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London, England, 1844-04-19 00:00:00

TTTE SUN,

,LOTATDO??, FRIDAY monliriw-a,

Laay C7aro:: aithurst, by her Gr?e, the Duchess of
ttur,,letich.
L .dy Montt es-r, by t',c er C..untes f Cam

watt.
La iv. (Jam s) Fly 'he Count°, s of lin d n„ ton.
Larly ii.t .e Ru s, 1. b • • e 1):- Less lowager of
Bv,lf
La,iy ieor Lrt, oy La !y• i VP
ViPi,rs, on he• ina,rria;.;e, by the
t'ounie-s jey-e,.
Lady Green, by the .11,41. Mrs. Campbell.
Lady Carew, by the Countess of Cliariemont.
Lady Laura Money, on her marriage, by Lady Mary
Phipps.
Lady Howa-d de Wnl:len, on her return from Lisbon,

t•!e Duchess • f Buecleucli.
LsAy H.tward, th- Countess, ttf \Vicklox.
Hon. Mr-. 1.',1-ey Liavis,n, on her uiurr age, by Lady
Harriet.
lieu. Cha:hitte M. amington, by the Viscountess Bar-

rin;:ton.
R s . Lldy Charles I.3.;:ticlerk.
Mks Se i!,a Garth, by Mr,. ;
nisi Julia Frankland, by her mother Lady Frankland
R•issell.
Nl,ry Weld, by her mother I‘lm Weld.
h r :Lua: L•uly Maria West
C;;Li-th

1): the Haldington.
iI ,17 •h tin,fter.i.a.ly Carew.
Miss t'stm,l,),-1. by .her a.nit, Mrs. Langford Brooke.
Mes ,r Avona B:ackDur6e, by her mother, Mrs.
IreLn.l Bite kiAirne.
Miss Hely Hutchinson, by 11:r mother, the Hon. Mrs.
lick H ,t
Miss Mereer, kiy her mo7her, Mrs. Mercer.
Mis- Matilda G. Wilkinson, by iL,r mother, Mrs. Green
Miss Jane Anne Streatfeild, by the Countess Delawarr.
Mi,s Trafford. by her aunt, Mrs. General L'Estrange.
Miss Caroline Paget. by Laly Harri,.4 Paget.
Miss Edith Mercer, by her mother, Mrs. Mer,:er.
Miss Adelaide March Phillips, by Lady Denman.
,Miss Mactavish, by her aunt, the Marchioness Wel-
Miss Turner, by her mother, Mrs. Wm. Turner, Lady
of Mr. Turner, late her Majesty's Envoy ExtrAordi-
nary, and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of
Colombia.
Miss Senior, by her mother, Mrs. Senior,
Miss Louisa 1 iubbard, by the Hon. Mrs. Hubbard.
Miss Cornewall, by Lady Cornewall.
Miss Whitbread, by the Countess of Leicester.
Miss Wyse, by her mother, Mr,. George Wyse.
Miss Mathews, by Lady Palmer.
Miss Dorothy Streatfeild, by the Countess Delawarr.
Miss Fremantle. by her mother, Lady Fremantle.
Miss Montresor, by Lady Montresor.
Miss Charlotte St. John, by the Right Hon. Lady St.
John.
Miss ilalford, by her mother, Mrs.. Douglas Halford.
Miss Catherine Bathurst, by her mother, Lady Caroline

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Bathurst.
Miss Bathurst, by her mother, Lady Caroline Bathurst.
Miss M. Storer, by her sister; Mrs. Whitelock.
Miss Antoinetta Reynolds, by Mrs. Reginald Curteis.
Miss Lucy Bagshaw, by Mrs. Bagshaw.
Miss Madeline Alexander, by her mother, Mrs. J. D.
Alexander.
Mi,s Juliana Somerset, by her mother, Lady John So-

merset.
Miss Louisa Fitzgibbon, by Lady Cremorne.
Miss Long, by her mother, Mrs. Long.
Miss Torrens, by her mother, Mrs. Torrens.
Miss Clayton, by the Countess Dowager of Winterton.
Miss Shuckburg, by Lady Mary Phipps. •
Miss Emily Bingham, by Lady Gore Booth.
Miss Geraldine Perceval, by her sister, Mrs. Mathesrm.
Trelawoey, by her mother, M.s. Brereton Tre-

lawney.
M.,s Alderson. by her mother, La'ly Alderson.
Mrs. Robert Bagshaw, by Mrs B,gshaw.
Mrs. Brereton Trelawney, by Lady Frankland Russell.
Mrs. Torrens, by L•idy Macdonald.
Mrs. Grant, by Mrs. Dennistoun.
Mrs. Thoyts, by the Marchioness of Douro.
Mrs. Mercer, by Lady Henderson Durham.
Mrs. Harry Birr, by Lady Grant.
Mrs. Champagne, on her marriage, by Lady Champagne.
Mrs. E !ward Bayne, on her marriage, by Lady Frank-
land Russell.
Mrs. George Wyse, by Lady John Russell.
Mrs. Thomas Somers Cocks, on her marriage, by the

Countess Dowager Sinners.
Mrs. Beauchamp St. John, by Lady John Somerset.
Mrs. Vivian, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. John

