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Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER M.IJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, will be performed Bellini's opera NORMA. Norma, Mdlle. Jenny L:nd ; Adalgisa, Mdme. Boraul ; Pollione, Signor Fraschini ; Groves"), Signer Lablache. To be followed by the Second Act of the admired ballet of GISELLE. Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi. Pas de deux, by Mdlle. C srlotta Grist and M. Louis llor. l'as de Wiles by 3ldlle. Bancoryil and the Ladles of the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with the Ball Scene from ALMS. Pas de Deux by 111dile. Rosati and M. Louts Dor. The Doors will be opened at half-past Seven o'clock, and the per. formance c ' mmencs at Eight o'clock. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re- The informed, that there will be a grand EXTRA NIGHT on THURSDAY NEXT, June 24, when will be presented Bellies opera of LA SONNAMBULA, Amine, m i m e . J en ny Lind ; Lisa, Madame , olari ; Count ROdolph Signer F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. To be followed by various Entertainments in the BALLET DE. PARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi , Mdlle. Rosati, and Mdlle. Cerito, M. Perrot and M. St. Leon. The Select SWEDISH MELODIES will be repeated forthwith. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT. GARDEN. (Mdlle. Fanny Elssler's last appearance but two.) TO-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, Jane 22, will be repeated Verdi's celebrated tragic opera I DUE FOSCARI. Principal characters by Madame Grisi, Madame Bellinl, Signori Linconi, Mario, and Tagliallco. To conclude with a new grand ballet, in four tableaux, entitled MANON LESCAUT. Mallon Lescant, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler ; M. de Grieux; Sig. Casati ; Le Marquis de Granville, M. O'Bryan. Also a Pas de Trois, by 3ldlles. Baderna, Berlin, and Demelisse. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the performance commence at Eight. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COV ENT-GARDEN. The Nobility, Gentry, and Subscribers are respectfully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY NEX 1", June 24, for the BENEFIT of Nldlle. FANNY ELSSLER, and her last appearance but one, on which occasion will be performed Mozart's celebrated Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI. Combining a triple orchestra and a double chorus. The principal characters by Madames Grisi and Persian, Mdlle. Corbari, Signors Mario, Tagliatico, Rovere, aad Tamburini. Mdlle. Fanny Elssler and Mdlle. Baderna will dance in the Minuet. To conclude with the new NO an N d su LESCAUT.ccessful leaflet, entitled MA In which Mdlle. Fanny Elssler, Mdlles. De Melisse, Delachaux, 6:ephan, M. Mabille, &c., will perform. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, to be had at the Box-office, Bow street; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doors will ha opened at Half-past Seven, and the performance commence at Eight o'clock. TVZATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan Kijowies ; s — Comerly of THE LOVE PHASE, Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance. Mrs. Nisbett. To he followed by a new comic drama, called TilE JACOBITE. Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone Lady Somerford, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with an entirely new and original farce called WHO PO THEY. TAKE ME FOR ? Colonel Templeton, Mr. Howe ; Terence O'Reilly, Mr. Hudso3 ; Mrs. Dorrington, Mrs. Seymour; rret4ence Pickings, Mrs. llumbY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be produced a new and original ccmedy. in three acts, called THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, flight, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith, 'Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c. After which The MAGYAR MULATSAG; or, Hungarian Fetes. lty the celebrated Hungarian Dancers and the Hungarian Instru mental Vocalists. After which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or. Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans souci, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de Montereau, liiadame Celeste; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Frincipal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, 14,•1 by, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. TEI IS EVENING. Will be presented UNE FEMME QUI SE JETTE PAR LA FENETRE. The characters by M. Duinery, M. Rhozevil, Mdlle. 'ranee, Mme. Grassau, and Mdlle. Duverger. After which the comedie of LE PERE TURIZTIITIT. Rigaud, Bouffe, Rose, Mdame Grassaa ; Adele. Mdlle. 're conclude with LE G kiki IN DE PARIS. Joseph, M. Bourn . ; Amede, M. Rhozevil; Elise, Wile. Vallee. Boxes, 65.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3 ; Gallery, 25. rioxe., anti Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 73. Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open / L it, from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN i.ERENADERS. ST. JAMES's THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN' SERENADERS' pe , formances must 7,,rminate at , he End of the Present M.a.th. They will repeat their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre TO 3tIORROW, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening. I .K.rs of en at Eight o'clock. They will a:so give a DAY I , :IIFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, commencing at 'tlf-past Tad. Thursday next, for the Benefit of Mr. Ilarrington, en which occasion every visitor to the private boxes or stalls will be presented with a portrait of the Beneficiare. tinzes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, 011 Bond-street, sval at the Box-office of the Theatre. PRINCES:S'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole L.ssee and Manager. THIS EVENING (First night of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews.) Will be presented a comic drama, entitlW LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. .Arthur de Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews; Count I heodore, Mr. Vining: Princess Blanche, Madame Vestris. After which a new comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE!" Cotonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Vining ; Matilda, Miss Cooper. To be followed by A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. James 1 Ming; Twiggleton, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Aubrey. Miss Cooper. To conclude with Sheridan's drama of THE CRITIC. Sir Fretful ll:glary and Puff, Mr. C. Mathews. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. rEL:er the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal FArnily. vplenclid Midsummer Holiday Juvenile Fetes. THIS EVENING WiII be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the historical events of the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, arranged from the original test of Rrlns'ey Sherdan's play of " Pizarro," entitled Ti 1 E STORMING OF QUITO; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolle. ; tdr. W. West. nen•talled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of n ,rssn.gtmhin, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes. To conclude with the LHAtt3IED HORSE OF THE BLACK VALLEY. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. rs.: Poxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3; ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; 17pper Gallery, 6d. Continence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. I%nder the 31anagement of' Mrs. Frances Dav!age, Lessee. In consequence of the success attending the Eminent English Vocalists, they have bcen re-engaged for Twelve Nights more, and will appear in " Maritana," a 3 played at Drury Lane 100 nights. IIIIS KVENINiI Will be presented the opera of MAItITANA. Charles the Second, N'. McMahon; Don Caesar, Mr. Ilan - Doti ; Don Jose, Mr. Stretton ; if iritana, Miss Itainforth ; Lazarillo, Miss Isaacs. s'o conclude with :_hakspere's tragedy of MACIIETII, with the w 1 ile of Locke's music, Macbeth, e. r. Scott; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. siry 11., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at :ha-rift Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENT NG Will be performed a splendid drama; by Fitzball, called JANE PAUL ; or, the Victim of Persecution. Jane Paul, Miss Vincent ; Nichael Paul, Mr. lllcks ; Necker, Mr. Bird; Hedgehog Jack, Mr. Se Ile. 'titer which Shakspere's tragedy of OTHELLO. Othelo. Mr. ; Case% Mr. Osbaldiston; rago, Mr. Dale ; Desdemona, Miss V ncent. co conclude with the farce of POPOLINO ; or, the Sleeping Draught. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAT. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ender the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. A.dunission, Oke FOURTH WEEK OF M. JULLIEN'S ENGAGEMENT. No Extra Charge ! THIS EVENING, June 111. 