The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, MAY 18.

STOCK ExcitAxon—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 2 9-16 dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 6 9-16 dis.—Eastern Counties, 15—Ditto,
Preference (min. 6 per cent.), % p.—Great Northern, 9%
dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 3 11-16
die.—London and North-Western, New, 21,4 p.—London and
South-Western, 49—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, Preference, 3 p.—North Staffordshire, 2 3-16 die.—
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 18 dis.—South-
Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 l3-16 dis.

ROBERT HOUDIN'S SOIREES FANTASTIR,UES.—The
extraordinary and interesting experiments of this masterof magic continue to increase in popularity '
andattrac-
tion. The St. James's Theatre was last night crowded
with a fashionable audience, notwithstanding the counter
attractions of Jenny Lind and Grisi, at the two great
lyric establishments. During the past week the fol-
lowing distinguished persons have visited these per-
formances:—The Marquis and Marchiones of Douglas,
the Marquis of Donegal!, the Marquis of Blandford, the
Ladies Cadogan, Viscount Strangford, Lord Churchill,
La Marquise Como de la Force, Lord Rivers, the Coun-
tess of Blessington and the Misses Power, the Count
d'Orsay, Lady and the Misses Domvile, Viscount
Nowry, Lady de Dunstanville, Sir John and Lady
Lyster Kayo, Hon. Mr. Ashburnham, Sir George
Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Lyne Stephens, Mr. and Mrs.
Brunel, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. iFitsgerald, Mr. and Mrs.
Arabin, Sir F. Trench, Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Ad-
miral and Mrs. Mitford, Mr. B. B. Williams, Captain
Lyon, Mr. Williamson Ramsay, Miss Leigh, Captain
Boyd, Mr. Baillie, the Misses Buller, Mr. and Miss
Holford, Mr. Little Gilmour, Mr. Addington, &c.
GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.--YeS-
terday forenoon the annual meeting of the subscribers
and friends of this well-supported and useful society was
held in the Hanover Square Rooms. The Hon. Sidney
Pierrepoct, who presided, opened the business of the
meeting by a few prefatory observations on the progress
and advantages of the institution. The Rev. David
Laing, honorary secretary, read the report for 1847.
The receipts of the institution had considerably in-
creased, and assistance in temporary distress had been
rendered in 331 cases, to the amount of 7811. The num-
ber of Irish cases was particularly large, and their dis-
tress great. Seven additional annuities to aged go-
vernesses had been granted. In relation to the Pro-
vident Fund, the receipts for annuities on Go-
vernment security amounted to 5,3891. 10s.; in this
branch the severe pressure of the times has been
painfully felt. The sum deposited last year in the
Savings Bank was 6851. 6s. The Home has fully an-
swered the purposes of its formation as a permanent
shelter for the sick and needy, and a site has been se-
lected on which to erect an asylum for the aged. The
number registered during the past year was 1,343, of
whom 742 have obtained engagements. 10,558 persons
entered their names on the porter's book. The financial
statement showed the receipts of the institution to be
9,037/. 15s. 5d., the expenditure left a balance of 615/. The receipts towards the Provident Fund amounted to
8,3261. 12s. 11d., and residue, left after the disburse.
ments, 1651. The Right Honourable Lord Manners
moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded
by Viscount Ingestre, and passed unanimously. A vote
of thanks to the committees, officers, and chairman_
closed the proceedings.
REPRESENTATION OF CIRENCESTER.---TWO ad-
dresses have been issued to the electors of this borough.
The Honourable Charles Ponsonby, son of Lord de
Mauley, a Whig, has issued an address, wherein he
says---.' Having during the last two Parliataents sup-
ported reform, the experience of past events has streng-
thened my conviction that a liberal policy is best adapted
to our constitution, and the best and surest guarantee to
the stability of our institutions. Although a supporter
of the general policy of the Government, I cannot view
but with regret the re-imposition of the income-tax in
its present oppressive form; and hope that, before long,
property will bear its fair share of the national burdens,
and that by strict economy the industrious classes will be
relieved from a tax which presses so unequally upon
them." Mr. Joseph R. Mullings, who is a Conservative
and resident of the town, has issued an address, in the
course of which he says--" I am a strenuous supporter
of our invaluable institutions, and especially all apper-
taining to Protestantism; and whilst opposed to:measures
calculated to destroy our venerated constitution by or-
ganic and ill-considered changes, I am, and ever have
been, a friend to civil and religious liberty, in the true
and proper meaning of those terms. lam anxious, and
will use my endeavours, that the necessary and inevitable
burdens and taxation of this country shall be placed
upon a footing which shall secure, as far as practicable, a
fair and equitable adjustment; and that in measures of
legislation, the proper advancement and the interest of
its inhabitants shall have my first and most devoted re-
gard." The late Mr. Cripps was a son of Mr. Cripps,
the father, as he was called, of the House of Commons,
who represented this borough in successive Parliaments
for nearly thirty-ive years.
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THE CHINESE WAR JUNK
KEYING.

