The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

' The Queen will hold a Privy Council this afternoon at
Buckirigharn Palace.
home* Majesty had a dinner party on Wednesday at Bucking-
VilYe:ace. The company included her Royal andsHignes the
eh en'se of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Duke Du-
.,,e3s.of Saxe Meiningen, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Mei-
Vssgen, her Serene Highnessi the Duchess Ida of Saxe
lereirear, his- Excellency Count Mensderf, the Counts
argo, Alphonse, 'Alexander, and Arthur Mensdorf ;
ron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister ; the Duchess of Buc-
il.ideudeehli Lady Portman, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Hon. Miss
, Hon. Miss Paget, Baroness Lehzen, Earl of Liverpool,
.!,t,-;'" I of Aberdeen, Lord Hill, Lord Forester, Colonel Scott,
'etteleur d Effra, Madame de Kea!, M. Lubeck, Baron Stock-
? az, Lord Rivers, Hon. C. A. Murray, Captain Meynell,
"'turd Charles Wellesley, and Sir Edward Bowater.
The band of the Royal Artillery attended during dinner.
Her lvt ;
esasesty had afterwards an evening party. The com-
pany included the Marquis of Headfort and Lady Olivia Tat -
our, the Ear{ Howe, Earl and Countess of Westmorelan-d,
,tl.Oll. William and Mrs. Ashley. Sir George and Lady Couper,
iefr•
il t eorge Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Colonel eekeley Drurnratind.
... The Count Mensdorf, attended by Captain Francis Seymour,
visitrd tie Pelvtechnie. Institution yesterday.
14.erhe Queen-and Prince Albert, accompanied by Count
, nsdorf, and attended by Lady Portman, Lord Charles Wel-
IsleYt and Sir Edward Bowater, visited Westminster Abbey
lai'stdaY• On leaving the sacred edifice her Majesty and
tinee Albert, Count Mensdorf, and Lady Portman entered an
anribeasroNNeieicy
u,tihesand four, and took an airing, attended by Lord
and Sir Edward Bowater, the Equerries in
acting', on horseback.
Sir Robert Peel had an audience of her Majesty yesterday.
i The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accompanied
tiger4:fillen°w Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing yesterday
~r oun in rag,e and four.
eleehe-Roeal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday in-
.afa",lti ber Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna
Guards).(4 Dawson, and Captain Francis Seymour ( Scots Fusilier
Her
band of the Coldstream Guards al tended during dinner.
„suet Majesty had afterwards an evening pa ty. The corn-
ny consisted of his Hoyal Highness Prince George of Cam-
b"ri
_taw2e, the Wurtemberg Minister and the Baroness de Hugel ;
'corer' de Nieumat.n, the Austrian .I.itiister ; the Earl and
flutes* Delawarr and the Ladies Elizabeth and M.ry West;
14ibdEriargle of Liverpool and Se.Ma Viscountess Milton ; Earl
}ri Countess Jersey and Lad Clementine Villiers ; E Earl
of
and the Ladies Eleanoy re and Constance Paet E
td g
.Countess of Rosebery and the Ladies Primrose ; the Earl
G and Lady Caroline Cocks ; the Earl and Countess
. releenor and the Ladies Grosvenor; Viscount and Vie-
..Zniutess Jocelyn ; Lord Ca' tilupe, Loi d Paget., Hon. Chas.
'II:0Ln. Sidney Herbert. Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley,
lea " nphia Wheat,ey and Miss Mary Wheatley , Mr. George
}tamard and the Hon. Mrs. Anson.
e inquiries among the Nobility and Gentry at Bucking..
.I.elPalace on Tuesday and yesterday included Viscount. and
£;: unless Hawarden, Countess of Kluge on, Countess of
141.10rk and Lady Katherine Douglas, Him. Charles and Lady
, i '-qnae. Countess Dowager of Dunmore, Earl and Coun-
:*:7,:i4 `Fauciwich, Earl of Arran, Earl of Effingham, Earl of
; ta-,4" eld and Lady Jane Grant, countess Dowager of Caineath,
&`,Land Count. is of Poulett, Mr. Baron 11.1fe. Mr. Wallace,
ler-7,ger Viscountess Gelw y, Lord arid Lady Stanley, Lady
ford .!`nerall, Colonel and Mrs. Charles Shawe, Dean of Here-
. , Colonel and Mrs. Walton, Hon. Miss Monckton. Mrs.
*l'4 Trevor, elr J. Balfour, M.P. ; Mr. H. and the Misses
11`;:1.,L,43', Lord Wa.lsingham, Mr. and Mrs. Law, Miss and Miss
4.20-"`'llea Law, Mts. Henry Coe Coale, Colonel Sir George
tri 'Ver., Mr. Au Berstein Sir T. Freernantle, Lord Fitzroy So-
ertet, Lord Skelnressdale and Miss Bootle Wilbraham, Hon.
.mist,
Thomas araiMrs. Best, Mr. and Lady Mary Stephen-
,seli,..-,..rtl and Lady Lilford, Lord and Lady Worsley, Mr. and
Up'i w• Erie, Lient -.Colonel Wylde, Colonel and Mrs. Ma-
e" --g, and Lord de L'lsle.
:' te..-"le Queen Dowiger, accompanied by the Duchesses of
die Meiningen and Saxe Weimar, took an airing yesterday in
1--,. Intew Piny phaeton and four.
Ili- e:Cluelie.ses of Saxe Meining, n and Saxe Wtimar, and
~, ttcellencv Count Mensdorf, visited the Duchess of Kent,
