The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-23 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JUNE 22.—The sale of the great Martin
in Connemara for 186,000/. was fina.,ly decided
property
yesterday by the Encumbered Estates Commissioners.
The circumstance that an offer to that amount was made
became known a week ego, but the Commisioners took
should accept
it, or allow the es ate to be sold in lots on the 14th of
until this day to determine whether th,-37 1,
next month, according to the advertisement. The sub-
ject was discussed at greet length to-day before the
Chief Commissioner in chamber
sion arrived at was, that the offer of 186,000/. was ac-
cepted, and the Law Lire Assurance Society are now the
No money,
proprietors of this noble tract of country.
however, is to be paid, inasmuch as the c°o._rnrinZwili4
incumbrancers to the extent of 200,0001.
lb
Zion. John
are the names of the trustees:—
Tee RightSir Edward
Lord Campbell, Sir Geore James Turner,
' and the ultimate deci-
The Evening Mai( of last night
chasers, for 186.000/ .
H3ll Alderson, and James William Farrel*,
announced the fact
the par-
that the t✓olleulidj,tt;d Annuities Committee
of the whole of
of Lords has recommended the remiss?,
Ireland during
n
publio works i
the money expended on public ttee of the House
the famine.

COURT CIRCULAR.
tier Majesty and Prince
Albert, attended by the
Countess of Desert, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Byron,
a
Mej or-General Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured
the performance of the German Play with their present el
last evening. Her Royal Highness the Ruches of
Rent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard end Sir George
Couper, also honoured the performance with her
presence. erietness Prince Albert, attended b y
His Royal was present
Colonel Bouverie, was yesterday morning at a
,eli day in Hyde park at half-past eiht o'clock.
brigade Li 1 Righness commanded the brigade, -
consist-
His th
ey-af h Ist battalion Coldstream Guards, the 2d bat-
ing °-1 Fusilier Guards, and a detachment of the
taken acote _
Grenadier Guards.
,i No Royal dighnes3 Prince Albert, attended by Lord
1 His
de Kos and Coleuel Bouverie, left Buckingham Palace at
twenty-five minutes before five o'clock yesterday after-
noon for the Tower of London.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Gibbs,ed Mr. Gor-
don Cumrning'3 African Exhibition yei:'eiday morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the
princess Alice took a drive in an open carriage and,
tour yesterday.
Loid Byron has relieved Lord Crof,en in his dudes
as Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Sir Frede'rick
Stovin has relieved Major-General Berkeley Drummond
in his duties as Groom is Waiting to her Majesty.
Her Hovel Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by B4IOIICPS de Spetb, went yesterday to the Old Palace
on R;chmond-green, and visaed their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier.

A deputation trom Boston, g of Mr. Wise, of
Blqtoli, Sir J,,,hn TrotloPe. Bart., M.P., Mr. Cabbell,
M.P., and Mr. Freshfi, t,i, M P., had an interview with
the Right LLtv.,urable J. W. Henley, yesterday, at the
Board of Trede.
1) spatehes were received at the C ,lonial office from
the Governors t,t West LIM,. Istan,is, yesterday.

THE ORLEANS PROP.. RTY.—Seviral packages have
errived by a steamer front Boulogne, addressed to his Royal
Highness the Duke de Is; tinours,
of the and containing furniture
and other articles, the Property
France. The whole of the packages him been rell'eilld tw
ex
the illhettim walh at clam*. .Rozal Family of

BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL HIPPO-
DROME,
Opposite the Broad Walk, Kensington-gardens,
•
Is now OPEN for the Season
Iro performance this Evening, in consequence of the Company
having to perform at the Fete at Charlton.
The entertainments consisting of the most novel and exciting
fetes ever witnessed. Raring the week (To-Night excepted, in cc
sequence of the company having to perform at the fête at Charlton), I
will be presented a grand change of performance embracing all the
talent of this stupendous establishment and introducing hif fhly
trained horses, ponies, stags, elephants, ostriches, car driN
]Roman curriculum sports and pastimes of the ancients, ficc.,, &c.
Zae whole pi-oduced in the utmost style of magnificence.
A splendid Brass Band will be in attendance.
Admission—Reserved Seats, 35.; First Class, 28.; Second ditto,
ls. ; Third ditto, 6d.
Doors open at Five, to commence at Six precisely.

ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE,
ADELAIDE-STREET, wEeer STRAND.
THIS EVENING. and every evening during the week.
The performances will commence with a scrap from Shakspere,
entitled THE SIXTH ACT OF ROMEO AND JULIET.
After which a Phantasmagoric Spirit Drama, called ROSCIUS IN
SPIRITS.
To be followed by a grand Ethiopian 3lnsical Entertainment by
san extraordinary Troupe of Ebony Marionettes.
To conclude with a new Italian Divertissement, entitled IL NANO
3LISTERIOSO DEL VILLAGIO.
Doors oven at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock.
A. 'horning Performance every Wednesday and Saturday. Doors
open at Halt-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock.
Frivate Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of tho
Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
First Night of an entirely new Ballet.
TO-MORROW'
(Included in the subscription)
Will be presented Rossini's Opera,

IL BAitBIERF. DI SIVIGLLk.
Bogus, Madlle Sofie Cruvelli ; Ii Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Cat-
=lan ; Figaro, Signor Belletti ; Basilio, Signor Ferlotti ; D°ll Bar-
told, Signor Labiache.
To conclude with an entirely new Ballet; the Music
Composed by M. tiosselin, the Poem by M. St. Georg
w'

by M. Nadaud, entitled
ZELIE , ou, l'Amour et la Magic
,rs.
per, Lamoureux,
Ly Madlle. Caroline Rosati, Mdlles. Rosa,
Allegrinl, Louise Fleury ; MM. Di Mattia and Durand.
be made at the Box-
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to
office, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.. COVENT-GARDEN.
GRAND EXTRA. NIGIIT.
Last Night but One of Les /IngtienOts.
TO-MOR.ROW,
Will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera,
LES HUGUENOTS.
madlle. Cotti; ÜBrrisban,
solgnMoradllpoeio.ninSeguini ;
Valentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Castel-
lani; ; Dams d'Onore, I 1 ; Ciao na rt
e-
cello, Herr Formes ; 11 Conte dAeSacn
De Retz,
de Nevers, Signor Tagliafico ;_it,
Soldier
Signor Luigi
mei;
Marie; SignOr Soldi; Meru, Signor
Signor Gregorio ; the !jug,' ''
Rommi; Raul di I•Taegle, signor M
The Incidental Divertissement will be supported
by Madlles lio-
lemberg and Leblond; 31. Flusse and 3r. &malt..
composer, Direcwr °I Music" and Conductor Mr Costa.
ox,ffl, or the Pit may
The Performances c°mmence at Eight o'clock precisely.
Tickets for the Boger c
be had (for the
',Tight or Season), at the B
from Eleven till Five o'clock . ce of the Theatre, which is open
nausicsellers. , and of the principal librarians and

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B, Webster. Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
Mr. B. Webster's Benefit.
THIS EVENING,
A new Comic Drama, in five acts, entitled
THE FOUNDLINGS.
Characters by Messrs. Backstone, Keeley, Leigh Murray, Howe ;
Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Buckingham, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss
To be followed by an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND
YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray,
Backstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, ece.
After which KEELEY WORRIED BY BUCKETONE.
•

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
WM be performed SEA. and LAND. Characters by Messrs. Pan
• Bedford, Wright, Hughes, 0. Smith, Worrell, Emery ; Misses Ellen
Chaplin, K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO-
PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliam, and Miss
Woolgar.
To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
THIS EVENING, •
Will be performed a new and original Play, in five acts, by the
aa.thor of The Wife's Secret, entitled THE TRIAL OF LOVE. Prin..
cipal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Ryder, Graham, Meadows,
Cathcart, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Miss Marshall, and Mrs. C.
Kean.
To conclude with the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal
characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows,
Yining, J. Chester ; Misses rhillips, Murray, Robertson, and C.
L sclera(' .

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame VestriS.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
WM be performed a new Comic Drama, entitled VERY SUSPI-
CIOUS. Characters by Messrs. Belton, Basil Baker, H. Butler, De
courcy ; Miss M. Oliver, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Grove.

After which

THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Suter, It. Itoxby, B. Baku ;
Mrs. C. Horn. and Miss M. Oliver.
To be followed by TAKLNG BY STORM. Characters by Messrs.
C. Mathews, Suter, Miss Isabel Dickenson, and Miss Julia. St. George.

