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\ow read}, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION OF TANCRED. By B. DISRAELI, M.P. " Tanel - ed is a brilliant book, abounding in adventure and inter tainment, rich in descriptions and lively touches of character. It has entertained us more than either • Coningsby' or Sybil;' and we think may stand Natter in public favour. It is, unquestionably, the most brilliant and s t o•prising novel of the season."—Atheneum. " Tancred is a beautiful book—a better one, perhaps, than either Coningsby' or Sybil,' for it appeals to loftier feelings, and has higher purposes."—Observer. "We hold it to be impossible for the author of ' Vivian Grey' to write a work of fiction which shall not be clever, brilliant, witty, and dashing. • Tancred 'is all this, and something more. Its water has born .wed for a season the pencil of Roberts, and become a gorgeous palater." , — limes. Ilenry Colourn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•street. _ Now re. dy at all the-Libraries, in 2 role., T HE JEst.II r AT CAMBRIDGE. By Sir GEORGE STEPHEN. Heru7 Colbtirn, PuLlisher, 13, Great Slarlborough-street. Frit AJEQ THEATRE. TOOCORROW ETENENG, Toes :ay, May 2,, will be performed Bellud's Opera, .1..1u...A LA SONNAMBULA, Amino, 3fdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame ~ o lari ; Count Rodolph, Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. To conclude with the revive I Ballet (by M. Perrot). entitled LA ESM ERA 1. DA. The principal characters by Mdlle. Carlotte Ode (her first appear ance), Mdlle. Copere, and Mdme. P. Stephan. M. St. Leou, M. Gosselin, and M. Pe. rot. Pit 110 eta may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price les. 6d. each. The Free Let is suspended, tl:e Public Press excepted. II Elt MAJ TY 'S Tkl EAT RE. The Nobility, S.ubscribers to the Opera, and the Fublic, are re. Spectfhlly informed, that a grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY next, May 27, when will be performed (first time in this country) Donizetti's Opera. entitled LA FIGLIA DEL R EGGIMENTO. Maria, Millie. Jenny Lind; La Marchesa di Perkentield, Mdme. Bolan; Sulpizio Sergente, Signer F. Lablace ; and Toni°, Signor Gardoni. To be followed by various Entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, C. It combining the talents of Wile. C. Otis!, ILIIIe. L. Grahn, osoti, ltdme. P. Stephaz, and Mdlle. Cerito. M. Perrot, And M. St. Leon. Tn. doors open at Seven. The op4r2 to commence at Half-past Bevan o'clock. ROYAL I 'ALIAS GRAND EXTRA OPERA, COVEN - T -GARDEN. Ois NIGHT. TEILMSDAY neat. May 27, Mozart's DON GIOVANNI, which has been some time in preparation), will be performed, with tho most perfect ensemble, =bracing a triple Orchestra, Ballet, double Chorus, with all the leaning Artis es, including Grist, Per mian!, Corbari, Mario, Rovere, Tamburini, Tagliatlco, &c., con ducted by M Costa. To conclude with the new grand BaTlet, in three Acts, entitled LA SAL .MANDRINE. (Composed M. Blasts, the music composed and arranged by Signor Curti, the scenery by Niessrs. Grieve and Tclbin.) TrinciPal cisaracters by Mdlle. Fanny Elsaler and Mdlle. Dumilatre ; also Mdlles. Benin, Neodot, De Medium, Delechaux, O'Bryan, and M. Potipa. The Nobility. Gentry. and Subscribers are respectfully informed that the Grand Plazzi Entrance is now open. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Pit Stall ........ •.•••• • • • • • £1 1 0 First Amphitheatre Stalls, First Row ...... 0 15 0 Ditto, Second and Third 0 12 6 Second Amphitheatre 5ta115........ 0 7 0 Pit Tickets .......... First Amphitheatre •• • •••• • • • . 0 8 0 Second Amphitheatre ••• • • • • • .......... 0 5 0 Gallery .• .. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the . Box-office, Bow. street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. it. Webster. sole Lessee. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Manna. duke Topple, Mr. Farrrn ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson ; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howe; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover; Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue ; Miss Fi lding, Mrs. Humby. After which, the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUSIENTAL VO CALISTS will give their imitations of various instruments, with the Lips only. To conclude with TILE INVISIBLE PRINCE or, The Island of Tranquil Delights. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVEN,NG Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To be followed by the Opera Bun Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce, called THE DOUBLE-BEDDED ROOM. Dulcimer Pipes, Mr. Lambert ; Major Minus', Mr. Selby Spigot, Mr. Cullenford ; Josepti4Mr. Worrell Mrs. Deputy Lomax, Mrs. Laws; Nancy Spigot, Miss Chaplin. ruINGESS'S T IIEATRE, 'OXFORD-STREET. - J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee. and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Tragedy of HAMLET. Claudius, Mr. Ryder; Hamlet, Ur. Macready ; Polonius, Mr. Granby; Laertes, Mr. Web star; Horatio, Mr. Fisher; Gertrude, Mrs. Warner; Ophelia, 3liss E. Stanley. After which, the new Farce, entitled A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining,towell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E: Stanley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. Vincolo, Mr. Granby ; Bruno, Mr. Walton; Rinaldo, Mr. Fisher ; Popolino, Mr. Compton; Gabriotte, Mr. Cowell ; Yaldo, Mr. Smith ; Signora Francesca, Mr.. Hughes ;" Nortnal, Miss Stanley. THEATRE. ROYAL, LYCEUM. . Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed PERSON 4 AIIOU I' TO MARRY. Characters by Messrs. Mathews, ' igan, Turner, Kinloch, Mrs. Wooßidge, Mus t Wigan, and I,iss A' den. After which a new Farce, called WANTED A HERMIT. In which Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Keeley, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley w 1! perform. To be followed by the new occasional Dramat'c Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ars by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Burlesque Extravaganza, called THE WOOD . D-RMON ; or, One o'clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Y. Matthew., Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson, Miss Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will he performed the c mic Vaudeville of LA DOT D'Ar- YERGNE. l'ierre, M. Dumery ; Jerome, M. Pagenier ; Madeleine, Mdlle. Forquet ; Felic te, Dumery. After which, the Comedie of LE MARI A LA CA MPAGNE. Colembet, M. Regt.ier ; tirsule, 3idlle. Denain. To conclude with the Vaudevi It, entitled ',IMAGE. De Fe randal, M. Dumery ; Leopold, M. Rhozevil; Mauclere, M. Priston ; Madeleine, aidlle. I)uverger. Boxes, 6s. ; l'it, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3. , .; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, Ila. Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. THIOPIAN etERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. /n consequence of the increastriz success which attends every re presentation given by tne celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell. Harrington. cite. Stanwood, and Germcn, they will repeat their ENTERTAINMENTS st the above Theatre. TO-MORROW EVENING, May 25. and every Tuesday, Thursday. and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock. They will a'so give a DAY PER FORMANCE on Wednesday Morning, May 26, commencing at Halt past Two o'clock. They will appear at the Music Hall, Store-street, en Wednesday evening ; anti at Sussex Hall on Monday next. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Boyd Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-offlee ef the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager Mr. William Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. splendid combinat'on of Novelties, in addition to which Mr. Batty has engaged Mcllle. La toot, toe-Female Equestrian. 'IBIS EVENING WMl3olperrerrasd the Equ 'trian Magica Sketch, THE GOLDEN_ FOOTED NEED; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley. Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of Horsemanship, Introducing the Foreign and British Artistes. To conclude with Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of TILE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, 5.. ; Boxes. 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Willba performed Belittle's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA; or, The Village e kantem. Rudolph°, Mr. Leffler ; t huno, Mr.. Harri son; Alessi°, Mr. llorneastle ; Amina, M ss Ita , nfurth ; Lisa, ]lac R. Isaacs ; Teresa, Mrs. Daly ; An !ette, Miss Vaughan. To conciude with due new Nan ical lirama, called I HE WRECK AND i liE It ELF. C . tptain. Mr, Tindell; lialstead. Mr. Ilopn crane ; Ben Block, Ili% Nee elle; Christmas, Mrs. Ware. eioxes. 