' hClarence House, yesterday '•
ba , e Duke and Duchess.
Tof Cambridge visited the Queen 1
-es litager, yesterday, at Marlborough House.
Prince
..:11,;!. Qiike and Duchess and Hereditary of e s axe
tbe Duchess Ida, and Prince Gustavus nd the
a_ftesses of SaxeWeimar, were present yesterday at Stayul s
milgedi.al, at the annual meeting of the charitytschools of the
opos.
101, t Putatien, consisting of Mr. M. Philips, Mr. Brother-
V'' .'ll% M. Gibson, Mr. Cobden, Dr. Bowring, Mr. J.
4titsen, Mr. P. Ainsworth, Mr. C. Hindley, Mr. W. A. I
te:lts,„)°a, and Mr. Walker, had an interview with the Earl of
.teitc.4 Yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade, on the
' Ay" of the duty on raw cotton.
Itirir• justice Brenton, of Newfoundland, and Sir Charles
•:-teet-"e Vere, had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday, at
eOlanili.Office.
Ce;;cleeutation of Machine-makers, including Mr. Matthew
irife'r'se Manchester, and Mr. Richard Hacking, Bury, had an
e:' re ,eviese with the Earl of Ripon on Wednesday, at the Board
itraee.
4 'l?"eFreneh Ambassador transacted business yesterday at the
r 7r.„.,..gtiOffitre.
lifko7 ',Tee ttion of the Directors of the Union Bank of Austra-
},sesat3iiting of Mr. James Ruddle Todd, Mr. John Gore,
-XC''''r. James Cummins, had an interview with the Earl of
'511e,e,• !sPatches frOrn the Governor of New South Wales, and
tfiV "'urn the Governor of New Zealand, were received yester-
ei .7,,,at the Colonial office.
I,4;"rs J. F.-Elliot, from the Colonial Land Emigres ion Board,
.-_ an interview on Wednesday with the Earl of Ripon at the
'l*,i'd of Trade.
`O.l-IPLTA.ICO-ELECTRICAL EXPE.-
;'.:,itrfriENTS IN THE SERPENTINE RIVER.
'l.es,The discovery by Volta, some few years since, of the battery
bil,lich bears his name, and which, by means of the simple ad-
`"zture of- two acids acting upon a portion of zinc and plati- 1
'Urn, is the productive cause of galvanic powers, almost supra- ,
'aortal, has scarcely passed 0.. t of the orbit of men's won-
,, , and becotre a fact of familiar acquaintanceship, than the
;;?Plitat of its power are beginning to develope new momenta ,
:_tatttie„); chemical world,
. no
. less novel
_ in their action, than
4' 116-6;%44ag in their overthrewal of long hitherto established ,
1 1‘ -
~.11,....in_e.5. . I
~-,1),,,nn of these we witnessed yesterday. It had, heretofore,
'•
.. ilfo4:ln'ltined that aquiform fluids, such as water, and the
:. ;43 coil() fPlid earth, had neither of them the capability of acting '
5.,,...0tei. itit'2l.ors of electricity, end re. conducting it to the battery
Atilit*-! PaOage Dr. Franklin, ,a scientific man on the spot,
downs erred the-former, sought to convey the electric matter
the se,wo rivers in America, and to regain the voltaic fluid at
eepr.s.,`ot where the battery was erected, but after sedulous
aerl
kr4i....shitetits feurd it ineffectuel. This, however, the two
.feoliblienfelof .
yesterday completely determined to be practi-
e.iiiitti4asad eVright. and Bain of the Polyteehnic Insti-
l'etWwho are the operators and discoverers, having obtained
",,i
'-' attiseteOn of the Duke of Sussex to experiment on the broad
deb e: the Serpentine river, they, at three o'clock yesterday,
or „rtrated the truth of their experiments to a number,
14t1 -"tillo gentlemen, among whom was Mr. Herapatn
Nhere - '
.es es• The •
Near the house of the
:::thaosii6 ofera,tion was thus.
`*stall Society, on the right hand of the river, was stationed
battery to which one eed of two copper wires
)erti,,:gxen by the hands of the experimentalist, the remaining
the en-7," the wires being conveyed, the one to the lett, and
..bet -;"..105t immersed in the water, and the other in like man-
-. Wh„ ieeflrrel!'d along the right path of the river up to the bridge
:lutis. uleicles the park from K ensington gardens : the end of
',114
,ter wire was then permitted to drop into the water over
1::c4411. -idge• on the top of which parr of it. was attached to a
esslik,l4af wire and needle. The 'purport of the experiment
/e.. Sibiu 311, ow that after the wire had been charged with the
,j.: N.: electricity, that fluid passed out from the ends of the wires
lstits.eavelled through the whole intervening length of the Ser-
114Z'Water, a space of nearly a mile in length, returning to
frttetentritery it had set out from, and thereby completing a con-
hi ',loeircuit of about two miles and a half.
eeelttit;,AL'- aeedle above.mentioned, situated on the bridge as a
se, e'..„--74.4nadantly proved, by its deflections, the genuineness of
,eleeil„_Perirnerit, and signal-flags stationed at that point, and
''llefilireutlieating with another in a boat down at the other end
