The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-30 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL .NEWS.
CITY. TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, of which 800 American were taken
for export, and 500 for speculation. The market was steady
at previous rates. -- In Railway Shares a fair business was
done at improved prices.
In the Colonial Markets there has been an excessive supply
of most articles of produce this week, and this has been
followed by a general reduction in prices. ' Sugar has been
cheaper, but a good deal has been disposed of. Coffee has
been very dull even at reduced rates, and Spices have ruled
in favour of buyers. Tea, after being neglected, seems to be
again more freely taken as regards some descriptions suitable
for shipment. Tallow leas been firmer Cotton has continued
heavy, the accounts from America advising a further de-
cline. In Spices sales have been made on lower terms.
A Parliamentary return has been completed which spe-
cifies the particular cow tries whence grain was imported at
given dates. Taking the years 1849 and 1850 for Wheat and
Wheat Flour, the aggregates are 613,600 and 537,030 quar-
ters from the United States, 140.753 and 78,857 quarters
from Canada, 758,833 and 1,145,405 quarters from France,
3,144,568 and 2,787,198 quarters from all parts of Europe ex-
cept France, and from Asiatic Turkey, and 164,721 and
281,773 quarters from other places. In the first quarter of
1851 the imports from the United States were 171,626 quar-
ters, from Canada 1,235 quarters, and France 390,058 quar-
ters, and the total, with other places, was 4,830,263 quarters.
A statement of the quantity of cheese imported into the
United Kingdom last year, gives the total at 347,802 cwts.,
including 268,910 cwts. from Europe, 78,707 from the United
States, and 184 cwt. from the British possessions.
In some remarks upon banking in India, the Banker'.s
Magazine states :
" At a meet•ng of the directors of the Bank of Bengal at
Calcutta, on the 13th of March, the secretaryship was finally
disposed of, Mr. William Grey, of the Bengal Civil Ser-
vice, being the fortunate candidate. Mr. Grey is a writer of
1840, and is stated to be a man of considerable talent. In
1F47 he was appointed Under-Secretary to the Government
16% 86 of India, in the Home and Financial Departments. In
85 54j4 1848 he was appointed in the same capacity to the Foreign
Department. In 1850 he was appointed Private Secretary
o to the 'eputy-Governor, and President of the Council. His
father was brother to the celebrated Lord Grey, and he is,
(5834
67 consequently, first cousin to the present Lord. lie has, of
course, had no experience in mercantile and banking mat-
ters; but, with his reputed talents, he w.ll have no difficulty
in becoming au fait. The commercial delinquencies of Cal-
cutta, and the bad odour in which this city is, may be safely
charged, we fear, with this return to the Civil Service for a
aoorctary.
" Mr. Grey has now before him a task to which, it is to:be
hoped, he will address himself with vigour, earnestness, and
[125 %
34 determination. Banking in India, and especially in Calcutta,
has not kept pace with the times, and is far, very far behind
the improvements in England. Complaints have reached
us occasionally, of the adherence to forms, and of the multi-
plication of cheques, whereby business is considerably im-
peded. It is time all this were remedied. Every facility
consistent with safety should be afforded to the public, and
the directors and managers of all the India banks would
cheaply purchase an improved system of transacting busi-
ness, where they to depute one of their clerks to England
to study, practically, the working of our London insti-
tutions.
" Mr. Charles Hogg, we understand, unless compelled by
sickness, would not vacate his seat before the Ist of May.
The English Funds have been a shade under yesterday's
value, Consols realising 97i for Money and Time. The
" continuation" to July has been about* per cent. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 98 to
and the Three per Cent. Annuities 97 to Exchequer-bills
have been at 425., and India Bonds at 495. to 525. premium.
East India Stock is at 2601. Money is still in demand
among the jobbers, owing to the settlement of the Foreign
and Share Acc ,unts.
Spanish Five per Cents. are 20k, and the Passive Bonds
Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 32 to 32i. Mexican
Stock has been quoted 84i to 1. Peruvian is at 83. Equa-
dor Bonds have been at 3i. The amount of business done in
Foreign Securities has been very restricted, and prices are
not buoyant.
Railway Shares support the ac:vanced prices of yesterday,
but the business doing is extremely limited. Much con-
fidence is manifested by the Bulls, and they have met their
differences well. At present the chief occupation is to get
through the settlement, and this restricts the operations.
Consols now are 97'3i to 98. Mexican is 343 j to 35.
QUARTER TO THREE,

Consols ••• 91.
Ditto Account, June 10 ...

