The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-17 00:00:00

Mdlle. Gay Stephan; Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Allegrini,
Pascale', and M. Durand.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera
Box-office, Haymarket; and of Sig. rural, sa, Cork-street, Bur-
lington-gardens.
The doors will be opened at Seven, and the Opera will commence
at Half-past Seven o'clock.

BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL HIPPO.
DROME,
Opposite the Broad Walk, Kensington-garc cns,
Is now OPEN ter the Semen
Tremendous overflows to all parts of this truly magnificent build-
ing, which now forms the most astoundin; feature of the present day
—Astounding plaudits greet the various pertbrmances of the inim-
itable Company of Equestrian Artists, which for extent and talent
have never before been equalled.
A splendid Brass Band will be in attendance.
Admission—Reserved Seats, 35.; first Class, 25.; Second ditto,
Is. ; Third ditto, Oid.
Doors open at Five, to cornmenmat Six Precisely.

OYAL Malt LUN EWE i'IIEAT it.E,
ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND.

TIM EVENING, arid every'eVening duringtllo week,
Will be presented PUNCH A LA ROMAINE. •
To be followed by a grand Ethiopian Musical Entertainment by
an extraordinary Troupe of Ebony Marionettes.
To be followed by an entirely new version of tbo Grand Eastern
alpectacie of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, prednced with
all the vast resources of ths small establishment.
To conclude with a new Italian Divertissement, entitled EL NANO
DEL VELLAGIS.
Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at `Eight o'clock.
A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors open at Half-
past Two, and commence at Three o'clock.
the Box-office of the
Private Boxes and Stalls to be bad at
Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians.

HER IiLkJESTY'sTIEATRE.
THIS EVENING,
(Included In the subscription)
Will be presented Donizettrs admired Opera,
DON pAscruALE.
Don raseinale, Signor Lablache ; Ernesto, Signor Calzolarl ; Dr.
Malatesta, Signor Ferranti ; Norina, Madame de la Grange.
In the course of the evening a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which
will be represented the Grand Fas of La Sylphlde, by Madlle. Regina
Forli eLa Mazurke, by Madlle. Louise Fleury. In course of the
Ballet, the new grand Pas by Madlle. Caroline Rosati and M. Du-
rand, supported by Madlles. Rosa and Leper.
FETE
Nadand entitled
To
conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement by M. Gosselin, the
music composed and arran
LA FETE DESRosIER'Es.
By madne. Caroling Rosati, Madiles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoreux, and
Allegrini ; MM. Di Mattis, Venafra, Gonrie4
and a 3I thi
''--1 preparation.
en.
A new Grand Ballet is
Signor De Dassini is daily expected, and will appear In the ensu-
ing week.
Ernani will be repeated forthwith for the second appearance of
signor Bettini.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and
Tickets to be made at the Box-
office. Opera Cotonriacie, u„,
---qmarket.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN.
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT.
Tn consoquence of so many persons having been unable' to obtain
Places on Thursday last, the same performances will be repeated.
THIS EVENING,
Will bo presented Pordzetti's Opera,
• LIICARZIA BORGIA.
Lucrezio Borgia, Madame Grist ; Maio Orsini, Ma.dlle. Seguin ;
Don Alfonso, Signor Ronconi ; Don Apostolo Gazella, Signor Marini;
_nastighello, Signor Soldi ; Gubetta, Signor Taglialleo ; Astolfo, Sig.
rolonini ; Oloferno Vitellozza, Signor Luigi Mei ; Gennaro, Signor
Mario. _

To conclude with the third and fourth acts of the opera,
I MARTIBI,
Palling, Madame Jullieime (of the Academie Royale, Paris) ;
Severna Signor Ronconi ; Felix, Signor Marini; Nearcus, Signor
Stigelli ; a Christian, Signor tioldi; Calisthenes, Signor Polonini ;
Polyutus, Signor Tamberlik.
Commence at Eight o'clock.
Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may bo had (tor the
Night or Season), at the Box-office of tho Theatre, which is open
from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and
m usics ellers.

