The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-18 00:00:00

ROY AL VISIT TO THE .DELPHI

THEATRE.

This evening her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the
Royal family will visit the Adelphi Theatre. The ar-
rangement of the pieces for representation will be as
follows :—" Ireland as It Is," "In and Out of Place,"
" Barney the Baron," and " A Night at Notting-hill,

The Countess of Jersey has issued cards for an assem-
bly on Friday next.
The Countess of Mansfield waited on her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday afternoon, at
Gloucester House.
The Earl of Lincoln left town on Saturday, to take
his place on the grand jury for the Nottinghamshire as-
sizes, Nottingham.
Sir George Wombwell is expected in town, on Friday,
from Melton Mowbray.
Sir Joseph and Lady Bailey have left town for their
seat, Glanusk Park, Brecknockshire.
Sir Henry Cotterrell left town, on Monday, for his
seat, Gar:lone, Herefordshire.
LEITH Hallam:ie.—The revenue of Leith Harbour in
the year 1855-56 amounted +to 238,5011., of which
91,5241. accrued from dues on shipping. The amount
due to Government at the present time is 228,3741.
We are sorry to announce that Viscount Hinton,
whilst on a visit to the Duke of Beaufort, met with a
severe accident on Friday last, from his horse becoming
unmanageable. Though his lordship was thrown vio-
lently on his head, he is now happily doing well.
Lord Dynevor has purchased Hampden House, in
Green-street, late the residence of the Earl of Kinnoull,
whose family have removed to Portman,square.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom-
panied by the Princess Amelia of Hohenlohe Schilling-
furst, and attended by Baroness de Speth, and Sir
George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence-
house, St. James's, yesterday afternoon, from Frogmore.
The Countess of Lucan and Lady Lavinia Bingham
are still staying in the south of France, and will not re-
turn to town until after Easter. The noble earl is ex-
pected in town to-day from Ireland.
Lord and Lady Henniker have arrived in town for the
season. • His lordship has taken a mansion in Grafton-
street.
Lord and Lady Churchill left town, yesterday, for
Cornbury, Oxfordshire.
The Hon. Charles and Lady Catherine Cavendish are
expected in town to-day from Latimerre Bucks.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Tuesday,
March 17.—Admissions en payment,l,6s3; do. by sea-
son tickets, 716; total visitors, 2,369.
FRMALE REFORMATORY.—The found tion-stone of a
new reformatory institution for girls was laid by the
Mayor of Exeter, Mr. W. Buckingham, on Monday. A
large number of influential ladies and kentlemen, from
the city of Exeter and county of Devon, including Sir
S. H. Northcote, Sir M. Lopes (High-Sheriff of the
county) ; Mr. Commissioner Bere, and the Rev. Chan-
cellor Martin were present. The site for the institution
is a very eligible one, and is situated in a large field, in
St. Sid wells, Exeter. After the interesting ceremony
the spec ators were addressed by Sir M.-Lopez, Mr.
J. Milford, the Mayor of Exeter, the Rev. Chan-
cellor Martin, and Sir S. H. Northcote. The latter
gentleman stated that, while there were many reforma-
tory institutions for boys'? various parts of the country,
there were very few for girls, and great difficulty bad
been experienced in placing girls convicted of offences
institutions.
THE Devonshire in such
THE LATE DOWAGER LADY TALBOT DE MALAHIDE.
—The Right Hon. Anne Sarah, Dowager Lady Talbot
de Malahide, died on the 13th inst., after a long illness,
in her 69th year, at her residence, Evercreech House,
near Shepton Mallet, county Somerset. Her ladyship
was the daughter and co-heiress of the late S. Robbard,
Esq., of Evercreech, and was married in 1804 to
James, 31 Lord Talbot de Malahide, of Evercreech
House, and of Malahide Castle, county Dublin, who suc-
ceeded to the Irish peerage on the death of his elder
brother, RiOard Wogan, second lord, in 1849, and died
in the year following. Ry him her ladyship had eight
sons and five daughters. Her eldest son is the present
Lard Talbot de Malahide, who succeeds to the Ever-
creech property, and has recently been elevated to the
peerage of the United Kingdom.
EMIGRATION FUND.—A society of noblemen and gen-
tlemen have established a fund, called the " Wellington
Emigration Fund," from the fact that the prostnt Duke
of Wellington beads the subscription with a donation of
1,0001. Messrs. Labouchere, Sidney Herbert, and
Thomas Baring, the Lord Mayor, Lord Stanley, &c.,
take an active share in the proceedings of the associa-
tion. The committee is formed with the view of endea-
vouring to relieve, by emigration, the distress existing
among the labouring classes in the metropolis. The
emigration will be principally directed to those colonies
which contribute towards the fund, and subscribers may
specify the particular colony to which their contribu-
tions are to be applied. Regulations will ba male by the
committee on the one hand, and Lord Goderich, M.P.,
Rev. F. D. Maurice, Mr. Neale Porter, and others
kindly acting on behalf of the working men, for the se-
lection of emigrants. Facilities will be afforded for the
emigrants repaying in the colony the sum advanced, so
soon as their improved circumstances may enable them
to do so. It is proposed, when the temporary pressure
caused by the glut in the labour market shall have sub
sided, to apply the balance to promoting female emi.
gration.

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CONVICTION TINDER THE PILOTAGE CLAUSES OF THE
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT.—GRAVESEND, March 16.
A case of considerable importance to steamboat com-
panies whose vessels run to the Continent came before
the borough magistrates, sitting at the Town-hall. Capt.
M. Little, the master of the General Steam Navigation
Company's steam-ship Countess of Lonsdale, trading be.
tween London and Hamburg, was summoned for having
continued in charge of his vessel in Gravesend Reach on
the 15th of February, actor Edward Tracey, a duly-
qualified pilot, bad offered to take charge. It appeared
that the steamer was proceeding down the river to Ham-
burg, when the complainant offered his services to the
defendant to pilot her. The defendant refused to engage
him, on the ground that he held a certificate from the
Board of Trade, and which authorised him to navigate
his vessel in pilotage waters. It was now submitted
that, although the defendant possessed a Board of Trade
certificate, it did not entitle him to pilot a vessel trading
to Hamburg, but only those running between any place
in the United Kingdom or the Channel Islands, and to
navigate his vessel he ought to have had a pilotage cer-
tificate from the Trinity House. For the company it
was submitted that the Countess of Lonsdale was what
is known as a home trade passenger ship, and that the
Board of Trade certificate was sufficient authority for the
defendant to pilot her. The bench were of opinion that
the ship was liable to pilotage, and imposed the penalty
of double pilotage. Notice of appeal was then given, and
it was understood that the case would be taken to the
Court of Q teen's Bench. This decision will affect all the
boats running to the Continent and the various ports.
TIE WEATHER.--BRIDGEWATER March 15.—The
” bore-head "or tide flowed up this morning with tre-
mendous force ; the expected wave was about four feet
high, which was remarkable, inasmuch as the tides are
not flood at present. About 20 minutes after the first
flow another "head " came rushing up the river Parrett,
the height of the waves which formed it being about ten
feet. This was followed by a third flood, without any
sg head." The property on the river suffered severely,
and, had the larger craft broken from their moorings,
the iron bridge would in all probability have been car-
ried away. Some say such an occurrence has not been
witnessed for the last 36 years. The barometer has in-
dicated the following atmospheric pressure :
Wind.
March 12th ... •.. 30'078 inches ... S.E.
March 13th 29.670 inches ... S.E to S.W.
March 14th 22.140 inches ... S.W., heavy
storms of wind and rain.
Marc b 15th ... 29.476 inches N.W., blow-
ing hud at intervals.