97;

... 97i 58
ONE PRICES OF BRITISHrcrNDs O'CLOCK. P CLOSING
RICEs.
3 ;;e• ...,ent. itediut*id Anne.
3 per Cent. Consols Asmuities...
t/tor 34 per Cent. Anns.. .....
Yit,%s Long Anns. to expire Jan. I R6O 7% 7 5-16 7%
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. —7%
India Stockh
260% 260%
la,t Bonds, 1,0004_ ..... .......
Ditto under 1,0001.„......
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Console, tor Account 97',84
Rachequer Bills. 14d3/. 97%
1.000/.
42 p
Small. .. .......... „
Ditto Advertised .............

42 p
CLOKNO
PRICES,
103
64 IA
394

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Chili= Bonds 6 per Cent —
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent.
Ditto, Deferred
Msxican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ..-..-. 344
Ditto, Account ...
Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent-
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto. 4 per Cent.
ItlsAifill Honda
Ditto, 414 per Cent
S per Cent. 1840
Ditto Account.--
Ditto, Passive 53
Ditto. 3 per Cent.
Venezuela Bonds, 214 per Cent ...
Ditto. Deferred ..................
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21/ per Cent. 12 Guild.... 59i,4
Ditto 4 per ..;.nr. 4-:erntwatom 89? 90 89%

ItaLOYD'S tifil PPING.—t THIS DAY. ►
LoNnow, MAY 20.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W., light
breeze and cloudy.
STRANRAER, MAY 24.—The Warree, of Dundalk, from
Ayr to Poulton, with pig iron, lost her foremast, &c., off Ailsa
Craig, yesterday.
RENDSBURGH, MAY 26. —The Christina, from Bremen to
Stettin, has put in here to-day with mast sprung, and must
repair.
BEEstunA, MAY 4.—The Concordia, from Calcutta to
Boston, has put in here, disma,ted.
DEAL, MAY 29.—Wind W.N. W. to N.N. E. ; P.3f • E.N.E.
to E.—Arrd. Bertha, Erkers, St. Domingo; Ingleborg,
Christansand ; Maria, Highlander, and Lord Metcalf, Cal-
lao. Arrd. from the River and sld , Eliza Caroline, Row-
land, Sydney, New South Wales; Dauntless, Ceylon; Al-
landale, Cape of Good Hope; Juliana, Buenos Ayres; Par-
rock Hull, St. Kitts ; Fantome, Jamaica ; August, Costa
Rica; Nereid, Porto Rico; INT) vern, Mogadore; Huntress,
Galatz. Sid. John W. Dare, Riga.
CLYDE, MAY 29.—Arrd. Norval, Wallace, Barbadoes;
Three Brothers, Knowlton, Cardinas. Sld. Breadalbane, Cal-
cutta; Thalestris, Barbadoes; Merchant, Antigua.
BosroN, MAY 12. - The Delia Walker, of Newbury Port,
br and to Ca'cutta, which was on shore near San Francisco
Ist April, has been got off and put into the latter port to
repair.

Mr. Baron .463Easolir said the Court would grant a rule to
show cause ws,y there should not be a new trial, unless the
Learned Counsel had the consent of the other side to enter a
nonsuit.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
ROSETTI U. GURNEY.
This action was tried at Liverpool, when a verdict was
found for the plaintiff for 2,0001. It wag brought on a
policy of insurance effeeted in the Alliance Office, to recover
the value of a cargo of corn, which was stranded off the
coast of Cork in a vessel called the Hebe. The ship was
of erwards taken into Cove, and part of her cargo was dis-
charged, then dried, and sold for 4,0001. The corn was
originally insured for 6,000/, and the action was instituted
to recover the difference between that sum and the proceeds
of the sale. A rule for a ne,v trial was subsequently ob-
tained, and it came on for argument during last term.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE now delivered the judgment of
the Court. The question was, whether the loss was partial
or total ; if total the verdict for the plaintiff was to stand ;
if partial the defendant was to succeed, provided he paid into
court an amount sufficient to cover the loss. The Court
were of opinion that the loss could not be construed as a
total loss, for the evidence showed that it was a partial loss
only; and inasmuch as the due test between total and par-
tial losses was not, in the opinion of the Court, submitted to
the jury. they thought there ought to be a new trial.
Rule absolute accordingly.