28., Fit, Is.: Gallery, lid. Doors open at Six, commence at Half-past Six. ROYAL VIC ORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will he performed THE LONELY MAN OF THE OCEAN; o-, the Night Before the Bridal. Characters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Raymond, Gardner, Miss Vincent, Mrs. G. Lee, and Miss Burroughchtle. Atter which a Drana from the Preach, entitled DONZELLA ; or, The Monk and the ASSUSiIIi. To be followed by 31:. Cox's DISSOLVING VIEWS. To conclude with A D3IIRAL SAM. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOtIICAL GARDENS. under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. .Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Ad.nission. the Shilling. The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable expense, erected a new Entrance, and a magnificent Walk, with lower borders, statues, and a Central FoUntain, in front of the grand Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Menagerie contains many specimens, inclu ling the Giraffe, Gazelles, Sec. The Promenade Concerts, conducted ..y Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge pf Statues. The grand Pyrot,choic isplay, representing the SIEGE OF GIBIiA , TAR. Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion of tne Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. During the seaion, M. JULLI,N will give a series of Concerts; the Band will consist of one Jr ndred reriormers. The Koyal South London Floricultural Society will hold their Grand spring Flower Show, on Wednesday, .1,1 ay 26. Hk WEATHIM—Sum OrrxcE, MAY 22. TAZRXOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest. 68 ; Noon, 69, BAROMETER, 30.1.—WIND W.; fine. MAY 23. TiswassostrrEn, Lowest, 57; Highest. 73; Noon, 72, At Three o'clock, 78. BAROMETER, 30. WIND S.; fine sunshiny weather. 131 ' 311 W ATER AT N.nut, LA] , rn i ng .. 13 minutes after 8. I Evening .• 51 lthint ' g "If 8. -7 .."-- '..',.=,---• '''''.%; 4 Cii._._ ~,'..v jod ‘ ,..A.- ' ~ svl , + --. 1 1 - ~- ~:' -..,. 0111 ? • MC. 'i .....• .: -411 ~'''-i t- 3 : • -• A \ ..' t. ..-- fullmiirt anit LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1847. Parliament is so nearly approaching to its last gasp that even the temporary respite of a vacation must be peculiarly agreeable and consoling to its Members. The Whitsuntide recess which has just commenced is, in almost everybody's estimation, the preliminary to a general dissolution. It is, therefore, with unusual curiosity that the movements of the Legislature are scrutinised as the session advances nearer and nearer to its termination. Much has un doubtedly been done by the present Government towards the fulfilment of its promises, but much like; THE wse remains unaccomplished. So absorbing have been the internal difficulties of the kingdom, that the Executive has been almost entirely engrossed by the consideration of the most rapid and efficient reme dies. The destitution in Ireland has not alone pressed heavily upon the State, it has been simul taneously attended by the general deficiency of pro visions throughout the country and the extra ordinary involvement of the money-market. In striving to diminish the pernicious consequences of these afflictions, the Legislature has been compelled to postpone the consideration of many important re forms altogether, and to deal with others by a merely cursory introduction. The sanatory measures have in this manner been made the subject of one or two desultory allusions, counting among these even the explanatory speech of Viscount MORPETH. The an ticipated modifications in criminal jurisprudence have been confined merely to certain casual changes, though several of them promise to exercise a remark able influence when they are ultimately interpolated as portions of a more comprehensive alteration. The question of national education, in like manner, has not had afforded to it sufficient time for its due delibera tion. It alone, as has been already observed, would afford ample occupation for a whole session, and con sequently its agitation at the mere fag-end of a session has miserably cramped both the Ministry and the Parliament in its regard. A general dissolution will bring all these matters prominently before the people. An opportunity will be afforded to the electors for sending to the new Parlia ment only such men as coincide entirely with the dif'- ferent constituencies upon the multifarious questions of social and political reformation. The cause of the multitude will then be at the disposal of the enfran chised million ; let them use with discrimination this golden advantage. Let them ensure their own hap piness, and the happiness of their children, by sending to the House of Commons an overwhelming ma jority of liberal representatives, whose votes may at once open the floodgates of a benevolent and bene ficent reform. Let them remember that the death of Party and the discomfiture of Faction is only, in the language of Prince TALLEY RAND, "the beginning of the end ;" that the triumph of the free-trade principles was only the forerunner of a countless number of equally inestimable victories ; that if the people are only earnest, and persevering, and unanimous, the preju dices and evils of a blundering system of legislation may be permanently and speedily removed. Among the habitual croakers many doubts were expressed on the retirement of Sir ROBERT PEEL from office whether his successor could remain in power beyond a fortnight without encoun tering an ignominious expulsion, or being com pelled to appeal immediately to the country. Those lugubrious expectations have been so far from fulfilment, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL has maintained the authority of his Cabinet in the midst of an un wonted turbulence, and has obtained for his various measures fluctuating, but usually triumphant majori ties. Had the Prime Minister been one jot less.effi cient, less resolute, or less active, the Administration, must infallibly have fallen to pieces. The Parlia ment must have been dissolved, and a general elec tion,, months back, have ensued. Supposing these' things had really taken place, the consequences to the community would have been frightfully calami tous. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, then, has 4 - title to the gratitude of the country for• contirm ing stedfastly at the helm when the dark , ness around us was increasing and the breakeri Were . sounding most boisterously. He has car . lect vessel of State through a very perilous period, and that with only such an extent of sacrifice' insignificant when compared with what'would have been inevitable had he not presided in an efficient manner over the destinies of the nation. Amidst all the toils and miseries of office there are at least these consolations. Long as was the period that elapsed after the over throw of NeroLzori on the plains of Waterloo before the British army was called upon to uphold its former fame in the face of a numerous, well-disciplined, and dauntless foe in the East, and much as it was univer sally regretted that the machinations of other Powers had rendered it imperative upon us to " let slip the dogs of war," yet are the feelings of national pride and enthusiasm fresh in the Irecollection of all, which were kindled up on receiving the intelligence of the series of bril liant victories achieved by the British and Indian armies under the distinguished leadership of a LIAR DINGE, a GOUGH, a NAPIER, a SALE, and a SMITH. The Crown and the Parliament cordially entered upon the satisfactory duty of uniting to confer their respective and signal marks of approbation for the skiil, the perseverance, the discipline, the indomitable energy, the unflinching valour, and the remarkable genius 'which these accomplished heroes had, one and all, exhibited throughout their arduous and terrible campaigns. Such, however, is the deep gratitude with i%hich the English people regard any extraor dinary services rendered by their countrymen, in either the naval or military professions, for the main tenance.of the honour and interests of the British empire, that after the prerogatives of the SOVEREIGN and the beneficence of the Legislature had been mu tually called into requisition for rewarding the tri umphant efforts of the different military commanders to whom we have alluded, a feeling of dis appointment crossed the minds of many that, in two instances at least, more substantial honours had not been conferred. It ill consorts ' with the generous sentiments of a grateful people to he told that precedents and technical considerations stood in the way of recognising in the most elevated manner the unique gallantry of the conquerors of Sinde and Aliwal. The handsome eulogiums passed in Parliament, and especially by the Duke of WELLINGTON, upon the renown recently acquired by these heroes in the East, in addition to what they had respectively acquired years ago in the moat memorable war of Western Europe, whilst they must have proved highly gratifying to Sir C. NAPIER and Sir H. SMITH, only rendered the public more sen sible that something was yet to be done before it could be said that they had been fairly requited for the glorious victories which they had gained, and which are now