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I'HE WEATHER—Sum OFTICE, JUNI: 11. Tnzamomrrzyt, Lowest, 44 ; Highest. 60 ; Noon, 63, BAROMETER, 30.05 —Wisp N.N.W.; fine. wATV,R AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. Sg rnikutes after 12. Evening .. 21 alinntes 4.1,eT All••• Now Readv, eomplete in 1 vol.. 10 s. 6 d , bound, F OURTH EDITION of LORD LINDSAY'S LFTTER- ON THE HOLY LAND. " Lord Lindsay has felt and recorded what he saw with ale wis dom of a philosopter, and the taith of an enlightened Lliristian."— Quarterly Review. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Saturl PITRITAN I day, will be performed Beßini's opera Mille. Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Arturo, Signor Gardoni ; Riccardo, Signor Coletti. In the course of the t veuing a Divertissement, in which will be presented " La Manola." by Mdlle. Cerito and M St. Leon. To conclude with the revived and admired Ballet. LA ESMERALDA. The principal characters by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle Copere, and Mdme. P. Stephan. M. St. Leon, M. Gosselin, and M. Perrot. The doors epen at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o clock. On feESDAY next (by the Queen's command) will be represented Bellini's opera of NORMA. Principal characters by Mdlle. Jenny Lind. Mdlle. Fagiani ; Signor Fraschiiii, and Signor Lablache. After which a Divertissement, in which Mdlles. Carlotta Grisi, Rout!, itY Cerito will appear. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING. Satirday, will be repeated Be:lines opera NORMA. Norma, Madame Grisi; Adelgisa, Mdße. Corbarl; Polllone, Signor Belvi : Oreveso, Sig, or Marini. To conclude with a new grand ballet, in five tableaux, entitled MANON LASCACT. Manon Lescaut, Md!le. Fanny Elssler ; M. de Grienx; Sig. Casati ; Le Marquis de Granville, M. O'Bryan. Also a Pas de Trois, by Mdlles. Baderna, Bcrtin, and Demelis,e. 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 be opened at half-past Seven, and the performance commence at Eigl,t o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. it. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Comedy. called TEMPER. Sir Marma duke Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson ; God frey. Mr. Tilbury; Emerson. Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howe; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour ; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; llorence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss Fi lding, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a Miscellaneous Concert, in which the FOUR HIINGAIVAN INSTRUMENTAL VOCALISTS will give their Imi- SatiOnS of various instruments, with the Lips only. To be followed by a new comic drama, called THE JACOBIT. Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Somsriord, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with THE POOP. SOLDIER. Patrick, Miss P. Horton ; Darby, Mr. Buckstone; Father Luke, Mr. Hudson ; Kath leen, Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, .DELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF TIIE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap Jobn. Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitrwilliam; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans- Souel, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de Montereau, Madame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenfbrd, and Miss Woolgar. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. MONDAY EVENING, First appearance of Monsieur Bouffe. Will be presented LES DEMOISELLE A MARIER on, La Premiere Entrevue. M. Dumenil, M. Dorgebret ; Camille, Mdlle. Duverger. Atter which the comedie-vaudeville of MICHEL PERRIN. Michel Perrin, M. Bouffe ; There , e, Mdlle. 'Vallee. To conclude with LEA VIEUX PE.7IIES. M. Girard, M. Botiffe La Marqu se de Champagnoiles„Madame Graesau; Ninette, Mahe. Duve: ger. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. :T tIiOPIA~7 *ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. In consequence of the increasing success which attends every re presentation given by the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Feu, Harrington. White, Stanwood, and Germon, they will repeat thetr usual ENTERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre, TIIIS EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Eventwt. Doers oi'en at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, commencing at Mill-past Tao. Thursday next will be for the Benefit of Mr. White. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, 011 Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lassee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Wil The presented thu Play of TIIE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Creswjek ; B !ron • 4 teintort, Mr. Ryder ; Solomon, Mr. Granby ; Peter, Mr. Cowell ; Mrs. Haler, Mrs. Warner. After which a new comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby ; Str Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Yining ; Matilda, Mrs. Stirling. After which a new Drama, entitled THE KING AND THE PIPER. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Walton, Barker, Delavanti, Granby, Miss E. Stanley, Miss G. Smithson, and Was Marshall. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager Mr. William Batty. thllor the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the - - Royal Family. Splendid combination of Novelties, in addition to which Mr. Batty baa engaged Mdlle. Laurina, the Female Equestrian. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Equestrian Magical Sketch, THE GOLDEN FOOTED STEED; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley. Une.rtalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of BOrsethimbhip, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes. To conclude with Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF AB YDOS ; or, The Corsair. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. mall& ; Boxes, 43.; Upper Boxes, 3i ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Darldge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new ballad opera, the libretto by Mr. E. Fitz ball, the music and overture by Mr. J; li. Tully, entitled THE FOREST MAIDEN AND THE MOORISH PANE. Philip of Spain, Mr. Leffler , Francis Huntley, Mr. tV. Harrison ; Sir Edward Cop ley, Mr. M'Mahon ; queen Mary, Mrs. Henry Vining ; Alice Copley Miss Rainforth ; Leon, the Moorish Page, Miss Rebecca Isaac To conclude with lthakspere's tragedy of MACBETH, with the whole of Locke's music. Macbeth, Scott; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Hoary lining._.. Roje , . ez., Pit, is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at six, commence at Hal' -rr , l Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented, a drama, in three acts, called ' , HE MOUN TAIN JUDGE; or, the ratriot'e Grave. Characters by Messrs. Ilt , ka, Dale, Bird, Searle, Howard, Gardner, Mrs. G. Lee, Mrs. Dicks, &c. After which WILLIAM THOUPSON; or, the Sleepwalker and bis To conclude with PIZARRO ; or the Death of Rolla. Rolla, Mr. Hicks ; Pizarro, Mr. I ale. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURRF.Y ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Ad elusion, o'.e Shilling THIRD WEEK OF M. JIII.LIEN'S ENGAGEMENT. No Extra Charge ! On MONDAY, June 14. The Proprietor has much pleasure in announcing to the Subscriber% AMtteurs or Music, andthe public, that he has succeeded in re-engag- Ins M. JULLIEN and the Principal Solo Performers of his unrivalled hani, including Richareson, Baumann, Barret, Lazarus, Prospere, 00ilinet, and ller Kcenig, for a limited number of nights. Which, with Mr. GODFREY'S Splendid Band, aided by a selection from the principal bands in the Metropolis, will form an orchestra of One Hundred Performers. The Proprietor begs to announco that ha has, at a considerable immense, erected a new Entrtnce, and a magnificent Walk, with Itt a - er borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the grand Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN .►NI) BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Menagerie contains many specimens, Including the Giraffe, itaae.lles, &.c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted ny Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tnwer of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge •f Statues. The grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the . . SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion of the Town. and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. ittorithril Ant I LONDON, SATURDAY. JUNE 12, 1847. After an elaborate and lengthy discussion the House of Commons, upon a division being taken, decided upon going into Committee on the Prisons Bill. The whole question of convict discipline was opened up, and it certainly is one which is fraught with considerable difficulty in any attempt to arrive at a Round judgment as to what is best to be done for the future. The old system of transportation cannot be persevered in, and, considering the evils with which it was pregnant to the colonies, it is, if not sur prising, certainly reproachful to us that we con tinued it as long as we did. Whether transporta tion can be so ameliorated as to render it effectual in deterring others from the commission of crime, conducive to the reformation of the convict, and, lastly, instrumental in promoting the welfare of the colonies, is clearly the preliminary and most impor tant question, to the mastery whereof the Legislature should, brace its utmost intellectual powers. If the issue of their deliberations should come short of the above requirements, which are essential to reconcile an enlightened people to the maintenance of exile, permanent and t emporary, as a punishment, then it become too clear that we shall be driver back up•n th e a l ternative of abolishing trans portation altogeth er . And thus thequestion, v iewed in connexion w i t h the growing of the public to capital punishment,andto their like al most universal preference of second ary punishment, which is instinctively consonant with the first prin ciples of humanity , becomes one of the most serious nature. The difficulty of dealing with it is enh anced by the reflection that we have no actual experience of our own, nor any that we can safely collect from the results of criminal functions in other countries, to guide us at once to the decision whether transporta tion can be modified conformably with the objects above enumerated. Nothing is left to us but a resort to the experiment:lm crucis. It appears to us, then, that the measures are wisely framed with the view ofthrow ing such additional light upon the vezata questio as, bythe course they mean to pursue, will in a short period enable us to solve the perplexing proposition, whether transportation shall be contirued or not, with far greater satisfaction to ourselves and security to the public; and the opponents of the Government go too far when they assert that these measures are tants. AFC . 