The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-23 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. THIS EVENING Two gorgeous Spectacles in one night. First time this season, MAZEPPA; or, The Wild Horse. With all its origlr.al e ffects. Last week of the highly-successful Peruvian drama, entitled riiE STORMING OF QUITO ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rona, Mr. W. West. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented-Artistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of equestration. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Daridge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented Shakspere's tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, lir. George Bennett; lago, Mr. Henry Marston; Cassio, Mr. Lyon; Dtsdemona, Mrs. Ware ; Emilia, Mrs. Henry Vining. After which the interlude of SOLVING THE PROBLEM. Bel more, Mr. Fredericks ; Mrs. Belmore, Mrs. Vining ; Harriet, Mrs. Ware ; Rose, Mi” Terrey. To conclude with the melodrama of ELLA ROSENBERG. Boxe,s. 23., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at Tialf.rrFt Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a drama, in three acts, called TIIE GUN• OF ORLEANS; or, a Dead Woman Secret. After which a drama, in two acts, entitled THE BROKEN PRO MISE ; or, a Sister's Honour and a Brother's Duty. Joseph, an orphan boy, Miss Vincent. To conclude with MONSEIGNEUR; or, the Jack Sheppard of Paris. from Mr. Osbaldeston's Vice-Consul, 7st 131 b. Last half of Ab. 141. 200, h ft. No day mentioned.—Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, Bst 71b, agst Lord Stanley's BoWstring, 6st 21b. D.M. 200 sovs., 50 ft. DONCASTER, 1847.—FIRST DIY lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Bst, agst Mr. brekaoll'S Queen Mary, 63t 121 b. Fitzwilliam Course. 200 h ft. The Bath and Somerset County Meeting, 1848, will take piaoe on Tuesday and Wednesday in the week before bps= Summer Meeting. BRIDG.TORTH RACES—THURSDAY. The Patshull Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three and four yrs - - old. Twice round. (4 Subs.) %Ir. Gooch's Icicle, 4 vrs, Bst 7lb walked over. The Maiden Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added ; the second to save his stake. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. C. Hughes's Pyefinch, 3 yrs, 6st 131b....(Tasker) 1 1 2 Captain Knight's Illumination, 4 ' yrs Bst 91b............ 3 2 3 Mr. E. Herbert's Little Taffy, G yrs, Bst 131 b........... 61r. Bradley's Meese, 3 yrs, 7 st 41b...... . .... . ........ 4 4 Now ready, in 3 v 01.., THIRD EDITION OF TANCRED; Or, THE NEW CRUSADE. By B. DISRAELI, M.P. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • THE LATE WAR IN INDIA. In a few days, in 2 vols. post S vo., with map, ATILITAItY SERVFICEEand. ADVENTURES in the kneduding Sketches of the Campaigns against the Affghans in 1839, and the Sikhs in 1843-6. ByaCAVALRY OFFICER. Charles 01tier, 16, and 19, Southampton-street, Strand CITY ELECTORS.—Those who desire to know what reliance may be placed on LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S word or professions, are strongly advised to read a Letter addressed to the Thus, on his pubic conduct, which may be had GRATIS of Richardson, 23, Cornhill; and 011ivier, 59, Pall-mall. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every WEDNESDAY, at One o'clock, (instead of Tuesday and Friday, ai hitherto), at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle street, London, to which place. favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully nquestel to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be rn - warded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds !Rune skatelv disposed of according to instructions. N.B. Sales tend purchases of all descriptions of stock and shares effected by private contract, every day, aslusual. °dices. Bail of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. VEIL MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE LAST NIGHT BUT THREE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. TO-MORROW EVENING (Saturday), July 24, will be performed (for the second time), an entirely New Opera, entitled I MASNADIERE. The libretto founded on the drama of " The Robbers," by Schll ler, with new scenery, dresses, and decorations. On which occasion Signor Verdi will preside in the orchestra. _ _ Amalia, 3ldlle. Jenny Lind ; Carlo, Sig. Gardoni ; Francesco, Sig. Coletti ; Moger, Sig. Bouche ; Arminio, Sig. Corelli ; Rola, Sig. Dai Flori ; Massimiliano, Sig. Lablache. After which will be revived the admired Ballet Divertissement (by M. Perrot, the music by Signor Pugni), entitled LE JUUEMENT DE PARIS, Comprising " Le Pas des Deesses." Taglioni, Rosati, and Cerito (Les Deesses) ; Mills. Petit Stephan and Mines. James arid Honore (Lea Graces) ; M. tit. Leon (Paris) ; Mine. tamoreux (L'Amour); Mune. Julien (L'Hymen) ; Mdlies. Cassan and Thevenot (Nymphs) ; and M. Perrot (Mercure). The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 11)s. 6d. each. Applications for boxes, pit stalls, and tickets, to be made at the Box-office, at the theatre. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the perform ance commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Wlll be presented THE BEAUX STRATAGEM. Almwell, Mr. Howe ; Archer, Mr. Roll ; Mr. Sullen, Mr. Tilintry ; Scrub, Mr. Backstone ; Foigard, Mr. Hudson; Lady Bountiful, Mrs. Clifford ; Mrs. Sullen, Miss Reynolds ; Cherry, Miss Julia Bennett. After Which MARRIED LIFE. Mr. Samuel Coddle, Mr. W. Farren ; Mrs. Samuel Coddle, Mrs. Glover ; Mr. Lionel Lynx, Mr. H. Holl ; Mrs. Lionel Lynx, Miss Julia Bennett ; Mr. Young husband, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Younghusband, Mrs. Humby ; Mr. G. Dismal, Mr. Tilbury; Mrs. G. Dismal, Mrs. Stanley; Mr. Henry Dove, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Henry Dove, Mrs. W. Clifford. To conclude with the new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstoue ; Lady Somerford, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Principal characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, Bland, and Mrs. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will ba produced a new and original comedy in three acts, called TIIE TITLE DEEDS. Principal character by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith, Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woo:gar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c. To be followed by TIIE WRECK ASHORE. Miles Bertram, Mr. Boyce ; Grampus, Mr. 0. Smith ; Marmaduke Magog, Mr, Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates ; Bella, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with a new and original burletta, in one act, by Charles Selby, T• aAq., called OUT ON THE SLY ; or, A Fete at Rosherville. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season—Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING Will be pmesented a new and original drama, in two acts, entitled FLEUR DE LYS ; or, Love's Triumph . Comte de Marigny, Mr. Bender; Maurice Vermont, Mr. Murray; Coquadrat, Mr. Oxberry ; rompos Mongflard, Mr. George Wild ; Fleur de Lys, Miss Ellen Daly ; Isabel de Marigny, Miss Arden. To be followed by a new Ballet Divertism , :nt, produced under the direction of Mr. Flexmore, called THE ROCK OF BEAUTY, In Which the Spanish Dancers will appear. Ater which, a new drama, called THE NINTH HOUR. Louis Bagnette, Mr. Emery; Charlotte Men ard, Miss Daly. To conclude with rHE MOMENTOUS QUESTION. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox. sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be presented a new drama (with music by Loder) entitled DYING FOR A KISS. The characters - by Madame Vestrts, Miss Emma Stanley. Mr. J. Webster. Mr. Granby, and Mr. Compton. To be followed by USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. C. Mathews. After which the new farce, entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY. Captain Pendragon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. Bottleby, Mr. Granby ; Quackit, Mr. C. Mathews; Alfred, Mr. J. Webster; Mrs. Botdeby, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Mary, Miss Marshall. To conclude with a comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" Colonel Yavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasonr, Mr. James Vining; Matilda, Miss Cooper. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING. Will be presented 'UNE FEMME QLTI SE JETTE PAR LA FENETRE. The characters by M. Dumery, M. Rhozevil, Mdlle Vallee, Mme. Grassau, and 3ldlle. Clemence Ceneau. After which the tragedy of ANDROMAQUE. Hermo'one, Mdlle. Rachel. Reserved seats, Dress Boxes, is. Gd. ; Pit, 55.; Amphitheatre, ss. ; Gallery, 3s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33. Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre, daily, from 11 UP 5. Boxes, is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 61. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAT. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Last Three Nights of M. Jullien. First Week of the Jenny Lind Quadrilles—Second week of the Harmonic Rock Band. THIS DIY, July 23, Daylight View of Gibraltar—Splendid Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Jullien's band of One Hundred performers, including Xessfs. Barret, Bauman, Prospere, Collinet, Richardson, Lazarus, Crofiii, Kcanig, &c , two of whom will perform a solo each evening ; Conductor, M. Jullien ; Leader, Mr. Godfrey. The celebrated Rock Estrlnonicon Band will also perform at intervals, conziuding with the Siege of Gibraltar. Feeding* the Animals at Five ; Jullien's Concert, Quarter-past Six ; Fireworks, Quarter -past Nine. —No extra charge. Adrnission to the whole, One Shilling. On WEDNESDAY next the Royal South London FlOricultur a l Society will hold their Grand Summer Flower Show here. Upwards of Fifty Prizes will be awarded for Fruit and Flowers. THE M A7I'IILE —SUN OFFICE, JULY 23. TURRMOMETER, Lowest, 52; Highest. 72 ; Noon, 65, BAROMETER, 30.33.—W1ND W.S.W. ; fine. _wait WATETTt.Ii CONDOIsT-DitiDGE THIS DAY. . 29 minutes after 9. j Evening .. 3 minutes liter 10. A • 4.,u, • st, - _ • - ct _ 4 <l6-Y4 LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1847. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. Summonses were issued y es t er d ay afternoon from i the Privy Council Office to all the Cabinet Ministers to attend a Privy Council this afternoon at half -past three o'clock, at Buckingham Palace. At the Council a proclamation will be issued dis solving th© present Parliament, and summoning a new one. On the dissolution of the present Parliament let it not he f orgotten that it has been a glorious and event ful Parliament. The prorogation is known to be xne.rely the immediate antecedent or precursor of the cliNsolution. In her MAJESTY'S most gracious Speech From the Throne this morning, the dismissal of her Lithful Commons has bee n v i rtua ll y pronounce d . Therefore it is that we conceive ourselves justified in speaking of the Parliament which has watched over *the destinies of the British Empire during six pro tracted sessions, from 1841 to 1 84; inclus among the thi ngs that are departed. Greaively, t events s have occurred during its existence, events such as must render the reign of VICTORIA not the least re aearkable in the annals of England. Moral revolu tions have been effected of such a character as to have schrAlly rYorz e ttnised thy condition of society, and yet —a circumstance hitherto unknown—thoserevolu tions have in no manner interrupted public tran quillity, or caused the effusion of onedropin a dis jointed of blood. i Civilization had hitherto developed itself jointed state. A terrible convulsionhasretshte resultoredits c omponent parts to their natural position : must be almost miraculous in the strength which must henceforth be evolved, and the symmetry which will henceforth be apparent. To the Parliament which has just completed its sittings we are indebted for this unprecedented innovation upon the prejudices which have been paramount during many centuries. History will record the narrative of this memorable Parliament as the Free Trade Parliament. And what events the historian will have to chronicle— what gratitude will be evoked from posterity ! Among the movements and changes of the Sovereigns of the whole world since 1841, some have been most ominous, others have been most propitious. The friendly intercourse commenced between her Bri tannic MAJESTY and the KING of the FRENCH has been only too speedily followed by the tendency of the latter to a depraved, a Machiavellian, and a despotic policy. The visits, whether of curiosity er amity, paid to England by the Autocrat, by the Prussian and Belgian Monarchs, by the eldest son of the Egyptian Pacha, and by the scions of the different European dynasties, have, in reality, recon ciled previous differences and confirmed pre-existing sentiments of cordiality. While the northern throne of Stockholm has been vacated by the decease of one of the crowned lieutenants of NAPOLEON, the Papal chair has been filled by a benevolent and re forming successor of GREGORY XVI., in the person of Pius IX. While the crowns of the Spanish BOURBONS and the BRAG ANZ AS have been placed in imminent jeopardy by the infamous machinations of the Gallic Cabinet—machinations subversive of the sublime principles of national independence—the people of Prussia have received a liberal constitution from the spontaneous beneficence of their patriotic So- VEREIGN. Turkey and Greece have only become em broiled to excite the more the insidious jealousies of the Russian EMPEROR. The Swiss Confederation has struggled vigorously for the preservation of religious freedom, and has witnessed the ominous obliteration of the Cracovian republic from the map of Conti nental Europe. Open warfare has not been restricted to the sterile wastes of Kafirland, and the voluptuous soil of Cashmere, it has extended its ravages to the coasts of the Celestial Empire, to the northern frontiers of British India, to the desolate wildernesses of Algeria, to the fruitful shores of the Argentine terri tories, and to the mountainous regions and populous cities of Mexico. Wherever British arms have been engaged British valour has been triumphant. Wherever British interests have been involved in perils they have been invariably extri cated with skill and precision. Such are the foreign retrospections of the expiring Parliament. Internally the retrospections of the Free Trade Parliament are consolatory and unprecedented. The islands, it is true, have to mourn over the departure of many of their most illustrious children—an O'CoN NELL, a CLARRSON, a GREY, a CHALMERS ; but they have to rejoice, moreover, at the conquest of many difficulties—at the dispersion of many formidable anta gonists—and at the realisation of many extraordi nary boons. Our Legislature has snatched nearly eight millions of our countrymen from the jaws of famine—it has prevented the gradual sacrifice of women and children in the factories—it has opened an inexhaustible cornucopia by emancipating com merce. Three names will be remembered with gratitude in connexion with these national achievements. Three public characters will ever occupy a conspicuous and supreme position in the records of the departing Parliament—three men—RICHARD COBDEN, Sir ROBERT PEEL, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. When the National Assembly, during the reign of Louis XVI., was dissolved, BARNAVE and his colleagues were treated with un grateful derision. Let not our gratitude towards those three great benefactors be thus ephemeral. Let the Free Trade Triumvirate be remembered on the hearths of the English people, and let the recollection of the liberative deeds of the last Parliament be an incitement to its successor ! The statement of Sir Jour; Hormousz, on Tuesday evening, respecting the state of Sinde, must prove in the highest degree satisfactory to the friends of the distinguished hero at the head of the Government of that province. It is unnecessary to remind the readers of The Sea of the continued and repeated calumnies that have been poured forth with such perseverance against the gallant veteran. No means have been left untried, no stone unturned, to poison and inflame the public mind. Facts have been distorted until scarcely a vestige of truth remained under the heap of addi tions and embellishments ; new stories have been in vented and promulgated with the most unblushing audacity ; and all the resources of mendacity have been put into requisition in order to prejudice the victor of Meeanee in the minds of his countrymen. It was asserted that he was a tyrannical oppressor, who had used the power entrusted to his hands to de pose some of the most virtuous and inoffensive Princes that India had ever seen ; that he had sacri ficed the innocent Ameers to his own thirst for con quest and desire for uncontrolled and despotic govern ment; that he had wasted the national finances in acts of the most wayward extravagance, and had set aside all the forms of law for the gratification of his own mere pleasure, and wantonly and unnecessarily kept the district under the stringent rules of martial-law. Such were a few of the reports wafted from India by each successive mail, and echoed even on English ground by those who should have known better than to have afforded the slightest credence to such ridiculous and unfounded rumours. Meanwhile Sir CHARLES NAPIER maintained the even tenor of his way, undisturbed by his puny assailants. He was too conscious of his own high deserts and of the purity of his intentions, too well aware of the brilliant results he was achieving for his country, to regard the venomous outpourings of his malignant calumniators. He knew that their false hoods would necessarily recoil on themselves, and that time would develop the real facts to their lasting shame and infamy—and he has not been mistaken. Day by day the clouds of darkness and error that had been accumulated have been dispersed, and the light of truth has shone with increased brilliancy and lustre—h onest opponents have been changed into zealous and efficient advocates—enemies have been silenced, th e var i ous fallacies that had for a time deceived even honourable men, such as the c h arg i ng the whole of the expenses ' of the army that should be kept to guard the fron tiers of our Indian empire to the account of the oc cupation of Sinde, and also charging the costs of public works of great and permanent utility, from which ample returns may be expected, to the ordi nary expenses of the Government, have