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BENSON'S W ATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism." --Morning Post. gold ' s to 100 guinea's, MTN% .•• WO 000000000 Send z staplps for Benson's Illustrated I'amphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, Or to Indialuid the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, Established 1749. _ . SAYERS and HEENAN. ALHAMBRA PALACE.—RECONCILIATION and FINAL SET= TL E M ENT of the GREAT CONTEST for the CHAMPION ,::HIP.—PRESENTAT lON of the TWO BELTS.—SAYERS and HEENAN beg leave respectfully to intorm the Nobility, Gentry, and Public that this interesting CEREDIONY will take place on WEDNESDAY EVENING next, May 30, at at the Royal Alhambra Palace , Leicester-square, Nine o'clock precisely. Appropriate speeohes will be delivered, and re marks made upon the pleasing and satisfactory adeliveri djustmethe nt of this exciting question, prior to the ng, of' Belts by the Speakers, and the handing over of the Stakes by the referees. An Instrumental Band of most eminent artiste is engaged, and a pleasing, refined, classical, and musical entertainment Nvill take place during the evening. Doors opened at eight o'clock. Dress circle (reserved seats), one guinea ; second seats (boxes), first circle, ss. ; gal lery, 2s. fid. Carriages may be ordered at ten o'clock. The above entertainment will be repeated on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. Grand fashionable Morning Repre sentation on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, commencing at two p.m. Carriages at four. Seats may be secured at Messrs. Chappell's, •and Leader and Cock's, Ne vv Bond-street; Keith and Prowse, 48, Cheapside ; and at the Alhambra Palace, from 11 to 4. ti EATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buskstone. THIS r:VENING, THE FAMILY SECRET. Messrs. Chlppendale, Howe, W. Farren, Villiers, Buckatone, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy Sedgwiak. Followed by a new farce, entitled FITZSMYTHE OF FITZSMYTHF, HALL. Messrs. Bu kstone, W. Farren, and lingers ; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. - ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. TIM EVENING, the comedy of THE MAN OF THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps and Miss Atkinson. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mr. G. Melville and Mr. A. Harris. Commence at 7. • A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE - R OYAL.' rx Sole Proprietor and M ana g er, Mr. Benj. Webster.. .. lte-appearance of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan—Third week of the populae American Actress, Miss Julia Daly. THIS EVENING to commence with ITS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan, J. L, Toole, Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Ward; 'Mrs. A. Wigan, and Miss IL Simms.. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with GOING TO THE DERBY. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, It Orchestra Stalls, 6s. • Balcony, 4e. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit,ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, le ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. EVERY EVENING. Mdlle. DUVERGER.— M. BRINDEAU. THIS EVENING (Wednesday), and TO-MORROW (Thursday). Ordre do Spectacle :- 1. LES ETOILES DE PARIS. 2. LE POUR ET LE CONTRE. 3. LE PARATONERRE LES DEUX TIMIDES. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, • 2s : Gallery, I. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP HITHEATRE.- P r oprietor, Mr. WM. BATTY. Powerful Attraction for the Holidays. Two more Grand Mid-day Performances during the Whitsun Holidays, viz.— TO-MORROW, Thursday, the 31st May, and Saturday, June 2d. The Entertainments will consist of a Recherché Display of Equestrian Performances and a Light pleasing Drama tic l'iece ; commencing each day at Two o'Clock. 'VII IS EVENING, The Grand Hippo-Drama. " TIIE HISTORY OF A FLAG." W on drous Scenes in the Cirque , supported by the most talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in the World. Concluding with a Laughable Farce. The magnificent Chan.teliers manufactured by Messrs. De fries and Sons, Houndsditch. Don: s open at half-past performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. CONCERTS, CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING. C. H. GOU.NOD'S OPERA, FAUST, - First Time in this country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Slobel • . ' ' Mrs. Andersen. Marguerite ..... .... Miss Russell. Conductor And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, ls . Hall, 64. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield. The AFRICAN OPERA T HOU PE, their first appearance since 1852, consisting of ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS, who will give the whew. of their inimitable entertainment every evening. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICM, MAY 30, 1860, THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 59—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30. WIND—N. to N.W.; fresh breeze, with fine weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THis DAY.—Morning, 9h. 39m.—Afternoon, 10h. 11m To-mortßow.-Morning, 10h. 42m.—Afternoon, 11h. 13n1 , -... s ''-,, .X ' Ai , 7--• . C '-• 'f4 , ..., ' l l '' THE SUN. LONDON, IVEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1860, When in England we talk of " grievances" we mean something quite different to what the miser able victims of HAPSBURG and BOURBON rule understand by such a word. With us a restricted or unequally distributed suffrage, or church-rates, are " grievances," and we clamour to our rulers for redress. Grievances, ours are, under which we work on very comfortably for years together ; nay, we even heard a hearty Liberal M.P. once express the hope that church-rates would not be abolished; they were a convenient grievaree for his class, and it would give some trouble to find up aaother by which the Liberal candidates could easily offer something more to Dissenters than Conservatives. Wholly different from such grievances arc those of which Mr. HENNESSY would become the patron, the unwitting one, we are sure. The complaints of Neapolitans and Sicilians spring from no mere social or civil inequalities, from nothing that frets the mind merely. Heaven forbid that we should represent such kinds of injustice between citizens as trivial matters, but they are, at least, matters in which the satisfaction of conflict for the right en ables us partially to forget the burden of the wrong. Not so at Naples. Not only is the representative constitution illegally suspended—not only an ex cellent code of laws set aside,—but this is done that the scum of society may victimise its better part — no man can be sure of his property for an hour ; but even there oppression does not stop ; no one can be sure that, without a shadow of reason,he may not be taken from his bed, his parlour, or his business to the cruel horrors of a Neapolitan prison, and placed in damp and darkness and the foul air of a close and narrow felon's cell—and why ?—because the brutal police see fit. The prisoner knows of no charge against him ; he is kept for days even with out an examination ; when he is interrogated it is but to worm something, if possible, out of him ; no charge i s ma de, no defence, therefore, possible, and he is remitted to his almost deadly cell for no one "'Ns - 4 0w long. Such treatment as this is the rule, not the excep- tion, while the business of the police is not to detect real guilt but to make a show of their activity, and to gain favour with their superiors, by seizing as large a number of persons, as possible, pretending that they arc suspected.