The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-20 00:00:00

.~y~ c~ ~~jl'„ R 7 . t. , \ I:AZ 7'17 Y i.. ;..tY S Mr. G. CRUISSUANK followed, and succeeded, by the drollery of his manner, in enlivening the pro gramme of the evening, and in exciting very hearty laughter. Like the reserved and not eloquent member at the Bristol election, who said " ditto to Mr. Burke," be said ditto to everything advanced by the Chairman. He had accepted the invitation to be present that evening with great readiness. He had been told that at Manchester it was always raining, and that the people walking the streets were the most hideous sA of wretches that could be conceived. Accordingly, finding that as an artist the trip might be profes sionally profitable, he had provided himself with relays of umbrellas and pencils. But he could assure them he had found the weather very good, and the men and women not half ugly enough to suit him. Mr. Alison here vacated the chair, his place being taken by Mr. E Armitage, the Mayor of Manchester, and Mr. J. Caossmv then moved and Lord BRACXLEY seconded, " That thanks be returned to Mr. Alison for his kindness in presiding over the soirée, and for his conduct as chairman." Mr. ALtsozi acknowledged the compliment, and immediately afterwards the hall was cleared fur dancing, which on these occasions always follows the oratory. 'HE NEW PARLIAMENT.---The House of Commons which assembled for the first time on Thursday is the fifth Parliament of the new era of Reform. The last met for the first time in August, 1841, and lasted six years. The present Speaker, Mr. C. S. Lefevre, has now been elected to the chair of the House of Commons for the third time. The Right Hon. Gentleman was ori ginally proposed by the Melbourne Ministry on the re- tirement of Mr. Aberer , mby, now Lord Dunfermliee, and only obtained the distinguished post wnieh he has ever since so ably and impartially occupied by the narrow majority of eighteen votes over his opponent, Mr. Goul burn, the ex-Chancel:or of the Exchequer. This oc curred in May, 1839. When Parliament was dissolved two years afterwards (in June, 1841), it was pretty gene rally expected that Mr. Lefevre would be relieved from his responsibilities, and removed from the chair of the House by the newly acquired Tory mrjority. The event turned out otherwise, for, in consequence of a reyresentation or remonstrance in favour of the ex- Speaker, which was presented to the proximate Premier, Sir , R. Peel, by a cons id era bl e num b er of his supporters, no .attempt was made to disturb Mr. Lefevre in the pos sessi on of his seat, and he was accordingly re-elected nem. dirs. On Thursday the same gentleman once more had the honour to be handed to the chair of the new House of Commons without a voice being raised against the motion to seat him. In fact, since the memorable ejection of the late Viscount Canterbury in 1835, the re-election of the ex-Speaker has never been opposed on there -assembling of the House of Commons. THE OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ALMONER.—This office, rendered vacant by the death of the Archbishop of York, and which is reported to be about to . be confer red on the Bishop of Oxford, is one of distinction. To the Lord High Almoner is intrusted the distribution of the alms given on Maundy Thursday, on which oecasi , m as many poor men and poor women as the Sovereign', age atnuunts to in years are relieved by the Lord High Almoner. Oa the accession of Queen Victoria the number of pour persona was necessarily much reduced ; but those who were - im the Maundy lists of William IV. were classed as supernumeraries, to fill vacancies as they annually occurred. DEATH OF PROFESSOR DIEFFENBACIL—The Ger man papers of . the 11th announce the death of the cele brated J. F. 1) it frenbach, the greatest surgeon of Ger many. He was struck by apoplexy in the act of alight ing from his cabriolet. Diffcnbach was born in 1795, at Konigsberg. He eerved in the campaign of 1813 and 1815. Amangst his numerous valuable works are men tioned the continuation of Professor Scheel's work on the transfusion of the blood and the injection of medica ments into the veins. DEATH OF SOULEYMAN, NAPOLEON'S INTER P RETER. — Souleynian, who was interpreter to Napoleon when in Egypt, died on Wednesday in Paris. He was a Persian, but attached himself to the fortunes of France, and rendered invaluable services to her army, when it wa, led to the foot of the Pyramids. He lived upon a pension granted him by the French Govern ment. He had a wife and children in Persia. to whom he wished to return, but was refused permission on ac count of his conduct in Egypt. The Persian Ambas sador, now in Paris, had promised to use his influence in procuring the assent of his Government to the re turn of Souleyman, but death has put an end to all his hopes. . DEATH OF CAFTAIN GROVER.—Died at Brussels on the sth inst., Captain Grover, F.R.S. Circumstances are yet fresh in the mind of the public connecting this gallant officer with the indefatigable Dr. Wolff. By him the mission of the worthy Doctor to Bockhara was pro jectc , d, and his chivalrous conduct in raising the " Stod dart and Conolly F un d" i s we ll k nown . It i s muc h t o be feared that his exertions in that cause contributed to his early death, since it was observed by his friends that after that event he appeared gradually to lose his voice, and to fail in bodily, though he never wanted in mental etinoenrgoyi hisT o r his exertions exertions Dr. Wolff owes the preserva tion power oTthe'intervention, at Bokhara, of the member his Persia. Lord Aberdeen will long re at Soho, under interviews with this noble officer. Educated Peow,,vettras to oeltßarlow,know c a o s nte a m 2 p e o n r t a i r e y m r w an ith of Si h r iB J h . Moore, h Dr. ' scientific , and others . the l ate H C o ap w t a ai s n a K n a a o te t r . , who left him his executor, scientific member of most of n ers. Royal Society, th tributed papers to the societis ive h and zealo . us c on - Society, and others. : Geographical avi ng Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean have successful engagements in Liverpool been la • mingham, and Sheffield. On their manche y s i t n e g mos t Liverpool, hundreds were turned last appeara r n'c ß e ir-- linable to gain admission to the theatreaw from the doors , in Guardian, in speaking of Mrs. Ke, The Manchester serves—" We had again the pleansnnrs Rosalind, ob. evening last of seeing Mrs. Charles Keae on Saturday in As You Like it--again the opportunityn as Rosalind o f ' ~ and admiring those subtile beauties of actin whicharkin 51 1 ' n• develops in this chara cter to a g re ater degree tan a ; other actress whom we have seen in _the part. Lady n Macbeth is said to have left the stage with the retire ment of Mrs. Siddonc, and Coriolanus with John Kemble. According to our conception of the character, Rosalind is as exclusively associated with Mrs. Kean ; and when she leaves the stage (which we hope she will not do for many years, for she is now in the very zenith of her dra matic powers) we know not were to look for an equally truthful embodiment of ono of the most poetic and graceful of Shak.speare's female characters." According to the Aix la Chapelle Gazelle, a corn-, mission is about to be nominated by the French, Prus aisl', and Belgian Governments, to devise measures cal 'ilitate the conveyance of merchandise be countries. I ndians waited upon Governor Everett in the capital of Massachusetts, amazed at the wealth and splen dour they beheld on every side of them, they said, in maintaining their argument, " We have no land to put our words on—nevertheless what we say is true." He (Mr. Emerson) had no land to put his words on, but he hoped what he said was true. Though he stood there as a stranger, yet he could find nothing strange in such an assembly after the eloquent addresses of their Chairman and of Mr. Cobden. He was glad of the opportunity, as an American, of sitting near such men as he had met that night on that platform, and he rejoiced that that assembly seemed willing to reciprocate with all the nations of the globe intellectual advantages. The literature of England was dear to the American, and, though now seen by him for the first time, he had long known the gentleman whose presence there was such an attraction. Mr. Emerson, after some re marks upon the identity of character in the English man and the American, both of that Anglo-Saxon race whose imperial traits had secured for it the sceptre of the globe, went on to say, that he had from child hood been brought up in the belief that this England was not a lotus garden, a land of serene skies or soft breezes, but that it was a cold, mournful, throat• cutting, foggy country, producing no fruit well in the open air, but giving birth to robust men and truly virtuous women—these, too, of a wonderful fibre and endurance—a certain people whose good qualities were not detected at a glance, whose virtues never displayed themselves till they quar relled ; a people, in fact, to use a Yankee phrase, whe did not " strike 12 the first time."