The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-15 00:00:00

N°. 17,984.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING

SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER
COLOURS.
The FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION IS NOW OPEN,
at their Gallery, 5, PALL-MALL EAST, from Nine till Dusk.
Admittance, One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence.
GEORGE FRIPP, Sc'.

INDIA OVERLAND MAIL DIORAMA,
GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street, Water-
loo-place.

Three Exhibitions each day. A Grand Moving Diorama illus-
trating the route of the Overland Mail to India, depicting every
Object worthy of notice on this highly intereVing journey from South-
ampton to Calcutta, accompanied by descriptive detail and appro-
priate music, is now •pen daily. Mornings at 'twelve, Afternoons at
Three, and in the Evening at Eight o'Clock.
"Admission, Is. ; Stalls, 2s. 6d. Doors open half-an-hour previous
to the above hours. Descriptive catalogues may be had in the,
Rooms.

PANORAMA of the LAKES of KILLARNEY.
JUST OPENED, at BURFORD'S PANORAMA ROYAL,
Le,cester• square, a View of these celet.rated and interesting Lakes,
taken from Ross Castle, and comprising the numerous adjacent
islands and surrounding beautiful scenery.
The VIEWS of the ARCTIC REGI3NS and of POMPEII are also
now open.

Admission, Is. each view; or 2s. 6d. to the tkree. Schools, Half.
price.

Open from Ten till Duek.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Dr. BACHHOFFNER'S 'SECOND LECTURE en the
PtiILOSOPHY of SCIENTIC RECREATION, with OPTICAL
EFFECTS, daily at Two, arid every evening at a Quarter•past
Nine.—Lecture by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on tke Chemistry of
Hydrogen, with sper.dal reference to its application for conveying by
Balloons Pyrotechnic and other Signals to Slr John Franklin,
daily at Half-past Three, and every Evening at Eight.--Dissolving
Views illustrating the Arctic Regions and Ceylon ; also Views of
and London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is.—Diver
Diving-bell, &c., &c.
Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price.
Analyses and Chemical Experiments conducted in the Laboratory,
under the direction of J. H. Pepper, Esq.

ARGYLL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great
Windmill-street, St. James's.

Musical Director and Conduetor, 34. LAURENT, jun.
This ACADEMY, is NOW OPEN fbr the SUMMER SEASON.
Teachhig by Professors Calkins, Franconi and Meaty.
Tor Terms of Private Tuition apply at the office.—Terms of Sub-
scription, for morning and evening practice months, &I. is.;
one month, 11. Is.; one evening,' Is.
The Academy will open for evening practice at Half-past Eight.
Dancing to commence at Nine o'clock, and the Band will hot leave
the Orchestra till the usual hour of closing, Half-past Eleven.

CR,EMORNE GARDENS, KING'S-ROAD,
CHELSEA.

WHIT-MONDAY.—The fame which these Gardens have already
achieved will be sustained and increased by the Novelties in pre.
paration for the Whit sun Week. Nature and Art have combined to
render this spot resistless —all classes are operated on by its alluring
attractions—alter one visit who can keep away? %% hat the load-
stone is to the needle Cremorne is to the public, to whom the new
management looks with confidence for support in the Whitsun
Week. Open daily at Three o'clock, Sundays at Half-past Four, en
which day no charge is made for admission except for refreshment
ticket, 6d. Cremorne can be reached from the heart of town by
omnibus or steam-boat.

Mr. T. B. SIMPSON, the Director, solicits particular notice to the
Dining and General Refreshment Department. The excellence of
the articles vended, care in their preparation, and attention in their
supply, will, he hopes, give universal satisfaction.
N.B.—Mr. S. begs to remind his friends that the OPENING
DINNER will take place in the Grand Banqueting Hall on FRIDAY
next, May 17, on which occasion he solicits their kindest support.
Tickets io be had at the Gardens, and at the bar of the Albion.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY:;—Notice is
hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEEING of this
Company will be held To-Moaaow, the 16th May inst., at the
PADDINGTON STATION, at Twelve o'clock, for the purpose of
considering and determining upon all or any of the matters referred
to in the Report of the Directors presented to the Special Genei•al
Meeting held On the 25th ult., in relation to the Report of tit* Com-
mittee of Consultation.
The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.

C. RUSSELL, Chairman,

Paddington Station, May 2, 1350_
It is provided by the Act, that no person shall be entitled t• vote
as the proxy of any person, unless the instrument appointing him
shall have been transmitted to the Secretary of the said Company
five days at least before the Meeting, and no Proprietor in arrear
upon any shares can be allowed to vote.

AFLORAL FETE and FANCY BAZAAR
will be held at the HANOTER-SQUARE ROOMS, on the
22nd, 23rd, and 24th inst., in aid of the funds of the ROYAL
GENERAL ANNIIITY SOCIETY.
Tickets may be obtained at the principal Music Warehouses, and
at the offices of the society.
Doors open on the first day at one, and on the second anU third
days at twelve o'clock.
Cdntributions gratefully received,
srtrmnr ALDRICIT, Secretary.
Society's Offices, 18A, Basinghall-street,
May 10, 1850. . .

