The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-09 00:00:00

Now Ready, LIVES OF THE QUEENS. By AGNES STRICKLAND. henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street To be had of all Booksellers. VOL. X. THE REV. It. CORBOLD'S .NEW WORK. Now Ready, In 3 vol s. post Avo., ZENON; THE ' MARTYR. By the Rev. RICHARD COBBOLD, M.A., R.D., Rector of Northam, Suffolk. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. Now ready, in 2 ♦ols. post Svo., with numerous Engravings, prime 245. bound. L ORD CASTLEREAGH'S NARRATIVE OF HIS JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS, THROUGH EGYPT, NUBIA, ARABIA PETILEA, PALES- TINE, AND SYRIA. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street To be had of all Booksellers. To be had at all the Libraries, T HE HON. ADELA SIDNEY'S NEW WORK, ROME AND ITS INFLUENCE. Three Vols. Richard Bentley, New ISurlington-street. RAILWAY SHAitES BY PUBLIC SALE. tir ES SRS. LAAIOND and Co., RAILWAT aji. SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to tank their Friends I.nd the Public for their continued support and patronage, and tc announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., sake place every Tricsnar and FRIDAY, at One o'clock. at the dal! of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share l'ertificatcs must be deposited, the lay trevions to their being olered ; and advices of results will be lorwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds name. fliately disposed of accorling to instructions. Odtces. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. _ HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera. and the Public, are re spectftilly Informed, that there will be a grand EXTRA NIGHT TO-MORROW, on which occasion will be performed Meyerbser's celebrated opera ROBERTO IL DIAI7OLO. Alice, Millie. Jenny Lind; Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Roberto, Signor Yraschini ; Rambaldo, signor Gardoni ; Sacerdote, Signor Bauchi ; and Bertram, signorStaudigl. To be followed - by the admired "Pas de Giselle," by Wile. Car -1 otter Gri,i and M. Louis Dor. To conclude with a Selection from the admired ballet of ONDINE, Comprising the Fete de la Madonne, Pas de ht Corbeille, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. supported by Mdlles. Cassan and Honore. iind the celebrated Pas de l'Ombre by Mdile. Cerito. The doors open at Half-past Seven. The Opers to commence at Eight o'clock. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. (For the Benefit of Mdlle. Dumilatre, and her last appearance.) 10-3101:ROW, June 10, will be performed Rossini's Ipera buffa IL BARBIERE DE SEVIGLIA, Principal characters by Madame Persiani, 314111 e. Bellini, Signor Salvi, Signor Ronconl, Signor Revere, and Signor Marini. To be followed by the Third Act of LLTCREZIA BORGIA. Principal characters by Made. Grisi, 3ldlle. Alboni, Sig. Mario, Sig. Marini, Sig. Tagliafico, and Sig. Tamburini. The celebrated dance La Gitana, by .Mlle. Fanny Elasler and Mdlle. Dumilatre. To conclude with the popular Ballet, in Two Acts, LA HEISE DES FEES. The principal characters by Mdlle. Dumilatre, 31111 e. Berttn, Mdlles. De Melisse, Delachaux, Neodot, M. Petipa (his last appear ance), and M. O'Bryan. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN, On FRIDAY, June 18, when will be performed Rossini'! STABAT MATER ; on which occasion Madame Grist, Madame Persiani, Signora Corbari, and Mdlle. Alboni ; Signor Mario, Signor Salvi, Signor Tamburini, Signor Ronconi, Signor Tagliafico, and Signor Marini will sing. A 31ISCELLINEOCH CONCERT. . . In the course of the morning Rossini's La Carlta, by the whole strength of the company. Beethoven's Grand Battle Sinfonia will be performed by the Orchestra, under the direction 01 M. Costa. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Pit and First Amphitheatre Tickets • .... £0 7 0 Pit Stalls First Amphitheatre Stalls .......... • • ...... 0 10 6 Second Amphitheatre Stalls .. •••••••• 0 5 0 Grand Tier Boxes .. . Pit and First Tier Boxes 3 13 5 Second Tier Boxes ......... • ••• • .. Third Tier • 2 2 0 Fourth Tier Boxes 1 11 6 Second Amphitheatre Tickets Gallery Tickets 0 2 6 Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street; and at the Box-office, Bow-street THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING (For the Benefit of Miss Julia Bennett.) Will be presented THE BELLF'S STRATAGEM. Doricourt, Mr. Hold; George Touchwood, Mr. Stuart; Mrs. Hackett, 31rs. Glover; Letitia Hardy, Miss Julia Be ;nett. To be followed by a Miscellaneous Concert, in which the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VOCALISTS will give their Lui• tations of various instruments, with the Lips only. Atter which A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Colonel Free love, Mr. 801 l ; Lady Freelove, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with THE POOR SOLDIER. Patrick, Miss P. Horton ; Darby, 3lr. Buckstone ;, Father Luke, Mr. Hudson; Kath leen, Miry Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS Cr TILE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright; /slimael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the lilnchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which an entirety new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans souci, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Miss Woolgar; Helen de Montereau, Madame Celeste; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. (Last Night but Two of the present Management and Company.) THIS EVENING Will be performed PRESUMPTION. Principal characters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Oaberry, Turner, Kinloch, Bellingham, and Emery ; Misses May, Bromley, Forster, and Mary Keeley. After which TIIE PRINTER'S DEVIL. Maurepas, Mr. Belling ham ; Bringhin, Mr. Kinloch ; Pica, Mr. Keeley. To be followed by the now occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ers by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Klnloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr, Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Burlesque Extravaganza, called THE WOOD DEMON ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, F. Matthew:, Bellingham, Klnloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson Miss Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS. —ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING (For the Benefit of M. Cloup) will be performed LOL T ISE ; ou, La Reparation. M. de Malsen, M. Ithosevil ; Louise, Mille. Vallee. After which a new vaudeville, entitled LES FLEURS ANIME ES. Characters by MM. Pascal, Tourrillon, Priston, Mdlles. Duverger, Vallee, Leyder, &c. After which, UNE FE%I3IE QUI SE JETTE PAR LA FE ITETRE. The characters by M. Dumery, M. Rhozevil, Mdlle. Vallee, lime. Grasse% and Millie. Duverger. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3t.; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN *ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. In consequence of the increasing success which attends every re- Presentation given by the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, %v tate, Stanwood, and German, they will repeat their usual ENTERtAINMENTS at the above Theatre, TO MORROW EVENING (Thursday), for the Benefit of M. G. Stanwood, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday ILvening. Doors oven at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY PERFORMANCE This Morning, commencing at Halt-past Two. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at t he Box-office of the Theatre. ERINCESSYS T HEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be presented the tragedy of THE BRIDAL. Melanthius, Mr. Macready; Amlntor, Mr. Creswick ; Evadne, Mrs. Warner. Alter which a new Drama, entitled THE KING AND THE PIPER. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Walton, Barker, W ynn. Dclavanti, Granby, Miss E. Stanley, Miss G. Smithson, and 11( Is a Marshall. To conclude with the Farce of A WIFE FOIL AN HOER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. Muter the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Fondly._ Splendid combination of Novelties, in iddition to which Mr. Batty has engaged Mdlle. Laurina, the Female Equestrian. EVENING Will be performed the Equestrian Magical Sketch, THE GOLDEN rooiED STEED; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley. Uneinalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of llorson,anildp, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes. To conclude with Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of TILE BRIDE Or ABYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Malls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3i ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. - Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THIS EVENLV; be presented a new ballad opera, the libretto by Mr. E. Fitz hall, the music and overture by Mr. J. H. Tully, entitled THE IrORKST MAIDEN AND THE MOORISH PAGE. Philip of Spain, Mr. I ..eitcr ; Francis Huntley, sir. W. Harrison ; Sir Edward Cop tMr. M'Mahon ; Queen Mary, Mrs. Henry Vining; Alice Copley, Rainforth ; Leon, the Moorish Page, Miss Rebecca Isaac 'Co conclude with Shakapere's tragedy of MACBETH, with the '►bole of Locke's music. Macbeth, sir. Scott ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Usury Vining. Boxes. ii., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Mix, commence Milan-1 , 4 , Ft Rix. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented, a drama. in three acts, called THE MOUN TAIN JUDGE; or, the Patriot's Grave. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Bird, Searle, Howard, Gardner, Mrs. G. Lee, Mrs. theta, After whielt WILLIAM TROVPSON; or, the Sleepwalker and To conelude with WILD-FIRE DICK, THE GIPSET HORSE STEALER ; or, the Fortunes and Changes of War. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. ' Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Ad.nission, One Shilling. SECOND WEEK OF M. JULLIEN'S ENGAGEMENT. First Week of the Army Quadrilles. _ No Fottra Charge ! On WEDNBSDAY, - June 9. The Proprietor has much pleasure in announcing to the de S d u i b n sc e r n ibe ga r g s_, Aitateurs or Music, and the Public, that he has succee hug M. JULLIEN and the Principal Solo Performers of his unrivalled trin I, including Richardson, Baumann, Barret, Lazarus, Prospere, CoLinet, and }ler Kcenlg, for a limited number of nights. Which. wlth Mr. GODFREY'B Swendld Band, aided by a selection from tPeeorinelpal bands in the Metropolis, will form an orchestra of One I hiti dred Performers. The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable „remise. orders, erected statues a new En trance, and a magnificent Walk, with fiaeirer b, and a Cent ral Fountain, in f ront o f the &ILI Pictorial Represe n t at i on of St THE TOWN AND RAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Yena,gerle contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, t;aaenes, ,s, The Promenade Concerts, conducted by Godfrey. A .„.„,,, whoa 01 the Porcelain Tower of 'Nankin. The Gothic Bridge / t'IJ.--„ 'The grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the ,i 1 Atstu.'• SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR cOnimencementof flattering u tl p ie o l f iombardent partial destruc .l,owing the the g ships. ~,I of the T. and Blowing LON i rt A jj wA T. The dire.ctorSof- l w i s raiay company have called a meeting of the shareh o ld ers for the, 18th instant. The repo rt, it is understood, will b e Very interesting and satisfactory. e teth v o Tux QUEENS OF ENGLAND. Th Miss Strickl an d 's " Lives of the Queens n of E olnglaumend,"f which has been impatiently looked for, has at length ap- Of;d. It co n t a i ns t h e conc l us ion of the biography of Beatrice, the am i a bl e consor t o f James 11., derived almost entirely from manuscript sources in the royal arc hives at Paris ; and a considerable portion of the Life of his daughter Mary, the wife of William 111., which throws much new light on the history of the re volution that drove James from the throne. This new vol'anae tends still further to stamp this publication, as one of the most entertaining and instructive works of our fir. Nis Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein gave a splendid entertainment, on Monday, at the Austrian embassy, to their Royal Highnesses Idol Duke and Dachau of Cambridge. THE WEATHER.—SDI OFFICE, JUNE 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51 ; Highest, 66 ; Noon, 36. BAROMETER, 29.85.—Wnin W.S.W.; fine. _ . HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 19 minutes after 10. f Evening .. 53 minutes gate, 10. • 1.444, triib, tar\ • 411010",.- • at°.4. 7.Z.f.ii•;l7tAiw„. THE SUN, LONDON, WED/4ESDAY —rot oozy inequitable, bat inexpedient. The first point, undoubtedly, that should be taken into consi• deration, in a nation of upright and honourable men, is the strict justice, the undoubted equity of any charge, burden, tax, or impost, that is about to be established or retained. We must act with public faith to the national creditor, and GGD forbid that any cause should induce English men to repudiate the engagements of their fathers, or in any particular to infringe upon the just rights of the fundholder, or, by an unwise economy, to reduce our national establishments below what is re quired for the public service, or in any manner to impair or weaken their efficiency. But, in order to come to a correct conclusion as to the manner in which the necessary funds should be raised, it will be desirable to consider the nature of the charges that are to be provided for, and for whose especial benefit these charges were created, and whether there is any fund from which they can pro perly be defrayed. The chief items in the national expenditure, amounting to considerably more than a moiety of the whole, consist of the payments for the interest and management of our national debt, which for the year ending in April last amounted to no less than 28,055,202/. 3s. 6d. sterling, and this enormous sum will be further increased by the interest of the 8,000,0001. recently borrowed, and the higher rate of interest payable on the unfunded debt. The whole, or by far the greater part of this debt, was con tracted during periods of war for the protection and preservation of the property of the country, and it is therefore by the owners of that property that it should be satisfied. No private individual would be justified in charging the industry of his children with any debt he might think proper to contract beyond the amount of property which they should inherit from him. Any attempt to do so would be treated with well-merited scorn and contempt. Still more absurd would it be, if he possessed large estates and extensive domains which he desired to improve, and leave unincumbered to his eldest and favourite son, while he directed his younger children to pay all incumbrances which he may have incurred in improving and preserving the property for their for tunate brother. Yet it is something nearly similar that we are called upon to do. Enormous debts are contracted, which should have been provided for out of the property existing at the time they were created ; but that property is handed down unincumbered to the present possessors, while the industry of the people—those who were then unborn, and could not possibly have derived any benefit therefrom—is to be burdened with the payment. We cannot understand on what principle of justice this anomaly can be supported. In bygone days but little regard was paid to popular rights ; the legislators consisted altogether of the favoured class, and laws were made for the benefit of their order, without considering how deeply the " of 7:0;\.)1" might be affected. Of late years, however, there has been a great improvement in this respect. Many abuses have been reformed and grievances swept away, a greater amount of popular strength has been infused into the National Councils, and there is now little danger of any gross injustice being perpetrated. But that to which we have alluded has become " An aged vice, a grey iniquity." We have submitted so long that the manifest impro priety of the charge is lost sight of, and the inhe ritors and owners of property would consider them selves very ill-used gentlemen if they were called upon to provide exclusively for the interest of the debt. It is, however, for the people to say whether they will consent to a continuance of the system. They have justice on their side, and they have also the power of enforcing their rights. We have de monstrated that the twenty-eight million pounds sterling, now paid by the indirect taxation of the people, should in equity be provided for by the imposition of a property (not an income) tax. The remaining charges, in round terms, amount to twenty-three million pounds sterling, of which nearly seventeen millions are required for our army, navy, and ordnance, and nearly three millions for the civil list and our diplomatic and judicial establish ments, pensions, &c. A large proportion of these will also be fairly chargeable upon the property, and not upon the industry of the country, as it is for the protection of that property and its more secure en joyment that they are incurred. We shall, on a future occasion, show that it would be for the benefit of all, without excepting even the owners of property, that the national revenue should be collected by a direct tax on property, in place of the present in direct system. Madrid papers of the Ist inst. have arrived. It was reported at Madrid that the Spanish troops had entered Portugal, and that after some skirmishing with the troops of the Junta, they had succeeded in reinforcing the garrison of Valenza de Minho. The Government, however, had received no official intelli gence on the subject. The finances of Spain are, according to the Faro, in a wretched state. That journal says— " The woeful state of the public treasury is at every moment aggravated, and a financial crisis is daily to be dreaded, which may entail fearful consequences. The collection of the revenue is in a truly deplorable condi tion. It is with great difficulty that in each month half of what was collected in the preceding one can be pro cured. Owing to this falling off of the receipts, the State's resources are considerably declining, and, as we had anticipated, the Bank refuses to make up for the deficit. The half-year's interest on the Three per Cent. Debt, amounting to about 43,000,0001., falls due on the Ist of July next. The expedition to Portugal must cause a considerable expense; and, lastly, the Gevernment must find means of paying the clergy a third of their dotation, which they have but too long been waiting for. How are all these demands to be provided for? How l i are such difficulties to be overcome? The half-year of the current service will also be due a month hence; and, under such critical circumstances, recourse must be had to anticipations which can only be obtained by sacri ficing some rich branch of the revenue. Thus advances, mortgages, and contracts succeeding one another, the best and most certain portion of the public resources will be consumed and devoured in advance, and our en gagements will by no possible means be fulfilled. The future, therefore, looks more sad, gloomy, and distress ing than ever." It is said that General SERRANO is ill with fever. The POPE'S Nuncio is endeavouring by every means in his power to make himself popular in Spain, and expesses himself much gratified with his reception. There have been food riots in Grenada. Queen CHRISTINA left Naples for Rome on the 30th. She goes from thence to Leghorn, where she is to embark on board the French steamer Panama, for Toulon. It is said she has requested permission to return to Spain. According to the Clamor Publico, attempts are making to corrupt the army and seduce them from their allegiance to the QUEEN. MADRID BOLSA, JUNE I.