—(Cheers and laughter.) Good lovers and hard haters, he had understood them to be ; in prosperity, apt to be moody, perverse, and dampish; but in adversity, grand.—(Loud cheers.) And, as the wise ancient was proudest of that ship which returned from the long voyage with battered sides, but with its cargo safe, as the flaunting, colour-bedizeued vessel, with hopeful and eager mariners, left the pert, so he felt towards aged England. There were gathered around her the honours, the trophies, and perhaps the infir mities, of a thousand years ; and now, committed inevitably to so many ancient customs, not easily changed—pressed by the transactions of trade—ex posed to such incalculable modes elsewhere of rival ling her fabrics—driven back by all sorts of arts, ma chines, and competing nations—amid all these possible and present disasters he rejoiced that she was not dispirited or weak ; but that, remembering she has seen so many dark days before, convinced that she can re cover, and even believing that in the gloom she can see better than ever with her old eyes—she held up still her head undaunted, her pulse beating like a cannon.—(Cheers and laughter.) Seeing this—that she was still young and in no way decrepid—that she was confident still in her power of endurance and ex pansion —he hailed her, mother of nations, mother of heroes.—(Much applause.) He was glad that in this period of affliction the Athenaeum had resolved to risk the storm. Long might it be so, from age to age. If it was not to be so—if the courage of Eng land was to sink because of the passing calamities of commerce and trade, he would go back to the capes of Massachusetts, to his own little Indian stream, and say to his neighbours, " The old race is all gone, and if the hope and elasticity of mankind exist, they must be in the range of the Alleghanies, or truly, nowhere." Dr. Bowaiso was the next speaker. He declared that he had experienced great pleasure in attending the soiree, and in a short speech he remarked upon the wonders which had been accomplished by the power of association, and expressed An opinion that all that they could expect in the improvement of the masses of our population must be by means of ins tutions similar to the Athenaeum. ~~~ 1112 SUN, LONDON, SATUR:DAY EVENING -1 NOVEMBER 20, 1847. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. • M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS, POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT. M. Jullien begs most respectfully to state thatthe Concerts will most positively terminate this Evening, Nov. 20, in consequence of the Theatre being required for the Grand Opera. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. Part I . ,—Overture, Der Freischutz, Weber—Quadrille, Jallien— Solo, Violoncello, Signor Piatti, Piatti—Valse, Le Bouquet Royal, Jullien—Symphony, Jupiter Symphony, the Andante, Minuet, and Allegro, Mozart—New Polka, The Eclipse (fifth time), Ktenig— New descriptive Quadrille, The Swiss Quadrille, Jullien. Part 11.-46,era,. Lucrezia. Borgia, Grand selection, with Solos, Doniztitti—QuArille, The British Army (fifth time this season), Jullien—Duet, Violin and Violoncello, M. Sainton and Signor Piatti, Airs from William Tell, Krommer—Vaise, Le Pas des Mears, Ma rotzek—Solo, Flute, Mr. Richardson—Comic Polka, the " Three Blind Mice," Coote. The Concert commences at Eight, and terminates before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. Gd., 215., and 325. 6d. BAL MASQUE. M. Jullieu's Grand Annual Pal Masque will take place on Monday, Nov. 22, and terminate the Season. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management at Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee, THIS EVENING Will be produced a new and original Comedy, called FAMILY PRIDE. Mr. Chapman, Mr. Tilbury ; Doctor Dodge, Mr. Farrell ; Arthur Courtnay, Mr. Henry Farren ; Captain Shangenah, Mr. Hud son; Blandish, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Willoughby Courtnay, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Sophia Chapman, Mrs. liisbett; Letitia Bradley, Miss Reynolds; Grace, Mrs. Humby. After which, an enti.te:y new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, 11. Vanden holf; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley Stage Manager, Mr. Fart en; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. To conclude with the Farce entitled CONFOUNDED FOREIGN. ERS. Characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Hudson, Ranger; Mrs. L. $ Luckingham, Mrs. Stanley, and Miss Carre. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; lit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Ilalf-past Six, Performance to commence at .Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new and original Drama, called GIBRIELLI ; or, the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major Dunmore, Mr. Worrell; Marques di Mincio, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal thazar Valdarno, Mr. 0. Smith; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrielll, Madame Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, Miss Bro Las. After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c. To be followed by the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE tCCoUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, sir. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond dyan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Earna Harding. To conclude with th Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Chaplin will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Dnors open at Half-put Six, Performance to commence at Seven ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemeat of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed PATTER versus CLATTER. To be followed by the Comic Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF THE MARKET. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Granby, and Pantile ; Miss If. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Jones, and Madame Vestris. Alter which a new Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with a Romance of Kea! Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac laMSXa. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W Bradwell of the Colosseum. Dress Boxes, 58.; Upper coxes, 45. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, Ao. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten to Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Engagement of Mr. MACREADY and MISS CIIEUMA.N, THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Historical Play, entitled PHIL' e VAN ARTEVRLDE. Characters by Messrs. Macready, Byder, Palmer, Cooper, J. Vining, Convay, Neville ; Miss E. Montague, nd Miss Susan Cushman. After which Shakspeare's Comedy of KATHERINE AND PE- Yetruchio, Mr. Cooper; Katherine, Miss EmmelinS Montague. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, Rs.; Gallery, Is. ItuYAL r,IIItiCEY THEATICE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No.), Davidge-terrace,Kensingten-read, Surrey. - Tnis EYENING, the performances will commence with tho :clebrated Opera oc LA SONNAMBULA. To be followed by a new Divertissement called UNE /CERAM& ... To conciude with the Farce of DEAF AS A POST. Characters by Messrs. Vining, H. liorncastle, Attwood, 11. Lewis ; Miss Collett, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss R. Isaacs. A distiact entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-itted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the Irinelpal Librarians ; and at the Box-orrice of the Theatre, which is •pen daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S BUY AL A NIPHITHEATICE, roprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. Tills E‘ The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Sct,.its in the Arena, by the talented Artistes 01 the t..e.alishinent, in the various modes of equestration. To conclude with the Farce of THE L ,TTERY TICKET. Bon-oil co open from 11 till 5. