The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-19 00:00:00

MR. BENTLEY '
PUBLISHED THIS DAY. S NEW BO OK S. FRE HNC PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THE.A.TRE.
Under the express Patronage other Majesty.
Mr. MITCHELL has the honour to announce that his BENEFIT
JULIA HOWAE.D. A Novel. By 3lri. BELL MARTIN. $ is fixed to take place
Vols. On Saturday next.

THIS EVENING
wbenwill be presented the following attractive Entertainment.
Tue Entertaimneuts will commence at Half-past Seven o clo;s, with
By Special Desire,
An entirely new Vaudeville, entitled
JOBIN ET NANETTE.
After which will be revived,
CATIIERINE; on. La Croix d'Or.
To be followed by
UN CAPRICE.
Madame de Lery, Madlle. Nathalle.
Blaring the Evening Madlle Charton will execute, en costume, the
grand Scene from the third act of LEur DOMINO NOIR, " Je suis
sauvee entin," and the Caystina, " Amo 0 toi."
Also during the Evening, Madlle. Carlotta Grist and M. Charles
will dance " La Truandalse," from the Ballet of L'E,SMERALDA.
To concludßOGe withEß BONTEMPS the amusing Vaudeville of

IL
Uniform with Miss Strickland's "Queens of England,"
Vol. I. of MISS PARDOE'S MEMOIRS of the QUEENS of
SPAIN to the Reign of her Present Maje•ty, Isabel 11. With
the Remarkable Events that occ•rred during their Reigns, and Anec-
dotes of their Courts. Post Svo., 103. bound.
BARBA TASSI; the Greek Patriot. A Romance. Post Svo. las.
.bound.

IV.
The SECOND and REVISED EDITION of The LIFE of the
DUKE of KENT. By the Rev. ERSKINE NEALE, M.A., Author
of " The Life Book of a Labourer," &c., Bvo., with Portrait. 14e.
ECHOES of the UNIVERSE from the WORLD of MATTER
and the WORLD of SPIRITS. By the Rev. 11. CHRISTMAS,
M.A., author of " The Cradle of the Twin Giants." Bvo., 10s. bound.
VI.
• The MINISTRY of the BEAUTIFUL. By HENRY JAMES
SLACK, F.Q.S., of the Middle Te nple. Foolscap Bvo., Gs.
Yll.
The THIRD and REVISED EDITION of the WEST
WORLD ; or, Travels in the United States in 1846-7, By ALEXERN
ANDER MACKAY, Esq. 3 vols.
VIII.
PHYSICIAN and PATIENT; a PRACTICAL VIEW of the MU-
TUAL DUTIES, RELATIONS, aad INTERESTS of the MEDI-
CAL PROFESSION and the COMMIT By EDWARD
BENTLEY, M.D. Foolscap Svci., 7e. bound.
Richard Bentley, Publisher hi Ordinary to her Majesty.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE
THIS EVENING

Will be serformed A PRACTICAL MAN.
After which THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT.
To be followed by an entirely new and original antici-
pation of what may possibly occur one of these days, entitled
NOVELTY FAIR; or, Hints for 1951. Characters by Messrs. C.
Mathews, F. Matthews, Binge, Bellin:;ham, Cooke, and Che.rles
Miss St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Bliss Glover, Miss Oliver, Miss
Eardley, and Miss Martindale.
All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcrott
Is, New Bond-street.
The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is
open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of
Mr. T. F. Bennett

TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-
A Grand Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous, Concerted
MUSICAL E,IITERTAINMh.Iti'r
Selected from the following authors t
Alczart, Spehr, Beethoven, Gluck. Ricci, Rossini, Adolphe Adam,
Donizetti, and Mendelssohn, will take place on
FRIDAY MuRNING, June 21.
The Concert will commence at Two o'clock precisely,
On which occasion the following eminent artistes will appear:—
Madame Sonta;.
mdile. paroll, Miss Catherine Hayes, Madame Giuliani,
Millie. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolini ,
Madlle Chartou.
Signori Gardoni, Calsolarl, and Eaucarde,
Signori Colette and Beiletti.
Signori F. Lablache, and Lablache ;
Supportel by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the
Theatre.
The whole tinder the direction of Mr. Balfe.
Piano—Messrs. Halle, Osborne, L. Sloper, aad Benedict.
Harp—Mr. Ap-Thomas.
• Violin —Messrs. Ernst and Molique.
Violoncello—Signor Platt'.
. .
French Born—M.
• Among other novelties;
.The .celebrated Trlo for Three Tenors—Signori Gard3ni, Calzolari
and Baucarde.
• Dan for Two Sopranos —Mesdarrits +6ohtag.and Frozzolini.
The celebrated Variations of Adolphe Adam—Madame Sontag.
The admired Russian Ballad " Zolosoi ; ou, le ilussignol,"
Madame Frezzolini.
PROGRAMME.
Part I.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPLIITUEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Astley's Waterloo Fete.—ln commemoration of the glorious 18th
of June, will bo revived, for Five Nights only, the grand National
Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo.
the Brand Military Spectacle of the Alfghanistan War. Brilliant
Display of Equestrian Wonders lu the Scenes In the Arena, by the
first Artistes in Europe.
THIS EVENING,
The Entertainments will commence at Feven o'clock, with
the immensely successful grand National Military Equestrian and
Dramatic Spectacle (in three acts) entitled
THE AFFG/IANISTAN WAR ; or the Revolt of Cabul and British
Triumphs in India.
Produced with every possible care to all its original and magnificent
effects, calling into action the unequalled resources of the °stab-

lishruent.
A Brass Band engaged expressly Dar the occasion, and a host of
Auxiliaries.
To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats o:
Equitation in the Cirque Olympique.
To conclude with the BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
Box-of ice open From Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

111(311 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tate DAI —Morning 35 min. after 9 1 Evening 6 mln.littar 10
To-Moasow— Morning 39 min. after 10 1 Evening 10 nin. after 11

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Jusrs 19.
THERMOMETER, IN TER SIIAIML
72—highest since noon yesterday.
49—lowest this morning and during the night.
70—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.43.
WIND W.—light breeze and fine sunshiny weather.

Oyerture, Der Berggeist - - - - - Spohr.
Terzetto, "Coraggio, or in del tuo vigor," 3ldddle. • .
Parodi, -Madame Giuliani, and signor Belletti • •
(Fidelio) ----- - Beethoven.
Aria, " Tl MIA Tesoro," Signor Caizolari (Don (Ito-
• vaunt) • • - - - -

• Mozart.

;„„Fantasia, Violin, on Favourite English National
Airs, Herr Molive (first time of performance), - Moliqul.
Scene from Arctida, assisted by Mdlles. Parodi,
Charton, dialiani, C. Hayes, Ida Bertrand; Sig-
. nor' Gardoni, Calzolari, Baucarde, Colletti, Bel-
Lablache, Lablache, and Chorus - - Gluck.
Concertante, for Two- Pianofortes, with orchestral
accompaniments, Messrs. Halle and-Benedict -
Variations (by desire) " Ah, vous dirai-je," Madame
Sontag, Flute Obligato, Monsieur Remusat (Le
Torreador) -
Adelaide, Signor Gardoni (his first appearance in
London this season)
Solo, Violoncello, Signor Piatti, on favourite Russian
Airs (first time of performance) - - - ?JAW.
Aria, " Porgi aneoro," Mdlle. Parodi (Nozze di
Figaro) - ..... Mozart.
Trio (three basses), "Veda nom'," Signori
Celetti, Belletti. and Lablache (Chiara di Rosen-
berg)
Air, " Du page," Paroles do M. Scribe; arranged for,
and sung by Mdile. Charton (MS. Opera) - Benedict.
Finale, " Ave Venial," Mesdames Sontag, Parodi,
C. Hayes, Charton, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, and
Frezzollai ; Signori Gardoni, Caizolari, Baucarae,
Colettii-nelletti„ F. Lablache, Lablache, and
Choras - - _

- Benedict.

• Mozart.

