The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-11 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING. IL DON GIOVANNI. THIS EVENING, Thursday, June 11, will be produced, with the following unprecedented cast, Mozart's chef-d'oeuvre, IL DON GIOVANNI :—Zerlina, bldlle. Piccolomini ; Donna Anna, Mdlle. Spezia ; and Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Ortolani. Don Giovanni, Sig. Beneventano ; Leporello, Sig. Belletti ; Masetto, Sig. Corsi ; 11 Commandatore, Sig. Vialetti; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Giuglini. Conductor—Sig. Bonetti. The Minuet in the Ball Scene will be danced by Mdlles. Pasquali, Karliski, Morlacchi, Mali°, and Corps de Ballet. From respect to the grand work of the immortal composer the following artistes of the establishment have consented to lend their assistance to increase the effect of the majestic finale of the first act, including the chorus, Viva la Liberta : —MM. Reichardt, C. Braham, Bottardi, Mercmiall, Kinni, De Soros, and Baillou; Mesdamss Poma, Berti, Baillou, Fazio, and Ramos. After which, will be revived the highly successful Balk , by_x. Perrot, entitled L'AURORE, For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been tpeeially 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. LES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. • THIS EVENING (Thursday), June 11, the entertain• ments will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the performance of Operatte, en un acte, LA NUIT BLANCHE. M. Guyot, M. Mesraacre, and Mdlle. Mace. After which (for the second time) Operette, en un acte, LA ROSE DE ST. FLOUR. Mus;que de M. J. Offenbach. M: Pradeau, M. Chas. Petit, and Mdlle. Dalmont. To conclude with Opora-Conaique, en un acte , L'OPERA `AUX FENETRE3. M. Leonce, M. Tayau, M. Charles Petit, and Mdlle, Dalmont. The, Orchestra of the The're des Bouffes will accom pany these Representations, under the direction of the composer, 31, 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. T HEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxes, 2s. 611., 25., and Is. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. First Equestrian Artistes iu the World : —Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Weill, Mdllcs. Flora, Fable, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Putter, Jen pings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt, Henrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shake p.:rian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes, Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. THEATRE ROYAL, II AYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with a new drama, in two periods, entitlei THE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR, Mr. Buckstone, kc. Followed by a now farce, MY SON, DI k.NAI After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of ATALANTA ; 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 : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each, (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes. Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 bower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 t: No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL. AD EL PHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and ori ginal domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. After which, PAUL PAY. Mr. Wright and Miss Ifynl ham. To conclude with THE PRETTY GIRLS OE STILBERG, in which Mr Webster will app TraOYAL SURREY THEATRE, I L3s--lees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crestvick. THIS EVENING will be performed LA. TRANIATA. Tra,ig% an 1 Lucy Eseott. To conclude with DEEDS, NOT WOIDS. Messrs. Steep- herd, Widdicomb, an.' Miss inurne. TRAND THE A.TRE.—Leisee, Mr. T. Payne. —Signor ALFRED BOSCO has achieved a legitimate triumph, and established his reputation as the Chef Professor of Le,gerdemain. His wonderful performance —his gorgeous apparatus—his unrivalled programme—ll - we received the public• v rdict—Tnimitab'e ! Stalls, 3s ; boxes, 2s ; pit, is ; gallery, 6d. A Morning Performance on Satan days, at 2. 110YIL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TFITS EVENING, will be revived Murphy's com,:dy of ALL IN TFIE WRONG. Mr, Eolison. After which, a new drama, called DADDY HARDA.CIIR Mr, Robson, &e. Commence at half-past Seven. STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND OPERA. HOUSE. Lessee and 11 , 19.na ,, er 1 Mr. W. Cooke. r, Under the patronage of Her M - kjesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. The encomiums of the press and the approbation of de lighted anctenees justify Mr. William Cooke in announcing `!II Trovatore,' with Equestrian Illustrations, every E ;en ing, until further notice. THIS EVENING (Thursday, June 11), Verdi's far-famed Opera of IL TROVATORE ; er, The Gipsy's Vengeance. The whole of the Nfusic as performed at the Italian Opera, and Equestrian Illustrations. Miss Rebecca Isaac; Mr. Augustus Braham, Miss M. Somers, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, and Mr. Francis Kirby, and Miss Fanny Huddart. Mr. Borrani. Conductor and Composer— -Herr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and Chorus. Manager and Director of the Opera Compauy—Mr. Augustus Braharn. After which, Mr. Wm, Cooke's Inimitable SCENES in the ARENA, supported by the Unequalled Troupe of Eques trians. To conclude with the musical farce of THE WATER. `AN, Commerce •at seven o'cloek. Dress Boxes, 4s, ; Upper .xes, 3s. ; Private Bores, from 218., no charge for booking; P:t, 3s ; Gallcry, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 61. Notice - During the Opera Season Half-price will take place at J o'clock. Box office open from Blown till Four. Stage Manager, Ur. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. inz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance 431 'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Oleos; Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunch, Miss St:inn:l6l.s, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmaus, 11. Grover, T. Farrant, S. .70 ,cc, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. do Solla, and E. L. Him° ; Masters Bennett and Corti; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock •precisely, Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. MR. J. N. STUBBS. If this meets the eye of Mr. J. N. Stubbs be will please inform the Editor, that a communica tion from his Brother in India may be forwarded to him. Sun-office, 112, Strand, June 11, 1851. iIIGFI WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats D 47 —Ai o r . 1 min. aft. 4—Even. 19 rain. aft 4 To I°lllol q -- --Morn. 39 min. aft. 4—Even., 59 mil aft. 4 TUE W - ER-SuN Oman, JuNa 11. THERVOICITER, IN THE SHADE. 67 -highest tints noon yesterday. 52 -lowest this morning and during the night.. 64 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.93-a sudden rise since yesterday of one-third of an inch. but cloudy. W.N.W; fresh and fine, t., 4 974.