'I he Proprietor has much pleasure in announcing to the Subscribers, Amateurs of Music, andthe public, that he has succeeded in re-engag- It* NI. JULLIEN and the Principal Solo Performers of his unrivalled re, I, includin: Richanison, Baumann, Barret, Lazarus, Prospere, (It linet, and tier Koenig, for a limited number of nights. Which, ye; Mr. GODFREY'S Splendid Band, aided by a selection from fir principal bands In the Metropolis, will form an orchestra of One 111.ntircd Performers. :rile Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable es, nose, erected a new Entrance, and a magnificent Walk, with cr borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the Iraqi Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN ..xND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. "he Menagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, An % elles, &c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of s tatues. The grand Pyrotechnic misplay, representing the SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR Stwwlng the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc- Uat of the Timm, and Blowing up of the nattering Ships. The Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their *wind grand FLORAL FETE fa: Flowers and Miscellaneous Plants, on WEDNESDAY, June 23. IKE WEATHER.—SON OFFICE, JUNE 19 . Twzninowvran, Lowest, 50 ; Highest, 62 ; Noon, 66. akaostwrott, 29.9 S.—WIND W.N.W. ; fine. JUNE 20. TLEltmontrrxn, Lowest, 52; Highest, 68 ; Noon, 64. BAROMETER. 30.05.—W1ND W. ; cloudy. ma WATERinut A.T LONDON-BR IDQE T M ruing .. il 23 minutes after 7. 1 Evening 9111DuAY. a after 7. % de it , e . , , N‘10.,-i ' , 0% . - A ~..._ .:* ni ., , ..,,, , , ~..., ~...,,.....i., v . L'7' ~,,- 0 , „,,, -t T - ,i4?; , .„6 ..ia. , Rorr ';,„ --«:—,_ •....,,, ...1.._ ...,,, , ~.. ",... ~.. ---4 " - ~:.:,,, • . ' / )IM4 LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1847. Sir CHARLES NAPIER has announced his determi nation to come forward again at the ensuing election, us a candidate for the representation of Marylebone. We congratulate the constituents of this metropolitan borough upon the certainty of not losing 3 Parlia mentary advocate so assiduous and so earnest as the Gallant Admiral, the hero of Acre. Delay is about the most inexcusable blunder in any constituency, when there are so many probabilities of a speedy dissolution of Parliament. Preparation should be made for the electioneering contests which are inevitable thereupon at the first dim intimation of an appeal to the country. And let it be remembered that the earlier the preparation the less expense will be entailed upon the constituency, and the greater security there will be that their political views will be forwarded with intelligent discrimination in the deli berations of the Senate at Westminster. Any individual possessed of the prerogative of the elective franchise, who procrastinates his selection of the candidates until the last moment, is culpable, not only as to his personal rights, but as to the whole collective rights of the commu nity. In leaving his vote upon the balance, as it were, during the preliminary period when a calm and dis passionate choice can be made, and allowing it in the end to be joltered over to either side in the turmoils of the final day of the political battle, the elector evinces a greater amount of recklessness than the gambler who stakes a plum upon the possible stop ping-spot of the roulette ball. For seven years he renders himself incompetent to influence the move ments of the Government ; for seven years he abandons the most important problems of con temporary legislation to the caprice of a carelessly selected Member. Let it be remembered that, sup-, posing the new Parliament were assembled in the en suing August, the decision of the people might not be revoked until August 1854 ! The responsibility, therefore, that presses forcibly upon every consti tuent in the United Kingdom is grave beyond exaggeration. The bounden duty of every consti tuent is already to be on the alert, especially at this particular crisis, when so many vital and interesting points of administration are on the eve of a perma nent settlement. None of these points should be overlooked or forgotten. Foremost amongst them all, as affording a rational founda tion for effecting a comprehensive ameliora tion of the condition lot - the multitude, is un questionably the subject of sanatory improvement. Next in the order of social advancement is the orga nization of a proper and universally-applicable sys tem of national education. Upon the principle that " Cleanliness is next to godliness" we give the priority to the former means of elevating the poorer classes from the abysses of moral and physical degradation ; for having purified their tenements by wholesome ventilation, by sufficient drainage, by adequate sup plies of water, by a reasonable admission of light, and the general establishment of baths and wash houses, and capacious parks, the State will have opened, as it were, grooves and chan nels for the conduct of knowledge among the masses. These things must by no means escape the recollection of the thousands who are possessors of the elective franchise, nor must it be forgotten that the whole criminal code of the empire requires in an especial way the revising wisdom of the most com petent legislators. The currency, again, is a matter which the constituencies of England must especially take into consideration, as upon its judicious re arrangement depends the commercial prosperity, we had almost said the commercial existence, of the nation. Ireland, again, and religious disabilities, are subjects demanding the most rigid and consistent scrutiny. The catechism of the hustings must be conducted upon a plan altogether dissimilar from that heretofore prevalent. Party, be it observed for the hundredth time, is shattered to atoms ; the old vocabulary of political distinctions has become obsolete. Candidates must be judged not so much by the names of political classification as by their independent views upon the different questions of legislation. Of the peculiar views entertained by such tried men as Sir CHARLES NAPIER and Sir B. HALL no doubt whatever can exist, and consequently the choice of the Liberal electors of Marylebone is obvious. After a lengthened discussion the House of Com mons on Friday decided upon going into Committee on the Health of Towns' Bill, the Government being supported by the commanding majority of 141. From the interest we have so long taken in promoting the question of sanatory reform, we rejoice at the in fluential decision to which the representatives of the people have at length come upon this important sub • ject. The excellence of the object sought to be at tained by Lord MORPETII'S measure is beyond the pale of controversy. All the objections presented in Friday's debate for not proceeding with the Bill, were, therefore, necessarily directed against its ma chinery. The motive for its introduction was nit. impeachable. The objections, however, that were taken—though from their nature, if entitled to any weight at all, the proper time for raising them would have been in Committee—broke down one after an• other under the salient replies and explanations that were mutually given by Lord J. RUSSELL and Lord MORPETIL Centralisation, patronage, and the omission of the city of London from its provisions, constituted the main points of resistance offered to the progress of the measure. With respect to the first, if it were valid as an argument, then should many public institutions, at present in beneficial operation for the community at large, be forthwith remodelled. We recollect that similar strictures were made in Parliament when the present police force was first proposed to be constituted. It was then said, as now, " leave the people to manage their own affairs;" but it was then rejoined, as it was last night observed, by the Premier, that experience showed that local bodies could not be entirely trusted for adopting re gulations for the efficient protection of life and pro perty ; and then, in accordance with what is now in tended in regard to sanatory reform, the city of London obtained a separate Act for the management of its own police. But does any man throughout the empire desire the repeal of the Police Act on account of the principle of centralisation on which it is bated ? We venture to say, nut one. It answers admirably all the purposes for which it was passed, which, it is obvious (or, at any rate, experience imparts the greatest strength to the presumption) it never would have done, in the absence of the controlling powers incorporated in the Act. With respect to the objection of patronage created under Lord MORPRTH'S Bill, it is clear that, if its object be worthy of being compassed by enactment, certain public officers must be appointed. When any general measure of reform is needful to the public welfare, it is inevitably incidental to the same, that its execution must be intrusted to persons specially nominated by the Government, by virtue of the authority of the Legislature, conferred pro re natii. The only consideration, then, for the House of Com mons, as effecting Lord Moapatu's Bill, in reference to patronage, is, whether it is proposed to carry it to an extent beyond what is required for the efficient operation of the scheme. This has not been shown ; and, inasmuch as the objection comes alone from Colonel SIRTHORP, who rejoices in blissful solitude, it may be presumed that the proposition of the Go vernment in this respect is beyond the reach of any reasonable exception. Lastly, as regards the city of London and its omission from the Bill, the answer of Ministers is fraught with practical wisdom. They think, as every one must, that it would have been better to have had it included. But, first, the citizens of Lon don, a powerful body, are opposed to such an ar rangement; next, the session is too far advanced for the Government to risk the success of a general meat• sure of vital importance to the preservation of the public health, by