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TUE NEW - NOVEL. • Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MRS. MABERLY'S " LEONTINE." A HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE FRENCH COURT. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street NEW WORK BY MR. W. C. TOWNSEND. Just ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., THE LIVES of TWELVE EMINENT JUDGES of the Preset.t Century. By W. CHARLES TowssEND, Esq , A.M., Recorder of Macclesfield; Author of Memoirs of the Hetpe of Commons." London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Just published, cloth boards, price 55., AFAMILIAR TREATISE o n TAXATION, FREE TRADE, &c., comprising Facts usually unnoticed or unconsidered in theories of tose subjects arising incidentally. Pelham Richardson. 23, Cornhill ; and John Olivier, 59, Pall , mail_ BRITISH AND FOREIGN CLUB. A MEETING of the MEMBERS of this NEW CLUB will take place on MONDAY, the 22d of June, to make the necessary arrangements for opening, and to select the number of Candidates that may be proposed beibre that period, of which Thirty only are required to,eomplete the list. l'rospectuses and all the requisite information may be had of the :Secretary of the British and Foreign Institute, No. 13, George-street, Hanover-square, lictween the honrs.of ten and four o'clock. C) ILESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. Notice is hereby ;liven, that a SPECIAL, GENERAL. MEET ING of the PROPRIE'FORS of this Company will he held at the offices of the Company, 61, Moorgate-street, in the City of London, en MoNDAT, the 22d day of June now next ensiling, at One o'clock in the afternoon, when the Drafts of the undermentioned Bills, intro duced into Pirlianient in the present session, will be submitted to the Proprietors for their approval, under which Rills it is proposed to authorise the Chester :mil Holyhead Railway Company to contri bute towardA the undertakings therein mentioned, and to the extent therein specified. " A Bill for making a Railway trout Shrewsbury to Stafford, with It Branch to Some, and for other purposes." " A Bill for making a Railway from the Chester and Crewe Branch Of the Grand Junction Railway at Calvely to Wolverhampton, and ter other purposes connected therewith." " A Bill for making a Railway front NewtoWn,in the County 01 Montgomery, to Crewe, in the County of Chester, with Branches, and for other purposes connected therewith:'re. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock Pciseiy. Dated this 18th day of May, 1846. GEORGE KING, Secretary. itAILwAY s t AR, Es ESSRS. _BY rPUBLICPUBLIC IV N.NION 5.01A , LE AND 1 Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their ricnds and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place ev ery Tuasnas and FainaT, at O ne o ' clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing Instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. Ali scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post After the sale, and the proceeds laurediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. CREMORNE-GARDENS, CHELSEA.—OPEN for the SEASON. —Gala Nights, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY: Admission Is. Off Nights, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY: Admission 6d. Open on Sundays at Half•past Four o'clock: Admission by sixpenny refreshment card. A BALLOON.—bir. GREEN will ascend, at 11 Six o'clock on MoNDAT next, June 15, from CREMORNE (~-114DENS, Chelsea. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. CERITO has the honour to inform her Friends, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING, When will be performed Cimarosa's Chef d'llEuvre, in Two Acts, entitled, IL MATRI3IONIO SEGRETO. Carolina, Madame Grist ; Fidalma, Madame Sanchioli ; Elisetta, Madame Castellan ; Paoliuo, Signor Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Oriental Ballet, by M. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Felielen David's " Ode Symplionique of the Desert," by Sig. Pugni, entitled, LALLA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglioni, N. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances Tableau.—Pas Symbolique, by Mdile. Cerito, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Chebouck, Pas Seal, by :Mlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbeils, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet • Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. tit. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, L'Amoreux Julien, and Honore. , TREATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. There will be no Performance this Evening. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar rison, Jitorram, Florncastle, S. Jane*, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. Ring, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which will be produced the popular Ballet of PAQUITA. Taicien d'llerrilly, M. Silvain ; Gitane, M. Adrien ; Paquita, Mdile. Carlotta Grist. in which also will appear Madame Ginbilei, Madlles. Sall, &dole, Louise, Lea Soeurs St. Lenin ; M. Mathis, W. 11. Payne, and the most numerous and effective corps de ballet ever introduced upon the English stage. In the course of the Evening a Grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT, by the moat eminent native and foreign Artistes._ THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CLANDESTTNE MARRIAGE. Lord Oglehy, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir John :Melville, Mr. Brindal ; Brush, Mr. Hudson ; Canton, Mr. J. Bland ; Fanny Sterling, Miss Julia Ben nett ; Miss Sterling, Miss P. Horton ; Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. Glover ; Betty, Mrs. Caulfleld. Tlie Band will perform the Overtures, " Cenerentola," and " Duo d'Olonne," the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Walzer," and the " Chatsworth Quadrilles." After which a Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Messrs. Webster, Brindal, J. Bland, Howe, and Miss Julia Bennett will sustain the principal characters. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Caulfield, &c. will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. - UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. "Robin Hood and Richard Coeur de Lion" every Evening. The " Dustman's Belle" a great hit. THIS EVENING Wlll be performed a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Rinloelt, and Itallinghtun ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Kiss Arden, and Miss Forster. After which, a New and original comic Drama, in Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, Meadows, F. Vining, Kinloch ; Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain Startling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD CCEUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Vilars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, find Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. Lambert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which a New Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN OF THE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Ryan, Boyce, &c. To conclude with the new and 'successful Farce, entitled THE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or, A Kiss of the Bride. Major Oriskin, Mr. Selby; Nancy Cobb, 1111-s Woolgar. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. M. PIIILLIPPE feels happy to announce that he has, at great expense, succeeded in bringing to London the most extraordinary and celebrated MONKEYS and DOGS ever seen. Those unparal leled animals have obtained the most unbounded success in Paris and the principal cities on the Continent. Doors open at a Quarter before Eight ; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, it. Is. and 10s. 6d. PHILLIPPE will give his Performances THIS EVENING at the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoredltch. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. The Last Night of Mr. MACREADY'S Engagement TO-MORROW EVENING, JUNE 12, Will be performed a new Historical Play, in five Acts, entitled THE KING OF THE COMMONS. James V. of Scotland, Mr. Macready; Sir .edam Weir, Mr. Ryder ; George Weir, Mr. Cooper ; Malcolm Young. Mr. Murray ; Laird Small, Mr. Compton ; Mange Small, Mr. Oxberry ; Lord Hilmours, Mr. Roxby ; Madeline Weir, Mrs. Stirling ; Widow Barton, Mrs. Foabroke. _ _ • To con lade with a Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE SPIRIT OF Alit. Principal characters by Miss Hodson, Mr. Pleat:lmre, Miss Fancit, Misa Bailin, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. and Miss Marshall, &c. AST'LEIr% ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Ratty. trader the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses P l inc e Albert, the Prince of Wales , and the Priucess Royal. First Week of the celebrated General Tom Thumb, in his popular Drama, by Albert Smith. Second Week of the highly successful Military Spectacle. THIS EVENING Will be performed the New Asiatic Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which is In troduced the splendid brass band, double stud, &c. New and popular SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the numerous troupe of British and Foreign Artistes. To conclude with the Burlesque of HOP 0' MY THUMB. Hop o' my Thumb, by General Tom Thumb ; in which he will in troduce his Nigger melodies, dances, &c. TO-MORROW, .June 12, the second of the grand series of the day representations will take place ; on which occasion the per formances will be precisely the same as those so recently performed by command of her most gracious Majesty. The performances will commence at two o'clock. Box -office open trom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Continued variety of Entertainments. First Night of an Original Drama. Will be perf THIS EVENING, um a New , entitled BARNARD, VICTI M PATRIOT ; or, The Drama Double Fratricide. Characters THE