A.TLEY's ROYAL AISPHITHEATBE.

Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Roy:4l Highness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
The moat saccesstal and po;Jolar Theatre in London.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented the gorgeous Equestrian Spectacle of ST.
GEORGE and the DRAGON. St. George, Mr. Alfred Cooke.
To be followed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes ot the Arena, intro-
ducing the most numerals equestrian company in Europe.
To conclude with a Laughable farce.
Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily.
Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Open for the Season,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Exhibition of Denson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT
ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS—Splendid
and interesting Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Godfrey's un-
rivalled Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties--Concluding at
Dusk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Southby,
Representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the
A.-►cients), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and bis Cyclops,
the whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a
Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nereiads receiving the
Armour of A chilies.
The menagerie now consists of several hundred specimens, in-
cluding three elephants, two giraffs, four ostriches, two camels,
lions, &c.

GRAND FRUIT AND FLOWER SHOW.
TFIIS DAY, June 23, A GRAND FRUIT and FLOWER
SEM'''. by 'the Royal' South London Horticultural Society, Open
to all Exhibitors. An extra liiiiitary Band. No additional charge.
Doors open from Nine A.M. FCC:11111'g the Animals at live. Con-
cert at Half-past SLx. Fireworks about Hail-past Nine.
ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING.

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HIGH wATLx, AT LUNLON BRIDGE.
ljus DAT --Korninz, 33 min. niter 5 I Evening 59 min afters
To-rtfonacar—Mornini 27 man. after 6 Evening 55 uun aster 6

THE WEATHER.—Sua ()VICE, JUNE 23.
TEDIR3IOYiKTIZI4 IX THE SHADE.
67—highest since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and daring the night.
68 —this day, at neon

BAROMICTRIEt, 29.81. •
WLND S.S.W.—mild breeze and cloudy, with occasional

sunshine.

DAILY WEATHEIt TABLE.

titate of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The station
at, *rranged in order of latitude.
PoaratotrrEt—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
IttiGErrou—‘/Ind S.W. strong breeze—overcast
G4—wind S.W., breeze—overcast.
T?°u'lltAmt-rox—Wind S. W., strong breeze—overcast.
Tt s-roEWind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
aloXriWlCll—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially
CoLcaorm
yA,,...it.lL—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
.."--Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
lie 'llll5 from the following places indicate the state of
the wind am
o'clock weather on Monday morning at nine

fainr."=—Nrand
"Low—Wind 11.-7 calm—partially cloudy.
mtnixic4Aß___witArs, hard wind—rain.
foorz—Wind g,;,' tie:hp—partially cloudy.
breez*•—partially cloudy.
tssllol.cAsrlfauA.D._..vt_wwiniacid,SlNg.*e'bc.t'al7ealebnrtle breeze—partially cloudy.
partially cloudy.
wfirigy—Wind S.
votveyrog—..Wind S.w. breeze—overcast.
i S. W. , calniLgeutie breeze—rain.
Partial'
BBA9Arrrocr,.....Wind S Y cloudy.
cloudy.

At the Royal Observatory, -
of the barometer in the week w7l_vi,ch, the mean height
temperature of the week was 55.z.7.v?"379 in. The mean
average of corresponding weeks in tenul ch is 4.6 c, below the
daily temperature was below the avera years. The mean
'week, to an extent varying from
3° to bon every day of the
from the south-west and S.S.E. The The wind blew
fell in the week was .1.09 in. •uount of rain that

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1852.

A gentleman, signing himself 4g Cox," endeavoured
to complete yesterday the enterprise commenced on
Saturday. by another gentleman signing himself
" Canterbury." That enterprise is nothing less than
the closing of the Crystal Palace to the public 013
its
permanent so soon as it shall have been removed to
permanent site at Sydenham. Against any such
barbarous proceeding we have already protested—
and again and again we shall continue to protest
,as often as it shall be revived by the blunder-
fug piety of the Sabbatarians. We look upon the
Sunday as consecrated to adoration. We recognise
the authority of that venerable commandment. We
do more, we appreciate its beneficence. We regard
it as .a dispensation so peculiarly entitled to reverence,
apart from the awful manner of its inculcation
through the thunder of Sinai, and considered, if
that be possible, solely in reference to its humane in-
fluence upon the population—that we believe it
would have been ni„ humanly speaking, if not ab-
solutely- necessary secure periodical days of res t
by a statute, supposing the mandate had not been in-
scribed by lightning on the tables of the Hebrew
lawgiver. We conceive that that day of repose
should be viewed by every member of the community
throughout Christendom with emotions of affection,
as well as with sentiments of gratitude.
it is true
that the first has been substituted for the seventh day
in every week, in obedience to a venerable tradition of
the Church—but, altered though the
time is, the
prim', le is, to this moment, identical,withthe one which

