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, -4 1 (YESTERDAY) lIOUSE OP LORDS. Room B. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. STIRLING AND DUN.VERIVILINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) It was also proved by these witnesses that the railway did not go within a mile of the house of Mr. Clark. On the conclusion of this evidence, the Committee ordered the room to be cleared, in order that they might consult as to the locus standi of Mr. Clark. On our re-admission it was decided that Mr. Clark had no locus standi. The case for the prosecution was then opened, and some evidence called pro forma, and the Committee declared the preamble proved. After adjusting the clauses of the Bill, the Committee rose at about three o'clock. GROUP C. HERCULANEUM DOCKS. The Committee assembled to-day at eleven o'clock, Lord Ashburton in the chair, when they were addresse d at great length by Mr. Hun';Ana). Without an inspection of the model of the docks of Liverpool, which was produced to the Committee, it would be quite impossible to render the speech or the evidence intelligible to the public without a verbatim report, which would go to an extent which our space entirely forbids. Our readers, therefore, must be con t ent with a statement of the facts, that when the Liverpool Dock Bill was obtained, there was a provision that cer tain accommodation should be provided for the trade of Liverpool. To this they appear inclined, but with a view to divert the trade or to secure what is only a legitimate advantage to themselves, the Birken head Docks Company and the Toxteth Park Com pany, who are on the opposite side of the river, are desirous of forming a new dock, to be called the Hercu laneum Docks, and Mr. Rendel, the engineer of the company, was called to show the real state of the ease. From the model he described, the place fur the docks, and the property that was likely to be affected by their formation, one of the chief plans was the necessity to adopt the same system as that ob served in London, where the principle of classification and exclusion of the public is fully carried out. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE addressed the Committee on be half of seven thousand inhabitants of certain districts of Liverpool, who would be deprived of right of way from Sef ton-street, in the direction of the proposed dock, to the extent, of eighteen feet, where it is designed to form a marine parade. It was objected to this that the system of exclusion would be prevented, and that the parade was unnecessary, as the public would not use it, and if they did use it, they would crowd in numbers to the wall of the marine parade just as vessels were warping in, and so grievously interrupt the business of the port. He asserted that this company were endeavouring to do that which was never done by the Liverpool Docks Company, and which he would adduce medical evidence to show that it was abso lutely necessary for the health of the inhabitants, viz., the preservation of a walk by the waterside, which they now en joyed. Mr. Brooks, a magistrate of the county of Lancaster, who has property, and who resides within a quarter of a mile of the proposed docks, stated that he knew the district from his childhood, and that during the whole of that time the part spoken of had been open to the public. Mr. Ryan, chairman for the Commissioners of the Liver pool Docks, testifled'to the same point, and particularly to a right to pass over some property belonging to Messrs. Vernon. Mr. Duncan, a physician of Liverpool, testified as to the necessity to keep the ground open for the sake of the health Of the inhabitants in the neighbourhood. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP D. suErrxELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION. The Committee assembled this morning at the usual hour, Lord Somers in the chair, when some witnesses were called in behalf of the opposing landowners. This closed the case, and the Committee next took that of the - MANCHESTER., MIDLANDS, AND GREAT GRIMSInt JUNCTION. Mr. TA SOT opened the case for the promoters, at very considerable length, describing the points which are hereafter to be elucidated by the engineer. After this Mr. Millins, Mr. Walker, and Lord Effingham were called, the evidence of the second of these gentlemen being to show that the business of the iron works in the neigh bourhood of Rotherham had been very largely increased, of late years. He was the constructor of the iron work of Southwark-bridge. Since the erection of which the Park gate, iron works, and several other large establishments have been erected and brought into play. Tile number of the in habitants of Rotherham is between 12,000 and 13,000, and of Sheffield about 120,000. The intercourse between this manufacturing district and the agricultural district is great, and will be much increased by the formation of a rail way. The chief assertions which told in this gentleman's evidence was one that the line of the Sheffield and Lincoln shire Junction Company passed by a route that was fre quently flooded, and which had been under water this year, andthat the line of the Manchester, Midlands, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway goes along the course of the old coach road, upon part of which the cross mail to the Lincolnshire district now travels. Mr. Martin, of Esterby, deposed to the veracity of the re presentations in the petition of the Lincolnshire farmers, of the extent of their hardships, and the fidelity of their signa tures, and further stated generally that the inhabitants of his own district were more favourable to the northern than to the southern means of communication. Mr. Topham, a considerable landholder and owner, gave similar evidence, after which the Committe adjourned till to morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONMOUTHSHIRE. The Committee on this group met again this day, at twelve o'clock; Mr. Adam, chairman. T— the case for the promoters of this Bill. Th j e lli L L WnoV en t i on as pr o o n c e ee w dea ch to argue in wo a ul s cl ou e r onfer f favour of the line of railw n a se ; great public advantage, as well as becomin g profit to the shareholders from the vast amount of t r c a e f which it would open up, and, after some further remarks, concluded a very able address on behalf o f f the promoters coal-masters Mr. SMITHERS said he appeared for va and iron-masters ; amongst them were the owners of the British iron works, the Blenavon new furnaces, and others. Sir T. PHILLIPS said, that in order to remove the opposi tion of those interests, he would at once strike out of the Bill the powers authorising the construction of those brans This hes which had been brough t forward by the promoters. had the effect of doing away with the opposition. Some formal evidence was then adduced, after which he Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill, with the omission of that part affecting the opponents, was proved. The clauses were then proceeded with. GROUP XVII. IKANCNESTES AND SOUTNAIVIPTON. The Committee met this day at one o'clock, the Hon. E. Yorke in the chair. opulation returns of the differ - Mr. Fisher han ded in the p ent parishes traversed by the Great Western and the London and Birmingham, and Mr. Smith those proposed to be tra versed by the proposed railway. The case of the opposing landowners was then proceeded with. It