Abel Smith.
Mrs. 13eresci.rd Taylor, by the Dowager Countess of

Carnwath.
Mrs. lob. rt Alfrey, by the Countess of F.,,!;mont.
Mrs. Math• son, on her marriage, by the Countess of

Egm ,nt.
Miss by Lady Jemima Vint.
Miss Maria Farquhar. by La,ly Farquhar.
Miss Tennant, by Lady Worsley.
Miss Grant, by Mrs. Dennistoun.
Mrs. Whitelock, on her marriage, by her Grace the

llu,,hess of Belford. _
Mrs. Reginald Curteis, by Mrs. Howard Elphinstone.
Mr,. Chester Master, on her marriage, by her mother
Lads Cornewall.
Mrs. Edward Horseman, by her mother, the Honourable

Mrs. Hamden. _
Honourable Miss Carew, by her mother, Lady Carew.
Madame Hebeler. the lady of his Prussian Majesty's
Consul-General, by Madame Bunsen, the lady of the
Prussian Minister.
Viscountess Adare, by the Countess of Carnarvon.
Lady Gore Booth, by the Viscountess Adare.
Lady Emily Cavendish, on her marriage, by Viscountess
Emlyn.
Lady Mary Ross, by Lady Jemima Eliot.
Lady Bourchier, on her marriage, by Lady Charlotte
Copley.
Lady Harriet Moore, on her marriage, by the Duchess
of Buccleuch.

The following gentlemen were also present at the
Drawing-room:—
DUKES—Rutland, Norfolk.
M A RQUIS Huntl.
EARLS—Belfast, Leicester, Aberdeen, Wicklow, Had-
din ton, Beverley.
VISCOUNTS—Adore, Barrington.
LORDS—Forester, Sondes, Trimleston, Byron, Wal-
singham, Alexander Lennox, Arthur Lennox, lenelg,
Dinorben, Carew, Charles Beauclerk, Henry J. Lennox,
Wharncliffe, Stanley, Kinnaird, John Russell, Cre-
morne, Aberdour.
RIGHT HONOURABLE—Sir Robert Peel.
HONOURABLES —Lloyd Kenyon, Richard Denman,
G. H. Cavendish, M.P., John Stuart, Rev. Augustus
Phipps, Lt.-Colonel Rice Trevor, M.P., Robert Curzon,
Robert S. Carew, M.P., Charles S. Butler, Rev. Mr.
Monckton.

COUNTS —Erlaeh, Baptiste Metaxa.
SIRS--Oswald Mosley, Bart., John Croft, Bart., K.C.
T. and S., Francis Shuckburg, Burt., Thomas Freman
tle, Burt., M.P., Charles Monck, Roger Palmer, Robert
Gore Booth, Woodbine Parish, K.C.H., Robert Frank-
land Russell, John Hare, Geo. Houlton, Robert Comyn,
John Yarde Buller.
- REVEREND DOCTOR—JeIf.
DOCTO R—Sutherland.
REVEREND MESSIEURS—Henry Arthur, Woodgate,
James O'Brien, James Nevil Heard, Provost of Eton.
MEsstEtrasL-Samuel Martin, Q.C.; John G. Hub-
bard, M.P. ; John Booth, Anthony Do Rothschild,
Thoyts, Alexander Mackinnon, ;John Forbes, Weld,
Billingsley Parry, I'. S. Forman, M.P. ; Robert Bag-
shaw, Herbert, Thomas Somers Cocks, junior ; Robert
Pulsford, Steilenson, WI se, M.P. ; Middleton Berry,
Dodd, M.P. ; R. H. Wrightson, Richard Magne, Senior,
H. Beauclerk, Dennistoun, M.P. ; Douglas Haltird,
Travers, Samuel Whitbread, Howard Elphmstone, M.P.;
Grey, Stanley, Harry Cotton, James Duncan Gibb,
John Eld, Summers Harford, Ireland Black burne, M.P.;
W. Stuart, Farquharson, Joseph Weld, Green Wilkin-
son, Bagshaw, Frederick Cavendish, Kingsmill, Murray
Cowell.

- -- -
FIELD-MARSHAL—The Duke of Wellington.
GENERALS—Sir Robert Gardiner, Sir Lewis Grant,
Turner, Lest!ange, Sir B. Cantu, Mercer, Sir J.
Bathurst, An,lcrson.
COLONELS—Sir eorge Cooper, Bart., Malcolm, Hon.
L. Stanhope, Hon. H. Fitz Gibbon, Finish, Vandeleur,
Hon. H. Hutchinson, Ohltield, A. B. Taylor, W. Miles,
P. Davison, Money.
MAJOR—J. W. Henderson. _

CAPTAIN'S—Cuddy, Bedipgrell, Storer, H. Paget,
Percevssl, Bathurst, G. Carey, Whitelock, J. Richardson,
W. Cole, Bateman. B. John, Joseph.
LIEUTENANTS—FuIton, R. Smith, G. Turner, C.
Gordon, L. Mackinnon, Montresor, H. Mercer, F.
Lister.
ADMIRALS—Sir Charles Riwley, Sir Philip Durham,
G.C.B.
CAPTAINS—Sir Richard Grant, Sir A. Green, T. Fre-
mantle, Sir T. Bourchier, Sir J. Ross, Thornbrough,
Castle.
COMMANDERS—George Mends, A. Baird, R. Streat-
feild.

