The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-07 00:00:00

UST.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

idealised; but let him beware of confounding the
supernatural with the unnatural. It is here that sve
take it lies the error of the author of "Lady Alice."
For our own part we must admit, that, however
highly we reverence the.ideal, we feel more interest in
heroes and heroines somewhat idealised, perhaps, yet
not altogether " too blight and good for human na-
ture's daily food." " Lady Alice"
happens to be
neither one thing nor the other—neither an ideal ex-
cellence nor a real woman, as a slight sketch of her mar-
vellous adventures will testify. Lady Alice Stuart is
the daughter of a Duke and Duchess of the pre,,ent day,
greatly beloved by her parents, and allowed consider-
able exercise of her own free-will. The first instance
in which she displays her charater is in rejecting
her lover Clifford, because he is a Roman Catholic.
This, of course, is an'act of principle which no one can
find fault with, but the difficulty is soon overcome
by Clifford's conversion. The marriage-day is fixed,
when Lady Alice, who is a great heiress, is carried
off by some parties desirous of compelling
her into a
marriage which shall give them possession of her
fortune. Now the real interest and the egregious
impossibility of the story commence. The vessel in
which the " New Uaa" is captive is shipwrecked,
one of the villains escapes and saves the life of Alice,
on her solemnly swearing to obey his instructions in
good faith (unless they should be against her
conscience). This incident opens a field of
legitimate interest, we admit. A master of
his art might here depict the struggles of a
tender cconecience bound by such a vow. Legally,
perhaps, the obligation might be dispensed with, but
a " Una" wool t be expected scrupulously to adhere
to her vow, alai Lady Alce fulfils it in a manner that
is positively ludiercus. Af.er her abduction, a new
" book' leads us to Italy ; a year or two has passed
away, and Clifford, still melancholy at the extraordi-
nary loss of his promised bride (who is supposed to
have been drowned in the shipwreck), and the parents
of Alice and other friends are trying to solace their
troubles by travel. In Italy they meet with a young
English artist, Fitzallan, whose pictures attract their
notice—they form his acquaintance. Th's artist, who
is a regular fop in his appearance, with his little
cane, and his coloured crarat, and his paletot
of the finest black cloth, is no other than the
" New Una"—Alice herself ! The young lady
had always displayed a talent and a taste for drawing,
and now her persecutors having ordered her, in com-
pliance with her vow, to remain incognita and to
keep her family unaware of her existence, she
has set up for an artist. It is not so much the matter
as the manner of this incident that, positively revolts
us. The conscientious girl might have consented to
a dioguile and cuouealment of her existence from
those who loved her, but is"it probable, to say the
least of it, that she would have gone to such an
extreme, assumed such a costume, and adopted such
an air and manner ? ller conduct seems rather in-
spired by a carnival frolic than a conscientious com-
pulsion. But the wonder increases. She actually
joins her own domestic circle, talks carelessly with
her mother and father, and still scrupulously
preserves her secret. It is true that on
the first meeting with Clifford, who wishes to purchase
a picture, Fit zallan (we do not then know it is Alice)
turns away abruptly, but after the first interview her
woman's nature is quite annihilated by her con-
science. When Clifford calls at her lodgings to pay
for the picture she talks with him. gaily, and takes him
to the restaurant to breakfast with her, where we
are led to believe that Alice does full justice to the
skill of the cuisinicr. What do you think of this,
dainty ladies ? If her vow steeled the heart of Alice,
and she forbore discovering herself to her lover—if a
forced gaiety was, perhaps, less difficult than a quiet
conversation—could her conscience, think you, go so
far as to rule her appetite, and enable the loving
woman, in one of the most cruel trials to which her
heart could be exposed, to carry out to the very letter
the character of beau garcon and bon vivant ? Are we
very wrong that the author of "Lady Alice"
hasmista
leeninthsaling
unnatural for the ideal?

BARNABY BUDGE. By Charles Dickens.
We have already spoken in terms of eulogium of
the cheap edition of the,works of "Boz," issued by
Messrs. i
Chapman and Hall. It s unnecessary, now,
that it is so well-known and well appreciated,
to speak of the clear typography, or elegant appear-
ance of this highly valuable work. " Boz" is, essen-
tially, a " people's favourite," and the publication of
his works in this cheap and attractive form is, indeed,
a popular boon. The new volume of the series con-
tains "Barnaby Rudge."