-, :so ), '(N) • e LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1857 " A very pretty little bouquet of Reform" was yesterday tendered for the acceptance of the R e . presentative branch of the Legislature, but the coy beauty held aloof and would not receive the gage cramour. There is, it appears, an implied engagement with the fascinating Premier, and his thick-and-thin adherents are resolved that he shall have a clear stage, so that his proposals may not be embarrassed by a n y coquettish flirtation with others. Lord PALMERSTON certainly seems "to ' rule the roast" just at present. No matter what may be the abstract merits of any suggestion, it is unhesitatingly postponed to meet his views and _ ~r rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE ii, 1857 wishes. Even the discussion by the popular re presentatives of any measure calculated to improve the national representation is re garded as a species of lese inajeste—a petty treason against the Ministerial prerogative. Mr. LOCKE KING, however, yesterday achieved sufficient to convince all parties, that the matter which he brought under the consideration of the House, must be included in the new Reform Bill, and that the property qualification is to ail intents and purposes doomed. The contemplated change is, as the member for East Surrey truly remarked, "no innovation." It is only the restoration of the ancien regime. The necessity for a real estate qualification was but an ingenious device to bolster up the landed interest, and, for a time, it achieved the intended purpose ! To it, the country is partially, if not altogether indebted for the incubus by which it was so long oppressed. The bread-tax was its legitimate fruit, and as that has been unequivocally condemned, as even the ghost of " Protection" has been " hid," and there is no prospect of the resuscitation of the unseemly monster, there is no longer any reason why the farce should still be enacted. The property qualification is now a mere bugbear. It is noto rious that almost any person can obtain the neces sary qualification at a very trifling cost. There is in fact a fixed tariff. An aspiring knight of the shire can obtain his passport for 1001. ; a citizen or burgess for half that amount. What, then, can be the utility of an enactment which can so easily be evaded ? What the advantage of compelling even a few of the law makers to be come law breakers before they enter on their legis lative career? There is no qualification required for Scotland or for the universities ! Is it for a moment supposed that the representatives from "The Land o' Cakes" or "The Seats of Learning" are less eligible than those from other parts of the United Kingdom ? Certainly not. The best and only qualification is the possession of a majority of votes fairly and honestly obtained, and when that majority decides in favour of any man there should be no further obstacle to his taking the seat to which he is justly entitled. Surely the privilege is that of the electors, not of the elected. Every constituency possesses a constitutional right to select the person whom they consider best calculated to represent their wants and wishes in Parliament. It does not follow that the wealthy man must necessarily be the most independent and straightforward mem ber. A man may be largely assessed to the in come tax—may be earning many thousands per annum—and thus, to all intents and purposes, as independent of Ministerial favour as any person in the House ; and it would be an absurdity to depri►e him of the opportunity of serving these who had afforded the most flattering proof of their confidence, unless he should consent to evade a law that should never have been passed. ! The chief grounds, then, whereon the principle advocated by Mr. LocKE KING should be carried out to the full extent, are-Ist, That it is unwise and impclitic to maintain a law which can be easily evaded, through which "a coach-and-six" can be drawn at any moment, and the only effect whereof is to put some trifling costs into lawyers pockets. 2dly. That constituencies should not be de prived of the services of any person whom they may think proper b elect ! Let every possible precaution be adopted to ensure the most perfect freedom of election, to be certain that no corrupt influences have succeeded in put ting " the wrong man iu the wrong place." Let there be a cousideraLle extension of the franchise, so that every man, fairly entitled, may be enabled to record his vote—that the number of political cyphers may be greatly reduced. Let the smal:er electoral districts be greatly enlarged. Above and beyond all, let " the Ballot" be adopted in its integrity, and bribery aad inti midation, with all their various phases, be com pletely got rid of. When these objects have been attained, as we hope and believe they will be, no further security is wanting, and the property qualification may safely ba set aside without a single mourner deploring its well-merited doom It has lung since become a mere jest, and the sooner it is consigned to oblivion the better for the honour of Parliament and the best interests of the nation. Another " Testimonial" has this day to be chronicled. The presentation of it tJok place on the 23d ultimo, in the theatre of the Institu tion of Civil Engineers. T;l3 recipient was no other than Mr. CHARLES MANDY, the Gentleman who, during the last eighteen, years, has discharged the onerous and delicate duties of Secretary to that Institution. So discharged those duties as to win for himself at last the tribute of this really noble and eminently well-deserved Testimonial. A. Testimonial consisting of an e xci uisitely fabricated and costly Timepiece and Can delabra, together with a sum of 2,0001. — the former bearing the subjoined inscrip: Li on "Presented by the members of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a few personal friends, with the sum of two thousand pounds, to Charles Manby, as a token of esteem, and in re cognition of his valuable services, during a period of eighteen years, as secretary of the institution" —together, of course, with "May, 1857," the simple date of the presentation. The manner of that Presentation, it should be observed, was hardly less gratifying in its way than the Testi monial itself. The proceedings were presided over on the 23d ult. by perhaps the most illustrious, by certainly one of the most illustrious, engineers of this day—the name will h ave s p rung t o the lips of almost every one before reading it—ROBERT STEPHENSON. And ROBERT STEPHENSON, On the part and in the name of his brother engineers generally, spoke of the object of this MANBY Tes timonial in terms constituting of themselves an additional and an enviable recompense. Mr. STEPHENSON alluded to the fact of Mr. MANBY'S sphere of usefulness as the Eighteen Years' Secre tary of the institution of Civil Engineers not being restricted to the discharge of his official duties, onerousas they were in themselves. Beyond all that observed the Great Engineer, he (the recipient of the Testimonial), "was ever ready to give advice to the younger members, and to afford aid to the senior members, from his well-st)red mind, in reference to every department of engineering, as well as in a variety of ways, rendered more pleas ing by the alacrity and cheerfulness with which the friendly offices were performed." Adding (and the words ring with a golden sound in the ears of engineers, falling as they do from the lips of STEPHENSON)—" The value of the information afforded was enhanced by its accuracy, which was to some extent to be attributed to the practical foundation of his professional education, the early portion of his life havinc , been spent in the work shop as a mechanical engineer, at the period when the profession was beginning to assume its present importance. In some degree, therefore, Mr. MANGY lost the official character of secretary, and became the friend and companion . of the ma jority of the members of the engineering panegyric so c omp l e t e i n i tse l l profession." A panegy that it were little less than an impertinence to append to them one syllable in addition. Sufficient for us after this to observe in con clusion, that these interesting proceedings on the morning of the 23d were adjourned to the even ing of the same day, from the theatre of the in stitution to a convivial apartment in the old banquetting hostel of The Ship at Greenwich. Where Mr. MANBY was feasted and toasted by a joyous party of appreciators, the Chair again being occupied by the gifted President of the Institution. Everything appears to have gone SD entirely upon the occa sion, " merry as a marriage bell," that towards the close of the evening we find Mr. STEPHENSON genially regretting the absence of his friend, Mr. BRUNEL (another " man of mark" among Engineers), with whom he said he had