The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-09 00:00:00

• --11111 E• PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION —Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to a Requisition in that behalf, and in conformity• with the • Act of Parliament of the 10th George the 4th, c. 56, sec. 9, and the Boles' of the Provident Clerks' Mutual Benefit Association, a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the said Asso ciatiou is hereby Convened, and that the same will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the city of London, on Wed nesday, the 24th of June next, at 6 o'clock in the of ernoon, for the purpose of ntaking,new rules, and of altering, rescinding, and repeal ing certain of the existing rules of the said Association. WM. THOS. LINFQN,) Secretary to the said Association. Copies of the-proposed new rules will be furnished to members ap luting at the chief office, 15, Moorgate - street , on and after the 10 th • 15, Moorgate-street, London, E.C., dune 1, 1857. TI - ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING. ALBONI, BOTTARDI, VIALETTI, BELLETTI, and BENEVENTANO. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Alboni. After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in Two Tableaux, composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre by M. Massot, entitled ACA ' FIRST TABLEAU—Terpsichore, Madlle. Rolla ; Acalista Madame Perea Nena; Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, Mdlle Nichelet, Mdlle. Karliski, and Mdlle. Brunetti ; Amyntas • M. Baratti. SECOND TABLEAU—(The Vision Realised).— Seville.— Acalista, Madame Perea Nena ; Conchitti and Carmen, Mdls. Pasquali and Morlacchi ; Pepe, M. Gambardelli ; Manolo, M. Massot. Spaniards. 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 with all the principal Artistes of the Establishment. Fur particulars will be duly announced. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Under the Immediate Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. Mr. BENEDICT begs respectfully to announce that, in lien of his Annual Concert, he has made arrangemmts with the Direction to give THREE GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVALS, Dramatic, Classical, and "Miscellaneous, on WEDNESDAY -MORNINGS, Jane 10, 24, and July 8. Thb Artists will include Madile. Piccolomini, Madile. Maria Spezia, Madile. Angiola Ortolani. and Madame Alboni Signor':Antonio • Giuglini, Herr Reichardt, Mr. Charles Bra hAm, Signor Belletti, Signor Beneventano, Signorlgapoleone Rossi t Signor Giovanni Corsi, and Signor Filippo Vialetti. • in4trUraental Performers :—Pianoforte, Madame Clara Schtimann, and Miss Arabella Goddard, Messrs. Andreoli, Benedict, and Lindsay Sloper. Violin, Herr Ernst and M. Datzini.:Violoneello, Signor Piatti. Double Bass, Signor Bottesini. 'One portion of the Concert will be conducted by Signor Bonatti, and another by M. Benedict, supported by the Chorus and Orchestra of that great musical establish ment. • The Programme will include Mendelssohn's posthumous :finale to the Opera of LORELEY, performed for the first time in En,gland.on the stage, and other important works. Instrumental performers of the grpatest eminence have been - secured. Full particulars will be duly announced. The performances have been fixed to commence at Two, and ter minate at Five o'Clock. Subscription Tickets (Transferable) for the Three Con certs:—Private Boxes to hold Four Persons ; Boxes—Pit Tier, 6/, 6s, ; Grand Tier, St. Ss. ; First Tier, 61. 6s. ; Two Pair, 4/ 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3i. 34. ; Pit Stalls, 2/. 29. ; Pit, 15s. • Gallery Stalls, 10s. ; Gallery, ss. Pr'ees for Each S.'ngle Concert :—Private Boxes to hold Four Persons : Boxes —Pit Tier, 3/. 35.; Grand Tier, 4/. 4s. ; First Tier, 3/. 3s. ; Two Pair, 21. 2s. ; Upper Boxes, 1/. lb. 64 ; Pit Stalls, 11. ; Pit, 7s. ; Gallery Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. Appli cation for tickets may be made at all the principal Lib. rarians' and Musiesellers' ; of Mr. Benedict, 2, Manchester. square ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre. ir• ES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THE ATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), June 9, the entertain- ments will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the production of Opera-Comique, en un acte, L'OPE RA AUX FENETRES. M. Lconce, M. Tayau, M. Charles Petit, and Mdlle. Dalmont. After which, Operette r ßouffe, in nu acte, LES PANTINS DE VIOLETTE: M. Pradeau, Mdlles. Mareschal and Dal mont, and M. Antbonini„ To conclude with Buffonnerie Musicale, en un Act, LES DEUX AVEUGLES. M. Pradeau and tf. Mesmacer. The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouffes will accom pany these Representations, under the direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances will be given EVERY EVENING. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr, Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. THEA TR E-R OYA G, DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL . COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, ls ; Boxes, 2s. 6d., 25., and ls. 6d.'• Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence 'at S. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : —Madame Schap lain,' Xidame NeWsome, La Petite Wells,Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie', MissesNewsomv, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nings.; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt, Tieurico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons.. Bee,q,, Mons. .Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr.' B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks pz,ian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performahces, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr, Stokes, Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. R ° THI S YA T EVENING rßlN w E i s ll s be S pe T rf li onn E e A d T RE. Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND, King Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean; Queen, Mrs. C. hem. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with a now drama, in two periods, entitled THE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR. Mr. Buck Stone, kc. Followed by a new farce, MY SON, DIANA! After which, the successful Classical Lovo Story, un der the Apple-lation of AVAL ANTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Ip future the prkes will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes - 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit, 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. TIIIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama o GEORGE bARVILLE, in which Mr. Benjamin Webster, Hr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform. To conclude with the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. O'YAL SURRE'Y THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING will he performed LA. TRAVIATA. Yr. Haig% an 1 Lucy Escott. To conclude with DEEDS, NOT WORDS. Messrs. Shep herd, Widdicomb, and Miss Eburne. TRA ND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —Signor ALFRED BOSCO has achieved a legitimate triumph, and established his reputation as the Chief professor of Legerdemain. His wonderful performance —his gorgeous apparatus—his unrivalled programme—have received the public v^rdiet—lnimitable ! Stalls, 3s ; boxes, ; pit, is ; gallery, 6d. A Morning Performance on Satur days,,at 2. 110 . YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Levine, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be performed A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. After.wbicb,•a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE, Mr, Robson, &c. To conclude with THE NY ‘NDERINCr MINSTREL. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE 4 - 1 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 appr o bati o n of de- - li ghted audiences, justify Mr. William Cooke in announcing " • Trovitore." w ith Equestrian Illustrations, every Eren ng, Until farther notice. el a 113 EVENING (Tuesday, June 9), Verdi's far-famed Oper of IL TROVATORE ; er, Th e Gi psy ' s V engeance. The whole of -the Music as performed at the Italian Opera, and Equestrian Illustrations .Miss Rebecca Isaacs,'Somers, • Miss MMr. Augustus Braham, and . Mr. Brookhouse B ow l e r, Mr. Francis Ki r by, an d Miss Fanny Hudd art. Mr. Borrani. Conductor and Composer—Herr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and O Chorus. era Company —Mr. Augustus M a nager and Director of the Braham. P After which, Mr. Wm. Cooke'splalniiireeditaTbrloolipSeCoEf N E E q S u e in n the ARENA, supported by the Cue musical farce of THE WATER triTaQns.c(..)nc. „wary with the •r;botokPiPZ MA N: Boxes,ComM 39 o . r. : ce pi a i t r s it e e ve y n ox o e 'e s l , o f e r k o i n 2 D is ress no ß c o h lt azi es : , Pit, Ps.; Gallery, ls. ; Opera Season Half-price will take place Upper Gallery, 6d, Notice--During the at 9 o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr, W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The. follow ing, company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of :elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. .70 .f. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri. Senior Antonio M. de Sella, and E. L. Rime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Mcesrs. S, 11l Collins, and E. Maekney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; iireetor, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock , precisely, Suppers, 4c., until twelve o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1857. The question of the future Government of Greece is once more on the tapis, and, it is more than probable, will shortly occasion diplomatic contests in a new European Congress. The visit of the King of BAVARIA. to Paris, is for the pur pose of settling the question, and securing the goodw ill and co-operation of the EMPEROR on behalf of his brother, King OTHO, and the other members of his family, who are not prepared to accede to the conditions on which the Crown was conferred on the new dynasty. Great care must be taken that the objects which induced the Euro pean Powers to interfere shall not again be de feated,as has hitherto been the case. King OTHO has been but in name a king. He has been to all in tents and purposes a mere tool of Russia, who had DO will of his own, but received, and acted on, intimations direct from St. Petersburgh, and whenever he hesitated, the object was achieved, through the opekly acknowledged Muscovite tendencies and predilections of Queen AMALIA S His conduct and intentions during the late war deserved exemplary chastisement. Although the very essence of the Contract by means whereof he ascended the throne, was com plete neutrality, he, became the unblushing par tisan of the CZAR, and sanctioned proceedings which should have restored him to a private st ition, as a Prince of the blood Royal of Bavaria. These offences have, however, to a certain extent been condoned. If the European Powers have accepted his own recognisances for his future good conduct, it is beneath their dignity to rip up by gone events, or to set aside the amnesty they have —perhaps in j udiciously—accorded. But, certainly, King Onto has no grounds to look for any extraordinary favour at their hands. Ile cannot anticipate more than impunity for the past. They cannot travel out of their way to afford him opportunities of again violating his promises and undertakings, and of displaying wilful and deliberate treachery, where all should be straightforward and above board. We have done quite enough for kings and kingcraft. It is time that we should now look to the interests of the peoples. It would have been far better if, when the Turkish supremacy was shaken off, an independent republic had been established, as was desired by the vast majority, if not the entire population of the country. The veto of the Autocrat, however, prevailed. NICHOLAS looked on a republic as the bete noir, to be re sisted with all his power, and all his strength ; and he was not then known, or to use a vulgar but expressive illustration, " his measure had not been taken." Now, "nous changeons tout eels." The ipse dixit of Russia has lost its weight. She can no longer bambcsozle the world by pretended moderation, and must be contented to have a voice in the Councils, in place of dictating to the rest of Europe. The appanages of Greece are not sufficient for a monarchy. The people cannot afford the costly but useless pagaentry attached to the office. Let Greece alone—and she will do as well as can be expected ! If she should misbehave as a Republic, the same power exists of binding her over to keep the peace in the case of a republic as well as of a monarchy. OTHO'S dynasty will probably expire at his death ; for there is no reasonable prospect of direct heirs, nor is there a chance that his ap pointed successor will conform to the Greek re ligion—an indispensable condition on the part of the future Sovereign. Let the future of Greece be fairly dealt with—let the interests of the peo ple be properly regarded—and, with some trifling safeguards, that course will also be found to be most in accordance with the interests of Europe, and most conducive to the peace and tranquil lity of the civilised world. Last night the " Married Womens' Rever sionary Interest Bill" was read a second time, by a large majority, there being 151 for, and but 6 against its principle. We regret to find that Sir ERsKINE PERRY, who has so ably advocated the rights and privileges of the weaker sex, should have become the leader of the opposition to a just and salutary measure, which seems indispensable to the independence which he is so desirous of advanc ing. There cannot be a single argument advanced against the proposition. If a woman should be held competent to deal with property in actaal possession, why should she not also be able to dispose of any reversionary interests to which she may be entitled ? She is already enabled to do so with respect to land, and the object of the present bill is merely to assimilate her powers respecting real personal property. No mischief has arisen from, the former provisions which have been many years in operation, and the time has gone by when any obsolete distinctions oan be recognised by the Legislature. We agree in one respect with Sir E. PERRY. It would have been well if the two measures could have been brought forward part passu, so that the principles should be simultaneously discussed. They ought, in fact, to be amalgamated, and made part of one general measure, to ensure the perfect freedom and independence of the femme couverte. The bill will not, of course, interfere with any settlement. If the parent or guardian had provided by prenuptial settlement that there should be no power of anticipation, that limitation will still Exist. But if the settlement has been silent on the subject, or if there has been no settlement, all the actual or contingent property of the wife should be se cured for her sole and separate interest, free from the debts, control, and interference of the hus band. It is impossible to blow hot and cold at the same time, and if Sir E. PERRY desires the 1 1 independence of married women, he must permit it to be placed on the broadest foundation. There are many cases in which the interests both of husband and wife, and still more, of their issue, are involved in the power of giving a valid security on the wife's contingent re mainders in personal, as well as in real, estates. All parties are materially injured by the impedi ments thrown in the way of the free disposition of property. There may unquestionably be eves where the difficulty is favourable to the wife's interest, but there are ton times the number no other way, where she herself suffers in connection with her husband. Under the contemplated regulations she must be eximined, "separate and apart" from her husband, by one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. He will take care 0 aaoertain that there has be( u no undue influence, that the arrangement ha% been en tered into with her own free