Yesterday a private view of this novel and beautiful
vessel took place at the East India Docks. After having
successfully encountered many perils by sea, the junk
has at length safely arrived in the river Thames, owing,
in a great measure, to the enterprise and nautical skill
of Captain Kellett and Mr. Revett. The Chinese being
for the most part only coasters, and, although they know
the use of the compass, are averse to long journeys, or,
indeed, any travelling by sea in which it is likely that
traces of land may be lost, the utmost efforts were re-
quired to get the vessel past the Bogue Forts without
' interruption, more especially was this the case, as con-
siderable suspicion was aroused on account of the junk
being registered in ballast only. It was, however, ulti-
mately got out to sea, with a crew consisting of thirty
natives and twelve English seamen with officers. Great
care was necessary in keeping the natives in good humour,
as they had never before taken so long a voyage. Before
they would sign their articles Capt. Kellett was obliged
to purchase, to a considerable amount, tinfoil, silvered
paper, and josh-sticks, for the purpose of their worship.
At first they scrupulously performed their idolatrous
worship, but after a time they grew cold, and on the
representations of the captain, voluntarily abandoned it.
One of their most common and highly-prized super-
stitions was a belief in the efficacy of tying red rags on
the rudder, cable, mast, and principal parts of the vessel,
which were considered safeguards against danger. The
largest junks are of about one thousand tons burden, the
"Keying" is of the second size. The following descrip-
tion of it will, in some measure, give our readers an idea
of its peculiarities. The " Keying" is so named out of
compliment to the Chinese Commissioner at Canton; is
built entirely of teak; and is understood to be nearly a
hundred years old. This seemed highly probable, as one
of her former crew had sailed in her upwards of fifty
years since. Her extreme length is one hundred and
sixty feet; breadth of beam, twenty-five feet and a
half ; depth of hold, twelve feet ; height of her
poop, from the water, thirty-eight feet ; height
of her bow, thirty feet. She carries three masts.
The mainmast is ninety-five feet in length, and is
made of one large piece of teak, ten feet in circumfer-
ence at the bottom, but not perfectly straight, and is
hooped round with iron in consequence of being cracked,
while undergoing the process of hardening. The mode
adopted to accomplish this last purpose by the Chinese,
is to bury the timber for a considerable period in marshy
ground ; and teak, after being thus treated, is said to
become as hard as iron. There are Chinese characters
painted on the body, signifying " Good luck to the junk."
The foremast is seventy-five feet in length, and thirty
inches in diameter, it rakes forward, and is supported by
a large piece of wood on the after part. The sails are
made of closely woven matting—a substance much
lighter than canvass, holds the wind better, and rarely
splits, because it never shakes in the wind. The main-
sail weighs nine tons, and covers a surface of eleven
hundred yards. To raise such a ponderous weight
requires forty men, with the aid of the capstan,
without the aid of which eighty men would be
needed. The rudder is, perhaps, the most singular part
of the vessel. It ism!,de of iron wood and teak, bound
with iron, its weight is
from seven and a half to eight
tons. It is perforated
with rhomboidal holes, and, in
deep water, is twelve
offeet below the bottom of the vessel.
The great elevation the stern enables the rudder to
be elevated or depressed '
according to the depth, and by
this means the draught of water of the Keying may be t
made to vary from twelve to twenty-four feet. When
mu
the rudder is raised up, as be the case in shallow
water, the vessel is steered withst a
shorter tiller on the
second poop. When let down to its greatest depth, it
requires occasionally the aid of fifteen
men to move the
large tiller, and even then with the aid of
this aid
purchase, and the best patent blocks. Without luff tackle
it would require thirty men. On one occasion,
the junk was running before a fresh
sppreo
gale, attended when
hail squalls, a tiller rope of nine inches with
in
ith
was n
two. Instead of braces and pintles, two immense a
made of bamboo and grass pass under the bottom, and
s
come over the bows on the upper deck, where they are
fastened; these serve to confine the rudder to the stern.
The anchors are made of iron wood, the one weighing
three thousand, the other two thousand seven hundred
pounds. The cables aboard are very curious, and
are made either of bamboo or rattan—of these
the former is the more preferable, as it does not
chafe so much on rocky ground, and lasts equally long,
whether used in salt or fresh water. The windlass,
which is made of iron-wood, has no palls, so that one
part of the men employed at it are obliged to hold on.
The whole mode of building is most peculiar; instead of
the timbers being first raised, as with us, they are the
last in their places, and the vessel is put together with
immense spiked nails. The next process is doubling and
clamping above and below decks. Two immense beams
or string pieces are then ranged below, fore and aft,
which keep the other beams in their places. The deck
frames are an arch, and a platform erected on it
protects it from the sun, and from other in-
juries otherwise inevitable. The wales form an-
other singular feature in this vessel. They usually
project about three feet from the side. Their object
is threefold, to enable the vessel to carry more cargo,
to save tonnage dues, for the wales are not regarded
in the measurement, and to prevent the vessel's rolling.
The vessel is roughly executed, as indeed is the case
with most of the Chinese boats. In every respect does
this junk differ from any vessel of ours—its build,
absence of bowsprit and shrouds, and other minutia,
all serve to form a marked difference from our pre-
sent seafaring craft. Surveying the deck from the
summit of the poop, it has much the appearance in its
general arrangements of the large early English men-
of-war, such as the " Great Harry." The galley or
cooking-house is built of bricks, painted a bright
blue, and having two compartments, the one for fry-
ing meat, and the ether for boiling rice. The saloon,
or state cabin, in which most of the curiosi-
ties are placed, will next demand our attention. The
entrance is protected by a sort of sky-light, the sides
of which are formed of the prepared oyster-shells, so
commonly used in China instead of glass, the latter
being too expensive for general purposes. It is thirty-
two feet long, twenty eight broad, and fifteen and a
half feet in height. From the ceiling are suspended
specimens of some of the different kind of lanterns for
which the Chinese are so remarkable. They are made
of every imaginable form and size, and the materials of
which they are composed are extremely various. The
Joss-house is situated at the back of the saloon, and
with the idol it contains is held in the highest venera-
tion by the sailors. In the second gallery is the sailors'
Joss-house, which contains the deity of the sea. Her
most gracious Majesty the Queen, accompanied by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales,
has been over the junk, and expressed her gratification
at the view. On the occasion of her Majesty's visit, the
junk was decorated with the most beautiful flags and
banners ; the foremost of which, and the one which first
caught the royal attention, bore on it a Chinese inscrip-
tion to the following effect :—" May the Queen live a
thousand years."

