The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

T E SUN, LONDON,

PROFESSOR MITSPRATT TO MR. ALLSOPP.
"I have carefully analysed samples of your Ales, and find that
they do not contain a particle of any injurious substance. I and my
family have u.sed your Ales for years, and with perfect confidence in
their purity. I know that Pale Ale, prepared as in your brewery,
under scientific surveillance, contains a large quantity of nutritious
matter ; and the hop, by its tonic properties, gives a healthy tone to
the stomach

" SHERIDAN MUSPRATT,
" Member of the Royal Irish Academy and
of la Societe d'Encouragement.
"College of Chemistry, Liverpool."
ALLSOPP'S PALE or BITTER ALE may be
obtained in casks of 18 gallons and upwards from the Brewery,
Burton-on-Trent ; and from the undermentioned Branch Establish-
ments :
LONDON..
LIVERPOOL .
MANCHESTER.
DUDLEY.... "
GLASGOW
DUBLIN
BIRMLNG.IIAM

. at 61, King William-street, City.
. at Cook-street.
. at Dude-place.
. at Burnt Tree.
. at 115, St. Vincent's-street.
at Ulster-chambers, Dame-street.
. at Market. hall.

In either of which places a list of respectable parties who supply
the beer in bottles (and also in casks at the same prices as from the
Brewery), may at any time be seen. (T. No. 3.)

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TWO FAREWELL NIGHTS of the Season.
PLAYHOUSE PRICES.
It is respectfully announced that Two Farewell Nights will be
given, viz.,

TO-MORROW
Will be performed Bellies Opera,
I PURITAN.
Elvirs„ Meadame De la Grange ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Ric.
cardo, Signor De Bassini ; Arturo, Signor Gardoni.
To conclude with an entirely new Ballet,
Composed by M. Gosseliu, the Poem by M. St. Georges, the Music
by M. Nadaud, entitled
ZELIE ' ou, l'Amour et la Magic.
Ey Madlle. Caroline Rosati, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux,
Allegrail, Louise Fleury ; MM. Di Mattla and Durand.
On SATURDAY nest,
Will be presented Rossini's Onera,
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA.
Roaina, Madlle De la Grange ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Gar.
don! ; Figaro, Signor De Bassini ; Basilic., Signor Suslni ; Bartolo,
Signor Lablache.
In the Lesson Scene Madlle. De la Grange will introduce Rode's
celebrated variations.
After which the last act of
LA SONNAMBULA.

Amina, Madame Charton ; Lisa, Madlle. Feller ; Count Rodolpho,
Signor De Bassin ; Elvina, Signor Gardoni.
Prices :—Pit, 55.; Gallery, 2s. 6d. ; Pit Stalls, 10s. 6d. ; Gallery
Stalls, 7s. ; Boxes, Two Pair, 21s. ; One Pair and Pit Tier, One
Guinea and a Half; Grand Tier, Two Guineas; Box Seats, 55., 65.,
and 7s.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-
olice, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket.

BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL HIPPO-
DROME,
Opposite the Broad Walk, Kensington-gardens.
Is now OPEN for the Season
The most popular place of amusement in London.
On account of the great pqpularity which has attended 2.(r. Barr,
the celebrated Falconer, in the introduction of his highly-trained
Hawks and Peregrine Falcons, and from the numerous applications
made to Mr. Batty for a continuance of the same, he begs to an-
nonce that the Royal sport will be repeated every evening during
the present week, with an important change in the various enter-
tainments of the Hippodrome.
TO-MORROW, a Grand Balloon Ascent in the Royal Hippodrome
galloon, at Six o'clock precisely.
Doors open at Halt-past Five, the Entertainments commencing At
Six o'clock precisely.
A splendid Brass Band will ha in attendance.
Class, • Second ditto,
First 23, •
Admission—Reserved Seats, as.; -
Is.; Third ditto, 6d.

OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN, •
ROYAL ITALIA.`-,1
TO-MORROW
d
GRAND EXTtelieeNeslGGHran Opera,T.
Will be perforratEed
PMReO7BITETE.
Fides. madame Grisi ; Bertha, Madame Castellan; Jean of Leyden,
Signor Mario ; Count Obeitrtomm
hal, Signor Taguage, ; Serjeant, Signor
soldi ;
Peasants, Signori .
.. ,
1 and R ache ; Gioni, Signor Stigelli;
X athiesen,
Signor POlOllllll Zaccaria, Herr Forzaes.
Ballet and Skating Scene will be danced by
3i adlle. Robert and M
The incidental\l. Alexandre,
AL Enanit, M. Flusse ; Madlles.
Kolemberg and Leblond, and comprise the celebrated Quadrille des
Fatineurs.
The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely.
Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the
sight or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open
from Eleven till live o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and
al usicsellers.

PIETRO IL GRANDE.
On SATURDAY next,
Will be produced (first time) a new grand historical Opera, entitled
PIETRO IL GRANDE.
Composed expressly for the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, by
M. Julhen.

THEATRE ROYAL, FrAym.%
Mr. B, Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BrOMptoll.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE WRITING ON
THE WALL. Augustus Trotter, Esq, Mr. Wright ; Tobias, Mr. 0.
jSmith; Richard Oliver, Mr. Emery • Bob Smithers, Mr. I'. Bedford;
Lady Elton, Mrs. L. Murray; Marg:ette, Miss E. Chaplin ; Carlotta.
Smithimi, Miss Woolgar.
With a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTOPHELES.
Characters by Mr. Honey. 3liss Fitzwilliam, and 3A155 Woolgar.
To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER.

As'PLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Roy:l Highness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor mad Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
*he most successful and popular Tbeatre in London.

The Last Week of the renowned artistes, the Messrs. Slegrist, from
the Champs Elysees, Paris, whose surprising and unrivalled perform-
ances on La Perch, created during the last season, in Paris, a sen-
sation totally unprecedented in that metropolis.
THIS EVEiNLNIG,
Will be produced, a grand Spectacle, written expressly for the Am-
phitheatre, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled PETER THE GREAT,
in which Mr. Ryder, from the Princess's, will appear.
To be iollowen by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena, intro-
ducing the most numeroas 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.Leelerect

Mr. Batty begs leave to announce to his patrons and the public in
general, that he is now training Six Elephants to run in the Arena
as Horses.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Open for the Season,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Exhibition of Danson'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 Intel/or of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the
Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcanand lots Cyclops,
the whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a
Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nerelads receiving the
Armour of Achilles.

The menagerie now consists of several hundred specimens, in.
chiding three elephants, two giraffs, Pour ostriches, two camels,
lions, ere.

Doors open from Nine A.M. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con.
cart at Half--p: at Si:T. Fireworks at Half-past Nine.

ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tam Dar --Morning 0 min. after 10 {Evening 37 min. after 10
To-Noßaow—Morning IS vain. after 11 I Evening 49 min. after 11

THE WEATHER...—SuA OFFICE, AUGUST 11.
THERZIOLIETER, IN THE SHADE.
67—highest since noon yesterday.
54—lowest this morning and during the night.
59—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 29 32.
WIND—The Wind was South-East in the morning, with
heavy rain, but has since gone round to the South-West,
with heavy showers and stormy weather, with occasional
bursts of sunshine. Vivid flashes of lightning last evening.

