The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-26 00:00:00

KAY MARKETS.

SMITITFIELD.—SIeadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ 15s; Clover
ditto, 31 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lOs per
load. Supply moderate, and trade dull.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12a to 31 16s ;
Clover ditto, 31 to 41 14s ; and Straw, 11 Gs to
11 lOs per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish
demand.

WIIITECHAPEL—Meadow Ilay, 21 lOs to 3/ 15s ;
CloTer ditto, 31 t• 41 17s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 10;
per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended April 19. 1849, made up from the Returns of It a
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale*
per Imperial Quarter.
I WHEAT. I BALLET.I OATS. ITS. ISEANI. I PEAS.
PRICE .. I 44s 5d 28s 8d 16s Rd 22s 4d 28s PM 128 s 28s Dd

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. I BAILEY. I OATS. I RTC I BEANS. TEAS.
Is Od Is Od Is 01 ls Od Is Od Is Od

GOVERNESSES' _BENEVOLENT
INSTITUTION.

The sixth anniversary festival of the members and
friends of this interesting institution was held last
evening at the London Tavern. The duties of the
chair were most efficiently discharged by the Right
Hon. the Earl of Harrowby, supported by the Right
llon. Earl Talbot, the Lord Saye and Sele, Mr.
Blakemoro, M.P., and a numerous body of clergy
and gentlemen. The society is under the patronage
of her Most Gracious Majesty, her Majesty Queen
Adelaide, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, her Royal
highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, his Grace
the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, her Grace the
Duchess of Beaufort, and a large circle of the elite of
the female members of the aristocracy.

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The report of the society for the past year embraces
many interesting details. The proceeds of the fancy
sale, at Chelsea, in 1848, were 2,2641., and it is pro-
posed to continue and complete the sale at the open-
ing of the Asylum, by his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge in person, on the 12th and 13th of
June, 1849. A legacy of 1,5001. has been left dur-
ing the year to the society by A. Maclew, Esq. The
sum paid to the Commissioners of the National Debt
for annuities has been 7,679/. ; the subscriptions have
been 2,325/.; the pupils' fees at Queen's College
7821.; and the ladies' payments at the house 8151
Under the head of assistance rendered in cases o•
temporary difficulty, it is noted that the total numberf
of applications to the ladies' committee has been 670,
and the amount disbursed 3,038/. The number of
annuitants at present is 32, receiving annually 5151.
The provident fund during the year amounted to
43,585/. The savings hank is becoming more gene
rally useful, and each lady's money stands in her own
name at the savings bank in Montague-street, Blooms.
bury. The " Home " provided has laid open the
means of self-support to many a friendless lady,
and there is nothing to record but the thankfulness
of its inmates. The aged asylum is nearly com-
pleted, and its opening will be celebrated, as already
intimated, by a fancy sale. The new institution,
called "Queen's College," has opened its doors for
an improved system of female education, and with a
degree of success that its most sanguine friends dared
not to anticipate.
After the toasts of her Most Gracious Majesty, her
Majesty the Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wale:, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, and other members of the Royal Family
had been most warmly proposed and responded to, the
Noble Chairman proceeded to give the toast of the
(.vening—" Prosperity to the Governesses' Benevolent
Institution." in doing so the Noble Earl took a cursory
view of the leading objects of the society and the
benefits it had conferred. Ile adverted to the edu-
cation that those who undertook the arduous duties
of cultivating the female mind had received, to the
high respectability of their families, albeit, perhaps,
after having provided for the sons by giving them a
profession, there was but too frequently left for the
daughters, by their parent=, little more than the un-
certain emoluments to be derived from cultivated
minds. Their very occupation evinced the necessity
of superit.r intellect and refined tastes ; and how
acute must be their feelings when, in too many in-
stances, their services were forgotten, and they them-
selves were cast, as it were, into a corner, like for-
gotten things.— (Hear, hear.) But he knew what
were the feelings which occupied English breasts,
and he felt that it was only for them to be made
aware of the many tales of sorrow and distress that
might be recorded, in order to enlist their active and
efficient sympathies in their behalf. The Noble
Chairman concluded by stating that their institution
had already received public attention in our colonial
possessions ; that families who there required the ser-
vices of efficient governesses were beginning to apply
to the society for those whom they could recom-
mend ; and that he believed this feeling would rapidly
extend, ard efford the society many opportunities of
doing good.—(Cheers.)
Mr. HALL, in proposing " The Ladies' Committee,"
aptly remarked on the zeal and kind-heartednets with
which they had discharged their duties. He must
also take the opportunity of coupling with their
names the health of a fair lady, who had given him
the cheque for 2001. which he held in his hand—that
lady was Jenny Lind—(Loud and prolonged cheer-
ing)—and with the donation he must also convey
her warmest and best wishes for the success of the so-
eiety.—(Cheers.)
The Rev. D. LAING, the very zealous and energetic
honorary secretary of the society, then read a list of
the donations attendant upon the day's festival. It
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
20/. ; the Noble Chairman, 20/. ; the Duke of Rut-
land, 10/. 103. ; the Marquis of Northampton, 201.;
list handed in by Mr. Francis, a steward, 163/. 16s. ;
Lord Say° and Sele, 201.; Earl Manvers, 21/. ; and a
lady, whose name the Reverend Secretary was;mst
authorised to give, 3001.—(Loud applause)—the whole
amounting to the munificent sum of 2,5181.
After several other toasts had been given the
Noble Chairman withdrew, followed by the rest of
the company, all evincing the most lively delight in
having been engaged in promoting the prosperity and
advancement of " The Governesses' Benevolent Insti-
tution."

LYCEUM THEATRE.
Last evening her Majesty and Prince Albert, accom-
panied by a numerous and brilliant suite, honoured this
elegant and favourite theatre with another royal visit;
Queenbeing theand withintphriridneoenaerrivcdshortly a very short period. The
after the comence-
mont of the performance, and were m
received at the private
entrance of the theatre by Mr. It. Roxby and the chiefs
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beauty of the fittings of the box and the could exceed the
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the occasion commenced with Hold your lon
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Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews
was followed by Planehe's highly successfulae and most
magnificently grand of all burlesques, the Seven Cham-
pions of Christendont ; Miss Fitzwilliam, Miss Howard,
Mrs. Mrs. C. Horn, Miss J. Coleman, Miss Marshallarndti
Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, J. Reeve, and Selby, each
sustaining their respective parts with more than usual
ability. The frequent marks of applause from the royal
box were of the most liberal and complimentary de-
scription, which must have been highly metering to the
talented artists engaged in the performa. Her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert, on leaving the theatre, ex-
pressed them elves as highly deligh
ht
with th
ng and per-
formances. The royal visitors, bot with
t
quitting the box, were most enthusiastically cheered.
The house was crow±?22ll=rllr2La2bion.
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THE WEST LONDON UNIOIS.—An inquest WO
Sm held
yesterday at the Coopers' Arms, West-street,
field, by by Mr. Payne, on the body of a young man named
William Evans, who dieci in the West London Union,
and in whose treatanelA it was alleged great violence end
ill-usage had been resorted to by the officials eniploy
in that establishment. The jury viewed the body, which
lay in the dead-houSe, and which exhibited on the arms
and legs marks of violent pressure, and of ligatures which
had abraded the skin. The body was also very much
emaciated. A great deal of evidence was heard impli-
cating the person employed es taskmaster and his as-
sistants, and, after a lengthened examination, which ex-
cited great interest, the inquest was adjourned till
Thursday next,
to afford an oprortunity for the attend-
ance of the guardians, and for the further examination
of witnosacs,