imperishably recorded in the military 1 annals of their country. This feeling is rendered the more apparent by the enthusiastic reception which is severally given to these gallant officers as they are occasionally found returning to their native land. Such was the case when the lamented hero of Jella labad arrived from India, to which he so soon returned to expire upon the field of battle. Such, again, is the case now that we have Sir HA AR.: SMITH among us. The general rjvicing with which his presence is everywhere greeted reminds us for cibly of the days when the brave NELSON appeared in England fresh from the glories of the Nile, and when the iron Duke himself re-appeared from the conti nent after his complete mastery over the most power ful enemy that ever any country, ancient or modern, had to contend against. The British soldier is as humane as be is brave, and, convinced of this, we regard with unmixed feelings of delight the demonstrations of public admiration which are being daily made in honour of the distin guished career of Sir 11. SMITII. Frequently in Parliament has the Duke of WELLINGTON adverted in terms of painful recollection to the dreadful inci dents of war; and it serves to heighten (if possible) our esteem of Sir H. SMITH when we find him de claring, in connexion with his hope that the blessings of peace may be continued, that " the profession of arms is a damnable trade, and if it must be that we have to act, let it be carried on with the utmost mitigation of its horrors." This is a noble sentiment ; it ever animates the British officer. Viewing war as at times a neces sary evil, victory is ever glorious ; but when it is gained, unalloyed by any trait of inhumanity, its merits are enhanced to the utmost extent. The Irish P artl lo a s r t e s a i b o o eo ut t l o be reorganized under roeiykdo we hope that they another name. may avoid the shoals and usefulness of their predecl they may cordially es:or:ands on which the co-operate togewttalser improvement of the social condition countrymen, without seeking to fight w f reeked ; that mtehroeeflgeneral their battles ; that they may devote their atytenctiason to the best manner of meeting the present' difficulties and emergencies by which they are environed, with the means within their power; the t they may rather seek to - apply theie means to the best advantage, to direct them into the most favour able channels, and to diffuse the attainable benefits throughout all parts of the country, in every district, than remain in helpless sloth and apathy, refusing to avail themselves of the proffered assistance because they cannot obtain all they desire or demand, and re viling the Government because it cannot achieve impossibilities. On the original formation of the Irish Party, we looked forward with anxious hope to the result of their labours ; we could readily conceive the vast national advantages that would be obtained from the cordial co-operation of men of all classes, creeds, and parties, for the benefit of their common country. That such men should lay aside their petty animosities, their innumerable points of difference, and combine together, in order to preserve their poorer brethren from the destitution and misery under which they were suffering, appeared to be a feasible project. It would certainly require a considerable degree of self-control, the sacri fice of many fondly-cherished prejudices, and a total abandonment of every selfish consideration; but it , was practicable, and the magnitude of the emergency, the urgency of the danger required it. We did believe that these concessions would have been made, but, we regret to say, that we were disappointed. The Irish Party was formed, but they speedily degenerated into the advocate§ of landlordism, whose sole exertions were directed against the establish ment of an efficient poor-law. They sought not to do away with the necessity for such a mea sure, by inducing the landowners voluntarily to perform ihe duties incidental to the possession of their proper ties, but vainly endeavoured' to weaken and impair the strength, to deaden the effects of a law demanded by the public voice. Many who had joined their ranks fully determined to perform their parts, and punctually to fulfil the conditions imposed upon them by the national compact, found how grievously the con federacy had departed from the principles upon which it was called into existence, and silently seceded from the body, which speedily sunk into a state of lethargy and inaction. The first great error committed by the managers was, the determination that their deliberations should be conducted privately, that no publicity should be given to their proceedings. This was a fatal mistake. It enabled the members of the predominant party to carry out their own peculiar views. The protests,of those objecting to such a course were unheard. It ceased to be a national assemblage, directing.. the public attention to things beneficial to Ireland, but was changed into a clique of some dozen or two of coun try gentlemen, speculating on what - would be most for the benefit of their own class ; of course their opinions carried with them no weight or authority, and speedily went for nothing. We are rejoiced to find that a new attempt is to be made, that the first false step has been retraced, the resolution for privacy rescinded. A number of influential gentlemen, of every grade and variety of political feeling, have met together, and decided that for the future stated meet ings should be held for conference and discussion, to which the press should be admitted. Orangemen, Conseriatives, Whigs, Radicals, Old Irelanders, and Young Irelanders, agreed to forget their own disputes, and to watch over the interests and prosperity of Ireland. A glorious opportunity is opened to them. They cannot Suppose that anything they can put forward can influence the Legislature during the present session; let them strive then•to provide useful employment for the people, to induce the owners and occupiers of land in every locality to draw together, and each to perform his own part, and not seek to evade his portion of the common burden. By not attempting too much they will make themselves really useful. They are new fully warned. -They -must be aware of the causes that beveled to the failure of their exertions hitherto, and they fink , ' feel perfectly certain that efforts' Will be ' made to lead the new body into similar errors, which, snccessful, must deprive them of all utility, and render thews a- curse , in place of a blessing to their country. Letters from Genoa announce that, in consequence of the publication of the decree relative to the press recently published by the GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY, some disturbances had broken out at Pisa. It is said that the decree was torn publicly in that city, and that even the bust of the GRAND DUKE was broken to pieces by the populace. We hope that these rumours are false, or at least that there is exaggera tion in the account. It can scarcely be comprehended that a concession which had excited a general en thusiasm at Florence could have been received in such a manner at Pisa." In the sitting of the Prussian Diet, on the 12th, the Marshal presented a communication from the KING, expressing his entire approval of his conduct with respect to the motion of several Deputies of the Duchy of Posen, relative to the Polish language and nationality. MS MAJESTY based his approbation on the rule of the Diet which forbids the introduction of motions concerning the interests of only one pro vince. The KING added, that he would willingly have consented to the desire of the Marshal to allow the motion to be discussed by orders, if it were not a manifest violation of the law. He, however, gave an assurance that, if the persons who signed the motion will address themselves to him, either through the next Provincial Diet, or directly, they may be certain that their demands will be carefully examined.—Some observations having been made on a bookseller having pretended that he had the right to reprint officially the debates of the Diet, the Royal Commissioner said that in such a case the censorship must be employed, but the word censorship" ex cited great opposition. The Grand Duke Of MECKLENBURG-SCIiWERIN has given orders that all grain importt d by sea to the ports of Rostock and Wismar shall be free of duty up to September 1. , The Austrian Government has just invite& the Governments of the other German States, as wall as the Post;office Director of the Prince DE LA Tetra- - ET•TAXIS, to name delegates to meet' at Dresden - ir k the course of next month, for the purpose of ent;ilpg, into a general arrangement for a uniform system for. the conveyance of the mails in Germany, and for the reduction of the postage of letters. Madrid papers to the 15th have been received. It Was reported that . ESPARTERO, LINAGE,. and several other. Spanish exiles, resident in London, had petitioned the QUEEN for permission to return, and that the Progressista leaders were zealously supporting the prayer of the petition. The KING continued at the Prado, passing his time in praying in the Palace chapel and sporting in the Palace grounds. The QUEEN returns from Aranjuez to Madrid at the latter end of May, and proceeds immediately after. wards to La Granja. A letter from Barcelona, dated May the 18th, an nounces that Colonel BAxEcos, on the, ISth, Caine up with the, band of the Carbst leader TRISTANY, and after killing 22 of their number, succeeded in ctptur• ing TRISTANY himself, who was shot the next morn ing. The fall of TRISTANY is considered as the death blow to Carlism in Catalonia. The Bolsa was closed in honour of the Feast of St Isidro. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Moniteur Parisien publishes a telegraphic dispatch announcing the death of Mr. O'CoNNELL, at Genoa. The dispatch itself will be found in another column. Some of the other French papers mention the circumstance. The Journal des Debats announces that the Duc DE MONTEBELLO has signified his acceptance of the office of Minister of the Marine, and was to leave Naples for Paris on the 20th at latest. Notwith standing this acceptance of office by the Duc DE MONTEBELLO the Ministry is anything but firm, and a Ministerial crisis is expected daily. The sudden return of M. DUCHATEL from Havre proves this fact. On this subject the Union Monarchique says— "It appears certain that the sudden return to Paris of M. Dacliatel must not be attributed, as some j.ermls have done, to new embarrassm e nts in the foreign policy, but to certain politi ca l diffi c ul t i es at home, which, al though of a secondary nature, have raised some serious inquietudes and sown seeds of discord in the bosom of the Cabinet. Among these difficulties, one of the prin cipal is said to be the ch(Jice of a succ ssor to M. Jay r, in the important prefecture of Lyons, and the energetic opposition made by Sauzet to the nomination of M. Azevedo, the present Prefect of the Basses•P3 ie é vvh , ., in the Opinion Of M. Duehatel, is an excellent ad nunlstrator, but'unf , /tuhately has the r-putaiob of pro fessing in matters of religion certain ideas totally in' SUN, __LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 21. 1847 compatible with the Catholic principles profesied by the great majority of the people of Lyons." Here we find the parti pretre again interfering in the nomination of official personages. This is another retrograde step towards the principles of the restoration. Little did those who accepted Louis PHILIPPE as la meilleure des republiques, in 1830, ima gine that the day would ever come when the parti pretre would have a voice potential in the nomination to offices under the Government of the revolution. The following article from La Presse, on the sub ject of the corn trade and the harvest, will be read with interest:— " The situation of the markets remains always the same, the price of corn varies fro m osie week to a no th er , according to the quantity of the arrivals and the appear ance of the weather; but definitively the average of prices does not notably decline. It is evident that we must not calculate on foreign corn for the regular supply of France. The new law presented by the Minister pro duces, so to speak, no material effect; its greatest advan tage will consist in preventing forestalling in the inte rior, it will keep the amblers for high prices in check, and tranquillise the people as to the future. That is suf ficient to cause the Chamber to vote it without hesita tion. Yet we must not be under illusions as to the bear ing of this law; it is a very feeble palliative, of which all the virtue lies in the imagination of timorous people, or people little acquainted with trestions respecting the supplies. The trader will not incur the risk of hazard ing new purchases in the countries of great production so long as the prospects of our own harvest shall not be ascertained, and we are still far from the period at which sound conjectures as to the yield of corn and potatoes can be formed. If the harvest be good, the price of corn will immediately decline ; the farmers who possess threshing machines will suspeed 01 their labours to thresh erain, and convey it rapidly to the market, in order to profit by the exageeration of prices ; on the other ban - i, the private individuals who have mad, reserves will also hasten to sell cheat, teecete.,e they will na longer have any interest to conserve them. There will, therefore, re-ult a prompt tl-preeiatien in the price of that .merchan lice. Now, hoe ever, feeble that reaction was be, it Will Iffi,'e to render the tffeet hoped for by the suspension of the protecting tariff im possible. The present prices re foreign corn have risen so much, that they will be higher than the average of our own markets, as soon as the new grain shall enter into consumption. The trade knows well what to thiak on this subject ; it will only pur chase abroad what it will be very certain to sell again before the harvest, or very shortly after. At a late!' period, when the decline which will take place at home shall have reacted on Egypt, Russia, and America, the importation will resume its course, if the interior de ficiency shall leave it a sufficient margin, and especially procure it good profits ; for it is only on this condition that the trade consents to speculate in corn. It re qtgres premiums of from 4f. to 61. per hectolitre to be tempted ; and it has the right to exact a good deal when it engages its fortune in a description of affairs of which the most perspicacious mind can never see the results with certainty. If the trade decided to profit by the law proposed by the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, it would be a sad presage, and one of the highest gravity —it would be the proof of a new" deficiency in our har itest—the announcement of a new scarcity. Has the GoYerament foreseen this crisis, and what does it pro• pose to combat it ? It demands that the Chambers should confide to it the right to act as it may think right, according to the circumstances. Thetis little as suring, when one remembers that it did not foresee the scarcity of 1847. that it closed its eyes in order not to see it when it was shown to it, and that it denied it at the very moment at which it invaded the whole country. We now know how formidable are questions of supply ; shall we continue to abandon the study and solution of them to clerks, whose ignorance, presumption, or some thing. else, have already 'cost us this year upwards of 50,000,000 ?" The prospects of the coming harvest throughout are, we rejoice to say, most cheering. • The Chamber of Peers have adopted the St. Denis Chapter Bin by a majority of 109 to 39. The Constitutionnel contains a severe and not altoge ther undeserved attack upon the Ministry for their con duct in stimulating, instead of repressing, the railroad mania, and for the egregious ignorance they have dig played of the commonest elements of calculation in the ridiculously low sum at which they estimated the cost of the construction of the various lines. The police have discovered a plot of the " Material ists," one - of the secret societies of Paris, fox-carrying into effect an organized system of plunder-: one of the tenets of this sect is, that all property is a spolia tion of society, and that robbery, therefore, is essentially virtuous, being merely a recovery of spoil illegally extorted from the producing claffses. The members, h ivever, quarrelled ; and in-furtherance of their prin cii les, they of course robbed each other, and thus the police- acquired a knowledge of their existence. An investigation was the consequence, in the course of which it was discovered that several of - the members of this society were also members of a political society, having for its ohkct the as ,, as , iflatiou of the KING by throwing shells into carriage On his road to Neuilly. M. CONSIDERE, and ten other persons, have been arrested on this charge, Queen CHRISTINA embarked at Toulon on the 17th in the Panama for Naples. Don ENallaut; dined with her before she sailed, and they had a long in terview together after dinner. Don Emircruz re turned to Marseilles immediately afterwards. • For the sake of our common humanity we trust that the following statement which appears in ieveral of these papers is incorrect : "Prince Jerome Bonapate, eldest son of the youngest and last surviving brother of the Emperor, Jerome, ex King of Wesphalia t died lately at Florence, aged thirty. 