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

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 20, 4.30 A M.
The Franklin steam-ship, front New Y.ork, arrived
is Cowes Roads soon after midnight, and her mails
were landed at Southampton about four o'clock this
morning. She brings advices from New York to
th.e Bth, and has 400,000 dolls. on board. The Frank-
conveys 160 passengers, 143 of whom are for
Havre. Cotton was in a very unsettled state, neither
sellers nor buyers having anticipated such favourable
news_ from England as that taken by the Europa.
~[l].y. 500 bales, four purchasers, at irregular
prirzes. At N.,w Orleans it went up the fourth of
cent cn rccipt of the Pacific's news. Bread-
Auffs sold freely. Provisions favoured buyers.
stocks fluctuated, but with an upward tendency.
• Wiley plenty. Extra compensation was to be given
'to Collins' line of steamers, Late accounts from
111,!:xicn state that a new Minister has embarked for
the United States with fall instructions to effect a
Masi settlement of the Tehuantepec difficulty. The.
Bank forgeries trial had commenced. Tire Boston
Conarnon Council bad invited Secretary Webster to
speak to; Faneuiel Hall with the view of electing him
to the Presidency. The delegates of the New Jersey
Democratic Convention are favourably disgosed to-
wards Commodore Stockton. Dr. Andrew Ploomer,
of Brighton, England, had been arrested on the com—
plaint of Colonel T. D. Howard, of the British army,
on oa charge of absconding from the former place with
one: thousand one hundred pounds, belonging to the
Colonel. Henry Clay was getting worse. He has
very strongly warned his countrymen against inter•
-vention in Europe. Kossuth had met with a good
reception in Lowell, and large subscriptions raised.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
11111,. Rise Cheri appeared in the Collier de Merles
for the first time in this country last night. It is a
comedy of smart, agreeable dialogue, only to be found
auft°4 the PrQueli stage, and which, in the hands of such
itsss EIS ROZ,O Cheri and Lafont, is so thoroughly satis-
Eatofory and amusing. A rich American gentleman pre-
:fsents a young lady, the daughter of a banker—who
chilavours his matrimonial pretensions as regards his
peail necklace. To the young lady
the marriage is distasteful, and she endeavours to
effect a stdo of the gift in order to save the
father of the youth for whom she entertains a
preference from certain pecuniary embarrass-
ments in which he has become involved with the banker.
The necklace is ev,-ntevally rebought by the American,
1111° amaios tenders it to tho lady, but only to be rjected
for the banker, learning the secret of his daugeter's
%cart, 3 ields in a spirit of parental fondness to her
'dearest wishes. The collisien between the commercial
And 110 sentimental nature of the several personages
""rds, it will readily b 3 understood, a g,'led surface for
Shrewd and s,,gzesive dialogue, and the author, M.
Mazeres has turned it to excellent account. Mdlle. Rose
Cheri played the part of the heroine with her usual
delicate and winsvng piquancy; and Latent, as the
eanetican, who can ill understand the sentinatntalities of
Lila betrothed, manifested an appropriate air of plain and
atz-.4igtitfar ward worldliness.

YLEBONE THEATRE.
Henry Marston is Dt present playing at this house
a rcuud of melodramatic characters, together with an
"docent and well-drilled company. The Ocean of Life,
Brigand, and the Vampire, are in this week's pro-
aclale• A grand military ballet, the Conscripts of
_roarnag, as arranged some years since, in Liverpool, by
.51 • Cormack, is nightly performed with great spirit and
effecto ~the principal part being sustained by the producer
tne bsilet, with that rematkable finish end brilliancy
3, style which is so familiar to the frequenters of the
rincoss's Theatre, where Mr. Cormack has been the
11 atl!quin for the last twos asons to the Columbine of
;
fairest and must favourite artiste, Miss Carlotta Le-
-Ipl.etl• In several pas, and especially in a military horn-
)e, last evening, he elicited enthuitastic applause. Mr.
Olin° was superlative us the buffo of tho piece, and the
principal danseuses, Widnes. Julie, Laine, and Massall,
liequitted themselves with consideroblo éclat. Ms ma-
1111flenuent oF the lesser, Mr. E. T. Smith, is well deserv-
ing of public patronage.

MR JARRETT'S CONCERT.
The concert which took place last night at Exeter
under the auspices of Mr. Jarrett, was one of the
veritable " monster" species. There was a band of
Orly 100, conducted by
Signor Bottesini and led by
which performed the overture to Oberon, the
sche Wiley,
arid Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's
earn, and a new overture, composed expressly for the
?cEl3ion, by Signor Buttesini. The last, a work of
• !distinguished merit, will in all probability be afforded
-More than one occasion of appealing to the
.suffrages cf an English audience. The singers were—
Mrs. Sims Reeves, Mdlle. Jetty Treffz, Madame Falconi,,
Misses Dolby, Williams, Stabbach, Brougham, and E.
trougham; Messrs. S.Reeves, Reichert, Tedder,
79411" th, Staudigl, and Braham—enough to afford
.monie idea of a miscellaneous entertainment, in which so
.!:I,any and eminent talents were called into request. Mr.
prahana was encored in the " Death of Nelson," which
Ile never sang with more energy—Mr. Sims Reeves
!°rented a furore in " Adelaide "—and Jetty Treffz, in
ilezart's sentimental " Addio," Panofka's sparkling
Linden tree," and the immortal " Trab, Crab," was
*tatlausiastically applauded. In addition to these, we
mast cite " Ocean, thou mighty monster," by Mrs. Sims
Reeves, "Grand Dio " (Mercadante) by Miss Dolby,
and Slaudigi's " Qui edegno," as among the most
artistic and successful performances of the evening. A
•inew song by Macferren, " She is not here," was so
Veil sung by Herr Reichart as to elicit an encore;
end Mendelssoian's plaintive duet, " How can
• Alight and joyous be?" was charmingly given by the
Misses Brougham. The instrumental department was
e,climily strong—solos on the violin by Sivori, on the
uouble.cass by Bottesini, and on the violoncello by
Piaui, besides a duet for clarionet and flute by Lazarus
and Richardson, played in first-rate style, were received
with the loudest applause. The feature of the whole
%°lleFrf, however, was the pianotortefentasia of Madame
leyel (Dohlet's Guillaume Tell), a performance of
transcendent ability, which created a sensation not to be
described. Iu addition to Signor Bottesini, MM. Ans-
?hut z, Alexandre Billet, Schimon, Desanges, end Aguilar
lent tht,ir valuable assistance as accompanyists at the
Pninnfeate. The hall was crowded.