—Three per Cents., 29} money s 30 paper ; Five per Cents., 18i money ; Debt without interest, 5-1- money, 6 paper; Coupons, 15 money. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. We yesterday stated that the Chamber of Deputies had met in their bureaux, and appointed a Committee to consider the case of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN. In the first bureaux, M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN himself spoke, and gave the following explanation of his conduct : " The Honourable Deputy commenced by declaring that he was altogether a stranger to the course adopted by the Count de Pontois in the Chamber of Peers, and that the report that the proposition of the Noble Peer had been presented at his instigation was a calumny alike against Honourable Peers and himself. I belong temporarily,' continued the Honourable Deputy, to the Opposition, and have been so from the day that M. Guizot ascended the tribune, the 26th of March, and disavowed his language at Lisieux, arrogantly sending to sit on the benches of the Left those Members of the majority who were not of opinion that everything was going on perfectly well. I certainly desire the existence of the Cabinet to be of short dura- tion, but Ido not want to see it overthrown by an in trigue; and it would be one were I to participate in the Presentation of the proposition which so materially affects the Ministry. Tt.e Cabinet, if it falls, ought to come down under the weight of its seven years' impuis sance. Having said so much, I have now to declare that I never had any intention of offending the Chamber of Peers. The journal which I direct has, in a hundred instances, defended the peerage, and for me to attack it now would be a grave want of consistency. As to the allegations made in the Presse of the 12th of May, I maintain its strict exactitude; and if I think fit at present to say nothing more, I do not, on the other hand, retract a single word of my former assertion. lon that occasion said what I meant, and I meant what I slid. But what was it that I alleged? Did I affirm that Peers had purchased a right to sit in the other Chamber? No—nothing or the kind. I de clared that promises of peerages had been sold. The Government may deny the fact, as it has denied that the office of referendary at the Court of Accounts was sold, as it has denied that the privilege of a third lyric theatre was accorded t o a j ourna l ( t h e Epoque) which obtained for it 100,00 of. It natty, in tact, Uirnii LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1847. Several months ago we expressed our solicitude that the time hitherto occupied in polling at the Irish elections should be abbreviated. We are rejoiced that the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland inti mated on:Monday evening the probable introduction of a Bill for limiting the duration of the borough elections to a single day, as is practised by the vari ous constituencies of England. That such an enact ment would be an extraordinary boon to the sister island cannot be questioned, as it is notorious that, under the existing system of prolonging the election of the candidates to five days, an opportunity is afforded for the most demoralising proceedings, both on the part of those possessed of the elective franchise, and of those who are, from their position, disqua lified from a direct participation in the selection of a representative. Nor is that disgraceful opportu nity lost upon any occasion where corruption is not prevented by a scarcity of money. Throughout the better part of a week almost every city and borough in the four provinces in Ireland is, during the period of electioneering excitement, the scene of riotous extravagance and of villanous corruption. Not by any means that we would imply a belief in any more excessive predilection on the part of our Irish than on the part of our English fellow-countrymen to finger a golden bribe, but that by the needless extension of the polling time from one day to fire days a greater temptation is afforded for corruption and debauchery. Supposing , as is not unfrequently the case, that the five polling days are interrupted by the recurrence of the Sunday, it is deplorable to reflect upon the desecration of that religious festival which naturally results from the prolongation of the local excitement. Nothing whatever can justify the distinction which has hitherto existed between the time allowed for the reception of votes at the polling-booths of England and of Ireland. If in the populous ridings of York shire, and in the dense constituencies of the metro polis and the manufacturing districts, one day is found to be sufficient, surely a similar period would afford ample opportunity to the most numerous of the Irish constituencies. In England the poll clo , es at four o'clock, notwithstanding the restriction to a single day, while in Ireland it continues open until five during the spring and summer, and until six during the autumn and winter seasons. Either this remarkable difference has been hitherto permitted from a notion that the Milesian race is afflicted with a difficulty in coming to a decision, ;or from an anxiety that SAM WELLER'S experiment as to the refrigerating influ ence of pump-water shall be practised upon the inde pendent voters across St. George's Channel. Under any other supposition the difference would be pre posterous. _ Among the evil consequences known to have re sulted from the extended period of polling in the sister Wand, is the fact of a considerable, proportion of the unprincipled members of several constituencies having combined, for the purpose of eliciting enor mous bribes, by threatening, at the eleventh hour, to turn the tables upon the more successful candidate. Sheltered under the appearance of a merely con vivial club, these systematic promoters of cor• ruption have deputed a confidential agent to negotiate the " understanding" with the party threatened, and bargains have been thereby effected in some instances for no very trifling consi deration. Such are the grievances which are inevi table from this unnecessary protraction of the hours of polling. Until the alteration hinted at on Monday by Mr. LAIIOtiCHERE be introduced to the consideration of Parliament we shall continue to anticipate not merely a restriction of the period hitherto engrossed in the city and borough elections, but in the county elec tions likewise. We are doubly desirous to witness such a modification in the existing system ; we are desirous at once for the better facilitation of business and for the prevention of many demoralising prac tices. A singular circumstance occurred on Monday. The price of corn in the market rose from six shillings to eight shillings per quarter ; and the public are ap prised by some of the morning journals of to-day, that simultaneously with the above rise a further reduction in the price of bread was sanctioned by the bakers generally throughout the metropolis. From the latter fact we augur favourably that the enhanced price of grain will speedily be reduced. The slightest whisper or the most naked ru mour suffices to act upon the sensitive nerves of the corn-holders. Their wits, too, are as keen for combination to create a delusive panic, where gain, immediate and prospective, attends the opera tion, as they are ready to resign the speculative movement when their minds are tickled with the ap prehension that they may be playing a losing game. The moment the fine weather set in the price of corn, and of course that of bread, began to yield con siderably. Two presumptions rationally accounted for this relaxation in price. The one, that large sup plies of foreign corn were known to be on their way to our shores ; the other, that the appearance of the crops promised abundantly for the ensuing harvest. There was, moreover, a third, encouragingly adverted to not long since by the Marquis of Larispowsiu in Parliament, and which, we believe, those who were best in the secret knew well enough was not an exaggerated inference, and which further reason was, that the home stock was considerably beyond the quantity which it was generally supposed we had in hand. Now it is quite manifest that if we are to be subjected to the scarcity which it was, and is still, contended by some will be our fate till the sickle shall have laid low the corn which is now ripening, we never should have witnessed the abatement in prices that took place concurrently with the commencement of the warm weather. Prices would have been kept up notwithstanding, and particularly when it is re membered that, much about the same time, Lord ASHBURTON, the Earl of HARDWICKE, and others in the House of Peers expressed their fears that during the summer there would be a serious deficiency in the staple commodity of food. Still, as we have observed, the prices fell, and fell rapidly. Touching the rise in price