maintained arduous struggles, which he oould now look back upon. with such pleasure as almost to desire to fight again " The Battle of the Gauges." Fighting was not, however, the order of that kindly day—a day for the honoured horo of it only one of cordial, deserved, and enviable gratulation. Yesterday our hopes were most happily realised. Mr. HARDY'S Beer Bill was politely shown the door in a House of 393-180 voting " for," and 213 " against" the second reading of that ridicu lous measure. Altogether, then, we may at last say—A. good riddance of it—and we do say that cordially. The pertinacity of our pseudo-philan thropists was becoming intolerable. Only a session or to back the metropolis, it will be remembered, was frightened from its propriety, Sunday after Sunday, in consequence of one of the pet moral panaceas of these fanatical Religionists. Persons whose principal endeavour appears to be that of cramming their notions down the throats of their fellow-creatures by sheer brute force—not by per suasion, but by the strong arm of the law. As though Christianity itself had been origin ally established after the same fashion as Mahommedanism—not by the inspired lips of twelve poor Fishermen, but by the keen sword, and the resolute geniug, and the daring ambition of a great military Conqueror. It appears to be the aim of these latter-day saints—to bully the masses into sobriety, to bludgeon them into good behaviour. Happily, a very considerable majority of the popular representatives appear to be hardly less determined than the great bulk of the com munity out of doors to have nothing whatever to say to it—to the blundering phantasy pursued with so much fanatical ardour by these carica turists of Christianity. And so—Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR'S Sabbatarian movement is abruptly and summarily reversed in the Old Parliament. And so Mr. HARDY'S Beer Bill receives its eonge or quietus, or exequatur, or whatever we may like to call it, in the new . Parliament. That new Parliament has in this particular realised to the full—we had almost said surpassed —our expectations. THE DIVORCE BILL. it was voted by a Constituent Assembly sucrimoLed ad hoc. ALEGERIA. The Moniteur Algerian publishes the following tJlegraghic despatch " The Governor General to General de Cissey, at Algiers. Souk el Arba, June 4. " The whole of the Beni Mahmaud have now made their submission. The road h open from Sik on Meddour to Souk el Arba. The works of Fort Napoleon are about to be commenced. The health of the troops is excellent." " The expedi tionary corps," says the same journal, " hag had in all 509 men put hors de combat, viz., Ist division, 33 killed and 177 wounded ; 2d, 34 killed and 230 wounded ; and 3d, 3 killed and 35 wounded. As to the enemy, it is impossible to ascertain their exact loss but it has been very severe ; and it is principally owing to that circumstance that may be attributed their prompt submission. According to accounts which appear to be entitled to credit, they had 400 killed and 800 wounded. Most of the wounded of the French have been sent to Algiers." cent., but the stock closel ab 139 i ; Michigan Southern Old Deferred Stock hung very heavy in the neigh!), urhood of 60 per cent. ; Cleveland and Toledo was quite buoyant, awl sold freely at the advance ; it opened at 66 and closed at 66i per cent., with sales of nearly 4,000 shires. At the second Board the market for some btocks was pretty well sustained with pretty active sales ; Cleveland an l Pittsburg advanced 2 per cent., . closing at 49, seller, three days. Cleveland and Toledo opened at 66 cash, and closed at 66, buyer 60 days. A sale, seller 60 days, was, made at 64k per cent.; after the Board it was offered in stacks at 65k per cent. cash. Michigan Southern De ferred sold at the Board at 60 per cents., but after wards st,ld at 58i cash, and was offered freely at that price ; the Guaranteed Preferred was heavy at 88 per cent.; with small sales ; Erie was tolerably steady, and closed with an upward tendency ; of Ohio, life and trust was made at 101 per cent cash. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 28. Cotton unchanged. Sales to-dap 1,000 bale 3 ; re ceipts 900. Corn 1 dol. Flour firm. Pork firm. Lard, in kegs, 16c. Other articles generally un changed. MAY 29, Cotton market generally unchanged. Sales only 300 bales at 14c. for middling. Sales of the week, 11,750 bales the receipts of the week, 4,000 bales ; stock, 119,500 bales. The receipts at this port up to the present time fall short, as compared with those of last year, 230,000 bales. The receipts at all the southern ports, less than those of last year, are 524,000 bales. Sugar firm, 11f cents. Flour clos2d with an advancing tendency : sales at 7 dols. 62ic. to 7 dole. 80e. Corn excited, white, I.dol. 10c. ; yellow, 1 dol. sc. Mess pork, 24 dole. 50c. Western hay, 32 dole. to 33 dols. • Coffee quiet ; sales of the week, 5,000 bags ; stock, 132,000 bags ; prime, lOic. to Ile. Freights stagnant. bterling change, 10 percent. premium.; and on New York, to per cont. OSWEGO, MAY 29, 6 P.M. Flour dull ; sales of Canadian at 7 dols. 25c. Wheat firm ; sales, 12,000 bushels, at 1 dol. sdc. for Canadian Club, and 1 dol. 80c. for Canadian white, afloat. Corn unchanged ; sales, 6,300 bushels, at 95c. Canal freights to New York— flour, 35c., and wheat, 10c. Lake imports to-day, 24,000 bushels wheat; , and 13,500 bushels corn. Canal exports 3,500 barrels flour, 10,000 bushels wheat, 4,000 bushels corn. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The screw steam ship City of Maucheiter has arrived, with advices from New York to the 28th ult. She has brought 10,000 dols. specie ou freight. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having read with admiration the noble and chivalrous opposition which Lord Lyndhurst has offered, in the House of Lords, to Chancellor Cranworth's Divorce Bill—a measure so degrading and insulting to the women of England—and also having witnessed, with equal admiration, the manly struggle which Sir Erskine Perry is making in the Commons in behalf of my sex, 1 veuture to express a hope, through your paper, that the women of England—or, at least, such portion of them who are as sensible as I am of the debt of gratitude we owe to the noble lord and Sir Erskine Perry—will think it consistent with their duty to raise a fund to present them with a testimonial in the shape of some work of art, or article of vertu, as indicative of our gratitude and deep sense of ob!ig►tion for their noble exer;ions. Ham), lady of position will give a more tangible shape to this suggestion, I shall have much plea 7 sure in sending her my name an i subscription of 101., and I shall also have much pleasure in using my exertions to procure sub criptions from my lady friend,*, who are equally indign4nt at this attempt at legislation so cruel and insulting to our sex I have the honour of remaining your obedient servant, N. C. C. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-3IADAIIIE RISTO RI. Judging from the aspect presented by the house last evening, when Madame Ristori male her second appearance this season, the interest created by the performance of this great actress must be on the increase, since the audience was far more numerous than on Monday night, and evi dently of a very high class. Madame Ristori performed Rosamunda, in Alfieri's tragedy of that name, and gave all the varied and powerful ex pression called for by the situation of the drama, with as great effect as when it was per formed in London last year. The character is so imbued with horror and intensity that it demands the very highest dramatic art iu its representation, and perhaps fierce and terrible passions were never exhibited with greatar power than by Madame Ristori in Rosamunda ; her great command of facial expression, the grandeur of her attitudes, and the flexibility of her voice, were all called into play, especially in the Great scene in the third act, which produced a call before the curtain, and in the fearful scene of the catastrophe, which re ceivel a like honour. To-morrow, Madame Riatori appears in a new tragedy by Signor Montanelli, called " Caruma." Mn. BENEDICT'b CONCEATS.