The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-12 00:00:00

THE NUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JITLY 12, MB,

NOTICE TO SUBSc:RIfiEttS.
There was a THIRD EDITION of THE SUN
of last night, containing—
The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the
Railway Committees of the Houses of Lords and
Commons.
The List of Appointments and Bankrupts from

the London Gazette.
The latest Market Intelligence.
The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being
a full Report of the Debates in the Rouge of
Commons up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock.

NOTICE.

COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
Now Edited
By W. HARRISON AINSWORTII, Esq.

In the August Number, in addition to the Editor's own Romance,
now iu progress, will be commenced
A NEW WORK,
By G. P. R. JAMES. Esq.
To be continued, in successive Numbers, for a year.
Mr. James will henceforth write regularly in the New Monthly.
Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready, A
STEW EDI l'IoN of THE CRESCENT
AND THE CROSS.

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METROPOLITAN MINOR. TIMA."IItICAL r UNIL
All Per.ous who were subscribers to the METROPOLITAN
MINOR TIIEATRICAL FUND, instituted at the Royal Cobourg
Theatre, In January, 1828, are particularly requested forthwith to
send their n mes and addresses to Mr. W. CULLENFORD, Theatre
Royal Adelphi, Loudon.
July 3, 1845.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, ANNA BOLENA.
Henry VIII. Sig. Lablache ; Percy, Sig. Moriani ; Smeaton, Signora
Brambilla; Anna Bollena, Madame Grisi ; Jane Seymour, Mdlle.
Rosetti.

netween the Acts of the Opera will be presen'ed (for the first
time) a in-w PAS DE QUATRE, composed expressly, by M. I'errot.
for Mdlles. Taglioni, Cerit I, Grahn, and Carlotta Grist (her last ap-
pearance but three).

To conclude with the First Tableau of LA ESMERALDA. La
Esineralda, Mdlle. C. Grisl.
xpplications ter Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bex-
ot ce, Opera Colonnade.
Doors open at Seven o'clock ; to commence at Half-past Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
LESSEE, %IR. B. WEBSTER.
TIIIS EVENING

Will be performed THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Mr.
Hollylodge, Mr. W. Farren ; Pansy, +tr. Buckstone ; Nonpareil, Mr.
Webster ; Mrs. Hollylodge, Mrs. Glover ; Ellen Forrester, Miss Julia
Bennett.

After which, the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART-
ACHE. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren; Young Rapid, Mr. Charles
Mathews ; Frank Oatland, Mr. Buckstene ; Jessy Oatiand, Mies
Julia Bennett.

To conclude with an entirely Now Farce, called TILE KINtI
A Nll I. Period, 1691. Sir William Melrose, Mr: 11. Moll ; 3urchell,
Mr. James Bland; Perkin Pyefinch, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessie Donald,
Miss Juli Bennett.

Private Boxes, Two Guineas and one Guinea and a-llalt each.
rickets and laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office,
f urn Ten till Five o'clock.

THEAME ROYAL, ADELPIII.
UNDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI
T.lllB EVENING

Will be repeated a New Comedy, entitled PEG WOFFINGTON;
or, The State Secret. The 31arquis de Mouseux, Mr. Selby; Baron
Stuph, Mr, Paul Bedford ; George Tarleton, Mr. Hudson ; Merestick,
Mr. Wright ; Peg Wofflngton, Miss Woolgar.
To be folio %ed by THE IRISH ATTORNEY ; or, Galway Prac-
tice in 1770. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. Hudson ; Jacob Wylie, Mr.
Cullenfot d.

After which, an Original Terpsich..rean Bisletta, called POWDER
A'1,:1) BALI.; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr.
Lanibert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Jerkin, Mr. Wright ;
Mrs. Montgometie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs,
Miss Woolgar.
To conc:ude with the highly successful and Original Farce, called
i'llE IRISH DRAGOON. r. Brown Sherry, air. Selby ; Paddy
qurph% O'Brallaglian, Mr. Hudson.

