The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

NOW READY. SIR GEORGE SIMPSON'S OVERLAND JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD, In 2 vols. Bvo., with Map, Portrait, Scc., price 31s. 6d. bound. " A more valuable or instructive work, or one more full of peril ous adventure and heroic enterprise, we have never met with."- - Jolla Bull. " It deserves to be a standard work in all libraries, and it will be come so."—Messenger. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. win' PORTRAITS OF THE EARL OF DUNDONALD AND MRS MATHEWS. ti' THE JULY NUMBER, vice Half•a-Crown, of fxBENTLEY'S MISCELLANY 7.s WILL CONTAIN Vi MEMOIR OF TUE EARL OF DUNDONALD. P. 3, DR. W. C. TAYLOR. With a Portrait. - One String : from the Experiences of a Dowager. - Feodora ; or, The Fatal Wedding. By Sir Alex. Duff Gordon. A Town Ballad By Alfred Crowquill. The Services of the Peninsular Army. By One who Served with It. A Sentimental Journey through Normandy. By Odard. • Pandora, the Gift of the Gods. By T. H. Sealy, Author of " The Porcelain Tower." Now Mr. Straggles went Cheap to Ascot. By Albert Smith. A Steam-boat Voyage to Barbados. By Sir Robert Schomburgk. The FLlneur in Paris, By the Author of " Second Love." A Tray of Fossils. By Robert Postans. Shots from an Old Six-pounder. By Portflre. Bri un O'Linn ; or, Luck Is Everything. By W. H. Maxwell, Author of " Stories of Waterloo," &c. Vivian Lindsay. Captain Spike; or, the Islets of the Gulf, by J. Fenimore Cooper. MEMOIR OF MRS. MATHEWS. By HORACE TWISS. With a Portrait. Richard. Bentley, New Burlington-street. the Magazines on the 30th instant, with Three Illustrations by Leech, price One Shilling, Part XI., of THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF CH RISTOPHER TAD POLE, IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A WIFE, AT HOME AND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY .L.VJL &HARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends LW the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Mal of Commerce. 'Threadneedle -street, London, to which place, 1:1 yours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully /*fuested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be in•e•arded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. „races. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street.London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Tuesday, June 29, will be performed Donizetti's opera L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Adlna, Madame Gardoni; Belcore, 132 for F. Lablache; and Dr. Dulcamara„ Signor Lablache. Between the acts a Divertissement, in which will be presented a ra 4 by Mdlle. Rosati ; "La Tarantella," by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ant M. Perrot ; an.l " Pas Styrien," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. To he followed by the Grand Scena from TORQUATO TASSO, by 54 nor Coletti. Yo conclude with the highly-successful new Ballet Divertissement by M. Perrot, the music by Signor Bajetti, of the Imperial theatre La Scala, Milan, entitled LES ELEMENS. Tb> Earth (personified by) Mdlles. Cassan, James, Honore, Therenot the Fire, Mdlle. Cariotta Grisi ; the Water, Mdlle. Rosati ; the Air, 3C :11e. Cerito. 't he Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re- Spe2ttlilly Informed, that there will be a grand EXTRA NIGHT en THURSDAY NEXT. when will be presented Meyerbeer's opera - ---- ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Roberto. Signor Fraschini ; Rambaldo, signor Gardoni; Sacerdote, Signor Douche t an I Bertram, Signor Staudigl. ro be followed by ♦arious Entertainments in the BALLET DE PA RTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, 11,111 e. Rosati, Mdlle. Cerito, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN, TILES EVENING, Tuesday, will be performed Rossini's opera IL BA. - RBIER.E DI SIVIGLIA, Vrincipal characters by Madlie Alboni, 3ldlle. Bellini, Signor Sal vi, Signor Ronconi, Signor Rovers, and Signor Marini. o conclude with a Grand Divertissement, entitled FLORE ET ZEPHYIi. 171 which Mdllcs. Baderna, Neodot, Demelisse, Delechaux, Ste ph In, M. Mabille, &c., will appear. pickets, Stalls, and Boxes, at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201 , ;,ht-street ; and at the Box-office. Bow-street he Doors will be opened at Eight o'clock,Land the performance co nmence at half-past Eight o'clock. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN. Alboni, Ronconi, Corbari, Mario, and Tamburini, will sing in the, STABAT MATER, ON FRIDAY MORNING. In the MISCELLANEOUS ACT—Grisi and )% lboni will sing the egslehrated Duet from " Seintramide." Mario will sing the Serenade from " Don Pasquale," "Com' e gentil." Madame P,rsiani will sin,: the Final Air tram "La Sonnambula." Mdlles. Stefanoni, Cor lnd-i, Signora Salvi, Romani, Rover-, Tagliaflco, and Marini, will Mi.; favourite Airs and Concerted Pieces from the most popular op.•raS. The Orchestra will perform Beethoven's overture to " Leonora," an 1 Beethoven's Grand Battle Symphony ; for the perfect perform an-ii of which two addltiDnal Military Bands will be engaged.— Conductor, M. Costa. rickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow st, , et ; and at Cramer, Beale, arAd Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Marma tini“, Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson ; God frey. Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr. 11. owe ; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; }: , rellCO Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss Fi Ming, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. Sfr Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone La Somerford, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with an entirely new and original farce called WHO Do THEY TAKE ME FOR? Colonel Templeton, Mr. Howe ; Terence O'Reilly, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Dorrington, Mrs. Seymour; ?4L.4 Pru4ance Pickings, Mrs. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELFIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will ba produced a new and original comedy. in three acts, called THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, 11 Hzlit, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith, Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. CLaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c. After which The MAGYAR MITLATSAG; or, Hungarian Fetes. 8.., the celebrated Hungarian Dancers and the Hungarian Instru mental VOCalb-ta. _ . .titer which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans so.ivi, Mr. iVebster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; ilelen de Montereau, .dame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Bun Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Pr ncipal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, F. Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. FRENCH PLATS.-MDLLE. RACHEL. Mr. MITCHELL liege respectful) , to announce, that the EN- G %GEMENT of the eminent Tragidienne, Mdlle RACHEL, will he er , mmenced on MONDAY EVENING, July 5. The first Six Repre seltations will be arranged In the following order : Monday, July 5. • ... • Les Iloracee. Wednesday, July . Friday, July 9.... ...... Mouday, July 12.. ........ Polyeucte. Wednesday, July 14. BritannicuS. Friday, July 16. M. Raphael Felix (brother of Mdlle Rachel, and of the Theatre Franraise), M. Brevanne and M. Marius (also of the Theatre Fran c ;se), and Mdlle. Rabist (late of the Theatre'Franesis, now 01 the Theatre Royal, Berlin) are engaged to assist in these represents ti 10. Subscriptions for the Six Performances may be arranged at Mr. 3::tebell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and the present subscribers to boxes or stalls who may he desirous of continuing them during r.tchel's engagement are respectfully solicited to intimate their ish, on or before the Ist July, after which date they will be other 5, se appropriated. t. James's Theatre, June 21, 1947. I . IU FLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. The last appearance but One of the celebrated Actor Monsieur BOCFFE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented UNE FEMME QUI SE JETTE PAR LA ENETRE. The characters by M. Dumery, M. Rhozevil, Mine. Grassau, and Mdlle. Duverger. After which the popular comedy, in two acts, entitled LE CHE ALIrIIi DE GRIGNON. Nogent, M. Bouffe; Le Dun Arthur de ormgy, M. Rhozevil ; La Baronne de Shaffenbourg, Madame r asau ; Cecile, Mdlie. Duverger. cmc , thie with a new vaudeville, entitled LA CAROTTE ) '•,lt. Fremont, M. Bouffe ; Alice. M. Vallee. rinoriAN SERENADERS, ST. JAM Eit'S THEATRE. FINN!. PERFORMANCES. The attractive Entertainments given by the Ethiopian Singers, at 11 e tit. James's Theatre, will be positively terminated at the End of II:. Present Month, prior to the fixed Departure of the Company for merica, on the Mb of July. The remaining Performances will take place in the following order Tuesday, June 29.. • • ...... .. Evening. Wednesday, Jane 30 •• •• .... • .......Last Morning Thursgay, July 1,, .............. Pell's Benefit And the FAREWELL PERFORMANCE, SATURDAY EVENING, July 3. ratxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, e.id at the Box-office of the Theatre. rItINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox. sole Lessee and Manager. Ting EVENING. will be presented a comic drama, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. hur de Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews; Count Theodore, Mr. Vining : r; incess Blanehe, Madame Vestris. fterwhich a new comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" C.. noel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Vining ; Matilda, Miss Cooper. 