''Aie", Ifere demonstrated,- by their motions, the velocity with
'IA •"'..e aqueously-conducted electricity travelled. A second
'-'ri. rill! „lent, made upon parallel wires extended across the Ser-
ii
el. rill!
-et Was equally felicitous in its proofs and results.
e,,,,-tteleskilT:erimeriters on the occasion subse.quently gave us to
',"'reetatid.that-they had succeeded as propitiously in conduct-
:t.,.PlC,,-'lloltaic electricity through an extensive stratum of
list. Pelting from the banks of the Serpentine to a well
'l4'l,J6sthe precincts but not having witnessed this mu-
eeLe .411:1 temos-t doubtful' of its practicability., we are at present
.s'ettighefolotts to ascribe to it ; more particularly, as if any
.'It.,_...NZ Pervaded the soil at the time, or any tubular conduit
ne be. connected with the portion of ground acted
hQt xi t result of the experiment would be of course deceptive ;
)._,. 1i•I'ln this we shall report hereafter.
,ill:bit.pete be any department of science at the present day
tielf:tlPre singular
than any other possesses in itself
2r.‘ee 4ea for singular and extraordinary development, no less
s Nlr.P.a toe intelligent and scientific minds to discover in it
. Ase:rrtitee i , degrees, and adaptations, it is assuredly n the
t ' 0- ni, and as yet occult powers of galvanism and electricity,
ttel
~ Li--7_ailid.riot unimportant phase of which Messrs. Wright
3/41f
•;,E '; es-t "I Felived themselves yesterday the discoverers.
- ...- .
le ettlit.,„
Ore 'Titer NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
44 '.il, eveturns for the. week ending May 28, 1842:
et tie -, asengets - , £7lB 7 6
l, 334tVli 2, , 415 15 5
4i,,,ree, f i
eStll 1.-.''- £1134 211
1,1 ,
e -
(1 e *.e_b - i June I. - W. O'BRIEN, Secretary.
14,, • _
4,1;114.41-rhtlie of Cleveland is going to erect a splendid
etiitittsion at the lower end of Grosvenor-place. It will corn-
IN eb a fine view. of BuckinghamiGardens. The Dowager
wilt:lllretains the house in St. James's-square. The Earl of 1
.:: )stkild.a, the 'Marquis of Westminster's second son, is going to
' '•ll°f!pit tal hcwset to be called Wilton-house, where :the Lock
seltra thnow stands. The new hospital now erecting, adjoin-
s:4l%4 Oanal on the Harrow-road, will be ready to admit the
ii;I_Ill 1,',8 in a few months. Lord Wilton inherits Wilton Castle,
^iiiSte eserge estates in Herefordshire. from his grandfather, the
' iee7t;7l. Tie Marquis of Waterford has bought one of the
''.lllt,trei ;leate on the south side of Eaton-square, preparatory
, ~,..t., . able Marquis's marriage.
s , iiciv.ltt,,,_
ki tali; ••clt PLAYS.—There is now but one more op-
t,
ap, „lit ty. of seeing Dejazet in London this season. She took her
.e
- O. 'Wednesday in the two pieers of La Condesse de T0n-
,,,,,.91t4i',.;14.''' Medemoiselle d'Angetille, In the first amusitig
~..lies.,„,int she had only p'a3ed once before. The applause at-
,ll .447`,..':°1!'her performance scarcely left an idle hand in the
re}STP,:is
the
_a full anal fashionably
.attended one. Her
.
for Palms Royal, where she is so esteemed a fa-
41tittleill only be atoned for by the are! gal of tiouffe in her
tit..-
~112.
o;eitifwA,RGE OF MOTT AND MOSS FROM ST. BAR-
-4,,-gri S HOSPlTAL.—Wednesdav Mott and Moss, the pc-
. 14,...s end baker, who were wounded bythe murderer Coop. r,
,''.11....Lt-7snosilestapiltaarie.d b,i, the •urgeons to be con-valescent, and quitted
~ beeny h ney expressed the warmest thanks for the at-
. 1-. q adrnet with, end the skill with which their cases
se. .t.' treated.
&:;iiii;; considerable crowd was collected a few days
.:,:..,•,,Itit4',.'ll.:l__th.e Rue Beauregard, 'before a house from which
i74o44l:esl.rocee.ied. Suddenly the glass of a window was
ehlt. , 1° pieces, the casement thrown open, and a man forced
,=,. the - "man whom he h Id only by the hair of her head over
;,fita;erseeet•
wA cry of horror r bur,t from the persons below—
,, shria 1 3 ere placed on the place where the unfortunate
'4 teh;l2 WaS to fall, but she, by a desperate effort, succeeded in
the window.sill,,trie at last, after th.mg
''Pltteriet..-* rnahne,sawrebeornatermug,ented with her. The '41.,,,-7 at t
, and arrested the ruffian, who was
Aeeueted to the guard-house, ee
P ignuga guard ' arrived pushed
amidst the groans and hisses of
• !.- "%ed. - ,e, •
... .
•..,:)i,rtt 'ix NIGHT TELEGRAPH IN I''RANC_E.--The Com-
':'tWe 0 Deputies on the bill for granting 40,000 francs for ex-
ystrrit,e.tr,,ts on a night telegraph, has declared that that invented
s:c°l'l, t ~ `-n'Y`'`te which is by means of moveable lanterns, is the
as.tease sixty leagues, and in
'lt,.,ski..::•' %No, the which rn, is, the reefet
sttaa be extended to' a line of at "u-
""'"e . that
Y °l' misty, weather, as well in e mot.