DAILY WEATITER, TABLE.
State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
HAsznios—Wind W.S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Soirrua.myrox—Wind W., strong breeze—cloudless.
F°f.'''T°NE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
Turcer.maz--..Vinct S.W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy.
Ci
cloudyEEN'.VlCH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially
STIWOD —Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SWIICGON —WindW.. gentle breeze—overcast.
Co LCH MST:SR—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
cuineaD-mV,_.dir,S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
YArmoura—n Wind n., calm—cloudless.
,i he returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine
o'clock :

- -
LUAT.W.CII —Wind W., calm—partially cloudy.
cloud
c,„ip.Low— Wind SAY., gentle breeze—cloud; '
pomr,•—Wind S.W., str,ong breeze—partially
HOLYIizAD Wind S.l, ~ gentle breeze—v„y fin
,s3'•
LASCAsTER—Wind S. gentle breeze heavy rain 7
DARLISG7ozI. Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless.
sgAr-- Wind S., gentle breeze—rain.
'— ,- •
13x.4.170cii—Wind N.W., gentle breeze partially cloud
. _ 37.

IT, Greenwich, the mean height
At Eoyal Observato
of thethe barometer last week was 29'379 in. The
temperature of the week was 63.3°, which is 1.84 Zhaenr
than the average of the same week in ten years. The
mean difference between the dew point temperature and air
temperature was 11.8° ; although the air Was dry about
1 inch of rain fell in the same period ; and the direction of the
wind during the week was from the south and south-west,
with an average horizontal movement of rather more than
116 miles each day.

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Caralina Catit
LONDON, WEDNESDAY: AUGUST 11, 1852.

* "tt"" 4 d from London by EDWARD EVERETT, then
A careful examination of the facts relating to the
Treaty of 1818 between the United States and the
United Kin . will only demonstrate, beyond the
possibility of d
ourselves
denial, tha
made by e accuracy of the statement
Yeosnterday, that, so far as the rights
of the question are ctehrlyd, the DERBY Cabinet is
altogether blameless in course recently pursued in
reference to the BritishNorthcan
American Fisheries.
The Earl of MALMEBHBarreszvadduce from that do-
e ument, signed by the
Plenipotentiaries
from the central Governments a'et
may attmacilhiete exonera-
IVashington, evidence of his oo London and :at
England
lion. Whatever discredit
in the matter belongs by right to the
of ABERDEEN, and not in any one particular
the Earl
to the
Earl ,:f MALMESBURY. Unanswerable testimony
that is contained in the communication recentththlaoey:
given to the world by DANIEL WEBSTER through
medium of the Boston Courier. According to
...
unication it appears that in 1845 a dispatch Was
Z' if' i'''' d",,at the Court of St. James's as the United
~! 'filr ' 'mbassador. In that dispatch, moreover, was
1,:. , Nr.,. ~.
~.,, 'TT *ritio,_ 4 (I to the American Republic a note from
.-- t.ly.Ars'‘ _ iv OgRDEE„
Go-
' :. _ , ,:ytiTad
_,-, to the effect that the British Go-
7tirPW:ylciW ••or_rme to the determination of conceding
I\ ..4,-5 ›ts../i . ... 5t -, "1-n °I the u- •
4,•,,,-,I 's)nng, their avocations
5 Parated States the right of
within the Bay of Fundy
the Foreign Secretary of England actually going
Put of his way to select that
very spot ftOLEI among i