4, 1 • *4 1 146 :47 , 1 - - d r Dpon- .oa •, ..• • = •= • LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 18414 mount to the extinction of transportation. Indeed, most onerous and intolerable character, there is a the statement is manifestly untrue, for the chic f I perpetual meddling with the manufacturer and trader. feature of Sir G. Gaey's plan is, after they shall His premises are subjected to domiciliary visits at have gone through a probationary trial in this coun- any hour of the day or night. No greater founda try, to send convicts more or less reformed to the tion is necessary than an anonymous accusation—the colonies, where able-bodied labourers are much in de- whispered insinuation of some malignant coward, mand, and always valuable. Whenever, in the in order to justify the intrusion. By reason of this opinion of the authorities, the reformation iniquitous and ,atrocious code, and the abuses that of the criminal shall be considered to be corn- have sprung up in its administration, the liberties of plete by virtue of the prison ordeal he must first the people are infringed upon in a manner that could pass through at home, he will not be deported, scarcely be credited, if the full enormities and abomi and policy and humanity seem t o combine in favour nations of the system were revealed and exposed to of such an arrangement. With respect to the point the public view. The Englishman's house is no which is so keenly litigated in both Houses of Par- longer his castle ; it may with impunity be violated, liament, viz., whether the mode in which it is pro- and all redress refused to the deeply injured and in posed substantially to vary and modify the sentences suited citizen, who, when complaining of the un passed by the judges should not have been submitted, warranted aggression, will be treated with contempt, in the shape of a distinct Bill, for the approval of the and merely told it was all according to the rules and Legislature, we are certainly of opinion that such a practice of the office, and that many better men had course would have been the most constitutional and been detected in offending against the law. Our desirable. At the same time the objection comes readers will not forget the manner in which Mr. with no weight from the members of the late Mi- SMITH, a highly respectable legal practitioner, nistry, seeing that Sir J. GRAHAM himself sanctioned was treated during the past year, or the a suspension for two years of the transmission of neglect with which his able and indignant remon convicts to the colonies. strances were met, and all reparation for the insult Foremost among the important reforms of the age still remaining to be accomplished is, without one moment's question, the establishment of an efficient and practicable sanatory system. We are justified even in giving it the priority to the legislative ar rangement anticipated in reference to the scheme of National Education. Before the development of the popular mind and the improvement of the general morality can by possibility be effected, the physical condition of the multitude must undergo a thorough and comprehensive purification. Reason proves this to be necessary. Common sense assures us that persons habituated to filth are naturally familiarised with moral and mental degradation. The sustaining, and inciting, and purifying influences of life—the myterious life breathed into the nostrils of man by the ONINIFOTENT, and encompassed by the sublime and elevating adjuncts of animate and inanimate nature—are entirely lost and obliterated by the de generating accumulation of vicious practices and general uncleanliness. According to the lyric aphorism of the Roman poet, there can be no mens sana excepting in the corpore sano. The health of the body is an essential preliminary to the health of the intellect, viewing the matter comprehensively. For, although such individuals as ALEXANDER POPE have proved the abstract rule by:,the exception, by pre serving an exquisite and imaginative intelligence in the most fragile and debilitated frame, it is indis putable that disease obstructs the advancement of knowledge, the more especially when it is accom panied and produced by domestic impurities. Every thing testifies to the necessity of a sanatory reform as a preparative to an educational reform. Past expe rience and present experience alike demonstrate that the way of the schoolmasters must he trodden out by the preceeding footsteps of the sanatory commis sioners; that the bodily health of society must be cared for before any effective movement can be made for the mental elevation of the populace; that cleanliness is the channel, as it were, along which the fructifying waters of instruction should flow; that the weeds, and the drought, and the poisonous and aggregated foulness must be removed, as it were, from the soil, before the seeds of know ledge and virtue can be sown with any reasonable hope of a fruitful harvest. Another great demonstration has just been made in the metropolis for the purpose of egging the Govern ment on in that pathway of social improvement which its members are evidently so well disposed to traverse, but from entering which they have hitherto been prevented by a variety of im minent and complicated difficulties. The de monstration to which we are alluding was a numerous meeting convened on Thursday evening in the apartments of the Statistical Society, St. James's-square. As might be anticipated from any similar assembly presided over by the Alarquis of NoRMANBY, the convocation originated with the in defatigable Committee of the Health of Towns' Asso ciation. It is a gratifying circumstance to the many millions of those who sympathise in the object of this agitation that the original President of the society should still maintain that must honourable position, notwithstanding his extraordinary duties in Paris, as Ambassador from the Court of VICTORIA. Lord NORMANBY has nobly earned for himself the moral dignity of the Presidentship of the Health of Towns' Association, by his being himself the first se nator who undertook in the Upper House of Parliament the advocacy of sanatory legislation. Since the introduction of his memorable Bill the Noble Marquis has persevered with the most assi duous enthusiasm in the promotion of the generous cause of a general improvement in our more popu lous towns and citiea. SN'e are rejoiced, therefore, that he found an opportunity for participating in the meeting in St. James's-square during the interval of his temporary sojourn in London, and that he in par ticular was elected chairman upon an occasion of such paramount importance. One consolatory fact is visible throughout the whole of the agitation upon sanatory reform—from the evidence adduced nine years ago before Mr. SLAINET'S Committee, down to the last argument uttered by Dr. SOUTHWOOD SMlTH—namely, that there is more una nimity evinced among our statesmen upon the merits of this remarkable question than was evinced until the eleventh hour upon any former questions of reform—upon Parliamentary Reform, upon Catholic Emancipation, upon the abrogation of the corn enactments, or upon the Ten Hours' Factory Bill. With a little patience we might readily enumerate a couple of columns of the distinguished names of those who are known to be most favourably disposed towards the interference of the Legislature in the condition of our most densely populated localities. Nor is this surprising when it is remembered how forcible and numerous are the argu ments in favour of an immediate effort of amelioration on the part of the Government; when such deplorable facts, moreover, can be enumerated as that mentioned last night by the Noble President of the Health of Towns' Association, namely, that "during the last three months three times as many fever patients had been admitted into the metro politan hospitals as during the previous three months," or as the appalling array of figures con - tained in an admirably argued and carefully com piled pamphlet, by Mr. JOHN MARSHALL, upon " Vaccination considered in Regard to Public Health," in which the ravages of that pesti lential disease among the unvaccinated denizens of the rookeries are recounted in the form of a letter to the Noble Viscount the First Commissioner of her MAJESTY'S Woods and Forests. Every new investigation into the effects of the system of non-interference on the part of Government tends to demonstrate more