The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-13 00:00:00

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?ANN TJA L BALL OF-Tlik R
4 FR ANCAISE DE BIENFAIO,OtO .
The grand annual ball in'aid-of the,fuWa of this
excellent society took place at 'die
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Rooms on Monday evening. • Itwas'atteqed-by 'the
great majority of the French at present 'resident in
London, without distinction of politics. Charity is.
a neutral ground, on which, men of all parties colt
meet, and it is sufficient for an unfortunate person lo-
be of French origin, and in distress,' to entitle him
to relief from the funds of this so'ciety,
which, during the course of the last year,her, not only relieved great numbers of French rge.dist
in London by distributions of bread aod:offtnoaty,
but has sent Upwards of SOO back to their native
land. The ball was got up on a magnifieent Dancing commenced shortly after ten o'clock, and
quadrilles, polkas, and waltzes were kept up with
great spirit until an early hour of the morning to the
delightful music of 011ivier's excellent band.. There
was a profusion of refreshments, and the - generei
arrangements were admirable. It is seldom th stt •we
have passed so pleasant an evening at the ball of
the Societe Franfaise de Bienfaisance.as

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TRUE CAUSE of DELAY in FINISHING
• THE NEW HOUSE of COACAIOII7S.
Members who introduced the " titteri ig" and '•• much
laughter" of Monday night, and shrugged their ihouldere
to express. their belief that . under the present direction
they never would get into their now quirter'r, surely
cannot know the real facts of the case. They -cannpt be
aware that the fault is -their own, and solgty their own;
they can scarcely appreciate the juju:7 they e%etioing
the contractor, and the loss which will ultlinute y. 411.0 n
the public. Not very long ago the G•Overnient aping-
at least 20,000/. in the erection of worleshoria4Tlisates..
bank, with provision of gaP, water, and costly,nuschinery,
to admit of greater rapidity in the progreis of the leoelyi:
the machinery is silent, the shops empty, the expenclitues:
lying waste, and here the contractor has no, less than,
fourteen thousand pounds' worth of materials, timber and
deals, wainscot, &c., purchased through the necessity of
providing seasoned stuff for what was anticipated to go
on, and which have been lying there and spoiling-for
four years. At this time, perhaps, he could buy theta
20 per cent. cheaper than be did then, to say nothing of
the interest of money on the amount laid by. Quarries
were leased, horses and plant bought, and other neer*.
sary steps taken to carry on the work as it ought to be
done. The loss caused by the delay may, be estimated.
Ms establishment is of course partly broken. up, , and
what is, greatly to be deplored, a large number of skilled
workmen, educated to what was required, ire dispersed
north and south. Looked at every way, the reiults of
the course which has been pursued are Peen to be bolsi.
and we would very reriously urge on the attention of Government, the importance of doing differently in fu-
ture and proceeding vigorously with this great work:
employment is wanted, loss is caused by delay—nothing
can be gained by it ; enormous rents are being paid
which might be saved, and the dignity of the country
Is in a degree compromised. Let a fund be raised for
the purpose, to be paid off by annual grants fork, may,
twenty years, or provide the money in any other way, •
and there will then be little further opportunity, we ven-
ture t) assert, for " much laughter," when the progress
of the new Houses is referred to.—Builder.

DIAMOND DUST.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
A fool is of service to a wino man, but 'tarns nothinf
from him.

Physic for the most part is nothing else but the sub.
stitute of exercise or temperance.
The regard we show economy is like that-we show an
old aunt, who is to leave as something at last.
Nothing moves the masses more than the exhibition.
of deep feeling. It .speaks a language which the very
humblest can understand, and challenges a response whick
not even the most callous are disposed to withhold.
Youth, enthusiasm, and affection, resemble three dayi-
of spring time; let us not, therefore, complain of their
short duration, but endeavour to enjoy them.
Blame not before you examine the truth; understand
first, and then rebuke.

