The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

have contested the palm of superiority even with Miss
HELEN FAUCIT. This lady, after an absence
from the stage of many years, proposes to return, and
asks (will the reader believe it ?) 1001. a night for
her services—just double the sum ever demanded by
JOHN KEMBLE, Mrs. SIDDONS, or EDMUND KEAN.
This lady, therefore, has the modesty to imagine that
she herself alone is equal to JOHN KEMBLE
and Mrs. SIDDONS together, and to double of ED-
MUND KEAN. In rating her powers of at-
traction thus highly, it would be well that
she should recollect that her exertions, supported
by those of her FATHER, of SHERIDAN KNOWLES, of
IYARDS, of BENNETT, Of ABBOTT, Of MISS TAYLOR,
and of a host of others, were insufficient, during the
last season of her appearance at Covent-garden, to
save the theatre from ruin. It will not do for
artistes henceforth to complain of the want of
public patronage, of the avarice of managers
of the decline of the legitimate drama, &c.,
unless they at the same time inform us of the amount
of the salaries which they have demanded and of the
salaries they have refused. This peep behind
the curtain is instructive as well as amusing.
We hope that .other managers will follow Mr. BUNN'S
excellent example, and resist all such exorbitant
demands, and that they will in every case take
care that the amount of those demands so
rejected shall be made known to the public,
in order that
.the patrons of the drama
(lyrical:and histrionic) may be enabled to compare the
real value of artistes with the fancy price which those
same artistes place upon themselves.

A letter from Berne of the 7th states that up to
that time only the Russian and Austrian Legations
had decided on removing to Zurich ; all the others
still remained at Berne.

We read in another letter from Berne, of the
7th :

" Yesterday a body of from 600 to 700 men arrived at
Morat, from Estavayer and its environs, and at night,
after concerting measures with the inhabitants of that
place, they commenced their march towards Fribourg.
Another column was to arrive at the same time from
Bulle and Gruyeres in order to attack Fribourg on both
sides ; the Government, however, had on the previous
evening ordered a battalion to that point, and on the
arrival of the insurgents the tocsin was sounded, and kept
ringing during the whole night ; and in the morning,, in
order to call to the aid of Fribourg all the able-boied
noen of the German part of the canton between that place
and Berne, and which part of the country is devoted to
the Government and to the existing order of things,
the Government has called an extraordinary meeting
of the Grand Council for the 9th. The Government of
Berne, now the Vorort, has ordered to the frontier two
companies of infantry and two of cavalry, and has or-
dered other troops to hold themselves in readiness. No
news has been received this morning, but it appears tha t
the Government of Fribourg maintains itself, or other-
wise accounts would have been received of its abdica-
tion. It is besides stated that the Government of Berne
has decided on not tolerating the residence in that canton
of M. Heinzen, a German, and the author of a very vio-
lent publication against the Sovereigns of Germany. He
had previously been expelled from the canton of Zurich.
The Bernese Government held its first sitting of Direc-
tory on the sth, and announced to the diplomatic body
that it had taken on itself the direction of affairs. The
letter conveying this information was couched in very
conciliatory terms."
A letter from Bale of the Bth says-,

" The insurrection is spreading, and has reached Mur-
ten, and the districts of Bulle, Gru.*es, and Stofes.
On the evening of the 6th the Castle of Murten was
carried by assault, by the insurgents, who made the
Governor prisoner, and soon afterwards marched on
towards Fribourg. The Regency of that canton has
taken up arms, but the Government of Lausanne has
refused a passage to the troops, composed of a battalion
of infantry and a company of carabineers. A report
is current that 200 volunteers from Marten and Stofes
have entered Fribourg, but other accounts state that
they have arrived before the city, where they await
reinforcements from Bulk and Romons. It is, however,
stated, that at the first news of the insurrection, the
Executive Council marched two companies of infantry
on Newneck ; that the first battalion and the company
of carabineers were to occupy Schwarzenburg, Lanper,
and Newneck, whilst the second battalion would be held
in readiness to act as circumstances required."

Athens papers to the 30th ult. have been received

It is officially announced in the Ilioniteur Grec
that COLETTI IS sufficiently recovered to resume his
functions.