DAIL Couitir.—crni
(Sitting in Banco, before Mr. Justice Wicismor.)
THE QUEEN V. CIIILCOTT.
Mr. HUDDLESTOIE applied to the Court for a rule to show
cause wby a writ of certiorari, which had been granted to
remove an indictment for perjury from the Old Bailey into
this court, should not be rescinded. The certiorari was
issued under the impression that the case would involve
some nice points of law, but so far from anything of the sort
being likely to arise, the simple question to be decided was,
whether or no the defendant had sworn falsely on
the trial of a cause in the Shoreditch County Court. The
defendant swore that he had not been furnished with a cer-
i tain invoice, which had the effect
.of defeating a claim,.that
was made against him ; and all, therefore, that would have
to be proved and decided on the indictment for perjury was
the mere fact that he did receive the invoice in
question,
t was another ground upon which the prosecofnuatsponirrouspocehrztyah:;
to set aside the certiorari, and that was this. Theu--
which the defendant had put in was defective, i ball
one of the parties who bad become bound for his appearance,
at Islington,
and who as represented to be a gentleman
turned out to be an occasional waiter residing
whose wife took in washing.—Application granted.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
(THIS DAY)
As we anticipated, yesterday was the most crowded day
which the Exhibition has experienced since its opening;
54,669 persons passed through the doors in the course of the
day,of whom 7,080 were seas n-ticket holders, and consequently
the receipts in shillings were 2079/ 7s. This morning was
the first of the half-crown days, and the executive have now
experience of the working of every item in the tariff of
prices at first laid down. At one o'clock 19,749 persons had
passed through the doors, of whom more than 8,000 passed
through in the first hour. The class of visitors was, perhaps,
more aristocratic than that of yesterday, and a greater
sprinkling of season ticket-holders was observable, as might
have been expected from the week's comparative ex-
clusion which they have been suffering. To-morrowi
we expect they will rush to the
Palace
ce n
i-sed,
crowds to compensate for the four days they
and as far as the receipts are concerned.
that they will reach a higher amount than e
w e have hvaevre.n no n
dNotou bet
single accident, or contra temps of any deenPtion, occurred
during yesterday, notwithstanding the immense
time
of open-
visitors continually hurrying about, from number of
the
ing to the closing hour.

EAWI. INDIA.— Mauritius has been dull at 37s 6d to 38s
6d for mid yellow; Bengal has been 6d to is cheaper; line
white Benares 41s to 42s 6d, tine grainy yellow 42s 6d to 445,
and low yellow 8 s 6d to 3.? s Gd; Ceylon, ord and mid 'yel-
lew went at 35s Gd to 37s ; Manilla was taken in at 37s 6d
fur good clayed, and at 37s for damaged.
FOREIGN.—Prices have ruled lower. Porto Rico fine yel-
low brought 41s to 41s 6d, and ord to good 28s to 40s 6d;
low to bright yellow has been taken in at 358 to 4ls . Bahia
was all bought in, low to good white 39s to 41s, and brown
33s 6d to 37s 6d ; Havannah has realised 36s to 38s for ord
to mid yellow, and 39s to 4ls 6d for good and fine. Ha-
vannah in bo ,d has been sold is to 2s lower; white low to
good 25s 6d to 295.
COFFEE.-- The market has been very depressed. Native
Ceylon has been as low as 39s and 38s 6cl for good ord.
Plantation has also declined; good and fine ord has been
sold at 42s to 465, tine fine ord and low mid at 47s to 495,
and good at 60s. Costa Rica was taken in at 45s for fine
fine ord. Jamaica went at 80s to 90s for fine, and at 47s
to 49s for low mid and mid. African good ord, rather dusty,
went at 35s to 35s 6d. Batavia sold at 36s 6d to 37s for
ord. La Guayra was taken in at 51s to 53s for fine ord.
Mocha, pea-berry sold at 665, and triage at 40s to 45s per cwt.
COCOA.—Grenada has been taken in at 36s to 40s for mid
grey to good red, and at 34s to 35s for ord grey; St. Vincent
has been sold at 355.
SPICES.—White Pepper has been' rather lower, viz., 515 d
to 71,id per lb. Jamaica Ginger has been cheaper, the
prices having ranged from 59s to 80s. Pimento has de-
clined to 41/4d to 5d per lb for mid to good. Mace has been
taken in at 2s 3d per lb. Cassia Lignea sold at 96s to 100 s
per cwt.
SALTPETRE.-• Bengal has been at 24s 6d to 25s for 97.1 to
10%lbs refraction.
COTTON —This article has continued dull.
A/nowt:oar. St. Vincent has been sold at 2d to 7d per
Ib; Jamaica at 4d; and Bermuda at is Olhd.
RICE —Business has been very restricted.
TEA.—Although the general market is dull, the common
descriptions of Congou have been in request during the last
few days.
Rum.—The market has been inactive.
TALLOW.—P. Y. C. has been 37s 3d to 37s Gd per cwt on
the spot.
GREEN Futfrr.—The low price of all kinds is in favour
of consumption. 1,000 boxes Messina Oranges, and 500
boxes Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public auction,
sold freely at a reduction of Is to Is 6d per box. Lemons
are being forced off at low prices, particularly Messina,
which have suffered in condition from being kept in stock.
No improvement in Nuts.