been satis factorily explained, and any doubts or difficulties thereby occasioned, have been wholly removed. The character of Sir CHARLES NAPIER requires no vindication before his countrymen. It stands in that exalted position to which it has been elevated, as the natural consequence of a life devoted to the na tional service, during which exploits of the greatest brilliancy have been performed, and the honour of his distinguished and untarnished name been upheld, during which no single act could be adduced that his friends could have wished had been omitted. It must be a work o f supererogation to accumulate test i mon i es in n an add favour of s uc h a man. What ev i dence o f ot h ers to that w hi c h the simple recital of h i s acts and se rv i ces will afford, services which have erected for him a 1 " lionumentu m zere perennius," and secured him an exalted position in the Temple of Fam e ? I t may be u p i o n f ion ti s ie of v t e h t n e e ragnuizedv npecreessar adduceon Control, the or o y, for hi s sa k e , t o tr s u i den e t rn o o f r_ tl G ie en ß e o r a a r l d O o f f C India, who is eq ua ll y d istin d a e u s n n 3 a ' fi t s . o "l o i t e i r r s a e l n v d e s a , statesmen. We cannot, however, who have ever been the steadyand porters of Sir CHARLES NAPIER—who have hing neversup_ for a moment been misled or decei ve d b y the plausible tales that were circulated—the ple asure of citing iting these statements in corroboration of our views. Sir JOHN HODHOUSE says, " Since he had been connected with Indian affairs he had ever found that officer (General .NAPIER) sedulously attentive to his duties. If anything was wrong, to General NAPIER that evil was not to be attributed. The system mi.,)ht be objectionable, but, so far as General NAPIER was concerned, he had most honestly, con scientiously, and ably carried out the form of govern ment which was supposed to have been bestladapted to the circumstances." And again, in speaking of Sinde, he says, " On the whole, during the last five years, it had been peacefully governed. There had been .but one serious disturbance, which had been quelled by General NAPIER, with his usual rapidity, in fifty-four hours ; and at this moment the whole country was in complete tranquillity, well governed, and prosperous." " General NAPIER undoubtedly had done much good, and many great things. He had abolished slavery, made many • canals, and effected other improvements ; and already a very promising account had been given of what was to be expected. Even but four years ago Sinde was the rendezvous of bands of cut-throats. Military government had, therefore, so far been beneficial." The extract from the dispatch of Lord ITARDINGE is, if possible, still more convincing. That Noble Lord says— " With regard to the arrangement which will be best adapted for the future management of Sinde, I am of opinion that the whole of that province ought to be annexed to the presidency of Bombay ; that the troops and all the establishments, both civil and military, should be furnished by, and committed to, the charge of the Governor in Council of that presidency ; that, so long as Major-General Sir Charles Napier continues to exercise the civil and military duties of the Government, and the command of the forces in Sinde, it will not be advisable to make any change in a country recently subdued. Great advantage has attended the union of the two appointments of Governor and Commander of the Forces in Sinde. A warlike military people are more likely to be disposed to obey the chief who conquered them than any other public officer who could be selected by the Government. This opinion is limited to a state of affairs such as that which has existed in Sinde since I arrived in India. The state of the Punjaub, during the years 1844 and 1845, could not with advantage have ad mitted of the annexation of Sinde to the presidency of Bombay. The Government of India could not have se lected during the last three years a more efficient officer than Major-General Sir Charles Napier for the duties he so ably performs in Sinde. On public grounds, there fore, there has beea no occasion on which I could, with benefit to your Hon. Company's service, have recom mended any better plan for the administration of Sinde than the present." If any in this country should be found with suffi cient hardihood still to question the conduct of the illus trious conqueror of Sinde, we trust the testimonies thus borne to his merits will silence them. It must terminate any doubt that might honestly have been entertained, and none can now repeat or credit the oft-repeated calumnies but wilful and deliberate slanderers, who have their own dishonest purposes to advance. We hope ere long to see those tributes of esteem and gratitude tendered to Sir CHARLES NAPIER that England has so often paid to gallant and distinguished officers, but which have never been tendered to a more deserving or faithful servant. Intelligence to the 7th inst. has been received from Constantinople. The Journal de Constantinople of the 6th states that several more conferences had taken place between the Divan and the foreign Ambassadors on the Greek question, but that it was understood that the dispatches from Prince METTERNICH had not changed the state of things. According to this journal, M. COLETTI was to write to the British Minister for Foreign Affairs, inviting M. Mussuaus to resume his functions at Athens, and a vessel was waiting at the Pincus for the letter. Favourable accounts had been received of the operations of the Turkish troops in Kurdistan against the rebel BE DERHAN BEY. He had abandoned the town of Djezireh to the Turkish General, after a conflict in which he had several men killed and wounded. Under the head of Constantinople, we see it an nounced that TAHYR PACHA, formerly Minister of Marine, and lately Governor of Adrianople, has been appointed Governor of Bosnia, in place of KIASHLI PACHA. Madrid papers of the 16th have arrived. The loan of 100 millions of reals has been ad judged to the Bank of Union in the name of the House of SMITH and Co., of London. There was but one tender, and as there was no direct guarantee the whole affair is regarded as a failure. The Heraldo, albeit as indignant as its contem poraries against Lord PALMERSTON for his speech on the non-payment by Spain of her debts, is yet more sensibleithan they are, inasmuch as it propounds a plan by which those debts may be easily paid. The plan proposed by the Heraldo is a revision of the tariff, and the doing away with prohibitory duties. According to the Eco del Comercio the Spanish army in Portugal is about to return, in compliance with the wishes of the English Minister. A Carlist band has appeared in Arragon. An address, thank ing the QUEEN for having given orders for the erec tion of a monument to ARGUELLES, has been nu merously signed by members of the Progressista party. It was reported that Faro had surrendered to the Queen of Portugal's troops under VINIIAES. MADRID BOLSA, JULY 16.—The Three per Cents. were done at 26i for cash; and the Debt without in terest at si. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. On Tuesday the Paris and Lyons Railroad Bill (giving to the company a lease of the line for 99 years instead of for 41 years) passed the Chamber of Deputies. The National thus describes the pro ceedings : " The Chamber has pursued its work. It has, con trary to common sense and the evidence produced, voted the Paris and Lyons Railroad Bill. The day must arrive when, if justice be done, the words of M. Grandin, spoken in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, may be verified. This affair must conclude before the Court of Peers.' That Deputy made unavailing efforts to stop the Chamber in its course. It was in vain that he was seconded by MM. Luneau, Lherbette, Gautier Pages, and Deslongrais. In vain did several members of the Centres, viz , MM. Pould, horny, Darhlay, present and support amendments. In vain did M. Lawyer wish to supply an important omi,sion. All modifications and all amendments were rejected, and whilst the com batants, out of breath and exhausted with fatigue, were still struggling, the majority, reinforced by MM. Gouin, Vivien, Stouvur, and other palladia of tits Opposition, voted what they wished, how they wished, and as much as they wished. They were still voting at half past six o'clock, and would have continued voting until midnight if it had been necessary to pass the Bill." The same journal in a very powerfully written article draws a comparison between the cases of MM. TESTS and DUCHATEL, and thus retorts upon the Debats— " Justice is done ; there is nothing more. Justice has been pronounced; there is nothing more!' Nothing more, indeed! Do you imagine you have put down all these accusations of corruption which have reached from the open tribune? M. Teste is degraded for having re ceived 100,000 f.; M. Duchatel conducts the affairs of the Home Department, for having caused a theatrical privilege to be paid 100,000 F. for. The former put the money into his pocket, and the infamy, we allow, is greater. But if M. Teste took 100,000 f. for himself, M. Duchatel allowed 100,000 f. to be taken by his friends. The concession of Gouhenans could not be refused, since it was favourably looked on by the engineers