will and assent. The principle ..of the Bill, simply, is to place the wife's reversions to real and personal property on the same . footing. To that we cannot see any reasonable objection, and while we cordially con cur with Sir E. PERRY in desiring to render full and complete justice in every particular to mar ried women, we cannot reject what is good in itself, because all that we should desire does not receive the legislative sanction at the same time, and by the same act. " Between two stools"—we all know the rest of the proverb. It is an axiom unfortunately of universal and familiar application. It is just the very reverse of Cinderella's glass slipper—lt fits everybody—and we are all of us, one after ano ther, continually putting our foot in it. About the last case in point that has come to our know ledge, not to our knowledge exclusively, but, on the contrary, to that of the entire community, is, to the adage referred to, what may be called a political, or rather a parliamentary, or more strictly speaking an administrative illustration of its truthfulness. To be plain :—lt will be remem bered that last session the Statute Law Commission was, so to speak, in active operation. It will also be borne in recollection that for a very long time —we don't know how long, but certainly for many months past—we have been " dreaming, dozing"—about the expediency of having a Mini ster of Justice appointed. A new Secretary of .State empowered to preside over one of the most complicated and yet hitherto, be it said, one of the most neglected departments (so far as 'any comprehensive supervision is concerned) in the whole of our elaborately involved, wonderfully intricate, and exquisitely delicate machinery of Administration. Very well—we at once take the reply to this for granted—the reply, so let us phrase it, to this biocular glance of retrospec tion. Everybody, of course, does recollect per fectly well—first of all the "activity" of the Statute Law Commission, and secondly the pro tracted "talk" about the expediency of creating at last a Minister of Justice. Yet it is now matter of notoriety that the labours of the former have been rendered altogether nugatory by reason of the latter—this latter remaining, of course, all the while the merest political daydream, without one perceptible glimpse through it as yet of its speedy -or even remote realisation. How the popular hopes have fallen to the ground between these two stools, that of the looked-for Secretary ship of State and the late Statute Law Com mission, was rendered glaringly apparent last evening, thanks to the pertinent enquiries address"d to the Treasury Bench by the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Midhurst. The reply elicited by Mr. WARREN from the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster amounted literally, in simple terms, to this—that the committee of last session was not reappointed this session, because, "in consequence of the opinion expressed by the House," Ministers had under their serious con templation the project already mentioned of ap pointing a new Secretary of State, to be entitled a Minister of Justice. "If that were found practicable," observed Mr. BAINES, with delight ful sang froid, yesterday, by way of giving a triumphant close to his explanations—" If that were found practicable [Not a hint, observe, as to the probability of its ever being found practi cablel] the revision of the current legislation would be one of that Minister's most proper func tions [" Hear, hear," quoth Hon. Mem bers] and• in that event it would be un necessary to appoint any committee." And again HOD'. Members cried "Hear, hear.' Really we don't see what there was at all to applaud in those purely abstract definitions from entirely hypothetical contingencies. So-and-So " would be" ono of that imaginary Minister's most proper functions ! And, "in that event," moreover, it is added it would—then—be unneces sary to appoint the Statute Law Commission. In what event ? Why, forsooth, in the event of the Government finding it (perhaps somewhere about the Greek Kalends), expedient to appoint a Minister of Justice at all ! Or, as Mr. BAINES bluntly expresses it, talking of the project—" If that were found tic*ble." And so the matter drops—leaving questions like the ruck on the Derby Day—nowhere. That is all the satis faction we get in regard to each separately. No - Minister of Justice. No Statute Law Commis sion. Both together would be unnecessary. One at any rate would be superfluous. And there fore—we have neither ! I The Metropolitan Communications in 1855 furnished an important subject for investigation before a Select Committee of the House of Com mons. And in the Report of that Committee there was comprised the following earnest recom mendation :—" That all restrictions upon the natural and convenient flow of traffic, such, for example, as Tolls on the Roads and Bridges in the Metropolitan Districts, should as' a Ger eral Rule be Removed " Yet, in despite of this recommendation by the Select Committee of 1855 upon our " Metro politan Commurk.`cations" —we are threat ened with another Toll Bridge in the new bridge, absurdly called Chelsea Bridge-- spanning the river between Pimlico and Battersea —so that instead of removing the old tolls, there is actually an . immediate prospect of their increase by the creation of a new one. We cannot for an instant entertain the notion that this preposterous project will be realised. Particularly with a bold and sagacious administrator like Sir BENJAMIN HALL as our Minister of Public Works at the time. The folly of such a non sequitur as this to the whale scheme of metropolitan improvements, latterly se t afoot, is really and truly to us inconceivable. We cannot credit it. We look hopefully for the opportune nipping of so absurd a notion in the bud, to the very Bill which was introduced only lata last night by Sir BENJAMIN HALL at the close of yesterday's proceedings in the House of Com mons. A Bill designed to extend the time for enabling the Commissioners of Her MAJESTY'S Works to complete the improve• meets in Pintlic) and the neighbourhood of Buckingharn Palace—the said bill being at once read a first time, and forthwith referred pro forma to the private bill examiners. Lot Sir BENJAMIN HALL, while there is yet time, look to it, that the expectations of the public in this par ticular meot not with an egregious disappointment. " While there is yet time, for there is yet time, let our English Minister of Public Works remember the recc,minendation of the Committee of 1855 and act; upon it. If the Right Hon. Baronet be only true to himself, and to the public generally —The Toll Reform Committee will not have striven in a rational, and we had almost worded it, a national cause, in vain. Then; in that event, we have in 1857 a new Free Bridge, instead of a. new Toll Bridge across the Thames—and a sudden and satisfactory close will be put to the heartburnings and indignation now agitating the inhabitants of Pimlico, Chelsea, Lambeth, Vaux hall, Battersea, Knightsbridge, and neighbouring paces. 11 ZIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT—Morn. 48 min. aft. 2 —Even. 4 min. aft. 3 To Y43Row—Morn. 21 min. aft. 3—Even., 42 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER—Star Omaz, JUNE 9. THER3IOIIETEB, IN THE SHADE. 69 —highest since noon yesterday. 53 —lowest this morning and during the night. 