The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-11 00:00:00

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Philharmonic Society appears to be eomitee *Met cz
public w euusull c!dine for sup:- ort this s azen. It was •
but last it e:11 !hat the engagement of Maelaene Soetag
was announc:d in this paper, and new a second and more
acceptable engagement is to be added—that of Jenny
Lin:l. She is to ,sing in a miscellaneous concert, and
also, it is expected, in the Messiah. Her appearances
aro to be on Friday, the 160, and Monday, the 19th
of August; and on the following Wednesday she
is to leave this town by the steam-ship Atlantic, to
delight American audiences. The appearance ef this lady
in Liverpool may be called a marked event. Many places
would have been glad to have secured her services. The
fashionable world of London would have been delighted
with her presence. Birmingham and Manchester wooed
bcr to appear, and other great leaities sought her ser-
vices, but in every case the offer has failed, and to Liver-
pool alone will the nightingale be visible and heard. It
is a matter of much importance that she be well received.
We cannot but admire the talent cf Jenny Lied, but our
esteem for her must be grounded on higher consider-
ations than talent. Her memorial amongst us is her
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of Liverpool should show its sense of her consideration
to its charities by filling the Philharmonic Hall to its
fullest extent, and by giving her a reception such as
her virtues deserve. No vocalist ever took so high a
place in the sympathies of the people of this town as this
lady has done, nor did any one over so deserve it.
When she first appeared under a management which
excluded the majority of the people from hearing her, a
tribute was paid by the public which is not common in
this town, by the thousands of persons assembling in
Williamson-square and the locality, to catch, if it were
possible, but a glimpse of the songstress. Since then
she has commended herself to us by those graceful and
profitable services to which allusion has been made; sni
now that she is to be heard at a reasonable charge for
admission, and has a pecuniary interest in the affair,
it is to be hoped that in this locality a feeling of respect
will find its manifestation in the fullest attendance and
the warmest greetings the Philharmonic Hall has ever
experienced. It is said she is to receive 1,0001. for her
services.—Liverpool Courier.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The announcement by telegraph this morn-
ing of the vote of the House of Commons, affirming by
a considerable majority Mr. Roebuck's resolution in
support of the principles on which the foreign policy of
the country has been conducted by Lord Palmerston,
has produced a wide spread and cordial feeling of
satisfaction and joy throughout this great community.
1 During the weak, as the debate proceeded, an intense
anxiety has prevailed as to the result, as no one at all
acquainted with public affairs could fail to perceive
the important consequences which depended on the
issue. To the Commons of England was put the
question one of momentous significance —shall
Great Britain, the birth-place of freedom, the friend
and protector of the down-trodden everywhere, con-
sent to become the ally of Austria and Russia, in
riveting their chains upon the necks of their unhappy
subjects ? and nobly have they answered the question.
Well done the Commons of England ! Emphatically
and truly have you interpreted and expressed the
feelings of the great English nation. You have been
true to the ancient traditions of our country, and re-
asserted, with the spirit of former times, your title
to the confidence and rewards of your countrymen.
From what has this vote happily saved us ? Imme-
diately and directly from an alliance with the de-
spotic Governments of Europe, from the deep de-
gradation, the eternal disgrace of uniting with the
leagued oppressors of mankind to repress the rising
hopes of the continental nations, and to f xting uhh,
especillly in France and Germany, the few advan-
tages of the revolutions of 1848 that still remained.
Thanks again, say we, to the Commons of England.
Their triumphant, and all the more se, because un-
expected, majority has saved the country from an
ineradicable stain, and sent consternation and alarm
into the Camarilla of unprincipled politicians—
" Kings with thrones, and !jogs without thrones—
Ministers in place, and Ministers out of place," as
Mr. Osborne happily expressed it, who had conspired
to ruin an honourable statesman—hateful to them in
proportion to his love of freedom, and of well-
regulated progress, the best and surest safeguard
against revolution and anarchy. But the domestic
consequences of a vote adverse to Lord Palmerston
and the Ministry would have been more serious still.
The openly avowed determination of the fiery states-
man, whose impetuous and unscrupulous ardour
brought on the present crisis, by the division on his
motion in the House of Lords, is to restore what is
called protection to native industry, but which is in
reality nothing more nor less than the policy of the
highwayman, taking what is not his own by adding
to the price of bread. Who could contemplate with-
out horror the storm of indignation which an attempt
to restore the corn-laws would be sure to produce in
this country ? Restore the corn-laws ! restore the
Star Chamber, and collect ship money from the in-
dustrious classes of England ! ! And yet Lord Stan-
ley, by his promises to his followers, would be bound
to make, as he would infallibly fail in, the attempt.
But the vote of the Commons' House has saved the
nation from the folly and fanaticism of the Lords;
and may it ever be so while their Lordships conspire
with "Kings with thrones, and Kings without
thrones—with Ministers in place, and Ministers out
of place," against an upright, honourable, high-
minded British statesman. Lord John Russell's words
are emphatically true, that for a Government to re-
sign upon a vote of the Lords would be productive
of injurious consequences, and to none more so than
to the Lords themselves.