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sionufacil3eudtylsiteryprofession. The work is divided into four
parts. The first comprises all the ordinary proceed-
ings in a suit, from the commencement to the decree,
inclusive ; the second part, various particular pro-
ceedings, either of an incidental or secondary nature ;
the third treats of proceedings in the Masters' of-
fices; and the fourth part, of proceedings connected
with particular parties in a suit. The practical di
rections as to the mode of carrying out the several
proceedings, after the manner of "Archbold's Prac-
tice," will be found of incalculable utility to the prac-
titioner. The present edition contains much new
respectmpmraeotndtteurc,toipofanrtticrouuflsatr-dlfyouenwudmisthenitnst;ou
acnod uponinquiries
trotu;re
straining and
stop orders; the investment of money, and the pay-
the practice
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in the Masters' offices upon sales ; the
as to heirs of law and next of kin. IN erc
addi-
tions have been made to the Appendix of Forms, the
u
index has been newly arranged and made more copi-
ous; all modern cases of importance bearing upon the
recent orders have been carefully collected. It con-
tains the orders of the several Chancellors, Master of
the Rolls, and Vice-Chancellors' from March, 1844,
to the present time. Also an account of the Chan-
cery public
i offices, their locality and hours of busi-
ness, both n and out of vacation. This very conve-
nient treatise is comprehensive in design, though
" not swelled to an inconvenient bulk." It is easy
of reference, simple in arrangement,
and contains all
th© necessary forms and principles for the conduct of
a suit in equity. The solicitor and Chancery lawyer
will find it essentially useful as a book of practice.

COURT CIRCULAR.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, went to the Horti-
cultural meeting at Chiswick on Saturday.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Douro, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, the Earl
of Morley, General Wemyss, and Lieut.-Colonel the
Hon. Alexander Gordon, honoured her Majesty a
Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Augusta Bruce, also honoured her Majesty's Theatre
with her presence on Saturday evening.
The Royal children took their usual exereite on Sa-
turday.
Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies
and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house-
hold, attended Divine service in the private chapel of
Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie
Courtenay officiated. Guardsthefoi.
performed (under the direction of
The band of the Royal Regiment of
Buckingham Palace on
lowing pieces during dinner in Bu
Friday evening:—
Selection, Matilde de Schabran Rossini.
Waltz, Comte de Esse Labitzlty.
Overture, Domino Noir
FTHutotrosne)
Quadrille, Fete do Chasseurs ..........
Polka, "La Coquette" D'Albert.
Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner in
Buckingham Palace on Friday evening, and played the

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following pieces :
Overtura, "Les Mousquetaires de la ine" lialevy.
Selection' " Figaro"
March, "Die Weihe Der Tone" Spohr.
Marien Walzer _ Strauss.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge went from their residence at Kew on Satur-
day to the Horticultural Show at Chiswick.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Fo-
reign-office. It was attended by Lard John Russell,
the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston,
Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis
Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right
Hon. IL Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Mar-

Quis of Clanricarde.
The Council sat two hours and a half.
The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Salisbury attended the early service, and re-
ceived the Sacrament, ye,terday, in the Chap:l Royal,
St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. T.
Mills, and the S .crament Was administered by the Rev.
Dr. Wesley. At the daily service the prayers were read
by the Rev. T. Helmore; the lessons by the Rev. G. Rep-
ton; and the communion service by the Rev. Dr. Wes-
ley. The sermon was preached by the Rer. T. Mills.