THEATRE I:OYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed TO PERSON-4 ABOUT TO MARRY. Cha-
racters by 31essrs. Meadow:, F. Mathews, Kinloch, Miss Arden Mrs.
Wool Edge, and Mrs. Wigan.
To be followed by a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal
Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddcar, Keeley, Meadows, Kin-
loch, and Turner ; Miss Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan.
Atter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy
BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les
lnutseuses Anglaises will appear.
To ~hich will be added (second time) an apropos Bagatelle, in One
Act, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Characters
by Messrs. Meadows, Bender, and Keeley, and Mrs. Usher.
'l' conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric,
'airy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CIN D EREL LA. The Principal
Characters by Mr. Keel,-y, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr.
S. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Vinare, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs.
NoolliOge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard. &c

PuLNCE.,,;',N .1i lliAl RE, oxFuRD-sTREET.
LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX.

Tills EVENINi;

Will be performed THE SYREN. Scipio, Mr. C. Horn, dun.;
Ralbaya, Mr. Leffler; Marco Tempesta, Mr. Allen; the Duke de
l'opoll, Mr. Walton.
After which a New Divettissement, called A COURT BALL IN
1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her
Majesty's Hal Costume, with the Original Music.
To be followed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS.
CA UDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton; Mrs.
Caudle, Mr. Oxberry.
To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN LIVERY.
Lord Sparkle, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Paul Patent, Mr. Compton ; Violet,
Miss Emma Stanley.
Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack 1 Stage Director, Mr. Emden ;
yl achinisi , Mr. Edmund Bradwell.

GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE.
sT. JAMES'S THEATRE.
And positively the Last Week but One of Monsieur Phillippe's
Appearance in London.
By Desire, and at the request of numerous Families of Distinction
(who were disappointed in securing places for 31. rhillippe's last
Juvenile Entertainment), he will give another GRAND MATINEE
MYSTERIEUSE, on MONDAY MORNING NEXT, commencing
at half-past One o'clock precisely.
And in consequence of the nigh ly overflows, and continued demand
for places to witness Monsieur PHILLIPPE'S WONDERS, LES
SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES will be repeated THIS EVENING,
and on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday next, commencing each
Evening at Hali-past Eight o'clock, being positively the last week
but one.
Stalls, 7s. , Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d.
Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be secured t.t Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL A MeHITII. ATE&
PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY.
THIS EVENING
Will he repeated a New Grand Ballet of Action, consisting of Mi-
titary isianceuvres, Dances, Combats, and highly powerful effects,
called IL DIAVOLO ABRUZZI; or, The Brigand Chief and the Dog
of the Chateau.
New and Elegant Scenes in the Circle, by the whole of the French
Equestrians.
To conclude with TIIE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Introducing
the Double Company of French and English Artistes. The Em-
peror Napoleon by Mr. Goruersal, who is engaged expressly for this
occasion.
The Manager, ever anxious to gratify all classes of •he public, and
in order tr, accommodate those who are unable to attend at an earlier
hour, has arranged that this national and most successful Drama shall
be performed as the last piece.
Box-office open from Eleven till Five.

i)AviDGE'b itoyAL. sl;RitEl"rl-11.:A RE,
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed the Grand Opera of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.
Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia ; Alice, Miss Collett ; Edgar,
Mr. D. W. King ; Colonel Ashton, Mr. Weiss; Arnold, Mr. Barker;
Norman, Sir A. Harris; Allan, Mr. M`Mahon. An increased Band
and Chorus from the Theatre Royal Drury-lane.
After which, THE WATERMAN. Toni Tug, Mr. Barker.

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To conclude with a New Drima, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., called
FAITII, HOPE, AND CIIARITY. In which Messrs. Hughes. Hicks.
Bonner, Cowell, Johnson, Ileslop, Miss Martin, Mrs. R. Bonner,
Ste., &c., will perform.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
olice, from Eleven to Pour.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN.
A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON.
COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS.
ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE.
EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE.
DOLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH,

The Acme of Scenic Illusion.
The ROCK HARMON ICON from Three till Eig t.
knd on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDINIESDAYS, and THURS-
DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT
DISPLAY of FIREWORKS.
Admission, One Shilling.
Feeding the Carnivora at Half-past Five; Pelicans and Polar Bears
Six ; Concert at Half-past Si, ; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine

Tlll4, WEATIIE.R.-SuN OFIICE. JULY 12

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest.

71 ; Noon, 59.

4A.RoMETER, 30.—U N.N.
Tx.—The tigureg which follow the worets " Lowest" and
" Highest" denote the lowest and highest stag: 0: the
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four bour.3. All
the other observations are made at noon.

IIIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIS DAY.
Horning .. 31 minute, after 6 Evening .. 54 minutes after 6

The Earl of CLANCARTY presented a petition from
the Irish Great Western Railway Company, denying
the aUe.,•ations made against them in a petition, which
ha" -±o presented the previous evening.
Their li)rdships then went into a long discussion on
the subject of thy priposed New Standing Ordt•rs, on
the subject of Railway Bills, and in the course of it,
The Earl of DALHOUSIE took occasion to explain and
defend the course pursued by the Board of Trade on
this subject.
Lord BROUGHAM moved that his resolution, requiring
that the promoters of a new railway should pay the
costs of an opposing landholder, be adopted as a new
standing order.

This proposition was opposed by the Earl of WicKLow
and other Noble Lords, and after some discussion it was
withdrawn, for the purpose of being again submitted on
Monday nest.

Several Bills on their Lordship? table were then ad
vanced a stage, after which the House adjourned.

The Comm-ons mtt at Twelve.

Lord ASHLEY moved the order of the day for the
House going into Committee on the Lunati,.s Bill.
Mr. T. DUNC3MBE, by moving that the Howse be
courted, and afterwards by m.,ving the adjournment,
endeavoured to defeat the measure, but without effect.
The Hon. Gentleman then moved the postponement of
the Bill until next session. 'This amendment was de-
feated by a majority of 65, the numbers being—fur the
amendment, 1; against it, 66. It was ultimately arranged
that the Committee should be taken on Tuesday.
The House re-assembled at Five o'clock, when

Mr. HAwES postponed his motion on the subject o'
the Danish claims until Tuesday week.

Sir JAMES GRAIIA3I moved that the House do resolve
itself into Committee on the Poor Law (Scotland)
Amendment Bill.

Mr. HUME thought the Bill ought to be postponed to

next session.

➢lr. EWART was also in favour of the postpnement
the measure,

A long discussion followed, in th' course of which ths.
House Witt; ad rrssi•d by Mr. ST::w ART, Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, Mr. E. ELLICE, Mr. Ross, and other Hon.
Members, but eventually the House went into Com-
mittee on the Bill, and clauses 35 to 55, after consider-
able discussion, were agreed to.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at half past One o'clock.