HOLYHEAD, Fzn. 9.—Last Friday night, at half-
past ten o'clock, a most alarming fire broke out in the
house and shop of Jones and Evans, drapers, Market-
street, which threatened destruction to the whole sure t,
but the wind fortunately being moderate, it was kept
down, through the exertions of the inhabitants and with
the assistance of two fire-engines from her Majesty's
dockyard, which were on the spot soon after the fire
was discovered, by order of Commander Fraser, the
superintendent. The shop goods are all destroyed, a d
very little of the furniture has been saved. The family
ha.l a narrow escape for their liver.
ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.—Oa
Monday the annual general meeting of this charity was
held at the Hospit sl, Blornfield-street. Moortields—the
Rev. John Russell, D.D., presiding. From the medical
report it appeared that the total number of out-patients
for the year 1849 was 8,418; being an increase over the
peer eling year of 36. Those received into the hospiti.l
amounted to 268—making the number of in and out-
patients 8,686. The financial sheet shove f the receipts
t 3 have been on the whole 1,5391.; of which' 2651. re-
sulted from dividends, and 1,2731. from donations and
subscriptions. The sum invested in various securities
was 8,3791. The report was adopted, the name of Sir
John Poland added to the committee for the year cr-
suing, auditors elect- d. and thanks voted to the medical
.tart, after which the meeting broke up.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN.—As.the
Rev. John Lowe, rector e f Ardley, Oxote was prom:d-
ing on horseback between that place and the neighbour-
lug riilage cf Middleton, the horse, a young spirited
•aeriMal, became Very restive, and commenced rearing and
plunging furiously. Mr. Lowe, who is somewhat ad-
vanced in yearn, awate of the imminent iger he was
placed in, endeavoured to retain his stet as touch au pos-
sible, but at length the animal retire.' and fell back to
the ground. The reverend gentleman was thrown with
considerable violence, and sustained internal irjuriea of
a serious character from the animal falling upon him.
When the occurrence took place, being some distance
from any dwelling, some titre elapsed before he could
obtain the requisite assistance to convey him home. Not
the slightest hopes were held out of his recovery. The
sad event has cast a gloom over the whole of the pavifh,
from the estimation in which the reverend gentleman'is
held. Mr. Lowe has held the living c f Ardley for • pe-
riod of 35 years, having been presented to it in 1815 by
the Duke of Marlborough.—Bucks Paper.
MusicAL Gossir.—The death of the popular
singer Alizerd, feOm a disease of the heart,
has caused a• great sensation at Paris. Alined
succeeded Leviisseur at principal bass at the
Academie Royale de Musique. Ile had one of the
finest voices ever heard. Carlotta Grisi gave a series
of performs .ces the week be fore last at the
Theatre. From Bristol the beautiful and accomplished
danseuse was, we believe, bound fur Dublin. The
French papers inform ua that Madlle. Julian Van
Gelder is reeengaged by Mr. Lumley for the ensuing
season. Mr. Lumley is still iu Paris, where Madame
Sontag has gone to join him. Rumours of a series of
concerts, in which that celebrated lady will take
a prinCipal part both in Paris and Bru-sels, are
abroad. Maille. Ernesta Grisi, sister ot Carlotta Griti,•
recently appeared at the Theatre I a'ien, as Malcolm in
La Donna del Logo. According to the 'levee et Gazette
Musicale she was exceedingly well received. Mr.
Frederick Gye is gone to Paris to engage, as we hear, •
tenor for the opening of the Royal Italian Opera, in
Gustave the Thi d. Alboni has been singing at Geneva
and Lyons to overflowing audiences with immense sac-
cess.—M'usicul World.
THE WORKING MAN'S WORST ENEMIRIL—The
Hull Advertiser is prosecuting an " Inquiry into the
social condition of the working classes in Bull," by
its " own commissioner," whose letters show a zealous
activity a abound in interesting matter. The
following is an extract from the last letter of the
series :—" The unjustly-paid and unjustly-treated
working man must. however, not wholly blame
the masters for the privations which he and his
family have to endure. It tes commonly happens
that working men are the worst enemies c,t working
men. The worst masters are generally those who have
most recently been servants; and on the other hand, evert
good masters are spoiled by bud servants. I here allude
to the unskilful and indolent class ot workmen, who
are always the last to whom employment is gii en, and
who not unfreqeently would starve, could they not ob-
tain work by holding out the inducement to the employer
of executing it at a lower rate of wages than , the etas
ployer would think of offering to a butter alias of
workmen. There have been, in many traders in Hull,
scores of traitors among the working c'aises to their
own order, and to whom the working classes at large
owe more of their sufferings than to the established
masters. It is from the petty Insisters—the journresym haertre-
masters, if I may ,so term them—that the otehne
are
so
much injured. Working
learned those practices by which wosrkinng
the icventors
esh,
will
have
with him at the same
Teaenl Bidhotisi twoillfrearlefrrombe
that watthrekiwngorkminegifs
man iniseri
men
his
The old club system for
obennehmaantde—inthet
emsaantn we
wages is all but finally exploded, and it
hrooowmo.r
maintaining
workmen generally, noton y h
should now become an important
owto protest themselves
against masters, but consideration with
against men of their own position."
The Duke of Devonshire, on his late visit to his
estates in Ireland, brought back with him that very cu-
rious relic of antiquity, the crozier of the ancient bishops
of Waterford and Lismore, which come into his Grace's
Inside, we believe, with the property of the B.,yles,
Earls of Cork. It is of bronze, ornamented with enamel
and beads; and if it do not belong (as some antiquaries
contend it does) to the eighth or ninth century, it is
certainly nut of later manufacture than the very com-
mencement of the twelfth century, the reign of Henry
I. It has been privately seen by not a few Irish anti-
quaries, who are of opinion that it is of the workmanship
of that country, and the Duke has kindly consented to
its exhibition at the Society e f Antiguan,* in London,
on an early occasion, in order to ascertain the decision
ot that learned body as to its precise age, and the part of
the world where it was made. It seems clear that it did
not come origirally from Italy.
Mrs. Bleai.by, before committal to Armagh gaol,
where she was escorted in ter own phaeton, on the coro-
na
lvienrdt ,
nfoarndtsiet
emurderi
toofr, h eivr
rh.
Cat,
mdeposited
a will in the hands tee solicitor, Mr. .1. Cumming, be-
qut athing 22,0006 to her children. She was dressed in
deep mourning. .
PORT MADOC, FEB. The veisel repot ted at
Aberystwith as having be en lost on the Fetcher, sth
hist., is supposed to be the smack Catherine, of this port,
which lett lthiford 4th inst., some books having come
on shore Which belonged to the master and mete:
Dispatches is ere received yesterday at the Odsgiop
office from the Governor of South Australis.

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