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FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 11,

nt the, cwi. of the e!anso to' the :effect " Lhat the raid
payment shall ia exteed por aerp, so gold or
alienated." When they had got the claim of a body?
which was.-a.14.1g0 i► ilot.crinioate-onor.tha. best mode-to
ant ma to gt t,rid ofttrat portion of it that vms deter-
minea, and at the- allno.Cina-0 to bring the burdens within
reasonable

Mr. MANGLES hoped that the Government would
.130 t 1114Sa.it-to evny such amendment.. Rather than accept
of such an turracpliient hei. would call tipon the Govern-
tilent.to give the company back. their land'and let them
deal with it themselves.

Sir J. PAKINGTON thought that under the circum-
Stallee3 such an arrangement would he most unjust.
Mr. J. A. SMITH suggested .tiiat the ss. proceeds
should by given upon all lands, urban as well us retell
Mr. ADDERLEY was in favoUr of the proposition of
the Hon: Member for Chichester.
Mr. COBDEN supported the suggestion.
Air. SCOTT said it. was- no dunk acceptable to the
-companyaor much land taight be sold at halt-a-crown
acre.---4A. laugh.)
Mr.: GLADSTONE now •underztood the,companY to
lie protesting against the Government Bill, If son he
:.mould not no, Truly to any compulsory measure, and`
would not,nvess his rimendlnent.!,, ,
Mr. AGLIONIII,said the company were, not satis-
fiza, but were ready, to yield to the exigency; of the ease,
and take what they could get.—(A. laugh.)
Sir J. PAKINGTON said he had never understood
the company as protesting parties.—(getir,
hear.)
Mr. GLADSTONE could not understa.ud the posi-
tion of the company--(;Hear, hp. 1
---r)—were they con•
seating parties or not?. Otherwise he would -not break
faith -with hies. .

Mr. AGLIONBY said they were willing to take
vrhatver they were forced to take.—(& laugh.)
The CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought
the company pressed rather too hardly, perhaps, by the
Right Hon. Gentleman. They were Protestant Dis-
when there appeared—
senters—(A laugh)—hat had acted on the whole pretty
fairly, assenting to hat .they could not resist.--(llear.)
Mr. GLA.DSTONE said if there .were really no pro-
test on their part he eliculd press hia amendment.
as was also
The
11Ftlitlist'et.alimenenddilaidelde ... ...
...
Agtanat it ••• •••' '• • ..1. 1.,20
Mtijority... `. ..• ' .49"
clause 75:
On clause 76, • • 1 •
The clause was agreed to,
Sir J. PAKINGTON moved to instal words to secure
to the company an alleged debt due from the Canterbury
Settlement.- , ' . . , -
Mr. ADDERLEY objected to the
introduction of the
words.
'Sir 3. PAKINGTON asked whether the debt was
disputed? . .
~

Mr. ADDERLEY replied that it was.
The clause was, then.agreed to, the words proposed to
be added being postponed to the report.
TherealuAning el-udes were then agreed to, and the
Bill pasted through Committee.
POOR-LAW BOARD QONTINUANCE BILL.
Oa the motion for the third reading of the Bill,
Mr. BROTIIERTON moved the adjournment of the
House.—(No, no.) • .
The CHANCELLOR of the •EXCLIEQUER said it
was only proposed to take business about which there
was no disagreement —(Hear, hear). -
Mr. BRO riIEfUON then withdrew his motion; but
the third reading was postponed.
The Woods, forests, and Land Revenues
then read a third time, Bill was

The Navy Pay Bill was xead a third time.
The Poor-law Continuance (Ireland) Bill was read a
third time and passed.
The Sunk bland Roads Bill was also read a third
time and passed. • •
The Trustees Act Extension •Bill was read a third
time and passed. . . •
Sir W. JOIALIFFE moved for, and obtained, leave to
bring in a Bill for authorising and making legal the oc-
cupation of the House of Correction rtcently erected by
and for the City of London, at Holloway, in the county
of Middlesex. .