LIEUTENANTS—F. Legh, llodgkinson.
The Queen gave audience to the Lord Chamberlain,
the Field Officer in Waiting, and - the Captain of the
Guard.

After the Drawing-room her Majesty and Prince
Albert, attended by the Royal suite, returned to Buck-
ingham Palace.
The Count de Farrabo, a Peer of Portugal, was pre-
sented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday
by Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister.
His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen ♦isited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at
Clarence House, St. James's.

The inquiries in Portman-square respecting the
state of Mr. Hanbury Hall, son of Sir B. Hall, continue
daily, as although there certainly has been amendment
in the last twelve days (and decided improvement since
we mentioned his being brought from 'Sandhurst in a
dying state near a month ago), yet we understand that
it is impossible for him, as yet, to be pronounced con-
valescent, and that at best his recovery must be very
tedious, though strong hopes are now entertained of the '
preservation of his life.
FREDERICK THE GREAT; HIS COURT AND TIMES
—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn has this
day published a new and cheaper i.ditiori, cemerised in
two vols. small Bvo., price 2 is., bound, of " Frederick
the Great ; his Court anil Times," editi,d. wi h an His-
storical Introduction and Noti.s, by Thomas Campbell,
Esq., author of " The Pleasures of Hope," &c., which
can now be had of all booksellers. "No book observes
the Britannia) ever gassed more rHpidly into a atanilard
work." "We recollect but few biographies mhieh h
more highly and constantly kept oar attention."—Elad-
wodds 11;apazine.
A b igadier of the Horse Mut L ipal Gunds on
Saturday blew out his brains with a pistol at the barracks at
the Celestins. He was much respected in the corps, and was
high on the list for promotion. Disappointment in love is
assigned es the cause of this act oftuaduess.

HER MAJES r y's THEATRE.

N. ftenn the day on which it wss tint prs duced at
the l'ee tee ile la Feince, at Veeice, dining the Carnival
eei 182 ),!!p t, toe present hour. has Uo: sim's lef d'
the Semirconide, beet: so perfectly represented as a whole
e. it was ,ast etenieg at her 'Majesty's Theatre. The
I dee ne east :
Se ,irtinide
Ars :ce Md lie. Favanti
Assur
Idreno Signor Corelli
Oroe Signor Lablache.
When it is recdllected that, in addition to this strong
cast, the orchestra, perhapS the finest in the word, was
conduced by Signor Costa, and that the choruses were
full, complete, ard excellently drilled, we think that our
musieal readers will be inclined to agree with us in
opinion that the opera of Senth amide has never before
b -en so perfectly represented. It is a work of. taupe ro-
g ttiiin to praise the Semiramide of Grisi. Who
teat hes , ever seen her in the character can
forge+ the dignified maji•sty with which she-first enters
on the •s tee, who can fereet the expression of inward
dreed with which she cater: the words, " E perche
treini e palpiti miser() cur esel," and the efforts which
she makes to hide frem her :uhjects her owe feelings.
But she deemed and fa• e 1 v letter. Then_ again,
what ca be more heeuti:til than her expres-ion el joy
at the return of Arssce? And then, in the last scene of
the first act, what can be fiber than her expres-
si n of the utter despair with which she is
overwhelmed at the appearance of the shade of
her murdered husband? What a magnificent scene,
too, is the opening of the second act, in which Assur
threatens SienirauVe, the partner of his crime. How
majestically do=ss he express her contempt for his threats,
and wie4 what dignity does she bid him respect in
Arsace his sovereign—yet, while she affects to contemn
Assur, she die ads him, and this feeling of fear is ren-
dered still more manifest by her uncontrollable
exclamations of - joy at hearing the shouts with-
out, which proclaim the triumph of Arsace.
Then what can be finer than her acting in the beautiful
scene with Arsace, in which she discovers that he
is her own son, commissioned by the gods to
avenge his father's murder. With what an expres-
shin of utter despair does she atter the words " quale
orror," as she covers her face with her hands
on making the horrible discovery ; and then when
she has recovered her self-possession, with what calm
dignity and firmness does she offer herself as a victim
to appease the manes of her murdered husband, and
call upon her son to avenge his father by punishing his
guilty mother. In this scene she was admirably sup-
ported by Favanti, who threw into the part of Arsace an
exquisite pathos and feeling which contrasted admirably
with the unbending dignity of Semiramide. At length
the haughty soul of Semiramide yields ; with the most
imploring accents she exclaims,
" La tua bell' anima
Ha ancor di me pieta,"
and, throwing herself into the arms of her son,
gives way to all the feelings of a mother. This
scene concludes with the beautiful duet " Giorno
d'orrore," and never has this exquisite morceau
been more exquisitely and feelingly given than it was
last night by Grisi and Favanti, and we say this with the
full recollection of Pasta and Pisaroni in the same cha-
racters. It was, of course, rapturously encored. Taken
altogether, Semiramide is, perhaps, Grisi's most mag-
nificent impersonation. She was never id finer voice
than she was last evening, and never sang or
acted better. Our young countrywoman, Favanti, ap-
peared to great advantage in the part of Arsace.
Her opening scene was given with great power, and,
what is more to the purpose, with great accuracy of in-
tonation. The aria "- Ah ! quel giorno" was beautifully
given, and afforded many opportunities of exhibiting
the we nderful power and compass of her voice, of which
she availed herself freely, always exhibiting, however,
the most admirable taste in the embellishments which
she introduced. Her fine rich contralto tones told with
great effect in the concerted parts, and harmoniied deli-
ciously with Grisi's fine soprano in the beautiftil duet
to which we have before alluded. Her expressive, but
somewhat pensive cast of countenance, and her fine and
commanding person, were admirably suited to the part.
Her costume was rich, elegant, and appropriate.. She
looked completely the boy-hero. Fornasari, who has
quite recovered his voice and his health, threw himself
with ali bis accustomed energy completely into the part of
Assur. His Assur of last season was a glorious sketch
—his Assur of last night was a finished picture. He
is new completely at home in the part, and
consequently gives us those lights and shadows and mi-
nute tones of colouring which, last season he could only
biintly indicate. Lablache made a character of Oroe.
This part has usually been entrustul to inferior artists,
so that we were not aware of its capabilities until last
evening. In the scenes with the Queen nothing could
be finer then the quiet dignity which he infused into
the character. As compared with the dignity of
Semiramide, it was the dignity of renose con-
trasted pith the dignity of action. Very fine
was he in the scene in which he invests Arsact'
with the symbols of royalty, and when he infimms
Arsace of the secret of his birth, and bids him avenge
his atlier's death, he seemed an impersonation of the
spirit of justice, majestic, implecable, calm, yet terrible
from its very calmness. Corelli as Idreno was infinitely
superior to Conti, who sustained the part last season. He
had but little to do, but that little he did well, and sang the
music of the part with great taste and sweetness.
Signor Corelli is evidently making his way with the
habitues of the Opera, and bids fair, at no very distant
day, to become a great favourite with the Opera audience.
At the fall of the curtain, Grisi, Favanti, and Fornasari,
were called for, and received with the usual honours.
Between the acts of the opera the Polka was danced by
Carlotta Grisi and Perrot ; -and after it the -beautiful
ballet of Giselle was revived, in which the fair Carlotta
resumed her original character. The house was crowded
to suffocation long before the commencement of the
opera. The boxes presented a most brilliant appearance,
as they were almost all occupied by ladies .attired in the
maenificent costumes in which they had attended her
Majesty's Drawing-room in the morning. The display
of diamonds was quite dazzling.

