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APRIL 1 1852.
N°.48,573.]: LONDON THURSDAY 7214
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MIDDLESEX LAND-TAX' COMMISSION.
A general meeting of the commissioners of land-tax,
for that part of the county of Middleeex which is de-
scribed in the 38th Geo. 111. as the' rest" of the said
county, was held yesterday, at the Sessions-house,
Clerkeuwell, pursuant to notice, " to put in execution eo
much of the said Act us is thereby committed to their
care and charge for the year eusuieg."
Oa the motion of Mr. WOODWARD) seconded by Mr.
OFFER, Mr. J. Hargreave Mann, chairman of the
Holoom Division, wes celled to the chair.
The CHAIR3IAN said it would. not be necessary at all
for him to enter into any statement of the object,. or pur-
poses fur which the meeting was called, as they were
well•kuown to every commissioner, and had ten the
subject of .much discussion on previous occasions.
After some preliminaries,
Mr. COPPoCK said they had met on that occasion for
the third time only, fur the purpose of putting into
execudoo that which the Act of Parliament under
which they were proceeding directed should be done
every year—fur the third time only he raid had they
met to do this in a period of twenty-tight years; and
without their holding , their annual meetings no warrant
could be lsgally enforced, and no assessment. for land•
tax made, yet the injustice of the present system had
been going on the whole of that time, and because
it had so gone on it was now to he said that it was
one that could not be looked at. The Learned Gentle-
man then briefly mentioned, the proceedings before •the
Cbmmissiorsers of the Holborn Division, in 4850, which
led to theequestion of the equalization of the land-tax
being brought prominently . before the public, and said
that last year the comen4sionersirtakilaeirtweerat4Oneete;
astigeregeetrreefintitin that the amounts assessed on a
division should be raised by an equal pound-rate through-
out such division, but they were stopped from carryieg
woe. --onion into effect by a letter from Mr. Keogh,
of the Board of Miami reee,..-stiP. and thus they were pre-
vented, as t were, on tilts ry tiereeisela es success,
from doing their duty and doing justice to the public,
which they could do without wrong to any individual
whatever. He proceeded to contend that the equaliza-
tion of the unredeemed portion of the tax, or even its
entire repeal, could not be attended ,with any injustice
to those who had redeemed the tax on their property;
and in comparing the rate of St. George's and St. An-
drew's, Holborn (one shilling in the pound), with that
of Maryleboue (one farthing in the pound), men-
tioned that at least one good result of these proceed-
ings, and one for which he thought he ought to re-
ceive the thanks of the inhabitants of Marylebone,
was the discovery by one of the commissioners that one
of the Marylebune collectors had been making charges
for land. tax and putting the money ho received
into his pocket. He then cited the various Acts of
Parliament, from that of William and Mery, down to the
present reigu, having reference to the subject, and
contended that the commissioners had the full right and
power to raise the amount contributable by each division
by an equal pound rate. They had, he said, reason to
hope for a better state of things now than existed when
they appealed from Mr. John Wood of the Inland Re-
venue, to Sir Charles Wood of the Exchequer, although
ehey then acted on the evidence given by Mr. Wood
himself before a Committee of the House of Lerds,
which was published in the Lords' papers, and which
he would read to the commissioners. But they now had
another Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he (Mr. Cop-
pock) held in his Mende the recorded opinions of that
Right Honourable Gentleman on this subject, and he
found that at Aylesbury, in 1849, in the course of a pub-
lic speech, he said:—
" I am certain that there ought to be an equal adjust-
ment of local taxation, or rasher what is called iocal,
though it is in reality national taxation, and if that were
obtained, as in all justice it ought to ha obtained,
considerable relief would at once be given to
the agricultural interest Gentlemen,
I will now call your attention to another tax which
has been much dwelt upon, and the unjust ar•
raugement of that tax. You all know that farmers pay
duuulu the poor-rates paid by other classes, and public
opinion has already given a verdict that that should not
be allowed, su that before long a settlement of that ques-
tion may be expected, which will do justice to the agri-
cultural body. • I am now, however, anxious to call
your attention to a tax the arrangement of which is
most unjust. No doubt every gentlemen present has
heard and many pay the land-tax. • ......
This tax is so levied that the county of Buckingham pays
Is. 51 in the pound ou the rental of the land, while
other counties infinitely more populous and infinitely
more rich pay 2d. in the pound. You are, therefore,
called upon to pay an undue amount of the land-tax.
Mind, I am not speaking of that portion of land-tax
welch has been redeemed, because that is always brought
forward by our opponents to perplex the question, be-
cause in nothing that I propose do I wish to disturb any
public compact which has been entered into. Oue-third
of the laud-tax has been redeemed, and therefore no
longer presses on the soil; but tWo-thirds remain • to be
paid, and produces more than 1,000.000/. annually.
Now, it produces ls. sd. in the pound in the county
of Buckingham, and only 2d. in Lancashire, and Is. 4d.
in Liverpool. I ask you, then, where is the equality of
that taxation? The inequality, however, is not peculiar to