FAIT
New Festival Overture (first time of performance
"in tendon) - .
Terzetto, for three tenors, "In quale aspetto im-
belle" (bY general desire), Signori Gardoni, Calzo-
lari, and Baucarde (Armida) - - Rossini.
Andante, French horn, M. Vivier - - - -
The Morning Song (first time), the poetry by Barry
• Cornwall, Madame Sontag,- composed expressly
for her by - . . .. .. Benedict.
Barcarole, "Sella poppa del mlo Signor Bel-
lett' (La Prigione d'Edinburgo) - - - -
Andante, from the• sonata for piano-Torte and violin,
dedicated to Kriitzer, performed by Messrs. Ilene-
diet and Brest • - - - - - - )leth°Ten'
New Ballad, " The Joy of Thus," Miss C. Hayes
(by general desire) - • - - - Balfo.
Rondo, " In. qnesto semolice," Madame FrezzoUni
(Beth)- - . • - - - Donizetti.
Duetto, " Quando di Sangue tinto," Signori Bau-
carde and 4..1,11ettl (ifelisario) - - - Donizetti.
Trio, " Lift thisie eyes," Mdme. Sontag, Mdlle.
Charton, and ]Mlle. Ida Bertrand (Elijah) - • Mendelssohn.
Finale,' "'Alla Trinita Beata," Mesdames Sontag,
Feral', Catherine Hayes, Charten..Giuliani, Ida
Bertrand, and Frexxolini ; Signori Gardonl,
Calzolari, Coletti, Belletti, F. Lablache, La-
blache, and chorus (Land! Spiritual', A.D. 1546).
, . rarer
Quarthito, for four performers, on two pianofortes,
(composed expressly for this occasion), Messrs.
Halle, Lindsay Sipper, Osborne, and Benedict) - Osborne.
Duette, ‘.. A Apia incauta," Mesdames Sontag and
Frezzolini (first time of their appearing together)
(Maria Paeilla) - - - 7 - - Donizetti. •
Fantasia, harp, Mr. Ap-Thomas - - - - rarbila Alvart
Duetto, "Un segreto," Signori F. Lablache and
Lablache (Centtentola)
Russian Zolovel pule Itossignol," Madame
're olini- - - - - - -
Aria, '" ilavvi un Dio," Madame Giuliani (Maria di
Bohan) •- - - - Donizetti.
Brindisi,. Mdlle.,lda Bertrand (Ludiezla Borgia) - Donizetti
"Le Dice de Paptis" (second time of performance
in this country), by all the principal Artists and
the Chorus .• • -
Overture (Le Nozze dl Figaro) - - -
, PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Boxes —Pit Tier .• .. 41. 4 0 1 Pit tails .. •
„ First ditto:. 41. 4 0 1 Pit Tickets ........ 0

- Benedict.

- Gluck.
- Ifourt.

Second ditto 31. 3 0
„ Thirdditto•. 21. 2 0
A few boles on toe Grand Tier
diate application, which Way be u
Music Warehouses ;. at Vie 801-
Benedict, 2, Manchester-square.

Gallery Stalls• •.• 0 5 0
Gallery .. • 0 2 6
it 6t. ti . may be had by imme-
tele at the principal Libraries and
,ffice of the Theatre ; and to 2.

' ' MEIt MAJESTY'S THEATRE
GRAN* EIX-THA Ir
It Li' I`eopectfully announced that a Grand Extra Night will take
place

TO-MORROW EVE:47NC;
When will .ho presented the highly WIC cessful new grand Opera, by
Ilalevy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on The Temptst of Shakspere,
and compotiectexpressly for her Majesty's Theatre,
LA TEMPESTA.
The Incidental Dances by M. Paul Tagiloni.
The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall.
. .

. .
Alft.noo, pig. Lorenzo Cirospero, Sig.y Collett' ; Antonio, Sig. F.
Labliche,;. Ferilnand. Sig. Baucarde; Trincuto, Sig. Ferrari; Ste
phano, Aiadtle: Tatotil, Sycorai,' N4dile. Ida Bertrand ; Spirit of
Alr,3kadarae.Ginilani ; Ariel, M.adlle. Carlotta Griti ; Celibate, Sig.
Lablache ; Miranda, Madame Sontag.
.thrector of the Music and Conductor. Mr. Balfe.
With various entertainments in the Balled Department, in which
Ildile. Carlotta Grist, Mdlte. Marie Taglioni, and Mdlle. Arnalla
Ferraris, M. Charles, and M. Paul Taglioni will appear.
Appitcatlods for Boxes, Stalls, and Ilckets tr De made at the
Box-office of the Theatre.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
EXTRA NIGHT.
'Pint Night of Madame Yfardot.
• • ' • First Night of Le Prophete.
TO-MORROW EVENING,
Wlll be performed with the following powerful cast, Meyerbeer's
grand Opera, • •
LE PROPIIETE,
In which .Mme. Viardot will make her ftrst appearance this season.
Fides. Madame Viardot (the original representative of the part at
the Grand Opera hi Paris) ; Bertha, Madame Castellani (the original
representative of the part at the Grand Opera in Paris, her first ap-
pearance in that character in England) ; Jean of Leyden, Signor
Mario; Count ()bertha!, Signor Tagliatico ; Sergeant, Signor Leyte ;
Peasants, Signori Bommi and Sohn ; Giona, Signor Merida (first
appearance in that character); Malthisen, Signor Polonini ; Zac-
caria. Herr Formes (first appearance in that character).
The Choir in the grand Coronation Scene in the third Act will
combine the powers of a full Orchestra, the Military Bands, the
Chorus, and Organ.
The incidental Ballet in the Skating Scene will be supported by
M. Alexandre and Madlle. Louise Tagliont (as danced by them at
the Grand Opera at Paris), and comprises the celebrated Quadrilles
dee Patineurs.

Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.
The Doors will be opened at Malt-past Saved, and the performa

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commence at light o'clock precisely.
Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night
or season), at the Boz-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten
till Irtve.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton,
Mr. Butler Wentworth's Benefit.
ruts EvENIS•
Will Ile performed the LADY OF LYONS.
To conclude with THE HONEYMOON.
The hi.x-onice la under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer.

TREATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
TILLS EVENING,
Will be reproduced the celesrated Drama of THE WEPT OP TILE
wign.TON-WISII. Principal characters oy Messrs. tlughes, Cul-
lentord, Wright, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar.
After which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled ESMERALDA.
CbarAC' _.ers by Meassrs. O. smith. Wrlaht, P. Bedfurd ; Madame
Celeste, miss woelgar, and Miss IL Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with a new and orizinal Farce, in the
'Vulgar Tongue, to hzetil called JACK IN TILE GREEN ; or, IBMs on
• Etiquette.

Under the Patrona gnei
ss her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal
. . weeklll riffle,:
o' nt is
b.
eJt L&Lci Elklic .
Firthi—pri— °ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN SI.
OPEN ReOvYeril/MSOuSII4 AEI,
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and
TIIIIR SI/AY.
THIS DAY, Juno 19th, the Royal South London Floricultural
GRAND MISCELLANEOUS
society will hold their second
FLOWER SHOW, on which occasion:urn
gEctizotaira
ell/a:hoe Itoavdelill.
be in attendance, with all the other
Doors open at One.
Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelledNaeon
b Dioramiacnd Piohis
-
'ng
tura representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS Y pol
.A.rmy ! the largest Picture in the World '
with
Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, ..son, 8,, gm The
nbctin
purmodeurcaedble mbyov3iir.
a
Denton and Son, assisted by Messrs.-Adams, Wil
montlui, and it is
Picture has occupied the Messrs. Damon for many
confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'auivre of tin,
. inferior to any production of the day. and not
. The splendid MENA(,IERIE has lately been enriched by.
i4Yerz
',reliable Presents from the Queen.
The Mnsicai Department will be conducted by Mons. Juillen and
' Mr' ''trey. It will be the all of the Establishment to offer
. for gratification of the SOscribers and the Public, the
most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom ! I Selected
from the Bands or her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the
most eminent -Artistes in the profession.
The following list of engagements will, it Is hoped, convince the
Public, that the long-acknOwledged excellence of the Band of this
Establishment will be fully maintained I The Repertoire of Music
will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular
Operas In this and other countries. Solo-Players:--Messre. Romig.
Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers,
and Winterbotham.
During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic
Tatienu illustrating the celekrated Picture by David, of Buonsparte
Crossing the Alps! Showing A general view of the Region of the
Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to
the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount
St. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French
Army is first seen " en bivouac," presently the drums heat to arms,
and amid the clash of Military Bands and NI artial Musk, the Troops
nomrannee the Ascent. The Soldiers are scow dragging the Artillery in
Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and
traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome,
its course to the Fertile
and the Gallant /Limy is seen Puteeing
Plains of Italy.
The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by
Messrs. Southby, introducing, amongst various novelties, the most
admired feta d'artifice of former seasons, Jets d'eau, water rockets,
revolving pieces, a
Ne
ras.gniticemt Transparency fifty feet in height,
painted by
Buonaparte on Horseback
Cheering on ssrs. Denson, representiMf
his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of
honnnr, flags, trophies, sc,, amidst if.c•rruseatlou of various coloured
fires.

The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the
picture tinder the direct!on of Air. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas
BOtCheZhY and Dizon, 23, 11:10g-strget, Covent-
garden.

Admissicn. Is.