PERILOUS -ST,iTE OF BURNLEY.-
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
At Burnley yesterday 1 had sad accounts of the state of the
people. It seems that the Guardians in that union have re,
presented to the Seereta-y of State that the distress is far be-
yond the reach of their means of relief ; they have 12,000
persons on their books, and must leave the matter in the hands
of the Government.

Sir James Graham has sent down a special Commissioner,
Sir John Walsh, I heard, who has writtcn for 500/., which
has been distributed, and more is forthcoming. A fearful
struggle has taken place between sinews ant machinery, and the
latter has been unsuccessful.

The price of weaving has come down to sd. per piece for
66-inch reed. A man can earn only 71d. per day in full
work, out of which he has to pay expenses. At this price
machinery even has no chance; but look :at the condition of
the miserable devils, 3s. 9d. per week at,tiest in full work
Of course, they cannot support themselves at this rate, and go.
to the Guardians. The relief under the new Poor•law is found
to be totally inadequate, and great alarm is felt.
The Magistrates in the neighbourhood are conveniently not
at home, and I look to an outbreak.

The greatest apprehensions are entertained. On Sunday,
it is said, 20,000 people met at Enfield.

CLOSING OF THE BOSPHORUS
AND DARDANELLES.

A letter has been received at Lloyd's from the Admiralty,
enclosing a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Constan-
tinople, Sir Stratford Canning, announcing the closing of the
Dardanelles and Bosphorus to merchant steam-vessels after
sunset, of which the following is a copy
. _

" Constaiiiinople, May 2, 1842.
" My Lord,—The Porte has sent a circular to the different
legations here, informinq them that orders arc given at the
Dardanelles and 13osphorus to prevent the passage of merchant
steam-vessels after sunset. I have the honour to enclose here-
with a copy of this paper. The regulation may he attended
with occasional inconvenience to those affected by it, and in
the absence of any urgent cause for the measure, it may, per-
haps, be regarded as one of the many results of the reactive
ir,licy adopted by the present Turkish Administration. Be
that as it may, 1 do not see upon what grounds I could justly
oppose the measure; above all, as I should probably be the
sole opponent of it, with less reason fur doing so than the
French and Austrian Ministers, for instance, who have to
protect the numerous steam•packets navigating under their
respective flap. But I have requested that an exception may
be made in favour of vessels arriving under stress of weather,
and seeking shelter within the entrance of the Straits; and I
have the Reis Effencli's assurance that the Porte will comply
with my suggestion. I have, &c.

Vv
" STRATFORD CANNING.
" To the Earl of Aberdeen, &c."

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—Cap-
tain Elliot, the recently appointed Consul-General at the Re-
public of Texas, who has acquired so much notoriety from the
manner in which he managed affairs in China, has taken his
departure this afternoon fur the seat of his future diplomatic
exertions, in the Clyde Royal West India Mail steamer, which'
got under weigh, and left this port between one and two nclock.
The Clyde will touch at Falmouth to take in her mail-bags,
thence she will proceed to Corutina, Madeira, and Barbadoes.
She does not carry out many passengers—not above twenty.
Among her cargo she has 400 bottles of quicksilver, for mining
operations. The Great Liverpool steamer, belonging to the
Oriental and Peninsula Steam-ship Company. tooa her depar-
ture for .wlta and Alexandria, between twelve and one o'clock
this afternoon. She car:ies out about forty passengers, includ-
ing se-eral officers who are about to join their respective regi-
ments in the East Indies, among whom are Captains Prescott.,
Bennet, and Green, and Lieutenants- Bambridge and Wright.
The Great Liverpool will touch at ,Falmouth to take in the
mail for Malta and for India by the overland route.
JOHNSTOWN, COUNTY OF KiLEA:NT..; Y., SUNDAY.—
A most melancholy catastrophe ecentred here last night, or
early this morning. Mr. George Healy, a gentleman possessed
of about 5,0001. a year, was burned tis death in his own resi-
dence, and a great portion of the house, which was a very fine
cite, was consumed. A coroner's inquest is about being held.
I believe there is no doubt that the Ere was accidental.—Free-
man's Journal.