appeared that the names of Mr. Alexander Elweys, of Colesborne, Gloucester, Sir John Guise, and Miss Masters were erased from the list of opponents, they having since the Bill was in Committee withdrawn their opposition, and given their assent to the Bill. Mr. SMITII then explained to the Committee the nature of the opposition of the other landowners, and the way in which the proposed line would interfere with their property. They respectively prayed that the line might not be made unless there was some great public neces sity for it, which they held was not the case After each case he proceeded to say that the main ground on which the landowners opposed the project was that a better line of railway communication to the north, on the narrow gauge, would no doubt be made, by Oxford and Rugby, before this line could pass. Although eighteen miles longer, it was as short, in point of time on the proposed xailway, as the gradients were superior, and the lines were in the management of companies who had always worked them Veil, and who were in a condition to work them well for the• future. He therefore held that the expenditure of a million and half of money was not justified by the wants of the district. Besides, the shares of all great companies which had passed through Parliament, and received the royal assent, were at a t:leplorable discount in the market, showing the improbability- of the necessary capital being obtained for the construction of !his line. Then a deviated line from Salisbury by Luggershall wOuld effect a saving of four miles, save 50,000 L, and, except in one case. do no residential injury. Such arrange ments would not interfere with the canal, which alone would cost 32,000/., making a farther saying to that extent, and which would be kept for the convenience of the locality. After some further remarks, he earnestly called upon the Com mittee not to pass the preamble of the Bill. Evidence in support of the opposition of Mr. Edwards and other landowners occupied the Committee the remainder of the day. GROUP XVIII. LONDON, IgEWIITYRY, AND BATH DIRECT. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAINt requested the Committee to adjourn till to-morrow morning, as he had no doubt that by th.lt time some arrangement would be come to between the nroooters of this Bill and the Great Western Company, ;., h i c h, if carried out, would tend most materially to shorten the labours of the Committee. ection being made by the counsel on the other side, No obj and Mr. 11. Denison), Sir De Lacy Evans, and The Chainra n ( Mr. Hamilton having stated their opinion to be that it would be for the interest of all parties if some arrangements be tween the parties were agreed upon, The CommitteeaPtgredt SS 3 dangly till twelve o'clock to- morrow. - -------:- GROUP LXXVIII. sorDDEßßPmezaa AND MANCHESTER (BRADPOZD BRANCH). The cross-examinati' of Ir. Gee, engineer to th e li ne , was brought to a conclusion to-day. Several other witnesses were examined on behalf of the promoters, one of whom, a landscape :ar( 2 lener, residing nea r Leeds, stated that a road passing on of water M the centre of a park belovnuuluct, over a sheet Armitage, would be a considerable i m p r t v in e g to Sir George be thought a park with a railroad passing thrt, and that for ornament and effect, was preferable to a p a u r it, both railway , r witho u t a Mt. TALBOT then opened the case on behalf of Sir G Armitage, through whose park the line was proposed to pG. Several' witnesse,s were then called, who described the pass. ture of the injury which would be done to the property in . question. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XLII. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition U of yerday.) LIVERPOOL AND BR est Y. The Committee was occupied during the remainder cross- th day in hearing arguments and evidence respecting the ing of this railway over the East Lancashire line on a level. The Committee then adjourned, at a few minutes after four o'clock, till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP LII. Recommittal of the RUNCORN AND PRESTON SROOIC. Miles The Committee m et at one o'clock ; present, (chairman), Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Halsey, Mr. Chute, and Mr. A'Court Holmes. The Committee lardy met for the purpose of an adjourn ment, and the Committee adjourned until the 9th of July. GROUP LIX. The Committee on this group re-assembled to-day at one MANCHESTER AND LEEDS EXTENSION. ➢lr. LAING opened the case briefly, and then proceeded to call evidence. The Committee, after hearing some evidence in support of the Bill, declared the preamble to be proved. The clauses were then proceeded with seriatim, and the Committee adjourned. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met as usual in Room 1, New Houses of Parliament, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. Present, Lords Hawarden and Redesdale. There were six Bills on the list, all of which were Railway Bills; one of them was on second reference. IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUND'S (NORWICH EXTENSION). Their Lordships declared that in this case the standing orders had been LEICESTER with by the promoter FOßD s of the Bill. . In the absence of two of the witnesses, this case stood over till to-morrow, all the proofs not depending on their testi mony having been gone through. SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND CANAL (NEWTOWN TO CREWE). This case also was part heard, and was adjourned till Friday. WEST LONDON RAILWAY IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION. The standing orders were declared complied with. On resolving themselves into a SELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS. Their Lordships disposed of the following Bills, which were all the railway Bills on their list. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY AND GRIMSBY DOCKS CONSOLI DATION. The preamble of this Bill was declared proved. GRAND JUNCTION (HUI"TON AND WARRINGTON). A similar decision was made in this case. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE NORTH-EASTERN. This Bill was also passed. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK (POLLOC AND GOVAN BRANCHES). The promoters of this Bill also succeeded in proving their preamble. Their Lordships then adjourned till:to-morrow. LATEST from the RIVER PLATE. (From the Journal du Havre of June 26.) By the Coriolan, which arrived here this morning, we have news from Monte Video to the Bth of May, eighteen days later than our previous ad vices. The revolution which was being effected in the Government of Monte Video had peace ably pursued its career. Restored to the possession of power, General Riveira, after having provided for the administration of municipal affairs, had left at the head of 500 or 600 men, of whom one-third were Basque v olunteers, who followed him of their own accord. He has embarked and intends, it is said, to land at Colonia, in order to combine his operations with those of the army of Corrientes. On the other hand, it is stated that news had reached Buenos Ayres from that province unfavourable to the cause of the insurgents. According to these rumours the Corrientans had abandoned the cause of General Paz, and had recommended him to quit their territory. Nothing has been heard relative to the expedition to the Parana since the announcement that its departure was fixed for the 9th May. It was expected to arrive at Monte Video by the end of the month. At the de parture of the Coriolan, the French gun-boat, the Ma louine, had arrived at Monte Video from Buenos Ayres. From the postscript to commercial letters from Buenos Ayres, dated May 8, we learn that, during the night, an English and two Sardinian brigs had succeeded in evad ing the combined blockading squadron, and had reached the inner harbour. The English and French com manders, on discovering this flagrant violation, sent armed boats against the vessels, which were shortly afterwards captured. The two Sardinian brigs having run aground, were set on fire ; the English brig was brought out, and placed at the disposal of the British Commodore. An English officer sent to Buenos Ayres to negotiate, had bet n massacred by the excited populace. This event has produced the most lively sensation. It is not yet known what step will be taken by the combined forces to revenge this assassination.