The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-13 00:00:00

• H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING. IL DON GIOVANNI. THIS EVENING (SATURDAY) will be produced, with the following nnp-ecedented cast, Mozart's chef-d'ceuvre, IL DON GIOVANNI Z e rlina, Mdlle. Piccolomini ; Donna Anna, Mdlle. Spezia • and Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Ortolani. Don Giovanni, Sig. Beneventano ; Leporello, Sig. Belletti Commandatore, Sig. Vialetti; and Masetto, Sig. Corsi Don Ottavio, Sig. Giuglini. Conductor—Sig. Bonetti. The Minuet in the Ball Scene will be danced by Mdlles. pasquali, Karliski, Mazie, and Corps de Ballet. From respect to the grand work of the immortal composer the following artistes of the establishment have consented to lend their assistance to increase the effect of the majestic finale of the first act, including the chorus, Viva la Liberta : —MM. Reichardt, C. Braham, Bottardi, Mercuriali, Kinni, De Soros, and Baillou; Mesdamss Poma, Berti, Baillou, Fazio, and Ramos. After which, will be revived the highly successful Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled L'AtTRORE, 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. The Second Morning Performance on Monday, June 29, wltb all the principal Artistes of the Establishment. Full particulars will be duly announced. LES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. . . . - - THIS EVENING (Saturday), June 13, the entertain. ments will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the performance of Opera-Comique, en un acte, L'OPERA AUX FENETRES. M. Leonce, M. Tayau, M. Charles Petit, and Mdlle. Mace. After which (for the first time) Operette, en un acte LE SAVETIER ET LA FINANCIER. M. Pradean, M. Mesmacre, M. Gnyot, M. Anthonini, Mdlle. Mareschal. To conclude with the new Operette-Militaire, en un Acte, DR , GONEri.E. M. Guyot, M. Tajau, M. Leonce, and Mdlle. Corally Guffroy. The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouffes will accom pany these Representations, under the direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. This Etigagdment being limited to one month, Performances will be given EVERY EVENING. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal i Library,,l3,,Old Bond-street. /V HE AT R E-R YA L, DRURY-LANE ' Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smitti. OPEN EVERY EVENIN,I. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxe;, 2s. 64 , 25.. and Is. 16d. ; Galleries, 6d, Doors open at half-past 7. 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, :Mlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, MissesNewsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen• rings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt, lienrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Faller, Mr. W. Faller, and the great Shaks p.:.-ian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes, Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. IA; THIS EVENING will be performed. Shakespere's trigedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with a new drama, in two periods, entitle 1 THE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR. Mr. Buckstone, kc. Followed by a new farce, MY SON, DI A.NAt After which, the auccessful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A rALS.NTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss H. 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 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery ... 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. rPHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of GEORGE DARVILLE, in which Mr. BenjaminWe'wster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Redford, and Madame Celeste will perform. After which, " FEARFUL TRAGEDT IN THE SEVEN DIALS." To conclude with the sketch of WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, Ste. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresvriek. THIS EVENING will be performed LA TRAVIATA. Mr. Haig' , awl Lucy Escott. To conclude with DEEDS, NOT WORDS. Messrs. Shep. herd, Widdicomb, and Miss E3urne. STRAND THE AT RE. —Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —Signor ALFRED BOSCO has achieved a egilimate triumph, and established his reputation as the Chef Professor of Legerdemain. His wonderful performance —his gorgeous apparatus—his Unrivalled programme—have received the public verdict ! Stalls, 3s ; boxes, 2s ; pit, is • gallery, 6d, A Morning Performance on Satur days, at 2. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will he revived Murphy's comedy of ALL IN THE WRONG. Mr. Robson, After which, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE, Mr. Robson, &c. Commence at half-past Seven. under the control of Parliament, so much my ti- fication occurs that " the accounts are thoroughly cooked" without any, save official persons, being able to discover the process by which it has been effected. There is a general impression that something is decidedly wrong ; but the blot is seldom if ever hit, and the nation is victimised in strict accordance with the most approved system of red-tapism. The simple fact, that the civil service estimates have increased within five years from 2,012,0001. to 7,250,000/., or about 250 per cent. is quite sufficient to attract attention to the subject. Mr. JAMES WILSON, last night, undertook to explain this very untoward result, and he certainly dis played extraordinary tact and judgment in the manner in which he discharged his duty. His ability was no less manifested in the clear and intelligible manner in which he dwelt on the strong points, than in the masterly skill with which he slurred over, or passed sub silentio the less favourable items. He did all that roan could do under the existing system, to make things pleasant to the House. But, still it is palpable that something more is wanting, and that there must be a complete change before Parliament or the country can be satisfied with things as they are, not as they ought to be. There was one strong point in the case, and it is almost needless to say that Mr. WILSON made the most of it. He showed that, by a very salutary attention, many payments which had formerly been charged on the Consolidated Fund, or stopped in transitu before the receipts were credited to the Exche quer, are now subjected to the control and regu lation of Parliament. This is unquestionably a decided amelioration. But that control should be real, and not merely nominal. Before it can afford a valid guarantee to the tax-paying com munity, against undue extravagance, the accounts should be rendered intelligible, so that every man of ordinary capacity, whether in or out of Parlia ment, should be able clearly to understand every item, and the object for which it is required. Any job might then be immediately detected, and lavish expenditure prevented, or at all events materially checked. A. AND ROYAL AND OPERA. HOUSE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. The encomiums of the press and the approbation of de lighted aud'ences justify Mr. William Cooke in announcing "II Trovatore," with Equestrian Illustrations, every Even ing, until further notice. THIS EVENING (Saturday, June 13), Verdi's far-famed Open. of IL TROVATORE ; or, The Gipsy's Vengeance. The whole of the Music as performed at the Italian Opera, And Equestrian Illustrations, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr. Augustus Braham, Miss M. Somers, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, and Mr. Francis Kirby, and Miss Fanny Huddart. Mr. Borrani. Conductor and Composer- Hen- Meyer Lutz, With a powerful Baud and Chorus. Manager and Director of the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus Braham. After which, Mr. Wm. Cooke's Inimitable SCENES in the ARENA, supported by the Unequalled Troupe of Eques trians. To conclude with the musical farce of THE WATER MA N. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Notice--During the Opera Season Half-price will take place at 9 o'clock. EjS office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. 4- C A NTERBU R V HALL, Westmiaster-road.— .OPEN EVERY EVENING.Tbe follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o . elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses Glees, Duets, dm., via.: Miss E Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield. Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghrnans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jo •ea, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corn Senor Antonio M de Solla, and B. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, and F. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; Erector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock •pre2isely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Woman" had better send us her address before we can communicate with M. C.C. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tit DAT—Morn. 23 min. aft. s—Even. 44 min. aft. 5 To•Moagow_.,,Mom. 7 min. aft. 6—Even., 33 min. aft. 6 THE W EATHER,—SuN OmOE, JUNE 13. TH IRMOYRTRII, IN THE SHADE. 64 -highest shine noon yesterday. 50 -lowest this morning and during the night. 62 -this day at noon. BAROHRTRR, 30 .33 —still rising. wiNp, S.E. ; light, with very fine weather. _ 1 ,* - 1 t•lt-.`-;i: ti ....',7.:4 ‘„-- ,SA/3/, (....... .-.), ' _,. head of ouriPublie Works Department an Admi nistrator who does absolutely seem to know how to spend the' Public Moneys upon Public Works, for the Public Advantage. And instantly HE of all men is chosen out of the Ministerial gioup to be the target for all sorts of splenetic attacks and the butt for every conceivable kind of petty and malicious insinuation. We have had enough of this. We are sick of the repetition upon repetition—of the rechanffee upon rechauffee. Parliament, Public, Press-0110 and all are heartily tired of it. It is becoming too stale and too obviously dull a joke to be any longer toler able. We hope that any future perpetrators of it, whether in Lords or Commons, will henceforth be coughed down as so many bores and dullards. And, beyond this, we earnestly trust that Sir BENJAMIN HALL, undeterred by all these misera ble little jibes at his extravagance, will persevere manfully in the laudable course upon which he has adventured. LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 1 3, 1857 Another attempt was last night made to neu tralise the benefits derivable from the Divorc6 and Matrimonial Causes Bill. The bishops mustered strongly on the occasion, and under the leadership of "SAMUEL Oxorr,!' offered a strenuous and almost factious opposition to the just and salutary measure. In a very full House an amendment had been very properly rejected by a decisive majority, which would allow indi vidual clergymen to exercise their own private scruples, by refusing to marry parties who had been divorced. This' decision was at tempted to be reviewed and set aside, by a comparatively small party, who, forgetting the logical consequence that the less must always be included in the greater, the particular in the universal, attempted to prohibit marriage by any clergyman whether he entertained these scruples or not, and to reduce such nuptials to a merely civil contract, which could not be hallowed by a religious sanction. The proposition was merely an exhibition of petty spite, which was fortunately rejected by a majority of four. It could not have answered any beneficial purpose, and might have been productive of consequences little thought of by the Right Rev. Prelates. As the Duke of ARGYLL clearly pointed out, it But, as we have stated, this cannot possibly be achieved under the present system. The most complicated questions are brought forward in a thin House, anxious to get rid of the dry topic with the greatest possible expedition. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions are voted with the most profound indifference. What is everybody's business is never attended to by any ; or, if some indefatigable person takes the trouble to investigate some one point, his inter ference is regarded as a bore, to be got rid of in the most summary and expeditious manner. No decided improvement can be effected until a regularly constituted Committee of Finance has been appointed, whose duty it is to investigate every estimate, and to report fully and fairly to the House on its nature, extent, and object. The necessary information would thus be obtained to enable Hon. Gentlemen to know something of the matters about which their votes were required. Some abuses would unquestionably still exist, but they would gradually be abolished. The Committee might be packed, but there should be some independent members who could enlighten their brethren. it would also be requisite that the several estimates should be prepared an an earlier period, so that they might be in the hands of every member at the very commencement of the session. But this could easily be achieved by the exercise of proper official diligence during the ParliamentEry vacation. The subject is one of vast importance to the welfare and prosperity of the nation, and we only trust that it may receive the attention it so eminently merits, and which must lead to considerable improvement, although everything that could be desired may not for some time be attained. would have been the first step to a complete sepa ration of Church and State, the introduction of the sharp end of the wedge that might lead eventually to a great hiatus. We need not say that we should not deem this any very serious evil, but it would be pas Ping strange if the fatal blow should be administered by the members of the Episcopal Bench ! It would, however, tend to promote immorality ; might lead some who, having unfor tunately once yielded to temptation, were anxious to lead a new life, to disregard the solemnity of the tie which was reduced to a merely civil contract without any religious sanction. It could not possibly pass the House of Commons, and might, unless their Lordships yielded at the last moment, occasion a very unpleasant collision between the different branches of the Legislature. The Bishop of OXFCRD and his associates should look to this in due time. The attempt to render the clergy independent of the law is one of a very dangerous character to those largely endowed under that verylaw, and if persevered in, the natural re sults must be anticipated. Other efforts to reject or emasculate the measure may be anticipated on the third reading. We trust, however, for the sake of the general community, and still more of the discontented patties, that they may be deci dedly rejected, and that a fertile source of reli gious dissension may be got rid of by the salutary decision of both Houses of Parliament. We have before noticed the fact of epidemic diseases being almost entirely abolished, and the death rates reduced to nearly one half in model dwellings,—which are only model in respect to the cesspool taint, and the foul emanations from old house drains and sewers prevented, from their having some provision of ventilation, from the means of cleanliness by water supplies being given within the living and sleeping rooms, and from overcrowding being prevented. Even common lodging houses, have by these means chiefly been rendered comparatively salubrious. Wsth these practical examples before us, the deaths from preventable disease in this metro polis of ours, occasioned