conclusively the necessity of some movement before the dissolution of the present Parliament. If not for the purpose of removing from ourselves the odium of being the sluggish in habitants of a country where, according to the em phatic sarcasm of Mr. EWART, " people are allowed to accumulate the causes of disease and death," we are assuredly impelled to labour onwards to the acquisition of some great measure of sanatory re form out of a mingled sentiment of charity and patriotism. On Tuesday we pointed out the gross injustice of the present mode of taxation, and on Wednesday we proved that the national burdens were increased by no less than fifteen millions sterling cn the items of Excise and Customs alone, that sum being extracted from the pockets of the consumers over and above the amount that was applicable to State purposes; and the great mass of those consumers, be it remembered, consistz o f th e h ar d- wor ki ng an d over - to il e d arti as,whose com f or t s are di m i n i s h e d unt il t h ere scarcely remains a bare sufficiency of the necessaries of life, in o rde a r na to W s . a l t . is l fy the debts created by the cestors, and to exonerate improvidence handed down to its tractors of that debt, from should be fairly subjected. But vast thus wasted, in proportionextravagance of their an present m the thetpossessors :is property :eessdo rs of t b h y e tbe country, eon resources to r which it the amount es of the country, it is not the whole, or even theworst part of the grievance. In the Excise, for instance, it is not the mere duty, large and oppressive as it un , doubtedly is, that is most to he complained of. There are Excise regulations and restrictions of the contumeliously refused. Many cases of equal, if not greater, hardship are of daily occurrence, although the victims have not the same amount of talent and energy which Mr. Ssarrit exhibited to vindicate themselves from outrage, and to hold up the perpe trators to public odium. Will Englishmen calmly submit to a continuance of a system under which such conduct is not merely possible, but is of frequent occurrence ? It also imposes a severe restraint on our industry and our productive powers. The inevitable result of the removal of heavy charges upon, and the consequent diminution of price of an article, is found to be a vastly increased demand therefor, and a great in crease in the quantity brought into use. There would, therefore, be a much greater demand for labour, and its value would be considerably enhanced. Were it not for the artificial restraints imposed on the in dustry of the people there would be an ample field for the employment of all in useful and productive works. We should no longer be called upon to drive our brethren from their native land, we should no longer see able bodied men anxious to ob tain their own livelihood by the sweat of their brows, to labour to the utmost of their strength and ability, obliged to seek relief from the poor-rates, and to claim from others that support which, by their unwearied exertions, they are unable to obtain for themselves and families. A direct incentive to crime and immorality would also be removed, which has demoralised thousands, by the temptations it holds out to a breach of the laws, and which has plunged many once happy families into the abyss of misery and destitution, by consigning their natural protectors to all the contamination and disgrace of an association with the most depraved and abandoned characters in the gaols and prisons of the country. All prospect of improvement in the process of manufacture is also prevented. No experi tnents can be made by which ameliorations may be effected. Science cannot be applied to trade ; and why ? The Excise regulations, forsooth, forbid it. They do not know what frauds on the revenue may thereby be occasioned ; and therefore they must be prevented. It is praetiully proclaiming that in these branches of trade chiefly affected we have reached the acme of perfection, a ne plus ultra beyond which we must not progress. Other countries that had formerly lagged behind may overtake and pass us in the race. They may drive us from the different markets which it would other wise be our business to supply, and all that we can console ourselves with is, that our Excise laws, the necessity of raising large sums to defray claims which should never have fallen upon us, demands the sacrifice. Cases of hardship are met in the Legislature with assurances that they cannot be remedied, because the Excise authorities say the rules cannot he dispensed with. How long will Englishmen be satisfied with such flimsy pretexts, how long will they be satisfied to surrender their national liberties, to give up the na tional prosperity that would await a sounder and better system for such a cause ? The entire taxation of the country must speedily be revised. The repre- Sentstiveg of the people must consider the question in the very beginning of the next session. And it will be the imperative duty of every elector to under stand the views of the claimants for his suffrage on this most important question before he decides on the manner in which he will exercise his greatest privilege—the franchise. 'We learn from Geneva that the new Council of State of that canton has chosen M. FAIT for its Presi dent, and M. MOULINIE as Vice-President. M. FAZY, it will he remembered, was the chief author of the late revolution, and President of the Provisional Govern ment, but he is said, by the moderation of his conduct in office, to have given great satisfaction to some of the leaders of the Conservative party. The Madrid Gazette, the only paper published in that city on the 4th (the festival of Corpus Christi) has arrived. Its contents are unimportant. The KING and all his officers had attended the procession of Corpus Christi at the Prado. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The intervention in Portugal, and the threatened intervention in Spain, are subjects of comment in almost all of them. On the subject of Portugal the National says— " England and France, abjuring in the face of the world their tralitions and their principles, have united to consum mate this unpardonable attentut. Let the English call their Ministers to account for it ; as for us, we have only one word to say. Either our Cabinet has committed the most unjus tifiable and disgraceful act, or, consistent to the end, the Government created by the Revolution of July has only to sign its abdication. The cause of right has just fallen; but it carries with it in its ruins all the facts which triumphed in London, in Paris, and in Madrid, in virtue of the principle disregarded and betrayed at Oporto. There is no longer a reason for the existence of governments founded on insurrec tion. The intervention in Portugal is their suicide." The Constitutiunnel has the following on the sub ject of the Swiss correspondence : " The attitude assumed by ➢i. de Bois-le-Comte toward- , the President of the Directory is almost hostile. Without speaking of the impropriety of bringing forward again, with a tone of menace unprovoked by any particular act, the question of the Free Corps, a question which is in a measure personal as it regards M. Ochsenbein, it is seen that ➢l. de Bois-le Comte, through the whole course of his note, evinces an unwarranted and offensive disdain of the independence of Switzerland. There is much to be said on the extent of the right which the people possess to do th , mselves justice. But whatever sympathy the Ministry may have with absolutism and legitimacy in general, it forgets too much both in Swit zerland and Portugal that there is danger in being of the same opinion with Austria on such a sutject. As to the question of cantonal sovereignty entered upon by M. de Bois-le-Comte, giving to his advice the complexion of me nace, it is easy to see that the reserve made by the French Ambassador of an ulterior examination is a mere formality. It is a question already decided. M. Guizot, eager to gratify absolute Governments, says clearly by his agent that he will adopt the sentiments of Austria. He contends in Switzer land against the liberal principle out of which the dynasty of July arose; he wishes to impose upon Switzerland the Jesuits driven out of France; he will oppose with all his strength, in the interest of Austria, the exercise by the Helvetic Government of any energetic measures in any part of the Republic ; he would keep up that division between the Cantons which would open, in case of need, a free passage into the country of the enemies of France. The answer of M. Ochsenhein is firm and dignified. The President makes a distinction between acts which are personal to himself and those for which he has to be responsible as one of the principal chiefs of the State. He thus gives a lesson of propriety ro our Ambassador. The re solution with which he announces his determination to de fend the independence of his country is the only answer he could consistently give to the offensive language of a Govem ment as violent towards the weak, as it is humble towards the strong." The Presse states that the health of M. DUCLIATEL, the M inister of the Interior, is much improved, and that he is expected to return to Paris on Monday cr Tuesday next. An address of the "Central Committee of the Con stitutional Opposition " to its correspondents, signed by Messrs. ODILON BIRROT, DUVERGIER DE HAU RANNE, GUST.A.VE DE BEAUMONT, LEON DE MALE VILLE, and CISAMBERON, has just been published. It commences by stating, that in the month of August last the Government obtained—by means known to all—and by promises since violated, a considerable majority from the electoral body, which for the first time since 1834 appeared to prove that