and the Ponts-et-Chauste2s. The theatrical privilege, likewise, according to the assertion of the Minister, could not be refused, as a favourable report had been sent in, and the claims of M. Adam were admitted. However, M. Teste required 100,000 f. in the first case, and in the second, 100,000 f. were taken by writers in the pay of the Ministry, with the consent of the Minister ! A public trial proved this to be the ease, and one of the persons who fingered the money acknow ledged it. Are there in the Chamber ten Members not convinced that this corruption took place with the con nivance of M. Duchatel ? Is there an individual know ing how to read, who has the smallest doubt on the sub ject ? Yet M. Duchatel is not proceeded against ; he preserves his portfolio ; it was sufficient for him to deny less audaciously than his old colleague M. Teste, and the Chamber passed on to something else ! After that, boast of equality before the law ! Will any one dare maintain that the Ministry is innocent, and knew nothing ? Why, then, has it not prosecuted the persons who caused 100,000 francs to be handed over to them ? There is, however, no medium ; either the Minister is guilty of prevarication, or wretches have made improper use of an imaginary credit. If these are not prosecuted it is be cause they are thought innocent, but their innocence proves that the Minister of the Interior is guilty. And how is a man, on whom rests the suspicion of crime, exalted by a considerable majority, when two ex-Minis ters are punished with degradation ?" The Courrier Francais, too, returns to the charge on the affair of the concession of mines in Algeria, and calls on the Ministry to prosecute the parties to the deed as guilty of coalition. It also insinuates that after Marshal BUGEAUD had protested against the spirit of speculation and of monopoly to which the mines of Algeria were sacrificed, the Government, " for a consideration," gave encouragement to the coalition. This affair will probably become the sub ject of judicial investigation, for we find the following postscript to the article in the Courrier : " We have just rece i ve d an ass i gnat i on f rom M. Fran coels Jules Talabot, w h o c i tes the Courr i er F ranca i s w b e f before vteh published u B b t l h i s honthe Chamber to famous answer deedof ciy, forthe arti s c o les e which in ich which we have signalised all the character of a true ccalition. M. Talabot, it will be seen, has taken time For reflection. If; by chanc e , be hopes to intimidate us, we can assure him that he is mistaken. Neither must he hope to stifle the affair by bringing it before a jurisdiction which interdi c t s th e p u bli c it y o f a trial. The deed, of which we have published the tenor, subsists: M. Talabot himself does not deny it on the no tice which he has served upon us . W e d o not retrac t any of the reflections which this deed gave rise to, for it interests in the highest degree the future welfare of Al geria, and falls thus under the control of the independent press. We shoald have failed in our duty if we had not deduced the consequences which it appeared to us to involve. M. Talabot complains of the way in which this deed fell into our . hands. W e h ave no account to render him on this point. Wh a t i s i mportant i s t h e deed itself, which nothing on earth—no menace, no con sideration, no power—shall .if. prevent us f rom di scuss i ng . We will publish it again that be necessary." The Commerce has the following on the subject of the rumoured changes in the Cabinet. After men tioning the Council held to consider of these changes, it says— " The Ministers separated, after having decided that nothing should be done until the opinion of the influen tial members of the Conservative party, who meet at M. F. Delessert's, was nicertuimd. In consequence, in the evening, the Conservative Deputies met at the banker's of the Rue Montmartre, to consider the difficulties of the situation, and several important questions were decided. First of all, it is said the resignation of Marshal Soult was approved of, and his pl ace i s to b e taken by M. Guizot. It wa' , a!so recommended to accept the resig nation of M. Cunin Gridaino, Minister of Commerce, who has several times manifested an intention to with • draw. Next, the Conservative party, it is said, is to undertake at its risk and peril the foundation of a new journal, which is to share with the Journal des Debats the defence of the Cabinet. The new print is to take the place of the Epoque, of which the violent death is much regretted; but, in remembrance of the annoyances of all kinds which MM. Granier and Solar have caused to the Ministry, the Conservative organ is to have no chief editor. The political direction is to be entrusted to M. Muret de Bort, who is anxious to transport to the press the militant position which he has assumed on the benches of the Chamber." We find the following in the Gazette des Tribunaux on the subject of MM. TESTS and PELLAPRA : " M. Teste, whose features bear the profound mark of the terrible emotions which he must have felt during the trial which ended in a manner so fatal to him, ap pears to have recovered all his calm since the delivery of the judgment. As soon as he arrived at the Conciergerie he demanded that there should be procured all that is necessary to occupy himself upon a work which he began several years ago, and which, he says, he will now finish. Orders were immediately given that his request should be complied with. M. Pellapra arrived at Paris on Sunday evening by the Northern Railway. He came from Liege, and passed by Brussels. The chamber in which he has been placed is the same as that which was occupied by Gen. Cubieres. All the preliminary pro ceedings, such as the signification of the decree of his being put in accusation, the act of accusation, the in terrogatory, the choice of an advocate, &c., were com pleted with respect to M. Pellapra before he secretly left Paris ; and his constituting himself a prisoner at the Petit-Luxembourg is only in execution of the warrant for his arrest issued by the Chamber of Peers on the 8 th July. It will consequently not be necessary to proceed to any new examination of M. Pellapra. M Chaix d'Est-Ange has been, it will be remembered, chosen the advocate of that gentleman. It is supposed that the trial will be completed on Friday, and that on the next day the decision of the Court will be given." It is understood that ultimately M. TESTE will be transferred to the fortress of Ham. General CUMERES is about to set out for the United States. The Orleans and Bourges Railroad was opened on Tuesday. • The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday, at 77f. 70c.; the Five per Cents.. 118 f. 65c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,277 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 973 E 75c. ; Havre, 645 f. ; Great Northern, 57:111 50c.; Avignon, 625 f.; Vierzon, 583 E 75c.• ' Bordeaux, 485 f.; Troyes and Montereau, 270 E ; Basle, 182 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 418 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 397 f. 50c. • Paris and Lyons, 432 f. 50c.; Ly ons an d A v i gnon , 435 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 458 f. 75c. ' • Boulogne, 363 f ; Spanish Three per Cents., 32 t. LYONS, JULY 19.—Paris and Rouen, 970 f.; Avignon and Marseilles, 633 E ; Vierzon, 592 f. 50e.; Northern, 572 E 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 15 1 / 4—Dutch Rhenish, 3% — Great Western Canada, 3% —Lyons and Avignon (Consti tuted), 2%—Northern of France, 12 5 / B —Orleans and Bor deaux, s%—Paris and Rouen, 38% 3 —West Flanders, 4. PALACE COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before W. B. BRENT, Esq.) MOODY v. JOHNSTONE. This was an action to recover the sum of 91. 7s. 6J., the balance of an account for goods sold. The plaintiff is a tailor; the defendant, who was described as a gen tleman, had not appeared or pleaded. A witness was called, who proved that he took a note from plaintiff to defendant, when defendant's footman brought a message that defendant was unwell and could not be seen, but he had been disappointed in a remittance from Ireland, and would call and settle in a few days. It was contended that this was a sufficient admission, as the defendant had denied himself, and was bound by any statement made by the servant. The Learned JUDGE did not consider it sufficient. The Learned COUNSEL said he could prove that a person called to settle the action. The Learned JUDGE said, if the party could be brought forward to show that he acted by the authority of defendant, that would do. As this could not be done, the Learned Judge directed the jury to be discharged without giving a verdict. A list of twenty cases was disposed of in less than half an hour. INSOLVENT COURT—(THIS DAY.) SMALL DEBTS.—IN RE JAMES HARDING. In this case the Learned C omm i ss i oner Philli ps adopted a new rule in respect t o d e b ts under 201. Hi therto the Court has decided that in complaints of fraud where the debts were under 201., it was useless to remand the parties, as the creditors could not detain their debtors in prison. In this case,. however, the C our t h e ld other wise and pronounced apdgment. It appeared that the insolvent had contr ac t e d a d e bt o f ten guineas with a Mr. Hollis, tailor, of Guildford, for clothes, on a promise to pay ready money, but he failed to keep his word, and hence the p resent comp l a i nt. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS declared that in this case he should not discharge the insolvent, although the debt was under 20 4 He as aware that the a pp os i ng cre ditor could not detain his debtor, b u t t h e d eta i n i ng cre ditor discharge, and he should remand e insolvent.--The couldlvenwt.iLhTh insolventthe remanded.t s MARLBRO' - STREET-(THIS DAY.) John Foster, a journeyman tailor, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with assaulting a lady of the name of Fitzherbcrt, under the followin g c i rcums ta nces: The complainant w as returning f rom t h e H a y mar k e t Theatre about twelve o'clock last night, and was pro ceeding up the Quadrant, when the defendant, who was the worse for liquor, went up to her, and accosted her in an improper manner. She endeavoured to get out of his way, when lie detained her by layi ng h o ld o f her s h ou ld er with one hand, and with the other assaulted her in a very indelicate manner. She called for assistance, and struggled ehtaiisned grasp, the He was proceeding to prisoner till a con to her s a getnce lumbar violence , when fortunately a gentleman came o a u n t d o d f stable arrived, into w hose custody he was at once con signed. The defendant , who pretended to know nothing of the matter, was fined 51., or one month' s i m p r i sonme nt in the House of Correction. THE SUN: LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1847, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-(FRIDAY.) The arrivals of English Wheat for our market since Monday, coastwise as well as by land carriage and sam ple, have been on a very moderate scale, and the show of samples of that grain here was small. On the whole, the trade was firm, but no improvement was noticed in the quotations. Nearly 30,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to hand this week, in, for the most part , middling condition. The best parcels moved off steadily at full prices, but all other kinds were quite neglected. .Although the supply of ba r l e y was sma ll the trade was in a very sluggish state, at unaltered currencies. Malt ready for delivery sold in retail at full prices. The Oat trade, owing to the lar ge i mports f rom a broad, was in a sluggish state, at unalter e d fi gures . Beans, P e as, Indian Corn, and Flour, as last advised. ARRIVALS. Barley. 20 qrs. English .... •• , Wheat. 3,090 qrs. trig!. ...... 600 I_— 3,730 Foreign ....•• 29,690 Malt. 1,950 qrs. Oats I Flour. 510 qrs. 2,210 sky. I and 24,470 I 7,Blobrls SIVOTEEPIZI.D. The supply of Beasts on offer here was moderate as to number, an d very deficient in quality. Scots, De vons, & c., sol d rea dily, The primest at prices fully equal to those obt a i ne d on Monday, b u t the inferior kinds of Beef wer e a mere drug, t h oug h we cannot call them cheape r . Th ere were in the mar ket 22 Oxen from Spain, 362 O xen an d Cows, 1,510 Sheep and Lam bs, t a r a t d o e 4wda pers and 248 C a l ves f rom H o lland and Germany. With shee we were but moderately su pp lied, while te rr V om eal 2 the Muttonp trade was firm, and late rat es were steadil y suppo r t e d. T he number of Lam b s was good, yet the sate f or t h at stock was somewhat ac tive, at very full prices. Notwithstandin the su lY of e ve in Calves was ly, li treat, h ef fi gibs,grmat about st a ti onary prices. Mulch C ows were very dincludingfrom 161 to 181 each, including t h e ir small Calf. an ad v untore s quotations ull, at :Prime large Oxen • . l'er 811,s. to sink the offal. a. d, to s. d. s. (1. to 8. d. interior Beasts..... 3 8 4 0 second quality ditto 4 6 4 M Second quality -• •• 4 2 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 410 5 0 ' Prime Scott ' ..... 410 5 0 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Large .11°gs ...... 4 0 4 6 .I'rime small ditto .. 5 0 •5 4 Small l'orliers •• 4 8 5 0 4 6 4 8 tioutlidown Wether 5 2 5 4 Kuckling Calves •• 18 0 28 0 Quarter old l'igs •• 16 0 19 0 Ilferl" Sheep •• • 4 2 4 4 Lambs •••••• • • • • 5 2 ii 4 Beasts. SUPPLY AT MARKET. V. 15 I Sheep. I Calves. 11,500 6-11 w e I"II7 `TGATE AND LEIADICNHAX.I.. had a very steady trade here, at full prices. I Pigs. 2SO 1 3 . d lO . to 3 4 . d. 2 Bee f.interior...... 2 3 . d 4. t o 1 . d 6. ;Mutton, inferior .. At per stone by the Carcase. - - middling .... 3 8 3 10 _-- middling.. 4 4 4 8 - prime lar ge .. 4 0 4 2 ---- prime • • • • 4 10 5 0 - prime sm a ll •• 4 2 4 4 Pork, large • • • • • • • • 3 8 4 6 Veal .• '' '' •••• •• •• 4 2 a 4 i - co n.ll • • • • • • • • 4 8 4 10 Lamb. 5e 2d to 63 . . 2,1 1:10Rotrom HOP wi11.72,71LET. Very ftlY o llll44lo accounts haling been received from the plantations this week, the demand here fur all kinds of Hops—the show of which is gin d--rules heavy, and, in some instances, a slight declu& has been ,uhmitted to in the quotations. Tile duty is ea 117,1 180 000/. Susiex pocktqs, 4/ to 41 10s; Weak! of hour rlitto, 4/ 103 to 5/ ss; Mid and East Kent ditto 51 10:, tu 71 51 p. r t. PROROGATION PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) To-day her Majesty prorogued Parliament in person, and—strange fatality —a f►ner day never dawned upon the earth—for her Majesty, in all her pageants, seems to bring fine weather and sunshine wheresoever she goes. Go where she will, the genius of bright skies and balmy air seems to attend her. So it was to-day. Her Majesty rode in " awful state" to day, under as bright a canopy as ever looked down upon this fair earth—through as happy and as cheering a ciowd as we ever witnessed, and looked as healthy and as happy as we ever saw her look. So did the Prince. The windows of the heuses in Parliament-street and Whitehall, and various platforms in conjunction with them, were fined with ladies, as is wont on such occa sions, and the struggles amongst the crowd, and the des perate attempts of the small knots of persons—females especially—to maintain their stand manfully, was amusing in the extreme. The proprietors of crazy tables, and as crazy chairs and forms, sought pa tronage in a way to deserve it, and they must have reaped no small harvest. We hope, however, that the elderly gentleman whose excessive rotundity caused the table on which he stood in Parliament-street to swing wildly too and fro escaped without injury, and that the lady who owned the desperate fabric helped him safely to the ground. But that other districts of this great Babylon pursue their wonted toils—that the hard wrought artizan labours on, heedless of such displays of national power and grandeur—that the ill-paid semp stress toils on for mere bread—one would think to-day a national holiday; indeed, from the shoals of people which poured from all directions towards the road which royalty traverses in its journeys to its faithful Par liament As the Queen passed through the closely serried ranks of anxious spectators desirous, at any hazard, whether from house or window, to catch a sight of royalty—and the police on such a day as this form no mean " foemen" for excited crowds to deal with—she was enthusiastically cheered, and seemed to appreciate the plaudits keenly. She went to dissolve a Parliament which, unlike the Parliaments of other states, has run its course. The sand has run out—it has died a natural death. Strange, eventful Parliament. Composed of great and powerful parties at the outset, the sequence presents a strange, in congruous commingling of parties. The great Conser vative faction split up into fragmints, and protection, its idol, buried in the dust by the very hands of those who had upheld it as the greatest blessing, and worshipped it as the got of their idolatary ; and the Liberal party, true to their ancient principles dominant in the State. Stranger vicissitudes surely never attended any Parlia ment since the passing of the Reform Bill than those which have attended the Parliament which expired to day. Her Majesty left Buckingham Palace in the usual state, with all the accustomed pageantry, shortly before two o'clock, and pursuing the same route as heretofore, reached the old door of the new House of Lords shortly before half-past two. The crowd at this point was immense. Throughout the whole route the reception of her Majesty was most flattering and gratifying. After delivering the following speech, her Majesty returned to Buckingham Palace in the same order and with the same results as those we have thus chronicled. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. AIY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I have much satisfaction in being able to release you from the duties of a laborious and anxious session. I cannot take leave of you without expressing my grateful sense of the assiduity and zeal with which you have applied yourselves to the considera tion of the public interests. Our attention has been principally directed to the measures of immediate relief, which a great and unprecedented calamity rendered necessary. I have given my cheerful assent to those laws which, by allowing the free admission of grain! and by affording facilities for the use of sugar in breweries and distilleries, tend to increase the quantity of human food, and to promote com mercial intercourse. I rejoice to find that you have in no instance proposed new restrictions, or interfered with the liberty of foreign or internal trade, as a mode of relieving distress. I feel assured that such measures are generally ineffectual, and in some cases aggravate the evils, for the alleviation of which they are adopted. I cordially approve of the Acts of large and liberal bounty, by which you have assuaged the sufferings of my Irish subjects. I have also readily given my sanction to a law to make better provision for the permanent relief of the des titute in Ireland. I have likewise given my assent to various Bills calculated to promote the agriculture, and develope the industry of that portion of the United Kingdom. My attention shall be directed to such further measures as may be conducive to those salutary purposes. My relations with Foreign Powers continue to inspire me with confidence in the maintenance of peace. It has afforded me great satisfaction to find that the measures which, in concert with the King of the French, the Queen of Spain, and the Queen of Por tugal, I have taken for the pacification of Portugal have been attended with success, and that the civil war which for many months had afflicted that country has at last been brought to a bloodless termination. I indulge the hope that future differences be tween political parties in that country may be settled without an appeal to arms. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I thank you for your willingness in granting me the necessary supplies ; they shall be applied with due care and economy to the public service. I am happy to inform you that, notwithstand ing the high price of food, the revenue has, up to the present time, been more productive than I had reason to anticipate. The increased use of articles of general consumption has chiefly con tributed to this result. The revenue derived from sugar especially has been greatly augmented by the removal of the prohibitory duties on foreign sugar. The various grants which you have made for education in the United Kingdom will, I trust, be conducive to the religious and moral improvement of my people. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I think proper to inform you that it is my in tention immediately to dissolve the present Parlia- ment. I rely with confidence on the loyalty to the Throne, and attachment to the free institutions of this country, which animate the great body of my people. I join with them in supplications to Almighty God that the dearth by which we have been afflicted, may, by the Divine blessing, be converted into cheapness and plenty. HOSPITAL FOR. CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST. —Yesterday evening, at a meeting of the board of management, after the usual routine business had been gone through, it was announced that Mrs. Heron, of Montague. square, St. Marylebone, had be queathed the sum of 100 guineas to ward the general fund of the establishment. DRAY ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon a drayman, in the employ of Messrs. Elliot, brewers, of Westminster, was asleep on the top of the barrels, as the dray passed down Oxford -street, when a sudden jerk caused him to roll off, and he pitched violently on his head. He was taken to Middlesex Hospital, where it was found he was labouring under concussion of the brain. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A new opera by Verrii, composed (.xpressly for her ll,jesty's Theatre, conducted by' the Maestro himself, Jenny Lind a- the prima donna, and including in its cast L , ,blache, Coletti, and G4rdoni—such was the a'tractiou which drew lest night greater crowds than ever to rho doors of this theatre. Last night was not an extra night, albeit it was a Thursday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, who honoured the theatre with their presence, were in their box long before the commence ment of the overture, The opera" I Masnadieri" is an adaptation of the "Robbers" of Schiller, the plot of which is admirably adapted to operatic pur poses. Verdi has been fortunate . ", in securing the services of such a poet as the Chevalier Maffie, the author of the libretto who has rendered many of the most magnificent passages of the original, and who has constructed one of the most interesting lyrical dramas ever represented on the stage. With such a libretto failure would be all but impossible, under any circum stances. The chef dmuvre of Schiller is so familiar to every lover of the drama, that we need not detail the plot. The following was the cast of last night -a cast which, for strength, has never been approached:— Carlo Moor Gardoni. Francesco Moor Coletti. Massimiliano Moor Lablache. Moser Arminio Amalia Verdi, on his appearance in the orchestra, was received with repeated bursts of applause, which were gracefully acknowledged by the Maestro. There is a beautiful violoncello solo in the overture, which contrasts exqui sitely, by its softness and melody, with the more noisy parts of the composition, and which was listened to with breathless attention. The opening scene is in a tavern on the confines of Saxony, and Carlo is discovered read ing Plutarch. In a recitative, in which Touch of the beautiful poetry of Schiller is preserved, he expresses his disgust at the " age of cowards," in which he lives, and his gloomy reflections are interrupted by a lively chorus behind the scenes ; then follows a beautiful cavatina, " O mio cartel paterno," in which he antici pates with joy his return to his father's house, and which was exquisitely rendered by Gardoni, and procured for him a well-deserved round of applause. The robbers enter ; a letter is brought to Carlo. It is from his father, casting him off for ever. His agi tation is extreme. His friends propose to form them selves into a band of robbers, and to choose him as their chief, and the scene ends with a spirited cabaletta by Carlo, " Nell' argilla maladetta," which was given with great spirit by Gardoni, who was called on at the conclusion of the scene. The next scene is in the castle of the Moors, and we find Francesco, the younger brother of Carlo, rejoicing at the success of his machi nations for the ruin of Carlo, and plotting the death of old Massimiliano, his father. This scene aas superbly acted by Coletti. His manner of giving the con eludieg words of the scene, " Trionfo, trionfo col pito ho nel segno," was the very acme of the expression of triumphant villany. He then in structs Arminio (the Hermann of Schiller) to forge the story of Carlo's death, and relate it to the old man, and the scene concludes with a spirited aria, " Tre mati o miseri," which was given by Coletti with great spirit and immense power. The scene then changes to another part of the castle, where old Massimiliano is discovered asleep. Amalia enters, and gently approaches his couch, and the appearance of Mademoiselle Jenny Lind was, of course, the signal for reiterated plaudits. Her seena d'intrata, " Lo sguardo even iiegli angeli," (a literal translation from Schiller) was exquisitely given; nothing could exceed the beautiful simplicity and pathos with which she warbled this exquisite aria. The applause at the conclusion was enthusiatic. Then follows a duet by Lablache and Jenny Lind (our readers may imagine the treat which it must be to hear the two most accomplished artistes in the world singing together), and the act concludes with a quintette, in the course of which the news of Carlo's death is told by Arminio, and which was magnificently sung and acted by Mademoiselle Jenny Lind, Lablache, and Coletti. At the fall of the curtain, all the artistes were called for and bouquets innumerable were showered upon the Lind. When she retired there were loud calls for the Maestro, and Verdi made his appearance, led on by Lablache. The second act opens with Amalia at the tomb of Massimiliano. She has left the infamous banquet of Francisco to pour forth her sorrows sit the neglected tomb of his father. She is interrupted by the chorus of bacchanals within, who are drinking with Francesco, This chorus is un• accompanied, and the dramatic effect produced by the contrast of this joyous chorus, with the plaintive notes of Amalie, is very fine. The music of this scene too is perfectly original, and is worthy of the situation. This scene is a great triumph for Verdi, and the concluding aria, " Volasti alma beata," for Jenny Lind, one of the most expressive melodies in opera, was given with a sweetness and feeling which left nothing to be desired. Arminio enters, and tells her that Carlo yet lives, and after a moment's stupor, she bursts out into the most exuberant expressions of rapturous joy, in the aria " Carlo vive ! 