centuries ago was maintained by the wearers of the
epl'aid among the descendants of the Chaldean AMU-.
11 AM. Thus it is that we regard with feelings of un-
ffected admiration the grandeur and benevolence of
the institution, which we should be loath to see either
derided by infidelity or profaned by fanaticism. Hap-
pily there is little danger incurred at any moment in
reference to the former casualty. But unhappily there
is only too frequent cause to regret the recurrence of
the latter—namely, the attempted profanation of the
glorious institution of the periodical day of rest by
those fanatics who would fain render Religion a curse
instead of a blessing—a positive nuisance instead of
othperofa very nin
people
a benign consolation. The Sabbatarians are perpe-
g the
tually crying out against the notion
are of
Sunday—while they themselves
who are doing their uttermost to secure the certainty
of its profanation. They endeavour to put a stop to
railway travelling. They try to close every place of
innocent recreation. They would restrict the move-
ments of the hard-working classes to the squalid
localities surrounding their city homes—herding
them into the close atmosphere of the conventicle (in
the majority of instances a room built over a charnel-
house)—confining their occupations on the Sunday to
the singing of psalms, the reading
the general suppression of anything at all approach-
ing to merriment. It was not in this spirit that the
Sabbath • • was originally instituted. It was not thus
that Dejection was chosen to be another name for the
genius of Christianity. Religion, we persist, can
only be polluted by its degradation to these sordid and
narrow regulations. The worship of the Divinity is
not dependent upon the rolling of a wheel, or the
Snorting of a steam-engine. Better, surely, to enable the
artizan and his family to adore GOD after the dictates
of their own hearts, and then to breathe the fresh air
and rove among the green fields, than, by shutting
them up in the work-a-day streets where, their life
wears away in a ceaseless round of drudgery, to
drive them to the skittle-ground and the beer-shop in
very disgust at the mercilessness of these cruel and
fanatical regulations ! It is precisely because the
Sabbatarians do not regard the matter in this light—
because they want to debar the toiling multitude
from the enjoyment of the most sinless recreations—
that we consider them to be the real desecrators of
religion, and the very men who are striving to insure
the profanation of one among the most benign and
beautiful of its institutions.

Following up the course adventured upon by the
deputation introduced on Saturday last to the PRIME
MINISTER by his Grace the Archbishop of CANTER..
BURY—a certain Mr. Cox took occasion yesterday
to propose that the Crystal Palace should not be
opened to the public on the Lord's Day, and, in addi-
tion to this, that no trains should run on those days
to Sydenham. The suggestion of Mr. Cox was made
in the course of a special general meeting
of the shareholders of the London, Brighton,
and South Coast Railway Company. That meeting
was convened for the purpose of formally announcing
the approval of the arrangements entered into by the
directors with the Crystal Palace Company. It is
gratifying to observe from the statement made by the
Chairman (Mr. S. LAING) that already—out of
2,342 proprietors, representing 3,242,7511. of stock-
-1,763, representing 2,427,9701. had, by letter, ap-
proved of the arrangements, while merely 579, repre-
senting no more than 814,7811., had been numbered up
as dissentients. Everything promises admirably there-
fore as to the future prosperity of the undertaking,
According to the plans about to be carried into effect
the Crystal Palace will, in another year, have been
not only removed from Hyde-park to Sydenham,
but have been very considerably increased in its di-
mensions and in its general magnificence. Erected
upon an eminence nearly 300 feet above the level of
the sea, it will, when completed, be visible from
almost every height either in or near the metropolis.
The entire length of the nave is to be arched like the
transept, while the transept itself is to be almost
double its present altitude. The building will com-
prise courts representing the manners and customs
of different countries. It will contain an Indian
bazaar with a durbar adjoining. It will have a
quadrangle to illustrate China, a representation
of a Pompeian house fully restored, a fac-
simile of a peace at Nineveh, and—
tbauks to the artistic abilities of 0 WEN JONES—a
reproduction of one of the courts of the Alhambra.
Fountains will be interspersed among the statues in
the building, and among the flawer-beds and shrub-
bsries outside, one
.of the exterior fountains playing
to the enormous height of 150 feet, namely,
twenty feet higher than the NELSON Testimonial.
From the pleasure of enjoying the innocent recrea-
tion of a visit on Sundays to this scene, where Art
and Nature would combine to create a spectacle
like that of enchantment, 11r. Cox yes-
terday endeavoured to shut out, by antici-
pation, the labouring classes of the metropolis—
those honest and hard-worked artizans who are unable
to enjoy the fresh air of the country upon week-days
because of the unavoidable pressure of their
avocations. For the credit of the humanity
of the shareholders, be it said, that the
bigotted amendment thus proposed by Mr. Cox could
find no seconder, and thereupon, consequently, dropped
to the ground. We aro gratified to learn, moreover,
in reference to a similar feeling elsewhere, that the
LORD MAYOR of London declined to be one
of the Sabbatarian deputation of Saturday, headed
by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY. The circum-
stance is worth recording as indicative of the liberality
of feeling worthy of the chief magistrate of the City,
and interesting as affording testimony of his sympathy
for the industrious part of the population. Let all
sensible and liberal men act with similar resolution,
and we shall then hear somewhat less frequently of
these unfortunate Sabbatarians.

