The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-09 00:00:00

FIE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BEN, FIT , SiOCIATCON —Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to a Requisition in that behalf, and in conformity with the Act of Parliament of the 10th George the th.. c. 50, sec. 9, and the Rules or the Provdent Clerks' Mn.ual Benefit Association, a SPECIAL GENERAL 'MEETING of the Merrib9rs of the said As,:o eiatioa is hereby Convenee, a^d that the same will be held at the Londe* Tavern, Eishopsgate-street, in the city of London, on Wed nesday, the 2 ith of Juno next, at 5 o'clock is the of ernoon, for the purpose of making new rules, and of altering, rescinding, and re?eal ing certain of the exiting rules of the said Association. WM. THOS. LINFOII,II, Secretary to the said Association. C,p'e.; of the proposed uew rules will be furnished to members ap plying at the chief office, 15, Moorgate-street, on and after the 10th Inst. 15, Moorgate-street, London, E.C., June I, 1857. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING. A. - LBONI; BOTTARDI, VIALETTI, BELLETTI, and BENEVENTANO„ THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA, Roslna, Mad me Alboni. After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in Two Tableaux, composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre by M. Massot, entitled ACAUSTA. FIRST TABLEAU—Terpsichore, Madlie. Po ; Acalista Madame Perea Nena; Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, Mdlle Miehelet, Malle.l'l4l6, and Mdlle. Brunetti ; Amyutas M. Baratti. • SECOND TABLEAU—(The Vision Madame Perea Nena; Conchitti and Carmen, Mdls. Pasquali awl Morlacchi ; Pepe, M. Gambardelli; Manolo, M. Massot. Spaniards. • Far particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxos in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. The Second Morning Performance on Monday, June 29, with all the principal Artistes of the Establishment. Full particulars will be duly announced. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Under the Immediate Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her _Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. Mr. BENEDICT begs respectfully to announce that, in lieu of his Annual Concert. he has made arrangements with the Rl:action to give THREE GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVALS, Dramatic, Classical, and Miscellaneous, on WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, June I') 24, and July S. • The artists will include Madlle. Piceolomini, Madlle. Maria Spezia, Madlle, Angiola. Ortolani, and Madame Alboni ; Signor Antonio Ginglini, Herr Reichardt, Mr. Charles Bra ham, Signor Belletti, Signor Beneventano, Signor Napoleone Rossi, S:gnor Giovanni Corsi, and Signor Filippo Vialetti. • Instrumental Performers :---Pianoforte, Madame Clara Schumann and Miss Arabella Goddard, Messrs. Andreoli, Benedict, and Lindsay Sloper. Violin, Herr Ernst and M. - Bazzini. Violoncello, Signor Piatti, Doubly Bass, Signor Bottesini. One portion of the Concert will be conducted by Signor Bonetti, and another by Si. Benedict, supported by the Chorus and Orchestra of that great musical establish ment. The Programme will include Mendelssohn's posthumous finale to the Opera of LORELEY, performed for the first time in England on the stage, and other important works, Instrumental performers of the greatest eminence have been secured. Full particulars will be duly announced. The performances have been fixed to commence at Two, and ter minate at Five o'Clock. Subscription Tickets (Transferable) for the Three Con certs :—Private Boxes .to hold Four Persons ; Boxes—Pit Tier, 6/. Gs. ; Grand Tier, Si. Bs. ; First Tier, 61. 6s. ; Two Pair, 4/ 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3/. 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 21..25. ; Pit, 15%; Gallery Stalls, 10s. ; Gallery, ss. Pr . ces for Each S ogle Concert :—Private Boxes to hold Four Persons : Boxes —Pit Tier, 31. 35.; Grand Tier, 4/. 4s. ; First Tier, 31. 3s. ; Two Pair, 21. 2s. ; Upper Boxes, 1/. 11s. 6d ; Pit Stalls, 11. ls. : Pit, 75.; Gallery Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. Appli cation for tickets may bo made at all the principal Lib rarians' and Musicsellers' ; of Mr. Benedict, 2, Manchester square ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre. TES 1 30TJFFES PARISIENS-St. JAMES'S _ THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCEI PLAYS. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), June 9, the entertain ments will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the production of Opera-Comique, en no acte, L'OPE RA AUX FENETRE3. M. Leonce, M. Tayau, M. Charles Petit, and Mdlle. Dalmont. After which, Operette-Bouffe, in nn acte, LES PANTINS DE VIOLETTE: M. Pradea.n, Mdlles. Mareschal and Dal mont, and M. Anthonini. To conclude with Buffonneric Musicale, en un Act, LES DEUX AVEUGLES. M. Pradeau and %I. Nesmacer. The Orchestra of the Theatre des }buffos will accom pany these Representations, under the direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances will be given EVERY EVENING. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Tll EA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. 1 Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promentyle, is ; Boxes, 2s. 6 l , 25., and ls. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. - First Equestrian Artistes in the World : -Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, Itni Miss Ella; Miss E. J.Wells, Milks. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt, lienrieo and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Beeq, Mom.. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Feller, and the great Shaks i;.:.-i--an Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Porforminces, original and unappsoadlable. Director—Mr. Stokes, Acting Manager—Mr. E, Stirling. ri °FAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 1 1.) THIS EVENING will be performed Shahespere's trage'ly of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOLE IS HIS CASTLE. TIVIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET _X_ Lessee—Mr. J. B. Thirkstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with - a, now drima,- ire two periods, entitle.l TIIE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR,. Mr. Buckstone, kc. ~ Followed by a new farce, MY SON', DI k.NA! After which, the auccessfa Classied Love Story, un der the Apple-lotion of A "'AL kNTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. In future the prices will be : Orehcstro, Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for bool,:ing.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dross Boxes 5 0 11-ess Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit......... Lower Gallery • 1 0 Lower Gallery . 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 riNo lvdf-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Web3ter. • THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of GEORGE DA RVILLE. in which Mr. Benj IminWo' , ster. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul-Tedford, and Madame Celeste gill perform. To conclude with the new and ori4inal domestic sketch, rntitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. rani Bedford, &c. • OYAL SURREY THEATRE, _AA) 1.433A03R, Mescirs. Shepherd and Cressvicic. • • THIS EVENING will be performed LA TRAVIATA. 2fr. an .1 Lucy EAenti. To conclude with DEEDS, NOT WORDS. Messrs. Shep herd, Widdicomb, and Miss Enune. TRA ND THEA.TRE.—Leisfe, Mr. T. Payne. —Signor ALFRED BOSCO has aThieved. a legitimate triumph, and established his reputation as the Chef Professor of Legerdemain. His wonderful performance —his gorgeous apparatus—his unrivalled programme—have • received the public v rdiet—lnirnitable Stalls, 3s ; boxes, 2s ; pit, is ; gallery, 6d. A Morning Performance on Satur days, at 2. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leesee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be performed A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLO FLUNG. . A,ftcr whicb, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE, Mr. Robson, &c. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Commence at half-past Seven. STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. ruder the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. jr , /le encomiums o f th e p ress an d th e appro b a ti on o f de yaudiences justify Mr. William Cook o i n announc i ng • j : l f r ll t t,t o with Equestrian Illustrations, every Even ' mg, uutilfurther notice. I _ THIS WBISING (Tuesday, June 9), Verdi's far-famed Opera of IL T ROVATORE ;e r, The Gipsy's Vengeance. The whole ' and Equestzior the mamallusturast°lP as 'performed at the Italian Opera, Miss Rebecca Isaacsi". Miss M. Somers, Mr. Augustus Braham, and Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, Miss Fanny Huddart. Mr. Francis Kirby, and Mr. Bo rran i. Conductor and Composer—Herr Meyer Lutz. us With a powe r f u l Band and Chorus Manager and Director of the Opera Company • Braha —Mr. Augustus m. After which, supported l‘fr y t Wm. T gequsialnild Trou pe nleitabi N the ARENA, SCoEfEEcigueisn trians. To conclude with the musical farce o f THE WATER MA N. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. u pper Boxes, 3s. • Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for book' ing ; Upper Gallery, 6d, Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Notice--During the Opera Season Half-price will take pl ace • at 9 o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Pour. Stage Manager, - Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. • rIANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.- - I.J OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists me engaged for the performance of selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs, J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, , . ;ones, J. Barker, W. Melling, B. t Grover, T. Farrant, S. P. Corri. Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. 'lime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Messrs. S:tm Collins, and B. 3fackney. Pionoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely, Suppers, ke., until twelve o'clock. ~:=- ~~~~.~: . -, _ 1ii 4. 211 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, Tis J:Y.T—Horn. 48 min. aft. 2 —Even. 4 aft, 3 To t o iLtM—Xfora. 21 min. aft. 3—Even., 42 en Aft. 3 'ME WEATHEU—Sux Orrion, JuNE 9. TEEER9IO3ILITER, IN TEIN 31.1 ADE. P;) --highest singe noon yesterday. 53 —lowest this morning and during the night. GS -this day at noon. BATIOMETER, 29.87. wtNr, variable from W.N.W. to W. and S.W. ; rather fr'sh and squally, with cloudy weather, and indications of ) , - iy;i--f„ .- „q- , 1g , 1 t•> ,--,---. (-c- ,-- :3 1 :•.-.),- ' ____ ls ~,.f . 4 .,- , .-1,-,-----1. ‘ - ‘•,'=)---z Attic ' l / 4 --' • "'FY' 6 ..--------?, , .... . .E-_-_-_-,,,, - , (.; - ?,,55 ' LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1857. The question of the future Government of Greece is once more on the tapis, and, it i 3 more than probable, will shortly occasion diplomatic contests in a new European Congress. The visit of the King of BAVARIA. to Paris, is for the pur pose of settling the question, and securing the goodw ill and co-operation of the EMPEROR on behalf of his brother, King OTHO, and the other members of his family, who are not prepared to accede to the conditions on which the Crown was conferred on the new dynasty. Great care must be taken that the objects which induced the Euro pean Powers to interfere shall not again be de feated, as has hitherto been the case. King OTHO has been but in name a king. Ho has been to all in tents and purposes a mere tool of Russia, who had no will of his own, but received, and acted on, intimations direct from St. Petersburgh, and whenever he hesitated, the object was achieved, through the openly acknowledged Muscovite tendencies and predilections of Queen AMALIA ! His conduct and intentions during the late war deserved exemplary chastisement. Although the very essence of the Contract by means whereof he ascended the throne, was com plete neutrality, he became the unblushing par tisan of the CzAR, and sanctioned proceedings which should have restored him to a private station, as a Prince of the blood Royal of Bavaria. These offances have, however, to a certain extent been condoned. If the European Powers have accepted his own recognisances for his future good conduct, it is beneath their dignity to rip up by gone events, or to set aside the amnesty they have —perhaps injudiciously—accorded. But, certainly, King OTHO has no grounds to look for any extraordinary favour at their hands. Ile cannot anticipate more than impunity for the past. They cannot travel out of their way to afford him opportunities of again violating his promises and undertakings, and of displaying wilful and deliberate treachery, where all should be straightforward and above board. We have done quite enough for kings and kingcraft. It is time that we should now look to the interests of the peoples. It would have been far better if, when the Turkish supremacy was shaken off, an independent republic had been established, as was desired by the vast majority, if not the entire population of the country. The veto of the Autocrat, however, prevailed. NICHOLAS looked on a republic as the bete noir, to be re sisted with all his power, and all his strength ; and he was not then known, or to U3O a vulgar but expressive illustration, " his measure had not been taken." Now, "nom changeons tout cela." The ipse dixit of Russia has lost its weight. She can no longer bamboozle the world by pretended moderation, and must be contented to have a voice in the Councils, in place of dictating to the rest of Europe. The appanages of Greece . are not sufficient for a monarchy. The people cannot afford the costly but useless pagemutry attached to the office. Let Greece alone—and s/.le will do as well as Can be expected ! If she should misbehave as a Republic, the same power exists of binding her over to keep the peace in the case of a republic as well as of a monarchy. °TITO'S dynasty will probably expire at Lis death ; for there is no reasonable prospect of direct heirs, nor is there a chance that his ap pointed suc3essor will conform to the Greek re ligion—an indispensable condition on the part of the future Sovereign. LA the future of Greece be fairly dealt with—let the interests of the peo pl•) be properly regarded—and, with some trifling safeguards, that course will also be found to be most in accordance with the interests of Europe, and most conducive to no peace and tranquil lity of the civilised world. Last night the "Married Womens' Rever sionary Interest Bill" was read a secnd time, by a large maj)rity, there being 151 for, and but 6 against its principle. We regret to find that Sir ERSKINE PERRY, who has so ably advocated the rights and privileges of the weaker sea, should have become the leader of the opposition to a just and salutary measure, which seems indispensable to the independence which he is so desirous of advanc ing. There cannot be a single argument advanced against the proposition. If a woman should be held competent t 3 deal with property in actual possession, why should she not also be able to dispose of any reversionary interests to which she may be entitled ? She is already enabled to do so with respect to land, and the object of the present bill is merely to assimilate her powers respecting real personal property. - No mischief has arisen from the former provisions which have been many years in operation, and the time has gone by when any obsolete distinctions 02U be recognised by the Legislature. We agree in one respect with Sir E. PELItY. It would have been well if the two measures could have been brought forward pari passu, so that the principles should be simultaneously discussed. They ought, is fact, to be amalgamated, and made part of one general measure, to ensure the perfect freedom and independence of the femme couverte. The sill will not, of course, interfere with any settlement. If the parent or guardian had provided by prenuptial settlement that there should be no power of anticipation, that limitation will still exist. But if the settlement has been silent on the subject, or if there has been no settlement, all the