The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-23 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Under the direction of Madame Celesta.
rills EVENING.
Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy,
Mr. Emery; Paul Pry. Mr. Wright; Grisp, Mr. 0. Smith; Aar.
Willis, Mr. Wurrell ; Marian, Miss Ellen Chaplin.
'l'o be itkowed by a n• w comic Opera, entitled GOOD NIGHT,
SIGNOR PANTALON. Doctor Tititofolo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Signor
Pantalon, Mr. Honey ; Lelio, Miss Woolgar ; Columbine, Miss Kath-
leen Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with the laughable farce of A NIGHT of HORRORS.
Scribbleton, Mr. S. Emery.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S Tali:A LEE, OXFORD-STREET.
ruder the Management or Mr. C. Keae and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed a new Play, called THE DUKE'S WAGER.
Characters by Messrs. Ktan, Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Everett; Mrs.
Winstanlev. Mrs. Wig tn, miss Vivash, and Mrs. Kean.
After which a new Farce called AP, ItT E NTS.
"Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated."
To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken
from a Tale. by Washington Irving), entitled TIIE ALIIAM I31:A
Or The Three lloorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley,
Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flextnorc ; Misses Murray, Daly,
Vivash, Robertson. Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Aurio', and Mrs. Keeley.
Pnvate ke., to be had of all the Booksebers, and oh Mr.
Afassingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office,
Oxford-street, from Eleven till Feur o'clock.

11( 11( :IL 1, 1,-,1.1 11 tiIEATKE.
Cinder the V.anagement of Ntadame Vestrts.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Cba. :es Mathews.
Tillh EVENING,
Will be pertormed

ONLY A CLOD.

To be followed by

COURT BEAUT

To conclude with

KING CFIARMING

RoYAL OLYMPIC TtlEAJ'ist...
Lessee said Mana.k4er, Mr. W. Farren.
Ili; • FVEN!NI4
Will be nerf,rmed PAST AND PRESENT.
To he followed by the FA.T CO ,CH.
To coitclu'e with DIG,;E N. E and his LANTERN.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIIIIIEATHE.
(Irdsr U.. Patronage o. nei manna) and hi tf-0.V4, 114E111*V
Prince Alpert.
Proortetor and til inixer, Mr. W. Batty.
THIS EVENING,
Will he performed a grand new speeta,t'e, entitled ELEANOR
THE .k.MAZON ; or, Queen 01 France and England.
To be followed by new Scenes pi the Circle, introducing an en•
Welt, new Company of Eng,ish, French, Italian, and American
Artiste..
To conclude with the PERE JUN ITION4 of MR BRIGGS.
In oon-equence ~f numerous ap lications fr.nn Persons of alt Na-
tions to witness the maginficent Spectacle of MAZEPpA, activapre-
parationJ are being made for its early production.
upuu Irmo o;levet. Uu POW.
qt,igf) Ilana4er. Mr. T. Thompson.

PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATIM.
Lessee, Mr. W. It. COI'E LAND, Liverpool.
Till's EVENING,
Will be presented a Comedy, called CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE.
Principal characters by Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Davis, Mr. J Rogers,
miss Romer, Mis' Masked, and Ills: Marsha 1.
To be followed by a New and Original Burieta, entitled THE
VILLAGE NIGHTINGALE. Principal characters by Mr. H. 1.
Craven (his first appearance h(re), Messrs. Norton. Rogers, Attwood,
R. Romer, a.d Haskell ; Miss E. Isomer, and Miss El za Nelon
(her first appearance here), who will sing two new ballads, composed
expressly for her by S. Nelson, Dal.
After whiett a new and original Comic Drama, entitled THE
POOH FtELA I lON.
To conch de with A CHEAP EXCUR q().N.
Tte Prices of admission are arranged as follow:—Orchestra stalls,
`.,lrxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is.
80,721 to be opened at Hall-past Six, and the performances to
,"_lllce at Seven precisely.
......714tee_0.oti price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine
circle, 25.; second circle, Is.
Private s One Guinea and a Half each.
••••••••••••...-

LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF M. JULLIE.N.