PIirTFORD POCKYARD.--Wednesday forenoon, at
twelve o'clock, Sir George Francis Seymour, and the Right
Hon. Thomas L. Corry, Lords of the Admiralty, accompanied
by the Hon. Robert Dundas, Storekeeper-General, and
several officers of the Ordnance Department, arrived at the
Victualling-yard, Deptford, for the purpose of witnessing the
trial of several new fire-engines, intended for her Majesty's
deek.yards, and other Government establishments. The of e-
rations were under the direction of Mr. Braidwood, the super-
intendent of the Fire Brigade force, who attended at the
desire of the Board of Admiralty, with a
.detachment of fire-
men. The first exhibited was a powbrful iron-floating engine,
manned by 120 convicts, which was moored in the basin
alongside one of the large sheds on the eastern side of the
dockyard. When in full play, it threw a column of water
an inch and three-quarters in dianvter completely over the
shed where her Majesty's ship Worcester, 50 guns, is lying,
at a rate of 400 gallons per minute. This was continued
for a considerable time, the foremen at the branches now
and then directing the jet of water perpendicularly in the
air, by which it was thrown to the height of nearly 100 feet.
Two land engines were next tried, each 7 inches in the bar-
rel, and by joining these together—that is, their power
thrown into ono branch-pipe—a great elevation was obtained,
with a fine jet of water, at a rate of ISO gallons per minute.
The floating-engine supplied them with water, by means
of several hundred feet of hose, and with complete success.
Two other powerful engines were next tried, and worked satis-
factorily. A newly-invented hose-pipe for an engine-branch
was introduced by Mr. Braidwood to the notice of Sir George
Seymour and the rest of the members assembled, to be used in
cases of fire on board ship. lt is of a peculiar construction,
being full of holes. It was placed through an aperture in the
platform, fronting the bows of the Worcester, and up in the
engine being got into play it sent forth innumerable jets of
water, with great force. At the conclusion of the operations,
which occupied upwards of two hours, their Lordships re-
tired. It was stated that Government intended to adopt a
brigade force throughout the entire dock-yards, not only for the
protection of these establishments, but to render assistance at
any fire that may occur elsewhere.
AWFUL OCCURRENCE AT BEAUMARIS.—FOURTEEN
PERSONS DROWNED.—BrALMARIS, MAY 30.—A melancholy
occurrence took place here this day, between eleven and twelve
o'clock, by the upsetting of the ferry-boat, which has been
accustrinu:d to take a number of persons across the channel
to the Lavin Sands to collect cockles. When returning, at
the commencement of flood, with, as near as can be eaclu-
lated, fifteen individuals on board, the boat, a small one, shipped
a quantity of water, when some of the passengers mos, -(1
suddenly to the opposite side, causing her to upset, when,
melancholy to relate, only one individual escaped, by swimming
back to the sands, a distance of about 200 yards. Five of the
unfortunate persons were picked up in about twenty minutes,
but life was totally extinct. Nine were picked up at low water,
making fourteen in all. Much blame is attached to the un-
fortunate ferry man, who lost his life, in not taking the proper
ferry-boat, IN hich was at hand, instead of a small boat, which
he usually went in, and which was the cause of the melancholy
aceident.—Shipping Gazette.
In the once bustling town of _New Brentford such
is now the great depression of property that the churchwardens
and overseers h we the greatest possible difficulty in collecting
the rates. So great is the amount of the arrears from the last
poar-rstes, that the new overseers speak of being obliged to
apply for a fresh .rate of 7s. in the pound. The amount of
pauperism is daily increasing. Some of the inhabitant house-
holders, in anticipation of a visit from the Rev. Dr. Stoddart
(the truly excellent Vicar) and the churchwardens, have posted
bills in their windows, announcing that " The Licensed Beg •
gars, acting under the authority of the Queen's Letter, are re-
quested not to call at this house."
A letter from Alexandria, 6th inst., states that M.
Blondel, the Belgian Consul-General, who was arrested on his
scientific tour in Abyssinia, by the chief of an Arab tribe, has
been released, through the influence of the Govereor of Kor-
dofan, who is entirely devoted to Mehemet Ali.
BRUSSELS, AIRY 31.—The steeple of the church of
Veerle, in Belgium, was struck by lightning during the storm
of the 24th, and the tower totally destroyed, and doors and
wall moth injured. The same storm ravaged 94 hectares sown
with wheat, rye, &c., in the communes of Eynthout and Vork;
the damage is above 40,000 francs.
THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT.—The town is on the
qui vice for Knowles's new play of The Rose of Arragon,
which will be produced on Saturday next, with new scenery by
Danson, &c., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean sustaining the prin-
cipal characters. Great things are expected from this rare
combination of author and actors. Farren, Mrs. Glover, and
Mrs. Nisbett are carrying all before them here in comedy, and
that fascinating artiste, Madlle. Celeste, has been attracting
crowds at Leeds to witness her charming acting in Marie
Ducange and ForeignAlfairs. On Monday next she appears
at Manchester.