68 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.87. WIND, variable from W.N.W. to W. and S.W. ; rather fresh and squally, with cloudy weather, and indications of rain. ~~ 4. X 4C0 AUT, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1857 ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. MADAME RISTORI AT THE LYCEUM. The great Italian actress appeared last night again before a London audience, for the first time this season, in the tragedy of Medea. When she visited us last year, the unsurpassed powers which she displayed in the per formance of this and other parts were Botany appreciated, the scope and character of her genius were so thoroughly discussed, that it would be a superfluous undertaking for us now to describe the mariner in which she conceives and represents her well-known part of Medea, or to estimate the;high value of this performance as an achieve ment of histrionic art. Since she was here last summer, Madame Ristori has continued to earn additional fame upon the stage, we believe, of almost every capital city on the Continent, and assuredly her reception last night sufficiently proved that the interest with which she in spired her English audience has, in the meantime, sus tained no diminution. An admiring audience greeted her most cordially upon her first entrance, and called for her when the curtains were drawn at the conclusion of each act, to renew their demonstrations of applause. Madame Ristori was adequately supported by Signor Gleck; as Jasson, by Signor Teesero, and by the other performers. SURREY THEATRE. Operatic performances have been added to the regular dramatic entertainments at this theatre, and last night an English version of La Trariata was produced, the principal parts being sustained by Miss Lucy Escott, Mr. Henry Haigh, and Mr. Charles Durand. The manner in which Verdi's opera has been got up hie is highly creditable to the establishment, and indeed the performance is worthy of a better work. Miss Escott, as the frail heroine, sang with much artistic power and expression, especially in the scena "Ah, fors b lui," while her execution of the air at the end of the first act, "Sempre libera," displayed considerable brit ** liaocy of vocalisation. She was well seconded by Mr. Henry Haigh (as Alfred Gemiont) and Mr. Charles Durand (as George Gerrnont) ; and, by the aid of a very fair chorus and more than average orchestra, carefully conducted by Mr. Tully, a very good ensemble is pro duced. The opera is altogether very well placed en the stage, and was received by a crowded house with strong de monstratioas of applause, includidg frequent calls for the principal singers. Her Majesty will pay a formal visit to the Manchester Exhibition on Tuesday, the 30t.h inst. The baptism of the infant daughter of the Prussian Minister and Countess Bernstorff took place yesterday at the Prussian Legation, on Carlton-house-terrace, on which occasion her Royal Highness the Princess Royal stood sponsor to the infant. VISCOUNT EYERSLEY AT BOODLES' CLUE.—On Satur day a grand dinner was given to Viscount Eversley by members of Boodles' who had sat in the House of Com mons under the presidency of the noble viscount. CONCERTS.; —Madame Puzzi's annual morning concert was given at the Hanover-equare Rooms, yesterday, and was, as usual, one of the most brilliant entertainments of the season. Herr Molique's Concert, at the Hanover-square Rooms, last evening, attracted a large and highly musi cal audience, the performances being calculated to gra tify the educated amateur. The music consisted chiefly of concerted instrumental pieces. Mr. Richard Blagrove anti Mr. Harold Thomas gave the second of their series of Matinees Musicales yester day at Willis's Rooms. Mr. Blagrove is contributing, by his clever performances, to bring the concertina into repute, and Mr. Thomas is one of the most promising of our young pianists. THE NILE EIPEDITION.—Mr. A. W. Twyford, wbo, it will be remembered, was the only Englishman in the late scientific expedition to discover the sources of the White Nile, has returned to England by the overland mail. He had proceeded up the Nile with the steamers and boats under his charge as far as the fourth cataract (Meroe) when he was recalled by the Pasba of Egypt, who had determined to break up the expedition. THE CAPS MAILS.—DARTMOUTH, Saturday, June 6. —The auxiliary screw mail steamship Tyneinouth, Capt. J. D. Wade, left this port this morning with the monthly mails. She takes out a general cargo of mer ebandise for the Cape and Calcutta, and 50,0001. in specie on Government account to the Cape; also 40 pas sengers, including a staff of eight officials of the Indian Electric Telegraph Company. The Scotland, Captain Atkins, with the homeward mails, is due, and may be expected at this port. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The forthcoming meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, which is to, be held at Salisbury in the coming month of July, bids fair, from the exertions that are making, to outshine in importance and extent any of the previous country exhi bitions of the society. CONVICTION Irpn SELLING RETURN TICKETS.—.-At the Brighton Borough Sessions yesterday two persons, Al fred Joseph Knott and Edward Temple were charged with having sold the return tickets of the Brighton Railway Company for 3s. 6.1. each. One of them was sentenced to be imprisoned. six weeks, the other one month, THE ORIGINAL LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.—The Stockton and Darlington railway, the earliest in the kingdom, having been opened in September, 1825, still possesses its engine, now a rather antiquated looking piece of workmanship. It is about to be placed on a pedestal in front of the Darlington Railway Station. CRYSTAL PALACE. —A splendid model of the screw frigate Sbannost is to be exhibited at the Crystal Palace this week. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY.—Yester day, June B. Admissions on payment, 5,950; ditto, by season tickets, 450 ; total visitors, 6,400. The reports from the manufacturing towns for the past week indicate a continued disposition to guard against the probable effect of high prices in causing a falling off of consumption, At Manchester the market has been benefited by the suspension of work consequent upon Whitsuntide, and the general arrangements for the future diminution of the rate of production. In the ho siery and woollen districts there has been general quiet ness. At 13;rmingharn in the iron and other trades, there is a fair amount of employm en t, b ut no s i gns of great activity. The further reduction announced during the week in the prices of tin and copper is expected, how ever, to impart animation to several branches of manu facture. The Irish linen-markets are without alteration. It appears that the extraordinary flow of specie to India and China receives large additions direct from the goldfields. During the month of March the totals sent from Melbourne included 32,000/. to India and 45,500/. to China. NATIONAL COLLECTIONS.—In the year 1856 57 the sum total of 202,4671. was expended on national collections, against 228,8661. in 1855-56. 46,4901. was appropriated to the British Museum establishment, 43,768/. to "the buildings, and 20,4541. to pu rc h ases ; 12,0771. to the National Gallery ; 5,8151. to scientific works and exc'eri. ments; 5001. to the Royal Geographical S.)ciety; 58,966/. to the Department of Science and Art; 7,3121. to tile Museum of Practical Geology ; and 1,000/. to the Royal Society. The total amount expended on the purobaie and laying out of the Kensington-gore estate from 1851 to 1858 exclusive is 277,3091. • BIRTH OF A GREATGRANDSON OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.—The perpetuity of a great name has a natural and universal, if somewhat sentimental, interest, and we take blame to ourselves for not having more promptly noticed the announcement of the birth of a eon to Mr. Hope Scott, of Abbotsford, which renews the prospect of the continuance of the family and name of our great poet and novelist. Mrs. Hope Scott is Sir Walter's only sur viving grandchild, and the infant born on the 2d inst. his sole representative in the fourth generation. Should the child who thus inherits this illustrious name, happily live to bear it, and to transmit it, it will be, we may without exaggeration say, a gratification to his country ; and the prospect has the further interest of its promising the fulfilacent of one of the 'dearest wishes of Sir Walter Scott's heart—for in him the desire to perpetuate his name and family was the special shape taken by the " last infirmity of noble minds."