—Mr. Benedict gave the first of a series of three grand concerts, " dramatic, classical, and miscellaneous," at her Majesty's Theatre, yesterday afternoon, with the greatest success. ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—An excellent concert of sacred music was given last night by Mr. Hullah and his First Upper Singing School. The programme included Men delssohn's " Lauda Sion" (the English vermon), and Rossini's " Stabat Mater." A very crowded audience was attracted. SIGNOR GIULIO R2GONDI'S CONGERT.—Signor Giulio Regondi, who is acknowledged as the best performer in existenc= upon that very popular instrument, the concer tina, gave his annual concert on Tuesday evening. Signor Regondi was assisted by Madame Lemmena Sherrington, M. Jules Lefort, and other first-rate artists; and his concert was, altogether, excellent of its kind. MADLLE. &MATZ/ILK'S CONOERT.—Ma,dIIe. Sedlatzek gave her annual concert, at Willis's Rooms, yesterday morning. Her talent was most advantageously displayed in an aria from Mercadante's " Il Giuramento," a duet from Donizetti's "Maria Padilla," and Kalliwoda's " Hume of Love." Madlle. Sedlatzek was assisted by the celebrated Madame Gassier, Madame Wilpert, Herr Hausmann, M. Gassier, Mr. E. Aguilar, and other ar tists of distinction. A marriage will shortly take place between the Hon. Edward W. Douglas, younger son of the Earl of Mor ton, an I Miss Bankes, youngest and only unmarried daughter of the late Right Hon. George Bankes. The Queen of Oude, with her family and suite, have gone on a temporary visit to Paris.f A telegraphic despatch from Odessa says that the steamers in communication with Constantinople, the Crimea, Nicholaieff, Cherson, and Rostow aad com menced running ; and those for Galatz and the Sea of Azoff were to follow shortly. DOTER, Wednesday, June 10.—His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Prussia arrived at Dover this even ing rather unexpectedly. It was not generally known that his Royal Highness was about to visit England so soon, but on the arrival of Major-General Wylde from the Palace and an attaehd of the Prussian Legation at Dover this afternosn the rumour spread that the Prince was coming, and, short as was tne notice, the pierheads and the Admiralty pier were speedily thronged with spectators, anxious to welome a prince who is shortly to be so closely allied to the Royal Family of England. Every preparation had been made by the railway autho rities for the comfort of the Prince. A special train cmesisting of a State carriage for the use of his Royal Highness and suite, with carriages for the servants, bad been kept in readiness from 5 p.m. His Royal High ness arrived at the Admiralty-pier on board the Prineess Maude, South Eastern steampacket, at 6.15 p.m., and was warmly cheered on landing. The special train left Dover en route for Windcr at 6.51 p.m. DEATH OF ME. SOLVES.-Intelli , eace has arrived in Dublin of the death in England of Robert Holmes, Esq., barrister-at-14w. He was one of the most remarkable men at the Irish bar, from which he retired shortly after the conviction of John Mitchel for seditious writing and speaking. Mr. Holmes was his leading counsel, and de livered a speech for the defence, which called forth the eulogiutne of Young Ireland and the whole body of Irish Repealere. The- Master of the Rolls has mado a further call of 30/. par share on the contributories of the Norwich Yarn Company, payable by the 26th inst. LATEST N E WS. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The following is the latest list of the Opposition eanclidat?s for Paris, and for which the electors will be asked to vote:— First electoral district—M. Laboulaye, member of the Academy, and one of the Journal des Debats. Second—M. Bethmont, former Minister under the Republic. Tbird—Gen9ral Cavaignac. Fourth—M. Emile 011ivier, Advocate. Fifth—M. Carnot, Minister under the Republic. Sixth—M. Goudchaux, ditto. Seventh—M. Darimon, editor of the Presse. Vavin, former representative of the people. Ninth—M. F. Lasteyrie, do. Tenth—M. Regnault, former Sub-Prefect of Sceaux. The question of the cominz elections still mono polises the attention of the Paris papers. M. A. Fuuld, minister of state, has left Paris for England. He will only be absent a few days. An imperial decree confers on M. Abbatucci, minister of justice, the ad•interim management of M. Fould department during his absence. The Senate met yesterday, M. Troplung in the chair. Baron Dupin read a report on the bill rela tive to calling out 10J,000 men from the class of 1857. The Senate deJlared that it did not oppose the promulgation of the measure. The same de cision was come to respecting the budget of 1858 ; three measures authorising additional taxes in de partments ; the bill sanctioning advances on de posits of Credit Foncier Bonds; two bills approv ing of conventions passed with the Orleans and Mediterranean Rail way Companies, and the transatlantic steam-packet communication. The proceedings then terminated. The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived here to-day : " BERNE, 9th.—The Federal Assembly met to day. The message of the Federal Council proposes awl recommends the ratification of the treaty rela tive to the affairs of Neuchatel. M. Escber, presi dent of the National Council, expressed himself in the same sense. The treaty has been referred to a committee, who will report on it to-morrow." BOURSE, June 10.—The following were the last quotations Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 68 5 Bank Shares 4,175 Credit Foncier — Credit Mobilier 1,160 50 Roman Do. Account 1,167 50 Austrian Belgian 41 - Piedtnontese (5) 9l Home Debt (RAILWAYS-FOR CA.$ll. .. fr. c. fr c. Orleans 1,46221— Western 1 — Northern 1 — Lyons 1,475 New Ditto Mediterranean lBB5 Grand Central Geneva Midi TURKEY. We have received Constantinople journals and letters to the 31st ult., brought by the Sinai. The great affair of the moment wee the diplomatic con ference so frequently postponed. The meeting took place in the apartments of the Grand Vizier Rschid Pacha, the other personages present being M. de Prokesch d'Osten, the Austrian internuncio ; M. Thouvenel, ambassador of Franca ; Lord Strat ford de Redcliffe, the representative of England ; M. de Gundlach, charge d'affaires of Prusssia ; Baron de Boutenieff, the envoy of Russia ; Gene ral Durand°, minister of Sardinia ; and Ali Ghalib Pacha, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs. The sitting commenced at two o'clock, and lasted until evening. The discussion is said to have been warm occasionally, but never stormy. The follow ing letter gives some interesting details relative to what passed on this important occasion : " I by no means pretend to state to you fully what took place, but the information which receive from a trustworthy source enables me to give some general idea of the proceedings. The day before the conference, the representatives of Russia, Sardinia, Prussia, and France, met at the residence of the latter at Therapia ; and it being ascertained that the views of the four governments were identical, M. Thouvenel was charged to re present at the meeting the complaints of the four courts. That preference was given to the French representative from the decided at'itude which M. Thouvenel had assumed in the affair of the princi palities. and from his personal influence. Accord ingly, at the conference itself, M. Thouvenel spoke first, pointing out at great length the facts which had taken place in Moldavia and Wallachia in direct contradiction, he said, b the treaty of Paris. He produced a vast number of documents to prove that