The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-24 00:00:00

PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE

MARIA SOMES TRANSPORT SHIP.

On Thursday the subjoined melancholy particulars were
received at the War-office, relating to the ship Maria Somes,
of the London, chartered by Government for the conveyance
of troops, on board of which fourteen persons were suffocated
under the most distressing circumstances. The accounts
are dated Port Louis, May Bth, and state that the Maria
Somes transport, 24, Captain King commander, Lieutenant
Boys agent (having on board part of the 90th Regiment,
under the command of Captain Mann, on their return from
Ceylon to England), was towed into the above har-
bour a complete wreck. It appears that shortly after
leaving Ceylon, she encountered a most terrific hurricane
in latitude 15 S., longitude 78 E., on the 27th, 28th, 29th,
and 30th of March. During the whole of this period the
sea made most fearful havoc with the vessel; the topmasts,
yards, spars, and boats were carried away, and eventually
she was thrown on her beam-ends. In this perilous posi-
tion she continued for a considerable time, and the crew
failing in righting her by the usual means, resolved on
cutting away the mainmast. On that being accomplished,
the rudder was found to have been torn away, thereby ren-
dering her situation still more hazardous. The ship suf-
fering still severely, and the surf making a complete breach
over her decks, it was deemed indispensable for the safety
of the troops to order them below, and to batten down the
hatches. For days afterwards the storm raged with appa-
rently unabated fury, and the awful sufferings of those be-
low may be easily conceived. The vessel rolled fearfully,
and their cries were distressing in the extreme, while the
falling spars every now and then maimed those on deck, in-
eluding the master, agent, and chief officer. On the hurri-
cane somewhat moderating, no time was lost in removing the
hatches, when a most appalling sight was presented. A ser-
geant, seven men, one woman, and five children were found
dead on the under decks, whether from suffocation or fright
cannot be stated ; the supposition is the former. The heat
is described to have been overpowering, and it is a matter
of considerable surprise that a greater sacrifice of life was
not the result. The weather continued to moderate, and in
a few days she was towed into Port Louis, when the troops
were landed, full of joy for their recent deliverance from a
dreadful death. Mr. King, the captain, in describing the
awful occurrence in a letter, states that the conduct of the
troops, the left wing of the regiment, is above all praise.
During the whole of their sufferings not a murmur or com-
plaint was heard, and though many unfortunate accidents
occurred, their exertions were unremitting, and the safe ar-
rival of the ship at Port Louis was mainly owing to their
having worked at the pumps night and day.