Buckinghamshire; fur I was speaking to a gentleman from
Hertfordshire on the subject before I entered the room,
and I find that in his county they pay ls. 6d. in the pound.
I have alluded to Hertfordshire, because I do not wish
to confine the consideration of the subject to Bucking-
hamshire. I will also take a border county, that of Bed-
ford, where I find the tax is Is. 6d. in the pound, while
in Northampton, another border county, it is more than
h.—in Berkshire, a sister county, it is Is. 3d. Then,
again, the remaining twenty agricultural counties, in-
cluding Sucaersetslatre, Kent, Devonshire, end even Es-
sex—from which a petition signed by 25,000 persons in
favour of equal taxation was sent to Parliament, that pe-
tition being given to me to present by their (ova county
Member.; because I had originally brought the question
torward—in these twenty agricultural counties the ave-
rage of the laud-tax is but little under Is. in the pound.
Hewing given you these facts, which I have drawn from
official documents, I will put before you the conclusions
to which I have come. If the land-tax were levied
throughout the country as in Buckinghamshire, and that
is not so high as in Hertfurdehire or Bedfordshire, in-
stead of realising 1,000 0001. it would realise 5,000,000/.
Mind I am not proposing any new tax opposed to the
spirit of the age, but Only the equalization of a tax
which already exists, and in this I have a right
to anticipate the support of those who have declared
themselves in favour of equal taxation and fireencial re-
form, for out of thy own mouth will I judge thee.'
All that I ask is, that the tax on laud, which has
been already sanctioned by Parliament by an ancient
Act, shall be levied throughout the conntry in the same
proportion as In Buckinghamshire; for, though the tax
presses heavily on the agricultural districts, it does not
pions on Mauchester, Liverpool, or Brighton. Gentle-
men, suppose we had this equalization of the laud-tax,
and the cons( quent 5,000,0001., the question arises what
shall we do with it ? We have with this money the
means, in my opinion, of raising the agriculture of Eng-
land from its depression, so that the landed interest
should find itself in that position in which, as long as
I live, I will labour to place it."
H (Mr. Coppock) found the person who uttered these
sentiments was now the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and the hope he entertained of their being assisted by
him in equalising this tax was fortified by the opinions
of the present Attorney and Solicitor-Generals—Sir F.
Thesieer and Sir F. Kelly. The subject was divisible
into three parts : first, the inequality of parish with
parish in a division; then division as with division; and
then county with county. Ho proposed only to deal
with the first, and the iniquity and injustice of the pre-
sent mode of levying the tax would be apparent when it
was considered that on one side of Oxford-street it was
63. in the pound, whilst on the other it was but aid.
They were not to exclude common sense from the appli-
cation of this Act of Parliament, and the commissioners
were bound to equalise parish with parisla is one divi-
sion. He was of opinion that they had the power to re-
arrange the divisions of the county, but that bad better
he dealt with by Parliament. So long as the Board of
Inland Revenue got the quota assessed on the county,
they did not care how it was raised or where it came
from, but it was the duty of the commissioners to see that
there was a fair and equal pound rate on the divisions.
The ruling of Lord Campbell, and the other judges of
the Court of Queen's Bench, in the case of Bradley
Haverstoe, was clear and conclusive. Justice, law, and
common sense were on his side, and ho was confident
the good sense of his brother commissioners would lead
them to the same conclusions. He then moved—
" That to raise the sum of 107,6021. I Is. 7d., the
quota laid on the rest' of the county of Middlesex in
and by the 38th Geo. 111., c. 5, for the service of the
year 1852, the proportions to be raised by each division
to be as follows:—(Here were inserted the figures of last
year.) And that the same be raised by an equal pound
rate on each division."
Mr. OFFER (of the Tower Hamlets division) seconded
the resolution. He instanced the inequalities existing
between some of the parishes of that division, in some
of which the tax was as much as 2s. in the pound, with
Mirylebone, and said if they could not get justice with-
out going to Parliament, let them go to Parliament and
obtain a general equalization.
Mr. W. PAYNE (the Coroner) said the question was
twofold, what it would be advisable to do, and what
they had the power to do. He conceived that justice and
before, sot7,hi
common sense were with his friend Mr. Coppock in the
ui%:yhollitatdhethleawla.w
TwhitehLheimar,n
tv,idtvyahhe took in this matter; but he could not agree
anded
Gentlemanthey
quoted,be und
ato
s
:71°,:ttprese
ovweluotti would, authority of Lords Mansfield and Kenyon in
years. rullyexar
nt'view, that the tax could not be legally le-
pt in the mode adopted for so many
mode, elan
u thought they had not the power to alter it.
neweriitelhenent, and afterwards, if it
dgtehMetroc.veill)°aPrPliiti2'nenk'eanpt permission,
submit to
we
me shouldi
carried,ta
rr move
of Mild e8(•;;:h'•ing taken into considers-
twetrhattothrtimed,
Commissioners of Le
and-Tax s foran
Parliament regarding the essess-
went of land-tax, aril hiving Mao considered the several
decisions of Leurts u: law 011 the eubjeet of such as-
eeeements, n.t!J opiui3n of the Board of Inland
forttiheene countytti iheme 11(s- neo several Acts of
venue regarding the same, are of opinion that they do
not possess the power by low to vary the quotas which