the whole of our North American fisheries. Nobody
ventures to gainsay the veracity of this declaration.
Mr. EVERETT'S dispatch is admitted. Lord ABER-
DEEN'S note is admitted. Mr. WEBSTER'S disclosure
is accepted (so far as it goes) as conclusive and
unanswerable. But what does all this de-
monstrate ? How far does it prove that
Lord MALMESBURY has acted unjustly towards
the United States ? Where are the " rights" in-
vaded ? Where—to come to the point at once—are
the " concessions" said to have been shamefully set
aside by her MAJESTY'S Government ? Lord ABER-
DEEN'S note of 1845 certainly speaks of concessions—
and goes so far even as to speak of particular ones
having reference to the Bay of Fundy—but he speaks
of them at the best as merely in contemplation.
Against this hint of a scheme entertained by the then
existing Cabinet, the DERBY Administration can
adduce a solemn and ratified series of
stipulations. Against the note of 1845, Mi-
nisters can oppose the Treaty of 1818.
Against the assurance of Lord ABERDEEN
that her MAJESTY'S Government was disposed to con-
cede to American fishermen the right of pursuing
their occupations in the Bay of Fundy, Lord
MALMESEURY can bring forward the words of the
memorable paper already specified, showing that the
Americans are expressly debarred from the right of
fishing within three marine miles of any of the
coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of the British
dominions ! Justice compels U 3 to put the
facts plainly benfootre
be theany
grosspublic,or
men
lamentable
misapprehension. order
that there
may
We leave it to the apologists of
the present Foreign Secretary to show that he has
acted in this matter judiciously by seizing the vessels
of the United States' fishermen without first an-
nouncing his intention to the United States' Go-
vernment. For ourselves—as altogether apart from
the present Ministry—we are content to insist upon
the recognition of the facts of the case, so far as
they demonstrate the reality of those rights which
have recently been insisted upon by the Noble Earl
at the head of the Foreign Department.
It has so happened with the Earl of MALmEsßunv
that his proceedings have been carped at more than
those of
any other among the principal members of
the DERBY Government. First of all he was vilified
for the course pursued by him in regard to the
MATHER Question : and now he is condemned yet
more loudly for the manner in which he has con-
ducted these proceedings in reference to the Question
about the Fisheries. In this there really appears to
us a rather glaring inconsistency. It is nothing less
than the old Satyr fable again—the blowing hot and
the blowing cold in a ruthless mood of by no means
discriminating condemnation. When the Earl of MAL..
MESBURY acted without vigour—in the MATHER
Question—he was condemned as too " weak." When
he acts with vigour—in the Fisheries Question—he is
condemned as too " strong." It is said that he

conceded too much in the first case, and that he con

ceded too little in the second. Really, in speaking
thus, the depreciatory of the Foreign Secretary seem

plainly to evince their determination never to be

satisfied at all, no matter what may be
the policy adventured upon by the Earl of DERBY'S
Government. Against such a course we must, for one,
at least, protest with all the earnestness of indignation.
We must protest against it as both unjust and as un-
generous—unjust to the Earl of MALMESBURY and
ungenerous to the Earl of DERBY'S Administration.
That Administration, let it be recollected, was
formed abruptly in February as a Cabinet of Emer-
gency. England was at the time surprised by the
unexpected RUSSELL Resignation. The Whigs sud-
denly left office in the sulks—disgusted and dismayed
by the defeat hurled down upon their heads with such
summary vengeance by Viscount PALMERSTON.
Her MAJESTY, placed in a somewhat embarrassing
position just at the commencement of the Parliamen-
tary session, sent for the Earl of DERBY to under-

take, at a few hours' warning, the formation of a
new Government. Viewing the situation of his
SOVEREIGN, viewing the conduct of the Whigs,
viewing the necessity of the times and the require-
ments of the country—Lord DERBY at once
boldly undertook to construct a new Cabinet, not-
withstanding all these discouraging and disadvanta-
geous circumstances. Such was the difficulty of his
undertaking that, in order to form any administration
whatever, he was compelled to gaztte in one day no
less than eighteen new Privy Councillors. Imme-
diately the Cabinet was thus arranged, a certain sec-
tion of the ex-Ministers, aided by their personal fol-
lowers, commenced what we protested against from
the first moment as an unjustifiable and (as we were
the earliest to call it) a manifestly " factious
opposition." Upon the utter absence of anything
like magnanimity in those proceedings of the Oppo-
sition we enlarged for a considerable period, until
the factious course was at last abandoned and a more
honourable mode of action adopted towards the
DERBY Government. Again we observe this
factious course reviving—but this time having
exclusive reference to the Noble Earl the
Foreign Secretary. Again, therefore, we pro-
test against it as unjust and ungenerous, and,
therefore, the members of her
as wholly unworthy of
MAJESTY'S Opposition.