by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Searle, Tindell, Ranoe, Raymond, Burton ; Mrs. 0. Lee, Miss Treble, Miss Jefferson, &c. After which, THE 3,li2fE GIRL OF ICEBAL ; or, The Ransom of the Rose Diamond. The Mine Girl, Miss Vincent; Albert Du rand, Mr. E. F. Saville. To conclude with DIM AND lIIS DOUBLE ; er, In here and Out there. Under the Patrorase f her Moat Gracious Maje s ty. ROYAL. SURREY TE,,,.D V ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY mONDAY T „, itst, Y y WED NESDAY, AND VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION or VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TIONHERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the : y n e t ar ed 7L aie T h o is t, of y be the former, tspectacle is revived in an unpr Maglitleen picture being more than twice thr d grandeur, the when the ultetrruettilraotire,.ntrorn esents, as accura tely as can possibly e, the Great and repr Eruption of Vesuvius i . n the year 79, k lace - produced cuianettm and Peanpeit took place • of Mr. Danson. Illuminated at A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE oST f ATUEth NigS has been constructed, which will be brilliantly The PROMENADE CONCERTS i are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most compl ete in alt many eminent native and foreign musictsepartments, and includes d ians. ed b In addition to the other attraction s of the Gardens, the Illuml will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO , approach 9 nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachu s relating his adventures to Calypso. Mr USO thbi, are on the The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by ' mJstl complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Phrebus In the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli will descend from a Chi nese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive blip, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly cenamented with festoons Of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of CarnivOra by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five ; the Pelicans, &C., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission, One Shilling. [ADVERTISEMENT.] CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, AND Diszsas OF THE lizaaT.—The following cases of the severest forms of disease have been cured by " Anaspasia," the new mode of , treat ro tnt successfully introdu c ed at th e Strand Dispensary by Dr. Cronin, of Leicester place —Miss Brooker, 9, Grove-street, Camden-town; Stubbs, Esq., the C o u r t of B an k ru pt c y ; Mr. Batty, Astley , s Amphitheatre; Mr. Stoker, Adelphl Tneatre ; Mr. Clarke, Ayles bury-street ; Master Winter, of Brunswick-place, Barnsbury-road ; S. Smith, Esq., 2, Gray's-inn-square ; Miss S. Izod, at Mr. Bonham's, Church-street, Hackney ; Captain Lindsey, 60, Welbeck-street, Caveudish-square; Mn. 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HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Kerning 47 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 8 minutes after 3. ~,.. , , , . :‘ ,., rt , ‘ ~.. 5 .,.-., t d V ~. C , ..• ~ . SC'''' ' .' 1 •• • "4 ‘ . / "- ' 0 "k' .t ,' ,•: ( r lEr',:"4. :e ~ ' "...-- , • 111, 'At 9'. %. ~ ~ ~y . .' . - ...." '.l . ^ r - \ 1 '''` -'),'....." ._, .."- • =fi. , ~.. ,`,. , 1.:4 :,,,,.. .„. ^ ', ~''. , ~, , ' ': .. 4. 11 6,: 4_ , ' . 4., ~ ,t rt . it'-1'..,-,. •q . • ;Arf„ ~•.,. ~.--. -- ~1 , .--,. - - ' ~,, . -,,, c, r• . ~,,,, ~... , R,OIT s .• • .:,.... 1i4,--, .., Er; ...-clit., , • .,..e.-,.... SECOND EDITION. jlaitnAlla 4 e 5;!•, LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1846. The house of Commons last night came to a deci sion adverse to that a t w hi c h i t arrived on the 30th April last by a majority of 18, and again frustrated the just expectations of the unfortunate Danish claimants, whose demands, five times sanctioned and affirmed by the House, have again been postponed. We confess as Englishmen that we feel deep humilia tion in recording the vacillating conduct of one of the branches of our Legislature, this truckling to the ipse dixit of any man. Hope deferred, it is said, maketh the heart sick. What can be said of those persons who, for no less than thirty-nine years, have been calling on the Legislature to accord to them that equity and justice to which they are so fully entitled ? Why is it that persons in a public capacity will be guilty of acts of meanness and injustice, at which they would blush if perpetrated by themselves as individuals? Why should persons rush in, at the beck of a Minister to swell his majority, to vote on a difficult and compli cated question of international law, of the real merits of which a vast proportion of them must be wholly and entirely ignorant; and that against the recorded opi nions of some of the most able lawyers, and in the significant absence of the legal advisers of the Crown, whose especial duty it was to have been present, and to have enlightened the House with their honest opinions on this important legal question? Was not that very absence evidence as strong as any that could be adduced that their opinions were hostile to those entertained by her MAJESTY'S Go vernment on the point in dispute, that they felt, as lawyers, that they could not support the view put forward, when they leave the defence of the Ministry to a gentleman, who, whatever may be his talents, cannot claim much weight as an authority on a question of pure law or equity ? Is it not certain that if they could have conscientiously voted with the Government, . they would have given them their support, which would be vastly more impor tant than that of any other individuals in the House ? Is it not a singular thing that gentlemen, who before they accepted office pledged their high characters to the justice of a claim, by giving it their disinterested sanction and support, should afterwards, when in office, shrink from avowing their opinions on so grave a subject ? We find that the Attorney and Solicitor-General have already on former occasions given their votes in favour of compensation being granted, and this, coupled with their remarkable absence both on the 30th of April and last night, testifies that the Ministry have taken a legal view different from that of their law advisers, and have argued a legal point in opposition to the opinions of those by whom they should be governed on the subject. The case of the Danish claims is a remarkable one, and a short recapitulation of the grounds on which they have been brought forward cannot be uninte resting on the present occasion. In the year 1807 it was considered indispensable to the safety of England that measures should be taken to prevent the Danish fleet co-operating with BUONAPARTE against this country ; for that purpose an expedition was dispatched to the Sound, and an envoy to the Danish Court, to demand that the fleet should be delivered over to the English admiral as a security against its falling into the hands of France. That demand was refused, and the consequence was that what had I been refused to be peacefully yielded up was taken by force, and in October, 1807, the Danish fleet, munitions of war, naval equipments, &c. &c., to the value of 1,300,0001. sterling, were brought toEngland. The Danes, on their part, were not idle, and much injury was done to the property of British subjects, who, without having been warned by any public act on the part of the Government of the day, had yet: been exposed to most serious losses in consequence of the policy adopted by that Govern ment for the general welfare. The English Ministry have generally adopted a high and honourable course of conduct towards those who have been sufferers under such circumstances; and we find that Mr. PERCEVAL allowed that the property so taken possession of, amounting, as we have said, to over 1,300,0001. sterling, should be reserved for the claims of those who had lost their property by con fiscation or seizure. These claims were threefold, viz. -Ist, of those who had book debts due to them ; 2dly, of those whose property had been seized on shore; and, idly, of those who had ships and car goes afloat, which were seized by the Danish Go vernment. In 1834, a Treasury minute was at length ob tained, referring it to Parliament to decide whether all or any of those claims should be admitted for compensation ; and accordingly, in 1835 and 1836, the two first classes were dis charged (after only twenty-nine years' suspense and delay), but to an amount far less than the 1,300,0001. which had been obtained ; so that a sum remained in hand far exceeding the amount of the claims of the third class, which alone remained, and which the Legislature yesterday again post poned. The third-class claims were brought forward in 1838 and 1839, by an eminent lawyer, now one of the brightest ornaments of the judicial bench, and, although opposed by the Government of the day, were sanctioned and approved of by the House of Commons, in consequence of which Commissioners were ap pointed to inquire into the legality of these claims, and to report judicially respecting them. The parties were accordingly put to all the trouble and expense of proving their claims before those Com missioners. They did so, and on the 12th of May, 1840, a report was made, reducing the amount to nearly one-half ; in other words, from 425,0001. to 25,000/., and, large as the latter sum un doubtedly is, we do not think there are many Englishmen who would permit a stain to rest on the honour and integrity of their country for such an amount. In 1841 an address to the Crown was again carried for the settlement of these claims, but in vain ; the parties entitled, who considered themselves safe in the vote in vain and fruitless expectation ; of a British House of Commons, were still left to pine de mands, sanctioned constituted by the by whom they were held ; four times their proved a G n o d ve e r o n n m finned by the tribunal did the House . appointed , t ed for the time being, of were still with held Commons sanc tion by their vote the justice ap and the equity of the claim. In 1844, it was for the fifth time brou ght for ward, and all the strength of the Government, at that time one of the strongest which had ever ruled the clear On the 30th of April a cou ntry, having be en exerted a gainst it, it was defeated by a majority of four. m wa aj s o y r i e t s y t eorfdeaiyghrteejcteensegdain affirmed which ; such are not creditable to the Ho use. It has been said con t ra dictory decisions the principle that no person would refuse to advance money on a vote of that House; but, if such exhibitions are re peated, will not a well-founded distrust of the House take place ? Who will depend on a vote which without hesitation may be rescinded and altered ? Are subjects of policy to be laboriously worked, like the web of Penelope, for the sole purpose of having the original labours undone on a subsequent occasion ? We have not alluded in this article to the strong legal points of the case, but merely to the proceedings which have already taken place thereon. We cannot, how ever, conclude without commending to an attentive pausal p, letter on the subject /yhich will be found in our columns, and which speaks of the conduct pur sued in a just tone of indignation. We shall only say to the claimants, persevere in your exertions— " Magna est veritas et prwvalebit." Their case is only postponed, and final success must attend that of which the foundation and basis is truth, equity, and justice. _ The consideration of the Corn Bill will be resumed this evening in the House of Lords. This is, there fore, a seasonable moment for offering a few observa tions upon the recent speech of the Duke of WEL LINGTON, which closed the discussion upon the second reading. This speech has been much commented upon, as well by our own as foreign journals. It has been observed that the speech was an exceedingly meagre one, only remarkable for the dictatorial tone usually assumed by his Grace whenever he addresses his hereditary colleagues, and also, that it aimed at securing a majority by working upon their fears. We differ from the whole tenor of these observa tions. The speech in question was short, effective, and full of sound counsel. We admit that, habitually, the Duke couches his observations in terms of decision, savouring almost of command. On this occasion, however, the advice which he tendered, whilst it left no doubt as to the conviction on his own mind, was offered in a modest and becoming manner. We have heard it stated, that the late Marquis of WELLESLEY, whose mind was so gifted, and whose ac quaintance with and experience of mankind was so ex tensive, remarked that, throughout his long political life, he had never met with any man possessed of strong common sense—the true foundation for all the other valuable qualities of the mind—to the same degree as his brother ARTHUR. Prince TALLEYRAND was once asked, when Ambassador in England under LOUIS PHILIPPE, what he thought of the Duke of WEL LINGTON. He gave no direct answer, but related an anecdote. At the celebrated Congress at Vienna, where such large national interests had to be arranged, and when everything seemed, after much discussion, to be in a state of inextricable entanglement, the Duke gave his advice in a few terse sentences, and immediately every difficulty appeared to vanish. The same masculine strength of mind, as is easily discernible, pervaded his speech on the important measure for bringing the corn-laws to a final settlement. He took a solid and practical view. It was not to be expected that a man of his ripe years, rising at between three and four o'clock in the morning, to speak upon a sub ject, which had been statistically exhausted, and which did not fall within his own peculiar department, would minutely enter into the merits of the Bill. They had been sufficiently substantiated by antece dent speakers. He therefore assumed them at once to be, as far as reason and experience were concerned, placed beyond the reach of further controversy. An attentive listener to the entire debate, he had, with his usual acuteness, observed, that the sum andsubstance of the arguments of the Opposition, duly analyzed, rested upon the propriety and necessity of forcing an appeal to the country. From first to last this was the chief gun his adversaries kept continually firing. The Duke determined to silence it. He made a constitutional speech, and completely dismantled it. Lord STANLEY had said the constitutional value of the Upper House consisted in interposing a salutary obstacle to rash and inconsiderate legislation, but it had never resisted a continued and deliberately formed public opinion, and that their Lordships always had, and always would have, to boy to the ex pression of such an opinion. His Lordship also added, that, though the constitution had not provided for such a contingency, it was the duty of the Peers to protect the people against the treachery of those whom they had chosen to be their leaders. The Duke and his colleagues had resigned office. The two other parties —the Liberals and the Protectionists—had sub sequently had the opportunity of forming an Admi nistration, which was respectively declined. These facts at once destroyed the charge of treachery. Besides, in the commencement of his speech, Lord STANLEY passed the highest encomiums on the cha racters of the Duke of WELLINGTON and Sir R. PEEL. If these two are not, par excellence, the chosen leaders of the people, as appertaining to the Government, we should like to know who are. Again, if treachery had really prevailed, one would naturally have expected the House of Lords to have been inundated with petitions preferring the charge from all parts of the country. But such, we know, has not been the case. Sir ROBERT returned to office, and announced to the Duke his deterrninatim to submit to Parliament the identical measure upon which he had recently failed to secure the approval of his Cabinet. Sir ROBERT, no doubt, pointed out to his Grace, that, as he had, after re signation, in his private capacity of a Member of Parliament, given Lord JoEN RUSSELL to understand he would support him in any similar measure, he could not question but that Lord JOHN RUSSELL would, in turn, aid his own endeavours to carry a gradual abolition of the corn-laws ; that the measure, statistically recommended by the experience of the last three years, would therefore pass the Commons ; but that, without the co-operation of the Duke, it might fail to pass the Lords, in the first instance, though it would do so eventually, the current of public opinion having so strongly set in in its favour. We can conceive, moreover, that Sir ROBERT adverted to the period of the Reform Bill, when both himself - and the Duke had, in the language of Lord STANLEY, learnt the lesson, that the House of Lords could not resist a continued and deliberately-formed public opinion, but must bow to its expression ; that then he enlarged upon the impolicy of embarking the Upper House in a hopeless struggle, which would neutralise the happy effects of the moderate course it had pursued for the last fifteen years, under the especial auspices of the Duke himself. The Duke was convinced, and was gained. Persuaded that the measure would pass, his sense of duty to his SOVE REIGN dictated the desirableness that it should be in troduced by a strong Government, so as to insure to it the best chance of its being harmoniously supported by the separate branches of the Legislature. Much of this, and more, is embodied by the Duke in a few pithy sentences. To those who read the speech, to which we are referring, without bearing in mind political antecedents, we can readily fancy it would ap pear meagre enough ; whereas, to such as are mindful of preceding facts, the effect will be quite different. "My Lords," said the Duke, "I have already, in this House, adverted to the circumstances which gave rise to this measure. In December I considered my self bound, in duty to my SOVEREIGN, not to with hold my assistance from the Government, knowing that the First Lord of the Treasury could not do otherwise than propose to Parliament this very mea sure, stated at the Cabinet previous to the period at which it resigned early that month. It is not neces sary I should say more on that subject. The course I felt myself bound to take I would take again to morrow." Adverting to Lord STANLEY'S statement (in which he concurred), that it was the duty of the Lords to protect the public from rash and inconsiderate measures, his Grace disposed of it in a way that clearly indicated his belief of the measure itself, and of the manner in which it had come up from the Commons, to be such, that, regard being had to the consequences of rejecting it, rashness and in considerateness were terms which would be fairly applied to those who looked to produce such a result. "My Lords, it is the duty of each to place himself in the situation of the House before he determines to ll g aNt tr e s heo h ect i c s ocai s ‘ rf • ico o oul t ni e rno. , :svt andarr thecht circumstances, c uw o rt n sahe s se i hdacee consequence mnr w seaet h ycit a u t bes etilv significant iofif l u d e t: 3hh u dilian n oo t d u c e st nedo r to their Lord s hip s t o b e guarded aaingygst bein by a feeling of personal interest, and to confine them selves alone to what a sense of constitutional duty should dictate. "Look," cont i nued the Duke, "ya little to the measure, to the manner in which it has co me before you, and to th e consequences likely to I a myselfnie measure rne prevailed it u li p i o ch n r any words telli ng hi s hearers follow f l ro l n i i s awrasejv e oi n e t et islfnum. by form er it l:he hfiadousieirotonounced positive opinions votes." to recollect the history of the Cath o li c R elief Bill, and no doubtespecially that of the Reform Bill , when „influence swayed the vote desire to preserve a