KING'S COLLEGE Ifosprrat.—Wednesday the an-
niversary festival of this excellent institution was celebrated at
the London Coffee House, Ludgate-bill ; Mr. Gladstone, M.P.,
in the chair. After theother Irma] loyal toasts the Secretary
read the report, from which it al.peared that the gross amount
of receipts was 2,681/. 6s. 9d. ; the expenses for the same
period, 3,193!. 75. 2d. ; deficiency, 5121. Os. sd. To meet this
latter charge, together with 837/. Os. 6d. of liabilities pending
on the 30th of April last, a fu:ther sale of Exchequer bills, to
the amount of 1,0001., has been necessary, leaving only 500/.
of vested funds wherewith to supply any deficiency that may
occur in the income of the present year. Nearly 9001. was an-
nounced as the subscriptions for the year, which included
about 25/. handed in by Dr. Major, the Head Master of the
School, as the amount of subscriptions from his scholars.
The HAGUE, MAY 31.—The King returned to the
Hague from Soetsdyk yesterday' evening. His Majesty had
gone from Soetsdyk to the Loo to welcome his Majesty King
William Fretlerick, Count of Nassau, her Royal Highness
Princess Albert of Prussia, and the Countess of Nassau, who
had arrived at their country seat. His Majesty had the plea-
sure of finding his august lather in good health.
VARIETIES AND QUALITIES OF SALT.—III the
course of Dr. Reid's chemical lecture, delivered on 'Wednesday
evening at Exeter-hall, which was for the most part experi-
mental, tome entertaining observations were adduced upon the
properties and nature of salt. This substance, the Doctor pro-
ceeded to show, was procurable in a variety of ways. Its purest
form was that of rock-salt, but that obtained by evaporating
sea- salt in the air, known by the name of bay-salt, and obtained
in warm countries, such as Lisbon, where a warmer sun acts
well in this manner on the sea-water, produced salt of very good
~uality. Salt, continued Dr. heid, was largely used in curing
meat, herrings, &c. ; and a curious case was related of the
Dutch merchants, who Grditarily arrive in this country to
purchase provisions ; they rarely ever ask for a sight of the
meal, herring, or other salted commodity, but request to taste
the brine in which it is immersed. This, if it be good, is found
pleasant to a correct palate, but if it be bad, is nauseous, from
its being loaded with magnesia. Dr. Reid stated that he had
frequen ly placed, as a test of judgment, four different speci-
met s of salt before companies of twenty diverse people, and
that with very rare exception, they had all, upon tasting
selected the Dutch salt, as the best and finest,
which it certainly was, as that salt sold at four times the price
of ordinary salt, trom the purity of its preparation. The test
of good or bad salt was a solution of an alkali added to the
salt; if good, there would be little precipitate of earthy mat-
ter ;if otherwise, copious. The Doctor concluded his lecture
by noticing ammonia, which was found to a great extent in
coal or soot, and in large and especial quantities in those plants
which abound in gluten, as wheat, which chiefly constitutes
the food of man.
The General Steam Navigation Company's mail
packet, Giraffe, landed her mail and passengers at Brunswick
wharf, Blackwall yesterday The same Company's British
ship Wilberforce landed her passengers at Brunswick-wharf
this morning, eighteen hours and a quarter after they had em-
barked at Antwerp.
ARRIVAL OF TIIE STEAM-SHIP JUPITER FROM ST.
PETEKSBII I:GlL—Wednesday afternoon the St. George Steam-
packet Company's powerful steam. ship Jupiter, Lieutenant
D. C. Waters, R.N., Commander, arrived at her moorings,
off the Alderman's-stairs, Lower East Smithfield, from St..
Petershurgh and Copenhagen. She brought 44 passengers,
also the mate of the Joseph Story, of London, and the mate and
four seamen of the Scotia, Captain Mearns, belonging to Mon-
trose, both of which vessels were lately wrecked by the ice in
the Baltic. The Jupiter's voyage out and home has been ac-
complished in the unusually short period of 21 days. Lieut.
Wateis reports that Susan of Liverpool, Captain Aslett,
arid Melina, of Newcastle, Captain Carter, both arrived at
Cronstadt on the 23d of May.

ASCOT RACES.

These races commence on Tuesday next,- and will
terminate on the following Friday. The course is
now in most excellent order, and the arrangements
which have been completed promise that the ensuing
meeting will equal, in every respedt, the brilliancy of
former doings at far-famed Ascot. Instructions
have been issued by the Stewards, the Earl of
Rosslyn, the Noble Master of the Royal Buck
Hounds, the Duke of Bedford, the Hon. Colonel
-Anson, and the Hon. G. S. Byng, to the active
.cle'rk of the course, Mr. Hibbard, to insure, not only
every accommodation and facility to her Majesty and
her Royal and illustrious visitors to and. from the
heath, in their progress from and return to Wind-
sor Castle, but to every other visiter to one of the
most fashionable race-courses in the kingdom. -A
strong. body of the metropolitan police has been
engaged, who will be present on each day of the
races, stationed at various parts of the heath. The
thimble-riggers, who have been tolerated upon some
former occasions, will be prevented from following their
rascally calling by the police. The only chance
they will have of picking up their victims will
be at the outskirts of the heath, out of the range
of the police force. The Court will attend the
races on Tuesday and the Gold Cup day. Indeed, it
is rumoured that their Royal Highnesses the Prince
of Wales and the Princess Royal will be.taken for an
airing to the heath, should the weather prove favour-
able, upon one of the days of her Altiesty honouring
the course with her presence. Several horses entered
for the various stakes arrived at Ascot, 'Sonninghill,
Bracknall, and other places in the immediate neigh-
bourhood of the heath during the past week. There
are only i I entries for the Gold Cup, and it is net
expected that more than from three to five horses
will start. The entries for this stake, as well as for
the majority of the other stakes during the four
days, comprise some of the most celebrated and
first-rate horses in the kingdom. Nearly every
house unoccupied in the neighbourhood of the course,
and for some miles round, has been secured for
the week (and at enormous rentals for the time)
by noblemen and distinguished personages who will
be present, and all the principal hotels at Windsor,
Salthill, Slough, and the adjacent towns and villages,
will, from present appearances, be filled to over-
flowing. The theatre at Windsor will be opened
during the week. Theatricals during the Ascot week,
even under good management, have proved, for some
seasons past, a very unfortunate speculation for the
manager. The fact is, when people have been on the
heath from one till five o'clock, and not unfrequently
till six o'clock, they are far more disposed to sit down
to a quiet dinner, and enjoy an arm-chair for the re-
mainder of the evening, than to be stowed away in a
country theatre to witness such displays as a provincial
company but too frequently affords. •