of yesterday, we may remark—first, that the corn holders have still, and will continue to have till sufficient time shall have elapsed fully to develop the blessings of free trade in grain of all kinds, great power in drilling the market so as to delude and alarm the public on the one hand, and to serve their own objects on the other. Next, we would mention that there are but two tangible reasons for accounting for the recent improved price ; first, the intelligence that reached us only yesterday morning, in an authentic shape, from Ireland, of the potato plant in that country being again affected by the symptoms which preceded the fatal blight of last year ; and, next, the variation from excessive heat to comparative chilliness which prevailed in the atmosphere for the last few days. In our remarks of yesterday we pointed out the mode in which we could provide against the danger that would attend a second g e ner a l f a il ure i n t h e po t a t o - crop , th a t b tbeienregfoforer,ewtbt there is n aarnedwewen real causereforearmeor a We l alarm as econceiv t e o , the continued dearness in the prices of bread , and of provisi ons generally' and that, provided we b e blessed with a fin e summer, e be saved e the eenl y felt repetition of the nation a l di stress which h a st o f l a t e by th e h umbler classes o f been so keenly the community. A short time since we alluded to the vast impo r t i ance of the subject bro ught forward by Di r . EwAu T, " That a more dir ect s y stem of taxation on property(as Car as possi ble ) be s ubstituted for the in should I direct system (by Customs and Excise duties) now i n luse" —and we asserted that the present system was not only unjust in principle, but impolitic in practice MORNING, JUNE 9, 1847. LITERATURE, THE CARDINAL'S DAUGHTER. A Novel. By ike tide Robert Mackenzie Daniel. 3 Vas. There is something inexpressibly mournful in the appearance of a posthumous work. It is impossible to turn over pages traced by a hand now powerless— to ponder over thoughts conceived by a brain now inanimate—to respond to emotions which once in spired a heart that now can beat no more; it is iin possible to dwell upon such themes without their eliciting our warmest sympathies and evoking sad, yet not necessarily gloomy thoughts. Not necessa rily gloomy; for although, perhaps, the deaths of men of genius strike us more forcibly than any others, bringing, as they do, into more striking con trast the vitality of the mind and the mortality of the body, yet, from that very reason, there is, or there should be, less of gloom, though perhaps more of sorrow connected with their departure. iv'e may lament that the ardent heart is cold, and the thought ful mind inactive, yet we can rejoice that the con ceptions of that mind, and the emotions of that heart, are still before us, and will not readily pass away. Then, indeed, do we perceive, with how great a re sponsibility, the possessor of great talents is invested: it is his to exert influence for good or for evil, not only during his existence, but when he himself shall have passed away, and he cannot, for the universe, re ed a sentence he has uttered.;Such thoughts are natu rally suggested to us by the present work—the last work of the Mackenzie Daniel, a writer of great talents and great promise; whose former writ ings—the " Scottish Heiress," the " Young Widow," and others had already acquired for him no incon siderable reputation, and had obtained for him, more over, the honourable and distinguishing soubriquet of "The Scottish Boy,"—a title better calculated to give a favourable impression of his talents than the most elaborate commendation. The preface to this work tends to enhance the melancholy impression which it s appearance cannot fail to inspire. We are here told how the publication of the "Cardinal's Daughter" was delayed for some time, in order that its author might, by editing "The Poor Cousin," introduce his wife to the notice of the public, perhaps under the conviction "that in a short space she would be left to obtain, by her own exertions for herself and children, that livelihood which, though at most severe sacrifices of mind and body, he had hitherto supplied." Happily, her former work succeeded, and we find another is now advertised by the widow of Mackenzie Daniel ; heartily do we wish her success in her onerous position ; and that success not only for her own sake, but from respect to her husband's memory, we trust we are justified in anticipating she will obtain. It is necessary, how ever, that we say somewhat regarding the "Cardinal's Daughter" itself. It has given us no little satisfac tion to find that we may most truthfully commend it, for in the present instance criticism would be an in vidious task. Nevertheless, we must own that it was with conflicting opinions that we commenced the perusal of the first volume—if the name of the au thor prejudiced us in favour of his work, the ' , erne of the work itself produced a contrary effect. The recollection of the maxim—De mortuts nil nisi bonum —disposed us to refrain from any criticism upon the author so recently deceased, but the recollection of the very same motto disposed us, alas, to protest against all calumnious imputations upon the ,nemory of one also protected by the sacred wgis of the tomb, although centuries have passed over his grave. It was, therefore, as we have said, with no inconsiderable satisfaction, that we found our miss givings quite uncalled for, end the " Cardinal's Daughter," entitled to an honest commendation. The character of Cardinal Wolsey, the most promi nent and most interesting personage in these volumes, is, always excepting the introduction of one incident, which happily is but briefly alluded to—the incident of course which gives its name to the tale—is, perhaps, pourtrayed as favour ably as if the author had been his very sincere admirer. Indeed it is evident that he was so, and it is hardly possible to read these volumes without sharing in his sentiments—it is hardly possible to read without admiration his vivid portraiture of " that glorious mind which had burst like prisoned flame over difficulties which environed it and snapped the iron chains which bound it to neglect—that tightening energy of character which had rendered him triumphant at home and abroad—feared by those who hated him, and respected by those who derided his birth, and " which had stamped upon the countenance of Wolsey a character of greatness which no bearing could disguise." Moreover, he tells us that "gene rous, vigorous, and lofty as his character was, tem pestuous and daring as his life had been, there were still elements of the richest affection in Wolsey's heart," and so far from joining with those who have accused him of avarice, twice he assures us that, on the contrary, his " nature was bountiful as the day." The character of Wolsey, then, inasmuch as he appears in these volumes, is calculated to elicit not only admiration but sympathy also, and also, to a certain extent, affection. And we are glad to find it so. Such are the sentiments with which we would willingly regard him ; and of all the errors of which history may accuse him, and all the faults which his enemies may impute to him, are in our minds effaced by the recollection of his terrible reverses, and the dignified humility with which he bore them. To us he never appears as the powerful Cardinal andimperious Chancellor. We recal him rather in the last—the best purposes, but most imposing scenes of his momentous life. We see him in his mournful entry into the monastery of Leicester—another in stance of the mutability of fortune ; we listen by his dying bed to another lesson on the duties of life— another confirmation of the words of him, who, a Prince himself, yet bade us " Put not our trust in princes, nor any child of man, for there is no help in them !" With such associations of the character of Wolsey, Mr. Mackenzie Daniel's portrait of him well accords. The following is an extract from his survey of his character "He was the last of the priests—the noblest and the best of them. Eloquent, learned, vigorous, and proud, he ruled the kingdom with honour to himself and glory to the brutal monarch who delegated him the power. Learning flourished, order reigned, and justice was ad ministered between man and man. He united the nations of Europe by a treaty which influences their independ • enee, even at the present day. He reformed abuses at home and gave a Magna Charter to Christendom. He was the first statesman which England ever had, and Wolsey, in spite of his courtier's guise and his cardinal's gown, was a thorough Englishman. Haughty, fearless, and jealous of the honour of his country, he treated the sovereigns of Europe as his equals, if not, indeed, in something of the same spirit in which the proud English barons in former days treated the Gascon lords. He curbed the power even of the Pope, and took out its sting as far as it affected England. He held his own land to be the noblest in the world, and loved it with the fondness of a patriot. His attachment to his country prevented him obtaining the papal throne; the sovereigns of Europe dreaded the influence which his e levation would give to England, for Wolsey after all was more of an Englishman than a monk. " His splendour, his pomp, and arrogant state, have been chronicled as sins against him. But these were so united with munificence and hospitality, that they, almost ceased to be such; his tastes were magnificent, and his bounty that of a prince. He was the generous patroa of learning and the arts, a lover of honour and justice, and