It is with exceeding pleasure that we draw the at-
tention of our readers to the steps adopted by the
City authorities last evening towards the suppression
of those dens of iniquity, the betting-houses. At
the commencement of the legislative business in each
Chamber petitions were presented, in the House of
Peers by Lord REDESDALE, from the city of London,
praying for the suppression of betting-offices, and in
the Commons, the City Sheriffs appeared in person at
the Bar, and presented a petition from the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, praying
for the interference of the House to suppress them.
We confidently trust that the blow thus
struck will be vigorously followed up, for
the evil has become one of such monstrous
magnitude as to demand the peremptory interference
of the authorities on the score of public morality.
True it is that after the last Derby several of the
worthy public bookmakers made a summary smash,
to the consternation of their dupes, whom it is im-
possible to regard with the slightest degree of
sympathy or commiseration. The knaves very
seotetieado,
felicitously took in the fools, but as has been said of
Old, though you bray a fool in a mortar, yet will not
his folly depart from him, and as the snake is only
I.3:inoetcesksialrleyd, those public temptations to
criminal and vicious fully must be thoroughly
IPPressed. •
Some stringent enactments are incon-
trcve,,,,.,
against those betting establish-
rinue;tBs), which are mainly kept by fraudulent bank-
dare notbitiguard fighting-men, and "legs" who
raptwat. on the turf. Their existence is a
direct te
tiny:
ppearrhelpts,:,abr:trirTers,
to larceny. Clerks and messengers
anble in all quarters with it
ae
tn ttrhuesstee (18 i
ivvietrhl °ll
braellneY g
nbot with any dishonest inten-
sti,ntout pretty certain of being
before long dragged the vortex. Wives, chil-
yciluictfnho
teooank lost,t
woh eaasnwds
iTpt
inohno
,rittperone,,i employers,:l,Bcofifty e
scores
suffer from losses
only go to
most worthless members
enrich theowdfrhesinocchiety, of whom not one i
intwenty would be able
would have the
ictneognp.s ae
honesty to do 4 • exploits of these worthies
... O'Rourke ought,
-...-• ~a,
But the
suppose, to have given
ut the t a salutary warn-
ing..
bestirring
one
facetiousencir
one might
of instances on
ho own,
and
" 9011 e
the shutters,
gtheentle7mthanulwt.rtohteroiungch.alk
upon
and ther f
to the Diggings!" in fine, bold characters,
plague-spot
icsl encir-
cled witsgathering tri triumphant pahbeenatdfl:guairll:l:es' _ e
or.
all honour
is due to the City authorities for
open B.manner. A
selves in so decided and ...•B to the
in furtherance of the 1
ulterior steps to be adopted
effectual suppression of a nuisance the most noisome
that has ever infected London, sonle:" tisfactcry• au_
nouncement ought to be forthwith elicited from those 1
in power. A writer, who lately asserted from positive
knowledge that he was within the mark in stating