AFFRAY WITH THE MILITiRT.-WOOLWICE, MAY
12.—A disturbance of rather a serious character occurred
at Woolwich last night. The representative of the
Guelphs and Ghibbelines were in this case the gunners
of the Royal Artillery and the privates of the Royal
Marines, and, as tar as we could learn, the origin of the
feud was this:—An athletic gunner of Artillery, named
Walker, was a few nights since "set upon" and ill-
treated by several privates of Marines, who were drink-
ing at a public-house in the lower part of the town.
The Artilleryman, smarting to avenge the injury,
mustered a clan of recruits, in number about twenty,
who visited the low public-houses, and inflicted summary
punishment upon all the members of the amphibious
corps who were unlucky enough to fall into their
clutches. Last night it became the turn of the Marines
to retaliate, and accordingly, between eight and nine
o'clock, about 150 men of that corps assembled, many
of them armed with heavy sticks, and visited all the
public-houses, turning out the artillery, and administer-
ing the summary law of Justice Lynch to all they met.
The artillerymen resisted as well as they were able, and
at one time matters assumed a very serious aspect. The
alarm was given at head quarters, and extra pickets
were sent out, who paraded the streets with drawn
bayonets, and at length succeeded inrestoring order.
The results of the bate e were, that one artilleryman was
conveyed to the barracks on a stretcher, two
. or three
others were so severely injured as to be carried off the
field hors de combat, and a multitude of the belligerents
on both sides swelled the catalogue of the wounded,
having :received broken heads, black eyes, and other
contusions. Threats have been made of a renewal of
the conflict to-night, but it is to be hoped that the au-
thorities will confine the men to barracks. The police
did not interfere, in consequence of a standing order
in
terpose
except the Commissioners that they are not to
except complaint is made by a civilian.