THE DANIEL LAMBERTS OF ANIMAL LIFE.—We
certainly did not envy the huge beasts last week at the New-
castle Agricultural Show. Imagine an unfortunate cow,
twice the size of Daniel Lambert, with three chins, buried
in acres of fat, scarcely able to breathe, bending under the
accumulated weight of grease and glory, locked up with fifty
other apoplectic animals, on a day when the heat was so in-
tense that the legs of mutton were roasting in the butchers'
shops. The farmers walked about the show in their shirt-
sleeves, too glad to take off their coats, and we have no
doubt the poor animals wished they could do the same. Our
wonder is there was not a river of liquid tallow, as broad as
the Tyne, running through the pavilion. The Southdowns
alone seemed to escape the heat, but this was probably
owing to their superior breeding, which enables them to rise
above the ordinary we(a)ther. We noticed, with gushing
drops of perspiration, a poor wheezing bull, munching a bit
of cake, which we thought was only adding insult to injury.
We thought of the insatiable hatred and withering scorn we
should feel for the monster in human form who, if we were dying
of thirst on the burning sands of Arabia, offered us a pound
of gingerbread, or a pot of anchovy paste.—Punch.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Can anything surpass the Pas de Quatre of last
season ? Had this question been put to us yesterday
morning we should have unhesitatingly answered—
Nothing. Were it put to us now, we should as unhesi-
tatingly answer—Yes !it has been surpassed. The Pas
des Deesses, produced for the first time last night, in the
new divertissement of the Judgment of Paris, as much
surpasses the Pas de Quatre, the marvel of last season,
as the Pas de Quatre surpassed every choerogra-
phic effort that had been attempted previous to its
production. And who are the Deesses ? who can
they be but Lucile Grahn, and Cerito, and Taglioni ?
We mention them in the order of their appearance.
It is needless to develope the plot of the divertissement,
The Judgment of Paris is known to all our readers. The
scene represents the assembly of gods upon Olympus,
overlooking the Trojan plains, where Paris, the Judge
of Beauty, has fixed his tent. We are introduced to
Mercury (Perrot), who, winged god as he is, literally
flies across the stage in his pas d'entree. Perrot (whose
benefit it was last evening), in this pas is the Perrot of
former years--there was the same elegance, the same acti-
vity, the same marvellous tours de force, we should say,
did not the grace with which they were executed cum-
, pletely do away with all idea of force. Then came
Louise Taglioni, as chief of the Graces, supported
by Demelesse and Cassan, in a most exquisite pas, which
would have made the fortune of any ordinary ballet, but
which in the present case was but a foretaste of that
which was to come. The Pas des Graces finished, then
came the Pas des Deesses. First came Lucile Grahn, the
most classical of modern artistes, in a pas which was a
triumph of high art. Dignified and graceful in the
highest degree, she seemed a goddess who had stepped cut
from a picture of one of the old masters, and who had
been marvellously endowed with life. Intellectuality
was the characteristic of the pas d'entree of
Lucile Grahn. Then came bouncing on, rejoicing
in the happiness of mere existence—dancing
out of the very exuberance of high spirits—dancing, be-
cause walking would be to her joyless and dull—dancing,
becaase to her dancing is a thing of nature, not a thing
of art—the little realist, Cerito ; and then came the
dignified, the graceful, the perfect, the unrivalled
Taglioni. Never has the contrast between the real and
the ideal in the choerographic art been more delightfully
displayed than it was last night. There was the young
and intellectual poetess, Lucile Grahn ; there was the
poetess perchance of a higher order of intellectuality,
the accomplished artist who had carried art to its
highest pitch of perfection, Taglioni ; and in contrast to
these was Nature's own dancer, who, had she been a
singer, would have
" Warbled her native wood notes wild,"
Cerito. It was the contest of the nightingale and the
musician revived nature and art cow-ending to-
gether ; and so equally was the contest sustained that
to neither can we yield the palm of victory; and, like the
Paris (St. Leon) of the ballet, we will not venture to
award the apple. Then came some of the most taste-
fully classical groupings that Statuary in his most in-
spired moments ever imagined; and then the marvellous
Pas de Quatre by the three goddesses and Paris. Then,
again, we had a pas seul for each of the goddesses, and
then a pas d'ensemble. During the progress of the ballet,
the stage resembled a parterre of the choicest exotics,
from the bouquets innumerable which were thrown
from every part of the house ; and the applause
was such as has never been heard before within the
walls of her Majesty's Theatre. It was enthusiastic—
rapturous—at times absolutely vociferous, drowning the
music, so that the action of the ballet more than once
was suspended for some minutes until the applause had
subsided. At the conclusion, the goddesses and the
graces form a group around Paris, who holds the apple
suspended over them withoutawarding it, and the curtain
falls. But that which Faris refused to award was awarded,
and very properly awarded by the goddesses themselves.
At the conclusion of the divertissement all the artists
were called for, and made their appearance before the
curtain. Perrot had made his take-leave bow, and was
making his exit at the wing, when Lucile Grahn
dragged him to the front of the stage, Taglioni forced
him on his knees, and Cerito, snatching the golden prize
from the hands of St. Leon, forced it upon Perrot,
amidst the laughter arid applause of' the audience. After
having seen how infinitely the Pas des Deesses surpasses
the Pas:de Quatre, we will not venture to assert that
the Pas des Deesses itself may not be surpassed ; but
if ever surpassed, Perrot is the only artiste who can
compose any divertissement to surpass it ; and Mr.
Lumley is the only manager who can procure
artistes (musical, choerographic, and pictorial) to
place such a divertissement on the stage. He
,may safely challenge the world to produce any-
thing to compare with Le Pas des Diesses.
It has hitherto been unapproached, and is unapproach-
able except by Mr. Lumley and the artistes under Ohs
management. The opera was 1 Puritani, with Grisi,
Mario, Lablache, and Fornasari ; and the divertissement
was followed by the ballet of La Gitana. The perfor-
mances were for the benefit of Perrot, and every part of
the house was crowded to excess.

FALL OF THREE HOUSES.
TWO PERSONS KILLED.