GRAND FLOWER SHOW.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICA I. GA RDENS.
Every evening (gaturdav excepted), Jullien's latest and most
favourite compositions, including the Enfant urodigue and Exhibi-
tion
Quadrilles, Crystal Fountain and Indian Polkas, Amazon and
Tiger Oalop, a id a
choice Selection from the Ancient Composers.—
Danson's Colossal Picture of the Temple of Janus.—Superb
Menagerie.—Perlorming Elephants...,Boutht,y. Koh-l-noor" Fireworks, by
Doors open from Nine sat.—Feeding the Animals at Half-past
Five.—Promenade Concert, conducted by M. JULLIENT, at Seven.—
Fireworks at Ten.
On WEDNESDAY next, the 25th instant, the SECOND GRAND
FLOWER SHOW of the Royal South London Floricultural Society
for a Miscellaneous Show of Fruit, Flowers, and Vegetables, exhibited
under splendid Tents and Pavilions, attended by a Military Band,
&C. No Palm a have been spared to render this Show worthy the
patronage of the diitinuished Visitors now in the Metropolis.
Admission as usual, only One Shilling.

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ME. DYCE SOMBRE.—This gentleman, whose case
has been so frequently brought before the public in the
Court of Chancery, hai returned to London, in accordance
with the order lately made by the Lord Chancellor, with a
view to undergo an examination as to his sanity, as directed
by his Lordship. Re is, however, very seriously indisposed
at Mivart's Hotel, where he is under the treatment of Sir
Benjamin Brodie, by whom further medical aid has been
called io.
AtAdamirm ACCIDENTser ON TEE NORTH-WEaTEEN
RAIIminATIci-4 ious accident occurred to the down mail
train 0
evening, near the Dutton viaduct, between
Crewe and Wlrri
Previously under reps. The line had been for a few days
ayers had been at Nvorr: and on that afternoon the plate-
WhetTethe spot just before the train re-
ferred to was due.
Nether any of the rails were left out of
their places, or improperelyauss:cenred, cannot as yet be ascer-
with
itr o, her, t
twined ; but, from wine
ow a
few from ten to twelve cac-
he engine was car-
ried off the line, drawßinegy
ridges in the train.
surface coctusions, and, of'
Tut
ruyr ahl
Le passengers, no great amount of i
course, a considerable degree of fright
very, ,
sus-
tained by h
alys been
received A message was immediately forward:d to the War-
rington station, wtiere Mr. Norris, the manager, promptly
proceeded with a fresh engine and carriages. .
, and the mails
after about three hours' del
and pssseng,!rs,
delay, were forwarded
on to Liverpool.
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE ry_
~x ORPEL.--.
Yesterday morning forty-four warns mere preached in the
various churches of the metropo is, commemoti of
the third jubilee of this society ; among the preachers were the Archbishop of Canterbury. the Archbishop of Dublin,
several bishops, and eminent clerg3 men.

REGISTERED ELECTORS IN IR.FLAND.---ACCOrding
to a return to Parliament, obtained by Mr. French, M. ic
sad printed on Saturday, the number of registered elector's
in Ireland is 160,890. In counties there are 132,589; in
counties of cities or towns, 20,255; and in bo-oughs, 8,046.
The greatest number is in the county of Cork, 13,192.
GaEAT " TARES."—The Landon and North
and Great Western shine the most. The London and North
Western have taken 13,0071. more than the corresponding
week last year. The Great Northern's excess is about
9,000/. ' • tbeh traffic producing this week as much as 521. per
The .1-a-casbire and Yorkshire have an excess of
about 8,00 1. The Great Western 3,5001. The South.
Eillttni OW The Eastern Counties, about 6001.