chiefly by foul air are estimated at above ten thousand yearly. Each man of the middle class, who, besides doing business in the metropolis, sleeps in the foul drain and cesspool tainted atmosphere—it is proved loses thereby several years of life and working ability. The means of prevention is therefore a large question, which csnnot be allowed to drop, and ought not to be allowed to flag. But at each step it is beset with difficulties, or with questions which are unresolved to those who have thought only slightly upon the subject, or too readily re solved in the shape of immense outlays with very doubtful results. The latest question raised in the metropolis has been the purification of the Thames. We are inclined to agree with Mr. CHADWICK, that the complete purification of the cesspool tainted houses was the first question to be dealt with—for, supposing the Thames puri fied, in what relief would the completion of that work affect the 60 or 70 per cent. of the houses which have those poison pits, the cesspools, beneath them Y And how, we would ask, can outfalls be ad justed properly until a new system of self-cleansing house-drainage—proved to be practicable and ad mitted to be necessary—shall have been got into operation, and it is seen what, under the new circum stances, the outfalls are required to do ? But a powerful engineering influence, in a high quarter, has been successfully exerted to put the outfall question first. The Metropolitan Board of Works was induced to agree to a scheme of outfalls which were to cost four millions, for throwing all the sewerage and manure of the metropolis into the Thames below Greenwich, or at Erith. Then, besides the outcry of the inhabitants against the pollution, there is a public condemnation of the proposal to throw a vast amount of manure into the sea. The plans are taken out of th e hands of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and put again into those of another Government Com mission. But if the sewer manure is to be pre served ; how shall it be applied ? This question, in which the whole arrangement of the work, outfalls, and all, turns, is put into the hands of another and special Government Commission, and that commission has, we are informed, been kept inactive for want of money to pay their expenses —immense waste of manure, to say nothing of life, still going on. In the meanwhile, on the suggestion of Mr. CHADWICK, as one of the inter national Jury of Hygeine at Paris, under some interesting circumstances narrated in a speech which we give elsewhere, the Municipal Govern ment of Paris, under the auspices of the E MPERO R, have establisbei some important trial works, the results of which may be taken as contributary to our investigations in En land on this important national question. The main point of the speech, which was listened to with profound attention by a very competent auditory at a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, was demonstrative of the practicability of -.--- . -.4 0- 7 ---- list 44 pas3age of ar um " There was a brilliant night in the House of C)mmona. Many R on. Gentlemen took part in the It was an in viting topic, by which the zeal and anxiety for economy and retrenchment, so recen tly professed on divers hustings, could be displayed in a very easy manner. Nothing, however, was effected ! After the protracted discussion, progress was re ported, and the House resumed, without much additional information. But will the postpone ment to Monday effect any material benefit to the country ? We fear not. The present sys tem is defective in almost every respect. Although the various estimates are, nominally, The Honourable Gentleman who, not so very many months back, earned for himself a rather inevitable notoriety by talking seriously in the House of Commons about the advisability of dis persing a Sunday Rabble in Hyde Park with the crash of a ten-pounder on the Piccadilly Pave alent—Mr. G. DUNDIS elicited, last evening, from the Right Hon. Baronet, the Minister of Public Works and the Member for Marylebone, the acknowledgment of the fact that St. James's Palace is going to be enlarged ! The former per sonage—the individual we mean who would fain bestow upon the iroXXo& a horribly new kind of a "ten pound" franchise!—had been commenting, in plaintive accents, yesterday upon that notable crush at Her MAJESTY'S Drawing-Room to which our fair countrywomen are periodically subjected, and about which the Times, a morning or two since, was so musingly lachrymose. Whereupon Sir BENJAMIN HALL, ever " blithe and debonnair," even gallant tnd good-humoured—while he could not for the !ife of him resist the ineliva'ion to crack a very tempting little joke about crinoline—proferred to the Aggrieved the best and surest solace any Minister in his place could by possibility have proferred, by announcing the projected improve ment already indicated, namely, the enlargement of St. James's Palace and the general increase of its accommodation. " Although" said the Right Hon. Baronet, " the dresses of the ladies in former days were very large, yet I believe at the present moment they are almost of a similar width. It is therefore utterly impossible that any comfort should be experienced by those at tending a drawing-room in the present day. At the same time I am happy to be able to inform the Honourable Gentleman and the House that instructions have been given by Her MAJESTY'S Government for the purpose of enlarging the accommodation of St. James's Palacs." Pleasant tidings for our " ladies of the land"—the victims of Drawing Room days—the heroines of Crinoline. But how—in regard to the parsimonious grum blers, in the Lords and in the Commons, noble Earls and hon. and right hen. gentlemen who complain, from time to time, about the squandering of the Public Money upon Public Works ? Any thing but agreeable news to them, we should say, this prospective increase of St. James's Palace ! Wby, it was only a few minutes after Sir BENJAMIN Hann had thus satisfactorily answered the lamentations of Mr. G. DUNDAS—that Sir Fnalacis BARING rose for the purpose of solemnly complaining before Parliament of that harried and worried Administrator, and what is deemed by a small clique of snarlers—his waste ful extravagance. It was really and truly only a tedious repetition in the Commons of what it will be remembered took place a week or two since in the Lords, when the Right Honourable Baronet was anticipated in his cheese-paring argu ments by a Noble Earl from whom we had been led to expect bettor things—to wit, Lord MALIIESBURY. And so, from week to week, Si r B ENJAMIN HALL is teazed, and vexed, and bothe re d, now on the right, and now on the left, by assailants who really appear to treat his doings as though they were not simply improve ments—but, actually , as if they were so many monstrous embezzlements It is very dishearten ing all this. For here, positively for about the first ti me i n a hundred years, we have installed at the TEE SUN, LONDON, SA TURDAS, EVJEN INC}, JUNE 13, 1857 applying sewerage to laud in the immediate vici nity of towns, not only productively, but per fectly inoffensively, especially when it is brought oat of towns before decomposition. Another great proposition, for which we refer to the facts and reasonings stated, apparently to the satisfaction of the meeting, was the comparatively small and convenient area in which town sewarage may be utilised :—of five houses to an acre of land ; or, for the whole of the metropolis, an area of not more than ten miles square, or not greater than the Essex marshes— when drained. On these topics the testimony of the Earl of ESSEX, who has applied to some of his own land the sewerage of Watford, is very