One simple act on the part of the DERBY Cabinet
may effectually prevent the recurrence of these fac-
tious proceedings on the part of their antagonists.
Let the present Ministers manfully avow their in-
tended policy on the assembling in October, or at the
latest in November, of the newly-elected Parliament.
Let them then boldly declare themselves as in the v;.-in
of the great onward movement, and they will at
once secure the confidence of the nation, and become
consolidated into a strong Government. They have
withstood the Scylla of a Parliamentary Session,
they have triumphed already over the Cyclopian
attacks of an infuriated OppcFition. To their ranks,
therefore, Lord DERBY might speak in the language
of Virgil :

" Voset Scyllxian rabioni, penitnsquo sonantes
Accestis scopulos: V 0.3 et Cye!opia aura
m
Experti: revocate umos, rccestumque timorem
Mittite: forsan et Lze3 ohm mflminisse juvo.bit.
Per varios casus,per tot diserimina, rerun,
Tendimus in Latium; cedes übi fate quietas
Ostendunt: illic fas regna resurgere Treim,
Durate et vosmet rebus servate secundis 1 "

Lord Sr. LEONARDS has done a great deal in the
way of Law Reform, but he is much mistaken if he
thinks that his labours, in this respect, have termi-
nated. He has broken through many of the abuses
tion
which prevented the prompt and efficient administra-
of justice, in the Court of Chancery—but he
must not pause until all such abuses are thoroughly
swept away. lie
has before him, now, the amplest
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watch what CANNING called "5
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of information," because it i
th fusoll we
t e ordinary sources
ytlol
Estate—the omnipotent, fearless rough The Fourth, and tru •
th-declarmg
press—that modern statesmen and law-makers com-
monly receive intelligence of abuses, whether in Go-
vernment, Jurisprudence, or Morals, Which
pable and cry openly for reform. are pal- I
One of the
correspondents of a morning Contem-
porary has drawn public attention to some of the
evils in and
from the office of the Accountant-
General in Chancery, which from our 0„
knowledge we are free to say do exist,
and should have been remedied years ago. The evils
complained of arise entirely out of the closing of the
during the greater part
Accountant-General's dice
of the long vacation. The correspondent referred to,
I have a poor
thus tersely illustrates his point :
'
relation who is entitled under an order of the Court
of Chancery to an annuity of about 4 0/ .1 payable
2
half-yearly, on the 24th of February, and the 4th of
August, but for the payment which becomes due on
the 24th of August she has every year to wait till the
2d of November. I have also a cousin who is en-
titled to a rent of about 2501., which the Accountant •
General was, some years ago, ordered to pay him by
quarterly payments on the four usual days; but he
has always to wait till the 21 of Novemhar for the
payment which becomes due on the 29th of September.
I am myself entitled b the dividends of some Reduced
Annuities, which, if the fund were not in Chancery,
I could receive at the Bank on the 10th or
Plth ofovena-
October, but now I must wait till the 2d of N
ber before I can
get them."
In compliance
with long established routine, the
CSAIICELLOR annually issues a general order for closing
the Accountant.Gezier4,4_.
QfLe from the 19th of