Petitions continue to pour in uninterruptedly from
he various departments of France, demanding from
he Legislative Assembly the immediate and compre-
hensive revision of the Constitution. Meanwhile,
the popular representatives pursue their deliberations
upon the subject with the utmost assiduity, though
wi, h the most diversified sentiments. Such varieties
of objections have already been advanced from the
tribune, and these have been responded to by such
varieties of arguments in favour of this great
labour of reform, that it would be somewhat
embarrassing to conjecture the probabilities of the
result proving favourable or otherwise for the
Rspublicans. During one of the latest sittings
of the French Legislature, M. ODILON BARROT took
occasion to pronounce his opinion upon the important
question now agitating the minds of his countrymen
In proclaiming his anxiety to witness the revision of
the Constitution, this distinguisbed statesman, whose
nomination as the first administrator selected on
LOUIS .NAPOLEON'S elevation to the chair of the Pre-
sidency has already been inscribed on the tablets of
history, assured his brother senators with all emphasis
that his feelings upon the matter were attributable to
the liberal principles by which his line of policy had
long been influenced, and not by any predilection
whatever in favour of Bonapartism. Reminding the
Assembly that he had formerly declared to the
monarchy, " The time for reform is come ; if you do
not reform you are lost," he averred to the Re-
public, that if it neglected the moment when all was
favourable for reform, its situation was greatly en-
dangered. Simultaneously with this agitation of the
difficulty within the walls of the Legislature must be
noticed a yet more extraordinary agitation out-
side that arena of the democracy. It
would appear from the latest information re-
ceived in this country that a new stimulus
has been imparted to the excitement throughout the
departments, by a sentiment of indignation provoked
in the hearts of a large portion of the community, by
the strange doctrines put forward by certain rather
enthusiastic members of the Commission. A refer-
ence to the reports recently given in the Moniteur
and other Parisian newspapers will showthat the decla-
ration which has thus poignantly affected the mass of
electors, was no other than the assertion that,
under certain circumstances, the nation would
he incompetent to select its own Govern-
ment. Aeeinst such a notion as this the more
ardent citizans are raising their voices in tones of
mingled wrath and awaz 'went. Tney are unwilling
to accept as a truth that there is any divine right in
Royalty, and are equally resolute to maintain that
there is no divine right in Republicanism. In other
ords, they are solicitous to insist upon the fact that
a free people may at all times and under every corn-
hinetion of circumstance select any form of govern-
merit that may appear desirable to it, without
regard to what may have been previously
'tone by there alves or the patriots of a former
g-nerarion. Hence it is that the signatures to the
petitions in favour of a revi.i in have risen with
astonishing rapidity from 750 000, by an avenge in
crease daily of 40 000, to an aggregate very nearly
amounting even now to 1,500,000!
Considering the shortness of the interval which
must elapse before the nation is called upon to elect
its second President', the earnestness evinced by the
possessors of the franchise throughout France must
be regarded as a matter of peculiar significance. It
will be observed that the Bonapertists, of all
men, have been the most resolute in demanding a re-
vision of the Constitution. To the upholders of the
now first magistrate of the Republic, therefore, the
electors have bowed as yet with a certain air of coin-
cidence, or we might even say of submission. From
that circumstance many considerations of importance
may be deduced, and among others the most indis-
putably undeniable the fact, that hitherto Louis
NAPOLEON and his partisans have not come in
any way into collision with the multitude, pre-
serving with them, on the contrary, an tin_
changing uniformity of views. Fortunately for
the PRESIDENT, his wishes have up to the present
moment in no particular clashed with the aspirations
of the community. 11l blood has consequently not
been engendered between them, but rather that cor-
dial and friendly understanding which must subsist
between a ruler who has remained true to his oaths,
and a nation whose confidence has in no way been
violated. It is from a reflection upon these
things that we are induced to look forward
with the more satisfaction to the day when
France will have to renew the vitality of her
democratic institutions. She will then discover
among the candidates for the Presidency one at least
whose worth she has learnt by experience, one upon
whose probity she may rely withouthestihteatitoenm,
tempta-
tions twiohnosseolfoysanityamtobbiteironcau sehas overcome
elevated and inflamed by the
noblest dynastic souvenirs. B-fore this momentous
period period can arrive, however, the Assembly will
to decide definitively upon the great question of
the revision of the Republican Constitution. Petitions,
already authenticated by from 1,000,000 to 2 000,000
of signatures, have even now demanded this revision
as a boon from the members of the democratic Legis•
lature, and within the compass of the French Parlia.
merit those very nurneroua petitioners are not with•
out a band of able and resolute supporters. It must,
therefore, be apparent to every one that the struggle
is still one upon the cons, quences of which it would
be rather rash to venture a pedietion. We can only
await with patience the elucidation of the,t in mystery
parties in by
titne, satisfied that among all the col,flc
France, the one which is predominant, both intellec-
tuelly and numerically, is that of the moderate and
conscientious Republicans.