I SWIFT, **TELL A, . AND 1 VANES'S
-- •
~ (gra4...E.iiza.Cooh's Journal.)
'llE7° is nothing in "r"‘ance morn Painfully interest•
ling than the history
,ef Dam Swift, iri co ' with
a°:iittitahle obourrbie:epton
tbe lives.of the two beautiful end ae,,onantfanht'ell')no
Whan he addressed by.tbeinsmes of. Stell,;_aild '17:: men
yieldand tihap.
vivid
ircbc:dnitniFterreeues
interest
Wrllly, so ably translated by. Lac3,-, aly. Gordon-'
twecn Swift and tboie two unhappy worneo.,., .
Wo may briefly. recount the prominent facts of Sr,:iies
life,' before entering upon any .consideration of the
trausaetion.reforred to. Jonathan &rd..; was descended
from a Ycrkshire family... His father was a son of the
r:,ete-..t of Gederich, wed, through family interest, he ob.
tained a Government, appointment io Dublin, *hero
Jonathan Swift was born in 1667. The boy was edu-'
catect'at Kilkenny, and afterwards entered Trinity-Col-
*Age, Dublin, as a„student; from' thence- be want to
Oxford; w4ere laagrativated,.l,,Uat in the mean time, he
had obtained the patronage of Sir William Temple, the
statesman, who had married - one of his mother's rela-
tions. Sir William preieuted him with the nrcilendary-
''t'llip'tif Adroot, in the ,dioctesl of Connor, worth about
'a.handred pounds a year. While there, he commenced
' a' flirtation with a young lady, a Miss Waring, to whom
he gave the affected name of rarina, and though she
Was very cold and indifFerent,to his procaions of love
at first, his impetuosity at length won her heart: but '
now his ardour disappeared, he grew cold and formal,
bdovrieMnaveassiideai
and-atiength broke off all intercourse with her.

