The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-17 00:00:00

the endeavours of the reigning Duke to establish
himself as absolute, in spite of the constitution of 1806
guaranteed by the Congress of Vienna.

AGAINST-Uri, Unterwalden, Zug, Valais, Neuf•
chatel, Fribourg, Schwytz, and Lucerne. Appenze
(inner) did not vote.

An abortive attempt had been made to assassinate
General SERRANO by means of an infernal machine.
There was again a talk of an approaching change of
Ministry.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The announcement of the appointment of the Duke
D'AUMALE as Governor-General of Algeria is con-
firmed. The KING signed the ordonnance of appoint-
ownt before his departure for Eu. His MAJESTY
wished to appoint him Viceroy, but it was thought
too dangerous a step to take at first, more especially
in the present state of the public mind in France;
therefore the Duke D'AUMALE will, according to the
Revue des Deux illondes, " be simply a Governor-
General, placed, like every other public functionary,
under the orders of a responsible Minister, and him-
self responsible for his acts." Knowing how unpo-
pular this appointment will be in France, the Revue,
which speaks from the inspiration of M. GUIZOT,
endeavours, by way of a diversion, to excite the
Anglophobia of the French, by declaring that the
appointment will give umbrage to England, and that
after the marriage of the Duc DE MO:NTPENSIER it is
the most hardy act of M. GuizoT's policy for some
time. We do not agree with the Revue on this
point. M. GUIZOT was much more hardy when, in
the case of M. DE GIRARDIN, he read from the
tribune a private letter and betrayed a confidence, to
put down a political opponent. lie was much more
hardy when from the tribune he boasted how adroitly
he had " fenced" with truth in his interviews with
the Marquis of NORMANDY. He is much more
hardy in refusing all investigation into the charges
of corruption brought against himself and his
colleagues. We believe that this attempt to
render palatable a most unpopular appointment, by
endeavouring to excite a jealousy of England, will
fail. Instead of the false and hollow entente cordiale
between the two Courts, we have an entente coraiale
between the people of the respective nations, who
will no longer suffer themselves to be the dupes of a
designing intriguer. France and England have
ceased to be each other's Mrs. GRUNDY, and if the
appointment of the Due D'AUMALE is contrary to
the interests of France, the nation will not submit
to it one jot the more readily because M. GUIZOT,
speaking with his usual regard to truth, may choose
to represent it as likely to give umbrage to England.
The Commerce says that the DUKE will set out
forthwith for Algiers, to be installed in his new
dignity. He will be accompanied by two Lieute-
nant-Generals and a brilliant staff. His Royal
Highness has announced his resolution of retaining
the services of Lieutenant-General BEDEAU, as he re-
gards the General as his first and most essential
auxiliary in the administration of the colony. The
civil :administration of the colony is to be entirely

re- ••••• ,{11.•11/4C0.
, The trial of D'ESQUIVILLY for perjury has termi.
nated in a verdict of guilty, and he has been sen.
tented to ten years' imprisonment. In allusion to
the scene with DE BEAUV-ALLON on the previous day,
the President, in summing up, made the following
observations :—" It was not without emotion that we
yesterday heard the man who appeared before the
Court at Rouen, to answer a most serious accusation,
and who may eventually have to answer another ac-
cusation of an equally serious character—it was not
without emotion that we heard him say—' It is, then,
a duel between M. BERTRAND and myself that you
wish for.' No ! there can be no question of a duel
here—no duel is possible with a man who, in a
former meeting, has made use of arms which justice
must characterise as fraudulent. Such a man as this
does not deserve an honourable adversary, and men
may henceforth refuse to accept any provocation
from him without the lea.* Olin upon their honour."
The Prince DE JoiNvivislitanded at Toulon on the
11th, and set off immediately for Paris. His health
has suffered so seriously, that he has been obliged to
give up the command of his squadron, and place
himself under the care of Baron PASQUIER, the chief
surgeon of the KING.