the Opposition was considered in the wrong ; but that instead of im mortalising the Conservative policy by making use of that majority to secure to the country all the progress and all the good that it needs, the Ministry arid the Chamber have from the first appeared stricken with im puissance, and have not brought forward during the session any useful, fruitful, really national, or liberal, me.tsur6e, hut have oppo se d an o b s ti na t e and systema tic resistance to all political, financial, and adminis trative reforms ; have passively abandoned the in- finance of France, even where, by a family alliance, they had pretended to make it solid and durable ; caused ever increasing disorder in the finances, and a deficiency of 500,000,0001., respecting the supply of which they do not occupy themselves, and allowed the most deplorable neglect and the most shameful peculation in all the administrations; and, finally, public scandals have come one on the other to cause sadness and alarm in the minds of all honest people. The Committee says that it believes that nothing of the kind has been seen since representative govern ment has existed, and that never did any Chamber separate as the present one is about to do, without giving the slightest satisfaction to any opinion or interest. All this, continues the Committee, has led to dis cussions and dissatisfaction, even in the midst of the majority, and has caused a Ministerial crisis, which, in truth, still continues. The Opposition, on its part, has, adds the Committee, not been discouraged, and has not failed in any of its duties. It has signalised the faults and vices of the present policy both at home and abroad; it has brought forward a proposition of electoral reform as a completion of that on Parlia mentary reform ; it has endeavoured to re-establish impartiality in the composition of the lists of the jury, and to restore to it the attributions of which it is unjustly deprived; and it has proposed economical and financial reforms calculated to render taxation more equal and more just. The Committee then saws, that it is happy to announce that it is the intention of the Opposition to persevere in the same spirit. But, as the Ministerial party recruits itself in the dark by the daily distribution of places, dignities, subventions, patronage and favours of all i kinds, the Opposition requires to be fir m ly an d in oFprance, where thenion, in order to cee live s , an g t r l o y w, sup a p n o d rt t e r d iu b m y ph p . l ublic o customs of a free country are not yet firmly planted, many persons, it says, believe that the citizens have nothing else to do between one election and another than to act as spectators of the debates in Parliament and of the events that occur. But that is a false idea, dan4erous to representative institutions. Con stant communication should be kept up between the deputy and the electors, the latter should form and express their opinion on every measure, and a lively sentiment of great national interests should always be maintained. The Committee says that it does not pretend to point out the way in which this should be accomplished, as it depends on local and personal circumstances ; but it strongly recommends that a committee shall be formed in every arrondisse went to watch over the electoral lists, and to cause to be inserted names unjustly omitted, and to strike out those wrongfully inserted. The necessary in formation should bs immediately collected, so as to be brought to bear on the next lists, especially as from the state of the Chamber, the Ministry, and the country, it is not improbable that new elections may take place at the beginning of next year. The Com mittee concludes by an earnest exhortation to the Opposition to be united, zealous, and enterprising, to have its eye constantly fixed on the example of 1827, and, in case it does so, it says that it will not fail to be eventually successful. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was an increased business done yesterday in the Cotton market at Liverpool, the sales being 8,000 to 9,000 bales. A moderate business was done in Railway Shares at slightly advanced rates. The Share Market has been decidedly firmer, and the quotations at the sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. .L.antond and Co., have in some ca-es improved. The fol lowing are a few of the principal sales : Northern and Southern Connecting £o 8 0 Ceylon ...... Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 8 6 Manchester and Southampton 0 10 0 Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 2 15 0 Dublin and Belfast Junction West Riding Union Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ...... 51 0 Oxford, %V orcester, and Wolverhampton l3 10 0 North Staffordshire Great Northern Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham . 5 6 0 Shropshire Union and Canal 2 4 0 Newcastle and Berwick, New 6 17 0 Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 3 11 0 The letters from the West Indies, delivered yesterday af ternoon, are of a favourable complexion generally, and there was every reason to anticipate the realisation of the hopes entertained with respect to the yield of the crops. The various improvements in agriculture, and the introduction of central factories, also afford brighter prospects for the future. There appears to be no particular movement in Mark lane to-day. The contradictory statements respecting the potato crops serve to make the holders firmer than they might otherwise be. From St. Petersburgh the accounts to the end of May fur nish many interesting particulars relative to the corn trade. The navigation had been open rather over a fortnight, and there were 556 vessels in Cronstadt harbour, exhibiting, as is stated, " quite a forest of masts." The number of ves sels front abroad was expected to be larger than for thirty years. Upon the tecomine.ndation of Government, measures had been taken to supply the poorer classes with corn at a reduced rate, comparei with the prices which foreign com petition would establish; but there would be every facility afforded fur exportation. 'The arrivals of all kinds of bread stuffs, including meal, were 6,000,000 tschetwerts, of which 2,300.000 were sold for export to England, France, Holland, Belgium, Hamburph, Stettin, and Holstein. The largest purchases for delivery are said to have been on ac count of Stettin ; and rye and rye-flour had been taken to the extent of 30,000 ships' lasts. This caused a rise from 18 to 28 rix dollars per 16 tschetwerts in the charge for freight, and this was agreed upon for repeated journies. At Riga and St. Petersburgh, the purchases for England and Prussia had been rather less than they would have been, but for the expectation that the quantity obtainable from America will prove very con siderable, and parties writing from St. Petersburgh express a doubt whether we may not have reason to regret our tardi ness. Be this as it may, the letters state that further orders from German and English houses received just before the date of these advices for purchases of grain to be delivered in June could not be executed from first hands, and that. in consequence, many houses were making a profit by reselling. According to one estimate before us, the Russian supplies would afford a surplus equal to nearly one month', consump tion of the countries believed to be most in need thereof, a quantity which, even allowing for a later harvest by two or three weeks, would probably be adequate, now economy in the use of brea6stuffs is the " order of the day." The accounts received from Portugal have excited again a very lively interest, and whatever may be the result, few seem to relish the somewhat " tricky" manner in which Das Antes and his force was captured. The Funds have improved to-day, and have still rather an upward tendency. Consols have been marked 83 to 8344 for transfer, and 88% % for July. Bank Stock is firm at 196. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have touched 88%, ar.d the Three per Cents. 87 1 / 4 . Exchequer-bills have been marked 3s. to 6s. premium. The Foreign Securities have been very dull again. Not a transaction is officially noted in Portuguese Four per Cents., but the old Bonds have been quoted 801 2 . Spanish Five per Cents. are 22, and the Three per Cents. 34, being steady. Russian Bonds have been 109 1 ,4 to 110. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. brought 58% 14. Railway Shares have been higher, with a moderate busi ness doing. The French lines are not so buoyant as our own. isltiTiSit FEND:, ONE CLOSI.NG O'CLOCK. PRI. ES. Bank Stock .. •• •• 196 196 !tree per Cent. Reduced Annuities 87 is 87 87 14 87 t i Chree per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 88% 8814 New Three-and.a-quarter per Cent. Anus. 88%% 88% New Five per Cent. Annuities .. 115 115 I.ung Antwitirs, Expire tan. 5, 1860 .. 9 9 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 13.16 8 13-16 Ditto, 30 years, .lan. 5, 1860 .. .. 9 5-16 9% Consols fur Opening, July 16 .. 88% %% 88% Exchequer Bills. lid. 24. 1,0001... .... 3 G p 6 p Ditto. Small .... 12 p 9 p ONE cLO.:IN: • FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CL.OOK. PEUCE-, Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 80!, 4 sots Ditto, 4 per Cent Ditto, for the Account 314 Russian Bonds • • .. .. 110 109 N 10.0,4 Spanish Bonds. 5 per Cent .. 22 22 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 4% f>itto. Three per Cent .. .. 34 31414 Venezuela lionds, 2 per Cent .. 33 357 Dividend. ell the above payable in LAndon. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 5814 14 Ditto. t per Cent. Certificates .. 