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have' hitherto been 'assessed within the several divisions
'of the country.. that the quotas to be assessed within the
several divisions of the country be the same sums as were
assed thereon respectively for the last year.
Mr. RNIIISDEN seconded the amendment, on the nti-
, derotanding that it was to be followed by the motion to
go to Parlian-",nt.' Ho trusted that good would arise
from their proceedings, but if they passed the original
resoluti:a they would bo without the means of enforcing
it—they would have no funds to contest their right to
enforce it; and though he fully admitted the gross in-
jimieo' of the pre:,e'nt operation of the tax, ho thought an
application to Parliament was the only thing they could
adopt to remedy the evil.
Mr. Donaldson, lar; Neste, Ur. Woodward, and other
nonma4',4°Derg, haviiv shortly spoken,
coPPnen.
.bri,:fly replied. He salcl all had acf-
mitted the justice ofliis case, and he was clearly of opi-
nionthat hu had the)aw with him. He did not propose
to interfere with division and division, but as to parishes
within a division. vi..:nd as to the letter of the Board of
~-;ainst, was,
Inland Revenue,
would defend the Commissioners out of the public money,
should they be proceeded a
a,' more unauthorised or unwarantable
letter never was written; and the threat that the board
in effect, setting
the authority o,
,_that hoard against that of the Queen's
Beach, And, if hp mistook not, that letter would be heard
of in the Bouso.ef Commons.
The resolutioo4 as
aided by Mr. Payne, was car-
ried, on a show nardgi! by 32 against 18.
ca--4:2_o66.ipplicatigktoe,Loarlizatianae4towit
After some dissuasion; Mr. Payne abandoned his
resolution for making and,
%itirArTiittfitaidlffirf year to
towneaiForni4:ottiai,:ißto
jegfhtligt
Honourable - the Chancellor of the
Exchequer upon the subject, with the view of urging
upon him the necessity of bringing the subject before
Parliament. _ _