A MAD BULL.—On Monday evening, at six
o'clock, a large black bullock was seen proceeding, at a furious
rate, along Bermondsey -road, in the direction. of Drptford.
Men, women, and children took to their heelS, and left the
road clear for the infuriated animal, which met with nothing to
stop it until it arrived near the Windmill, in the Lower-road,
Deptford, where it knocked down two boys, who were standing
in the road, and a little further on rushed at a woman who was
standing, with an infant in her arms, at her own door. The woman
slipped in doors, and hastily shut to the door,but the beast, rushing
with all its force against it, broke the panels in pieces, to the great
terror of the poor woman. It then turned short round, and
ran into a ditch, when a rope was thrown over its horns, and,
with considerable difficulty, it was dragged out by the crowd
that had collected. 'the poor brute plunged about so violently
that its captors, after fastening the rope to a post, very pru-
dently stood out of its way until it became exhausted. It had
gradually wound the rope round the post until it was, in every
sense, " wound up," when the crowd, with the assistance of
several policemen, succeeded in securing it, and about eleven
at night it was safely lodged in the slaughter-house of Mr.
Beale, New King-street, Deptford. A mob of about 500
persons accompanied it.
MESSRS. llcatimusE AND CO'S ESTATE.—.--The As-
signees commenced the payment of the dividend on Tuesday,
to the Bankers, and yesterday to other creditors: The amount
already paid exceeds 20,000/.—Bath Chronicle.-
A letter from Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 20th inst
informs us that Haydn's grand oratorio of the Creation had
been performed in the Lutheran church of that town, with an
orchestra of 900 musicians, for the benefit of the sufferers from
the fire at Hamburgh, and produced such an effect that a repi-
tition, on a subsequent day, was called for. The receipts
amounted to about 9,000 f. (3600

HOOKING MAGPIE.—A sporting gentleman, while
partaking of some refreshment a few days since on a fishing ex-
cusion on the Dart, fixed his rod in the ground, and repaired
to a shady bower at a short distance to take a glass of sherry.
On his return, to his astonishment, a magpie was fastened by
its bill to the fish-hook, which no doubt the magpie intended
to swallow with the fly.— Worcestershire Chronicle.
The Washington Independent gives the following
pithy &set iption of Lord Ashburton, whose arrival in that city
set all the citizens agog to catch a sight of him :—" Lord
Ashburton seems about 60, white head, face a little florid,
stature above the common height, looks live'.} and vigorous for
age, a quick eye, stoops a little, wears a brown coat.— A great
rush to see him." _ _

A Goon ExAMrLE.—The following instance of
integrity is worthy of being recorded. Sonic years age, it was
the misfortune of Mr. Alexander Smith, merchant, Methlic, to
become insolvent. Since then, his prudence and economy
have been crowned with success, and his object, the payment
of his debts, has been realised, every one of his creditors having
now been paid to the uttermcst farthing " May his ex-
ample be followed by all who have been ritmlarly circum-
stanced!—Aberdeen Herald.