Shortly after eight o'clock yesterday morning the inhabi-
tants of Chesham North Hadden were thrown into a state of
alarm in consequence of the sudden fall of three houses,
situate at the east end of the churchyard. The houses in
question had been condemned as dangerous, and two of the
tenements were stripped, preparatory to being pulled down,
but the third house, which was not deemed insecure at the
time the accident occurred, was tenanted by a family of the
name of Winter, consisting of a man and his wife, their
three children, and an old woman, Winter's mother. Winter
himself usually leaves his home at six o'clock in the morn-
ing for his work, but as there was reason for believing that
the women and children were in the house at the time it
fell, a number of persons commenced clearing away the rub-
bish, and the body of the old woman was discovered dread-
fully crushed, though showing signs of life, but she ceased
to breathe in a few moments. Some time afterwards Mary
Winter was extricated. The poor woman had both legs
broken, and several ribs crushed. She was perfectly con-
scious when dug out, and kept inquiring for her children.
She was conveyed to the infirmary, where she lies in a
most precarious state. Two of the children were next dug
out in an insensible state, yet but slightly injured, a portion
of the bedstead on which they were sleeping at the time
having apparently fallen in such a position as to protect them
from the fallen mass. After a long search the body of the
remaining child was discovered amongst the ruins. A heavy
piece of timber had fallen across his body, which was crushed
in a frightful manner, and he was quite dead.

INQUEST ON THE LATE MR.

- WAKEFIELD, QUEEN'S COUNSEL. ---
Wednesday forenoon, at ten o'clock, Mr. T. Wakley, M.P.,
held an inquest at the Royal Standard, Sale-street, Edge-
ware-road, on the body of Mr. Daniel Wakefield, the Queen's
Counsel, who expired suddenly on Sunday last.
Mary Brind, housemaid to deceased, said that Mr. Wake-
field was a barrister-at-law, and resided at No. 5, Cambridge-
terrace, Hyde-park. His age was 69. He expired at one
o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday last, the 19th instant,
in the presence of witness, Mr. Pearson, and Miss Clarke,
his adopted daughter, both of whom resided in the house.
She first noticed his illness on the Sunday morning. at a
quarter past nine o'clock, having proceeded to his room in
consequence of a remark from Miss Clarke that her master
must be ill, or he would have come down to his breakfast at
his usual time, nine o'clock. Having knocked at the door
without receiving any answer, she entered the room, and
found the deceased in his bath in a sitting posture and quite
insensible.

By the Comomut—Mr Wakefield had been accustomed to
use a cold shower-bath every morning for many years past.
Witness having run down stairs, sent for Mr. Howlett, a 1
surgeon, residing close by. He was quickly in attendance,
and immediately applied various remedies. Dr. Chowne
was shortly afterwards in attendance. Both gentlemen re-
mained with deceased almost up to the last moment, but
although Mr. Wakefield breathed very heavily, he never
spoke after being discovered, and died at the hour above-
mentioned. In answer to further questions, the witness
stated that she had lived with deceased upwards of seventeen
years; that to her knowledge he had never made any at-
tempt on his life, and that up to the last three weeks he had
apparently enjoyed good health. He then complained of
pain in the side, and Dr. Chowne, at the request of Miss
Clarke, visited him ; but he declined the Doctor's advice, and
insisted upon doctoring himself.
Mr. Henry D. Pearson, a young gentleman, aged seven-
teen, deposed that he had resided with Mr. Wakefield since
he was four years of age. He saw him on Saturday evening,
when he returned home at his usual hour in good health,
though apparently drowsy. Heard him complain of illness
about three weeks since, but he declined receiving any ad-
vice from a medical gentleman called in without his know-
ledge.
Mr. Waxmsr—Can you assign any reason for his adopting
such a course ? Witness—He never liked doctors.
Mr. WAKLEY—I suppose he was like doctors themselves.
They never like lawyers.—(Laughter'
.)
Mr. Henry Howlett, surgeon, of Cambridge-terrace, said
he was called to see deceased on Sunday morning, about half-
past nine o'clock. On entering his bedroom he found him
sitting in a bath, as described by the first witness. He got
him out, and placed him on the bed, and then found he had
been attacked by a fit of apoplexy. He opened a large vein,
and with difficulty took away ten ounces of blood. This
caused deceased to rally for a short time, but he again re-
lapsed. Ice was applied to his head, and other necessary
remedies were resorted to, but without effect. He was of
opinion that deceased had died from the effect of apoplexy.
The CORONER and jury expressed themselves satisfied, and
a verdict of " Died from natural causes" was recorded.
Mr. WAKLEY inquired if the deceased's life was insured?
and a gentleman who was in attendance on the part of the
family replied, that it had been insured by other parties, but
never by himself.
[Mr. Wakefield was called to the bar in 1807, by the Ho-
nourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, of which be was a bencher ;
and although since that period he has had considerable prac-
tice, it is to be regretted that he has died in very embar-
rassed circumstances; a result which may be wholly ascribed
to his benevolent disposition. He has on many occasions
been known to refuse money and return fees for holding
briefs, on ascertaining that his clients were in distress. He
was the son of the eminent Mrs. Priscilla Wakefield, the
original promoter of savings banks, a lady who, it may be
added, was cousin to the lamented Mrs. Fry.—ED. Post.]