• The entire respectable native population live, indeed, at the mercy of the police. Spies and informers pervade all places of public resort, and even every private household. A servant a sister may be in the pay of the Jesuits or of constables, and too happy arc these gaol feeders if they can but find some expression which may-be tortured into a plausible ground of suspi cion. When that resource is wanting, perjury and falsehood are dirt-cheap at Naples, and know no shame if openely convicted. It has been done for the good of Church, King, Police— aud perjury and lies in such service are quite. hon ourable. Mr. HEN:SE6SY has little reason to be .--„--.„..........nn,Tr0mr50ataftem........_ troubled for the character of Mr. ELLIOTT, and of ' British diplomacy at Naples; if that gentleman stated the plain truth to his principals, it was be cause he was reluctantly compelled to bow to facts. A letter from Naples, received to-day, says,—" No British Minister can live long in Naples with out, if he does his duty, reporting to his Government acts of injustice and cruelty, of every description of illegality and bodily and mental torture, inflicted by the police Government of the Two Sicilies. When Mr. ELLIOT first went to Naples, I am told by a diplomatist who was then himself representing his Sovereign there , he found I the British Minister most favourably disposed towards the King and Court, and believed the bad Government of Naples by no means so odious as was stated. 'Before I left Naples,' observed the diplomatist whose observations lam quoting, your Minister condemned the governing system as much as any other foreign Minister.' Mr. BowYER should, if he does not like Mr. ELLIOT'S despatches, persuade the Neapolitan Government not to afford the raw material for such reports." Mr. GLAD STONE told Mr. HENNESSY that he himself saw the chains on Baron POERIO ; lest he should be still incredulous we will quote again the letter. " I beg to say that I am, with others I could name a living witness of Baron POERIO having worn the chains of a galley slave. Mr. HENNESSY observed —" They had the deposition of the Surgeons, to the effect that the baron's malady was hereditary, and had nothing to do with his irons, and that he was imprisoned in a cheerful room with plenty of light, and with his books and papers." I had the honour of knowing Baron POERIO when he was a Constitutional Minister of King FERDINAND 11. He was then in excellent health. So far as the deposition of a Neapolitan Government official is concerned, I remember when I daily attended the famous trials which Mr. GLADTSONE made pub lic, it was proved in open court that the Govern ment employed perjury as a system. It was only towards the end of POERIO'S imprisonment, and when he was in the sick ward, that he lived in a cheerful room,' with lights, books, &e. I wish Mr. BowYER and Mr. HENNESSY could have seen poor POERIO chained in the damp and gloomy stone cells of his early imprisonment. They would, I presume, scarcely defend the King who placed him there for no crime—no proven offence of the law—that King who lived to see his own body rot to death from one of the most painful diseases with which humanity is afflicted." But what shall we say for Sicily—there the brutality of the police beggars all attempts at description ; unhappy Sicily, to which, under British auspices, a Constitution was given in 1812, to be cancelled by the perfidious FERDINAND as soon as he saw the backs of the French—which rose successfully in 1848—which was overpowered by the reactionary Monarch, and with horrid atro cities again subjugated—and for which even the Lieutenant -Governorship of FILANGIERI, who had subdued the island, was too good ! He was re called, and ever since the police have gone on from bad to worse. All cannot be told, but here are some extracts from a pamphlet published at Paris and of undoubted authority—" MANISCALO, the Director of Police, an old gendarme, and the son of a waiter in a Naples hotel, has now for some time practically been the ruler of Sicily, and it is under his auspices that the system of torture has been perfected. The famous Pontillo owes his reputation to the species of torture which he applies in his own commissariat, making the victim sit down in a railed arm-chair set with razor-blades, under which is placed a pan of burning coals. The inspector, Louis Maniscalo, the namesake of the General Director, applies to tne accused little iron hands provided with a closing screw. This is called, in the language of the police, 'the angelic instrument.' The gaoler, Bruno, be longing to the Police Commissariat of the odious Carrega (there is a prison in each Commissariat), tortures by stripping the victim of his clothes and binding his head between his legs. Others employ the torture of the tourniquet, drawing a cord With a stick inserted in it tight round the head of the accused till the eyes start out of the head and the skin cracks. Others have recourse to starva tion, to blows, to the privation of light and of breathable air. But the one satellite of the, Direc tor-General who outstrips all . the others is the notorious Captain Curstsuct, born a peasa4in the village of Belmonte, a robber by professiok and now an officer of police and rich proprietor. Sent by Maniscalo into the town of Nicosia, in order to discover the assassin of a certain Gorgone (a captain of this district, killed in consequence of incredible excesses of ferocity), from among thirty individuals thrown into prison on the vaguest suspicion of complicity in the crime, Chinnici chose two, at hazard, to make an example of them, and to slake his thirst for torment. These two unfortunates were Rosario Chimera, of the Valle d'Olmo, and Pizzolo. They underwent the most atrocious tor tures, such as the silencehood,' the ' angelic in strument,' hunger, the bastinado in excess, without choosing to confess an action which they had never committed. The police agent then got hold of the wife of Chimera, a young and beautiful woman, twenty-two years old. After heaping on her the most horrible violence, he caused her to be tied naked on a bench, and gave her up to the bru tality of his men. She remained there three days in this state, without food, till, half dead, the unhappy woman deposed that her husband had formerly said that he would kill the captain Gorgone.' This evidence, extorted in this manner, is immediately received by a judge sent for the purpose, and CHINNICI, delighted at having got his first piece of evidence, returns to the dungeon of the two wretches to tell them the confession of CHIMERA'S wife ; and as they persist in their de nials, he has recourse this time to a torture of such monstrous obscenity that it is impossible to describe it. The victims at last give in and confess all he wishes !" The Sicilian police are the immediate authors of the Sicilian rebellion, and GARIBALDI'S most effi cient recruiting sergeants. The Royal Geographical Society has nobly done its part, in offering the appropriate meed of its approbation to the heroic Commander of the little Arctic yacht the Fox (of 170 tons burthen), the daring course pursued by which led at last, as the world by this time knows full to the disclo sure of the fate of Sir JOIIN FRANKLI.I—the Dis coverer of the North-West Passage ! Thanks to the chivalrous expedition undertaken by Captain Sir LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK and his companions, arid by them successfully carried out, in defiance of obstacles of a truly appalling character, we have arrived at length at the knowledge that the Erebus and the Terror, with all their v.liant navigators, perished from the face of the earth in solving the hitherto inscrutable problem, so long a source• of bewilderment to our geographers. The Society's "Gold Medal" has, on former occasions, been bestowed right worthily upon resolute voyagers like Ro ss , BACK, SIMPSON, RAE, INGLEFIELD, M'CLURE, KANE, and COLLINSON. It was but just and reasonable, therefore, that a like " Gold Medal" should be awarded to the brave Commander of the Fox, CaptainiSir LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK— by whose ever-memorable exploit the records of our MAP OF SICILY. 