fighting through twenty or thirty additional clauses, which it would be necessary to pass,",provided the city of London were not excluded. t, Fever a n d di sease o f var i ous ki n d s are mak i ng fearful inroads in diff eren t par t s o f t h e emp i re. Mortality is already lamentably above th e average , compare d w i t h w.:itirt Vigorous 'O o u p l e d ra b t e ion w . were proper sanatory mea sures in g o If Lord NloaPETtes Bill were passed to-morrow, a considerabl e period would elapse before the necessary plans and surveys could be completed ; so that any undue procrastination in - what quarter it may, onl y ings of millions of our hard-working passing it, come from aggravates the suffer and poverty stricken population. Their health and stren streng th are daily was ti ng beneath the blighting effects g of their miserable, ill-ventilated, undrained, an d noisome habitations. Well might the knowledge of the wretched lot of the masses of his impoverished country men induce Lord MORPETH, in his pathetic speech of Friday, " to mix actual entreaty with his appeal to the House of Commons to make immediate progress in the great work of sanatory reform." In Oriental tales we read of absolute potentates, who, not content with punishing in an exemplary manner the actual perpetrator of any heinous offence, were also accustomed to put his nearest relatives to death—to sell the more distant connexions to slavery, and to raze even the foundations of his house, so that no record should remain of the criminal. In the earlier ages, and in uncivilised countries, the same principle was generally adopted. The death of the guilty person alone was not considered a sufficient expiation unless his innocent family were involved in one common destruction. Every person was, therefore, not merely responsible for his own actions ; it was not sufficient that he should be a good and faithful subject, an honest and industrious citizen, well and efficiently discharging all the duties incidental to his social position, of approved integrity, and beyond the reach of reproach or calumny. All might be insuffi cient to shield him from the penalties of that law, which should have been his protection, but which was turned into an instrument of oppression and persecution, if he, unhappily, numbered amongst his kindred an evil-disposed or badly conducted person. As civili sation increased, and more just and equitable notions prevailed, the gross injustice of this system became manifest, the more obvious and direct punish ments were wholly removed. A child could not be imprisoned because his father had violated the law ; a woman could not be brought to the gallows because her husband had committed a mur der ; but, even to this day, in our own England—in the country which arrogates to itself a prominent position in the scale of nations—which prides itself on its stern and undeviating justice to all—a similar ini quity is indirectly sanctioned, and the crimes of the tethers are indeed visited on their helpless and in offensive children, or on the almost heart-broken widows, who have never been even suspected of a participation in their husband's misdeeds. We are accustomed to boast of the excellence and purity of our laws and constitution, and it is only when some monstrous case is brought prominently forward, and laid bare before the public in all its enormity, that we perceive how urgently reform and revision is re quired, and how harsh and oppressive may be the operation Gf the law. Among the relics of barbarism still suffered to exist, and to inflict an indelible stain on our juris prudence, is the law relating to escheats and forfei tures. Practically they are seldom enforced, the Crown generally waiving its rights and restoring to the parties entitled (subject, however, to a heavy deduction for legal expenditure) the property which had belonged to an attainted person. This, however, is a matter of favour and not of right, an indulgence which need not be conceded, and which is frequently delayed, although not often absolutely denied. Why, then, should the law be retained in its present objectionable state, more particularly when it is so seldom enforced ? Why should the feelings of the surviving friends be again harrowed, their wounds re-opened, and the public mind again disturbed by a renewal of pro ceedings in a case in which the offender had already suffered the extreme penalty of the law, and had sur rendered his forfeit life in expiation of his offence ? We have been led to these remarks in consequence of the proceedings which took place on Thursday, at Hertford, under a commission of escheat, in relation to the property of the late JOHN TAWELL, who was executed in the month of March, 1845, at Aylesbury, for the murder of SARAH HART. The Senior Commissioner explained the law to the jury, " that a felon's heritable blood was de stroyed, and that his lands and tenements at once de scended to the Crown, from the day of the commis sion of the offence, and his goods and chattels from the day of his conviction." According to this prin ciple, we find that if his guilt was for some time con cealed, and that he subsequently, and before it was discovered, disposed of real estate to a bon(' fide purchaser for full and valuable consideration, that still it would become the property of the Crown, and that innocent purchaser would lose the property he had fairly acquired, and the money he had paid fur it. This would indeed be the innocent suffering for the guilty. It is no answer to say that such a claim would never be enforced on the part of the Crown ; why should there be the possibi lity of committing so grievous an injustice under the sanction and colour of law? Again his heritable blood is destroyed, his children would be unable to de. rive title, through their guilty lather, to property which might otherwise descend to them from a more distant relation. Surely this is a most inequitable provision, their rights as citizens are taken away ; they are not merely deprived of their father's pro perty, which they ought to obtain, but they are prevented from inheriting from others, in fact they are practically rendered illegitimate. IVe trust that amongst the many legal reforms that are about to be brought forward, a total abolition of this law may be one of the earliest. In the present case, the harshness of the pro ceeding seems to have been greatly aggravated by compelling the widow, a lady, who had ever maintained the most irreproachable character, to come forward as a witness, in fact, to give evidence against her own rights and interest. The deepest sympathy was manifested on every side for the unfortunate lady, who appeared greatly affected at her painful position. The total value of the property forfeited, under the present proceeding, would appear to be about 8,0001. We trust that the just claims of the widow, and also of the children of the wretched malefactor, may be admitted by the Government, and the forfeiture remitted in their favour. By so doing they will merit and receive the public approbation. Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived. The Gageta publishes an official announcement of the abandonment of Viana, Isua Munzon, and Puenta de Leine, by the forces of the Junta of Oporto, and of their occupation by Spanish troops. In the same number we find a royal decree conferring the title of Duke of SARAGOSSA on Don JOSE DE PALAFOX, Captain• General of the Spanish army, and his heirs. The Clamor Publico states that Senor SALAMANCA has determined to offer for sale those properties be longing to Don CARLOS, and those belonging to the order of St. John of Jerusalem, which have been con fiscated to the service of the State. The Correo (SALAMANCA'S organ) declares that the Government has never entertained any intention to permit the free importation of English cotton goods. The Faro states that the QUEEN'S visit to La Granja is indefinitely postponed. There were rumours in Madrid of an intended modification of the Cabinet. It was said SALAMANCA, MAZZAREDO, and BENAVIDES would retire. The Three per Cents. closed on the 12th inst. at 301 for cash; the Four per Cents. at 18; the Five per Cents. at 18; the Passives at 51; and Coupons at 15. -- We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The motion of M. DEMESMAY for a reduction of the duty on salt, was carried on Wednesday in the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 250; the num bers being—For the motion, 264 ; against it, 14. On this subject the Conslitutionnel says— " The Ministry experienced on Wednesday one of the most remarkable Parliamentary defeats that a Govern ment ever sustained. It was in vain that M. Dumon, the Minister of Finance, and M. Duchatel, Minister of the Interior, successively rose to combat the proposition for the reduction of the salt duty. It was in vain that they endeavoured to obtain the adjournment of the question by promising to introduce a measure on the subject next year. The proposition was adopted by a majority so compact that the Ministers themselves dared not rise in their places against it. The ballot showed a minority of only 14 votes against 264. The new Minister of Finance occupied the tribune for nearly an hour. His arguments were directed to prove that the increased consumption of salt would not compensate for the diminution of the revenue, and he promised to make further calculations, and, as we have already said, to present a Bill on the subject next year. M. Dupin, in an animated extempore address, did full justice to the arguments of