actual or contingent prop3rty of the wife should be se cured for her sole and separate interest, free from the debts, control, and interference of the hus band. It is impossible to blow hot and cold at I the same time, and if Sir E. PERRY desires the independence of married women, he must permit it to be placed on the broadest foundation. There are many cases in which the interests both of husband and wife, and still more, of their issue, are involved in the power of giving a valid security on the wife's contingent re mainders in personal, as well as in real, estates. All parties are mabrially injured by the impedi ments thrown in the way of the free disposition of property. Th ere ma y unquestionably be cases where th e difficulty is favourable to the wife's interest, but there are ten times the number the other way, where she herself suffers in connection with her husband, regulations sh e Under the contemplated must be examined, "separate and apart" from her husband, by one of the Judges of the Court of Commo n Pleas, He will take care to ascertain that there has been no undue influence, that the arrangement has been en tered into with her own free will and assent. The principle of the Bill, simply, is to place the wife's reversions to real and personal property cm the same footinz. To that we cannot see any reasonable objection, and while we cordially con cur with Sir E. PERRY in desiring to render full and complete justice in every particular to mar ried women, wo cannot reject what is good in itself, because all that we should desire does not receive the legislative sanction at the same time, l and by the same act. " Between two stools"—we all know the rest of the proverb. It is an axiom unfortunately of universal and familiar application. It is just the very reverse of Cinderella's glass slipper—lt fits everybody—and wo are all of us, one after ano ther, continually putting our foot in it. About the last case in point that has come to our know ledge, not to our knowledge exclusively, but, on the contrary, to that of the entire community, is, to the adage referred ts, what may be called a political, or rather a parliamentary, or more strictly speaking an administrative illustration of its truthfulness. To be plain :—lt will be remem bered that last session the Statute Law Commission was, so to speak, in active operation. It will also be borne in recollection that for a very long time —we don't know how long, but certainly for many months past-we have been " dreaming, dozing"—about the expediency of having a Mini ster of Justice appointed. A now Secretary of State empowered to preside over one of the most complicated and yet hitheito, be it said, one of the most neglected departments (so far as any comprehensive supervision is concerned) in the whole of our elaborately involved, wonderfully intricate, and exquisitely delicate machinery of Administration. Very well—we at once take the reply to this for granted—the reply, so let us phrase it, to this biocular glance of retrospec tion. Everybody, of course, does recollect per fectly well—first of all the "activity" of the Statute Law Commission, and secondly the pro tracted "talk" about the expediency of creating at last a Minister of Justice. Yet it is now matter of notoriety that the labours of the former have been rendered altogether nugatory by reason of the latter—this latter remaining, of course, all the while the merest political daydream, without ono perceptible glimpse through it as yet of its speedy or even remote realisation. How the popular hopes have fallen to the ground between these two stools, that of the looked-for Secretary ship of State and the late Statute Law Com mission, was rendered glaringly apparent last evening, thanks to the pertinent enquiries addressed to the Treasury Bench by the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Midhurst. The reply elicited by Mr. WARREN from the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster amounted literally, in simple terms, to this—that the committee of last session was not reappointed this session, because, "in consequence of the opinion expressed by the House," Ministers had under their serious con templation the project already mentioned of ap pointing a new Secretary of State, to be entitled a Minister of Justice. "If that were found practicable," observed Mr. BAINES, with delight ful sang froid, yesterday, by way of giving a triumphant close to his explanations—" If that were found practicable [Not a hint, observe, as to the probability of its ever being found practi cable!] the revision of the current legislation would be one of that Minister's most proper func tions [" Hear, hear," quoth Hon. Mem bers] and in that event it would be un necessary to appoint any committee." And again 11.013. Members cried "Hear, bear.' Really we don't see what there was at all to applaud in those purely abstract definitions from entirely hypothetical contingencies. So-and-So "would be" ono of that imaginary Minister's most proper functions ! And, "in that event," moreover, it is added it would—then—be unneces sary to appoint the Statute Law Commission. In what event? Why, forsooth, in the event of the Government finding it (perhaps somewhere about the Greek Kalends), expedient to appoint a Minister of Justice at all 1 Or, as Mr. BAINES bluntly expresses it, talking of the project—" If that were found ticable." And so the matter drops—leaving questions like the ruck on the Derby Day—nowhere. That is all the satis faction we get in regard to each separately. No Minister of Justice. No Statute Law Commis sion. Both together would be unnecessary. One at any rate would be superfluous. And there fore—we have neither I 1 The Metropolitan Communications in 1855 furnished an important subject for investigation befere a &led Committee of the House of Com mon'. And in the Report of that Committee there was comprised the following earnest recom mendation :—" That all restrictions upon the natural and convenient flow of traffic, such, for example, as Tolls on the Roads and Bridges in the Metropolitan Districts, should as a Ger eral Rule be Removed !" Yet, in despite of this recommendation by the Select Committee of 1855 upon our " Metro politan Commun.'cations" —we are threat ened with another Toll Bridge in the new bridge, absurdly called Chelsea Bridge— spanning the river between Pimlico and Battersea —so that instead of removing the old tolls, there is actually an immediate prospect of their increase by the creation of a new one. We cannot for an instant entertain the notion that this preposterous project will be realised. Particularly with a bold and sagacious administrator like Sir BENJAMIN HALL as our Minister of Public Works at the time. The folly of such a non sequitur as this to the whale scheme of metropolitan improvements, latterly set afoot, is really and truly to us inconceivable. We cannot credit it. We look hopefully for the opportune nipping of so absurd a notion in the bud, to the.very Bill which was introduced only late last night by Sir BENJAMIN HALL at the close of yesterday's proceedings in the House of Com mons. A Bill designed b extend the time for enabling the Commissioners of Her MAJESTY'S Works to complete the improve , ments in Pinalica and the neighbourhood of Buckingham Palace—the said bill being at once read a first time, and forthwith referred pro forma to the private bill ex miners. Let Sir BENJAMIN HALL, while there is yet time, look to it, that the expectations of the public in this par ticular meet not with an egregious disappointment. " While there is yet time," for there is yet time, let our English Minister of Public Works remember the recommendation of the Committee of 1855 and act upon it. If the Right Hon. Baronet be only true to himself, and to the public generally —The Toll Reform Committee will not have striven in a rational, and we had almost worded it, a national cause, in vain. Then, in that event, we shall have in 1857 a new Free Bridge, instead of a new Toll Bridge across the Thamesand a sudden and satisfactory close will be put to the heartburnings and indignation now agitating the inhabitants of Pimlico, Chelsea, Lambeth, Vaux