Nemo repente fuit turpissimus. The truth of
the adage is unquestionable. Sir CHARLES WOOD is
a living, an unimpeachable witness in its favour. No
man, who had not very considerable " financial expe-
rience" could have the hardihood to indulge in " such
fantastic tricks before high heaven," to exhibit such ex-
traordinary specimens of ground and lofty tumbling as
the Right lion. Baronet displays, day after day, with
'
.the most imperturbable coolness. On one occasion
bee that thecalmly announces the " conclusion he had arrived
at,
precarious and fluctqating incomes
of manufacturers, morobots, 'Or tradasi of legd

or medical practitioners, should contribute as highly
to the ,national expenditure as the dividends in the
public funds, or the chief rents of well circumstanced
real t states. On another, when the absolute injustice
of some fiscal impost is clearly exposed and unspar-
ingly denounced, without caring to defend its pro-
priety, he declares with enviable nonchalance that it
produces so many thousands per annum to the reve-
nue, which he is certainly not prepared to relinquish,
and thinks, or at least appears to think, that
this stereotyped argument, which he has repeated
usque ad nauseam, should carry with it conviction
to the minds of independent Members. Again,
he puts forward as the perfection of " free trade"
a system of charging the home producer with duty on
the quantity of spirits originally made, as measured
at '• the worms-end," without making any allowance
for leakage, soakage, or evaporation, in fact, for
waste of any description, while the foreign or colonial
competitor is only liable for the quantity brought
into consumption, and for which he is remunerated.
It would be an endless task to undertake the recapi-
tulation of the amiable weaknesses of our Model
Minister of Finance. Many men are said to " have
lived before their age," but the great Whig financier
has unquestionably been born a century too late-
He would have been an invaluable assistant to some
Ministers of former ages, for never was there an
abuse, however flagrant, a grievance, however cry-
ing, which Sir CHARLES WOOD could not have de-
fended with arguments at least as powerful as those
put forward on the Income and Property-tax Bill,
the Homemade Spirits in Bond Bill, and other mea-
sures of a similar character.
But he has recently gone, perhaps, to a higher
pitch of absurdity than he ever reached before. It
would really appear as if his object were to
render the Cabinet of which he is a member as un-
popular as it can possibly be made. The entire
Customs system is bad enough. It imposes, even
under the most favourable circumstance, sufficient re-
strictions on the trade and intercourse of nations,
without being extended beyond the spirit in which it
was originally framed. Sir CHARLES WOOD, how-
ever, endeavours to render it more stringent in its
operations, and to take away every indulgence here-
tofore afforded, that might render the burden in any
degree less vexatious and onerous. His present
attack is on Manchester, which he seeks to deprive
of the privilege of bonding goods conferred upon it
six years ago, simply because the town council of the
borough has refused to bear the entire expense of
collecting the Customs' duty in the manufacturing
metropolis of England. He will not, however, be
permitted to inflict this serious it jury on the even-
aive district, of which Manchester is the centre, with.
out being resisted to the utmost. Mr. MILNER
GIBSON has given notice of motion for to-morrow
evening, for the appointment of a Select Com-
mittee " to inquire into the working of the system
of warehousing foreign goods in bond in Man-
chester, as it affects importers, dealers, and con-
sumers of goods liable to Customs' duty, residing
in Manchester and the neighbouring towns; also as to
its effects on the Customs' revenue, and to report to
the House as to the expediency or otherwise of
placing Manchester on an equal footing with all
bonded towns in the United Kingdom," and we
cannot for a moment suppose that the representatives
of the people will refuse to grant the investigation so
urgently demanded by no uninfloential body, an in-
vestigation which can only render more apparent the
equity and justice of their claim.
It may, and doubtless will, appear strange to the