the Minister of Finance, and asked who it was who had brought our finances into the posi tion in which we find them? M. Duchatel did not wish to leave the Chamber under the impression produced by M. Dupin's animated attack. He endeavoured to jus tify the financial management of the Ministry, and drew a brilliant picture of the advantages to be derived from the execution of public works. In what way do Ministers propose now to act? No doubt they propose to bury the measure in the Chambers of Peers. There is, however, a promise made, and a Chamber which will demand its performance. But how can they give satisfaction to public opinion in presence of a deficiency of a0,000,000f. evident in the budget for the year 1848 ?" • The Presse, too, raises its " song of triumph" over THE SUN, LO_NDON, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1847 M. GUIZOT, and asserts, that after such a vote a [ British Cabinet would have resigned immediately. That the Cabinet of M. Guator entertains no such 1 intention is, however, evident from the following Ministerial manifesto, which appears in the Journal des Daats : " The Chamber of Deputies have adopted, by a very great majority, the proposition for a reduction of the duty on salt. This result will surprise no one. We ex pected it, for our part, and the Government without doubt expected it also. Last year the Chamber, by a majority of 240 votes against 26, d ec l are d i tse lf in favour of the adoption of the reform, contrary to the opinion of the Government, which did not believe circumstances to be opportune; yet they were much more so than they are this year! The Government did not forget this remark able and solemn vote; there is nothing forced in the word. It knew that the greater part of the Deputies, that the greater part of the Conservative Deputies especially, had formal engagements with their constituents on this im portant question. It could, therefore, labour under no illusion! it could not hope that the Chamber, denying its previous conduct and its promises, would consent to the adjournment of the reform. Nevertheless it opposed the immediate adoption and advised the adjournment, which it knew to be impossible. Why ? It combatted, not for success, but for principle. It did not believe that it wa. permitted to it to associate itself with a resolution which circumstances rendered in its eyes imprudent, or at least premature. Its duty and that of the Chambers are dif- ferent in this sort of affairs. The Chamber does not govern. as was well said by M. Dupin ; it does not bear the responsibility of its decisions, and has not the em barrassments ti. - * their consequences. If the reduction of the tax on salt makes a void of 50,000,000 f. in the Treasury, it is not the Chamber which must find means to replace it. If difficulties and embarrassment of affairs result therefrom, it will not have to submit to the one or remove the other ; it will wash its hands of it, and affairs must be carried on. In a word, the Chamber is only bound to see the questions it discusses ; the Government must embrace them all, study them one in relation to the other ; resist the se duction of such a one, in order not to excite compli cations in the conduct of several others which are not less important to the country. We understankthen perfectly well that the Government did not think it rightl to cede to the same movement as the Chamber. At bottom, it knows that the reform is just, useful, necessary. It did not believe that it could, by consenting to its immediate adoption, give an example of imprudence which the financial circumstances in which we are placed causes it to regard as dangerous. In short, the Government has observed this year the same conduct as it did last year, and it had better reasons for doing so this time. It has been consistent, like the Chamber. The Opposition will not fail to find in this conduct of the Government the pretext for numerous and, without doubt, violent accu-' sations. Suppose that the Government, at the com mencement of the sitting, had come to decla re , th r o ug h the Minister of Fin,lnce,tliatit accepted the propositi o n ; it would have thereby acquired an immense popularity. The Opposition would have found itself reduced to the necessity of proclaiming that; the Ministry, as we be lieve at least, would not have been insensible to that glory; but it has preferred to fulfil the austere duty that circumstances, in its opinion, imposed on it. We d o no t find that there is re a s o n to blame it." The same journal announces that, on the 10th inst., the Queen of PORTUGAL published a proclamation granting a full and. entire amnesty to the insurgents. The discussion on the report of the Committee appointed to consider the request of the Chamber of Peers to examine M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN at the bar of their House, was fixed for Thursday. The Union lifonarchique says that the Committee on Petitions of the Chamber of Deputies has unani mously resolved to refer the petition of Prince JEROME BONAPARTE, praying for the abrogation of the laws which condemn his family to exile, to the President of the Council (Marshal Soma) and to the Council of Ministers. The National has the following on the virtual re jection of the petition of the Prince by the Chamber of Peers. : " We cannot pass over in silence the discussion in the Chamber of Peers on the petition presented for Jerome Bonaparte. The petitioner had innumerable reckon ing on the sympathy of the Peers. If we were to name all the men in this Assembly who have taken an oath of eternal fidelity to the Emperor, and all who owe to him their titles, their fortunes, and even their fame, we should take in nearly the whole of the Members of the Chamber. It seemed then inevitable that the petition shouli be referred to the President of the Council of Ministers, and this was what some speakers, whose elo quent language revived glorious souvenirs proposed. But the Ministers entreated that the petition might not be referred to them ; and, after having crowned Prince Jerome with funereal eulogiums, they politely threw his petition into the dusty cartons, where it now lies interred. We can be but little suspected of sympa thy for kings, princes, or pretenders. But there are examples of ingratitude which we cannot allow to pass over without reflection. To whatever shade of opimion one belongs, astonishment must be felt that the companions in arms of Jerome—that the Generals who beheld him fighting with so much courage at Wa terloo —that the law officers, who had sworn fidelity to tie Emperor, that the administrators who had served him, should not recommend this petition to the Ministry? Was not that a natural consequence of their past career, a duty to themselves, an act of gratitude to the memory of Napoleon? It remained for the Goverment to decide; but could the ?eers dispense with expressing a wish that the sun of Fiance should be restored to the Napoleon family? The most timid might be tranquil about the result: but the man of Ghent will not absolve the soldier of Waterloo. The strange language of some Peers is worthy of remark. M. Dormant, for instance, asked if the petitioner had first applied to the King—it he had sent in an act of submission. There is a legis- lator for you! The abolition of a law is demanded, and a member of the legislative body exclaims—‘ If the King has not ben first applied to, I shall vote for the order of the day.' Another Peer does the same ; and a General, an old Carbonaro, is lost in his expressions of obsequious prostration Let us leave the matter, said he •to the King's heart. I care little about constitutional forms ; it is in the King's heart that I place my trust ; yes, gentlemen, let us let the King act ; and if prudence will permit the prayer of the petition to be granted, his heart will not hesitate.' But royalists of fresh date that you are, the matter in hand is to revoke an existing law. Is it a grace that the Napoleon family demands ? Do they kneel down before the junior branch of the Bourbons ? No—they demand to have a law abrogated. When a law presses heavily on any one, he does not demand favour from it ; he undergoes its effects, and demands its abrogation. Any other course would not be worthy of respect ; and if we have insisted on this petition, it is precisely be cause it has followed the direct line—because it has struck at the door of the established powers, having no other ambition, but to attract public attention. France is sufficiently powerful and sufficiently sure of herself to fear nothing from pretenders." The prospects of the harvest still continue to be most flattering, notwithstanding which, however, the holders of grain demanded an advanced price in the Paris corn market on Saturday, a demand with which the buyers refused to comply, and, conse quently, scarcely any business was transacted. Wheat of inferior quality could scarcely be disposed of at any price. A fall in the Three per Cents., and on the shares of some of the railroad companies, took place on the Paris Bourse on Thursday. This decline was generally as cribed to the vute of the Chamber of Deputies on the salt question; but while the Three per Cents. fell 10 centimes the Five per Cents. rose 15 centimes. Again, Marseilles and Avignon shares fell from 730 f. (the closing prices of Wednesday) to 7121 f. Northerns fell from 595 f. to 586 ff. Vierzon fell sf. The shares of the other companies drooped, but did not fall in such pro- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sam of Saturday.) In the Liverpool Cotton market the sales this week have been 36,400 bales. The stock is 502,070 bales against 741,000 bales at this time last year. Yesterday 7,000 bales were purchased, of which 2,000 were for export.