TI.LEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAHSET.
B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
• THIS EVENING,
A new Comic Drama, in five acts, entitled
THE FOUNDLINGS.
__ •
__

Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Keeley, Leigh Murray, Howe ;
Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Buckingham, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mils
After which KEELEY WORRIED BY BUCKSTONE.
With the new Farce of YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, In which
Mr. Keeley will appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed SEA and LAND. Characters by Messrs. Paul
Bedford, Wright, Hughes, 0. Smith. Worrell, Emery ; Misses Ellen
Chaplin, K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called 'MEPHISTO-
PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliam, and Miss
It ooldar.
With THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS,

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Bean.
THIS EVENDIG,
Will be performed a new and original Play, in five acts, by the
author of The Wife's Secret, entitled THE TRIAL OF LOVE. Prin-
cipal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Ryder, Graham, Meadows,
Cathcart, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Miss Marshall, and Mrs. C.
Kean.

After which will be produced,
THE VAMPIRE, a Phantasm, related in three dramas. The
principal character will be sustaine/ by Mr. Bondman, the author
of the piece, supported by Messrs. J. Vining, Chester, Everett,
Cathcart, Meadows, Harley ; Misses Leclercq, Robertson, Phillips,
Deshorough, Marshall, and Mrs. Daly.

ROYAL LYCEUM TILEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING.
Wlll be performed a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A
CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews,
frank Matthews, Robert Roaby, Belton, Baker, Sitter, Horne:x.3r.le,
ItoSiere, Butler, and Hornicr ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene,
Mrs. 1. Matthews, and 31iss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss
Oliver, Mrs. Born, Mrs. Macuamara, Miss 3tartindale, Miss Ellis,
Miss Grove, and Miss Foote.

To be followed by TAKE NG BY STORM. Characters by Messrs.
C. Mathews, Suter, Miss Isabel Dickenson, and Miss Julia St. George.

A:zTI,EY'S [tUYAL AMPIIITI3P:ATE.I

Glider the Patronage of her Mafesty and hi.;RO;al Highness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and 3lanager, Mr. W. Ratty.
The most successtui and popular Theatre in London.
THIS EVE>.TL.NG,
Will be presented the gorgeous Equestrian Spectacle of ST.
GEORGE and the DRAGON. St. George, Mr. Allred Cooke.
To be followed by Batty's Inimitable Scene. of tue Arena, intro-
ducing the most numerous equestrian company In Enrope.
To conclude with a Laughable ifarce. •
Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily.
Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGIOAL GARDENS.
Open for the Season,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Exhibition of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT
ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS—Splendld
and interesting Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Godfrey's nn.
rivalled Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties--Concluding at
Dusk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Southby,
representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemenium of the
Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and his Cyclops,
the whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a,
Grand Tableau on the Lakc of Thetis, and the Nereiads receiving the
Armour of Achilles. _ _

Doors open from Nine A.M. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con.
cart at Ilalf-past Six. Fireworks about Half-past Nine.
ADMIsSION, ONE SILILLIN'G.

EfIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
ruts DAY —3itcrrang 36 Den. after 1 j Evening 34 min after 1
To-Mottitow—Mcrning 11 min, after 2 I Evening 31 min after 2

THE WE4lllEll.—Surs OFFICE, JUNE 17.
THIMMONLETER, IN 'I7IE SHALE.
63—highest since noon yesterday.
49 --104teSt this morning and during the night.
62--this day, at neon.
W Banonwren, 29.54.
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S'W.--light•breece and cloudy, with occasional rain,
and sunshine.

