The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

HA YMARKET THEATRE.

Last night was indeed a triumph for the English drams.
and no titter scene could have been chosen for that
triumph than the little theatre in the Haymarket, where
through evil report and through good report the English
drama has ever found a home. The English Thalia has
again returned to the stage. Mrs. Nisbett has. returned
to us, and appeared last night at the Haymarli.et for the
first time these three years. The play was the Love
Chase, her character, of coure, Constance (th e charac-
ter which is par excellence her own). She is lopking
more fascinating than ever, there is the saaae clear
silvery, most infectious laugh, the same genuine
spirit of fun, the same energy, the same vis comics as
ever. The house was crowded to the ceiling, re3d had it
been of twice the size, it would not have cont ained the
numbers who had assembled outside the doors to greet
here rent, ec upon the scene of her former triumphs.
Never was there seen such a reception. The moment
her voice was heard behind the scenes the applause began,
and when she appeared the whole house rose and
greeted her with clapping of hands and waving of hand-
kerchiefs, and then, as if to give vent to their eahusiaste,
they gave three true British cheers. She acknowledged her
reception most cordially—it was the meeting of old
friends long parted—and when the cheering began she
appeared quite Overcome and could scarcely proceed
with her part. Never, however, did she act Constance
with more spirit; at every scene she was received with
renewed applause, and never was applause more richly
merited—never did she act Constance better than stie
did last night. At the fall of the curtain she was called
for ; again the house rose at her appearance, the cheer-
ing was renewed again and again, and amidst showero
of bouquets she retired. The other characters were
admirably supported, tart the great feature of the night
was the re-appearance of Mrs. Nisbett—the reintegratted
of the entente cordiale between the public and the greatest
of comic artistes. May it never again be broken. •

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TAT TEAS AL L'S.—MONDAY.
The room was fully attended, and the betting, if not
very heavy, led to several changes of importance. To
deal briefly with the spring handicaps, we may observe
that Clermont was a great " pot " for his Bath and
Epsom engagements, and that Wolfdog, the Emerald
Isle, and Crozier, had many friends for the latter. In
these cases the movements were not of any great rue'
merit ; it was otherwise with the 2,000 Guineas Stakes
and Derby, for both of which Conyngham was in extra"
ordinary favour, the odds taken showing an improve'
went of three or four points for one race, and of about
a dozen forthe other. War Eagle and Wanota were
also improved, and Van Tromp, after one rather hvall
bet at 8 to 1, rose to 7 to 1, leaving off about even.
with Planet, the Liberator and Epirote were not faiciedr
and Conyngham's advance sent Allertonian to the right
about. The Oaks betting was confined to Clementine.
and Slander; the latter, who was backed for six er seven
hundred pounds, rising five or six points. We had al-
most forgotten to notice the Chester Cup,for which Only
a few horses were backed. Mendicant was first favourite,
at takers of 15 to 1, and we cannot quote either Dulcet
or the Lamb, at more than 16 to 1; Camera Obscurawa
also in request, and the Emerald Isle, coming as he c
for the Metropolitan, with a " rush," left off at 40 to 1,
takers. The subjoined quotations are made up to the
close of the room :
SOMERSETSIIIRE STAKES.
5 to 4 on Mr. Gregory's Clermont
6 to 1 agst Sir J. Gerards's Morocco—taken
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Emerald Isle—taken freely.
10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren
12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Crozier—taken
15 to 1 agst Count Bathyany's Gannet—taken •
15 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Gwalior—taken
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
Even on Kent's lot
5 to 2 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham .
7 to 2 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken
4 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator.
CHESTER CUP.
14 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant—taken
16 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Dulcet—taken
I •-16 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's The Lamb •
in to 1 agst Capt. Pettat's Newcourt—taken 25 to 1
35 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont
40 to l agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Emerald Isle—taken
40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit
80 to 1 agst Mr. Goldsworthy's Clumsy—taken
1000 to 12 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Collett's Chatterbox—taken
DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Forth's lot
7 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet
7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp
15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken
15 to 1 agst Sir B. Pigot's Conyngham
17 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote
18 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—t. and aft. ei•
25 to I agst Lord Caledon's Wanota
85 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin
40 to 1 agst Mr. E. J. Irwin's Horn of Chase— taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Stephenson's Black Dwarf—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port
2000 to 25 agst Mr. Allen's Nottingham—taken.
OAKS.
7to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina—taken ,t •
Bto 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—taken.
By the death of Mr. Orbell, several bets on 00,50°
events are void.
The Metropolitan Handicap—ln addition to the nut;
plus of 100 L, promise; for upwards of 1001. more hale
been received for next year's bogus.
PARIS STEEPLE CHASE.— SUNDAY,
St. Leger
Young Lottery (Mason) ;.
Discount
Several others ran.

EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE /4.
CLERRENWELL STATION-lIOUSE..--On Sunday Joba
Copeland, a man confined in Clerkenwell station•house
on a charge of felony, attempted suicide by cutting
out
hos
right arm. The wound being of a very dang er
nature, the divisional surgeon conveyed him, in state
nature, the
of insensibility, to the Roy al Free Hospital,
Gray's Inn-road, where he was immediately attended by
a
Mr. T. Cooke, the house surgeon of the institution.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, SWINDON.-When the
works at Swindon station are completed, which is e%;
pected at the beginning of June, the whole departinell:
of building and repairing engines, with the exception
the cast-ironwork, will be transferred to that manufsc.
tory, where all the machinery, boilers, &c., will be made
t
and finished under the immediate superintendence O'
Mr. Gooch, superintendent of locomotives to the corn'
pany. The tires of all driving wheels, &c., will not ollif
be welded, but wrought and screwed there only, in the
manner recommended. At present the carriages, true,"
and a portion only of the engines and tenders in use °rl
the line are manufactured at Swindon.
LEICESTER TRADE.—We have again a dull week,
to report, although the receipt of some Continental order;
is one gratifying feature, as it shows that the dems°A
from that quarter has commenced. The home demon'
is still very slack. The American orders are now gens.
rally expected in the course of the next month ; and It
_l,l
hoped that they will bear some proportion to the inereest;
amount of business this country has been doing with 9:10
States lately in bread-stuffs. Wools and yarns repo'
very st, a 1 y, notwithstanding the slackness of trade.'"
Leicestershire Mercury.
THE MURDER OF MR. RILEY.—This unforturntte
gentleman, it will be remembered, was murdered on
11th of January last, while on his road home from She;
field to Grimesthorpe-lane. On getting into his boos,
he exclaimed, " Mary, they have almost murdered 03,!:6
This was said to his wife, but he could not identify
murderers. The deceased was attacked on the Mond
of'
died on the Saturday morning following. Earl
the next day his watch was found wrapped up in sna
cloth, in Mr. Riley's garden, where it had been PIO°
during the night. From information received by 0:
Raynor, superintendent of police, he caused two
named William Challiner and James Brea 1, of Grireest.
thorpe, to be apprehended on Saturday morning Isa,l_
It appears, that a Sheffield man had been discovere:
who had purchased Mr. Riley's watch of the prisoner:,
and who, on hearing of the murder, had gone and ilv3fr_
the watch in Mr. Riley's garden, as before described'
This man, it seems, had kept the secret until Fon
last, when he admitted the facts of having purchs r,"
the watch and placed it where it was found. The Fri,:
soners were taken before the mayor, and remanded ."
order to complete the evidence against them.
His Excellency Sir Alex. Valet, the British
D rd
nister at the court of Wurtemburg, has arrived at
...I.,°,es
Brougham's, from Stuttgardt, en conga. Lady xn.
came to town, from Brougham-hall, to meet his Fay
leucy.