hall, Battersea, Knightsbridge, and neighbouring places. rHE SUN, DON, _TUESDAY EVENING, ROYAL ITALIAN OPPRA. MADAME RISTORI AT THE LYCEUM. The great Italian actress appeared last night again before a London audience, for the first time this season, in the tragedy of Medea. When she visited US last year, the unsurpassed powers which she displayed in the per formance of this and other parts mere so fully appreciated, the scope and character of he r genius were so thoroughly discussed, that it would be a superfluous undertaking for us now to describe the manner in which she conceives and represents her well-know n part of Medea, or to estimate thehigh value of this performance as an achieve ment of histrionic art. Since she was here last summer, Madame Ristori has continued to earn additional fame upon the stage, we believe, of almost every capital city on the Continent, and assuredly her reception last night sufficiently proved that the interest with which she in spired her English audience has, in the meantime, sus tained no diminution. An admiring audience greeted her most cordially upon her first entrance, and called for her whe❑ the curtains were drawn at the conclusion of each act, to renew their demonstrations of applause. Madame Ristori was adequately supported by Signor aleck, as Jasson, by Signor Tessero, and by the other performers. SURREY THEATRE. Operatic performances have been added to the regular dramatic entertainments at this theatre, and last night an English version of La Trariata was produced, the principal parts being sustained by Miss Lucy Escott, Mr. Henry Haigh, and Mr. Charles Durand. The manner in which Verdi's opera has been got up here is highly creditable to the establishment, and indeed the performance is worthy of a better work. Miss Escott, as the frail heroine, sang with much artistic power and expression, especially in the scena "Ah, furs lui," while her execution of the air at the end of the firs% act, " Sempre libera," displayed considerable bril• liancy of vocalisation. She was well seconded by Mr. Henry Haigh (as Alfred Germont) and Mr. Charles Durand (as George Germont) ; and, by the aid of a very fair chorus and more than average orchestra, carefully conduced by Mr. Tully, a very good ensemble is pro duced. The opera is altogether very well placed en the stage, and was received by a crowded house with strong de monstratioas of applause, includidg fre_quont tails for the principal singers. Her Majesty will pay a formal visit to the Manchester Exhibition on Tuesday, the 30th inst. The baptism of the infant daughter of the Prussian Minister and Countess Bernstorif took place yesterday at the Prussian Legation, on Carlton-house-terrace, on which occasion her Royal Highness the Princess Royal stood sponsor to the infant. VISCOUNT EVERSLEY AT BOODLES' CLUB,—On Satur day a grand dinner was given to Viscount Eversley by members of Boodles' who had sat in the House of Com mons under the presidency of the noble viscount. CONCERTS.—Madame Pozzi's annual morning concert was given at the Hanover.square Rooms, yesterday, and was, as usual, one of the most brilliant entertainments of the season. Herr Molique's Concert, at the Hanover-square Rooms, last evening, attracted a large and highly musi cal audience, the performances being calculated to gra tify the educated amateur. The music consisted chiefly of concerted instrumental pieces. Mr. Richard Blagrove and Mr. Harold Thomas gave the second of their series of Matinees Musicales yester day at Willis's Rooms. Mr. Blagrove is contributing, by his clever performances, to bring the concertina into repute, and Mr. Thomas is one of the most promising of our young pianists. THE NILE EXPEDITION.--Mr. A. W. Twyford, who, it will be remembered, was the only Englishman in the late scientific expedition to discover the sources of the White Nile, has returned to England by the overland mail. He had proceeded up the Nile with the steamers and boats under his charge as far as the fourth cataract (Meroe) when he was recalled by the Pasha of Egypt, who had determined to break up the expedition. THE CAPE MAILS.—DARTMOUTH, Saturday, June 6. —The auxiliary screw mail steamship Tyneinouth, Capt. J. D. Wade, left this port this morning with the monthly made. She takes out a general cargo of mer chandise for the Cape and Calcutta, and 50,0001. in specie on Government account to the Cape; also 40 pas sengers, including a staff of eight omcials of the Indian Electric Telegraph Company. The Scotland, Captain Atkius, with the homeward mails, is due, and may be expected at this port. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The forthcoming meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, which is to be held at Salisbury in the coming month of July, bids fair, from the ex'rtions that are making, to outshine in importance and ex`ent any of the previous country exhi bitions of the-soclety. • - • CONVICTION TOE SELLING RETITEN TICKETS.—At the Brighton Borough &salons yesterday two persons, Al fred Joseph Knot and Edward Temple were charged with having sold the return tickets of the B:ighton Railway Company for 33. 6d. each. One of them was sentenced to be imprisoned six weeks, the other one month. THE ORIGINAL LOCOMOTIVR EIMINE.--Tile Stockton and Darlington railway, the earliest in the kingdom, having been opened in September, 1825, still possesses its engine, now a rather antiquated lookin g piece of workmanship. It is about to b e pl ace d on a pedestal in front of the Darlington Railway Station. CRYSTAL PALACE—A splendid model of the screw frigate Shannon is to be exhibited at the Crystal P.dsce this week. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY.—Yester day, Jane B.—Admissions on payment. 5,95 U ; ditto, by season ticket., 450 ; total visitors, 6,400. The reports from the manufacturing towns for the past week indicate a continued disposition to guard against the probatle effect of high prices in causing a falling off of c , nsumption. At Manchester the market has been benefited by the suspension of work consequent upon Whitsuntide, and the general arrangements for the future diminution of the rate of production. Iu the ho siery an d woollen districts there has been general quiet ilea. At B:rminghain in the iron and other trados, there is a fair amount of employment, but no signs of great activity. The further reduction announced during the week in the prices of tin and copper is expected, hovv ever, to impart animation to sevoral branches of rcatn facture. The Irish Enen-markets are wi bout alteration. It appears that the extraordinary flow of peck to India and China receives large additions direct from the goldfields. During the month of March the totals sent from Melbourne included 32,000/. to India and 45,5001. to Cbina. NATIONAL COLLECTIONS. —ln the year 1856 57 the sum total of 202.4671. was expended on national collections, against 228,866/. in 1355-56. 46,4901. was appropriated to the British Museum. establishment, 48,7681. to the buildings, and 20,4541. to purchases; 12,077/, to the National Gallery ; 5,815/. to scientific works and ex-eri menta; 500/. to the Royal Geographical S , ciety; 53,9661 to the Department of Science and Art; 7,3121. to the Museum of Practical Geology ; and 1,000/. to the Royal Society. The total amount expended on the purcba .e and layingl'mt of the Kensingtonn-gore estate from 1851 to 1856 exclusive is 277,309/. t BIRTH OF A GREA.TGRANDSON OF SIR WALT:;',E SCOTT.—The perpetuity of a great name has a natural and universal, if somewhat sentimental, interest, and we take blame to ourselves for not having more promptly noticed the announcement of the birth of a son to Mr. Hope Scott, of Abbotsford, which renews the prospect of the continuance of the family and name of our great poet and novelist. Mrs. Hope Scott is Sir Walter's only Sur viving grandchild, and the infant born on the 21 i nst . his sole representative in the fourth generation. Should the child who thus inherits this illustrious nam e , h a p p il y live to bear it, and to transmit it, it will b e , we may wiEllont 'exaggeration say, a gratification to hi s coun t ry ; and the prospect has the further interest of its promising the fulfilment of one of the dearest wishes of Si r W a lt er Scott's heart—for in him the desire to pe r p e t ua t e hi s name and family was the special shape take n by th e "last infirmity of nobl e m inds."