The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-04 00:00:00

TURKEY.

Accounts from Constantinople, of the 20th ult.,
announce the arrival in that city of the Princess
BELGOIOBO._

The Turkish Government has just ordered the
armament of two frigates and a brig to be ready by
the Ist of May. The ships of war are to proceed at
once to Malta and Gibraltar, and from thence visit
Spain, France, and Great Britain.
The shock of an earthquake was felt at Constanti-
nople on the 19th.

MALTA.
Accounts from Malta, of the 22d ult., state that
the venerable RUGGIERO SETTIMO, whose life had
been despaired of, is at present out of danger.

ITALY.
The King of NAPLES has gone to Gaeta, where a
large body of troops have been ordered to concentrate.
A note from Lord PALMERSTON has produced a great
sensation among the Neapolitan Ministers.

HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH.
The following bulletin of the Queen's health was
issued this morning:—
" BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAT 4, 1850, 9 A.M.
"The Queen has had another good night.
Her Majesty and the infant Prince continue well.
" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
"CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.
"ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D."
The next bulletin will be issued on Monday.

CABINET COUNCIL.—(Tius DAY.) A Cabinet
Council was held at the Foreign-office this afternoon,
at two o'clock, the summonses having been issued
yesterday. The Ministers present were Lord John
Russell, the-Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, the
Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George
Grey, Sir John C. Hohhouse, Sir Francis T. Baring,
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Right Hon.
Fox Malik. The Lord Chancellor and the Marquis
of Clanricarde were absent through continued in-
disposition. The Ministers will dine this evening
with the Royal Academicians at the National Gal-
lery, on the occasion of the opening of the Ex-
hibition.

SAILING OP THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.- THIS
DAY.)—The announcement that the expedition fitted out by
Government was to leave Greenhithe to-day, for the purpose
of searching after Sir John Franklin, attracted a vast con-
course of spectators, and the shore was lined with a respect-
able assemblage for some considerable distance. The squadron
consists of the Intrepid, the Resolute, the Pioneer, and the
Assistance. At the appointed hour the Commander, Captain
Austin, gave the order for sailing, and amidst thQ cheers of
the vast concourse assembled, the vessels started on their
good cause. The expedition was accompanied by the three
steamers, the Dasher, the Advice, and the Jasper. The
Jasper only returned from towing Lady Franklin's vessel
Prince Albert to Harwich, on her way to Aberdeen yesterday.
The heads of the Woolwich Dockyard paid a parting visit to
Captain Austin and the officers before sailing.
GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE FRENCH ENE-
BAssY.—llis Excellency the French Ambassador and Ma-
dame Dronyn de Lhuys gave a grand entertainment, last
evening, at the residence of the embassy, in Belgrave-square,
to the following distinguished party :—His Grace the Duke
of Wellington, the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of
?dinto, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount
Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Lord Campbell, Lord Eddis-
bury, Lord Brougham, Lord Howden, the Lord Mayor of
London, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon.
Sir Charles Wood, and Mr. H. Addington. The party broke
up about eleven o'clock.
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PEMBROKE DOCKYAUD, MAY 3.—ln order to pro-
tect the entrance to Milford-haven, the Lords of the Admi-
ralty have deemed it expedient that a fort should be erected
on the Stack Rock for that purpose, and accordingly orders
have been issued far the construction of a proper defence.
The two towers at Pembroke, which were commenced la:t
year for the protection of the extensive and important dock-
yard, are to be finished in the course of the present year;
when completed, they will prove an important means of de-
fence to the garrison. Each tower will be armed with long
swivel guns fixed on traversing carriages. The marine de-
tachment at this dockyard have undergone a strict drill pre-
paratory to the annual inspection. The Captain-Superin.
tendent, Sir Thomas Palley, has been away from this
establishment on leave of absence, during which period Mr.
R. Abethell has had charge of the dockyard. The absence
of the Gallant Colonel has been caused by an accident which
happened to his son, who was unfortunately thrown from his
horse, thereby receiving a concussion of the brain.
CLUB LAW.—BLACKBALLING A POST-CAPTAIN.—