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and Weather at each of the following
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yesterday morning.—The stations
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FoaTsmou'rs—Wind %At,' wind—rain.
breeze—rain.
BEIGETarr--Wind S.w.,
87 gentle breeze—overcast.
• manairGs.—Wind S., freshtl
sooTHAmpTos— Wind S., hard lE—partially cloudy.
For.szeragE—Wind S., fresh I:r:end—rain.
breeze—overcast.e—overcast.
TustatrDGE—Wind S. W., gentle
GREEN 'l' . gentle t,'
V 1CH.... Wind SE.,
W., gentle breeze-....preer4Train•
cloudy.
:STROOD —Wind
rain.
SWINDON—Wind S. W., gentle breeze_r"..Y
Courntsmt...—Wind S.W., strong breezenin.
cAmßa maE.....wind S., gentle breeze_r .
YA.R.mouTE—Wind S.E.. strong breeze
indicate the of
BuzusGm."...,Wind S.E., strong breeze—rain.
The returns from the following Places
the wind and weather on Tuesday reorainitt
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Pottz&mount—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—raid.
BduaßT°l Wind S.W., strong breeze--overcast.
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SournAscr-rozr—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain.
FourEerozva—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—cloudy.
TUNBRIDGE—Wind SAY gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
.UKEENWICH—Wind "8-. W., gentle breeze—partially
cloudy.
STicooD—Wind NV., gentla breeze—partially cloudy.
SwitatoN—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Lraorrrort—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy.
Cocc•tticergE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partiallycloudy.
YARMOUTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
ituatznartax—Wind N.W. strong breeze—rain.
lioraluteD--WindW.N.W., gentle breeze—Partially cloudy.
LArrcAsmn—Wind N., calm—principally clear. .
W/RT.Y—Wind l'i., gentle breeze—foggy.
DAALINGTON—Wind N., gentle breeze_light
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LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1851

Preparatory movements are already visible among
the various metropolitan constituencies. In the capital,
at least, the dissolution will not take the electors by
surprise, however unexpected may he the moment
chosen for the appeal to the country by the Govern-
ment. It were well for the possessors of the fran-
chise throughout the United Kingdom, if they were
to take example from the activity and forethought
displayed by their compatriots in the county of

After thirty-six years of protracted litiggien ) dur-
ing which the successive claimants encountered the
moat vexatious, and, we regret to be obliged to add,
pettifogging opposition, the case of the Boon
zu
BODE hsl: through the generous 40 hUmfine ewer.

IRE It MAJES T Y' S THEAT T. E. Middlesex. Another peculiarity in the course pur-
signor PUZZI has the honour to announce to the nc.bility,
sued upon occasions of this description, by the metro-
auOscribers to the Opera, his friends, and the public, that his
BENEFIT Will take place TO-MORROW, Friday, June 18, ron which politan constituents, it were not less advisable for their
occasion will be presented (first time these two years) the 3 Mat Act
of Rossini's celebrated Opera, entitled SEMIRAMIDE. B y Mdme. fellow-countrymen to emulate somewhat more sedu-
De la Grange, Mille. d'Angrl, Sig. Mercuriali, Sig. Fo :tint, and
Sig. Belletti, lously than heretofore, at any rate in the 1 irger towns
After which the Second Act of Bellini's Opera, LA S ONNAM- of Great Britain. Allusions mad® of course, to the
BULA. By Mdlle. Sofle Cruvelli and Sig. Gardoni.,
To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which will be pre- liberal character of the men selected by those holders
vented the highly successful New Grand Pas, by 3ldlle. Carolina Ito- of
esti and M. Durand, supported by Mdlles, Rosa and Esper. the suffrage as their Parliamentary Representa-
To which will be added Gnecco's favourite Opera B uffa, LA fives. The City itself may be said to have returned
PROVA D'UN. ' OPERA SERIA. By Mdme. De la Grs Lege, Sig.
Calzorall, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache. Mdme. De as Grange as its Members four Liberals—Lib-orals in a broad
will introduce the 'celebrated Hungarian Variations. sense, although one is a Hebrew and another a
To conclude with a favourite BALLET, in which will appear
Mdlle. Carolina M
__ __ Liberal Conservative. The Tower Hamlets, again,