TtrE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.—Yes:-er-
Ilay the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to
nquire into the application of the British Electric Tele-
gralth Company, for power to provide duplicate or competing
lines of telegraph between the principal towns throughout
the kingdom, met for the first time in Committee-room No.
The Committee consisted of Lord C. Wellesley, Viscount
I.:nfield, Mr. Edward Stanley, Mr. E. Heneage, and Mr. F. R
West. Mr. Sert. Wrangham, Q.C., Mr. Keating, Q.C. and
11r. Hod g Bodges appeared for the British Company ; and Mr.
'Talbot, Q.C., Mr. Hope, Q.C., Mr. Roe, and other Learned
'Gentlemen for the Electric Telegraph Company, and the
various railway companies uniting to oppose the Bill. Mr.
Sergeant Wren
the gliem opened the case of the promoters of
Bill in a lengthy address. He stated that the object of
the measure proposed by the British Telegraph Company
was to enable the public to derive the advantage of a more
'extensive and economical use of electric telegraphic com-
munication, and that in order to do this it was indispensable
that the company should be empowered by Parliament to
construct telegraphs on railways, and along canals, from
-which they were at present, from certain clauses, excluded.
It was sought for this purpose to increase the capital of
the company from 100,0001. to 300,000/., with one-third bor-
rowing powers, to re-incorporate the company with limited
liability, and with controlling powers, to the Board of
Trade. Mr. E. Ilightan, engineer of the British Telegraph
Company, and Mr. Denison, M.P., chairman of the Great
Norther 11Alway, were examined, after which the Committee
adjournee.

'PLYMOUTH GREAT WESTERN Docits.---The re-
commencement of these works, which have for some time
past been abandoned, was celebrated at Plymouth on Tues-
day by a general holiday. The completion of the docks is
considered of great importance to the prosperity of the port.
A procession was formed, which started from the hoe, and
tifter traversing the princif al streets, returned to the site of
the docks, at Mill Bay, where the usual ceremonies were per-
formed. The company then partook of a dqeuner at the
Royal Hotel. The day was closed by a concert, followed by
a display of Are-works at the Botanical-gardens.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—WO learn
that the nephew of Admiral Moorsom, one of the directors of
the Chester and Holyhead Company, and who, as resident -
director, enjoyed a salary of 1,0001. per annum, with free
occupation of the magnificent estate of Gorph Wysfa, pur-
chased by the company, has been appointed secretary of the
above company, at a salary beyond that received by the late
secretary or his predecessor.
Mr. Delasaux held an inquest at Goodnestone on
IV,ednesday, on the body of Mark Page (coachman to Sir
nridges), who committed suicide in a closet adjoining his
bedroom,had where he was found by some of the household. He
hi, suspended himself to a peg, and when discovered was on
himself while in
: ~, quite dead. Verdict " That he destroyed
Tns Stncins -
a state of insanity."---1 Canterbury Journal.
day Mr. Bedford her THE HORSE GUARDS.—Yester-
day
Barton, the soldier who an inquest upon the body of John
morning in the guard-room
destroyed himself on Tuesday
, who had
of the Horse Guards. It ap
Tieared that Barton
Grenadiers. 19 years, was and been in the first battalion of
habitual drunkard, and that
the act of self-murder was
following a season of indulge c peirip:trated in a fit of depression
sanity." . Verdict--" Temporary in-
THE LATE MURDER AT TOLLESDURY.—Ever since
uittal at the assizes
his liberation from prison, after his
~the man tried for
at Chelmsford in March last, Harrinactq
the wilful murder of Mrs. Cobb, at Alien
ccident wandering
and until last
an outcast, and has only been seen by a"? '7, has become
about the fields to avoid public observation;
neighbourhood for
week has not been seen or heard of in the ne
aug in labourer'sth e
a considerable time, when he was discovered gb
dog lying under a hedge in the parish of Wigbeyir
last stage of exhaustion, his frame being reduced byiva-
tion from a state of corpulency to that of a living skeleton,
and scarcely able to walk. When observed by the o
of the dog he begged that some one would shoot him, wneor
one would notice him except with the utmost derisi nand
• contempt wherever he went; and his lodgings had been the
• outhouses of the different farmers by night, the hedgerows
his place of concealment by day, and his food such vege
t-
ables as he could procure in his travels. He is now in the
Lexden and Winstree Union-house at Stanway, as a pauper
of the pariah of Salcot. —lpswich Express.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY.—The second conver-
sazione of the s imam was held last evening by this society,
at 17, Bloomsbu
ry-square
and visitors were , when a large number of members
present. The suite of apartments was
furnished with a considerable number of chemical and mi-
neralogiCal specimens
'nd various objects of interest in other
branches of science.
of which were Amongst these the stereoscope, several
distributedtehrough the rooms, attracted a
large share of attention.
Th
9 tigi company separated at an early