both caimacans, and more particu larly Prince Vogorides of Moldavia, had been acting quite illegally. I understand that M. Thouvenel, from the statements, facts, and papers transmitted to him by M. de Talleyrand, made out a very strong case. He then proceeded to inquire at whose instigation Prince Vogorides was acting, and asked if the Turkish Government would venture to support their agent in such conduct. He did no+, he said, mean to accuse the Porte of countenancing the two caimacans, but it was indubitable that both had received a certain amount of encourage ' ment from the known views of England and Aus tria, a 4 well as from th e pecu li ar bi as o f th e pre ceding Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ethem Pacha. In reply Reschicl. Paella unhesitatingly declared, that such conduct could not be too energeti cally blained ; far from the acts of the caimacans being of service to the P or t e , th e y on ly served to raise supicions against the frank bearing of the Turkish Government ; and the more so that the Sultan considered it a point of honour to carry out completely the stipul a ti o n s o f th e treaty of Paris As for himself, who then ad dressed them, he pledged himself to send to the caimacans a severe reprimand, and to insist on their adhering to the instructions which he promised should be immediately sent to them. Lord Strat ford de Radcliffe next spoke, but without departing from a certain reserve, arid apparently with a Lis per sona l con d uc t. H e i t i o justify deny the exactitud e o f th e f ac t s tto b r ought forward recourseby M. Thouvenel, and be ad mitted the necessity of havi ng to mea sdtirdon u g ot d attempt m mea sures calculated to prevent a repetition of them. M. de Prokesch, I am incormed, was much less conciliatory, and even gave way to a certain minuet of recrimination. Ali Ghalib Pacha spoke more than once, and after stating clearly what ke conceived to be the charact zr o f th e treaty o f P ar i s and the spirit of the firman of convocation, he as sured the meeting, as the Grand Vizir had done before, that it was the decided intention of the ,Porte to execute loya'ly the treaty of March 30, iu i conjunction with the other po w e r s. Th e repre sentatives of Sardinia, Russia, and Prussia con fined themselves to admitting the correctness of M. Thouvenel's representations, and announced the complete accord of their governments with the opinions expressed by the French ambassador. In fine, the conference terminated satisfactorily for the wishes of France, Russia, Sardinia, and Prussia. In the evening, a telegraphic despatch was sent to Paris to announce the result ; and this day, full instructions have been despatched to the cai macans at Jassy and at Bucharest to guide their future conduct. In addition, M. Lesourd, secretary of the French mission in the prin cipalities, will return to-morrow to Bucharest to join M. de Talleyrand, and to convey to him the necessary powers to constrain the Turkish autho rities from the highest to the lowest to execute strictly the treaty of Paris." The Sultan has renounced his excursion, which had been recommended chiefly on account of the measles and the scarlatina having made their ap pearance in the palace. These maladies have now almost entirely died away, and in consequence his Majesty h as reso l ve d no t t o leave Constantinople at the present conjuncture. GREECE. It was stated a few days ago, in some of the papers, that the visit of the King of Bavaria to France has not been merely an act of courtesy, but that affairs of more serious import to his family was the principal motive of his presence; and it is rea sonable to suppose that the brother of King Otho of Greec e b as pro fit e d b y th e presen t opportunity to confer with the Emperor on the state and pros pects of thtt kingdom, particularly with reference to the qu es ti on o f th e success i on . A private letter from Athena, o f th e I s t i ns t a nt, purports to give soma particul ars o f th e con f e rence between the two So v ei eign a on this subject, which may yet give some trouble to the Western Powers. The writer mentions that, according to intelligence received from Parip, the King of Bavaria intimated his desire that the C our t o f F rance s h ou ld support the abro gation of the 40th Article of the Greek Constitu tion, which requires the successor to the throne of Greece to p ro f ess th e or th o d o x faith, which is that of the Greek nation. The Emperor is said to have replied that his respect for the rights of the Greek people pr even t e d hi m f rom r equiring the modifica tion of a Co ns tit u ti on w hich was voted unanimou s ly by the People, which was sworn to by the Sovereign, and which is recognised by the three protecting Powers. The King then asked whether, in case of a modification of the Constitution by the Greek Parliament, such changes would be accepted by the Powers. The answer was that the revision of the Greek Constitution was only legal inasmuch as PRUSSIA. A telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dater] yester day, states that the .King and Queen had left that city for Dresden, and that his Majesty was after wards to proceed, as already stated, to Marienbad, and the Queen to Teeplitz. It adds that the fire work manufactory of H. Dobremont, situated a short distance from Berlin, was blown up on the preceding evening, and that several persons were killed. POLAND. k.177A letter from Warsaw of the 3d, in the Nord of Brussels, says --" Yesterday was the 50th anni versay of the entrance into the military service of General Gortschakoff, Governor of the kingdom ,of Poland. At ten o'clock in the morliing a nume rous assemblage invited the general to a grand dinner which had been organised to celebrate his jubilee. The prince accepted the invitat:on, and at four o'clock a numerous party assembled. Dur ing the dinner the general received the following , telegraphic despatch from the Emperor I cor dially congratulate you, and sincerely thank you for your 50 years of faithful and exemplary ser vices, in remembrance of which I have named you chief of the Battery of the Guard No. 2, which from this day will bear your name. ALEXANDER." SPAIN. The Madrid papers of the 6th have arrived in due course. A deputation of the Congress had presented to the Queen the address in answer to the speech from the throne. The prorogation of the Cortes would, it was said, take place between the 20th of this month and the beginning of July. On the prorogation, Marshal O'Donnell intended to vi it Catalonia, and after wards to go abroad till the wintzr. " The Prince and Princess Galitzin are the ob ject of great attention in this capital. The Prince is a real Russian noble spending his revenues most liberally, and the Princess is full of grace and dis tin. The Queen, departing from the laws of Spanish etiquette, gave a grand dinner in honour of them; and the Marquis of Turgot, the French ambassador, treated them, It may be said, in an imperial manner. In the absence of the Marquise, who is now in Parts, the honours of the day were done by Madame de Serrano. On the following day, Lord Howden, the English ambassador, en tertained in his turn, the Prince and Princess. Of all the diplomatic body, he only invited the Marquis de Turgot, as though he wished to show the good telations whi c h exist betwe e n him and the French ambassador. The latest bulletin of Marshal Rade' zky's state of health, dated Verona, 6th, announces that his excellency had been restles3 during tha day, and that the fever had returned in the course of the evening. A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette lays:—" The government has replied very favour ably to the petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Prague, praying for the abolition of the duos on the Elbe. It hag promised that it will employ all its influence to obtain their suppression." AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The