The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-05 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

On the 31st of May the anniversary dinner of the
medical officers of the army took place at the Thatched
House, St. Jatnes's• street, when Sir C. M. Clarke, Bart.,
presided.
Previous to the dinner a deputation, consisting of 40
officers of the department, waited upon Sir James
11'G-rigor for the purpose of presenting a valedictory
address upon his retirement from the office of director-
general. The address, which was read by Dr. Skey,
inspector-general of hospitals, expressed in very strong
language the sense entertained by the department of
the services of their late chief, and of the zeal and ability
with which he had conducted the important office of
director-general for thirty-six years.

ASCOT RACE S.
(THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS.)

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T B E

ST. JAMES'S THEAIRE.
FRENCH PLAYS.

Last evening was the second of the engagement of
Madlle. Rachel, and she played the part of Roxane, in
Bajazet. The character of Roxane is a compound of
imperious haughtiness, combined with the most biting
and sarcastic irony; and Madlle. Rachel delivered the
cutting sarcasms with which the part abounds with the
most withering effect, whilst she was, at the same time,
the most fierce and imperious of tyrants. She played
with immense power, and made every point tell most
effectively. The house was crowded, and the perform-
ance was applauded to the echo.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
A five act version, by Mr. Skins, the author of the
Templar, of Alexandre Dumas' 6Mademoiselle de Belle
Isle, which was some few years since one of kladlle.
Plessy's moat popular impersonations at the St. James's
Theatre, and in which kladlle Rachel is, we are told,
shortly to appear, was produced at the Royal Princess's
last night, under the title of the Duke's Wager. This
is not, however, the first adaptation of this play that has
apppeared on the English stage. Some ten or twelve
years since a version of it was produced at Drury-
lane, under the title of A Night in the Bastille, on
which occasion poor Elton and Mrs. Stirling sus-
tained the characters which were last night per-

formed by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean. The scene is
laid at Chantilly during the early part of the reign of
Louis XV., and at the opening of the play we find the
Duke de Richelieu (Mr. Alfred Wigan) on a visit to the
Marchioness de St. Prie (Mrs. Winstanley), formerly a
flame of his, but which said flame has long since, so far
as he is concerned, been extinguished. In the very
recklessness of profligacy he offers a bet to the young
nobles, by whom helix surrounded, that he will induce the
first lady they meet to grant him an assignation in
her chamber at midnight. Now it so happens that
the first lady they meet is Mademoiselle Lestelle
de Belle Isle (Mrs. Charles Kean), who has come
to Chantilly to solieit the aid of the Marchioness de St.
Prie in obtaining fur her an interview with her father
the Marquis de Belle Isle, who is confined in the Bas-
tille; the Marchioness, who has her own reasons for
seeking an interview with Richelieu, procures for Les-
toile an order to visit the Bastille, and when Lestelle has
sot off for Paris meets Richelieu in Lestelle's chamber.
This trick of comedy, however, threatens to end very
tragically, for Leon St. Mara (Mr. Charles Kean), the
betrothed of Lestelle, has seen Richelieu descending at
midnight from the window of the chamber occu-
pied by Lestelle, and having known of the bet and
staked his honour on the fidelity of his ladye love,
he becomes in a state of frenzy. He seeks Lestelle and
taxes her with her infidelity, she indignantly denies the
accusation and appeals to Richelieu, who coolly says that
certainly the interview did take place, but that if the
lady desires it he will for her sake deny it. The un-
fortunate Lestelle, conscious of her own innocence, yet
not daring to reveal where she had passed the night,
sinks senseless to the ground overcome by the agony of
her feelings. This scene was admirably acted;
the cool nonchalance of Wigan, as Richelieu,
contrasting with and setting off most effec-
tively the intensely impassioned acting of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Kean. St. Mars then chal-
lenges Richelieu, but the arrangement is overheard, and
both are arrested and not released until a promise has
been extorted from cash that the proposed duel shall not
take place. St. Mars is not,.however, to be baulked of
his revenge, and he proposes that they shall throw the
dice to ascertain who of the two shall commit suicide.
The offer is accepted and St. Mars loses; Richelieu treats
the whole as a joke, but St. Mars prepares to die; he
pays a last: visit to Lestelle; but in the meantime a
change of Ministry has taken place, her father is
released from the Bastille, and restored to high office,
there is no longer any necessity for secresy, and every-
thing is explained. St. Mars, however, still feels him-
self bound, as a man of honour, to commit suicide, and
a highly.wrought scene ensues between him and Lee-
tello, which is, however, brought to a conclusion by the
entrance of the Duke de Richelieu, who acknowledges
that he had been mistaken in supposing that he had had
an interview with Madlle. de Belle Isle, and
satisfies the sensitive St. Mars that there is no
necessity whatever for him to commit suicide ; an
opinion in which St. Mars seems to agree, and so
commits matrimony instead. The translator has judici-
ously elaborated the tragical portions of the original and
kept down the light parts, thus making an interesting
dr a;na out of what was originally intended as a high
comedy. Tho pathetic and impassioned acting of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Kean carried the play triumphantly
through, and its announcement for repetition was re-
ceived with enthusiastic applause by a house crowded to
the ceiling. At the conclusion Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean
were called on. The mounting of the play was perfect