CHANCE Y.-(THIS DAY.)
HARDING V DARTNELL.
The arguments in this appeal motion, which have already
occupied the Court several days, were resumed this morning.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
Several unimportant cases were argued before his Honour
,his morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Vice-Chancellor KNICaIT BRCCE.)
His Honour was occupied this morning with unopposed
petitions.

(Before Lord CRANWORT.)
Nothing of importance was brought before his Lordship
this morning._

(
Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.)
ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BISHOP OF WORCESTER.
The arguments in this petition, relative to the Kidder-
minster Grammar School, were resumed this morning.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
Nothing of interest came before the Court this morning
that would justify a report.

EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
SMITH V. STEVENS.
The Court made the rule absolute in this case.
LAmBERT V. STEINAN
This action was tried before the Lord. Chief Baron at the
last sittings in London, when a verdict was found tor the de-
fendant. The plaintiff was a solicitor, and it appeared at
the trial that he had been induced to join the defendant un-
der the representation that he had obtained a concession
from the Belgian Government for the formation of an electric
telegraph communicating with thatcountry. The scheme ulti-
mately failed, and the present action was instituted to recover
back the money on the ground of want of consideration. The
defendant pleaded nunquam indebitatus. The chief evi-
dence adduced on the part of the plain• iff was that of the
plaintiff's son, who said when he went to demand payment
of the money the defendant admitted that he owed it, but
refused to settle with the plaintiff until he should consent to
pay some counter claims which he alleged he had against
him. On this evidence, and under his Lordship's direction,
the jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
Mr. R. MARTIN now moved for a rule to show cause why
there should not be a new trial. on the ground of
misdirection by the Learned Judge ; and, secondly,
of the verdict being contrary to the evidence.
The misdirection consisted in his Lordship's directing the
jury that there was no evidence that it was a bubble scheme,
or that there was a failure of consideration. His Lordship
had also assumed that the defendant had only agreed to
pay the money on condition that the plaintiff settled the
claims which it was suggested the defendant had upon him.
The Learned Counsel contended that as no. plea of set-off was
pleaded by the defendant, he could not bring forward such
a defence to a debt which was fairly and honestly due.
There was a repudiation of the contract originally made, and
the plaintiff was, therefore, entitled to recover his money un-
der the count for money had and received.
Mr. Baron PLATT--There is no direct evidence of an ac-
tual payment of money, nor of the terms on which it was
lent.
Mr. MARTIN said there was a distinct admission on the
part of toe plaintiff that he owed the money.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON said there was no evidence to show
that it was a bubble scheme.
Mr. banns assured his Lordship that the scheme deserved
that designation, and expressed his surprise that a gentleman
who was a practising attorney should have been so "green"
as to be taken in by it.—(A laugh.)
The CHIEF BARON said all the evidence was that the
scheme had commenced and gone on to a certain extent, and
then that certain liabilities were incurred. It then appeared
that Mr Steinan said he would pay back all the money he
owed, if the plaintiff would take upon himself a portion
of the liabilities. He could not see how the Learned
Counsel could term it a bubble scheme. He recollected that
when gas-pipes were first laid down in Pall mall with the
view of attracting attention to this new mode of lighting,
the company stated that for the sum of 5/. persons might
realise as much as 1,200/. a-year if they invested it in that
specul tion. The company succeeded, and now every part
of the kingdom was illuminated with gas. This migh, have
been treated in the first insta,co as a bubble or
a fraud ; but it was n such thing, though the profit held out
as likely to arise from it was outrageously large.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON thought it was impossible to say
what was and what was not a bubble scheme. If they went
to extremes everything was, in fact, a bubble, until it was
proved to be solid. 1 t was once declared absurd to expect
that a vessel could ever go against wind and tide, but vessels i
now crossed the Atlantic, notwithstanding they had to en-
counter
such obstacles.
Mr. Baron MARTIN also reminded the Learned Counsel
that a Committee of the House of Commons some years ago
pronounced against the possibility of carriages travelling on
railways at a quicker speed than fourteen miles an hour.
Mr. MARTIN said he was well aware of the facts men-
tioned by their Lordships. Here was, however, a distinct
statement, sworn positively to, and not contradicted, that
the defendant admitted he owed the money, and as he had
neglected or failed to carry out the undertaking, he had
broken the contract, and therefore rend, red himself liable to
refund the money.

