The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-13 00:00:00

HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.

This fashionable rendezvous of the patrons of musical
talent was well filled last evening by the friends and
admirers of a highly-deserving vocalist, Miss Annie
Von Each Taylor. The beneficiaire was much applauded
in the cantina, " Robert toi qua j'aime;" in the sweet
duet, " Flow on, thou shining river," with Miss Poole;
and in " The mermaid's song" (Haydn), in the latter of
Which she was warmly encored. A like compliment
Was paid to Miss Louisa Pyne, whose brilliant execution
of' Rode's air was well worthy the reputation of the
English nightingale; to Herr ;Formes in •' The wan-
elerer;" and to Mr. \Vrighton in his pretty ballad,
Sweet home." The grand duct from Les Huguenots was
splendidly given by Miss Louisa Pyne and Herr Formes;
the ffreat basso was in n)ble voice. A duet from Maria
Padilla by the Misses Fyne also commanded universal
applause. Miss Poole sang with her usual dulcet smooth-
ness, Herr Reichert with energy and expression, and the
"Largo al factotum" was dashed off by Herr Joughmans
with admirable clearness and genuine comic volubility.
The instrumental department comprised Mr. Frederick
Chatterton on the harp. M. Aguilar on the pianoforte,
Herr Molique and Mr. Lucas on the violin and violin-
, cello, and. Signor Giulio Regondi on the concertina.
*With such a multifario-.is array of talent, and a judi-
ciously selected programme, it may easily be concluded
that Miss Annie Von Esch Taylor's concert went off
With the utmost éclat.

TILE "DISPATCH" EXHIBITION CHART.
The re-issue of this extraordinary production of in-
genious skill is hailed with the greatest satisfaction, not
merely by the numerous subscribers and readers of the
Weehly Dispatch, but, it may be literally said, from one
shore to the other of the British islands, We know of
orders for copies of next Saturday's impression being
sent up to town from the remotest districts; and the de-
molition of the Crystal Palace has given such an im-
petus to the public demand for this the best memorial
of its departed glories, that it seems almost impossible
for the proprietors of the .Dispatch to furnish an
ade-
.ete supply. The merits of the Coloured Exhibition
not, showing at a glance by diagrams the contrast
in the daily number of visitors, the amount of money
received at the doors of the building, and various
other information in connexion with the Great
Exhibition during the five months it was open in 1851,
have been too generally appreciated both by the con-
temporary press, metropolitan and provincial, and by
the purchasers of the former issue in the commence-
ment of the present year, to render it necessary to en-
large upon the subject. Its possession is indispensable
to every one (and who is not?) interested in perpetuat-
ing the reminiscence of that unparalleled undertaking
" The World's Fair," which leaves, not the least signal
among its many impresses on the national taste and
Spirit, the production of so superb a specimen of typo-
graphic art as that for which " the million " stand in-
debted to the liberality and ingenuity of that fhurishing
establishment—THE WEEKLY DISPATCH.

TO Tits EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In your report of the trial of Richard Ambler
for a criminal assault on Maria Newberry, it is stated
that she was an inmate of the " Servants' Home;" but
such is not the fact. Both she and the girl Berrington,
who took her to Mr. Ambler's house, were inmates of the
Rouse of Charity, in Rose-street, Soho, a very useful
institution, but quite unconnected with this society. As
from the I), culiar nature of the eircumsta.uces such a se-
port might do us much injury, I shall be greatly obliged
if jou will, in your neat impression, correct the error.
I uns, Sir, &c ,
ROaERT FREEMAN, Secretary.
May 13, 1852.

NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
Sweepstakes. First half of Ab. M.
Guiva ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• •• • 1
Orpheus ••• ••• ••• ••• 0111 ••• ••• 3
Truando
Two Yrs old Sweepstakes.
- Pelion ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 1
Placid ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2
Gossip .....................3
Libel filly ••• ••• ••• ••• Ol* ••• 4
Won by a length.
Handicap Plate.
Pan ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ..• 1
Hugo ••• ••• ••• • • ••• ••• 2
Herbert ••• ••• •• • ••• ••• •• • ••• 3
Won by a head.
DERBY BETTING.
20 to 1 agst Harbinger—taken