im portant and interesting. The next points were the statements showing that the sewerage and all town manure might be removed at a less expense than that of cleansing cesspools and foul drains and foul sewers of the foul residue after decomposition. This is a topic which ought to be of the deepest interest to metropolitan rate payers, over whom there is an impending burthen, the completed old system of drainage works, which, it has been avowed by an authority never below the estimates, will cost upwards of ten millions :—that is to say a burthen nearly equal to the poor-rates, for the mitigation of which by equalisation so many ratepayers in the poorer districts are contending. LATEST N E WS. BERLIN, FRIDAY. Reliable advices from Konigsberg state that the new Russian Tariff has been already approved by the Emperor, and will be published without loss LYCEUM THEATRE. of time. 111111111111 MINIM MADAME RISTORI. The story of " °acorns," is that of a Druidical priestess of Galatia, who avenged her husband's murder by pretend ing love for his murderer, and poisoning him at the hour of marriage, has been more than once dramatised, but not since the seventeenth century, and never in our own lan guage. It has been left for Madame Itistori to prove how great a tragic character has thus been left unknown to ns by her acting in Signer Montanelli's tragedy, performed for the first time in England at the Lyceum Theatre last night. To attempt by the pen to convey any idea, however slight, of the beauty of her performance would be futile; the remarkable grandeur of her concep tion, and her splendid realisation, to be judged of must be witnessed. We shall not attempt even to convey a faint idea of this splendid performance ; analysis or criticism are out of place, as they are impossible; we can only admire and praise. THE HANDEL FFSTITAL. Last night the entire choral force, metropolitan and provincial, assembled in Exeter-hall to rehearse the principal choruses from the three oratorios, " The Mes siah," "Judas Maccabasus," and " Israel in Egypt." selected for performance at the great Handel commemora tion, which begins on Monday morning at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. In all about 2,10 choral singers, men and women, were congrega•ed, for the purpose of rehearsing under the direction of Mr. Costa. Stich a choral force was never before assembled in England; and the result of their united efforts was unprecedented. We may confidently assert that nothing on the continent (with all its affected superiority) ever approached it. The singers were arranged in double choir, as they will be on the " Israel in Egypt " day at the Crystal Palace. Mr. Costa, the con ductor stood on a raised platform, about the centre of the ball, where he could be visible, in a greater or leas de gree, to all the singers. The effect produced was unexampled. Not to enter into particulars, we may mention the Hal:elujah " (Messiah) and "Fallen is the foe" (Judas Maccabmus) as specimens of choral execution we have never heard equalled. The whole experiment was moat gratifying, and if nothing more is accomplished at the Crystal Palace the vast au dience will derive ample satisfaction and delight, while the genius of Handel will be worthily apostrophized. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS. The first concert of the ten days' festival announced by M. Jullien under the title of "Grand Musical Congress," took place last night in the Music-hall of the Surrey Gardens, where thousands of persons assembled to listen to the ora torio of The Creation. Such a sight could not be other wise than gratifying to all who hold music in esteem as a means of civilization and refinement. The strict attention paid to the performance--the applause, bestowed enthusi astically, and yet with discrimination—the steady adherence of nearly the whole of the audience to their seats until the last note of Haydn's great sacred composition had been heard—these and other incidents of the evening tended to show how rapidly the love of music, and of healthy music, is growing among us, with all classes, from the highest to the lowest. The execution waa immensely creditahle to. M. Jullien and the vast company of vocal and instrumental artists under his control. The second night of the festival (to-night) will cgnipi ise a grand selection from the works of Beethoven. The weather is happily favourable to the undertaking, and everything augurs a prosperous result. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER.—The Earl and Countes of Ellesmere leave Bridgewater House on Tuesday next, for Woraley Hall, near Manchester, to make the necessary preparations for the reception of her Majesty and Friona Albert, and the elder members of the Royal family, on the 29th inst. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon from Hornby Castle, Catterick, orkabire. The Countess of Derby will have her first evening party en Saturday, the 20th of June. The Earl and Countess of Jersey entertained H.S.H. the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, their Sereee Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duchess of Richmond and Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and Lady Mary Cecil, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl Cowper, the Earl of Euston, the Earl and Countess of Scarborough, Lord Loughborougn, Lord Ashley, Col. Tyrwhitt, &c., at dinner last [even ing at their mansion in Berkeley-square. A small circle asten3bled after dinner. His Excellency the Earl Cowley has arrived in Cleve land•square, from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The noble earl returns to Paris next week. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to London y e sterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Lord Blantyre has left Stafford House for Carlsbad , Her ladyship remains with the Duchess of Sutherland ai Stafford House. THE NAVY CLEW—The members of this long estab li,hed club gave their annual entertainment to the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Charles Wood), on Thursday . the 25th inst., at the Thatched House, St. James's-street • APoTHEca s' HALL. --The f o ll ow i ng are th e names BIE Of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and gractioe of medicine, and received certifi cates to practise, on Thursday, June 11 :—Geo. Ed war is Jeaffreson, Frarnlingham, Suffolk ; Hugh Rees, Carnal.- von ; J ose ph John Pope, Liv er p oo l ; J osep h Hethring ton, Larnpleigh-ball, Cumberland ; James Hindmarsh Barnes, Bath ; John Vinrace, Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; John Webb, Watkins ; Win. Bird, Stroad, Gloncesterenire ; Wm, Curran, Youghali, Ireland ; A. NV. Marshall, Birkenhead. FIRE AT KENSINGTON.—Yesterday morning the pre mises belonging to Mr. Silas Martin, known as the King's Arms Tavern, High-street, were totally destroyed by fire. DESTRUCTIO' OF POTTER'S COACH FACTORY AT CllEL SEA.—Yemterday morning at an early hour the extensive premises belonging to Mr. Potter, _coach and carriage builder to the royal family, situate in Westbourne-place, Sloane-square, Chelsea, were destroyed by fire. At the half-yearly meeting of the Commercial Dock Company, held yesterday, the accounts were submitted for the six months ending December l►st, and a dividend was diclared at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. THE QUEEN V. CAPTAIN ERLAM.—The trial of Cap tain Erlam for the abduction of Miss Rose Goodman, has been specially appointed to take place in the Court of Queen's Bench, on Tuesday, before Lord Campbell. RAILROAD DEPRECIATION IN THE UNITED STATES.— We see it. stated that a railroad in the western part of the State—which road cost 4,000,000 dole.