The CHAIRMAN said the Lord-Lieutenant, the Mar-
quis of Salisbury, had taken the matter up, and had
for returns on the subject.
Mr. COPPourc ..iLI they had the great advantage of
knowing beforehand what were the opinions of the
present Chancellor of the Exchequer on this subject;
they never could find out what tho opinions of the late
one were.—(A laugh.)
Masters W. Brougham Sir George Rose, and Ferrer,
were present as commissioners for the Liberty of the
Rolls, and they were added to the committee to wait on
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The proceedings terminated With a vote of thaLks to
the Chairman.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
REDUCTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.-

The !Mediterranean fleet has now been reduced to a mere
squadron. Sir William Parker has given up the com-
mand to Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8.. and left
Malta in the Queen, 116, Captain Wiae, for England,
with the Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, commended by the ad-
miral'a son, Commander G. Parker. The squadron re-
maining on the other side of the Straits Of Gibraltar it,
now limited to Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith;
aionod the following steamers,
Tre-
talgar, 120, Captain Greville, and
the mt
Bellerophon,,deBte 1748.,CCoamp.-
mtaainnder LorLdorGd. Pcemon
auleptt;a s ;
besides the breaking-down packets—Firebrand, 6,.Cap-
tein Codd; Scourge, 6, Commander Lord F. Kerr; Fury.
6, Commander Tatham;•and a shaky old tub called the
Shearwater, 3, Lieutenant Commander Horton. The
Cf(Orr7 is now dispersed. We
Corfu, no cruiser on the coast
eh/at o f
n o the h
a esingle Mediterranean
at
of Syria—at a moment, too, when the greatest excite-
ment prevails with respect to the Tanzimat; we have
not a single pendant at the Mucus, and whilst a
this time passed the
hDettarvianellreesn,cahndiriisgaantechhoruesd by
Constantinople, the re-
presentativ© of the British navy there is an old, worn-
out, leaky tub—the Shearwater, with not guns enough
on board to return any compliment paid to the union
jack. Hitherto it has always been held that the natural
rendezvous for the main division of the British fleet in

commission is on the station on which the French fleet
is cruising, and near the forces of other powers. It has
also been considered that the best method of keeping
our ships in an efficient state, and teaching our junior
officers and men their profession, is by cruising and ex-
ercising together, ana performing their evolutions in
company and in succession, which enabled Howe, Jervis,
and Nelson to engage so successfully the superior forces
of the enemy. Opinions appear to have changed, and
systems to have altered. It would seem now that the
means adopted to make our fleet efficient are to keep
the line-uf battle ships as far distant from each other as
possible. Time, however, will test the soundness of the
judgment which has weakened our Mediterranean forces
at a time when our rivals are so strong on that station,
and distributed our ships to those ports at which their
presence is unnecessary.—Herald.
We stated yesterday that_ootaglantktra.wcazid _l3O- ap.
pointed to the flag-Ships afihe horae Offs as formerly,
and we gave. the appointment of Commander J. B. Marsh
(1844), to the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship, Sheerness. Two
officers have now been appointed to the other flag-ships
—namely, Commander Alexander Boyle (1842), for-
merly of the Thunderbolt, steam-sloop, to the Victory,
Wig-ship, at Portsmouth, and Commander John R. Rodd
(1851), to the Impregnable, 78, flag-ship, Devonport.
Lieutenant W. B. Mason (1848) has been appointed
to the Britomart, 8, fitting at Devoriport.
Spithead now looks as of old. The presence of the
Prince Regent. 90, the Superb, 80, the Rodney, 90,
Hogue, 60, and Retribution, 28, steam-frigate, gives it a
warlike appearance.

SPERMATORRIREA AND STRICTURE.
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A TREATISE; on the CURE of STRICTURE
. of the URETHRA ; containing the True Reasons why that
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operations, and all the excesses and horror of surgery."—John Bell.
H. Baiillere, 219, Regent-street, London.

master, having been wiadbound for several days, have at
length sailed for Newcastle,
The Countess of Morley, Clapp, master, from Leg-
horn, for London, was run into while lying at anchor
off D..al, on Sunday, by the Lady Dundee, of Lyming-
ton. She lost her jibboom and ca±eafi, and sustained
other damages, and proceeded for the river in tow of a
steam tug ve=ssel.

The Vivid, from Demerara, came in contict with the
Albion, Adams, master, from Sunderland, bound to
Aden. The foruier carried away her bowsprit, bud her
bows stove, and viaa obliged to be towed for the riv-r
by a steam tug. The latter lost her jibboom and cut-
water, and received other damage. She proceeded to
Fahnouili for repairs.
WooLwica, MARCH 3l.—The Valorous steam••sloop
will leave Woolwich fur Greenwich on Friday morning
next to have her compasses adjusted, and will thou pro-
ceed round to Devouport in charge of Lieut. Robertson,
and she will remain at that station as an advanced war
steamer.

MALTA, MARCH 25.--The Medusa, with the India
mail, reached the island during the night.
Reschid Pasha has once more been called to the Vi-
zierat.