borough la ri o g r i n g Ai , a of many a Peer, in opposition to a measure, crowned by a commanding majority of the Commons; to remember how degraded was their position when Earl GREY, backed by his Sovereign and public opinion, threatened to swamp them ; and how, to avoid a revolution, they had bees ignominiously com pelled to beat a retreat. When the Duke begged them to consider the manner in which the Corn Bill had come before them, he meant them to bear in mind how long this great question had been agitated by the public, and how large was the majority by which it had passed the other branch of the Legislature. Here was another hint to an enlightened, though unwilling listener. True it was, the House of Peers had rejected, during the last fifteen years, many mea sures sent up from the Commons, but those were measures not to be compared with the magnitude of the Corn Bill, had been initiated by a weak Admi nistration, and passed by very slender majorities. The Catholic Relief Bill and the Reform Bill were historical precedents, which every practical statesman would study at the present hour. The Duke had had ample knowledge of the working of each. His mind had received a fruitful lesson. It would have been naturally distasteful to him to have enlarged upon the past. He, therefore, only took a hasty glance, satis fied that his audience would perceive he drew his counsel from the fountain of all wisdom—enlarged experience. The Duke mildly rebuked Lord STANLEY when he told him that, constitutionally, their House could not take into consideration the inconsistency of the votes of Members in the other House. Nothing could be more dangerous than for either House to enter into such an inquisitorial proceeding. Lord STANLEY, however, preferred to take the decision of the House of Commons of 1842 to that of 1846. For ourselves, we respect the latter decision, as being infinitely more valuable, having been arrived at after a four years' further proof of the noxious operation of the corn laws, and with all the advantage of the enlightened consideration which has been interveningly bestowed upon them. We must bring these remarks to a close. As a modest, temperate, and well-reasoned answer to Lord STANLEY, and those who urged an appeal to the country, we hold the speech of the Duke of WELLINGTON to be most valuable. It was judicious and practical. In a constitutional point of view, admirable. " I beg to remind you, my Lords, that you ought not to take a position on which you cannot stand." His Grace was anxious that the Peers should not place themselves in a false position. " The object I had in view in resuming my seat in her MAJESTY'S Councils will not be attained if your Lordships reject the Bill." We rejoice that the Duke has thus far succeeded, and certain we are his political compeers ought to feel deeply indebted to him for the course he has adopted and the advice he has given them. We hope the Duke will yet live lung to guide the counsels of the Upper House. The Emperor of RUSSIA has just published a ukase ordering all the Jews in Russia to place themselves before January 1, 1850, in one of the four following classes :—l. Amongst the burgesses of a town by the purchase of a piece of land or a house. 2. In one of the three corporations of traders. 3. In a corporation of artisans, after having given the proofs of ability required by law ; and 4. In the grand body of tillers of the earth, whether on their own property or under another owner. Such Jews as have not placed them selves by the appointed time in one of the four classes, are to be subjected to such restrictive measures as the Government may think fit to employ. According to the Cologne Gazette, the extradition of the ex-Dictator of Cracow, M. TYSSOWSKI, at pre sent a prisoner in Saxony, has been demanded by Austria, Russia, and Prussia, but positively refused by the Court of Dresden. Madrid papers of the 4th inst. have been received. On that day there were contradictory rumours circu lated in Madrid on the subject of the affairs of Por tugal. According to one account, the juntas had sent in their adhesion to the Palmella Cabinet, and tranquillity was restored ; according to another ac count, however, the juntas were at variance with each other, the Ministers had resigned, the QUEEN was without advisers, and anarchy was at its height. We think this last account must be greatly exag gerated. The Palmella Government had not re signed at the time the last official accounts from Lisbon had been received, for it had caused a formal note to be delivered to the Spanish Government, de manding an explanation of the intentions of Spain in assembling a corps d'arrne on the frontiers, and at the same time desiring the recal of M. Gopt- ZALES BRAVO. This worthy Ambassador it appears openly interfered in support of the Cabral party, and escorted the CABRALS through the streets of Lisbon to the ship, on board which they embarked for Cadiz. After having thus exhibited himself in the character of an ac tive partisan, M. GONZALES BRAVO became apprehensive of the consequences, and, hoisting the Spanish flag over his residence, armed a number of Gallegos to act as his body -guard, and informed the Portuguese Cabinet that the slightest insult offered to him would be followed by the advancing the Spanish troops into Portugal. The Spanish Cabinet, in answer to the note of the Duke of PALMELLA, had assured the Portuguese Government of its pacific intentions, and M. GONZALES BRAVO had at the same time re ceived orders from his Government to observe the strictest neutrality with regard to the internal affairs of Portugal. MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 4.—The Three per Cents. were not quoted. The shares of the Bank of San Fernando sold at 385, and those of Isabel at 196. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. It appears that during the secret deliberation of the Peers as to the sentence to be passed on LE COMTE, the Chancellor, Duke PAsulEa, made a most unwise and ill-judged allusion to the case of Marshal NET. The Constitutionnel of Monday alluded to the circumstance. In the Constitutionizel of Tuesday we find the following detailed account of the circum stances : " The grave incident to which e have alluded was yester day the general subject of conversation in the Chamber of Deputies, where it produced a deep sensation. The follow ing, according to the accounts in circulation, was the way as already stated, in which it occurred. At the moment when the sentence on Lecomte was about to be pronounced, one of the Peers, M. Teste, demanded that his degradation as a member of the Legion of Honour should be formally declared. Upon this, M. Pasquier, the President, is said to have re marked that all punishment of an afflictive and infamante character involved the degradation as a matter of course. He is said to have added, Besides, gentlemen, the Court of Peers has its precedents. Thus in a celebrated trial, that of Marshal Nay, the degradation took place without any men tion being made of it in the sentence.' We may imagine the effect produced by this inconceivable comparison between the glorious victim of an abominable reaction and the wretched assassin who has just been condemned. If we are well in formed, an almost universal murmur greeted the words of the Chancellor, and warned him that certain proprieties could not be forgotten with impunity. For our parts, we do not believe that M. Pasquier had any intention to insult the memory of the illustrious Marshal ; but it is impossible not to see in his language a frightful symptom of the reaction which is now leading us away. A few years back the Cham ber of Peers thrilled when the name of Marshal Ney was pro nounced, and avoided with care all that could remind France of that terrible event. At present the President does not hesitate to invoke as a precedent the execrable process which produced the death of a hero by French bullets. Let the Pre sident to-morrow be called on to render an account of his words, and whilst protesting against all insulting thoughts, he will, without doubt, establish that the new peerage is re sponsible for the old one, and that the trial of Marshal Ney preserves its place in the archives, like that of A . libaud or Fieschi. We hope, for our parts, that public opinion, in de fault of the peerage itself, will treat as it deserves such a doctrine." The Siecle comments upon the conduct of the Duke PASQUIER in these terms— "At the moment these inconsiderate words were pro nounced, M. Pasquier had before him the Prince de la Mos kowa, the son of the illustrious victim. A painful sensation was immediately felt by all present. Every one endeavoured in vain to conceive how a man in such a high station, so long accustomed to measure his expressions so as to render only what he thought and felt, should have suffered him self to fall into such a grievous forgetfulness. The Chan cellor, we are fully convinced, had no deliberate intention of wounding the 'Prince de la Moskowa by such a cruel allusion ; but such is now the course of ideas, that in the ir.inds of the men who govern us such references are not impossible, and perhaps are natural. It is said that the Prince de la Moskowa has suffered so severely from au emo tion to which no generous heart can be an alien, that he has determined to demand an explanation in the Chamber of Peers. Should the Chamber, which we are far from believing, render itself a participator in the sanguinary acts of 1815, the Prince, it is said, will feel himself bound in honour to resign his seat in it. We cannot tell under what form, nor on what occasion, such an explanation can be called for; but we can never blame even the exaggerated susceptibility of a son wishing to enforce respect to the memory of his father—above all, when that son bears a name which is among those that have invested France with glory." The National is equally indignant in its comments on Duke PASQUIER. In allusion to the execution