The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-04 00:00:00

THE SUN,

BROUGHAM, in the course of which the former declared
that the recent alterations in the bankruptcy laws had
proved a failure,
The Patent•law Amendment Bill was read a third
time and passed, and their Lordships adjourned.
In the House of Commons,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated, that with regard to the
Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill, he should not pro-
pose to make any alteration in the preamble, or in the
first clause of the Bill as it now stood; but he should
move to omit fom the second clause the words introduced
by Sir F. THESIGER with regard to putting in use bulls
from Rome, and those which empowered a common in-
former to sue for the penalties.
The Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill was read a third
time and passed, without a division, after a protest from
Sir R. H. Limas and a speech from Lord JOHN ars-
SELL, who said he was glad to find that Alderman
SALonioNs did not mean to come down to the House
to take the oaths before the other House of Parliament
had decided upon this Bill ; and he hoped that that
House, which had of late evinced a great sensibility re-
specting its own privileges, would consider, after the
House of Commons had for the third time declared its
opinion that Jews ought to sit there, and two bodies of
constituents had elected Jews, whether it was not due to
the representatives of England, and to the great body of
the people, that they should be allowed to consult their
own wishes upon this subject.
The Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee Bill
went through Committee, after a discussion, of which
some observations from Sir J. GRAHAM were the princi-
pal feature.
The Committee on the Woods and Forests Bill occa-
Pied the remainder of the evening.

Yesterday his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT
was received at Ipswich by the British Association.
A peculiar interest attaches itself to the proceedings
of the society upon the present occasion, seeing that
they are just now contemporaneous with the Great
Industrial Exhibition. Added to this the PRINCE
CONSORT'S participation in these proceedings cannot
but invest them with an additional attraction, remem-
bering, as every one does, the brilliant enterprise in
furtherance of the same cause which that illustrious
personage has recently originated. It is satisfactory
therefore, under the unprecedented circumstances of
the case, to observe the enthusiasm of the recep-
tion accorded to the Prince ALBERT throughout the
whole line of his progress down to the head-quarters
of the British Association. The cordiality displayed
by all parties towards himself personally has been
nobly deserved from the first year of his marriage
with our beloved SOVEREIGN, but more especially so
in that year which is destined to be remembered in
our history as one rendered peculiarly remarkable
through his immediate instrumentality. Alluding to
these considerations, the Mayor, aldermen, and bur-
gesses of the borough of Ipswich remarked very
admirably in their official address to his Royal
Highness, "It is our pride to welcome
in your Royal Highness not only the Consort of our
beloved QUEEN, but the supporter of every deserving
institution throughout her dominions; not only the
Chancellor of the great University, but the active
promoter of general eduction upon a broad and na-
tional basis ; not only the patron of all that is high
and noble in British art, but the originator of that
magnificent conception by which the results of the
world's industry and genius have been assembled in
our land for the instruction of admiring nations."
Nothing could have been more gracefully or more
truthfully expressed than this ; and we rest assured
that the sentiments thus articulated, while they will
be echoed by all classes of her MAJESTY'S subjects
throughout the United Kingdom, will more than
compensate the PRINCE CONSORT for his prolonged
and arduous exertions in promoting the inte-
rests at once of Science, of Art, and of In-
dustry. Referring yet more explicitly to the
marvels of the Crystal Palace exposition, the
address already quoted goes on to express the
satisfaction with which the people of Ipswich
hasten to welcome amongst them " the master mind
which originated the great idea," and to the inde-
fatigable efforts of which, it might have been added,
the splendid success of the whole project was mainly,
if not entirely attributable. Having duly received
these warm expressions of regard and congratulation,
the PRINCE responded to them with a like earnest-
ness, and traversing shortly afterwards the various
sections of the association, proceeded to the spot
selected for his residence during his sojourn in the
vicinity, namely, to Shrubland, the seat of Sir W.
MIDDLETON.