PRIDE or ANCESTRY.—An anecdote is told of Mr.
Roger, of Werndee, in Monmouthshire, which exhibits the
pride of ancestry in a striking point of siew. His house was
in such a state of dilapidation, that theproprietor was in danger
of perishing ur.der the ruins of the ancient mansion, which he
venerated even in decay. A stranger. whom he accidentally
met at the foot of the Skyrricl, made various inquiries respect-
ing the country, the prospects, and the neighbouring houses, and
among others, Whose is this antique mansion before us?"
" That sir, is Werndee, a very ancient house ; for out of it
came the Earls of Pembroke of the first line, and the Earls
of Pembroke of the second line ; the Lords Herbert of Cher-
bury, the Herberts of Coldbrook, Ramsay, Cardiff, and
York ; the Morgans of Acton ; the Earl of Hunsdon; • the
houses of Ircown and Lanarth, and all the Powells. Out of
this house, also, by the female line, came the Duke of Beau-
fort." " And pray, sir, who lives there now ?" "1 do, sir."
" Then pardon me, and accept a piece of advice ; come out
of it yourself, or you'll soon be buried in the ruins of it."—
Welsh Paper.
The Siecle states, in an article devoted to Paris
gossip, that a short time before M. Aguado quitted Paris for
Spain, on his late fatal journey, he offered to sell one of his
houses to M. Duprez, the celebrated singer, for 500,C00fr.,
and Duprez having observed that he had not that sum to
spare, Al. Aguado said—" Never mind, you shall pay me by
way of life annuity." M. Duprez, adds the account, re-
quested time to think of the proposition, and eventually put it
off until the return of iVI. Aguado, whereas, if he bad em-
braced the offer at once, he would have had the house for
nothing, as M. Aguado died before the payment of the first
quarter would have become due.
A Constantinople letter of the 9th inst., says :
" Tahir Pacha has made a proposal to the Council of Minis-
ters to send a commissioner to Tunis, to watch the conduct of
the Dey, but the Sultan opposed it, as being unwilling to do
anything that might give offence to France. Risa
Marshal of the Palace, who has always been an inveterate
enemy to the new system of reform, is so deeply affec ed by
pulmonary phthtsis, that his life is despaired of, and the Grand
Vizier is confined to his bed hy the re-opening of an old wound
in his thigh, which, it is feared, will render amputation ne-
cessary."
RoSIE, MAY 17.—Great sensation has been excited
here by the marriage of an accomplished young English lady,
sister of Lord R., to a Veturino ; and the arrest of --. a
lady of rank, who, from a fondness for pieces of ancient kinds
of marble, broke them out of places where they were fixed, in
our churches and museums.-2111genteine Zeitung, May 20.
Two days ago the wife of an avoue was thrown
down on the Boulevard St.. Denis, by a cabriolet, and the horse
and carriage both passed over her body. She was for the mo-
ment overcome by the fright, but, on recovering, it was found
that she had not received the slightest injury, and was able to
walk home.

The German Journal qf Franhfrrt states from
Presburg that several extensive fires have taken place recently
in Hungary. In the town of Modern 200 houses were con-
sumed on the 23d ult., and on the same day 10 houses were
burnt in the village of Grunau. On the 2d inst. 120 houses
were destroyed by fire in the village of Wainor.
The King of Prussia will, says a letterfrons Ber-
lin, commence his journey to St. 'Petersburgh on. the Bth or
10th of thi, month. After visiting some of. the eastern pro-
vinces of his own kingdom, he will embark at Dantzic in the
Russian Government steamer, Ischora, for Cronstadt, whence
he will proceed to St. Petersburgh.
The Brussels Journals of Saturday give an account
of a hail storm, accompanied with thunder and lightning, at
Verviers, and the adjoining count! y, on the 24th ult., which is
stated to have done immense damage to the crops. At Ver-
viers a house was set on fire by the electric fluid, but through
prompt assistance the fire was rapidly extinguished.
The Memorial of Rouen states that on the 25th
ult. a man was found dead on the road between Roche Guyon
and Vernon, having, discharged a pistol in his mouth, and
lodged the ball in his brain. After a day had passed, he was
recognised to be a wine-merchant of Bercy, near Paris, named
Auzanne.

M. Jasmin, the poet of Agen, had the honour of
being received by the King and Queen, and the Duchess of
Orleans, at Ncuilly, before the departure of the Majesties for
Bizy. He recited p ,rts of his composition, for which he re-
ceived the most flattering praise.
On the 11th ult., about 250 acres of underwood in
the forest of Troncais ( Allier) were consumed by a fire be-
lieved to have been willul. but the incendiaries have not been
discovered. Another conflagration, at Alartinpuieh near Arras,
also attributed to malevolence. has reduced to ashes fourteen
houses, twenty barns, and other out-buildings, and a quan-
tity of furniture and live and dead farming stock, caus-
ing a loss estimated at 120,000 francs. A Rheims journal of
Friday states, that, in the night of Thursday, a tire broke out
at Notre Dime de Liesse, and after having destroyed twenty-
five horises and fifty out-buildings, was still burning. One man
was suffocated in his cellar, while endeavouring to remove a
part of his property. The Courrier de Lyon, of the 27th,
states that a fire took place there on the eve, which, however,
was of no extent, as only one house was burnt, but four persons
were more or less injured.
ANTWERP, Alm.- 30.—The British steam-ship Wil-
berforce, arrived tlis morning from Lyndon after an excellent
passage of only 17 hours and 20 minutes.
A meeting of the members of the Colonial Society
was held yesterday in St. James's-square, for the purpose of
preparing a congratulatory address to the Queen on her provi-
dential escape. Protestations of the heart-felt attachment of
the colonies to the Sovereign of the parent kingdom were
warmly made at the meeting. The address is to be presented
by the Duke of Argyll, the Earl a Mi.unteashel, the Earl of
Harewood, Lord Clifford, Sir Duncan M'Dougall, and Sir
Agustus D'Este.
Captain Fisher, R.N., the principal harbour-master,
has been instructed to clear the Thames, near. Gravesend, of
the obstruction made by the sinking of the collier Vesper,about
eighteen months ago, near the town of Gravesend. '1 he means
he intends to try eonsist of certain experiments by the galvanic
iprocess, and the operation will, it is expected, commence in the
ensuing week.