In Athens the Rev. Mr. King has been sentenced to
fifteen days' imprisonment, and also to be banished from
Greece fur proselytizing young Greeks, Mr. King, who,
as an Am3rican missionary, has been before the puplic
on other occasions, has appealed against the sentence of
banishment, but we have not heard the result in Malta.
The scourge steam-frigate, having parted cam any
iNV ith4ll4-QUit;gnsgArakl4,4ll44olol44,lllt-e
for-Gibraltar, ran to the Graham's shoal, and found
little or no difference since the survey in April last year.
The Scourge leaves port to-morrow for Corfu, and
afterwards for Constantinople, to be placed at the order
of Sir Stratford Canning, who is going home on congd.
The Spitfire survey steam-ship will proceed at the end
of the month to resume her surveys.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen ia:ld a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck-
ingham Palace.
His Royal Highness the Count d'Aquila, brother of
his Majesty the King of the Two bicilies, and the
Countess d'Aquila, accompknied'by his Excellency the
Prince di Cann', Sicilian Minister, had an audience of
her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses were introduced
by the Earl of Mslmeshury, the Queen's Principal Se-
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by
Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her
M.iji,t,ty's Master of the Ceremonies.
Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Princess
de Villa and the Chevalier Folgori._

Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, Captain Robinson,
was removed from the angle dock into the basin, at
Portsmouth, yesterday morning, where she will further
fit for service.

Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Monday
next, the sth inst., at Buckingham Palace. Summonses
were issued yesterday to the Ministers and Officers of
State.

The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with the Princess Royal end the Princess Alice, attended
by Major-General Buckley and Colot,el Ihuverie, visited
the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's-park yesterday
morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, and the younger members of the Royal Family,
took their usual exercise yesterday in the gardens of
Buckilix ham Palace.

The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the
Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Earl of Verulani, and
Major-General Buckley, honoured the Haymarket
Theatre with their presence last evening.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord
George L-nnox, Colonel Wylde, Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grty, and Colonel Buuverie, honoured the So-
ciety of Arts with his presence yesterday evening. His
Royal Highness afterwards joined her Majesty at the
Haymarket Theatre.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness do Speth, and Sir
George Couper, left her residence, Clarence-house, St.
James's, at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, for Frog-
more.

Dauntless, 33, screw steam-frigate, Captain E. P.
Halsted, was paid wages in Plymouth Sound on Monday,
and the men were granted leave.
Niger, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Heath, is ordered
home from the coast of Africa.
Racer, 12, Commander Reddon, was paid off into or-
dinary, at Devonport, yesterday.
Sampson, 6, steam-frigate,
hauled off from the dockyard to the Dryad hulk, at
Porkmouth.
Captain L. T. Jones, has

frigate, Master-Commander Penn,
which on scherreawrrtir:LP•at aineinport was compelled to
„me to an anchor at the west end of the Breakwater,
steamer, on Tuesday.
moorings within by the Confiance
was towed to the

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hindley, M.l'.. Mr.
Hilton, Mr. Birley, and Mr. Bailey, had an interview
with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office.
Admiral Hornby had an interview with the Earl of
Derby yesterday at his official residence in Downing-
street.

_
PORTS3I3IITIL AIiaRCH 31.—THE CHANNEL SQUAD-
ROL-11m. NW ,sty's ship Prince Regent, 92, Captain
w. F. Martin, has arrived trom Lisbon and Queenstown.
She saluted the Port-Admiral with 17 guns from her
heavy battery, which shook the town. Her crew will be
paid down to six months. Her Majesty's ship La
Hogue, 60, and Encounter, 14, are hourly expected to
anchor Spirhead from the same ports, when the effec-
tiveforcat at this station will comprise the following
crew, Captain Scott. 120 guns, 2,705 tons, 482
pligu
reipnatcduerneß:
1 I (goerndti,n9a2r y
guns,
ufl
nag)
s ,2,613 tons, 820 crew, Captain
,
Harris.
Rodney, 92 guns, 2,598( tons, 820 crew, Captain
Graham.
Superb, 80 guns, 2,589 tons, 750 crew, Captain Purcell.
*Blenheim, 60 guns, 1,747 tons, 500 crew, 450 horse
power, Captain Henderson.
*Hcoagputeatin6omgliwnsd iasuggii.) tons, 500 crew, 450 horse power,
Arethusa, 50 guns, 2,130 tons, 500 crew, Captain Sy-
monds.
Winchester, 50 guns, 1,487 tons, 450 crew, Captain
Loch.
*Arrogant, 46 guns,
G0rd0n,1,872 tons, 450 crew, 360 horse
power, Captain Robinson.
Retribution, 28guns,r1e,641 tons, 300 crew, 400 horse
p -Aver, Captain
Warden,
tons, 175 crew, 360 horse
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pmnocpwos
eou
r6nn,
,t
gee6ur
a,
guns,npst
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Vixen, 01,gr5 u42n9s7t, 0
tons,
n 906
210 crew, 467 horsepower,
Captain Jones.
160 crew, 280 horse power,
Captain Barnard. . _

* Thoz.e marked thus are screw ships.
ONeptunerdnisary; the Rodney is filling
the harbour guard ship,
or receiving
up her complement, and wants upwards of 150 to make
this force
shi
p the
of
the o
up 820; and the Winchester is fitting out to proceed to
the East Indies and China, as Commander.in-Chief's
4hip. Iler Majesty's. ships Prince Regent, Rodney,
Superb, and Retribution are at Spithead; the rest are in
Portsmouth harbour.