4 E s ri-. The indefatigable Mr. James Wyld has, as we anticipated, published a map of the island of Sicily, which, thanks to Garibaldi's enterprise, is just now engaging so much of public attention. Its appear ance, though somewhat late in the day, will be welcomed by the many who wish to form a correct idea of the position of the island and its environs, and who are thus enabled to trace the course of the patriotic army% The roads, rivers, and mountains are clearly and minutely defined, and by a careful study of' this useful map, the various accounts which daily arrive from the scene of action can be better understood. The scales of the common Italian, ancient Roman, Piedmontese, and British miles, with their comparative length, are given. Altogether, the map before us is a useful addition to the many valuable charts which Mr. Wyld has given to the public. Arctic researehes have been gloriously completed. Remembering the fate of poor FRANKLIN and his companions, we would now fain have inscribed at the close of this latest addition to these annals— " Finis." The North-West Passage is no longer a riddle defying explanation. FRANrLIN and his comrades have demonstrated, for once anal for all, that such a passage is actually in existence, though one that is closed almost unin- erruptedly by barriers of ice against the chance o successful navigation. FRANKLIN and his comrades have been the first to prove this—let them be the last. They have perished in the act of carrying out this long desired demonstration. That Sir JOHN FRANKLIN'S is, after all, really and truly the glory of having thus been (as he aspired to be) the Dis• coverer of the North-West Passage the facts Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz is daily expected to arrive from the Continent, on a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess brought to light by the Fox have clearly shown and now the Royal Geographical Society have accompanied the award of their " Gold Medal" to the commander of that vessel Sir LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK, by the prior award of yet another " Gold Medal," this year—nobly signalising the fact that Sir JOHN FRANKLIN is in truth and in very deed henceforth to be regarded as THE dis coverer of the North-West Passage, a title which of all others was peculiarly the object of his ambi tion as a navigator ! On Monday the 28th of May,lB6o, therefore, let it be henceforth remembered in honour of the heroic dead, that in the words of the late President of the Royal Geographical Society, the Earl DE GREY and RIPoN—" Desirous of comme morating in an especial manner the Arctic researches of our associate, the late Sir JOHN FRANKLIN, and of testifying to the fact that his expedition was the first to discover a north-west passage, the council of the Royal Geographical Society has awarded the founder's gold medal to his widow, Lady FRANKLIN, in token of their admiration of her noble and self sacrificing perseverance in sending out at her own cost several searching expeditions, until, at length, the fate of her husband has been finally ascer tained." As the noble President reminded his hearers on Monday, Sir JOHN FRANKLIN had, long before his departure from our shores fifteen years ago, namely, in 1845, upon his last but most triumphant though fatal expedition, made good divers claims to our respect and admiration. He had in his early youth taken part in two of NELSON'S renowned victories. He had, first of all, from 1818 to 1822, and afterwards again from 1825 to 1827, acquired, by his Arctic explorations, an honourable reputation among geographical dis coverers, one, in fact, as Lord DE GREY and RIPON has with reason remarked, which was already in 1827 (three -and-thirty years ago !) " second only to that of PARRY." In 1845, therefore, he was old in renown when he set forth upon his final expedition of disco very! An expedition, in carrying out which it has now been demonstrated (the President of the Geographi cal Society reminds us) " that the Erebus and the Terror rounded Wellington Channel to 77 deg. of north latitude, that the two ships were navigated round Cornwallis land, which was thus proved to be an island, and that finally, steering from Beechy Island to the south-west, they were on. the 12th of September, 1846, beset in the ice, in which they wintered, in latitude north 77 deg. 5 min., and long. west 98 deg. 23 min., having reached a position never before or since attained by any other ship." It is for these reasons that, as the noble President added—" The council, therefore, hope that Lady FRANKLIN will consider the gold medal now awarded to her not only as the merited recompense of her husband's discoveries, but will also accept it as a testimony of the admiration en tertained by British geographers for her who has devoted 12 years of her life to the glorious object in accomplishing which she has sacrificed so large a portion of her worldly means." Referring to the extraordinary manner in which, after the lapse of those twelve dreadful years of " hope deferred,' the fate of FRANKLIN was at length brought to light, Lord DE GREY pronounced a heart-stirring eulogium upon the captain of the Fox, Sir LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK, reminding thotp who had the plea sure of listening to the panegyric, how—" Inured by previous explorations to the risks and dangers of Arctic life, this brave officer has so modestly and clearly told his stirring tale—of how in a yacht of 170 tons burthen he successfully worked out his great mission, that he has already enlisted the sympathies of Europe and America." Adding further, that " Sir LEOPOLD has imperishably chronicled in the exploits of the expedition the names of his worthy associates, HOBSON, YOUNG, and WALKER, in a work that will doubt less endure as long as men shall continue to revere the deeds of persevering and skilful explorers." And observing with an accuracy of selection to which all who have read the brave sailor's volume, will bear witness that —" Of the events of this narrative there is no one which has drawn forth more com mendation than the calm resolve with which the gallant commander, after having been driven back 1,200 miles in the pack, and carried out into the Atlantic, returned to combat with the obstacles of frozen seas, and nothing disheartened, steered back his little yacht. once more into Baffin's Bay." It is a gratification to remember that due homage has been paid to the captain of the Fox and his heroic shipmates, and beyond this to the memory of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN and his chivalrous but ill-fated companions—by the Royal Geographical Society— by the City of London—and in the instance, at least, of M'CLINTOCK himself, by our own gracious SOVEREIGN. Something yet further is needed, however, in recognition of these great services and imperishable achievements. Parliament has yet to award a fitting recompense to the distinguished officers and the gallant crew of the Fox ! England has yet to raise a fitting tribute to the memory of FRANKLIN and his companions ! In the Louvre, as Sir RODERICK MURCHISON took occasion to remark on Monday, France has raised a pathetic memorial to the fair fame of LA PEROUSE, her long lost and lamented navigator in the antarctic regions. We, ourselves—have we not erected in front of Greenwich Hospital a grateful monument to Lieu tenant BELLOT, of the Imperial Navy of France, who died prematurely by a deplorable accident while participating in one of the many fatal efforts to discover the fate or whereabouts of the Erebus and the Terror ? Surely we cannot delay any longer— with a remembrance of these facts before us—in raising a memorial statue in bronze somewhere in 'Trafalgar-:quire, a statue having inscribed beneath of Cambridge. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince Louis and the Prince Henry of Hesse, accompanied by the Baron de Capellen, have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Darmstadt. His Highness the Prince of Lagan, accompanied by the Count Adalbert Talleyrand, Baron Vidil, and M. Lafitte, has left the BrunswiA Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. The Duke of Marlborough left St. James-square on*Monday, for Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock, for a Few days. We are happy to learn that the Duke of Bedford was somewhat better yesterday. His grace's illness arises from the rupture of a small blood vessel, which happened on Friday last. At first the circumstance occasioned much alarm, but we are glad to say that no fatal consequences are apprehended. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and Lady Georgiana Hamilton return to town to-morrow from the Isle of Wight. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough and Lady I Sophia Pelham have left Arlington-street for the Isle of Wight. Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for an assembly on Saturday next, and a soiree dansante on the loth of June. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box last evening was occupied by Lady Sarah Lindsay, Lord and Lady Muncaster, Mr. Noel, Mrs. Domville, and Mrs. Clif ton. Amongst the fashionable company present were—the Marquis and 'Marchioness of Kildare, the Marquis of Done gal], Viscount Castlerosse, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Wilton, the Dowager Coun tess Lf Harrington, the Countess of Winchilsea, the Baron and Baroness de Brunnow, Count and Countess de Per signy, Count Batthyany, Lady Alice Egerton, Lady Catherine Egerton, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Augustus Fitzclarence and Lady Alice Hay, Lady Mary Craven, Lady Beaumont, and Lord and Lady Constance Grosvenor. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—The Queen's box was occupied last evening by the Earl raid Countess of Caithness, Lady Phillips, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Mr. Cavendish, and Mr. Robinson. Amongst the fashion able company were the Prince Boris de Galitzen, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Duke of Montrose, the Earl of Listowell, the Earl and Countess of Hopetoun, the Earl of Besaborough, the Earl of Zetland, Coun t Tolstoy, Count Steinbach, the Countess of Chesterfield, Viscount Powis court, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Falmouth, Lord Skel mersdale, Lady Blantyre, Lord Dufferin, Lady Meux, Lord St. Maur, Lady Talbot, Lord and Lady Worsley, Lord John Thynne, Lady Sophia des Vceux, and Lord and Lady Wode house. CONSERVATIVE BANQUET.—The day for this de monstrationhfis now been fixed by the committee of manage ment. It will take place at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, on Friday evening, the 29th June. A large number of members of both houses of Parliament have already signified their intention of being present. DINNER TO GENERAL KNOLLYS. A farewell dinner was yesterday given by the gentry and tradesmen resident in the neighbourhood of Aldershott, to Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, lately commanding the camp, in recognition of his uniform urbanity and his continuous efforts to promote the welfare of Aldershott and its vicinity. The dinner was held at the Club-house, Aldershott, and about 130 persons were present, among whom were Capt. Mangles (chairman), Sir C. Phip . .,s, Mr. Roupell, M.P., &c. The chairman, in proposing the health of Gen. Knollys, dwelt upon the ex cellent order that had prevailed in the camp during the gallant officer's command, and upon his unceasing efforts to promote the comfort, not only of the soldiers under his control, but of all who dwelt in the vicinity of the camp. The compliment was duly acknowledged by the gallant general, who expressed the great pleasure he felt at finding that his good wishes and best efforts were so well appre ciated. After some other toasts had been disposed of the company separated. The dinner and wines were provided by Mr. Slater, purveyor to the Aldershott Club, and did credit alike to his cellar and his cuisine. The band of the sth Dragoon Guards was in attendance, and gave great pleasure by its excellent performance. LORD ST. GERMANS.—It has been determined, in order to give greater eclat and importance to the visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada, that his Royal Highness shall not only be attended by a Secretary of State, as re presenting the Crown but by her Majesty's first great officer of the household, and one who has been a Lord-Lieu tenant of Ireland, thus, to a certain extent, representing the Queen herself. The presence of these important State functionaries with the young Prince will give such a con stitutional sanction to all the public acts of his Royal Highness as will almost endow them with the same im portance as if performed by the Sovereign in person.— Court Journal. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13 31 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore nearly at about the same price in London as in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 1091 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of England . ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United States. FREE EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. —The ship Sedgemoor, 921 tons, Capt. M. W. Kett, sailed from Southampton yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, at three o'clock, for Algoa Bay, with emigrants selected from the agricultural and artisan classes by the Hon. William Field. She takes 250 souls, equal to 2101 statute adults, comprising 29 married couples, 103 single men, 38 single women, 273 children, and 8 infants. These emigrants are under the charge of Surgeon-Superintendent J. P. Hill; schoolmas ter, Edward Horsfall ; matron, Mrs. Porter. They include a draught of men enrolled for the Cape frontier mounted police force. The emigration to the Cape at the colonial expense, under the local act of 1857, now amounts to 7,053 souls. The Wellington, from Southampton, for Table Bay, w s spoken with on March 29, in lat 4 50 N, long 20 40 AV, 22 days out, all well on board. BALLOON ACCIDENT IN NEW YORK.—The New York papers report a fatal balloon accident in New York. A Mr Connor was the unfortunate aeronaut on the occa sion. The weather was very stormy, and he was entreated not to assond, but he persevered notwithstanding. Bidding au affectionate adieu to his wife and intimate friends, he en tered his car, and called upon those who held the ropes to close up and take a strong hold upon the basket, which they did. All being in readiness, at a preconcerted signal every man relaxed his hold, but the balloon, instead of rising per pendicularly from the ground, lunged off in a westerly di rection. The monster body, driven by the squall that, ust then arose, demolished a large transparency with which it came in contact, and striking themetal cornice of a ball and concer t- r oom, bent it like so much thin lead. The wind subsiding, the balloon rose above the high ornaments on the building referred to, and then suddenly collapsed, and, with its basket and occupant, instantly disappeared from sight. A scene of the wildest confusion now ensued, Mrs. Connor, and a female relative who accompanied her, fainting and falling helpless upon the ground. Mr. Connor was dis c vered shortly afterwards, but he was injured internally, and died that evening. DEATH OF PETER PARLEY.