0 taro accento," which may be regarded as the gem of the opera. Nothing could exceed the acting and singing of Jenny Lind in this aria. Verdi had afforded her an opportunity of bringing all the resources of her art into play, an oppor tunity of which she well knew how to avail herself. She imparted her own enthusiasm to her audience. Never had such enthusiastic applause been heard within the walls of her Majesty's Theatre as greeted her at the conclusion of this aria. She was obliged to repeat it, and again at its conclusion was the applause resumed, and after that she was called on twice, and bouquets without number were thrown to her. A fine scene fol lows, in which she rejects with scorn the suit of Fran cesco, and which was superbly acted by Coletti and Jenny Lind. This scene concludes with a spirited duet, " Ti scosta, impudente," which was much applauded The last scene of the second act is laid in the neighbour hood of Prague, in the robbers' camp, and the act con cludes with a spirited but somewhat noisy chorus of robbers. The third act is, perhaps, taken as a whole, the best in the opera. The first scene is in the forest, in which Amalia has sought refuge from the pursuit of Francesco. Here she meets Carlo, and the duet " Tab bracio," by Jenny Lind and Gardoni, is one of the most effective bits (both musically and histrionically) in the opera. The Cabaletta. "Lassit risplendere," with which it concludes, is exceedingly beautiful, and at its conclusion they were both called on. Then follows a chorus of robbers, a fine massive composition, and then the dis covery of old Massimiliano in the cave, in which he had been confined by Francesco, who had spread the report of his death; and the oath by Carlo and his band to avenge his wrongs. The description by Lablache of his suffering was one of the most effective pieces of musical declamation ever beard, and the oath of vengeance by Carlo, and the chorus, which is the finale to the act, was magnificently given, and insured fur Lablache and Gardoni, and for the Maestro, Verdi himself, the honour of a call at the conclusion of the act. The fourth act opens with the interview between the Priest and the conscience-stricken Francesco, in which the acting of Coletti, as he describes the terrific dreams by which he is haunted, is quite appalling. The chorus of robbers attacking the castle is then heard be hind the scenes, and Francesco flies in despair. The last scene is in the wood—Carlo has asked a blessing of the old man (who knows not his son) as his preserver. He has received it, when the band enter dragging in Amalia. She flies to the arms of Carlo for rescue, and discovers that her lover is the captain of the. robbers. Horror-stricken at her situation, she demands death at his hands ; and, to save her from the insults of the robbers, he stabs her. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm of the audience at the fall of the curtain. Three times was Jenny Lind called forward, and then Verdi was led forward to receive the applause of the house. Her Majesty remained until the conclusion of the opera, and then left the theatre, ac companied by Prince Albert, and her suite. The Royal party seemed delighted with the opera, and the applause bestowed on the various artistes by the party in the royal box must have been most gratifying to them. pres ce. Al T be i r le t h o T n o h u e r e Q d t e h e e n p a e n r d fo r h m i s a nßcoeys Royal with lt Highness their Prince Royalsuiteinede pa included the theeiCou In. m ntel o sof Mountiss Murray, h Edgec? m t be e , t Ho he n .Baroness . Miss M‘Donald, the Earl of Morley, Colonel Buckley, Colonel Zeymuret, ann Mr. Ormsby Gore. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe Weimar, the Che valier Corre de Sa, the Countess of Sheffield, and Lady Susan Halroyd, and attended by the Hon. Miss Eden, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley, and Mr. Taylor, also honoured the theatre on this occasion with her presence. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, attended by the Ladies Honoria and Augusta Cadogan. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Baron Tusbeck, Mr. C. St. John Mildmay, and Dr. Quinn, were also pre• sent. Amongst the company were—the Duke of Wel lington, the Prince Louis Napoleon, the Duke of Leeds, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, and Lady Augusta Paulet, the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Ladies Levi son Gower, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, the Princess Mary of Baden, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Douro, the Mar quis of Huntley, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Kildare, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Worcester, the Marchioness of Westmeath, the Earl of Munster, the Earl and Countess of Bective, the Earl Belfast, the Earl and Countess of Essex and Miss Johnstone, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Countess of Stackleburg and Madlle. Stackleburg, and Madlle. Alga De Lechner; Viscount Morpeth, Viscount Cantilupe, and Viscount Raneleigh; Lord and Lady Templemore, Lord Sandys, Lord Sal toun, Lord and Lady W. J. D'Eresby, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Harry Vane, Lord W. Lennox, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, Lady Dashwood, Lady Whitbread, and Lady Gardner; Baron Nicolay and M. C. de Koudriaffsky; the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, Lady Carroll and the Misses Carroll, Lady Palmer. Colonel and Lady Arabella Harding, General the lion. A. P. Upton, Hon. G. Byng, M.P., the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Sir H. Webb, Sir 11. Meux, Sir R. and Lady Grant, Sir Alexander and Lady Woodford and the Misses Woodford, Colonel Finnis, Major Baring, Major Buckley, Captain Blaine, Colonel Mandle, R.N., Color el Rey nolds, Colonel Smith , Mr. and Miss Holford, Mr. Hubert Deburgh, Mrs. Hodgson, Mrs. Grote, Mr. and Mrs. W. Williams and Miss Williams, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Broadley, Mr. and Mrs. Dentt, Mr. and Mrs. Peele, Mr. and Mrs. C. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. EA ing and Miss Ewing, and the Hon. J. Lane. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, CO VEN T-GARDEN. Mozart's Nozze di Figaro, which has been for some time in preparation, was produced here last evening, with a degree of care and splendour worthy of this wonderful composition of the " Gran Maestro." The cast was as follows: Susanna Madame Grisi. The Countess Mdlle. Steffanoni. Cherubino Mdlle. Alboni. Marcellina Mdlle. Bellini. Count Almavivu—Signor Tatuburini. I Bartel.) Signor Revere. Antonio ... ...... -Signor Polonini. Bssilio Signor Lave'. Figaro Signor Marini. i, I bis It is, p( rhups, not too much to say that never •,a5 . opera been so perfectly produced in England feature t3 , )vsitt garden last evening. To detail every fet`l a worthy or commemoration would be to go throueLL;si s-ttre opera from the commencement to the close. T t i ie as Susanna, and Tamburini as the Count, su stain e t hey most important parts in the opera, a nd certainly .. could not have been in better or more a ble hands ; "ea, excellenc..,Zin these two of their greatest parts, I ne tha t, familiar to require specification Suffice it to sat , eate r great as they have ever been, they were never g r s oil than last night. Grisi's " Venite inginoccbiatevei id, admirably sung, and accompanied with by-Pl a i be mirable with the Page. In the duo " Crudel I Pe re 0 4 with 'famburini and in that with Mdlle. Stetfsrtb, " Sub' aria," she was excellence, and encored / 0 - oe , Her celebrated aria " Deh Vieni," from some lied to was s not given, an omission we hope to find saPP II , to future performances. Temburini's " Vedra mei / r ole; sospiro" was ver finely sung, in true Mozartiaa 9 ( 0 r , and in the trio with Grisi and Levis, " C oss 8(11 tile he was admirable. Alboni, as usual, dulighteaooo audience, and received the usual flattering tes till . j a c oos , of approbation. She sung the arias, " Non 6° Pl w eetlf , sou," and Mgr Voi che sapete che cos a amor, " mo st s i ss iesat and with at spirit, and was encored with eat""si in both. Her by-play oas the lovesick page "s i t th e rable, and so delighted the audience th at, when ergap. close of the first act the other principal perfor,ol4beeir peared on the stage without her, the calls for ' Ls sing Alboni," became so vociferous hat, although cos"' e r e the ta her dress, she was compelled to hasten be. °-- e sted• to receive the congratulations so justly In II r r Madlle. Steffanoni, as the Countess, was very°roe ceived, and deservedly so. Her performanc e Ivs9 4org l ful, elegant, and artistic. She sung the aria. ss 0,10 amor," with exquisite feeling and tendernels; r lie the " Dove sono i bet momenti," in the se cond an'ae for participated with Grisi in the honours of th e ets d c a fieeri' " Sull' aria," and the applause bestowed on it s , he cola' Marini's Figaro was exceedingly good. A " O s ' inencement he appeared rather timid and ~u n erfO risio nevertheless he gave the opening duett, w r ostie b 'th "Cinque Died," and the " Se vuol ballare," vi 0 01 effect. He improved as he progressed, until tbe _ do h of that most magnificent of bass airs, which he sung with splendid effect, and ivais, t s esil e. lion pia a com plt• mented not only with a rapturous encore , " a . o f tba immediately after to receive the congratulatioloitative, audience. He was very fine iu th e r e f.Apri_ l lB u " n Tu p t o tp q a ueg cl i i;p o o e s e to h , i " ,,, and the aria followi n g' r estat e' to their place in th w e hic o certed pieces, his fine bass voice told ' er g 0 iles Rovere's Brt h pe l r a g s . t nlignht :Heath': Ira: a 010 was excellent; his "La A r en clet rsode di executed with admirable effect, and loudly ePP:,; 00 8 . and in the concerted portions of the oper a 'i sea invaluable. Madame Bellini and Signors Laseie'l