of LECOMTE, both the Journal des Debats and the Gazette des 2'ribunaux state that he expressed great repentance for the crime which he had attempted. The Progres du Pas-de-Calais states that General Count DE MONTROLON has been informed by the Go vernment that he will be set at liberty as soon as the judicial inquiries respecting the evasion of Prince Loins N APOLEON shall be at an end. A Toulon journal mentions a rumour that an ex pedition is about to take place, under the command of Marshal BUGEAUD, against the tribes on the frontiers of Morocco. This rumour, however, does not accord with an announcement in the Echo de Vesone that a letter, dated the 27th ult., has been received from the Marshal by his family, in which he states that he will probably come to France next month, no more to re turn to Algeria, and that he had already received a mongd to be acted upon when he pleased. The Mar shal, adds the Echo de Vesone, entreats his friends to declare that he is more than ever desirous of continu ing deputy for Excideuil, and that it is false that he intends to offer himself as a candidate for any other place. We have received the Akbar and the France Algerienne of Algiers of the 2d. There is nothing positive in them as to the movements of ABD-EL KADER, and nothing to confirm the hope which had been expressed, that other French prisoners, besides the man who had arrived at Lalla-Magrhnia, and from whom the account of the massacre at the Deira was obtained, had also succeeded in making their escape. The Akbar states from Dellys that the Kabyles are quarrelling amongst themselves. The Flisat-el-Bahais have assas sinated the Amin of the Pit-Zeraras, and the tribes are snaking razzias upon each other. An Algiers letter of the 3d announces the arrival there on that day of his Royal Highness the Duke D'AumALE. It was said that the Prince would embark in a few days for France. It had been previously reported, how ever, that he intended to go to Oran. Marshal BUGEAUD was to leave for Oran on the evening of the 3d. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tues day at 83f. 25c. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 40c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,256 E 25c. ; Rouen, 1,028 f 75c. ; Havre, 752 E 50c. ; Great Northern, 750 f. ; Avignon, 908 f 75c. ; Vierzon, 642 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 615 f. ; Boulogne, 485 f. ; Troyes and Mon tereau, 385 t: ; Basle, 221 E 2.5 c.; Dieppe, 420 f. Paris and Strasburg, 507 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 520 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 547 f. 50c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 57f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 38. The following are quotations for other railway shares: Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 522 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette, ditto, 507 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 10. Boulogne and Amiens, Il—Dutch Rhenish, 7% —East Indian, % Namur and Liege, 3% —Northern of France Constituted, 14—Orleans and Vierzon, 14% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6%—Sambre and Meuse, 4% —West Flanders, 2. EXPRESS FROM PARIS (From the Times.) We have received, by Extraordinary Express, a letter from our Paris correspondent, dated yesterday (Wednesday) three o'clock P.3t., which states that "at half-past two o'clock that day the Paris and Lyons Railroad, with a branch to Grenoble, was adjudged to the company represented by M. Talabot. " The first tender opened by the Minister of Public Work:, was that of il. Ganneron, banker, which proposed for the line at a reduction of nine months from the fifty years—the maximum declared by the law of July, 1845—that is, offering to take the line on a lease of forty-nine years and three months. "The Minister next opened a sealed parcel, which proved to be the tender of M. Talabot, Chief Engineer of the Roads and Bridges, which offered to take the line at a reduction of 5 years and 67 days from the aforesaid maximum; that is, on a lease for 44 years 298 days. " A third tender, that of M. Chastelleux, was to have been made, but the preliminary formality had not been com plied with. " The Minister, therefore, declared that, as the tender of M. Talabot offered the more considerable reduction from the fixed maximum, it was to be regarded as the most ad vantageous for the public, and was accordingly accepted." The effect expected from this adjudication was a consider able improvement in the prices of shares, but the contrary was the fact, as will be seen by the subjoined lists. We must observe, however, that the general heaviness of the market is ascribed by our correspondent to the leading article in the Times of Monday last. The Paris papers of Wednesday received by this express contain no news of importance. We have also received by extraordinary courier the intel ligence of the adjudication of the Lyons anal Avignon Rail road. The biddings were as follows :—Talabot and Co., 44 years 298 days; Ganneron and Co., 49 years 90 days. In the case of the Count de Leige the preliminaries were not com plied with. COURS AUTRENTIQUE.—PARIS, JUNE 10.—Five per Cents., 120 f.; Three per Cents., 84f. 40c. 83f. 82f. 95c. ; Bank ac tions, 3,480 f.; Rente de Naples (Rothschild), 102 f 70c. 65c. ; Romans, 100%; Belgian Five per ' Cents., 1840, EVA ; Ditto, 1842, 102 1 A • Ditto. Two-and-aiialf per Cents, 56f, ; Spanish Three per Cents., 1841, 37 9 41. 3Rc. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 621ic.; Money, 25f. 60c.; three months, paper, 25f. 45c.; money, 25f. 421-Ac. BOURSE, JUNE 10. LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 120 f. 20c.; Three per Cents., 83f. 5c.; Belgian Bank, 1001/a. ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. ; three years old, 7st 21b, four, 9st 21h ; five, 10st ; six and aged, lOst 51b ; to start at the new mile post, and go once round. Bold Archer Ruff Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs old colts, Bst 91b; and fillies, Bst 61b. Swinley Course. Sir G. Heathcote's b c by Hetman Platoff, walked over The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 soya. h ft, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. Old Mile. Free Lance Joinville 2 Three started. HOUSE OF LOILDS.—(THIS DAY.) The House of Lords sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The peers in attendance were Lord Brougham, Lord Cotten ham, and Lord Campbell. ALLAN V. GLASGOW. The arguments in this appeal from the Court of Session occupied their Lordships the whole morning. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor, after having disposed of the unop. posed lunatic petitions on his paper, proceeded with the fur. ther arguments in the part-heard appeal of Mitford v. Reynolds. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Petitions of no general interest occupied his Lordship, the Master of the Rolls the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) ( Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of England.) His HONOUR heard unopposed petitions, short causes, and cause petitions to•day. The Court in the course of the morning made several orders in railway cases for the payment of the deposits out of Court, the schemes having failed before Committees of the House of Commons, and the Speaker's certificate to that effect having been produced. ( Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) EX-PARTE SWINTON AND OTHERS. Mr. RUSSELL, Q.C„ applied to the Court for an interim order, restraining the defendants from receiving the sum of 13,525/., which had been paid in to the Accountant-General, deposits on the proposed capital of the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway. It was alleged that out of 60,000 shares 16,000 were issued, and only 12,000 allotted, the others being reserved by the provisional committee till a rise in price might take place ; and that the money of the shareholders bad been employed by the committee on the Stock Ex change, to give a fictitious value to the shares of the railway, by the purchase of their own shares at a premium. In November some of the shareholders objected to going to Parliament. The Committee, however, went to Parliament ; but on petition of the plaintiffs and others, the Bill, after a first reading in the House of Com mons, was thrown out. The defendants, therefore, applied to the Vice-Chancellor of England for an order for the re payment of the deposits. Mr. RUSSELL now applied for an injunction restraining their receiving the money, which was granted by the Court. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied the greater part of the day with an ejectment case from the new trial paper, which possessed no feature of public interest. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) COULTAS V. BOWES (CLERK). This was the only case of importance which came before the Court to-day, and as it has already attained such noto riety, it is unnecessary to detail the particulars. The Court now gave judgment, and was unanimously of opinion, after a careful examination of the arguments, that the case required farther investigation, and therefore that the rule should be made absolute for a new trial. Rule absolute. FATALITIES FROM SUN-STROREs.—On Wednesday, a labourer, named James Wakefield, while at work in a field at Kings ley, was what is commonly termed " sun-struck," and died imme diately. On the following day another labourer, named James Bur gess, at Netherton, was killed in the same sudden and dreadful man lier. Decomposition was so rapid, that each of the bodies was a mass of putrefaction an hour after death. Inquests were held before Mr. 11. Charton, coroner, and verdicts in accordance with the evidence were returned.—Prorinc icaPa p er. THE ARMY.