MARYLEBONE VESTRY. Saturday, at a very nu-
merously-attended meeting of the vestry of St. Mary-
lebone, the rector, the Rev. Dr. Spry, in the chair, on
the minute passed on the previous Saturday, declaring
the expenditure of the sum of 6/., by the Baths and
Washhouse Commissioners in refreshments fcr the work-
men on the occasion of laying the foundation•stone of
the parish baths and v‘ashhouses, and calling on the
commissioners to refund the same,. being read for confir-
mation,—Mr. H. C. Wilson rose to move that, that
minute be non-confirmcd. He observed that he felt
justified in this course from the fact that, at the time
the division was come to the vestry was exhausted by
public business, and many members had left the board.
Mr. Nieholay seconded the non-confirmation, and de-
clured his conviction that the feelings of the great ma-
jority of the parish was adverse to the resolution. After
.:roe dit:g..,:l;.,,siGia, on ti!e- cc.t.stion be I:,g ant to n show of
1 1:14t,(1, the chtirtrtz.n deeilt.cd the tl,ltioit e3rricd by a,
u:k.,.;);iir.)- of 3';:: to 19 . .11 alit :3101k bk,ialg cailtd fur, the
numbers were !—For non-confirmation of the minute,
33; for confirmation, 19; majority for rescinding the rose-
lution, 14. The veitry then broke up.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. I
Sir,—On Wednesday the 2d, Lard John Russell
in reply to question from the opposite benches, de-
clared that the Government were going to leave what
may be called the giving of the Royal assent to the
Act of the Canadian Parliament now exciting great
violence on the part of the minority in that assembly,
to the discretion of the Governor as in ordinary course
of law.
This leads to grave reflections. If the plot for
turning out the present Ministers by the Protectionists
shoulesucceed, one instant consequence is a struggle
in Canada, of the same nature as would have taken
place in England or in Ireland, if after the Reform
Bill or the Catholic Emancipation Act had passed
both Houses, the Orangemen could have laid tem-
porary hands on the powers of government, and in-
terposed the refusal of the Royal assent.
It needs no pretence to prophecy, to foresee how
grave the dangers are which would accompany a
month's possession of power by the Protectionist and
Absolutist party. A struggle for the Corn Laws
here, with a general war en the Continent and
another in Canada for an agreeable diversion to the
public mind, would be among the natural results.
The opportunity of preventing all this was in the
hands of the Free Traders in Parliament. But as the
proverb says, there are two bad paymasters, Pay
never, and Pay beforehand. So when the Free
Traders had exhausted the glories and advantages of
one campaign, they sat down under their laurels and
left the enemy to get back as fast as he could to his
old positions.
On the same day the Clergy Relief Bill was got
into Committee. An unadvised attempt was made to
get up a show of resistance on the part of the Dis-
senters, to a Bill which, if there be any substantial
prospect of its passing, does a century's work at once,
or s weeps away what the last century might have
been spent in struggling for without effect. This
having gono over without much damage, a serious
attack was made upon the Clause which en examina-
tion appeared to contain the poison-bag to the ser-
pent's tooth, and it was summarily ejected by a
majority of 118 against 57. It was quite clear, from
the naiee admissions of Members on the other
side, that the plot and plan was, though carefully
kept under in the wording of the Clause, to put the
seceding clergyman into the position of one excom-
municate, which, as was said in the House, was the
next, thing to putting him into a white sheet. Well-
meaning gentlemen on the other side, could not see
any difference between this, and the natural enjoy-
ment of the power of an established church.
On Thursday was moved the second reading of the
Bill for legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's
sister. Without wishing to trench on the right of
private judgment, it may be stated that to those who
took a view favourable to the Bill, the case seemed
little more then a repetition of the same claims to
ecclesiastical tyranny as in the preceding. Loud
were the complaints uttered in the name of the poor
persecuted Church of England, if it should be refused
the liberty—not of taking its own course with respect
to what it would direct or prohibit to its own mem-
bers—but of seizing on the law of the land and
making it the organ of its dictation on the whole
community.the
Member
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se our
ti ph oa smi t
pi oppositionn w(ams ra. bcl repl
ied t,
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.).
The Catholics took different sides, one being repre-
sented by Lord Arundel, and the other by Mr.
O'Connell ; of whom, none seemed to doubt, that the
first was strongest. After a rather heavy debate
upon the whole, the question was adjourned to the
morrow.
As proof of public interest, the strangers' gallery
was crowded ; and it was the report of the House,
that it had been collected in a quarter best calculated
for information, that there never were so many ap-
plications for places in the pigeon-holes through
which ladies are allowed to peer into the proceed-
ings of their legislators.
On Friday it was resolved in- Committee without
a division, to grant " 300,0001. out of the Consoli-
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, for the purposes and under the provi-
sions of any Act in force to facilitate the improve-
ment of landed property in Ireland by owners
thereof;" and" 200,0001. out of the said Consolidated
Fund, to be applied by the Commissioners of Public
Works in Ireland, for making loans under the provi-
sions of any Acts authorising the said Commissioners
to make advances for the extension and promotion
of drainage acrd other works of public utility in
Ireland." In return fur this there will be no end of
violent language on English cruelty, and augmenta-
tion rather than the contrary, of half-threatening
demands for more. Of course the Government has
acted on the principle so long impressed with regard
to Ireland, that statesmen must exercise their talent
if they have it, and do the needful irrespectively of
how it may be met.
After some further speeches, the Marriage question
was adjourned to Tuesday.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, May 7, 1849.

,SPORTI

:GENT CE.