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. LIE WEATHEIL—SIIN OFFICE, Nov. 20. THERM 'METER, Lowest, 28; Highest. 37; Noon, 36 BAROMETER, 30.19. WIND S.S. ; foggy. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDUE TIIIS DAY. Ninrnin:.. i 1 minutes after IL 1 Evening .. 0 minutes ttter 0. holding up to the admiration of the horny-handed mechanics the shining lights of their generation. • lf, according to the vulgar adage, " one fool begets another," a converse aphorism must be equally cor rect in application, and by familiarising the illiterate many with the cultivated few, by enabling the million to behold the animated marble of the sculptor and the brilliant canvass of the painter, to read the narrative of the his torian, and chaunt the numbers of the bard, to hearken to the strains of the musician, and to the voice of the orator, an innate affection for knowledge may be awakened in the bosoms of the uncultured artizans, and a natural appreciation of the True and the Beautiful may be respired in the atmosphere of the workshop. A discourse more peculiarly adapted to the audience, or more eminently characteristic of the speaker, could not by possibility have been delivered than the one pronounced yesterday evening by ARCHIBALD ALISON, the historian of Europe since the days of the French Revolution. It was demon strative of the connexion which has existed since the creation of the world—from the most remote anti quity down to these our days—between industry and knowledge, between handicraft and philosophy, be- tween commerce and education. This admirable dependence of mind and matter, the one upon the other, was illustrated by Professor AmsoN by a felicitous enumeration of the most celebrated seats of learning. It was the erudition of the magi of Egypt, as well as the passage of the cara vans through the wilderness, which imparted such authority to the sceptres of the PHAROAHS- Athens did not owe its prolonged dominion and its immortal memory more to the sophists who taught in the grove and under the porch, than it did to one signifi cant circumstance—" the vicinity of the harbour of Piraeus to the temple of the Acropolis." Rome be came the mistress of the world not only through the sages of the senate and the occupants of the rostrum, but in like manner through " the hum of merchants in the maritime cities which glittered along the shores of the blue sea." Constantinople, again, which "perpetuated for a thousand years longer the pomp and majesty of the CASSARS," was Indebted for its strength alike to its treasures of art and eru dition and to its contiguity to the waters of the Dar danelles. In Florence the din of trade did not drown the melodies of DANTE. In Venice the activity of a commercial city did not impede the pencil of TITIAN. In Genoa there was visible that mercantile enterprise which had given birth to the golden intellect of COLUMBUS. In Lisbon the necessities of the market had produced the daring of VAsco DE GAMA, and the enciternents of the studio had evoked the song o CAMOENS. Other kingdoms afforded the histori examples with which to " point the moral" of his harangue, and to testify how intimate and beneficial was the association of energies perpetually shared between Genius and Commerce. Beyond this Professor AusoN maintained the advantages cer tain to accrue from the continuance of such an institution as the Athenaeum in such a city as Manchester, by enunciating a sublime truth—a truth worthy of being inscribed in gold upon our portals—" What," said he, " what is !fie but the education for eternity 1" Such thoughts as these cannot sink too deeply into the hearts of the community, for they are (if rightly viewed) the seeds at once of individual eminence and national ex altation. After the auditory of the Manchester Athenaeum had drank in to the last syllable the classic eloquence of ARCHIBALD AusoN, their civic enthusiasm was aroused by the appearance and address of RICHARD COBDEN, and their loyalty to their country enkindled by the American volubility of RALPH EMERSON. There was a homely sagacity, moreover, in the manner in which the festivities were brought to a conclusion, in obedience to the advice of the chorus, which tells man to "be merry and wise !" It was fitting that the strong drink of wisdom should be di luted by the sparkling waters of merriment, and that before the dancing commenced the comic words of GEORGE CautasnAmc should tickle the serious faces of the company into laughter. O❑ Wednesday we pointed out the great proba bility that there would be a serious deficiency in the national revenue, and the consequent necessity that the wants of the country should be supplied, either by the imposition of some new tax or the increase of, some of those already in existence. Even if there should be no such decrease in the public revenue as we have anticipated, and that the returns from the ordi nary sources of revenue would be sufficient to pro vide for the discharge of the interest of our public debt, and the proper maintenance of our naval, mili tary, and civil establishments, a full investigation should take place during the present session of Par liament into the ways and means by which the Ex chequer is to be replenished. It must be borne in mind that the imposition of the property and income-tax was only sanctioned for a limited period, which will speedily expire, and that under any circumstances application must be made to the Legislature to justify its continuance. The whole question of taxation must, therefore, be brought before the representatives of the people, and we trust that they will not be contented to legislate blind folded, or without fully examining into the policy of the present system, and considering whether more judicious, and at the same time more equitable prin ciples, might not be substituted for those at present in operation. Great changes have taken place within a few years. The doctrines of free trade have tri umphed, and the people have proclaimed that every species of monopoly must be abolished. Those measures that: would have been expedient or necessary under the former state of affairs, might possibly be highly impolitic when regarded in connexion with existing circumstances. We now desire, by every means practicable, to interchange the products of our own and of other lands. We have abolished all protective imposts. The foreigner is as free of our markets as our own fellow-subjects. Our great object is that he should be induced to re ceive our manufactures in exchange for his comma dities, and not to demand specie in payment therefor. Every means, therefore, should be-taken to develop the industrial resources of our country, and for that purpose to abolish, or materially modify every tax that unduly presses on the labouring classes, and operates as a bar or impediment to production. Another important consideration is to adopt such a system of taxation as will yield the largest amount to the Exchequer in proportion to the sums extracted from the pockets of the people. Now, in every respect, the most objectionable description of taxation is that which is comprised under the head of " Excise." The expense of its collection amounts to more than six per cent. on the sums received, or nearly double that of collecting the property and income-tax. In addition to this, the manufacturer must of course cal culate his profits not merely on the actual cost of producing the article, but also on the amount of duty he is compelled to pay to the excise authorities. A similar profit is required by the various parties through whose hands the article passes before it comes to the consumer whether native or foreign, who of course must ultimately defray all these accumulated charges. We believe that on a stric calculation being made, it would be found that he several Excise duties, which produce to the Ex chequer on an average something less than fourteen .... millions sterling, cost the consumers more