OF d SOX.
On the .6th inst., in Upper Brook-street, Mrs. Harcourt
Johnson, of an heir.
On the 27th inst., at Plas Madoc, Denbighshire, the wire
of G. li. Whalley,

On the 27th inst. at Southernhay, Exeter,
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On
tthbee2237dthininst., at Reading, tridge, Esq., late Roger Par'
of Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-squarer
aged 79.
On the 26tla g, H. O. Hall, Esq., aged 93.
flt.s,tat Bedfnrd, W. Parker, Esq., aged 93.
eldest d i ~ at Littleha
Loyal Humane aughter of the Rev. E. Barnard, rector of Alverstoke,
Yesterday the barometer at the Roy a
95
deg. Hants, aged 63.
mpton, Marianne Beadoe'
Society's Receiving Home, Hyde-park, stood tt,
Fahrenheit. In the evening an immense number o persons.
assembled to bathe in the Serpentine, and at half-past eight
o'clock nearly 3,000 wore counted in the water at the ague
time.

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bliddleing Friday Blax 30, joi.

PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE.
A two-act comic piece, based on a French comic drama:
and entitled The Poor I?elation, was produced here last
night, with complete success. Dr. Bolts, a quack dodo,
(Mr. Tilbury), enables the poor relation, Sam Warren (Mr.
Rogers), to assume the appearance of being irstalled in
wealth and splendour, which afibrds him ample opportucitl
for developing the toadyism of his cousins, Messrs. Hobson!
Dobson, and Jobson, gentlemen well to do in the world, but
of niggardly souls, who, in the days of Mr. Warren's povert)Lc'
treated him with sovereign contemp .„
t. The manner in which
these worthies are duped affords a rich amount of fun. J"rci
Copeland is indefatigable in the production of agreeable in.,
attractive novelties, and spares no pains to flier!,
the patronage of the play-going world. A crihee,
in the Daily News very justly remarks that tb
off pring of the joint efforts of two of our comic writers--
Mr. Augustus Mayhew and Mr. Sutherland Edwards--con"
tains the materials of real comedy situations that interest.
and characters that amuse. The dialogue has a great deal
of that facetiousness which belongs to good-natured satire--
the satire that makes you laugh at and with the objects ofs
to a certain degree, at the same time.
(From the Times.)
Le Docteur Cldendent, a vaudeville by M. Varin, produced
last month at the Varietes, made some sensation at Paris'
A quack doctor, in desperate circumstances, finds a boot-
cleaner in the same condition, and makes him a sort of par!: ner. The boot-cleaner has rich relations, and the plan is
pass him off as the possessor of wealth, and thus to extort
presents and property from legachuntin cousins. 1° carry out this plan more effectively the boot-cleaner feigns
illness, and the doctor officiates as medical man. This v$11"
deville, which M. Varin may have built on a notion from Ben
Jonson's Volpone, has been very smartly rendered by Messro•
Augustus Mayhew and S. Edwards, and was produced with
deserved success at Punch's Playhouse last night, with Messrs. Tilbury and Rogers as the principal characters.