proceeded to Englund at the
Swift left Kilroot, and
earnest inYitaticat ealaislaielatiye Sir. William. Temple,
for whom he now acted sac secretary. It, was while at
Moor Park that he hecerpe acquainted with Miss Esther.
Johnson, afterwardshetter. knowaby the name of Ste/k.
Mrs. Johnson, her mother, was a widow at the time she
She *as born at Richmond, the daughter of a merchant;
became acquainted with Lady Gifford, the sister of Sir
Williens Temple. As Lady Gifford Lived much with her
brother, Sir William, and her intimacy with Mrs. John-
son was great, a friendly intercourse sprang up between
all the parties, and Mrs. Johnson's daughters, of whom
Stella was one, were thus admitted to the circle of Sir
brought n William
Train ilhtcs family. Indeed, the little Hetty was
re family, with Sir William's own neice;
and it was while she was thus living at Moor Park that
Swift first beedme acquainted with her.
Swift resided at Moor Park for four years, and while
there made his appearance in public as a poet. But his
patron died; leaving Swift a considerable fortune; after
which he got appointed to the livings of Laracor and
listhbeggin in the aeuety Meath, where Swift's congres
Wiwi was so small that he occasionally officiated before
only a single individual, and that was Roger, the clerk!
While at Laracor _he invited Stella to Ireland, whither
she went iu company with a Mrs. Dingley. The lived
at the parsonage while Swift was away, and went into
lodgings at Trim when he returned, thus never living in
the same house together; but Swift spent most of his
leisure hours in their' company. Such a mode of life
must have been most painful to the lady; but as we
shall aftbrwards find, Swift advanced all manner of ex-
cuses *to: avoid fulfilling the promiSe of marriage which
he had read ito Stale, inferentially if not directly. ,
~Swifts reputation as an author was' meanwhile grow-
tea; he spent much of his time in England. His " Tale
•et'a Tub," together with many Whig pamphlets, had
breughtlfiiisi some favour
,hut no profit. The Whigs
neglected him, so he *Went over to the Tories, and as-,
sidled all the objects of his previous admiration. His
new political allies would have made him an English
bishop if his scurrilous "Tale of a Tub," which, how-
ever, he never publicly (tweed, had not stood in the way.
But they made him Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin,
which was the best preferment ' they could venture to
bestow. Having placed Stella in lodgings near the
deanery, (most equivocal position for poor Stella!) Swift
went'to England again, and engaged eagerly in the po-
litical frays of the timea, . bscoraine a great power
through the vigour as well as through the scurrility of
,is pen, which all men feared. Queen Ante died,
George I. succeeded, and the Whigs returned to power.
• Swift went back to Dablin, to a kind of exile, in which
he remained for life; but ho became a great povser in
Ireland. flesshone again in the literary world. his
Gulliver's Travels being received with immense éclat.
Bat it' was in connexion with politics that the Dean be-
camemosCindely known in Ireland. Ile identified him- 1
self with the popider party, endeavoured to promote
'native Irish. manufactures, denounced Wood's copper
fainotts by a Goverameet prosecution, and for many years
coinage in his Drapier's Letters, which . were made
before ho died, ha was the most popular man in Ireland..
There are not many, facts. great interest in the Dean's
life. ee those days, politics meant intrigue, slander,
back-biting, favouritism, and back-stairs influences.
There was no sOucidness in the political life in the
'midst of which Dean' Swift lived; there was little or no
devotion to principle then: men ratted from one side to
another just Lys their interest prompted. Wo therefore
turn away from any further consideration of so repulsive
a theme. • .
To us, the greatintereat of Dean Swift's life attaches
to his correspondence with Stella and Vanessa. As for ,
Varina and several others to whom he professed attach-
ment, and, by so doing, won their hearts, only to abandon
them when he hadsucceeded in drawing from them a
'declaration of their love,
_we must dismiss them with
small comment. They were the smaller Wrecks of
human .affection,, which make little wail, and excite no
interest. But Stella and Vanessa are made immortal
by their letters; and they will cling round the memory of
Swift for ever. What aro we to say of the Dean's re-
lations to these beautiful and accomplished women? We
fear we must say of them what we have said of his
politics; that there was no principle there—no pure
affection—only deception and intrigue.
We are aware that the Dean has -found many defen-
uohrwaedifsaiids
dere, just as Lord Byron has done. The man of genius is
always ' defended; his failings aro lightly dealt with;
what are crimes in others, are regarded in him as
peccadilloes,. In palliation of Dean Swift's conduct
in relation to . Stella, some groat mystery has ,been
apprehended. It has been rumoured that Stella
:hwvivislidrlegi
obofewe
Dan iut i sbh
let ei
zirr,,
is
ine ron
fathertic ir ,
boef Sireh 1
logtahg; Williamead nind
Surgeont
h Temple
pre-
paration of a life of -the Peen io which he will endeavour
to establish the earrecipess. of this view. _Without
his evidence Wore as, we can only say that all that
has yet been published on the subject, is in direct
contradiction of,; this supposition. The same theory
was (Mee ,before pat forth, by Mr. Delany, but
positiee prOof4 to the contrary were found, which led
to its'abandoneseat. To vindicate even the memorY of
a deen,t ono Ought to be , careful not to do .80, at the
expense of the virtuous reputation •of • his own mother,
as well'as of,Sii-William Temple, and
,Mrs. Johnson,
the mother of Stella. Swift's connection with. Temple
is quite sufficiently expleined by the fact of Sir William
being married to a near relative of Swift's own mother.
We do not think it necessary to go so far in search of
a theory of, Vindleatten Tor the Dean. The fact is,
Swift'sereatmeat cif Stella .will not bear investigating..
lie had a mean opinion of women generally, and ho
seemed incapable of entertaining a pure and. undivided
affection for them. When, a you: an of twenty-
four,' living 'at Sir William Tetriple's house at. Moor
Park, he had lave: affair, with a Miss Betty Jones,
afterwards Mrs. "Perkins, of the George Inn, Lough-
borough. The Rey: Mr. Kendall, Vicar of Thornton,
to whose ears this and Other evil rumours about young
Swift hid Come, took him to task about the affair;
and the young man excused himself by say that
his mind "must do mischief, if not otherwise employed.",
" I could remember,"says he, " twenty women in my '
life,
.to whom I have behaved myself just the same
way (as to Miss Jones), and, I profess without any
other design than that of . entertaining myself when I
ant very idle or when something goes amiss in my
affairs." Such were the sullied notions of love and its
professions with • which the young man started in life.
Marriage he looked upon with aversion, and sneered at
those " honest young men" who, in marrying, " entail
a misery on themselves and posterity by an overacted
modesty."
When Swift invited Stella and Mrs. Dingle to visit 4
him at Laracor, the former was only eighteen years
of age—a mere girl; and though a beautiful, educated,
and accomplished young lady, with a fortune sufficient,
to maintain her in comfort, Swift did not hesitate thus
to compromise her reputation, and to OA a stain upon,
her which life could not remove: - • ' '' s' •
The personal attractions of Stella 'were great. Her
hair was of a raven black, her 'features were beautiful
and attractive, her. fersg `watt of exquisite symmetry-;
added to this she had cheerfulness, good sense, wit, and
virtue. These qualities brought lovers and admirers
about her, for as
yet the secrecy whiclrhad been ob-
served in connexion with the visit, had not affected Miss
Johnson's reputation, end a clergymen, the ev. M
Rr.
Tis a ,
d 11 a friend of Swift's, offered his hand to her in
as Swift's conduct? He wrote an.
marriage. What w .
cautious, but saying that should
equivocal letter,
very# state," he should certainly, of all
lie ever think of ‘ that .
of Miss Johnson for his wife, and a
others, make choice
good deal more
to the same effect. In consequence of
this letter, the clergyman dropped his snit..
Alas! poor
Stella waited many long years in vain—
of her youth and beauty had fled—
till the bloom
had become 'wearied and worn
till her
„ heart
the day that . came . not, for the
wait":for 's
not to be fulfilled. It was but too eb-
hbpe that vil.
1 prolonged the flirtation because it
that Swift on y .
vioas h health
i p._ to him, though at the sacrifice of t e ea
.was pleasing f •and beautiful woman. Ile
• ess o a young
and tiPl3'n rego. hiss elfish amusement, though at
would pet fo;another', health and happiness. lie had
the cost
of
affection only- to trample on it.
yawl's beautiful
won a woe .
Is it
passiblethat such conduct thin meet with any pal-
*lt necessary
to invent a theory when the
nation? Is he
bvietts? That Swift pro-
dark facts of t
Stella
is a.re so 0.,
leer from his letters and
eased love for but there
- eel which he sent to hero when 8 0
IA nt in Leni-
tive pure,-
at the very time that he was making
don of
too, .
ll more beautiful, and
_ ses of love to a woman still
professao
intellectual powers than. poor
Stella had
of far higher .
h ha py but gifted Esther
gees to. This was t eun p
preten h.
liftru,h°'nnarig which Swift played in the political intrigues
'''''°,l-ane 1 d him often to Lenclone where ho first met
of time `. • in society. She was beautiful, hand-
some, eranhomrigh
"`" m jailed, and rich. She ws, insired, too,
some, 6
ac ° -Pend round her brow. wile bounds hat scan-
with gee'u" • h eo (Ito leaves it bleeding.
thus-wreath
setae ,on a VIOOLIftn, .. •
„ fascinating,brilliant, proud, yet loving; such was
She ITte ee a ee twenty years of age, whom Swift met
the vr_°"-;; ' ''ccles of London life. He professed love
in ten high circles
die love her—who can tell? Bie
for here her' Pea— r- • e fofthis beauty,
ee ,while he lay at the, eat
fore bid.— el7fien have risen up the form of the devoted
there Mast o .
• te quiet, and graceful
affections # .
lodging' a
remove , Stella, then in '
en her
t Trim, or in the rectory at Laraeor, to
d from the gaieties of London life, far
living on the
and
which Swift had made to her, still trust-
ing,--nd believing in his • truthfulness, and that he
„ yet one day rescue her from opprobrium
wealth ,_•1 her happy. While he was engaged in cons
and noise
, •atercourse with Vanessa, and corresponding with
t i
s.'"' ho absent from town, he no Moo penning his
ner Who