THE SUN, LONDON,

are executed and judgments confessed, and
the Commission for the sale of encumbered es-
tates has been rendered a sad necessity. We can
easily understand the Members for Dublin voting
against the measure, or even the Hon. ember for
Meath, when he finds that his suburban heritage at
" Coldblow-lane" can no longer grow cabbages or
manufacture voters ; but how other Hon. Gentlemen,
whose properties and residences are in the
provinces, can desire to injure themselves en-
tirely passes our comprehension. Whatever
opposition may be offered is, however, of but little
importance. The division of last night shows that
the success of the measure is certain, that the days of
the Irish Viceroyalty are numbered, and that it will
speedily be reckoned among " the things that have
IA es."

The report of the Camrnittee of the House of
Lords on the sale of beer exhibits in a broad light
that ignorance of the habits and the feelings of the
Industrious classes of the community, that proneness
for mischievous meddling with their amusements,
that supercilious assumption of intellectual and moral
superiority over them, that contemptuous air of
protection, and that disgustingly hypocritical
holier-than-thou" spirit, which unfortunately
characterises too many of the proceedings of their
Lordships in regard to those who are not mere
"Fruges consumere nati."
In one portion of their report their Lordships
speak of beer-shop keepers "as resorting to practices
for the purpose of attracting custom which are de-
grading to their own character and most injurious to
morality and order." Are the beer-shop keepers the
only persons who do these things ?
" Mutate nomine de to fabula narrator."
Have their Lordships never heard of club-houses, or
of hotels, frequented exclusively by the aristocracy,
in which practices are resorted to for attracting cus-
tom which are as degrading and as injurious to
morality and order as can by any posssibility
be the practices resorted to at beer-shops ?
Ind yet their Lordships take no pains to
Inquire into the character of the proceedings
there conducted ; their Lordships, who are in an ecstasy
of horror at the idea of a scheme for the destruction
of a hare concocted in a beer-shop, regard with the
greatest complacency a conspiracy for the seduction
of an innocent girl concocted in a club-heuse, and
while indignantly eloquent on the iniquity of skittles,
lend their countenance and support to rouge at noir
and chicken-hazard—
" Through ragged clothes small vices do appear,
Robes arid furred gowns hide all."
Pathetically do their Lordships complain of that
" evil most difficult to deal with, the
absence of all control over beer-houses save by legal
conviction "—(surely their Lordships would not have
oeershop-keepers treated illegally)—forgetting that
~he same complaint may be made with regard to
common gambling-houses, superadded to which the
lifficulties thrown in the way of obtaining such con-
victions are almost insuperable ; but hazard is one of
the amusements of the aristocracy, and is therefore
not vicious, like skittles—upon the same principle that
teeple-chasing is not cruel, while donkey-racing is.
The remedy suggested for the evils com-
plained of is, to place all beer-shops under
the control of the unpaid magistracy a
plan against which we strenuously protest. 'We
nave no great love for unpaid services, in fact,
droperly speaking, they have no existence ;if the
person rendering them is not paid in malt he is paid
in meal, and the " great unpaid" acquire from their
status an influence which is too frequently abused to
,erne private and political purposes. The remedy
proposed would only go to increase the monopoly in
which, and in which alone, the evils complained
of originate. The present exorbitant price of
beer is a proof of the stringent nature
of this monopoly. Beer is now, in 1850, at the same
price, with barley at 225. a quarter, that it was in
1847, with barley at 575. Let the beer trade be
thrown open, and competition will cure the evil.
At present, a poor man wanting beer is compelled to
deal at certain houses, and is forced to mix with
whatever company may resort to those houses. Give
him the opportunity of exercising a choice ; let him
have the option of purchasing a wholesome article at
a reasonable rate, and of consuming it in a respectable
house, instead of forcing him, as at present, to purchase
it after a particular fashion and at a particular place
and we shall find that those places now complained of
es the resort of bad characters will be deserted by al
but bad characters ; their custom is not sufficiently
safe or steady to induce a beershop-keeper to keep
open his house exclusively for their accommodation,
And the closing of such houses would be the conse-
quence. free trade in beer is the true remedy for
all those evils which have originated solely and exclu-
sively in monopoly.

It appears that the Government, in its proceedings
with regard to the Post-office delivery on Sunday,
has been actuated by a paltry feeling of spite. In the
course of the discussion on Mr. FORSTBRIS motion,
last night, the object of which was to authorise the
delivery and transmission of letters on Sundays by
private conveyance, Lord Joust RUSSELL declared,
" although he thought it his duty to advise the Crown
to comply with the address of the House, which was
founded on numerous petitions signed by nearly
700,000 persons, and which was declared to be the
wish of the House, not only by Hon. Members who
were present and voted for it, but by the voluntary
absence of a great number of Hon. Members who
declined to rote against the proposition, he certainly
could not share in the opinion that it was advisable."