General Galloway and family, Archdeacon Magee,
Mr. Harrington and family, and Mr. Newnham and family,
left London, yesterday morning, by the General Steam Navi-
gation Company's steam-ship Soho, for Antwerp.
(ADVERTISEMENT.] —39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.
—Sent into the Country, free, by Post.—Newly-invented Spectacles,
Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Patronised by General.
Sir Edward Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd, Sir John Keatings, Maiston,
Frederick Goodfellow, Clayton, Grosvenor Morrison, Dyott Robert-
son, Mackenzie, Galway, Biggs, Woolf, Murray, Walker, Fox,
Price, Lindsay, and Thackray ; Major generals Sir H. Elphinstone,
Sir John Ross, Sir James Cockburn, Achinty, P. Fyers, D. Maclec .
Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonall, Sir R. Barton, Sir T. Dallas, and Sir
Wm. Eustance : Admirals Lord John Hay, Sir G. Cockburn, Sit
George Munday, Sir George Martin, Sir James H. Whitshed, Sir D.
Gold, Ress, Alexander, Curzons, Tompkinson, Hollis, and Price.
Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen ; Rear-Admirals Brown and Ribouleau
&c. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, have invented Spec
tacle Lenses upon a new construction. Immediately they are place,
before imperfect vision, that mist and dullness which appeal betore
the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct.
so that the most aged imperfect sight becomes bright and brilliant.
and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also.
Achromatio Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible and a:
kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of most extronie deafness.
Caution—Messrs. 11. and B. Solomons, Opticians, are not in any way
connected with a person of the same name In their immediate neigh.-
bourliiitOd. To prevent mistakes be cautions, and Observe—Oaly to
be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.
PORTS3IOI.7II, JULY 2?.--During the last few days some
very interesting experiments have been made in the dock-
yard and on board her Majesty's ships Pique and Blake, with
a portion of the submarine telegraph intended to be laid
across this harbour under the sanction of the Lords of the
Admiralty Commissioners. The quantity of the telegraph
wire already perfected, with which these experiments were
made, is about half of the entire length that will be required
to reach from the victualling-yard at Gaspar!, where the
present line of telegraphic communication terminates, to the
Admiral's official residence on this side. The experiments
were made under the superintendence of Mr. Hay, the chemical
referee and lecturer to the dockyard. The galvanic batteries
used on the occasion consisted merely of five single jars,
one inch- and a half by four, on Smee's principle. The
first experiment tried was, to test the gravity of the wire,
in order to ascertain whether the substances used to secure
perfect insulation, might not have rendered the wire too
buoyant. This, however, was satisfactorily proved not to be
the case, for upon its being payed out from the stern of her
Majesty's ship Blake, its gravity was found quite sufficient
for the deepest water. The index used most satisfactorily
tested the capabilities of the invention, being one which had
been constructed for the conveyance of signals for short
distances—a mere model, made by Mr. flay, for the inspec-
tion of the Admiralty, by which communications might be
made from the bridge of steam-vessels to the engine-room
below. The electric fluid was made to traverse the whole
length of the submarine telegraph, which, having been car-
tied out in a bight from the Blake by the boats in attendance,
was allowed to sink to the bottom. The ;signals were as
promptly shown by the index as though merely transmittesi
from the deck to the engine-room, without passings° many
fathoms through the salt water, thus proving beyond doubt
the practical success of this mode of conveying intelligence
even across the sea. Several other experiments were tried
with other wires, differently insulated, but neither as re-
gards gravitation nor as regards giving a perfect communi •
cation were these modes of insulation equal to that decided
upon by the inventors. In establishing the electric tele-
graph across a harbour so crowded with shipping as this
generally is, the practical difficulty arising from the pos-
sible disturbance of the telegraph is the only one which the
projectors had to contend with, for it is now proved beyond
doubt that the electric fluid can be transmitted through the
water with the same facility as it is along the lines in ope-
ration on land. The mode of conveying these electric com-
munications on land, however perfect, could not be adopted
across a broad channel of the sea, and hence the present te-
legraphic communication between the dockyard and the Ad-
miralty in London has been imperfect, because the impedi- -
mente in conveying it across the water have been hitherto
deemed insurmountable. Not that there was any difficulty
in conveying the electric fluid through the water, because,
the known laws of electricity have always shown this to be
feasible, but because of the difficulty in laying down a line
of conveyance which should not be interfered with by the ea-
' sualties of the harbour. The projectors of the present plan
being nautical as well as scientific men, have surmounted
this apparent obstacle, which the mere scientific have hi-
therto not been able to overcome. The importance of these
experiments is obvious, forif the communication can be car-
ried across Portsmouth harbour, it follows as a matter of
course that it may, with at least equal facility, be carried
from headland to headland, where it cannot be interfered with
by the anchorage of numerous vessels.
The Retribution, steam-frigate, Captain Lushington, ar-
rived at Devonport on Monday night, from Cork. She was -
to have returned on Tuesday evening, with the supernume-
raries
for the fleet conveyed to Devonport by the Dido.
The Trident steam-packet, Lieutenant Commander Rigge,
was put out of dock at Chatham on Tuesday, and was taken
alongside the sheer hulk, and had new masts put on board
of shorter dimensions, instead of cutting the original masts.
She was taken into dock again the same tide, .and has been
reported to be ready for sea on the Bth of August.
The Antelope, steam-packet, to have engines of 300 horse
power, and to be employed in the Mediterranean, to take
the mails from the lonian Islands, and the Sharpshooter,
steam-gun vessel, to have engines of 200 horse power, both
built of iron by Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, will be launched
on Saturday next at Blackwell.
The Columbine, 12, Commnnder Booth, is fast progressing
at Chatham, and is reported to be ready for sea the 25t.
instant.