At the ballot for members at the George News and
Billiard Club, in High-street, on Wednesday, a gallant
naval captain of 1832, resident within the walls of this gar-
rison, was " blackballed," though not to a sufficient extent
to exclude him, albeit a noble lord is reported to have threa-
tened to resign if the gallant captain aforesaid was ad-
mitted! Blackballing is a mean process for expressing dis-
approbation of a candidate's qualification for admission into
any public society, however fairly the system may be prac-
tised, but when the blackballing is unfairly practised with
the predetermined view of excluding a cancidate, we can
only regret that such an occurreuce should have been de-
tected in a coterie of gentlemen. In the case in point we

learn five black balls exclude a member; 36 members were
present on the occasion, out of which number only three
black balls were put in the box with the name of the
officer in question, but when the box was opened four black
balls were discovered, so that some member must either
by accident or design have put in two instead of one!
Such a system will never work well with a new concern,
especially if private pique is suffered to coerce public
matters.—Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette of this
evening.

MR. ELLIS'S BENEFIT AT ASTLEY'S. GRAND
EQUESTRIAN FETE.—A monster entertainment is announced
for Monday next, at Astley's, for the benefit of Mr. James
Ellis, late lessee of Cremorne-gardens and the Adelaide
Gallery, in the Strand, when, in addition to numerous and
varied attractions, introducing the almost inexhaustible re-
sources of the amphitheatre, a brilliant pageant will be pro-
duced, illustrative of the memorable ride of the noble and
devoted Lady Gordiva through the ancient city of Coventry,
when, for the first and only time, the celebrated Madame
Warton (late of the Walhalla, Leicester-square) will ap-
pear mounted on one of Mr. Batty's chargers, as she rode at
the grand procession, in honour of the event at Coventry, in
June, 1848. The beneficiare has ever been a most liberal and
spirited caterer for the amusement of the public, who, it is
to be hoped in return, will not, oa this occasion, withhold
volunteered their services, and from the novel and attractive
character of the programme, Monday may fairly be their patronage. A host of members of the profession have
pro-
nounced as the " night of the season."

