to 1 agst Longbow. York Spring Cup-3 to 1 agst
Iris. Derby Trial Plate-2 to lon the field.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

April 19, 1852.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HOORACES.—SITURDAY.
The Farmers' Plate of 401., the second to receive 5/. from
the club. Heats, once round.
Mr. Archer's Rebel, aged, list 71b...(Mr. Boynton) 1 1
Mr Nightingale's Ascot Lass, 12st 41b...(Owner) 4 2
Mr. Blaine's Misery, 5 yrs, I Ist 101b...(Mr. Bevill) 2 3
Mr. Overman's Melody, 5 3 rs, llst 41b (J. Parrott) 3 4
The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sm. each, and 25 added;
list 71b each; winners extra. (6 Subs.)
Mr. J. S. Leigh's Viaoount (Mr. Elwes) 1
Mr. Prime's Kilwick (Captain Thomas) 2
Mr. C. Radcliff's Young Knowell (Mr. Bevill) 3
Mr. Radcliff's Grima1di............ (Owner) 4
Mr. T. Roger's Mabel .....................(Mr. Crawley) 5
The Claret Stakes of 10 soya, each, 10 ft, with 25 added.
The winner to be sold for 2001, &o. About one mile
Mrll.llTd. aPhaarrif.'s SeB S.)
Mr. list 51b (Captain Little) 1
Mr. Steven's Vesta, aged, list 51b (Mr. Elwes) 2
Mr. Hobson's Edward of York, lOst 101 b (Owner) 3
Count Bathyany's Jack-in-the-Corner, aged, llst 51b 0
Mr. Messrs. Firebolt, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b (Mr. Crawley) 0
Mr. Bevill's Mrs. Taft, aged, list 51b—(112r. Bevill) 0
A fine race with three. Won.by half a length; the
same between second and third.
The Omnibus or Open Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, with
25 added, for bunters. Obce round. (8 Subs.)
Captain Littie's Agia, aged,, Ilst 71b' - (Owner) 1
Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 6 yrs, list 71b (Mr. Elwes) 2
Mr. Bignell's Half-and Half, list 71b(Mr. Davenport) 0
A very fine race with two; was won by a head.
The Scurry Stakes of 5 sous. each; list 71b each. Half
a mile. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Trevor nd Reindrer ... Bevill) 1
Mr. Cavendish nd Wee Mickey ...(Cyunt Bathyany) 2
Mr. Ames nd Mr.'Lasch. (Mr Boynton)
_0
Mr. Wilshere nd Marquis (Mr. Elwes) 0
Mr. D. Radcliffe nd Bulbous (Mr. Waldron) 0
Mr. Crawley nd Lady of Sledmere (Mr. Crawley) 0
Mr. Block nd Blaze (Captain Townley) dis
Blaze came in first, but being 21b short weight was
disqualified, and the race given to Reindeer. •
A Scurry Stake for the beaten horses was won by
Count Batbyany's Wee Mickey (owner) beating Kilwiek
(Mr. Prime) in a canter. •

NDLLE. JORAIVNA WAGNER.
A telegraphic dispatch, of which the following is the
entire aubstance, was received y esterday in London. The
inference would seem to be that her Majesty's Theatre
has suttee ded in carrying off the well fought-for prize.
The dispatch came from Haiburgh vi& Brussels:—
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
iJorh.aracahWer,agonferir, acienoonma,pamnrie.dLbuyinlehey
(of her Majesty's Theatre), Mr. Mitchell, and the
her
‘father,lfandeerrnigeie
friend,i p
Count and Countess Rossi (Madame Sontag), left Ham-
burgh by opecial train on Saturday morning en route for
London."

PROM A. CORRESPONDENT.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH:)
09LOOME, APRIL 18.—Last evening Mdlle. Johanna
Wagner and her father arrived in this city from Ham-
burgh. The celebrated cantatrice immediately started
for Londan, accompanied by Mr.,Gye, who was waiting
at the station Coreceive her. sMeabra. Lumley and
Mitchell, of Efer Majesty's Theatre, came also in the
train from Ifamburgh to Cologne.

• ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCII.
ELECTION FOR CLIIIRCHWARDEN.—This parish has
been for the last few days a scene of considerable ex-
citement, in consequence of the Parochial Association
having brought forward a candidate in opposition to the
gentleman proposed by the old party, and every effort
has been used to secure his election, but all to no pur-
pose; for at the close of the poll onFriday afternoon he
was in a minority of 143, the numbers being for Mr.
Southgate 1,024, and for Mr. Rows 881. The result was
received with much cheers, and the church bells rang
merry peals at intervals from four o'clock until past
twelve at night; indeed so great was the joy of tho more
respectable portion of the inhabitants that the subject
of the conquest over the association (which has long
ceased to be held in much respect) was made the theme
of repeated observation. At the termination of the poll,
Mr. Southgate, accompanied by a host of friends, went
to his committee room at the Horns Tavern, Hackney-
road, where he was received with great applause.—J.
Boston, Esq , the chairman, in proposing the health of the
under-churchwarden elect, Mr. Southgate, expressed the
great pleasure he had in doing so from the fact of
having known Mr. Southgate as a private friend for
some years, and had opportunities of observing the ex-
cellent manner in which he carried out his public duties,
and felt certain that the interests of the parish could not
have fallen into better hands.— Hr. Churchwarden South-
gate rose and said I sincerely thank you for the kind
and energetic support you have given during the past
contest. I feel proud that I have the opportunity of
serving this important parish at this critical juncture
with a gentleman well versed in parochial matters. I
trust Mr. Pickford, my colleague, who at the vestry ob-
jected to a man of mere theory, will find me a man of_
practical mind. I always take a straightforward and
independent course in public matters, and will endeavour
to act in such a manner that may ensure for me the 01110-1
probation of my fellow-parishioners. I possess
angry feelings towards my respected opponent.
I shall feel happy in the advice of my predecessorsePssPe. I
on .
e predecessors in
office, with many of whom I served my miser fn
es
felt perfectly satisfied that I should have the support of
all well-disposed and intelligent rate-payers, which
Southgate at
majority on the poll fully justifies. the
the close of his speech was very mucillhr.ebeered.—W.
f the upper
Barlow, Esq., then proposed the health
.on
sens.fied in
churchwarden, J. IL Pickford, Esq., b7llll pickford
doing so that the parish possessed
inho by his nnre-
man of sound practical knowledge, .s of his office
mitting exertions in- carrying out the oinuitolne
of his fellow
had secured to himself the go
Southgate,
parishioners.—Mr. Pickford briefly- opacknowledged the
honour done himself, and said that bleikseholstd. have
pleasure in serving with a gentleman ilatinr. Rows as a brother
He also felt great respect fo
tradesman, and especially for the exemplary manner in
which he discharged the duties of domestriecaltiefer; but as a
public man Mr. Southgate
:0 fill the office to possessedwhich
g
qualifies_
Lions, and was better calculated
he had just been elected.

--7-------
AssocIATIO
ANTI- STATE CHURCH 151* ---The
monthly metropolitan meeting of the above association was
held on Thursday evening, at the City of London Literary
Institution, Alderegate-street. Mr. Charles Gilpin occupied
the chair. Addresses were delivered on the following sub.
jects:—" A State Church fatal to Christian energy,,, by the
Rev. G. Ashmead ; "The State-Church in Ireland its his-
tory, revenues, and influence," by John Elioggy, e_,
Esq ;and
" Anti. State Churchism net Schism,"
by the Rev.. Dr.
Archer. Votes of thanks were then passed to the chairman
and the lecturers, and the proceedings terminated.