7 three. This young man had long been suffering from disease of the spine. Dr. Lallemande, who was con sulted when the affection was first discovered, gave some hopes of recovery, if the patient co u ld b e a ll owed to go to Vernet (Basle PyreteJs), to take the waters. The Prince's father and his uncle, the King of Wurtemberg, hastened to apply to the French Government for the necessary permission. This was refused without any reason being assigned. On receiving this refusal the question occurred—where will stop this blind animosity, this want of judgment in pei scenting with so much in veteracy every being who bears the name of Napoleon? This young man died in the arms of his father and his brother, lamenting that he could no longer hope to see that country which he e loved so much, and was so willing to serve." . The Journal du Huvre of Wednesday has the fol lowing :—" The whaler, John Cockerill, Captain RENOUFF, which at this moment is coming into the harbour, touched at the Society Islands, where she was detained twenty days by Governor BRuAT. She sailed' ar,ain on Feb. 7, and brings fOr the Govern ment the news of the submission of PoMa.aa. At tbe•:departure of the John Cockerill, the QUEEN, who.had come in a steamer which was sent for her t.4 . : - .giAai Q 6 was at Morea in conference with the 9..i ) Yerncor,and she. was daily expected .at Papeite.r The - Taris Bourse of Thursday was feeble. Little business was, delne i and generally speaking at reduced prices. The Three er -closed at 77f. 80c. , the -Five per Cents., -115 - f. 55c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,218 f. 75c. ; %inep t . .333 f. 75c.; Havre, 632 f. 50c. ;, Great Northern, 590 f.; Avignon, 712 f. 50c. ; Vierion, 575 f . -; Bordeaux, 502 f. 50e. ; Boulogne ' 40W. ; Basle, 185 f.; Dieppe, 315 f. • Paris and Strasburg, 417 f. 50c. ; - Tours and Nantes, 407 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 436 f. 25c. ; Lyohs and Aiigtion, 445 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 450 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 35 1 4. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 21. Boulogne and Amiens 16—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Constituted), 2'4— ' Namur and Liege, 3%—Northern of France, 11—Paris and Rouen, 351 h. , OVER LAND AIAIL TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. 'We v r t lig r h ei t c: w ve i d the Thursday. ththe Pu following ik risl telegraphic of e n - ph ie dispatch • - " Thelipws.brought by flit. lt.diati ISIAII conies to the 14th April. „ „ . . " Lord Hardinge arrived at Simla the 27th March. Sir Fredet ick Currie arrive ;at Calcutta , tin the Ist of April, and took the oats as third member of the Indian Council. " Sir Willoughby Cotton, C o mmander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army, had arrived at his post, and:lm— mediately taken the command. " The Governor-General had allocated 6001.- Per annum for establishing schools in India. " The Punjaub was perfectly tranquil, and nothing new had occurred in Affghanistan. The death of Akbar Khan was still attributed to poison. " Considerable disturbances had broken out at Undh and the neighbouring districts. The Govern ment of Nizam had given rise to complaints." Notir 'he Bibb( _notice was on Sa urday morning receive lat the . sop of London's Registry that the assessors have decided that the Sub-Dean of St. Paul's has not proved his right to the vicarage of St. Giles's, Cripplegate. Archdeacon Hale will hold the living. THE T HREE COUSINS, A NOVEL, BY MRS. TROL LOPE.—"The Th ree C ousins " is equa l to any of Mrs. Trollope'a for mer pro d uctions. The parsonages are well discriminated. Th e Bisho of Solway, Whore virtues are all of th e negative character—the proud , crd ft y , ty rannical; selfi s h, yet intellectual, Sir Jonah Lexington— the. handsome roué, Mr. Edward, his n e p hew—the pretty, heartles s , eilw ttish, Mrs. Cebhur st—the g a y , mischievous, Lord 13ri'tington—the meek Bishop' s l a d y —the subdu, d, brok en sp i r i ted F re d e ric, brought up as the natural son of Si r J onah—an d t h e lovely, natural, unpretending Laura, the on l y c hild o f Air. Edward Lex. irgton i tukd the hfiress of Sir Jouili, make up a in , et_ : ffective cot ps of diariCters,- and are managed with .8 i great deal of constructive skill,—Prit2nnia. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Night.) In the Liverpool Cotton market a good deal of business has been done this week for export, but not much for the trade. This sales are 29,490 bales. Stock 531,580 bales, against 791,620 at this time last year. Railway shares were at advanced rates, as it wds stated that the leading companies would carry on their works most cautiously, and restrict their "calls" to the nar rowest possible limits. There are accounts to-day by a direct arrival, to January 28th, from Port Phillip, but we have advices as Isle yid Sydney. There is a more cheerful appearance in the Money and Stock Markets to-day. and the " sl , lendid" weather, together with the accounts from the provinces, the flat ne,s of the grain ma r kets, th e facilities offering by the Bank, and the idea that even the exportation of two or three millions of specie would not be regarded with apprehension, provided our harvest was likely to prove propitious, serve to encourage a better feeling generally. The Bank of England returns for the week to the 15th instant are also favourable, as will be shown by the subjoined analysis:— Notes issued Increase Public deposits increase Other deposits decrease 179,157 Seven-day and other bills increase 10,257 Government securities increase Other securities increase Notes increase 596,795 Active circulation decrease Bullion Increase The Stock Market has been rather improving, not withstanding the absence of many of the jobbers, and the Hebrew holiday of the Pentecost. Consols have ad vanced to 87 and 87* for transfer next week, and the same for account. Exchequer-bills have been par to is. premium. Bank Stock is quoted 189.: The New Three und-a-gtiarter per Cents. are 87i I. Consols Scrip is 2* discount: There has not been a single bargain in thct Peninsula Securities to-dsy. Mexican are dull at 1 . 61, and Brazi lian at 82i. - Railway Shares have been better supported, though not generally higtor in demand. uutTisti ONE • CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. • • 189 190 k, Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 86 5574 85 fliree per Cent. Consols Annuitie s 87 87% 87 X New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 87% % % 87% New Five per Cent. Annuities .. 112 112 Lung Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 8% 15.16 8 15-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. —8% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% 3-16 9 3-46 India Stock .. . .. 240 240 India Bonds, 1,0001. .• 2 dis Ditto, under 4,0001. par par r"onxols for May 27 .. • • .. 87 14 87% Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. . 2 1 ,‘ dis 2 1 / 8 dis Exchequer Bills. 150. 2d. 1,0001... 1 p par • 5001. . • .... 3 p Ditto, Small .... 26 p ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bond*. 5 per Cent .. • . 8234 Ditto, Now, 1843 .. Danish, 3 per Cent -• • • •• 8314 88 Mexican Bonds. 1846, 4 per Cent .. 19% Portugtiese Bonds, b per Cent .. Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. • • Russian Bonds .. •• 109% Dividend* on the above payable in Landon. Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 91% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES, ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. • • • . .. 30 .... 24 ........ Amber., Notting., Boston, and 3p 6p CLOSINi PRICES. 821, , 83X Eastern Junction .. 2% 1 ........ Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 16% ..... ..• Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. b .... 9%........ Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 27% • • •• .. Eastern Counties . .. 20 .... 18% • • ..... Do. l'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 4 p.... Ditto, York Extension .. 7%.... East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 .. • • Ditto New .. ... East Lincolnshire .. 6% .... 8 7% ••• • • • Ely and Huntingdon .. 15 • Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% Great Northern 31.... 2 1 Great North of England ...100 Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... 58% .... Ditto. New . .. 25 Great Western .. 85 •• -108 ........ Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1214 ...., 15% Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 25 25 Ditto, New .. 4% 7% % . .. .".. 7 Leeds and Thirsk 26 .... •• •... 19 Ditto, Preference 6 per nt... London an North-Western ..100 ....170 169........ 169 Ditto, Quarters . L. and B. 7 .... •• • • ...... 21 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 2 .... 145........,. 14% Ditto, 401. Shares N. &B. • . 40 .... 65 ...... 65 Ditto, 101. Shares M. &U. (B) 5 .... 914 London and South• Western 411. 6s. 10d... 61% Ditto, Scrip.. .. • . 5 .... Ditto, ditto .. .• • • 4 .... 3% • • Lynn and Ely .. .. 25 .... 26%3i Lynn and Dereham .. • • 20 .... • ....... • Manchester and Leeds .. 82 . Ditto, Fifths 5 .... 8 4 ...... 8 1 4 Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) .. —7l. 45..... % dls % Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425... dis. • •• • • Manchester and SouthaMpton .. 2 .... ' ••.• • • Niid;and ..100 'Milo, New 6 .... 7 .. • • Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .• • • 21 1 4 Idtto, New .. .. • • 5 •• .. 6% 5... North British .. • . 