—has been sold for 500,000 dole, or at the rate of about 12ic. on the dollar. Railways are of the greatest benefit to the country they pass through, but as an investment railway stock is about the worst property one can have.—lfew York Herald. THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—Such a sight as that which was yesterday seen in Lambeth Palace was, we venture to say, never witnessed before. It would not he easy to imagine anything more beautiful, more touch• jog, we had almost said, more sublime. In that Palace were amsembled together, under the presidency of the Archbishop of Canterbury, men of all the leading Die stinting denominations—lndependents, Baptists, Wes leyan Methodists, Presbyterians, Ste. The object of the gathering —got up under the auspices of Sir Culling Eardley—w as " to receive from the deputation, lately sent to Berlin, a report of the proceedings in prepa ration for the Christian assembly in that city, next September." In other words, the great purpose of the meeting was to promote the views of the Evan. gel'eal Alliance, which aims at bringing together, in bro. therly harmony, good men of all rel gious bodies. Who would ever hive expected to see such a meeting, for such a p urpose , i n the Palace of Lambeth, with the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair, and next but one to his Grace, the Rev. Dr. Steane, Baptist minister ; while in juxtaposition to other Dissenting ministers of various denominations, were to be - seen the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ripon, the Bishop of St. David'r, and other Right Rev. Prelates Such a spectacle was a great fact. What yesterday took place in Lambeth Palace will doubtless prove the precursor of the speedy breaking dosin of all those barriers which have hitherto separated Churchmen from Dissenters. Not tbat we mean that either body Is necessarily to relinquish its denominational principles, but that , all who hold the same great Gospel verities, will, ere l'mq, cordially unite in spirit, and co-operate in the promotion of those im portant views of Divine truth, which they hold in com mon. SWITZERLAND. We learn by telegraph from Berne, under date of the 11th inst., that the National Council of Switzerland, after examining the report of the committee, had unanimously decreed the ratifica tion of the treaty for the settlement of the Neu chatel question. The official text of the treaty is as follows : " Art. 1. His Majesty the King of Prussia con sents to renounce for ever, for himself, his heirs, and successors, the sovereign rights which Art. 23 of the treaty concluded at Vienna on the 9:h June, 1815, attributes to him over the principality of Neuchatel and the county of Valangin. " Art. 2. The State of Neuchatel, dependent henceforth upon itse!f, will continue to form part of the Swiss Confederation in the same manner as the other cantons, and conformably to Art. 75 of the above-cited treaty. " Art. 3. The Swiss Confederation will defray all the expenses resulting from the events of Sep tember 1856. The canton of Neuchatel cannot be called upon to contribute towards the payment except as in the same measure as any other canton and at the pro rata of its money contingent. " Art. 4. The expenses which are at the charge of the canton of. Neuchatel are to be shared by all the inhabitants according to the principle of just proportion, without being, by an exceptional tax or by any other manner, exclusively or chiefly made to fall upon a class or category of families or of in dividuals. " Art. 5. An entire and full amnesty will be granted for all political or military offences or mis deeds connected with late events, and in favour of all the Neuchatelese, Swiss, or strangers, and espe cially in favour of the militiamen, who by crossing into a foreign land escaped the obligation of taking arms. No action, criminal or correctional, or for damages, can be instituted either by the Canton of Neuchatel or by any corporation or person what soever against those who took part either directly or indirectly in the events of September. The amnesty will extend equally to all political offences or offences of the press anterior to the events of September. " Art. 6. The revenues of the Church property, which in 1848 were annexed to the State, cannot. be employed otherwise than as originally intended. "Art. 7. The capital and the revenues of charit able institutions, of institutions of public utility, as also the fortune left by the will of Baron de Pury to the bourgeoisie of Neuchatel shall be religiously respected ; they shall be kept up according to the intentions of the founders and to the acts which instituted those foundations, and can never be employed for any other but the original object for which they were intended. " Art. 8. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged, within a term of 21 days, or sooner if possible. The exchange of ratification to take place at Paris. " In faith of which the respective plenipoteniaries have signed it, and affixed thereto the seal of their arms. " Done at Paris, the 26th of May, 1857. " KERN. " HUBNE tt. " A. WALE WSKI. " COWLEY. " C. M. DE HA.TZFELDT. " COUNT KISSELEFF. FRANCE. . PARIS, F,RIDAX EVENING. The object of the journey of M. Fould, Minister of State, to England is to visit the exhibition at Manchester, as represehtative of the Emperor. His Excellency has been invited by Queen Victoria to pass some days at Windsor. An article in the Moniteur expresses in the warmest terms to the departed Legislative Corps, as likewise to the Council of State and the Senate, the thanks of the Emperor and of the nation for the services rendered by those three political bodies to France. The official journal enumerates at some length the- various measures of public utility to which the Legislative Corps has in particular con tributed by its acquiescence during the period of its existence ; and it heartily congratulates that body on having so perfectly comprehended the nature of its mission, and on having fulfilled its duties with equal zeal and prudence. An Imperial decree appoints the Comte de Ger miny, Governor of the Credit Foncier of France, to be Governor of the Bank of France, in the place of the Comte d'Argout, whose resignation has been accepted. A second decree appoints M. d'Argout as Honorary Governor of the Bank of France. The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the import and export trade of France during the last year with the comparison of the two preceding. The total amount of the imports for 1856 in round numbers was 2,564 millions, being an increase of 468 millions over those of the year 1855, and of 692 millions over 1854. The item which shows the greatest increase over 1855 is corn, 181 millions. The oandidntes of the Government for the de partment of the Seine are—ht circumspection, M. Guyard Delalain • 2d, M. Devinck ; 3d, M. Ger main Thibaut ; 4th, M. Varin • sth, M. Monnin giapy ; 6th, M. Perret ; 7th, M. Lanquetin ; Bth, M. Foucher Lepelletier ; 9th, M. liwnigawarter ; and 10th, Dr. Veron,.being all the members who sat for these circumscriptions in the last legislature. The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived to-day BERNE, June 11.—The national council, after having heard the report of the committee which it had been appointed, voted unanimously the ratifi cation of the treaty relative to the Neuchatel ques tion. HAMBURG, June 11.—The Grand Duke Con stantine of Russia arrived at Kiel last evening, and embarked immediately on board the Rarik frigate for St. Petersburg. BOURSE, June 12.