The Earl of Euniskille . who w
--a suffering from a
slight attack of influenza in, the early Part of last week, is,
we are happy to state, nearly "Mend,

MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 191 1852

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ,
PoßTsmouTß, APRIL 18.—A -large and infidential
meeting of both army and navy officers attended at the
Royal Naval College on Saturday, the Commander-in-
Chief, Admirbl Sir Thomas Briggs, in the chair, when
it was-determined -to denominate the'meeting as " The
United Service Birkenhead Relief "Committee;" and,
noneequently, a number of the military officers of the
"Portsmouth garrison joined the committee, and primary
atopi were taken for distributing the funds so soon us
cases of distress could be obtained. Subscriptions are
flowing in. The committee meet again next 'Saturday,
sfter which time it will probably
and Saturdays. meet on Wednesdays
_ . .
Toe following acting lieutenants, mates, and sa!dship.
men passed for lieutenants at the Royal Naviii'College,
last week:—Messrs. Norie, Singer, Irvine,-Broad, Mon-
tagu, Saumarcz, Lomax, Young, Robinson, and Clutter_
buck.

chief engineer Mr..G. Elcock-, will. be ready to leave the
_dry &Cie in a feW days. She was launched at Woolwich
ein 1846, having been built on the lines of the Castor, but
§he ils fa
with White's " bow," and his been subsequently fitted
withsa an auxiliary screw-proOeller a :30.0-horsepower.
irly,
but when last in commission only steamed
at the rate of five and a half Tip Ap hour. She mounts
on her tippet deck thtiliVinch 44bunders, each weigh-
ing 84 cwt., and .12 :32-potitcleri; six feet long, and
weighing 25 ewte each. On her' inain deck she has 14
32 pounders, nine feet long, and- of the weight, each, of
50 cat, and six 8-inch 567noundere, nine feet long,
weighing 55.ewt. etch.
Her Majesty's paddle- veheel.steatit- vessel Myrtle, Mr.
W. S. Bonrchier, master comedaedittg, left port yester-
day forenoon for Chatham, and returned in the evening
to; her meorinei In the harbour. ..
The Right Hon. Lord Adolphus Fitisclarence, G.C.H.,
captain of her
'Majesty's Steam-yacht Victoria and Al-
bert, arrived hereon Friday on a pVivate visit.
Her Majesty's screw steena•vesed Conflict, 8, Com-
mander Jecu,r, may he daily expected with General
Mesas and family fr. in Bueaci Ayres. Commander
Skipwith, who was appointed to succeed Captain Drake
in command of the Conflict, has arrived in England, he
hevieg missed his 61.4) in coeeeqedece of her having
boeu ordered off the statien to convey to England the
ex-Dictator of Lueaos Ayres.
Drake, the serg( stet of marines who ras saved from
the wreck of th-C-Birktnhead, ts.nd vrho assisted Cornet
Rolf to a raft, Itad, we hear, some time since been
brought under the favourable notice of the Admiralty
for his gallant col-elect on the coest of Africa while on
board a prize lave;, on which occasion he was severely
wounded.
We are informed that another expedition is about to
be dispatched to Melville Island, with the view either of
meetiug or anticipating the errival there of Captain
M'Clure, and of those in the Investigator from Behring's
Straits. Two ships, it is statsd, will b© got ready for
this service, the cemmaids of which will, on the nomina-
tion of Sir E, Belcher, be conferred on Commander In.
gle &Id and Mr. Alter, ma.ter.
The smallpox has broken °Tit on board her Majesty's
steam-frigate Dragon. Tee clerk has been attacked by
it, and sent to the naval hospital at Liston.
Ceathane Garrison.—Detachments, consisting of up-
wards of 2,000 men, from the several depots of regi-
ments stationed in India, are under orders for embarka-
tion to join the head-qusrters of their respective corps.
Woonweeu, BPDIL 17.—The Black Eagle steam-
vessel
Woolw,
ich Master Commander John Petley, arrived at
on Friday evening from attending on the
Lords of the Admiralty at Portsmouth.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Master Commander H.
Allen, returned to Woolwich on Friday forenoon, from
attending on Lieutenant-General Lord Hardinge,
C.C.8., on a visit to the fortifications at Portsmouth
and others in that quarter.