United States mail steamer Arago, Captain Lines, arrived at Cowes this morning, after a pas sage of 11 days and 6 hours from New York. Her advicas are to the 30th ult., three days later than those by the Asia. The Arago has, besides the usual mails, 300 pas sengers, 1,058,000 dols. in specie, and 6,000 bushels of wheat. She has experienced ordinary weather for the season ; came south of the Banks, and saw no ice. The mail steamer Arabia, from Liverpool, May 16, arrived at New York on the evening of the 28th, and the Ariel, from Southampton, May 16, on the afternoon of the 29th. The Arago ex changed signals with the English lark Stirlingshire, June 4th ; bark showing in a white signal No. 393, June sth ; bark Elizabeth, June 6th ; a Cunard steamer, from Havre for Liverpool, June 10th, off the Lizard. Louis Grellet, one of the parties concerned in the Great Northern Railway frauds', sent back under the Extradition Treaty, in charge of a United States' police officer, came by the Arago. General Walker has surrendered, and Rivas is iu the hands of the Allies, despairing of success. Walker made terms of capitulation with the Costa Ricans on the Ist of May, having then less than 300 men, and but two days' provisions. General Hermingsen, _Colonel Titus, and some others of Walker's men, arrived at New York by the ',lllinois steamer on the 28th ult. W a lk er and staff arrived at New Orleans on he 27th, iu the steamer Empire City. He was received by 10,000 people, who escorted him to the St. Charles Hotel, where he made a speech thanking them for his sp'endid reception, and saying that in the mass be fore him he recognized the American love of liberty, and that victory was still sure. He was obliged to speak twice before the crowds were sa'isfied. The greatest excitement prevailed in the city. 101 guns announced on the 7th May te the people of San Jose, Costa Rica, the occupation of Rivas by the allies. General Mora, with his divion of the army, was expected at San Jose on the 13th, and great preparations were being made to give him an en thusiastic reception. Lieutenant Strain, a leader of the Darien ex ploring expedition, died at Aspinwall on the 15th. The reported division of Nicaragua is contra dicted, and a plan was on foot for re-establishing the old Central American Confederation. From Panama we have a rumour that the Islands in the Bay of Panama had been ceded to England in the settlement of the Macintosh claim, as also the tonnage duty accruing on the American ves,els in the Isthmus ports, but this wants confir mation. Advice.. from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec state that violent gales had been experienced on the Pacific side, and that the country was much dis turbed by revolutionary attempts. The - news of the defeat of the Sonora Filibusters, _under Colonel Crabbe, is confirmed ; 14 only of his party escaped. The Californian news, • though two weeks later, is unimportant. The cotton market at New York on the 29th was quiet, but firm. Holders received the foreign news in a favourable light, while purchasers regarded it to be less favourable than they had anticipated ; hence transactions were restricted to a few hundred bales, without quotable change in prices. The news checked the upward tendency in flour, espe cially for the common and lower grades, while buyers were unwilling to purchase freely without some concession in prices. Sales were consequently moderate, without change of moment in prices. Wheat was in good demand, and prime lots were firm. Indiana red sold at 1 dol. 67c. ; fair Western do. at I dol. 62c. ; Canadian Club, at 1 dol. 62c. ; and medium to choice Southern and Missouri white ranged from 100 dols. 75c. to 100 dols. 80c. The upward tendency in corn was checked with sales of Southern yellow and white at 100 dots. 3c. to 100 dole. 4c., and Western mixed, at 1014 c. to 103 c. Rye sold at 120 c. Prime northern pork sold at 23 dols. 90c., with small lots at 23 dols. 95c. Sugars were quiet, while holders stood out for pre vious current rates, regarding the future move ments of the trade with much confidence, while buyers were unw illi ng to enter the market freely without some relaxation in prices —hence the sales were confined to small jobbing lots, without noticeable change in quotations. Coffee was quiet but firm. Freights were inactive and rates some what irregular to British port', while engagements were moderate. The stock market opened with a strong upward tendency on the 29th, and with con siderable activity on all the leading railroad stocks. New York, Central Erie, Cleveland and Toledo, Michigan, Southern, and in fact all the Western railroad stocks were particularly active, and most of them advanced a fraction or so at the first Board. Pennsylvania Coal improved per cent.; New York Central, 1; Erie, 1; Reading, A ; Illinois Central, ; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 2; Galena and Chicago, 1i; Cleveland and Toledo, 2 ; Chicago and Rock Is land, 4 ; 11ill.waukie and Mississippi, 1i ; Michigan Scuthern Guaranteed Preferred 10 per cent. scrip fell 'off per cent. ; ditto, full The advices from London by the Arabia had a favourable effect on Illinois Central Stock ; sales were made at 140 per THE DANUBE NAVIGATION. CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 31. At the present moment no object can be of greater interest to civilised Europe, or deserve more of its attention, than the settlement of the Danubian navigation, by rendering one at least of i!s mouths an accessible thoroughfare. This project, so con spicuously sanctioned at the peace of Paris, has not been realised as yet. All eyes are directed to the quarter where the Danube debouches into the sea, to watch what the commission appointed by the seven powers of Europe may be doing ; but unfortunately we can detect very little doing in deed, even in the way of preparation. The indo lence of this commission has induced me to make an excursion as far as Galatz, and at every station on the river I made it my business to institute strict inquiries as to the operations, if any, which were in progress or proposed, and I now transmit you the very unsatisfactory data which I collected. The commission of the Seven Powers has divided itself into two sub-committees, one of which super intends the general management, and the other looks after the technical details of the works. I observed with regret, that sometimes only two out of the whole seven, and those the Austrian and Sardinian coromisioners, were- present at Galatz. The English commissioner, I heard, had left Galatz to inspect the survey of the Danube now going on, bat the other four, to amuse themselves at Vienna or elsewhere. ' I stated in a previous letter, that the want of hydeographic maps or charts prevented it from be ing ascertained, whether the Sulina or the St. George's Channel should be selected to be made navigable. Nevertheless, by way of making some sort of beginning, if only to say they had started, the commission, ignorant as they were of which branch was preferable, resolved on making Tultscha he cen tral point of their operations, taking it for granted that the Danube must be put to righ.s as far up as Galatz. The construction of the works and maga zines, where the materials must first be collected before the workmen can be actively employed, was confided by the commissioners to the Turkish colo nel, Emin Bey (Malinovsky), who has, or is sup posed to have, all the clerks and staffs under his orders, The work has been in conseqm nce ad vanced a step, as the solemnity of laying the first stone for the building to be occupied by the diree. tors was gone through on the 10th of May by the Austrian commissioner. This was the first step, but after a few days orders were given to leave every thing alone ; about half the workmen and assistants weredismissed, some hundreds of whom - consist of Tartars from the