According to a custom which has unluckily been
in vogue with some of our contemporaries of late
years, the members of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science have been subjected to
every imaginable impediment in the way of ridicule
and depreciation. This, it should be borne in recol-
lection, notwithstanding the fact that the promoters
of the society number amongst their most prominent
names those most illustrious in the various depart-
ments of the abstract and the physical sciences,
Fortunately the abuse directed against their humane
and elevated proceedings has hitherto been regarded
with that supreme contempt, or rather indifference,
to which it is alone entitled. The philosophers, who
annually assemble in some one or other of the princi-
pal places in the United Kingdom, still pursue the
course upon which they originally adventured, in spite
of all the funny things that could be said about
Geology, and all the "quips and cranks" that
could be indulged in by the punster anent the
pro found researches in Mathematics. This, in fact,
was; the only manner in which these ludicrous
vitup=,rations upon the society could properly have
been received. Tne promoters of the cause of the as-
sociation could not more effectually have set at defi-
ance the spite of their assailants, or have more tho-
roi ughly established, by their dignified silence upon
tho matter, their own capacity to adventure upon
these serene, and in many instances sublime investiga-
tions. Doubtless it would be easy enough for a jocose
observer to raise a laugh by some quaint allusion to
such an item, under Section B.—Chemistry,
&c., as " Dr. Tyndall—On Bubbles." But
that must be a shallow intellect indeed
which could not recognise the possibility of the
witest deductions resulting from these apparent
puerilities. It would be such a narrow-brained
person as the one we have here supposed, who would
infallibly have jeered at FRANKLIN for flying a kite
with a key at the tail of it, have despised NEWTON
for watching the apples fall in his orchard, and have
sneered at GALILEO because his eyes followed the
swaying of the lamp in the cathedral. Yet, scarcely
any one of the most moderate share of information
requires to be told that by these seemingly trivial
means were discovered the identity of lightning and
electricity, the law of gravitation, and the isochronism
of the pendulum.

The report of the Commissioners respecting the
Transatlantic packet station has naturally excited a
storm of indignation in Ireland. Persons of all
classes in society, high and low, rich and poor, Radi-
cal and Conservative, for once agree in denouncing
the conclusion arrived at by the Commissioners, and
the public journals of every shade and variety of
political feeling exhibit, mirabile dictu, a similar
unanimity. We are by no means surprised at the
prevailing excitement. The claims of Ireland have
long been considered as of the most decisive charac-
ter, which only required examination to be
universally recognised. A fierce controversy was
waged as to the particular " port" that should be se-
lected, and many belligerents were ready and willing
to enter the lists on behalf of their respective dis-
tricts. Blacksod Bay, Galway, Limerick, Valentia,
Berehaven, and Cork, had each enthusiastic advo-
cates prepared to wage war a l'outrance in favour of
their different fancies. None, however, supposed
that the prize would be altogether withdrawn,
and none declared worthy to receive it.
The result
com-
plete surprise,
in order to drive away ay therefore been a
and all parties have joined
int attacking the Commissioners, just as opposing fac-
n o
received,
ae : eri
avlesde
d, oj
joyful
the
el
p a partos
pontstinaet:toinltrtirsfherfair used formerly unite their forces
excited their ire te:ce with
the constabulary, whose im,
their innocent amusements
the utmost point.
Hitherto the matte
the public press, that calm
merits. It has been hastreatedand unbiassed considera-
tion which its vast eaira
importance so eminently
as one between thedistricts, rather '
than as affecting the United Kingdom,
rival a party question,
n
1 The anti-Irish journals, of coursoet, on
Ibe decided on imperial and local grounds.
discomfiture
should
:oo thebe
While our
1 as they would have done at any
country which has fallen under their ban
Irish contemporaries have suffered themselves
betrayed by their feelings into too much warmth,
m
and have not examined the matter with the coolness,warth,
1
I essential to a wise and prudent decision.
I The matter is not quite so clear as they seem to

LONDON,

think. There is much to be said on both sides, and
although we do not agree n ith the Commissioners in
the decision at which they have arrived, we cannot
look upon it as an attempt to stifle the truth, or to
carry out a foregone conclusion. Their reasoning is
sufficiently plausible to account for their report on
other and more charitable grounds, and it must be fairly
met and answered by those who wish to set aside the
judgment and obtain a new investigation, which would
certainly be of a more satisfactory character if conducted
by a Committee of the House of Commons, in which
Ireland was fairly represented, rather than by a body
of officials all anxious to support the views of the
Minister for the time being, and to save any new de-
mands on the Exchequer.