that above 300,0001. a year is lost by individuals
otherwise respectable, and goes into the pockets
of the black-leg fraternity of the proprietors
of the metropolitan betting-offices, says cf them,
that by one of those wonderful inconsistencies of
our legal code, they appear to be not only not illegal,
but to a certain extent to be supported by law, and
this from the circumstance of a bet not exceeding
101. being a perfectly legal contract, and recoverable
at law. " Anything more monstrously absurd than
making a ten pound bet legal, and a hundred pound
one illegal, we cannot well conceive. We would
rather even see it reversed, for the heavy bets are
ordinarily made by persons of large means, who, if
they cannot well afford to lose the money, are at all
events not reduced to beggary by the loss. The
small bets, on the other hand, are risked by servants,
mechanics, artisans, clerks, and petty tradesmen, and
are the source of more want, dishonesty, and crime
among such people than can be imagined." But it
is worth while considering whether, in default of any
active authoritative steps, there may not be a method
of accomplishing the desired end by means of an
already existing power. For some time since Mr.
lIEWIT OLIPHANT, the learned author of a book on
" The Law of Horses, Racing, Wages, and Gaming,"
gave publicity to his view of the law on the subject in
the columns of a morning • contemporary. "It is
quite clear," says he, " that any practice which has a
tendency to injure the public morals is a common-
law offence. It is equally clear that the keeping of
a common betting-house has such a tendency. Those
places being great temptations to idleness, and being
likely to draw together great numbers of disorderly
persons are, therefore, nuisances at common law. And
where it is found that persons have not only hazarded
more than they can properly afford to lose, but have
also embezzled the property of their employers,
such persons would be idle and disorderly ; and a
betting-house frequented by such persons, and so pro-
moting such conduct, would appear to be a disor-
derly house—a nuisance at common law, and indictable
by any two inhabitants of the parish, under the provi-
sions of 25 Geo. 11., cap. 36." Surely our parishes
are not destitute of a couple of worthy citizens each
to test the correctness of the views here enunciated,
even if they have to undertake the case on their
individual responsibility. We should rejoice to see
the attempt made against some of the ragamuffins
who, only that, happily for themselves, Lynch law is
a thing unknown among us, richly deserve to be
laid hold of, and figure in tar and feathers in
front of their own " offices." Whoever lends
a helping hand to the annihilation of the
vermin has our unfeigned good wishes, and if there
be not a very speedy extirpation of those mushroom
gambling-houses, their swindling proprietors will find
themselves some fine day held up to public infamy in
such unmistakable and special terms as will tho-
roughly spoil their game for the future, and compel
them to have recourse to some other project for steer-
ing clear of their proper destination—the hulks.

LATEST FROM PARIS.

(From the Times.)

The proceedings of the Corps Legislatif were inter-
rupted yesterday (Tuesday) by a communication
from the Minister of State, informing M. Billault
that the President of the Republic considered the
course pursued by the Committee on the Budget, in
rejecting certain articles of the Budget, unconsti-
tutional.

The Committee, however, persisted in its con.
a elusion, and the Assembly adjourned in the greatest
confusion.

MONEY and CONEVIERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

Bills of Exchange were negotiated yesterday at rather
lower rates, 90 days' paper being taken at 25 50 to .55 on
Paris, 12 14-- to 1i on Amsterdam, 13 10 to 10i on
Hamburgh, 1214 to * on Frankfort, and 11 54 to 58 on
Trieste,

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, of which 1,000
American were taken for export and 2,000 on specula-
tion. The market closed steadily. The sales included
100 Egyptian at 54d, to 6id., and 300 Surat at 3kd. to
41d. per lb.—Railway Shares were firm at higher prices.
An account of the quantity of Grain imported into
Ireland from Great Britain makes the total laet year
421,594 quarters, of which 369,650 quarters were of
foreign growth. Of Meal and Flour 466,451 cwt. were
imported, 351,244 quarters being foreign.
The advices from the continental Stock markets no-
tice continued buoyancy in the quotations.
The Arctic steamer brings 450,000 dollars in gold.
The abundant supply of gold is strikingly in contrast
with silver, of which were is an absolute scarcity, owing
to the demand for India and the amount required to
make up the instalments on the Austrian loan. The
next mail from Mexico ill bring a very large sum in
silver, as the Indemnity instalment consigned to Messrs.
Baring is likely to reach.
There is a quieter market for Public Securities as far as
speculation is concerned, but good money purchases are
still forcing up the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
which have reached 1041 to The Three per Cents.
are 1011 1. Bank Stuck is worth 223+ to 224. Ex-
chequer-bills of June are 695. to 725. premium, and East
India Bonds 88s. to 91s. premium. Consols for the
opening have been at 1001 to 101.
Consols have just fallen to 1001 - upon the French
news.