than twenty millions, being a positive loss of six millions . sterling, or an unnecessary increase in the cost of production of nearly 50 per cent. Is it necessary to say how greatly the consumption of the articles whose prices are thus enhanced would be promoted both at home and abroad by the alteration of the system ? There are other points connected with the Excise which are even still more intolerable. There are sundry rules and regulations of the most arbitrary and oppressive character enforced on the manufac turers, and even on the traders in these articles. No man's house is sacred from the invasion that may at any time take place. Night or day he may be in truded on. An anonymous information, or even the suspicions of a prying official, will be sufficient to justify a domiciliary visit. In fact, the entire of the Excise code is wholly inconsistent with the liberties of the people. It also prevents, as we have on a L former occasion s t a t e d , t h e improvements that might otherwise be effected in the process of our inantifac- I The irritation produced in Tuscany by the occupa tion of Fivizzano remains unabated. The Florentine journals of the 11th inform us that the Marquis ~IDOLrr, Minister of the Interior, was obliged to address the people to prevent them marching against the Modenese, assuring them that the Tuscan Go vernment had taken measures to receive satisfaction. The lists where the young men inscribed their names as ready to march were, however, still open. There was a report of the advance of five thousand Austrian troops to support the Modenese Govern ment. The Archduchess MARIA LOUISA. of Parma was hourly expected in her states. Preparaticns were on foot to demand her sanction for the establishment of a civic guard. The Austrian garrison at Placentia has been reinforced. Accounts from Turin announce that the measures of reform proclaimed by the recent royal decree are beginning to be carried into execution. The Court of Cessation is to be composed of sixteen members and two presidents. In consequence of the new law on the press, a superior commission of censorship has been established at Turin ; it is composed of six members, who are all professors of the university or members of the Academy of Sciences. In all the , large towns of the kingdom manifestations of joy have taken place, but in every case without order being troubled. The following is the official dispatch of General Durous. to the Diet, announcing the surrender of Friburg : " TO HIS EZCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE DIET. " Excellent Sir,—l have the honour of announcing to you that the town of Friburg has this day opened its gates to the Federal troops by a capitulation, of which a copy is subjoined. I h o p e t h at you will be satisfied with it, since thus the alliance of the Sonder bund is broken, and that at the cost only of some marching and a little time. " This event will put us in a position to turn to the side of Lucerne, and already this evening four batta lions are on their march to return to that side. Hav ing but very little time at my disposal I limit myself to these few particulars, and pray your Excellency to receive the assurance of my distinguished considera tion.—The Commander in -Chief, (Signed) Nov.„" P. H. DUFOUR. " Head-quarters, Belfaux, N 14th." CAPITULATION. "The following convention was concluded between his Excellency the General commanding the troops of the Federal army, on one part, and the plenipc. tentiary delegates of the Government of Friburg on the other "Art. I.—The Government of Friburg formally engages to renounce, in an absolute manner, the alli ance of the Sonderbund. Art. 2. The Federal troops will take possession of the city of Friburg in the course of the day, be ginning by the out forts, which will be occupied in the morning, and subsequently of the gates and in ternal posts of the city. A r t. 3. The city will supply quarters for the troops, and the necessary provisions, according to the Federal regulations. "Art. 4. The Government of Friburg will im mediately disband its troops. The arms of the land sturm will be deposited in the arsenal, and an inven tory of them prepared, which will be delivered to the Federal authorities. " Art. G. The Federal troops will occupy all the gates, guarantee the security of persons and property, and assist the constituted authorities in maintaining public order. "Art. 6. Should any difficulties arise beyond the military jurisdiction, they will be submitted to the decision of the Federal Diet. " G. H. DUFOUR, " Commander-in -Chief of the Federal Army. " Belfaux, Nov. 14, 1 847. as special d e l ega t es o f th e Exe cut"ivl e n the Council nam eef and Friburg, " P. ODET, S yn di c o f F r ib urg. "MUSSLI, Counsellor." The Swiss Vorort, immediately after the receipt of the: news of the capitulation of Friburg, ordered a portion of the troops, who had Leen sent against that place, to march towards Lucerne, and issued the fol lowing proclamation : " The God of Armies has, on an important point, pronounced in favour of our just and legitimate cause, and of the legitimate authority of the Diet. There remains, without doubt, much to be done, but this success is of happy promise. Let the noble example of our army in its devotedness and patriotism be a new and powerful stimulant of concord and fidelity, and let us not seek repose until we shall have restored to our dear country peace and tranquillity, and all the blessings of a regular Government." The statement of the capitulation of Friburg hav ing been preceded by a sanguinary battle appears to have been erroneous. The Swiss Federal Gazette states that there was no effusion of blood. On the 15th the Diet, as soon as it received accounts of the surrender of Friburg, and the terms of the capitulation, met and adopted the following resolutions : " Seeing that in the 6th article of that act (the capitulation) all the difficulties not of a military character are expressly reserved to the decision of the High Diet: Resolved,— "1. There shall immediately be named three federal representatives, who shall go without delay into the canton of Friburg. "2. The canton of Friourg remains provisionally occupied by the necessary n umber of troops. The representatives will, in this respect, come to an un derstanding with the C o mmander-in-Chief of the Federal troops. " 3. The Federal representatives will make, with out delay, to the Diet a report and propositions as to the measures that it will have:to take in the interest of the interior security of the Confederation, as well as in that of a durable pacification of the canton of Friburg. Nevertheless, if the circumstances should require it, they are authorised to take of their own accord the measures to attain that end. " 4. The army of occupation, which will remain in the canton of Friburg, is at the disposal of the Federal representatives for the purposes of the present instructions. " G. The Federal directory is charged to commu nicate immediately the present resolutions to the Federal representatives, as well as to the Commander in-Chief of the Swiss army. tures. Experiment s are forbidden ; the Excise authorities protest against any changes which will give them additional trouble, or ren der necessary the application of new tests in ascertaining the (exact amount of duties payable. Anything which do es not meet their approbation is disposed of by the statement that " the rules are in - dispensable"—an az gument to which the Legislature has hitherto been d.isposed to pay too much attention. These imposts als o hold out a direct incentive to crime, and tend tc, the demoralization of the people. How many have be en consigned to gaols for breaches of the Excise-laws.:l How many families have been deprived of their natural protectors and compelled to become inmates of the union workhouse, and burdens on the industry of their neighbours, in consequence of the baleful operation of those iniquitous laws, which hold out the greatest temptations for their evasion ! The fleet point for the nation to demand is the abolition of the Excise-laws, and if that demand be made with firmness and unanimity it must be complied with. Elsewhere in our columns will be found an extract from " The Progress of America," the admirable work of Jorat MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P., to