There are several points on which we differ from
the Commissioners, each of which, if fairly argued,
would require more space than we could at this mo-
ment devote to the subject. We shall therefore for
the present content ourselves with merely enunciating
general views, which we shall be prepared to support
in detail when the proper occasion may arrive.
And first, the matter has been argued as if it was
merely a question of the transfer from Liverpool of
the entire traffic to some of the Irish ports. New
this is not by any means the correct point of view in
which to regard it; Liverpool has considerable ad-
vantages, in many respects, which cannot be slighted
or despised, and which must always secure to it a
large proportion of the traffic. There would be great
inconvenience attending the repeated transhipping
of passengers and goods, which would prevent
many persons from the north of England, who
under any circumstances should pass Liverpool, from
encountering the annoyance. So far as Yorkshire
and Lancashire are concerned, Liverpool is probably
the best port that could be selected—although even
in those counties there are cases where the shorter sea
voyage and the more rapid communication might be
preferred, notwithstanding the additional expense.
But the interests of the south of England, and of all
Ireland, must not be disregarded, and there can be
no doubt that those interests would be promoted
by the establishment of a packet station in Ireland,
which should be as an adjunct to, and not as a sub-
stitute for, the station at Liverpool. The latter will
always have enough to keep the vessels now on the trade
fully occupied, while the more speedy postal cemmuni-
cation, which it is desirable to improve at almost any
expense, and which might certainly be expedited by
at least 24 hours, and the traffic from the south
of England, Ireland, and the southern states of Europe
would be quite sufficient, after a short time, to
support vessels sailing from a judiciously selected
port in the south-west of Ireland.

Again, the Commissioners have given a preference
to Galway over any other of the Irish ports,
and they have then compared Galway with
Liverpool, and chosen the latter. Now, it seems to
us that Galway, in place of being the first, is one of
the least advantageous of the competing ports. In
order that Irish interests should be fairly attended
to, the very best and most eligible of
the rivals should have been selected. It must not be
forgotten that all the places in the United States, and
almost all in British America with which we should
have direct communication, are in southern latitudes,
and that a good southing is almost as essential
as a westing in the place of debarkation. This
point appears to have been altogether over-
looked by the Commissioners. Berehaven or
Valentia would certainly afford facilities in this
respect far beyond any that could be obtained
at Galway, and which, if duly taken into account,
would, we have no doubt, turn the scale in favour of
Ireland. Unfortunately the " improvements" that
would be required to carry out this view have not as
yet been effected. The Commissioners have, there-
fore, thrown the matter overboard without inquiring
whether the object to be achieved would not more
than justify the immediate execution of the necessary
works.

CABINET COUNCIL (Tans DAY).—The Ministers
assembled in Council this day at the Foreign-office. There
were present Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
She Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Alinto, Viscount Palmer-
ston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Sir
Francis T. Baring, Earl Grey, Sir George Grey, and the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Ministers were sitting
when we went to press. The Secretary-at-War (Mr. Fox
Maule) is still indisposed, and has been recommended by his
medical advisers to proceed on a continental tour.

The paragraph which appeared in our paper of the
2d inst. respecting the rumoured marriage of Jenny Lind we
find has no foundation in fact, our correspondent having been
misinformed.

Among the nobility and gentry who have visited
and dined at Soyer's Universal Symposium, Gore Mouse, Ken-
sington, lately, were the Duchess of Buckingham, the Earl
and Countess of Devon, the Earl of Verulam, Lord Edward
Thynne, Lord Leigh, Lord Clifden, Lord and Lady Courtenay,
Lord French, Hon. Reginald Courtenay, Lady Seymour, Sir
W. W. Wynne, Bart., H. Pierrepont, Sir P. Trench, Sir H.
Strachery, Hon. and Rev. Fitzroy Stanhope, Sir Fitzroy and
Lady Kelly, Sir Edward and Lady E. Baker, Sir Edward and
Lady Blount, Sir George and Lady Smythe, Captain and Mrs.
J. Gladstone, Colonel and Mrs. Wildman, Sir Peregrine Ac-
land, Joseph Paxton, Esq., Captain Balkeley, Mr. Grenville
Berkeley, Mr. Grenville rigott, Baron Rothschild, ic.

Ca EMORNB GARDENS.—An aquatic representation
on a large scale of the attack of a fortress, described in the
bills as "St. Jean d'Acre," took place last evening on the
river and on the river esplanade at Cremorne-gardens. The
at acking squadron consisted of fourteen steamers of the
Citizen Company, together with the hull of a steamer laden
with combustibles, the whole of which opened a vigorous
attack upon a land battery, representing one of the defences
of the celebrated city above-mentioned. The bombardment,
as set forth in the bills or placards, was under the direction
of Mr. Mortram, who certainly spared no gunpowder or
pyrotechnic combustibles and combinations to produce
smoke, fire, and noise The batteries on shore and the vessels
afloat, all did their duty, and astonished the immense host
of spectators assembled to behold the mimic warfare. The
hull was eventually blown to pieces amidst the cheers of the
company. As an imitative reprentation of an actual attack
this is the best of its class exhibited for many years, and
great praise is due to Mr. Bernie and those who have been
concerned in producing it. It has the advantage of novelty,
and is highly descriptive of the horrors of the scene it
pourtrays.