majority of our readers, that Manchester should now
have any well-founded cause of complaint—that
Manchester, which stood forth as the champion of the
remainder of the kingdom, and was the chief agent
in removing the infamous bread tax, should have to
seek justice for itself. But so it is. Sir CHARLES
WOOD has, notwithstanding the almost miraculously
successful result of the experiment tried in 1844, in-
timated his intention of depriving Manchester of the
privilege of bonding goods, unless the town council
will continue to bear the entire expenses of
the Customs' establishment, and to collect
the whole revenue without deduction or draw-
back of any kind. Unfortunately he possesses
the power of so doing under the Act
passed Bth VICTORIA, and there is every reason to fear
that he will exercise that power unless the feeling of
the Legislature and of the community in general be
unequivocally exhibited in opposition to the attempt.
It is right, too, that the other members of the Cabinet
should know the amount of odium which their un-
popular colleague is endavouring to inflict on the
Ministry of which he is a member.
In order that the question should be clearly under-
stood, it is right that we should set forth briefly the
facts of the case. When the privilege of bonding was
first conferred, it was only granted to certain seaport
c.,wns of considerable size and importance. We need
scarjely say that no special or adAilional charge was
made against these localities. Toe Customs' depart-
ment in every instance bore the expense of the staff
which it considered necessary for the security and
protection of the revenue. In some of this larger dis-
tricts they were fully recompensed, but in others
'he expenses were found to exceed the gross receipts,
so that considerable caution was exercised before ex-
tending the privilege to new towns. It was felt, how
-ear, that it might safely be granted to some inland
towns, and in 1839 a Bill for that purpose was intro-
duced by Mr. POULETT Tnomreolv, then President of
the Board of Trade, and afterwards Lord SYDENHAM•
It is right to add that the measure did not cootein-
plate the imposition of any ackii ions! or peculiar
charge on the inland districts. In 1840, Mr. LA-
BOUCHERE, who bad succeeded Mr. POULETT Tnomr-
sos, at the Board of Trade, introduced a similar
Bill. This Bill was referred to a Select Committee,
of which Mr. WILSON PATTEN was chairman, and
Messrs. LABOUCHERE, J. PARKER (now Secretary to
the Admiralty), GouLunarr, and Lord G. SOMER•
SET were members. This Committee, after a stringent
and searching investigation, sanctioned and recom-
mended the principle of the measure. The Right
Honourable Gentleman the Member for the Univer-
sity of Cambridge dissented from his colleagues.
He proposed an amendment to the effect " that it was
inexpedient to recommend any general system of
admitting inland towns at the discretion of
the Treasury or the revenue boards to
the unrestrained privilege of warehousing foreign
goods, free of duty." The objections of the Right
lion. Gentleman were founded on the necessary
outlay for maintaining such effective establish-
ments as were essential for the protection of
the revenue, the expenses of which " could
only be defrayed out of the general re-
venue, or by the imposition of some new charge on
goods warehoused in inland towns;" adding that "to
the latter there appear very substantial objections."
Lord G. SOMERSET also brought forward an
amendment, in which he drew an exception in favour
of Manchester, using these remarkable expressions—
" Your Committee feel that there are peculiarities in
the situation of Manchester which, both in regard
to the revenue and in respect to the an-
ticipated advantages, form a decided dis-
tinction between Manchester and any other
inland town of manufacturing and commer-
cial importance," and concluding with these no less
reference ence
experience t o the
couldop possihtioown
remarkable words in
tthoatthethmeeasbuernee,fitsthat
which are anticipated by
Manchester are not exaggerated, however much
regret the inconvenience
erroneous principles, if, on account of such an appre-
hension, they recommended nu relaxation of the
por ant manufacturing existing systemfa in regard
cturingdis to
trictwthhica large and
ht
is
sexpected iin-
to
be benefl ed by the permission of bonding goods
in Manchester."