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY AND THE EXHIBI-
TION or 1851.—The following notice has just been
issued by the Great Western Railway Company, and
duly signed by Mr. Saunders, the secretary:—" The
directors of the Great Western Railway Company hav-
ing resolved to allow to each of the officers, clerks, and
servants on the establishment of this company leave of
absence for four days, to visit the Exhibition, and a free
pass to and from London for that purpose, to be used at
some period during the months of July, August, or
September, the superintendents of the London and
Bristol divisions, and the heads of :departments, are re-
quired to make out a list of all in their respective dis-
tricts or offices, fixing to each person a particular date
and period of leave of absence, which is to be mainly de-
termined by the exigencies of the service. The arrange-
ments for leave must be so made as, in every instance to
insure the proper performance of every duty, and du©
caution for the safety of trains, &c., the numbers leaving
at any time being limited, so that others may undertake
their duties during their absence. The directors, sub-
ject to this condition, wish that the convenience of the
oldest servants should be first ascertained and consulted,
and as far as practicable, the arrangement for leave, dis-
tributed over the three. months, should be made in a
manner most suitable +:,o the objects of all the company's
officers, clerks, and other servants."
CHEAP RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—The Bristol and
Exeter Railway directors offer a Whitsuntide trip, to
Weston-super-Mare wad back, at a price almost un-
paralleled in the annals of railway travelling, namely,
40 miles for eighteen-pence.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON AND NONTTI-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Rated of
Traffic for the week ending Jane 1:
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £35,779 4 7
Merchandise ..., .. ... 16,339 211
Cattle ... .... ... ... 916 19 0

Total £53,035 6 6
Corresponding wimk last year 46,841 4 9
Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the
traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, Nerth
Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and
Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor-
tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North
Staffordshire Company.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. -- Gross traffic receipts for
the week ending May 31:—
Passengers
Carrying account

... £11,369 8 2
... 2,410 14 4

Total ... ... ... £13,780 3 0
Corresponding week last year... 11,735 19 0

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles
open.)—Traffic for week ending June 1...£15,403 18 1
Corresponding week in last year, (227*
.. ....E13,775 12 9 miles open)

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.— (Miles open, 112. )
Return of traffic for filo week ending May 25:
Railway and canal £4,947 0 0
Corresponding week last year ... 4,567 0 0
Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement With the London and North-Western
Railway Company.
CHESTER AND HOLTTLEAD RAILWAY.....TIRffie for the
week ending June 1 :—.

MAIN LINT.

Passengers ••• ...
Parcels, H. C. and D.
Goods, cattle, &c.
Mails

Total

•..
MObD.

... £1,283 010

... b 915 7
... 453 14 4
... 575 0 0

... £2,371 10 9

Passengers ...
Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• ...
Goods, cattle, &c.

... £37 9;6
1 0 4
... ... 118 13 0

Total

£157 2 10
STEAM-BOATS.

Passengers •••
Parcels, H. C. and D. ... D.