10 be followed by USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr, C. al athews. To conclude with the farce of TIIE SPITALFIELDS' WEAVER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. 17n 'er the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the - . Royal FAmlly. THIS EVENING `,till be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the til-torleal events of the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, arranged from the original text of Brlns:ey Sheridan's play of " Pizarro," entitled TIIE STORMING OF QUITO ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, r. W. West. The extraordinary equestrian performances of La Petite Davidson ou, , t the New - cenes of the Circle, with the who'e of the Entertain ments, having been attended with the most complete success, will be re. Bated every evenlnz. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. 14,114, 2 . 75.; Boxes, 4s. Upper Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY TIIEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. Is consequence of the suttees attending the Eminent English ':'ocalists, they have been re-engaged for Twelve Nights more, and will appear in "Maritana," as played at Drury Lane 100 nights. THIS EVENING ill be presented the opera of MARITANA. Charles the Second, McMahon ; Don Caesar, Mr. Harrison ; I)on Jose, Mr. Stretton ; V • ritana, Miss Rainforth ; Lasarillo, Miss Isaacs. ro conclude with a drama, in three acts, and a Prologue, of the Er. , it extraordinary and novel interest, entitled The RAG-PICKER of P.ARIS and the Diti:SS-MAKER of ST. ANTOINE. Jean, M Webb; Perre Garouse, Mr. Neville; M. Bervillc, Mr. Frede-- .T..,,::4'.; Count St. A nto i ne, Mr. Tindell ; Marie Diddier, Mrs. Henry v. nit ; Marie Hoffman, Mrs. Ware. Pit Is • Gallery, tid. Doors open at Six, commence At salt prat Six. * ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Will be performed, TRIIIJI EVENI" me,,,m. 1-1 1 % , 1 LASS ; or, the Log of a British Mu'. Characters by \ii . Burr ' flicks, Dale, Serle, Bird, Gardner ; lii-I Vincent, Mrs. Lee, A fter which a new burletta, entitiegahl;i:f(7l'RteS.S-ROIV LETTER ; or, :he aro Gardn Mil er, Miss ler of hetstone. Character/s uc h! me,,srs. Bird, Searle, W Vincent. Mrs. Dicks, 'Co conclude with WILLIAM TELL. winiam 2,41 Boxes, Is.; Half Price , 6d. Pi t , 60 . ; G,...,, r _• Y _:NIF. flicks. a. RoyAl, SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARoK I , --- ,; - , - 7 - --- Gr.at 3fusical Treat.—Second Week of the "Swedish Ni cht , 1;o-engagement of hi. JULLIEN and the elite of lasi Or c h n " e •' estra for One Week more Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, The Daylight View of the Town and hay of Gibraltar ; Splendid Ilenagerie, enriched by recent preser.ts from her Majesty ; Prome nade Concerts by Jullien's - unrivalled band of One Hundred musi cian., including Messrs. Barret, I aumann, Richardson, Colinet, Lazarus, Prospers, Mill, Keeni:, &e., two of whom will perform aolss each evening. All the attractions of the gardens in succession, con lading with a grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the Stew: of Gibraltar, which forms a scene of matchless grandeur and ixta _ ir,ors open at Nine, a.m.; Feeding Time, Five Concert, Quarter- SiX ; Fireworks, Quarter-past Nine. Aihnission, One Shilling. On Fr;rlay next a Day Fete of a novel and extraordinary chit l'acr-,r will be given. Sin HARRY SMITE.—The gallant General is about to ~ isit his native land, the Isle of Ely, and we under stand preparations are making for entertaining him and Li t •ly Smith at a public breakfast at Ely, on Wednesday INV, The Dean of Ely is expected to take the chair. lIIE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JrNs 28. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest. 72 ; Noon, 72. BAROMETER, 30.35.-. WIND N.; cloudy. HI. w Er: AT LONDON-BRIDGE TlllB DA I , Morning .. 11 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 33 minittcs +'c• 2. -1 . tot q • : 4 - ; "it g OW:l \ r 4:114k 0 ' 1, • - 3 .-%,'?" CIE p r. • lt,°, AIM 1 in :7-:4111t LONDON, TUESDAY. JUNE 29, 1847. By a simultaneous movement of official munificence an annual pension of one hundred pounds has been awarded to the orphan children of THOMAS Hoot), another of two hundred pounds to LEIGH HUNT, and another of three hundred pounds to THEOBALD MATHEW. We are rejoiced at this nobly-discrimi nated generosity, or rather, we should say this de served mark of Ministerial approbation to the true labourers for the welfare and happiness of the multi tude. Those who cannot sympathise with our feelings of exultation at the course pursued by the present advisers of our most Gracious SoTEREIGN in the distribution of the somewhat paltry fund of 1,2001., placed at their disposal for the reward of literary, sci entific, and public services, are not competent to appre ciate the genius or the characters of the three eminent eminent individuals just enumerated. By his advo cacy of the very degraded and the very despised, by his thrilling and passionate appeals to the charity of the living million, by the gentle and humanizing tone of his writings, by the grace and delicacy of his poetic creations, ani the ardour with which he strove to inculcate morality—even through the medium of conceits like those of SWIFT, and buffooneries, like those of RABELAIS— THOMAS HooD bequeathed to his children a direct claim upon the attention of the Government. By years of honourable toil, during which he has adorned the literature of his native land, and advo cated those principles of liberality which were once the opprobrium of a gallant m inorit y , but which are now triumphant and predominant throughout the people, the veteran bard and patriarchal essayist, LEIGH HUNT, acquired an immediate right to the aid of the State in the autumn of his chequered des tiny. Of the career by which the Rev. THEOBALD MATHEW', or as he is now more usually and more affec tionately called Father MATHEW, commands our ap plause and our gratitude, it would be a matter of the utmost supererogation to speak. That career is finely and even grandly indicated in the title granted to him by universal acclamation—The Apostle of Temperance. The songs of HooD are a portion of our household language ; the essays of HUNT are re curring perpetually to our memory, with a pleasant vividness in the otherwise bald and barren casualities of domestic life ; the name, the fame, and the good ness of MATHEW are reverenced in every village, and in every homestead. Such men as these are surely entitled to the assistance of the Monarch, the Cabinet, and the Parliament ; but especially so in the afflictions of poverty, the anguish of decrepitude, or the desola tion of declining years. Remembering how poor HOOD toiled on a bed of agony to earn his honest bread by the sweating of his brain ; remembering how LEIGH HUNT was long since incarcerated for the petty crime of terming our English TIBERIUS, GEORGE the Focaru, "an Adonis of sixty," and how he has lingered on, until now, with barely a competence to smooth the pillow under his worn temples ; remembering how Father MATIIEW has neglected his own personal interests in labouring for the moral and physical advancement of his fellow-creatures—how, indeed, he has rendered his private fortunes altogether subservient to the fortunes of the million—it cannot but be matter of general and cordial congratulation that six hundred pounds of the national property have been apportioned with so much discrimination. Rejoicing, however, as we do to the very uttermost in the arrangements thus made by Lord JOHN RUSSELL for the sustenance of the orphans of the Genius of Popular Charity, and for the amelioration of the condition of the Genius of Social Ilappiness and of the Genius of National Benevolence, we do conceive that there is ample reason to cavil at the niggard liness of the fund from which these pensions are abstracted. Twelve hundred pounds per annum is surely a miserable sum to be placed at the disposal of the Government for the purpose of affording aid to the helpless, and encouragement to the deserving, among our literary, and scientific, and moral benefactors. Twelve hundred pounds ! Why, it should at the least be doubled, it should at the very lowest computation be increased to two thousand four hundred. How are not the intentions of a discerning Minister crippled and cramped and restrained by this erroneous system of economical gratitude ! Supposing the fund originally at the disposal of the Prime Minister to have been of a reasonably elastic limit, the disgrace would not have continued so long upon the nation and upon the Government—the disgrace, we say, would not have continued so long of neglecting the brightest dramatic genius of the age—one of the brightest dramatic geniuses of any age since the days of SHAKSPERE and OTwAY—we mean, of course, none other than JAMES SIIERIDAN KNOWLES. While the name of a writer so eminently distin guished in our poetic literature as SHERIDAN KNOWLES, is continually and carelessly passed over in the distribution of such pensions as those we have enumerated, we