" My election
Is led on in the conduct of my will ;
My will enkindled by mine eyes and ears,
Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores
Of will and judgment."—SiucsrEßE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—My anticipations of the Chester Meeting were
realised in all but two instances, the Chesterfield Stakes,
and' The Cup;" for the latter, my selection, Blucher,
was scratched on the morning of the race' being, as his
trainer asserted, " dead amiss;" he had suddenly be-
come so in a most mysterious manner. In the opinion
of that clever veterinary surgeon, Mr. Ferguson, he had
been dosed, of this I think there is but lit.le doubt, his
dull eye and sluggish pulse, telling tales of woe, most
unmistakeable to his too confiding backers.
In Septembea last I announced the entry and accept-
ance of Blucher for the Cup, which, provided be was
weighted under 7st 121 h, was sure; from that time to
last Tuesday night, I stuck to him as the certain winner
of the greatest uandicap in the world, when I had my
ears saluted with the disagreeable intelligence that it
was all U. Y. with him; this was too late to give your
readers the benefit of an alteration in my judgment;
had he run, from the position of certain horses in the
race, he must have been either first or emend, at least
I think so.

During the past vretk Stebbing's stable has been in
immense force, winning eight races cut of seventeen; of
these, seven are to Mr. Green's account, the eighth, the
Cup, to Mr. Scebbings, with Malton, a well-bred hone
by iheet Anchor, out of Fair Helen, by Priam.
Flatcatcher won both his races, the Grosvenor Stakes
and her Majesty's Plate, in the easiest of canters; and
Jelly Fish reptsatecl the Bath dose' winning the Palatine
Stakes cleverly, beating Mystical, Cigarette, Cingari,
and Priestess.

For the Mostyn Stakes, my fancies, the Countess of
Albemarle and Harriott, ran firet and second; in the ring
neither were backed, yet, strange to say, both found
admirers at elle sporting houses at as little as 3 to 1.
The Dee Stakes brought four to the post, Stanton by
Culwiek, Garrick, Abbot of Meaux, and Elthiron, the
latter waited on Garrick to the distance, then went to
the front and. 'won in a canter by three lengths; it for-
cibly remind mo of Flatcateher's victory for the Port
Stakes, both xaces being won in the most ridiculous of
canters. This• victory of Elthiron's gave him a lift in
the Derby betting, from 40 to 17 to 1, and advanced
" the crack" to 9 to 4; Eltbiron will see a still better
price before the 23d instant, and will obtain a good place
in the great Surrey struggle.
Cosslick'a position at the conclusion of the race for
the Tradesina n's Plate, warrants the confidence placed
in him for the Emperor's Va-ie, but should Van Tramp
come " fit " to the post, I should take him in preference
to the representative of Day's stable ; Surplice, Flat-
catcher, and Chanticleer, look the next best on paper.
The Newmarket Second Spring Meeting commences
on Tuesday, with the usual 50 sovs. Plato for three
years cld, this, with several other stakes close and
❑ame the evening before running.
The match between La Beau and La Belle for 200
soya. over the first half of the Ab. mile, will be a close
Weir, ending probably in favour of the former.
In the other matches I prefer Seraph, Bst 71b to Re-
tail, Bst 21b, over the T.Y.C.; and Rose Pompon, 7st slb
to First Chance, Bst 71b, over the first half of the Ab.M.
For the Suffolk Stakes, most of the following will le art—
Collingwood, Diplomatist, \Veneta, Beauciere, Keraun,
St. Autoni°, Cigarrette, Essedarius, Retail, Legerde-
main, and Midia. Those that will most probably be
missing at the post are—Wanota, or St. Antonio, Ci-
garette, Diplomatist, and, perhaps, Retail. The three
year olds are literally turned loose to this division. I
shall look for the winner, and expect to find him or
her in Legerdemain, 4et 71b, Resell, 4st 131 b, or Essa-
darias, sst 101 b, taking the first for choice.
Oa Wednesday St. Rosolia, Sir Launcelot, Sidney,
and the Valance colt, will run for the Champion Stakes;
the race will be between the Duke's mare and Sidney—
the latter having to give the termer 7lbs. may perhaps
just turn the scale in St. Rosolia's favour.
A Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, over the last three
miles of the 8.C., must end in favour of Sotterley. A
Match for 200 eacb, over the T.Y.C., between the
Bishop of Romford's Cob, Bst 21b, and Saddle, Bst 81b—
if in his old form will be won by the former.
On Thursday a sweepstakes of 10 toys. each for two
yrs old, will bring together a good field, to be selected
from the following :—lmpression, La Belle, Harding-
stone, Virtue, Sic) on, Le Beau, Catalan, Michael
Brenton, Bastinado, filly by Nutwith, out of Agnes;
filly by Birdeatcher out of Retrospect, Oadino, Gosling,
and the sister to Pet of the Fancy ; of the above fifteen
three only have as yet appeared to public ; the winner,
I expect, will spring from the " dark division," in fact
will be Le Beau, Michael Brunton, La Belle, or the
Retrospect filly; Mr. Green's nag, with a start for choice.
I am, Sir,