—The decease of Mr. S. G. Goodrich, whose versatile and popular writings for youthful readers have literally made the name of Peter Parley " familiar as a household word" where the English language is spoken, took place at his late residence in this city on Wednesday afternoon. He commenced life as a publisher in Harford, and after a visit to Europe in 1824, removed to Boston, where he continued the same business in an enlarged form. The series of juvenile books issued under the name of Peter Parley was begun soon after the removal of Mr. Goodrich to Boston. They at once attracted attention, and shared largely in the favour of the public. Although chiefly engaged in the walks of literature, Mr. Goodrich took an active part in the affa irs of life, and always cherished a deep interest in politics. He was at one time a member of the Massachusetts Senate, and a candi date for Congress from that State. During the administra tion of President Filmore, he held the office of Uaited States Consul at Paris.—New York Tribune. THE WINE I)_l7TiEs.—The results of the reduction in the wine duties thus far show that such increase of con sumption as has taken place has been mainly in French qualities. These present an augmentation of about 87 per cent., while in Portuguese descriptions there has been a falling off of 11 per cent. Spanish wines, however, the consumption of which is nearly equal to that of the aggre gate of all other wines, still figure for an increase of about 7 per cent., while the Germain descriptions, hitherto limited, show an increase of more than 100 per cent.—namely, from 30,488 gallons during the four months to 61,539 gallons. As our total consump tion of all wines, however, during the period has been 2,584:566 gallons, this increase, extraordinary in itself, is comparatively unimportant, although it furnishes an indica tion of a rate of progress which, if kept up for a year or two, must greatly alvaoce the prosperity of the Rhenish pro vinces. The use of Sinth African wine, now that this quality is no longer available for contrivances to cheat the Custoins out of drawback, has already declined 54 per cent. Itcckoning all descriptions of wine, colonial and foreign, our consumption for the first four months of the year ex hibits only an increase of 6 per cent., so that at present the changes have been rather in the sorts consumed than in the (men ity. But the importation has been very large. To Freech, German, and Spanish descriptions the increase has be en respectively 133, 139, and 70 per cent. In I'ortuguese it has been 30 per cent., and in South African 95 per cent., notwithstanding the diminished quan tities of the two latter taken into use. The stocks in bond throughout the United Kingdom, however, do not show any very great aggregate excess compared with those held on the 3Jth of April, 1859, the existing total being 10,35.5,282 gallons, against 9,652,528, increase of 71 per cent. Still the individual items show great changes, the stock of French wines having increased from 409,377 gallons to 740,332 ; of German from 57,125 to 133,554 ; of Spanish from 3,421,824 to 3,713,571 ; and of South African from 603,360 to 887,386 ; while that of Portuguese has diminished from 4,017,404 gallons to 3,708,08,5. votes. voting. it upon its granite pedestal SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTII-IVEST PASSAGE! THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—Lord De Grey and Ripon has been compelled by the pressure of his official duties to - resign the presidency.. Lord Ashburton has teen elected in his stead, and will immediately enter upon the duties of the office. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN -ROAD.— The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending May 26, 1860, was 2,515, of which 716 were new cases. Several of the absolutist journals of Madrid hav ing more than once announced the death of Garibaldi, some persons had by way of pleasantry sent round to the news papers and to the leading political personages a circular surrounded with a black border, requesting the "friends of tyranny" to attend, at the office of the Coreespondaneia," a solemn service for the repose of the soul of Garibaldi, who has been four times despatched, but is still quite well :" THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1860. --~----- (OFFICIAL.) N E W The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, MAY 29. The Patrie of this evening publishes under re serve the following despatch : " NAPLES, May 28.—Garibaldi, having collected all his forces and military materiel, attacked Palermo on the morning of the 27th instant, made himself master of all the outer works, and suc ceeded in entering the town." News of a later date announces that &lag con- tinued in the town. The fire of the forts and the frigates which encircled the port well supported the royal troops, who were actively engaged. The Patrie also states that letters from Genoa announce the departure of a steamer for Sicily with 55 volunteers, besides muskets, sabres, and powder. It is asserted that the solemn entry of the Divi sion Bazaine has been adjourned, as the Emperor will be absent from Paris at the end of this week. The news from Naples is still contradictory. Despatches received here to-day give the lie to those that arrived yesterday. The latest are quite favourable to Garibaldi, who is stated to have ob taired possession of Palermo after a bombardment. But this requires confirmation. The news of an approaching interview between the Kings of Denmark and Sweden is confirmed. The Emperor will set out on Thursday for Lyons, where, on the following day, he will meet the Em. press-Mother of Russia on her return from Nice. NAPLES, MAY 28. The Sicilian bands are leaving the troops of Garibaldi, who have been again beaten at Piana, having had many killed and many taken prisoners. The insurgents lost also one cannon, and are in full flight, being pursued by the Royal troops beyond Corleone. The provinces are tranquil, and the revolutionists are discouraged. MARSEILLES, MAY 29. A letter from Naples, dated 2Gth inst., explaining the asserted success of the royal troops at Pario, states that two strong columns provided with artil lery placed the Garibaldians between two fires. The loss of the bands is said to have been 160. The insurgents fell back upon Piana. An English steamer has arrived here with news asserting that Garibaldi was not in the action, but at Misilmeri enrolling recruits. The attack on Palermo had been deferred until half the inhabitants of the island were organised. Telegraphic communica tion now exists between Marsala and Malta. Our,letters from Naples state that the King had recalled four old generals from Sicily, among whom in particular is Gen. Landi, and had sent younger generals in their place, particularly Gen. Marra. The King had ordered a large concentration of troops, and an active carrying on of military opera tions. The population of Palermo is greatly agitated TURIN, MAY 29. The official Gazette of to-day publishes a despatch from Naples, announcing the arrival of an English steamer at that place, which