—It is confidently stated that there will be a grand review of troops in Hyde-park, before his Highness Ibrahim Pacha, either on the 17th or the 19th of the present month, when, in addition to the household infantry and cavalry, Hussars and Royal Artillery will go through the various the 7th Called firing battalions are of a field day, for the gratification of the illustrious foreigners in this country. It may be added tha ar t e t c h au e reserving their ammunition from what g field-days, in anticipation of the emu MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather dull. Sales, 5,000 to 6,000 bales. Shares continued flat. By the brig Nelson, arrived at Liverpool, advices of Feb. 7 have been received from Wellington, New Zealand. The following are the most interesting items, referring to events in another part of the colony, with which it appeared the post-office communication was extremely irregular, so much so, in fact, as to place the settlers at Wellington in a very poor position for getting news of events at Auckland "A proclamation has been issued by which the debentures are recalled, and certain terms are proposed for their re demption. The amount of debentures in circulation is stated to be 36,0001., and at least 10,0001., or nearly a third of this amount, was in circulation in this settlement. " Again we learn, in the same indirect and casual way, that fresh reinforcements have been received, and that the war is renewed with increased vigour. An attack was to be made on the rebels on a certain day. All sorts of rumours are rife, and the settlers are placed in a most painful state of anxiety and suspense, from which there seems no present prospect of their being relieved. We hear that Pomare, the faithless, treacherous, Pomare, has deserted from the British camp and sided with the rebels. This chief is connected by affinity or relationship with all the principal chiefs in the southern district, and his example may have considerable weight in determining their future conduct, for aught the local Government may know to the contrary, but no measures of precaution are adopted to guard against any mischief that may ari'e." The sixth anniversary of the settlement had been celebrated iat Wellington. There are accounts also, by a direct arrival, to Jan. 28, from Port Philip. The colony was improving, and had an immense.quantity of sheep and cattle available for wool and tallow purposes, but chiefly the former. The Funds have been very dull again, and there is no improvement in their value. Consols for account have realised 94% to 95. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 12s. to 17s. The New Three-and-a. Quarter per Cents. have been 96 3 4 to 97. East India Stock for account is at 266 1 A. The Foreign Bonds are totally neglected. Not a bargain is reported in Mexican. Spanish Three per Cents. have been flat at 36 1 / 2 to 37. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been at 45%. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 59%. Shares are neglected. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 95 94% 953 95 New Three-and-a-Quarter pet Cent. Anna. 97 96% 97 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1560 lO 3-16 % Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 lO India Bonds, 1,000/. • • .. • • • • • • 20 27 Consols for Opening .. .. • • .. 95 94% 95 India Stock for Account • • • • • • • • 2663{ Exchequer Bills. 17, d. I%d. 1,000/. .. 17 12 pm. 500/. •• • • 17 —— Pm. Ditto, Small 18 pna. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. 4534 Spanish Bands, 5 per Cent. .. Ditto, Deferred .. • . 15% • Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. • 36% Ditto, for the Account .. • • 37 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 42 Ditto, Deferred • • • . 12% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two.and.a-Hall per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% ' BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Oxford Junction • • 2 .. • • 2 .... to 1 1 Bristol and Exeter .. .. • • .. 75 •84 .. ••to uuckinghamshire • • .. • • .. • • 425. .• • • % dis. to Caledonian .. • - • • • • 10 ll% .. .. to Ditto Extension • • • .. 23( •••• 1% .. • • to Chester and Holyhead • .. • • .. 223 .. • • 20% .... to Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. • • 5% .• .. • . to Direct Northern .• .. • • 24'.. • • 1% .. • • to Eastern Counties .. • • • • 14/. 16s. 0d... • "23 % .... to Do., Perpefual, 5 per Ct. No. 1,6/ 13s. 4d Ts P. • to Ditto, ditto .. .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d %% pto Ditto, York Extension 103 % .... to Edinburgh and Glasgow • . • • •• 50 • • .Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • . • 12% Great North of England • • • . .. 100 221 •••• to Great Western • • • • • • • • 85 •• • • •• • • to Ditto, Fifths .. .. • • • • 20 •• • • 33 .. • • to Hull and Selby • • . 50 102% • • to Leicester and Bedford .. • • • • 22s % % dis. to Leicst., Tam., Bir., & Trent Val. June. 425. London and Birmingham • • —lOO •• • • •• • • to Ditto. Quarter Shares .. • • • • 2 London and Blackwall • • 1.61. 13s. 4d. •• .. to lntto, New • • • • • • • • • . 2% 3%.... to London and Croydon • • 131. 15s. 9d. .. • • 21% .. • • to London and South-Western 411. 61. 10d 79 .... to London and York • • • • • • • 2% • — •••• to Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • 2% •• • • 1% .. • • to Manchester and Birmingham .. •• 40 .. •• 80% • to Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. • • 4 .. •• 13 ••to Do., Conlin. and Welsh Junction.. 1% —.. 34 •••• to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425. ...• %p•• to Midland • • • • • • • • • • ..100 . • l4B .... to Ditto, New .. .. •• .. 18 31 31 Newcastle and Darlington Junction .• 25 •• • • •• •• • to Ditto, New .. • • • • .. 1 Newcastle and Berwick .. • • ••15 .. • 'Norfolk • • .. • • • • . • • .. 20 . • Ditto, Extension .. .• • • .. 2 North British . • .• • • .. • . 223 .. • • 293 y .... to Ditto, Carlisle Extension . • .. 1% .. • . 134 %..to -- North Staffordshire .. .• • • • • 425. Preston and Wyre .. • • • • 25 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% • • 2 %3s .. to South Midland • .. ' •• •• 425. South Eastern and Dover • • •• 33% Ditto, New, No. 2 • • .. • • • • 10 ... 13 .... to Ditto, New, No. 3 .. • • •• 15 •18 ••to Ditto, New, No. 4 .. • • • • .. 2 34 2% %..to Warwickshire and London .. 42s % dis.. to West Riding Union .. .. • • • . 42s 134 3 s pto 1 3% p York and North Midland .. .. • • 50 •• .. to Ditto, Extensidn .. 15 .. • . 333 -• to Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens • . • • .. 12 .. • • 10% to 11 Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .. • . .. • • to Ditto, ditto (Esrelete) .• • • 2 .. .• to Central of Spain .. • • • • • • 2 - East Indian .. • • • • .. ss. % % to Louvain and Jemeppo .. • • .. 4.• 1% .... to Luxembourg .. .. 4 .. • • 1% .. • • to Northern of France Constituted • • 5 •• • • 14% .. •. to Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6..••9% .. •• •to Paris and Lyons Constituted .. .. 5 • • 6% %.•to Rouen and Havre .. .. . •. 20 28% .. ••to Sambre and Meuse .. 8 MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered .... 3%.... to— LLOYD'Sa - HIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY .) LONDON, JUNE 11.--Wind S.W., light pleasant breeze and tins. .11zei, JUNE 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Winchester, Milligan, Van Dieman's Lana, Daum., 1 , 0.4 runup ; Enterprize, Wright, Sydney, N.S.W. ; John Laird, Bryant, China ; wca,dtaidge, Poulton, ditto; Diligentia, Hackman, Batavia; Tyrer, Ellis, Singa pore ; Persian, Grange, Calcutta; John Graham, Pearson, ditto ; Westminster, Michie, ditto ; Stebon Heath, Cromarty, Madras ; Lady Bruce, Liddelf, Ceylon; Arab, Bombay; Neptune, Penis, ditto ; Mary Alice, Mauritius. OFF THE START, JUNE S.—Westminster, 31`Fee, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 10. —*Wind S.W.—Sld. Valleyfield, Quebec. OFF THE LIZARD, JUNE 7.—Eliza, Ljungrea, Lisbon, for Calmar, with loss of maintop and foretopgallant-mast, having been in contact. OFF PILL, JUNE o.—lndependent, St. John's, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 10.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Nelson, New Zealand, sailed Feb. 12 ; Gazelle, Ramsay, Sydney, New South Wales; Britannia, Magrath, Singapore; Java, Pickering, Calcutta; Sandford, Callan, ditto ; Atterpool, Wickman, ditto; Tamerlane, ditto ; Rapid, Downes, Bombay; William Watson, Cunningham, Val paraiso ; Christina, ditto ; Leonard Dobbin, Jones, Patagonia; Ma gistrate, Crompton, Old Calabar ; Saguenay, ditto ; Maid of Cashmere, Hemmett, Brass River. The Cecilia, of Dundee, was aground at Tobasco, April 20, and is likely to become a wreck. The Holywood has arrived at Corrientes, from Monte Video, all well. She had not been aground in the Parana, as reported yesterday. CORK, JUNE 7.—Arrd. Malvina, Alexander, Jamaica. PADsTowE, JUNE 9.—The Matilda, Birch, of Arundel, having sprung a leak, has put in herein a sinking state. - BRIDLINGTON, JUNE 9.—The Sarah Elizabeth, of Lynn, from Ramsgate, went on shore on the rocks, near Fiamborough Light house, this morning. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) Eta y nixtuatkils. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 41 4s to 5/ Its; Oat Straw, 118 s to I/ lOs ; Wheat Straw, 1/ Its to 1/ 12s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices, CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 41 4s ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 5/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 11 10s; Wheat Straw, 11 103 to 1112 s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. WHITECIIAYEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; Clover ditto, 41 4s to Si 16s ; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 103 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. AIL .r..eaT ITEAS.it Ifi.IET HAILSHAM, JUNE Io.—We had very moderate supplies of stock on sale, and which moved off steadily as follows :—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 45 6d; Lamb, Os to 5s 10d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 45 to 4s 6d per Sibs. ARUNDEL, JUNG 9.