August till the 28th of October (which, for all
purposes of real business, means the 2d of November,
the first day of Michaelmas term), and the reasons
for issuing such order are stated on the face of it in
the following recital
"Whereas, it is proper that the accounts kept by the
Accountant-General of this Court should he examined
and compared in order to settle the same. And whereas
it will require considerable time to perfect such exami-
nation, and it is necessary that a time should be ap-
pointed for closing the books of the Accountant-General
for the purposes aforesaid"
We have seen what inconvenience this causes, as
far as the public are concerned. We have yet to
learn that it is necessary or indispensable. We should
like (being fond of examining natural curiosities) to
behold the man, not in, or fitted for a lunatic asylum,
who will seriously contend that there is the slightest
necessity for this ten weeks' closing of the office. A
large and very experienced staff of clerks is main-
tained therein, at the public expense ; the Accoun-
tant-General himself (a favoured and fortunate Rus-
sun) receives an annual income of some fifteen
hundreds of sterling pounds for the nominal surveil-
lance of thesenumerous clerks, and surely be must very
inadequately or carelessly verform his duty, if he does
not see that the accounts are accurately kept, the
balances frequently struck, and the books fully entered
up. The Manager of a Bank would see this done, as
a matter of course, and there is no reason whatever
why the Accountant-General should so far neglect it
that his office must be ten weeks shut up " to examine
and compare" the accounts, "in order to settle the

same."

There would be a good deal of public sympathy, Re
doubt not, were it believed that, during these tEn
weeks, Mr. Accountant-General RUSSELL and
las
numerous and clerkly satellites were continuously It
work on the accounts without intermission. ThEy
are differently employed, and rather more pleasuraby.
The time taken "to examine and compare," with a
view " to settle" the accounts, need not, and does EA,
exceed two out of the ten weeks. The truth is, the
recess is the holiday time of the Accountant's-office.
Let the clerks have relaxation by all means. " All
work and no play" never served any 0133 ; but
do not let the public be inconvenienced by the
clerks' recreation. In most of the other publiz offices
a certain number of clerks are always on duty, and a
certain number, in turn, taking their month's leave of
absence. Let the clerks have their holidays, but do
not let them, under the fiction of performing heavy
duties, inconvenience the public by taking then all at
once.

The same evil extends to the office of the Ac-
countant-General in Bankruptcy, and there also
under an order from the LORD CHANCELLOR. From
the 12th of August until the 4th of October there is
a total cessation of the usual business of tha; office.
Whoever may receive a dividend warrant luring
the next seven or eight weeks, no matter how much
he may require the money, cannot have it cashed,
because the office of the Accountant-General in
Bankruptcy will be closed during that time.
In both cases the grievance is great. It is conso-
latory to know that the remedy may be exceedingly
prompt and simple—it is only for the LORD CHAx.
CELLOR to direct that both offices shall be open all
the year round, and the clerks may still have their
holidays, only they must not take them et once.
Fancy what a check would be given to publ c busi-
ness if a Treasury minute directed the office of the
Accountant-General of the Customs to be cbsed for
a couple of months, &c. ! Not more absurd is the
Chancery and Bankruptcy closing.
The evils complained of can be removed with a
single stroke of the LORD CHANCELLOR'S pee. They
will be removed, we doubt not, if his Lordship's at-
tention be once drawn to them. Lord ST. ;LEONARDS
is eminently a practical man; he proved himself such