This certainly is one of the most extraordinary admis-
sions ever yet made by a Minister of the Crown•
fie advises his SOVEREIGN to do that which he deems
not advisable, because certain of his supporters choose
to be absent on the course at Epsom instead of at-

tending to their duties in the House of Commons.
Surely this question of Poet-office Sunday delivery
is to the full as important as the question of the
African blockade, and yet on that question there
was none of the mealy-mouthed truckling which
has been exhibited by the Ministers to the Sabha-
tarians ; but, on that occasion, the persons coerced
and bullied by the Minister were his friends
and supporters, whereas the Sabbatarians are
almost to a man his political enemies ; and it
is to oblige those who would, if they could, eject
him from office to-morrow, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL
has advised his SoYEaelceN to do that which he does
not himself deem advisable. It might have bean
imagined that, inasmuch as the Government refuses
to convey letters on a Sunday, the right of private
persons to do for themselves that which the Govern-
ment refuses to do for them would revive. We entirely
agree in opinion with Colonel THOMPSON, who
thought, in a case of this kind, that the Government
ought either to do the people's business fur them, or
to allow them to do it themselves ; but Lord JOHN
RussELL would not agree to the motion. The Noble
Lord thought " that if letters were to be conveyed
on Sunday, it would be far better to restore the state
of things that existed before the resolution of the
Noble Lord (ASHLEY)." Then, wby in the name of
common sense does not Lord JOHN RUSSELL restore
the state of things that existed before the re-
solution ? Why does he not afford the House
the opportunity for reconsidering the reso-
lution, which is so ardently desired by
Mr. Al/MONIST and the other Members who took
r toefdthoeut
bl ur
part E-
xchequer h e
ci
ui
enr thhaes
wi s
tubs sn ?
hisi u s
uTa
lh
infelicity,
fCe
ea
intcye, the
true cause. " The Government," said that most
acute of tacticians, " are not so much concerned
in the matter as the public," and therefore the public
convenience and interest are to be sacrificed. The
Government has always hitherto been looked upon
as the especial guardian of the rights and conve-
niences of the great body of the public, and trust
ing to that guardianship, the great body of the
public has abstained from, interfering in politics ;
but henceforth they cannot trust, it would seem, to
such guardianship, but must actively interfere in
every case in which the sacrifice of their interests
will not be accompanied by inconvenience to the
Government. The Government by their conduct in
regard to this question are holding out a premium to
agitation.