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s Sd ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a heavy aemand. CHICHESTER., JUNE 10.—Prime stock was in fair request at full prices; otherwise the demand ruled heay. Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, Os 40 to 4s 4d ; Lamb, Os to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8c1; and Pork, 3s 10d t o 4 s 8d per 81b s. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; Quar ter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18s; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 19/ each. SOUTHILL, JUNE 10.—We had an average supply of fat steck on sale to-day, while the general demand was steady, at full prices. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to Os ; Veal, 33 10d to 46 8d ; and Perk, 3s 10d to 48 8d per fibs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JUNE 10.—Prime Sheep and Lambs commanded a ready sale, at fully last weak's quotations. All other kinds of stock hung on hand :—Beef from 2s 6d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Milch Cows,:with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. NEVJGATE AND LEADENHALL. Prime Mutton, Lamb, and Veal moved off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 45.; Lamb, bs. to Os. 2d. • Veal, 3s. Bd. to 48. 10d.; and Pork, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 10d . per Blb s. by the carcase. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended June 6, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT- BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. 1 PEAS. PRICE .. 52s 10d 27s 8d 23s 4d 32s 10d 35s 10d 343 10d DUTY... 178 Od 9s Oct 5s Od Os 6d 7s 6d 8s 6d PRINCE ALBERT AT LINCOLN'S INN HALL.—Yester day evening Prince Albert dined with the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. The dinner was of a strictly private character, and was only attended by the butchers (of which his Royal Highness is one), and by about 500 other members of the society. At eight o'clock dinner was served up. The band of the Life Guards were stationed in the spacious g allery, and played during the dinner a va riety of airs. Atter dinner, Mr. Tancred, the treasurer, who sat on the left hand of the Prince (Lord Brougham sitting on his Royal Highness's right), proposed the health of the Queen, which was e honoured with tumultuous applause. N o e th er t o ast was rn the during the evening. At about half-past ten the Prince retire council chamber, where coffee was served, and at eleven o'clock he took his departure. yesterday, and Foreign Institute held their third dinn er anniversary e were delivered by the ANNIVERSARY DINNER.—The members of the British at which interesting and animated s Lord Dudley Stuart, and Mr. Bond Cabbell, Mr. Charles Cochrane, Earl of Devon (who occupied the ehair p ), e" the toasts of the day, were J. S. Buckingham, by whom, their ' t i ac feld S t i," K r i l a ' llm 'ie a u r l k " , there was a brilliant musical Intercourse of Nations." In th t e given " The Progress of Literatuarvmeea:nnidegthe yh Ar eL t o s, r ' d ' a j n a d m " es Tl S ie tu l a 'e r a t Ce 3 f l U r i ' gshictetdilltphase tcnoimidiplaigniy:t7ith Osborne, rove, Sedgewick, Vincent Wallace, Ella, Lavigne, G. Case, g Soiree, ,atKweuheicrhmalli-ez presenterii e, h e e se c i e e le re b e e n ra , te 3 d ie a h r i t e is , Lavigne, Sloper, exquisite perform ances lo.—Bis Excellency the C B . DOVER, JUNE Count jornst awssibcoaldmelui th afternoon from Ostend, by her Majesty's and others, e f e. Mail jerna arrived . His Excellency is staying packet the Garland b at Worthington and Sh" Hotel Mr a Birmingham's Royal 1p • .an Mrs. Hankey, Le i Anson, came and Mrs. Griffith, Miss Sherry, and about fifty-liv , a nson, came over in the same packet. She sailed yesterd e passengers, ay with four riages and fifty-nine passengers ; aniong them IVI Gar rison, Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Campbell r. and Lady 11. Ker- Mrs. Pole, &c. and faMily, Captain and BURSTING OF A WATER -PIP E—yesterday afternoon, shortly after three o'clock, considera h on the Greenwich s i de of De Ptf le excitement was occas i one d Deptford-bridge, eg, by the burstin g o f th e main pipe which conveys the water from the recently constructed reservoir in Greenwich-park to the dock and Deptford. At first th e f i ssure in the road was stn vi t , abllu i b t the i r o r r d c s e a o t f the great body of water soon enlarged the cavity, and an immense volume of water was projected against and over the opposite houses, breaking several windows and causing other damage. It was more than an hour ere steps could be taken to stop the flow, and it was not until messengers had been sent to the resident manager of the Kent Waterwork. Company, and to the cock and victualling yards, to have the sluices opened, that an abatement took place. The road way, to the extent of several square feet, has been broken up. It is not more than twelve months since a similar accident occurred, when the damage amounted to little short of Mi. RAILWAY C ommirrEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committe on the Direct London and Portsmouth — G uildford. Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham—and the Epsom and Dorking' Bills, Lord Beaumont (Chairman), met at eleven this Otorning in Room A (New Mouses of Parliament). The first case taken was that of the - DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSIKOITTN. Mr. Austin, Mr. Talbot, and Mr. Rawlinson appeared for the pro mt oters. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham opposed e Bill on the part of the Guildford and Chichester, and counsel also af d ; peered for the Rev. Mr. Coles, of Ditcham House, near Peters who petitioned against the Bill. the Part Mr. AUSTIN addressed the Committee at great length On of the romoters of the Bill. Capta p in Sayer, formerly a captain in the marines, novr a wil% merchant at Portsmouth, gave general evidence in favour of th is, against the opposing line. He spoke to the necessity f o r raLlv communication, between the places accommodated by th e line, and gave his opinion, that this line would effect that cornmu gee" much ghe much better than the Guildford and Chichester would. T feeling was in favour of this line. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XVII. MANCIEBSTER AND SOUTHAMPTON? A.ND SOlrril-WESTERN (BorasrAr AND BRIDGE _Bnamcn). The Committee met this morning at the usual hour ; the lion' Yorke in the chair. MANCHESTER AND SOTITHAMPT OIL Mr. JADIEs handed in the corrected statement, on which the Pifad moters rest their case. An error —merely a numerical (O Z. l i n o occurred, which made the population of the districts which L ".r, was was proposed to traverse 200,000 more th an it actual; y was' set down at 1,859,000, whereas it should be 1,659,000. Mr. Matthews, a farmer, at Stockhead, near Cirencester, Wits tee called and examined by the Chairman and Committee w ith resPeS, to the saving which the line would effect to him. He said he fatTz; 800 acre but that he had only made a calculation on 640.t0 the cost of the wear and tear of carryin his goods at present .; g nearest market town in the course of a year was about 7 814 but r calculated if the railway was made that he should save two-Ultr a ' e 531., besides loss of time. a udned Sir Willoughby Gordon, Bart., Quartermaster General, ex t wo by Mr. JAMEs—It is of importance to have direct co between the inland districts and the various parts of the th re e Railways afford great facilities to the public service, and the m ° direct and the less break of gauge in them the better. It Would_rts„b of great importance to have direct communication between F`L.,h, mouth, Southampton, and the manufacturing districts of the . ny .. .... The movement of troops was invariably accompanied by c a 7 l i e brances, such as women—(A laugh)—baggage, ammunition, We e don, bodies of troops were stationed at Birmingham, Covent r y , Chester, and Preston. Assuming a line to be made like the chester and Southampton, without break ofgauge, it woul d be used the transmission of troops from the south to the north, and to Ireland, and vice versa, It would also facilitate the passage of trOOP S north to the Channel Islands. By the Committee—lt would be of great importance to Gosport, Winchester, and other towns to have such a communicatio n with the north. By the CHAIRMAN—The Manchester and Southampton IS an el ceedingly iniportant national work. By Mr. AusTirt—As at present advised should send troops for Ire land by Liverpool. Portsmouth must always be considered a more important town on account of the garrison. Was aware that there was a line to Basingstoke, and from Basingstoke to Reading ; but he would, with all submission, leave it to the consideration of the Com' mittee, whether a line from Oxford to Rugby, and thus establishing fracas a new connexion between the south and the north, would be of ei advantage than the proposed line. A difference of tighten H of and break of gauge would be disadvantageous ; but the saYtue - au expense was a great object, so also was the saving of time, and easy mode of conveyance. {GROUP LIII. airan )• This Committee, consisting of the Hon. E. Laseelles (A i n t l an the Earl of Arundel aad Surrey, Mr. Bildyard, Mr. 11. Clay ton, Captain Dalrymple, met at the customary hour to day. SHIZEWSISURY AND DIRDZINGELA IVI. car • Mr. Rork (in the absence of Mr. Austin), briefly opened ache; on the part of the promoters, and described the route of the sar;d, The line, including all tare branches, would be about sixty Lui le ' c ' er to the total estimate 2,200,0001. With regard to the e n g in re - - character of the works, he believed there was nothing w e' ould markable. The gradients w e r e as f av o ura ble a s the counts'? to admit, and when he - stated that Mr. Stephenson W 2.7 pre engineer of - the line, - the" Committee must Pv that there would be no steep gradient on the line, w l et could possibly be avoided, as that gentleman was to a to easy gradients, and for great reason in his (Mr. Hope's ) el' WO T. There was one gradient of lln 100, and another that was " teri s ' steeper at the station near Birmingham, and therefore not ni s cou roe There was also some tunnelling of a few thousand yards the of the line. degree eeinioo. GROUP LVII. o ' c l o ck, The Committee on this gr ou p me t today at twelve ° c hair- Room No. 27 (grand corridor) ; present, Mr. Francis Barlegil oo . mm), Mr. Baskervill e , M r . S taun t on, M r. C. E as t, and the Bouverie. They resumed the case of the zurAir BartrarNmatian CANAL AND RAZ— ARRANGEMENTS. Mr. ROBINSON, for the promoters, called additional evidence support of the Bill. ton, P riv r. Sparrow, from the neighbourhood of WolverhainP- c on. prietor of extensive iron works, having used the canal for Its pro• veyauce of iron and coal for many years, was favourable re h r o , Isar posed arrangements, which he was of opinion would be big tidal to the public. • Other witnesses gave testimony to a similar effect. ' if" irn ° Mr. Robert Scott, M.P. for Walsall, and Chairman of the D at gres ham Canal Company, was examined by Mr. RostrisoN coutar length, for the purpose of proving that the arrangemen ts traillo of plated in the Bill would be of moat important benefit to we ~„a d oill the district, indeed of the whole county. The part of the x.