TEE SALE OF ARMS 'IN MINCHESTIE.—Yester-
day morning a shop for the sale of arms was opened in
the Rochdale-road, at the corner of Gould-street, by a
boot and shoemaker, named Douney. His stock of
weapons apparently consists of only two descriptions—
a pike head, having a blade about a foot in length, by
tapering from about li inch in breadth to a point, spring-
ing from a heavy piece of iron about six inches in length,
which has at the other end two cheek pieces about one
foot in length, by which the head is to be fastened upon
the staff. The other weapon is a rude cutlass, with a
blade about two feet in length, fastened into a common
wooden handle, without any guard for the hand; this is
apparently the same description of weapon as that sold
by the well-known Dr. Reynolds, at Liverpool. The
shop was in the early part of the day surrounded by a
considerable number of persons. When we visited the
spot in the afternoon there were but few persons about
it, chiefly Irishmen. They were critically discussing the
merits of the weapons, which they seemed to think but
very indifferent ones, as they observed that the pike
heads would prove far too heavy for effectual use, at the
end of an eight-feet staff, while the inferior materials
and workmanship of the cutlasses, would render them
easy to be broken.—Manchester Guardian.
OUTRAGE AND DILATE IN CONNAUGIIT.—In the
week past, four butchers of the town of Sligo made an
excursion to an adjacent market for the purpose of pur-
chasing cattle. When there, they were pointed out to
certain desperate individuals of the mob who, at the
late election, were hired, according to the expression of
the locality, "to shout and fight for Towneley." The
persons singled out for the ferocious, assault to be per-
petrated at a later hour, were GilganAGorman, Healey,
and Burns ; and accordingly, on their return to Sligo
from Ballymote, they were assailed with merciless
brutality. One of the number, Burns, had hil leg
fracsared in the affray, and died, in consequence, on
Sunday last. The poor fellow leaves a, wife and family
in the depth of grief and destitution. Two of the
cowardly offenders have been identified and lodged in
prison. Their confessions are expected to reveal the
shameful instigation to which the savag
be aseribod.—Frons a Correspondent. e outrage is to

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SHERIFFS' COURT, May IS.
(1349 re Mr. Under-Sheriff Btracsra.L.
SEIRLE V. GRAPE.