brings the following news :—" The insurgents have entered Palermo. A considerable part of the population have risen against the royal troops. The city is bombarded by sea and land. The bombardment commenced on Sunday morning, and it appeared that the firing continued at the time of the steamers' departure." In the Chamber of Deputies, after the adoption of the Treaty of Cession, Signor Ratazzi rose to de mand explanations of Count Cavour, who, in reply, expressed his regret at having been compelled to say very delicate things, but the responsibility attached to his remarks upon the question must rest with Signor Ratazzi. Count Cavour further said : "We have no guarantees from France in favour of the annexed provinces of Italy, as we have not asked for any. We have considered the declarations of France that she would ensure a policy of non-intervention on the part of the fo reign Powers to be sufficient. " France has not exercised the least pressure re specting the autonomy of Tuscany; she has limited herself to simple non-official diplomatic conversa tions, in which we have declared that the autonomy of Tuscany must disappear. To this France has not made the least objection." The following is a summary of Signor Ratazzi's speech in the Chamber of Deputies this evening. Signor Ratazzi said that he must again demand whether it was not owing to the counsels of France that the autoßomy of Tuscany had been granted. Relative to the treaty he said :—" I also am a partisan of the French Alliance, but to maintain this alliance the cession of Savoy sufficed. At the same time I believe that the cession of two pro vinces, instead of strengthening the alliance, and causing the Emperor to guarantee to us the an nexation of Central Italy, will have a contrary re sult or none at all." Signor Ratazzi concluded by saying—" We may be asked at a future time to make fresh territorial sacrifices, and it is to protest against such a system that I abstain from voting." The Chamber of Deputies has approved the treaty of cession of Savoy and Nice by 229 against 33 Twenty-three members abstained from VIENNA, MAY 29. The official _Donau Zeitung publishes the following telegram, dated Naples, May 27 : " The bands of Garibaldi have been totally routed. Garibaldi himself is endeavouring to embark. The rebels accuse each other of treachery." GENEVA, MAY 29. The voting of St. Galle for the acceptance or rejection of the new constitution terminated yester day. An Ultramontane tendency paused its rejec tion by 20,669 against 18,330 votes. MADRID, MAY 29. The Cortes have unanimously resolved to consi der the proposal declaring the army of Marshal O'Donnell and the marine to have deserved well of their country for their conduct in the African cam paign. GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION. The Paris correspondent of the Times, in his letter dated yesterday (Tuesday), 6 p.m., says : " To-day, again, we have two sets of telegrams from Naples, positively contradicting each other. One, dated last evening and received here this morning, announced that Garibaldi had been de feated, that he was in full retreat, his men dis persed, he himself seeking to get ou board ship, pursued by two or three battalions of Neapolitan troops, and that these disasters were owing to his not having been properly supported by the Sici lians. Such was the version given at Naples, and forwarded to this place, and doubtless to London ; and it certainly obtained credit in quarters not un favourable to the cause of Garibaldi. " Within the last hour or two the scene has changed. A despatch, dated later in the night at Naples, begins by stating that the first telegram, which announced the defeat of Garibaldi, was false, that a popular rising had taken place at Palermo; that the Neapolitan troops occupying the heights which command the town, and the vessels in the port, had made au attempt at bombardment, but un successfully; that the advantages were all with the Garibaldians; and that their entry into Palermo, ii it had not already taken place, was every moment ex pected. I find this latter despatch is, in great part, corroborated from other sources; indeed, in one or two things more than corroborated, for according to the latter, the • entry of the Garibaldians is an nounced as a fact. . " These two despatches, as I have observed, contradict each other; they proceed from the same person, who, however, was enabled to check the first, derived from the Neapolitan Govern ment, by the second, which proceeded from a far better source, and which stated that the news of the defeat of Garibaldi was unfounded." LITE'.RATUBE. Mary Bertrand. By Francis Meredith. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a very pleasing story, that is gracefully narrated, and can hardly fail to give satisfaction. Claude, the hero, is a very fine character, and dis plays many superior qualities as he approaches manhood. Mary Bertrand is a charming delinea tion • and altogether, with her vivacity , g race, and intelligence, forms one of those delightful por traitures that from time to time irradiate the pages of fiction, and which are the more attrac tive from the consciousness that in real life such treasures exist, though they may be few and far between. There is not much plot in the story, and the interest consists in the skill exhibited by the sketches of the numerous persons who figure in its course. Philip Grey is a superior man, who was an honour to the exalted position he was called to fill, but who, in our first ac quaintance with him in a humble sphere, dis played those bright and shining attributes which render a man totally independent of rank to give him dignity, or of wealth to gain him power. He was of excellent service to those placed under his care, and thus his temporary poverty was a source of satisfaction to many, for in after years, when he was established in his rich inheritance, the effects of his labours would be seen in many a distant home, and blessed by the families whose sons he had trained up in those lessons of wis dom more precious than the richest stores of knowledge ever garnered in academic walls. Flora Dashwood is a lively girl, whose sparkling manners impart a gaiety to the story. She is a decided contrast to Mary ; but she was well-inten tioned, with all her vehemence and excitement of manner, that led strangers to suppose her indif ferent and careless. Mary, in her calm grace, shone to advantage beside her showy companion, though she was in poverty and loneliness, and Miss Dashwood is truly described as " radiant with the consciousness of beauty, wealth, rank, talents, all that can make prosperous the journey to the grave." The various members of the Hamil ton family, Colonel Norton, and his sons, are well depicted ; and, on the whole, this is a very agree able book. Some of the scenes at the beginninr , are very well described; and Mr. Bertrand, the father of Mary, is interesting from his melancholy position. This novel has every prospect of being a general favourite. Christ in Life : Life in Christ. By J. C. 11 Bellew. London : Chapman and Hall. Octavo, pp. 397. 