in the last general election, that of 1847, as upon so
many similar occasions, accorded a considerable num-
ber of votes to the two leading Liberals who were
candidates-3,839 to Sir WILLIAM CLAY, and 6,268
to GEORGE Tnomrsori. Similar was the enthusiasm
which in Marylebooe carried to the head of the
1)111 Sir BENJAMIN Hem. and Lord DUDLEY
STUART—the latter by 5,367 votes, and the
former by 5,343—men who have so nobly justified
the good opinion of their supporters by their sub.
sequent conduct in the Legislature, that it was
resolved in that borough that they
should be again
returned, and this time free of all expense.
Equally resolute in their support of Liberality
wore the electors of Westminster, who numbered
3,139 as the upholders of Sir Ds
LACY EVANS,
and 2,831 as
the upholders of CHARLES LUSH..
INGTON. At Lambeth, on of the present Mem-
bers
(DTeeiconal) was in 1847 chosen by 3,708
electors, and his colleague (Winne Ams) in 1850 by
3,834—both Liberals, though of different complexions,
one a Whig, the other a Radical. At Southwark, in
1847, there were returned without opposition two
others no less distinguished than Alderman JOHN
HUMPHERY and Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH. As
the representatives of Finsbury, moreover, there have
been sitting together as colleagues in the House of
Commons two of the most remarkable Liberals in the
last four Parliaments—THOMAS WAKLEY and
THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE. So that the whole
of the sixteen metropolitan representatives may
be said with truth to be the upholders
of a liberal policy, one of them being a
Jew and another a Liberal Conservative. It
is worthy of remark likewise, that the two Knights
of the Shire of Middlesex come under the same po-
pular category, one of them being the gallant and
gifted RALPH OSBORNE, about the most thoroughly
independent out of the whole list of the national re-
presentatives. Restricting our observations entirely
to the City and the six boroughs of the metropolis, it
is satisfactory to recognise sixteen Whigs and
Radicals, with the exception of one, who is a Liberal
Conservative.
Finsbury is henceforth destined unfortunately to
lose one of those two eminent Liberals, whom we have
already mentioned as among the most meritorious
Members of the House of Commons. Indisposition
of a rather sudden and serious nature has compelled
Mr. WAKLEY to decline the honour of being once
more a candidate for the suffrages of the constituency,
After continuing in the House of Commons for
seventeen years as the Member for Finsbury—re-
turned in 1835 by 3,359, in 1837 by 4,957, in 1841
and in 1847 without opposition—the Hon. Gentleman
feels it incumbent upon him to withdraw from that
elevated and onerous position, so as to dedicate
his energies exclusively to the responsible
duties devolving upon him in his professional
capacity as the Coroner for the county of Middlesex.
His retirement is a circumstance entitled to our sin-
cere regret, but one, nevertheless, deserving also of
peculiar remembrance. It will act as an incentive to
his successor to bear in recollection the assiduity with
which THOMAS WAKLEY, for seventeen years, upheld
the principles of civil and religious liberty during the
existence of four very remarkable Parliaments. The
distinguished merit of Mr. WAKLEY should be borne
in mind by the electors of Finsbury peculiarly at
the present juncture. It should be remembered
as an indication of the responsibilities re-
posing just now in their hands in reference to the
selection of his successor. Those responsibilities are
threefold—for in regard to them the men of Fins-
bury will have to maintain their own character in
the selection of the new representative, they will
have, in his person, to choose a man worthy of being
Member in the room of THOMAS WAKLEY, and
they will have, in so doing, to carry to the
head of the poll one worthy of being the
colleague of Triomas DUNCOMBE. Candidates