—Scotsman.. EXTRAORDINARY AN FATAL ACCIDENT TO A YOUTH. —Yesterday an inquest was taken by Mr. W. Baker, at the London Hospital, respecting the death of James Lee, aged 16 years. The deceased was standing, on Thursday last, near the windlass of a crane, at the Steam-packet Wharf, Lower East Smithfield, when his neckerchief became entangled with the machinery, whereby he sustained extensive injury to the neck. He was removed to the London Hospital. Mr. Luke, the eminent surgeon, performed the operation of trache otomy, by making an incision in the throat, by which means the life of the deceased was prolonged for several hours ; but subsequently fatal symptoms supervened, and deceased expired on Friday. Verdict, Accidental Death. THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY:-At the Trinity examination of candidates for admission, the examiners awarded the fi rs t- c l ass pr i zes to M r . Edward Balden of Birmingham, and Mr. Walter Browne, of Lenton, Not tinghamshire. Tile examiners also certified that the fol lowing candidates passed examinations very little in• ferior to those reported for prizes :—Mr. Joseph Fel lows, Mr. William Stewart Forster, and Mr. William Henry Bandies. THE TEMPORARY RESIDENCE FOR GOVERNESSES. — This society held its annual meeting yesterday, at the French School-rooins, Newman street ; Mr. John La.. bouohere in the chair. The report stated that the manydifficnities which the committee had met with wets now for the most part overcome ; that considerable expense had been incurred in rendering the residence a clean and comfortable home for governesses ; that the funds not being sufficient, the treasurer had advanced 1001. without interest, out of which sum the pressing demands had been paid off. It further stated that in addition to proposing to take a large establishment the committee thought it advisable to engage professors regularly to attend and assist the inmates to keep up their attainments. The governesses, by payment of 12s. per week for board and lodging, rendered the in stitution in a great degree self-supporting, and the com mittee bad much pleasure in stating that the residence , always contained its full complement. After several i speeches had been made recommending the society to the sympathies of the public, a vote of thanks to the chairman was carried, and the meeting separated. JUNE 9, 1857 4-- T m 11-1 - " I-4 4 FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY.. The list of candidates for the electoral districts of Paris on the Opposition interest was agreed to this morning. As it stands at present it comprises the frilowing names :—M. Laboulaye, formerly one of the editors of the Constitutionnel, candidate for the first arrondissement ; M. Bethmont, second ; M. Havin, principal editor of the Siecle, third ; GenPral:Ca,vaignac, fourth.; M. Carnot, fifth ; M. Goudchaux, sixth ; M. Darimon, of the Presse, seventh ; M. Vavin, eighth ; M. Ferdinand de La,steyfiP, ninth ; and M. Emile Olivier, tenth. The Government candidates are the same as at the lait election. The French navy appears to have rendered im portant services on the coast of Algeria during the recent campaign against the Kabyles. Several vessels of war watched the movements of the tribes dwelling on the coast. Two steamers, the Cacique and the Gregeois, in a fortnight transported 2,000 tons of munitions and 500 sick or wounded. The Jtfoniteur contains a d(cree opening extraor dinary credits for the years 1856 and 1857, of 100,000 f. and 131,888 f., making 231,888 f., for .the payment of the pension granted to Marehal Pelis- Bier, with the title of Duke of Malakhoff. There is also a portion of a voluminous report on the charitable contributions to, and endowments of, the army. A despatch received in Paris says, that the Prince TOUS3OUM and General Meneckli will set out from Egypt on the 30th of May, for Paris. The chiefs of the tribes of Kabylia who have given in their submission to the French Generals Lave requested permission to visit Paris. - The Euphrate, which touched at Alexandria, has brought to France a son of Said Pacha, aged four years. The young prince is accompanie'l by two gouvernantes and 'by Clot Bey. He is to remain for some months at Marseilles, and will, then pro ceed to Paris and London. The same vessel also brings eight dromedaries as a present to the Em peror. These animals are intended to be harnessed to field pieces. Accounts from the Principalities state that the elections have been again postponed in consequence of the difficulty of drawing out the electoral lists. BOURSE, June B.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 67 35 67 60 Bank Shares 4,500 Credit Foncier 562i — Credit Mobilier 1,155 -- Roman Do. Account ......... 1,150 A us t r i an . 90 Belgian 4i Piedmontese (5) 9l 5Q Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOE CAS& ' tr. tr c. Orleans 1 455 c. Western 770 -- Northern i — Lyons 1,470 New Ditto i — Mediterranean 1835 Grand Central Geneva Midi RUSSIA. According to the latest accounts from St. Peters burg, the Emperor and Empress of Russia, attended by Prince Gortschakoff; Minister for Foreign Affairs ; Prince Dolgoroucki, Minister of Police ; and a suite of 200 persons, will quit St. Petersburgh on the 25th inst. On the 28th of July they will be at Kiel, and sleep at Rambod, whence they will pro ceed by way of Gottingen to Darmstadt. Certain advices from St. Petersburg, dated May 16, state positively that the new tariff has been ap proved and passed by the Imperial Council, and that its publication may now be expected every day ; on the other hand, letters from the same place dated the Ist of June, state as distinctly that the new tariff has not yet been approved by the Em peror, for the very reason that the Imperial Coun cil has not yet finished its examination of the pro posed draught. In the absence of any reliable in formation, the least sanguine expect diens of the speedy promulgation of a new tariff are the nearest to correctness, at any rate they lead to the smallest amount of disappointment if unfulfilled. The greatest impatience and the liveliest expectations are felt on the subject in St. Petersburg, and the " hope deferred" is causing a very lamentable sus pension of business. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Moniteur Belge of yesterday says :—" Some foreign journals impute to the representative of Belgium at Constantinople schemes in favour of the union of the Danubian prircipalities and of the candidat-ship of a Belgian prince. • "rhig,' it is added, 'is an indiscreet intervention on the part of a state which ouzht to be desirous of maintaining its neutrality.' This intervention would not only be indiscreet, but a violation of treaties ; but the-Bel gian government has not renchred itself in any respect guilty of it." SARDINIA. The committee appointed •by the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies to axatnine the new constitu tion proposed for the Victor Emmanuel Company, which offers to undertake the tunnel through the Mont Culls, met on the 3d. - After a long discus sion, in which the Ministers of Finance and Public Works spoke at great length, the ministerial pro ject was adopted by a very small majority. Mar quis Gustavo Cavour is entrusted with the report. The Corriere lifercanti'e of the stb publishes a convention entered into between the King of Sar dinia and the Transatlantic Company of Genoa, establishing a new line of steamers between Genoa, Constantinople, and Trebizond. The company is, moreover, to continua its service between Genoa, Brazil, and Montevideo, but is released from its obligation' to maintain a line of steamers between Genoa and New York. The Grand Duke Constantine arrived at Hanover on the 7th from the Hague. A Berlin letter of the 4th, in the Nurenberg Correspondent, states that the Copeahagen Cabinet has again addressed a circular to the various foreign powers, declaring that the concessions called for by Austria and Prussia in their last