The ship Gazelle, Peirce, master, from Leghorn, arrived
at Chatham on Tuesday, with a cargo of timber for the
dockyard.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 23.

NEW STOCK EXCUANGE.—The Share Market has not been quite so
buoyant these few days, and prices, both of scrips and shares, have
slightly given way, with the exception of Grand Junctions, which
have touched 2311. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Ches.
shire Junction, % p.—Birmingham and Oxford, 2% p.—Clltheroe
Junction, 16s. 9d. dia.—Derby and Crewe, 3% p.—Direct Northern,
134 dis.—Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2,.7—Ditto, New, Shares,
p.—Ditto, York Extensions, 28s. 6d. p.—Grand Junction, 231
—Ditto, Quarters, New, 32% p.—Grand Union, 14s. dia.—Hudders-
field and Manchester, 1 dis.—Ditto, Extension, 1 dis.--Leeds and
Thirsk„ 5% dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 225. p.—Londolla
and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 31% p. —Ditto, Fifth Shares, 25
p.—London and York, 1% dis.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quar-
ter Shares (C), 10 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 7% p.—.
Manchester, Sts k, and Midland, 7s. p.—Midland, 401. Shares,
14s. p.—North Carllsle, 31s. p.—North Staffordshire, 31. 6s.
Bd. p.—Preston and IVyre, Half Shares (A), 3% p.— Ditto, New
(B), I Is. p.—South-Eastern, New Half Shares, 12s. p.—South
land, par—West Riding Union, 2' p.—Edinburgh and Glasgovri
Half Shares, 8 p.—Edinburgh, Leith, and Gra.nton, 15%—Ditto, Pre.
Terence (5 per cent), 20—Newry and Warrenpoint, % dls.—Dutalt
Rhenish, p.