I:200 7 7
13 18 4

Total

... £214 5 11

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JUNE 4.
STOOK EXCIIANGIC. —The market was dull to-day. The
only transaction reported was—Great Western, Original
Stock, 87.

lONERPOOL, JUNE 4.

STOCK EXCHAITG} I.—The share market was steady to-day.
The transactions mere as follow :—Caledonian, 13—East
Lancashire, 151,4—I.,ancashire and Yorkshire, 57,A—London
and North-Western, 1241,4—Ditto, New Quarters, 414
Midland, 54%—Dif:to, Halves, 16 dis.—South-Eastern and
Dover, 241—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 21—York and
North Midland, 23—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 8%.

MANCHESTER, JUNE 4.
Srocx ExcRANG x.—The market has been dull to-day,
and very little business doing. The transactions were as
follow :—East Lancashire, Quarters, 15%—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 57—Lomi.en and North-Western, New Quarters,
p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 30—South-
Eastern and Dover, 24—South Staffordshire, 3 3.16 dis.
BI BMINGHADI, JUNE 4.
BIOME EXCHANG) B.—The share market was languid to-
day. The only transaction was in Shropshire Unions, at
5C6s. 3d. die.

LUCIT RECOrEILY or 500/.—On Monday as Mr.
George Travel, who was removing from :a house he had for
some years occupiod in a yard in Angel row, was clearing
out the last fragments of his household stuff, he directed a
labourer to take 3 candle and look into a dark and dirty
cupboard under tb e stairs, to see whether anything was left
there which requii.ed clearing out. The man, after groping
for some time through a mass of accumulated dirt and
small rubbish, 1 aid bold of something more bulky and
heavy, which, up on dragging forward to the light, proved to
be a bag of gold--500 sovereigns !—which the careful owner
had deposited tlwre some live or six years ago and quite for-
gotten ! They were, however, now speedily laid hold of,
and immediately, for better safety in future, deposited by
their owner with his banker.—Nottingham Mercury.

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YANKEE9.—NearIy all the suicides in this
country are by foreigners. Yankees rarely make away with
themselves ; for nearly every one thinks be has a chance of
becoming President— and, at any rate, his curiosity prompts
him to live VD, just to no what he will come W.... American.
Paper. ' .

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AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.

We have received by the arrival in the Mersey this
evening of the Liverpool and United States mail
steamship Arctic, Luce Commander, from New
York, our usual dispatches from that city of the 24th
ult. She encountered fine weather during her run,
and arrived in the river at 5 20 r.w., bringing 160
passengers, 470,000 dolls. specie on freight, and the
usual mails.

The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Com-
stock, with Liverpool mails of the 14th ult., arrived
out at New York on the 24th, at 5 30 r.m., after a
remarkably fast run of 10 days 12 hours and 40 mi-
nutes, mean time.

The United States mail steam-ship Ohio, with

1,250,000 dolls. specie on freight, the San Francisco
mail of April 15th, Chagres mails of the 14th ult.,
and Havannah of the 17th, arrived at New York on
. .

the night of the 21st; and the N. Scott, with
19,724 dolls. specie on freight, on the 22d ult.
From the United States our political accounts by
this arrival are not important, except as they prove
the growing popularity of the Hon. D. Webster as a
candidate for the Presidency. He had delivered at
Buffalo several splendid orations, advocating the cause
of Union.
Letters from Baltimore of the 22d ult. state that

twenty-five men arrested in Florida as Cuba conspi-
rators had arrived there, and add that during the
previous month 1,600 suspicious men had been on the
coast, but had dispersed.
The United States Cabinet had published the
new apportionment table of representatives under
the new census; it gives New York thirty-two
members.

A clipper ship of large tonnage was about to be
built in New York for British capitalists, in order to
meet the competition in the China trade.
The screw steam-ship City of Pittsburg, for the
Philadelphia and Liverpool station, would be launched
at New York in four weeks.