can never express our unalloyed satis faction, we can never cease to declaim against the reprehensible parsimony of the State, and the griev ous injustice which is done to a man of a true and beautiful genius. A pittance (scarcely twenty-five pounds each per annum) is granted to the children of THOMAS fIOOD. We are grateful. An income of two hundred per annum is given to LEIGH HUNT. We are heartily rejoiced. An annual pension of three hundred per annum is awarded to Father MA' THEW. We are equally earnest in the expression of our satisfaction. Meanwhile SHERIDAN KNOWLES is permitted in no manner to be the recipient of the offi cial monies he has well earned by his inimitable cem positions. He whose voice has spoken audibly to the popular heart, by the lips of the players, he who has made the tears of the very many rain down at the woes of virtue and the pathos of contrition, he who has fired the bosoms of the people with the language of loyalty to the cause of freedom, is himself apparently forgotten and manifestly neglected. How long must we continue to inveigh against this undeserved treat ment of SHERIDAN KNOWLES ? Government or Death will decide. The delays of Chancery have passed into a proverb, The hope deferred, the restless and unceasing anxiety, the protracted agony of the unfortunate suitor, who, after years of litigation and controversy, finds himself in as great uncertainty as ever as to the final result of his suit, have often been detailed and expatiated on ; the constant drain for fees to counsel, fees to the officers of the court, fees for law fund stamps, and fees for all the other innumerable devices by which the pockets of the litigants are invaded, have reduced his finances to the lowest ebb. He losses his energy. He can no longer devote himself to his ordinary pursuits, he cannot turn his feverish and disturbed mind to honest industry. Every faculty and feeling is absorbed in the thrilling excitement, in the probability of a favourable decision, which may perchance restore himself and family to affluence, or which may reduce him to the lowest state of poverty, and consign him to a gaol fur the remainder of his days. " Every additional delay adds to the intensity of his feelings ; like the gambler his life is set upon a cast. He is ready to stand the hazard of the die," but he implores a speedy termination of his suspense—he will welcome any alternativ e if it will enable him once more to know his real position, to look with something like certainty to his futureprosp o e v c e t r s. no,hisßuhtead and sword of D amocles is suspended there it must remain until the wretched victim is perhaps hurried to a premature grave, and his family, reduced to beggary, are unable, even when victory is within their grasp, to realise its fruits; they cannot pro cure the funds necessary for the final hearing —their claims are abandoned in despair, and the disputed pro perty is added to the three million pounds sterling, that forms what is termed the suitors fund, being money that long since was lodged in Court to abide its deci sion, but which could never subsequently be extri cated from its tenacious grasp, and out of the interest of which, amounting to nearly 100,0001. sterling per annum, the salaries of the Lord Chancellor and other Equity Judges are paid. A letter from a correspondent, which will be found in another column, forcibly describes one branch of the evil—the standing over for judgment of cases that have long since been argued. In this respect the pre sent Learned Occupant of the Woolsack is, perhaps, less to be complained of than almost any of his predecessors. He has also by the new rules promulgated by him effected more for the suitor in mitigating some of the delays than had been achieved for a series of years, but much still remains to be done, and he should not relax in his exertions to cleanse the Augean stables, or suffer himself to be fettered and restrained by antiquated customs and worn-out prejudices. The system is essentially in fault, and until a sweeping change is introduced, nothing really valuable can be effected. The first point to be attained, without which no re form can strike at the root of the evil, is the separa tion of the judicial and political functions of the Lord Chancellor. It is impossible that any person involved in cares of State—a Cabinet Minister, on whom the interests of the nation in every department are cast, whose especial duty it is to bring in new laws, and who, in addition to these multifarious avocations, is com pelled to act as Speaker of the Upper House of Parlia ment, to hear the dreary eloquence of his brother peers night after night, who is to regulate the magistracy, and to recommend or approve of every legal appointment throughout the kingdom—can devote the attention and time to the proper business of his court that might reasonably be expected from a judge who had nothing else to attend to. The miracle is not that so much remains to be done, that so many cases stand over for judgment, so many appeals are undisposed of, and that there is so long a list of causes for hearing, but that so much is effected, that his Lordship con trives to hurry through so much business, of such a diverse and varied character. In any other judicial situation the moment the party is elevated to the bench he is supposed to surrender every political bias—to devote himself wholly to the administration of the law, to the interpretation and exposition of the intentions and statutes of Parliament—the total separation of the legislative and judicial functions are looked upon as among the strongest bulwarks of the Constitution. Why should there be a single exception in the case of the highest legal authority, the one whose freedom from undue influences is more especially required ? There is no possible reason why it should be so save that it is an abuse of ancient date. It is well known that nothing requires more incessant applica tion and constant practice to discharge its duties pro perly than the judicial station. It is said that there is a perceptible difference between the judges of the superior courts before and after the long vacation ; that the short interval of leisure thereby afforded, to a certain extent, impairs their business habits, until the rust is rubbed off by their daily practice. The mischief is far greater in the case of a Chancellor. There, perhaps, a judge whose faculties have been brought to the highest perfection, who has acquired a quickness and rapidity of decision, which long daily habit can alone confer, and which the importance and extent of his duties so urgently, demand, is removed from his position on a change of Ministry. Cases may have been partly heard, everything is thrown away, rehearings will be entered on the chance of his suc cessor taking a different view, the entire business of the court will be brought to a stand still, and the new Lord will come to a position, the duties and details of which it will take him some considerable time to learn, or, if he has previously occupied the woolsack, he will labour under the disadvantage of a forced ab• stinence from business for several years, the etiquette of the bar not permitting him to resume his profes sional avocations, and all this while there is another eminently qualified for the duties of the office forced into retirement at a heavy cost to the people. Most seriously do we hope that some change will speedily be sanctioned, by which this ridiculous state of things may he effectually got rid of. In 1841, when Lord COTTENHAM was about to retire from the Chancellorship, there was a general anxiety on the part of the profession and the public, that his valuable services should be retained—that he should be the permanent judicial Lord Chancellor, holding his office by the same tenure as the other Judges, and that a Lord Keeper should be appointed to discharge the political duties. This would be a fitting period to carry these desires into execution, to effect the change while the Ministry are free from any indica tion of approaching danger, and when his motives for the change could not possibly be misinterpreted or doubted. In the evening of the 16th, being the eve of the anniversary of the elevation of Pius IX. to the Pon tificate, the whole of Rome, from the most splendid palace to the lowest dwelling of the poor, was illumi nated. On the 17th, deputations from each of the fourteen quarters of Rome came in regular ranks to the Monte Cavallo, which at an early hour was covered with an immense congregation of the people, but observing the most perfect order. The deputa tions came with bands of music, playing the fine and imposing hymn of Pius IX., composed last year in commemoration of the amnesty. The deputations, when all were collected, marched from the Monte Cavallo, bearing their distinguishing banners and also white flags, on which were inscribed the great acts of his Holi ness during the first year of his reign. These were headed by the civic guard and students carrying the standard sent by the Bolognese to Rome as a token of fraternity. The procession moved in solemn order to the PorE's palace on the Quirinal, where his Holiness came out on the grand balcony to receive it. After being hailed by impressive cries of " Long live Pius IX ! Italy for ever!' His Holiness stretched out his arms towards the people, and then closed them on his breast, as if to press all around him to his heart. The shouts were