1852

journal to Stella, assuring her that "he loved-her better
than his life, a thousand million times," and that ." he
had not had one happy day since he left her."
At length Swift left London—his ambition die-
appointed in not having been math a bishop—and he
aea pensioned off for lito with the deanery of Duelin,
whither he removed. Vanessa remained 4-eseird, with
the deadly 'shaft fixed in her bosom. Nothing but
correeposalence remained, and letters flew across the
channel. • The rumour of the Dean's ilincse produced in
her the most intense anxiety, and she wrote to him in
a strain of the deepest affliction.
Swift resided for about a year in Ireland at this
time, bringing Stella and Mrs. Dingley to Dublin,
and
"placing them "in lodgings near the deanery."
Poor Stella had now been in Ireland some thirteen
Years! Waiting, oh how patiently! but still hope•
tessly I She. was now a woman of thirty, and Swift
-Ishd reached the mature age of forty-six. The hap-
-I:),:npl.T.s of Stella's life 1523 staked on Swift's fulfilment
(
is promise to her ; hat -11 h gth from 11" B de-
ferred, end, the. 1 ' e. "' ' her,
and heart preying cn upon
and she seemed
lamb. Vkre must e fe
P one sinking alive into Ilse
linees in Stella's. Zdesa there a want of woman-
inc Serif, reat Yet throughout) hat remember-
training of her,bhis saerelatlfh"
e tes over her,
his early
declarations of devotion end and his eft-repeated
?ore. shall We not find ex-
cuses enough for poor B!es
LOW that source.- of income were
1" Why did not DeenSwitt,
raises to this woman? W 0 need large, fulfil his pre-
fetched theory to aeawer this not. invent any far-.
is—Vanessw WR3 in En question.
gland,
And to England the Doan returned in June, 1714.
There hie intercourse and correspeed
was resnnied, and increased in vverns?ar--;v4l'Ll Iranf'ufl
her the
her part
perh4s more than his. But he never latoall
his truth,—that he had "engaged himself
wrot:
While in England on this visit, he
entitled " Cadmus g
to Vanessa," in which he Print,
apologetic history of the rise and progress of the lvamaiden's a
love for him, in the frigid artificial style of theday
Yet, it is obvious from that poem, that Swift, though h;
attributed all the ardour to her side, loved to linger over
the picture which he drew. ,He is far from giving her
any discouragement, for he says :
'But what success Vanessa met
Is to the world a secret yet—
Whether he at last descends
To act with less seraphic ends,
Or to compound the business, whether
They temper books and love together,
Must never to the world be told,
Nor shall the conscious muse unfold.
He also addresses lines " To Love," which he sends to
her about this time—lines which she treasures next her
hearth and they are only brought to light after her death,
when they are found in a concealed place in.her.writing-
desk.