SUNDAY EVENING.—The Queen's barge has been
placed under orders to be kept in readiness, and the
Monkey is to have her steam up at Woolwich to-
morrow morning, to tow the barge to' Greenhitbe in
the event of her services being required to convey
any royal party on board the vessels of the Arctic
expedition.

The following officers also passed in navigation for the
rank of master on Friday:—Messrs. H. Goldsmith, H.
J. Ley, G. A. Macfarlane, C. P. Hodges, R. M. Curry,
and J.K. Richards.
The following young gentlemen have passed at the
College for entry into the navy as cadets, and have
joined the Victory pro tent.:—Master“ H. Fox, S. H.
Davies, L.-Loraine, H. E. Wood, F. C. Grove, J. S.
Trotter, and C. R. Macdonneil. Parents should look to
the
Friday a moat respectable boytwho doubtlessly was
considered by his fond parents " well educated," was
turned back in his examination, owing to his deficiency
in the common matter of English spAling, an item no
doubt overlooked by his parents in the desire to give him
a superficial knowledge of something less useful, and as
this rejection is fatal to his entry into the service, he
has lost his chance and must seek other employ.
Mr. Stafford, M.P., Secretary to the Admiralty, visited
the Excellent on Friday, on his return from Devonport,
in the Retribution steam-frigate, and witnessed prautice
from that ship. On Saturday he went over the deck-
yard, and in the evening entertained a sen-ct circle o
ten at the Quebec hotel. He returned to London to-day
The Locust steam-vessel, lieut.-Commander Day,
grounded in the River Plate, on her way down the river,
on the 3d of February, but was got off without damage.
'A. court of inquiry assembled on board the flag-ship
upon the occasion, but the Commander and Master were
acquitted of till blame. Her Second-Master, Mr. Payne,
had the day of the battle between the forces of Urqaiza
and Rosas, ventured very imprudently too near to Santos
Lugaras, and received a shot, in his arm, from the Effects
of which lie died the same night. Mr. Whitehouse,
Second-Mister of the flag-ship, has been appointed to
the vacancy, and Mr. Ryan, znaster's-assistant of the
Rifleman, is promoted by the Admiral to the rank of
Second-Master.
Mr. W. H. Clarke, Assistant-Surgeon of the Centaur,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Henderson, in the River
Plate, is appointed to the Locust, vice Mr. Patrick, who
was to leave the Brazil station in the first vessel for
England.
Mr. Watson, Second-Lieutenant of the Centaur, joined
her prior to the 3d ult. from England.
The Rapid, 8, Commander Blane, arrived at Rio from
England prior to the 16th ult., and was to sail on the
18th for the Cape of Good Hope and India.
The Driver, 6, ateem-sloop, Commander Johnson,
arrived at Rio on the 14th ult. from the Pacific, and was
to sail for England on the 18th.
The Bonetta, 3, Lieutenant Wake, and iron steam-
tender Harpy, put to sea from Rio on the 12th and 14th
ult., to cruise for the beuefit of their health, the yellow
fever having broken out on board.
The Furious screw steam-sloop was taken into the
steam basin yesterday.
The Bulldog steam-sloop is having her boilers taken
out and undergoing an examination and repair.
Messrs. Fox and Henderson are erecting a new
smithy in this dockyard, which is progressing very
rapidly, and will be a very handsome looking building
when finished. Its dimensions will be about 210 feet
square by 60 feet high, having a chimney at each corner
100 feet high.
Letters from China infprm us of a disastrous accident
to the Sphynx steam-sloop, Commander Shadwell, and
the Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer.