Dobrudscha, called from their homes for the purpose, and though the work has since recommenced, not more than 50 men are em ployed. If the works of the improvement of the Danube navigation go on at this rate they will last one generation before the gigantic task is half ac complished. It would seem that the commission intend dimi nishing the number of persons employed on the magaz'nes and the like, and amalgamating several branches of the administration into one. It is said that this measure is dictated by economical motives. It should be observed that the treaty of Paris ore ited no pecunteey source, I mean, wherefrom to defray the c )st of such an undertaking. The com missioners did not think of this 'at first, did not see the necessity of obtaining definite instructions on this head and guarantees for the money that would be required. Only Turkey came forward with a few thousand piastres, a mere drop in the stream, and which has now flo wed away or been evaporated. Seeing that the means were wholly inadequate, the commissioners should now be doing all they can to mend the matter. As to how far the officials or clerks, appointed by the present commission at Galatz, are of any use, I could not discover ; my humble opinion is, that their services are no:, re quired for the moment, unless to make a parade of official titles. To be sure, they are busy enough, from morn to eve, at Tultscha, where the stores have been collected and the works have been more or less comma need. In case a diminution of their numbers should be made, those in non-activity are to be dismissed first, and the same rule is to be ob served at Galatz, if reductions are made there. As fur the engineers, there are scarcely half the number required for the work of their extraordi nary task ; but if there are no funds, there is no thing to be said. One thing is quite clear, that the commissioners are not practical persons, or men of business competent to their work. I have also to state that the spirit of party has broken out among them, and if one tugs one way and another the other, no progress is conceivable.—Correspondent of Daily News. THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN OF AUSTRIA.—PORTS MOUTH, June 10.—A government telegraphic message has come down this afternoon, intimating that the Graud Duke Maximilian of Austria may be expected to arrive every hour, by an Austrian war steamer. PERSONATION AT THE LEEDS ELECTION.—Two young men named Joseph Mountain, and William Bennett, were committed for trial by the Leeds magistrates for personating voters at the lath election for Leeds. The first prisoner voted for Beecroft, the latter for Mills. Warrants have been issuedag p a er in so st na t t h i f o e i e . other persons for aiding and abetting in the RECOVERY OF THE BODY OF ENSIGN BOWLES.— After a submersion of 16 days, the body of this young officer was - discovered floating in the Ribble, near to the Guides, or King William public-house, Freckletou, by Henry Gornall, the guide; at six o'clock on Monday evening. It will be remembered that on the night of the 231 ultimo Mr. Bowles left Lytham in a boat, for Prestan, with a man named Cartmel ; both were drowned, but the latter was found near the spot where the accident happened, on the day after its occurrence, and it was seen that the boat had sunk. It is supposed that the remains of Mr. Bowles were "sanded u,e," and that the freshet occasioned by the recent heavy rains disengaged them from the superincumbent deposit. The body way very much swollen and disfigured. It was at once taken to the inn, and the news of the melan choly discovery was dispatched by telegraph to the unfortunate young man's relatives, who reside at Kelve don, in Essex. MR. SPURGEON DONE BY A PICKLE-SELLING TAU , TUFFE.—Most persons have observed in the newspapers, and on the walls of the metropolis, announcements of a reward for the apprehension of Mr. John Gregory, an oil and pickle• merchant in the borough, who has not surrendered to his bankruptcy. but has left the country in company with, it is said, his governess. It may not be known that, in Mr. Gregory, we have to add another to the unhappily long list of persons who have traded on religion, or, rather, a hypocriti cal assumption of true religion, for the purposes of deluding the world in general. Mr. Gregory, wh o was accustomed to wear a white neckcloth among his other personal adoriaments, was treasurer of the funds in process of collection for the new chapel about to be erected for - Mr. Spurgeor, by whose teaching, it would seem, he has profited but little, and has absconded, it is said, with over 2,000/ of the popular young Baptist's mone y. A warrant is issued for his apprehension ; in deed, it is rumoured, that he has been captured already, and, if so, he will find himself in a " pickle " much more pretty " than his own olives, cabbages, and cucum bers. TDB BEER BILL. In accordance with the principles of Free Trade, as well as the result of many years' experience, the House of Commons yesterday rejected Mr Harely e. bill for a return to a stricter monopoly in the sale of spirits and beer. Such a fate tnight have been expected from the first for a measure which wag not only opposed to the spirit of all recent legisis; tion, but was in direct contradiction to the Report of Vie Committee which sat during neerlythe whet° rt sessions of 1853 an d 1851. Ceainly t'te pub lic sobriety and morality ought to t e well assured in return for such a comMercial anomaly as the Pr e ; sent licensing system — a system which the bill of Mr. Hardy proposed t o ma k e st i ll more severe a nd onerous. If temperance societies confessed that the licensing of public houses acted as a kind of Maine Law, and that wherev er the rnagistrates were rigi d and the brewers omnipotent there drunkenness Was rare, and health, wea l t h, an d contentment reigneni if the clergy and the Poor Law authorities declarel that a restriction on the sale of liquids elevate" public morality and prevented destieution, then w e might have some encouragement to persist in 3 course by which great advantages were attained in return for obvious sacrifices of theory. But vrl° has a word to say i n f avour o f t h e present prec tioe . Who can discover any social benefit to redeem th e economical heresy ? The principle on which th e license system is based is simply this—that. tn e , authorities sh a ll t a k e d ue care for the regulat i on al - houses of entertainment. Places where men meet t ° drink are apt to be scenes of rioting and profligacY, the resort of th e gam bl er an d the thief. The ma gi" trates of a district should, then, take care that n° permission is granted to sell strong drink except t° a man for whose character there is some guarante e. On this principle, soun d enoug h i u i tself, has been built up a fabric of inconvenience and injustice. • t. The spirit of interference w ith social habits which distinguished legation in past timee, which ptlr duced sutnptuary laws and laws for the minute re gelation of trade, has thoroughly penetrated every part of the licensing system. The magistracy Pr a ' tend to take car e o f th e pu bli c sobriety, to Itn°,"( the public want, to deter m i ne w h a t number of houses are necessary to a certain population, and what manner the b us i ness o f a üblican should carried on. The consequence has been, not t he limitation in number o f th e publichouses, nor t ll 2 improvement of such as exist, but the establish ment of a monopoly in the hands of a few brewe r& 'of colossal wealth. The licenses have been O lt : fessedly granted on no - fixed principle. In some parts every tenth house is a ginshup ; in otherstsf i f or three streets a re con fi ne d t o one dirty andel; conducted establishment. It is evident that object of a license is to secure a landlord of good character, but und er th e presen t system ' t h e meg strates have thought more o f th e h ouse th an