The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

The Chamber- of Peers assembled on Saturday in
Committee, to hear the draft of the Address read. It
is of course an echo of the Speech from the Throne.
The debate in the Chamber was to be opened on
Monday, by the Due DE BRCOLIE, who will; :it is
said, discuss the question of the application of the
Treaty of Utrecht to the Montpensier marriage. M.
GutzoT is not expected to speak until Tuesday.
A courier extraordinary arrived in Paris on Satur-
day from London, with dispatches for the Marquis
of NORMANBY. According to the Courrier Francais,
"It is said, amongst those dispatches was a fresh note
from Lord Palmerston, relating specially to the docu-
ments presented to the Chambers and to the manner of
their publication. This note is shortly t 3 be communi-
cated to M. Guizot. On the other hand we are assured
chat, in order to restore the cordial understanding, a
great personage enjoying the confidence of the Ministry
is to proceed in a few days to London, to propose a
treaty of commerce to the British Cabinet."

The fool riots continue to prevail to an alarming
extent in the provinces. The Moniteur announces
" Troubles of a very grave nature have broken out in
the department of the Indre. Several carts of grain were
seized on the night of the 13th, in passing through Cha-
teauroux, between D-Arroux and Buzanceais. The rioters
.sent the corn to BuzanceMs, and forced the holders to
sell it at a low price. The crowd of rioters increased
during the night, and during the 14th the disorder as-
sumed a more decided character of violence. Five or
six houses have been pillaged, and one of the proprietors
having attempted to resist, was killed. The Prefect of
the Indre went immediately to the spot with the Procu7
reur du Roi, but not having a sufficient force at his dis-
posal, he immediately applied to the Government, which
ordered reinforcements to be sect, in order to re-establish_
order and insure an exemplary repression."

The following is. the description of the state and
prospects of the cdnntry
" We will by no means attempt," says the _Debuts,
"to deny the rude Shock to which the material fortunes
of France are at the present moment exposed, and wee
have not to defend ourselves from the charge of having
remained indifferentlo them. Fevvyears have been. e.s
severely ;affected, as 1846 ; inundations, penury of 'pro
visions, political embarrassments, all have weighed upon.
it. And yet, notwithstanding alt these complications,
it is consoling to see how plentiful are the resources
which the country possesses within itself. Even
,if
we should on this occasion be . taxed with optimism,
we will not hesitate to declare that the foundations; of
its prosperity are -not assailed in a manner that will
leave any profound "or durable traces, since the move-
ment of affairs, the activity of transactions, and the
amount of public consumption, in place of being dimi-
nished in this same year, have made a progress not infe-
rioito that which was remarked in previous years. This
is the result to be drawn from the table of the public:
revenue given by the Moniteur. The general receipts of
the imposts and indirect revenue for 1846 'was
823,291,0001-I, while that of 1845 was 803,902,0001.0
which Shows an increase of upWarde of 19 millions in'
favour of 1846. The augmentation in 1845. over • the •
previous year-was only a little more than 15 millions, so
that the advantage is still more in favour of 1846. -` lt' is
renrarkale that the greater portion of the inersase is
(luring the ia;_t three mouths, which it might have been
supposed would have most seriously affected the market.
The first nine months gave an excess of r 13,183,000 E,
while the last three gave an excess of 6,205,000 f."
The Bank a nouen,. following,tlie exsmple of the
Bank of France, has raised the rate of dii3count 5 per
cent. "

. 7
The Three per Cents. were. dont-in the Pas4ge de I'Opera
on Sunday at 771. 70c., but had risen to 77f. 80c. at the hour
of post. -
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANtlAny 18:
Boulogne and Amiens, 14 Dutch Rh( nish, s—East
Indian, %—Louvain a la Sainbre, 15/4-Luxambaurg,
—Namur and Liege, 3 LA—Northern of France, j2;,(—Orleans
and Bordeaux, 7LA—Paris 'and Strasburg, 3;—Eonen and
Havre, 26%—Sambre and Meuse, 4%.

TILE OBSERVER Cr SUNDAY, JAN. crder
to give a full report of this week's eery important debntes,
the Observer, will publish a gt atuitous supplement of twenty
colunins. Price of • the Observer and supplenient,-sixpence.i
A sixpence enclosed to Mr. Clement; jun., 170,; Strand, Lon-
don, will insure a copy by return of post.
MADAME Bisitor.—During the past week, this
far-famed cantatriee has been fulfilling enrgements at
Leamington and at Birmingham. At Leamington " all the
leading members of the fashionable circles," nays the Lea-
nzington Courier, " were present at her concert,, and her re-
ception 7143-mot enthusiastic." At Birmingham she created
quite a furore, byherexquishely:pathetic rendering of Burns's
beautiful ballad, " John Anderson my Jo." ,Spe eking of the
manner in which this, the chej:cruceere of Burns, was given
by Madame Bishop, the musical critic' of tint Birmingham
Journal save, " It is scarcely necessary W s:iy that it is
not reasonable to expect . that a vocali St proficient
in the florid ornaments of the Donizet,:i school of
music, can do justice to the simple and unitdorned bal-
lads to which Burns loved to wed his matchless poetry.
Yet " John Anderson my Jo " was thus treate I. This re.
.
•quires something approaching to genius. N e have re-
peatedly heard this beautiful and touchingdoir, -hick tradi-
don tells us was at one time a chant inMre ' haly kirk,"
sung by the bright particular stars of ballad inging, but
until Wednesday night we had no conception o 1 the pathos
of the music, or. the potency of the verse. Mad me Bishop's
execution of it was toned to the very essenc 'of pathos.
No extraneous ornament was intrOduced, it was given in its
unadorned loveliness and at the " rest". which mmediately
precedes the close of. the air, the most intense sy patby was
manifested, and rendered the succeeding: burst of applause
deafening in its intensity. It is such :music : a this that
fulfils-the high purposes of the art, but its true ii Iterpretation
is rarely met with."
• The Right Hon. G. S. Byng and Mr. .1
M.P., were prevented by: thelecent death of Mr.

L. Tufnell,
Byng from

attending I:ord John Ifuss6ll% dinner yesterday.