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 40 68 10 Bank Shares• 4,500 Credit Foucier , 565 Credit Mobilier 1,152 53 Roman Do. Account 1,175 Austrian Belgian 4. Piedmontese (5) 9lf— Home Debt THE BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail Coin pany'e steamer Teviot, Capt. M ir, hay just arrivLd wits tue Brazil.au and River Plate Mail.. Her dates are : Buenos Ayres , , May ; Montevideo, 6 ; Rio Janeiro, 15 ; Bahia, 19 ; Pernambuco, 22 ; Madeira, June 6 ; 9. She has 101 passeng(-rs, and on freight specie value 230/., diamonds value 87,9591., and cargo of tapioca, ipecaeuinha ' cochineal, and sundries. The steamer was detained at Buenos Ayres by the British Minister, to bring home the results of the elec , ions .1. Governor of !he provinc-. The votes were as follow :—Alsina, 35 ; Peira, 18 ; Slavallot, 7. Alsina had declined h s nowihation, and tendered his renunciation t, the General Asetribly, on the ground of strong personal oppo siti,m to him, but the renuncia , ion was negatived by 44 to 11, and his atop anco wai looked upon as certain. • Exchange 745. _ _ _ The revolution in the Rosa In) had been put down by the Governor of Santa Fe, and a tempo rary arrangem-nt come to wi•h Urquif za. At Monte Video business was at a standstill. The fever had made great ravages, but was hoped to leave subsided. Exchange 735. The money market at Rio was quiet. Exchtnee 27id. to id. The Bank of Brazil had raised the rate of dis count to 9 p..r cent. The coffee crop would be the largest ever known. The new Chambers opened on the 3d May. It was doubted whether the new Ministry would be able to sustain itself. Yellow fever was daily diminishing. Quotations of coffee were nominal. At Pernambuco money was scarce. Exchange, 270. to 28d. 60 and 90 days. Fre ghts had ad vanced owing to a scarcity of vessels. The town was free from yellow fever. Sugars had advanced in price, and large purchases made. Hides, last sales were equal to llld. per pound. At Bahia, saes. of sugar were unimportant, but prices sustained themselves at former quotations. Stocks of cotton were small and quotations nominal. The coffee crop was at an end, and no supplies re ceived during the week. Quotations were at 455. 10d. to 475. 9d. per cwt., free on board. Hides were dull, sale and prices flat. Exchange closed flat, at 27id. The steamer Oolden Fleece arrived at Bahia from Southampton on the 19th May. The steamer Teutonia, from Hamburg and South ampton, was to leave Rio on the 17th The screw steamer Hydaspes, from Southamp ton, arrived at Lisbon on the 9th June. The French steamer Bresil had put back to Rio with damaged machinery. The Genoa, Sardinian steamer, arrived at Per nambuco, from Europe, May 22. The Victor Emmanuel, from Rio, for Genoa, arrived at Lisbon, June 9. _ _ Her Majesty's gunboat Firm, bound for China, was at St. Vincent, May 31; the squadron at ren dezvous off the island on the Bth inst. PORTUGAL. The King of Portugal communicated to the Lisbon Cortes, through the President of the Council, his intention shortly to contract a 'patri monial alliance, but no intimation was given as to the name of the bride elect, the Marquis merely observing that she would be a Queen worthy of the Portuguese nation. The question of the future Queen's dowry was referred to the Finance Com mittee, and both houses named deputations to wait upon his Majesty to offer the congratulwions of the Legislature. It is believe I that Mafia Sophia, the second daughter of the Duke Max miltan of Bavaria, is to be his Majesty's bride. She is about 16 years of age. RAILWAYS-FOB CABS. tr. C. tr c, Orleans 1,4728— Western Northern Lyons . 1,477 New Ditto ... 722 k Mediterranean 1885 + — Grand Central Geneva Midi - 615 • TUSCANY. LEGHORN, June B.—The scenery of the Theatre Dei Acquidotti caught fire last night during the representation of a piece called " The Capture of the Malakoff." The flames spread rapidly, and great confusion ensued. Two hundred persons were killed or wounded. The Grand Duke, on hearing of this unfortunate event, came h ere this morning and caused the wounded to be placed in the hos pitals. DENMARK. A letter from Copenhagen of the 6tb, in the Constitutionnel, say s :---‘ c Although the Emperor 4.lexander, in his contemplated journey, intends to preserve the strictest incognito, the Danish Government has been informed by the Russian Minister of the speedy arrival of his sovereign in the port of Kiel, and it is thought that Prince Chris tian of Denmark, the heir to the throne, who left yesterday for Kiel, has been sent to congratulate the Emperor and Empress at the moment of their landing." According to be Independance of Brussels, the grant by the Austrian Government of the order of the Iron Crown to Prince Vogorides, caimacan of Moldavia, has created such a bad impression in Paris that the French Government has charged Baron de Bourqueney, its Ambassador at Vienna, to express its regret to Count de Buol that the favour should have been conferred at such an in opportune moment. The Diet of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha has in its turn been convoked for the 12th inst., in order to declare its opinion on the propositions voted by the Common Diet relative to the union of the duchy of Cohourg and Gotha. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CIRCASSIAN. LIVERPOOL, FREDAY. The North Atlantic Steam Navigation Company's screw steam ship Circassian, Capt,in E. Powell, arrived in the Mersey to-day from Portland, with 34 cabin and 20 steerage pas,:engers, a full cargo of merchandise, and 7001. in specie. The Circassian left Portland at 4 p.m. on the 30th ult., Halifax on the Ist inst., and St. John's Newfoundland, ou the 4th inst. ler advises are but of little im portance. LL 01/D'S SIIIPRING.--('this Day.) LONDON, June 12.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.; light breeze, and fine. OFF HURST CASTLE, Jane 13.—Teviot (v.), from the Brazils. PORTSMOUTH, June 12.—Wind S.—Arrived—Tweed, from St. Übes; Mauritius (s.), from London for China; her Majesty's steamer Dee, Woolwich. Sailed—Falk, for Philadelphia. PLYMOUTH, June 12.—Wind S.E.—Arrired—H:M.S. from Africa,, OFF FALMOUTH, June 12.—Arrived—Jean East, from Martinique. CLYDE, June 12.—Arrived—Martha, from New York. CARDIFF,' June 12. --Wind E.—Arrived—Castor, from Malta. SWANSEI, June 12.—Wind W.— Sailed—Vampire, for Table Say; John and Eliza, Pernambuco ; Princess, Gib raltar. OFF DUNGENESS, June 11.—Arrived—Chester Holme from Callao. • (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Arrived.—Norman, screw steamer, from Hamburg ; Eleanor, St.• Vincent ; liargaret, Ambuz. Sailed.—Johanna Paulina, fo'r St. Petersburg; Cor nelia Lawrence, New York ; Corfu, Riga ; Cintra, screw steamer, Lisbon • Admiral Lyons, Syd ne y ; Al exan d er , Philadelphia ; Eagle, St. Petersburg ; Charlotte Ann, Labrador; Coquette, Hammerfest ; Sarah Ellen, Dun kirk; Cicero, Boston; Woodman, Maranhana ; Fiel, Havanna ; Col delis Annie, Size, and Stephen Crone], New York; G. Walker, Halifax. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.50 P.M. Wind E. ; tide five hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived 12th.—Elizabeth and Mary, from Caen. Arrived 13th.—Cathcart, from Morrovia ; Alexandria, Bahia; Spring Rice, Dieppe; Ampthill, Mauritius. Sailed, June 13 Lucien, steamer, for St. Petersburg ; Goldfinder, Bombay; Midlothian, Montreal; Svth ampton, New York. DEAL, Saturday, 10.50 a.m. Wind E. by N. ; light. Report of the Apoline, Capt. Tomlin : 7th June, lat. 47.21 N., lon. 16.6 W., spoke the ship Ann and Eliza, steering S.W.; same day, lat. 47.26 N., long. 15 W., spoke the ship Roderick Dhu, steering S.W. Passed, June 12 —Geelong, from London, for the Cape of Good Hope; Matilda, from London, for Trinidad. THE TIMES CoRRESPoNDENT AND THE LIvERPooL PRESS.