which we referred on Wednesday last. In it will be found a financial scheme deserving of the most attentive consideration of the Legislature. It will be seen that the Honourable Gentleman proposes that the Excise and assessed taxes, the stamps on marine and fire assurances, and also the duties on customs (with the exception of eight articles) should be abolished; that distilled spirits and malt now under the Excise should be transferred to the Customs, and the Excise licenses to the Stamps; and that all the other of the assessed taxes, and the whole of the Excise establishment, should be abolished. This acceptable boon to the public Mr. MACGREGOR proves could be conceded (by the adoption of other sugges tions made by him), if a property-tax of seven millions sterling, or less than three and a-half per cent. on all the realised property of the country, without distinction, were enforced. Right glad are we that Mr. MACGREGOR is now in his fitting position, that he has been chosen by a corn - mercial city as its representative, and that he will thus have a full opportunity of explaining his enlarged and comprehensive views to the LegislatUre. It should not be forgotten, in estimating Mr. MAC GREGOR'S claims to the public gratitude, that, to en able him to render these valuable services to his country, he resigned a position of honour and emolu ment that would be an object of ambition to almost any one, that he voluntarily relinquished office, that he might be free to lay his unbiassed sentiments before his brother legislators. " According to a dispatch addressed at six o'clock yesterday afternoon by his Excellency General Du four to the President of the Diet, arid dated from his head-quarters of Grolley, a village at a league from Friburg, the Federal army already occupied on the 12th of this month positions round the town, and, notwithstanding the rain, the night was well passed at bivouac. " In consequence of a summons addressed by the General to the authorities of the city, an armistice was granted until seven o'clock this morning. " The Government of Argua has informed us that some troops of th e S on derbund, under the command of General Salis Soglio and of Colonel Elgger, had attempted an invasion in the free bailiwicks of Argau, but that they were received with firmness, and re pulsed by the Federal troops. Fighting has taken place on the frontiers of Zurich, and the object con templated by the troops of the Sonderbund, to cut off the communications by the Reuss, has completely failed. "By order of the Executive Council, " THE CHANCELLOR OF STATE. " Berne, Nov. 14." Lucerne and the small cantons are beginning to suffer from a scarcity of provisions. A pound of bread sells there for 4d., and there is an almost com plete want of salt. The only open passage between t'aose cantons and the Valais, a country abounding in provisions, is the Col of the Furka, which may be closed at any moment. The Berne Gazette, of the 14th, in a supplement, states that news had arrived of the army of the Son derbund having set fire to the village of Menzikon is the canton of Argau, and that when this was known to the Federal army in observation on the frontier next to Lucerne, it produced such irritation that it was found impassible to restrain the troops from entering that canton. The Commander-in-Chief;s said to have ordered a portion of RILLIET'S division to advance to the fron tier of the canton of Valais. A strong column from the Grissons and the canton of Tessin, amounting to 3,500 men, and commanded by Brigadier PIODA and Colonel LANICCA, of the Engineers, were advancing towards the St. Gothard, to attack the men of Uri. The Federal director has madethe official announce ment at Berne, that the canton of Appenzell had submitted to the orders of the Diet. This decision was taken by the Grand Council of the canton with- out consulting the Landsgemeine. It is said that the Directory has received positive assurances from France and Austria that every idea of an intervention on their part, under any form whatsoever, has been abandoned, and that those two Governments have determined to allow the contend- ing parties to settle their differences among them• selves. The principle theatre of the war will for the moment be the canton of Lucerne. The Commander•• in-Chief of the Federal army has already ordered four battalions of the division commanded by General BURKHARDT to march towards Lucerne. He will take up his position in the confines between the two cantons of Lucerne and Argau. The last bulletins state that the canton of Argau had been completely evacuated by the troops of the Sonderbund, who had invaded it. The bulletin of the Federal party state that the Sonderbund have lost 320 men, of whom 120 . were killed and wounded, and 200 prisoners. This appears, however, to be exaggerated. A postscript to a letter, dated Basle, the 14th, says: —" A Prussian Government courier has just passed through. He is the bearer of a note from his Cabinet to the Vorort, to the intent that if any act of aggres sion is perpetrated against an inhabitant of Neuf chatel, in consequence of the political differences in Switzerland, the Austrian troops will immediately enter the canton of Tessin. The diversions attempted by the Sonderbund, during the operations against Friburg, had all failed. One of its columns, repulsed at Sins, was obliged to retreat on the territory of Lucerne. Another having advanced to Gettwyl, close to Muri, experienced a similar fate. The landsturm, upon which the Sonderbund ap pearedtorely greatly for its defence, is in a sad state of discipline, if we are to judge of it by the fate of the unfortunate Captain AUFDEN MANE; whom these bands of hastily -embodied soldiers have mur- dered in the canton of Schwytz. This officer, whose humanity and generally noble conduct were much eulogised, had b een pl ace d a t th e h ea d o f a battalion of the landsturm. He refused to lead his men he territory of St. Gall, because he considered tha such a step would be injurious to the cause he had undertaken to defend. The men having renewed their demand in a disorderly manner, Captain AUFDER MANER, drew his sword, and declared that he would run it through the first man who rebelled against his orders. At the next moment a report was heard from the ranks, and the Captain was struck by a ba and fell dead in front of the battalion. Madrid papers of the 13th have arrived. The Prensa states that a royal order had been sent to ESPARTERO, forbidding him to return to Madrid for six months. The same journal states that the QUEEN is of late in a precarious state of health and was subject to frequent attacks of melar/choly., This announcement is, no doubt, put forth for a pur pose. The QUEEN, who is in general so robust and so active, is almost always said to be attacked with illness shortly after the arrival of her mother at Ma drid. Such was thecase three years since, When she was compelled to go to the North of Spain for her health, where she was joined by the French Princes ; and such has been the case on many previous occa sions, during CHRISTINA'S visits from France. The coincidence is somewhat remarkable. -*" 'The object of the mission of M. DE TALLETRAND to Paris was to press for the immediate presence of the Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER in Madrid. King LOUIS PHILIPPE, however, has, it is said, pe remptotorily refused to accede to any such arrange ment, notwithstanding the pressing instances of CHRISTINA and NARVAEZ. General PAVIA arrived in Catalonia on the 7th. The Union Bank of Madrid. has suspended pay. ment. Its debts are said to amount to two hundred millions of reals, but the amount of its assets is not stated. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 13.—The Three per Cents. were done at 26k, at 50 days; the Five per Cents. at 14f, for paper ; the Debt without interest, at 4f ; and the Coupons, at 11. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. , The Journal des Debats affects to consider the surrender of Friburg as a matter of small importance, inasmuch as the real strength of the Sonderbund lies in Lucerne and the small cantons ; if the fall of Friburg, however, had been considered of such small importance a month since, it is scarcely to be be lieved that M. GUIZOT would have committed a flagrant breach of the law of nations, for the pur pose of supplying the Jesuits of that city with arms ' and ammunition, the whole of which are, of course, by this time in the possession of the Federal troops The Con stitutionnel considers this surrender of the greatest importanCe, and there can be no doubt but that the moral effect produced by the surrender of Friburg, coupled with the defeat of every attempt of the Sonderbund to make a diversion in its favour, will be immense. The following is the article from the Constitutionral " We need not dwell on the importance of such an event such as this first dismemberment of the League. The surrender of Friburg will permit the General in-Chief to concentrate all his troops on Lucerne. Nor is this success the only one o bt a i ne d b y the " Messrs. Reniart, of Soleure, Stockmar, of Berne, and Grivas, prefect of Payerne, are nominated the Federal Commissioners." The three Commissioners left for Friburg on the 15th, immediately after the sitting of the Diet. It has been announced that the Council of State of Friburg has abdicated] its functions, and that the Grand Council had met to elect another. The following are the resolutions which the Diet is to adopt with respect to all the cantons of the Son derbund which shall have yielded to its arms : " 1. The immediate dissolution of all the rebel governments, and some measures in all the cantons occupied by the Federal troops for a prompt paci fication. " 2. The placing of the administration of the oc cupied cantons under Federal commissioners, charged to name, sooner or later, according to the circum stances, provisional or definitive governments disposed to cause the decrees of the Diet to be executed. " 3. Measures which will ensure in the Catholic cantons the preponderance of the Federal party." The Executive Council of Berne, on the 14th, issued the following bulletin, announcing the surrender of Friburg, and the defeat of the troops of the Sonder bundon the frontiers of Argovia and Zurich. " BULLETIN. The National, in an article on the affairs of Italy, states that the Envoy from the Diet of Switzerland to the POPE, dispatched for the purpose of entreating his HOLINESS to withdraw the Jesuits from Lucerne, had been arrested in the Roman states, and conducted as a prisoner to the frontier. " Who," asks the National, "could have given this brutal order ? It could not have been the POPE, who was absent. It is not Car dinal FERRETTI who, notwithstanding the energy of his character, has not ventured to receive an Envoy from M. OCHSENDEIN, but who has addressed to him, through the medium of his brother, the most kind expressions of interest. The explanation of this oc currence is simply this—lt does not suit the Jesuits of Rome that any one should request of Pius IX. the recal of the Jesuits of Lucerne, and such is their influence in 'the Government that they have been enabled to expel from Rome an accredited diplomatic agent, and to forbid the POPE himself to listen to the Envoy of a friendly Government." The article then alludes to the various recent acts on the part of the Porz of a retrogade tendency, and comes to the con clusion that Pius IX. is coerced and oppressed by his subalterns, and' compelled to lend the sanction of his name to those who abuse him, and whose acts he abhors. " Pius 1X.," con tinues the National, " enjoys the barren honour of reigning, but treason, master of the greater number of administrative offices, governs in his name. If to fulfil the engagements entered into with the generous and loyal population of Rome, Pius IX., assisted by the lay councillors of his temporal Crown, decrees a wise law, or reforms an abuse, immediately he is be sieged by the clerical league, which demands from him guarantees against the spirit of innovation, and imposes on him conditions dictated by its fears." Such is, according to the National, the present situation of Pius IX. Let us hope that he will ex hibit the same acuteness and the same energy in res cuing himself and his subjects from the sacerdotal tyranny of the Jesuits, that he has in rescuing them from the military tyranny of Austria. It would, indeed, be disheartening if, after all he has done, he were now to stop short in his career, and leave his country only half regenerated. The Government is evidently seriously alarmed at the progress of the spirit of reform, and of course can devise no better method of quelling it than by erecting a few more detached forts. We read in the Presse : " 'There is a serious talk of erecting several inter mediary forts between Vanvres and Mont Valerien. One 'of these forts is to be established in the park of St. Cloud, near the chateau, on the side,of the plateau which commands the road to Sevres. Another is to be constructed on the round eminence which com mands Sevres on the opposite side, in a property, belonging to Madame Delille. A third is to be built on the esplanade of Meudon, where the old chateau existed. A fourth is to be constructed at Montre tout, the culminating point of the heights of St. Cloud. These projects appear destined to re ceive an early execution. During the last fifteen days the engineers have been occupied in tracing the plans and marking out the ground. On Tuesday the King, accompanied by the Minister of War, by Marshal Dode de la Brunerie, and by several officers of engineers, visited and examined the different sites destined to be occupied by these forts. It is said that the fort of the park of St. Cloud will be constructed at the expense of the Civil List. The Chambers will have to prOvide for the expenses occasioned by the others." Mademoiselle DELUZY DESPORTES was set at liberty on Wednesday. The Journal des Debats announces the death of Madame AIME MARTIN, widow Of BERNARDIN DE ST. PIERRE, the author of Paul et Virginie, at St. Germain en Laye, in her 68th year. " SOULEYMAN, who was interpreter to NAPOLEON when in Egypt, died yesterday (Wednesday) i❑ Paris," says Galignanis Messenger. "He was a Persian, but attached himself to the fortunes of France, and rendered invaluable services to her army, when it was led to the foot of the Pyramids. He lived upon a pension granted him by the French Government. He had a wife and children in Persia, to whom he wished to return, but was refused permission on ac count of his conduct in Egypt. The Persian Ambas sador, now in Paris, had promised to use his influence in procuring the assent of his Government to the re turn of SOULEYMAN, but death has put an end to all his hopes." The body of Count BRESSON has been placed temporarily in a vault of the church of Notre Dame de Lorette ; it is to be removed, it is said, to the department of the Vosges. Admiral BAUDiN, it is said, has been named Presi dent of the Mixed Commission of Public Works, in place of Admiral PARSEVAL-DESCHENES, and also appointed . President of the Superior Commission, charged with the revision of the provisions of the or donnance relating to the sea service. La Flour announces that the French Mediterra nean squadron, commanded by the P r i nce d e J om- VILLE, was still lying in the bay of La Spezzia on the 7th instant. Rear-Admiral BRUAT arrived in Paris on Monday, with 21 Otaheteian young men, sent to France for their education. Just as the post was leaving a telegraphic dis patch was received from Madrid, announcing the opening of the Spanish Cortes on the 15th inst. The Three per. Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 77f. ; the New Loan, 76f. 90c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 50c.; the Orleans Rail _ __ road Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 9201. ; Havre, 5131. 75c.; Great Northern, 5751.; Avignon 575 f.; Vierzon, 5601.; Bordeaux, 4921. 50c. ; Boulogne, 3701. ; Basle, 171 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 425 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 407 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 411 f. 25c ; Lyons and Avignon, 475 f.; Spanish Actives, 20i ; Spanish Three per Cents., 28i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 19. Boulogne and Amiens, IVA ex int.—Namur and Liege' 5 - lA—Northern of Frame, 12 %—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5 I/2 ' LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND.--The interest excited by this work appears to increase as it approaches to modern times. The eleventh volume containing the lives of Mary 11. and Anne, as p r i ncess, i s full of curious details. " Amongst all the queens who have shared, or alone occupied, the throne of England, there is no one with regard to whose lif e an d act i ons the peculiar talent of Miss Strickland is of more value in the elucidation of the real moving influences of her conduct, than Mary 11., wife of William 111. The contemporary portion of the life of Princess Anne, is also given in a manner which throws a very striking light upon the development of those qualities, which, in the future sovereign, became .so remarkable on her accession to the throne. Biography is always a captivating study. How Lunch th, n must its attraction and value be enhanced when it embraces the private lives of personages so eminent as the sovereigns of England, and unveils 'the secret influences which have guided and determined great events, although those influences were unseen in many cases by c n•empora ries."—/Iforning Chronicle. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford closed their visit to Viscount Melbourne, at Broeket Hall, Herts, yesterday, and repaired to Woburn Abbey. The Noble Duke and Duchess purpose entertaining a large circle of anguished visitors next week, at the Abbey. troops of the Diet. In Argau the attempt by the Sonderbund has not been successful ; the invading corps were obliged to retreat with a loss of about 200 men. The detachment of Uri, which has gained pos session of St. Gothard by surprise, appears in immi nent danger. The grave check of the League at Friburg cannot, besides, fail to produce a powerful moral effect on the other united cantons; and it is to be desired that under the influence of the example which has just been given they may renounce their culpable struggle, and that the triumph of the law may prevent the effusion of blood at Lucerne as at Friburg. But it must be declared that it is not merely the Sonderbund that has been beaten at Friburg, but also our Government. Was it not the latter which, in contempt of the right of nations, in contempt of true French interests, in contempt of all its duties towards an allied nation, thought fit to furnish arms to that warlike resistance which has just performed such wonders ? Was it not it which, taking from our arsenals muskets, ammunition, and cannon, sent them to the insurgents to render the civil war more deadly ? But fortunately these can nons of peace-at-any-price smacked of their origin, and M. Guizot will gain nothing by the business but the odium of his attempt. The pacification of the canton of Friburg suggests a poignant reflection. When it is seen how easy this pacification has been ; when, in addition, the disproportion which exists between the forces of the Confederation and those of the Sonderbund be taken into consideration, it cannot be one moment doubted that if foreign Powers had abandoned the insurgent cantons to themselves, and had not placed at their service their moral influence, their arms, and eventual intervention ; it cannot be doubted, we say, that these cantons would never have thought of attempting the hazard of war. It must be loudly declared that foreign Powers could, by the simple act of abstaining, have prevented all effusion of blood. They would not do so, and on them must therefore rest the responsibility of the blood that has been already shed, and that which will be shed here after." ... ... a .t. 8 ~ , 1 vet; , ) - - - , ~_- ~ _ , , ›.. ~ 4. , , ....„.. „: , ,„ ...„ ....; o. !4 4 1 4(6- ~. ML .. ~. .",z, ,„.•,,„;‘,,,,,„. ~,,... ....,. ASR. " ) . ..... r• n o': , i••••„,,,,, • Aitort ~ it , ...„--- a- ktd,. Di t U 't , ' '1,'0'.`,..., ..., ..... -,‘ ;`''' ~W •:` .'' ' '"'..---, ....., MEETING OF PA RL LAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS OF - THE SUN" WILL CONTAIN, AS ITSITAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun- office, 112, Strand. 011ening LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1847 Another—the fifth—of the annual soirees of the Manchester Athenwum attested yesterday evening the continued success of that remarkable and most interesting institution. Eloquence has again streamed from the lips of another—its fifth--chairman ; but it is no longer the eloquence of the novelist, the senator, the barrister, or the statesman, it is the scholastic oratory and picturesque rhetoric of a distinguished lining historian. We cannot but admire the impar tiality of selection which has hitherto imparted such a beautiful dissimilarity to the different anniversaries of the foundation of the Athenaeum. Political parti sanship has in no manner influenced those to whom this privilege of selection has been entrusted. The literary reputation of the individual has from its very commencement been regarded as the only qua lification, and the fraternal sentiments inspired by the republican spirit of literature, have, for the time being, extinguished all the qualms of faction, and all the isolating predilections of clique. The Genius of humanity has exercised his undisputed sovereignty over the hearts and imaginations of the Muhaul?, without the most shadowy distinction of class, of policy, or of religion. His footsteps have been followed successively by those who had already acquired celebrity, the one by the pungency of his satiric wit, the other by the poesy of his declamation, and the other by the unaffected grace of his intelli gence, and the alluring suavity of his disposition. It was but just, therefore, that the chair of the Man chester Athenaeum should be occupied, on its fifth anniversary, by one worthy in every particular of following such predecessors. After the hearts of the auditory had been stirred by the magic language of those four gifted and impassioned orators, it was but reasonable that another should be looked for possessing intellectual powers of compatible emi nence. Bearing in mind the inimitable characteristics of the writings of CHARLES DICKENS, and the en nobling principles of brotherly love inculcated by him with such an irresistible combination of drollery and tenderness—remembering the caustic sarcasm which is the predominating embellishment of the Parliamentary orations and political novels of Dis- RAELl—recollecting, moreover, the dramatic and forensic genius of T.&LFOURD, and the union of so many accomplishments and of so much spontaneous gentleness in the person of Lord MORPETII, it was essential that no ordinary man should be chosen as their successor, or otherwise that the character of the assemblage would for this year be eclipsed. By in viting Professor ALISON to the presidency of the Athenaeu m the difficulties of the alternative were obviated. Supposing even that the principal advantage result ing from this admirable institution were the periodi cal congregation of distinguished men in the Free- Trade Hall at Manchester, it would be eminently deserving of eulogium, seeing that the annual soiree of the Athenaeum has heretofore rendered their minds subservient to the interests of the population. It has conduced to the fraternization of solitary genius and collective mediocrity. It has brought into acquaintanceship the moral labourers d sical labourers of the age—the people and the ph y - their teachers—the wisdom of the closet, and the ignorance of the mart. If only in this, it has been beneficial, for it has aided the course of popular education by (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. MANGLES V. WRIGHT.—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR also gave j u d gment i n t hi s case, Iv hiCh came before the Court upon a motion to take a re v . cation off the file, on the ground of irregularity. at Honour, after going through the facts of the cas e some length, dismissed the motion with costs. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY') (Sittings at Nisi Prins.) IMPORTANT DECISION. TEE QUEEN V. CHADWICK.