The Budget .of 1847 has been presented to the
Chambers by the Finance Minister. The receipts
are estimated at 18,711,699 drachmas, and the ex-
penditure at 18,077,507 drachmas, showing a surplus
of 634,192. In the budget of 1846 the receipts
were estimated at 18,350,973 drachmas, and the ex-
penditure at 17,910,107 drachmas, allowing a surplus
of 410,866.
Ais
Madrid papers of the sth have arrive 3.

The Government have at length determined to
send Senor OLOZAGA back to France without bring-
him to trial. Orders to this effect were dispatched
to Pampeluna on the 4th. As the French Constitu-
tionnel observes, in alluding to a rumour current in
Paris that such would be the case—" This measure,
although perhaps less severe than the first, is not less
illegal. His banishment can no more be allowed
than his imprisonment. Nothing could deprive him,
according to the terms 'cif the Spanish law, of the
character and inviolability of a deputy ; but no pro-
secution, either regular or irregular, exists against
~im. Nothing therefore can prevent M. OLOZAGA
from taking his seat in the Cortes, and the Ministry
that would oppose it by force would not less violate
the law in substituting banishment for imprison-
!vent." And be it remembered that to prevent a de-
puty from taking his seat is a crime punishable by
the law of April, 1846, with death. Senor PIDAL,
the Minister of the Interior, who signed the warrant
for the arrest of OLOZAGA, stands therefore in a some-
what awkward predicament.

MADRID BOLSA, JAN. s.—The Three per Cents. were
lone at 311 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 201; the
De
Valesbt without
str.terest at 61; the Coupons at 18; and
the

We have received the Paris papers of Monday, con-
taining the KING'S Speech on the opening of the
chambers, which we published in The Sun of yes-
terday; consequently the greater portion of the in-
telligence contained in these papers has been antici •
pated. All the members of the diplomatic corps
were present in grand uniform. The Marquis of
NORMAN BY, who was seated next to the Turkish Am-
bassador, attracted general attention. The QUEEN
was accompanied by the Princesses. The young
Duchesse DB MONTPENSIER, who looked exceedingly
well, was the grand object of attraction. The KING,
who was accompanied by the Due DE NEMOURS, the
Prince JOINVILLE, and the Dues D'AUNIALE and
MONTPENSIER, was received with repeated shouts of
Vive le Roi."
of aid,
The following is from Galignanis Messenger :--
,4 The first paragraph, which. alludes to the disasters
rine.gference to
that have fallen on the population of the kingdom, was
they grieved that any
received by the Chambers with ashgoeunledrael
exist
tufromr umre,n4stioinf
being made of this matter in the Kings Speech. The
termination
vero,f
gtrheeetesdamweithp
In ptehaek
the Duko de Montpcnsier's marriage, the King's voice
seemed at first to taigntly }alter,
cithraegerr7h
lit it became firm
and assured as he terminated the sentence. Some cries
of " bravo !" were first beard, which were followed
afterwards by acclamations. The phrase which speaks
of Cracow was also cheered, though not so loudly as
the preceding ones. The rest of the speech, not calling
for any particular demonstration, was listened to in
silence, and at the close of the whole loud acclamations
again rose."
A salvo of artillery gave notice that the ceremony
had terminated, and the royal cortege returned to the
Tuileries. Loud cheers burst forth along the line of
troops and National Guards as the KING passed by,
and on every point the utmost order reigned. The
weather was fine the whole day, being frosty, but dry
and seasonable.

The effect of the Speech was to bring down the
funds. A fall of 25 centimes took place immediately
that the contents of the Speech became known. Great
dissatisfaction was manifested at the tameness of the
paragraph concerning Cracow. M. GUIZOT had pro-
posed to characterise the affair as regrettable, but
even that term was too strong for the KING, who
,truck it out, and substituted for it the word " un-
expected." He also slurred over the passage in
reading it, giving it in a very indistinct tone as
though he considered it a regrettable necessity that
compelled him to allude to the subject. The announce-
ment of the Montpensier marriage was made, on the
contrary, in a loud and sonorous voice.

The most serious apprehensions of famine are en.
tertaned, in consequence of the continued deficiency
of the supply of corn in the market and the conse-
quent rise of price.

The Reforme state; that on Friday and Saturday
last a further rise in the price of grain had taken
place in all the markets in the neighbourhood of
Paris. At Montivilliers, Etampes) Clermont, Pon-