—The Share market was very quiet, and with but a small business doing. There are no ship arrivals with later news, but we have plenty of vessels in, richly laden with food of all descriptions. The Bank of England return for the week, to the 12th instant, shows a general extension of operations, al though the active circulation of notes has been dimi nished a little. The main points are these : Notes issued £23,592,925 Increase Rest, increase Public deposits, increase Other deposits, increase Seven-day and other bills, increase 5,607 Other securities, increase .. 767,974 Notes reserved, increase Bullion Increase The Government securities lodged in the banking de partment remained at the previous amount. In the Funds there is not much doing to day, but prices are still advancing after the check received on Thursday, and with fine weather many expect they will go higher. Others contend that there are parties ready to realise profits to some extent, and that this, tempora rily at least, will lead to are action. Consols have been 88i- I, and the scrip is marked premium. New Three and• a-Quarter per Cents. are 901 I. Exchequer-bills continue at 7s. to 10s. premium. Bank Stock is firm at 196. Foreign Stocks are very dull again. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 32 to I. Mexican Bonds are 20-4. 13raz11 New Stock is at 83. Dutch Two and-a Half per Cents. have realised 58k. Railway Shares are all looking up again. witaisti FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. ['twee per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 88 % Ni 88 New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cent. Anna. 90% 90 1 4 ong Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 - - 9 1-16 Bank Stock .. • 196 .. .. .. .. 196 Consols for Opening, July 16 .. .. .. 88% % Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. .. . 'A P ExchequerlllllB. lii d. 2d. 1,0001... .. .... 710 p 10 p 500 T.., .. .... ti 14 p 14 p Ditto, Small —. .... 14 20 p 20 p ONE CLOSINt, O'CLOCK. TRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. . • .. Ditto, New Bonds. 1829 and 1839 .. 83 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . Ditto, 3 per Cent .. 52 Danish, 3 per Cent -. 84% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 20% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, 4 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 32% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-lialf per Cent .. 58% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING DONE RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. ONE O' AT CLOCK. PRICES Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 1754 17% Binning., Wolver.,& Stour Valley 8 .. 8% . 8% Bristol and Exeter • • .. .. 75 .... .......... Ditto, New .. .. 15 .... 14 .... • ..... 14 Buckinghamshire .. 61.45.... 1 di5..... •• • • T. dis. Caledonian .. 35 .... 30% 30% Ditto, Half Shares 2% 2 ..... Eastern Counties .. .. 20 .... 20.34% ........ Ditto, York Extension .. 7% .... 6 Eastern Union .. .. 50 .... .......... Great Northern .. 2% )4 .• Great North of England . ..100 .... 234 •••• • • Great Western .. 85 . . Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 70 69% Huddersfield and Manchester .. lb Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 125 .... 23 • • 23 Lancaster and Carlisle .. .... 625 . 625 Leeds and Bradford .. .. .. 40 .... .. •••• • • • • 87 1 A Leicester and Bedford 16s. dis .... • • % dis. Leeds and Thirsk 26 .... 20 Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. • • 3% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport 2 .... •• • • Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .... 54% 55 London an North-Western • • 100 1795 179 180 1785 180 Ditto, Quarters .. L. and B. 7 23% .. 23% Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 13 Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. •• 40 .. 71 70 70 Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .• • London and South-Western 411. 68.10 d... 66% 66 65% Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... .. • • ...... 49 Ditto, New .. 27% .. •• •• 31 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... 55% .......• • . 575{ Ditto, Scrip.. .. .. 5 45¢ Ditto, ditto .. .. 4 .... • • ...... 354 Lynn and Ely .. .. 25 .. .. ••• • .. 24 % Lynn and Dereham .. 20 .... 18% ........ •• 18 % Manchester and Leeds.. .. •. 82 ...•104 103........ 102 Ditto, Fifths .. 6% .. • 10X .. • ...... 10% Midland ..100 ....124 122% 123% 124 Ditto, New ~ 36 •.• •• •••• • • • . 41% Ditto, New .. .• 6 • • 9 % •••••• • • • • 91 4 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 •• • . 28 1 %, %•• • • .... 28 3 4 Ditto, New .. .. • • 5 •• • • 7 ? , 4 NI •••• • • • • 7 % North British .. .• 25 Ditto, Half Shares .. 12;4 • • North Staffordshire 7% 10 1 / 4 .. .. • • • • • • Preston and Wyre.. .. 25 .... 37% %•••• • • • • Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. 8%.... 1274 % •• • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .. Scottish Midland .. .. • • 17 1 / 4 •.• • • • Ditto, .. 6 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 31% .... ...... 3}4 Ditto, Class B •• • • 3 ...• 2 . . .. • • 2 , 4 South Staffordshire .. • . 2/. 125... dis. West. Riding Union .. • • .. 4!.25. Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... 2 1 4 2 2 p York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 37 hi . 374 Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 ... , 15% 15% Ditto, Preference .. •. S ... • I 1 41i. • • • • 11 1 / 4 York mid North Midland .. 50 .... 86 85 1 / 4 ...... 85 Ditto. Preference • • .. .. 6 .... 15 1 / 4 .. 15 1 / 4 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten- . 10 ...- 21% ........ • • 21 1 / 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .... 16 1 / 4 •• • • ..... Luxembourg Namur and Liege .. 10 .... Northern of France .. .. • . S .... 11% ..... Paris and Lyons .. 8 .... Paris and Rouen .. .. 20 .... 3R . . ... . . . Rouen and Havre . Sambre and Meuse .. 14 .... - portion. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 77f. 50c.; the Five per Cents., at 117 f. 80c.: 16% 14 16 6% MINES. Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,272 f. 50c.; Rouen, 966 f. 25c. Real del Monte, Unregistered .... 3 14, •• • • ••• •• 3 Erratum in Yesterday's List—Read Eastern Counties, No. 1, p.. and .No. 2, IA p. THE NAVIGATION LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have noticed in The Sun of Tuesday last, the 15th inst., in your report of the evidence given before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Navigation Laws, on Thursday, the 10th inst., that Mr. G. F. Young, when under examination, referred to two instances in which he alleged that I had been incorrect in the evidence I gave before the Committee in March last, may I request your permission to make a few re marks thereon through the medium of your columns. Mr. Young is reported to have said that " It was quite impossible that he could agree with the evidence for merly given before the Committee, by Mr. Browning, that the combination of shipwrights, in the river Thames, had enhanced the price of ships, by several pounds a ton. The total cost of labour did not, under any circum stances, exceed 41. per ton ; and be thought 21. 10s. per ton was a fair average price ; so that to talk of the com bination as enhancing the price of ships by several pounds, was perfectly absurd. With regard to another part of Mr. Browning's evidence, in which he stated that foreign vessels paid no light clues, while British ships were subject to the tax, it was most extraordinary to him that any gentle man, who knew anything of the laws of the country, could come to such a conclusion, because it was per fectly well known, that not only were all foreign ships chargeable with light-dues, but that, in accordance with the old laws, the ships of many countries were still sub ject to double dues, which, in some instances, were paid ont of the Consolidated Fund." With reference to Mr. Young's first counter state ment that he thought that 21. 105. per ton wag a fair average price for labour in building a ship in the Thames, under the influence of close combination, I think that few persons will be found to agree with him: I have been unable to discover one. The late Mr. Somes (who was one of the best authorities in such matters) stated in evidence before the Select Committee of the House of Commons, oa British shipping, in 1844 (in reply to question 358), relative to river built ships, that the labour altogether per ton was from 51. to 6/, and again (in answer to question 363) he stated that the difference between London labour and that of the outports was from 21. to 21. 10s.: this amount being merely the difference of combination in London, and combination in the outports, he again states (in reply to question 351) that the London Union compels the employment of inferior men at 6s. per day, , who are not worth 10d. per day ; and (to questions 341 and 342) that a prime teak ship built at Sunderland will cost him, ready for sea, 8L per ton less than a teak ship he was then building in the Thames, and that he was informed the Sunderland-built ship would be " far superior." Now, if the direct difference be from 21. to 2/. los. per ton under the effects of combination, the total of the direct and indirect enhancement arising from com. bination, will be found to be what I estimated it at. - , Havre, 6501.; Great Northern, 5860 25c. ; Avignon, 7121. 