But ho must return to Ireland ag'ain, whither Va-
nessa promises to fallow him. He writes to dissuade
her: he says, " it you are in Ireland when I am there,
I shall see you very seldom; it is not a place for any
freedom; but it is where everything is known in a
week, and magnified a hundred degrees. God Al-
mighty bless you! I would not answer your questions
for a million; nor can I think of them with any ease
of mind." But Miss Vanhomrigh did follow Swift to
Ireland, whither she went to take possession of a
small estate, left to her on the death of her father.
She took up her residence beside the Dean, and saw
him often. Poor Stella—the faithful, devoted Stella,
now growing old—her position was more hepeless
than ever! The Dean wouldi break into fits of rage
against Vanessa, telling her he would not have gone
to see her at Celibridge (where her estate was, and
whither she soon removed) "for all the world;" that
she " wanted discretion,"—ending one of his letters to
her with " a fig for all your letters and messages!"
Vanessa replies in a strain of grief and love, bordering
on despair, and the Dean is mollified again, and,notv he
" will ace her in a day or two," assuring her that "it
goes to his soul that he does not see her oftener," and
that he " would give his whole fortune" to remove her'
difficulties. Vanessa replies—" I know it is quite im-
possible for you to burn my letters without reading
them. . . . Once more I advise you, if you have
any regard for your own quiet, to alter your behaviour,
for I do assure you I have too much spirit to sit down
contented with this treatment."

But poor Vanessa was in the toils, and had no help
but to fret and vex herself, until her suffering became
quite agonizing. She knew now-of her rival, Stella, and
the pangs of jealousy were added to her sufferings: his
intercourse with Stella, though as guarded and concealed
as the Dean could contrive it; yet became known to her.
Stella, too, knew of the Dean's intimacy with Vanessa,
*and she secretly sorrowed and suffered. We can now
pity tho lamentable Dean in- his miserable predicament,
though we can find no excuse for the imprudence, if not
the vtilany, which had placed him there.
" If you Continue to treat roe as :,7ou do," wrote the
imploring Vanessa to him, " You will not be made un-
easy by me long. It is impossible to describe what I
have suffered since I saw you last. I could have borne
the rack better than those killing, killing words of yonis.
Sometimes I have .resolved to die without seeing you
more,.but the resolves, to your misfortune, did not last
long. -I must beg you to see me, and speak kindly
to me, for I am sure you would not condemn any one to
suffer what I have done, could you but know it.-
When I complain, then you aro angry; and there is
something awful in your looks that strikes me dumb. Oh !
that you may have so much regard left that this com-
plaint may touch your soul with pity. Did you but
know what I thought, I am sure it would move you to
forgive me, and I believe I cannot help telling you this,
and live."

Was ever despairing love more eloquent? What
heart would not have been melted by this agonizing
appeal? But Dean Swift's was not. He went on buoy-
ing tue woman up with false sympathy, and would not
say the word that would have sot her free. Ho was in
a labyrinth, and went on temporizing with both women,
harsh, cruel, and by turns repulsive to both; often he
repulsed Vanessa with extreme coarseness. This could
not last long.

Stella was ranked with agODY, and lay on her sick-
bed; she was reduced to a,wreck, and was brought to the
verge of the grave. Swift, alarmed at her state, brought
his intimate Irked antPold tutor, the Bishop of Cleghea,
to visit her, and inquire from Stella what would restore
her peace of naiad? The answer he brought back was
this:--" That for many years she bad patiently borne
the tongue of slander, but that hitherto she had been
cheered by the hope of one day becoming his wife; that
of such an event she now saw no probability, and that
consequently her memory would be transmitted to pos-
terity branded with the most unmerited obloquy." She
also communicated to the Bishop, that for Swift she had
refused other eligible offers, influenced by his advice and
conduct.
The Dean could no longer hesitate to take a decided
step; ho was united privately to Stella, in the deanery,.
by the .Bishop of Clogher ; but on condition that their
union should ramain a secret to all the world, and that
they should continue to live separate as heretofore. And
Swift never acknowledged Stella as his wife.
What is most lamentable to add is, that Swift con-
cealed his marriage from Vanessa, and continued to visit
and correspond with, her, keeping up even a more fami-
liar intercourse than before; of this, Stella was aware,
but she could not prevent it; the man was now her bus.
band. This went on for years. Vanessa became ab-
sorbed by the unhappy passion that consu.med her life.
Writing to him from her home at Cellbridge, in 1720,
four years after the Dean's unhappy marriage, she said
—"For God's sake, write to mo soon, and kindly, for in
your absence your letters aro all the joy I have op earth,
and sure you are too goodnatured to grudge one hopr
in a week to make any human creature happy.—Cad
(her familiar name for him), think of me and pity me."
At length the secret came out! Irritated. by the ,
dean's neglect, and occasional coolness and rudeness, she
discovered therretreat of Stella , and wrote directly to,
her,-asking the nature of the refatien that Subsisted be-
tween her and Swift. Stella replied, that they were
married! Stella did more; she, sent _Vanessa's letter to
the Dean, who, filled with sudden rage, mounted his
horse and rode to Marley Abbey, where. Vanessa was
staying, burst rtidely into the room where she was, and
• h a look of fury, throwing her own letter on the
rushed from the room in the, same paroxysm of
rage, remounted Ms horse and rode on. The blow
killed her; in three weeks poor Vanessa died of a
broken heart.
No wonder Swift was "the most miserable man in
Ireland." Vanessa, like Stella, loved not wisely, bat
too well." What a miserable recompense was theirs,
for so many years of waiting -and wearying for the
bright day that never came! Even after Vanessa's
death, Swift would not recognise Stella as his wife. She
died in 1727, after protracted suffering, of which her
mental agony was not the least. Swift remained a prey
to poignant regrets, and with Stella's life all domesticy
happiness departed from his home. He died in 1745.
What a tragedy is contained in this brief history!