A BCEY's HEAD CUT OFF.—A little boy named
Thomas (son of David Thomas, otherwise " Dai Calchwr,"
of Neath Abbey), met with a shocking death at At erdulais
tin wor,s on Thursday morning. The lad was at work as
usual, when he inadvertently came within reach of the mer-
ciless clip of the immense shears used for cutting tin, and
worked by steam power. In an instant the poor boy's head
was severed from his body, and rolled like a ball along the
Boor.—North Wales Chranicle.

A JUVENILE WIT.—" Father," said a roguish boy,
" I hope you won't buy anymore gunpowder tea for mother."
" Why not?"—" Because every time she drinks it she blows
us up. '—" Go to bed, sir, immediately."

Mr. Mansfield, the new stipendiary magistrate of
Liverpool, took his seat yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock,
being introduced by Mr. Crossthwaite.

THE GREAT CHESS TOURNAMENT.—For some days
there was a pause in the contest. The first three series of
games bei❑g ended, the players rested awhile from their ex-
ertions. This week, however, the fourth and concludi❑g
series of games began. In the first game between Herr
Anderson and Mr. Wyvill, the former was victorious, having
obtained an advantage at an early period of the game, which
he maintained till the close, winning in fine style. In the
second game Mr. Wyvill had the advantage in a slight de-
gree, but not sufficient to decide the victory, and after an
animated contest the game was drawn. The players con-
tinue the straggle to-day. Mr. Staunton commenced his
match with Mr. Williams yesterday morning, and after a
ve,y fine and well contested game, fortune or superior skill
decided in favour of Mr. Williams. He has thus won the
first game, but with a veteran player like his antagonist he
will need all his skill and coolness to obtain the victory.

THE EXHIBITION A WINTER GARDEN.—Yester-
day a meeting of the Marylebone Committee was held at the
Court- house , Marylebone-lane, when it was received that
it would be most desirable that the great building in the park
for the Exhibition of the Works of Indladtry for all Nations
should not be removed, and it that should be kept up for the
permanent enjoyment and benefit of the public, and in ac-
cordance with the resolution a petition to the House of Com-
mons was drawn up, which lies for signature, praying the
Hon. Home to take the necessary measures to prevent the
removal of the building and secure the object which the pe-
titioners seek for.

DEATH OF COLONEL STORY.—Tbis officer expired
on the 3d inst., in the 67th year of his age. He entered the
army in 1803, but had been on the attached list since 1838.
Colonel Story served in the Peninsula with the 3d Dragoon
Guards, from August, 1809, to the end of the war in 1814,
and was present at the battles of Bu-aco, Reolinha, Campo
Mayor, Los Santos, and Albuera ; also, the action of U:Aigre
and the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. The de-
ceased also took part in the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria,
Toulouse, and siege of Pampeluna. He was the holder of
an old war medal.

CONTRIBUTIONS OF LADIES.—Ina speech at a Bible
meeting at Cheltenham last week, the Rev. Francis Close
said :—" There were some very smart ladies who went to
his church—ladies with beautiful pink bonnets and very
fine ribbons—( Laughter)—and dressed in all sorts of finery ;
and some of these ladies were in the habit of coming out of
his church and dropping into the plate little neatly folded
packets, done up iu brown paper.- (Laughter.) Now, he
might mention it as a statistical fact, there never was found
in any one of these little packets any of the current coin of
the realm more valuable than copper."—Derby Mercury.
THE CENSUS ENUMERATORS.—In the Whitechapel
County Court yesterday, Mr. Sergeant Manning gave judg.
ment in the case of "Cohen v. Sir G. Grey," for the de-
fendant, holding that the enumerators were not to be paid
for every fractional part of sixty names taken by them.
The Ilindoo Intelligencer announces the death of
one of the seventeen wives of Dinnoonauth Mokerjee which
melancholy event consequently leaves the said dokerjee
the seventeenth part of a desolate widower.— Calcutta Star.
We understand that Madlle. Fanny Cerrito, who
has so often delighted London audiences, by the perfection
of her dancing, is about to pay a visit to England, for the
purpose of witnessing the wonders of the Exhibition ;
whether, however, the will exhibit her own wonders is not
yet known.