THE TEN HOURS' BILL.
It is quite clear that, however much Lord Ashley and
some other advocates of a diminution in the hours of
labour may be influenced by feelings of humanity, a very
large number of those who support a Ten Hours' Bill do
so from very different motives. Amongst these motives
we believe one of the most prominent is a motion,—
which, however absurd, is very sincere,—that the Legis-
lature can so regulate the hours of labour, and the con-
sequent production of manufactures, as to raise prices,
and consequently advance the interests both of manu-
facturers and workmen. This is evidently the opinion
not only of parties who take a prominent part in the ten
hours' agitation, but also of the great body of work-
people who join in it, who flatter themselves that the di-
minution of the hours of labour will cause an increased
demand for their services, which will bring them all into
full employment, at advanced wages. Of course, if this
opinion is well founded with respect to factory labour, it
must be equally so in reference to all other employments;
anti, consequently, if the present attempt should be suc-
cessful, we may look for an interference on similar
grounds, with the labour of artisans and workmen of all
descriptions, and especially in those branches of em-
ployment in which. from any cause whatever, there
cannothappe be allnstob preaosfittiapbeiryabeumnpdlaonyceed orofrlat,4h.eailvreethli. Jsfathdeasye,
the new philosophers will say that they ought to work
ten, or eight, or six, or such other reduced number of
hours as may be found adequate to the desired end of
furnishing the whole with employment ; and we may ex-
pect that the Legislature will be, if not very profitably,
at all events very fully, engaged in regulating the hours
during which tinkers and tailors, and shoemakers, and
all oth, r handicraftsmen and workmen, may be per-
mitted to labour in their respective vocations, con-
sistently with the new principle of interference.
Amongst the parties. who would be likely to set up ur-
gent claims for the interference of the Legislature in this
respect, we know of none who could make out so good a
case as the agricultural labourers ; whose numbers, it is
well known, are more in excess than those of persons
engaced in any other employment. If the condition of
cotton-spinners and power-loom heavers can be im-
proved by shortening their hours of labour, and increas-
ing the number of persons required to perform a given
quantity of work, why not try the experiment upon
labourers in husbandry ? It is clear that, with their
present term of labour, there is not work for all ; and
therefore we would recommend to the lion. Member for
Oldham, or some other Member of Parliament, aho
takes the same view of the question, to consider the pro-
priety of bringing in a Bill to restrict them to eight, or
to six. or to tour hours a day, with the view of trying
how far :itch a change would tend to improve their con-
dition. If diminution of labour is a good thing, let
them have plenty of it.
We are tin are that some of the farmers would be dis-
posed to allege, that they could hardly afford to pay
their present • rate. of .wages for ten or twelve hours'
labour ; and that, if restricted to six or even to eight
hours, they must either diminish wages in the same pro
portion, or give up their farms. We do net, however,
see any difference in this respect between them and
cotton spinners ; and, if the restriction of labour in the
one case will prove generally beneficial, it can hardly
fail in the other.
Perhaps, however, as a diminution in the produce of
labour is to be the great panacea for national distress,
the best plan would be to pass an Act of Parliament for
tying up the left hand of every labourer, for fear he
should perform too much work ; and, if that should not
be sufficient, let him labour with both, hands tied to-
gether, which will surely answer the purpose.
We recommend this plan to the serious consideration
of those gentlemen who advocate the Tin Hours' Bill on
grounds ofcommercialadvantage.--Manchester Guardian.