—MARRYING A PECgA BIII WIFE'S SISTER. Sir FITZROY KELLY this morning addressed th e Court, in reply t o th e arguments a dd uc ed en wife other side, th a t a marr i age w i th a d eceas ed'il sister was within the prohibited or Levitical degreeel and that therefore such contracts were unlawful, a n i contrary to the l aw o f G o d. Th e L earn ed Couns elcontended at great l eng th th a t suc h m arriages w ere perfectly la w f u l, as they were fully i n ac cordan ce with the law of God, and repeated, in sup port of th ie view the argu men t s a d vance d b y him on M ondSls which were reported in The Sun of that day. Lord DE NMAN d e li vere d j u d gment. H e said dur in g. the arguments th ey h a d h ear d i t h a d been asserte d that there were no less than six different interPr et t, :tions of the passa ges i n L ev i t i cus. The Court c ell not, however, i nqu i re w h et h er the i nter preters of 03 _ Bible had disch arge d t h e i r d ut i es properly' n r , whether they had f a ll en i nto error . They could n o constitute themselves i n t o a cou rt of error on the s e points. They mus t l oo k ent i re l y a t th e law in for e on the subject ; an d, i n hi s op i n i on , u nder .the dot of William th e F ourt h s, the marriage w ith deceased wife's sister was vo id. The Lord Chief Justice referred at great length to the diff e ; rent alterations made in the law since the time of Henry VIII., and in the course of his voluinv nous address expressed his sincere regret at the con sequences which might ensue from the decision et the Court. The other Learned Judges agreed in the judgme nt of the Chief Justice. According to Sir F. Kelly, the decision of the C OOl4 would destroy the legitimacy of 5,000 children/ be ; sides rend er i ng th ese marr i ages in the eye of the lair incestuous, and against the law of God. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THis DAY') Emily Taylor was thi s morning examined upon 31 2/ charge of robbing her employer, Mr. Harvey, joadlo7 of the Duk e o f L ancaster Tavern, Kings l an d-rn"' of monies and spirits, and her mother, Mary Taylor' was charged w ith rece i v i ng t h e l atter , w ith a guiltf knowledge. Mr. Heritage appeared on behalf, of the elder pri soner. younger prisoner, E m il y , li ve d in his service a s bar ' maid.br l H s a h r e ve s y l , ep t t he in prosecutor, deposed deposed tha t the mother, and a young lad. Prosecutoras hdaiddonal,:a°rio.hu'er: occasions missed money from the till, and he had eat from time to time, on taking stock, found a great deficiency in his spirits. He mentioned the cireu_es stance to the police, and Ball, a detective officer,swoo directed to make purchases at the bar with ° marked silver. Ball subsequently called at the hunue'; and at onc e sa id to her, " You have go t some 01° d it, belonging to y our master. " Sh e at first defil e o f hut afterwards pulled from her pocket two silver, with the marks alluded to upon them • then exclaimed, " Oh, forgive me, and I'll leave a never come into the house again." state' The con stable Ball corroborated the ab°r,, be d. went, and added that he followed the girl rattle'f II of room where he found a ginger beer b , o two brandy. In the mother's bed room Were found decanters full of spirits and some smaller vessels so containing spirits. t the Mr. Heritage elicited from the prosecutor that th e e spirits might possibly have been bought by mother in the usual way of business, and pieces__ e Mr. ARN OLD sa id th at as t h ere wa s no proo f vl i : b u a ld " ever as to the criminality of the mother he discharge her, but th a t th e d aug hter must be C O ro milted for trial.—Committed accordingly. SPORTING INTELLIGE NC E NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLECHASES. Handicap Sweepstakes FR I 2 D S AY ;ovs. each, 15 ft, an d 100 Mr. C. Bevin , s Latitataclded.Fo , io ur:iile . s . . . (16 : S : übs.) .(..onire.r. ) . Mr. J. Bruc e n d The Curate, list • 3 Mr. Hop e J o h ns t one na Ali ce G rey , lOst 12Ib ••']vir. The The following also started, but were not place J. Mason nd St. Leger, 12st 81b—Lord Strathmore s Switcher, list 131b—Mr. C. Hi gins's Pioneer—Ml..4j' Little's Chandler, llst 21b—M g r. - J. Anderson's Pre_,lt gate, lOst 121b—Mr. Nunn's Ace of Diamonds, lOst,l2lu. —Mr. J. Payne's Brown Stout, 10st 7113—Mr. Ti c te' sey na Boxkeeper—Mr. Tilbury's Chronometer, art" Mr. Douglas's C anar y, lOst 2 1b—Mr. J. DaY's S P lOst 21b—Mr. D. Protheroe nd Gayburst, lOst. Phandle r, Betting-3 to 1 agst Switcher, 9to 2 agst Cu . 6 to 1 agst Sp ar t a , 7t o 1 agst L a tit a t, 12 to 1 s lZ st „ ar; rate, 12 to 1 a gs t St, L eger , 15 t o 1 agst 130 2 tk ee r b Profligate to 1 agst Chronometer. Won by tw i o c l iw en it g n i h e r a bad fourth, C ana ry fifth, an d' — sixth. Match: 2001., llst 61b each. Aristocrat Co urse. Captain Alleyn's Th e Ni gger (Powell) W S Montgomery's Ticket (Captain Peel). Betting-6 to 4on Th N igger, w ho led throughee6 e igger, w and won easy. Match: I-001., 12st each. Aristocrat C ourse. Mr.. Lord Strathmore's The Roarer (J. Mason) bee t Wemys's Kangaroo (Oliver). 1 and running to 4on Roarer. Kangaroo wad e d runnin g to the last fence, where Roarer cballetig,,f." after a capital race, won by about a length and a 'hea th, Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added; 1 281 &c. Gentlemen riders. Four miles, (II Subs.) Mr. Philpott's Briti s h Yeoman •••(owner) ; Mr. Markham's Governor •• ••• • 3 •• Mr. Donaldson's Variety ... The following also ran:—Lord Strathmore's Ma.„l. luke, Mr. F. Wilson's Walter Gay, Mr. Johnson's galta bery, Mr. Davenport's Moonlight, Mr. Dougho's.f Slick, Mr. Ekins's Christopher North, an d Dfr. t Miss Fop. "tial Betting-3 to 1 agst' Walter Gray, 4to 1 agst Yeoman, and sto 1 agst Christopher North. . a The Yeoman made a waiting race of- it till vilt" ve j e r few fields from home, when he went up and won PARLIAIIv,N 1. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock, when the swearing in of the Members was proceeded with. The attendance was not numerous. Amongst the Lew Members we noticed Mr. Chaplin, the chairman of the South-Western Rail way; Mr. G. C. Glyn, the chairman of the North- Western Railway ; Mr. Charles Lushington, for Westminster. A. group of Scotch Member were sworn in in the course of the afternoon. Amongst them were Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. J. M'Gregor, Mr. D. Dundas, Mr Duncan, Mr. Morrison, &c. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The continued indisposition of the Lord Chancellor prevented his Lordship sitting in his court at West minster to-day. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GRAINGER. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL V. GRAINGER. The further arguments in this part-heard informs: tion against the corporation of Reading were resum ed this morning, and occupied the court the whole day. We forbear to en t er i n t o t h e f acts o f th e ca se, a s the case of the informants is not yet concluded. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) WOOD V. VERNON.—JUDGMENT. L_ This case came b e f ore th e C ourt on ex ceptions the master's rep or t. It appeare d t h a t Woad thr: plaintiff marri e d a war d i n Ch ancery , an d atter th e marriage incurred debts to the amount of 7, 0 " The property o f th e p l a i nt iff' s w if e consisted, of t. 9,1221. ss. Id. C onso l s , an d 136 1 . 1 6 s. Bd. c ash, vehi, c _u was vested in the tr us t ees C ox an d C ar r. When te. e matter came before th e C our t it was or d e red that the 7,0001. debts should be paid as the debts that had hem incurred by the husband before his marriage' which amounted to 1,500/. The master T. his report found that the debts of 11 5 ,°. ° „ stated to have been incurred by the Pl a 2„, - ; tiff had been paid before, and as this w",„ a matter into which he had not been directed t° A D.. ; quire, exceptions were taken to his report on ground of irregularity, His HONOUR allowed the exceptions. easy. ASHDO SVN PARK COURSING MEETING. THURSDAY. The Cup was won by Mr. Goddard's Gordon's Camlet ran up. Mr. The Derby G W. Etwall's Wanot a ran u p. Mr. The Ashdow n MI-aged Stakes were won 4 13 owles's B un b ury; M r . Goddard's Gladiator ran 0 Go f The Aoshdw_n o Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. don's Glue ; M r . M oran t' s M ar i ner ran U. G retna; gr. Mr. Lumley is at present in Milan, w here he .tin h l concluded some f ur th er engage ments for his e ns.— season at her Majesty's Theatre. A E 0 /ear n Miss B IRCH THE V OCALIST .—We regr et t from our Paris lette r s that Miss Birch, who had ente r into into an engagement with the Academie Roy ale, has blh engagementb compelled t o th row it u p, ow ing to the treatta el ;; fi iii she has exp er i ence d a t th e hands of certain Pa r° that establishment.