Leasing Bess
Railways, companies. Paid. Nominal Prioes. do„usin to-day.
Berks'and Hants
Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 34 1 p.
Bir. and Oxford
Junc.,callsdblY
paid, or with a
guarantee •• Do .. .. all 2834 •••• 2934
Do., without a
guarantee .. De .. • • all 27 —2s
Birm., WoL, &
Dud.,calls duly
paid, or with a
guarantee •• Do 15 8 9 p
Do., without a
guarantee •• DO • • • • 15 7 $ p
Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 1731 —ls
Clydesdale Juno Caledonian all 41 —43
E • Lin., Guar. 6
per Cent. •• G. Northern all 323‘ . 33%
Gloucester and
Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 1 2 p
Hull and Selby Yk. & N.M. all 102 103
Do. 34 Shares Do .. • • all bl —52
Do. 3( Shares Do •• .. all 23 —24
Leeds and Brad. Midland .. all 10154 10234 10234
Lon. and Green. S. Eastern . all 11%— 11%
Do., Pref. .. Do all 2334 2434
Lowestoft, Gd. 4
per Cent. • • Norfolk •• all 1434 1534
De., 6 per cent De all
liliddlesbro' and
Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all .. .„
N. & East, 5
per Cent. •• E. Counties . all b 4 —56
Do. New •• Do •• • • 43 4 6 p
Preston andl L. &N. W.} all 42 —44
Wyre • • • • & La.& Y.
Do. 34 SharesA Do .. •• 1034 8 -- 9 p.
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate .. S. Eastern • • all 2131 21%
Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 6% 8X 334
o. Shep. Ex.. Do •• 4 1% —114 p.
Shef., Roth. and
Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 1811 6 „
South staffords. Mr. hi`Clean 934 331 3 dia.
Wear Val. 6 per
Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all 24 —25
Do. do. .. Do .. • • all
Do. do. e. DO •• •• all ..
Wilts, Som., &
Weymouth .. Gt. Western a 4534 4634

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Railways. I Paid, Nominal Prices. lEtudness doae
to-day.
Aberdeen •• all 1 —34 dim die.
Caledonian 101. .. .• 10 534 —6%
Chester and Holyhead .. all 15% 15%
Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all % dig.
East Anglian (Si. 10s.)
6 per cent. .. all 2
Eastern Counties Exten.,
b per cent. Ne. 1 . • all 34 p pm
Do. No. 2 • • • • • • all 34 dis —36 p
Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 1034 1034
Eastern Union, Scrip
guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 13% 143(
Do. 101. Deben. Shares. all
East Lancashire, 6 per
cent. quarter shares .. all •• .•••
E. & W. York. Juin. sths all
Edln. Per. & Dun. 5# p. ct. all 34 die. par
Glasgow & S.-W. ConsoL 100 ..
Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 133( 13%
Great South. & Western
(Ireland) eighths .. 234 74 -- p.
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 201... • • • • 6 • • —• • dia.
Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100
Leeds and Think, 6 per
cent., No. 1.• • • • . 11 —.• p
Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 .• —•• p
London, Brighton, and
Senth Coast guar. 5 per
et., late Croydon thirds 100 .• ••
Do. pref., b p ct. Stock,
1851, from 501. share. E 100 .. —• •
Do. new guar.. 6 per ct. 100 137 140
London &S.-W., uew 5 234 —2% P•
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen, half shares .. 10 .. ••
Manch., Sheffield, and
Line.. guar. shrs., No. 1 all 12 —l3
Do. new, 101. all 11% —l2
Do., 61. .. 3 P 8%
Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 •• —• •
Do. Consol. Bristol &
Birmaig., 6 per cent... 100 18234 13334
Do. Bristol & Gloucee. 48
Norfolk Extension all 15 —l6
Do. gear. 5% per cent. all 43 f
Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 • • —• •
North British ..
Oaf. Wor. 804 01. 151. 6 /Le 4 —1 p
Sh
New Guaranteed .. all 10% —lB ft
Shrews. and Ches. (Nor.
W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 154
South Devon .. ail 13 —l4
South-Eastern, 434 p. ct. 10 • • —••
Waterford &Kilkenny, 51. 1 • • ' •
WestLondon,lst Cl. (101.) all • • —"•
Do. 2d Class de. (par)
York, Newc., and Berw.,
Gt. N.of E. Pur. .. all 16 1634
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York and North Midland
H. and B. Parch.. .. 10 % dia. 3%
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Boulogne and Amiens all 10 103( 1034
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) •• all 18% 18% 183(
Demerara all
Dutch Rhenish 8 •5% •
dia. 2
East Indian 16 2% —2% p. 18%
Do. do. do. 20
Great Indian Peninsula.. all %
Ditto ditto .. 334 4
Loavain ala Sambre .. 7% • —• •
Luxembourg •• ••
Ditto .. 10 9%
Madrid and Valenti& ..
Maria Antonia • • .. 17150 6d •9
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Ditto, New .. 7% 2 3
Namur and Liege .. all 634
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Paris and Rouen .. .. ail 115% 153(
Paris and Strasbourg .. 16 53( 5 511. 11 34
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Sambre and Mouse .. all 334
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