We confidently anticipate that Lord ASHLEY'S Lunatic
Bill will be peetpened till next session. Owing to the
determined opposition of Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, the fur-
tber consideration of the scheme was deferredyesterday till
Tuesday, when it is to go into Committee. We there-
fore earnestly intreat the attendance of Members at the
early sitting, in order that they may judge for them •
selves, and not trust either to the well-known humanity
of the noble author of the Bill, or to the savings which it
may effect as compared with the present state of the law.
The expense, in fact, ought to be thrown entirely out of
the question, for the amount, even supposing the plan to
be carried into effect on the most liberal scale, would
be nothing when weighed in the balance with the
vast benefits that may be conferred not only on the
insane, but on persons of sound mind, liable to be impri-
soned at the bidding of mad doctors. We regret, there-
fore, to find that Lord ASHLEY dwells more upon the
saving of money by the new plan than on the great object
which he ought to have in view. The expense of the
present Commission, it appears, would, if allowed to go
on fur a few years, reach 25,000/. a year, while the esti-
mated cost of the new Commission would not amount
to 13,0001. The difference hardly d. serves notice, yt t
on this point his Lordship dwelt for nearly one halt of
his sp-ech. But leaving that, let us see what are the
improvements contemplated. It begins by esta-
blishing a permanent Commission, and thereby, accord-
ing to Lord ASHLEY, secures the entire services
of competent persons and fixes the limits of expense.
It places hospitals or subscription asylums under proper
r. gulations, by re quiring them to have the same orders
and certificates as were necessary in licensed houses
and by subjecting them to the same visitation as county
asylums. It proems persons of weak mirid from being
received in as) lums iu the character of boarders, iu
which case they have not the benefit of any visitation,
and are sonietion s induced to execute deeds affecting
their property. It provides an additional security
against the 'wino} er detention of pauper patients, by
requiring that the person signing • the order for their
confinement should see and personally examine
them beforehand ; and that the medical officer who
certified as to their insanity should see them
within seven days previous to their confinement.
It compels every person receiving a patient to state his
condition w hen first admitted, and the cause of his death
when he die f. It directs every injury and act of vio-
lence happening to a patient to be recor .ed, and re-
quires a " case book" to be kept ; theteby affordieg
additional eurity against misinanie.;emetit, and showii;g
now far the ',anent:3 had the benefit of medical treat-
ment. It provides against the liberation of dangerous
patients. It authorises the visitors to enforce a proper
supply of food (in licensed houses) to pauper patients,
who were at present fed at the discretion of the proprie-
tor. It enables the visitors to order the admission of a
patient's friends to visit him. All these regu-
lations, we admit, are unobjectionable, but they
are far from going to the root of the evil.
The same medical certificates are to be used as the war-
rants fur commitment, and, therefore, interested parties
will still have the power of imprisoning relatives whose
property would aecrue to them after the death of the
unhappy victims. But oppression will drive a wise man
mad. What will be itseffect,
otfhetnh,isonehsaernseeitteivrehmavien,dist,
harassed by grasping and unfeeling relatives. The in-
cessant
drivenYaTieesof persons
many to such a state of excitement
iis
well
e l
known,an n
that medical men are called in to effect their cure—and
the only cure they generally recommend is confinement
in a madhouse. As regards the visits of Commissioners,
whether belonging to the medical
profession or not,
we look upon this specious safeguard as no security
whatever for the liberty of a fellow-creature. It is well
known that the cruel treatment inflicted by keepers, the
dreary prospects of confinement, and the persecution of
interested relatives, cause a degree of excitement in per-
sons of nervous habits which to strangers would appear
a species of madness, and this can easily be induced
by those who have an interest in their imprisonment. The
return proposed to be made to tne LORD CHANCELLOR
is of nu use whatever. The Commissioners are to report
the number of their visits, the patients they have i-een,
and the miles which they have travelled. This may be
a very necessary return as regards pounds, shillings, arid
pence, but it is no security against the evils of which
we complain. The great cause of all the succeeding
misery is the first commitment, and on that point the
Legislature should be as jealous as they are of the
liberty of the subject when it is invaded by unjust im-
prisonmy nt. Many sane persona have been confined as
lunatics ; Mr. l'nfeeees is a glaring instance, but
he could not have obtained redress in a court
of law, as the pen-on who signed the certificate wools
haee been regarded there as a privileged character.
Never was thy re more cruel mockery than this. In
our opinion the only real security is an investiga-
tion by a jury of twelve men in open court,
when the motives of all parties can be sifted, and
the facts of the case laid before the world. English-
men would undergo much trouble, and pay any amount
of expenses, rather than see, what so often occurs, a
fellow-creature unjustly committed to the horrors of a
madhouse, and as Mr. 1 areco3ine observed, " Better
that nineteen insane persons should go free that, that
one rational being should be shut up under theplea of
inanity."

The Madrid Gazette of the sth instant contains a circular
to the political chiefs,
signed by the Minister of the Interoe
directing the Provincial Councils to be constituted by the
Ist of August, prescribing the form of oath to be taken on in-
stallation, and stating the amount of salary each councillor
will receive—in provinces of the 3d class, 8,000 reals (801.)
yearly ; 2d ditto, 9,000 (901.); Ist, 10,000 (100/.); and in
Madrid, 12,000 reels (1200
The papers bring no news cf importance. The heat at
Madrid is described in some of them as insupportable.

The Funds were very flat. There was a decline of 1 per
cent. in the Three per Cents. for cash on the sth, and 15-16
for time. They were quoted at 284 cash, and 294 at sixty
days; Fives, 21 cash, and 21 for the sth of August; Pas-
sive, 64 cash.

The Faris papers are still occupied with the affair of the
French Jesuits, of which enough has already been said. One
of them states that the Government has called upon the pro-
fessors of the College of France to take measures to oblige
M. MICHELET and M. QUINET to keep in their lectures within
the scope and object for which the professorships held by
them were instituted, and that the professors are to meet to
consider the subject on Sunday. This refers to the attacks
occasionally made by these professors on the French
clergy. The political news is without interest. An
accident happened to Marshal SOULT on Wednesday,
which at first threatened serious consequences. While
passing along the Quai d'Orsay, when opposite the
barracks, the hind axletree of his carriage broke,
the off-wheel came off, and the carriage fell on its
side, in which position it was dragged for some little dis-
mtaanncewbaeafzrnetsn
stophvecfonanchmbeahnincodt:lbdut,being unhurt, he ran to
his horses. The foot-
his master's assistance, and opening the carriage-door
found him lying with his feet upwards. The Marshal had
received only a few bruises, and was able, leaning on the
arm of his servant, to walk on to the Tuileries, where the
medical men in attendance thought it prudept to bleed him.