TO THE .SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Monday the latb, was another length-
ened and cold debate on the Australian Colonies
Government Bill ; which was read a third time, and
passed.
On Tuesday debate on two Metropolitan Water-
works Bills, which were negatived on the second
reading. The first, which proposed a supply of water
from Artesian wells, was opposed on the ground of
inexpedience. The other, which proposed to derive a
supply from the Thames, involved the unsettled ques-
tion of, first, whether water is to drink, and secondly,
whether it is to wash with. It was stated there were
mills, which, if the citizens drank, they might drink
dry; and therefore it appeared to be settled that the
citizens ought not to drink, still less to wash. The
House is waiting fur some twenty Members to accept
the Hundreds of the grave, and then it will begin-to
apply itself to the sanitary question.
On the same dayy
f
was brought on the motion for re-
turning to an Rig
- Shillibgs Duty on Foreign Corn.
It was not so worded;; bit this was declared, with all
the precision of which language is capable, to be
the meaning of its supporters. The defence of
the Free-Traders was exactly what might be supposed
to have resulted from putting the enemy into com-
mand. Speaker after speaker came forward, to make
the most wounding admissions which half-informed
advocates could stumble into. Nothing was absent
which could indicate prostration of power or nullity
of argument. The attack, on the other hand, was
conducted with the greatest ability and vigour, the
speakers appearing to rise above their ordinary powers
as they assailed the passive party, which imitated the
patientndaye.g animalin umh sei
dthatturntos, croup to the storm,
a
" Pelt away." The
impression on en aceidental'hearer must have been,
that if superiority in argument was concerned, the
Corn-Laws must be fully restored in six months. The
scene was not altered, till the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer rose; and he made some telling hits, on the
evidences of increasing and not decreasing prosperity
since the change. The Member for the West Riding
followed with some caustic attacks on his opponents,
which is the direction in which his great., strength
lies. But nobody touched the main points of the
question.' There great
the length,
preee nt p whether
riee ef
was magi:it:3dt
withat
this or that prophecy
wheat, and whether an East wind or a West
wind brought the greatest quantity of corn
to market. But nobody touohed your ques-
tion, which is whether the foreign trade of
Bradford is to be put down to, serve the land-owners.
Those who by the, custom of the House are allowed
to speak on important questions, would not do it ; and
those who would have done it, were not allowed. The
House of Commons, like language, is for the conceal-
ment of ideas. The inference from it to you and
others, is not to look to the House of Commons but
to the Free Trade Hall. There is no room for reasons
in the other place, or at all events none for yours.
The division, of 298 to 184 against the motion,
showed pretty clearly the disposition of the present
House. In the mean time the opponent goes on
triumphantly and scarcely
.opposed, to lay his founda-
tions for better prospects in the next. Of all inex-
once by sheer argument, should thus recall their Tpiricaadbelres tahftinergscatrhreyminogstthineyirstecaruioseusLeifsorwehtyhetchoeutire;
ene-
mies to life and power, by refusing to take advantage
of the splendid opportunity presented in the House of
Commons to such of them as have the liberty of
speech.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, lith May, 1850.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her. Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on hone-
back yesterday, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon.
Alexander Gordon. _ _ _

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Prin-
cess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, took their emus-
tomed exercise yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham
Palace.