On the 21st of January these vessels were proceeding
into the Bay of Sheipoo in search of pirates (of whose
doings and whereabouts they had received official
notice), the Contest in tow of the Sphynx, when the
latter struck on a rock not laid down in the charts. The
shock was terrific, carrying away entirely her false keel
and forefoot, while the Contest ran into her with' such
force and violence as to knock her off or over the rock,
making at the same time a clean sweep of all the after
upper works, and carrying away the mizenmast, while
she lost her own jibboorn, figurehead and cutwater, and
sprung her bowsprit and foremast. In consequence of
this misfortune the Sphynx had to go to Whaoapoa to
be docked. We regret also to add that the smallpox
had broken out on board her, and that several men and
officers, including both lieutenants, are laid up with it,
and the gunroom steward had died from it.
The Lily, 18, Commander Sanderson, has had a
" brush" with a piratical junk, which she sent to the
bottom with upwards of 80 people on board; her own
casualties in the engagement were two men wounded.
The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Massie, was expected at
Hong-Kong from the Straits, at the last advises, and he
would remain senior officer during the summer.
Lieutenant Pasco, of the Royalist, has been invalided
home.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDI7ION.

The Hastings, 72, Rear-Admiral Austin, arrived at
Singapore from Hong-Kong, en route to Rangoon, on the
27th of February, and the Salamander steam-sloop,
Commander Ellman, on the 24th of February. Both
were at Singapore on the sth ult.
The Penelope steam-frigate, Commodore Bruce, Com-
mander-in-Chief on the Coast of Africa, was at St. Vin-
cent, Cape de Verds, on the 23d ult., and sailed for the
coast that day.
The Polyphemus steam-sloop, Commander Phillips,
left Madeira on the sth instant, for the coast of Africa.
The Retribution, Captain Warden, having coaled, left
this harbour on Saturday morning and proceeded down
Channel to either relieve the wind-bound ships at the
chops of the Channel, or otherwise, in case of meeting
with the Queen, with Admiral Sir W. Parker on board,
to assist and tow her into Spithead.
The Simoom, iron troop-steamer, Captain Kingcome,
embarked late on Friday evening 1 officer and 82 men of
the 20th Regiment, 2 officers and 84 men of the 23d
Regiment, and 2 officers and 42 men of the 54th Regi-
ment. She sailed for Queenstown this day (Sunday) at
noon, where she, is to receive 2 officers and 52 men of
the 66th, and 1 officer and 92 men of the 71st Regiment,
with which detachments she willprocced direct to Que-
bec, from *hence she will bring home a regiment.
Most of the Arethusa's seamen having returned from
a fortnight's leave, that ship has commenced fitting. Shei
got up her topmasts on Friday, and yesterday (Saur--
day) bent
The Furious, stesm-Sloop, was removed from the steam
basin to the old basin on Friday, and is to be further
advano&l,
The Leopard, steam-frigate, has been brought into
dock.

WOOLWICH, APRIL 17.—The North Star, Commander
Pullen, left Woolwich this morning, towed by the Adder
steam-vessel, and arrived at Greenhithe about two
o'clock P.N., where the whole of the Vessels of the Arctic
expedition are stationed to have their compasses ad-
justed by Captain Johnson. The Assistance, Captain
Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8., has now all her stores on
board and stowed away, with the exception of a number
of boxes which had been delivered during the morning,
e ech box containing four cylinders, and each cylinder
201bs. of powder, for blowing up the ice when required
to force a passage, through W ellington Channel, to the
open water seen in Victoria Channel by parties em-
ployed in the recent expedition after the three graves
had been discovered on Beechy Island. These cases have
been supplied by the Ordnance department from theßoyal
Arsenal, where they were made for the special purpose,
and will be discharged by means of galvanic batteries
supplied to the expedition for service in tne Arctic regions.