The Oxford University Commission had a meeting
yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of
the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—the Bishop
of Norwrich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pem-
broke. the Rev. H. G. Liddell, Mr. J. L. Dampier, the
Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and
the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary).
Sir John Duckworth and Mr. Robert Neilson had an
interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Co-
lonial-office.

Baron Bontinck, the Xetherlands Minister, transacted
hu'siness with the Earl of Malmesbnry at the Foreign-
office on Monday.

PARIS THEATRICALS.

ITALIAN OPERA.—M. Bazzini, the great Italian
violinist, made his appearance on Saturday night. He
was announced to perform three morceaux of his own
composition, each entirely different in style and cha-
racter, and he had not played a dozen bars before he
proved himself not only a complete master of his instru-
ment, but a true musician by nature, feeling, and
genius, delighting and revelling in all the passionate
beauty and poetry of his art. M. Bazzini first pia) ed an
eleeaat and brilliant study on Donizetti's Anna
Bolena —exquisitely
.performed, and followed by im-
mense applause. His next theme was the celebrated
finale Irons Lucia, into which he threw a soul and ex-
pression not to be surpassed by that greatest of all in-
struments—the human voice. In his hands the
violin absolutely sings this beautiful air with all
the pathos, tenderness, and passion of a Rubini.
The largo was executed entirely upon the fourth
chord, and was given by Buzzini with a power and
grandeur worthy of Paganini himself, of whom he re-
minded every musician present who had had the gratifi-
cation of hearing that great master. This marvellous
periormance concluded with a scherzi, "La Ronde
dee Lucius," ono of those fantastic dreams of
fairyland in which the imagination of th© com-
poser and player is allowed full scope, and
which considered alone as an exhibition of executive
skill, is one of the most extraordinery feats ever
heard on this instrument. His passages of tenths, &u-
-tile notes, and daring leaps or bow and hand, preserving
unerring truth ot iutonetien, even in the wildest
velocity of delivery, exhibits d a mastery over every
coeceiveble intricacy arid difficulty impossible to sur-
pees. This wondrous display, at first frequently in-
terrupted by expressions ot delight, as it proceeded gra.
dually excited a perfect furore on the part ot the public,
who, after a tempest of applause, insisted on a repetition
of the entire niorceau, a demand which, notwitestunding
its unreasonableuess, was complied with by M. Bazzini
with unimpaired energy; arid he concluded amid re-
newed acclamations on the part of the entire assembly.
Among the many claimants to the succession of the great
Paganini, M. Bazzini must be set down as the most ideal
and poetic that has yet been heard in Paris.
ODEON.—\L Leon Guzlan has produced Les Cinq
Minutes du Commandeur, a drama iu five acts, founded
on an excellent novel of the author's. The transplanta-
tion and adaptation to the stage has been effected so inju-
diciously that the plot, to those who are unacquainted with
the romance, is perfectly incomprehensible. Under these
circumstances, it is not to be wondered at that Les
Ging Minutes du Commandeur should have been a
failure. Since the first representation it would appear
that some changes had been effected in the drama, as it
hes kept its ground on the agiche, where, however, it
seems impossible that its sojourn can be permanent.
OPERA COMIQUE.—The last novelty here, Le Far-
fadet, partakes of the unsubstantial nature of the fan-
tastic being denoted by its title, both as regards the
music and the libretto. It is an old story, but
arranged in a new form, and gaily narrated by M.
do Plsnard. A clumsy miller is about to marry
the pretty Laurette, under the compulsion of one
of those traditional uncles fast disappearing from
the stage, while he is in reality attached to a cer-
tain Mdlle. Babet. Laurettee.inher turn, still regrets
a former lover, one Marcellio, a boatman, supposed
to have been drowned. An evil spirit (a farfadet)
appears, however, to have bewitched the mill, for as
the day fixed fur Laurette's nuptials approaches, the
machinery gets out of order, sacks of flour aro
tossed about, and a thousand pranks aro played the
miller, by the mischievous elf, who turns out, at
length, to be no other than Mons. Marcellin the missing
bowman. Laurette marries her lover, Bahet becomes
the wile of her miller, and everybody is satisfied, even
i;
.
the public. The music, by M. Adam, is pretty, bel!
contains nothing meriting note or special mention.
was extremely well sung by Mdlles. Lemercaien r and
Talmon, and MM. Bussine and Jourdam
d Le
Farfadet was received with marks of unequiv oca. L 5-
atis-
facrion.
GYMNASE.—Two novelties have beenh
favour. The
brought out
here, both of which were received
first, Le Marquis de la Breteche, 0 la Mw-
sl two act affair,
in which the artful designs of• ,
hild4claca,
aro prettily
guise" to win the affections of her -
usbane
described by
MM. Aletesvifie and Carmeuee„, the
authors. The Marquis having cundecended I'6*
pair his sliatt•)red
t, tine by
y marriage with a
zt boargeois.,, is so ashamed at thus
very rich and pretty
having encanaille himself, that on the first day after his
marriage he leaves his wife,-
and flies to his eheteu iu
of killing time, ho lays sieg.
Britanny, where by way
peasant girl, in whom he noti a to
as matters proceed
the virtue of a pretty
Helices a
strong resemblance with his wife;
find that the little W •
he is amazod tovz ageoise
herself, who
however,
is no other than " Madame la Marquise,
has resorted to this method of making the conquest of
her husband; this stratagem brings about a better un-
derstanding between the sposi, between wiom
the
greatest harmony prevails at the fall
the curtain.
This sprightly affair is acted with great spirit by sisals.
Lether and MM. Noma and Lafontaine.
The other no-
velty, Le Piano de Berths, is a mere bluette to display the
talents of Muaes. Ruse and Anna Chi ri, and M. Bressante
It is written in imitation of the,
sty ie of M. Alfred de
Mussel in Un Caprice, and, though nr truce quallin;2
the o:iginal, it is not destitute 04: 4
mgrit. The nuthiu‘s
%re M Barrii,ire and Math,
Asiniou.—A lugubrious melodrama, Sarah la Creole,
exhibiting the terrible raneune of a certain damsel in
Martinique, has been received with transports of applause