—Chronicle. HAMBURG AND FLANDERS MAIL HA3II3IIRG, JUNE 25.—The latest accounts received from St. Petersburg, dated the 19th of this month, state that on that day the modifications in the tariff, which have been for some time announced from different quarters, were published and immediately carried into effect. It is to be hoped that this breach in the pro hibitive system will soon be followed by further steps in the course of commercial reform, and that Russia too will by degrees relieve itself from restrictions on com merce and industry, which render any solid improvement of the national welfare impossible. CRACOW, JUNE 17.—1 c appears that the fate of the republic of Cracow is decided. The new government is to consist of three directors, of whom each of the three protecting powers appoints one. We are to have, on the part of Austria, as we hear, Mr. John Schindler, for merly president ; from Russia, Mr. John Mieroszewski, formerly director of the police ; from Prussia, the senator Victor Kopff. STOCKHOLM, JUNE 19.—The King will leave this city on the 27th of this month, (to which day Count Posse, Minister of Justice, has leave of absence). His Majesty will appoint a regency, of which Baron Thu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be president. Perhaps Count Posse will accompany the King to Schonen, and afterwards to Copenhagen.—Hamburg papers, June 26. BRUSSELS, JUNE 25.—Among the reports prtmantoci to the Chamber at the commencement of the sitting to day. there was one brought up by Mr. Zonde on several pe titions relative to the iron railway from Ghent to Brussels by way of Alost. The debate was opened on the report of the Minister of Public Works on the railway from Ghent to Brussels. The discussion was very ani mated. Messrs. Forbecq and Scheyven were against the construction of a railway from Ghent to Brussels, which they affirmed would be prejudicial to the treasury. The Minister of Public Works proposed a commission of inquiry, in which the interests of all parties would be considered, and according to the result of which he might present a project of law, drawn up with perfect knowledge of the matter, and in which the conflicting pretensions of different localities might be conciliated as far as possible, if the inquiry should demonstrate the utility of the proposed railway. After a warm debate, the Minister of Public Works having declared that an inquiry should be instituted, the discussion was closed. BRUSSELS, JUNE 26.—The Chamber in its sitting to day fixed Tuesday next for the opening of the discussion of the project of law relative to the convention with France, and then proceeded to the debate on the project of law respecting colonial and beetroot sugar, which was agreed to by a majority of 49 to 20. His Majesty has accepted M. de Broucker's resignation of the office of Governor of the Province of Liege. There has been a very serious disturbance in the town of Nieupont, in consequence of some disagreement between the inhabitants and the officers of the garrison, in which some persons were wounded by the soldiers ; a strict investigation will take place. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 10.—According to the latest accounts from Rumelia, the Sultan was on his return to Varna, from which place he is expected at the beginning of next month. There has been another fire at Smyrna, by which about 500 houses and warehouses have been reduced to ashes. ICELAND.—The eruption of Mount Hecla still continued, according to the latest account, of the 15th of April. The pillars of fire arose from three new craters to the height of 14,000 English feet, and were broader than the largest river in the island, the Pierssen. The lava has already formed several high hills ; pieces of pummice stone, or scoroe, weighing 2 cwt., were thrown to the distance of a league and a half. The ice and snow, which covered the mountain for many centuries, are wholly melted, and the river Rangen has in consequence fre quently overflowed its banks. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Tasmania, Black, from Van Diemen's Land, off Portsmouth, sailed from Hobart Town 23d March ; Forfar shire, Symons, from Ceylon, in the West India Docks, sailed from Colombo 25th February, Cape 27th April, St, Helena 13th May, Ascension 17th May ; Annie, Sharpe, from China, at Liverpool, sailed from Shanghae 18th February, Cape of Good Hope 2d May; Emily, Greaves, from Bombay, in the D o wns, sailed 14th February, St. Helena 11th May • Ethel dred, Bradford, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed 17th February, passed St. Helena 11th May; Boding, Hutchens, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed 25th January ; Elephanta, Ross, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Bth February, St. Helena Bth May; Elizabeth Thomp , on, Betts, from Port Philip, in the Downs, sailed from Melbourne 22d February; Jean, Lennington, from Van Diemen's Laud, off Folkstone, sailed from Hobart Town 26th February; Amelia, Teasdale, from New South Wales, in the Downs, sailed from Sydney 17th February; Amelia, Read, from South Australia, at Swansea, sailed from Adelaide 20th January, Cape 14th April, St. Helena Ist May; Star, M'Donald, from the Cape of Good Hope, Docks, in the St. Katherine sailed from Port Beaufort 10th April, St. Helena 4th May ; Cordelia, Hughes, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed 25th February. Arrivals at Hobart Town—Triad, Lyell, March 8, from London ; Fortitude, 14th, from Whaling. Departures from Hobart Town—Prima Donna, March 9, to Swan River and China ; Pestonjee Bomanjee, 14th, to London ; Timbo, 19th, to Adelaide ; North Briton, to sail 26th, for London. Arrivals at Launceston—Mayda, May 6, from Hobart Town; Joseph Wheeler and John Woodall, 9th, from Syd ney ; Wanken Moor, 12th, from London ; Robert Matthews, 13th, from Sydney. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Fanny, April 25, from Liverpool ; Australie, from Bordeaux ; Mary Ann, 07th from London ; ITyrian , from Ceylon :and Mauritius ; , Supply, from Newcastl e; andi‘ary i Lad s y to F dd lo a r r, a t , fr f o ro m m Madras. a aldcurastta , . 3 .' l t alurit e iu e s n . a A Unicorn,rrivalfsroamt wit e most lic performers are rarely satisfied G REEDIN E S S of PRAISE.