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S-IIT INDIAN RAILWAY COM-

Anne PANY.
yemereioesing of the shareholders of this company was held
of
.y at the London Tavern, to receive the report
Sit"", directors and to transact other business. Present,
Larpent, Chairman ; J. Baxendale, Esq. (for-
Chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Com-
ti.,4lt) ; Sir J. Campbell, K.C.11. (Deputy Chairman of
, reninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
teYY) ; C. D. Bruce, Esq.; J. Catley, Esq. ; Major- Ge-
ral Caulfield, C. 8.; D. De Vitre, Esq. ;J. Pascal
teajc-p kips' ESq. • Captain Alexander Nairne, E, H. Pal-
fq,ll-48,.,(1•9 and J. Stewart, Esq.
in ‘dIAIRmAN, after the notice convening the meet-
had been read, said that was the first meeting of the
!°4lreholdera that had been held since their company
.11•8 formed,
'Pert therefore be bad to read to them thy re-
,of the directors, which he would now proceed to do.
CRAIRNAN then read the report, from
:" it aPpeared that the affairs of the company were
terms very favourably; that very advantageous
"'rtue had been entered into with the East India Con:I-
-FL/41Y, and concluded by a strong recommendation of the
ee
the to the support of the shareholders. The Chairman
it• e read a statement of the traffic estimates, from which
a
ki.PPear ed that the total of goods carried on the Gan-
in 1844-5, was 2,115,885 tons, and along Mirzapore
reilroad and Daooda river, during the same period,
W4llO. rn474 tons. The passenger traffic betweeu Cal-
cutta and illirzapore was 570,000 tons per annum. The
"Qtliono.B traffic between- Mirzapore and Delhi was 446,851

the
heel CBAIRMAN then said, such was the report which
gave
had to lay before the shareholders, which
lir.ri e not only a narrative of their proceedings, but ad-
tt-tile company to adopt a certain course, and he
llat they ought to take that advice, when they
lEed at the gentlemen who composed the body of
u'rectors, and who were joined with them in their
Inklertaki • •
tar ng, consisting of officers in the civil and mill-
Y service of India. as well as the merchants in this
;),(414,_ try, whose experience would so materially contri-
oil;' to the success of their undertaking. The first
object'* (aith which they were entrusted was to obtain es.
kekr shire, and that experiment had realised 22,000/.
aid
comprised all the expense that they had contem•
r2isited • Not less than nine hundred miles of
or--,;"2 ty had been surveyed by engineers, sent
Which showed
England at a great expense, in ten months,
showed not only the economy of the
l_blatase;ement, but also their vigilance. (The Chairman
"we read a correspondence that had taken place on the
Subjectt of railways in India, which set forth their prac-
IcabilitYs and spoke most favourably of the line of the
,„,,e"nin, Pat iy.) thought he had now established two great
t""nta, namely, the practicability of railways in India,
and tit .at the company's line was the best. He would
now advert to the terms proposed by the East
India Company. He had always thought that
railways in India should, if not actually under
the control of the Government there, should at
least be identAfied with it. Ile must say that, in his
negotiation with this body (the East India Company),
lie had fou.nd every disposition to meet the views
.of the company. He was unwilling to enter into
any discuss ion upon this part of their affairs ;
but he must, stay that the inconvenience that bad taken
Place in t'ae ultimate settlement of the affairs of the
company vras in no way attributable to the East India
Company,
He would now call the attention of the
comp any to the cost of the line, which, as a commercial
°Peels laden, must occupy a very important place. 17,000/.
Per 'rile was the cost that they had assumed, and
to When they looked at the cost of the railways
tb is country and in France, he thought they
Shout, I not be considered as having been extrava-
Vtts. They had taken 10 per cent. for certain pecu-
._rit les of the country. Eight per cent. was the amount
(144 e;, by the Oriental Steam Nes igation Company.
114 ! Chairman having read a correspondence to show
that the want of railway accommodation was felt in the
East Indies, continued)—He thought he was therefore
ied in stating that the accommodation at present
afford ed to India in the way of transit was
sornew hat like what it was in this country some years
Itg,°•—t.`iat of a pack-horse. He was satisfied that,
*nether. or not this undertaking was carried out,
es4ilwaY travelling must
ladshortly adopted in India.
.4retlt stress had been in the report upon the
le'antr,ges which this line would confer upon the
Te°veraene nt of India in a political point of view.
, txtuld be no doubt that it would effect a
-1%"" clew ' in this point of view, for in the case of
;IV distur hence arising there was a quick mode of transit
s°l4 turop ean troops by the establishmeet of the pre-
aZ line- Besides, the great mortality that prevailed
ng th e soldiers, and which was in a great degree
trng tot he want of speedy transit, would be prevented.
ei!„ould now refer to the terms which the East India
TParlY had offered. Four per cent. was what they
tha ofret ed, but though that was more liberal
ai,ll whi it other Governments had offered in
ritwaY sp. 3culations, he hoped they would be able to
tha"e 'Jetts r terms. After some further observations,
abeettypin nan concluded by proposing that the report
be received, adopted, printed, and e•rculated
litng the shareholders, which was unanimously carried.
a (-banks were voted to the chairman and other dime-
Zacr% for Ole zeal and ability, they had displayed in the
plittiVirge of their duties, and a resolution confiding the
the. A management of the affairs of the company to
hancts, was agreed to unanimously.
The me eting then separated.

