The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-21 00:00:00

SECOND CLASS.

1. Enchantress, 10 tons—Mr.i.atkinson.
2. Ranger, 12 tons—Mr. E. W. Roberts.
The start took place at a quarter to 1 o'clock, the Secret
taking the lead, the Jilt second, the Ino third, the Fleur do
Marie fourth, the Belvidere fifth, the Prima Donna sixth,
and the Vixen seventh, the Ranger taking the lead of her
antagonist, the Enchantress. Off Furfleet the Belvidere was
fourth, the Fleur de -Marie fifth, the Prima Donna sixth,
and the Vixen seventh—the Ranger keeping a head of her
opponent in gallant style. The wind was blowing very fresh
at this point, and the boats going at a racing pace. At
the Chapman-head the boats rounded the flag buoy in
the following order, being well together :—The Secret at 20
minutes to 3 o'clock, the Vixen, Fleur de Marie, Prima
Donna, and Belvidere within two minutes after, all close
upon each other; then the Ino, the Jilt, and the Ranger,
and last the Enchantress. The pace back was as good as
that down the river, the tide having turned, and the wind
being favourable, but in perpetual squalls, and in one of these,
whilst in the Lower Hope, the Belvidere carried away her
bowsprit and cross-trees, and was completely dismantled, so
much so, that she was taken in tow I.y the steamer, and left
her rivals to contend for the cups. Off Galleons the Prima
Donna got the lead, and the Secret was the second boat, the
rest being at some distance behind, but yet in good places,
and the match was concluded at Greenwich in the following
order :—The Prima Donna rounded the flag at 28 minutes
past 6 o'clock, the Vixen at 31 minutes past, the Secret
within half a minute later, the Fleur de Marie at 37
minutes past 6 o'clock, and the Ranger at 10 minutes to 7
o'clock. Thus the Prima Donna was the winner of the first
class prize, the Ranger the winner of the second class; prize,
and the Vixen the winner of the prize for the best second boat
of either class. The match was one of the best contested ire
ever remember to have witnessed on the Thames. The wind
tested the powers of the boats and the seamanship of the
crews. The whole was perfectly satisfactory. At the con-
clusion of the match Lord A. Paget presented the pieces of
plate to the winners, with the usual ceremonies.

MUSICAL GOSSIP.
The resolution of Madame Grisi and Signor Mario not to
sing at morning concerts will bear heavily on our opera
concert givers—since it deprives them of a first-class soprano,
and the only tenor worth listening to. A Naples letter will
show, in its writer's own flowery fashion, how slight have
been the attractions presented there during the past Easter
season :—" After a long suspension of all public amusements,
Naples has thrown aside what so ill becomes her—her
annual mourning ; and our theatres are again opened. I
proceed to give you the bill of fare. First, we will look in
at the Teatro Nuovo, hitherto more strictly appropriated to
the regular drama, but on Easter Monday distinguishedcan by
the novelty of a Ballo ;' not that aanew company
Ballerini has been formed there, but that detachment
though at a distance from the
G,ebn„ Roberto—a wretched
bable that the colony will flourish
the ballet is taken from the Due
San Carlo has gone over to it;it appears little pro-
metropolis. The sublecotfof
be fisehiato from the stage, as
abortion, which will, doubtless,
Eredita. The same fate seems to
the Ereda sense
was Due Gemelli Sundt. There is no novelty at Il
threaten the
Serpent!, with the title
Fndo ; but Beatrice di Trade may be ever successfully
revived° and repeated. Of two debutants in this charming
opera, a tenor and a bass, the latter, Signor Gionfrida,
awakens more than hope, while Signora Brambilla (the
soprano) continued to find her way to every heart. After
Beatrice were presented, not a ballo, but the ballerini, who
gave us a Divertimento di Ballo.' Signora Ferrari
awakened universal admiration ; indeed, the
Psyche, more graceful, beautiful, and voluptuous than ever,
has produced an electrical effect, and quite turned the heads
of the excitable Neapolitans. It is said that she has
modelled herself after Cerito. She alone sustained the whole
interest of the Divertimento di Ballo,' and at present she is
the mark of universal admiration. With all her merit,
however, how slight a support is this of the theatrical
character of Naples—and how meagre is the bill of fare
which the Easter season offers!" It may assist some of our
early summer tourists, who are also fanatici, to state that a
grand Whitsuntide festival will be held at Aix-la-Chapelle
—to .be conducted by Dr. Mendelssohn, and " starred" by
Mdlle. Jenny Lind. The music to be performed is as
follows :—On the 31st of May, Mozart's Symphony, No. 5,
and Ilaydu's Creation. On the Ist of June, Weber's
Overture to Oberon ; a Motet by Cherubini ; Beethoven's
C minor Symphony : and Handers Alexander's Feast.
Some ten days later the good town of Liege
give its " celebrity," for which Dr. Mendelssohn
has expressly composed a Catholic Psalm, or Cantata, of
some extent. Shortly afterwards is to be held the grand
meeting of the singing societies at Cologne—also conducted
by Dr. Mendelssohn. So many " doubts and fears " have
been circulated with regard to the composers new oratorio,
and its possible or probable production at Birmingham, that
we are glad to announce, on good authority, that it is com-
pleted, and will be there brought forward, as originally in-
tended, late in August. Mdlle. Jenny Lind's career at
Vienna has been no less triumphant than elsewhere. The
young Irish lady, too, Miss Hayes, has been very successful
at the Italian Opera.—Madame Dorus-Gras is about, on the
occasion of a benefit, to sing the second act of Les Diamans,
at the Paris Opera
Comique.—Signor Tamburini has been
received with such warm welcome at Berlin as to cut short
his meditated journey to England. He is now, we are told,
permanently attached to the Russian court, as " first singer
in ordinary," or something of the kind.—M. Vieuxternps
has also received a court appointment at St. PeterAtrgh.- -
M. List (as, indeed, was nobly deserved by him) has been
presented with Beethoven's pianoforte, by Baron Spina.—
Me statue of Rossini, presented by the Minister of
the In-
terior to the Opera House in Paris, is to be placed in the
vestibule. What would musical Europe not give to see the
original in the orchestra !—Athenceum.