— Auth h or t s h , artists, f a a v n o d a p r a u b b l e notice whi c h t h e y re ceive from the press, and they sometimes think fit to remonstrate and complain when they have every reason to be more t h an p l ease d. The habit, however , o f ex pressing discontent i s more prev alent in France than among us. "We are overwhelmed," says the last Gaze tte Musscafe, $. with letters, sometimes proud and haughty, sometimes modest and suppliant. We have a voluminous collection of these epistles, among whick. net the least curious is one (for the authenticity umuch g abed to you for the o f whiehw e v little ou notice e beginning)nce wiih 3 th - us ou have had am m had the goodness to insert in your journal, only 1 regret you have called me a distinguished artist, while, for these three years past you have always called me a celebrated artist " A NOVEL NEWSPAPER CARRIER.—At the present time a little black bull-headed terrier, belonging to Mr. Powell, carpet manufacturer, of the Cross, comes to Dei g ht on ' s library every every evening of publication of the Journal, with out an attendant, and fetches the paper, which it duly con veys with all punctuality and dispatch to its master. If the publication has not commenced it will leave the premises and return ; and on one or two occasions has unfortunately dropped the paper in the street, when it immediately started back to the shop, and would not leave until famished with a second . copy.— Worcester Journal. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. The following is an outline of a convention between her Majesty and the King of Prussia for the establish ment of international copyright, which has just been pre sented to Parliament Article I. The authors of books, dramatic works, or musical compositions, and the inventors, designers, or engravers, of prints and articles of sculpture ; and the authors, inventors, designers, or engravers of any other works whatsoever of literature and the fine arts, in which the laws of Great Britain and of Prussia do now or may hereafter give their respective subjects the privilege of copyright, shall, with regard to any such works or articles first published in either of the two states, enjoy in the other the same privilege of copyright as would by law be enjoyed by the author, inventor, designer, or engraver of a similar work, if first published in such other state ; together with the same legal remedies and protection against piracy and unauthorised republication. 11. No person shall, in either country, be entitled to the protection stipulated by the preceding article, unless the work in respect of which copyright is claimed shall have been registered by the original pro ducer or by his lawful representatives or assigns, in the manner following:— First. If the work be one that has first appeared in the dominions of his Majesty the King of Prussia, it must have been registered in the register book of the Company of Stationers in Lendon. Secondiy, If the work be one that has first appeared in the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, it must have been registered in the catalogue to be kept for that purpose at the office of his Prussian Majesty's Minister for Ecclesiastical, Fducational, and Medical Affairs. 111. The authors of dramatic and musical works which shall have been first publicly represented or performed in either of the two countries, as well as the lawful re presentatives or assigns of such authors, shall likewise be protected in regard to the public representation or performance of their works in the other country, to the full extent in which native subjects would be protected in respect of dramatic and musical works first represented or performed in such country ; provided they shall pre viously have duly registered thir copyright in the offices mentioned in the preceding article, in conformity with the laws of the respective States. IV. In lieu of the rates of duty which may at any time, during the continuance of this Convention, be payable upon the importation into the United Kingdom of foreign books, prints, and drawings, there shall be charged upon the importation of books, prints, or draw ings, published within the dominions of Prussia, and legally importable into the United Kingdom, only the rates of duty specified in the table hereto annexed ; that is to say— Duties on books, viz. : Works originally produced in the United Kingdom and republished in Prussia— X. s. d. the cwt 2 10 0 Works not originally produced in the United Kingdom—the cwt Prints or drawings : Plain or coloured, single—each 0 0 0 Bound or sewed—the dozen 0 0 1 It is understood that all works of which any part was originally produced in the United Kingdom will be con sidered as " works originally produced in the United Kingdom, and republished in Prussia," and will be sub ject to the duty of fifty shillings per cwt., although the same may contain also original matter produced else where ; unless such original matter shall be at least equal in bulk to the part of the work originally pro duced in the United Kingdom, in which case the work Will be subject only to the duty of fifteen shillings per cwt. ..... . _ . - V. It is agreed that stamps shall be provided accord ing to a pattern to be made known to the custom-house officers of the United Kingdom, and that the municipal or other authorities of the several towns in Prussia shall affix such stamps to all books intended for exportation to the United Kingdom. And no books shall, for the purposes of this convention, so far as the same relates to the rates of duty at which such books are to be en tered, be deemed to have been published in Prussia, except such as appear by their title-page to have been published at some town or place within the dominions of Prussia, and which have been duly stamped by the proper municipal or other authority of any such town or place. VI. Nothing in this convention shall be construed to affect the right of either of the two high contracting parties to prohibit the importation into its own do minions, of such books as, by its internal law, or under its treaties with other States, are declared to be piracies, or infringements of copyright. VII. In case either of the two high contracting parties shall conclude a treaty of international copyright with any third power, a stipulation similar to that contained in the preceding article shall be inserted in such treaty. VIII. Those German States which, together with Prussia, compose the Customs and Commercial Union, or which may hereafter join the said union, shall have the right of acceding to the present convention; and books, prints, and drawings, published in any State so becoming a party to this convention, and exported from any other State, also being a party to the same, shall be considered, for the purposes of this convention, to have been exported from the country of their publication. IX. The present convention shall come into operation on the Ist of September, 1846. It shall remain in force for five years from that date, and further, until the ex piration of a year's notice, which may be given by either party, at any time after the Ist of September, 1851. X. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Berlin, at the expira tion of two months, or sooner if possible. in the year or D ou en r e Lo at rd ße l r B li l n i t :s h: ; thirteenth dap ofkay WESTMORELAND. (On behalf of her Majesty.) Baron de CANITZ. (On behalf of the King of Prussia.) PROTOCOL. The two original copies of the treaty having been ex amined and found to correspond in form and contents with the concerted stipulations, the Plenipotentiaries proceeded to sign the same, under the following con ditions: such conditions, though not appearing of a nature to be admitted into the text of the treaty, nevertheless to be considered, on the ratification of the treaty, as thereby agreed to and ratified : Both Governments engage that the fees which may at any time be levied for the registering of a single work in the register book of the Company of Stationers in Lon don, or in the catalogue of the Office of his Prussian Majesty's Minister for Ecclesiastical, Educational, and Medical Affairs, shall not exceed the sum of one shilling sterling, or of ten silver groschen, as has been already declared on the part of Great Britain in a letter from the Board of Trade of the 2d of April, 1844, letter E.— (Art. 2._)_ . . - - - 1 %The delivery of a copy gratuitously shall take place in Great Britain at the Stationers' Company in London, and in Prussia at the Office of the Minister of Ecclesias- tical, Educational, and Medical Affairs in Berlin.— (Art. 2.) Both Governments agree that the duty on musical works imported from Prussia into Great Britain shall not be greater than the duty on books imported from Prussia into Great Britain.—(Art. 4.) It is understood that the stamping agreed to in this article will be confined to books and musical works (ac cording to the interpretation of the word "books" given in Article 11. of the Act of Parliament sth and 6th Vic toria, cap. 45, of July Ist, 1842) ; whereas all other ob jects mentioned in Article I. of the Convention this day signed, will not require to be stamped in order to enable them to be imported into Great Britain at the rate of duty fixed for these objects by Article IV. of the pre sent treaty.—(Art. 5.) Done at Berlin, May 13, 1846. WEST M ORLAND. CANITZ. THE FRENCH EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON. BARCELONA, JUNE 18. _ _ _ The mail steamer from Palma de Majorca, which was detained a day and a half beyond its time, has just arrived, bringing the intelligence that the French squad ron, consisting of seven ships of the line and three war steamers, commanded by his Royal Highness Prince Joinville, had anchored in the Bay of Palma on the even ing of the 12th. The following is the list of vessels which compose this squadron : Flag-ship, Souverain, 120 guns, Captain Charner. The Gemmapes, 100 guns, Captain Laquerce. The Inflexible, 90 guns, Captain Chanfray. The Neptune, 80 guns, Captain Penaud. The Alger, 74 guns, Captain Duburdier. The Marengo, 74 guns, Captain Pellion. The steamer Descartes, 450-horse power and 16 guns, Commander Vernince. The Asmodee, 450-horse, and 12 guns, Commander Le Blanc. The Coubien, 320-horse power and 8 guns, Com mander Aubry. The customary salutes were fired as well by the fortress as the squadron. The Prince went ashore incognito a few hours after his arrival, and walked about the city, returning on board at 12 o'clock at night. On the 13th, at 11 o'clock, the Captain-General and Political Chief went in state to visit his Royal Highness on board. They were received with all due honours and the utmost urbanity and attention. At 2 o'clock his Royal Highness came on shore in state. The Captain- General's carriage was waiting for him, accompanied by an escort of honour ; and he proceeded to the palace of his Excellency, where he remained two or three hours. Royal honours were paid to his Highness by all the guards. After visiting the Political Chief and the French Consul, the Prince returned on board at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. under a Royal salute of 21 guns from the fortress. On the 14th the Prince came on shore incognao in the afternoon, and went to the theatre, returning on board for the night. He accepted an invitation to a ball to be given by the town on the 18th. The French Consul gives another grand soirée afterwards. When the steamer left it was understood the squadron would not weigh anchor for this port (Barcelona) until the after noon of the 20th. It cannot come on us unawares here, as from the Castle of Monjuich it can be discovered almost from the moment it leaves Palma Bay. Great preparations are making here to give his Royal Highness a truly princely reception. A FLOCK OP SHEEP KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—A very remarkable event has just occurred on Mendip Hill, which swtarorttleedtalleisfatrhinat rural district by its great and astounding singularity. Henry Davis, Esq., who resides near Hunter's Lodge was greatly alarmed on Saturday evening, owing to the terrible effect producod by the thunder-storm amongst his flocks, the lightning having struck seventy-four two seeth sheep dead nearly at one flash. As our correspondent servants were removing the bodies is z uonna a edi f e g ar ois will a lr n l an d carts. s ti . ia r ni e yWewitehrethsteruexckcedpetaiod_liavrely or six, they all at the moment of the storm, been standing in a row instant of time. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE SO, 1146. LAW INTELLIGENCE. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, June 29. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) MISS BURDETT C OUTTS AND RICHARD DUNN, THE BARRISTER. To-day was appointed for Mr. Bodkin and the other parties engaged in the above prosecution to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not issue to remove the indictment for perjury against Richard Dunn, from the Central Criminal Court to the Queen's Bench. Mr. Dunn appeared in person, and Mr. Bodkin with Mr. Humphreys attended the Judge on behalf of Miss Burdett Cou tts. _ The Learned JUDGE inquired if Mr. Bodkin had any affidavit to put in? Mr. BODKIN replied in the negative. Mr. Dunn, with extreme volubility then argued that he had received letters purporting to bear the initials of the defendant; that he had replied to them, and taken the best means of ascertaining their authenticity; that by appealing to the bankruptcy laws he had adopted what he thought was the shortest course to justice; and if the authority was not genuine, why did not the bankers impound the cheque, and adopt such rigid measures as bankers generally would do if a false cheque were presented to them ! On the con trary, Mr. Marjoribanks had only stated, on seeing the authority, that he had no orders to pay the 100,0001. de manded. He (Mr. Dunn) believed that the influence of the bankers was so great upon the citizens of London, that if he were tried by an Old Bailey jury he could not expect to receive fair play as an English subject who had always borne allegiance to the Queen. He had been watched from house to house by the police—he had had his papers taken from him—no attorney or barrister would act on his Iphalt— his very food was interfered with through the agency of this woman. Mr. Justice PATTEsox said, that two of the Judges would preside at the Central Criminal Court, and therefore the de fendant would have as substantial justice done him as in the Queen's Bench. Mr. Dunn said that he could not obtain the assistance of Queen's counsel without paying a fee of fifty or one hundred guineas. A major in the army, who was also a witness, was absent from London, and he (defendant) required time to arrange his evidence. Forty-two magistrates had on a former occasion decided against him, and but for the interposition of the Queen's Bench, he should have been sacrificed to as base and diabolical a conspiracy as the present. Mr. BODKIN