50c. ; Vierzon, 6121. 50c.; Bordeaux, 507 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 411 f. 25c. ; Basle, 1871. 50c.; Dieppe, 3151. ; Paris and Strasburg, 428 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 412 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 445 f ; Lyons and Avignon, 450 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 450 f. ; Spanish Passives, 4%. MARSEILLES, JUNE 14.-Marseilles and Avignon, 743 f .; Northern, 6021. 50c. Lvoxs, JUNE 15.-Pari s an d R ouen , 972 f. 50c.; Avigno n and Marseilles, 745 f. ; Vierzon, 617 f. 50c. ; Northern, 598 f. 75c; Paris and Lyons, 442 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JuNz 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 16% Di rec t Bombay and Madras, IA —Luxembourg. I ii—Namur and Liege, 3 1 4—Northern of France, 11%—Rouen and Havre, 26. Then, with regard to the question of light dues. I may state that a very different LIGHT has been thrown upon eu e t v h e is : is,unbojwecsttthoatthfaotrewighnichshwipass withme meant. Every cargoE vTeeryone, I b ENG LISH rotas pay our light dues ; but surely Mr. Young must also know that foreign ships COMING AND GOING FOREIGN Use our lights WITHOUT CONTRIBUTING TO WARDS THEM ; they may anchor in our harbours from stress of weather, without paying them ; innumerable foreign ships, GOING FOREIGN, take foreign pilots off Dungeness, &c., for Rotterdam, the Texel, & c ., &c., all profiting by our lights without payment. W are excluded from the international trade of Holland, Bel gium, and the north of Europe, with the United States. There may be commodities which are in demand in the United States, procurable both in London and Hamburgh at the same price; and presuming th a t th e distance, freight, loading, charges, and insurance, are the same between them respectively and a port in the United States, the fact of the foreign vessel trading from Hamburgh being able to profit by the En 2lish lights without payment, which a similar vessel trading to London is obliged to pay, is pro tanto, a bounty to foreign shipping, foreign warehousing, and fo reign trade, to tho exclusion of our own. I am aware that many other instances could be cited to show that our light dues act prejudicially to British trade and navigation. I therefore considered it necessary to enumerate this minor advantage (the last in the category of those I deemed of greater magnitude), as deserving the attention of the Committee ; my opi nion being that all ships bringing cargoes to British ports should only be charged their fair proportion of the actual expense of maintaining those lights, and that the whole system of lights urgently needed a searching in quiry and revision. NEW ZEALA ND WHEAT.—There was exhibited at the Exchange news room, Liverpool, on Tuesday, a cereal production that has astonished some of our agri culturists, consisting of a sample of two stalks of New Zealand wheat in full ear. They were grown on the Farnworth estate, near Runcorn, by William Jeffrey Lochett, Esq., of Liverpool, and are nearly four feet ten inches in the stalk and seven inches in the ear. They are the first, we believe, raised in this country. The seed was imported into Liverpool last October, and in proof of its productiveness, we may mention that there will be, on a fair average, twenty-five stems to each seed. The field whence they were taken has a beautiful appearance. • b onOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--Oil Wednesday afternoon an accident occurred on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, by which a passenger was so much injured that he is not expected to survive, inconsequence of his own reckless temerity. As the train which leaves Glasgow at two o'clock was proceeding up the tunnel, a person in one of the fourth-class carriages, having the appearance of a labourer, left the compartment of the carriage in which he was standing, for the purpose of joining an acquaintance in the next carriage, but, in the scrambling from the one to the other, he either lost his hold, or, thinking he was farther forward than he really was, dropped down between the carriages, with his leg across one of the rails. The consequence was that part of the train passed over him, and his leg was severed from his body, whi c h was otherw i se shockingly man gled. The unfortunate individual was promptly con veyed to the Royal . Infirmary, but died on the evening of the accident.—Glasgow Post. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, SAMUEL BROWNING. No. 4, N ew B an k.b u ildi ngs, Ci ty , June 18, 1847. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Seeing in your paper to-day that the Parlia ment would probably be prorogued about the 13th proximo, and a dissolution take place i❑ September or October next, I would sugge,it, for the general welfare and benefit of the na'io:z, that a scrupulous revision of every voter be previoully made by the appointed barris ters, thereby giving► to the e. , tintry an opportunity of testifying their real and unqualified sentiments, by adding to the lists of voters all such persons as may at present be disfranchised by unjust and fraudulent means, and erasing from the lists the names of those who are not daily qualified. A SUBSCRIBER. Wyke Regis, near Weymouth, June 18, 1847. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Referring to a report which has appeared in the Liverpool papers, and copied into your impression of the 19th, of the inquest at Wolverton, I am desired by the Directors to say that they have caused inquiries to be made relative to the statement that the " bodies of the deceased had been plundered of moneys in their posses sion," and that they can find no ground for the asser tion. No complaint has been made to them, which un doubtedly would have been the ease had so disgraceful an occurreence taken place, except in one instance, where it was alleged that one of the deceased had Ti. in his possession ; and on a careful examination of his person, the amount was found in his side pocket. The Directors cannot learn that any " of the officers of the Company" gave any opinion in relation to the anticipated expense of the accident. By inserting this note in your next publication, you will oblige Sir, y , ur oheclent s,r%ant, MARK HUISH, THE ENGLISH DRAMA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Silt,—l presume something will be done next season to restore the falling fortunes of the British stage; and, that something must be done by some active, enterprising, right-judgina manager. We want in L,ndon all the talent we can get together: otherwise we never shall have any play perfectly represented: and no one will go to see "a lame and impotent" performance maimed and halting on the stage, for want of proper support. I commend to any manager who intends to conduct an English theatre next year the following names : Mr and Mrs. C. Kean ... in America, I believe. Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff, disengaged in London. Miss H. Faucit ... ditto. Mr. Anderson ... in America. Mr. J. Wallack ... ditto. 88% 'AP Mr. Geo. Vandenhoff ... ditto, or if at home, dis engaged, though the Ame rican papers speak most highly of his talents. These, with others who might be mentioned, would give some stamina to a theatre, and ensure its plays being well cast ; for it is a certain fact that an English audience will co longer be humbugged w ith the whole of a tragedy or comedy lying on the shoulders of one or two persons. It is not so at the opera-houses, and why should it be so at the national theatres?—l air, Sir, &c., DRAMATICUS. Lincoln's Inn-fields, June. 15, 1847. 20% 6 3 60 2 1 , i i 235 15% 10% 37 1 12% 5% RE-APPEARANCE OF THE POTATO DISEASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As your journal has contained a number of articles upon the potato disease, in which it has been' attributed to the attacks of aphides, I beg to request the insertion in your paper of the following observations relative to its re-appear ance, at a moment when the generally healthy appearance of the crops and the singular absence of aphides might induce a false security and lead to irre mediable evils ; and which are an abstract of a paper read by me at the Linnean Society on Tuesday, the 15th inst.; my object being to disprove the assertion which has been circulated by Mr. Alfred Smee, with so much activity, that the disease has been entirely produced by the attacks of a species of aphis. The arguments I adduce in opposition to this theory are— 1. That the aphis which has been found upon the potato, and thence considered as the cause of the disease, is neither a newly created ncr a newly imported species, but was well known long before the disease in question appeared. 2. That the disease itself has not been known until the last few years. 3. That the disease may occur independent of aphides. 4. That aphides may abound tin a plant without pro ducing the real disease. 5. That the results produced by the attacks of aphides upon a plant are of a widely different character from those exhibited by the planta attacked by this disease. 6. That the disease in question may appear in the off spring of a sound parent tuber ; and 7. That the disease appears in many respects to be analogous to the cholera, and may thence, for the sake of distinction, be termed the potato c h o l era . The facts already befbre the public fully confirm these arguments, which are corroborated by other circum stances which I have noticed within the last few days in my own kitchen garden in Hammersmith, and which are briefly as follow: On the 4th inst., a few plants were observed sickly in appearance, with the leaves drooping and yellow in colour ; the remainder of the crop having a remarkably healthy appearance and being singularly free from insects of all kinds. On taking up these drooping specimens, the haulm or stem for about two inches below the surface of the ground was found to be dried and shriveled up in ap pearance, and of a dirty brown colour; whilst the tuber from which it Lad sprung, and which had been set entire last autumn, was still found perectly sound, thus proving the absence of disease inherited from the parent plant. With the exception of these few plants the entire crop retained its healthy appearance until Sunday afternoon, the 13th instant, when a great number of the plants in two of the beds were observed flagging, just as though they had been trampled over by dogs, which has since been followed by the same appear ance in other parts of the garden. It is proper here to state that no attempts had been previously made to rid the plants of insects, nor had the ground received other than the ordinary treatment ; the last year's crop in my garden having been singularly tree from disease. On examining some of these plants on the following morning the haulm below the surface of the ground was found to present the same dried, withered, and dis coloured appearance as in the specimens examined ten days previous!) ; the fibres of the roots being likewise dry and incapable of performing their proper functions, and which would produce discoloured blotches on the leaves in a subsequent stage of the disease. The plants at the same time were free from insects, and the parent tuber remained in several of them, to all appearance, as sound as when first planted. A number of the plants thus attacked were exhibited to the meeting. This sudden drooping of so many of the plants, which up to that time had appeared so healthy, led to the examination of some of those which still remained erect, when it was found that even some of these presented precisely the same appearance as those which had dropped, and which would doubtless in a few days have shared the same fate as the others. Nothing, there fore, can be more fallacious than to depend upon the present general healthy appearance of the crop throughout the country or its fri edom from aphides. The theory of Hr. Alfred Smee is, ai that gentleman is well aware, rejected by every zoologist ani botanist of distinction in London, and its reiteration at the present critical moment is a gross attempt to mislead the public, and may be productive of the greatest evil by inducing security (owing to the absence of aphides) , until too late in the season to remedy the eviL—l am, sir, your very obedient servant, JOHN 0. WESTWOOD, Secretary of the Entomological Society. St. Peter's, Hammersmith, June 16. THE CROPS.—We have not heard two different opinions expressed, amongst the farmers we have con. versed with, as to the prospects of the forthcoming crops ; all concur in stating them to be most favourable. Ve getation of all kinds is springing up with a rapidity sel dom surpassed—the mild weather and succession of ge nial showers producing everywhere the most beneficial results. The wheats look strong and healthy, and in many places are in ear. Turnips are coming forward rapidly, and so far seem to have escaped the attack of the fly. With regard to the potatoes, about which so much anxiety is expressed and so many doubts pro claimed, we can answer for our own neighbourhood that they never wore a more promising or luxurious appear ance at this season of the year ; and we are not aware that the slightest indication of disease has been dis covered.—Carlisle Journal. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The Siege of Gibraltar, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, continues its attractive career. L is certainly, beyond all com parison, the most extraordinary exhibit oil yet produced, and fully justifies the opinions of two of the most dis tinguished artists of this or any other country. that it is a dramatic picture of extraordinary beauty. IMMENSE' ARRIVAL OF BREAD STUFFS.—We announce with pleasure the arrival, on yesterday, into our harbour of thirty-two vessels of large tonnage, laden with maize, flour, and wheat. Our advices from Cove this morning, half-past nine o'clock, announce a further arrival of thirty-two vessels similarly laden, with a large number outside the harbour. The quantity of bread stuffs brought by yesterday's shipping amounts to 10,077 tons, which added to that brought by this morn ing's arrival, about 10,100 —makes a total of 20.177 tons, This is cheering news for the country. Our harbour never before presented so gay a spectacle as at present, there being over 230 vessels of all tonnage, and bearing at their mast heads the flags of nearly every country in the universe.—Cork Examiner, Wednesday. SCILLY.—The crops of all kinds look well, and ship ments of new potatoes are being made almost every day. They are of excellent quality, and good size, alth ough not fully come to maturity ; price twenty shillings per bushel of 1401bs.— West Briton. PONTYPOOL. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE. --- On the evening of Wednesday, June 9th, a farmer, named John Herbert, residing at the Varteg, near Pontypool, went to a limekiln on his farm, which he had charged in the morning, to see how it progressed, and finding it not burn so briskly as he wished, he went down a ladder which he had placed for the purpose, with an iron bar, and gave the top vent, when he fell downapnpaarrbennntliyn lifeless, from the effects , it is supposed, of the acid gas which issued from t,hwe hlnim:,asstonste;ndHini; age, a serva n t man, who O s n on t , h : t l a n d p about e e lke 3 iln, c • a e l a l r e s d o o f ut a , g was near, ran, and immediately Went down the the ladd er man.toass n i satmheids Lewis,mas er ,wannsdatmhentn hand, l similar nst nn fate. time in 10 y l ll.lp ing the servant to assist the o th er two, when hAe unfor tunately fell lifeless. Me son then ran off to Blaenavon to his mother, who was there attending a funeral, and gave the alarm, when several persons hurried to th e kil n , Accidentalthree all Esq., dead.An inquest wa s heldatie when n h an e r vF e e rr f id o d ac n yt ob t fe h f e ,n, m rn F.Batt,deputy coroner, w each case.—Menin ou th e hi re Merlin ath" was returned in ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, • COVENT GARDEN. MORNING CONCERT. A mort,ing performance took place at this theatre 011 Frid-ty, the great feature of which was the Stabai Nato of Rossini. This magnificent composition wa splendidly given, notwithstanding the absence of Mario (and no living tenor has ever approached him in the execution of the tenor parts of Stabat Mater), who, although ad vertised for the part which he originally created in England, was prevented by indisposition from attendiFg. Salvi, therefore, and at a very sho rt notice, sang the music which Mario ought to have sung, a nd by his execution of it added to his well-earned fame. The introductory chorus, " Stabat Miter dulor osa" was `err well given by Mademoiselles Alboni and Corbari, and Signori Lavia and i agliafico. The voicts harttfnisl beautifully together. Then followed the •‘Cujus Anima which was beautifully sung by Salvi, and e licited lou he d applause ; his diminuendo towards the conclusion of t air was exceedingly fine. The duet "Quin est hoino," Madame Ronconi and Mademoiselle A lboni, which .by mediately followed, was deliciously sung—the clear high soprano notes of Madame Ronconi (aho was in Wel' lent voice, and who on this occasion showed herself worthy of her continental fame), blen din g delightfully with the deep, rich, clear contralto of Mademoiselle Al' boti. Tamburini did full justic e to the "Fr° Peccatis" which immediately follo wed, and in We) the splendid chorus " Eia Mater" h e was also Made lent. The quartet " Sancta Mater" by Mau e. moiselles Alboni and Corbari and Signori Lillie and Tagliafico was well (indee d, when we consider that Lavia y wonder fully)ng at , given. had The "Fac ut sight portem"e ay then followed; this wa s superbly given by Alboni ; her crescendos and di muendos were beautiful exceedingly , and this, undoubt edly, the gem of the morning's p erformance, was rsp; w m sa, turously encored, as was the "Inflammatus et accensus,. by Madame Grisi, which immediately follows. Grist was in this, as she is in everything, l•plendid—her shak: at the conclusion was magnificent. The fugued "Amen, with which the anthem concludes, was superbly givn. The Stabot Mater was preceded by . the overture to Oberon, and followed by a miscellaneous Act, commencing with the overture to Semiramide, and endil s with that to Fidelio. The gem of t his act was 'Verdi prrghiera Ciel Pietoso," which was beautifully sun chorus g by Salvi, and rapturously encored , and ROSSilleb " La Carita," which was admirably given by Mesdames. Grisi and Ronconi, Mdlles. Alboni and Corbari, eel Signori Salvi, Lavin, Tamburini, Ronconi, ROW, Oa_ Tagliafico. The choruses were under the direction ot Signor Bonconsiglio, and the orchestra was led by Costa. We regret to add that Madame Persiani and SieThe Marini were prevented from appearing by illness. filed theatre, which was lighted up as for the o pera, was n in every part. HER MAJ ESTY TREA Saturday evening, was occuTpßiEed.