25 Ditto, ilalf Shares .. • • 1214 •• . • 13t .... • • Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • 34, •• • . 3%...... • . North Staffordshire .. 74 •. 9Li 9. ..... Oxtord, Niroester. & Wolverhamp. 22 13 1 ,4 Preston and Wyre.. .. 25 Ditto, Hall shams (A) .. 8% .. • • 12 •• • • •• • • 12 Reading, Guildford, and ltglgate 5 .. • • 4% .... ••• • • • 4% :Scottish Central .• . •• 17% .. • . .• • *-43 Shrewsbury and Itirmingham .. 3t ...... South Eastern and Dovor .. 33% .... 35 •• • • 3 1 /, Ditto, New (iss. at 32/.) No. 1. 20 .... 19 ..... • 19 tio.. New (do 101.) .. NO. 4. 5 . . 4 .• • •• . • 4 West Riding Union • . • . .. 4/. 25... % dis .... 3G dir Windsor. Staines, Sa S. Western., 425....• p ........ Wilts, Somerset, 'Ad Weymouth 20 .... 10% •• • • • • 101,, York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 3416 • •• .. 34y, Ntw.• ' • . 10 •. •." •••• •• •• •-• 14 Ditto, Yreterence 4 .... ........ York aad North Midland 50 811 4 .. Ditto, ExtenSfon" 25 •• • • •• 40 Ditto. Preference 2 .... 9)3, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 16 ........ .. Toul., 3E.Cette (Constituted) 4 • 1% •• • • ...... Centril 4af. France- (Orleans and Vierzon)' •;- • • • • • • 12 .. 14% . ... . Northern of France • • .. 8 Paris stud LYons t• • • • • • • 8 .... SIA Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... 24 ....... Tournay, .Jdrble, 'Auden, and Hasselt .. 12 .. 6 6 MINES. Real del Monte, Irnrerlstered 3U • • • • • • - • • • 314 REPORTED DEATH OF MR. O'CONNELL. The Monileur Parisien of this night (Thursday; contains the following : A letter from Nice gives the death of Mr. O'Con , nell on his arrival at Genoa. "On ecrit de Nice que O'Connell est wort en arrivant a Genes." Although this important statement bears no date, yet it must be observed that it is communicated through the organ of the French Government, who received it probably by telegraphic dispatch, as it is worded in the form usually adopted when giving such Communications to the public. (From the Atlas of Saturday.) SECOND EDITION.—We are in receipt of a private letter this morning from Florence, dated May 13th, by which we are enabled to set at rest the anxiety of Mr. O'Connela friends respecting the above report. It gives us pleasure to state that Mr. O'Connell was then on his way to Rome, and apparently recovered from the attack which seized him at Genoa. The writer says— "Mr. O'Connell and his son, Mr. D. O'Connell, jun., with the Rev. Dr. Miley and his privite physician, have arrived at Leghorn, from whence they proceed by the steamer to Civita Vecchia and Thane, where, he is to remain a short time; after which he comes to Florence to pass the summer months at a villa." POET WINE.—We are informed that the Junta of Oporto have resolved that wines of the Upper Douro ,ot the vintage of 1846 may be brought into Oporto until the 20th of June neat. Upon wine of the: first quality a duty of 7,200 reis (about 11. 143.2 d.) a pipe is to be paid, and the owner of the wine is to bind hinisall to export the same to porta in Europe. Upon wine of the second quality the duty is to be 600 rein (shout 2.. 10d.), and on wine for home consumption 6,800 reis (about V. 12w. 101.) a pipe. The entrance duty paid •on wine of the fir,t qoality is to be deducted irons-the export duty. -MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—.—Visoount Palmerston lektown on Friday for Broadlsnds, Hants, for the holi days. ThP Noble 'Viscount, who was= accompanied by her Ladyship, returns to town:on Too day-or Wed nes d ay next. Lord John Rs s , !I left .0 eshsui place on Set Ar tily, for Richmond, to pass the.ho)lo4S whti Lady John Russell and family. His Excellency the Earl of Clares don is expected to leave for Dublin at the close of the r i e kt, or early in the following week, to enter on the C,trtiei of 'his new appointment. The Countess will ac company the Noble Earl. The Earl Grey, accompanied by the Countess,' purposes to reside at their seat near Windsor during the holidays. The Noble Earl, as . Secretary for the Colonies, will entertain the Duke of Wellington and a distinguished party, on Thursday next, in ct lebration of her Majesty's birthday. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere will return from Dublin in about a week. ALARMING FIRE NEAR THE FOST-OFFICE.-.--Friday •night, snurtly after 11 o'clock, a fire that caused consi derable alarm broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. Falshaw, fancy box manufacturer, situate at No. 8, Staining :arm, St. Martin's-le-Grand. The flames origi net' d from some unknown cause in the front shop, and before being perceived they bad obtained the complete possession of the whole of the stock therein. Whilst the firemen were engaged in extinguishing the flames. a report was raised that an elderly female was at the top of the house. The escape of the Royal Society for Pro tection of Life from Fire was immediately raised in front of the building, and the conductor ascended, and rushed through the smoke, and inspected every room not on fire, but without finding any one, and it after turned out that the residents were from home when the outbreak occurred. By dint of great ex , rtions the fire yea confined to the lower portion of the premises, but before it was extinguished nearly the whole of the stock in trade was destroyed. It could not be ascertained whither or not the property was insured. Shortly betore the above outbreak a fire broke out st 13, Water loo -terrace, Chelsea-common, occupitfl by Mrs. Mary Apted, a laundress. Thy loss will be covered by au in. surarm in the Ccunty.office. 33% 1 09 i.; 1414 5 714 151 i, 58;, 61% 19 A s a 6t} 34 267 , s 2O 30 1 13 COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca, attended by Count Adrien de Revel, the Sardinian Chare ff s , and the Marquis de Prover.cal, had an audience of her Majesty. His R..yal Highness was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majest)'s principal Secreiary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by C lonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert on Saturday. His Royal Highness Pr.nce G'oige visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left town at twenty minutes b.-fore four o'clock on Saturday afternoon for Claremont. Her M.ijety and his Royal Highness left Buckingham Palace in a carriagr-and-four, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Prince of L , iningen. Four carriages and- four toll , iwed, containing heir Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Prin.. cess Alice, and the Princess Helena, the Viscountess Canning, the itLircivis of Ormonde, Major-General Bowles, Lieut. Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, and Dr. Meyer. Her Westy and his Royal Highness were conducted to their carriage by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Hon. Mis-es Stanley and Dawson, the Lord Chamber lain, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Alb, rt, Viscount Clifden, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness, and Sir Frederick Stovin. The august party arrived at Claremont at a quarter past five o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert, ac companied by the Prince of Leiniagen, walked out in the gardens and park soon after their arrival. The Hon. aad Rev. C. Leslie Courteniy arrived on a visit. Sir Robert awl Lady Gardiner had the bonnur of jo;rir4r the Royal circle at dilutor. Yesterday morning, her Majesty and her Ityal Consort took their usual early walk, and the Family took their accu,tomed walking and riding exercise. The Queen and Prinee Albert, and the L.,.dies and GentlPmen of t! e. Court, attended Divine set v.ce .at ',llsremont yesterday. The Hon. and Rev. Charl2s Leslie Courteney officiated. His Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca, accom panied by Count Revel, the Sardinian Char L d'A& faires visited 'her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester, yesterday, at. Gloucester House, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge Hous e. We ha r Ve authority to announce that the State apart ments in Windsor Ovstle will be elosed from this day, the 24th inst., until after Monday, the 7th of June next. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, the les ions by the Rev. Mr. Repton, and the Co,=union sar vice by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Jelf, who took his text from Psalms lxviii.,. verse 18. The anthem was, " I was in the spirit" (Blow). Mr. Turle presided at the organ. The sacrament was administered by the Bishop of London. The Bishop of Norwich (Clerk of the Closet) and the Dean of Hereford (Deputy Clerk) wore in waiting. rhe Queen Dowager was attended by the Marchi:•ness Ormonde and Kiri 11--we. The Duchess of Kent was attended ,hy Lady Augusta Bruce. Among the nobility present were the Duke and Duchess of Beau 'ort, Ladies Ormonde, Wilton, and St. Germans, the \rarquis of Anglesey, Lords Caivdor, St. Germans, Rcsebery, Wilton, and Zetland. The Duke of Welling ton and Sir Fred. Trench attended the early service yes terday, in the Chapel Royal, St. Jamey's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Godd:ird. Their Rryal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, ind the Princess Mary, attended Divine Service, yester lay, in St. Michael's Church, Chester-square The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service in Grosvenor Chapel, yesterday. Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town for Claremont. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, their Royal High ,!esses the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, honoured her Ma -I.sty's theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. rho Marchioness of Ormonde and the Earl Howe were in waiting on the Queen Dowager. The Frte•ch Minister transacted business at the Foreign office on Saturday, The Princess Callimaki, wife of the Turkish Minister, was erroneously, stated to have attended the Polish Ball on Friday hist. Thd.PrincesS was not present. The . ceremony orthe consecration of the Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden; to the 11;shopric of Sodor and Man, t oo k place yeaterday. -in Whitehall Chapkl. The cere mony,,was : performed, by the Bishop of Carlisle (ofH• for the Archbishop ot' York), assisted by the :lishop of Ripon and the B:khop of Oxt4d. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford. Francis R. Dyke, Esq,, officiated as Registrar, and, read he Letters. Patent and the Licence. John Burder, Esq., administ,:rA the oaths, and Mr. 'Limes 13aber officiated as ApParitor Generl. The following 'members of the Et *44 Bishopricks'Com li;ssion attended a meeting on Saturday. iii Whitehall rirtee. The ArehhiLhop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Ansdowne,. Lord .John Russell, the Bisoops of Durham; , vinehester, and Chester. The Rev. R. Jones, and Captain Baer, R.N., had an interview wth Sir George Grey on Saturday. at the Rome-office. The Marquis of Normanhy Vi , :eount Pohnen iton on S.,turday. Tie Noble Mdrquis had als. inter• views with Lord John Rusiell and the Etc 1 of Chirendon Mr. French,. M.P., had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey. The Duke or Roxburgh had an interview.with the Earl of Clarendon on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade: - Lord and Lady John Russell went to Richmond on Saturday afterimor... OnH E sa ß turaa N y A ev j en E insg =ki s TH E A T RE. , Mademoiselle Carlotta Grisi made her deburfor the season, in the character of Es. meralda; The part of E smera ld a i s p ecu li ar y h er own . She was the original . Esmeralda. She has always I created a farore whenever she has appeared . in the clia racter,.and though others have attempted, none have been able- to approach her..lier pantomime is beautifully expressive :7 l)er. . dancing .is a periect triumph of choeregraphic art, and her youthfnl appearance, for the ab . setice ot_which - in such a character no ski I can com pensate, renders'her the very Esmeralda of the author the very incarnatien Of the most poetical of the creations of Victer Hugo. On her appearance she was warmly welcomed - by the audience, and cheered by her enthu siastic reception, she surpassed herself. All the pas were most - effectively given, and were loudly applauded, and her pantomime was exquisite. She was admirably supported by Perrot and St. Leon, and the Esmeralda bids fair to be as popular on this, its evival, as it was on its first production. It was pre ieded by Lucia di Lammermoor, with Ca...tellan, Fras .hini, and Culetti. The houe was crowded. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, who only ,rriyed in town on Saturday aftsrnr ion. occupied tier Majesty's box, and was the obi, et of general attention. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the 'Marchioness of Ormonde, Lady Augusta Bruce, - Earl Howe, and Captain Sum. met, honoured the performances with her pre:.enc. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal High. ness the Princess Mary, attended by the Baroness Ham merstein, the Hon. Miss Napier, arid Baron Knesebeck, were also presor. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia honoured the performances with his presence, and 'occupied the Queen's box ; his Imperial Highness's suite comprised his Excellency Baron Brunnow, Baron Friedrichs, Admiral Little ; Mr. De Haurowitch, M. 1)e Berg, and the Hon. Colonel Grey. There were also present his Royal Highness Princa George, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister, th e Baroness Brunnow, and Mdlle. Olgar de Lechuer, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Pouiett, the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, the Mar• quis and Marchioness of Aileshury, the Marquis of Ifuntley, the Marquis of Westmeath, the .larquis of Kildare, the Marquis of Ely, the Marquis of clanri carde, the Marquis of Donegal, the Countess of ,nd Lady Lucy flerhTt, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Falmouth, the Countess Poulett and Mi,s Dormer, the Earl of' Cardigan, the Earl of V Munster, the Earl of v S is h ea el a b u n t rne, an . dEarl re • G iseountes nville, Viscount • Cantalup-, Castlereagh, Viscount. Ciirden, Viscount Canterbury, Viscount tiom:Tron, Lord and Lady i. Willoughby D'Eresby, Lady Vere and the Misses Vere, Somerset and . Mss Somerset, Lady Eliz::beth Hope Caroline Buckley, Lady Frederick l3entinek, Lady Foals, Lord Sandy_.',:s . E6 , o , euso t t B d r e ue ß e, ar L ti o e r , dA l. A . FitzC. d,. - Ord La G d a y rdner, L rd Saltoun, Fitzroy clar,n , T, Baron N.co Lord Cranstouu. Loriadi Wellesley, Sir 11. Widaughy, Sir enry and L a dy Koudriatisk), the lion Tir able b MissCo H pley, the Hon. J. M eux , Sr Alexander oodtord, Mr. and Lady Car o li ne Sindford, Gener al the Ho •noerable C. Cavendiih Colonel Bowers, Major B uckle y , Capt. Reynolds, Capt. Smith, Mr• T. S. Duncombe, M.P., Mr. N orman Capt. Wood , Macdonald, Mr. Hubert De Burgh, Mr. Bradley, Mr. M.P., Mr. Hard wicke, Mr. Tunnelly, and Arabin, Mr: and Wheeler, Mr. Repton, M.P., M r. Bateson, Mrs. E. Phill i p s, Mr. Packe, M.P., Mrs. Packe Redin g , Mr. E. St. Jo hn Mildma y , Mr. Errington, Mrs. Grot e ', Massey Stanley, Hon. D. Ashl e y, li on. G. Byng, Maj or Baring, &c.SUiprto George Sr r f e W N‘.l.om4well, Sir H. Webb, Hon. General THE GRAND . DUKE CONSTAN- TINE OF RUSSIA. with his Imperial Hi g h ness the Grand tine of Russia on b oar d, was tele graphed o ff Woolwich about a quarter before ten o ' c l oc k on Dukeßlac Black Eo Constantine n , Saturday morning. At had % past ten the G ran d The Duke landed, being received by the officers of the gar rison, and also by the Secretary of the Russian Lega tion. The usual military honours of a guard of honour, &e., were paid by the military authorities. The Grand Duke and the gentlemen of his suite entered two of the Queen's open carriages and four, which were in readi ness, and proceeded to town to Mivart's Hotel, where his Imperial Highness on alighting from his carriage was received by his Excellency the Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister. At halt-past one o'clock, the Grand Duke, accom• panied by Baron de Brunnow, 1. ft the hotel, and paid a visit to the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell in Bond-street. A number of complimentary visits were paid to his Imperial Highness during the afternoon, at Mivart'S Hotel. In the evening, his Imperial Highness, attended 133 his suite t _henoured the .perfibrmance at her Diajesty's theatre with his prezeum.Olaerver. DEEP-SEA FISHING. KEEP THE GOLD IN THE COUNTRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—How can it be wondered at that the amount of gold once in :his country has of late years so rapidly left it? And now that the reason is justly understood, why not immediately comm.nce and prevent a further re currence of the evil? Tne great number of the inhabi tants of this vountry that have of late years been fed not only upon foreign grain, but also upon foreign bee 4 pork, butter, cheese, &c., has unquestionably been the cause of the drain of gold—as foreigners knowing that these are necessaries of file, that hungry people will buy whatever they should barter in return, wht•n they bring their provisions to our markets, and find that money is of more value to them than to exchange for our own mer. handise—so they take away our gold. It must be quite evident to any one, that on islands like Great' Britain and Ireland, where the population is so rapidly, increasing (and they cannot cut away into the bsclr. • woods as in America. and forage for themselves), unless thefoodthe g natural to this population,is n countryisincreased in the san te ratio with upon foreigners (who have a surplus) we sions ; and if it so be that those foreigners who 811 1 ) :", . ply us with food have improved their machinery AP!. manufactures in articles they hitherto required from a r s i : (in considerable qulntities) to such an extents th at 1 1 2 .. they will not require so much of our goods in proportio_ must for d p e r p e a d: able exchange tor their commt , dities, which is here daly increasing in demand, the balance of exchange in t raue; by bartering merchandise, will be lost to this countrp and the foreigners take away our gold for their pror e sions. Where, then, will be the great wonder if, in to • course of time, every coin will be drained from our own c,ffers unless some urgtnt measures ar e s P ee adopted to di aw forth the lood natural to t h e country f.r the increa*inz population. If labour is to be coma. dared wealth, h Yvy many thousands and tens of thou =ands o men might. be all succe,,stully employed in pro: .. svcuring the deep•sea fisheries ? Thus would they nos only he coining wealth f themselves, but also increasing food for the inhabitants. both in this and other countries,: where they are fond of &h. An increased supp l y of fis, h. would keep down the price of butcher meat anti poultry—lessen the demand for foreign salted pork, beet; cheese, and butter, with all the other et ceteras--4Da keep the go!cl in the country.