said he was instructed to leave the matter entirely in his Lordship's own hands. The lady, however, who was the object of the defendant's persecution, was en titled to some consideration. if the case was removed to the Queen's Bench it would only entail heavier security on the defendant ; and, without going into the pretended authority to draw upon Coutts' bank for 100,0001., he (Mr. Bodkin) would state that the indictment for perjury assigned that there was no debt due or owing to the extent of one farthing by Miss Coutts. The Learned Counsel then called the at tention of the Learned Judge to the following lines, and which defendant had sworn was his authority for drawing the cheque, and for non• payment of which he sought to make the firm of Coutts and Co., bankrupts : " Send to Coutts's your bill, There are lots in the till, I'll give the clerks orders to do it ; Then get your discharge, Your dear body enlarge, And in Stratton-street do let me view it. And, by the by, love, my affection to prove, For your long cruel incarceration, Tell a good round sum, As I've plenty of tin To make you a fair compensation.—A.B.C." He (Mr. Bodkin) would put it to the Judge, whether any sane man would pretend to rely upon such a poetical effusion as the production of a lady, and as authorising him to draw 100,0001. ? The Learned JUDGE said there were many statements in the affidavit quite beside the question, but he thought it would be more satisfactory to all parties to allow the writ of certiorari to issue, and to increase the bail. The defendant was then ordered to find bail, himself in 200 L, and two sureties of 60/. each, to take his trial on the charge of perjury at the Court of Queen's Bench. COURT OF COM.VION PLEAS, June 29. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice ERLE and London Common Juries.) BARRY V. POLEY. The plaintiff was proprietor of the Journal of Commerce and also of the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette; the de fendant, a provisional director in the scheme for a Chelms ford and Bury Railway. The action was brought for the cost, &c., of advertisements, amounting to 1191. The de fendant had paid 93/. into court. The question now to be determined was whether the balance of 261., or any of it, or if any, how much of it was due? The defendant had been registered on the Ist of February, 1845, as a promoter, and subsequently, on the 6th of March, as a provisional di rector. In October his name was re g istered as that of one who had withdrawn from the projected company on the 31st of August. Part of the advertisements had been inserted in November, the cost whereof amounted to 71.• 41. were charged for advertisements sent out on the 7 th, and inserted in the newspapers on the Bth of February, 1845, the day on which defendant was first registered. There was a question if the defendant was liable, seeing he had not been regis tered until after the order for these advertisements was given, and Mr. Justice Erle left it to the jury to say whether he (the defendant) was or was not liable, or, in other words, whether he was not engaged in carrying out the concern as well on the 7th as on the Bth. This made one question for the jury; and another was, whether defendant was liable for the advertisements which appeared after his registration, and previous to his actual withdrawal of his name. The cost of these was 15/. The third was with respect to his liability for the 71. The jury found that the defendant was liable for the 41. and for the 151., but not for the 71. Verdict for plaintiff accordingly—Damages 191. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. IVOR S HIP-STREET. SUPPOSED ATTEMPT TO POISON A FAMILY.—A young fellow, named Thomas Crawford, was re-examined before Mr. Broughton, the magistrate, charged on suspicion of BK, E . Unthank, a tradesman to whom he was apprenticed, in Old street-road. The prisoner, a sullen and determined-looking lad, was some time since given into custody for stealing half-a-crown from his master; but while he was locked up in the station house a fellow-prisoner was taken ill, and in the confusion that arose he contrived to effect his escape. On the Satur day night after he found means to enter his master's house clandestinely, and was by mere accident discovered concealed under the bed of his master's son, with an axe in his hand. He was then again givnn in charge to the police, and his indentures being cancelled at the Court, he was committed for trial for the original felony of stealing the half-crown. The grand jury, however, ignored the bill, and he was libe rated. Last Saturday fortnight his late master, Mr. Unthank, was alarmed by a noise in the back premises, and a police man being called in, the prisoner was found upon the leads of an outhouse over the water-butt, and the constable, seeing him fumbling at his trousers pocket, and shifting something from it to his coat pocket, took from him a paper containing a powder, which a chemist pronounced to be sugar of lead, in sufficient quantity to destroy half a dozen persons. The prisoner asserted that he had found the stuff in Pit field-street, Hoxton, and he did not know what it was. Peter Unthank, the complainant's son, aged eleven years, under whose bed the prisoner had been found concealed, now deposed that the prisoner, while in his father's service, showed him one day some stuff, which he told him was sugar of lead, and pointed out to him how much of it would be enough to poiso'l a person. Mr. Sadler, a practical chemist in Norton Folgate, said he had examined the contents of the paper found upon the pri soner. There was about an ounce of sugar of lead, which ap peared to him to have been kept a considerable time, and if put into a cistern with even twenty-five gallons of water, would seriously affect those who partook of it. Mr. Unthank, the complainant, said his firm belief was, that the prisoner had intended to mix it with the water to be used by the family, and they lived in constant anxiety and fear in consequence of what had taken place. Mr. Bnouorfrow said, that such circumstances were cer tainly very alarming. Under the circumstances, he should require the prisoner to find bail, two sureties for 301. each, for six months, and unless be could procure such bail, he would have to remain in prison for that time. The prisoner was committed accordingly. SOUTHWARK. UTTERING FICTITIOUS CHEQUES. — George William Draper, late clerk in a Government office, was brought before Mr. Seeker for re•examination, charged with obtaining money by forged cheques. It appeared that on the 4th instant, the prisoner, who was previously known to a Mr. Wills of Great Charlotte street, called on him, and, producing a cheque for 51. 7s. 6d. drawn on Messrs. Curries, the bankers, of Lombard-street, requested he would give him cash for it. Mr. Wills, know ing the prisoner to have filled a respectable situation under Government, obtained change for the cheque, which was sub sequently presented at the above banking-house, the drawer of which, a fictitious one, having no effects there, it was re fused payment. On a subsequent day, the prisoner obtained from another tradesman cash for another cheque of 8/.145. 