renewed with redoubled energy, but, on a sign from their Holy Father, A dead silence ensued, and every person sunk upon his knees, while the Pontiff invoked the blessing of ALMIGHTY upon them all. A general " Amen" being pronounced, the acclamations were resumed until his Holiness retired into his palace, and then the procession returned to the Monte Cavallo, where it dispersed. At six in the evening the church of St. Mary of the Angels was crowded with about 10,000 persons, to hear an eloquent discourse by Father GATAIZI, of the Order of St. Bernard, and to chant a Te Ileum, which had a most imposing effect from the whole congregation joining in it as with one voice. The Corso, by its general illumination, was converted as it were into one gallery of fire, and adorned with rich draperies and garlands, and transparencies in brilliant colours, with inscriptions in honour of the Sovereign PONTIFF. The harmony of the day was not interrupted by a single untoward accident. A letter from Rome says :—" The railroad question is very nearly solved. It is the French company, at the head of which is the Prince DE Caor, that has ob tained the concession of the Pontifical Government, which guarantees four-and-a-half per cent. upon the capital." ____ The Berlin Gazette of the 21st publishes the fol lowing Cabinet order for prolonging the Session of the General Diet : " As it may be already foreseen with certainty that the propositions made by the three States on our patent and ordonnance of February 3, and which are at this moment submitted to the Order of Nobles, cannot be resolved upon before the 19th of the current month, we have continued, and by these presents do continue, the term of the first Session of the United Diets until the deliberations of our faithful States on these propositions shall be finished, and we shall have come to a decision upon the result of these deliberations. We have charged our Commissioner of the Diet to make known to us on what day after that the close of this first Session of the Diet may take place." The Zurich Federal Gazette states that Count DE BOIS-LE-COMTE, the French ambassador in Switzar land, has received from M. GuizoT dispatches contain ing a full and entire approbation of the note which he addressed to the president of the Swiss directory. On Tuesday last Don JUAN D'ANTONIO 'Y ZAYAS, the new Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary from the Queen of SPAIN to the Swiss Di rectory, presented his letters of credence to M. OCHSENBSIN, the President. On the same day M. OCIISENBEIN gave a grand dinner at Berne to the British, Spanish, and Belgian Ministers, and the chief functionaries of the federal Government. The French Minister, M. BOIS-LE-COMTE had not re turned to 134rne from Tesino and the Grisons. Madrid papers of the 20th and the 21st have arrived. The Gaceta of the 20th publishes a royal decree pro hibiting the exportation of every kind of silver, coined, wrought, or in ingots, excepting that proceeding from the minesof the Peninsula, bearing a stamp to prove that it had paid the duty imposed by law on mines. That prohibition is to subsist until the establishment of the natural circulation of the respective coins, in conse quence of the introduction of the new coin, decreed on the 31st May, shall enable the Government to modify or abrogate that measure. The rumouri of a change in the Ministry were again rife, and SERRANO, LUGAN, and MENDIZABEL were spoken of as likely to be Members of the new Cabinet. According to the Correo, the organ of the Minister SALAMANCA, King LOUIS PHILIPPE has written an autograph letter to the QUEEN'S husband, and the Duke of GLUCKSBURGII had delivered it to the King Consort, at the Prado on the 19th inst. The Faro states that a royal decree, restoring to ESPARTERO all his honours, has been signed by the QUEEN, and transmitted to him by Senor PACHECO, the President of the Council. Letters from Corunna state that the Spanish army is advancing on Oporto. The Montemolinist General GARCIA. and the Cabe cilla Evanista intended, says the Clamor Publico, to penetrate into Spain from Braganza, in the belief that the absence of the Spanish troops would leave them a clear field. They had, it was said, 1,800 in fantry. It was stated that, VILLAREAL, an eminent Montemolinist commander, had entered Catalonia to take the command of the insurgent bands of that province. A letter from Barcelona of the 19th states that a sharp conflict took place on the 14th, in the moun tains of Montbreu, between eighty Montemolinists and a detachment of the QUEEN'S troops. The affair ended in the retreat of the latter, after the loss of several men. The letter adds, that the Montemolino party was increasing in number every day. MADRID BOLA, JUNE 27.—The Three per Cents. were done at 30 for cash; the Four per Cents. at 18 for paper ; the Five per Cents. at 17} ditto; the Debt without Interest at 6 ditto; and the Coupons at 15 for cash. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The Chamber of Deputies was on Friday the scene of perhaps the most extraordinary row tha ever occurred within the precincts of any assembly calling itself deliberative. The principal actors were M. DUCIIATEL, the Minister of the Interior, and M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN. The order of the day was the adjourned debate on the Budget of Expenses, and M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN, rendered bold by his recent acquittal by the Peers, accused the Minister of the Interior, M. DUCIIATEL, of having had printed and circulated at the public expense a garbled account of the proceedings on the 17th of June, in which, while the speeches of the Ministry were given at full length, the speech of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN was curtailed and falsified. We give the conclusion of the scene from the National. " You circulated your own speech (said M. Girardin); you fuhified mine, and you defamed me. "M. Duchatel—l thought proper to publish the ac count of the sitting at the expense of the budget : we like publicity. "M. Girardin—And I, too, when it is complete. Yours is not ; you hare published your own denials, omitting the accusations that you durst not deny. "M. Duehatel—l denied them. (Violent uproar). " M. Girardin—l accept that contradiction with all its consequences. (Cries to order). " The Centres break their desks (with applause); the President breaks his bell, and the left bursts its lungs. Such is the beginning of the discussion. M. Sauzet (President) interposed his paternal authority, and re commended everybody to use Parliamentary expressions. But the fire was kindling, and the smoke already black ened the tribune. The accuser, resuming his former theme, asked, Were not 100,000 f. paid for a theatrical patent ? Can you deny it ?' " M. Duchatel—We did nothing in the transaction. " M. Girardin—Your contradictions are ales ays the same. " The Centre Members, in a mass—And your accu• cations likewise. " M. Girardin—But the Minister said here that he had bt.en menaced, and the next day his assertion was contradicted. " M. Dnchatel—l was menaced indirectly. M. Girardin—That is a convenient reply. Prove those indirect menaces. " The Centres— Prove them yourself. "M. Gfrardin— You wish me to prove them ? here is good evidence—the letter of an interested party, who paid the money, and the receipt of the person in whose hands it was lodged. If these proofs do not satisfy you, order an inquiry. (A movement of horror pervades the Centres. No, no ;no inquiry!') "M. Duchatel—An inquiry would suppose that sus- picion rested on us. We will resign if it be ordered. The majority will decide. M. Girardin repeats what he has said, and I repeat that those facts are contrary to truth. " Members on the Left—That is going too far! "M. Adam," says the accuser, " does not complain, because he is in your power. He was unable to pay 25,000 f, you paid them for him. There existed with one of the founders of the Epoque a contract, embodied in a judicial act, and from which it would appear that the profits of the journal, the origin of which was not legal, should be honestly shared. A Baron Lambert had prepared a memorial, in which he complained of having been deprived of these profits, and you bought and suppressed that memorial for 30,000 f. " A terrific uproar ensued, and M. Duchatel declared from his seat that there was no truth in that statement. Then, referring to the Hie), al profits of journalism, he mentioned that certain journals had been bribed to advo cate free trade and railroads. The Centres thrilled with enthusiasm. M. Girardin confessed to his having received 200 shares of the North ern Railroad, which he had paid for; and you,' he ex claimed, were you not awarded some likewise ?' The former Minister of Marine had also obtained shares in that line.' " M. Duchatel retorted in a tone of real indignation, Admiral de Mackau, at the request of the Council, withdrew his subscription; a Minister interested in such speculationg would be an infamous character!' " But nothing can deter the intrepid accuser. He returns to the charge and repeats the proofs. M. Fould declares that it was not to him the peerage was offered. M. Duchatel unskilfully caught at that contraction, and hastened to proclaim that M. Fould was fully entitled to a p-erage. The Left smiled and murmured. M. Chain bolle, with a perfecta propos, asked M. Girardin if he continued of the same opinion ? ' More firmly than ever,' was his reply." In the midst of the confusion and uproar which ensued, M. DE. GIRARDIN'S voice was heard exclaim ing—" I affirm, and they deny. Order an inquiry, or order me to be prosecuted. I am prepared for either alternative," and turning towards M. GUIZOT he asked at what price he had purchased the letter which he had read the other day, and added, " You have committed an action which will be a blot upon you for the remainder of (your life." M. GuizoT made no reply. At length M. DE MORNY moved the following resolution, that " The Chamber, satisfied with the explanations of the Mi nister should pass to the order of the day." A fresh debate ensued on this: motion, and several deputies declared they would vote for the order of the day if the Cabinet would undertake to prosecute the parties accused of corruption and cheating. At length M. HEBERT, the Minister of Justice, rose and declared that it was usual to prosecute only in cases in which there was reason to believe that there was some foundation for the accusation, " and," added M. lIEBERT, addressing himself to the members of the left, and pointing towards M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN, " the nature of the accusation, and the character of the accuser, demonstrate to me that the accusation has no foundation in fact." A division then took ' place, and the resolution of M. MORNY was carried by 225 to 102, giving to the Ministry a majority of 123. The Journal des Debats considers this a triumph for the Ministry. It says : "The Opposition wanted a second discussion, and they have had it. The moral result of the sitting of last week was not deemed satisfactory. The Opposition thought that it was possible, if not to recover the advan tage, at lea s t to em b ro il t h e quest i on an d l eave t h e Mi nistry under the weight of odious suspicions. M. E. Girardin, urged on by a shortsightedness which to us is inexplicable, seized on the first pretext to recommence the discussion on his allegations, without having any additional p roo f t o a d vance . Will his party be this time satisfied w i t h th e mora l an d ma t er i a l result of the sitting? But, whether they are not, it is a decision henceforward without appeal! The Chamber has voted. It has declared by a majority of 225 votes to 102, that `being satisfied with the explanations of the Govern ment, it pass( d to the order of the day! They wanted a judgment, they have had it ! Tho Chamber was called on to pronounce between the Ministry and its accuser, and it has done so. The inquiry has taken place; it has taken place in the tribune, in the open day, under the eyes of the publi c an d o f th e Ch am b er . M. E. Girardin, encouraged by the warm support of the Opposition, could say everything; he spoke repeatedly, and M. Du chatel replied. We admit it, a judgment was necessary! the judgment now exists. The national jury has pro nounced it! Honour to M. de Moray, who was the organ of all impartial men, of all anxious to learn the truth! Honour to the majority who united together to declare its opinion! Honour to M. Duchatel, whose coolness, courage, and talent shone forth so admirably in this long discussion! We do not wish to speak of M. E. Girardin; his conduct is a complete mystery to us. The reserve which was imposed on us a week back is now more imperatively commanded by the result of yesterday's sit ting. M. E. Girardin appears to be under the empire of an hallucination which nothing can dissipate. He appears to think that to repeat three times the same allegation is to give three proofs. He affirm•, and then swears that he has demonstrated. If a doubt be expressed, he adds two allegations to the first; and the more what he advances is unlikely and requires proofs, the more he dispenses w►th urnishing them. M. E. Girardin accu es, and if his accusations are denie 1 he flies into a passion, menaces a Minister of the King, the President, the Chamber. He exhibits in the tribune the most melancholy scenes, and least in conformity with the dignity of the national representation ! Once more, we say, we do not comprehend M. E. Girardin. We ask ourselves what he thought he could gain by re-opening the discussion, and we can find nothing. Ile has gained a judgment of the Chamber ; he has gained the impossi bility of having henceforward a place amongst the Con ia:rvative party ; he has gained an irremediable defeat, a terrible check to his reputation of shrewdness and cleverness. Our surprise was eve❑ greater than a week past. M. E. Girardia had said nothing a week back, but he had spoken only once on the facts which he alleged. Yesterday he spoke over and over again, and said less, absolutely less! For if he has not retracted his allegation of 1,200,000 f. being demanded from the maitres-&-poste for a Bill, he has declared that this allegation did nut in any way refer to the Ministry. But not a proof more than on Thursday—nothing, nothing!" It is a victory, however, which, in the opinion of the Opposition journals, will not tend to raise the Ministry in public estimation. This," says the Constitutionnel, " is the result of the most dramatic sitting of the session. The discussions in which, with increased vehemence the Ministry is assailed, have not for their object the great interests of the country, but the scandals of private avidity let loose upon France. It was formerly supported by three journals—the first, that which it has a long time sacri ficed to the others, is the only one which now, with more generosity than success, attempts to defend it; the second has become its most violent accuser; the third has perished, but exhales from its ashes such vapours and reminiscences, that the reputation and existence of the Ministry arc endangered, even after the vote which it has obtained." The National says— " Two hundred and twenty-five members have declared themselves satisfied with the explanations. And we also should be satisfied if we consulted only the interests of party. But we do not forget that we are citizens. We see with bitterness that the account of this sitting will make the round of Europe, and at this sad spectacle, at the sight of this Ministry fallen into the mire, of the Dunois who accuses and the Dunois who flies, we do not merely feel regret—we blush." The Chamber of Peers still continued their secret sittings on the Cubieres affair, and it was reported on the Bourse on Saturday that they had decided on impeaching all the accused. The majority in favour of impeaching M. TESTE was, it is said, 30. That gentleman has just published, under the title of " Affair des Mines de Gouhenans, Observations de M. I. B. TESTE, Pair de France," a defence against the imputations which have been cast upon him. In this work M. TESTE protests that he is innocent of the charges of corruption which have been brought against him, not upon direct evidence, but by impli cation, founded from some correspondence, which does not warrant the character that has been put upon it ; and he declares that he has not merely been pure in the discharge of his public duties, but has made great sacrifices in the service of his country. Ile says— " If any man has in his public or private life given proofs of his disinterestedness and abnegation it is I. Twice was power offered to me, and evidence of the hesitation with which I accepted it is not wanting. To serve my country I abandoned the career in which fame and fortune had constantly smiled upon me. This was a great sacrifice, but I did not foresee that the result would be so bitter." It is said that it is at his own request that 111. TESTE iS to be put upon his trial. The explanations of M. GUIZOT on the subject of French intervention in Switzerland appear to have given anything but satisfaction. The National says— "After the terrible check given to the Ministry in the affair of Portugal, we were longing to see how M. Guizot could justify the indecent conduct of his Ambassador, transformed into a custom-house officer of Austria. We have heard his explanations, and nice ones they are: if the man was not known, he might be described in tote, according to this single specimen. Does he disapprove of the note? No. Does he approve of this silly and imprudent piece of bullying? No. He condemns M. Bois-le-Comte then? Not in the slightest degree. Then does he maintain that declaration of hostility against the majority of the Helvetic people? Beware of thinking so. What meaning, in fine, must be given to that proceed ing, bearing, as it does, the strongest mark of intimida tion? What does M. G uizot want? What are his projects, his thoughts, his intentions? Why ask, when the man is so well known! Yes, it is still the same man, the same system, the same doubled-faced idea, the same serpent's head on the body of an old bare. M. Guizot has a great regard for Switzerland ; Austria adores Switzerland ; Metternich and he, therefore, agree perfectly. M. Guizot respects the right which every people possesses to modify its internal organisation; he desires to find France preserving Switzerland as her friend. Then why authorise the insolence of an Ambassador, who gra tuitously menaces the independence of that country? Ah, the medal has a reverse side. Every independence has its limits; it is with the twenty-two confederated Cantons that Europe treated, and it' a State radically changed was to be substituted, we should have a right to examine if we ought not also