—l am, &c. • H. DEMPSTER. Edinburgh, May 18. 1847. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING Tavir. AMENIP.'ENT OF THE LAWS. TO Tlli EDITOR OP THE SUN , Court of Bankruptcy, London, May 22, 1847. SlR,—The Lord Chancellor has proposed to the House of Lords a Bill to consolidate and amend thh Bankrupt Law. Lord Brougham has also a Bilk° , the same subject. Neither of them attempts to AIN,' lish the power of the individual creditor to seise p t r i o : o party for his own sole and exclusive use. Y et z . existence of this power is the greatest evil of the! h isting law. It is the instrument by means of whi c every fraudulent debtor cheats his creditors. for • In 1844 I printed a short outline of a pan amending the law of Debtor and Creditor, costaieinl ten propositions, of which the sixth was i n the words " Abolish - executi toagainst property at the suit ban e, individual creditors, and substitute seizure, as in ruptcy, and thus ha ve on ly one seizure and one exPtlist " Ira debtor, adjud ge d to pay a debt, does not p S Y the strong presumption is, that it is because he cannot. If so, he is an insolvent ; for if he cannot pay one credit:oFt . a fortiore, he cann o t pay all. If he is insolven t there r - IS. no reason why his property s hould be seized by one O t his exclusive benefit, to the prejudice of the rest ; one being always either a fictitious creditor in leagu e with the debtor, or it a real creditor, either a favourea, one, or the most harsh, exacting, and selfish. Executio! against property, to au honest creditor, is generally nek only useless but ruinous ; for, after the creditor Ms seized, a claimant to the property starts up, audit knoll possible in the nature of thiugs for the cred itor to whether the claim is good or not • he either w ithdraws after having incurred considerable expense, or enters, into the contest, and is defeated by a f r audulent b ill sale, which he has no possible means of proving to b e fraudulent." In 1846, I submitted to the Society for the Am en : men of the Law (21, Regent- s treet), a pape r ° -t to same subject, which I enclose. I sent both p apers all the law Lords, but seemingly to no p u rpose. . d If the paper makes the impressio n on your min which ini l ( ca n n o n t botlbinuateadntbieyiplaawte t hat it must m ake u p on any P will advocate the reform I wish to ote l . The common law has always sanct ioned the doctrine hope you of preferences amongst creditors ; Chancery aud BankruptcY haielsanetioned equality of payment. Both doctrines cannot be right. Surely we need not tate between them. The common law doctrine may give all to a knave in league with a debtor , under the Chancery and Bankruptcy doctrine the honest crejitcr must get soln,thing.. Your obedient servant. i .IRiI 8. M. PANE. TO THE EDil'Ult OF THE SUN. case Sii,—A Coroner's Inquest was held y es t e rday at ieted h Hampstead,r,vtth coi , allow nanoth n e to , r c f m infanticide; eritioa a nuisancecon w bearing on , anatory regulations—the supply of w ater, and the chsract( r o f m an y dwellingsof the poor. • The ' infants body Has taken from the pond i n which it was found to an e nlpty house; while performing the post mortem, the gentleman who assisted, and HIY: r self, were immensely annoyed by fleas—troops e.' fleas. When we left the house several hundreds of them must have been on our clothes. On reaching home, the linen was carefully rolled up and put into scalding water ; the dead bodies, next day, reig h , t have been swept of Coats and other outer gar ments have required sulphur fumigation, and subse" , quently drenching in the garden. I have known two or three instances of poor families coming to reside in houses as infested as this. Imagine a working man and his family having, in such rooms in which we were but an hour,—children, beds, husband, wife; huddled together—bad , ventilation and drainage; little or no water. Some years ago, Ib y a me di ca l student, of general i was directed ntelligence, to visit a case of " eruptive fever of suspicious character." I found the poor child covered, literally covered with " flea bites," acute, sub-acute, and chronic. On my tellin g as much to the good dame, she replied, smiling, "La, Sir, is that all ! well, we do swarm with fleas ; one might sweep them up ; but the boards are so old, and the child is a stranger, and not used to them." Oh ! Mr. Editor, it is a sad thing when use makes a human skin like a rhinoCeros' hide ; there is a cause, too, to suspect that something like moral fleas often tura amiable sensibilities into hardened Devils. Hampstead, so far from being worse than other places, as some would idly fancy, has a thousand claims beyond most others for salubrity ; to dwell on which, would be "to paint the rose..' It is true, it may be, that some matters I have • ' published in a recent pamphlet, are not worse than they were thirty years ago ; that there is noth . in . mg new all the d e tails which sanatory investigation s bri ng, per f o r ce , before the public. Y e t, the very antiquity of these faults, and their widely spread character, spread all over the world, show the need of a England. remedy,—demand, at least, their removal from There is, however, something very new indr' very gpublic attention to these things; something healthy; good and holy in our gracious Queen and our modern Govern ment, telling the nation that these sources of evil must be exterminated. Improved dwellings for the labouring classes, like the delightful, though simple, model houses a t Bag ligge IVells, must soon be built for all, the rents ranging from is. 6d. to 6s. per week. Interim, an linentermitting supply of pure water, light, and resh would cleanse out many a hole and corner, now the hot beds of vermin, disease, and death, in our present ill-constructed tenements for the industrious millions. The recorder; of sanatory facts should be very careful to check an idea going abroad, that indi viduals, as proprietors of particular places, are especi ally culpable; nor may the working population be e a r l , l , o m wed any to ot fn h a er cy desi t r h e eir tha h n oni th es at o " f sh a o t w t e em d pt u in p g " to remove evils under which they suffer, which they, by themselves, have neither leisure, knowledge, nor strength, to remove. l'bere is something workmandike, business-like-- earnest—in the style of publicity which sanatory facts assume. Some people laugh, some sneer, some shud fier, at the simple or disgusting details. We say like Themistoles—' Strike, but hear us." Let it be re membered, that the existence of such facts, particu larly if no effort be made to alter them, not the Pub lishing them, is the disgrace. A knowledge of the principles of animal physiology is all important, that men may know how to live in order to command health. These laws must be fa miliarised to the rising generations—must be made as familiar as their daily bread—as their pious, bible, unrsery faith. This accomplished, we shall have ad vanced another step in sanatory reform, from - which small eminence the public will see others more lofty l t o o u w s they l c i t t i tle band of willbefarle-dseeoinngt,o tthhieukiniutgre,pifdreaun.adurtienai men, who, "through evil rep ort and good report,' dare to do what they believe to be right. journalslank Mankind a t ht steady,e arge are humane,deeply indebted ittoed manner a daily r in which all have advocate d sanator y measures; rising papers have advanced this wise and humane move. ibove the bias of party, the weekly as well as daili apology, fohmeempoalsistioufalsoacuiiemtyosimtiaeys, vi or ell fa a u ff ti o o r o d s a s n qu a a p bi:4 o which the press now and then may be hurried, in suulef it starts up gratuitously , unanimousl y , to labour : cause for the common benefit of our common I have the honour to be, Mr. EDITOR, Your very obedient servant, CHARLES F. J. LORDS. 'steal, May 18, 1847. :Jam The announcements of any names for the bishopric of Manchester, or of the other new sees, are premature —the arrangements not being yet in form for aeY ciPsou or selection. — Observer. !~ IP.