THE LATE FIRE IN CLERRENWELL —Wednesday
morning a fire broke out at No. 5, Upper Rosoman-street,
Clerkenwell, which was attended with • circumstances of a
very distressing character, no less than fifteen persons, who
resided in the house, having been deprived of' every article
of furniture and clothing, and reduced to a state of total des•
titution. A subscription has since been opened for their re-
lief, and it is to be hoped that the public will not be back-
ward in rendering assistance, and that such a sum will be
raised as will enable these poor people to obtain both a home
and clothing. Mr. Drayton and Mr. Tidmarsh, of 30, Upper
Rosoman-street, will receive subscriptions, and afford every
information relative to this very distressing case.
THE PEER AND THL TAILOR.—The Reforme states,
that the Marquis de Louvois, who died a short time since,
passed at his estate all the time that he. could spare from pub-
lic affairs. One day a travelling carriage -arrived at the
village of The traveller, who was ill-tempered, found
fault with the postillions, and insisted on seeing the *post-
master. A man appeared at the post-house, modestly attired;
he addressed the traveller as follows : I shall wait on ,vou
La oPue,. e•
or i s?ofini'd'r4itllciee.;rouTbhletempoestmtraaNs'teelrler7 has
le
instantly, I only require time to put on my full dress coat as
tthatil-olli,lawrqhouisbadde
realised a large fortune,

THE ART-UNION OF LONDON
AND THE GOVERNMENT.

The Annual Meeting of th,. Subscribers to receive
the Committee's Report, and distribute the amount
subscribed for the purchase of Works of Art, was
appointed for Tuesday next, at Drury-lane Theatre,
and all the elaborate arrangements consequent on the
largeness of the body were made. On Monday last,
however, the following letter was received at the office
in Trafalgar- square :

" Treasury pril , .
. . ,
" am commanded by the ALordslg ColB44rathis-
sion,rs of her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you that
an institution called -the Art-Union of London, having
for its object the chance distribution of Prizes of Works
of Art, has been brought under the notice of their Lord-
ships, and that they are advised that it is illegal ; and I
am also to acquaint, you that the further continuance or
the same will render all parties engagad in it liable to
prosecution.—l am, Sir, our ob,dient servant,
" W. R. REYNOLDS.
" To G. GOdwin and Lewis Pueoek, Esqrs.,
4, Tratalgar-square, Charipg-cross." . •
The Committee immediately met, and a memorial
was addressed to Sir Robert Peel, as First Lord of
the Trealiry, setting forth the nature of the Asso-
ciation, the suet of money which through its means
had been expended since its establishment in the
promotion of the fine arts—the fact that the arrange-
ments for the di.tribution were complete; and that,
if stopped at this moment, great loss would be occa-
sioned to many artists, and praying that assurance
might be given that no legal proceedings would be
commenced ith the sanction of the Government
in the event of the • general meeting being
held, as already
,arrange 1. The memorial' was
a
accompanied by letter front the Honorary Se-
cretaries soliciting the serious attention of the
Right Hon. Baronet, and asking for an interview.
Sir George, Clerk, Bart., on the part of .Sir Robert
Peel, having appointed to receive the Committee
Lewisesterday (Thursday), Mr. George Godwin and Mr.
L Pocock, Honorary Secretaries, with Dr. Dick-
son, . Mr. Gaskoin, Mr. W. Donaldson, Mr. Noble,
Mr. A. Tooke, Mr. Troughton, Mr. Morant, Mr.
Atkinson, Mr. Morris, Mr. Hayward, Mr. Collard,
and other members of the Committee, attended at
Downing-street._ - _ _

Sir GIonGE CLERK said Sir Robert Peel had
placed the memorial in =his hands, and that he should
be happy to hear any obseriiations which might be
offered.

Mr. GEORGE GODWIN, on the part of the Com-
mittee, then made the following statement :—The
Art-UniOn of London, since its establishment in
1837, (in consequence of the opinion published in a Re-
port of a Committee of the House of Commons on arts
and manufactures, in that year), has distributed about
38,000/., independently of the present year's rec'eipts,
in the purchase and preparation of works of art, and
has put into operation painters, sculptors, engravers,
medal-die sinkers, modellers, and artists in bronze (a
branch of art up to this time much neglected
in England), to say nothing of the branches of
industry encouraged by it, as paper-makers,
printers, frame and glass-makers, &c. As an in-
stance of the magnitude of their operations in this
latter respect, Mr. Godwin stated that 300,000
sheets of paper had been used for the series of out-
line designs about to be distributed to the subscribers
of the present year. The Association had corre-
spondents not merely throughout the United King-
dom, but in our Indian possessions, Nova Scotia,
Hobart Town, Mexico, and New York. Mr. God-
win contended that to bind together a large number
of individuals by a common interest—an interest in the
arts ofpeace—was of itself an important result, tending
to good. A reserved fund had briegehntsrattnldiyprwoimthisoeudt
funds for the advance-
ti
on t
proer fedrui ne ge
pv ietehd
itlh;
permanentsubscri be r
merit of the higher branches of art. The Society had
now been in operation for eight years, increasing in
usefulness, and the Committee were confirmed in
their views of its legality by numerous facts. Her
Majesty the Queen was patron of more than one such
association,. and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
had very recently expressed to the Committee of the Art- 1
Union of London through Mr.Eastlake, R.A., his appro-
batien or its objects. Among the Vice-Presidents of the
Irish Ari-Union were several of the judges; his Ex- '
celtency Earl de Grey was a subscriber. The Com-
mittee of the Edinburgh Society included numerous
advocates, and, in addition to these points, the High
Chancellor of Ireland, Sir E. Sugden, Mr. Fitzroy
Kelly, Mr. C. Clarke, and others had stated their
opinion that the Art-Unions, properly so called, were
strictly legal. The Committee now found
themselves with 14,000/. in their hands, a
large increase over the subscription of any
former year, on the very eve of the distribution.
Ail the elaborate arrangements consequent on the
largeness of the body acted for had been made ; ar-
tists had filled the exhibitions about to be opened
with their works, and, in the majority of cases looked
to the funds of the Association for a return for their
skill and labour. The effect on these of suddenly pre-
ventingthe application of the funds provided for their
encouragement would be disastrous in the extreme;
nor was it simply as concerned the funds of the Art-
Union'Of London that the artists would be affected ; he.
would speak within compass if he said that 40,000/. or
50,000/. were in the hands of Committees throughout
the kingdom to be applied in the way alluded to;
the point then was, whether without their entering'
into the question of leality the Committee might!'
proceed with the distribution, and wins up the pro-
ceedings of the year. He would maintain that ther
Art-Union of London was not encouraged throuol:
the spirit of gambling;
and would prove
by showing that, with the exception of his Royal!
Highness the President, and men known to be patrons:
of art and above suspicion, the subscription was uni-:
formly of one guinea, for which every man had his
worth in the shape of engravings, the printed report,!
admission to the exhibition, and other pleasurable and;
wholesome excitements. if they were prompted by'
a spirit of gaming they would be found risking their
five guineas or their ten guineas. The chance of
obtaining a prize was too remote to be a leading,
motive. For the opinion entertained of the Asso-
ciation by the artists, he would appeal to resolutions
of confidence passed at a large meeting
of artists, hehl
at 'the Freemasons' Tavern, last year, and to the fact
that Sir Martin Archer Shee, the present respected
President of the Royal Academy, had been a sube
scriber from the foundation of the Society, and had
been found at all times ready to give them
his advice. The exhibition of prizes would,
he was sure, seem to Sir George Cleric;
who, he was satisfied, regarded the fine arts as im-
portant civilizing agents, to be of great service. Last
year the exhibition was open four weeks, part of the
time to the public without any limitation, and was
visited by about 200,000 persons. The fear of the
printsellers that the Art-Union of London interfered
with their trade, and which had led to the present
steps on the part of the Government, Mr. Godwin could
not think:well founded. Prints 'had been distributed
by the' Society in quarters where prints had never
before been seen : the taste thus inculcated would make
buyers; when one print was hung up another was
speedily required. That the printsellers themselves
' were favourable to Art-Union-was proved by the
fact that they attended the Committee of that Associa-
tion before transmitting the memorial, and stated that
they had specially excepted it in their prayer. The
question then was, are the efforts now making by the
Committees of Art-Unions throughout the kingdom
to be stopped ? If the Government think that specus
lators avail themselves of the existence of Art-Unions
to injure legitimate trade, will her Majesty's Minis-
ters bring in a short-Bill to place them. on a more
assured and permanent footing ? The immediate
point, however, (continued Mr. God win,) is, can the
Committee of the London Art *Union complete their
arrangements on Tuesday, as announced, .or must
the artists of the United Kingdom suffer the
sudden deprivation of the- means :of remuneration
which had been offered them, and for which
they had been at work all the past
might receive such an assurance, as
satisfactorily to keep faith with
_ year ? The
question was one of great importance, and he
them
the public, and avoid the threatened injury to a large
ts rhuosut
ledd e theynable
body of meritorious men.
Dr. DICKSON, Mr. HAY WARD, and others, followed
in confirmation of Mr. Godwin's statement.
Sir G. CLERK, who had received the Deputation
with great courtesy, said that the attention of the Com-
missioners of the Treasury having been directed to
the subject, they had submitted a .case to the
Attorney and Solicitor-General, and that, in their
opinion, the whole of the associations referred to were
illegal, and that it was thought due to the Committee
to give them early intimation of the fact. Sir Ro-
bert Peel could not interfere in the matter—all he
could do was to inform them of the law. lle (Sir
George Clerk) was himself a subscriber, and so were
many others connected with the Government ;
still, for the Treasury to give any sanction to
further proceedings, although be fulls admitted the
difficulty of the position in which the Com-
mittee found themselves, and the loss which
would result to artists if the proceedings were stopped,
was quite out of the question. If the opinions of the
gentlemen were such as was stated, they could of
course act on them if they pleased. The most pru-
dent course, he thought, would be to postpone the
meeting, giving the subscribers notice to that effect,
and suspend proceedings until it could be ascertained
whether or not the Legislature would protect that
and similar societies.
The Deputation then withdrew.
As will be. seen by our advertising columns,
the Committee have determined to postpone the
meeting for the present, and it remains to be seen
what steps will be taken by the artists out of doors, to
strengthen the hands of the Committee. Whatever
time rise and progress -of this Asso-
may be the result,
ciation wilt forma most extraordinary pag4 in the
history of the arts.