May 7.

Your obedient servant,
TilE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

RACES TO

Newmarket Sec. Sp:ing 8
Shrewsbury . 9

Hungerford
Ascot

Hampton l3
Beverley, hull, &E. 13
Newton
Knighton l5

Carlisle
Newmarket 3
Liverpool ll
Oxford lB

Br:ghton
Ripon
Chelmsford . .
Derby
Lincoln
Wolverhampton
Canter bury .......

Warwick
Lichfield
Weymouth
Doncaster
Leicester

COME, 1849.

Epsom 22
I Manchester 3O
NE.

Presteign
Bibury ..
, Stockbridge
' Newcastle
Wiachester 2B
Salisbury 2B
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Newmarket Sec. Oct.— 8
Newmarket Houghton.. 22
NOVE

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Lancaster
Go-Awoed
Ludlow

Huntingdon 2l
York
Great Yarmouth 2B
Radcliffe 29
Egham 29
Lothians Club 3O

Bed ford
Manchester 2O
Newmarket Eirat Oct— 25
Wrexham
Walsall
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Worcester

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Yorkshire Uniol

IRISH RACES TO COME, 1849.
Curragh April 24 Down Royal Corpo•
Bellewstown May 29 ration July 24
Carragh June 26 Currilgh Sept. 4
The Heath July 3 Curregh Oct. 16

The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and
Lady Wilde received a distioguishel party to dinner on
Friday, at their residence in Stanhope-street.
LORD ADOLPHUS FITZCLARENCE.--It affords us
much pleasure to announce that the noble and gallant
Lord is considerably improved since Tuesday last, on
which day the fever left him. Although he has re-
gained much strength he is still compelled to keep his
room from the continuance of gout.
ASYLUM FOR AGED GOVERNESSES.—This asylum,
now building at Kentish Town, will be opened by the
Duke of Cambridge on the 12th June. A fancy sale is
to he held on that day and 13th, to augment the funds

of this laudable institution. The patronage is distin-
guished, and consists of the elite of the aristocracy.
°TEEING Or ST. GEORGE'S BARRACKS.—On Fri-
day the new barracks, called St. George's, situate within
the Tower of London, and erected on the site of the
Tower Armoury, burnt on the 30th of October, 18-41,