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box at
her Majesty's Theatre was yesterday (Thursday) evening
occupie a by the Marchioness of Ely, the Ladies Anna, Cathe-
rine, and Augustus Loftus, Lady Jane Hay, Captain George
Dashwood and party. Amongst the noble and distinguished
individuals honouring the performance with their presence
on this occasion we observed the following :—llis Grace the
Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the
Marquis and Marchioness.of Salisbury, the Marquis of Sligo, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Aboyne, the Dowager
Lady Ward, the Countess of Harrington and Lady Jane St.
Maur Stanhope, the Right Hon. the Foreign Secretary, his
Excellency the American Minister, Mrs. and Miss Abott
Lawrence, and the First Secretary of the American Ltsgation
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Miss Dawson, Miss Parnell and
party. Lord Ward, Lord George Paget, Lord William Lennox,
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the Viscount RanAagh, Lord
Sandys, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Lady Augusta
M.P., and M.rs.Lockyer
Stanhope, Colonel Lockyer Freestun,
Freestun, Mr. H. O'Donel Clayton, &c.
ROYAL ' ITALIAN OPERA.—The Queen's box at
the Royal Italian' Opera was occupied last evening. I,Y his.
Excellency the French Ambassador and th Wil-1 lewski and party. Among the fashionable co ompCountesserlY attend-
ing the theatre were—the Marchioness of Hastings and the
Ladies Edith and Bertha Hastings and Captain
R.N., the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, the Earl 0f,,,5,n,
borough, the Earl and Countess of Ilardwieke
the''
„ Earl;
Yolvertn
Elizabeth Yorke, the Earl and Countess of Oxfor,Viir, the
and Countess of Glengan and Lady Margaret,' ctmuotess.
Earl and Countess -of Stamford and Warrington, L'et sydney,
of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers
Visc°lll3entivoglio
'Counen ifor. miss
Viscount Dupplin, Viscount Chelsea, d'Aragon, Lord and Lady Carringtoil and
.... m and
Carrington, Lord Cranstean, Lady Broughar,..";. anss Gage,
and Mme'
Miss Spalding, Viscountess Gage and tlitsayCatherine
Lady Wallscourt and the lion. Misses Blake,ie arid Lady and Harcourt and Colonel Harcourt, Baron -a'
Miss Parke.
Yesterday the
~,, r, ,
THE BRITISH TELEGRAPH +l'n-effecting the railway
Committee proceeded with the elanses of which is adjourned
interests, the further considerations d
to this day. The Committee
affirm() operations to be com-
menced principle of the
clause for giving limited liability;
proposed capital of 300000/.
menced until one:half of h©
4.. Paw
up.
Li 4tll4Cribed for, tuatl 10 Per 4

NAVAL TELLIGENCE.
WO regret to hear that Commander John J. Tyl‘Don-
ncll (1546), commissioned the Cratie, 6, at Devon_
port in October last. and proceeded to toe coast of
Africa, died at Sierra Looaa on the 15th of .A.nril last.
He was the second son of the late Colonel hl`Donnell,
and grandson of the late "Sir John Johnson, Bart. He
entered the navy in 1816, end when belonging to the
Cambrian, andin charge of a merchantman, beat off two
piratical boats in the Negropont. Ho was made a lieu-
tenant in 1826. commanded the Firefly schooner, and
lost her in 1835
.in the West Indies; commanded the
Nautilus, 8, arid Was promoted treat her in November,
1846.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 10. The following officers
passed in navigation yesterday and this dsy at the Royal
Naval College, for the r.!-.nls of lieutenant:—Messrs.
Chsrbs S!iding, C. B. C.. Dent; L. Lambert, P. E.
Luv.rd, J, Parry, H. E. Crozier, F. 0. liandfielci,
E. Wilkoot, F. A. Ilatne, the Hon. R. A. Clot-1, G. F.
Aeteri, T. H. Collingwoed, J: G. C. Ev:•red, G. A. C.
Brook,: (this ..,:2LLI.Enan `the highest numbers),
C. T. Wiiiiainson, Gilbert liormar" Lord Grosvenor,
E. •
The following Second matter slso Fsised for the rank
of master:—fir. Alfred Voisch.
The following young gentlemen also passed examina-
tionsat the same time, qualifying for entry into the navy
r.s wasters' assistant,,:—Zilestrs. T. E. Biddlecombe,
C. 11. Fetch, and H. V. Ru2sell.