METROPOLITAN COMMI!SION OF SEWERS. - The,
commissioners held a special court at their Greek•street
office yesterday, fur the dispatch of routine business. Pre-
sent—Mr. Peto, M.P. (who presided, in the absence of Mr.
Edw. Lanes, the chairman, from indisposition) and Captain
Vetch. The Secretary (Mr. Woolrych) read the weekly
account, from which it appeared that the available balance
on the Bth of May amounted to 5,725/. 10s. 4d. Pay ments
were then ordered by the court to the total sum of
5,330/. l is. 3d., which reduces the available balance to
394/. l9e. ld. Reports were next received from the rate
collectors, respecting the state of their several collections,
and warrants were issued against defaulters in the Counter's
Creek and \Vandle districts. The next business was to hear
appeals against the rates last made upon the Ranelagb, the
Regent-street and Regent's-park, and the Richmond dis-
tricts, but no one appeared in court to complain of their as-
sessment. Oa the subject of the prosecution of further works,
Mr. Peto stated that be wished the engineers of the corn-
-mission to be instructed that, in the present position of the
commission, and under the existing state of its finances, the
commissioners could not sanction the execution of any works,
excepting such as were demanded by urgent public neces-
sity. After making some further orders, of no general in-
!west, the court adjourned till the 21st inst.

THE CAB NIINANCE.—The conduct of the cabmen
who ply from Palace•yard is nightly becoming more reck-
less, and loudly calls for the immediate application of more
stringent police regulations. No sooner does any consider.
able body of Hon. Members emerge from the precincts of
Westminster Hall, than a general rush of contending voci-
ferating cabmen follows, each endeavouring to outdo his
fellow in procuring " a fare." The conseqqance is, that
of late several Hon. Gentlemen have narrowly escaped se.
rims injury, whilst others have not been altogether so for-
tunate. On Monday night Mr. Spooner had one of those ve-
hicles violently driven against his person whilst crossing
Palace-yard. The Lion. Gentleman fortunately escaped with
a few bruises, which, however, were not of so serious a nature
as to prevent his attendance—though evidently labouring
under much pain—in the House of Commons last night.
The police authorities should impose some check on these
over-zealous drivers, so as to prevent the recurrence of any
similar accident.
LATEST
kin I'
tions are rnakin FRENCH GUlANA.—Active prepara-
the Salutes, and situated the Isles du Saint (a small group like
• nue), for the sitiated at about nine leagues from Cay-
agricultural receptioncondition of of
the banished from France. The
greatly depressed. The French Guiana is stated to be
amounted to 203,039 kilogrammes,
of sugar shipped in 1851
grammes in 1F59, makin°grammes. against 346,278 kilo-
grammes. It is, unfortujtelt falling off of 144,239 kilo-
alleY,, the same case with almost
other productions of the
1851, co snipments of roucou, up to
roucou, coffee, cotton, Sie, Th.":°93:, such as cocoa, cloves,
the Ist of December,
with the preceding
year, showed a decrease of 315n,Ecieek:,•
lufg'rammes ; and in
cloves a decrease of 49,457 kilogra
to the rat; This sad state of
a sufficiency of
things is ascribed principally
willing labour. The people of Cayenne tl'ld received with
Ther© for the
joy the intelligence of their colony bein
fi
were being
site ca
location of the banished from France,
erected at the Isles chi Sala 8) barracks on onee
Poanbeise,
of containing 25 of these persons each, and four
to hold 50. larger

MONEY MARKET.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about 5 per mill° prem. ( according to the new tariff ), Which,
at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchnge of 25.291 ; and the ex-
change at Paris on London at short being 25.4% it follows
that gold is about 0.61 per cent. dearer in London than
in Paris. By advice) from Hamburgh the price of gold
is 431 per mail, which, at the English Mint price of
8/. 17s. 10/d. per ounce for standard gold, gives au exchange
of 13.8 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at
short being 13.94, it follows that gold is 0.80 per cent.
dearer in London than in Ilamburgh. The course of ex-
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is
1091 per cent., and the par of exchange between England
and America being 109 23-40 per cent, it follows that the
exchange is nominally 0.08 per cent. against England. The
present rate of exchange does not admit of the tiall.9MiSeion
91 plc), othti t 9 pr from tin Vuitoti Olt*

ANOTHER COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—LOSS
TWENTY-SEVEN LIVES.
PEMBREY, SOUTEI WALES, MAY 11.—A molancholy
acei4cnt happened last night, by whi'..ll 27 ct Biers wer
drowned. It appears `that about tnidpight the istAk-
waters of some ancient workings broke into M. Wot-'
ney's great Rnthracite colliery, in the vale of Or W{3134 --
rae.th, from which only one man escsp, d. Bring near
the bottom of the pit at the time, he was carried upon
the surface of the water to the top of the pit, a.distance
of upwards of 500 feet. The water rapidly rose to the
surface of tLe pit, and overflowed into the valley_ below.
lied the accident happened in the daytime, more than
fire times the number now lost would hav:i 'perished.
The water will be got out again by the great pumping-
engines in a short tine.