notes, are incom patible with the unity of the Danish monarchy. " The message of the Federal Council on the Neufchatel affair," says a letter from B-rne, " will not be in itself long, although it will pr esen t ra th er a large bulk from th numerous document s appended to it." AUSTRALIA. NEW SOUTH WALES. Our Sydney papers are to the 11th of April. The two most notable measures of the month had b , en the somewhat sudden prorogation of the Par liament of New South Wales, the first elected under the constitution giving responsible govern ment to the colony, and the opening of the Great Northern Railway. The speech of the Governor in proroguing the council and assembly was i n a strain o congratulation. His Excellency had praise for ,what the legislature had done, ancr ex cuses for N+hat it had omitted, and great hopes of what it would do, with its acquirea experience and confidence. The public service, he said, had been improved, the municipal principle strength ened, and the administration of justice rendered more efficient by the bills which the Parliament had matured and enacted. The credit of the colony was in a highly satisfactory position ; and the country had been blessed with a season of abundance and prosperity.. Tfie opening of the Great. Northern Railway from Newcastle to Maitland took place on March 30th. The line has hitherto been called the Hunter River Railway. It was commenced iu Nov., 1854, and its completion has consequently occupied nearly two years and four months. The length of the line is 16i miles, and the • cost of its construction ave rages 10,000/. per mile. The cuttings, except in one or two instances, are no t very heavy ; but there are numerous bridges, one or two of which were necessarily expensive. The line generally is through a level country, but there are several gra dients, two of which are pretty severe, being 1 in 66 ; another of 1. in 100. Although in ascending the two former a slight deficiency in speed is per ceptible, it is so small as to be no impediment to the general charaCter of the line. The amount of earthwork performed is 4t8;000 yards, and the sharpest curve on the line is one mile radius. The line.was originally surveyed by Mr. Hyam, and his survey has been adhered to in the construc tion. . The train, which consisted of seven carriages of the first and second classes, and which are admi rable and handsomely constructed and fitted, started at seventeen minutes past nine from the station, amid the cheers of the men and the wavin g of handkerchiefs of the women, and the demon strations of rejoicing at the event and of respect to his Excellency were continued at intervals, where population could be collected, throughout the entire trip. The first mile and a quarter was completed in three minutes, the engine being below its average speed. At Throsby's Creek Vie train was stvp:d to afford his Excellency the opportunity of exami ning the bridge, which is of some dimensions, and his Excellency expressed himself highly satisfied with the solidity of, the work, The detention at this spot was six minutes. The whistle having sounded, the train proceeded at a much more rapid pace, accomplishing , the first seven tide 3 in . twenty-one minutes, inclusive of the stoppage, being at the, rate of twenty-eight miles per hour. Another stoppage of 21 minutes tcok place at Iron Bark Creek, the bridge of which is built on piles over the creek, and is 132 feet across. The first and only station, at Ilexham, was reached in 131 minute s, where the train stoppvcl for his Excellency to inspect the arrangements for nine minutes. The remaining' distal - he, to the station at East Maitlind, was done in 201 minutes, the time including stoppages being 521 Minutes, and 35 minutes f)r the 161 mites of nett running. The line is beautifully steady throughout, and the trip was thoroughly enjoyed by every one of the numerous passengers. DEATH OF MR. DOUGL 13 JERROLD. (From the Dai'y News.) The public journalist, among whose varied duties it occurs to chronicle the deaths and deeds of those persons whose position or whose`merits entitle them to some special record, has but a sorry and a painful task; for though with fluent pen he can define the honours and titles of rank, and easily pay a few stereotyped compliments to departed greatness, yet when the dart of the Great De Aroyer has mortally wounded one of his own class-=one who, perhaps a few years 'ago was striving and working, as he now is, for fame and fortune —one, to whose words of advice and approbation he has listened with respect and delight, and whose hand he has often clasped in friendship—when such a death happens, his dutyis irksome to him, and he feels as though he were parading hie own private sorrow before the public gaze.; .In the present instance, however, not only the entire English reading world, bat every man who honours brilliant genius, fearless independence, and frank sincerity, will share our grief, for we have to announce the death of Mr. Douglas Jerrold, which took place yesterday, half an hour after noon, at his residence; 'Kilburn Priory. By thi s even t Eng lish literaturetas lost its most caustic and epigram matic writer, London society its brightest wit, and cant, of every kind, its bitterest foe. As a champion he was invulnerable • no matter how strong the fortress to be attacked; let Mr. Jerrold but once see, or fancy he saw, that right was on his side, and the vulnerable points in the enemy's citadel were discovered with unerring eye, and raked with the most gallin g fire of sarcasm. Point out t o hi m au injury, with almost Quixotic haste he leapt into the lists with outstretched sword for its defence, and few there were who car e d t o t r y th e t emper o f his blade. His satire was of the brightest, keenest, most trenchant order ; and though perhaps no two men were ever so much feared by or made such on slaught among their foes as Christopher North and Douglas Jerrold, yet their weapons and tactics were utterly different, for while big, burly, lion-headed Wilson laid about him with loaded bludgeon, mangling, trampling, and smashing all within his reach, the shining lancet of Jerrold struck to the core of The evil with anatomical precision, and laid bare its foulness to the scorn cf the world. Douglas Jerrold was born in the year 1803, at Sheerness, his father being manager of the theatre there. Bred amongst sailors and shipping, it was natural that his early thoughts should turn towards a nautical life, and after much useless remonstrance his father obtained for him a midshipman's com mission on board a man-of-war. Tiring soon of this profession, for which, on account of his deli cate health, he was physically unfitted, the young man was, in accordance with his own choice, bound apprentice to a printer, and in pursuance of his new calling came to London, wherein first,made the acquaintance of the late Laman Blanchard, a fellow apprentice, and commenced a friendship which was only to end with the death of the latter. After enduring years of drudgery at the mechanical duties of a compositor, the cacoethes scribendi , in nate in young Jerrold, dev e lop e d it se lf ; an d, his first literary pre.duction, an essay on the opera of "Der Freischutz," wss dropped by him anony meusly into the editor's box of the newspaper on which he was engaged as workman. This article at once revealed his genius, and after much ques tioning he declared'himself as its author. Hence forward more suitable work was found for him, printing was given up, and literature became his occupation. Before he had reached his 21st year he produced at the Surrey Thew re the since widely celebrated nautical drama, "Black-Eyed Susan, for the proper technical phrasing of which his pre-, vious naval experience had well qualified him. The success was tremendous, and for a long time the drama was presented by the same company on the same nights at two different theatres, the Surrey and Drury-lane. • "The Rent Day," a drama of Eng lish domestic and rural life, followed, and was equally successful. It is by these two melodramas, and one othur, " The Prisoner of War," and by his two principal comedies, " Ti me Works Wonders," and "Bubbles of the