THE APPR
to-morrow (Fridarrears of the ay),
Law Courts have
been reduced since the commencement o'rt.l:llr TermTerni. blengthin
the
mCoouvretdoifnQruaesetiecs the earliest rule but one for new trials was
1845, and in the other Courts the proceedings
were commenced in the present year.
We regret to announce the death, on the 12th inst.,
at his lodgings in St. James's-place, of Mr. Gansevoort
Secretary of the Legation of the United States of America at this
Court. We understand the remains of Mr. Melville have been sent
for interment to his family In the United States.
DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL FYERS. —This gallant
officer expired on the 17th inst. at his seat, near Charlton, Wool-
of his age, and after a brilliant and honour-
ableieh in
career thei
nt 77thhyear e
service of his comitry of nearly 54 years, Ile
born in 1769, but did not enter the army until comparatively ad-
vanced in life, viz., in his twenty-fourth year.
A letter from Tunis states that, on the 28th ult., the
Bey sent off an Ambassador with the presents intended for Queen
Victoria. They consist of eight horses, three richly ornamented
saddles, two ostriches, and two female Moorish dresses.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
GRO.CP I.
TES LONDON AND YORE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
In the cross-examination of Mr. Cubitt nothing was elicited at all
calculated to shake the evidence in chief.
At the conclusion of the cross-exam
k astern Counties,
Mr. TALBOT said he appeared for his Grace the Archbishop of
York, whose property would be affected by tke Louden and York
Railway.
The

aloe for the ease of the

tion of Mr. Cubitt was then proceeded with—
The line would interfere with part of his Grace's farm ; it would
divide the farm from the residence, and go close to the kitchen-
garden.
By Lord VIVIAN—It was not a residential interference, and by a
deviation the line could be carried out without any interference with
this farm at all.