although a courtier and a cardinal, an honest man. He died in the sincerity of the faith which he upheld—in the language of Shakspeare, he died fearing God.' " His character was superior to craft ; he ruled by the force of his genius, and influenced the minds of men by a dignified exterior, a commanding eloquence, and a conduct uniformly great. The errors of his youth were many; they were such as were unfitting a priest, but his qualities of heart, his impetuous fervour, the warmth and generosity of his feelings must palliate them in the eyes of the severity which is just. " He was hated and honoured by all classes in Eng land. The nobles feared him for his vast talents, the power he wielded, and the influence he possessed at home and abroad; the clergy complained of his repeated reformation of clerical abuses, yet looked up to him as their champion and their stay; and the people mur mured at his exactions, yet flew td him for justice when their private rights were invaded, nay the very rabble that fell before him in the mire, and in the days of scarcity thronged his palace gates to receive his bounty, spoke with rancour of the arrogant state of the imperious and magnificent priest. And Wolsey knew all this well—no man, as has been before observed, ever held public clamour in greater contempt than he. The Pope and the Princes of Europe he also despised, and made himself their arbitrator. The only man whose power he respected, was the tyrant who destroyed him." Many of the descriptions in these volumes are very effective, those especially which depict the appear ance of London in the days of Henry VIII. are peculiarly interesting, as showing how many changes time has made. It is strange, indeed, to wander in imagination along the fields, skirting the " Strand' of the river Thames, to pay a visit to a " convent" whose "garden" is now our mark. Associatioi • such as these render these pages very attractive, and the attraction is in nowise decreased by the author's manner of relating them. His style is most ani mated, and frequently most eloquent. The fictitious tale which, of course, is the ostensible object of the book, is in reality, and very natu rally, but a secondary consideration. The interest attaches itself to the historical events, and the his torical character, and these are necessar il y mos t en thralling. Perhaps it were impossible to find any epoch which furnishes so many marvellous events, and such astounding changes, crowded into so short a space as those here detailed to us. Many dioramas pass before our eyes, each marvel is eclipsed by the succeeding one ; for instance, near the beginning of the third volume, we find a heartrending picture of a public execution, namely, that of a young girl r ur named the " Maid of Kent," a religious enthusiast, indeed, in many respects, another Joan of Arc, who, like her, too, is tried as a witch. While we are yet lamenting her fate, and sympathising with the indig nation of her friends, who now sought for the intercession of Anna Boleyn, and sought for it in vain, we turn over the page, and read an elaborate description of that Queen's triumphant entry into London, and corona tion at Wsstrionster Abbey, and then—ere we have ceased to marvel at the extraordinary magnificence which surrounded her, and the lofty pinnacle to which she had ascended—in her turn, she calls for our sympathy and sorrow, and we are almost in clined to weep over her appalling fate. Such transi tions are really amazing. Most assuredly, dui any writer of fiction presume to pourtray such scenes— did he show to us such a husband as Henry VIII.— did he tell us of such alterations of fortune as were con stantly witnessed in his reign ; above all, did he speak of a powerful people who allowed such things to be, most assuredly we snould lay aside the volume, and denounce its author as a gross libeller upon human nature. Anu yet such things have been, and in ibis our England, some few centuries back. The remem brance is humiliating; let us trust it may be benefi cial. Souse such thought evidently occupied the writer of these pages. Through his whole work we find a continued strain of inaignation against such tyranny as he depicts, and an earnest love for such liberty as his hero strives fur. The great religious struggle which took place during the period of which he relates is in his pages made secondary to the great struggle of some independent spirits, not so mach for religious as fir civil liberty and " rights." The controversy between " Catholics " and " Here tics," are of course alluded to, but briefly, and to a certain degree impartially. For instance, though Ralph Brandon, the hero, in one of his eloquent de clamations, reviles the conduct of the Church, in a manner almost approaching to sacrilegious scurrility, at a religious ceremony in Westminister Abbey—that Abbey which the author very beautifully speaks of as the poetry of the past—" its walls are blazoned with our glory, and its pavement sepulchred with our kings," this very same Ralph is described as very deeply moved by the beautiful solemnities of the Catholic Church ; he felt that after all there is some thing more in religion than the outward form—he stood amid the kneeling worshippers in a scene cal culated "to banish from the mind the sins of the Church, and make the fiercest Reformer think upon his own." It is unnecessary to enter further into the merits of this work, we would rather commend it to our readers, both for its own sake and its author's, and whatever may be the individual opinions about some portions of it, we are assured that all who read it will, like ourselves, respond to the concluding lines of the introductory preface, and " will close the volume with a feeling of regret that no future pleasure can be hoped from the pen that peurtras-ed its vivid scenes." ALISON'S Las l'uleY Gl' EUROPE. More than the advantages we have already observed in the new edition of this splendid composition, now in course of publication, becomes apparent. Enter prise has not paused in consequence of the deserved eulogiums of the press. Everything that could ren der the work alike honourable to the author and pub lisher, besides being a graceful offering to the multi trde, is being done. With the issue of the sixth volume lying before us, appears also the first number of illustrative maps—maps " constructed and arranged," so says the advertisement, under the direction of Mr. Alison, and executed by Alexander Keith Johnston, F.R.G.S. The portion of the atlas that has come under our inspection is inimitable. The battles of Jeinap pes, and of Neerwinden, the city of Paris, the Netherlands, and the Siege of Toulon ; nothing could be more appropriate. It only requires now the pub lication of a series of engraved portraits of the many extraordinary personages whose lives are comprised in this European history to rmder the edition perfect. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompatiied by his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke C. tnstantine, honoured the performances of her Majesty's Tht etre, yesu rd .y evening, with their presence. Tne Royal suite comprised the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady Caro line Cocks, Honourable Miss Matilda Paget, Admiral Lutke, Lord Camoys. Lord Allred Paget, Colonel Bouvt rie, and Hon. Celonel Grey. Their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, aid his Royal Highuess Prince George, attended by the Vis countess Mahon. Baron Knesebeek, and Mr. E. Saint Jehn Mildmay were also present. In her Majesty. the Queen Dowager's box, were his S. roue Highness Prince William of Hesse, the Earl and Coun tess Brownlow, Baron Z , gesar. Iloe. Miss Seymour, and th e Rev. Mr. Hudson. 'Fevre were also present Price Louis Napoleon, the Duke of Wt - liitigion, the Duke of Leeds, the Duke and Duch( ss of Montrose. the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Mai cpris of Clatiricarde, the Marquis of Worcester, the iVargais and Mar chioness of Abercern, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Kildare, the Baroness Brunnew, and Matlemoist-lle Olga de Lech ner. His Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, Benin Ni colai, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl and Countess Grenville, the Earl and Countess ef Lincoln, the Earl and Countess Spencer, the E , r 1 of Liverpool, the Earl of Cnesterfield, the Earl of Cardigan, Viscount. Ciirden, Viscount Canterbury, Lord and Lady C. Wellesley, Lord and Lady Fitzroy S ,merset, and Miss Somerset, Lord Sandys, Lord Harry Vane, Lord anti Lady Southampton, Lord Cosmo Russell, Lord and Liely Puget, Lord A. Fitzclerence, Sir W.. anti Lady Fret -mantle, General Sir A. Barnard, Sir Josiah Copley, the Right lion, the Lord Mayor, Hon. Captain J. Macdonald, lion. R. Curzon, Col. Witiotan, lion. General Upton, Col. Alden, Mr. Catlin Smith, Mr. Norman Micti .riald. Mr. S. L. Fox, Mr, Painther, Captain Reynold, Mr. Packe, M.P., Mrs. Packe, R-ddirg, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. and Lady Caroline Sandi rd, Mr. and Mrs. AI. Martin, Mr. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Bagot, Mrs. Lane, Hon. G. Byng, Sir W. W. M. Stanley, Sir G. Womb well, Bart. At Hamburgh, under date June 4, a slight increase is reported in the value of money, the rate being now 4 per cent. Exchange was stationary, but in great demand at 13.614, and with the expectation of an advance, owing to the small stocks of grain and the supplies of silver front London. Silver continued to be sent to Russia and Sweden. EXETER HALL.