90 89% BUSINE'SS CLOSING PRICES OF PAID. EATON PRICE! , . RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 17 , 4, Wolver., and Dudley • • 10 . ........ 14i CAledunian The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies charged to examine the Bill which authorises the city of Paris to raise a loan of 25,000,000 E, have declared in favour of the project by a majority of one vote. M. ARAGo, the reporter, will present his re port in the course of a few days. The Toulonnais says that orders have been sent to his Royal Highness the Prince de JOIN VILLE to send one or two vessels of his squadron to Portugal. The Moniteur, as we stated yesterday, publishes a telegraphic dispatch, announcing the capture of Count DAS ANT AS, and the Junta of Oporto. The Courrier Francais says— " We are assured that the council has decided on the re placing of Rear-Admiral Montagnes de Laroque, Commander in-Chief of the squadron on the western coast of Africa; and already the choice of his successor is under consideration. Several superior officers have been ordered to attend at the Ministry of Marine with respect to this subject. It appears that the Government is desirous of profiting by this circum stance, and by the documents which have reached it from all quarters, to modify the plan on which the cruising station was established, as well as the instructions given to the cora - tnandatit of the naval division." The Three per Cents. closed at 77f. 50c. ; the Fire per Cents., at 117 f. 40c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2651. ; Rouen, 972 f. 50c. ; Havre, 655 f. ; Great Northern, 597 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 741 E 25c. ; Visrzon, 600 f. ; Boulogne, 410 E ; Troyes and Montereau, 285 f. ; Basle, 190 f. ; Dieppe, 320 E ; Paris and Strasburg, 430 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 412 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 4421 50e. ; Lyons and Avignon, 450 f.; Cette, 450 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 34f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 10. Demerara, 2 1 / 2 —East Indian, lie—Northern of France, 11%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 6 —Paris and Lyons, 5 1 4 — Paris and Strasbourg, 4:h. —Sambre and Meuse, 7. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) in Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the sth day of June, 1847. ISSUE DLPARTMENT. X. Notes issued .. • . 23,434,30 23,134,3G5 3f. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 10th day of June, 1347. BANKING DEPARTMENT. X. Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 4,981.00' Gold coin lind bullion 7,9 , 5,355 Silver bulliou •• • • • 1,449,000 .£23,434,3G5 Proprietors' capital . • 11 ,553,000 Rest •• Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Conunissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) • • 7,772,708 )ther deposits ••• • • • 8,150,646 Seven day and other bills• • • • .• • • • • 785,918 £ 34.689,535 Dated the 10th day ofJune, Itl4' Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity). • 11,713,101 Other securities .. • • 17,085,495 Notes • 5,068,705 Gold and silver coin.. 802,234 £31,09,535 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. - - - Roberto it Di avolo, the opera selected for the first appear ance of Jenny Lind in this country, in which she at once achieved the greatest triumph of her art, and placed herself upon an eminence that has seldom, if ever beat attained, was on Thur,day repeated to a crowded house; indeed, admis sion had necessarily been refused to many hundreds anxious to hear the Swedish nightingale. The enthusiasm was, if possible, greater than on former occasions. The same perfection of musi?, and acting, that combination of attrac tions so rarely to be met with in any individual, elicited, as usual, the most rapturous applause; many went with their expectations raised to the highest pitch, and not one came away in any the slightest degree disappointed ; indeed, it is hardly possible to form a conception that will not be more than realised by the performance of this ac complished and highly gifted artiste. It is hard to select any part for particular notice where all was brilliant and effective. The "Va dit elle " the " Quando lasciai," and the magnificient trio, were all given in the most exquisite and impressive manner, and cannot speedily pass from the memory of any one that was fortunate enough to hear her. She was called for twice at the end of the first act, and again three times at the close of the opera. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. II Barbiere di Siviglia was on Thursday produced at this theatre, for the benefit of Madame Dumilatre, on the termi nation of her engagement, being the last appearance for the season of that talented danseuse. Madame Persiani was to have been the Ro,ina, but a severe attack of indisposition prevented her appearance. The necessity of a change in the opera was, however, obviated by the kindness of Mdlle. Alboni, who, on a brief notice, undertook the part, in which she achieved the most brilliant success, and exhibited the strongest proof of the versatility of her genius, of the universality of her talent. Her acting displayed great comic humour; whilst in the "Una Voce" and in the lesson scene her brilliant fioriture showed her extraordinary power of vocalisation—a power to which full scope has not been given in any of her former parts. She was, along with the other chief performers, recalled after each act, to re ceive the well-m e rit e d p l au dit s of the delighted w audience. Previous to th e b a ll et t h e l ast ac t o f Lucreraz Borgia as given, i n which Grisi Alboni, and Mario appeared, and elicited th e most enthusiastic and rapturous applause. The , " Gitana,' by Fanny Ellaler and Mdlle. Dumilatre, was also loudly applauded. La Reine des Fees, in which the fair bga ficiaire exhibited her usual grace and agility, concluded the p e rformances. The mouse was brilliant and overflowing in every part. Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% ...: 2 :: Eastern Counties . .• •. 20 . 19% 7/ % Ditto, York Extension 7% .... i 4 ... . . East Lincolnshire .. 6% .... 7 1 A 7 7% •• .. Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 . ........ a de,nut at i on GREEC E .—E xTRAORDINART SCENE.--The Augs i""Vh Gazett e , o f t h e st h i nst ., mentions an extraordinary altercation sa id to have taken p l ace b e tween King Otho and lair play slmuld be secured at the elections. It w o uld se em that th e that wai t ed o n his Majesty with a petition that Ring's answer not being satisfactory, Ruphos, the head of the oeputati on ve ntured to say that if the freedom of electliii should b e interfered with the people would have recourse to arms in defence of their liberties, when the King immediately retorted—"lf the people take arms, I will order the troops t o ca ll them to the i r senses." We cannot trust ourselves t o com ment up o n such language in the mouth of a King. Let us h ope that it has not been correctly reported. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT HATTL—By the arrival of the sloop John Bull, Patten, in four days from Port-au- Prince, we learn (says the journal) that the Hayti barque LTresident was blown up at twenty minutes to twelve o'clock, on the 23d u l t., wh il st s h e w as engaged in firing minute guns in celebrating mass for the repose of the soul of President G u i rr i ere, w h o di e d two years a go. At the time she was blown up there were eighty convicts in chains ca board in th e b o ld, w h o a ll per i s h e d . Th e captain, in going on shore, l e f t the first lieutenant in charge, who followed afterwards, lea v i ng t h e b oatswa i n i n c harge, who, at the time the accident happ ene d, was engage d with others on board smoking, drinki ng, and playing cards. The accid e nt oc curred from a spar k alighting on t h e p ow der, which was placed on th e d ec k to b e dr i ed.— J ama i ca Tim e s, May 5. A late Kentucky paper contains an advertisement, offering a reward of 400 dollars for the recovery of " a negro inan named Richlrd ' " wilo is forty years old, reads arid write., v er y we ll, is a preacher, and has a license to exh ort, endorsed P - ..y the elder of Stone River Circuit or Murfreesborough Station. The advertise- Mein states that he preaches and sings well, and it Is supposed he Will try to make his living in that vray.—. Ditto, Quarter Shares 16%.... Edinburgh and Northern .. 17K, .... 16 Ely and lltuitingdon IS 12M, Great Northern • • •• •• ...• 2 Do., London & York Extension 2 ......... Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 24 Great Western .. Ditto, Quarter Shares .. Ditto, ), ew Hull and Selby .. •• - Ditto,Quarter Shares 12;4 .23 Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 _ _ , 5a14 8:)% 16% 1642 Ditto New .. Leeds an 4 Bradford .. • • .. 40 .... 854 ...... • B5 .4 Leeds and Thirsk .• 26 ...... • Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. • • 3% .... 3N% 319 Liverp., 111anch., & Newc. Junct. 2 .... 1 1 L melon and Blackwell .. 1131. 13s. 4d. 7% Ditto. New, No. 1 .... ...... 5% London. Brighton, & 7'zotith Coast 50 .• • • 53!.,.,.... • Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... 9 ........ •• 9 1 4 Do. Pref. Convert. 5 per cent. 50 .... 53 53 London an North-Western • • iOO ....177 178.• .. •• •• 177 Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... 233 23 Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 121 4 Ditto, nails . .. 2 .... .... ••.. • • 16 Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. • . 40 ... 69 .. London and South• Western 411. 6s. 10d... 65% 65% Ditto, New .. 27% .. •• •• 29% Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... 55 .... •• •• .• 55 Ditto, Scrip• • .. • . 