Day," that Mr. Jerrold will be best known to posterity, as a dramatic author ; his later writings for the stage, though replete with sparkling, dialogue . and pungent allusion, lacked a sufficient interest of plot to render them palatable to an English audience. Shortly after the starting of Punch Mr. Jerrold was solicited to juin its staff, and, until the hour of his death, was one of its most valued and most const int contributors. In its pages appeared some of his happiest efforts ; among them " Punch's Letters to his Son," " The Story of a 'Feather," and the immortal "Caudle Lectures," serial papers which were the town-talk of the time, and which were looked for week ales week with the greatest interest. In July, 1836, he commenced a weekly newspaper, which being dis appointed in the sale, he afterwards disposed of ; and for the last five years he has been the editor of Lloyd's Weekly A' etospaper, the sale of which it si as understood he had more than trebled. He also edited two inagizines, the Illuminated and Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine, in the first of which was published his "Chronicles of Clovernook," the second his story of "St. Giles and St. James." The immediate cause of Mr. Jerrold's death was disease of the heart, accompanied by violent spasms of the stomach. He was sensible to the last, and died surrounded by relatives and friends. He leaves behin i him a wi.low, three son s—the eldest of whom, Mr. Blanchard Jerrold, is making for himself a name in literature —and two"daughters, of whom one is married to that well-known philanthropist, Mr. Henry Mayhew. We have briefly chronicled Mr. Jerrold's mare important works, but among his f r iends his memory will be kept vivid by the recollection of a thousand flashes of wit and sparkles of quaint fancy, a thou sand unwritten bon mots and repartees, any one of which would have been sufficient to establish the reputation of a less gifted man—let us also add, by a thousand act s of kindness, done by stealth, and unwillingly acknowledged. (From the Times.) The intelligence conveyed by the above heading will probably take the whole literary public of Eng land completely by surprise. But a few days ago Mr. Douglas Jerrold was a prominent figure of Lon don life. An assembly of " wits" would hardly have been deemed complete without his presence, and his last bon mot was one of those items of news that everybody was glad to hear. To the special world in which he chiefly existed, it is scarcely necessary to say that his illness was of 2 •short duration. On Sunday night he took leave of several of his inti mate friends, and shortly after the' noon of yester day his earthly career had terminated. • Mr. Douglas Jerrold was in a great measure what may be styled a " self-educated" man, and the celebrity he attained with every class of his country men that is capable of appreciating intellectual worth may be cited among the many instances that show how distinct is the path to faine from any of those beaten paths of instruction that time and usage have prescribed. He was born in London on the 3d of January, 1803, and to the fact that his father was manager of the Sheerness Theatre maybe attributed that predilection for the stage which forms a leading charac'eristic of the greater portion of his life. However, his earliest expr eased passion, fostered no doubt by the scene which Sheerness pre sented during the height of the war, was for a mari time life, and he obtained a midshipman's appoint ment through the good offices of Captain Austen, brother of Miss Austen, the novelist. With the war ended his nautical career, and, on quitting the service, he was apprenticed to a printer in London. His leisure hours were now devoted to self-instruc tion, Shakspeare being his chief autLor. An essay on the opera of "Der Freischutz" which he dropped into the editorial box of a newspaper on which he was employed as a compositor is the reported be ginning of his literary labours. To bis infinite delight, his own anonymous "copy" was handed to put in type, and shortly afterwards appeared an editorial notice soliciting other contributions from the unknown correspondent. "Black-eyed Susan," originally produced at the Surrey Theatre, under the management of Mr. Elliston, and afterwards transferred to Drury-lane, is generally considered the first of his dramatic works, but we believe it was preceded by a num ber of farces to which be did not affix his name, and which were certainly not worthy of the obli vion to which he consigned them. It was followed by the "Rent Day," and these two works uow stand as the classics of their respective kinds. That tendency - which was exhibited by Mr. Jerrold through life to sympathise with the cause of the poor and - lowly, and to launch his against the opressors in high places, was plaiuly manifested in these earlier productions. The honest sailor who. is sentenced to be hung at the yard- arm because. he cannot brook an insult offered to 1 his wife, and the honest farmer who is a most un worthy victim of the law of distr s - 4, represeeted those peculiar objects of sympathy :to which he ad hered to the last. These two productions, "Black eyed Susan" std the " Rent Day," stamped him at once as the roost popular di amatist of his time—as the writer, above all others, who could command the suffrages of the, multitude. B u t, h av i ng secure d- t h e starages °, l ; the many, Mr. Jerrold now appealed to the "tastes of the few. His "Nell Gwyune " perhaps th, e most delightful play h e ever penned, presupens eu a familiarity with th e art ifi c i a l tone t h at prev ailed during the reign of Charles H though even he re the, sympathetic heart o f th e writer spoke through the sparkling dialogue of his personages. T h c e i " Housekeeper," a quiet picture of female love 01 , 1 _ devotion, with an historical b ac k groun d f ro m th e time of George 1., may be ranked next in pul° 1113 ; rity to " Black-eyed Susan" and the "Rent DaYe and fourth in the series we may place the "PP; soner of War," in which an anecd o t e o f th e English 'defenses at Verdun was dramatised with a dieplaY of animal spiritin which the author inhis laterdOi matic works was not wont to i n d u l ge . Severa l five-act comedies, among which "Time works Wo n; dera" and " The Bubbles of a D a y" we re mos t celebrated, were produced in the l a tt er p a rt of its dramatic career, but none of th em obtained th a t pernianent success achieved by his firmer w orks. We shall not eo too far if we designate Mr. PO glas Jerrold as the last of the truly English drama' tists. Not only did he refrain from that practicu of adaptation of the Fren c h th a t now constitute 3 the chief vocation of the playwright, but be vra e altogether free from that French influence wild' may be discovered even in th ose o f our wr it e rs Woe still dare to be original, Let us add that his anti' Gallicism was carried to a f ana ti ca l ex t re me, aria that, while his dialogue showed a command over the English language which no' wit of ancient ° r modern times could have excelled, his constructi on was frequently marked by that English last i b l which a greater respect fur Fr enc h mo d e ls wig' have corrected. But the " literature" of the drain; Was everything in the eyes of Douglas Jerrold, and all the mechanism by which " stage effect" is pro duced he regarded as meretricious and misclievene te'the interests of dramatic art. Latterly the greatest literary triumphs of lq,r: Jerrold have been achie ve d i n th e perio di ca l pub"; cations of the day. The p a p ers w hi c h h e co llected under the title of " Cakes and Ale" are charnoing, ebullitions of the fancy, and the " Caudle J. tures, which so accelerated the r!sing popularitY of Punch, stand as specimens of minute life-pain t. ing that can scarcely be surpassed. At the time when these famous lectures were in course of pub' licatiou there was not a hen-pecked husband in the united kingdom who did not snatch up Punch every week to contemplate his own nrsfortuncl " veluti in, specula" Foe the last few years Mr. Jerrold was chid , ' occupied as the Editor of Lloyd's Weekly Newspape r ' and, by the custom of the E n gli s