while presiding in the Irish Court of Chancery,
long before he sat on the Woolsack here. It is un-
derstood,
indeed, reasonably expected, that new
rulesanand,
orders in Chancery—rendered necessary to
suit the altered practice conseqnent on the recent
Reforms—will be issued at the close of the long
vacation. They will, probably, amend the mal-
practice in the offices of the Accountant-Generals in
Chancery and Bankruptcy. At the same time, it is to
be hoped, the public may receive the long-delayed and
much-required rules and orders which ought to have
been issued when the Bankrupt Laws Consolidation
Act of 1849 came into operation. As thiege now
are, in Bankruptcy, a new vehicle is running in
old, much-patched, and cumbrous harness, which
dees often greatly impede its proper progress.
But, though a set of new rules and orders were
drawn up, the illness of Chancellor COTTENHAM
prevented their being formally revised and issued.
His successor was too hazy, in politics and law, to
give them his imprimatur—particularly as it is pos-
sible his shrewd mind detected many inconsistencies
in them. We speak the opinion of the profession
when we say that the present rules and orders in
Bankruptcy do not advance the interests of creditors
or facilitate the smooth working of the law.
Lord ST. LEOZIARDS, amid the many recent law
reforms to which he has stood sponsor, if not actually
parent, has scarcely done anything better than his
substitution
,(by the 15th and 16th Victoria, cap. 73)
of salaries instead of fees in the Common Law Courts.
There are many reasons why public officers should
have fixed incomes. A certainty is better than a
fluctuation of income, for no man with an uncertain
and fluctuating income can know how to square his
annual expenditure. We trust that this most whole-
some reform may be carried not only into the
Common Law Courts but into the Bankruptcy
Courts, in which the official assignees and the
messengers are still remunerated only by fees.
The misfortune is, also, that under the pre-
sent system, while there is a fixed scale for
the fees payable to the messengers, the official as-
signee—who is actually the treasurer of the court,
and ranks next to the Judge—is payable only ac-
cording as the Judge may think fit. Incredible as
this may appear, it is the fact. The law leaves the
Commissioner arbitrarily to fix and declare in each
case what the official assignee's remuneration may
be ! Thus, the income of an officer of such trust,
that he gives security for 6,0001., depends on the
liberality, the meanness, the temper, or the caprice of
the Judge ! If payments by fees be continued in
this case, the amount should, by the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, be fixed and determined, as, indeed, the Lord
Justices of Appeal strongly and publicly recom.
mended last spring. At present, just as the Com•
missioner pleases, the official assignee may have 2001
or 1,500/. a year.

By far the better way would be to reduce the
number of official assignees, leaving one to each
court as treasurer ; to have only one court in a town,

except in London ; to pay the official assignees by
salaries commensurate with the responsibilities they
are under, the duties they perform, and the average
incomes of the whole bcJy during the last seven
years.

A per-centage on the amounts received and divided
in each estste would be less burthensome on creditors
than the present system, and would amply provide
fur the official assignees who would retire, as well as
for the salaries of those who would remain. Nor is
there any cause why the Commissioner and the Re-
_ _