—Scotsman. EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A YOUTH. —Yesterday an inquest was taken by Mr. W. Baker, at the London Hospital, respecting the death of James Lee, aged 16 years. The deceased was standing, on Thursday last, near the windlass of a crane, at the Stearn-packet Wharf, Lower East Smithfield, when his i neckerchief became entangled with the machinery, whereby he sustained extensive injury to the neck. He was removed to the London Hospital. Mr. Luke, the eminent surgeon, performed the operation of trache otomy, by making an incision in the throat, by which means the life of the deceased was prolonged for several hours ; but subsequently fatal symptoms supervened, and deceased expired on Friday. Verdict, Accidental Death. THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY.—At the Trinity examination of candidates for admission, the examiners awarded the fire-class prizes to Mr. Edward Balden of Birmingham, and Mr. Walter Browne, of Lenton, Not tinghamshire. The examiners also certified that the fol lowing candidates passed examinations very little in. ferior to those reported for prizes :—Mr. Joseph Fel lows, Mr. William Stewart Forster, and Mr. William Henry Handles. THE TEMPORARY RESIDENCE FOR GOVERNESSES.— This society held its annual meeting yesterday, at the French Schoolrooms, Newman-street ; Mr. John La. bouohere in the chair. The report stated that the rnanydifficulties which the committee had met with were now for the most part overcome ; that considerable expense had been incurred in rendering the residence a clean and comfortable home for governesses ; that the funds not being sufficient, the treasurer bad advanced 1001. without interest, out of which sum the pressing demands had been paid off. It further stated that in addition to proposing to take a large establishment the committee thought it advisabte to engage professors regularly to attend and assist the inmates to keep up their attainments. The governesses, by payment of 12s. per week for board and lodging, rendered the in stitution in a great degree self-supporting, and the com mittee had much pleasure in stating that the residence always contained its full complement. After several speeches had been made recommending the society to the sympathies of the public, a vote of thanks to the chairman was carried, and the meeting separated. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The list of candidates for the electoral districts of Paris on the Oppo=ition interest was agreed to this morning. As it stands at present it comprises the following names :—M. Laboulaye, formerly one of the editors of the Constitutionnel, candidate for the first arrondissement ; M. Bethmont, second ; M. Havin, principal editor of the Siecle, third ; General Cavaignac, fourth ; M. Carnot, fifth ; M. Goudchaux, sixth_; M. Darimon, of the Presse, seventh ; M. Vavin, eighth ; M. Ferdinand de Lasteyrie, ninth ; and M. Emile Olivier, tenth. The Government candidates are the same as at the last election. The French navy appears to have rendered im portant services on the coast of Algeria during the recent campaign against the Kabyles. Several vessels of war watched the movements of the tribes dwelling on the coast. Two st-iamers, the Cacique and the Gregeois, in a fortnight transported 2;000 tons of munitions and 500 sick or wounded. The Moniteur contains a decree opening extraor dinary credits for the years 1856 and 1857, of 100,000 f. and 131,888 f., making 231,888 f., for the payment of the pension granted to Marshal Pelis sier, with the title of Duke of Malakhoff. There is also a portion of a voluminous report on the charitable contributions to, and endowments of, the army. _ A despatch received in Paris says, that the Prince Toussoum and General Meneckli will set out from Egypt on the 30th of May, for Paris. The chiefs of the tribes of Kabylia who have given in their submission to the French Generals have requested permission to visit Paris. The Euphrate s which touched at Alexandria, has brought to France a son of Said Pacha, aged four years. The young prince is accompanied by two gouvernantea and by Clot Bey. He is to remain for some months at Marseilles, and will then pro ceed to Paris and. London. The same vessel also brings eight diomedaries as a present to the Em peror. These aniffialg are intended to be harnessed to field pieces. Accounts from the Principalities state that the elections have been again postponed in consequence of the difficulty of drawing out the electoral lists. BOURSE, June B.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 67 33 67 60 Bank Shares 4,500 Credit Foncier 562i — Credit Mobilier 1,155 -- Roman 1 — Do. Account 1,150 Austrian Belgian 4i Piedmoutese (5) 9l 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. C. fr C. Orleans 1,455 Western Northern i — Lyons 1,470 New Ditto i — Mediterranean 1885 Grand Central Geneva Midi RUSSIA. According to the latest accounts from St. Peters burg, the Emperor and Empress of Russia, attended by Prince Gortschakoff, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs ; Prince Dolgoroucki, Minister of Police ; and a suite of 200 persons, will quit St. Petersburgh on the 25th inst. On the 28th of July they will be at Kiel, and sleep at Rambad, whence they will pro ceed by way of Gottingen to Darmstadt. Certain advices from St. Petersburg, dated May 16, state positively that the new tariff has been ap proved and passed by the Imperial Council, and that its publication may now be expected every day ; on the other hand, letters from the same place dated the Ist of June, state as distinctly that the new tariff has not yet been approved by the Em peror, for the very reason that the Imperial Coun cil has not yet finished its examination of the pro posed draught. In the absence of any reliable in formation, the least sanguine expectations of the speedy promulgation of a new tariff are the nearest to correctness, at any rate they lead to the smallest amount of disappointment if unfulfilled. The greatest impatience and the liveliest expectations aro felt on the subject in St. Petersburg, and the " hope deferred" is causing a very lamentable sus pension of business. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Itioniteur Beige of yesterday sfiy;:—" Some foreign journals impute to the representative of Belgium at Constantinople schemes in favour of the union of the Danubian principalities and of the candidateship of a Belgian prince. 'This,' it is added, 'is an indiscreet intervention on the part of a statA which ought to be desirous of maintaining its neutrality.' This intervention would not only be indiscreet, but a violation of treaties ; but the Bel gian government has not rendered itself in any respect guilty of it." SARDINIA. The committee appointed by the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies to axatnine the new constitu tion proposed for the Victor Emmanuel Company, which offers to undertake the tunnel through the Mont Cenis, met on the 3d. After a long discus sion, in which the Ministers of Finance and Public Works spoke at great length, the ministerial pro ject was adopted by a very small majority. Mar quis Gustavo Cavour is entrusted with the report. The Corriere Mercanti►e of the sth publishes a convention entered into between the King of Sar dinia and the Transatlantic Company of Genoa, establishing a new line of steamers between Genoa, Constantinople, and Trebizond. The company is, moreover, to continue its service between Genoa, Brazil, and Montevideo, but is released from its obligation to maintain a line of steamers between Genoa and New York. The Grand Duke Constantine arrived at Hanover on the 7th from the Hague. A Berlin letter of the 4th, in the Nuremberg Correspondent, states that the Copenhagen Cabinet has again addressed a circular to the various foreign powers, declaring that the concessions called for by Austria and Prussia in their last notes, are incom patible with the unity of the Danish monarchy. " The message of the Federal Council on the Neufchatel affair," says a letter from Berne, " will not be in itself long, although it will present rather a large bulk from the numerous documents appended to it." AUSTRALIA. NEW SOUTH WALES. Our Sydney papers are to the 11th of April. The two most notable measures