Tee following also qualified fee Cetef into the service
as naval cadets:—liiessrs. H. E. C. Robinson, J. Ro-
th= H. L. Barker, nod Jelin Shortie.
The Fairy ht; and her tender the Elfin, were
takett onted tarbeur to,day to make trial of their
effieleficy, by Commander Crispin. prior to being re-
purted ready for the service of the Qaeen.
Sprightly steam-tender; Master. Commander Allen,
arrived from Plymouth this naming, bringing up a few
supernumeraries.
Edieghuegh, 58, weekender to Excellent, Captain
Rowlett, bent sails yesterday, and has had her corn-
Paßses adjusted. She will go to Spithead in a day or two.
Vulcan screw-troop ship, Commander Von Donop,
setaemaine• omuatAfindeorey, in
kontMheonbdaanya., and has been trying her
havWeihthmath
48
this locality
h which still comes down
the "aeption of one or two short intervals, we
ours of genial rain,
lightly, bnt
Milton master,
tteadilY—it will do a vast deal of good in
DEVONPORT, T rigß, A
Torch, tender to
party of sappers End re- this morning, with stores and a
sailediEi ----Y. freight-ship,
thinner-a, for the Cape of Good Hope.
Chetauie, Navin;e had eeer-crrald, Lieutenant-Comerander
coals, went out of harbour on
made good, and taken in
Herald and Torch were paid
danad Tuesday evening. The
yester-
day (Wednesday), by Commodore vance
of wages
H Majesty's screw st SeYnaour.
cella-ship s
missionec
ou
TtioOd.r.
1:3 anspareil was coat-
is appointed t ) her.
He will be augres' °f the Leander,
mend of the Leander by Captain Gee: u'd In the cone-
King. The Sanspareil is to have a err leSt. Vincent
officers and men. P—inent of 700
Her Majesty's frigate Spartan, 26, was on Wednesday
taken into dock to have her copper examined- and dnesday
paired. She will be taken oat and masted to-day, pre-
paratoryre_
to being commissioned at this port I/ -" er com..
plemeat will be 230 officers and men.
The Buzzard steam-sloop, Commander Dobbie, is
nearly ready to proceed for service in the West Indies.
She takes a number of supernumeraries for distribution
among the squadron on thst station, r hich the Sprightly
brought to this port from Portsmouth.
SHEERNESS, THIIRSDAY.—Her Majesty's paddle-
wheel steam-sloop Zarraeoute, 6, took in her full quan-
tity of coal on Monday, preparatory to proceeding on a
trial cruise down the Channel. She is ordered to sail
this day, and will b 3 fully tested both under steam
and canvas, under the direction of Captain the Hon. S.
T. Carnegie, commanding the advanced steam flotilla at
this port. Lieutenant Seecombe, senior lieutenant; Mr
3, W. Harvey, secoed master; three engineers, and 80
seamen of the Horatio; are placed on board her for the
cruise. The Admiralty pilot at this port, Mr. Taylor,
is ordered to• proceed in her as far as the Downs. The
Barraeonta is an untried vessel, having been launched
from Pembroke last year and recently added to the ad-
vanced steam squadron at this port. •
Her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120, Port Admiral's
flag-ship, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, is now
fully rigged with her proper spars and gear; her masts
are fitted with lightning conductors on the pAncipte
adopted by Mr. Snow Harris.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Myrtle, Mr. W. S. Bour-
chier, Masecre•Conimandieg, and African steam-tug, Mr.
Janies Watt, in charge, proceeded to Saltpan-reach yes-
terday morning, and removed the Vestal, 26, to moor-
ings abreast the dockyard, preparatory tober being
taken into the fitting basin to be got ready for foreign
service. Captain Coepatrick Baillie Hamilton has been
appointed to command her. She was launched-from
this dockyard in 1833, having been built by Sir W.
Symons, and is of 943 tons; she was last employed in the
East Indies,- under the command of the Hon. Captain
Talbot, now Lord Ingeutre ; she is now reported to be
destined for the South American station.