to change our rela tions with Switzerland. What is the meaning of this ? Do you make yourselves judges of internal modifications, and try all you can to prevent them? M. Guizot admits this; he believes that the friendly States united (Austria friendly!) are giving counsels which may prevent internal complications. In the ()pi nion of M. Guizot, Switzerland is hastening to civil war and anarchy ; and France joins Austria to make the Diet respect the revolted Cantons, a minority in insur rection, an illegal power constituted through hatred of the immense majority of the Helvetic population. That is what he protects ; the separatist league, organised by the Jesuits and supported by Austria, is in its right The fifteen richest, most populous, most enlightened Cantons who want to put down foreign influence, are nothing but anarchy ! He did not dare to assert that ; he still protested his tenderness, but through that sur face coated with honey oosed out drop by drop the poison of his soul. The sovereignty of the people gives him spasms ; but he cannot either deny it or curse it openly. It is by it alone that they all live ; and in their hearts they insult it. Corrupt priests of another t haol altar fa, a o i f t h n , a ttheynations s prostrat eonly to themselves r b teo fGoovoreedr the r r oi priests t ist sacredwl "i Queen CHRISTINA gave a grand dinner at Mal maison on Thursday to General NARVAEZ and to the Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER. Algiers papers of the 20th have arrived. The squadron of the Prince DE JOINVILLE sailed from Algiers on the 18th for Cagliari. On Saturday the Three per Cents. were at 771. 55e. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 90c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,272 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 9701 ; Havre, 6521. 50c. ; Great North ern, 5721. 50c. ; Avignon, 6901. ; Vierzon, 6101. 25c. ; Bor deaux, 510 f. ; Basle, 1851. ; Paris and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 405 f.; Paris and Lyons, 4451 ; Lyons and Avignon, 446 f. 25c. ; Cette, 4561. 25c. ; Spanish Actives, 29i ; Spanish Three per Cents., 344. MARSEILLES, JUNE 22.-Marseilles and Avignon, 707 f. 50c.; Northern, 5751. LYONS, JUNE 24.-Paris and Rouen, 971 f. 25c. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 7071. 75c. ; Vierzon, 612 t. 50c. ; Northern, 578 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 4501. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 26. Boulogne and Amiens, 16 1 4—Louvain a la Sambre, 74 — Luxembourg, I%—Northern of France, 11—Sambre and /Sleaze, 71/2. THE BRAZILS. FALmourn, JUNE 27.—Her Majesty's packet Crane, Lieutenant Lewis, arrived this morning with Brazil mails, having left Rio Janeiro on the sth of May, Bahia on the 14th, and Pernambuco on the 20th, bringing on freight 40,0001. and the following passengers :—Mr. Southam, Mr. Lott, Mr- Schmidt, Miss Verran and Mr. Dalboussiere, from Rio; Mr. Winter, from Bahia ; and Mr. White, from Pernam buco. The Crane left at Rio Janeiro her Majesty's ships Curagoa and Comus, the latter having arrived from the River Plate (bringing dates from Buenos Ayres to the Bth of April, and Monte Video to the 16th) on the 29th of April. This packet brings little news of any importance. The Emperor had returned to Rio in good health, and his speech at the opening of the Chambers had given satisfaction. Her Majesty's steamer Rattler, with Lord llowden on board, arrived at Rio on the night of the 9th of May, and sailed again on the evening of the 4th for the southward. His Lordship landed, but not in an official capacity. It was stated the steamer came in for coals. An interview had taken place at Bahia between Lord Howden and the French Envoy, which latter had put in there fur coals. Freights had again advanced, and 70s. to 80s. had been obtained. Coffee is in demand, but the arrival of the new crop is slow. The prices are—superior, 3sooo to 36200 Good, Ist, 25900 3sooo 2d, Sugars are flatter, 3sooo white, and 2SIOO brown. Arrivals continue to be comparatively small, as usual, in this season. There has been an improvement in stock of ; 4 - 3 , to 1 per cent. in general, and of Ito per cent. in pro vincial, both being firm at these quotations. Exchange on the Crane's departure 27i. Some business done at 27i. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at. Liverpool on Saturday were 8,000 to 10,000 bales, of which exporters took 1,000 American and 2,000 Surat. These two qualities were a shade dearer, and other sorts very firm. Shares were buoyant, and Midland, York, and Newcastle, North Stafford, and Newc ,stle and Berwick, were higher. The decline in the Corn-market is to-day very de cided, some calling it 6i. to Bs. per quarter, and others more, for wheat, 2s. to 3s. for barley, 2s. for malt, and sa. per sack for flour. The quantity of English wheat in the market is again small, but the arrival f foreign is so large that the total supply exceeds 60,000 qua.ters. There are parties who expect to see wheat ere long at 80s. per quarter. There are advises of April 6 from Buenos Ayres, and these again In,ld out the prospect of an arrangement of existing ditf,rences. Lord Howdan was expected to co-operate fully with Sir Thomas Herbert, who is fa vourable to a termination of the way. The Crane packet, from Brazil, does not bring liter n:vvs from Rio de Janeiro thun was received by the An telope; and the Mediator. from New York, although she has perfortned her passage in the short space of sixteen days, does not furnish later news. More favourable accounts reach us from the manu facturing districts, and the continuance of fine weather is expected to bring with it a material increase of bu siness. The English Funds leave been extremely buoyant this morning, and there is fairly a furthcr rise of 4 to per cent., the quotations being 89k to 89k for Consuls for Account. The 'Scrip has been 1 premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 90k to 91k. Exchequer-bills have been [nuked Bs. to I Is. premium. The fall in the Corn-market is the cause of the existing animation in Stocks. In the Foreign Investments the dealings have been limited. Spanish Five per Cents. are 22; Portuguese Four per Cents. are 31 to 32, and Brazilian 83g. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 584. Shares are generally higher again. Birmingham and Oxtord, 174 4 ; Eastern Counties,2l to ; Great Wes tern, 119 ; Brighton, 551 to 56i; North-Western 183 ; South-Western, 664 to 67k; Midland, 123 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 29i; North Stafford, 10i- to 11; Scottish Central, 2.5 i ; York and Newcastle, 384 ; and Northern of France, 104 to 11. BRITISH FUNDS ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PICIcES. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 89% 89V, New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 91 90% 91% 91 q Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 , 4 9 1-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. .„ .. .. .. .. Ditto. under 1,0001. 9 p Conrols for Opening, July 16 .. 89 88% 89% 89% Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. •-• . 1 p 1 p Exchequer Bills. 114c1. 2d. 8 11 p 11 p 5001. •• 11 10 13 p 15 p Ditto. Small .... 18 14 20 p 20 p ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. rnicEs. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 83% 83% Ditto, Small • • • • • • .. 84 Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 81 Ditto, 3 per Cent .. Ditto, 4 per Cent .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Three per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-lialt per Cent .. 58% Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 89% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. •• .. .• 32 31U% 31 32 .. .. 22 22 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . .. • • 2%.... 1% .. ••..• . • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 17% . Binning., Wolver., & Stour Valley 8 .. 8%., ....• . Buckinghamshire 61.45.... % % dis. Caledonian Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 21 21 Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 15 .... Eastern Counties . 20 .. 21 21 21 % Ditto, York Extension .. .... 77% •• East Lancashire .. 20 .... .......... 20 Ditto, New .. .. 10 .... 9% . ..... Ditto, ditto NQW Scrip .. 1% .... 1% .... • • East Lincolnshire .... • • • • • • • • 7% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 ••.. • ••• • •• Ditto, Half Shares .. . .. 15 22 .......... 22 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 12%.... 17% 17 ...... 17 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2%.. 1% Great Northern .. .. 3% .... 14 • • .... 2 1 4 Great Western .. 85 ....119 • • .....• • 119 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 18% •• • • ...... 18 Ditto, New .. 4% • • Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 ••••• • • • • • 65 Leeds and Bradford .. .. 40 .... 89 ..........88 Leeds and Thirsk .. 26 .... • • .... Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. • • 3% .... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport 2 .... • London, Brighton, & Coast 50 .... 56 55% 56% 56% Ditto, Consol. Eighths • . .. 10 .... 14% Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 • ... •• .. 9% Do. Pref. Convert. 5 per cent. 50 .... 55 .......... 55 London an North-Western ..100 ....183 .......... 186 Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 24 .......... 