of the month had been the somewhat sndden prorogation of the Par liament of New South Wales, the first elected under the constitution giving responsible govern ment to the colony, and the opening of the Great Northern Railway. The speech of the Governor in proroguing the council and assembly was i n a strain o congratulation. His Excellency had praise for what the legislature had done, and ex cuses for what it had omitted, and great hopes of what it would, do, with its acquired experience and confidence. The public service, he said, had been improvect, - The municipal principle strength ened, and the administration of justice rendered more efficient by the bills which the Parliament had matured and enacted. The credit of the colony was in a highly satisfactory position ; and the country had been blessed with a season of abundance and • prosperity. The opening of the Great Northern Railway from Newcastle to Maitland took place on March 30th. The line has hitherto been called the Hunter River Railway. It was commenced in Nov., 1854, and its completion has consequently occupied nearly two years and four months. The length of the line is 16i miles, and the cost of its construction ave rages 10,0001. per mile. The cuttings, except in one or two instances, are not very heavy ; but there are numerous bridges, one or two of which were necessarily expensive. The line generally is through a level country, but there are several gra dients, two of which are pretty severe, being 1 in 66 ; another of lin 100. Although in ascending the two former a slight deficiency in speed is per ceptible, it is so small as to be no impediment to the general character of the line. The amount of earthwork performed is 418,000 yards, and the sharpest curve on the line is one mile radius. The line was originally surveyed by Mr. Hyam, and his survey has been adhered to in the construc tion. The train, which consisted of seven carriages of the first and second classes, and which are admi rable and handsomely constructed and fitted, started at seventeen minutes past nine from the station, amid the cheers of the men and the waving of handkerchiefs of the women, and the demon strations of rejoicing at the event and of respect to his Excellency were continued at intervals, where population could be collected, throughout the entire trip. The first mile and a quarter was completed in three minutes, the engine being below its average speed. At Throsby's Creek the train was stopped to afford his Excellency the opportunity of exami ning the bridge, which is of some dimensions, and his Excellency expressed himself highly satisfied With the solidity of the work. The detention at this spot was six minutes. The whistle having sounded, the train proceeded at a much more rapid pace, accomplishing the first seven miles in twenty-one minutes, inclusive of the stoppage, being at the rate of twenty-eight miles per hour. Another stoppage of 21 minutes' took place at Iron Bark Creek, the bridge of which is built on piles over the creek, and is 132 feet across. The first and only station, at Ilexham, was reached in 131 minutes, where the train stopped for his Excellency to inspect the arrangements for nine minutes. The , remaining distance, to the station at East Maitland, was done in 201 minuts, the time including stoppages. being 521 minutes, and 35 minutes for the 161- miles of nett running. The line is beautifully steady throughout, and the trip was thoroughly enjoyed by every one of the numerous passengers. DEATH OF MR. DOUGL IS JERROLD. (From the Daily News.) The public journalist, among whose varied duties it occurs to chronicle the deaths and deeds of those persons whose position or whose merits entitle them to some special record, has but a sorry and a painful task; for though with fluent pen he can define the honours and titles of rank, and easily pay a few stereotyp'd compliments to departed greatness, yet when the dart of the Great Destroyer has mortally wounded one of his own class—one who, perhaps a few years ago was striving and working, as be now is, for fame and fortune —one, to whose words of advice and approbation he has listened with respect and delight, and whose hand he has often clasped in friendship—when such a death happens, his dutyis irksome to him, and he feels as though he were parading his own pr;vate sorrow before the public gaze. In the present instance, however, not only the entire English reading world, but every man who honours brilliant genius, fearlesi independence, and frank sincerity, will share our grief; for we have to announce the death of Mr. Douglas Jerrold, which took place yeSterday, half an hour after noon at his residence, Kilburn Priory. By this event Eng lish literaturahas lost its most caustic and, epigram matic writer, London society 'its brightest wit, and cant, of every kind, its bitterest foe. As .a champion he was invulnerable • no matter how strong the fortress t2be attacked, let Mn Jerrold but once see, or Wy he saw, that right was on his side, and the vulnerable pointi in the enemy's citadel were discovered with unerring eye, and raked .with the most galling fire of sarcasm. Point out to him an injury, with almost Quixotic haste he leapt into the lists with outstretched sword fOr its defence, and few there were who cared to try the temper of his Vale. His satire was of the brightest, keenest, most trenchant order ; and though perhaps no two men were ever so much feared by or made such on slaught among their foes as Christopher Ninth and Douglas Jerrold, yet their weapons and tactics were utterly different, for while big, butly, lion-headed Wilson laid about him with loaded bludgeon, mangling, trampling, and smashing all within his reach, the shining lancet of Jerrold struck to the core of the evil with anatomical precision, and laid bare its foulness to the scorn of the world. Douglas Jerrold was born in the year 1803, at Sheerness, his father being manager of the theatre there. , Bred amongst sailors and shipping, it was natural that his early thoughts should turn towards a nautical life, and after much useless remonstrance his father obtained for him a midshipman's com mission on board a man-of-war. Tiring soon of this profession, for which, on account of his deli cate health, he was physically unfitted, the young man was, in accordance with his own choice, bound apprentice to a printer, and in pursuance of his new calling came to London, where he first made the acquaintance of the late Laman Blanchard, a fellow apprentice, and commenced a friendship which was only to end with the death of the latter. After enduring years of drudgery at the mechanical duties of a compositor, the cacoethes scribendi, in nate in young Jerrold, developed itself ; and his first literary production, an essay on the opera of "Der Freischutz," avz.s dropped by him anony mously into the editor's box of the newspaper on which he was engaged as workman. This article at once revealed his genius, and after much ques tioning he declared himself as its author. Hence forward more suitable work was found for him, printing was given up, and literature became his occupation. Before he had reached his 21st year he produced at the Surrey Theat.it the since widely celebrated nautical, drama, "Black-Eyed Susan," 'for the proper technical phrasing of which his pre vious naval experience had well qualified him. The .success was tremendous, and for a long time the drama was presented by the same•eompany on the same nights at two different theatres, the Surreyand Drury-lane. " The Rent Day," a drama of Eng- Jish domestic and rural life, followed, and was rqually successfUl. It is by these two melodramas, and one other, " The Prisoner of War," and by his two principal comedies, " Time Works Wond e r s ," and "Bubbles of the Day," that Mr. Jerrold will be best known to posterity as a dramatic author ; his later writings for.the stage, though replete with sparkling dialogue and pungent allusion, lacked a sufficient interest of plot to render them palatable to an English audience. Shortly after the starting of Punch Mr. Jerrold was solicited to join its staff, and, until