h p re ss, his uwi" . individuality could no longer be expressed as tinctly as in his earlier works. But there was 0 character in which Mr. D oug l as J erro ld wa s alur 3 Y a pre-eminent, and that was as the social wit. bl ar ; montel said of Diderot that th ose w h o h a d read 1 1 i works only, and had never h ear d hi m !s p e ak, 00 1 ' „ not feria an estimate of his merits, and the ea° may be said of Douglas Jerrold. To concei, s 'e a brilliant and el a b ora t e repar t ee was w ith 11 : ,„ ( I' . the work of a moment ; na y, we cou ld, if we won' (.1 cite cases, in which the cu e was b are l y p ron ounce ,' before the retort was fired off. The most combinations of ideas were effected by him wif e electric rapidity, even an old pun could bee° new from his manner of uttering it, and, what was most wonderful of all, there was generally a cl e % truth couched at the bottom of his pleasantree .A that the joke, which had created a r oar on its n''; utterance, actually appeared bitt '!r when it bees ° , A subject of sober reflection. The sharpness of Mr. Jerrold's satire has caused many persons to attribute to hi m a c h a racter' e e , misanthropic ill-nature ; but never was a more egr gious mistake committed. The large light blue ey e of Douglas Jez rold beamed nothing b u t b en evoleu% and to this expres,iocn the feeling of his heart fill responded. Like all wits, he lov e d hi s j o k e , and if a lt opportunity for uttering a repartee presented its i e j3 he was not the man to let the fi re l oc k escape ' i , grasp. '. Hence, some unfortunate personage / ch o obtruded his egotism or his pedantry might cha e l o to get an unlucky "hit" if Douglas Jerrold eva i . te company, and as. the weapon watt of firstrate qua' the mark of the wound might remain u n o bliterat e for years. But to sup Pose that Douglas Jerr old ever deliberately intended to inflict pain proves total ignorance of his large and philosophic naturc l Wrong and oppression he hated in the abstract, butt he had a friendly grasp for all individuals, ev en among his adversaries.. - The reading public, which knows celebrated Oct in black and white only, has lost a writer who 0.1 epigramniatic brilliancy has never been excelled lei our language. But far deep er h as b een th e l os s the circle of friends who delighted. to spend 0 1 1 evenings in cathing the stream of wit as it flow",, unimpeded from Jerrold's lips, and acquired fe . ' o themselves a reflected glory by repeating "Jerrold last." The " wits" of London have lost their a e ' . - knowleiged chief. Mr. Douglas Jerrold died at Kilburn Priory the arms of his eldest son, and retained his intellect till within a few minutes of:his death. MAREET NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITFIPIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 OA ; olover (1 0 .: 31 10s to 5/ 0.4; and s t raw, 11 5 s to 1110 s per I°a A moderate supply, and a slow trade. ove r CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 12 s t o 41 O s ; - al d, do., Si 10s to 51 Os; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ lOs per los- Trade steady. WarrEoHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 10 3 t o 41 O s ; W I do., 3/ Ds to 51 5s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 lOs per load Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. 'Ol TEA.—The market has ruled firmer in consequeuc_ ve the advices by the Ov er l an d M a il, an d' many h o ld er s Ir e) withdrawn considerable quantities for higher rates. V. is but a small quantity advertised for public competi during the week. Common Congous are a shade highe_„"a SIIGAR.—The firmness in the market s till continues, sod full rates have been rea li se d f or a ll qua liti es of L": 0 0 foreign and colonial. The d eman d f or home'consumr l .o is good. In the refined market prices are on the - U/00 11 a scarcity of goods, and th ere i s a b r i s k d eman d f o r hey consumption. COFFEE.—The inquiry for fine qualities of plantati P t ; Ceylon is brisk, and native continues in favour. Fullok o t are readily obtained for all qualities, and some opa l . samples were a shade higher. .ltioE.--The market is quiet, with no alteration in pri ed to report. „„ ItuM.—There is a good inquiry, and price s ru le firs' Good Mauritius realise 2s 9d, and broWn D emerara 30 r proof gallon. TALLOW.— The market is active, and prices are on 4 " . .„, b° rise. P.Y.C., on the spot, 598 to 59 s 3d ; J u l y t o seAtefg—; ber, 57s 9d to 58s ; last thre e mon th s, 57 s per cwt.. P•°— melted, 578 Gd per cwt., cash. - DEATH FROU FRIGHT. —On Saturd a y ni g hty a quarter to ten, just before one of - the omnibuses fr° - f Pendleton reac h e d Manchester, a man fell from the 11, and was m uc h i n j ure d . O n arriving at the officer woman, who was inside, was, asked. to..give her nare e ; that she might bo - called as a witness, and she W3 B approaching the book-keeper f or the p urpose w hen s he fell down dead. InqUiries have been made in the nsig s, bourbood, but it bas nit yet been found who. she 0 4 She is described as being of respectable appearance, an about thirty years of age. HEALTH OF BOULOGNE.—The following is extrao from a letter dated Boulogne, May 28 ;—At the sr proach of the bathing s eason it may b e as we ll to reasseule intending visitors as t o th e s a nit ary con di t i on off t ßio favourite place of resort, a n d to 'contradict any w,...,,01 1:1ij, favourable impressions w hi c h m a y st ill rema i n from last year. The alarm that was ' cause d b y t h e aPr t a ance at Boulogne of that severe form of sore thrifts which bad previously shown itself at Paris and racy 'other points in th e nort h o f FrancA, and has sie' appeared in s evera l ot h er p l aces, i s too well kocs vir, for any-injury to b e d one t o th e l oca li ty b y referrls to it. -But s t at i s ti cs n ow show, what, of course, c ev not' be known at the time, that it was very far fr° to prevailing to the ex t en t that was at one moment ioftrr e , from a few u n f or t una t e i nstances to which general att e/1 tit n became directed. Oo the other hand, since last sel: mtrtheexirlions of themu n i c ip a lity h ave b een strenuous and unremittingly engaged on the improvement of sanitary condition of the locality, and the favourable 7 0 suit of th e s e exer ti ons i s proved by the present low of mortality, which is considerably - under the averag e - I am assured that for several nioutbs past there hate been no case of ;infan tine febrile disorders at Bouleg', .beyond those isolated instances which occur from ti c % to time in every centre of population, and arise, 13 % from any local cause, but from the very nature of thieg h ; and that in this respect the health of.B.milogne during past winter can be advantagethisly compared with t i "., - ; of several of the neighbouring towns. The mortality ing the present year, 1857, has amounted to 315 fro to re the let of January to the 26th of May, being at tho re Q ' 6 of 755 deaths a-year ; while in 1856 - there were. 9 ,. deaths, 384 of which occurred between the ISt of Janua r y and the 17tia of May. The mortality of 1855 excee de d that of 1856. It is clear, then, that the mortality h" ..0 been diminishing for some years past, while a still satisfactory assurance is found from. comparing it to population, which although estimated at 34,739 byy nt a last census, is belie ve d t o amoun t t o 40,000. medical men of Boulogne are unanimous in stet w : that at this momen t the public health is in a satisfa ct V. condition, and one in "accordance with the reputation.te.t ; only a roatter of justice at the opening the bath ing locality has always enjoyed for salnbrity. , I think f season t u nty o t fo statinggive t b t o ht e tr i u n tli inter: an dition, and thus removing impressions which, if not e rested, might exerci se t r e e d ga inrd Boulognet , l oC number of visitore an unfavourable influence on t" at arno tak E Port a dt Loa Ban: Bati I%lr, are /1 1 tte-li ti es th e l e decide Th ( the ra of spe aPPoi: Th e !.00k,$ 221 3 dents. Itilo4 Cents. ditto 'The but ti stance quota' Y or k s Line, (Berw line, _ Great In . 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