the maser. Instead of ma ki ng th e li cense a purely : 0 personal affair, they h ave practically granted it certain houses, which re t a i n i t un d er any eliall 0 of proprietors or l essees . Th us, w hil e a ril`l4 of the best chara c t er an d th e most ample me an° refused permission to open a new house, the old 011 7 are transferred from rcspccteble to disreputable lan e ; lords, from solvent d ea l ers t o bankrupts, almost A g e / matter of course. The fittest person for thee supply ll a district may be ref use d l eave to t ra d e b ecause lie not take one of the established houses from some P' brewer on the latte r ' s own t erms, wh i le blacklegs' prizefighters, and w orse fi n d no difficulty in gett , : 7 their license, though with ou t means or charaeted because the place they ha ve t a k en i s ou th e list a , those already licensed. Th e resu lt s m i g ht be Ord seen. The houses, and consequently the sal a the beer and spirits hav e b ecome a monopoly, anu,,se, longest purse has ga i ne d most b y the 070 The publicans are co n f esse dl y t o a grea t elvl e e i the mete agents of th e b rewers, f rom w h om tb are obliged to purchase their liquor, and Wi le o i, influence may unmake, as it has made til ° ,3% . The sway of one or t wo grea t fi rms i s sa id tom e tend over large districts of the metropolis. y o Bedford estate or the G rosvenor estate is 1120$0 greater wonder than the p ro p er t y o f some o f tit a colossal establishment s i n li cense d p l aces o f ente r 7, tainment. All the evil s o f - monopo l y are thils lo ~ mined without any of th e b ene fit s o f reg iilatie; Gin flavoured with turpentine and porter tri o . frothy with cocculus Indices are evils not coun tbe balanced by any necessary respectability. jrl„ of landlords who vend the m . Th e great malen74,lo these we will allow t o b e h ones t an d respee'''ocl men, but this is not the result of the licensing, P'. 4 would equally be th e case if th ere were no heat° . Q . " at all. Now, these facts bei ng k nown an d p re tty gn; rally acknowledged, it wou ld h ave b een a L't' o e thing at any time to bring in a bill f o r throO t ; the trade more completely jute( the power of tw brewers, and their alli es , the magistrates. B¢ in the present case the confidence shown by Dar Hardy is pre-eminently surpr i s i ng, i s i nce, as ie_ W. Brown told th e h ouse , a comm i t t ee ; aftek 0:0 ling two sessions and asking 15,060 questions ° O , the subject, has come t o conclusions, exactly O PP, site to those which th e bill em b o di e d. The C)° o , g , mate of 1854 has declared that there existed si t - ; c i pinions that "licenses are withheld and grau ee l capriciously; that the influence of builders f o f brewers is more potent than e ith er th e charactero;" the applicant or the requirements of the publ, l and, without endor s i ng th ese accusa ti on s, it ' - ',3 1 0 sidered them sufficiently important to justify r ef abolition of the pres en t sys t em . H av i n g in v 1 to the impossibility of magist ra t es knowing the cji ic e ratter of the applicants or th e wants o f th e die ; e , the Committtee wa s i n f avour o f gran ti ng a lic e . 0 14 revocable for misconduct, to every man who See procure sureties for good behaviour. By vie means the monopoly, th e jobbing, the fa,vouritA and the injustice of th e present practice well' , once be brought to an end. Some such plan must, we think, soon 10 ,0 cepted by the Legislat ure . Th ere can b e no rest -0 why the trade in beer and spirits should not bet g free as any other. A sum may be charged license greater in the case of spirits than of ,7 13 0 liquor ; that is simply a t ax f or th e b ene fit 01 . le, revenue, and makes no difference in the prio l Po But, as long as we allow that liquor should be id bf at all, we must allow th a t ever y man h a s a r off to sell ie. The freer the t ra d e b ecomes the in is respectable will be the clas s o f men w h o ember ire it, and more will be gained by delivering the tP it lic from millionaire brewers and depender%eoe tailers than by the strictest system of super vi : o ch that the skill of a Bench of Juitices ever dev; 0 The present state of things certainly has lit t recommend it. If ever there wa s a s ystem w' j jie failed completely, it is that which now prelt i , o 4 Much drunkenness among th e p eo pl e , much Lot liquor at the public-houses, and many bankaup9f, among the landlords, are its chief features. 4 ,10 then, it neither insures wholesomeness in ; tar drink, temperance in the drinkers, nor respe d d. bility in the dealers, it is time it were superfleore by some regulation more r easona bl e and PI promising of success.—. Times. THE BANK 0 - F FRANCE. ro t The letters from Paris yesterday assert' with tall confidence that th e B an k o f F rance w ill forthwi 6 reduce their rate of interest, which has stood 0 per cent. since the 26th of September last. _ l id monthly return to be published on F r iday is m' 4o . upon to show that the step h as no t en pre turely entertained. Looking, h owever , to the fact during sient nature of each recove r y i n th e s t oc k of sf' 4 , l o during the past two years, t oge th tr w ith the 'd that it was lately, atter a short attempt, Wi ri r dangerous to leave it to its natural course, the 00 0 pression is unavoidable that if a rel axa ti o n has P , of decided upon the hope of produ c i ng a feeli Z o o ease at the approaching el ect i ons mus t have ' the primary motive. The probability of a reduction in the rate of V 3 ' ; count by the Bank of France has suggeste4., question wheth er , i n consequence o f the re„itr arrivals.of bullion, a s i m il ar course may no t be t 'io, cipated on this side. The latest weekly rata 5 0 however, do not w arran t th e expectation. 11° s 0' not been for the further unfavourable movemel l / 40 0 the Chinese exchanges reported by the last lus i oft reduction to 6 per cen t. wou ld certa i n l y have oc io already witnessed ; but, as out of the recent sC 100 arrivals of 2,000,0001. only a b ou t 270,0001• , 0 1 found its way to the Bank, a n d some ti me maY to elapse before further large receipts take ph° Ot supply the constant dem an d, it seems un likely „to, any hasty change will be ann ounce d. At a ll e'w_ i e ' a short period will most p ro b a bl y b e anon to elapse to test the result of the experiment wilt* be contemplated by the Bank of France. or lowering of the rat e o f t h at esta bli s h men t to ""„ti' 5i per cent. may p ro d uce an effect upon the en° nental exchang es , suc h as to enable a reductiesotbe 6 per cent, to be made in London, without .0 0 prospect of its leading to any extra pressure, ~ o t . present rate of per cent. is about Pe, r . c „.;po l i higher than that at any of the other Pnn - ). European cities. At Paris the existing eha r g,tea the Bank is 6percent., but transactions are eft ~$0 in the open market at about 51. At Haelv7;io although the rate after a temporary decline i t again advanced, it is still not higher than 51. Berlin, Vienna, and Frankfort it is 5. At Auts dam it is 4, and at Brussels 3i. MADAM TIISSATID'S EXHIBITION. —The latest addit to this popular exhibition are three a lle g orical fi g uS fi representing Britannia, Hibernia, and Csledonia, ere cj:4 on pedestals, and intended to add to the pictorial el 7, of the group containing her Maj e s t y and y outhful fau surrounded by many of the distinguished men of t:, t g - 0 present day. These fig ures have been manufactured re replace similar ones of lonstanding, and are much ri‘g elegant and life-!ike in appearance and construction tO their predecessors. , ( string ahtici canfid suspai AteSsr shi ass e t s be rea to re tne ast at Pa ted , here. rigi - a day. the IF disco ► Spe at 93i cents. New ditto Th( to thi: fOr - n quo' ~1'~=.~: Th( Culty datioi see ur i tOnin a tw o °fle e Nye( not tr but rf Ev en have 0 Join pro% $ I 8 Pe: Pe In Loa, Cons: