The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-01 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S -THEATRE. LA TRAVIA.TA. , . EXTRA NIGHT. Picco'omini, Beneventano, and Giuglini. TO-MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, JULY 3, - . LA TRAVIATA. ViOletta, Piccolomini ; Germont Georgio, Beneventano • Alfredo, Giuglini. To conclude with a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. • Wednesday, July 8, Mr. BENEDICT'S LAST MORNING CONCERT. ' Prices for the morning performance as follows : Boxes—Pit and One Pair £4 4 0 I Pit £o 8 6 „ Grand Tier 5 50 I Pit Stalls 1 1- 0 „ - Second 3 3 0 Gallery Stalls 0 5 0 , • Half Circle lll 6 I Gallery 0 3 0 To be bad at the Box-office at the Theatre. J ER "MAJESTY'S THEATRE Madlle. PICCOLOMINI Has the honour to inform the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public that her BENEFIT will take place on MONDAY EVENING, JULY 6th. The Entertainments win comprise the Second Act of LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. .' Maria Mdlle. PiccoloniinL La Marchesa Mdlle. Poma. Tonio Signor Belart. ,Sergente Sulpizio Signor Belletti. The Last Act of IL TROVATORE. Leonora Azucena 11 Conte di Luna Signor Beneventanto. Ferrando Signor Vialetti. Manrico Signor Giuglini. The Last Act of Verdi's Opera, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta , Germont Georgio Signor Beneventanto. Alfredo Signor Ginglint. • For the. First Time, the Last Act of Donizetti's Opera - , I MARTIRI, Including the grand duo, " li. suon dell' Arpe Angelicke." Pauline • Mdlle. Piccolomini. Poiiuto Signor Giuglini. With various. entertainments in the BALLET DEPARTMENT, embracing the talents of MADAME ROSATI, MDLLE. BOSCHErn, MDLLE KATRINE, MESDLLES. PASQUALE, MORLACCHI, AND MADAME PEREA NENA. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made al the Box-office of the Theatre. L" BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. the performance of Opera-Bouffe, en un Acto, L'IMPRE• SARIO. M. Caillat, M: Charles Petitt, Mdlle. Dalmont, and Mdlle. Mace. THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, July 1, (for the Benefit of M. Offenbach), the entertainments will commence by the performance of the favourite Operette, en un acte, LE VIOLON EU X. After which (first time) Opera-Bouffe, moyen age, en un acte, CR )QUREER ; en, Le Dernier des Paladins. INTERMEDE : in which M. Offenbach, Madlle. Dalmont, and Madlle. Gutfroy will appear. To conclude with Buffonnerie Musicale en no Act, LES DEUX AVEUGLES. M. Pradeau and wl. Mesmacer. The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouff,3s will accom pany these Representations, under the direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. RENT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, is; Boxes, 2s. 6d, 25., and ls. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past T. Commence at 8. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : —Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nines ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E Moffatt, Henrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks- N.ian Clown, Wallett, will appear each, evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. T HEATRE ROYAL, El AYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with VIE RIVALS. After which, THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR. After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A rATANTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. . In future the prices will be:— Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 f; No half-price to Upper Gallery. ?THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENINa, will be performed IRELAND AS IT WAS 6r, The Middleman. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams Followed by a new farce, LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Mr and Mrs. Barney Williams. To conclude with IRISH ASSURANCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. Proprietor. Mr John Douglass.—lmmense Success. THIS EVENING, Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in his entirely New Magical Drama, A NIGHT IN WONDER-WORLD ; or, Magic, Mirth, and Mystery. Produced on a scale of grandeur far surpaving anything that has yet been attempted on the stage. The magnificent Paraphernalia of the mast elaborate descrption Between the par , s of the entertainment Mr. J. G. Forde will give his Original Monologue, descriptive of LOVE AND LAW.--No advance in prices. _Li) PRINCESS'S THEATRE. _Li) THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. 4STLEIPS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Recommencement of the Dramatic Season, Mr. William Cooke begs to announce the Revival, fir the Midsummer Scholastic Vacation, MAZEPPA and RICHARD 111. on alternate nights. Engagement of Madlle. Mililos, the celebrated Parisian Equestrienne. THIS EVENING (Wednesday, July 1), and Friday, Lord Byron's MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE. TO-MORROW (Thursday, July 2,) and Saturday, July 4 RICHARD 111., with Eq - e'estrian Illustrations, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's stud of highly trained Horses. Mazeppa and Richard I [I., Mr. James Holloway. The entertainments terminating with a brilliant and match less display of incomparable SCENES in the ARENA, intro ducing the wondrous performance of the Brothers Francisco on La Perche, and the second appearance of Madlle. Mililos with a variety of other novelties. Commet.c'e at seveS o'clock. Dress Tines, 4s. ; Upper B•acs, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking: Pt. 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half-past Eight. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. During the Midsummer Holidays there will be Three Grand Morning c, Performances, viz., Saturday, Ju l y 11, ls, and 25, at Two o'clock each day. CA.NTERBLI rtY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.--The follow. in; company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance 01 Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: 141 86 E . Pearce , -Mrs. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, an d Madame Marietta ; M r. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. • Joues, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. lime; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. ei anororte , Mr. Cecil Hicks harmonium, J Caulfield, jun'.; Erector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence] at, Seven o'clock :•pree• ise y. Su ?pars, dtc., until twelve o'clock. :31C ti WATER AT. LONDON BitfDt--TE" THIS DAY—Mora. 58 min. aft. 8 —Even. 26 min. aft. 9 To M . ORRow---Morn. 55 min. aft. 9—Even., 24 min. aft. 10 THE WEATHER—Strx OFFICE. JUIN 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 75 -highest anise noon yesterday. 59 -lowest this morning and during the night. CO - this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.80. WmpN. N.W. ; rather squally, with rain, and a thunderstorm about hslf-pa3t eleven this forenoon. ro.r. r - _ LONDON, WEDITEsDAS, JULY 1, 1867 allotß It is coming —The Whatever the Times may say, however Lord J OHN may prevari cate, no matter how pettily it may b 3 shirked by Lord PALMERSTON—THE BALLOT is unquestion ably Coming ! Look at the result of last night's Division ! What does it disclose? —notwith standing the mean evasion of many, and the un• faithfulness of some. Why, to put the fact of the case plainly before the public, it discloses this positively and unmistakeably : that—in spite of rfIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 1857 all that evasion and all that unfaithfulness — the Advocates of the Ballot number• just about One-Third of the Whole House of - Commons ! No longer a mere handful Glaser*, able upon an occasion adroitly managed to surprise a very small house into a microscopic majority, in support of the annual motion of the member for Bristol, say in between the Derby and the Oaks Nothing of this kind any longer—but a compact phalanx of just upon two hundred representatives. So that the Ballot, after all, has made an advance, a decided and appreciable advance in the New Parliament. " After all "—viz., after the short memories of some and the small courage of others— after the paltry non-attendance of Evaders, and the impudent recalcitration of the Recanters ! There is my Lord JOHN RUSSELL, for example, what in the name of Truth, of Honesty, of Fair Dealing can we possibly say of him and of his astounding conduct yesterday ? What—but that he and his brother (Lord CHARLES, the Sergeant at-Arms) have regularly done [there is no other phrase for it]—have regularly done the metropo lian constituency. We assert it, we repeat it—. we are not talking at random—we maintain that the course pursued by those two noble brothers in regard to the question of the Ballot is a course irreconcilable with one's notions of perfect candour and magnanimity. Recollect what took place on Lady-day last in the City of London ! Remember the meeting then on that 25th of March, 1.857, held by inhabitants of the Ward of Broad-street, there, at the North and. South American Coffee-house. Observe ! we have forgotten neither time nor place—and cer tainly we have not forgotten what gave a-certain degree of importance to both, namely, the words that fell, there and then, from the lips of Lord JOHN'S brother, Lord CHARLES RUSSELL, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the British House of Com mons ! What were those words? They were these : " I will state .to you a fact," said Lord CHARLES RUSSELL to the elec tors of the City of London, assembled upon that occasion, on Wednesday, the 25th arch, 1857, at the North and South Ame rican Coffee-house ! Mark the phrase—" I will •tate to you a fact; I have autho rity for stating that the Vice-President and Treasurer of the Ballot Society have both of them x.pressed their determination to support Lord J. RUSSELL in the coming election, so satisfied are they with his conduct. After all, I want to know ii LORD JOHN RUSSELL so determined an oppo. Icnt of the Ballot as some here seem to suppose ? fn the abstract I am, myself,. in favour of open voting ; but what made me a convert to ie Dal (3t was seeing the enormous amount of coercion exercised in an election when I was candidate— in(' I have heard Lord JOHN RUSSELL say, when he was contesting Devonshire, that he saw things 'hen which, though in the abstract he was opposed to the Ballot, led him to believe it pos iible that he might be driven to it." Indeed, Lord CHARLES RUSSELL declared further Shan _this, he asserted that what Lord JortN .vented first of all was to carry a large extension , f the franchise : and added then—" When two 'nen out of seven, instead of one out of seven Ind the power of voting, the argument against Vie Ballot would not be quite so strong n his brother's mind as it was !" Very well. Now recollecting all this, and re- lolleeting that at the time those words vere uttered, that at the time that declaration ,vas volunteered by Lard JOHN RUSSELL'S Brother he election of Lard JOIIN was a matter very loubtful indeed, and not all to be calculated Ipon ! Remembering that, and remembering that a little while afterwards Lord JOHN' was brought in the " third" upon the list of the suc- Tssful candidates, by a generous and not by a r'lctious umbination—What, we ask, does the !ountry think of the Noble Lord the Member for 'he City of London now ? Now that his conduct in reference to the Ballot can be viewed dis- tinctly, between the cross lights thrown upon It by two very different speeches—by the speech ,nado on Wednesday, the 25th of March, by Lord CHARLES RUSSELL, and by the speech de .ivered on Tueslay, the 30th of June, by Lord JOHN RUSSELL? We leave the question to the lonscience of the general community. And in reference to the Times ? Well, the ,tory there is as old as the hills. It is a thing quite notorious—an inevits.b:e necessity, as such iniversally recognised. The Times, in regard to Reform, in regard to the Corn-laws, in regard to verything—says obstinately Nay, until the period ias arrived when everybody else says Yea, and then the Times says Yea too. It has been so before. It is so now. It threatens to be so always. The Times was dead against Free Trade until every thing combined to show plainly that Free Trade IA last must as a matter of certainty be trium phant. And then—at the eleventh hour and three-quarters, and fourteen minutes, and fifty nine seconds—the Times veered round dead against Protection. It will be the same, in due course, with the Ballot—" in due course," ob serve ! Not sooner and not later. We are now at just about the tenth hour in regard to the Ballot. That we are at that, the division of last night demonstrates incontestably. Consequently, when, politically speaking, there shall have elapsed one hour more, and three quarters and fourteen minutes and fifty-nine seconds, and perhaps half the beat of a pendulum besides—whirr 1 round the Times will inevitably go "For" the Ballot, and proclaim it a " great fact." We can wait for all this now calmly and confidently. The minority of 189 is at once our solace and our encouragement. A diplomatic crisis has occurred at Constanti nople. The Belgian Envoy, M. BLOUNDEEL DB COELEBROECK, has received his passports from the Ottoman Government, with an intimation that his room will be far more acceptable than his company. His Muscovite tendencies were well known, but it is more than hinted that it was not merely for abstract opinions, but for direct in trigues against the interees of those to whom he was accredited, as the representative of King LEOPOLD, that he has been so summarily ex- It is positively affirmed that the object which the expelled envoy has been striving to accomplish was the union o f th e P r incipalities, and the' for illation of a Roumanian sOvereignly of a P r i nc e of one of the Eu ro p ean Kingdom , under the families. The House of CODURG has generally looked , sharply after - every opening, for ele vating one of its • cadets to a Royal station. it has a keen seen - t atter possible vacan . cieF, and we may safely venture to speculate on the quarter from whence the hints by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as to the importance of selecting the Moldavo-Wallachian sovereign from the scions of European Royal Houses, emanated. King Lao ?OLD thinks of that " poor little Flanders," and how nice a thing it would be to elevate him to such a position ; and surely he has bid high for the most sweet voices of the Great Powers 1 He has a strong claim on the gratitude of the Cwt., for aiding and assisting in extricating " Holy .Russia " from the dilemma in which she was placed, and bringing about the lame and impotent conclusion of the war, so earnestly de precated by many English hearts. Besides his influence in producing the Union, and pledges as to future good behaviour, might go far to secure the Russian vote and interest. England and the English, need scarcely be canvassed by a CO BURG. The irresponsible Minister will, of course, do as he thinks proper, without consulting the opinions or wishes of the people, and they, GOD help them, have only to grin and bear it. The voice of pub lic opinion is suppressed, until too late, to avert the evil. As to Austria, has he not "friends at Court," through the Duchess DE BRABANT, the cousin of the Red Emperor, and also in consequence of the active part which he took in playing the Austrian game. While the contemplated Prussian al liances, the 8,0001. per annum and 40,0001. hard cash, transferred to Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM with the eldest born daughter of England, will ensure the co- operation of CLICQUOT. Besides, is there not another Prin cess whom it may be desirable to obtain with an equal appanage for the Prince of ORANGE, first Cousin to the AUTOCRAT ? Her hand may be barbered, and England may be taxed as a make weight in the bargain that is to consign a sceptre to the Count DE FLANDERS. It only remains, then, to conciliate Lours NAPOLEON in order to render the Belgian cock tail, first favourite for the Danubian Cup. There are many- ways by which this may be attained, and we have no doubt that every iron is placed in the fire—every nerve strained to produce the desired result. The connexion with the House of ORLEANS may be used, as well as that with Great Britain. It is stated that England has become the humble suitor to France for assistance against YEH and his poisoners. This must unquestionably gratify the amour propre of the EMPEROR. It will be a great card in his hand, whether he deems it expedient to comply with or reject the application. It is in the Independance Beige that the intelli gence is first communicated, as well as the time exactly specified for the visit of the EMPEROR and EMPRESS to Osborne, which, by the way, we pre dicted some weeks since. All these things con stitute strong circumstantial evidence that LEO POLD has what is popularly termed "a finger iu the pie," and that the acts or rather the intrigues of the plenipotentiary were not altogether opposed to the will of his master. The Ottoman Cabinet may, however, well be excused for the summary expulsion of the party who has so grossly disregarded his diplomatic privileges. We do not, however, anticipate any serious difficulty. LEOPOLD possesses extraordi nary facilities for wriggling out of the consequences of any serious escapade ; of this we have had unequivocal testimony in his recent conduct in reference to the Religious Corporations Bill, and we have no doubt that he will exhibit similar worldly Wisdom in the present instance. If the charges against M. BLONDEAL are not susceptible of the cleaerest proof, they will be emphatically denied—if otherwise, he will be unhesitatingly repudiated, while some compensation will be pro vided for his injured honour. It is now clear that the Porte perceives the coming danger and is resolved to exercise the utmost vigilance, and as being " fore-warned" it is also fore-armed, we may anticipate that the Belgian dodge will go for nothing, and that no serious perils may be anticipated from that quarter for the future. The Revenue Returns for the year and quarter ending the 30th June have been duly published, and will be found in another part of this day's impression. They are of a very satisfactory cha racter, so far as the financial condition of the country is concerned. They, however, fully con firm the opinions which we expressed respecting the statement made by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer on the 13th February, and prove be yond the possibility of doubt that the additional Income-tax of 2d. in the pound, and also the ex tra duties on tea, coffee, and sugar, were by no means required by the exigencies of the Treasury, and that they were obtained by means of repre sentations which, in a private individual, would be very sharply criticised. Indeed, Sir G. C. lawis has tendered his own evidence to the same effect, by gratuitously undertaking to pay off the whole of the redemption money for the Sound Dues, 1,125,0001., and refraining to avail himself of the privilege of liquidating the amount by instalments spread over a term of years as he might easily have done, and thus saving not only a heavy burden from being imposed on the revenue of the present year, but also preventing the monetary disturbances likely to arise from the exportation of so large an amount of specie 1 It is true that there is a deficiency for the pre sent quarter, which might have been greater, but for the fact that the payment of duties on tea, coffee, and sugar, ware, whenever practicable, deferred during the last quarter, and that, con sequently, large sums were received at the re duced rates during the first week of April. Suffi cient has, however, appeared, to establish on the most conclusive evidence thatthere was at all events no necessity for the Crusade against the teapot, the coffee-pot, and the pie -dish, on which Sir G. C. LEWIS entered with such unequivocal gusto. All his exertions have palpably been for the bene fit of the Moneyocracy, and in opposition to the interests of the industrial population of the coun try. And it remains to be seen whether the representatives of the people will endorse a policy so partial in its operation, and so injurious in , its results I As we have stated there is a deficiency on the quarter I This amounts to 263,2411. But t on the other hand, and despite that falling off, there is an increase on the year of 1,827,0421., :the total receipts for the year being no less than 72,060,8211., against 70,233,7791. in the Pre ceding year—and thatof the quarter 17,274,7621., against 17,548,003 1 . in 1856. Looking to the particular items, we find that under the head of Customs, there has been an improvement, both on the year and quarter, on the former of 472,0241., on the latter of 280,6251. On this there ought, according to ordinary calcu lations, to have been a deficiency to something about the amount of the increase, from the re ductions, that came into operation. But these, it appears, were far more than counterbalanced by the rush of payments in the beginning of April. In the Excise, there is an increase on the year of 111,2221., but a decrease on the quarter of 501,0001. This is mainly attributable to malt and hops. It was anticipated that the redUction from 4s. to 2s. Bd. would have occasioned a loss of some 700,0001. on the former article alone. It has, however, been but one-third of that amount. We cannot, however, attribute this satisfactory state of affairs to increased consumption, but rather as in tea, coffee, and sugar, to the postponement of pay ments during the last quarter, in order to obtain the benefit of the reduced duties, and the consequent diminution of stocks and heavy payments in the beginning cf April. The collection of the hop duty was also postponed, and this, it is said, ac counts for nearly a quarter of a million of the deficiency. In the Stamps the increase for the year i 6 302,5011., .the deereae, for the:qUarter 7,592/, • The former is doubtless owing tq he gra4ual de velopment of the succession . duties, Which the Chancellor of the Exchequer believes will even tually produce 1,200,0001., although only 500,0001. was last year received therefrom. On the Taxes there is a decrease on the year of 61., and on the quarter of 19,0261. These are to b. ascribed to the stringency of collection, rather than to the produce of the impost. The Property Tax, the great source of direct eontribntion to the exigencies of the Exchequer, shows an increase on the year of 980,7701., and on the quarter, notwithstanding the reduction of the so-called war 9d., of 78,7391. This is, however, exceptional. There are large arrears in course of collection, and few have as yet been obliged to satisfy the claims of the col lecto rs at the reduced rate. The Post-office shows an increase on the year of 76,8481.—a reduction on the quarter of 41,0001. The Crown lands an improvement on the year of 2,3411., while the quarter remains in stabs quo ; while in the miscellaneous there is a deficiency on the year of 118,6591., and on the quarter of 14,0371. On the whole the returns are eminently satisfactory to all, save those whom they prove to have been guilty of a suppressio y eri, which, in the case of private individuals, might bo deemed approximating to the case of receiving money (we shall not say on false pretences, but) on very un• fair and unfounded statements. " THE CHRISTMAS CAROL." READ BY ITS AITTIOR. Last evening St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre, was crammed—literally crammed, in the Body of it, in the Stalls, and in the Galleries—by an audience assembled to hear Mr. Charles Dickens read his Christmas Carol. It seems very cold-blooded to put the matter simply thus, in a way so perversely and miserably matter-of-fact. Rather let us say, then, that—Glorious Charles Dickens read his im mortal Christmas Carol yesterday ! Adding, that he read it to an audience as attentive as it was en thusiastic. We don't remember ever to have witnessed a more stirring ovation than the one accorded by that audience to the most popular writer of our generation. His appearance upon the platform was hailed by round after round of applause—applause so earnest, prolonged, and sustained that it almost seemed to threaten to post pone the Reading indefinitely. However, the Reading did come on at last, and having continued (with ouly five minutes interruption, about midway) from 8 p.m. to very nearly 10.30 p.m., the close of it was the signal for an outburst of cheers, mingled with the waving of hats and handkerchiefs. There was a genial "grasp of the hand" in the look of every kind face turned towards the platform, and a " God bless him" in every one of those ring ing cheers—the last but an echo, in truth, of the memorable benediction of Tiny Tim with which that matchless " Carol in Prose," it will be remem bered, terminates. It is hardly necessary to ob serve that throughout the two hours and a half oc cupied by the reading of that little golden master piece, Mr. Dickens was interrupted again and again by reiterated roars of laughter ! And no wonder; for apart from the glory of the book itself, there were the marvellous mimetic powers of the author reading it—givi ng piquancy to the dialogue, poignancy to every jest, and a new provocative to merriment in the turn of every humourous expres sion. The most telling bits of all were unquestion ably and beyond any manner of doubt—the Christmas Dinner of the Cratchets—the Dance at Fezziwig's—and the after-dinner fun at Scrooge's Nephew's ! We can't, f or th e lif e o f us, f ancy people laughing more than they did last night at the calves of old Fezziwig's legs " shining like moons" in all parts of the dance, or of his ulti mately seeming to wink with them when he "cut" ! Peter's shirt collars too were, in both sense of the phrase, an enormous success whenever mentioned— from the time when we were told that he longed " to show his linen in the fashionable parks" to the climax of it, when Martha observed, that a lord she saw the' day before was about as tall as Peter ! Whereupon the said Peter pulls his collars up so high, that "you could not have seen his head if you had been there !" How the audience roared, too, at our old friend the fiddler coming in and making an orchestra of the desk, and " tuning— like fifty stomach-aches !" And at every syllable of the account of the way in which that incorrigible Topper went after Sorooge's niece's sister in the great game of Blindman's-buff ! It is wholly idle, however, it is altogether super fluous to particularise. The entire Reading from first to last went off—unaffectedly, be it said, in the strictest meaning of the word—to admiration. The crowded and appreciative audience were de lighted—thoroughly. And so, for that matter, must the Author have been himself, by the whole manner of his reception. It was a treat to every one present, and one of a very rare and memorable description. The occasion of 'this Reading, it should be ob served, was one constituting it the Second in the attractive Series of Entertainments arranged by the friends and admirers of the late Mr. Douglas Jerrold to swell the funds of a grateful Testimo nial—in his Remembrance 1 QUJEIV'S CONCERT BOOsIS, HANOVER. SQUARE. Herr Kuhe and Madame Bassano gave their annual concert at these rooms on Monday at two o'clock. The rooms were crowded. The list of vocalists included some of the best concert singers of the day, among them Madame Bassano, Miss Messent, Madame Clara Novello, the no.? Swedish singer Mdlle. Hertha de Westerbrand, Herr Reichardt, Signor F. Lablache, and Mr. Sittig Reeves. The instrumental performers were also of a high class; they included Signor Piatti oa Herr Ruhe on the p ianoforte. This g entleman is a the violoncello, He rr En g el on the harmonium-, and brilliant and finished performer and was lludly applauded in all his efforts. He p la y ed a d ue t f rom Beethoven for the piano and vi o li n, " Le Revell des Fees," and a very brilliant polka, performed for the first time on this occasion. He sub sequently played some of Mendelssohn's beautiful Lieder Ohne W or t e . Signor Piatti achieved his usual success on the violoncello in a piece of his own composition, and Herr Engel's performances on the harmonium are too well known to need criticism. Madame Clara Novello and Madame Bassano sang some Italian morceaux with taste and execution. Mr. Sims Reeves sang Beethoven's Adelaide" with his usual skill and expression, and also the favourite serenade from Tennyson's "Maud," ar ranged by Balta. There were many other attractive pieces in the programme; among them several trios and quartette. The audience appeared highly gratified, and the concert may be considered to have been a decided 811 ccess. RE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF MARL BOBOVGLI. This morning on the assembling of the Cambridge election committee, Mr. Deasy, the chairman, an nounced that he had received a telegraphic despatch from the M ar quis of Blandford, stating that he was prevented att e nding the sitting of the committee , i n consequence of the death of his father the Duke of Marl borough. PARLIAMEIVTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-JUNE 30. THE BALLOT. _ _ Motion made, and Question put, "That leave be given to bring in a bill to cause the votes of the Parliamentary electors of Great Britain and Ireland to be taken by way of ballot :"—The house divided, Ayes, 189; Noes, 257. AYES-189. Adair, H. Forster, Charles O'Connell, D Alcock, T. Fortescue, C. S. O'Donoghoe, The Anderson, Sir J. Gilpin, C. O'Flaherty, A. Atherton, W. Glyn, G. Ogilvy, Sir J. Ayrton, A. Goderich, Viscount Osborne, R. Barnard, Thomas Grace, 0. Paget, C. Baxter, W. Greene, John Paget, Lord A. Beale, S. Greer, Samuel Paget, Lord C. Beamish, F. Gregson, Samuel Pechell, Sir G. Berkeley, F. Grenfell, C. P. Perry, Sir E. Bethell, Sir R. Greville, Colonel F Philips, R. Biddulph, Col. R. M. Hackblock, William 'Pigott, F. Biggs, John Hadfield. George Pilkington, J. Black, Adam Hall, Sir Benjamin Platt, J. Hake, J. Hankey, T. . Price, W. Bland, L. H. Hanmer, Sir John Ramsden, Sir J. Bonham-Carter, J. Hardcastle, Joseph Rebow, J. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Harris, J. D. Ricardo, J. Bowyer, G. Hastie, Archd Ricardo, 0. Brady, J. Hatchell, John Ridley, George Buchanan, Walter Henchy, D. Robartes, T. Bury, Viscount Hodgson, K. Roebuck, J. A. Butler, C. S. Holland, E. Roupoll, W. Caird, J. Horsman, E. Russell, Sir W. Calcutt, M. Hutt, W. Salisbury, Enoch Campbell, it. J. R. Ingram, H. Schneider, Henry Clay, James Keating, Sir H. Scholefleld, W. Clifford, C. C. Kershaw, J. Scrope, G. Clifford, Lt.-Col. H. M. King, L. Smith, J. A. Clive, George Kinglake, A. Smith, J. B. Cobbett, J. M. Kinglake, J. Smith, A. Cogan, W. H. F. Kinnaird, A. Somerville, Sir W. Collier, R. P. Kirk, W. Stanley, W. Conyngham, W. Langston, J. H. Stapleton, John Conyngham, Lord F. Langton, U. G. Stuart Lord J. Copeland, Alderman Laslett, W. Stuart, Colonel Corbally, M. E. Lindsay, W. Sullivan. Michael Cowan, C. Locke, Jobn Sykes, Colonel Cox, W. Macarthy, Alex. Talbot, C. Craufurd, E. H. J. MacEvoy, E. Tancred, H. Crawford, R. W. M•Ctillagh, W. Thompson, General Crook, J. Megan, W. Thomely, T. Crossley, F. Maguire, J. F. Tite, W. Dalglish, R. Mangles, R. D. Tollemache, F. Dashwood, Sir G. Mangles, C. Townshend, J. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Marjoribanks, D. Trelawney, Sir John Deasy, R. Martin, P. Tynte, Col. K. Denison, W. H. Martin, J. Villiers, C. De Vere, S. E. Massey, W. Vivian, H. H. Devereux, J. Merry, J a mes Vivian, J. C. Dillwyn, L. L. Mills, T. Warldron, Laurence Divett, E. Mitchell,T. A. Watkin, Edward Duke, Sir J. Moffat, G. Watkins, Col. Duncan, Viscount Monsell, W. Weguelin, T. Duncombe, Thomas Moore, G. Whitbread, S. Ellice, E. Morris, D. White, James Elton, Sir A. H. lictulgrave, Earl of Willcox, B. Esmonde, J. Napier, Sir C. Williams, W. Evans, Sir De Lacy Neate, Charles Wlllyams, E. Ewart, W. Nicoll, D. Woods, Henry Ewart, J. Norreys, Sir D. Wyld, James Fenwick, H. Norris, J. T. • TELLERS. Fitzgerald, J. O'Brien, P. Berkeley, Hon. H. F. Foley, H. W. O'Brien, J. Shelley, Sir J. NOES-257, Addezley, C. B. Fitxvrilliam, G. Morgan, o.' A kroyd, E. Foljambe, Francis Mowbray, J. R. Althorp, Lord Forde, Colonel Naas, Lord Annesley, Hon. Hugh Forester, Col. Napier, J. Archdall, Capt. M. Forster, Sir Geo. Newark, Viscount Saline, H. Foster, W 0. Newdegate, C. Ball, E. Gallwey, Sir W. Newport, Viscount Baring, Sir F. Gard, R. Noel, G. Baring, T. G. Gaskell, J. North, Col. J. Baring, F. Gilpin, Col. H. Owen, Sir J. Bernard, T. Glover, E. Pakeuham, Colonel Barrow, W. Glyn, G. Palk, L. Bathurst, A. A. Goddard, A. Palmer, R. Beach, W. Greaves, E. Paull, Henry Beaumont, W. Greenall, Gilbert Peel, Gen. Beecroft, G. Gregory, W. Pennant, Col. E. Bentinck, G. Gray, Captain Pevensey, Viscount Beresford, Rt. Ern. W. Griffiths, C. Portman, W. Blackburn, Peter Grogan. Edward Powell, Francis Blakemore, T. Grosvenor, Earl Pritchard, J. Boldero, Col. H. G. Gurdon, Brampton Pugh, D. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Gurney, J. 11. Puller, Christopher Botfleld, B. Haddo, Lord Ramsay, Sir A. Bovill, W. Hamilton, Lord Claud Robertson, P. B.yd, J. Hamilton, G. A. Bolt, J. Bramley-McOre, J. Hamilton, J. Rushout, Capt. G. Brown, J. Handley, H. Russell, Lord J. Bruce, Lord E. Hayes, Sir E. Russell, H. Buller, Sir J. Hay ter, W. Russell, F. W. ituribury, W. B. Heathcoate, Sir W. Sandon, , Viseount Burghley, Lord Heathcote, G. Sciater, George Burke, Sir T. Heneage, Geo. F. Scott, F. Burrell, Sir C. Henley, J. Seymer, 11. Buxton, Sir E. N. H enn iker, Lord Sheridan, li. B. Cairns, 11. Herbert, H. Sibthorp, Major Calcraft, J. Herbert, S. Smith, 'l. Carden, Sir R. W. Ilildyarcl, R. C. Smith, V. Carnac, Sir J. It. Hodgson, cv illiam Smith, Sir F. Cavendish, Lord Holford, It. Smyth, Col. Oavendish, C. C. Rope, Alexander Smollet, A. Cavendish, G. C. Hopwood, John Spooner, R. Cayley, E. S. Horsfall, T. Stafford, A. Cecil, Lord R. Hallam, Lord Stafford, Marquis Child, Smith • Howard, C. Stanhope, J. Christy, Samuel Hudson, G. Steel, John Clark, J. flume, IV. Steuart, A. Clive, R, Ingestre, Viscount Stewart, Sir M. Clinton, Lord R. Jermyn, Rt. Iln. Earl Sturt, H. Close, M. Jervoise, Sir J. Sturt, C. Codrington, Sir C. W. Johnstone, 11. B. Taylor, Colonel Codrington, Gen. Johnstone, Hope Tempest, Lord A. V Colbrooke, Sir E. Jolliffe, Sir W. Tollemache J. Collins, T. Jolliffe, IL Totnline, G. Colvile, C. R. Kendall, N. Trefusis, C. Cooper, E. J. Kerrison, Sir E. Trollope , Sir J. Cowper, W. King, J. Vance, John Coote, Sir C. H. King, Edward Vansittart, G. Corry, H. T. L. Kieght, F. Vansittart, IV. Cotterell, Sir H. G. Knightley, R. Verner, Sir W. Hamer, L. D. Knox, IV. S. Verney, Sir H. Davison, R. Labouchere,Rt.Hon. ll Waddington, H. Denison, E. Lennox, Lord A. F. Walcott, Admiral. Disraeli, B. , Leslie, C. P. Walsh, Sir J. Dod, J. Lewis, Sir G.C. Warburton, Major Du Cane, C. Liddell, H. G. Warre, John Duff, G. Lincoln, Earl of Warren, S. Dunbar, Sir W. Lisburne, Earl Weiby, W. Dundas, G. Lockhart, A. E. White, Colonel Dunlop, A. Lopes, Sir Al. Whitmore. it. Du Pre, C. Lowe, at. Willoughby, J. Damp, Hon. It. H. Lowther, Col. 11. C. Wise, J. East, sir J. Lygon, Hon. F. Wood, Sir C. Egerton, W. Lytton, Sit E. Woodd, B. Egerton, Edw. C Macartney, George Worsley, Lord Elaho, Lord Macaulay, Kenneth 'Wrightson, W. Ellis, Hon. L. A. Mackie, J. Windham, Gen. Elm. ey, Viscount M'Clinteck, John Wyndham, General Elphinstone, Sir J. Mainwaring, T. Wyndham, 11. Ennis, John Malins, Richard Wyndham, W. Estcourt, T. Manners, Lord J. Wynn, Col. Euston, earl of Marsh, M. Wynne ' W. Farnham, E. Matheson, A. Yorke, E. Farquhar, Sir N. Matheson, Sir J. Ferguson, Sir Hebert Mil er, Taverner TELLERS. Finlay, A. Miller, Stearne Fitzgerald, W. R. S. Mills, Arthur Grey, It. Fitzwilliam, C. Milton, Viscount Galway, Viscount PAIRS, FOR. AGAINST. Mr. Chetham Viscount Palmerston Mr. B. Brown Sir F. Thesiger Mr. Burton Mr. B. A. Cross Mr. Turner Mr. Walpole Mr. We.theid Mr. Baines Capta , n Pryse Sir J. Pakington Mr. M`Cann Mr. Hardy Mr. B•iss Admiral Dmicomb 3 Mr. M`Mahon Mr. Pugh (Montgomery) Colonel Freestun Sir J. Bailey Mr. M. Dunne Mr. Alexander Mr. F. North Mr. Philipps Mr. Fagan Mr. Garnett Mr. R. Hanbury Lord R. Grosvenor Mr. Fergus Sir.B. Bridges Mr. Byng Mr. Greenwood Mr. H. W. Wickham Mr. Thornhill Colonel Ferguson Lord Edwin Hill Mr. Pascoe Grenfell Col. Wilson Patten Mr. Jackson Mr. Cornwall Leigh Mr. J. Locke Sir P. Egerton Mr. D. Bailey Mr. D. Jones Mr. R. B. Sheridan Mr. Repton Mr. Shafto Lord March Lord Ashley was shut out as he intended to vote against the ballot. LATEST NEWS. A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels, saYs :—" The folloWing is a fact the correctness of which I can guarantee. Lord Palmerston two days ago had a long conference with Count de Persigny, when the English minister pointed out to the French ambassador that the situation of affairs in India was such that a considerable display of force had become necessary. His lordship added that it would be impossible for England to send fresh reinforcements to China, and demanded for this latter war, in case it should continue, the active co-operation of France. Count de Persigny pro mised to transmit Lord Palmerston's request with out delay to the Emperor. Will the British cabi net succeed in obtaining the aid it asks for ? that I cannot say. What leads to the belief that every thing that the Imperial government can possibly do will be done is the constantly increasing good understanding between the two governments. I think I may now depart from the reserve I have hitherto maintained on the subject of the visit of the Emperor and Empress to England ; their Ma jesties will arrive at the Isle of Wight on the 28th July, to pass a week at Osborne House." FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The camp of Chalons, situate about nine miles from the town of that name, will be inaugurated on the Ist September. The troops who are to take part in the manoeuvres are composed of 17,000 in fantry and 6,000 cavalry. General Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely is charged with the command. The Emperor has given orders for the construction of a railway to unite the camp and the town, and which can be cheaply made from the flat nature of the ground. His Majesty will be at the camp for the openinc , of the manoeuvres. M. Mauceaux, Secretary-General of the Minister of the Interior, will, it is said, have under his direc tion the Department of Public Security, at the head of which was M. Collet-Meygret. The latter leaves for Lille on Saturday, to enter on his new duties as Prefect of the Nord. By telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, we have news from Algiers to the 27th. On the 24th the M‘Mahon division attacked and took the vil lage of Icherinen after a sharp resistance. The chiefs afterwards came and made their submission. BOURSE, JUNE 30, Two o'clock.—The market has again been very flat, and prices lower. The options have been made on Rente Three per Cents. at 671 r. 65c., and the premiums have been lost. Threes have been done at 67fr. Me., and declined to 77fr. 65c. ; Mobilier varied from 1,142 fr. 50c. to 1,130 fr. ; Lyons, 1,487 fr. 50c. to 1,491 fr. 26c.; Mediterranean, at 1,910 fr. ; New Lyons, 857 fr. 50c.; Northerns, 970 fr. ; New Shares, 665 fr. and 670 fr. ; Orleans, 1,460 fr. and 1,465 fr. ; Southerns, 730 fr. to 735 fr. ITALY. NAPLES, JUNE 22. The King is now employed in reducing the native army as rapidly as possible, and importing Swiss. This foreign recruiting is to go on until the German troops form a body of 25,000 men. General Filangieri (Prince Satriano) is recom mended to leave Naples and live at Vienna. The Government is still uneasy about what is called the Muratist party. It was generally believed in Naples that a soldier bad attempted the life of the King at Gaeta, but no one knew the particulars, and it was impossible to obtain any reliable infor mation on this subject. At all events there is no doubt concerning the disbanding of some regiments. The Concordat is at work, and the priests make their reports accordingly ; at the same time the people geriltrally are ignorant of the new eccle siastical laws, as tliey have not been published. SWITZERLAND. The Federal Council of Switzerland has just ad dressed a circular to the cantonal governments, announcing tl:e exchange of the ratifications of the treaty relative to Neuchatel. " Thus," says the the council, " has an affair which threatened the confederation with serious complications and dangers received, with the aid of Providence, a so lution as advantageous as it is honourable." The council declares that the solution "is due to the high wisdom and moderation of the mediating powers, and to the spirit of equity which prevailed in the appreciation of difficulties." It says that in virtue of the treaty the canton of Neuchatel will occupy in the eyes of the European powers the same position iu the confederation as all other cantons, and though the fact was never doutbful to Switzer land, it thinks the admission of it by those powers a matter of great importance. THE PORTE AND TiM BELGIAN MINISTER. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 20.—The' Journal de Constantinople, of the 17th inst., contains in its official part the following communication : " In the evening of the 15th inst., by order of his Majesty the Sultan, Ali Ghalib Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, sent to M. Blondel Van Eiselbi uck, the Belgian Minister, his passports, the Sublime Porte being unable to continue its relations with his person, The Sublime Porte, at the same time, announced to him that she would resume her former relations with the Royal Legation immediately after his departure." To any one who does not know this place a step like this, by which the representative of a friendly Power is sent away, must seem' extraordinary and incompatible with the received usages of the law of nations, but every one who is acquainted with the circumstances, and is really desirous that the treaty of Paris, which recognises Turkey as a member of the European family of States, should not be a farce, must applaud the resolution of the Turkish Government, and will see in it only a measure of strict self-defence. Already during the war, or rather during the complications which ultimately led to it, the Bel gian Minister made himself rather conspicuous by iiis sti ong Russian sympathie4, which might have been less openly avowed by the representative of a friendly Power. However, no notice was taken of this by the Turkish Government, but during the War the Belgian Minister became notoriously the centre of all the intrigues which were got up to dis credit the allies and the Turks, and most of the spurious news circulated here to the prejudice of the latter was traced to the same source. There are many persons who maintain that it was from this Selfsame source that the Russian paper Le Nord got most of its most edifying information. The time immediately after the conclusion of peace WAS too much taken up by other matters to think of the Belgian Minister, and he and his over activity were forgotten, but he has managed to put himself again into the foreground. While the finnan for the convocation of the Divans ad hoc in the Danubian Principalities was being discussed at Constantinople he went on a tour to those provinces, and began there a gratuitous and un called-for agitation in favour of the union, assuring the people that the European great Powers were agreed about the union, and letting them understand that they had even made up their minds to put the Count of Flanders as sovereign over the new State. These facts are not based alone on the reports of the local authorities, who informed the Turkish Government of the excite ment produced by such assertions of one of the re presentatives of the European Powers, but they were likewise confirmed by the accredited agents of other Powers in those provinces, whose reports had been communicated to the Turkish Govern ment. Under these circumstance; the Turkish Govern ment made, through its Charge d'Affairs, a remon strance to the Ministry at Brussels, and was as sured that, if it made an official complaint, M. Blondel should be recalled. This w as done ; but in the meantime, it is supposed, a higher influence mixed itself up in the question, and the Ministry refused to comply with the request which it had called forth itself. It was only a ft er this refusal, and after having come to the conviction that such barefaced interference in purely internal matters, not concerning Belgium at all, could not be tole rated, that the Turkish Government came to the resolution to send the Belgian Minister his pass port, declaring his readiness to maintain its friendly relations with that country as soon a s the person who had made himself so obnoxious should be re moved. REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA. This morning the following troops commenced embarking for India : 2d Dragoon Guards ad Dragoon Guards . 7th Fusiliers ..... 60th Rifles (3d battalion) 88th Regiment Rifle Brigad e ( 3 d battalion) Draughts, about 3,000 ~ 8,400 niFn. The 19th Regiment, at Portsmouth, the 38th, at the Curragh, and the 79th, at Dublin, are also under orders for India. The total augmentation will thus amouut to 14,000 men. THE NEW ,RUSSIAN TARIFF. The new R uss i a n tariff has at length been pro mulgated, and i s n ow in force at St. Pe•ereburg. Advices from th a t c ity communicAte the following as the rates o f d u ty upon some of the leading arti cles. It will be noticed, that in the list given the only important reductions are in cotton twist, copper, lead, tin, and sugar. Considering the liberality of diminished di spos ition of the Government to ad the professions latterly made , t he un here to the old res t r ictive system will excite dis appointment. Th e English : 100 copecks pood is equal to about 36 lbs. English, and. the Russian rouble to about 38 d. go to the rouble. Old Tariff. New Tariff. roub. cop. roub. cop. lish Cotton Tw ist, per pood 5 0 ... 3 50 Sugar, per p oo d Reined suga r , per .. pood 5 , 0 ... - 5 0 Indigo, per pood ................... Tobacco in leaf, per pood ..... Cigars, per lb. ..................... Copper, per - . pood, ....... 0 5 0 10 Lead, per Poo Tin, per good 0 30 ... 0 20 d ........... ... Logwood, per pe o ;i ............ 0 8 ... 0 8 Champagne, per bottle Wine in bottle., per bottle 0 50 ... 0 30 Porter in b o ttl e , per bottle THE ,ragze VISIT TO MANCHESTER.—The visit of her Majesty and the Royal family to the Arts Treasures Exhibition took place yesterday with the greatest éclat. The universal enthusiasm with which her Ma jesty and the illustrious members of the family were received presented a scene such as has seldom been witnessed in this country. The demonstrations by the townspeople on the occasion of the opening were trifling indeed as compared with those with which her Ma jesty was greeted o n this occasion. The whole city during the Royal progress presented one uninterrupted furore of excitement and enthusiasm. THE MEDICAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT, SUPPOSED DIALOGUE BETWEEN LORD PALMEBSTON AND THE MEDICOS. Scene in Downing-street. Loi. P.—Well, gentlemen, what is it you want ? Ist Medico—Why, your lordship, we find that the guineas don't drop into our pockets so fast as they used to do, and therefore we come to ask your lordship whe ther you can do anything for us ? Ld. P.—Why, 1 can't exactly force the public to employ you if they won't. I can't force them to take your physic or to pay you for your advice. 2cl Medico—But, my lord, we thought the House of Commons, through you, might pass some arbitrary law or other which indirectly might put the trade of phy• sicking the people into our bands. Ld. P.—Well, but we have already dons as much in that way as we can, but it seems to little purpose : for instance, did not the House of Commons pass the law which requires a certificate of death from a doctor before a party can be buried? Well, that was strong enough, and I only wonder John Bull stomached it. Ist Medico.—Very true, my lord ; but so it is, what with doctors of one kind and another the public have their eyes open, and we, the medical profession, with some exceptions, are starving. Could not your lord ship devise some (Aber scheme by which we could manage to get the people more under our thumbs ? Ld. P.—lndeed I cannot. I shall do all I can for you in my place in Parliament, but I cannot make such proposals to the House of Commons as you suggest. Besides, ever since Palmer's trial, who, you know, was one of you, the public have taken fright at you and your poisons, and think that the safest plan is just to leave all to nature and take nothiug at all. let Medico.—Ab, yes ! confound that falow Palmer, it looks as if he had been sent to expose all our doings, and be the means of our downfall. What a lot came out on his trial, which, but for him, might have remained buried for centuries to citne. Well, my lord, if you will only abolish patent medicine., we will sink all our differences and for once be agreed. Will you then on such terms pass a law in our favour ? Ld. P.—As to that, you ought to remember that I, myself, am one of the public., and that, therefore, I can not support any law which militates against the t .,eneral good. You want me, in fact, to enslai , e the public mind on the question of medicine, which of all other proles• stone should be left the freest. If the public have be come emancipated from your most dangerous profession, I cannot wonder at it ; in short, if you c annot support yourselves, you cannot expect the Government to help you further than it has done already. Have you not all the prestige of Oxford and Cambridge in your favour, the universities, the law itself I If, therefore, with all these things you require more support, it is palp. We to me that there is " some thing rotten in the state of Denmark," and that the sooner you go about your business, the better, for if the people once fancy that I support you against their in terest, I shall myself come in for just obloquy. Look again at the verdict which has been returned against the Daily News, such a v%irdic twill and must do the medical profession an immense deal of harm, for what does it amount to, than to tell the public that doctors can do anything (however bad) and that their conduct is not to be commented on in any way without the fears of an action at law for libel—you know very well that your c onfrere Palmer, the Rugely Pohoner, threatened all the inhabitants of the place with actions at law if they hinted at this poisoning. Ido not think that John Bull will stand all this. Therefore, gentlemen of the guinea trade, I bid you farewell until we meet again in the House. [Aside —I hope you have not left any of your poisons in my office.] Reported by A HYGEIST. London, June 16, 1857. SPORTING NOTES. WINNERS FOR WORCESTER. The Worcester meeting, which will commence to morrow, will be attended with its usual success. With Mr. Topham as Handicapper, and with a committee composed of "jolly good fellows," nothing but a right merry gathering can take place. The sport will be sufficiently attractive to draw off a large number of ire tropolitan turfites, and the racing will not be devoid of interest. For the Trial Stakes Epborus and Miss Harkaway are entitled to notice. The Two.Year-Old Stakes may afford au interesting race between Mainstay and the mended of Mr. Saxon's —either Princess Royal or Polly Peachum. Should old Pantomime be sent all the way from "merry Carlisle," I shall be induced to couple him with Oakba'l to represent my interest for the Worcestershire Stake p. For the City Stakes lam in clined to "stand" Leamington and Glen Lee, and for the Flying Stakes I shall select Old Tom and Polly Johnson. The truth of the Poet's assertion, that it was wise in man to give a tongue to time, is just proved to me, for the chimes of St. Clements tell me that if I wish to reach Chelmsford by race•time I must be off instanter to catch the train. July 1. A FRESH MAN. TO CORRESPONDENTS. W. am not aware of any day having been fixed for the trial of Thorpe's appeal case. A. FRESH MAN. CHELMSFORD RACES.—TUESDAY. The Galleywood Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added. The New Mile. 3 subs. Mr. La Mert's Admiral of the White, 3 irs (301.), 6st 41b _ (Bray) 1 Mr. Mills' Firebrand, 6 yrs (301.), 7st 101 b ...(Searle) 2 Mr. Holland's Little Pet, 4 yrs (301.), 7st (Fordham) 3 Betting-3 and 4tol on Admiral of the White. Won in a muter by half a length, a length and a half between the second and third. The Chelmsford Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; the second to receive 301. out of the stakes. Two miles. 44 subs, 28 of whom pay 3 Bova. Mr. J. Daley's Renown, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Plumb) 1 Mr. Banks's Triton, 5 yrs, bat 12Ib (Hibbard) 2 Mr. J. Jackson's Lord Derwentwater, 4 yrs, Est 100) (IVlusgrove) 3 The following also ran :-- Slattern, Comedy, and Romeo. Betting-7 to 4 apt Renown, 3to 1 agst Lord Der wentwater, 5 to 1 each agat Romeo and Triton, 7 to 1 agst Comedy, 10 to 1 agst Slattern. Won by three lengths ; two lengths between the second and third'; Comedy and R , mneo cantered in. The Brentwood Stakes for 2-yr-olds , 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 added ; colts, Bst 7tb ; fiulies Bst 41b. Half a mile. Mr. Baker's Schoolfellow, Bst 71b (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Wilson's Miss Waters, Bst 41b (C. Hornsby) 2 Mr. J. F. Verrall's Volatore, Bst 71b ...... (Fordhato) 8 The following also ran :—St. Anne, Matlas, The Fawn. Betting -6 to 4on Volatore, sto 1 agst Miss Waters, 6to f agat Schoolfellow. Won easily by half a length, had third. The County Members' Plate, Handicap of 50/., for all ages. Half a mile. Mr. La Mert's Maggie Lauder, 2 yrs, 7st ......(Bray) 1 Mr. P. Barling's Lu c y L oc ki t, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b (Clement) 2 Capt, King's Jeu d'Esprit, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Fordbam) 3 The following also ran :—Fasbion, Kaffa, Seaweed filly. Betting-6 to 4 agst Fashion, 3to 1 agst Maggie Lauder, and 4to 1 agst Lucy Lockit. Won easily by a head ; bad third ; the others beaten off. The Welter Cup, value 100 sovs, the rest in specie. By subscription of 15 sovs each, 10 ft. One mile and a half. 14 subs., 2of whom pay 3 soya forfeit. Capt. Connell's Turk, 4 yrs, 9st Sib (D. Hughes) 1 Captain D. Lane's Firmament, 4 yrs, 9st 13lb (Mr. W. Bevil') 0 Betting-2 to lon Turk. Firmament slipped off at the Tan-road at the turn, and Turk cantered in alone Mr. Bevil' was uninjured. BETrING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD STARES. 9to 1 agst Rosati (taken) 20 to 1 agst Warlock (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 4to 1 agst Arsenal (taken) ST. LEGER. 20 to 1 aget Sydney (taken) DERST. 20 to 1 agst Streamer (taken) CARLISLE RACES.—TIIESDAY. The Corby Castle Stakes. Intercidona 1 Meta Duneany Only these ran. The Grand Stand Handicap. De Ginkel Lough Bawn Alma Eight ran The Cumberland Plate. Pantomime King of Gipsies All's Weil — Eight ran. Won in a canter. YORK AUGUST RACES. Weights for the Great Ebor Handicap Stakes. Two miles Forfeits to be declared on or before Tuesday, July the 14th. If the highest weiglst accepting be under Bst 91b, it will be raised to that weight, and the rest in pro portion. Yrs st lb Pryor (American) 5 9 0 Fisherman 4 8 12 Polestar 5 8 10 Prioress Pretty Boy Melissa Warlock 4 7 12 Pantomime 0 7 1 10 The Early Bird 6 Aleppo Artillery Heir of Linno Forbidden Fruit Itogerthorpe 4 7 6 Maid of Der went 4 7 4 Paletot Wontworth Saunterer Viscount Emulator Underhand Gaudy Homily . 5 6 9 Merlin Cerva 4 6 9 Dulcamara Apathy . The Fl ) ing English- Yrs at lb Tasmania Sceeze Mysterious Jack Magnifier Odd Trick ...... . . Peeping Tom 3 5 13 c by Birdcather, out ofMaidonlasham 4 5 13 c by Epirus out of Elcot's dam ....„ 3 5 13 Special License 3 5 13 Commoner 3 5 13 Borderer Sprig of Shillelagh 3 5 12 Aspasia Comedian 3 5 10 c byTouchstone, out of Dipthong Rhisus Captain Powlett Janet M. Dobler Cultivation I Gulliver...... E 1 Hakim ..... All's Well 3 5 3 Canary Relapse Queen Bess 1 Hobgoblin 3 4 7 Six and Eightpence 3 4 0 man Mongrel 3 6 4 blitraille AQUATICS. THE LEANDER CLUB PAIR•OARED RACE. The annual pair-oared race of this very old established and popular club, invariably one of the interesting events of the aquatic season, came off last evening, with the following result Messrs. Julius and „ T. S. Egan and Pry0r.,...., 2 „ Smith and Layton Two other pairs started. The distance was the old fashioned one from Westminster to Putney, with tide, and the start took place at a little before seven. The gentlemen went ably to work, a most capital race being maintained amongst the three pairs above given, and although the second pair are exceedingly light compared with the winners, they kept them sharply at work all the way up. The race was won by only a couple of lengths, the third pair being close up. PIIGILISX.—Dooney Harris and John Baldock, for 50/., met at the Lower Hope yesterday. The men were confined to 9st 121 b, and were in the ring at one o'clock. After a short time, Harris having the advantage, the police interrupted the affair, and the men went off to Thames Haven. Hero Baldock's friends tried every way to prevent the resumption of the battle. The referee, after a long pause, awarded the stakes to Harris ; Bal dock now appeared in the ring, but as he evidently did not mean going on that day he adhered to his decision. THE THUADERSTORM accompaniedloud peals o f thunder, brokevi d fi a oversh e s LIVERPOOL, TUES DAY. of A forked grea li g htn i ng this district on Monday evening. Aft er continuing for n t t orm u , a about two hours, it ceased until thi s morning, when it returned with redoub led fury, a n d conbiderable damage must have been occasioned, although at present but few cases of injury have been reported. Among these two are remarkable. Some time in the forenoon a dwelling hcuse, inhabited by Mr. Kelly, in a row called the Five Elms, at Aigburth, belonging to Mr. Edgar, was struck by lightning. The fluid passed down the chimney, and partially blew off the roof of the house, and penetrated to the sitting-room, sweeping off and destroying a num ber of ornaments on the mantelpiece. Fortunately, no one was in the room at the time, though Mrs. Kelly had but recently left. About the same time two French horses were standing in a hearse within the palisades of the St. James's Cemetery, which lies considerably below the level of the road, when a vivid flash of lightning caused them to break from their traces, leap a hedge skirting the roadway, and precipitate themselves into the grounds below, sustaining severe injuries. The elec tric clock on the Exchange flags was stopped while the storm was in its fury. Between 10 and 11 o'clock a gentleman of Liverpool was being ;married at Walton Church. While in the act of putting the ring on the lady's finger a flash of lightning appeared to strike the interesting and indispensable gold ornament, which the bridegroom dropped in alarm upon the floor. It is said to have been quickly picked up by the lady, who, with returned it to h er f uture lord. Thean encouraging e eremony wa w s h c i4 o Pr n e ti ' nued and safely completed. FlRE.—Last night, about half-past 9 o'clock, a fire broke out at Garraway's Coffee-house, Change -alley, Coruhill. Happily, it was soon got under, and in th• course of an hour thoroughly extinguished.