The Foreign Securities have all borne high prices,
and a moderate business has been transacted in them.
Mexican Bonds have been 27i 8, and are now 274 to
Brazilian Old Bonds have been marked 1014., Cnilian
105 to 106, and Equador 41, being all fuller quotations.
Venezuela has risen upon the information received by
the Committee to 45 and 46, an advance of 2 to 3 per
cent. Peruvian Deferred Bonds have been at 66k, and
since 651. Grenada Deferred Stock is at
104 I, Sardinian Bonds are worth 941
Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. aro at 105, and
Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. 64i to 65. Austrian
Scrip is weak at 4i premium. Portuguese Four per
Cents. are 34 and Spanish Daferred 22i to 1. They
are now 22-a to
Railway Shares have been very animated and at
enhanced prices for the favourite lines. Foreign Shares
are generally steady, but not brisk, and Sambre and
Meuse have declined a little.

Gold Mines are looking well, and other mines are
in favour. National Patent Steam Fuel are called •
premium.

QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols for Openirg 1003- -a- x.d

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OP BRITISE. FUNDS O'CLOCK. rßicEs
Balk Stook
3 ,:r Cent. Reduced Anna
New 314 par Cont. Ar.n 5......
I3dia bonde,l,oool.
Ditto under 1,000/... ..
Consols for Opening
Exchequer ilia,. *2(-1. March. June.
1,000!. .. ...............
5001.
&mei.'
ONE CLOSING

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Austrian 5 per Cent. Scrip
Brazilian ponds, 5 per Cent. .-
Ditto, Small
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ....
Equador Bonds 4%
Grenada Bonds, 114 per Cent. —
Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons Coupons
Ditto, Deferred 10%14
Bisxican. 5 par Cent,, 1816 ... —
Ditto, 3 per Cent..........
Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 6 per Cant —
Ditto. Deferred, 3 per Cent 66% 65%
Portuguese 6 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account..
Russian Bonds .
Ditto, 414 per Cant

PRICES.
4 p
1011/2
101%
101
105
4%

10- j
34
26%
65- 3

33%
105

Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Bii rinish 5 per Cent. 1840 ' —
Ditto, Passive 57/1/4
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto. New Deferred
Venezuela Bonds, 3% per Cent 45 46
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21,/e per Cent. 12 Guild 6474 1/, 65
Ditto 4 per Cent.:Cartiflcates . 96% %

GREAT BRITAIN AND HUMBOLDT-

In our account yesterday, of the passage made by these
splendid steamers from New York, we made an error as to
their relative horse-power, making that of both ships alike.
It should have been—

Humboldt ... Tonnage ... 2,200
Horse-power 850
Tonnage 3,500
Horse-power 500
Being at the rate of 7 tons to 1 horse for Great Britain.
And only-2.58 to 1 horse-power for Humboldt.

Great Britain

GERMAN PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.--Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
the Countess of Desart, Lord Byron, General Bulkeley, and
Colonel Bouverie, honoured the German Plays with their
presence last evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de
Speth, Colonel and Lady Catherine Harcourt, and Lord James
Murray, also honoured the theatre with her presence. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal
Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, attended by the
Baroness de Knesebeck, likewise honoured the theatre with
their presence.

Otto Goldsclamidt, Esq., and Madame Gold-
sehmidt (Jenny Lind) have left Fenton's,Hotel for the Con-
tinent.

THE LEGION of HONOUR. —lt appears by a recent
return that the Legion of Honour consists of 42,801 members,
namely, 70 grand crosses, 207 grand officers, 986 commanders,
4,601 officers, and 36,937 chevalierif.

THE SHARE MAALKETS.

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