24 Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 13% • • ...... 13% Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. 40 .... 71 .......... 71 Ditto, 101. Shares M. & (B) 5 .... 11% •• • • 11 % London and south-Western 411. Os. 10d.... 67% 66% •• .. 66% Ditto, New .. 27%.... 3114 32 ...... 32 Ditto, New .. .. 22 .... 24 .... • • .... 24 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) 50 .• .. 56% 57% 56% 56% Ditto, Tenths (ditto) • • 40 .• .. 45 .......... 45 Ditto, Scrip • . .. • • .. • • 5 •• • • 5 ••••• • • • • • 5 Lynn and Dereham .. • . 20 .... 20% ••••• • .. • • 20% Manchester and Leeds 82 •• .. —..........— Ditto, Quarter Sharez .. 12 .... 15%%.. 15% Ditto, Fifths 6%.... 111 4 11 Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .• 71. 45..... p• • .. • • • • • • % p Midland ..100 ....128 .. •••• • • .• 128 Ditto, New .• 36 .... 44 43% 44% 44% Ditto, New .. .. 6 .... 10% % ........ 10% Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. Six per Cent. —lOO ....128 ....... 128% Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 20 .• • . 29% • Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... 7% 8•• ...... 8 Nortolk •. •. ..100 ....125%••.. Ditto, New . 5 .... 8% 834 North British • • .. 25 .... — Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • . 12% .. • . 15%••.......• 15% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 4%% • . • • 4 % Ditto, Extensioll .. • • .. •• . • ••••• • • • • • Ditto, Thirds .. .. 1 .... 2%34 North StaMardshire 10% % 11 Oxford, Wor'ster, & Wolverhamp. 22%.... 14%.. • • 14% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .• 5% • ..... •• .• 5% Royston and Hitchin . • • .. A ••••• • • • • • Scottish Central • • .. . 17% .... 25%...... • • '4534 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3%.... %•••• • • • • 3 3hropshire Union .. 4 .... %•••• • • • • 2% South Eastern and Dovor •• 33% .. • • ••• • • Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 .• .. 21 .• • .. .. • Do., New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 434% •••• • • • • 4% South Wales .. . .. 10 .... 7 5 14 7•• •• 6% South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and West ItidingUnion ..41.25.•... %114 p .... • • 14 p Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... 2% A p• • Wilts. Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... 11 ••••.. • • • • 11 York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 38% ••.. • • Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 ... 17% Ditto, Preference .. .. 8 .... 12%x4 13 .. • • 13 York aed North Midland .. 50 — Ditto. Preference • . .. 6 .... 1614 t 4 .. •• .. 16 1 4 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.. 10 ...• 23 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .... 16% .• •• • • • 16% fiord., Tout., & Cette tConstituted) 4 .... Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) • . • • • • • • •• 12 ...• 16 ••.. • • 16 Dutch Rhenish • . .. 7 4% • • .... • Louvain ala Sambre .. • . •. 6 .. • • .. •••• •• • • Luxembou rg• Northern or France .. 8 .... 11 10% •••••• 10% Orleans and Bourdeaux 6 .... 6% 5 ,,y .... •• .• 641 Paris and Lyons .. 8 .... 5 % Paris and Strasbourg ••••• • • • • . 5 Sambre and Mouse 14 .... 7S, • • .... •. • • 7% JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia 40 ••••• .•.• 20 London and Westminster 20 ••..•• • • • • 26% MINES. Real del Monte, Unrezistered —3% • RETURN OF THE NEW AMERICAN STEAM-SHIP WASHINGTON TO SOUTHAMPTON.—The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Washington, Frede rick Hewitt commander, arrived in the Southampton Ducks yesterday morning (Sunday), at ten A.m., in 46 hours from Bremen, against a head wind. Her voyage out occupied 44 hours. She brings four passengers for England, and 46 en route to New York, for which city the WashiNgton will not leave till the 10th of July, being detained here to be fitted with new and larger hot wells, which are already cast for her by arrangements made previous to her leaving for Bremen. The passen gers from Bremen are to be boarded at the different hotels during their detention. In order to enable the public to view this fine steamer, Mr. Croskey, the Ame rican Consul, has very liberally presented the Mayor of Southampton, Mr. Le Feuvre, with an unlimited number of tickets of admission, the proceeds of which are to be presented to the local institutions, In addition to the passengers from Bremen, 60 first-class and 25 second class are engaged from Havre and England, and the freight is all engaged. thus far the new line appears to receive public approbation. MONEY MARKET. Advices from Hamburgh to the 22d inst. again report money more easy, the rate having receded to 41 per cent. Owing to this circum stance, and to the supply of paper being limited, ex change had risen for three months' bills to 13 61. Ad. vices from Riga, dated June 17, quote a considerable decline in exchange (owing, it is to be presumed, to further arrivals of silver, the price being 39id. to 39d. Flax and hemp remained without change. In grain a little more had been doing, and oat: were in demand. The number of ships arrived was 1,535, of which 936 had sailed. From St. Petersburgh the dates are to the 14th of June, but they bring no quotation of exchange. Corn was dull, with few transactions. The latest re port from the Amsterdam Bourse notices a rather firmer market for Dutch and Portuguese Securities, both of which had lately been more freely purchased. Spanish was flat, owing to a cessation of active operations The rate of exchange upon England quoted in letters from Gibraltar, dated the 12 th inst , is Spanish pillared dollars were selling at 11- to 2 per cent. p rem i um. The rate gea e t n A t ia (says 13 ga'on the sa me ( l ay, was 50. A the Constitotionnel) took of tragical ex e ian event place a few days past, at the country house of M. 11., father•in-law of M. Jules Junin. Tile place of concierg • and gardener was filled by a man who had formerly been in the army , and who , with his wife an d d aughter, inhabited a pavilion at the extremity of the park. The young woman was remarkable fobrher mang meonoadlod aeia looks, and had been demanded in m 3, but the parents, in accord with the daughter, had re fused the application. Boulay, finding his suit rejected, had become sombre and melancholy, and was heard to hr e mother utter d lastof vewngeee k an a c th vengeance. Mme. country me. jj s a e n a i t n were and as usual attended o n b y t h e young girl,when ' and g threedeto nations suddenly reac h ed their ear. A sad presentiment struck the girl, ,and crying out, "M y father, my mother," sue ran to the • pavilion. There were found the gardener and his wife 1 • dead, and not far from them them the body of Boulay, who, having shot the old I couple, had blown out his owu brains. IRELAND. THE BELIEF MEASURES. DUBLIN, JUNE 26.—1 t appears that, fever anti dysen tery are much less prevalent in those districts where meal and rice, properly cooked, are given out as ra tions ; but unfortunately a most unreasonable prejudice exists in many places against cooked food, and forcible opposition ha, been given in some places to those com mittees who have adopted the system. The Govern ment, however, have most properly determined to carry it out in all cases, as well on account of the health of the people themselves as to prevent petty frauds in the administration of out-door relief, as none but the really destitute would be likely to apply for food in a cooked state. The relir f commissioners have just issued a cir cular containing directions to that effect. THE DISTRESS—ORANGE I ROCESSIONS. Mr. H. G. Johnston, grand master of the Orangemen of the county of Monaghan, has issued an address, ear nestly admonishing them to abandon their usual pro Ce ssions on the approaching July anniversary, on account, o d f the deplorable condition of the country, and the sp r of fever among the populati o n. The address of Mt Johnston, which is excellent in tone and sentiment, con ea tains the following passage, which shows bo w co l even the Protestant population of Ulster have suffered from the present visitation!-. w ard " At thi s hritir of tribul Awn. I would deem any out display unseemly, indiscreet, and d. I: would be unseemly to behold a political flig, even though one tit our own loved cidour, way n; over a faminc-striclo n la"dt where hundreds are dying of starvation, where f ever racks the brain, and the grave-yards are teeming with the. early dead. It would he indiscreet to hear the sounds of joy and of musical instruments, and political exultation, in a land whose people are existing upon public charity; and it would be ill-timed to see a procession marching In review past the s up-kitchens to which our poor corm s men are obliged to resort for sustenance. scarce one amongst you that has not some dear friend to mourn after. There is not one among you that does snot less or more feel the pressure of the present t imes — does not look forward with deep apprehension to the future. We have all just now enough to do in the dis charge of duties which are and should be totally distinFi. from politics or party, in every relation of life—as bw a lord, as tenant, as cess-payer, as relief committee-tneet &c.