the hour of his death, was one of its moat valued and 'most constant contributors. In its pages appeared some of his happiest . efforts ; among them " Punch's Letters to his Son," " The story of a Feather," and the immortal "Caudle_ Lectures," serial papers which were the.town-talk of the time, and which were looked for week after Week with the greatest interest. In July, 1836, he commenced a weekly newspaper, which, being dis appointed in the sale, he afterwards disposed of ; l aud fur the last five years he has been the editor of Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, the sale of which it was understood he had more than trebled. He also edited two magizines, the Illuminated and Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine, in the first of which was published his " Chronicles of Clovernook," in the Second his story of " St. Giles and St. James." The immediate cause of Mr. Jerrold's death was disease of the heart, accompanied by violent spasms of the stomach. He was sensible to the last, and died surrounded by relatives and friends. He leaves behind him a widow, three sons—the eldest of whom, Mr. Blanchard Jerrold, is making for himself a name iu literature—and two daughters, of whom one is married to that well-known philanthropist, Mr. Henry Mayhew. We have briefly chronicled Mr. Jerrold's more important works, but among his friends his memory will be kept vivid by the recollection of a thousand flashes of wit and sparkles of quaint fancy, a thou sand unwritten bon mots and repartees, any one of which would have been sufficient to establish the reputation of a less gifted man—let us also add, by a thousand acts of kindness, done by stealth, and unwillingly acknoWledged. (From the Times.) The intelligence conveyed by the above heading will probably take the whole literary public of Eag land completely by surprise. But a few days ago Mr. Douglas Jerrold was a prominent figure of Lon don life. An assembly of "wits" would hardly have been deemed complete without his presence, and his last bon mot was one of those items of news that everybody was glad to hear. To the special world in which he chiefly existed it is scarcely necessary to say that his illness was of short duration. On Sunday night he took leave of several of his inti mate friends, and shortly after the noon of yester day his earthly career had terminated. Mr. Douglas Jerrold was - in a great measure what may be styled a " self-educated" man, and the celebrity he attained with every class of his country men that is capable- of appreciating intellectual worth may be cited among the many instances that show how distinct is the path to fame from any of those beaten paths of instruction that time and usage have prescribed. He was boi nin London on the 3d of January, 1803, and to the fact that his father was manager of the Sheerness Theatre maybe attributed that predilection for the stage which forms a leading characteristic of the greater portion of his life. However, his earliest expressed passion, fostered no doubt by the scene which Sheerness pre sented during the height . of the war, was for a mari time life, and he obtained a midshipman's appoint ment through the good offices of Captain Austen, brother of Miss Austen, the novelist. With the war ended hi s nau ti ca l career, and, on qu i tt i ng the service, he was apprent:ced to a printer in London. His leisure hours were now devoted to self-instruc tion, Shakspeare being his chief anti-or. An essay on the opera of " Der Fi eischut z" which he dropped into the editorial box of a newspaper on which he was employed as a composit or i s the re p or t e d be ginning of his literary labours. To his infinite delight, his own anonymous "copy" was handed to put in type, and shortly afterwards appeared an editorial notice soliciting other contributions from the unknown correspondent. "Black-eyed Susan," of iginally produced at the Surrey Theatre, under the management of Mr. Elliston, and afterwards transferred to Drury-lane, is generally cons id ere d th e fi rs t o f hi s dramtt..c works, but we believe it was preceded by a num ber of f arces t o w hi c h he did no t affix his name, and which were certainly not. worthy of the obli vion to which he consigned them. It was followe by the " Rent Day," and these two works now stand as the classics of their respective Inn s. TLat, tendency which was exhibited by Mr. J rrohi through life to sympat!use with the cause of the poor and lowly, and to launch his indil-natirn . against the opressois high places, was plaiuly manifested in these earlier productions. The liono.it sailor who is sentenced to be hung at the yard arm because he cannot brook an insult offered to • his wife, and the honest farmer who is a most un worthy victim of the law of distress, represented those peculiar objects of sympathy to which he ad hered to the last. • - - - - _These two productions, "Black eyed Susan" and the " Rent Day," stamped him at once as the most popular dramatist of his time—as the writer, above all others, who could command the suffrages of the multitude. But, having eecured: the suffrages If the many, Mr. Jerrold now appealed to the "tastes' of the few. His "Nell Gwynne " perhaps th e , most delightful pl a y h e ever penned, presuppose a a familiarity with the artificial tone that prevaiDd during the reign of Charles IL, though even her o the sympathetic heart o f the writer spoke through the sparkling dialogue of his personages. 1) ,I• " Housekeeper," a quiet pi c t ure o f f ema l e l o ve an d devotion, with an historical b ac k groun d . f r om to e time of George 1., may be ranked next in PoPn ia ; rity to " Black-eyed Susan" and the " Rent Dal,. and fourth in the series we may place the "FT 'sow of War," in which an ane c d o t e o f th e English detenus at Verdun was dramatised with a di-Pl a y of animal spiritin which the author inhis laterdra' matic works was not wont to indulge. Severa l five-act comedies, among which " Time works Wel'' ders" and " The Bubbles of a Day" we re we!" , celebrated, were produced in the latter part of 1 1 dramatic career, but none o f th em ob'ained tha t perwanent success achieved by his former works. We shall not 5.;0 too far if we designate Mr. Doi' glas Jerrold as the last of the truly English drama tists. Not only did he refrain from that prauti °B of adaptation of the French that now constittite a the chief vocation of the playwright, but he was altogether free from that French influence which may be discovered eve n i n th ose of our writers vato still dare to be original, Let us add that his anti" Gallicism was carried t o a f ana ti ca l ex t re me, an that, while his dialogue showed a command over the English language which no wit of ancient er modern times could have excelled, his cAstructi°, ll ., was freqUently marked by th a t E ng li s h la , v.l which a greater re s p ec t f or F re n c h mo d e l s wig.' have corrected. But the " literature" of the drool was everything in the e y es o f D oug l as J er rold, anu all the mechanism by-which "stage effect." is pr° - duced he regarded as meretricious and misclieve us r to the interests of dramatic art. Latterly the greatest literary triumphs of itl r * Jerrold have been achieved in the periodical publi; cations of the day. The papers which he collecte d under the title of " Cakes and Ale" are charming ebullitions of the fancy, and th e C au dle Lee' tures," which so accelerated 'the rising populaxit'l of Punch, stand as specimeris of minute life-pain" . in g that can scarcely be surpassed. At the tini e when these famous lectures were in course of Pit' licatiou there was not a hen-pecked husband in united kingdom who did not snatch up .P 21 4. every week to contemplate his own misfortunes " vetuti in , speculo." For the last few years Mr. Jerrold was cbiefil occupied as the Editor of Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper' and, by the custom of the English press, his ow . ll , individuality could no lo nger b e ex p resse d as ch s ; tinctly as in his earlier works. But there was et, character in which Mr. Dou g l a s J erro ld w as alway s pre-eminent, and that was as the social wit. g q' s montel said of Diderot th a t th ose w h o h a d rata 1 1'd works only, and bad never h ear d hi m s p e ak, at e not form an estimate of his merits, and the O'' may be said of Do ug l as J erro ld. T o conuel..