was occupied by the Ist battalion of the Grenadier
Guards. The building, which is very capacious, will,
when complete, accommodate several thousand troops.
It is in the Norman style of architecture, harmonizing
with the White Tower, the materials being Kentish rag
stone. The Old Mint, the most interesting part of the
fortress, is to be entirely removed.
TILE tIORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The May exhi-
bition of the floricultural specimens produced by the
competitors for the prizes given by the Horticultural
Society, took place at the grounds of the society, at
Chiswick, cn Saturday. It was understood that a vast
number of tickets of admission bad been issued, and
preparations were made for the reception of a very large
company. The storm which came on at two o'clock, and
which continued at intervals till five o'clock, prevented
the expectation of a numerous attendance from being
fulfilled. Thtre was, however, a great number of visitors
assembled, and it was fortunate for many of them that a
very splendid marquee, newly ereeed by Mr. Benjamin
Edg,ington, of the Borough, resisted the pelting of the
hail and the rain, and furnished the protection which
some of the old tents failed to do. The " show " of
flowers was good, but not equal to some former ones.
There was only a small display of fruit, as no medals
aro distributed in May for fruits, unless of the very
highest order of excellence. Amongst the company
were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Dukes of Devon-
shire, Sutherland, and Northumberland, the Duchess of
Northumberland, the Earl and Countess of Harrorobry,
Lord and Lady Grey, Lord and Lady Ashburtono,f
Life
Bridport, &c. The bands of the Ist Regiment
stream Guards, performed BCIII3 excellently.
Guards and the horse Guards l
music in the intervals between the rainy
carter called a
f ahrer aCnogl edd-
A PAINTED SPARROW.—A coun ry: _
town councillor, not a bundre abne'ara-
few days ago at the private redrseiddmeinitecosefboreto
saa gßeinoteti
leel mu,
oking
ing in his hand what app
e
and be bad caught it. T
ai
nt tohred
ee
ra rtnomep v
life, s
preserve
eesnetrreo its
said,
canary. The bird, hes thhaaedowesrpeodf
tfhroemathnesio house,
carter alleged it would soon die in his hands.
Hied,th amstahhne, theoba d
canaryio such
was as tbr
accepted b ut
of n escaped
silver was given in exchange, and the man de-
PBaor as
Some
ed. But a more skilful ornithologist, whose opinion
was asked, soon found that instead of the pretty warbler,
the alleged canary was a painted sparrow! The fellow
who indulged in this clever trick makes, it is said, no
inconsiderable sum by similar hoaxes. The " painted
canary" continues to be a standing joke in the hands of
the worthy councillor's personal friends.—Liverpool
, Chronicle.
A SECESSION 110 M Romr.—The Rev. Pierre Con-
nolly, chaplain to the Earl of Shrewatry, who was last
year sent on se mission to the Pope, has renounced the
Rotnish faith.—Hereford Journal.
Mr. Hume, who has been sonewhat indisposed, is
now, wo tore glad to lit ar. eent• v. hat niter.
itE GREAT COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—The sub-
scription for the widows and children of the sufferers in
the calamity at Darley Main amounts to upwards of
2,0004

SOUTHAMPTON, M s.—The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steam-ship Iberia, commanded by Captain
C. F. Burney, RN., with the usual Peninsular mails, in
charge of Lieut. W. P. Newnham,R.N., Admiralty agent,
has arrived. The homeward voyage of the Iberia was
fine, but head winds the greater part of it. Her dates of
sailing were—Gibraltar, April 20, Cadiz 27, Lisbon 29,
Oporto 30, Vigo Ist instant. She brought home forty-
five passengers, amongst whom were—Lord and Lady
Aberdour, Dr. Wells, Sir William Don, Bart., Lieute-
nant Blakeney, Dr. Cowper, Lieutenants F. Canatead
and Sykes, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. and Mrs. Gaskin, Mr.
and Mrs. Attic° and son, and Miss Roberts. The freight
by the Iberia consisted of 11 packages of specie, 590
boxes of oranges, 60 cases of almonds, 5 casks and 3
cases of wine, 11 tubs of leeches, 2,680 cases of raisins,
and about 20 packages of sundries.
STATIONS VF UER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.—April 24, at
Lisbon, her Majesty's brig Harlequin (12); April 26,
at Gibraltar, her Majesty's ship Queen (110); April 29,
at Lisbon, Harlequin (12), reported to leave for Eng..
land shortly.
STATIONS OF VESSELS OF WAR OF FOREIGN STATES.
—April 22, at Vigo, Martin Alves (3), Spanish schooner
of war; April 24, at Lisbon, St. Lawrence (50), Amer-
' ican frigate; May 1, at Vigo, Martin Alves (3).
SHIPS OBSERVED ON THE VOYAGE. April 21, ex-
changed colours with Company's steam-packet Indus,
homeward bound, off Cissargos, coast of Spain; off Cape
Finisterce, exchanged colours with Company's steam-
packet Jupiter, homeward bound; April 20, at Gibraltar,
arrived same evening, Company's steam-packet Ripon,
outward bound to Malta; May 1, at Vigo, Company 'a
steam-packet Montrose, outward bound.
At Gibraltar all was progressing well under the new
Governor, who is very popular and hcapitable.
At Cadiz all quiet; a largo Manilla ship had just
arrived when the packet left.
At Lisbon everything political was effervescing, and
confused by intrigues as usual. Commerce dull and
spiritless. More stringent laws are being enacted in
the law courts. The crops are said to be very abundant
this year.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELe, MAT 3.
Actual Debt, 21,i per Cent ••.••• .• .• •.•
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ••• • • •
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• ••
Ditto Threeper Cent • •• • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions,ditto ••• • .•
Ditto,ditte,lB4o.. •• ••••• • • • .. •. • . 90%
Ditto,ditto,lB42•. •• •••• • • • • ........ • • 90%,
Ditto, 1844..........• ...... ... 82
Ditto, 1838 • • ••••••• • • • •• • •• •• 59
Ditto of the City, 1832 .. •• .• •• •• • • ................
Ditto, 89
Bank of Belgium.... • • .•• •. 70
Issue of 1841 ... •...
Exchange on London, 25 45.