The Ordnance department have also supplied 300 whale
rockets, weighing one and a-half pounds each, and two
superior-made rocket tubes for firing them by means of
percussion locks and percussion-quill tubes. One of
Greener's harpoon guns, with percussion looks, has
been mounted on the gunwale of the Assistance, and
turns in any direction, being fitted with a swivel near
the stern of the vessel. A lock-out was kept by Com-
mander Richards, on board the Assistance, from ten
o clock, A. nt , until the arrival of the three o'clock, P.M.
train of the North Keat Railway, as it
,was expected
that a Neopolitan Prince, brother of the, King of
Naples, would visit the vessels during the day; and
Lieutenant Gore, flag-lieutenant to Commodore Henry
Eden, was in attendance at Greenhithe-pier, in the
barge of the Fisgard, with ten rowers, to row him on
board the vessels of the Arctic squadron; but as he did
not arrive, Sir E. Belcher left for town by the half-past
three o'clock up train, and Lieutenant Gore, wish the
barge, was towed back to Woolwich. There was also an
impression in town that kis Royal Highness the Prince
Consort and his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of
Saxe Cobourg would visit the ships and steamers of Sir
Edward Belcher'a expedition previous to their departure
for the Arctic regions. The gallant officers now on the
eve of their departure have but one wish ungratified,
end that is that her Majesty the Queen may be graci-
ously pleased to pay a short visit to the vessels of the
expedition previous to their departure from Greenhithe.
By the desire of the naval authorities, Mr. Watkins,
manager of Mr. Beard's photographic establishment, sent
one ot the operators to Greenhithe to-day for the pur-
pose of taking portraits of the officers of Captain Sir
Edward Belcher's expedition, and the following had
their portaits taken on the deck of the Assistance, under
highly favourable circumstances, by the photographic
process, the sun shining with unclouded brilliancy, and
all the officers being in their uniforms, and evidently in
excellent spirits:—Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8.,
commander of the Arctic expedition ; Commander
George H. Richards, Lieutenant Walter W. May, Lieu-
tenant John P. Cheyne, Master John F. Loney, Surgeon
David Lyall, M.D., Clerk in Charge James Lewis, and
Midshipmen Pym and Groves. The officers of the Re-
solute, the North Star, the Intrepid, and the Pioneer are
also all to ba taken by the photographic process previous
to their departure.
The subject of the two ships said to have been seen op
an iceberg by the captain ot the crew of theßenovation
was alluded to on board the Assistance to-day, a Sirnd
Edward, Belcher expressed his belief that twnd. o ships
thata no tha
relianceh
they
ad
been seen, not
Eotorne
bubus but
and beyond
Terror,the
and iceberg,
.were not the
or correctness- of the
He instanced a case
su
oathr su e d
Wwahs a
at
could be placed on tfiheeldpoosfitiicoen.
objects seen over a
Sir Edward Parry, who, with
which occurred to Captain
a shooting party
every one of the par
ic
until they came up to them, after
intythweouAldrct haveregions,
ta h
nearlyherd
exertion, and found they were rt
flock of ptarmigan.
The Lords or the Admiralty are expected to proceed
by the:North lisnt Railway on Monday to Greenhithe,
and the
on their
n t and p leave
to visit the vessels of the Arctic expedition,
Gvesselsh shetoon blire paide es
dadvancen
in:lg
Tuesday,n tCr g
yoyege•

The Fire Qaeen has been undocked.
The Winche stir, 50, Captain Lack, has been removed
.tom the Lain to al,:ngside the Pitch-house jetty.
The Prince Regent, 92, the R niney, 92, the Superb,
80, and the Hogue, 60, remain at Spithead. Fee Blen-
heim, Winchester, Victory, Neptune, Excellent, Are-
thusa, and steamers Sampson Sprightly, and Echo in
harbour. The Royal yachts 'Victoria and Albert, and
the Fairy, and her tender the Elfin are in dock.