6d., drawn upon the same bankers, and which turned out, as in the former case, to be valueless. A witness was then examined, who stated that he was clerk to Mr. Gamble, a stock-broker, No. 5, Bank Chain bers. On the 3d of June the prisoner called at the office, at which time Mr. Gamble's cheque-book was lying on the desk. Witness had occasion to quit the office, leaving the prisoner there, and during his absence the latter had full op portunity of cutting some leaves out of the cheque-book. The policeman produced Mr. Gamble's cheque-book, with several of the blank cheques wanting, and on comparing those uttered by the prisoner, it appeared they corresponded with those taken from the cheque-book. As other evidence was wanting to complete the charge against the prisoner, he was _ remanded. WANDSWORTH. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH.-- After the disposal of several uninteresting charges, Mary Anne Austin, a young woman apparently belonging to the gipsy tribe, was placed in the dock, where a chair had been provided for her accommodation, as she was in a very ex hausted condition, charged with concealing the birth of a child in the parish of Croydon, or near thereto. The first witness called was police-constable Wm. Burton, who stated that he was on duty at Streatham, on the 10th of June, about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, when his attention was called to the prisoner, who was lying in a ditch by the road side for some time. He questioned her, but could get no answer, but at last she said she was going to the other side of London, and that she had walked from Croy don that day, which is distant about four miles from where he found her. As witness could get no other information from the prisoner he got a woman to talk to her, and this woman afterwards told him that she believed she was in the family-way, and about to be delivered. Dr. Stewart was then sent for, and by his orders she was removed into a neigh bour's house, where he examined her, and stated that he could not ascertain that she was enciente. As the prisoner con tinued in great pain, and was evidently growing worse, wit ness procured a cart and horse, and drove her over to the Wandsworth Union. Mrs. King, the matron, proved that she received the prisoner about eight o'clock the same evening, and, sup posing that she was in labour, had her immediately removed to the lying-in-ward, and sent for the surgeon to the union. During the interval that elapsed the matron examined the prisoner and told her that she was not with child, and that if she did not tell her the truth she could not assist her, and the prisoner then said, she had given birth to a child a few days since in the Salt Marshes, on this side Sandwich. The next day she told another tale, and said, that she had delivered herself in a field, seven miles the other side of Croydon, that she had laid all night by the infant, which was born dead, and had left it the next morning covered with leaves. Mr. Clement Edkins, assistant to Dr. Connor, said, it was his opinion that the prisoner had been delivered of a child about four days prior to her being brought to the union. It would seem also that the prisoner's delivery was premature. A lodging-housekeeper at Croydon stated that on Sunday night, the 7th inst., the prisoner slept at her house in a room in which there were three men, a woman, and thre► children ; that the next morning she laid in bed until all he others were up, and went straight to the water-closet that she afterwards washed some articles of clothing. She remained till Wednesday morning and left. Sergeant Dayley, 33 V, proved that after hearing a va riety of statements from the prisoner, and making inquiry and searching for the body in various directions, he at last obtained information which induced him to believe that the prisoner was delivered at the lodging-house at Croydon, and he subsequently told her that all her previous statements were falsehoods, and that he had traced her to a lodging house at Croydon, where he had every reason to believe she was confined. The prisoner then said she did deliver herself there on the Monday morning, about ten o'clock, having been all night tormented with the pangs of labour, but which she concealed from the other inmates; that she afterwards wrapped the infant, which was dead, in a sheet, carried it down stairs, and threw it down the privy. The nurse at the union proved that 'the prisoner had also made the statement to her. Inspector Bilson, stationed at Croydon, s a id t h e pr i vy h a d been twice emptied, but nothing had been found. Mr. PAYNTER said that it was possible the prisoner might have been delivered, as she had at first stated, on the other side of Croydon, and afterwards walked to the lodging_ house. This would net be a solitary instance of extraordi nary exertion shown by women under similar circumstances. It was evident that no other evidence could be procured ; therefore he should commit the prisoner to the assizes for the concealment of the birth. The prisoner was then removed. HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES. (From the Nottingham Journal.) The cotton hosiery trade can scarcely be considered worse ; the hands have in general some, though in many cases not full employment. In some few instances there is a slight demand for extremely fine eyelet-hole or lace hose ; but, upon the whole, this fancy branch is but in a very dull state, both in silk and cotton, scarce a third of the former and not more than a half of the latter being in full work. The cotton drawer, pantaloon, and shirt branch, is yet in rather a depressed state ; but, upon the whole, a sort of calm prevails as to the rate of wages in most branches, nor do we hear of those har rassing encroachments being practised to the extent to which it has been our painful duty so often to allude. The passing of the Ticket Bill has not been without its results, since it has made many of the hosiers rather cautious lest the Legislature should interfere with a sterner and more efficient measure. However low the present state of the English hosiery trade, we must again repeat that a very slight change, either in fashion or in the restrictions put upon hosiery when imported into any foreign state, would make this extensive manufacture in a flourishing condition, as the moment the labour of the workmen came into demand, so as they could have the least control over the market, they would make open war upon cut-ups, which they loathe and detest ; and, by so doing, they would in a few months lower the quantity made a full fourth, independent of an extended demand. vv The cotton glove trade is still in rather a flourishing condition, the hands in every instance having fall work, though at low wages. The silk glove branch is not worse, and, if anything, in some quarters it has a shade improved. The same remark applies to this branch. Should the journeymen get a control the cut-up thumb • hole system would be attacked, and that with effect. We are sorry to state that the lace fancy mitts, gloves, and other articles, have become very much depressed, the market being glutted with foreign productions. The silk stocking trade is now scarcely ever men- tioned, and is this Week worse than ever; this once ex tensive manufacture in almost every part of Europe being on the decline. It is best in Paris, Madrid, and Rome; in the latter city it is rather upon the increase, making Tyrian purple silk hose for the clergy. The number of frames of all kinds in the once mistress of the world exceeds 1,000. The exportation of frames to the United States is not abated; this has caused