C nuntess of Lonsdale steamer arrived in the
river early- yesterday morning, with the ilamburgh ir
Lord llrougham left town on Saturday to visit
",:e Duke (if Wellington, at Strsthfieldsaye, Hants. The
Noble and Learned Lon l returned to town yesterday.
RonnF RY BY A CLEILK.—On Saturday the police
rveeived information that Alfred-Rice, clerk to Messrs.
Taylor :and Co., of Coventry, had absconded with 2034
in gold And Bank of England notes, the property of his
elnPloyeza, and which he had been entrusted to convey
to the bank.
NORTHERN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—We un-
derstand. that Arthur Forbes, Esq., of Culloden, has
consented to become joint secretary, with Mr. Campbell,
aeedsm an, Inverness, for the Northern Horticultural
SocirAy ; and we have no doubt these gentlemen will use
every exertion for promoting and extending the interests
of abis useful society. Mr. Campbell has likewise been
ointed treasurer to the society.—Ross-shire Adver-
tise r,

u7:-LAYING OF THE FIRST STONE OF THE EAST AND
" lEST YORKSHIRE RAILWAY VIADUCT.—The inter-
eB hog ceremony of laying the first twine of the viaduct
k
which the East and West Yorkshire Junction Rail-
which was commenced in November, will cross
the river Nidd at linareaborough, took place on Mon..
'll' last
ItOYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following
for
having undergone the necessary examinations
ler the diplomas of this College, were admitted members
at the last meeting of the Court of Examiners, viz.:—
Messrs. Ernest Powell Wilkins, Newport, Isle of
Wight ; Edward Lund, London ; Charles Jones Gibb,
Nevveo.stle-upon•Tyne ; Richard Jones, Brackley, Nor-
thamptonshive ; Clauee Mackechnie, St. Kitt's, Wea
Indies ; Wra. Edward II iyman, Judd-street, Brunswick-
square; Richard Budd Painter, Broadway,Westrninster;
John Hans ton Prosser, Clonmel ; and Walter Battershell
Gill, Leominster, Herefordshire. At the same meeting
Mr. John ( ;rallaher, a member of the Edinburgh Col-
lege, passed his examin ition for naval surgeon.
BOILER ExpLosioNs.—We have, before this, urged '
the necessity of some supervision of boilers. Scarcely a
Week passes without the occurrence of an accident, as
Well with new boilers as with old ones. Every new
boiler should' be tested by a responsible inspector.-7 he
Builder.
MICROSC OPICAL SOIREE.—On Wednesday evening
last the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons as-
sembled in their spacious hall in Nicholson's-street, to
Witness the exhibition of some of the most interesting
forms of itifusional animalcules. Sir William Newbig-
ging havir tg been appointed to take the chair, Mr. Lee,
ifenservato r of the museum, proceeded to demonstrate,
by the aid of numerous diagrams, the existence of such
Infinitesimrd beings, of a structure as beautifully de-
signed and adapted to all the varied functions of life as
the most cc implicated of any of the higher animals. And
when spea king of the polygastria, Mr. Lee remarked
that their ( 'ssential character was the immense number of
their atom ache, some species possessing more than a hun-
dred. and explained bow these digestive sacs might be
rendered r ipparent by feeding them with carmine, indigo,
or other colouring matter; and that the same method
was calcilated to exhibit very beautifully the notion of
the cilia, with which both the polygastria and rotifera
were prov ided as organs of locomotion, and which served
also fur th e prehension of their food; for by the action
of their calla, currents were produced in the water car-
rying the smaller creatures, or other floating particles,
towards the mouth, and that the ciliary processes were
at the sanio time subservient to the function of respire-
tien, by constantly changing the surrounding medium.
A after speaking of their muscular and nervous sys-
tems, and the complicated dental apparatus which some
Py
_clsessed, and of which diagrams were exhibited, Mr.
aee observed that a large portion of the polygastria
Were provided with skeleto; cases, conarosed in souls
eases of talc areous matter, or of pure transparent silex ;
and that he hoped upon some future occasion to give an
eount ()rube various states in which their remains were
formed, and to exhibit a variety of fossil forms.—Edin-
''oxh Witness.
LEE ALL-POWERFULNESS OF GENlUS.—Between
this sun of the soul, which God has placed as a beacon
between omarselves and him, at an elevation far above us,
ghiid the millions of men who must strengthen and en-
ten themselves by it, hypocritical prejudices, the low
hatred of mediocrity, the petty reactions of the ido-
lll.teirs of the past, tho cowardly uneasiness of dis-
v'"eti indolence, may accumulate thick unwholesome
:P°1111; but it is only for a time; and the immortal ty of
„
MI wait patiently for its day of triumph. All
those who have watched the sunrise upon the Alps from
:fte lofty peak, have seen, as I have from Mount Cenis,
Pt the night, the vast ight, sad and void, but in whic,i
"le
would say a creation was elaborating itself—then
"le first ray of light trembling upon the horizon, vague
11141 pale like a timid and uncertain hope ; then the
)°..,7113 Line of fire cutting the blue heaven, firm and de-
:lued as a promise; and then, as at a given signal, the
of vapours mounts slowly from the abyss, grey and
86nbre as doubt, extending itself like a shroud between
" earth and the star of day, rising like a bad thought
betwlit the world and truth ; to which succeeds the
titraggle, eminently poetic, between the orb, apparently
Gumless and lifeless, and the rolling mist, hero black
renvy, there dull and heavy as senseless ignorance, a
..ding cold the while encircling you in its serpent-
like folds, threatening your heart like uncertainty in the
hour of trial,—until at last the sun, disergaging him-
self from the cloud, reveals himself high in heaven, calm
his glory, and inundates you in the midst of the daz.
It!Snows, with warmth and light. Such is the life of
?Us. Envy and persecution;—but on one side of the
?Pt', it matters little which, assured triumph.—Joseph
azazzini in thcPcople's Journal,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE 01 COMMONS April 12.
. _._ •