—A performance of Haydn's "Crewion" will take place on Monday next, the 14th, under the management of the Sacred Harmonic Society, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Scotland suffering from famine. The Queen, the Queen Dowager, the Royal Family, and a host at distinguished personagt-s, patronise the undertaking. THE LATE FIRE IN THEORALIA-ROAD.—From inquiries made on the spot, we are happy to be able to state that no life has been lost, and that beyond the loss of pro perty (not of a very considerable amount), and the alarm and inconvenience which must at all times attend such tear ful accidents, no injury has been sustained. Titn origin of the fire has not yet been sari sfactorily ascertained. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry gave a magnificent fits on Monday to his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, at Holderness House, Park-lane. A sumptuous full-dress banquet preceded her Ladyship's assembly. PROJECTED STRIKE OF THE IRON AND COAL 11Intras of LANARKSIIIKE.—We are informed that the iron masters of Hulytown, and a number of the other mining dis tricts of Lanarkshire, have intimated their intention of re ducing m th en ei a r r w e o b r e k i zen h ' e s ld wa o g y e e s r o t tr e s c h o i u lt n in t g ry p , e a r t da w y h . ic tleetings resolu tions in favour of a strike, it is said, will be carried without opposition. The Hobart Town papers which have come to hand reach to the 4th of February. They quote wheat 4s. to 4s. Id. per bushel, with a steady market. Tne Launceston price was 3s. 6d. to 4s. The value of flour in both places was the same, viz. 101. per ton. Affairs in a political point of view appear to have varied little since the previous advices. From Portland Bay favourable accounts had been received of the commencement of the harvest, which, it was thought, would prove abundant. NEW POTATOES.—A basket of very fine and healthy potatoes, grown at Castle Kennedy by Mr. Fowler, gardener to the Earl of Stair, were produced to the Rhins Farmers' Club, on Friday week, to show the present state of the plant, which is most promising. Mr. Fowler set the tubers in February in a forcing bed and under glass, carefully regulating the temperature from time to time. Last year he set early potatoes, and treated them exactly in the same way, but they became diseased or disorganised a month betore this period of the season. Mr. Fowlcr's setting this season, treated in the same way. has been attended by a more fortunate result, their being no appearance of taint upon the plants either above or below ground.—Galloway Advertiser. POTATOES FROM DENMARK.—On Tuesday last Mr. Miller, from Glasgow, exposed a very fine sample of potatoes imported for seed from Denmark. They were part of a cargo of eleven tons purchased at Holstein by a brother of Mr. Miller, assisted in his selection by an experienced nurseryman in that place. The sample in our market was purchased in small lots by various parties, at the rate of 1 la. per cwt., or 111. per ton. An excellent opportunity has thus been secured of testing the utility of a change of seed.—Ayr Advertiser. WICK, JUNE 2, 1847.—The local destitution com mittee, the Chamber of Commerce, and the town council of this place have each agreed separately to memorialise Government to send a cargo of meal, which is in course of being subscribed for by fish-curers and others, to meet the demand during the fishing. The meal dealers Usually supplied the town, but this year they have no stock, and there is now very little in the county of meal or grain of any kind to sell, so that it is found to be necessary to make application to Government before the herring fishing (which commences about the middle of July), when the number of strangers will be from six to eight thousand, who must be provided for besides the ordinary population. Fishermen are engaged at 9s. the cran, and 10/. of bounty. The crops are looking ex ceedingly well sine, the late rain.—Ross-shirr Advertiser. GROUSE.—We understand that the prospects of a good season, as respects game, are very good. In the parish of Moy the number of eggs is supposed to be above the average ; and among the old birds no disease has been observed. In fact, they are freer from disease than they have been for the last three years. Should the weather tdhu e e ( l ) g n sea t d i m n u ei n e p.a fa r v iAs o h u t, r a pt b he l er e s e t oy h ae e tr- h ist i lo g gw h i yi e n s g t folsleoaw anticipation seo dn tt hh ee sowers,may grouse, b be indulged up the corn ; and for a year or two past they have made a regular appearance, follow reaftoerysAaLt thehar ARSENALves t AsTeasv%onro.-oLiwnincerun.e_ssACobuatt* battalion the an excellent a l m en r d d , e v s d fa . o o r the workmen in this department is ,s to dls b o ti enk f a Cou r ie r. nr principle 3ro a o s t e t , h o o f s e t h ien Royalher A A la r j t tis ll t- ry, nc S e e n rg f e l a co nt l - . it.aarncriisof otutlitefit,bainttaalcioeno,nalan,dicewiil havewiththe nththeeA s d a j m u e . made by the new warrant on non-comussioned officers being appihin,tess,d.etaothceormzilsese ions. provision ra r last has been most favour able, and the crops are making great progress. Corn, we observe, is tilling i n price, aid there is every prospect of an abundant and comparativ e ly early harvest,— Ron /hire Advatior. DINNER TO M. SOYER. . La. , t eve. ri;t, a oii.i.t r ova, giv• it to soer, at :be London Tavern. 131:41. pgate :Arc: t. by tiis trierids and atiurrers, to commemorate his philanthropic and disin terested exertions fer the relief of the po r in Irelsed, and likewise for the amelioration of the condition of the destitute in every other civilised country. At seven o'clock, about 150 genth mr n sat down to dinner, E. Smith, Esq., in the chair ; Captain White and H. Powell, Esq., acted as vice chairmen. On the right of the Chairman sat the honoured guest, M. Soyer. Among thoie present we observed, T. De la Rue, Esq.. W. Palmer, Esq , E. Moss, Esq , Mison. Esq., --Nicoll, Esq., Dr. Watian, W. Absolem. Esq., C. Dutton E s q ., G. Atkin! , , Esq., ricrity set out with a magnifi ce nt service of g old Williamson, Esq., &c. &c. The tables and silver ate, and table ornaments , which were gra' tuitous'y furnished l for the occasion by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell. The gold candelabras and epergnes were superb, and the effect they produced was grand in the extreme. The musical department was combined in Messrs. Jolly, Genge, F. .-mith, and Moody. The toastmaster was Mr. Higgs. The diever was of the most recherché description, in fact Messrs. Bathe and Reach() seemed to have made it a point of honour to, it possible, surpass themselves. They knew the wen.. in the presen ce of the greatest artiste in the world ; they were determined to maintain their ancient reputation, and they not 0 1 4 did so, but they added to it. In proposing the health of " the Queen," the Cs NAN explained that he had been called upon to oceilPi the chair at a very short notice from S ir Andrew Leit h Hay, who was to have occupied the chair. A letter ba d been received at a late hour, expressing t h e kindest se nti. ; ments towards M. Soyer, and the deep regret of the wr iter that it would be utterly out of his po 4er to join mtne th e e o L a that occasion. Under these circumstances, b( f Chairman) had taken u pon himself the o nerous duties ? presiding over th e ir f es tivities, and he trusted to their evening.—(Cheers.) He concluded by pr o p osing. Health of the Q u een."—Drunk with t hree times three, and one cheer more. s of the support to enable him to conduct the 'the proceeding Air—" God save the Queen." T Th h e e C ot H h A er la lza N l a r e e d ae n t a o ti p o r n , e , t p l e t s o e as t t h s e h t a e v : i la n t g ( l 3 3 f e t e h n e d e ru ve_o as e k : ing, "The health of M. Soyer."—(Cheers.) eito with the utmost diffidence that he ve nturea, so address the assembly. He never until tha t women' completely felt his his own inefficiency, never had be In r e e r _ e . ardently wished that some person of high rank, Still h a; eloquence, had tilled the chair.—(Cheers.) tO l thought there could be no mistake as to the o bjec _ their meeting —(Cheers.) They were met tegetberttr; do honour to o ne w h o h a d deserved well of the eon' ._ —(Cheers)—who had devoted his time and talents° t the alleviation of the sufferings of his fellow o'es:stir—es: —(Cheers.) Their friend had been o pposed in 3 : e el D 7le nevi ilent exertions, but he had persevered and 6" L bic e —(Cheers.) He bad read of the misery Could the destitute were suffering he thought h e . s pite alleviate that misery, and with untiring energy bas of opposition, in spite of sneers, he had carried 13 : it plane, and had alleviated that m isery.Ch e n s ' i test should, moreover, be remembered • that a". owe that gentleman had done had been done at his. y e t w et h p i e e n h c t e h . —e Irish d people ehee r s . ) were H e had suffering, read of the w h i s t e e"e h e th°ll o g work. could relieve that misery, and set his talents t He drew his own purse-strings, and out of his e n eCte , sources alleviated it. Whatever he had done hlt,_ 0 had been done at his own ex this moment M. Soyer had not receive! the f e r heer e s.) of a coin tor anything he had done. —(LoudbL He said not this as a reproach to any pubdc hot , r , o, Soyer had received the most kind support from ho t e b kl epa vernmetit of' the country. and whoever could wee in power, he believed he would have received theme support ; because, in a case of this sort, the Gov, h e e ' be would always act irrespectively of poliVes, saye r expense.