5 . Ditto, ditto •• .. • • 4 .... Maneln-ster and Leeds .. .. • • 82 3% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 .... 14% 14% Ditto, Thirds (Iteg.).. .. —7l. 45..... dig Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • 34 dis. • • Midland .. ..100 ....121 120.... .. • • 120 Ditto, New .. 36 •• .. 403{ % ...... • • 4014 Ditto, New .. .. 6 .... 9 • • 894 Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. Mx per Cent. .. • • ..100 .. • .127 .. 127 Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 20 • • 26% 27 •• • • Ditto, New .. • • .. • • 5 76% f North British • • .. • • 25 32% ...• Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • . 123{ 15 Ditto, Extension .. % 94 Ditto, Thirds .. 1 North Staffordshire 734 .. • • 9% 10 Oxford, Wor'ster, & Wolverhamp. 22% .... 13%4 Preston and Wyre.. .. 25 .• .. 36% Ditto, Half Shares (A) 8% .. • • 12% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 5 36 5.. Scottish Midland .. . .. • • 1714 •.. • . Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3%.... 3 ...• • • Ditto, Class B .. • • • • • • 3 •• • • 2% ••••• • • • • • 2 ;41 South Staffordshire • • • • .. 21. 125... 34 dis.... • South Eastern alid Dover .. • • 33% .. • . ••..• • .• Ditto. New (isa. at 321.) No. 1. 20 .• •• • .. •• • • Do.. New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4% •••••• • • • • South Wales .. 10 .... ••••• • • • • • Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 42e..... ,fi% p.... • • • • York and Newcastle .. 25 .... •• Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 ... 15 Ditto, Preference .. 4 .... 6% 76%.. • • York and North Midland 50 .. .• Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 25 .... 42 .• •••• .. • . Ditto, Preference .. .. 6 .... 15 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Demerara .. . 214 Nortl,ern of France • • .. • • 8 .... .......... Paris and Rouen .. .. • • .. 20 .... 3f4 ....... Paris and Strasbourg .. 8 .... 4% Rouen and Havre .. 20 .... 25 .......... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. 20 .... .. •••• • • • • 26 1 , Provincial of Ireland • • 25 • • ........ 4534 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered 3M .......... COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 6 Gthra1tar.............. Ditto, at sight ...... 12 3 Leghorn .. Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 634 Genoa ..... ........... 26 Antwerp 26 Milan .. • ............. Hamburgh ......M.B. 13 13 Venice.... .... •. • ....• Shona • • Naples • • 403( Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 65 Palermo, per 0z.... . 120 Ditto, ....... ..... 25 95 Lisbon.... 52% Marseilles •• • ..... 26 0p0rt 0..,. .. 26 Rio Janeiro • • ...... • • 26 Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Bahia — Petersburgh, 3 Us—. • • Buenos Ayres .. • ..... Berlin .... • • ...... •• • • New York, 21 days'sight Vienna, effec.flo.• •• • • 10 8 Philadelphia ...... Trieste, ditto.... Madrid ••.. • • 2 5 f; 10 1314 36% 12% Cadiz • • ... : . . Rllbao.. •••• •• •••• •••• 193 k 4' 7% % P 11li 38 4% 25 NeW Dollars ••0 4 9% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanieh Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Eeville &&&&& .••••••••.„ Silver in bars .... •• • • 0 4 11% TAB FORGERY BY A GERMAN.--MANCHESTEB, Jura 10.—This morning Adolphus Schultz, the young Ger man who was yesterday charged with forgery, and remanded for a week, was again brought up before Mr. Maude, Mr. Beswick, having obtained further evidence. It appeared from the evidence, and also from the confession of the pri soner, that he had forged the two letters of credit, one of which bad been paid in London, and the other in Manches ter, and that the third. or original one, had been cashed on the continent. Mr. George Besta, from the firm of Messrs. Suse Sibeth, of London, deposed to the handwriting of the house, in Vienna, from which it appeared that the letters produced in Manchester and London were both forgeries. fhe prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the next Liverpool assizes. THE LATE DR. RAMSBOTHAM.—This eminent physi cian, John Ramsbotham, M.D., has bequeathed the receipts which may arise from the sale of his medical publications to his wife during her life, and has directed that an annuity of 150/. shall be purchased for her, and that she receive the in terest of the residue of his property. And at her decease he leaves to his son Francis Henry Ramabotham. M.D., who is the acting executor of his will, the copyright of all his me dical works and all other medical hooks, and his manuscript cases; and then, after making one or two bequests, he divides between his sons Francis and Charles the ultimate residue of his property. He had attained the age of eighty, and bad purchased only a year before his death an annuity of 1801. for his lite ; which was insured in the Equitable and London Life Assurance Offices. DUTCH CHERRIES.-.- As has been the case during the past two or three seasons, the importations of fruit have taken place from Holland before any other of the continental states of Europe. Some cherries have arrived from Holland before any supplies of the kind have taken place from France. or there are any in the markets of home growth other than those reared in an artificial manner. The Ocean steam-ship. arrived from Rotterdam, has brought, among a variety o. other Dutch productions, 38 baskets, and the Attwood steam ship, from the same port, 49 baskets of cherries, in a ripe i Mete, the produce of Holland. HAMBURGH AND FLANDERS MAIL. COPENHAGEN, JUNE I.—ln consequence of the high price of provisions and of fodder for the (Nate, his Majesty was pleased yesterday to issue an order that the troops of the several divisions shall not this year be as sembled for review, but shalt be exercised in their several quarters. CHRISTIANA, MAY 26.—As the high prices of pro visions, together with the prevailing scarcity, is very sensibly felt, it is the desire of the Government that the summer reviews shall not take place this 3 ear. WARSAW, MAY 31 --A distre,sing accident took place on the 27th, on the railroad between Gortzkowtee and Radoinsk. The locomotive of the Warsaw train ran off the rails, and several carriages, five containing passenr.rs and four luggage, were overturned and broken to pieces. Of the sixty paysengers who were in the: carriages, five were killed on the spot, among whom was the guard ; four were severely wounded, and three slightly. An investigation is being made into the cause of the accident. THE HAGUE, JUNE B.—His Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Nether lands. quitted this residence at a quarter before one, and repaired to Amsterdam by a special train. FOREIGN COhN AND HARVEST. RIGA, MAY 31.—Notwithstanding the favourable re p.ula from abroad, th s hers of rye contrived lait week fop find purchasers at rising prices ; 158, 160, 162, 163 r. But to-day bargains were again made out of hand at 160 r. At the end of last week 145,000 chetwerts were shippd. Some small pircels of curious wheat were sold at 230 r. for 103 an.i 104Ibs. Barley fetched 123 r. for 74 to %lbs. weight. Several bargains for oats were concluded at 96 and 97r. _ ST. PE'TEII6 BURGII, MAT 28.—Corn and flour for shipment contiLue t ) fetch the following prices : Rye flour in loco, at Sr. ordinary quality, 7r. 70kr. to 7r. 43kr. ; Rye in loco, at Sir. and 9ir. per 9 pud ; for June, at fair. ; Wheat, best nard, in loco, 14ir. per 10 pud ; for July, 13r, ; tor August at 12r. and 12ir. accordingly to quality ; for July, at 11ir. ; for August, IGir. per 10 pud, for which there were purchasers. Winter whe,t, for June, at 12kr. per 10 pud. Barley, for June, sir. per 7 pud ; ordinary quality, in loco, 4ir. per 6 pud. Peas from 10ir. per 10 Dud. It is said that up to this time 2,300,000 cher wens have been bought ; viz., 675 000 rye flour, 600.000 Kul rye, 450,000 Kirl wheat, 450,000 Kul barley. 25,000 chetwerts pease, barley, and wheat flour, and 100,000 chetwerts of anis) ed. The purchases were mostly for ready money, and latest for 13th August About the fifth part of the who' , sold is for August and September. FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND. The Swiss journal the Helvetic publishes the following correspondence which has t ,ken place between the Pre• sident of the Swiss Directory anti the French Ambassa dor. The following is the letter of the French Atnbas sad,,r- M. Bois le Comte : "M. le President,—lt was my first intention to present to your Excellency only the expression of our wishes that your magistracy may bring happiness to Switzer land, but I fesred that this, eeeoid of all explanation might make you believe that there was some disaccord between me and some of my colleagues. 