This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damage fu an
action to recover compensation for an assault a nd false
impriscnment, under the following circumstances :
The plaintiff, a compositor, having received his wiages
on Saturday night, the Bth of January, in the pre dent
year, was returning home to Lambeth, where he resides,
in company with a shopmate named Beret], and
. on
passing through Blackfriars-road, they turned into a
public-house to have a glass of ale. Plaintiff celled
for a pint of ale, and wishing to obtain ch
before he returned home, he requested a femalie at
the bar to give him change for a sovereign. 31rt.
Grape; the landlady, shortly after brought the changa
and handed it to the plaintiff; and the- latter, in re,
turn, gave her the sovereign. Soon after, however, Mrs.
Grape again returned, and said that the plaintiff had not
given her the sovereign, upon which an altercation took
place, the result of which was, that Mr. Grape, the de-
fendant, went for a policeman, and gave the plaintiff
into custody on a charge of felony; he was consequently
conveyed through the streets to the station-house, at
Tower-street, Lambeth, where the charge was fornially
entered against him, and he was locked up in a cold,
damp cell, where he remained until Monday morning.
The plaintiff was then taken to the Southwark Police-
court, and the case heard before Mr. Cottingham. The
magistrate, however, dismissed the case, and discharged
the plaintiff, with the remark that he (the plaintiff)
left the court without] the slightest stain upon his cha-
racter. It was alleged that the plaintiff's health had
been materially injured by the confinement in the cell at
the police-station, and that it also affected his mind to
a considerable extent.

These facts were proved in evidence by several wit-
nesses. Other evidence was given, which established
the fact that the defendant had attempted to compromise
the affair.

For the defence, evidence was given to show that the
plaintiff did not give the sovereign, but in this they
failed.

After some further proceedings,
The UNDER-SHERIFF, in summing up, said Ole plain-
tiff was entitled to whatever amount of damages the jury
considered would:compensate him for the injury inflicted
on his health and character. From the evidence it ap-
peared that he was a man of character. The fact of his
being eighteen years in the same employment spoke
much as to his respectability. The defendant had cer-
tainly acted very incautiously. He should have taken
care to have properly investigated the matter before he
gave the plaintiff in charge. The jury were to take all
the circumstances into their consideration, and give the
plaintiff fair and reasonable compensation for the injury
inflicted on him.

The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
71. 10s.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

George Smith and John Barris, were charged before
Sir Peter Laurie, with committing the following daring
robbery.
Joseph Dalton, 366, stated, that while on duty on
Holborn-hill, about twenty minutes before eight o'clock,
the previous evening, he observed the two prisoners and
another man walking up and down two or three times in
front of Mr. Thompson's shop. They looked in as they
passed, and observing the shopman's back was turned,
Smith immediately took a large roll of cloth from the
doorway. and they all walked away towards Ely-place.
He followed them, and when they arrived at Mitre.
court, Harris opened a sack, and Smith put the cloth
into it. Witness rushed forward, upon -which the last-
mentioned prisoner dropped the cloth, and bolted,
leaving his hat behind him. A cry of " stop thief "
was raised by Dalton, and he was captured in Ely-place
tbhyirtdhempaooretesropod.
,awhile the officer secured Harris. The
Daniel Humphreys, a porter, at Ely-place, deposed to
bearinge the
gate
gates
cry n of
u ositboopr
n .h i thief,
u .
th
and seising the prisoner
near
Francis Franklin, a shopman, in the service of Mr.
Thompson,
yards of plaid g
draperi and trimming seller, identified the
to his master. It consisted of 291
Sir PETER LA.URI
property as belonging
doeskin, valued at 31. 4a. bid.
They had committed : bold
dd the case was quite clear.
sooner they were sent out of
andthe daring robbery, and the
T
country the better.
They were committed for trial.
of Bat!: Mr. George Alexander
Buckland and Co.,
John Gibbs, in the service o
packers, and George Scott, in th-st.rept, Newgate street,
and Charles Webb, of Colemane- employ of Messrs. John
charged, the former with stealing street, merchants, were
the latter with purloining a quantitya poifece of cloth, and
pro-
perty of their masters; and Benjamin Cohen,
the
passage, Basingball-street, described u a dealer,gener,ftiCliurch-
with receiving the same, knowing it tab. 'stolen
Evidence having been received, all: three . • prisoners
were committed to Newgate for trial.
W ORS HIP-ST.R.EE T.