1860. If we were asked to characterise Mr. Bellew's sermons by one word, we should say emphatically it is that of manliness. In all that he writes or says there is an outspoken frankness which spurns alike concealment and disguise, whieh looks neither to the right hand nor the left, but goes straight home to the mark it aims at, careless of all consequences and heedless of all results, so long as the plain honest truth be declared and good effected. But when we say that manliness is the distinguishing feature of these sermons, we are far from implying by that term any spirit of sternness or narrow minded exclusiveness. Sin maybe condemned and rebuked in the strongest terms, and its unfailing consequences painted in the most vivid colours, but not thus does he pass sentence of condemnation on the sinner. Crime may be denounced, but not the criminal ;—him Mr. Bellew addresses in the language of gentleness and brotherly kindness, convinced that no man, who is worthy of the name, was ever yet frightened into real religion, and that the spirit of love and charity to all is that which should animate the ministers of Him who has de clared that " the bruised reed He will not break, and the smoking flax He will not quench." The new volume of Mr. Bellew's sermons by its title conveys the nature of its contents. The aspect of the Saviour's character, exhibited by the various incidents which marked his earthly career, is that which is meant by the first part of the title, " Christ in Life ;" while the aspect of the Christian's life as he consecrates the events and occupations of the world to a " Life in Christ" is what is intended by the second. The columns of a news paper are no fitting sphere for the dis cussion of religious differences or controverted doctrines, and in the quotations we are about to make from the volume before us, we shall take care to select such as cannot by any possibility give offence to men of any creed, however sensitive and fastidious. Where there are so many beauties in language and sentiment, it is very difficult to make selections, and deprived of the vitality lent them by the charm of voice, eye, and manner when de livered, even the most vigorous and impassioned sentences materially suffer. But even with this drawback who cannot but be struck with the truth and beauty of the following quotations. The first is from the sermon on New Year's Eve. " How strange it appears that the higher the creature in the social scale, the more susceptible he is of being affected by external causes—the loftier in ths ranges of creation and the greater the dependence of his organs upon one another ! It seems as though God had resolved that the nearer his creatures approached to his own nature the more susceptible they should be to every accident and influence of earth, thereby being liable through the slightest causes to be removed from the scenes of animal life. Man is the nearest approach to God, and accordingly we find it physically true that he possesses less tenacity of life than any other living thing. There are creatures possessed of life which enjoy the elements of the world for centuries. In the lower ranges of creation there are several species of animal life which, dissevered and muti lated, will not only survive, but in their disunited members separate life will flourish, and nature will not only repair her injuries, but complete in the parts the constitution that once belonged to the whole. As we rise in the scale of animal life and as it were the earth becomes less earthy so the frame of the creature becomes more susceptible to external influence and injury, until at length we arrive at the paragon of all, and find the animal man linked to the external world with a cord so finely con structed that he is affected by the smallest external circumstances. The accident over which the reptile triumphs brings him death, the fierce wind on which the eagle spreads his pinions wide, and out lives for generations with scarce a feather ruffled, cuts off the life of him who is the monarch of the eagle and the brute." One of the sermons that has struck us most is that for Easter-day, on the text— "We wait for light" (Isaiah lix. 9) ; but it is one that, from its continuous train of thought and beauty of illustration, affords less opportunity for separate quotation, without each detached passage suffering materially from the absence of the con text than any other. We may, however, with less scruple, make one or two quotations from the dis course which bears for its title, "The Mutable and the Immutable." "I am speaking now of truths as magnificent as any that have ever occupied the speculations of philosophers ; of truths which, in the days of Bacon or of Newton, were unestablished, and, I think I may say, were very dimly appre hended, but which the science of later times has incontrovertibly established, so that to some ears it may sound like a familiar saying, when I speak of the certain and perpetual changes of all creation and of their being referable to unchanging laws ; whereas I am in reality advancing a truth of such magnitude, that it is only within the last century that science has apprehended it, tend within the last half century emb raced it. It would be out of place were I now to enter into any con secutive examination of the discoveries of those various sciences to which I have referred, and whieh singly and collectively produce evidences of • the fact. I might show how, in astronomy, the nebulous theory has established the scientific accu racy of the declara tion of the gaviour, how planets a nd reforming; what in aexrehLorsittiibnluealply;oftiouremtii,negness, what brilliant bUCCCS sion3 characterise the changes and decays in the husbandry of the heavens. I might, for the sake of illustration, refer to the extraordinary revelations which the pursuits of geology and anatomy have made. The one has exhibited the inorganic changes of the globe, the other the simultaneous organic. In combination they have shown that in different organic strata of the earth there have been diffe rent stages of animal organisation, so that while on passing away to be the earth one strata has been succeeded by another, families of living creatures have been passing away to be succeeded by others ; and as time has passed away so similarity has passed away. Ido no more than touch these truths, just to point to them and then to leave them. Unhappy the day and the age which grudges to the pulpit the use of all the resources of knowledge and inves tigation which in every other profession are legiti mate to illustrate or exhibit truth." We conclude our present notice with one beauti ful passage which occurs in the sermon on " Bro therly Kindness and Charity." Were the sen timents it inculcates more generally felt and acted on, society would present a very dif ferent aspect to what it does in general. The apostle commends to the Christian's sym pathy those who are of the household of faith, but he likewise says in the same breath, Let us do good unto all men, and especially unto them that are of the household of faith.' And the point on which I am particularly anxious to fasten your at tention is that we do not act thoroughly and con scientiously upon the principle of the great new commandment given by Christ to men, when we allow our charity to be circumscribed or cut off by religious prejudice. I am well aware upon this point bow hard a struggle it costs a conscientious man to triumph over such feelings, to conquer them, and whatever be his own convictions compel him self to look with tender compassion upon the neces sities of all men, no matter whatever their religious professions or beliefs may be. But while I am en deavouring to delineate the true character of the love we should bear a brother in this world, I should be dishonest, if upon this point I suffered any man now listening to me to go away without clearly and emphatically enforcing upon him that the great principle which our blessed Saviour has delivered to us knows no such limitations. He claims the love of brotherhood even for a stranger. The stranger and the outcast and the man who has denied God his due, is our brother still, his claim is still holy, still to be allowed." Is it not Written? Being the testimony of Scrip ture against