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His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen visited
his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday.
The Countess de Neuilly, the Prince de Joinville, and
the Duke d'Aumale visited her Majesty the Queen of
the Belgians yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also visited the
Queen of the Belgians yesterday.
nmtyueh
substituting a
payment
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom-
panied
eveniffngig.bnessPrince Edward or Saxe-
WHer Roy
ybohnisonS:erdene her Id ejes ty 'a Theastre
attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Lord James
Murray. l Hwiigthhnhesesr pwraes.
It is understood that the Court will proceed •to Os-
borne, Isle of Wight, on Wednesday, the 22d of May,
and will not return to Buckingham Palace until Tues-
day,
the 18th of June ; and that the ehristenieg of the
intent Prince will be solemnized on Saturday, the 22d of
June. Drawing-rooms will be held on Thursday, the
20th of June, and Tuesday, the 9th of July ; and a
Levee on Wednesday, July the 3rd. It is also under-
stood to be her Majesty's intention that state balls shall'
take place on Wednesday, the 26th of June and on
Wednesday, the 10th July ; and concerts on Monday,
the Ist of July, and Monday, the 15th of July.
A deputation of Irish Members, to press upon the at-
tention of the Home Secretary the necessity of consi-
derably extending the jurisdiction of the Assistant-Bar-
risters' Courts in Ireland, and placing the Assistant-
Barristers possible upon an equal footing
with
Court
s Judges of England, by abolish-
with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the
by fixed salary, had
aninterview
iegf
the County
ca no as i
Home-office. The deputation consisted of Sir Wiliam
Mahon,sal)y,i
Somerville, Mr. French, Mr. W. Fagan, Mr. James.
Fagan, Mr. Boyd, Sir T. O'Brien, Sin. L. O'Brien, Mr.
Lawless,,Gmrrolaenr,hMerrt:
Grace, Mr. Sullivan, ColOnel Dunce, Colonel Rawdon,
cLholorndeiNcahaas
, Sir Thomas Burke, Hon. H.
Cole, Mr. H. Hamilton, Colonel Taylor,Sir, Arthur
Naas,
Brooke, Mr. P. Somerset Butler, Mr. George Hamilton,
0 il,
i The
'rF. I
Keogh,ah e r t O'Gorman
, Mr.
Mr.
Mr. James Hamilton, and Major Blackall.
Mr. Ker Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Grenada,
had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Co-
lonial-office.
Mr. Hugh Adair had an interview with the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere yesterday at the office of the Board
of Trade.
A deputation from the Chester and Holyhead Railway
Company, consisting of Mr. Kinnaird, Sir Charles
Douglas, Mr. Mangles, Mr. Glyn, and Mr. Swift, had an
interview yesterday with the Commissioners of Rail-
ways, at the Board of Trade. •
The Finance Committee of the Commission for the
Exhibition of 1881, consisting of Earl Granville, Lord
Overstone, Sir Alexander Spearman, and Mr.T. F.Gib-
son; met yesterday at the Board of Trade. Colonel
Reid, RE, Chairman of the Executive Committee, was
also present.
The Building Committee of the Royal Commission
for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday, inthe New
Palace of Westminster. There were present—Mr.
Cubitt, Mr. Barry, Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. C. R.
Cockerell, Mr. Brunel], and Mr. T. L. Donaldaoe. Mr.
Scott Russell, secretary to the Royal Commission, was
in attendance. Colonel Reid and Mr. Digby Wyatt
were present.
• Dispatches were•recetved yesterday at the,Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American Colo-
nies; and also from the Governor of Gibraltar.,
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday afternoon, for the purpose of the Judge of the
High Court of Admiralty giving judgment on.an appeal
from Bengal, "Grant v. the Chief Justice of Bengal."
The Master of the Rolls and the
.Chancellor of tile Duchy
of Cdrnwall were present, Sir
and Edward Ryan sat as a
Privy Councillor.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.
TUESDAY.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each, for three years
old, and upwards. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.)
Sir G. Gerard's Jest, 5 yrs, Sat 71b "(Bartholomew) 1
Mr. Wigram's Beau Pii Belle, 4 yrs, Bst Sib ' 2
Mr. W. Cotton's c by the Nob, 3 yrs, 6st 71b
yrs ................
Betting—Even on Jest, who 'won very easily by a
.................. (Flatman) 2
length and a half. Run in 1 min 11 sec. , .
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. esc_ll,l. for two years old, Est
12lb; and three, Bst 121 b; tipies and geldings allowed
31b; the skinner to be sold for 100 sous., if demanded,
&c. First half of Ab. M. (3 Subs.)
Lord
dWat
Exeter'sson's Nineveh,
v i
s ite ,
y2rs
Betting-11 to Bon Nineveh. Won by a neck. Run
in 52 sec. ,
bhraftt.ta,YBe:l7ilnbg
...
Duke of BeMdfabtcrdh'sloMoa, (F. Butler) 1
Mr. Ramsbottom's lole, 7st 121 b ......... (Flatmae) 2
Betting-11 to Bon Mabratta. Won by half &length.
Run in 21 sec. ~
Fifty Pounds, for three yrs old •, colte, Bst 71b ; fillies,
Est 41b. R. M.
Mr. Thomas's Royal Bart ..... .......... (Abrahams) 1
Mr. Roles Wansdyke .............................. (Petit) 2
Mr. E. Batson's King of Cymry •......... ..... (R. Sly) 0
Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux ... ......... (F. Butler) 0
Mr. Ford's Garforth
a length, Bordeaux
Lord Exeter's Presley
Mr. Freeman's Impression (Rogers) 0
Betting-2 to lon Bordeaux.
Royal Hart and Wansdylte made the running jointly
into the Ab. M. bottom, where Royal Hart • took the
d, Est 21b; four, Bst;
laenadd kept,
Garforthi t tto the
ere
closeend . aunpd. won
Run by
in 1
min.
sea.
Fifty Pounds, for three yea
five, Bst 71b; six and aged,Sat 12lb; the winner to be
sold for 200 sous., if demanded, &o. TAU%
Mr. Barnes's Tufthunter, 6 yrs ...(F. Butler) , 1
C 019114 IWO VW, 4in it .. ........... miglitiaso 3