—(Cheerso_ s u e t, lieved that, eventually, they would repay loser his expenses, so that he should not be reliefd pecuniarily speaking by his exertions for the ense 0 prose his suffering fellow•creatures. He begged the.hea Drunk oy w E i ß th t t h h r e e n e t i r m e s e e s three and , andape spoke e cheer as fo i r o e w r s e th ;... s t Gentlemen.—lt is with the most grateful feel I rise on this occasion to return my sincere .bie you for the high honour you have conf erred on nie ` joa day, and specially for the warm and hearty exPernsstice which has been deliv e red in your name by your mute esteemed and worthy charrrnan. Relative to n3Y miss sion in Ireland, the duty I had to perform in Du to re• was only following the laws of nature, which is .. ie lire the sufferings of our fellow creatures, whilst in our power. 0.1 this important subject lam deligh7 o gentlemen, to inform you that, my econo mical prinelsPed of producing cheap food for the poor, has far surPtoe, my first anticipations, and though, at the present et he from 20,000 to 25,000 poor are daily relieved ith°, the slightest contusion from the central kile ; in Dublin, all the city depot being supplied with varioa kinds or wholesome and nutritious toad before ten o'eb: c in the morning, bread included, and that with a sav'ebf, of above one pk any a head per day, compared wi th t old system of preparing food in the unions. I b e g 0 obser.e, gentlemen, that this economical plan is 301,1 g its infancy, above being performed in ealt ie sce, '“ model kitchen—small, I say, comparatively sp„ when I consider to what extent I could carry it cut wl a tfitling more expense of machinery, hands, and fee; To give an idea, gentlemen, of the simplicity of fo r system, in making and delivering cheap food the millions of poor, I shall do myself ih e pleasure in a few minutes to present to every gentlertla n round this cheerful board. a correct drawing of my mode l ki - crten, as it is now in full operation in the capital of Ireland, telding to it the little pamphlet of my charitabl° cookery, which will correctly expiain its details, andel°. remove :he erroneous i‘leas now existing amongst a LI of tile multitude. Nly economical recei. is were publish, for the poor and labouring classes of society, and nate: the wealthy; but eietely as a medium by which th , ei might assist the destitute in their strUggieS; having written for the latter a large boelt gastronomy at one guinea, and for the bet a smell one at sixpence ; and I cannot illustrate my meanings than by quoting from the ' a ", work the following lines Economy with the illtl e ,3; in thee of disieess is a crime, whilst doing god is little is a virtue." And at the end of my receipts ° cs a fol Moro meat may oe added by , bole wh O a t , uffo-cl , t, as I am a great advocate that every Va ry should florvish. and tenet wealth should always st l PP b ° ; o luxury." My neidel kitchen, gentlemen, having wit k•ei, these few days been removed from the Royal I.3arra e _ b a esplanade. (where it was temporarily placer for 4 5 t ` to the most pepoleus district, will enable me not only to supply a larger number of poor, b ut to add ovexilg to bake hi eed et my composition of an e . ellent qiiality, and at a very cheap rat e, i b is for any number of people it may be r. quire b , bread may be composed of any farinaceous Brous stances, and has been already sunmitted to nu rn nAtem, , n, gelid-men, and rt lief committees, and eaP e i i have 'ul e c ai i ;: e np l tr l m y o,,:te t o (!) fossieuvtbehsret:li taste,adi a o n t t . u; a r t e t , u ni r a a i ch f te a d v r e o r u y n i d lu t p h o i r s ta b n o t ard n . atu l re h , a a v n e d als m o a m y ac T l: n e t s u n ,i, d nett, c ) mw h chemists, s (hj , na,s w ab h ne o de Pe re:i v ° . wentn ba and t tasted affirm, that I have succeeded • in preserving any qua rl h t n ' u - ' of fish ,which will keep for six months at least, w _ es deteriorwing the nutritive and gelatinous l substsnt:;th of that wholesome food, whic pleasure, is now, and was much approve l ci " Orby say, pool whilst I was in Dublin, bein r dressed accord" the too.° mg to __ several receipts I published there. Consequently the use of fish on a large scale will not only are willing to wo encourage t fishery, all throu g h Ireland, but must give employme ll e to a vast number o f p eo pl e whory.• and must have the effect of keeping up the spirit of In' dependence of the people, by giving them an °IIP °r ,; tunity of purchasin g th e food at cost price only, an" hereb • tsupport gratuitously the infirm and destitute poor that Providence has afflicted the most ; dying for want of food when in possession of a fer tile soil, and surrounded by a rich and magnificent ocean teeming with life which is given as food to moor is a sin to our Creator. Gentlemen, my return 1 ° Dublin having been unavoidably postponed for a shor t time through my heavy duties at the Reform Club, I am happy, however to say, that with the patronage ° the Government, and the spirited benevolence of th e Dublin Relief Committee, my ideas will be carried /Mt; mediately into operation. You will be gratified also. hear that I have had application to erect a si tn ose . kitchen in Vienna and liamburgh for the same POP the Allow me again to express the gratitude I feel for honour that you, gentlemen, have conferred upon f al Pu e I _" s , th‘• present occasion ; it will for ever make Lee e ie , i i t etlie sible, more zealous in this important cause. eta greatest sincerity, I most cordially beg to e bl, and return Y ted my most heartfelt thanks for h av i n so kindly ilivi rd to eto this magnificent, hospitable, festive boa which is, and ever will b e , deeply engra red nn 113# memory. sho rtly Various other toasts we re th en d ra nk, and the after eleven the Chairman left ; and Capt. Wh ite A ' the vice-president, wa s t h en vote d i nto t h e c hair, a ll ' . festivities were kept up to a late hour. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DI IZ.. ..1 uh accompanied CIIMIT.—His Royal Hihness the Duke of Highnesssheo.css_opo SUICIDE tt_itta p el o_ ineDyai yesterday. sdl presidesetode b rr y fdoa t ry h ttAh.o e P. i dtT l Hha e Aye Ni s . z lawßt Evan oy a l Ne Highnesspe an e p x e c p t r t s t e l c i i e 17 3 7„ it highly gratified with the various details of the charity,,,,. The Arn warming and ventilation, as superintended bY oy m i a a t rm he e nt GREEN:iva the captain of the Era steam-boat, who committed sh's'or .on Friday last, was found at an'early hour yesterday 113.,:it0 ing, near the stairs at Blackfriars-bridge. The unfort"- TO man had on only a shirt, belt, and a pair of stockillg s "„ ti od accomplish his object of self-destruction he had tied I . " his neck a large paving-stone. r eport e p r p li r a o ,ryh ba e t ib i e o o :i ii . 7 C lo ll .f aiins ci i e r :; Advices from Riga to the 29th of May again io the exchange less favourable for this country, the quot l ! c o Y being 39 9-16 d. to 39. Grain had become firmer cos' the arrival of the last mail, and the weath er, which cdty tinned cold and harsh, was now looked to wit h some e 01.10,1 as regarded the growing crops. The numb e r of ships gri was 1,169, of which 98 had sailed. ~ a .A -JO GLASGOW COTTON MARKET, JUNE 4, law 7 ' 0 the early part of the week there was a very large blot, done in cotton, both by the trade and speculators, sn . ..._ advance of id. per lb. was obtained in American descriptio.q Since that the business has not been quite so large , u" holders are very firm.—National Advertiser. „ Tharg' PONTYPOOL.—DREADFUL ACCIDENT. --U— " ea i w lay afternoon last, between three and four o'cloc h , e bilr!i; accident happened at the Partneynidd forge by ti e es of a boiler. The scene was really terrific; one l arge L _; n g of iron passed through the roof of the forge. c a everything before it, and fell close by the office c10 0 1 , _ 0 70 several stones and bricks dropped on the roof o f the reto, near; and the windows were all broken. There 100 ° I :;ether fifteen persons scalded and o therwise injure _ o w, whom are now under medical care . In such large ^ where there are hundreds of men, women , and childr u el Aiovi ployed, it 1.9 surprising how any o f them eNsP•d""'" Times. Alt but piL and wen doin be e ,, !yid ti e it S OUt Ar a , lur e i eoriti d LOIr 4 1Ani co mp coa t alter ] ahi rl r, run e of bu u uetu ing oi l L b react ] Th Yeste :Neu transl Quo bents b ( - zch Th uie s4 211 Rug'si Cents Rai to poi 11„ k s Th ree N ew 1 1 , N ew F, I N Con, . 