POPULATION OP CUBA.—An American authority
gives the following classitdcation of the population of Cuba in
1850 : Creole whites, 520,000 ; Spaniards, 35,000; troops
and marines, 23,0 0;
foreigners 10,560 ; floating population,
17,000—total of the white population, 605,560. Free mu-
lattoes, 118,200; free b1ack5,87,370 ; slave mulattoes, 11,100 ;
black ditto, 425,000—t0tal coloured population, 641,670.
Grand total of the entire population, 1,247,230.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. 1
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
metsd at 4 000 bel-s, of which 800 were taken for ex-
port. The market closed steadily at previous rates.—
In Railway Shares very little business was done without
alteration in prices.
In the Amsterdam market on the 17th instant, the
home Funds were tsetter, the Duch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. being 56 15-16 to 57. At Frankfort on the 15th
inst. Austrian Metaßios were 78g.
The letters by the Severn steamer were delivered yes-
terday afternoon, and a careful perusal of several state-
ments concerning the weather justifies the assertion
that it had boen much too dry, although immediately
before the packet left there was a decided change.
Whether they will be sufficiently early to produce the
same effect as usually results from the May seasons,
is perhaps questionable. The heat in Barbadoes was
greater than had been known for years. A. great
want of shipping was experienced in Car-
lisle Bay, and the stores were filled with sugar,
with scarcely any vessels to take it oft Many ships
were anxiously expected, and for which cargoes were
waiting. Trade in most of the islands continued dull.
Jamaica was healthy.
A matter of great importance, should it turn out true
to the full extent, is the discovery of a gold district near
Angostura, a town of Columbia in the province of Car-
thagens, South America, on the Magdalena, at the influx
of the Nures, 110 miles N. by W. of Bogota,
and 300 miles south of Carthagena. The par-
ticular locality is described as being the Yurnary
river in the province of Tupuquen, where a
gentleman named Monasterio had collect. d a
large amount. A vessel had been put up at Trinidad by
an enterprising firm, with the view of conveying pas-
sengers to the land of promise, but private accounts
inculcate the necessity of caution, and while not doubt-
ing that great metallic treasure exists, it is plainly in-
timated that there is danger from the Indians, who aro
rather hostile in the country indicated. It is mentioned
also that there was some doubt whether the Venezuela
Government would allow adventurers of all nations to
engage indiscriminately in the col:ectiun of the ore.
The Royal British Bank monthly return, published
in last night's Gazette, gives the assets at 323,0741., in-
cludingexpenses, cash credit, securities,
consert i
ble preliminary
securities
ith promissory notes, bills of ex-
change discounted, and cash. The liabilities comprise
100,0001. of capital stock, and 223,0741. of deposits and
other liabilities.
The liabilities of the Oriental Bank on the Ist of June
instant, according to the gazetted return, were 754,725/.
for capital and reserve fund, 520,1361. for deposits aid
circulation, 773 189/. for dra.ts issued, 24,0011. for
balance of profit and loss, and 7,831/. fur the contingent
fund.
The case of the Royal Bank of Australia now winding
up in Chancery shows how urgent is the need of strin-
gent control in, such cases by the shareholders. One
party has appropriated a large amount of the capital to
his own use in building a town in Australia.
Sir E. W. Head, Lieutenant Governor of New Bruns-
wick, has authorised the introduction into that province,
of the following articles, duty free, from Canada, Nova
Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, and Newfoundland,
" being the growth, production, or manufacture" of those
places:—
" Grain and bread-stuffs of all kinds, vegetables,
furnuditrse,siesdeeskdsins
, bay and straw, animals, salted and fresh
meats, butter, cheese, lard, tall .w, bides, horns, wool,
andioofmti sr: ofal
lead
all
copper,kinds i
np
ores
ig.grindstones
sof al
l kinds,
iron in pigs and blooms,
and stones of all kinds, earth, coals, lime, ochres, timber
and lumber of all kinds, fire and wood ashes, fish and
fish oil, via., train oil, spermaceti oil, head matter and
blubber, fins, and skins."
In the Court of Exchequer recently the Court gave
judgment in the case of Ambergate Company a.
Couthar, wherein the defendant was sued for non•pay-
merit of calls, including the first instalment of the last
call due to 6th of April, the second instalment of which
was not then due and substantially decided that when a
railway company is empowered to make " a call" for a
specific sum, it cannot require payment in parts, at dif-
ferent times, as this would be making " calls," and not
" one call." The rule to reduce the damages assessed in
au action to recover the calls by striking out the amount
of the second instalment was made absolute. The opts•
ration of this judgment will remove considerable grounds
of complaint on the part of shareholders, who have here-
tofore, when a company has thought fit to make a call,
by ono or more instalments, the last frequently falling
due many months after the first, been obliged to pay up
every instalment long before due, before a transfer of
their shares could be effected.
We are advised by the Committee of Mexican Bond-
holders that the shipment of specie per Royal Mail
steamer Severn Wm according to letters of May 16,
