The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE

The ervhuHiasm produced by Jenny Lind increases
evtry night of her appearance. Last night, at the con-
clusion of the opera Roberto 11 Diaaolo, the whole house
rose en masse and showered bouquets upon her. A very
elegant compliment was paid to the queen of s.)ng by
a noble and beautiful countrywoman of her own, the
lady of a distinguished member of the corps diplomatique.
'the lady in question threw her a laurel wreath of green
and yellow leaves, the colours of Sweden. Her persona-
tion of Alice was last night even more exquisitely beautiful
more instinct, if possible, with purity, than on the first
night of her appearance. FrasAini was in excellent
voice, and did lull justice to the trying music of the
part. Ile is the best Roberto that has ever appeared.
Castellon sang the " Oh, Robert, oh ! toi que j'aime"
with great beauty, and Staudigl and Gardoni were ex-
cellent. lit- r Majesty and Prince Albert, who honoured
the theatre with their presence, joined warmly in the
applause bestowed on Mdlle. Jenny Lind,.
As usual the house was crammed to suffocation, and as
usual many hundreds went away from the doors, unable
to obtain admission.

It will be seen that her Majesty yesterday de-
clared Lord Clarendon Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. We
believe that for the present no appointment will be made to
the presidency of the Board of Trade. The rumour of Mr.
Labouchere's eventual succession to the office appears to be
highly probable. The vacancy thus created in the Irish
Secretaryship will be filled, it is said, by Sir Wm. Somerville.

TIIE EPSOM TERMINI'S ON THE OARS DAY:
This morning a vast number of persons availed themselves of
the direct line to Epsom, but the majority of them were of a
more respectable class of persons than those who travelled on
the line on the Derby day. Among those who travelled by
the first-class carriages we perceived several of the aristocracy.
The directors have considerably improved the entrance, by
which much facility is afforded to the passengers, preventing,
in a great measure, the frightful pressure that was experienced
on the Derby day. By the twelve o'clock train upwards of
three thousand persons were conveyed, and a vast number
were left for the next train.
UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.—At a special
meeting of the Council, held on Monday last, Sir.l.liarz
Smith was elected a vice-patron, and Ladyt It'
honorary member of this growing and important
The Chairman of the Council, Ma.* Shad lady,
to dei-
the honour of waiting upon Sir Harry his u_S k institution.
e,
had
PRIMROSE-HILL PARK.—Yesaoiding from the Al-
ver to them the official not ottprthdaneaidyr election.
of the new park at- Primrose-hill,elea-
-1 Regent'srm, at Hautp-
bed-road, Regent's park, to thebliicetioenn.clospre
,* to the North London
duct belongit 6
park has five
.the Canal, and
The
1 tea. os stead, at (111,e andeas tbboyu ntdheed
aocinue then es t :V
Water-works, was comp e ion bridges have been thrown
Canal to tact i
entrances, and two, susPens • •I'tate the approach from the
Acre'r leaaryi.ki d; e s
,ci
across the Regent's
Regent's-I) la ry. -F. Luttrell had an interview with
antderi‘'
Sirb:A.lGn. ning,,oof the 17th, announces that
onitlt 116'srince d range, commanded by Prince
of the Netherlani , E was driven on shore at liame-
Henry
previous night.
!let tc the
frigater fr
A grand mass is to be solemnizedat Brussels for
te escape of the Queen of the Belgians in the late
the fortunate tkheensPduring the
accident on the railway.
The improvement in the appearance of all the
growing
and especially the wheat in this neighbour-
county, is very great within the last
tieornoosdvilianaygnsdeirv.aonPeds;i we'ayy
sarea assured by an old farmer that in forty
years'
experience he never saw the prospect of a good crop,
in the present early stage, more promising than it is at pre-
sent The abundance of blossoms on all fruit trees this year
.
is something extraordinary ; the apple and pear trees, we
believe, were never so promising, and the currant trees are
unusually so. —Br ighton Gazette.
ALLEGED ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE 01' THE EARL
or FIFE.—The press having taken notice of a late
fracas between two domestics in the establishment at Duff
House, we can authoritatively announce, that the circum-
stance has been improperly and injuriously represented. We
can distinctly state, that his Lordship's name, as to any
violence being intended him, has been most erroneously made
use (S.—Bay/phi/ e Journal.
WEST INDIAN YAMS.—A vessel arrived from
Antigua has brought the large quantity of fifty-one pack-
ages of this article, the production of the West Indian island
named. These yams, which are of a nutritious character,
and are now much esteemed, used not formerly to be im-
ported in such large quantities as the one under notice.
THE 17TH LANCERS.—The officers of the 17th
Lancers had their anniversary banquet last evening at the
Clarendon Hotel, Band.street. Major-General his Royal
Highness Prince George of Cambridge presided, and was bup-
rened by a large body of bi 3 brother oilicerd•