In 1844 an Act in favour of Manchester was passed ;
Mr. Gononuasi was then Chancellor of the Exchequer,

and insisted on the principle which he bad
formerly deprecated being carried out, and the
total expense of the establishment being defrayed by
atvhmaenottusognwtnocfaornuetvnicecil. As it was then an experiment, the
condition was compled with, and we have now the re-
sults before us, which clearly showed that the ad-
esnipuaet anticipated 8 weremore notth a n exaggerated.quadrupled
w itli
Ili
ne
followingthtable:—
ears, the progress being exhibited by the five
sth January, 1846 ... X 70.319
1847 ... 187.920
In the year ending
19 31
1849 1848
"• 177 417
99 91
... t•
1850 249,668
39
319,300
It Alpo appears thst the amiss Qi0911006 th last
- - - - its
_.O .

The Committee on the Avignon Railway 13111 corn.
menced on Friday the examination of the proposition
of M. DUFAURE. It decided by a majority of 9to 5
(one Member abstained from voting) that the State
should take on itself provisionally the execution of the
works. This decision, however, does not pledge the
future, as it is well understood to be subordinate to
the question of ways and means, and that of know-
ing whether or not the State will be able to find the
necessary resources.
The Five per Cents, were done yesterday on the
Boulevard at 92f. 95c.
tiUSIAESS ut..;.‘r IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TELE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 21.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9 Dutch Rhenish, 27,—Namur
and Likge, 6A—Northern of France. 15—Paris and Stras-
burg, 102 —Sambre and Meuse, 314.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived.
Oo the 16 h BERMUDEZ DR CAsTRO brought for-
ward his vote of censure on the Ministry in the
Chamber of Deputies. He was r,pli,d to by the Mi-
nister of the Interior, BERTRAN DR Lys. Toe ilebste
was aijourned, and it is thought the motion will be
Withdrawn.
MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 17.—The following
thy pries of Stocks : are
Theree per Cents.,
Three 36 13-16 to -I; Five per Cents., with current coupon,
I 6 i ; Coupoor., to ; Pasbive Debt, 7 7 1-16.
Exchange on London, 61.

GERAIAN Y.
Prince PASKIEWITCIi lcfc Berlin for Warsaw on the
20(h.
Ihe conferences relating to SAleswig are ter-
minated.
file Cologne Gazelle asserts that the Minister of
War, General Von SzocxnausErv, has resigned his
post on the ground of ill-health. It is not known
whether the KING will accept his resignation. The
resignation of the Minister of Finance, M. Von
RAM, on the other hand, is spoken of as certain.
Tne Prussian Stoats Anzeiger publishes the Dew
law on the monthsation f the army.
Tne lndependance of Brussels states, on authority
of a letter from Berlin, that there is no truth in the
statements of certain Garman journals, that an Aus-
trian corps d'arrnee is to be sent to the Swiss
frontier, and a Prussian corps to the French frontier.
We learn from -Vienna that the Austrian Minister
of the Interior has called upon all Frenchmen in the
states of the EmPEltort to make a declaration of their
being there, and to state whether they are residents
or merely travellers. This order has been issued at
the request of the French Government, in order that
the new census of the population of France may be
complete.

S WITZERLAND.
We learn from Friburg that the Court of Assizes
of that place has delivered its verdict in the case of
the three brothers CARRARD and their thirty•seven
accomplices, who were tried as the principals in the
late insurrection. The three CARRARDS have been
declared guilty of the crime of high treason without
any extenuating circumstances. Six of the prisoners
were found guilty of the same offence, but with ex-
tenuating circumstances; twelve were found guilty
of aiding and abetting in the crime; one was con-
demned for exciting to revolt, and sixteen have been
acquitted.