from Vera Cruz, 49,727 dollars 57 cents. The amount
pending for account of the bondholiers at Vera Crux
was at this date specified about 158,822 dollars.
We uederstand that there has been within the last
few months so great an improvement in the Sambre and
Meuse Railway, that at the half-yearly meeting, to be
held in three weeks, the directors will be enabled to an-
nounce a very considerable surplus, available now or
hereafter as may be agreed, for the benefit of the share-
holders, after paying all working expenses and interest
on debentures. The increase in the traffic. though the
worst ha.lf-year, is nearly 40 per cent. over the last and
best half-year.
There has been an improving and a buoyant market
for Public Securities until within the last half-year, and
the effect of the Ministerial majority in Parliament is
quite powerless in producing a fall. Consols have been
95j to 96, but are now 95i i upon a rumour that Lord
John Russell has resigned. The New Three and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have realised 98 to 981 e and the
Three per Cents. 964 to 94. 13 ink Stock is at 208.
Exchequer-bills have tiers quoted 675. to 70s. prem.
The Foreign Market is not generally active, but
Mexican has been dealt in to some extent, and has
fluctuated considerably, viz., from 30i to 29i. Peruvian
Bonds are 77i to 73. Brazil Stock is worth 87 to 89.
Dutch Two-and-5-Half per Cent& have been done at
571. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 174, and the
Three per Cents. aro nominally 38k to g. Portuguese
Four per Cents. have been about 34 to 35.
Railway Shares have been firm but dull.
The South Devon Railway Company are experiencing
a great increase in their traffic, the weekly return to
last Saturday giving the amount at 2,1601. This, it is
said, has induced some of the largest proprietors of the
old shares to prepare a schema far making an arrange-
ment with the holders of the preference stock, in terms
of which both classes of shareholders would receive a
i by ranking the nine years' preference shares
dividend
acycioredinie to their relative value with the orignal stuck,
and it is said that 381. would be about a fair estimate.
QUARTER TO THREE.
... shut.
... 95i 96 ex. d.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
sane .Stuck..
e. +.',eo.t. Reduced Anne ........... 961,41,i%14 ". 96%
Jew 314 perCent.Anns._ ........... 99 98141,4 98%
mug Anne. to expire J aa.1860 ...... 8 3-16 8 3-16
ndis Bonds. 1,0()0/.... ..,,,........ ....
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Ditto under 1,0001........ ... 89 p 86 p
'onsuls for Account 95% 96 85X 96
echequer Bills. 1 ae d. & 2a
1,000/. June 7O 67 70 p 70 p
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. r.tticES.
Ceilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... , 59141 99A/
Danish 80nd5.1825,3 per Cent. ..
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent lB% % 18%
Ditto, Deferred
Idexican. 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons-- ....
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... —
Ditto. Account
Peruvian Benda, 41h per Cent...-. 78 77%
Ditto Deferred
ftussian Bonds
Ditto, 4% per Cent
Ditto, Small
Ditto Scrip 444 p 41,4 p
Bpatush 5 per Cent. 1840 17% 17%
1734
Ditto, Account
Ditto. Passive 3%
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.
Ditto, 4 nor Cent. Certificates 87% 87_87% 87%
Ditto. Account
eitICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICER
eerdeen
Caledonian
Cheater and Holyhead... 50 ...... 9%
sat Anglian, 26/., L. Ifs
E. and L. and D. ... 25 ......
Do., 34 10s., Pref... 314...... 114
?astern Cousties... ..... 20 -••«•7%
Do., New Pref.rence,
r, per Cent.....-.... 10 ...... --
East Lancashire ...... ... 25 ...... 7
.neat Northern
Do., Iri A Deferred ... 1214 3%
Do., % B 6 per Cent... 11%. .....
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 LAI ..... 101,4 .. .......
.rent Western... ..... ....100 .... i . 59 59,4 ...,.....
Ditto. New 171.- - - 15 ..- .. 7%
dull and Selby .. ...... 50 •••••• "- •
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 48 .......
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ......
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire& Yorkshire 100
Do. Fifths._ ....... .... 11 14
Do. Thirds ............... 18 ...... 9
)0. (W. Riding Union) 11 4 ...... 3%
Leeds and Bradford 5O ...... 94%
Lon ton, Brighton. and 1
South Coast .....100 ...... 83
—4 ....
London and N. Western 00 lo9sa4s
Mao, New Quarters 12 -.... 12%34 • ...
London se s.tlC -gtern .10 ... 60 61
Do, New 501.. .... .. 424......25
M Audio•l,er,Bufs.ton,and si
AatlAck. ..... ...
Midland .. ...... ••• •••• 100 .••••• 37% lei
s,:,'Dr:l-1:)hil, kEBSx: 11.
t.. i GS.: k
al luaa rri ".. 5. . p.... .................
..... ...
North Staffordshire ... t 74.•-•• -
tteading, Guildford, and
Reigate .... ..... - ..... 20
Royaton and Hitnhin ... 414- —-- -
Do. Shepreth Exten . 54 ...... %
South -,...t.r.
........ 3354 i • l5
So ith Wales
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick..... .....-- 26 ...... 15%14
Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 ..... . 10(4,... .._
Dl', G.N.E. Preference 8 ••• - 3 31/
York and North Midland SO ...... 17 LA
Ditt. Preference ...... 10 ••••..
FOREIGN RAILWAYo.
Sambre and Mews 2O ..... •-- •••
MINES.

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Ditto Account IDS

Santiago de Cuba........ 1C
United Alexican 2854

LONDONDERRY, JuNs 17, —Arid. Albion, Hannah,
Liverpool and America.

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