THE FRENCH REPUBL/

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
M. MeoerE, Minister of Public Works, is charged
wi▪ th the department of the Interior during the short
absence of M. DE PERSIGNY.
We read in the Patrie—" The conferences between
the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Plenipoten-
tiaries of Belgium have terminated neither in a defi-
nitive treaty nor in a prolongation of the convention
of December 13, 1845. As that convention expires
this day, August 10, the produce and merchandise of
the two countries are respectively placed under the
regulations of the common law." A similar state-
ment appears in the Moniteur of this morning.
The Patrie says—" The telegraphic dispatches re-
cei▪
ved to-day announce that the new elections which
took place yesterday and the day before are favour-
able to the Government. The relative majority of
the greater number of the Government candidates has
been considerable."
On 'Friday last the English residents at St. Malo
waited on Prince JEROME BONAPARTE, and addressed
him, in a speech of congratulation. They after wards
sent a magnificent bouquet to the Prince. Prince
JEROME then proceeded to the Cathedral to hear mass.
He was received by the Bishop of RENNES and his
clergy.
On leaving the church he went to St. Ser-
van, where be had accepted a dejeuner offered by the
Municipality. His carriage was preceded by a de-
tachment cf gendarmerie. On reaching St. Servan,
the streets were so crowded with people that the
horses could only proceed at a walking pace. The
poleon ! Vive le Prince Jerome !"
Pri▪
nce was received with the loudest cries of "Viva
Na
The Government has received news from Cayenne
to the date of July 13. The situation of the penal
colony
was satisfactory. The transported persons
were still at the Salutation Islands, their total num-
ber amounting to 1,900. The transport of all these
men was most happily effected, the orders of the
Minister of Marine having been strictly followed.
)3R SARDA GARRIGA, the governor, was about to
make a tour in the interior of the country. The
sanitaryr state of the colony is reported to be excellent.
The inauguration of the statues in bronze of BER-
NARDIN SAINT DE PIERRE and CASIMIR DELAVIGNE
took place on Sunday at Havre. The statues, exe-
cuted by DAVID (d'Angers), are set up in the Place
Francois 1., in front of the principal entrance to the
Museum. This place was decked out with flags and
with escutcheons bearing the arms of Alen con, Caen,
Evreux, Rouen, St. Lo, and some of the principal
towns of Europe. The Rue de Paris leading to
it Was also decorated with flags. In the square, a
platform was erected for the authorities, and stands
afforded accommodation to a great number of
ladies. A procession of the local authorities, the
judges, of deputations from the Academie Frarcaise,
the Academie of Moral and Political Sciences, and of
a great number of eminent persons, went along the
Rue de Paris to the Place Francois I. When it ar-
rived the statues were uncovered, and M. ALFRED DE
MITSSET, Chancellor of the Academie Franc-Ilse, de-
livered a brief speech ; M. ANCELOT, also of the Aca-
demie, then read a very long piece of verse in honour
of DELAVIGNE end BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE.
Count DE PELLEPORT, a relative of the latter, delivered
a speech, thanking the town for the honour done to
his ancestor. M. MICHEL CHEVALIER also addressed
the assembly. Then came a set of public amusements
for the people ; and afterwards there was a banquet,
with illuminations and other rejoicings.
The regattas of Havre have, on account of the bad
state of the weather, been postponed to the 15th.
The postal service between Paris and Strasburg
will soon be definitely organised. The mail train
will leave Paris every evening at half-past seven, and
arrive at Strasburg at 25 minutes past 8 next morning.
The preparations for the fete of the 15th are pro-
ceeding actively in all parts of Paris.
There has been another fall in the price of public
securities at the Bourse. Tho Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. opened at 104 f. 80e,, and closed at 1041. 50e. for
the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at
74f. 80c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,370 f.; Rouen,
8521. 50c.; Havre, 3601.; Great Northern, 6501.;
Avignon, 4701.; Basle, 302 f. 503.; Paris and Stras-
burg, 6381. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 7461. 25c.; Lyons
to Avignon, 5901.: St. Dizier to Gray, 5451.; the New
Austrain Loan, 951.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 10.
Grand Junction of France, s;,;,,—Luxembourg, 65/8--
Madras, 2 p.—Northern of France, 201. 3 per cent. Bonds,
1314—Paris and Lyons, 19%—Paris and Rouen,34%—Paris
and Strasbourg, 247 a Rouen and Havre, 14—Sambre and
Meuse, 7—Tours and Nantes, 133/B—Western of France, 9.

gistrar having retiring pensions, the same justice
creditorssigue fesroomn
a
swhhooumld, nafotterbeallr,ednedpeernedds ttohetbheeneofiffitctioal
proceedings in bankruptcy.
Judging of the future by the past, we may leave
these requisite reforms in the hands of the Loin)
CHANCELLOR. lie has shown himself resolute in
reforming proved abuses in the law and its practice;
aidaectifornom as in perception,
and we believe that he only requires to have his at-
tention called to practical abuses. He is as quick
in s
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Law Reformer.

the confident
Notwithsiandingissertions of some
of our Contemporaries to the contrary, we have ex-
cellent reason fir being convinced that the long-
Liked of marriage between the Prince Louis
Napoleon and the 'princess of the House of `rasa
will never lake place. Almost insurmountable
difficulties are, we believe, found to exist.

Considerable anxiety uppers to be felt by the pre-
sent Ministry of the Prince President as to the course
congregating in
wl i kheolmy taor
e beupursuedo
dbyto t hhee r erfoupgi
de elys, the majority of
dJersey.

DEATH OT LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR T. DOWN.
UA N. —We re Bret to have to record the death of this distin-
guished office: r, which took place yesterday in a sudden man-
ner at WoOlTi 'kb, where he was commandant,

WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11,