AI7STIZ F UNDS.—VIENNA, APRIL 27.
bper Cents. .. •• ••..•••••••••• •• • • • • •• 89%
4 per Cent—. • ............
214 per Cent. ..... .................

Ditto, 1839.. • . • • • . • • .. • .
Bank Shares ..............
Esterhazy's Loan ........

- •• •• •• - -1,130

ISAILWATB.

The N0rthern............
Glog,gnitz . ........
Milan ..................
Leghorn ................

.......... 69%

SERIOUS FlRE.—Yesterday tnorning., between four
and five o'clock, a fire of a serious character, in which one
person was most seriously, if not fatally burnt, broke
out in the premises belonging to George Gossett Hill,
Eq., No. 24 Portland-place, Regent's park. The flames
commenced, from some unexplained cause, in the stab-
ling and coach. house in William's mews, at the rear of
the private mansion, and although an in instant alarm
was given, and assistance promptly arrived, yet before
the coachman and his family had time to get up, the
whole of the lower part of the building became enveloped
in flames. By great exertion the man succeeded in res-
cuing his wile and children, when he returned to the
stables for the purpose of saving, if possible, his master's
horses and carriages. Although the flames were
mounting most terrifically, the man succeeded
in bringing two horses out uninjured; but
whilst in the act of leading the third out, the heat became
so great, as to overpower both man ani horse, and
they fell in the midst of the flames. A police constable
of the A division, who was on duty there, at the risk of
losing his own life, rushed through the fire, and suc-
ceeded in pulling the unfortunate man out, but not until
he was so seriously burned as to be obliged to be re-
moved to the hospital, where he at present remains. .
Without a moments delay the engines of the London
brigade attended. Plenty of water having been ob-
tained, the engines wero set to work, but the firemen
were unable to get the mastery over the flames until the
stabling, coach-house, three valuable carriages, and a
horse worth 100 guineas, were burned; besides which,
the rooms occupied by the coachman and his :amity
were destroyed, and their contents consumed. One of
rho carriages burned was nearly new, and cost 300 gui-
neas. Three other fires occurred; namely, at Bermond-
sey, Southwark. end Hoxton, but the damage at each
was inconsiderable.
TIER MAJESTY'S THEITRE.—The Queen and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the perform-
ances at her Majesty's Theatre on Satt.rday evening
with their presence. The suite in attendance upon her
Majesty and his Royal Highness included the Marchio-
ileas of Douro, the Hon. Miss Macdonald, the Earl of
Mosley, Ucorral Wemyss, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Gordon. Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also
honoured the theatre with her presence. In attendance
upon her Royal Highness was Lady Augusta Bruce.
[ter Majesty Queen Adelaide's box was occupied by his
Serene Highness Prince William of Hesse Philipsthall,
his Serene Highness Prince Edward of SaxeWeimar, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, Lady Jane Field-
ing, the Earl of Denbigh, and Captain Taylor. His Royal
Highness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse),
attended by the Chevalier Colonna, also visited She
theatre. Amongst the audience were his Grace the
Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose,
the Duchess of Leeds end Miss Lane Fox, the Duke and
Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Alicia Powlett, the
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Prince Scnornberg, his
Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness de
Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de'Lechner, his Excel-
lency the Swedish Minister and the ^Baroness Rehausen,
i his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Coloredo, his Excellency the Neapolitan Am-
. bassador, his Excellency the Peruvian Minister, his Ex-
cellency the Danish Minister, the Countess Reventlow
and the Countess Hilda Reventlow, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Clanricarde,
the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Bentley, the
Marquis of Granby, the Marquis of Stafford, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl and Countess
of Wilton, the Earl of Bradford, the Earl of Falmouth,
the Earl of Lansdale, the Earl of Cardigan, the Countess

Dowager of Essex, the Countess of Cardigan, the Earl
and Countess of Malmesbury, Viscount Cantilupe,
Viscount Clifden, Viscount Enfield, Viscount Somerton.
Viscount Anson, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney,
Viscount mud Viscountess Alford, Miss Burdett Coutts
and party, Mr. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Dis-
raeli, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lord Sandys,
Lord Harry Vane, Lord Ward, Lady Graham, Lord and
Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Fitzroy Somerset and If it
Somerset, Lord W. Lennox, Lord G. Pagf-t, Lord Foley
Lord G. Lennox, Lady Frances Eentinck, &c.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA COVENT GARDEN.-11e?