SURREY SES S, May 29.
(Before T. PUCKLIC, Esq., and a full Bench of Magistrates.)
SERIOUS CHARGE OF REMOVING RAILWAY DANGIS.
SIGNALS—IMPORTANT CASE. James Crawford, a young
gentleman connected with a family of some distinction, 11°'
siding at Norwood, was convicted of unlawfully and ,
fully removing and throwing away two danger-signel
attached to a railway train on the London and South-Coss,
Railway, thereby endangering the lives of the public.
The CHAIRMAN, in passing sentence said, that the oat'
rageous act was either reckless folly or diabolical wicked'
•‘• but
ness. He was a young man, in a high station of hie, ,
that made his conduct more blameable, and nothing could
excuse such dangerous conduct on his part. Had not b°
been seen by the guards to commit the act, most likely the
following train would have run into the one he was in, and
not only his life been sacrificed, but a vast number of others'
It was the unfortunate duty of the Bench to make an ex:
ample of him, but the Court would not go to its full exteo
in punishing him. They must, however, be very severe, la
a warning to others, consequently the sentence of the Court
was, that be be imprisoned in Brixton House of Correction
for nine months, with bard labour.
The sentence seemed to greatly surprise the prisoner and
his friends, who confidently relied on a penalty being inflicted

JOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIEL—Viscount Mahon pre'
sided last night, and the table was covered with ancient
weapons, particularly those of the Franks, Gauls, and
' Anglc-
Saxons which had been contributed by Mr. Porrett, Mr.
-tb*
Smith, Mr. C. Jones, Mr. Lennox Boyd, and different men'
bers of the society, besides others recently discovered a
Fairford, sent by Mr. W. M. Wyl e, whose election, as well
as that of Richard Ellison, Esq., was fixed for Thursday
next. To the exhibitions, and by way of comparison and il-
lustration, were added weapons of the natives of Australis',
New Zealand, and Ireland, in order to show the similarity of
the modes of attack and defence in all countries before the,
commencement of civilization. After the announcement of
presents, and the examination of two bronze figures, the pro-
perty of M. Putzki, recently discovered in France, Mr. Aker'
man read an elaborate paper of his own, which contained aa,
examination of the claims of early arms to distinction and
notice, either for their age or for their fitness for the purpea°
intended. It also entered into various details -respecting
the circumstances under which many of the objects upon the
table were found, and quoted many ancient authors who bed
written upon the subject. The thanks of the society were/
as usual, voted.
CONSECRATION OF ANOTHER NEW CHURIS At
LIVERPOOL—Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon, at three
o'clock, the Lord Bishop of Chester, attended by a numerous
assembly of the local clergy, consecrated the new church
erected in Crown-street, Liverpool, and dedicated to St.
Stephen the Martyr. After the consecration his Lordship_
preached an impressive and highly-eloquent sermon in aid of
the endowment. funds. Upwards of 7,. UK were subscribed
for the purpose by voluntary contributions, and it is noW
generally understood that a few hundred pounds more will
complete the sum required. There are upwards of 1,000
sittings, of which nearly 600 are entirely free, and 150 more
under 15s. a year.
Lord de Ros and family, the Vicountess de Mos.
corvo and family, the Rev. Mr. Newcome, and the lady and
family of Mr. Cornwall Legh, M.P., proceeded yesterday
morning by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-
ship Soho to Antwerp and the Rhine.
Her Majesty has most graciously signified her in-
tention of accepting the invitation of the Lord Mayor to
grand banquet, to be given in the Guildhall, on the 2d of
July. A committee has been already appointed to make the
necessary preparations, which are to be on a scale of unpre-
cedented magnificence, and will afford the moat ample scope
for civic hospitality, and distinguish the present mayoralty
by a festival of unusual splendour.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert have forwarded,
with their usual liberality, a cheque to pay the expenses of
the children in the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's Society, in
visiting the Great Exhibition on Friday (this day). On
Monday next Mendelssohn's oratorio of Elijah will be per-
formed at St. Martin's-hall, under the support of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, in aid of the funds of that charity.