capable of fulfilling those three requisites are
not to be discovered every day, but fortunately
one has already presented himself to the electors of
the borough in answer to requisitions very nu-
merously signed by large majorities in different
parts of the constituency. It is tolerably well known
by this time that the candidate here alluded to is no
other than JAMES WYLD, at present Member of
Parliament for Bedmin—a man of the people—a man
of liberal and enlightened views—and one whose
capacities, apart fromhis office as a Legislator, have for
many years fixed upon him the attention of the com-
munity as one of the most eminent of living geographers.
As his colleague Mr. WYLD would, if returned for
Finsbury, have his name coupled with that of no
less popular a representative than Mr. DUNCOMBE.
The difficulty of the position would, therefore, be ex,
treme, because of the really formidable nature of the
contrast of liberality thereby presented. THOMAS Duel-
cOmaz has already, as Member for Finsbury, sat in
five consecutive Parliaments—a circumstance almost,l
if not entirely, unparalleled in the history of our
great metropolitan constituencies. Rejected in 1832
by the electors of the borough of Hertford,
who sagaciously preferred two thoroughgoing
and unmistakable Conservatives, THOMAS SLINGSBY
DUNCODIRE was chosen Member for Finsbury in
1834 by a majority of 2,sl4—since which period he
has been re-elected at all the subsequent general
elections, in 1835 by 4,497, in 1837 by 4,8967
in 1841 and in 1847 without any opposition what-
ever. It is by the side of this free-minded
and uncompromising Liberal that Mr. WYLD
will
hare to appear upon the local hustings very soon after
the period of dissolution. Happily for him, and for
the electors of Finsbury, the principles maintained
by the candidate are precisely such as
should appear in one who aspires to be the successor
of THOMAS WAKLEY and the colleague of Thomas
DUNCOMBE. In his address to the electors of Fins-
bury Mr. WTYLD proclaims himself to be in favour of
a very considerable extension of the elective
franchise, coupled with the inestimable and
long-denied boon of the ballot. He declares himself
an advocate of triennial Parliaments. He desires to
abolish the property qualification for Members of the
lower branch of the Legislature. He is a
Free-trader, a Financial Reformer, and an
Economist. He is for the abolition of the
Income-tax, for the abolition of the Probate-duty,
and for the abolition of the Post-hire duty. He is
opposed to the increase of our standing army, and
more particularly inimical to that unpopular
Militia, which he aptly designates " a
forced and unequal conscription." He aspires to see at
length organized a regular scheme of national educa-
tion—education of a strictly secular charac-
ter, zee insists upon the necessity of reforms
.the government of our colonies, in the or-
re gant
elation
OE the Ecclesiastical Courts, and in the
atioa
of the Court of Chancery. In
word, he
announces himself to be, in the
largest sense
principles . of_ the phrase, a champion of the glorious
°I" Civil and Religious Liberty. Upon two
subjects alone
Iler- Wimp is altogether silent in
his address,
four
more
nothing whatever about
ssitthyrougieft. ore equal division of electoral
t the United Kingdom—one
essential amen all the Parliamentary
odt hfi districts nei cemtces a t
to the
great make even the most mil.-
Neither doe, g
reform!.
que,qtion--literally one of
allusion
gory
Itt questions of the day—.
most " vitally" i,lnporta
the
the question of Sanitary Improvernent. His sileoce,
n these two
however, up() Particulars we regard
; to an
43 attributable 8-1/3% Oversight.
r The general
tendency of Nr. WILD'S policy ea 6; render us doubt-
ful oeither in the on 3 instance nor in the other. That
kite. to be, in all respects
poliuy we cons
Os, worthy of
Finsbur as BU
• to be the r
a candidate who spires re worthy
of
such, the colleague
y, and, 9 of Tuomas
Searinenr Dimming.