Three men of notorious character, named Themes
Jones, Samuel Smith, and Harry Douglas, were charged,
conjointly with a woman named Elizabeth Smith, with
having assaulted Emma Underwood, and stolen from her
person a purse containing 17s.
The prosecutrix stated that she bad occasion to pro.
teed to Whitechapel in a cab on the preceding evening,
and on parting with a friend who accompanied her, as
she was a stranger in that neighbourhood, she entered a
public-house, to inquire her way to Holborn, where she
resided. The prisoners, who were drinking in front of
the bar and overheard her inquiry, intimated that they
were going that way themselves, and offered to see her
as far as they went. She accepted their proposal, and,
after taking some money from her purse to pay for some
refreshment, and replacing it in her bosom in their pre-
sence, she proceeded with them till they reached
Finsbury-square, when the prisoner Jones stepped
hastily in front of her and struck her a violent blow
on the face, which knocked her down in the road. The
prisoner Douglas then seized her by the shoulders and
forcibly held her down, while Jones knelt upon her
chest, and, thrusting his hands down her bosom, ab-
stracted her purse and money, when the whole of them
ran off; but her cries of " murder" attracted the atten-
tion of a policeman, and they were almost immediately
secured.
Police-constable Fisher stated, that upon hearing the
woman's outcries, he ran to the spot, and found the pro-
aeeutrix, whose mouth was streaming with blood, in the
act of rising from the ground, and observing the pri-
soner Douglas running rapidly from her he pursued and
took him into custody. He afterwards accompanied the
prosecutrix in the direction the other prisoners had
taken, all of whom were also shortly overtaken, and
having been at once; recognised by the young woman as
her assailants, were secured and lodged in the station.
In their defence, the prisoners, with the exception of
Jones, who declined saying anything, gave a general
denial to the charge, and the magistrate ordered them
to be brought up again on Tuesday next, that the depo-
sitions of the witnesses might be taken.

THE MURDER IN SPITALFIELDS.

Yesterday Mr. W. Baker held an inquest at the Duke
of Wellington, Spitalfields, on the body of Henry
Lazarus, aged six and a half years, who was murdered
on Monday night last. Mr. S. Gates, solicitor, attended
on behalf of the friends of the deceased to watch the
case. The jury having viewed the body, the following
witnesses were called :

David Lazarus, a general dealer, of 26, Tenter-street,
Tenter-ground, Spitalfields, identified the deceased as
his son, and having repeated the evidence given before
the magistrate at Worship-street Police-court, added
that he saw the deceased last alive at about half-past
nine o'clock on Monday night.
The CORONER—When you last saw the deceased, was
any one with him? Witness—There was; my wife and
cousin were there.

The CORONER—How was it that you first missed the
child? Witness—l had ordered my wife to make the
bed, when the deceased went to the front door, and sat
on a chair. It was from the chair I missed him. After
the bed was made my wife called the children one by
one, and after the two girls were undressed I found that
deceased had left the chair unknown to either of us.
We then went about the neighbourhood making inqui-
ries about him, but could gain no tidings of him. He
was dressed in a pair !of dark corduroy trousers and
jacket, but no waistcoat, and a pair of stout boots.
CORONER Was there any mark on the clothes?
Witness—One of the buttons was broken off the jacket,
and I removed one from the hip of the trousers to supply
its place, and fixed an ;odd one on the trousers; besides
which, the legs being too long, I turned them up at the
bottom, so that I should be able to identify them if
amongst 10,000 pairs.
The CORONER—This is very important, and if it finds
its way into the newspapers it will have the effect of
causing every person to examine any clothing that may
be offered for sale.
A juror—What was the value of the clothes? Wit-
ness—They would not fetch above half a crown. The
boots might probably fetch another Is. 6d.
Joseph Levy, of No. 9, Fryingpan-alley, said that he
was in the service of Mr. Cartesso, a coal dealer, of 16,
Tenter-street. Ho left off work at eleven o'clock on
en you left was there any one in
the
Monday night, and went home to sleep.
The
yard? C
Witness—lga—h am certain then© was not, for
before I left, in consequence of having missed some
things
- from the yard, I looked round and found that
oN
nobody was there. The next morning, when I went to
the yard I saw the child's ear through a crevice in the
board. The board had been removed from where I
placed it to the wall against the house. Nothing else
was disturbed in the yard.
Mr. Gilbert, surgeon, said that be was called up on
Tuesday morning to see the deceased. When he ar-
rived life was extinct., and had been so some hours.
H
isimpression was that death was caused from stran-
gulation.