The was present at the operation, and afterwards had
the Marshal taken home in one of the royal carriages.
The Presse, in reference to the last quarterly returns of
the British revenue, greatly blames the illiberal policy of the
French Government as re•ptcts trace; but, in fact, the Cham-
bers are entirely in the fault :

" The able chief of the English Cabinet has rendered an immense
service to his country by making such bold and decisive improve-
ments in the fiscal system. Timid minds, incapable of moving out
of the beaten track, have condemned them as imprudent and ven.
turesome. They have exclaimed against him as having lost the
suastance in catching at the shadow, and placing the future finance
of England in a state of frightful perturbation. But none of their
sinister predictions have been realised. On the contrary, the
finances of England have never been in a more flourishing state,
and her trade and commerce, thanks to his reduction of the duties
on raw material, and on the principal articles of consumption, have
extendea to a degree hitherto unknown. May this grand experi-
ment be maturely weighed—may it teach our statesmen and our
Chambers how productive may be a judicious application of true
principles of political economy."

The National is highly indignant at the escape of " an
illustrious personage, crowned with the laurels of Parnassus,
and invested with the ermine robes of the Peerage," and as-
serts that the Peers have failed in their duty. The Duke Ds
RIANZERES (Mcsoz) had arrived in Paris, accompanied by
two Secretaries. Count BRESS.,,N, the French Ambassador
at Madrid, had also arrived.

On the Bourse, the Three per Cents. closed on Thurssday
at 83f. 90c. ; the New Loan at 83f. 45c.; the Five per
Cents. at 121 E 20c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,140 f. ;
Rouen, 1,012 f. ; Vierzon, 732 f. 50c. ; Havre, 832 f. 50c. ;
Avignon, 953 f. 75c. ; Basle, 250 E ; Belgian Two-and a Half
per Cents., 60 ; Spanish Actives, 37% ; Ditto, Three per
Cents., 38
The following are the quotations for the new lines :
Orleani and Bordeaux, 170 f. premium ; Boulogne, 112 f. 50c.
ditto; Troyes and Montereau, 201.; Paris and Lyons (La-
ffitte), 20f. ; ditto (Calon), par ; ditto (Ganneron), 5E •
Northern Line (Laffitte), 31E 25c. ; ditto (Rosamel),
50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 71. 50c. ; ditto
(Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques
I,efevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), llf. 25c ;
ditto (Talabot), 25f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale),
Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par. ; ditto,
and Cette (Espeleta), 4f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par ;
Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 7f. 50c. ; Dijon and Mul-
hau3en, par; Dieppe and Fecamp. 26f. 25c.
Licovs, JULY 7. Avignon and Marseilles, 957 E, end of
July ; Paris and Orleans, 1,1501., ditto; Paris and Rouen,
1.015 E, ditto ; Orleans and Vierzon, 727 f, ditto ; Orleans
and Bordeaux, 665 E, ditto. ; Boulonge, 6011'., ditto.

UNITED SI ATES.
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY NIGHT.

We have another arrival here to-night from New York—
the Rochester, klaptain Woodhouse: by her we have papers
from that city tcf the 22d ult., four days later than were
brought by the Shlitspeare. The Rochester made her pre-
sent voyage in the Aced space of 19 days, and brought 20
passeng, rs.

The papers brought try her contain no political news of
importance. Nothing of* decided character had transpired
respecting either Texas or Oregon.

The Caledonia arrived at 13 ton on the 19th.

The papers are chiefly filled with matters relating to the
death of General Jackson, and the preparations making to
pay a just tribute to his memory. Many public meetings
had been held, at which a variety Of measures were adopted
to commemorate the event.

The appointment of the Hon. L. Id'Lane, of Baltimore, as
a Special Minister to England, is positively announced ; and
he will leave new York for this country or; the 15th inst.

A great fire broke out at Fayetteville, N.C., on June 13.
Half the town is in ruins. The market-hovso, and all the
town below it going to the river, saved, and all Xhe churches.
The market and the Presbyterian church were on fire, but
sal-ed.

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