COLLIERY EXPLOSION N
Y cul
esterday
ied
edt
ry
301,ntnht:haeirn2q‘,3vuleigsuatintt.:nbtlh,e 11:1,r!urilier
an ex,;lusion nt NOrley-
fr. DrAdd, the coroner, alvailstrrelstul7ds,-aeotnrsic.tntlibjterutrnD-.
merit of the irquiry on the 31 inst., from a dw:irett, have
as witness, s two colliers named John and James Rther.
ton, who had been badly burnt by the exiolosion, but
were in a fa'r vvay of recovery. johri AthertoOicoltier,
who did not appear- to be hfrnr the
w o .y reeovery
burns he had received, raid Le was a sea .ot-j.,133ea
Atherton, fireman in the pit. Went down the, pit, on the
morning of the t xplo,iou at five o'clock. Worked, ne2r
the sir.k, but Jzrncs Atherton and another collier
worked beyond him, and nearer to the sink. The wit-
ness having here been Cautioned by the caroner„that he
was not obliged to answer the next queatterl, W
asked whe;her on the day of the explosion taw ked
with his lamp closed or open? He r: plied that he
worked with it closed all that. day. Ha sometimes
worked with a candle, but not on that day. Ho se.me-
times worked with the top off his lamp. He had- go/cm
over working with candles because lamps were as cheap.
He could do as much work with a lamp as with a:candle
when the top was off: Had worked with his lamp open
on the day bu fore the explosion, but had not opened it
that day because he had not much work to do,
never hoard a caution to work with their lamps closed
except after a fall of the roof. When. he first saw the
fire at the explosion it was coming from towards Janes
AthQrten's place, and-not from Greenall's. Never saw
any stopping or brattice in the "cut-through."-'. .Had
fired a shot (or blasted the coal) that morning, but could.
not say if James .Atherton had fired any shot in the after-
noon, near the time of the explosion. Did not krioW the
number of his lamp that day, and 'should- not knOw his
own lamp it it was shown him. They used gunpowder
there—all the colliers did.-(The inquest was.prodeed-
ing when our report left.)

THE CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
and the ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

Last night a meeting of trades delegates took place
at the 801 l Inn, Old Bailey, to hear is report from. a de-
putation which had, according to appointment, waited
upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his. official
residence in Downing-street, on Ssturday last, to call
his attention to the recent conduct of employers of ope-
rative engineers in attempting to subvert the Jaw, which
allows the combination of workmen for the regulation of
wages and the hours of lebour.—Mr. J. Pettie, secretary
to the Trades' Conference, had been courteously received
by Mr. Disraeli, to whom it was stated that they waited
on him as a leading Minister of a Cabinet which bad
professed its wish to protect as far as possible the iate-
rests of British industry, and to do justice to all parties.
They had pointed out to the attention of the Right Hon.
Gentleman the advantages connected with the existence of
trades societies, the Act of Parliament which gave them a
legal existence, and the mode in which they conceived
the master engineers to have subterttd that Act, by re-
quiring men in their employment formally to renounce
all connexion with trade societies, by signing a declara-
tion to that effect, a copy of which was supplied by the:
deputation. The deputation stated, further, that intense
anxiety was felt throughout the trades societies of the
country generally in reference to this matter, it being
feared that the " declaration" might be adopted by
employers in other trades, so as to strike at the exist-
ence of trade societies at large. The deputation, in con-
clusion, laid before the Chancellor of the Exchequer a
copy of a petition which is about to be presented to the
House of Commons, praying for inquiry into the conduct
of the master engineers, to which they requested the
support of the Right Hon.o Gentleman, with his col-
leagues in the Government, and in the House of Com-
mons. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply, ad-
mitted that the conduct of the master engineers was sub-
versive of the spirit of the law, and that the deputation,
in their petition, had adopted the right course orproce-
dure, as he himself should have proposed something of
the kind. He would give the petition his most serious
attention, and when presented to the House consider it
both as a Member of the. House and a Minister; for the
deputation were right in supposing that he and his col-
leagues in the Government intended to protect Vie inte-
rests of the British workmen, and to do justice to all
classes. The report was received without discussion.