'The circum stances which attended and followed your election, the speeches you delivered before and after it, have appeared to me to render it I ecessary for me to open my relations with you hs an expose which can leave no doubt as to our principles in y our mind. This course will be more candid and more proper. I heye to explain myself on two subjects, the corps francs and cantolutl independence. M. Guizot, in his letter of March, 1845, expressed hi.n• self as regerds the corps trance in terms which make it utinece.sary for me to add anything. Be has founded Ins right to express himself in this way on the right ot eves y Government to protect the bases of ordar, and the relation between nations against the principles and dis orders by which they may be attacker. He has foundeo it also in the more direct interest of France, and it is as respects that interest principally that I address you, tor if, as in the sittings of the Grand Council, the chiefs of the state admit . xcuse to provide for the care of a peophe imagining that its Government is too tardy or too weak in doing it justice, take s justice into its own hands by resorting to force, the same principle may be appliedto the relations with foreign states as w e ll as to those with other cantons. The 15.000 French who reside in Swit zerland on the faith of treaties may one day find them selves exposed to this popular justice. and our frontiers may be compromised. All security of relations would dtsappear with a Government which should admit this prineii..le, and which cannot answer for the armed action of its populatt. n. It is also in the name of our direct interest and of our positive right that I speak to you on the second cpiesien respecting which I have to treat with you. Eery nation is independent, but it is one of the attributes of its independence to have the power of restraining its exercise by treaties with ether nations. France has done this several times, at different periods of her history, particularly in renouncing the faculty of evifying sew ral parts of Ler territory. Switzerland has done as France has done. Whilst preserving her independ.-nce, she has signed a treaty which limits the exercise of it on some fixed points. I speak to you o' the dispositions of the act of the Congres., ot Vi noa, to which the diet of Zurich adhered by a solemn declara tion. The Act of Vienna do s not recognise a Suisse intik:ire, but a Suisse federative, composed of 22 cantons. I , one or more of these canton, should one day say to us that its independent existence was menaced, and that was sought to substitute a unitary Switzerland for a can tonal Switzerland, reengni.ed by treaties, and say that thereby our treaties were attacked, we ehould have to consider whether our treaties realty were at:evict d. The very nature of this toirt of questions, the consideration of the right and fitness of raising them, renders them so &pendent upon circumstances connected with them, that there is always a risk of falling into error when they are prerna:ur. Jy discussed. We have therefore not dote this. We have confined ourselves to the simple resolu sign excressed by the words, we will examine. lam per fectly enabled to add that we will do this in per:ect ac- cordance with the spirit and intention of the powers who signed the said treaties, and particularly with Austria, who stands with regard to Switzer and in a position perfectly analogous to ours from contiguity of frond- rs." " M. Ochsenbein the President," says the Helmtic, " the next morning pled a visit to M. de Bois le Comte, and read to him his answer. M. de Bois le Comte im mediately objected. as he had not intended to remit a note verbale, but only to deliver his discours par ecrit. M. Ochsenbein thereupoa requested him to receive his answer as a discours ecrit, and which seems to us to express correctly the opinion of the people ot Berne as well as of the Government." The following is the President's answer : "M. le Conde I, In thanking your Excellency for the good wishes you have expressed towards Switzerland on the occasion of my entering upon my functions, I am bound to make the following observations on the con tents of the • verbal note you have deliver,d to me. This note refers to facts which are personal to myself, and of which I have rendered no account to the authori ties, or to the public opinion of my country, and you foresee eventualities upon which I am not called upon to explain myself, either personally, not agreeing with the consequences ffrawn froth them, or in the name of the Directory or of the Confederation, nut being warranted in answering officially such communication without being authorised. I feel it, however, to be my duty to assure your Excellency, that the federal authorities will not make any attack upon existing treaties and that they will in all cases entertain the firm will, and have the .power to cause respect to he paid to public order and the rights of the people throughout the S w iss territories, even when they at. the same time oppose with no less energy t very attempt at foreign interference in their in ternal affairs, and that they will never allow any power or any minority of cantons the right of interpreting the federal compact,—a right whi c h b e l ongs to t h e Coulede ration alone." THE SMALL DEBTS ACT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —The short, but excelltnt, article which appeared in your columns on S Iturday evening, relative to the discharge of a prisoner by the Court of Common Pleas, who had been committed to prison by one of the County Courts for the non-payment of an instalment, without any notice being given of the intention to apply for such committal, entidea you to the unqualified raise and gratitude of all those who are unable but willing to pay, and who are either suffering from thi eats (or actually undergoing an imprisonment in venom, utter circum stances never contemplated by the trainers of the Act, or the legislative body that passed it). The following case is well known to me, and similar ones are far from rare.—An order under the Small Debts Act was obtained in the Court of' Bankruptcy to satisfy a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas. The defendant was ordered to pay th, debt and costs, amounting to some 25/. odd, by instalments of 255. a month. klis employment being temporary, and only during the sitting of Parliament, he remonstrated on the operation of the order during that cowitderable part of the year in which he would have no certain means of existence. The remonstrance was . useles.--, the Commis stoner saying that the Act gave him nu pnwer to us e such discrimination. So long as his occupation last e d the instalments were regularly paid, but when his means —the essence of the power to make the order—ceased, he was no longer able to comply. The threat of forty days' confinement in a gaol was then resorted to, and ib consequence of that threat was, that he pawned his necessaries, got into debt, and I , st expectations and friends, in addition to bodily heal: b, in his efforts to keep from so dreadful a punishment.. Had h e th e opportunity of stating why the instalments were not paid previous to committal, he could have insisted on the protection of the Act, which does not give incarceration to the willing and pour, but to the unwilling and able to pay debtor —I aro, Sir, your most obedient servant, EQUITAS. June 7, 1847. We understand that the London and Brighton and South Coast Railway Company are about to erect a large hotel at Newhaven, capable of making up (tom 120 to 140 b tls, also a custom house ( with the sanction of Government), and two splendid stations, one for the local traffic, and the other for the continental traffic, bonding warehouses, engine house, coke-oven, &c. They have already constructed a wharf 1,100 feet long; and it is intended to have a covered corridor from the hotel to the wharf. Newhaven, with such prospects before it, may be said to be in its intincy ; for there is very little doubt that it will grow into a town of consider able magnitude in a few ears.—Br;ghton paper. TRADING IN SEDUCTION.—O n Thursday a public meeting of the inhabitants of Finsbury was holden in the Queen-square Assembly -roomy, Theobald's.rpad, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Bill introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Spooner, for the suppression of the traffic in seduction and prostitution. At eight o'clock B. Bond Cabbell, Eq , M.P., took the chair. The Honour able Chairman, the Rev. Woodyard, Mr. Osborne, Mr, Roper, and several other gentlemen. addressed the meeting at considerable length, advocating the provisions of Mr. Spooner's Bill, and resolutions warmly approving of the principles of Mr. Spooner's proposed remedy were carried unanimouey by the meeting. THE QUEEN'S STATE BALL. Th:, Queen gave a State 8.11 (the second this seasenN last evening, at Buckingham Palace. The compasi present at the rec(-ption exceeding in number those e at tending •an h a former ball iven by her Majesty. Th invit•itionsving been extended to the unprecedented number of nearly two thousand. The guests comprised the Royal Family, the foreign Princes in this cotintrip the whole of the Diplomatic Corps, Foreigners of Dis" tinction on a visit to England, the Ladies and G entlemen of the Household of the Queen and Prince Albert, of the Queen Dowager, and of the different memberoft Royal Family, the Min sters of State, and 'the principal members of the Administration and their Ladies, and a very numerous party of the'Nobility and Gentry. and At nine o'clock the company began t o arrive continued setting down with great rapidity at the pet° Portico in Pimlico, and also at the garden entrance. The guard of the Yeomen Guard lined the SeelPt ere , Gallery and Grand Hall under the command of Captaa l Sadler, the Exun in Waiting. The Officers of the car prevfnt were Sir G. P. L e, the Lieutenant; Si! LI Houlton, the Ensign; and Captain Kincaid, the Don os &Sy. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended the conservatory. _____-,--....-.............-. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR Tag RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. AUTUMN CIRCUITS, 1847. HOME CIRCUIT. HENRY REVELL REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commillllener. . Kent-At Dover, Friday, November 5. runterbgrit At the City and County of the City of `"*.