APRIL 10 16,44

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALVS--YEsTEEDAY.
- • - • CHFSTER. CUP. - • •
9 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Bramble--taken 9
to 1 agst Col. -Cradock'S Pagan—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh— taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite—taken
13 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Freedom—t and aft off
25 to 1 .agst Mr. J, Stanley's Vakeel—ditto
25.t0 1 agst Mr. Wrather's Nutwith—ditto
25 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn
. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Worthington's ktooton
4Q to 1 agst Mr. D. Cooke 's What—t and aft off
40 to 1 agst Mr. Igoe's The Broken Down.
Every horse included in the above list was basked, but
only the first'five with any approach to spirit; the odds we
hitie quoted against them would have been taken up to the
close. • - : -

• . DERBY.
200 even between two and the field
.12 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lot—taken
5 to 2 on Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—tak. 11 to 4
• 3to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan—take 7to 2 -
20 to I agst Sir G. lleathcote's Campanero—taken
20 to 1 Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken
25 to 1: agst Col. Peel's Orlando
30 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's Bay Momus
33 to 1 agst Mr. Onglev's King of the Gipsies—taken
35 to I agst Mr. J. Osliorne's Mount' Charles
40 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice
45 to I.agst Mr Bowes's Saddle Bow
,1000 to 10 agst Mr. Forth's Ashtead Pet—taken • •
1000 to 10 agst. Mr. Maft'am's Dr. Phillimore
250 to 50 agst The Ugly Buck winning 2,000 Guineas
Stakes and Derby—taken.
1000 to 5 agst Dr. Phillimore for the same events.
In addition to the prices, it is only necessary to say that
in the course of a long and most particularly dull afternoon,
not above a dozen bets were made. We say only one of 3
tio 1 in fifties against the Ugly Buck, and none whatever
against Ratan ; 30 to 1 to 751., and 2,000 to 60 laid agst The
King of the Gipsies, 1,875 to 45 agst Saddle Bow, 750 to 25
against Apprentice, the odds against each, with the exception
of The Ugly Buck being currently offered to the end.

•
OAKS.
10 to 1 agst Lord Clie.tertield's Bee
12 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Princess—taken
, 20 to I agst Lord Westminster's Fanny Eden—taken,
BATH RACES.—WEDNESDAY.

The York Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added.
Heats, one mile.
Mr. Wilkins' Ima, 6 yrs, 7st 81b (Darling, jun.) 2 1 1
Sir.C. Cockerell's Aurungzebe, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b 0 2 2
Mr. Hewitt's Midnight Star, 3 yrs, Est 121 b 0 0 3
hit.. Harris' Master Bodkin, 4 yrs, Est 71b 0 0 4
Mr. Bacon's Fairplay, aged, Bst .
Griffiths' Haroldston, 5 yrs, Bst 81b
Mr. Caffall's Gaiety, 3 yrs, ist 61b 1 dis
air. England's. Spring 1.30 k, 3 yrs, Est 71b.., 0 dr
Won by-a length. Gaiety ran against a post, and her
jockey (T. Day) was very much hurt.
No change in the Derby. betting.
IThe following horses joined Scott's lot at Newmarket
on Wednesday :—Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo, Lord
Chesterfield's The Bee, and Colonel Anson's The Prin-
bess and Joe Lovell.

GOODWOOD, 1844.
The Goodwood Cup closed with 52 subscribers, and
:he Maidstone Stakes with 35.
HURWORTEI HUNT AND DINSDALE SPA
RACES—TUESDAY.

The Hurworth Hunt Steeple Chase of 3 soya. each,
with 20 added, for horses, the property of bona fide
farmers, resident within the limits of the Hurworth,
Bedale, Raby, Brancepeth, and Cleveland Hunts.
Four years old, lOst 121 b ; five, 1 Ist 91b ; six and
aged, 12st. Thorough-bred horses to carry 71b extra..
A winner of any race or steeple-chase of the value of
50/. once, 71b ; twice, 101 b extra. Mares and geld-
ings allowed 31b. Three miles. The second horse to
receive 6 sovs., and should 10 horses be entered, the
third horse to save his stake. Ages from the Ist of
January.
!Mr. Applegarth's g g Safeguard aged, h b 1
IMr. Dale's g m Creeping Jenny, 5 yrs, h b 2
Mewburn's g m Clementine, 6 yrs, h b 0
Mr. Stockdale's b g Ariel, 6 yrs
Mr. Ford's In- g Donald Caird, aged withdrawn
I Hurdle Race ; a Match for 20 sovs.—Mr. Strother's b
lg Paddy, beat Mr. R. Emerson's r m Grace Darling.
,The Cleveland Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added by
his Grace the Duke of Cleveland, for horses that have
been regularly hunted with any of the above-named
hounds. Weights the same as the Steeple-Chase.
Two miles. Certificates to be produced from the re-
spective-masters of hounds.
Mr. Thompson's ch g Whitney, by Saracen, b 1
Mr. Clark's g g Shepherd, 5 yrs 0
The Brancepeth Stakes of 3 sous. each, p. p., with 10
added by W. Russell, Esq. Horses and weights the
same as the Cleveland Stakes. Heats, one mile. Cer-
tificates to be produced from the respective masters of
the hounds.