ELECTION MOVEMENTS.
BEIDPORT.-Mr. Romilly has taken leave of his
constituents at Bridport in an address which we hope
will not be lost on the burgesses of that town, now
that party feeling may be said to be in complete
repose. We do not know a fitter period for corrup-
tion and bribery to be swept away with the other
bad feelings which disgraced the old election prin-
ciples. The following is the address of the Hon. and
Learned Member :
Gentlemen —ln the early part of last year, upon the
resignation of Mr. Cochrane, I was requested by a large
and influential body of electors to becomea candidate for
the honour ofrepresenting you in Parliament. I acceded
to their wishes on the assurance and in the firm belief that
no money would be employed to influence the decision of
a single vote. At the close of the poll, when my °P
ponent was returned by a majority of one, I stated t°
ou various circumstances which had convinced inc
that several persons had been induced by corrupt
means to vote against me; and I also stated that this
conviction made it very improbable that I should a PA-
pear before you as a candidate at another election.
petition was presented against this return, which being
undefended, I became your representative. el
thus seated by means of a petition, in the preseeta7i.
and conduct of which I was neither directly nor in-
rectly concerned, I felt that my position with regart`
to you was altered ; and that it W 55 •If
duty to reconsider my former resolution this
not again soliciting your suffrages. For Lid
purpose I endeavoured to ascertain whether I ellue
have a reasonable chance of success, if n° lin •
means were employed on my behalf in Preenril
or influencing a single vote. After a careful loves --
ation of this subject, I have satisfied myself from un
doubted sources of information, that this conditions
which I make an indispensable one, precludes the pos-
sibility of my return. I have therefore no alteres"
tive but to declare my intention not to offer myself at..
the approaching election as a candidate to represell!.
you in Parliament. I feel much pain in cornrnunieel
ing this determination. To be freely chosen as Yea
representative, I have, from 1842, when you &A-re:
turned me to Parliament, esteemed, and shall be
esteem, as one of the highest honours that ceillnr,,
conferred upon me ; but to be elected by a raajor':ie
influenced by sordid motives would, in my opieiTlLl:
involving myself and yourselves in a common die':
nour. He who wishes to sell his constituents JAY
endeavour to buy them ; but I repudiate all intendti
of the one, and my regard for you induced lie.w
prevent, as far as I am able, your incurring the .dis'
grace of the other.
I cannot conclude without expressing, although id
feeble and inadequate language, the gratitude °l2.t
respect I feel for those many kind friends arnens;„
you who have, from disinterested motives, not °ee
given me their support, but have also honoured' 111
with their friendship and esteem. I trust that honoured
exertions may enable Bridport to rank high hereof!r
amongst the pure and intelligent bodies of 1"16
stituents ; and I assure you that few things viiitg ed
me greater pleasure than to hear of your contiuu
and increasing prosperity and reputation--civil, P°'
litical, and moral.
I am, Gentlemen, your sincere friend, ~,,
JOHN ROMILL*"
Lincoln's Inn, 3d May, 1847. indeed
BarsToL.—For many past elections, and 0,
within our own knowledge, since 1812, the repre_soen,
tation of Bristol has been, upon all occasietist .Grt to
rerrdi
tested; and in the ensuing election we have rear
believe that, although the spirit of party as most
Whig, Tory, and Radical, may be said to hero_ n ,1„,
obliterated, still a contest will (according to irce.
formation of the best informed parties) takeleto.
The Hon. T. H. Berkeley, the present Whig -a"bas,
ber, will, although it is confidently. said that bi_ ill,
as well as his brother Grantley, lost the Custi'se of
fluence, and it may be said the aid of the P.,,, of
Earl Fitzhardinge, the present head of the ilen of
Berkeley, undoubtedly be placed at the lee at
the poll, whoever may be the other candidates',
parties here agreeing, that, as a
he has attended to the various inter
this city without distinction either as to p e be
or party, and that in this respect he Vigo.
considered to be a good successor of atilristoi for
Richard Hart Davis, who represent'
business Seini
election, will be between the Conservativ .
Fripp, who
Mr. Philip W. Skinner Miles, and Mr. VV.-
e at the
many years. The contest, therefore, at.theeignisuitteirg,
was the unsuccessful Conservative candidat ~,...r.
elections of 1837 and 1841, in coalition with Mr'
Miles, but who will now be brought forward in oppo•
sition to him by those Conservatives who advocate
Sir Robert Peel's policy, and who are moreover
anxious for the further removal of the shackles, local
and otherwise, which bind commerce. Mr. Miles,
being a follower of Lord George Bentinck .and *
staunch Protectionist, both as regards the corn duties,
the admission of foreign cattle, &c., and who, more
particularly, being himself a large West India prce
praetor, has, and is still, resolutely opposed to the
alteration in the sugar duties, which admits the iel-
portation of foreign free-labour sugars. Mr. Frir
at the last general election, was defeated by firtY,,j,i`,.;
votes in a constituency of nearly 10,000. Mr. ItT--
has, however, a powerful commercial and bAnkill
interest here; and although the struggle will h!,O
close one, the general opinion here is that he will, u_.
successful, unless the parties who support Mr. Wit.
ley will give their second votes in favour of Xi_
Fripp. Neither of the parties have as yet issue.d 0.
the
address, but it is perfectly well known that 11100'
private arrangements of their committees, IS;-,
are actively engaged.