—Y,-sterday evening Mr. Russell delivered the third and concluding portion of his narrative of the Russian campaign, at the Philharmonic Hall, where he was again enthusiastically applauded by a numerous and highly respectable audience. At the conclusion of the lecture a number of gentlemen connected with the Liverpool Press assembled in the greenroom and presented Mr. Russell with a very flattering address neatly illuminated, which was read by Mr. Meany, to which Mr. Russell replied in suitable terms. MINEs —For a few good progressive mines there has been a demand, especially for Herodsfoot sbarsa, which have been much sought after, at 6j- to 7/ ; Tehidy, 21 to 23 ; East Trefusis ' bi to 6 ; East Basset, 36 to 38. South Frances is looking much better in the 104, west of cross-course, and several shares have changed hands at 295 to 305 ; Basset, 250 to 260 ; Buller shares are very flat, at 300. Clifford, 250 ; a short time since they were 550. United Mines, 150 to 200. The lead mines are increasing their returns and their profits, and such shares as Mary Ann, Tretawny, Herodsfoo., an , l Wheal Wrev, will probably keep in demand.-- Mining Journal of this day. THE HARVEST IN FRANCE.—The crops everywhere present themselves under exceptional conditions, and cause universal satisfaction. In Flanders, Picardy, the Bsauce, the Brie, Burgundy, and the °denials, wheat, rye, and barley promise a considerable produce. In tte south, -where the crops were so indifferent last year, a good harvest is expected, From Lyons, as far as Tares eon, and from Nismes to Bayonne, the wheat-fields took universally fine, and already begin to show a yellow t nge. Barley has been alredy cut near Avignon, and in the neighbourhood of Montpellier preparations are being made for cutting the rye. The corn crops in the central districts of France have also a magnificent appearance. In most of the localities of Auvergne and the Velay the wheat, although not yet in ear, is very fins. The rye is everywhere well developed. The crops which grow on the mountains of the Lozbre and the Aveyron are almost as high as those on the volcanic soilsof Auvergne or of the Vivarais. In the western region it is expected that the harvest will be more abundant than that of last year. In La Vendee, Brittany, Anjou, Poitou, and the Limousin the wheat and rye have an unusually rich ap pearance. Up to the present time none is to be seen beaten down. The other crops in that vicinity also hold ont the most favourable prospects. In the valleys of the Rhone, the Isere, the L sire, and the Garoune, the potatoes, beans, and peas are admirable, and the same may be said of tire crops of maize in Provence, Languedoc, the Beam, and Gascony. The vines, it is now certain, have suffered but little from the coil which prevailed in May. In the Maconnais, Languedoc, Bordelais, Saintonge, and the Orleanais, every one agrees in saying that the vintage will be good. It is true that the oidium has again shown itself in some vineyards in the s ,utb, but its progress is checked by the use of sulphur, the application of which is now very easy in consequence of the invention of a new apparatus for the purpose. tile natural - and artificial grasses present a very luxuriaet appearance. In the south the second crop of luc , -rne is now being cut. Thanks to the rain which has fallen during the last fortnight in Berry, Nivernois, &c,, the pasture grounds are most verdant, and afford abun dant nourishment to the cattle. Inia word, the corn crops, from their great extent and their prosperous ap pearance, promise this year to Fiance almost a sufficient supply "for her consumption. ATLANTIO TE LEGRAPH COMPANY. (MEETING THIS DAY.) This morning a meeting of the r•hareholdtrs in this undertaking was held at the London Tavern, Bishops' gate-street, Mr. Brown, M P., in the chair, to consider the provision of a bill, now before Parliament, to incor porate and regulate the Atlantic Telegraph Company' -and to enable the said company to establishh and work telegraphs between Great Britain, Ireland, and Ner foundland, and for other purposes. The CHAIRMAN having brit fly stated that the meet ing wa. a formal one to consider the provisions of the ill,h upon Mr. FRESHFIELD, the Folicit, r, who read the heads of its various clauses. Tile CHAIRMAN said the bill had been anxiously and well cm.idered oy Vre directors, and he had no doubtit would meet with the approbation of the meeting, an d moved a resolivion that the same be approved. Mr. T. El. BROOKING (director) seconded the motion. Mr. Dicifts. - irr compained of the 1 ite period at whic h the meeting had been held, v , z , after the third reading of the hill in the [louse of Commons. A bill claangir!g the coosititution o f th e com p an y s h ou ld h ave b ee n lai d before the sharehold ers a t a muc h ear li er per i o d. was called to adopt a foregone conclusion without giving the sharehotb-rs an opportunity of con.idering wh at had been proposed. H e o bj ec t e d p r i nc i pa lly t o the 2 5 t h clan e, which wated that the principal offices of the company and its c or p ora t e d om i c il e s h ou ld be is London. The CHAIRMAN explained that Mr. Wilson made it 3 1 sine qua non on the p a , s i ng o f th e bill, o r he woel" negotiate with another company. Mr. Macs ,N objeded to other provisions of the bill ; one was, that compelling the offices to be is Lon on, virtuAlly deprived the shareholders of all contro l .over the affairs of the company. He moved as . 51:1 ainendment to be added to the end of the 25th clause fixing the offices in London, the words, " until otherwise deter mined by a majority of the shareholders. Mr. THORNLEY moved the amendment. Mr. MOFFATT, M.P., said that he considered it Was better to accept the conditions of the Government a n d. obtain the contract, than refuse and lose it. The CHAIRMAN explained that it was ,compulsory 011 _ the part of the compa n y t o acc ept th e terms of tlie Government,-and they had in -consequence placed the Agamemnon at the disposal of the company for the Pa r ' pose of laying down the cable, and she would comm ence taking in the cable on Monday. ' It was absolutely necessary that the ca - ole should be laid down before tlie‘° August gales, and any stoppag e o f th e bill now wall havo the effect of retarding operations for twelve months at least. Mr. BUCHANAN, M.P., approved of London being made the domicile of the management. In reply to a question from a shareholder, The CHAIRMAN said that clause 13 making the 81 3 ", pointinent of directors dependent upon the sanction 0' the Government, was introduced at the wish of the Government in order to prevent the success of anY l4t. tempt to buy up the shares for political principles. ue Mr. FRESEIFIELD, the solicitor, explained that if tla bill was not approved of by the shareholders there viol' be an end to the existence of the company. After some further discuision, The CHAIRMAN said that the Government, in retal for their interference, gave the company a su b s idY ° f. 14,0001. for `2,5 years, and the assistance of two m 50 44 war to lay down the cable ; and the U. States bad B e : t over the Niagara to assist them, and she was no der Port , mouth undergoing the necessary repairs to renclea her fit for the purpose. The tariff of charges was file by the Government. et Mr. LoGIE (director) said that, as the Govern em hail granted them a 25 years monopoly, and found 'O le o ship to lay down the cable, which was worth at le 100,000/ , it was but right that the company stl °t/ • make some concessi-ms. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the originl4l resolution agreea to. T6O meeting separated after a vote of thanks to the chairman. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Beier° Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE W. P. WAUGH. To-day was appointed for the last examination of t.boi: bankrupt, Colonel Waugh, well known in c onnec t l, no with the London and Eastern Banking CompanY• n ot proc?edings were pro forma, has the bankrupt bau r ,o surrendered, but protection was extended to the °,,tit inst., and the examination was now adjourned till t" day. Debts to the amount of 3,0001. were proved. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN RUSSELL-STREET. _.4,..- BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) to This morning, James Geary was placed at the to' of undergo his final examination, his wife having suffielei l e e recovered to give her evidence. The facts of the 0 have been reported at length in The Sun. 91°' Emily Geary, ,a very respectably-attired young „f man, said, I was married to the prisoner on the 4th May last. Early in the evening on which the oce s '; renoe took place I had been visiting my mother, 9fr o s lives in Whitecross-street. I left my mother's reside°, with the prisoner for the purpose of taking a walk. Et eP r be posed to .calk hbine, which I declined, and he then said would make me. I said I would not, but that I scl i , t t return to my mother's house. I had previously sage him to take me to a concert-room in Old-street. ~.1-06 refused to do so, but said he would take me to ° f a nearer home in Drury-lane. He then asked rn' t to some money, which I gave, thinking he was e b°ll leave me, but he remained, and we walked toy/60r Russell-street. Near Holborn I sat down upon step, and refused to get up when he • asked in e , o ld afterwards got up, and on reaching home 1. said I v i " o t not go upstairs ; but I did, and in our ape rtule I told him I should leave him in the morning. ho er Mr. Henry—What caused you to make that I ) " vation ? t , th e Witness—Because he would not take me conce Mr rt. 01' . Henry—Well ; when you arrived in your iIP ment, what occurred there ? ro ia Witness—l can scarcely recollect. I was tu- the round to hang up my bonnet NOV I the n prisoner seiz , id hold of me, and , saw he had a knife in his hand. A struggle ensue d ' d reo ing which I fell down, and then the prisoner sta bhe in the neck, and attempted to cut his own throat k • e ni', struggle continued for some time, during which t',7 , Boner, after wounding me again, dropped the Itel' e c eir retained my senses the whole of the time. MY O W : 0 8 duct was solely the cause of the quarrel. Bad got) home when he wished me to do so it would ec' t ,, a nd occurred. I had been aggravating him all the sve" e eh' had been out visiting my friends twice during that ~" the Mr. Henry to the prisoner—Do you wish to es' witness any questions hoD etlt Prisoner—No. I was trying to get her £lO - living, and she was dissatisfied. oh ring ' Mr. Christopher Heath, house-surgeon of cross hospital, said :On the day in question, 211 0 . ee was brought to the hospital between ten and o l den. o'clock, On seeing the woman, I considered it a bed' gerous case. I directed that she should be placed i? Mr. Henry—What we., the nature of the wout 1 0 0 1) Witness—On the right side of the neck, about 9°ol iv; and a half below the angle of the jaw, there was f !00 1 ; cised. wound three-quarters of an inch long, 0 03 : 11 0 eating with the windpipe and ce , ophagus. li lo/ Z e iosf below this there were two superficial cuts. Jus t ~c lot' the right ear them was a jagged cut extending n - e ffi' neath the skin for nearly an i n ch. Th e re was a 11i r s ide , cial cut along the r i g ht co ll ar b one . Onthe I ' l °oo 6 midway between th e r i g h t co ll ar -b one an d the jelb - f 0 ° was another cut an inch 1-ng, and three-quarters °or; inch deep ; a small superficial cut close to the le l o , l th and on the ba c k o f th e r i g ht h an d th ree s uperficia l each about three-quarters of an inch in length. a Mr. Henry- Did you c o nsider it a dangerous Ca- Wtness—Decldedly. .11 Mr. Henry—You consider her now free f ro 133 danoer ? Witness —Yes, the cuts are healed up. be s 4 Mr. Henry, addressing the prisoner you ha ve 0 aIY the evidence against you—what have you to say t hat swer to the charge ? I must, however, remind y0u , ,,,0t Mr. Wontner, who has been retained for you by Joi• employers, when he was present at your former nation, said you would reserve your defence. de' Prisoner—l have nothing to say. I reserve 113 ' „ fence. we et 1- 7sitions were then read was fully committed for trial. The depositions were then read over and the Pri' the ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.—The entries first match of th e s e a son of thi s club, which Wer ° ,,. ° pe ls nally app.inted to clo•e last night, have been le",:otelf till Monday evening next, at the Caledonia n ed fo Adelphi, when the Thought and others are We et - enter. SHIPPING TRADE OF CARDIFF.—Both ihe P, l/-t e t Wtst Bute Docks at Cardiff at the present t' r°- her t i .e crowded with shipping, and for several days not been a single English vessel among the nu ca o b :edi ff " fact which shows the extending foreign trade of The Annales du Commerce Exterieur gives the ' - " t ; el went of the imports and export trade of the ST Th e Liberia, on the western coast of Africa during 185°0,00' former, which consisted of Manchester goods, ir ° ,, 3 X o ' ; gery i earthenware, gunpowde r , s pi r its, deal pla D % ' ed amounted to 829,000 f. ; and the latter, con 3 l ) ,;1, palm oil, campeachy w oo d, an d i vor y, t o 1,04L' der ? EQUALIZATION OF POOR-RATES. —Yesterday a fee' tation of gentlem en b e l ong i n g t o th e metropolits° gr. tries o and boards o f guar di ans was received by,og B uverie, at Whitehall, for the purpose of preset)", pl memorial prayin g f or th e assistance of the F°°.;te Board ° in pr ocuring an equa li za tion of P °°l.4. throughout the metrepolia. (tie ljtj e MURDER oN SHIPBOARD. -- The captain th° f Rogers) an d th e first and second mates of the Martha and Jane, of Sunderland, are in custody O f the Liverpool authorities for the murder, by a series e° most atrocious crueltien, of Andrew Rote, a seaniaters the voyage from Barl'adoes. The priso ners brought up before the magistrates yesterday bu inanded NS , THE PERSONATIINS AT TUE LEEDS ELEOIO „des Yesterday Richard Moat, Ge••rge Wood, and C b d ;itti Fitzroy were nhargel at the Leeds Court House . " ep h aidin e , and abetting in a case of beech thonell'' Mountain, on in. sth instant. The persooation by . 1 4 o re tf lal w prima facie case, and Wood was committed ita . os t 3 a„ the sessions b u t admitted to bail. The charges tri Moat and Fitzroy were abandoned, Mob . COMI The Livi with a firn het week. Way Share /Miler lowe A favour Bank of En large incl. being exhil a nticipated, to the influ a uthorities bably repo] Wealth.anal aceurr if the impr B oon be enc tl gn s , but t In the " of t han ninete t his, bowel a d privat, addition. pith vigor Credit of tl the princil are as subji Active Cii De Rest. In Publics Die I n Other Del Ins Seven-Da De Oovernm( Other Sec I DI Notes an The offic the port of last is as fc Gold C ;; I Silver ( There is ODs rates, Pressure. In Fore recorded. and t cents., 9' cre e k, 5 geese 3 p certificate The full Stocks :- 24 3 ; p, Gents., 5 Alasustaii cents. 97 I s Tev? Del ditto Pas. The RE active, a] °f the p ( heat Yorkehir Western Berwick Eastern there wa l'uled fir and Lyo to 10e •) • Cations. Miniu Uhl Co' Joint .A.ustralf txalia 5. The b dal e h a dealt in brought i tIT I S ?ink St< 3 per el ItPer of avr 3 r Innis I3c Ditto, Consols Ditto Za°he Ditto Ditto, PRI trazilia Ditto Grenath bitto Greek I Ilexicat Portugi Dittc Ihrdun Spaniel Tarim! LEI the n tenda has lit the NI gut t Tow 2 ( fled hon e tent. tact tie witl tric lie affe