The CORONZR said it would not be right to bring a
case of such importance hastily to a conclusion. He
should like the contents of the stomach to be analysed,
as it was impossible to tell what might hereafter arise.
He did not think they ought to leave a stone unturned,
and it additional time was given the clothing of deceased
might be traced. The case was certainly one of the
most mysterious nature he had ever heard of. The jury
were therefore bound over, each in the sum of 401., to
appear on Monday next.

Istsa IMTUD/INCE.—A few days since an Irish
beggar addressed a respectable inhabitant of Taunton as
follows:—" Good morning, yer honour, and is it yerself
that will place to be kind enough to giTe me a penny?"
The reply of the person appealed to was that he hadn't
one. " And is it yer ownself," asked the Irishman,
" that would be kind enough to go and ask that gentle.
man for one for me:" Finding that it was not himself
that would do anything of the sort, Paddy walked of

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
rrst Appearance of Madame TADOL M
the Public are
The Xol:dlity, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and
r".„,Pt4tiWy informed that Madame TADOLINI will make her first
.6•FPuraii.c• in this country TO-MORROW, May 20, when will be per-
wrl32l24 Donizetti's Opera of
LINDA. DI CILkMOUNI.
'Linda, Madame .Tadolini ; Pierotto, %dile. Schwartz; Antonio,
signor Coletti ; Carlo, Signor Reeves ; 11 Marchese dl Boisfleury,
Signor F. Lablache; Il Prefetto, del Villagio, Signor Lablache.
To conclude with the
ta
Amired Ballet Divertissement, entitled
YIV ANDIE RIC
La Ws:randier% Mdlle. Cerite ; Le Postilion, 31. St. Lein. Intro-
ducing Pas do la Vivandiere, by Male. Cerito. Pas de Quatro, from
Le las des Fees, by :Mlles. Cerito, Julien, Lamoreux, and M.
Leon. Ballabile, and La Redowa Polka, the original dance of Bohe-
mia, by Mdlle. Cerito and 31. St Leon.
Apptications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the
70sx-edice of the Theatre.
The Frio List is suspended, the public Press excepted.
Doors open at balf-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under tile Management of Mr. 11. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

—WIII be performed WIVES AS THEY WERE, AND MAIDS AS
;THEY ARE. Lord Priory, Mr. Farren; Sir William Dorrillon, Mr.
CreewleA; Sir George Evelyn, Mr. Howe ; Lady Mary Raffle, Mrs.
Glover ; Miss Dorrillon, Mrs. Nisbett.
Atter which, JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Night-
ingale.
To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on
Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE
OF OTRANTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenza, Mr.
J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip-
'wilt°, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs.
Caulfield.
Stale Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster.

J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper.
Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; tipper Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven.
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THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENLNG
Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST
ROME. Principal charactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert,
Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs.
Prank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c.
To conclude with a new Piece, entitled THE FOIINTAIN OF
XCA ; or, the Child of Air. Principal characters by Messrs• 0.
Smith, Cullenford, C. J. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, Madame Celeste.
Miss E. Chaplin, and Miss Taylor.
Boxes, 43.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, le.
1.-tors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
dole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
WM be performed THE SCARECROW. Principal characters by
Messrs. Buckstone, Selby, Granby, and Charles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss
Lee, and Mrs. Fitswilliam.
After which, a new Interlude, entitled THE FAST MAN.
To conclude with a new and original Classical Extravaganza,
entitled THESEUS and ARLLDNE ; or, the Marriage of Bachas.
Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F.
Cooke ; Miss Fitzwilllam, Miss Jane Coleman, Kiss Marshall, and
Idadanao Vestris.
Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, Is. No
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the
Public every day, from Ten till Six.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond-street.
Last Night but Five of the Engagements, and Seventh Appearance
since 1845 of M. Achard, also Seventh Appearances in this Country
of lle. Desiree and M. Julien Deschamps (of the Theatre
da Gymnast, Paris).