FA LL OF A RAILWAY 13111-I)C4t
IRIGHTFUL ACCIDEINT.—We regret to
haveda the
state that at about twelve o'clock on Thurs
.4Yr.,
viaduct of the Waterford and Kilkenny R.
hen one
enii.iolsesinogf". R.tns Were
working upon it,
thisthe Dublineity, road at Aughmalog, i
tidings
jured. At about one o'clock the
universal consternation
who fell,
a whilstve
all
been several
shocking
more p e ros
ro
reached our city, and spread
eeding
to the melan•
amongst the inhabitants. On
d in cars to our
number of 14, being borne on doors an less in-
heir friends
county infirmary, amidst the shrieks oft
hmalog a
choly scene, we met along thePrr°ocad the sufferers, to the
and relatives, and upon arriving at Aug the
most distressing spectacle presented itself. ,i-it,,
western stone face of the arch which crossed the ro u
d the
remained, but the entire of the brick work an r,
other stone face lay in an immense heap blocking .113"
the passage, and several people were engaged stillinfdi
ging amongst the rubbish in the expectation of r 3
finding some mangled bodies beneath. It inVet3he
that a small portion of the brick work gave Way
...."
on the top, as usual, in
previous evening, but the upper surface remained alr;
rently uninjured, and the workmenproceeded to lab'.
the morning. At about
~. f 055
o'clock a horse and earth-waggon were passing 0,... e
the bridge, and about fourteen or fifteen persons We. rth
engaged near it. Suddenly the arch gave way wit,
an awful crash, and all were hurled through the alln,
ture, and partially buried in the rubbish. We con'
versed with one of them who had a most providen
me
escape by falling under a large beam whichbceicks
down in a slanting direction, and prevented the r, _d
and earth from falling upon him; he, however,on3:n
received a severe contusion on the head. All the are
are seriously injured, and four, we regret to 5n..17!a70
stated as being hopeless cases. It is not exactly_u.nu_,4
whether any persons were at the period of the cy!,nePg'i,
passing under the bridge, but a party of the 83d ."
row'
twelve
meet, on its march to our city, was
mitt' to the spot at the time, and it is ruino
one of
we cannot say whether on good authority, hatv Le
_e;
the soldiers is missing, and is supposed to, have .u`.,.„
buried in the ruins. Great difference of opn..l7_''.
prevailed up to the hour of our going t.o pres: !el.?
in close
rep,
but
to whether or not some bodies still remained under.
the ruins, but the rubbish was not completely r
moved last night. The horse which had been draVi"
ing the waggon, and which fell with the men, es'
caped with but slight injury. Mr. Joseph Wright, one
of the contractors, was early at the calamitous scene,
and giving every possible attention and direction for
the removal and care of the sufferers, and his exer-
tions were actively seconded by Peter Blake, county
inspector, and W.F. Winslow, 5.1., Esqs., who Were
also immediately in attendance. The utmost 59. d
pathy and excitement still pervades the public ii' ere
here. We have just learned that one of the suffe
has died in the infirmary, and that a lifeless body haybeen dug out of the ruins.--Kilkenny Moderator.
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_—
BIRTH.!.
On the 17th inst., at Paris, the Hon. I%lrs. Arthur Kerr, Of
a daughter.
On the 18th inst., at Queen's-square-place, the Lady p.,,,1113
Hoare, of a son.
On the 18th inst., at Duddington, Northamptonshire, the
wife of the Rev. Chancellor Argles, of a son.
On the 18th inst., at Earles Court Lodge, Old Bromptollt
the wife of Robert Gunter, Esq., of a son, still-born.
On the 19th inst., at Sparsholt, near i the Wife
nchester,
W
of the Rev. Edward Stewart, of a son. lady of V'
On the 19th inst., at Kingston Lisle, Berk., the
Martin Atkins, Esq., of a daughter,

MARRIED.
On the 20th inst., at Combo, by the Rev. George Frederick
of
Morgan, M.A., Hamilton If. Fulton, Esq., Onsoiv-clarrl
e
to Agnes, youngest daughter of Robert Squarey, ESq.' '
Combe, Salisbury.
On the 10th of December last, at Sydnev, New South
\Vales, George Bennett, Esq., 81. D,, f.L.S., to Cbarict‘?
James, second daughter of James Elliott, Esq., late of Great
Ormond-street, Bloomsbury.
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DIED. nth
-
On the 18th inst., in Westbourne-crescent, in
o the f
Min `..- sevne a
year of her age, Louisa Jane, eldest daughter --
diner, Esq.
On the 19th inst., Alice, eldest daughter of
the late r.
ir
Hardy, St. Paul's Churchyard.
On the 19th inst., in Castle-street East,
MaryleboLe, l'
Brice Py-man, aged 8(3.
On the 19th inst., Sarah, wife of Mr. W.
Noke3, of Bros"
ley, Kent, aged 55.

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