—bl;hLie QdjuJeeunbusl74lB,:°i the Marchioness of Lansdowne, the C o untess o • Elliott Edgcumbe, the Countess of Minto , the Hon. Mr. the the Miss Sir Charles Lemon. In her Majesty Dowager's box were Colonel and M rs. Cornal, th Miss Seymour and party. In that of her Royal tltT;:fji ness the Duchess of Cambridge's, were the Marqll3llr: de Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Psoitc__. Wellington, and Prince Louis Napoleon, were 5t1 .r . , 17. sent. Amongst the company were the Duchess oetitk anvi l' ton, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marchioness 13 u lr on e _ t 2 meath, the Marquis of Donegal, the Baroness r let, and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Earl of Muns:e!. Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Counteen:_! Westmoreland, the Earl of Chesterfield, his E xcell ency R ev el, the Sardinian Minister, Count Genova de f t° the Countess of Powis and Lady Lucy ► the Viscount Cantilupe, the Viscount ganelagh Lord a d n e d sa L Vi-count Canterbury, Lady Sophia de Vse . ux Lo d W W i i g n h g h h y a d m e , Lady nd the E L re e s r b d y a , Lord Sand - s Lady Foulis, Lady E. Drummond'sl'4.r Palmer, Lady Woodford, Lord E. Bruce, Lady r h e C y l Wellesley, Lady e phus Fitzclarence, Lord Southampton, Sir Geo. Wo mb. phus and Miss Somerset, Lord Gardener, Loid_Aedt well, Bart.; Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir Fred. Tre Sir Sir John Lowther, Sir Henry an Lady Estcourt, Charles Shakerley, Hon. General Upton, Col. Wildinst! Captain Smith, Mr. Henry Tufnell, M.P., Miss Tuftti: Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. and Miss Holford, de Grey, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing , Hon. James Maedor .w tl i c i i . Mr. N. Macdonald, Major B uckle y , Mrs. %%Typo liams, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. , M rs., and Miss 13rerecie: Trelawny, Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Reading, Mr. and Mrs. Hodgs on, Mr. and Miss H u tt P x Bl l.: Mrs. Ayscough, Hon. George Byng, Sir W. ivlisL e fi Stanley, Major Baring, Mr. Ju stice Erle, Captain 0" the lion. Mrs. Ryder Burton, &c. &C. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—On Saturday evellinig her Maj. sty's box was occupied by Earl Delawarr, Arabella West, Lady Elizabeth Russell, the .! , ,Le . ! t Lionel Sackville West, the Hon. Wm. Edward iv s i :f o : the lion. Henry Fitzroy, M.P., and the llon. DP_ Fitzroy. There were present—their Royal Big h°e"" the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, prince es and the Princess Mary of Cambridge, attended by t h i s also Baroness Hammerstein, Baron Knesebeck, Sse• ; Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Lucca, attended.% the Marquis Provenzali, his Ex cellenc y the Austria_ Ambassador, his Excellency the Hanoverian Ministe r his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Mdme. Van s e e Weyer, his Excellency the Brazilian M inister and t" Marchioness de Lisboa, his Gra e the Duke of Dev. °- shire, the Duke and Duchess of Beauf rt a nd the Lacbei Henrietta Geraldine and Blanche Somerset, the Du i " ager Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis of Ayleshurl• \tarquis of Douro, the Earl and Countess of Haring :O wu, Earl Grosvenor, Earl of Mayo, Vi sco unt Temp us leto Viscount and Viscount( ss Drumbnrigg , Vec ounte Forbes and Mr. Vaughan, Viscount Dupplin, Vigd" countess Glentvverth, Lord and Lady Templemore, La uffield, Lord and Lsdy Carrington, Lord Otho Ei tz• gerald, Lady William Powlett, Lady Harriet Ellertoni Lot t Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Alexander Lennox, George Manners, Lord A. Paget, Lady Henry Diu le lion. Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Hon. Charles t' nox Butler, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. St. John Butler, Ile"' Henry Chichester and the Hon. Misse s Chichester, 11°°' Percy Barrington, lion. John Fortescue, lion. F. BY„ e "' Hon. Geoffrey Browne, Hon. A. D. Willoughby. 1113° g ' A. Upton, lion. Coterie!, Mrs. , and Miss Fitzeibbnu Hon. Frederick Chichester, Lady Georgians Fane, er, Sir Charles Slingsby, Sir John B. Lowth Bart., M.P., Sir George Armitage, Sir Willis?' de Bathe, Lady Wilson, Sir Charles Ibbotson, Sir Tatton and Lady Sykes, Sir Piera Mostyn, Si.eiThems! Winnington, M.P., Sir Thomas Hare, Sir W i l liam and Lady Molesworth, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Sam uel and and Lady Atkinson Sir John and Lady Campb e ll, Lady Scott, Lady Jodrell, Lady Macfarlane, S ir Jurpseirr the Chevalier de Paiva, Baron ParaViCini, John Dennis' Charles Marshall, Sir William Anstey, Sir Charles e Kent,. Baring , tours, Esq , M.P., and Mrs. Dennistoun, Henry Esq., M.P., Thomas Baring, Esq. , M .P., Lady de Cres pigny, C. C. Martyn, Esq., H. T. Hope, Esq., IL S t ' L, ger, Esq., Mrs. Tunno, Mr. and Mrs. Bates , the Misses ' Byrne, Henry Greville Esq., F. F. Courtenay• t' Major Sandy s, Henry Beresford, Esq., Captain goou• Captain Bailey, Captain de Bathe, E. Delafield, Fols' Arthur Webster, Esq., Mrs. Ashton Yates, Mr. and Mrs. Coghlan, J. H. Vivian. Esq., G. Stuart, Esa., Mr. a n d Mrs. Douglas Halford, J. Lloyd Clayton, Esq D. Protheroe, Ecq., M.P., &e. &c. The cotton hosiery branches continue in a de' pret.sed condition : the depression has now laste d wore than two months, and at a time of the year w hen the demand , most been extensive. carriedon w A facture is generally h has sfor some time t e with great 11 ; cresy, but it has at length been revealed, and excites great attention at Belper and its vicinit y, viz., hosiery which has been hitherto imperfectly teasled and nap raised by the hand after the ti made, is now, by a new inventi n, combed , arcles and the nap raised by machinery, while th e we b i s m aking the frame; this has long been a desiderat u m. There is thought to be a slight improvement in the silk glove branch, which has led to expectations of a further ex tension. After a struggle of more than sixty years, England has at length given up the silk fancy hosier trade to France, as the provincial and now the alale st only house in that branch has dismantled its frames of the tickler machinery; new sets of plain needles are put into the frames, and the hands are making silk gloves! Nottingham Review. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received floo' " B. W." the remaining half of the note for 5 00 /. , and wi pay the amount into the receipt of the Exchequer. We deeply regret to find the following in th e Frankfort prints of the 14th instant :—" Berlin. June Baron Alexander de Humboldt is so dangerously ill that hi' physicians despair of his recovery." a Oa Wednesday last, a large grampus was Captlife by three fishermen (too named Simpson and the an, Whitehead) on the Low Tuft Sand in the south ch anue : which the towed up towards Boston as tar as th e end of the Ne w Cut. The leng 0 th of the monster is 63 fee." its height about 18, and the fin at the end of the tail 12 feet across. t It required 12 feet of water W pot'. t"' —Stamford Mercury. MURDER OF A WIPE BY HER HUSBAND AT DUDLEY.—Yesterday information was forwarded to the metropolitan police that a man, named Hawkles s Lovett Blewitt, an itinerant tinker and razor grinder , a t Dud !ey, had thrown a large quantity of boiling wat er over his wife, by which she was so dreadfully lejtir • e d that death ensued. A coroner's inquest was held, and jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Blewitt,; Immediately after the perpetration of the atrociou s de e" Blewitt absconded from Dudley. He is described as b,e" tween thirty-five and forty years of age, dark fur l. ' whiskers, and complexion; has the appearance 01;e gipsy, stands about five feet eight inches high, slnd rather stout. MELANCHOLY REVERSE OF FORTUNE OF A SOW ClTOR.—Yesterday Mr. William Payne held an inquest At of Sportsman, Southwark Bridge-road, on view of the bodi o f Mr. Timothy Beaver, aged 71, formerly a solicitor' , v lll , died at No. 67, Southwark Bridge-road, in apartments w 110" exhibited the melancholy effects of reverse of fortune. M iss Eliza H. Beaver, deceased's daughter, said that her father had suffered severely fro the gout, and ' t for the last eigh months had been confined to his bed. On Tuesday morning, about four o'clock, her mother called her. Witness went im' mediately and found her father apparently lifeless. She pm" medist ply called in medical assistance. Her father had not died from want, as witness and her mother did all they Toy for him. For some years past they had suffered great Privr lions, in consequence of the change in her father's circuer stances. Mr. Aliingliam, the summoning officer, said that ho was well aware, as the parochial o ffi cer, of the cir cumatanceS in which the family, which lie knew was high! respectable, had been placed for some time past. Mr. T. W. Childecotts surgeon, Alfred- place, Newington-causeway, said he ssaysg ys de' ceased about four o'cl ock on Tuesday morning. H f 3 w hen dead. The appearances of the room showed great povertY , l the deceas -d was lying upon a qut a ity of rags, whieti.,...ta substitute for a bed, and a counterpane covered him. Jae no doubt that the deceased died from natural causes, 045" from a disease of the heart. Verdict " Natura l deatP. BRISTOL, JUNE 17Wind N.N.W.—SId. Neptune, g/a -.— maica ; Edina, Quebec. e F Sid. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 17.—Wind S. W. to ssese Willesley, Madras and Calcutta. ........ TH]