The wind shifted last night to S.W., and there was at
daylight a smart shower of rain, but the wind has now
got to the north with cold weather.
od NaetoDu re ,v 0 Sii sp
oTrut
r e cpe iEvve
ya
ElTenforturiately, this
given, for the preparation of the Daunetleefssssitreacmh-ashirleps,
Captain Halstead, for the conve
,R Dc
countermanding t eNr mi NlGHT.—Orders
gijtrhdoesreshave previouslybee n
Hotham and suite to the Brazils.
order was not received until the
were completed, the men of the
previous fortnight, and the
engaged in the work for the
hd
laid in the necessary
wholedockyard
efi
gt fitments
officers and crew of the ship . a
I r the change in the destine-
_ catpsetanicne,Halsted,
lgiglreat hardship, and has
service.. Upon tht•rn,
leetalv°l:':tobofelaryecent a trang et! en ta ofe
andstec ktbaendnaepctiautinpminenptaarftoiornfoar:
tion of the ship is felt to
.be
We inl-
and proceeded
dcreeraattaenddm,
hay
obtained,
the facts before the
Admiralty. Commander ommander Barnard,
first announced, and the
vessel London
aril,delzoas:lboaehs, E .
......
Admiralty. According t .
ifitted for the reception ofe
—ng.y. The Vixen arrived at
is to proceed to the
from Portsmouth.
The trustees of the
vessel has been ordetilireaecx
st. Aubyn, Bart., have liberally given a
Sir Charles
DEVONPORT SAIL"B El
proposed shall afford accommodation for 200
principal landing-places
for the erect'
of the bor° g ton of this building,
seamen.wpl aihet eicceh oi
irft jgisroohunnud, nearo n e o f th© •
Thitomart, 8, Commander Heseltine, fitting at
.313 r
this port for the coast of Africa, will not be ready for
see until the 26th instant, and not the 29th, as stated by
the Plymouth correspondent of the Times.
Captain George Hay, R,N., on the retired list of 1846,
died at Tavistock, Devon, on the 12th inst.
The
vtwu hrhdi
ocauhyr
svh, veered ruer dei
no
gt o long
ne
hsprevailedds
of
frnoldn aowo
est
sah t i ei
merchantoE;vfaS•rdEo'
ports.
SHEERNESS, APRIL 18.—Iler Majesty's screw steam-
frigate Horatio, 22, Captain the lion. S. T. Carnegie,
took in her powder on Thursday, and her crew received
three months' wages in advance. She was inspected the
following morning by Captain the lion. Montagu Stop-
ford, flag-captain to Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline
Percy, Commander-in-Chief at tho Nore, who was ac-
companied by: the flag-lieutenant, the Hon. 0. W. M.
Lambart, and will sail most probably this day on a trial
cruise to the Land's End. The Horatio was built at
Bursledon in 1807, on the lines of the Lively; she is of
1,000 tons burden, and has an auxiliary screw propeller
of 350-horse poower, fitted on a plan suggested by the
late Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Lizard, Mr.
Brockman, master-commanding, conveyed Captain the
Hon. Montagu Stopford and other officers to the Ho-
ratio on Friday forenoon. She at the same time towed
the boats belonging to that ship. The Lizard remained
alongside during the inspection, and afterwards returned
with the flag-captain, who mustered the officers and
crews of the ships in harbour.
Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Desperate, 8, having
completed coaling, came to moorings abreast of the
dockyard, and adjusted her compasses. It is stated n!
will proceed to Chatham for the purpose of towing
l. e
Herald, Captain H. Denham, as far as the Ch!.nan_lhek, 6,
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-sloop 1115shortly'
Mr. .H. Gardiner, commander pro tem.
proceed toWoolwich, to assist in towing the of Sir
tined for the Arctio regions, under the
E. Belcher, as far as the ice. _ . _xe Araphion, 34,
Ear Atiljeitrii now oteam-tnsc Ceweessels des-

TnEg RpEaAatTwNeekATeeivoeNrAaiLinEfluxeunitniaillrinioeNetinAgTs
hCaovße
been
held of the Dublin committee at their rooms
Steph's-gree
Dublin, and the reports read at each assemb3
l withen referencen,
to this important national undertaking
werer of the most
gratifying nature. The building will occupy a site of up
athGe
wards of five acres in extent, the whole of which will be
surrounded by a wall twenty-feet high. The Corn Exchange
will be, as it were, the basis of the building, owing to the
magnificent and capacious halls and galleries it contains, and
in addition to this there will be other large and ornamental
galleries abutting from the main edifice. The general ap-
pearance of the buildings will consequently be ornamental as
well as substantial, and especially as the whole is to be en-
circled. The immense number of applications almost
hourly being made from every part of Ireland for space to
exhibit proves at once how warmly the undertaking is es-
poused on all sides. The ilatest donations are—Mr. Peto,
ALP., for 25/. ; Mr. Brassey for 2..1. ; Mr. Herbert Ingram,
proprietor of the Illustrated London News, for 101.; Mr.