Majesty's box %s as occupied on Saturday evening by Mr.
George Edward Anson and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Lady
Louisa Primrose, and Miss Herbert. .Amorg the visi-
tors were—the Conde de Montemolin, Le Marquis de
Sauli, the Marchioness of Westmeath, Le Marquis
d'Azeglio, the Earl of Cardigan and Mr. Hubert de
Burgh, the Earl of Besborough, the Countess of Jersey
and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Count de Jarnac,
the Countess of Kinnoul and Lady Frances Llay, the
Earl of March, Viscount Dupplin and Lady Blanche
Dupplin, Viscount Templetown, Lord Forester, the
Hon. Cecil Forester, M.P., Lord Saltoun, Lady and the
Hon. Miss Vernon and Miss Lambton, the Hon. Miss
Foley, Lord George Manners, Lord Henry Lennox, the
Hon. John Fortescue, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, the
Hon. Henry Coke, the Hon. Sidney Pierrepoint, the
Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, the Hon. G. Milks,
the Hon. H. Liddell, the Hon. Mrs. Murray, Sir William
de Bathe, Bart., Sir John and Lady Harrington, Sir
George and Lady Armytage, Sir Henry Webb, Bart.,
Sir F. Booth, Bart., Sir George Clerk, Bart.. and Lady
and Miss Clerk, Sir Augustus Clifford, the Misses
Clifford, and Captain Clifford, Sir Richard and Lady
Joddrrll, Sir At chibald and Lady Maclaine, Sir Charles
Marshall, &c.
On Saturday the members of the Royal Academy
of Arts gave their anniversary dinner at their apart-
ments in Tra'algar,quare, which was attended by a
numerous assemblage of guests of the first rank and
talent, among whom were the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the
Council, First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Privy
War, the Commander of
Departments;
.the Seeretaryat2Z
dmiralty, Lord
the Forces, Forces, First Lord of thes
Secretaries of State for the Houi,i Foreign, and colonial
ker Treasurer of the
berlain, Lord Steward, the pea
Land
American, and
the Board of Trade, Chancellor of Ex-
chequer, of
Navy, First Commissioner of the Revenues,
th Pre-
sidentthe French and Turkish Ambassadors; the
Prussian Spwl iendi stet); ; Belgian,
o rBdl cilihainei Justice of the
Common Pleas, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief
Baron, the Vice-Chancellor of England, the Attorney
and Solicitor General, the Lord Mayor, Governor of
the Bank, Chairman of the East India Comp
Chair-
man of the Board of Customs, Master and Wany,
arden of
Dulwich College, President of the Society of Antiquaries,
Presidents of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons,
Dukes of Northumberland, Bedford, Rutland, Newcastle,
Argyll, Beaufort; Marquises of Anglesey, Westminster,
Northampton, Granby, Waterford, Worcester; Earls
De Grey, Cawdor, Lincoln, Arundel and Surrey; Vis-
count Ilardinge ; Bishops of Llandaff and Oxford;
Lords Charles Townsbend, Ashburton, Stanley,
Brougham and Vaux, Colborne, Monteagle, Holland;
Right Honourables Sir Robert Peel, Sir G. Clerk, Sir
J. Wigram, Sir J. Graham, T. B. Macaulay, W. E.
Gladstone, Sydney Herbert; the Hon. F. Charteris,
Justice Coleridge, Colonel Douglas Pennant; Baronets
It. H. 'lnglis, G. Staunton, H. Ellis, 11. De In Beche,
J. Muichisson ; Messrs. S. Rogers, H. Munro, B. Hawes,
A. Milne, Sergeants Talfourd and Thompson, Jones
Lloyd, T. Baring, J. E. Anson, Professor Owen, J.
Arden, J. Bell, G. Young, D. Salomans, Major-general
Fox, C. Hampden Turner, J. K. Brunel, J. Neeld, W.
Russell, B. Disraeli, J. M. Peto, J. Creesingbarn, Ae M.
Thackeray, E. Majoribanks, S. Cartwright, Messrs.
Guizot, S. Rucker, H. Hallam, J. IL Green, &c.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. - Mendelssohn's
" Elijah," which was announced for perlormance next
Wednesday, 9th inst., has been posponed until Friday,
the 18th inst., which will be the last performance of As
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