-r ot be traversed by the Birmingam Canalu nless and its brancheS oo accommodated with railwayDY22 co ntinUa" arrangement with the Canal Company. The effect of boon to meat all of railway and canal accom m od a ti on would be a all those who now used the canal. DANISH CLAIMS AND COMNWIi/ HONESTY. S' UN TO THE EDITOR OF 27--- have r ead the , SIR,—No lover of honesty and fair play e" debate (if it may be called such) of claims, without feelings of disgust. "reallY:a this co ff un u ;/ only object of the existence of Government in claims of the were to obstruct the course of justice and the 1 eoennitshue Danis: and Hawes stood alone, resting on the obvious justice ve people for protection. It is deeply to be regrettedc that gr . yesterday, In of his case only, while the Government, by an active to wwl'i defeat contrived, not by argument,but by mechanical votes, once more the settlement of a cane on the merits of 4 10 -`: the House of Commons has five times decid ed in the w rens Live. The speeches of the two Governm ent mouth P lee 7a contained not one argument, and were sole l y mad?ou_pciai what Sir Thomas Wilde recently well d esc r i b ed as denials." Permit me, having no pe rsonal interest in , but that of a love of and who has tak theiet Lne facts of the case, to make a for brief comments on the two Government speeches. Mr. Goulburn adopted quite a new line of argument; and, for him, quite an amusing one : he must have wee._ it in gentle satire of the votes retained for the occasion. !e. l e professed, forsooth, great consideration for the pockets of tn people I Now, sir, I have always heard that England ? a sentially a commercial nation—th a t h er merc hants &fi he; d, strength. In my school days I learned she was a1 1 , 1 17 - p having divers seaports, whence my r i a d s o f mercham against conficing in the protection of their n a ti ve Government g aggression, departed to all parts of th e wo rld, to bri. eB g•_.,,.- 1‘ again sources of wea lth t o th e i r na ti ve s h ores . But all Wa il " v ; olano , thing to Mr. Goulb urn . T o hi m s h e i s some li nn garY torF fieetS, which, devoid of sea p orts , unencum b ere d by m erchant t sa d needs for such m a tt er no cons i derat i on b u t conten 3 P, w ho sneers. It is in thi s case t h e merchants o f E n gland have suffered for the alleged good of the whole country ,„ whatever the events cost at t h e t i me these m erchants n „ tributed their full sh are , an d to any public cost now to m o o o pensate their losses they will also contribute. And villy cae .. they in addition to s u ff er t h ese tremendous losses , this fiscation of their property, in order to put money iii As pockets of the King and Government? The pretence is shallow as it is hypo cr iti ca l . F or forty years they have .e promised and just comp ensat i on withheld, w hil e Governnt a has all that time been in possession of its immense ill-got:;, plunder, obtained by the same act which ru ined thni merchants, an act which morals have not language le enough to characterise. It was England which made aggression against a nation in profound peace with made it in defiance of every law of nations and of 0 0- of and now English Ministers have the effrontery to talk o f these robberies as "captures made in the ordinary cen rse e r, war." It is not material now to show what is, holve: e s fact—that at first it was expressly alleged by Govern o 4 that these seizures were contrary to the usages of war 1 7 o t the law of nations. England having made such unprovemt aggression, it is not to be wondered at that Denmark, ' i ,`" o justified, in her only self-defence, in herself violating thosel i. a,,, and seizing English ships on a neutral sea, for these 8 ; 1 ,5 were not seized on the high seas. This is a line of &TWO" is not touched by Mr. Hawes, but very important, as else. . that other, also not tou c h e d by hi m , b u t i n i tse lf con cluelv o that England, in her c on fi sca ti on o f D an i s h proper ty, t guilty of a breach of positive English law; as a conseq,"7,;t of which it was that English property was confiscated. really settles the question. It is curious that every lawyer consulted in this e a r f has given his opi n i on i n f avour o f t h e claimants, how ev ._ convenient it might be, when in office, to desert that opinl a . l No such sophistry as M r . C ar d we ll use d can alter or arl._r, the fact, that the prese n t S o li c it or -G enera l gave his opine that the ordinance of 16th August, 1807 (which no man ev`; yet read and honestly supposed it to be a declaration of War was NOT a declaration of war. Every act and order in Cali.„ 1111 cif of the English and of the Danish G overnments con linr this opinion. Had I time, I could c it e more t h an tweny ., . official documents in proof of it ; a n d th e fi rs t I would or would be that very ordinance of the 9th September, which , in such a Jesuitical, but truly "official" way, Messrs. Gnu:: burn and Cardwell quoted, omittin g care f u ll y to state its wilt objects and contents, which are to recite that very ordinal:" of 16th August, not as a declaration of war, but as an ordi" nance for EMBARGO ; and to proceed it self, not to confiscate English property, but to provide for its safe custody till the result of events was known. W ou ld space a ll ow . I Oulu' strengthen this ground by numberless facts and authorities. I will only add that Lord Ellenborough and Sir Wm. Grants neither of them idle spectators of events, both had the event ' of those days brought under their judicial notice, and both decided that no war existed between England and Denmark at that time or much later; and Lord Mell en of ordinary prudence borough expressly held that there did not exist such state of things as should lead any n n c il he was right. P to suppose war would arise. A England was guilty of a systematic course of well as on Denmark deception and Unlese fraud on her own people, no honest observed that towards ev ery It is to be 0 part of these ungracious and dish on ourable man could suppose that war as would arise. claims the same of justice has taken piace.. Two classes, against whose claims a fair colour of objection might have been raised, have, however, been paid—through some favour and influ: ence, it must be presumed. The present class stand for the twentyyears. Why,peSuiF.: on a much better foot ing,yd I t in a in n t d o , f a l t a p wr,eseenqu4itremains h uo nn ltehgeerde aret ha that t t h t e h y i s were mom silenten moment inis most falsely al' tions, lodged there in 1808 and succeeding years. This is a Treasury nu mb er l ess most barefaced and daring " official denial." One of these original petitions has been recently reprinted, and an ea' a cellent one it i s. Little dreaming it that it would be nega' tively prophetic, it assumwahon will not ' otofbezisasmaiiteshas h proved to be, "'the • ,' W that and determ ination, Government to obtain in this manner,' and keep a pecuniary, gain' to the Crown at the individual expense of its own subjects. Well might Mr. Goulburn talk of a " new principle." A " new principle," indeed, it is ; and one to be universally exe crated, for a Government thus to enrich themselves, and to persist in retaining the plunder got by wholesale spoliation, at the direct cost of their own merchants. Three Chancellors of the Exchequer have promised par ment—three times have the Lords of the Treasury expressly referred it to Parliament to determine to whom payment le due—five times has Parliament adjudged it to the present claimants; yet do Ministers, in defiance of common honest'', in dereliction of their duty to their Queen, and in contempt of their duty to the nation of whom they are the hired ser' vants, refuse to obey the judgment of that tribunal to which they themselves appealed. If there is no way of compelling their obedience, defective indeed must be our system of ad ministration of justice. I will not believe there is none. The proposition is full of danger to our liberties. I trust the claimants will not be disheartened, but that they will rather redouble their energies, and arm their ad vocates with the numerous facts, as yet wholly untouched which bear upon the case—and, if there is any right, if there is any justice to be had in England—if Parliament has any sense of consistency or honour, or of its own privileges and fanctions, and deserts not its office and its independence"! THE THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1846 ~--,- r-.