Roney for 51., &c. &c. Sir Joseph Paxton has also written
to the honorary secretary a letter in which he mentions the
warm interest he takes in the success of the Cork Exhibi-
tion. It will be confined exclusively to Irish productions.
The new beet-root sugar manufacture and the " sewed mus-
lins" will form prominent objects of interest, as they pro-
mise to be highly important elements of future employment
in Ireland. Maclise has promised to paint an original pic-
ture for the Exhibition. M‘Dowall will exhibit his " Eve"
that attracted such admiration at the Crystal Palace last
year, and also an original group; Foley, two original groups.
Contributions in art are also expected from Elmore, Moore,
J. E. Jones, Richard Doyle, and numerous other distin-
guished Irishmen resident in England.

DEATH or 'Du. MUSGRAVE.—AnthoHy Musgrave,
Esq., M.D., for many years Colonial Treasurer of Antigua,
West Indies, and a member of the House of Assembly, sud-
denly died in that island on the 24th of February, of disease
of the heart, lamented, as he was esteemed, by all who
knew him, both on account of his private worth, his pro-
fessional llay, and his public services. As a student he
distinguished himself in Edinburgh, where he graduated in
1814, after having been one of the yearly Presidents of the
Royal Medical Society.: Those, his contemporaries, who
had the pleasure of knowing him there, will remember the
argumentative power he displayed in the debates of that
society, and his happy facility in speaking, little short!
eloquence. He contributed after his return to the West
Indies k valuable account of an epidemic yellow
ed in the
prevailed at St. John's, in 1816, which was Plib""London.'
" Transactions of the Medico- Chirurgical Societyt! halieve,
The disease which proved fatal, there is reason. to '
me that he
from the 0
was of long duration, dating at least
was a student.
*; I aeronauts have
BALLOONING.—Our practical
considerably
in number,
within the last few years increasedveteran Green will retire
if not in ability. This year t
~, the
eable successor in the person
fever which
has ascended b b
and rest on his laurels, whilst to supersede him as the
of Mr. Henry Coxwell is likely Arr. Coxwell for the last five
leading aeronaut of the
..:10AY_-__,;,enr where his fame
is u .
years has ascended on- the '
rivalled,' particularly u
snhgilsast enter
ne
tatsictnene. ascent
ofwas their n
erprises have
pro a ly
other aeronaut in
his travels by land and air and from the '
pro's, e highly interesting.
the presence of
eLxietePnsidee'
te of siege. land and
11
being i, a st!l
satloslcolkirhams doubtless - • will shortly publish
tathsheafnir, eillna,
Irgryjoaf
uaryisr,
citiesand
e ,
hdb eulli
rtii
circum-
ibis being a literary as well' i • •
„oce as scientific man, hie
vlong beeu held carried it up on Safilr."
DuairroN RAILWAY.
whichar
do yv eanl ttytuoh,:i :is:
will
am
do
iraeryf r e dqduunesrni fnt
aigyr
--The high estimation in ..
On Monday the price rose to 101; on
t et olop2a,
,r. .
on
W d
e nesdav, 1021 ; while on Thursday
and yesterday the quotations were 102 to 102 i. Even in
presence of the very
Id'auyesdlaa3s-t,
general rise that has taken place, it de•
serves to be part• I •of
icu arly noticed that the closing the
capital account on one hand, and clear and able management
on the other, have madethis,
the first of our many once pre.
mium lines, Which • that
again indicate an occupancy of at..
tractive pozition. li .
.... adway Tivics.