Romanism. By Edward S. Pryce, A.B. London : Smith and Elder. This little work supplies a want. The matter and temper of Mr. Pryces book are equally good. It furnishes a complete account of the controversy between Protestantism, as based on the Scriptures, and Romanism, as based, to use Dr. Wiseman's ex pression on the "unwritten word of God equally with the written word of God." All the most im portant points in dispute between the Protestants and Catholics are discussed with a candour and moderation rare amongst theological com batants, and especially rare in the controversy of Protestants with Rome. There is not the slightest breath of the Orange or Protestant Alliance spirit in Mr. Pryce's work ; his statements of the views of Catholics are not selected with the taste of a Spooner or a Newdegate ; on the con trary, he makes use chiefly of the language of the most able of modern:English Catholics—Dr. Wise man. Mr. Pryce's book is not a tirade against Popery, bnt a calm, Christian, gentlemanly exami nation of the topics it discusses ; it is, therefore, just the work to place in the hands of an intelligent young person perplexed by the arguments of some Anglican clergyman, or in the hands of any one who, without Leasure to wade through large volumes, and whose taste would revolt from the too frequent tone of Protestant as well as Roman Catholic disputants, desires to have a fair account of the whole controversy. Not that there is any want of firmness of statement and ar gument. The writer is as lucid and firm as he is fair and dispassionate. The subjects of—The Written Scriptures alone in opposition to the co ordinate authority of Tradition—of the Catholic Chureh—of Redemption and Justification—of the Supremacy of the Pope—of Tyansubstantia tion—of the Sacrifice of the Mass—of Pur gatory and Indulgencies—of the idolatry of Romanism, not using the term offensively, but exa , mining the question—are all fully considered, and while the reasoning is most careful and conclusive, we do not remember a page which could make us reluctant to offer the book to a Roman Catholic friend as one in which he could find any cause of offence. Would that all theological contreversy were conducted in the same spirit, as well as with the same ability. LANCASHIRE .REFO.RIIIE.RS' UNION. The adjourned meeting of the council, on the steps to be taken in reference to the alleged aggres sion by the House of Lords, took place yesterday afternoon at Manchester. Mr. Bright, M.P., was present. Mr. GEORGE WILSON, who presided, said he had no doubt the committee of the House of Commons appointed last week would make a report in ac cordance with the principles of the constitution ; but it would be the most remarkable discovery of modern times if they discovered any fragment of authority for the House of Lords to levy £1,200,000 of taxes on the people. (Cheers) He would not do the House of lords the injustice of supposing they were actuated by the reasons assigned for their rejection of the paper duties repeal. The proxies used on the vote were prepared beforehand and indicated a foregone conclusion. (Hear, hear.) The real motive was opposition to the policy of the Government, to Lord Palmerston, to Parliamentary reform, and to Mr. Bright. (Cheers.) Mr. GOADSBY moved the first resolution : " That this meeting witnesses with great satisfac tion the steps taken by the House of Commons to maintain inviolate its right to determine the sum of the taxes to be laid upon the people, and pledges itself to support the house by any means in its power." Mr. AsmoN,of Darwen, seconded the resolution which was unanimously passed. Mr. C. E. Rawlins moved and Mr. Alderman Harvey seconded, the Mowing resolution, which was also supported by Mr. S. Platt, of Oldham : " That the various branches of the Lancashire Reformers' Union be recommended to renew their public meetings to adopt petitions for presenta tion to the House of Commons immediately after the recess." Tae resolution was adopted unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved a vote of thanks to Lord Palmerston, Lord J. Russell, Mr. James, Mr. Duncombe, and Mr. Bright, for the course they had adopted in the House of Commons on Friday last. Dr. WATTS seconded the resolution, which was passed by acclamation. Mr. BRIGHT, who was warmly cheered, said the question now at issue was not one of extending the frontiers of the ancient realm of English freedom, but the most unexpected necessity of making a fight for liberties gained by our fathers. (Cheers.) The Crown had the sawie technical right to a veto on these matters of taxation as the Lords, but in the case of the latter there was a division of respon sibility which made their agression the more dangerous. The principle on which the most able lawyers, as he believed, would state the case, was this, that the House of Commons had the sole right of granting to the Crown what the Crown required. If there had been an inexhaustible chest under the floor of the house, from which money could be drawn and handed to the Crown without the necessity of an act of Parliament ; a vote of the House of Commons could apply that money and hand it over to the Crown. But the reason why a bill went up to the House of Lords was this, that we required what was called statutory machinery to establish a mode by which the sums granted by the Commons could be raised from the people. The soul of the matter was in the grant of the Commons. (Hear, hear.) No other power could grant than the C ommo ns; no other power could accept or apply th an th e Crown ; and the Lords, being one of th ree estates o f the realm , gave their assent to t he machiner y which was enacted, in the various clauses o f the acts which (Hear, principle was entirely overturned. It was not passed h e a r. t o Butregulate in the the present raising caseof the the money. ) merely that the House of Lords disapproved some mode of raising, or approved some other, but they acknowledged an entire condemnation of the whole budget. Lord Derby, as he understood him, would have opposed all those changes, or mainly those, which had been rendered necessary by the French treaty. Therefore it was not a mere question of machinery, but it was the greatest of all questions, whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer, acting on behalf of his colleagues and in the name of the Crown, in conjunction with the House of Lords, shall now and hereafter determine a matter which had been thus determined always for 200 year past. He attributed mainly to the abstention of the House of Lords from interference with questions of finance that harmonious co-operation which had so long existed between our representative body and our pri vileged legislators. Such a step as that now taken by the House of Lords was hardly on record, and if the people now did their duty he ventured to say such a step would never be heard of again for a very long Period; but if the people failed now to resist it was extremely likely we should witness a similar interfer ence almost every session. A privileged order of rulers was only to be restrained, from acts of tyranny by this most effectual check, the consciousness of danger to its own existence. (Cheers.) It was our duty, therefore, to stand by the Government—as miming, as of course he did, that the present Cabinet had no desire to be known in history as the feeble Ministry that surrendered without a struggle those rights of the Commons which had been maintained for centuries, and which lay at the k Tory foundation of English freedom. ----- 111 ( Thi not u mand accon Rath , quenl the 1 arrive - hibil TI with depr balm but , Loa Par 7s. pre ThF tra Lu W 4 Tri Grp - ha' Wri Ba Pc Di i Cc E.