Mr. Martin F. Tupper and M. Cabet, the Icarian
philosopher, are passengers to Liverpool in the Arctic.
Advices from Boston of the 23d ult. say the Hon.
Caleb Cushing has introduced into the Legislature a
Bill to aid in the construction of the European and
North American Railway, authorising an issue of
State scrip to the amount of 500,000 dollars, bear-
ing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum,
payable semi-annually, and the principal redeemable
in twenty years, for the use and benefit of the said
road whenever it shall be organized, with 1,000,000
stock subscribed for and 500,000 dolls. paid in. The
State of Maine has made a similar grant of 500,000
dolls. in money scrip, or an equivalent form, satisfac-
tory to the Governor and Council. It was thought
there the Bill would pass.
Letters from Toronto of the 23d ult. announce that
the Government had on that day suffered a defeat in
the Legislative Assembly, in resisting a motion to
introduce a Bill for preventing the expenditure of
public money not previously authorised by the Par-
liament, and for restraining the granting of pensions.
It was the first division of the session, and the votes
stood 26 to 25.

The address in answer to the Royal Speech was
carried without a division.

A boy had been carried over the Niagara Falls.
Letters from Ohio (three days later) of the 18th of
April state that Brazil had declared the slave trade
piracy, but give no details.
Letters from Tehuantepec, Mexico, received at
New Orleans, state that the Mexicans had refused to
allow the landing of cargo of the United States.
Other accounts state that great excitement prevailed,
and that the passengers by an American steamer had
been detained.

Accounts from the city of Mexico of the 3d ult.,
received in New York via New Orleans, by tele-
graph, confirm the report, but give no information on
the affairs of Mexico. Other letters from the capital
of Mexico, dated the 26th of April, and Vera Cruz
the Ist ult., state that a loan from the United States
Government was in contemplation.
The Universal of the 24th of April says :

" The House of Representatives approved yesterday
the resolution taken by the Senate to grant 80 days' re.
spite to the committee of both branches to try to effect
arrangements of compromise with the public creditors."
The Cabinet of Mexico have granted a respite of
six months to the company which was engaged to
establish the line of wires for a magnetic telegraph
communicating between Vera Cruz and Mexico.
The Indians continued their,depredations in Du-
rango and other states in the north.
Letters from Havannah of the 7th state that stocks
of sugar had accumulated to 215 boxes. Quotations
are lower—whites, 71 to Bi. Coffee, 7k to 81;
stock small and business stiffening. Molasses up to
1i to 2. Freight to Europe, 555. Exchange on
London, 7i premium, with a few small sales at to
8. Political affairs were quiet.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, MAT' 24.

United States stocks have been in request during the
week, and prices have had an upward tendency. Sixes
of '56 may be quoted at 1081 to 109; Sixes of '62, 112 k
to 1131; Fives of '53, 104 to 103. York State stocks
are in request, but the amount offering is stiffening.
Money is exceedingly abundant for all legitimate busi
ness purposes, and at lower rates of interest than in
former seasons. Our export of the precious metals con-
tinues to be heavy. The Arctic takes out from 400,000
dolls. to 500,000. The recipts from California this week
have been about 1,500,000 dolls.
Foreign exchange has been rather dull for the last
three days. We quote London, 110 k to 110 i; Paris,
5 8i; Amsterdam, 41i to 41i.
Cotton—The market, under the influence of the
Africa's unfavourable advices, has for the last three days
been unsettled and quite dull, still we cannot quote
by the, sales made more than a 4 cent decline.
There has not been much disposition shown to press
sales, although a further decline is expected by the
next steamer from Liverpool. The total receipts to
latest dates at all the shipping ports are 2,142,205 bales,
against 1,874,398 to same date last year—an increase
this season of 267,807 bales. The total foreign export
this year is 403,669 bales more than last—say, 303,053
bales increase to Great Britain, 40,974 increase to
France, 41,452 increase to North of Europe, and 18,187
increase to other foreign ports. Shipments from southern
to northern ports are 119,530 sales less this season than
last, and there is a decrease in stock of 3,570 bales. The
sales since our last are 2,400 bales, making a total for
the week of 10,000 bales. Wo quote Atlantic ports—
inferior, nominal; low to good ordinary, 8 to 8i; low to
good middling, 9to 9i; middling fair to fair, 10k to
10i; fully fair to good lair, 11; Florida and other gulf
ports, nominal, E to 8i; nominal, 8 to 9; Florida,
nominal, 3. Total amount from all the ports for the
last three days has been 4,915 bales. Total imports
since the Ist inst., 31,966 bales. Export from the
United States since the Ist of September, 1850,
1,515,811 bales; same time, 1849, 1,112,142.