It is right, I think, to make known the state of
feeling throughout the country on the present im-
portant crisis, and you may accept the above as a
correct representation of the sentiments of this grtat
manufacturing and commercial community.
" I am, Sir, yours, &cc.,
J. R.

Glasgow, June 29.

WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—The
irst annual meeting of the shareholders of this society was
held last evening, at the Music Hall, Long-acre ; John Wills,
Esq., in the chair. After the nomination of the officers and
committee, and the appointment of auditors, the meeting
was fuljourned untirthe 7th August, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the report of the committee. The society was estab-
lished on the Ist August last, and now consists of 800 mem-
bers, holding 1,100 shares; and upwards of 2,0001. was in
the hands of the society's bankers. A vote of thanks was
,passed to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned.
MR. F. WEBSTER'S BENEFIT. the benefit of
this excellent man and most worthy freemason, to whose
exertions, as stage-manager of the Haymarket, the public
are more indebted than the unitiated imagine, takes place
this evening at the Haymarket Theatre. The whole strength
of the company is engaged, as is a host of extra talent.
Tho " craft" will, as usual, rally round " Brother Webster,"
and there can be no doubt but that his benefit will be a
bumper.
Sir 'William Clay, Bart., paired in favour of the
Marriages Bill with Mr. Eliott Lockhart against.
LONDON THIEVES.—It is supposed that the num-
ber of persons who maks a trade of thieving in Lund n is not
more than six thousand ; cf these, nearly two hundred are
first-class thieves or swell mobsmen ; six hundred " mace-
men," and trade swindlers, bill-swindlers, dog-stealers, ;
about forty burglars, " dancers," " garreteers," and other
adepts with the skeleton-keys. The rest are pickpockets,
" gonophs"—mostly young thieves who sneak into areas,
and rob tills—and other pilferers.—Diehens's "Household

Words."
STEAMER BLOWN UP.--PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY,
JULY 10. This morning, at a little before seven o'clock, the
Queen steamer, of about 70 tons burden, Captain Williams,
blew up, when lying off North-corner steps, Hamoaze. The
engineer, William Mitchell, who keeps a tavern at Calstock,
and is the principal owner, was in charge at the time stand-
ing on the larboard paddle-box, whence he was blown with
part of the ship intu the sea. The steamer was preparing for
an excursion up the river Tamar, and the steam was got up
about five o'clock. At the time of the accident the only
person below was a man named Lane, recently employed in
place of his brother, one of the stokers : he was in the engine-
room, and was carried away with the wreck. The after-end
of the boiler is blown completely out, taking. with it the after-
deck and cabin, companion, seats, and all ; indeed, the stern
part is shelled, there being nothing but the ceiling of the hull
to be seen. Six persons were on board; Lano is missing,
Mitchell, the engineer, serioitsly. scalded; James Smith,
stoker, leg broken ; a fourth man injured, and two escaped
without hurt. The steamer was taking a turn a head at the
time ; the valve was two inches from the extreme. The
Queen was engaged for the day by the trustees of the Princes-
street Independent Chapel, Devonport, and no doubt a very
large number of persons would have been on board ; had the
accident occurred a few hours later, the loss of life would
have been frightful to contemplate. The over-crowding of
the steamers on the river Tamar is deserving the attention of
Government.

ITAEROW SCHOOL.—THE SPEECH DAY. —Yester-
day having been appointed for the delivery of the speeches at
this celebrated academy, a numerous and fashionable assem-
blage met in the dining hall at one o'clock to witness the
proceedings. The following is a list of the prizes awarded :
The Peel Medal (for Latin prose), Mr. G. C. D'Arcy; the
Gregory Medal (for Latin translation), Mr. H. M. Buller;
Latin Alcaics and Latin Alexanders, Mr. C. S. Blaydes;
Greek lambics, H. M. Butler; Greek Translation and
English Essay, H. M. Butler; English Poem, Mr. Cunning-
ham.

DARING BURGLARY IN TILE CITY.—It WIN yes-
terday morning discovered that the premises of Messrs.
Muggeridge, Sprague, and Co., the extensive paper mer-
chants,or
gf aQr
ou
ue ry entered, and the
- st r e et , Che a P.9hle'had during the night
several desks forced open,
but fortunately, although there was a vast amount of prc-
beenbi
perty in the place, very little was carried off.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— A convention has been
entered into between Belgium and Prussia, for the establish-
ment of an electric telegraph between the two countries. It
will connect Berlin with Aix-la-Chapelle,
Antwerp,
Brus-
sels,. Ostend, and the French frontier.
SINGULAR MARRIAGE.—A marriage of a some-
what singular character, from the peculiar circumstances of
the parties to it, was solemnised- at the Cathedral on Wed-
nesday last. The loving swain is well known by many of
the inhabitants of Manchester, from his being in the habit of
occupying a position in some of our public thoreughfares, in
order to receive the contributions of the charitable. He ap-
pears to be about thirty-three years of age, bas been brought
up to the sea-service, and had the maurtune, while engaged
in a whale-fishing voyage, to lose both his legs by amputa-
tion, in consequence of disease caused by severe frost. He
is very good looking and healthy, but wears a wooden leg, a
crutch, and a stick. His wife is, we are told, possessed of
sousiderable personal attractions.—Manchester Courier.