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
EAST SOMERSETSHIRE RAILWAY.
Mr. BANNERMAN presented several petitions
against this railway.

WILTS AND SOMERSET RAILWAY.
Lord DUNCAN presented petitions against this rai
way.

BELFAST IMPROVEMENT BILL.
This Bill was read a recond time.
WINDSOR, &c., RAILWAY STATIONS.
Mr. WYSE presented several petitions again it the
Windsor and Staines Railway Stations.
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH
RAILWAY.

Mr. SEYMER presented several petitions again&
this railway.
GREAT WESTERN PROJECTS.

Mr. H. BARKLY presented several petitions against
these projects.

'NORTH-WESTERN PROJECTS.

Sir R. H. INGLIS presented several petitions agairst
the projects for these railways.
SCOTCH. REGISTRATION BILL.
Mr. BANNERMAN presented a petition against this
Bill.

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL.
Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against this
Bill..

RAILWAYS REGULATION BILL.
Mr. STRUTT presented a petitier: from 1,400 of tl- e
principal merchants and traders of the city of GlasgolN,
in favour of the Railways Rpeulation Bill.
NEW MEMBER.
Lord CHARLES RUSSELL took the oaths and his scat
for the county of Bedlord.
SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL.

Mr. LoCliffAßT presented several petitions from
Scotland against this Bill.
GOVERNMENT PLAN OF EDUCATION.

Mr. TREL WNY presented several petitions again&
his Bill.

NATIONAL DISPUTES.

Dr. BOWLING presented a petition from Newport,
in the Isle of Wight, in favour of arbitration in national
disputes, instead of an appeal to arms. The llon.
Member also presented three petitions from Dissenting
teachers in Bolton against the Government education
plan.