IMPORTANT TO NATURALISTS.—The Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steamer, L •uxine, carries to
Southampton, en route to London, a magnificent specimen
of the monarch of the brute creation, which, being for sale,
will no doubt give rise to great competition among the rival
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Africa, in the vicinity of Lake Tchad, within the kingdom
of Bunion ; and, though only seven months old, is already
near three feet in height, and of a most graceful form. As it
does not attain its fall growth before the age of six years,
it is likely to become one of the finest animals that has ever
been seen in Europe, for, according to the account of the
native who assisted at its capture, the lions of that country,
when of full size, measure nine feet from the nose to the
tail, which latter is seldom less than five feet in length,
ending in a large tuft, which terminates with a horny
sheep, or goat, per
prickle. We understand its carniverous propensities are
already so great that its present consumption is nearly a
stock, the enterprising party who shipped the same, had to
put on board the Euxine a shepherd, with his flock.— (From
the Malta Mail, 26th April, 1850.
AFRICAN MUSEUM, HYDE-PARK CORNER. A
day, and that to insure a sufficient sea
museum has just been opened, in the Chinese Gallery, by Mr.
teresting, not only
Cumming, the African hunter, which must prove highly in-
numerous
the Scottish forest, and a great
to all who are in pursuit of novelty. It consists chiefly of
trophies of the chase, and the native arms and costumes of
the different tribes of the interior of Southern Africa. There
to the sportsman and naturalist, but also
is also a fine collection of the antlers of the red deer from
many other curiosities too
the fluency and ease
of the exhibition will be the Bushman'
Africa. He is a strape looking who accompanied
Mr. Cumming in his many wonderful escapes while in pur-
suitand who was in at the
to mention. Not the least attractive feature
of heni, elephants, &c. &e.,
death of most of the wild beasts killed by him during five
years' constantly varied adventures in the wildest parts of
specimen of humanity, and
landers in
language is surprising, when we consider the short time he
has had an onportunity of hearing it spoken. His own lan-
guage, we with which he can talk the English
believe, is a sort of broken Dutch. We were also
much struck by the appearance of the four stalwart High-
were attendants on Mr. Cumming during his wanderings and
hunting expeditions in the mountains of Scotland. Four
the picturesque costume of their country, who
finer specimens of the native Gaul we may safely venture to
say could not be found. We will leave it for our readers
when they have visited the exhibition to judge for them-
selves of the energy, daring, and indomitable perseverance
Possessed by Mr. Cumming to enable him to have over-
come the dangers and fatigues which he must have under-
gone in procuring this splendid collection under foreign and
inhospitable climes.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLAIR-ATHOLL.—A singu-
lar and, we are sorry to add, fatal accident occurred on Fri-
da" last, on the bill near Dalnacardoch, where a number of
People were collected at a fox hunt. Reynard took refuge in
a hole in a rock, where he Was followed by the dogs, but they
could not find their way out again, and John Campbell, a
shepherd, crept in to assist them, when several large stones
fell down above him, and crushed him to death. From the
difficulty of access to the
place it required considerable ex.
ertions to extricate the body. The deceased was a singeman, aged about twenty-five.—Perth. Courier.
SIGNS or SUMMER.—The cuckoo has been heard
in several parts of the country, and the swallow, " harbinger
of summer," may
now be seen on the wing in their wonted
haunts.— Carlisle Journal.
METROPOLITAN COMMISSION Of SEWERS._ At a
General Court, held yesterday, a report from Mr. F. Foster,
cßeannokr,r, Bankruptcy
hasis
engineer to the Commission, containing a plan for the drain-
t
age of Richmond, was adopted. Permission was granted to
the Great Northern Railway Company to lay down a branch
sewer from the Fleet sewer at Battlebridge to their goods'
station in Maiden-lane. An immense mass of minor works
Pere ordered, and the Court adjourned.
to the Lord Chan-
_ Mr. Commissioner Shepherd, of the Court of
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£ 141;961

BRITISH FIENDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 206
3 per Cent. Reduced Amtuities
8 per Cent. Consols Anna
New 314 per Cont. Arms. 97 97 96%
India Stock 267 1,651,4,
Do. Bonds, 10001
Consols for Account 95%3/4
Exchequer Bills. liA d. 2d.
March. June.
G 8 71 p
68 71 p
68 71 p

1,060/. ... —
.5001 —
Small —
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent....
Ditto, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Scrip
Mexican Bones, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto for the Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent —
Ditto Deferred
Russian Bonds, 1822,5 per Cent 107% %
Ditto 4% per Cents 95%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ......
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41/i per Cont.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 nor Cent. Certificates
II vgiNEss DONE IN RAILWAY SILARES AT ONL O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SNARE.
Birmingham, W 01., & Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 15 ..... 21%14... to 21
%aledonian
`;hester and Holyhead... lO ..... 7
Eastern Counties
Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10
Do. Exten.,s per ct. No. 1,61.180. 4d.. % p..... to
East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per
Cent.... .
Great Northern
Do. 1, B 6 per Cent. ...... VA 4 to
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref....... 12%...... 10% to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50
Great Western ....... ...........100
Do. New 17/
Lancashire and Yorkshire lOO ..... 35
Leads and Bradford
London & North Western 100 ......101 .. to 101
Midland-- .... ........ lOO . . 3134
Ditto, 501. shares ..... ...... SO ...... 1%1/13% to
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. 14%
klilland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 118%....... to 119
North Litaflordshire... .. ...... 17%
Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15
6 arewsbury and Birmingham 13!4 — dis ... to
Ditto. ditto, Class B. 9
South Wales ...
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
Lo.G.N. E. Pun or Pref. 8
York and North Midland .. 60 .. ... is ..•... to
Ditto, Preference
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ..... 6% to
Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzoa ) ... -
Great Indian Peninsular 6 ...... 5%...... to
Namur and Liege........,, 2O ... .• 6%.. ~. to —.