Breadetuffs—The export trade for flour is quite light at
the advanced rates. We quote common States and
mixed Wester❑ at 4 dolls. 25c.; good brands of Michi-
gan and Ohio, 4 dolls. 25c. to 4 dolls. 371 c.; pure
Genesee, 4 dolls. 50c. to 4 dolls. 6*. Rye flour sells
at 3 dolls. 37ic. to 3 dolls. 44c.

DEATH OF MRS. BEVERLEY.—The Sheffield Times
states that this lady died lately at Sunderland, having
reached the age of 76. Upwards of thirty years ago we re-
collect her acting at the Regency Theatre, Tottenham-street,
Tottenham-court-road, London. Her husband was then the
lessee. Mrs. Beverley's forte was the tragic. Henry Be-
verley made his debtit there. Mrs. Beverley has left a large
family behind her. We have already made mention of one
of them, Mr. 11. Beverley. We will now add the names of
Mr. Robert Roxby, stage manager of the Lyceum, and Mr.
Beverley, the artist to that establishment. They are both
men of considerable talent, and although of different names,
their parentage is the same.

CLACKMANNAN ANB KINROSS ELECTION.---The
nomination of candidates to supply the vacancy created is
these united counties by the death of General Morison, took
place on Tuesday at Dollar, where an immense assemblage
of people were collected from all the neighbouring towns and
villages, the greatest interest being excited in Mr. Adam,
younger, of Blair-Adam, and Mr. Johnstone, of Alva. She-
riff Tait having read the writ, Mr. Haig, of Dollarfield, se-
conded by Mr. Morrison, of Smithfield, proposed Mr. John-
stone ; and Mr. Stein oellattonburn, seconded by Captain
Christie, proposed Mr. Adam. The two candidates then ad-
dressed the electors at great length. Both professed them-
selves to be Liberals and Free-traders, and were loudly
cheered by their respective partisans. A show of hands was
then taken by the Sheriff, which was declared to be in fa-
vour of Mr. Johnstone. A poll was demanded, and the
polling is fixed for Thursday and Friday. The contest will
be a very keen one.

PRICE OF REFRESHMENTS AT THE EXHIBITION.—
The following incident is stated to have occurred on one of
" the shilling days" last week :—" A group of French artifi-
cers of a superior kind—apparently goldsmiths and jewellers,
from the attention which they paid to the display of British
manufacture from Storr and Mortimer's, and Morel's, and
from the criticism they passed on it, moved towards the
door • and one of them, mustering up his best English, in-
quired, Am I defended to return once mores?' The police-
man on duty, with quick philological promptness, under-
stood the man, and replied, If you go out, you can't come
in without paying again.' Whereupon there was a universal
shrugging up of shoulders among the party, who expressed
to each other their violent sensations of hunger and thirst.
The spokesman. again addressing the policeman, asked if
there was anything to be had to eat? whereupon X 25 with
great gravity pointed out to the refreshment alley ; and, with
hands dug deep in their breeches pockets, the foreigners
strode away, till they halted full in front of the sandwiches '
and cherry brandy. How moosh ? asked the Coryphnus,
holding up a sandwich about the size of a crimpet. Six-
pence." Tiens! (letting it fall, as Trim let fall his hat,
plump down, and turning to his compatriots), douze sous
pour ces petits morceaux du pain et jambon 1' A universal
'erre tiens I diable ! ran through the little crowd ; and,
stroking their beards and moustaches, they turned gloomily
away, and walked out of the building."
NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS BY THE LORD MAYOR.
—At the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday, the Lord Mayor,
according to ancient custom, nominated the following free-
men of London to be publicly put in nomination for the office
of sheriff on Midsummer-day :—Mr. John Thomas Norris,
spectacle maker; Mr. Thomas Cotterell, cordwainer ; Mr.
Thomas Shepperson, spectacle-maker, and Mr. Joseph
Turnley, merchant taylor.
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