Polonini sustained their parts with great crerl i t t S te d gre s i tee "In quegli anni" was sung admirably, an d shel e once r- I applause. It is needless to say that all the. es parts and choruses were rendered wit set 01 effect. The beautiful finale of the first or d , ,As one of the most perfect performances we hav e ' l t e m pill the end of each act and the fall of the eurtain. l.o3 oi,t A cipal artists were called forth to receive the W e ',l st K . ovations, and throughout the performance, a n " 0 Gris h close, floral showers were liberally bestowed tr v sige_ A. a r Alboni, and Steffanoni. A new ballet, couiPo seu ' Yll °e". Casati, was produced for the Milt of &Nile. f i t ter who last season obtained so much a probation 14 j' tea si l lane. The scenery is extremely picPturesque, 113 4,rui r a u , good, and some of the groupings were very b ea s t eete b original. .Mlle. Fuoco was received wit h g re s f s bi g siasm, and her performance evinced talents - as a d F e a t n ie n u y x E w l l i order. She was encored in one of her brilliant P e 6 pit sthler. M. mHearbimlleo,stansudecaepssafsul effort s wain whicP the groupings were extremely beautiful.d'en aiVe $ at the fall of the curtain last evening, to rec -- - ovation. l'a if S. MONEY and COMMERCIA L .... To CITY, QUARTER r elay , - j e to The sales of Cotton at Liverpool Ye s '"' t 6 - r_,a 3,000 bales, including 2,000 bales American, s,oolPia ;Id. per lb. The market was heavy, a nd sv eek. s l, might be called Id. per pound lower than las h " ni sw Railway Shares business was again dull. etoci t if° was declining, and a considerable quantity 0 ' Of pressing. t it 11111 ts The day of the prorogation of Parliament s a tbe sesinbbk:ocitied:ril characterized by much dullness in City circles, soosiolh is no exception to this rule upon the Prese lit t he business being quiet in most departments. higher' 40 The corn market is steady to-day but not, 'M fo r e demand being as slack as ever. The arrivals faiffilr w 0 are large, and there is more English brough t ~it t aes S t o In the English Stock Market there has ag"" s eeel_ d ; want of buoy ancy, and the " Bear" Party , t heir r o , have the opportunity of repairing some °'. s law' It losses, even should the quotations come rouri d li g s aeee if they wisely " make hay while the su n e ft t i f t s o there can be no doubt that at the p reg o ta 11. sh money is rather in demand, and that bits lel, the 4th of August it may s o continue' ti ppe r e the near approach of harvest, and from Pres t ports tube ances a good harvest too, whatever vague, 0 ....1 circulated to the contrary. with abundant eroff b olese s continent, with a largely increase d amount ° ~mile in the Bank of England, and with th e w bile t ;, of the French l oan b e i ng d e f e rred 0. fat m 'i cannot see any reason for despondency as to t ils d sta Consols are now 881 1 for present transfer, 5° to 1 1 t for account. Exchequer-bills have realised 86 ' cell' premium. The New Three-and-a Quarter per , have been 90a to 907; Bank Stock is 1961 to V s ,ife; The transactions in the Foreign Market are %pit; Spanish Five per Cents. ha ve been 22, and the 10i, -1-i; Portuguese Four p er Cents. have been Isrs,4l, Dutch Two-and - a - Half per Cents. have realised Ve,oo. In the Share Market there has been some hea / 7,0 6 o'oo' BRITISII FUNDS, ONE 0/1 8 0 O'CLGCE. 9 Bank Stock .. .• • • .. .. .. 1963& 198 0 4 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 88% 89 9 00 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 88%34 _ $ 46 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 90% AN. b e India Stock .. .. . .. •.„ .. 244 OP India Bonds, 1,0001. .. . . 10 5 Consols for Opening, Aug 26: .• • • • . 88% % ii 9 r, Exchequer Bills. l%d. • •• .2d. 1,0001... .. .... 11 8 1l p it? 5001. - . .. --• • • 13 9P 4 0 Ditto, Small .... 17 I 1 p 6,0 9 40. FOREIGN FUNDS. s D pe g iCent oNE ri:•,, Brazilian O'CLOCar• 0473 191 Ditto, Small .. . ••• •• 190 Grenada, I per Cent • - :• - 0/ 1 Mexican Bonds, 1846, s •• per • C • Cent • • 3 a Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent •• 1 197. Ditto, 4 per Cent .. •• •• 1 1 •• •• - 41; Russian Bonds .. .. .. ~, .. 112% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent „ 22 S 2 Ditto, Passive Bonds •• • 4 % 3 9 Ditto, Three per Cent :: • • • • Ditto, for the Account • • • • •••• 57/ 4 P ~ O Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-11AR per Cent •• 57 SO ° Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .„ 903 0,0 A, VRICES OF BUSI I4ESS rii.P .- RAILWAY SHARES. 10 Amber., Notting., Boston, and ....• 1 1 4 Eastern Junction .. .. .. 2% •••• •• •• • •'• I ! Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .17 ~" •• •• ••• •• m -14 , PAID. oNE DON o tteIic. Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 10 • • ... 15%7 1 '' • • •• 51 Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 5 •.•. • • —„, ',if . : •• •• ' 'e ta Buckinghamshire .. .. .. 61. 4s t's -- ' ... .. • • 0 ';'hester and Itolyhead .. :• .. 32% • • ••. 26% •• '' • li •• , 20 ..... 19% 29 19 ••• fi f pe.r...Cen...i.NN•00....21...6•601.. 13s. 4d . — s , • P ' :::: • •.• 0 6 ! " D pst i oe ito rin , eerP d o i me tt t o l•t• . llseg . Ditto, York Extension . 7% . .• 6% •••• ", •• : 1 .," p Eastern tiiiion .. .. .• •; 50 •• .. 60 ••'• ' •• • Y‘, s ; Ditto, Quarter Shares .. ... 12% •• • 15 ••••.• ' •• 3 ',/' Ditto, Thirds .. .. .. 13s 4d ..... ** -3% P•• •• •• •• 1' ' Great Northern .. , • r 4%3 414 • ""• I ,‘,. Great Western .. .: •• . 2. 85 1 - - 117 1 16' "'' ' . 9 7 Ditto, Quarter Shares • . • .. 15 •• •• 19% " '' •• • •. ' LondonD Leeds itt a • n a N e I n e a w h : Bradforda 7 c l• kßlackwell • a u . . •• .... 1 , 4 • 0 4 1 1 35. , 4 . : d . . • ...• ....- 9% .:.".........: .....: :: / 91 9 4 London, Brighton, & South Coast 5 * 0 .... •• •• " • 0 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent 9 ....:' I s l , ..•• •••• . London an North-Western ..100 ....176 175 ''''' • • Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 12 .... 28 .• •••• •• .• Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 11% .. ••• • " • ~ London and South. Western 41/. 68. 10d... •• • • "• 0 1 d Ditto, Scrip 50/... .. 5 .... %.• •• •• 41,7 Midland .. ..100 ....125 12 6 .. • ..• 971 Ditto, 40/. Shares .. 40 .... 47 47 • • ••••• Ditto, 50/. Shares ......6 •• •• Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. 9 031 Six per Cent. .. . • 100 ....128 •• • • Newcastle and Berwick . • .. 2 0 .• 29 28% • • •,..• 1. Ditto, New .. • • .. •• 5 •• • • 9 % .. • " Norfolk .. • • .. .. • • • • 100 ••.• • • • • • 1 'o3,i •• • • North British • • .. .. 25 .• • Ditto, Thirds .. - • • 1 •• • • 34:, •• '• 14 North Staffordshire 7% 10% "•....• s Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 5 %"', *** .• Royston and Hitchin . • • /36•••• 1 %•• •• :•••• •• $ 6 4 Shrewsbury ana Birmingham .. 334 —„ ....• " Sliropehire Union .. .. 4 . ..... 36 2 v • • • • ..••:• .• '2s South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% • • NI d p Do.. N New e ( ( d d 0 0 ..3 1 3 0 /. 1. 6 ) 8. 1 3 . d . .) N N o o . . 4 2 . . 1 6 7 % 1 . 41 4 . 1 , , •• 33 1 7 6 6$ Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425. .• • • op ••• • • 0 York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .• .• 3 , 7 .• •• •• 0, Ditto, Extension • . • . .• 10 •• • • 1 " ' ..• '• yo D rk itt am o, d P N re o f rt er h en li ce idhui — d 12% 86 • • Ditto. Preference .. ~6 .• • • 15,1 ' . • 1 4. FOREIGN BAILWAYS.., •• •, 1 Boulogne and Amiens 20 .• •• 11 2 ,•• • •• •• •••• Dutch Rhenish • .. 7 •• • • •• •• Luxembourg .. .. 6.• • ••••• • • • •• Northern of France .. .. 10 •• • • 12 % • • • • Orleans and Bourdeaux .. 6 .• • • " 711 ' . • 4 6 'l4 .• 1 17 ' JOINT-STOCK BAN ES. d• ••• • • • 1 9 A British North American .. 350 •• • • •• • • • f••• • London Joint-Stock ..10 .• ••;' 1 " • • •• • • 1 Nationallof Ireland ‘, .;c1 22% . • • • ... • Union of London .. .. 10 •• • • 0.1 • •• Real del Monte, Unregistered —• • •• • • ,t l a jahssetAa,c circumstance j r .uc ri bu . E lmi W i c s On c. 0 West took his benefit at this th e e rt rev 0 dered him fare was carried out on the occasion. The house was c' - e fro overflow, which, d in e g pat n i sta satisfactionbFlestablishment re, or°s Or" perhaps, in some weesu ~ a d bort b y A w m il iliT h il er EAT P :ce: i he bill e tthoehietesewlfeeublllireadstetesdtexr jvteeennd:tyhaenistul.."::::atoof fully tii.e,performances tfavourite,an ReeOoTfAi: permission, occupied thes . her Majestys Ws* A 0 0 0 g r crO hment theatre.have acknowledged. to all present. On Mdlle. Jellekgrot—ti, she was loudly cheered, which ob e ./ gr. li lat ile e . Great credit is due to A w ith t oe rited lessee, and all parties conne.te•nle of , for their politeness to the o.te•nls SLIAKSPERE'S H O USE. ..-- Much letters;been sthrteicieei;btetirllgtb2Poi 400 r ed and said on this subject. The Times hos Pope haii be en ..blis h ~ the m alldeer to Herold varioushas written societies; spir i b te u d t move is at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, i 0 89 0 proprietor has constructed an admirable aci;•ebt so a the house, drawn by Alfred Crovvquil, and w •jity, 9/2 r nucleus for a fancy fair, patronised by the nobi nu oi • responded to, as we think it would be, bY the • would be the means of easily raising the necessari