By Mr. TaLaoT—The line, as it at present stood on the plan, would
interfere with the kitchen-garden, but not so as to injure it ; it would
merely touch the wall. The interference with the farm would cer-
tainly separate it from his Grace's residence. Had had an interview
with his Grace upon the matter, and he informed witness that his
objection to the railway was not as regarded himself, but
as it would affect the property of his successors tp. the
see. The line would not cut off the farm on a wiltevel.
There would be an embankment of seven or eight feet. The
distance at which they would cross from his Grace's Palace wee,
as shown on the plan, about 24 chains, which was more than a
quarter of a mile, and there were walls and gardens and a turnpike-
road intervening.
By Lord Vivian—His Grace did not come to an agreement for a
deviation, but he (witness) pointed out how that deviation would
leave the farm untouched.
Mr. Baixes said he appeared for the Cambridge and Lincoln Ex-
tension, on behalf of which he would put a few questions to the

witness.
Mr. Sergeant WaArmful/ would object to his Learned Friend
appearing, and he would briefly state his reasons. A meeting of the
shareholders in this undertaking had been held down in the country
very recently, at which meeting it was decided to abandon the line.
This he was able to state en the authority of one of the shareholders
who had attended the meeting, and who had written to the editor of
the morning Herald, not only confirming a report of such meeting in
that paper, but also materially adding to the fact of the number of
votes for discontinuing the scheme being mere than the number re-
quired by Parliament. This being the case, he could not see what
locus standi his Learned Friend could lay claim to so a
that which in reality did not exist.' S to appear for
Mr. BAINES said that he certainly was not instructed to that effect.
His instructions were that he was to appear for the
-promoters. He
knew nothing of any meeting. He was wholly guided by his. in-
structions.

air. Sergeant WaANGHAN said he would not object to his Learned
Friend proceeding under the circumstances.
Mr. BAINES then briefly cross-examined the witness, after which
be was re-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILANGII43I.
Mr. Ilawkshaw, civil engineer, was then called to speak to the esti-
mates.

Mr. Betts, the contractor, also gave evidence as to the estimate
for his department of constructing the line•
It being now four o'clock,
Mr. DEnsort informed the Committee that there was but one
more witness to Peamine, who would be called on the conowinst
morning, and who would only occupy a few minutes.
It was then arranged that the landowners' case against the London
and York should be the next gone into.
The Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow.

HOUSE (IF COMMONS.
CROUP X.

GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONKLANDS

•
JUNCTION.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Other witnesses were examined to the same effect, and underwent
alengthened cross .examination by the counsel for the competing lines.
The details were too minute to be fully reported.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee did not require any fur-
• ther evidence of parties along the line, and they would proceed to
receive the engineering evidence to-morrow at twelve o'clock.
➢ir. HILDTARD, Q.C., said that the promoters were prepared with
further evidence of the same kind, but if the Committee were satisfied
in this respect there would be no advantage in crowding evidence.
The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee were satisfied.
It being four o'clock the Committee then adjourned.

GROUP VIII,

NORTH BRITISH CARLISLE EXTENSION.

(Coitinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
. .

Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS here objected to the cross-examination
On the ground that the only part of the scheme, the
Caledoniaa could object to, was the position from Langholm to Car-
lisle, which would-compete with their Langhohn branch. Beyond
this they had no locus Candi, as not a single petition had been pre•
seated against the portion of their (the North British) line from
Hawick to Langholm. Had the Caledonian intended to appear
against it, they should have presented a petition.
Mr. RICKARDS said it was too late to make the objection, as both
the Duke of Buceleuch and Mr. Wilson had been askrd similar
questions }'esterday. The Caledonian opposed the whole scheme,
and from the position of this, as a competing project to the Cale-
donian, he submitted the latter had a good locus standi.
The Committee overruled the objection as untenable.

Mr. Lang's cross-examination continued—He had been informed that
the Messrs. Pickford brought goods from Newcastle to London for 3/.
per ton. Newcastle was 60 miles distance from Hawick. 'the
whole distance from Hawick to London was 350 miles. At present
th.: sailing vessels from Leith to London took five or six days to go,
but the steamers went, twice a-week, in about forty-
eight hours. Ile conld not say the exact quantity of
foreign wool brought into Hawick, nor the amount of
timber or other building ma' erials brought from Annan.
He could not say the exact amount of coal consumed at Ha-wick.
He got the whole that he consumed from Canobie, because it was of
better quality than the coals down the Tweed. At one time consi-
derable supplies were got from the latter quarter. He did not know
much of the examination of last year, but he believed that some
expectation of a supply was hell out from the Lothians by the Edin-
burgh line.
Re-examined—He believed that Carlisle was about the same dis-
tance from London as Newcastle.
The Earl of Mints, examined by Sergeant BRIJ-ems, gave general
evidence that he thought the railway lu question of the utmost im-
portance to the district in giving an outlet to the southward. It was
a prosperous and important district, and ought to have a communi-
cation to the south by railway. His estates did not lie on the pre-
sent line, but on the northern part, sanctioned to Edinburgh.
Cross-examined.—He had not c msidered whether these schemes et
railway through the south of Scotland were compatible. He had not
gone into the question. He knew, however, of no consideration that
should operate to deprive the district In question of the natural
outlet to its traffic.