The Baron MARTINEAU DE CIIENEZ, Under-
Secretary of State for the War Department, is to be
appointed Vice-President of the Cour de Cassation in
the place of M. TESTE.
The French Three per Cents. were done on Sun-
day, in the Passage de l'Opera, at 76f. 75c., the clos-
ing price of the preceding day.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 16.
Boulogne and Amiens, 14—Dutch Rhenish, 214—Louvain
ala Sambre, —Lyons and Avignon (Constituted), 23
—Northern of France, 11—Orleans and Bordeaux 4
Paris and Lyons, 3:%, ,

SURREY THEATRE.
This theatre was crowded last evening to witness
the debi2t of the Keeleys. It is, we believe, their
first appearance on this side of the water. The first
piece was The Governor's TiVe, in which the Hickory
Short of Keeley was superb, and the Letty Briggs
of Mrs. Keeley the ne plus ultra of amusing vulgarity.
Then came the End of June (the Lyceum version of
the old farce of Thirteen to the Dozen), in which
Keeley appears as the tailor (the character originally
sustained by Liston), and then the Miser's Well.
The evening's amusement concluded with Buckstone's
drama of dynes de Vere. The house was crowded
in every part ; and the engagement of the Keeleys,
who were received throughout with genuine hearty
Surrey applause, will prove lucrative to the ma-
nagement.

VICTORIA THEATRE.
Wilks's drama of Grace Gray was revived here
last evening, and Miss Vincent, as the heroine, pro-
duced quite as thrilling an effect as she did in the
same play some four years since, on its first production ;
and we have no doubt but that this revival will have
a run. A drama, entitled The Queen of Poland,
followed; and the performances concluded with. the
burlesque of Fayre Rosanzonde, in which Forman,
who is now a member of the Victoria company, ke the audience in a roar. The house was well apt
t-
tended.

CREMORNE GARDENS. Yesterday afternoon Mr.
Green again ascended from these gardens in the great
Nassau balloon. The balloon having been inflated, and
the usual preparations made, Mr. Green started on his
aerial trip. When fairly up, it took a S.W. direction, and
the breeze being somewhat strong, it proceeded in fine
style, until it was lost to the wondrous eyes of the as-
sembled spectators. Among the distinguished -visitors
who honoured the gardens with their presence, were
Earl St. Germains, Earl Rosebery, Lord Adolphus
Fitzelarence, Sir George Wombwell, Earl Clanwilliam,
Earl Ferrars, Prince Louis Napoleon, Lord A. Lennox,
Lord Alfred Paget, Sce.
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_MUNIFICENT LEGACY.—The funds of King's Col-
lege Hospital have just received an addition of 1,0001.
by a legacy under the IN ill of the late Miss Colyer, of
Farningham, Kent.
PRAYERS FOR A SEASON OF PLENTY.--." Some
time since," says a correspondent, " the Rev. Hinton
Smith declared that he could no longer conscientiously
use the prayers appointed in our Church service for a
time of dearth and famine, and substituted, after the
general one, the thanksgiving for plenty. The former
prayer, however, is still persisted in in many churches ;
an anomaly which ought, I think, at once to be rectified.
—Plymouth Times.
The Preston Pilot mentions an instance of one of
the
electorst having been bribed with a " Bank of Ele-
gance note !

The Swiss Diet was occupied on the 10th, 11th,
and 12th, in discussing the propositions of the Com-
mittee relative to the dissolution of the Catholic
League. We have already published these proposi-
tions. The Deputies of the Catholic League sur-
passed all their former sayings in the violence of their
language. The propositions, however, were carried
by a majority of twelve States and two half States.
The following were the votes :

FOR Zurich, Soleure, Schaffhausen, St. Gall,
Argau, Tessino, Geneva, Vaud, Thargau, Grisons,
Glaris, Berne, Basle (country), and Appenzel
(outer).

As a specimen of the spirit by which the Sonder-
bund, or Catholic League, is actuated, we may mention
that, according to the new constitution, which the
members of that League have proclaimed in the can-
ton of Valais, Protestantism is not henceforth to be
even tolerated in the cantons, and the refusal of the
Diet to sanction this intolerance is complained of by
the Sonderbund as a grievance. The liberty which
they desire is the liberty of persecution.
Madrid papers of the 10th have arrived.

The Afrancesado Ileraldo, after a long eulogium
on the moderation of Don FRANCISCO D'ASSIS, again
announces the approaching reconciliation of the KING
and QUEEN.