THIS EVENING,
The Entertainments will commence at half-past Seven o'clock when
Will be performed a new Vaudeville, in One Act, entitled LE
PETIT-FILS. Benjamin, M. Julien Deschamps ; Theodore, M.
Josset ; Fougeres, M. Tourillon ; Madame Darsiaantieres, Madame
Valmy ; Henriette, ildlle. Marot.
After which a new Vaudeville, entitled MADEMOISELLE
AGATHE. Jean-Felicien Bergeret, M. Achard ; Annette, Mdlle.
Desiree.
To be followed by BABIOLE ETJOBELOT. Jobelot, Achard ;
Babiole, Mdlle. Desiree.
To conclude with LA VIE EN PARTIE DOUBLE. Theo Mlle
Trinq M..A.chard; Amanda, Mdlle. Desiree.
Boxes, 65. ; Pit, 3s. Gd.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s
Boxes and Stalls may be obtainod at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library
33, Old Bond-street.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
ROBERT HOUDIN (et the Paleis Royal, Paris).—Ths
png and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, having
been received with the most enthusiastic admiration, he will con-
Untie his extraordinary SOIREES FANTA'TIQUES at the St.
James's Tkeatre, TO-MORROW, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, -Magic,
and original experimeuts, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Second
Yue Escamotage de Roberts Houdin, fils, and Suspension Ethereene.
Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at kalf-past
Eight, and terminate before Eleven.
Boxes, 45.; Pit, 23.

Boxes and stalls. may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Li-
brary, 33, Old Bond-street , and at the Box-oftice of the Theatre,
which is open daily from Eleven to Five.
In c,impliance with numerous applications, a DAT PERFORM-
ANCE will be given on WED.NESDAY MORNING next, May 24.
Doom open at Two o'clock.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner.
THIS EVENING.
Will be presented THE THREE RED MEN. Principal charac-
ters by Messrs. Y. T, Hicks, Dale, Honner, Herbert, Jones, Butler,
Lewis ; Mrs. Honer, Mrs. SaTille, Mrs. Hicks, Miss Terry, and Miss
Xichardson.
After which. MY UNCLE'S CARD.
To conclude with THE DREAM AT CEA.
Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairler.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Last 11,1 bat One of Mr. Van Amburgh's Engagement.
Immense bit of the Easter Spectacle. Overflowing houses to wit-
ness the celebrated Mr. Van Amburgh and his unequalled collection
of trained animal, amongst which will be found the greatest no-
velty ever seen, a Black Tiger, the first ever known to mingle with
other animals, and has hitherto been considered untameable.
THIS EVEN IN G,
Will be presented a grand romantic Spectacle, written by Boyle
Barnard. Esq., expressly to introduce Mr. Van Amburgh in his
astounding performance, founded upon a passage in Eugene Sue's
celebrated novel of "The Wandering Jew," and will be produced un-
der the title of MOROK., THE BEAST TAMER. Armand Dugard,
Mr. Tan Amburgh.
The Spectacle will be succeeded by an incomparable routine of Mr.
Batty's Scenes of the Arena, and en entirely novel entree, entitled
THE GRAND CAROUSAL.
To conclude with a Legendary petite Spectacle entitled, THE
GOLDEN-FOOTED STEED ; or the Charmed Horse of the Valley.
During the recess the Theatre has been entirely re-decorated.
Box-otlice open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
No communication can be attended to unless authenti
cated b,y tne name and address o, the writer.
Rejected communications cancot be returned.

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 19.
THZEMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 62; Noon, 55.

BAROMETER, 29.78.

WIND S.S.W.; morning, squally; afternoon, showery.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 41 min. after 2 I Evening 59 .. min. after 2

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