Mr. William Nixon, wool spinner, of Ilawlek, gave similar evidence
as Mr. Lang regarding the trade of the town and district. The ton-
nage of the slates derived from Annan last year was about 600 tons.
The general merchandise to an from I awick, in 1345, was 7,000
tons. lie was glad last yesr at the railway to Edinburgh being
granted, in order to get e,,a13 from the Lothians, but he considered
they would be better supplied front Canobie.
Cross-examined--He thought a line to the south was highly desir-
able. He had no hesitation, however, in saying that in comparing
two lines, one to the north and another to the south, he should de-
cidedly prefer the one to the north. He said so last year, and he said
so now. He sent about the one-half of what he spun southward,
but lie did not think the others in the trade sent so much. He could
not exactly state the tonnage of what he sent. There was no doubt
that the greater proportion of the goods went northwards. Edin-
burgh and 111asirow were the principal destinations. lie thought
goods going southwards would go by railway in preference to. steam-
boats, as the risk was not so great.
Mr. James Syme, a manufacturer of Galashiels, examined by
Mr. TALBOT—In witness's recollection the town of Galashiels had
increased from 700 inhabitants to about 3,000. The goods manu-
factured In that town was beyond a quarter of a million. It was also
the centre of an important agricultural district. A great deal of the
goods went south ; nearly all his went to London, but Leith was not
the most desirable route. The Edinburgh line did not, in his opi-
nion, supersede the necessity for one to the south. He thought the
best route to the south should be through Carlisle. The goods made
at Galashiels were of a high priced character. At present the coals
used were entirely from Mid Lothian, but he thought it desirable for
the sake of competition to open up the Canobel-field tothem.
Cross-examined—Glasgow was the great market for the goods
manufactured at Galashiels. A greater proportion of goods went to
Glasgow than to the south. He had not calculated the difference,
either in time or distance, between Galashiels and Landon, by way of
Berwick or Leith, and the route through Carlisle. There would be
communication by railway with Edinburgh and Berwick, bat, when
that was completed, he could not say what the expense would be in
those directions, and thence by steam to London, compared with the
railway to the south. He could not speak as to the quantity of goods
consumed annually in Galashiels. He could not say what the con-
sumption of coals was at Galashiels.
Mr. Locke, of Regent-street, London, deposed that he carried on a
large trade in Scotch goods, a great portion of which came from Ga-
lashiels and Mawick. He considered It of the greatest importance to
get the fancy goods as soon as possible into the market. He thought
this would be facilitated in a great degree by a continuous line of
railway.

Cross-examined.—There was no other one in London so extensive
in this Scotch line as himself. He dealt principally in fancy goods.
Supposing the railway completed from Galashiels and Hawick to
Leith, the present delays would be much reduced. The delay evea
then would be injurious to the trade, on account of the
time taken by the steamers. The fancy trade was greater at
Galashiels, and Selkirk, than at Hawick. If the railway communi-
cation to Berwick, and from thence to London, was completed, the
delay in point of time woald in a great measure be put an end to.
Mr. Turnbull, miller of Melrose, examined—Ho carried on an ex-
tensive trade in grain and flour, a great portion of which went into
Dumfriesshire and Cumberland. A good deal of barley went for
the purposes of distilling at Longhelm and other parts in that
direction. His 'annual export business in tons was in 1841,
1,181 tons; and in 1844, 1,080 tons. He believed the amount
of grain and meal that went past Moss Paul, a point between
Hawick and Langholm, was 3,325. A good deal of grain
likewise went by Liddesdale to the south. The present expense of
grain from Hawick to Langholm was about Bs. a ton.
Cross-examined—About one-third of the grain of Roxburghshire
Went westward, one-third to Dalkeith, and the remainder eastward.
He knew nothing about the Dalkeith market. Kelso was the great
market for the county. As the greater portion of his own trade
went to Dumfriesshire—he was strongly interested in the present
railway. He could not say what proportion of grain the other millers
In the district sent towards Dumfriesshire.