The Chatham yacht arrived here. yesterday morning
in tow of the Adder steamer, having on board Captain
Peter Richard; of her Majesty's ship Boscawen, who
had been summoned' to attend a court-martial on board
her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120, Captain the Hon.
►Montagu Stopford. Captain Richards returned to
Chatham immediately after the breaking up of the
Court.

Fier Mtjesty's screw steam frigate Amphion is re-
ported to Le put in-commission very shortly at this port.

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, JUNE lo.—Captain—Charles Talbot

(1830), to the Mmncier, 44, at Chatham, commissioned
by the gallant officer for service as flag ship at the Cape
of Good Hope, and he will hoist his broad pendant as
Commodore of the second class proceeding to relieve the
Castor, 36, Commodore Christopher Wyvil, in the 'com-
mand at that station since Mar,1849.
Commander—John A. L. - Wharton (1848), to be
Agent 'for Mails on board of a contract screw steamer
for the Cape of Good Hope.
Lieutenant—Arthur R. Henry (1842), to the Vestal,
26, at Sheerness.
Masters—Timothy W. Sulivan (1849), to the Vestal;
Stephen Johns (1845), to bo Acting-Master to the
-der, 50; at Devonport.
Surgeons--William a. B. Jones, M.D. (1837), to the
Boseawen, 70, at Chatham, vice Gunn; John Dunlop,
M.D. (1833), to the Sampson, vice Donnelly.
Paymas:er and Purser—Stephen Rains (1841), to the
Spartan, 26, at Devonport.
Assistant-Surgeons—G. F. A. Drew (1851), is con-
firmed to the Inflexible; James Sproule (1851), is con-

firmed to the Scorpion.
Midshipmen—Lindsay Bruce and Gerald B. Vivian,
to the Vestal.
Masters' Assistant—W.L.Dodds, to the Vestal.
Gunner—Thomas Rourke, to the Vestal.
Boatswain—Freder:ck Hullott, to the Vestal.
Carpenter—Charles L 2111073, to the Vestal.
PROMOTION.

Samuel Osborue, second-class Assistant-Engineer, to
be first-class Assistant-Engineer.

COURT CIRCULAR.
um AT.--The Queen left the Castle at
WINDSOR, TB -8.13 t twelve this morning for Ascot
I cortege consisted of eight carriages and
races. The royal
in
state scarlet liveries, and nume-
• postilions,
four, with
on horseback.
eighteen. minutes pas
roes outriders .
- ner Majesty and Prince Albert, and the royal party,
--- to the Castle at ten minutes past five o'clock.
returned Viscount Mandeville left the Castle to-day.
The Canntess of Jersey and Lady Cletnentina Villiers
are expected to arrive at the Castle this afternoon, on a
visit to her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness tLe Duchess of Kent visited bet
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge at the Castles
this forenoon.
The band of the Coldstream Guards attended is the
Castle during dinner yesterday,
Her Majesty gave a grand dinner this evening in St'
•.,. asses,
George's Hall, The table was decorated.
with
T t and op-
candelahre,ice pails and tureens of gold F,,a.e,
~.
‘.....
posite the Queen's seat was placed the St. Geertge:
lofty
delabruna. At each eat: of the ha" `7o4:nt
on which were displayed a magnkal selection
and eta-
buffets,
rds,
of gold shields, salvers, cups, vases, tan
h ballet
sta-
tuettes. The centre ornament of each property of
Goodwood Cup, won by Fieur-de-ua
successive years,
his Majesty King William IV.) two •
1829 and 1830.
The Queen had afterwards anThe Countess of Desert has relieved evening
the party.
wsiting to the Queen.
of Ely iu her duties as Lady in

Virrlpoie
Lord -----------7---with
, Beaumont had an interview Mr. Secretary
th Viscount 'larding° bad an, interview yesterday with
Yesterday, at the Some-office.
e Earl of Derby, at his official rosidence in Downing-
street. Air, Mackinnon
had also an interview with the
Noble Earl,
Viscount Rardinge had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his akal resi•
dence in Downing-street.
Mr. Bibanin had an interview with Mr. Secretary
wopoie ,
yesterdey, Mr. Dim= bad also an interview '
with the Right Bon. Secretary.

TARY COMMITTEES.
MB AND SOUTHEND.--The Commit-
ttPeheiLAs: BfRNitpIhILIFIRA Tlliouse.EYN TLords have passed the preamble of
GREAT WESTERN, SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM,
AND REWSBURY AND CHESTER ANALGANATION,—.
yesterdSHay, is Lord Redesdale's Committee, the amalga-
mation powers being struck out of the Bill, it was with-
drawn. The Committee also decided that the Bill for
making traffic arrangements between the Great Western,
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Chester,
Shrecistury and Hereford, and Ross and Gloucester
Companies should be allowed to proceed, striking out
everything relating to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
and Shrewsbury and Chester Companies.