O Nt

tions of Lord LYNDHURST, been placed in such a
position as to give a well-founded hope of speedy ad-
justment. The simple narrative of the wrongs in-
flicted on the parties, in the name and with the sanc-
tion of the English Government, excited a general
feeling in the House and in the country of sympathy
for the oppressed, and indignation against the
oppressors. This feeling led to a unanimous reso-
lution for the appointment of a Select Committee
to investigate the entire circumstances of the transac-
tion, so that the stigma of unjust and dishonest con-
duct may be removed from the British name. Under
the convention that had taken place, the Baron DE
BODE was entitled to compensation for the injuries
he had sustained, not from the French, but from the
English Government, which, in consideration of
60,000,000 of francs, or 2,400,0001. sterling, bad
taken all these liabilities on itself. And so far as the
justice of the case was concerned, it signified nothing
whether the Ministers, for the time being, had made
an improvident bargain, so that the entire fund
were exhausted in satisfying the demands of
other claimants. In any case the losses of
the Baron, an English subject, should be
recompensed from the national Exchequer. And
this view of the case is corroborated by the fact
that when it was erroneously supposed that there was
a surplus it was not restored to France, but paid into
the Treasury and applied to public purposes, we
believe te, the building of Buckingham Palace, the
general destination of all unappropriated balances
being the erection of Royal Palaces in the good old
times when GEORGE the FOURTH was King. No
matter then what may be stated of the fund, or how-
ever inconvenient or unpleasant it may be to pay
half a million of money, the demand must be satis-
fied, if founded on justice and equity, and that although
it might be successfully resisted by an astute lawyer
on technical grounds, not going to the real
There is, however, another case of equal hardship
which was brought before fife public only last week
in the Court of Chancery, and which should be re-
ferred to the consideration of the same Committee.
We allude to the application made in the case of the
representatives of the parties claiming to be the next
of kin of the late SAMUEL TROUTBECK, in which an
injunction was granted to restrain the claimant from
taking any further proceedings under the writ of
right that had already been obtained, or under
another writ, denominated " monstrans de droit."
We do not impeach the judgment of the LORD
CHANCELLOR ; he could not perhaps have pronounced
any other, taking into consideration the objections
urged by the counsel appearing for the Crown.
Lord LYNDHURST admitted the justice of the deci-
sion pronounced in the case of the Baron DE BODE►
and which, if final, would be fatal to his claim; but
he went on the broad ground that a mighty nation
like Great Britain should not avail itself of technical,
or what may be termed unconscientious defences to
demands resting en the broad basis of substantial

justice.
The deceased, SAMUEL TROUTBECK, died in the
year 1785, 67 years ago, leaving property amounting
to between 300,000/. and 400,0001. A bill was filed
in 1792 for the administration of his estate and
effects, and a decree pronounced two years subse-
quently referring it to one of the Masters to ascer-
tain his heir-at-law and next of kin, who reported
that there was no such person. The property was
subsequently transferred to the Treasury, and in the
year 1815 expended on the Pavilion at Brighton.
Many years afterwards the then claimants, two ladies
named ROBSON and AINSLIE, applied to be allowed to
go in before the Master to establish their title as next
of kin of the deceased. The application was granted,
but the decision in the Chancery suit, which was
carried by appeal to the House of Lords, was unfa-
vourable to the claimants. We are not aware of
the exact grounds of the judgment, but the
real substantial issue, the only one that
could determine the merits, was - whether
they were the nearest surviving relatives of the de-
ceased at the time of his death. In order that this
might be fairly tested they put forward what is
termed a petition of right, setting forth the nature of
their claim and praying relief. Now, if it had been
intended to rely on the former proceedings in the
Chancery suit as being final and conclusive, it is
quite clear that the prayer of the petition should have
been rejected, and that the applicants should not be
suffered to incur heavy expenses, or allowed to en-
tertain unfounded hopes. H•.d such a course been
adopted, perhaps, no well founded complaint could
have been preferred, for there bad been an adjudi-
cation, which was adverse to the alleged rights of the
petitioners.
In place, however, of that simple and straightfor-
ward course the law advisers of the Crown for the
time being, relying, perhaps, on the great difficulty
of establishing a relationship after the lapse of so

many years, assented to the application, the usua
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answer, " Let right be done," was returned, and the
writ issued in due course. The allegations
of the petition were referred to a special jury, who,