—we should all pull together fcr the regenerAtiou this land, and I therefore deem any outwar d display av_ the present, to say the least of it, ill timed. But there befor! is another cogent reason which I would la y your consideration. The spread of fever is rapid. and contagion exists almost every where. It would be, IN theLreio fore, highly injurious and very dangerous to assenl r together large masses of people amongst whom one r" son infected, though at the time unconscious of the T. fection, may spread the malady amongst hundreds, 4 which we may lose the very best and most useful metn bers of our society; and so impressed am I with tba. force of this reason, that I have postponed the calling r__° 0 ! our usual county meeting until the times pres ent a ale cheering aspect:" po DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. — The Evening - says—" We have reason to believe that Parliament wi" not be dissolved until after the 30th of Jul,' and that the elections will take place after the assizes. ARRIVAL OF THE LORI -LIECTENANT.-1118 Excel' lency the Earl of Clarendon is to strive in Dublin on next Saturday, the 9d July. His Excellency has fi e r pointed the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby as assistant privat secretary. REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OF FOOD. in The provincial papers generally ann ounce a fall the corn and provision markets, owing to the largS foreign arrivals, the fine prosp ec ts of the ha rvest, and the increasing supplies of fish and vegetables in many places. The Cork Reporter of Thursd a y contains w th as e most abundantly supplied this morning with fish of all —" following gratirYin'; paragraph: Our market descriptions in season, amongst which were turbot, hake, plaice, sole, lobsters, crayfish, and salmon, tke. fine spring fish of which was selling for 6d. per poun.d_ It must be gratifying to the citizens to learn that !Po' price of almost all descriptions of food is fast coming down, and it is expected by the time harvest bas set in everything will find its former level in price.' THE TENANT RIGHT. f o llowing Mr. Sharman Crawford has forwarded the Of Cory Tenant to the Secretary of the County 0- - ork Tenant League : " London, June 18, 107.1 " Sir—l did not receive your letter a nd petition ti ll the day after that on which the fate of the Te n Bill was for the present decided. The public s 1 3 pers will announce to you that this Bil of t re jected on its second reading by the power a G° . vernment and landlord majority. This defeat, bo' ever, will not, I trust, be devoid of utility. The pP,. of Ireland have been deluded by the expectation ths: a Government Bill would have been brought °rwaru to for the protection of the tenant class, in securinkg them the value of labour and capital expended. e u ,l, r i s they will now be satisfied that they have nothing 0 ' kind to expect from Lord John Russell's G ovanine % The excuse for throw out the Bill was th e late per iod of the session—this was the excuse—but the real otus! was, that the Bill was t o o honest in its details to meetcor with support. lam glad to find that an effort has menced in your county to give effect to the ain, public voice on this great question.—l have the hon our to rem Sir, your obedient servant , " WM. SHARMAN CRAWFORD. " Wm. H. Trenwith, Esq. " P.S.—I shall present the petition the first oppor- tunit - --- SINGULAR FRACAS AT THE OPERA. On Saturday, at Marlborough - street, the Hon. G. P..? Grey, brother of Lord Walsingham, summoned Mr. rie Frith, of the Stock Exchange and Heathfield, wirable. don, for having committed an assault on him at the Opera on Saturday night week. Mr. Bodkin , as counse, and Mr. Boodle, as solicitor, appeared fo r the cora plainant, and Mr. Bramwell for the defendant. Mr. Bodkin stated that his client had found it neces sary to take out a summons against Mr. Frith for all assault committed at the Opera under circum stances that were wholly unjustifiable, ar:cl which, from Mr. Pc: Grey's position in society, it was impossible be overlook. Mr. De Grey purchased a stall 'tick No. 171, for two guineas and a half, from Mr. Eber s, for coul et, a Saturday eight week. Mr. De Grey wen t to the Op era and took possession of his stall. Mr. Frith dica me als red the Opera and passed to his stall, but being pp that No. 171 stall was not vacant as we ll as No. 172, he said roughly to Mr. De Grey, " What b usiness have you saoin in this stall?" Mr. De Grey replied, he bad purchas ed rith and paid for the right to occupy the stall. Mr. F told him rudely to turn out; but Mr. De Grey said he cer tainly should not turn out until he had some explanation from Mr. Lumley. Mr. Frith produced two tickets, 00° Grey' of which was numbered 171, and then Mr. De supposing that the p er sons connected with the theatre had done that which he believed was not unusal, namely, that the same seat had been sold tw i c e over, wished to have some further explanation, but he was again spoken to rudely, and the assault as below detailed committed. The Hon. George De Grey swo rn.—l went to the Opera House last Saturday night. I had purchased a ticket No. 171, which I had bespoke several dap before, and for which I paid two guineas and a half. I ws s shown into the stall by the person to whom I presented my ticket. Mr. Frith came into the theatre accompanie d by a lady. The first words addressed by Mr. Frith to me were " What business have you here?" I said I had purchased and paid for the ticket. Mr. Frith wished Me to go out and speak to the stall-keeper, but told him he might go himself to the stall-keeper. The stall keeper was afterwards fetched, and Mr. Frith i produced asked two Mr.Frith on i e t s hweh had i ch obtained were numbered 17 0 and the ticketafor t l b 7 s l . t night only? Mr. Frith replied, if I did not go out, be would turn me out. The stall. keeper offered to give • r ne a seat elsewhere. I said I had met with such ungentle manly treatment from Mr. Frith, that I would not gait the seat unless I was first satisfied that the seat to be provided was as good as the one I occupied. Mr. Frith then said he would push, he Would kick, and be would turn me out of the theatre. Mr. Frith laid hold of of collar, and tried to force me out of the stall. I resist eat and Mr. Frith could not accomplish his purpose. Ai r ' Frith shook his fist in my face, and forced himsel f into the stall, and then a gentleman leaned over, andltold toe he had seen Mr. Frith occupy that seat before. I thee rose, and gave up the stall, and was put in a seat whic' I consider was inferior to the wall I left. Befor e I left, I asked Mr. Frith for his card, as I told him it was itn; possible I could allow such treatment as I had received: to pass unnoticed. Mr. Frith called me an infern!“ blackguard, and continued his abuse in the same strata for some time. Cross-examined by Mr. Bramwell — l will s wear not notice that a gentleman got up and moved from stall at Mr. Frith's request. Mr. Frit h ac costed 113 ! I did rudely by saying gruffly to me, " What business htrrf you here ?' or, " What do you tß do here ?" Mr. Fo s did not tell me that the stall was his pr i va t e stall. I "' I ! not acquainted with the meaning of the bones, as reprr renting private boxes and stalls. When the bones e we . / shown to me, I thought they had been obta ined from Ol proprietor for the purpose of getting possession of 1 1 1 0 seat, and I asked Mr. Frith to sit down and let me some communication with him on the subject. 0-",, Frith sat down for a minute, but got up an d ordered P; out, or he weftld turn me out. Had Mr. Firt h behave" , with civility, I should have gone out of the stall. nstsl Mr. Frith's rudeness that detained m e. The the keeper did not show me that Mr. Frith h ad a right to tr; stalls. The stall-keeper only said if I would go ou ° t o _, would find me a seat. The stall - keeper did not tell ro I had no right to sit there. Mr. Hardwicke—l should think the complainan t b t h s d d the beat possible right to be there. Tha t righe h, t, acquired by purchasing and paying for that particum stall. Mr. Bramwell did not agree in that view of the case' B ea S om e produced continued—l cannot say lithe produced are the bones shown to me at the Opera. S e . °3 o bones were shown, but I believed they had notbl97, more than numbers on them. Mr. Frith said he shouo; fetch the stall-keeper, not for the purpose of showing us. I was wrong, but for the purpose of turning me i ° oo When the stall-keeper came he did not tell me Ihe d right to the seat ; he said if I would go, he would OIL me another seat. I objected to go away at firs t, on trs ground that I was not a, are that Mr. Frith had a ri.gf to the stall, and because Mr. Frith ha d conducted hti self in such an ungentlemanly way. After we strugef: for possession of the stall, and not before, a gentlenia; spoke to me, and said he had seen Mr. Frith in tbe c am, stall before. I have seen Mr. Ebers since this ece l . r i ; rence. lam aware that such irregularities as dotty letting aces are constany occurring. Mr. Bodkin.—lt is an ingenious mode of doubling the receipts of a theatre. Henry Turner, 7, Albany . street, stall -kee p , r, rec°l- lected Mr. De Grey coming to the theatre on Faturdq; Showed Mr. De Grey into the stall 171, a s be Frocitic7_ a card with that number. Was sent for in contecenci of the dispute with Mr. Frith. Went to the Ma 62 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORN LNG, JUNE 29, 1847 ami saw Mr. coat him , left was was uss had Mr. seri] the 'rid wha thee subs 1 Oat She crabs that whe wit? die! his was wen and fah suet War sort that Mr. Saila sad Grc