t 60, Captain M‘Doegall,
o'clock yesterday after-
noon,lreland, and saluted the port-
admiralps steam-sloop 'Vesuvius was taken into
ancllheorn dlaajtesstyp'is ship La
th L
about o Rutogevee
frowmithLli7sbgoun nih and
Her Majesty's
the factory basin yesterday, to have her machinery re-
paired.
The Antelope steam-packet, Lieutenant Commander
Young, is on shore at St. Helen's. She brought up there
yesterday, on her way from this port to Gibraltar, not
liking the appearance of the weather, and it appears she
ran whore in getting under weigh early this morning.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. George Allen, Acting
Master Commanding, has been sent to her assistance;
she towed the Drake lighter also to the spot with haw-
sers and the necessary gear for getting her off, and they
pe thuer.
ne d therefore we cannot give details
, The
Antelope is an iron vessel.
At Spithead—The Prince Regent, 90; the Rodney,
ohlavt hee not
tlata yets trt) r
92; the Superb, 80; the Hogue, 60; and the Retri-
bution, 28.
SHEEntiEss, MARCH 31.—Her Majesty's ship Water-
loo, 120, Captain G. It. Mundy, flag of Vice-Admiral the
Hoc. JoscAine Percy, Couar.-Aander in-Chief, sent up her
topmasts anti topgallantmasts, and crossed her lower and
topsail yards, yesterday morning, being her rig fur the
summer months. _