after a protracted investigation, returned a verdic

in favour of the petitioners, finding that they were the
sole next of kin of the intestate, and as such entitled
to his immense personal estate. A petition was then
presented to the then Lord Chancellor (CorrExuam)
praying for liberty to enforce the inquisition. The
law officers, however, when the facts had been

found favourable to the claim, began (as in
the case of Baron DE BODE) to take technical
objections. Then they considered that proceedings
should be stayed on the ground of the finality of the
Chancery decision. After a further delay of two
years, Lord COTTENHAM pronounced judgment, re-
straining the parties from proceeding at law to enforce
the verdict, or from taking any proceedings to enforce
their claim, except in the suit in_ Chancery, and
this order was confirmed on appeal before Lord ST.
LEONARDS last week.

Here then is the position of the case. The present
plaintiff is prevented from obtaining rights that have
been established by a verdict which has not been set

aside or even impeached. If Mesdames Ronsox
and AINSLIE were the next of kin of SAMUEL TEOUT
BECK, Mr. MONKTON is entitled to a large sum of
money, which has been paid into the rn national
Exchequer. An intelligent jury has declared that
they were so. Let the fact be investigated over and
over again if necessary; but we cannot believe that
while such a verdict remains on record it will be con-
sidered just or expedient to prevent the party from
following it up and obtaining the rights to which
he is entitled thereunder. We trust, then, that some

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Noble Lord will think it advisable to move that the

case of Memolt v. the ATTORNEY-GENERAL be

submitted to the consideration of the same Committee

:bat is to report on that of the Baron DE BODE,

and that "rot for the sake of the claimant, but for
the character, honour, and dignity of this great
country."

We understand her Majesty will honour the Hay-
market Theatre this evening with her presence.
BATTY'S ROYAL HIPPODROMi.—This interesting
place of resort and recreation still continues attractive, and
the daring feats of horsemanship succeed each other with
astonishing rapidity. The interest and excitement caused
by the jockey, car, and other races is almost incredible;
nor can we speak too highly of the daring as-
cent o Mademoiselle Eisler on the elevated corde,
or the Brothers Elliott as the lying Calisthenics.
Scarcely less interesting or extraordinary were the feats of
the Nicolo Family. Mons. Franconi, the able direetor, de-
serves especial notice for the wonderful training of his dapple
grey horse Johnstini. The car of Bacchus and the attend-
ant bacchanalians elicit thunders of applause, arranged 11
it is with singular ingenuity, and producing the most
pleasing effects; and we doubt not but Mr. Batty 141 reap
a golden harvest.

MASQUERADE AT VAUXHALL TO.NIGHT..—A grand
bal masque and Venetian carnival is announced at the" Boy-al
Property" this evening, and to-morrow (Friday), the anni-
versary of the battle of Waterloo, a magnificent gala, to
celebrate -the triumph of British arms, and in honour of the
" hero of a hundred tights," his Grace the Duke of Wel-
lington, on which occasion the veteran isronaut, Mr. Charles
Green, the" Columbus of the Skies," as he has been face-
tious!y termed, will make a nocturnal ascent in his monstre
ariel machine, the great Nassau balloon. The illuminations,
by that "Genius o the Lamp"—the modern Aladdin-31r.
Robert Duffell, will be brilliant in the extreme, introducing
many new and appropriate devices, in addition to which
there will be double display of fireworks.
ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE.—The attractions
of this elegant theatre continue undiminished, nor do the
late rains appear to have affected either the voices or spirit
of the performers. Last evening the Dachess of Sutherland
accompanied by a brilliant party, among whom were the
Marchioness of. Kildare, the Earl of Grosvenor, Lady Con-
stance Grosvenor, Lord Frederick Leveson Gower, Lord
Albert Leveson Gower, and Lord Ronald Leveson Gower,
honoured the theatre with their presence.
Mrs. Disraeli has issued cards for an assembly for
Wednesday, the 23d instant.
Otto Goldscbmidt, Esq , and Madame Gold
schmidt (Jenny Lind) have arrived. at Fenton's Hotel, from
Liverpool.