MANCHESTER, JULY 23.
STocx Excniecia.—The sales are—Bideford and Tay'stock, 1 dLi.
—Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, 1% dis.—Blackburn, gttorley,
and Liverpool, 1.14 C. dis.—Caledonian Extension, I dis.—itinhridga
and Oxford, 1 dis.—Derby and Crewe, 3 15.16 p.—Direct Northern,
dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, I}‘, p.—East Lance.
shire, 51( p.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., X dis.—Grand Union,
dis.— Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3X dis.—Huddersfield, Hall.
lax, and Bradford, 1 p.--Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 2}i
p.—Leicester and Bedford, 10s. lid. dls..-Leicester and Birmingham,
18s. dis. Liverpool and Bury, 8 p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres-
ton, I p.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport, 13s,
Gd. dis.—London and Birmingham, Fifth Shares, 25 p.--Mancheste4
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 14 p.—Manchester and Binning-
ham, 841—Ditto, Quarters (A), 10% p.—Ditto, Quarters (B), 11 ps
—Ditto (C), lop.—Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 2 p.—Nortt
Eastern, 2 dis.—North Kent, 1N dis.--North Staffordshire, 3 1-16 p,
—North Union (B), 155 —Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 13s. 6d. du.
Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 3% p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 7-16
Preston and Wyre Extension, par—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junil-
lion, % dis.—Shallield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1,4% it:*
Ditto, ditto, No. 3, par—South-Eastern and Dover, 44}(—011ie
Halves, No. 4, 9-16 p.—south Midland, % p.—West Riding Union,
p.—Whitehaven and Furness, 4 dig.

LEEDS, JULY 23.
STOCK EX MA NCiIE. —The sales. are—Eastern Counties, Yoi
Extension, 325. 6d. s. p. - Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quartet
Shares, 20s. s. dis.—Ditto, Docks, 2% dis. —Ditto, Extensions, 14
s. dis.—Leeds and Bradford, 41V, c. p.—Leeds and Thirsk,
Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 8 4 p.—Newcastle and DV.
lington Junction Extensions, 11% p.—North British, Half Sha4 lt
p.—Ditto, Carlisle Branch, 335. p.— York and North Midlan
East and West Riding, 134 p.—Direct Northern, 354. Gd. dis.-r
Grand Union, 15s. (IN.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 265.
4115,4,
Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 445. dlis.—Leeds ittio
York, 265. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 13s. dis.—Liverpool, MN*
cheater, and Newcastle Junction, 265. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, Scht
Preston, 265. p.—London and York, 325. 6cl. dis.—Manchester,
ton, Matlock, and Midland, ss. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 3%
North Western, ss. GAL dls.—South Midland, % p.—Welsh 3114
lands, 28s. dis.—West Riding Union, 41. 4s. 6d.—York and earn*
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THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE will discuss
this important Question Hilly this SATURDAY NEXT en-
suing; and will also contain LEADING ARTICLES on all the
TOPICS of the DAY, with the fullest details of the
PROPOSED NEW SUGAR DUTIES,
the Monopolist and Philanthropic Coalition against them, and the
probable result.
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THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE
of TO-MORROW' (SATURDXY), will contain—
I. Tim RUSSELL CABINET, its Polley, Prospects, and Posi-
tion. No. I.
2. THE NEW SUGAR DUTIES proposed by the Government.
3. THE STANLEY AND BENTINCK CROS3.
4. THE THREE PHILANTIIROPICS, Real, Self-willed, and

Cheap.
3. MR. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, the Type of his Class
G. HERE WE ARE; or, the Last Trick of the Westminster

Clown.
7. ELECTION LAW and ELECTION PURITY—The Bridport
and Anti-County Vote Committees.
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Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING, SATURDAY, JULY 25,

Nlll be performed (for the last time this season) Donizetti's cele-

brated Opera, entitled
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.

Lucia, Madame Castellan; Enrico, Signor Fornasari ; Bidebent,
Signor F. Lablache ; Edgardo, Signor Mario.
Between the Acts, a DIVERTISSEMENT.
To conclude with the highly successful new and original Ballet
Divertissement, by M. Perrot, entitled

LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS.
Comprising a new Pas—" Le Pas de Deeisses." By Mdlle. Taglioni,
lfdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle.
Demelisse, Mdlle. Cassan, and MM. St. Leon and Perrot.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Signor MARIO most respectfully informs the Nobility, Patrons
to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BENEFIT
will take place on
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30,
When will be performed DonizettPs Opera Buffa, entitled,
DON GREGORIO ; on, L'AJO NELL 'IMBARAZZO.
Don Gregorio, Signor Lablache ; Count Giulio, Signor Fornasari ;
Enrico, Signor Mario ; Pippetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Glide, Mdme.
Castellan.

After which, the new and original Divertissement, by M. Perrot,
the Music by Signor Pugni, entitled,
LE JIMEMENT DE PARIS.

Introducing a new Grand Pas, entitled " Le Pas des Deesses."
The principal parts by Madlle. Taglioni, Madlle. Lucile Grahn,
Mdlle. Cerito, MM. Perrot and St. Leon, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni,
Mdlles. Cassan and Demelisse, &c.
To be followed by Belnas admired Opera, compressed into One Act,