Her Mak.ty's ship Monarch, 84, Capt..in C. Hope,
and hor Majesty's ship London, 90, Captain the Hon.
Montague Stoptord, also sent up their topmasts and
crossed their lower and topsail yards.
Her Majesty's steamer Myrtle, Mr. W. S. Bourchier,
master, proceeded to Chatham yesterday on service for
the dockyard, returning to port in the afternoon.
mPhI
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Annphion,
topgallantmasts fielded, and will be all atant in a day or
two. She has- been removed to the north aide of the
fitting basin.
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at this theatre. The heroine has had the mishap to
be seduced by a villain of a gay Parisian, named Du-
mont, who, having abandoned her, she swears a wicked
oath of vengeance against all of the name of Dumont.
A young lady of that unlucky name falls into the
clinches of this demon, who incontinently commences a
series of persecutions againcA her, such as are only to be
found It the A rubi2u Comique, winding up by poisoning
her mal'ieureuse victime. By an interference of Providence,
never at fault at this theatre, the poisoner ultimately meets
with condign punishment. This terrible example of the
effects of libertinism is nightly received by delighted
crowds, und, judging from the applause, virtue and mo-
rality are decidedly in the ascendant just now on the
B )ulevard du Temple. The piece is well enough acted,
particularly by Mme. Naptsul Arnault, an actress worthy
a place at a much higher theatre than the Arubigu.
THEATRE NATIONAL—A gr►nd military spectacle,
GenLvit'we, la .Patronnee de Paris, founded on the legend
of the patron saint of Paris, and the siege of the city
by the Huns under the terrible Attila, has been pro-
duced hero with the utmost success. It is splendidly got
up, and the strange costumes and mode of warfare of
the barbarians and Parisians of the filth century, are
represented with the greatest possible accuracy.
The last concert of the Societe Ste. Ce.:ile derived un-
wonted eclat from the presence of Mademoiselle Falooni.
This eminent vocalist sang the " Sicilienne" of
Pergolese, and the celebrated cavatina from Semi-
ramide, " Bel raggio," showing herself equally great
in the •classic and florid styles. With a splendid
Ippyle.aoktha. Atwor , regiAr, of her yoke .tromprises the
initek4l3Ptte—richeli contralto, which she uses with
transcendent effect. Mdlle. Falcoui is on her way to
London, being engaged by Mr. Bunn to meet the for-
midable rivalry of the opera season about to commence.
Madlle. Marie Ducrest, a young artist of great talent,
gave a concert a few days since at the Salle Pleyel,
which was numerously attended. Madlle. Ducret pos-
sesses a good clear soprano voice, and considerable
taste and execution—qualities which were displayed to
great advantage: in an air from Auber's L'Estocq, and
in another from Donizetti'a Buondel Monte.

LAMBETH WATERWORKS.
The potential influence of public opinion has already
begun to tell upon the metropolitan water companies,
and Tuesday furnished one of its most unmistakeable
proofs. The Lambeth Water Company has, ever since
the year 1785, supplied the chief portion of southern
London with water drawn from the Thames, in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of Hungerford-bridge. The
purity of the beverage during the last century must have
bsen questionable; what it has been for many years
back it would be almost painful to describe. A better
era hac, however, dawned. A special train on the South-
Western Railway on Tuesday conveyed the directors
and a party of 350 friends to the Kingston station, to
witness the opening of the new works, constructed by
the company at Baton, on the banks of the Thames.
A large extent of ground has been enclosed at the
spot known as Seething-wells, opposite to Hampton-
park. At this' point of the river, 23 miles ab ,ve
dnt the aqueduct
reaepoquautuihm.
London-bridge, three miles above the tidal range,
and above. Teddington-lock, the water is drawn from
the river through gratings and wire-strainers into
several enormous filtering reservoirs, each of which is
constructed to hold several hundred thousand gallons.
The bed of these tanks is formed of layers of shale,
ras
nhafldetu
Brixton-rise
dsmm andnto transferred
nt
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ees
by
yona
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adepir
ntel
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aut ugh
eh.
epr whichnosgue iurn thedveeosdi
by the guidireca of Mr. Simpson and Mr. Pole, engi-
neers, und Mr. Phipps, the secretary, the visitors in-
spected the processes of filtration, the sluices having been
opened for the purpose, and then exe.mined, the boiler-
house and steam-engines. Four engines of 600-horse
power collectively, of superior construction, furnish
adequate power for the supply of 10,0.00,00.0 gallons of
water per day—a quantity which it is estimated may
be increased three ur even fourfold, if requisite. After
duly inspecting the whole of the works, and witnessing
the commencement of active operations, the company
adjourned to a large marquee, where a very excellen t
collation did much credit to Mr. Richard Gunter, the
purveyor. Mr. James C. Peache, the chairman of the
company, was supported by Sir James Duke,. M.P.,
Major Oliphant, Mr. Geach, M.P., Mr. Dakin, Mr..
Pepper, mayor of Kingston, Lieutenant-General Sir
John Wilson, &c. After various toasts and speeches.
which were all well received, the company dispersed, to
re-assemble at the railway-station, about half a mile dis-
tant, where the special train conveyed the party back to
town before night arrived.