-- Monday, November 8. • Kent-At Maidstone, Tuesday, November 9. Sussex-At Lee es, Friday, November 26. Hertfordshire-At Hertford, Friday, Decem ber 3. , MIDLAND CIRCUIT. ;,,,,i JOHN GREATHEAD HARRIS, Esq., Conthl --°l3eT. Essex-At Chelmsford, Tuesday, Octobe r 26. Essex-At Colchester, Wednesday, Oct. 27. Suffolk-At Ipswich, Thursday, Oct. 2 8 . Norfolk-At Yarmouth, Saturday, Oct. 30. Nov 1. ri s Norfolk-At the Castle of Norwich, Monday' . ch , she At the City and County of the City of Nor same day. . Norfolk-At Lynn, Tuesday, Nov. 2. Nov' v 4, Suffolk-At Bury St. Edmunds, Thursday,_,A'" ) " g Cambridgeshire-At Cambridge, Friday, Di° Y ;S",,;,.., 6. Huntingdonshire-At Huntingdon, Saturday, .0.,, /e , 8. Northamptonshire-At Peterborough, MondaYel` Rutlandshire-At Oakham, Tuesday, Nov. 3. Lincolnshire-At Lincoln, Wednesday, Nov.. 1 0. 12, Nottinghamshire -At N“ttinghain, Friday, Nov tor' At the Town and County of the Town of Nottiogh The same day. Derby shire-At Derby, Monday, Nov. 15. At the City and County of the City of Litchi]. Tuesday, Nov. 16. Stliffordsliire-At Stafford, Wednesday, Nov. 17. Shropshire-At Shrewsbury, Friday, Nov. 19. Warwickshire-At Warwick, Monday, N0v.22. 4. Warwickshire -At Coventry, Wednesday, Nov. 2 Leicestershire-At Leicester, Friday, Nov. 26.N0 v. 29, Northamptonshire-At Northampton, Monday, r 4 Bed Ordshire-A t Bedford. Tuesday. Nov. 3 0 . 2, Buckinghamshire-At Aylesbury, Thursday, D om ' NORTHERN CIRCUIT. WILLIAM JOHN LAW, Esq., COMIDiSSiOner• Yorkshire-At Slid - field, Saturday, Oct. 16. Yorkshire-At Wakefield, Monday, Oct. 18. fr . as ter At the Town and County of the Town of •11-in upon Hull, Monday, Oct. 25. o , :t. 17. Yorkshire-At the Castle of York, Wednesday, Yorkshire- At Richmond, Saturday. Oct. 30. Ourham-At Durham Monday, N..v. . ofr le- 0 1 3- Northumberlan D d-At the 'Moot-hall, I Newcas L Tne, Wednesday, Nov. 3. At the town and county of the town of Newcasti°4lP°ll* Tyne, the same day. - Cumberland-At Carlisle, Friday, Nov. 5. • Westmoreland-At Appleby, Monday, Nov. 8 ' Westmoreland-At Kendal, Tuesday, Nov 9'lo. Lancashire-At Laiwyster, Wednesday, No v * Lancashire-At Liverpool, Wednesday, N ''' 17 1 . 40. 0 Cheshire -At. the Castle of Chester, SaturdllY , r .....111 e At the City and County of the City of Claes" same day. Flintshire-At Mold, Monday, Nov. 22. Denbighshire-At Ruthin, Tie-sday, Nov. 23. 25 , Merionethshire-At Dolgelly, Thursday, Nov. 9. Carnarvonshire-At Cernarvon, Monday, No!' • . - Anglesey-At Beaumaris, Tuesday. Nov. 30. ec. 5. Montgomeryshire-At Welsh P. FridaY, D .. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. CHARLES PHILLIPS- E-q., Commissioner. Berkshire-At Reading, Friday, Oct. 15. Oxfordseire-At. Oxford. Monday, Oct. 18. _ .. 2 0; Worcestershire-At Worcester, Wednesday, Oa* Herefordshire-At Hereford, Friday, Oct. 22. _ Radnorshire-At Presteigne, Mond ,y, Oct. 25. Brecknockshire-At Brecon, Wednesday , Oct. 27.,,_ Carmarthenshire-At Carmarthen, Friday. Oct. 2v• , Cardiganshire-At Cardigan, Monday, N."'• 1 ",, T ~, 4' Pembrokeshire-At Haverfordweet, Tuesday, 0° Glamorganshire-At Swansea, Friday, Nov 5. . _ Glamorgan.hire-At Cardiff. Monday, Nov. 8., el. lO. Monmouthshire-At Monmouth, WednesdaY, Il Gloucestershire-At tiloucester, Friday, Nov. 1 2 ' Somersetshire-At Bath, Monday, Nov. 15. Wed' At the City and County of the City of Bristol-- nesday, Nov. 17. Somersetshire-At Taunton, Friday, Nov. 19. Cornwall-At Bodmin, Tuesday, Nov. 23. Devonshire-At Ply mouth, Thursday, Nov 25._,, 1 07. Devonshire-At the Cas t le o f Exeter, Saturday, DO 0S At the City and County of the City of Exeter Same day. •,. Dorset.hire -At Dorchester, Tuesday, Nov. 30. IViltshir..-A t Salisbury, Thursday,e At the Town and County of the Town of Sou thew -Saturday, Del. 4. Southampton-At Winchester, Monday. Dec. 6' ...i. A o. r• CATESBY ABBEY, NORTr L . TONSHIRE. This truly fine old English property, whiebizioeisB' nounced for public sale in our columns by Alr...:i t ,Jist+ appears to present so many attractions to th e r s y_ t f r o s: that we cannot resist giving our readers an ev•_i;),,i3O_4. Dugdale's " Monasticon" and the " Beauties .xl7,oed and W ales," in both of which this property ist. , 7' r 03 ore Few estates in the country, we understand' a n_ ti cste sb . i interesting relics of a very early period th Dor state r Abbey. The beautiful avenue and grov, e , o s o ,,,d spo t 4 elms-the ancient burial-place, " a Cat esby, titne-lno slid singular beauty"-the pristine village of 6 00 s° the noble manor hall, with a domain of " L "-- en t , xte nsil f 700 acres of the richest land in the coun t, ' a ll tnir/ --are bu n ting manorial rights, and preserves for gam e t he Vst din c ane 0 temptations for a residence in certainlY ri , so ground in the ,kingdom.: Catesby N n , o " n e t d In Dug" the reign of Henry 111., is thus m en er " Monasticon":- : 'The c har II " Cateshy Nunnery, Northamptonshire' lics of the 17th of King Henry 111. recites _ anV llibus go A grants made to this monastery. Jo hn de 5 to e till_7 to these nuns all his lands and lordship--lhe , o r o' territory of Botendon. The Bull of the fifth )0,50 Pope Gr.gory VIII. confirms to them all th y . sion, and tl.lces them i into his special protecton. 00 eir A more interesting history of the property is e ll from the " Beauties of England and Wales":- , f p ‘‘ Co.tesby.-LiL this village was formerly a Ilre founded by Philip Esseby, according to some wr ' e eog and by Robert, his soil, according t o ot h ers , f o r a praye d r i a t ud wi lin f e h n e u a n d s v , ow of s o the o I B' i i t n e e di ctiii Church,e Order ,vario u w s h4 l e l d n i d , :i ro d i3O : with as is logtily probable, the manor of Cateslgt i I,lo' the 31st of Henry 111., the prioress and nuns ° o f • house obtained, a m o ngst ot h er pr i vileges, t h e gran t heir weekly market, t o b e h e ld on Mondays. wit_h i l' t' 'l ( ll° manor of Catesby, ' apud maner i um d e CatteuP A rpo principle of avarice which influenced King Ilenq 0 ill to abolish the religio us or d ers i n E ng l an d, is ell 10 4 , the circumstances att en di ng t h e su ppression ;, ef ic .ai ll• house. Though the Commissioners, appoih teci , e P O t re to the di sso l ut i on t o ma k e t h e i r re p or t as to .- t o ].: state of each monastery, bore ample testirnalloret.hiv; good character of the inmates here, neithOr the fP . - of the prioress' nor the acknowledged lei ii-14r , L it e f aric id nuns, ware able to divert from his purpoNkli le - at. -II monarch, nor prevent the downfal of this con ' t . e- r dalsi r l its suppression (in exchange for lands • irr Ilerenu len s and Salop) the revenues of the Priory hundred and eighty-eight acres. of pastur e s i eall iiii , of meadow, and one hundrial: and siitty-o ° te rdl i bp laud, exclusive of the qatiyeast, church, 0.'4 es ter t „, .1, 0 .0 eight messuages, and one dultia t ie , were gray,t i e' ou t o f t he Aniy, Esq. On the site of e priory;SW ) ; „e to t ill ruins, has been erected a mansion belon g i ng ) is 6 7 4 , family of Parkhurst. A portion of the .oh il a r;ide b e i4 visible. The present proprietor does not r ' CatO r In that part of the parish denominated 111 , P er been r l 0 , 0 stood the church, which is, supposed to W e i t op e molished at the same time with the priory, l' s _. -- ,_ ,r to have been disused for two hundred years r,";,;‘,0 11- 1 ; remains of the four buttresses belonging £ o _, l t ' - wind ° 4o; and a fragment of the wall, having a poietn" to 104 0 are still standing. The churchyard c ontinue s , o pen parochial c e m e t er y, an d di v i ne ser vice is Per .° ille the chapel of the manor.house." • t. i ° 0 The property lies in a completely rural distrtrogob parishes of Catesby and Hellidon, approached delightful country from either Daventry or 1 1 `-- DEATH OF THE ELEPHANT AT THE .-•° d1 01 : 1 -- ------ n es f:rhe :s .esetsih i li n de E tu st h s ee . g — eeine l pt ' , h il e: api h — lat a : b kk i ,n tu wo a wi l inl visitors at the Zoolog:siecta;ll:oor!sioje°6oslosl4:. b learn the w f i a t m h lea D lt u h ri o n f g o th e e p ; o a o s r t few weeks e h e a k a s b p ee re n ce ra d p in id g iy h departed this life, on Sunday morning last, after a sinutio4 On Frida • 3, the sth instant, the skin under the -I b isi th cracked, and a copious effusion of blood took place. ~.dell'" irleiagrrentamtheatof t,, e i rs e! t to r , thereason which determined the authorities of the g ad jolg keep poor Jack in solitary confinement ; but he did 1 bt, survive his seclusion. bn Sunday morning he ° p r e tio''' upon his haunches, with his fore legs extended befo , 0 00 r and remained in this motionless postur e for about tiOtPo t when, at half- past seven o'clock, his trunk dropPe d _,,,e0 ground and he expired without making any further nsof.%" o itt He did n,t. fall over, but stiffened in the upright re,l'estoe which he lay, not even his head sinking. The probah' w e e igb t : of Jack's death was a disease provoked by his grea t ;„ OP and aggravated by the want of sufficient exercise, I ', pre, part ot Lis fore legs situated below t he knee. This vr;r1001 ductive of excessive irritation, which affected the... 04 hi, system generally. His sufferings were finally terrnlo A a 0, a stroke of apoplexy. A large abscess had formed 1? 0 . 1 ' I lower jaw, of itself quite sufficient to cause deatti.ae terminated the career of poor Jack, whose amusing _10" - . 11.0 docile manner had rendered him everybody's favontl ii lo pro; mangled remains are distributed amongst the Ine u on b eft!: lessors resident in the metropolis, the larger Pe rt ig e terien been assigned to the College of Surgeons, the t he o ' - o C f ol t l t e i g e e s , k a i , n id w t i l l i l e r K ea i l n is g e 's aCoclol considerable e ra l b t lies esxumpe;ctsenddtbsentatooftetfild will be ma , le to recover the dispersed fraglrl_se skeleton. The loss of this tine specimen of to o k: ( tribe must prove a very serious on e to the Z0014,0'4.,;h:W. and can scarcely be replaced tor a les s sum Oita d zP. itfe t t7. The height ot the elephant was betirsen 12 in . TliE SUN, A I