011 EXet deny everything ; but between the denial of Minis ters having an interest to deny everything, and the affirmation of a Deputy having no interest to say but what is true, the Chamber and the country will decide. As to the question of a committee being elected fa vourable to the authorisation, I do not think I ought to examine it. I shall merely confine myself to demand ing from the bureau, of which I form part, to be guided in its choice only by considerations drawn exclusively from the relations established between the two Cham bers, and to put aside completely everything connected with myself personally. I have not sou g ht th e e c lat an d proceedings ; b u t, on t h e ot h er h an d , to avoid th e m. I h ave no f ear as to I t p b uh e bai r vi e ce s i u tdy l o c n , oef a nt n ho d, etshe s in h g ould $ struggle arise between the Ministry and myself, I certainly shall not give way, but shall defend my assertion, not only in the Chamber to which I belong, but in the Chamber of Peers." M. GIIIZOT declared his great anxiety to have all the facts of the case elucidated. On this subject the Journal des Debats says— " The Chamber of Deputies proceeded in its Com mittee-rooms, on Saturday, to appoint a Commission to examine the demand made by the Chamber of Peers to be authorised to summon to their bar M. Emile de Girar din, a Member of the Chamber of Deput:eQ. A consi derable majority declared in favour of the demand. Several Members, however, expressed a wish to reserve their opinion until the author of the article complained of should have given an explanation. The Ministers were in favour of the demand of the Peers. M. Guizot declared that he sincerely desired that the facts should be com pletely elucidated. M. Cunin-Gridaine observed that the pretended sale of promises of a peerage, to which the Presse alluded, did not appear to the Cabinet of a nature to be noticed ; but that now, when a discussion had been commenced, it became necessary that the truth should be mtfde known. The Opposition in gene ral repelled the principle of delivering up one of the Members of the Chamber of Deputies to the jurisdiction of the Chamber of Peers. Of nine commissioners two only, MM. Paillet and Lion de Malleville, were named by the Opposition. The other commissioners are MM. de Saint Aignau, Lavielle, Cousture, Delangle, De Morny, d'Haussonville, and Gillon." The Presse makes no comment whatever on the proceedings in the Bureaux. Marshal BUGEAUD was to leave Algiers for France on the sth June. The correspondent of the National gives the following account of the cruelties practised by him in his late expedition into Kabylia:— " Several villages were carried, they may indeed be called towns, for one reckoned a population of above 6,000 souls. They were defended by towers. The Marshal himself ordered the devastation. It had been agreed that the firing of three guns should be the signal for the cessation of the pillage. The troops, carried away by their ardour, rushed to the villages, and sacked everywhere trinkets, jewels, precious clothes, carpets, goods of all sorts, arms in abundance, and gold and silver in profusion, became their prey. The booty was immense. Innumerable jars of oil were broken; streams of oil were spread in all directions, and the conflagration kindled in the houses soon reached that sheet of eminently combustible liquid. It was a horrible scene. All the inhabitants who were on the soldiers' passage were put to the sword. Amidst this shocking confu sion, the Marshal saw a Kabyl chieftain of athletic sta ture running to him, and, by his gestures and cries, asking to see the commander of the French army. Ile had come to demand that the devastation be put an end to, tendering the submission of his countrymen. There was in his voice and face such sorrow and such sincerity, that, overcome by his prayers, the Marshal ordered the three guns to be fired, when the pillage and devastation ceased, to the great regret of the Marshal, who, as he observed last night on his terrace, would willingly have been more vigorously attacked, in order that he might have destroyed more, and inflicted a still severer lesson." The National's correspondent adds that the country thus cruelly devastated is most beautiful and fertile, and that whilst publicly proclaiming the final re duction of the Kabyls, the Marshal was heard to say, the very evening before, " Kabylia is subdued, but I answer not for the future. Nothing is secured and firmly settled : we may have to begin again in six months." The Journal des Debuts states that the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, to whom the Bill was referred, which was presented by the Government, demanding an extraordinary credit of 3,000,000 f. for the establishment of agricultural camps in Algeria, had unanimously declared against its principle. " IVe learn," says the Union Monarchigue, " that domiciliary visits have been made in certain hotels of the Faubourg St. Germain, and at the residences of persons who have afforded some marks of interest and sympathy to the Spanish refugees. The autho rities displayed extraordinary force, and several com missaries of police directed the search. The warrants, we are assured, were directed against M. le Comte DE MONTEMOLIN. In a single house more than 40 agents were employed to examine the apartments, cellars, and garrets ; but in vain—the pursuit was ineffectual." In the Passage de I'Opera, on Sunday, the Three per Cents. were done at 79f. 10c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 7. 'Namur and Liege, 3%—Northern of France, 11%—Paris and Lyons, WA. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by Lord Alfred Paget, left Buckingham Palace soon after eight o'clock yesterday morning, for Clarence House, St. James's, to take leave of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on her departure for the Continent. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Clarence House at half-past eight o'clock, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen in a carriage and four for Woolwich. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Sir George Couper, and Lord James hameesr Roy P. Murray. al Her Majesty and Consort returned to Buckiughatn Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent embarked at Woolwich, on board the Garland, steam-packet, for Ostend, en route to Brussels. His loyal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the C omm i ss i on f or P romot i ng and Encouraging the Fine Arts, in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at the New Palace at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie. The Commissioners present were Lord Ashburton, Lord Colborne, Viscount Mahon, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Mr. Wyse, Mr. Hal. lum, and Mr. Vivian. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance. The Prince and the Commissioners left the committee room at four o'clock, and went to Westminster-hall to inspect the oil paintings sent in for competition. His Royal Highness and the Commissioners left the Hall at half-past five o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice. and the Princess Helena, took their accustomed walking and riding exercise yesterday. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, Vice -Admiral de Lutke, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hun. Charles Grey, dined with the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. At nine — o'cloek her Majesty and Prince Albert, ac companied by his Imperial Highness the Grand Dalt , . Constantine, left the Palace for her Majesty's Theatre, to honour the performance with their presence. The royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget, Lord Camoys, Vice- Admiral de Lutke (in attendance on the Grand Duke Constantine), Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie, and Lieutenant• Colonel the lion. Charles Grey (in attend ance on the Grand Duke Constantine). His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, attended by his Excellency Baron de Brun now, Vice• Admiral de Lutke, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Baron Freedericksz and Mr. de Berg, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmund Mildmay), their Royal Highnesses: the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and his Royal Highness Prince George, went to Chiswick yesterday afternoon, and honoured the Duke of Devon shire with their company. Mr. Glyn and Sir Charles Douglas had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railwaysin Great George street. The Rev. Daniel Wilson had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Sir Charles Lemon had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home office. A Deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Johnson, the City Remembrancer, Mr. Edward Harrison, Mr. Richard Lambert Jones, and Mr. John Wood, had an interview with Lard John Russell yesterday. The Duke of Boxburghe and Mr. E. B. Roche, had interviews - yesterday, with the Earl of Clarendon. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with the Chan cellar of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downin:;--street. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, had a Committee meeting yesterday. FRIGHTFUL OCCURENCE AT THE ROYAL ITALIAN Orzn,t.—Shortly before twelve o'clock on Saturday night, an accident of a most frightful charac t er occurred at the Royal Italian Op era. I t appears t h a t a t the period above mentioned, the establishment, was engaged i n remov ing one of the side George hill, one o f th e workmen employed on wings, when he by some means lost his equilibrium from the part on which he was standing, and fell on to the stage from a height of upwards of 22 feet, thus sustaining the most serious injuries. It was at first feared that the poor fellow was killed on the spot, as, on being picked up, he did not ap pear to breathe. He was forthwith take* to the King's College Hospital, and placed under the care of Mr. Webb, the house-surgeon, w h o dre , se d hi s wounds, but he re mains in a very distressing condition. Amongst the vi sitors of distincti on to the Opern may be ment i o ned her Royal Highness th e D uc h ess of C am b r idge, who kindly sent several times durin g Sunda and Monday to the hos p ital, to make inquiries as t o the state of the unfortu nate man, of whom favourable accounts were g i ven by the surgeon. REPORTED M ARRIAGE IN H IGH LIFE.—We are y requested to state that a rumour which has appeared in se veral of the public papers relating to an intended marriage between the Marquis of Chandos and the daughter of Sir jalaell Weir Hogg, Bart., is wholly devoid of foundation.