Mr. Horne's br g Doctor, aged, h. b 2 1 1
Mr. Stockdale's b g Ariel, 6 yrs, h. b.
Mr. Heslop's Miss Denton
The Dinsdale and Middleton Stakes, of 3 sovs. each,
p. p., with 10 added from the Racing Fund, for horses
of all denominations ; three yrs old, 7st 21b ; four,
Bst 4lb ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; thorough-
bred horses 51bs extra, and maiden horses at the time
of starting allowed 31b ; entire horses 4lb in addition.
One mile heats. Age from Ist of January.
Mr. S. Warring's g g Saul
Mr. Robson's b f Miss Hayton, 3 yrs 2 2
Mr. Wood's cm by Hampton, dby Blackleck
Mr. Thompson's b m Promise, aged, h. b.

THE WELSH CHURCH.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
"Not that he cared for the poor, but because he
was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put
therein."

O Judas, Judas ! how numerous are thy disciples,
how flourishing thy school ! Thou vast but one in
twelve, but thou didst soon outstrip thy fellows. Thy
professed principles, how exalted, pure, and disinte-
rested ! might not this be given to the poor ? oye
poor, ye poor ! How often are your wretched heads
made the stepping-stones for the feet of avarice
and pride to pass over to the objects of
their cupidity and ambition. How many benefac-
tions have been dedicated to you, inheritances be-
queathed you, commons inclosed for you, laws en-
acted for your advantage, and yet have all left your
miserable heads only enough above water for some
other canting philanthropist to step over towards the
real object of his pursuit ! Yea, even churches have
been built in your name, and for your sole accom-
modation ; and you have been thrust into their damp
and mildewed corners, to kneel out your devotions on
the cold granite pavement, and strain your ears to
catch an occasional word from the far distant minis-
ter, whilst others possess the inner retreats of the
sanctuary, chambered and curtained, and pillowed
and footstooled, in all the luxury of the drawing-room
and boudoir !

But if we would wish to view this ecclesiastical
mockery of the poor in all the offensiveness of its
most contemptuous scorn, we have nothing to do
but to cross the Severn into the principality of Wales,
and there our curiosity will soon be gratified, and
that not merely in an occasional instance, but in a
regular and systematic course of proceedings. For
here we shall see the poor not only driven to the
corner, but actually spurned from the Lord's table !!
The first portion of the principality we light on is the
diocese of Landaff. Here, throughout extensive dis-
tricts, the Welsh is the language of the common
people, and consequently that of the working-
classes and of the poor ; but it happens
that from the attractions of the country or
from commercial speculation, in many of the parishes
some English families have taken up their residence,
and in these parishes the Welsh service has invariably
been more or less dropped and the English substi-
tuted in its stead, solely for the. accommodation of a
few individuals, whilst the bulk of the people' are de-
prived of the privilege of hearing the word of God in
their native tongue.
But this is not all. In most of these parishes the
Welsh service is partly continued, as it would be too
barefaced even for the present race of clergy to dis
continue it. altogether ;_ but in a vast . proportion of
them the Communion Service is never performed in
the Welsh language, but invariably in English; and
on these occasions the Welsh portion of the communi-
.
cants are obliged to content themselves with having
merely, the few short sentences accompanying the de-
livery of the bread and wine repeated in their native
language, whilst the whole of the rest of this great
and important service is performed in English, for the
accommodation of those whose gayer apparel pro-
claims their having come from some more fashionable
part of the kingdom. Is not this the homage to the
~" gold ring" mentioned by the Apostle ? The very
fact of delivering the consecrated elements to some of
the congregation with the sentences in Welsh is a
.proof of that being the only language they understand,
and yet they are to be deprived of all the rest of the
service, the Confession, the Prayer, and the Blessing.
And all this is done in scores of instances under the
very eyes of the Bishop; the people treated like serfs,
spurned from the Lord's table, like beings.of an in-
ferior order, to make room for "the man with the gold
ring." Is it a wonder that, under such treatment, the
people hate our Bishops, that they curse our
hierarchy, and revile our Church ; call er Babylon,
and cry "Down with her Y" Surely hßome herself,
if she be the spiritual Babylon, was never guilty of
such an-abomination as this.
But though small consolation, it is yet a certain
fact, that if evil does not work out its own cure, it I
brings with it the punishment of its authors, for find-
ing themselves thus treated in their parish churches,
the people, naturally sensitive and discriminating,
and also deeply imbued with religious feelings, I
have left those scenes of slight to themselves, '
and of insult to their religion, and have sought other
comunmions, where they can hear the Word of God
in their own language; where, if they find less or-
thodoxy, they find more charity; where, if the mysteri-
ous symbols of the great atonement are not distributed
under the sanction of the mitre and the cassock, they
are at least received in the confident assurance of a
charitable spirit, and of the existence of sympathy,
Christian communion, and brotherly kindness. These
are spiritual comforts which the Church of England,
or rather, as before intimated, that rotten branch of it,
the Church of Wales, often withholds from the great
bulk of the people, and the people are their own aven-
gers. In the diocese of Llandaff, there are parishescontaining twenty thousand Dissenters,. .with not five
hundred Church Wen • - - -