°, a brilliant and elaborate re p ar t ee was with Il „, i the work of a moment ; na y, we cou ld, if we v 1001 ,..1 cite cases, in which the cu e was b are l y pronouns el before the retort was fired off. The most ne" th combinations of ideas were effected by him "al e electric rapidity, even an old pun could bee° ll " o new from his manner of uttering it, and, what;„ most wonderful of all, there was g en e r a lly a d e ep truth couched at the bottom of his pleasantry , that the joke, which bad created a roar on its fi' e utterance, actually appeared bitter when it became a subject of sober reflection. The sharpness of Mr. Jerrold's satire has ca Cs many persons to attribute to him a charactet., misanthropic ill-nature ; but never was a more er"„ e gious mistake committed. The large light blue °L i. of Douglas Jerrold beamed nothing but benevolel%, and to this expression the feeling of his heart responded, Like all wits, he loved his joke, and if'if opportunity for uttering a repartee preSented itt s he was not the man to let the fir e l oc k escapee p grasp. Hence, some unfortunate p ers onage 40 obtruded his egotism or his pedantry m i g ht 033, '1 0 to get an unlucky "hit" if Douglas Jerr•ld vraf. tf company, and as the weapon was o f fi rs trate qua !...1 the mark of the wound might remain unobliter at ri for years. But to suppose that Douglas Jer i ' 0 „ ever deliberately intended. to inflict pain prove total ignorance of his large and philosophic nett.* Wrong and oppression he hated in theabstract, P 0 he had a friendly grasp for all Individnals, 0 / ° among his adversaries. ' The reading public, which knows celebrated Of f in black and white pnly, h a s l os t a wr it er who )"; epigrammatic brilliancy h as never b een exce ll e d i s our language. But far deeper has been the lois °, O the circle of friends who deli g ht e d t o s p en d wilti evenings in cathing the stream o f wit as it flovir o unimpeded from Jerrold's lip s , and acquired,l,eot themselves a reflected glory by repeating "Jerrin, last." The " wits" of L o ud on . h ave l o st their:a knowledied chief. Mr, Douglas Jerrold died at Kilburn Priory the arms of his eldest son, an d re t a i ne d his intee fi .eet till within a few minutes of his death. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to 41 Os; clover P d : 3/ lOs 'to 5/ Os; and straw, 11 58 to 1/ 103 per lea A moderate supply, and a slow trade. olt CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ . 12 s t o 4/ Os; - A 10 01. do., 3/ 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 lOs Per Trade steady. c.; loyf WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2 1 IUS to 4 6 Os • s do., 31 lOs to 5/ 5 s ; an d s t raw, 1/ 5 s to 11 103 Pe r '- Supply good, and trade dull. TEA:—The e market has ruIed COLONIAL firmer in consequenc -„ f e the advices by th e Ov er l an d M a il, an d many h o ld er s ro The withdrawn considerable titi' h' _e quantities for higher rates. -. 0 0 is but a small qua n tity a d ver ti se d f or pu bli c comP ell during the week. Common Congous are a shade hie° pd SUGAR.—The firmness in the market still continues,!;th full rates hav e b een rea li se d f or a ll qual i t i es o f P io o foreign and colonial. The demand for home consurnr it ti is good. In tho refi ne d mar k e t pr i ces are on t h e rise, 110 e a scarcity of goods, a n d th ere i s a b r i s k d eman d f o r hod consumption, tioo COFFEE.—The inquiry f o r fi ne qua liti es o f p lantl , te o Ceylon is brisk, and native continues in favour. Fultro io r are readily obtained for a ll qua liti es , an d some 3110 r samples were a shade higher. icE.-- -The market is quiet, with no alteration in Pr to report. 00 , RUM.—There is a good inquiry, and pric es ru le fir Goo I Mauritius realise 2s 9d, and brow n D emerara So F proof gallon. TALLOW. —The market is active, and prices are on rise. P.Y C., on the spot, 59 3 t o 59 s 3 d; July to 50,„ 0 6 ; ber, 578 9d to 5Ss ; last th ree mon th s, 578 per cwt. eu melted, 57s fid per cwt., cash. DEATH FROM FRIGHT. —On Saturday nighty at quarter to ten, just before one of the omnibuses li - o f Pendleton r eac h e d Manchester, a man fell from the rO- 5 and was much injured. Oa arriving at the office' w.nnao, who was inside, was asked to give her 1 011 0 that she might be called as a witness, and she Vi be approaching the book-keeper f or th e p urpose w hen e h , fell down dead. I nqu i r i es h ave b een made i n the set, bourhood, but it h as no t yet b een f oun d who Elbe w-,, a 11" She is described as b e i ng o f respec t a bl e appearanc e, about thirty years of age. tia HEALTH OF BOULOGNE.—The f o ll ow i ng i s t x trac. - from a letter dated Boulogne, May 28 :—At the s r; proach of the bathing season it may be as well to reass e ki , intending visitors as to th e san it ary con di t i on of i" 0 . favourite place of resort, and to contradict anY u nn s favourable impres s i ons which may stiil remain i r : r . last year. The ala rm th at was caused by the aPPfrot ance at Boulogne of that severe form of sore thr e which had previously shown itself at Paris and 105° 0 other points in t h e nort h of -France, and has ei e- 0 appeared in sever a l o th er p l aces, i s too well line."ng for any i n j ur y t o b e d one to the locality by referti„la to it. But statistics now show, what, of course, ef: 7o not be kno wn a t t h e time, that' it was very far ir e d prevailing to the ext en t that was . at one moment infer from a f ew un f ortunate i nstances to which general atfe„n„. ticn beca me di rec t e d. O n t h e other hand, since las t se if rm r the exsrt i ons o f t h e mun i c i pality have been strentio e: ba and unremittingly enga ge d on t h e i mprovement o f sanitary condition of the locality, and the favourabl e suit of these exertions i s p rove d b y the present low rli,„e, of mortality, which is cons id era b ly under the avaree'o I am assured that for s evera l months past there bane been no case of ;infautine febrile disorders at Bouleg; 0 beyond those isolated i nstanc e s which occur from ti t to time in every ce n t re o f population, and arise, 13,, from any local cause, but from the very nature of th irl ,l l ; and that in this re s p ec t t h e health of B ulogne durivg past winter c an b e advantageously compared with - t of several of th e ne i g hb ouring towns. The mortality dtin, the Ist of J anuary ing the p resent ytar, 1857, has amounted to 315 f r° t 7 o to the 26,h of May. being at tho I n eio of 755 deaths a-year ; while in 1856 there wer e deaths, 384 o f w h ich occurred between the Ist of Januced a r and the 17t!i of May. The mortality of 1855 exc eed e s of 1856. I t is char, then, that the mortality be e been diroi e i s hi rg for some years p as t, w hile a still satisfactory asqtrance is found from c i mparing it t° th a cl t e he population, which bliliough estimated at 34,73 9 by wo census, is believed to amount to 40,000. medical men of Boulogne are unanimous in s tstli T , that sit this ra , mun the public health is in a satisfactory a condition, anti one in accordance with the reputatio n locality hair always enjoyed for salubrity. I think it' s only a matter of justice at the opening of the b rof r t! ,eaSOll to give those inter , sted in Boulogne an oPP_" . „ tunity of sLitting the ti uth in regard to its sanitary er r , if not " the recto?, rui L ;bt tx,rcise an unfavourable fl dition, and thus removing iiliressiinisw i l i t u h e , nce 00 number of visitors." Lo L a . hlis ine: de n the th e at I kee ] t• n able bait: Vern' Year, are the it tir ee ; th e l e decide Th( th e m of spe aPpoi] Th e s tocks, 22i 3; R useiai Cer t t s. Nei r ditto I The otit the titzttices qUotati lork s h f L incolt 1 11 erwi ( Linea Ili Great In ly %br e 1 tation. Join dyer t ank, t uned Ver t 4ath es a 1 Ittrr] Tg il'a t' tea, be e , th e sl, v( Pau