AFFAIR OF HONOUR.. —A meeting took place on
Wednesday afternoon in the neighbourhood of Osterley-
park, between Mr. V—n and Mr. G—y, in which Sir B.
P-1 acted as one of the seconds. The quarrel arose, it ie
understood, from some disagreement at cards some weeks
since at the 'lt& Club. One of the gentlemen having re'
ceived his opponents fire without effect, discharged his own
pistol in the air, and so the matter terminated.
LORD HOWDEN'S HEALTH,---Letters from Madrid
of the 22d state that Lord Howden's health bad improved
considerably, but his Lordship was suffering under paralysis
of the muscles of the face, brought on by the violence of the
neuralgic attack.
ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY'
—We regret to announce that the absence of this distin-
guished nobleman from her Majesty's levee on Wednesday
was occasioned by a bad, and nearly a dangerous, accident,
which occurred to his Lordship on Tuesday. In going to
inspect his regiment, the 2d Life Guards, when in the act of
mounting a sometimes unruly and vicious horse, the animal
reared so violently as to press the leg and thigh of the Noble
Marquis with great violence against the orderly, who wet;
on horseback holding his charger. The concussion produced
was so great as to occasion the confinement of the Noble
Marquis to his room. The gallant Lord Combernaere offi-
ciated as Gold Stick yesterday in consequence.
THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY WoRKIIEN AND THR
EXIIIBITION.—The directors of the London, Brighton, and
South Coas • Railway have most liberally granted to the
workmen employed in the locomotive and carriage depart-
ments, between 600 and 700 in number, four days' leave of
absence, to visit the Great Exhibition, commencing on Mon-
day next. A special train of forty carriages and two en-
gines will leave the Brighton terminus each morning at a
quarter before seven o'clock, and will return from London
each
made eveningthe Citizen Steam Company for three of their
boats to be ready at the Surrey side of London-bridge to
convey the excursionists to Vest minster-bridge, and to return with them in the evening, in time for the train home. The
men, if they desire it, may remain in London during the
whole period of the four days. Each workman will he pre-
sented with three tickets gratis, to enable him to take his
wife and child; or, if a single man, a friend, or his wife
in
prospective. About 2,000 are expected to avail themselves
of this act of liberality.
Wooz.wicrz Aztrusox
tion is making •here for the celebration of her Majesty's birth-
day, on Saturday. the 31st inst., in a style that has seldom
been equalled in this quarter ; but the public eho may wish
to witness the military spectacle that will take place OP
that day would do well to be on the common at' an early,
it hour, as her Majesty will hold a levee at 2 o'clock r.m.,
1 is probable the whole of the review will be over by 12 or
o'clock. The public should recollect that when the review
took place on the occasion of the visit of the Nepaulese Am-
bassador, the distinguished visitors were on the
ground early
and the review commenced at 9 A.M. precisely. "Th""nds
of persons visited Woolwich to-day, in consequence of the
bills that had been put up last week in the metropolis,ci that
so, and
a review was to take place to-day (the
2
appointed, as the Royal Horse Artillery, _
although no review took place, they were notte 17th Lancers,
9atltogether die-
and Captain Harrison's 9-pounder field-battery
in the presence
of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas ade
excel.
"'
k
lent practice from 10 to half-past 11
Downman,o'clock,
were supplied
mwaidt he
C. 8.,
and his staff. The Royal HorsceovAerrteidliabrye
Y
20 rounds to each gun, and,
ye
were
round the
et hgerocuoz
The Lancers also made some
several excellent manoeuvres.
full gallop. The local pensioners splendid charges across an.dnenresarwl
and at 10 o'clock Colonel
the command of Major For
went through • common,
eart
and as they their platoon
slow and quick time,
Tullob arrived and inspected them as they marched past at
Thel visitors to Wool
each )ensicner being supplied with 10
icli in numer-
ous.
and
doshoefraemxinerucnisiefsfen.
YOUR
known, hoveverOp
all the Dockyard, and
places being the Royal Arsenal, these en to their
rusne aa
il: ring obtained a
in-
spection. i st an c
jets
ought
proceeded dteodabtrload theth
eR Rotunda,
.that the work-
men of the Dockyard
holyday on Saturday, these establishments will be closed on
that day.