some description of frames in Leicester to advance in price. The fancy bobbing net trade is yet very dull. All appears gloomy, even among the best informed, as we are assured that London is now filled with French machine-wrought laces, got up in a manner quite supe rior, in every respect, to the .English productions. At Manchester, so strong is the feeling upon this point that they do not hesitate to say that the free-trade tariff will act as a sponge upon Nottingham, and will wipeit out of the list of manufacturing towns. Upon this matter we advise them to look to themselves, as the extensive export of spinning and power-loom machinery by the eastern ports will be, ere long, felt by them, and they will bewail in dust and ashes their late infatuation. The machinery of Nottingham requires skilful and inge nious workmen to manage it, in addition to its heavy cost; but very few clever men can keep a spinning factory going, the greater part of the process requiring only children's and unskilled labour. There was a time when it required more skill than it does at present to spin by machinery, and they must look for the day when Russia will prohibit cotton twist as rigorously as she now pro hibits cotton stockings and cotton lace. Manchester now having most ports open to receive her cotton threads has been long laughing at Nottingham, whose pro ductions are blocked from almost every shore. But her time will come next, and the name of the League will be held by them in execration, as they have been made the dupes of Russian diplomacy. The warp-lace trade in Nottingham and Stapleford is not by any means amended ; it is, however, rather upon the increase in London. In Leicester the lace trade is extinct, though it once employed 200 frames. Still the looms, as they are called are not idle, being turned to coarser gauges, they are making Berlin web for gloves, and by various modifications many other fancy articles ; amongst the most prominent in demand is the worsted jacquard shawls. Marwakrearsran ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ACKERMANN's, STRAND.—APPREFIENSIO N of TUE THIEF. —For a consider able time past serious robbenes naves _ _ Messrs. Ackermann's, and the individual supposed to beim plicated was taken at a late hour last night. He has been in the service of the firm about nine years, an last night, from suspicion entertained, he was locked in a back room of the shop in the Strand till a police-officer could be called in. He, however, managed to jump out of the window, and escaped, but on arriving at his lodgings in Pentonville last night he was taken into custody. Several valuable prints have been found at his lodgings. The prisoner was conveyed to Bow street station-house. _ BAHIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The annual meeting of this company took place yesterday at the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill. Mr. Saunderson in the chair. It appeared from the report, that the directors had endea voured to make arrangements for the transfer of the com pany's property to the Brazilian Steam-packet Company on favourable terms, but had not succeeded. From the last ad vices they had learned that some of the Brazilian capitalists had started another company, many of whom were share holders in this company, and had been successful with the provincial Government, se that this company was looked upon as having forfeited its claims to protection. The directors had sent in a memorial, but no reply had as yet been received. Under the present circumstances, the directors were unable to advise the shareholders how to act, but he hoped to do so in a short period. It appeared from the accounts, that the paid-up capital in this country was 46,4404 and in Brazil 7,783/., making together 54,2231. There was a trifling balance at the bankers, and considerable property abroad which could not be exactly estimated at present. After some discussion, • the report was received, and three directors were re-elected, when the meeting adjourned. A horrible case was ,brought before the Court of Assize of Chartres on the 20th. The circumstances, as proved by the evidence, are as follow :—At the end of 1844, Louis Clairet, a soldier of the 2d Regiment, obtained an indefinite congd, and returned to the house of his brother, a labourer, but with a property of his own, at La Plesse. Louis Clairet was well: received by his brother Jacques, although his conduct had been very bad, and he had been detected in adultery with the wife ofJacques. This crime had been forgiven, and the two brothers worked together as labourers on a neigh bouring farm. One evening, in January last, as they were returning home from labour, Jacques in front, and Louis some paces behind, a pistol, loaded with small shot, was fired, and the charge struck against the head and shoulders of Jacques, but, the shot being of small size, no mortal wound was inflicted. Jacques turned round, and, not sus pecting that his brother was the criminal, called to him for aid, but Louis Clairet ran off. Jacques recovered, and still pretended to have no suspicion of his brother, but the authorities made inquiries, which convinced them that he only could have fired the pistol, which was subsequently found near the spot, and which belonged to Louis Clairet, and had been purchased by him only four days before the attempted murder. It was also ascertained, soon, after the arrest of Louis, that he had previously en deavoured, but in vain, to purchase some arsenic, and failing in this mode of getting rid of his brother ha resolved to shoot him. Not long before the attempt, Jacques Clairet had been induced by his wife to make a will, leaving to her the whole of his little property; and there was reason to believe that this was done by her in an ticipation of his death. Several witnesses were called, and amongst them Jacques Clairet, who did every thing in his power to exculpate his brother, bat the proofs were too strong for his generosity to be of any avail. The prisoner could say very little in his defence, for he could not bring a witness to disprove that he had purchased the pistol, and was compelled to admit that he had endeavoured to obtain arsenic; but this, he said, was at the request of his sister-in- law, and for the purpose of destroying iats. He was found guilty, but with extenuating circumstances (the verdict of nine Janes out of ten, from the increasing dislike to the in fliction of death, no matter how heinous the crime), and was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for life.—French paper. TELEGRAPHIC JOKE.—The Washington Corres pondent of . the Pennsyivanian Inquirer says that a few evenings since, in Baltimore, the people were anxiously waiting for news from the army, and there being none to send, the operator on the Washington line sent on letter by letter—" T-h-e-r-e a-r-e a g-r-e-a-t m-a-n-y M-e-x-i -c-a-n-s"—here there was a full stop, and the Baltimore operator made signs to proceed. The Washington operator soon did so, and ended the sentence with the words " i-n M-e-x•i-c-o." A great rattling followed from the end of the Baltimore line, as much as to say—" When I come on I will pitch into you like a thousand of bricks." SHOCKING TRAGEDY.—One of those dreadful occur rences, at the very mention of which the blood runs cold, arising from the use of intoxicating liquor, has taken place in Dublin. The unfortunate victim to the fury of a man mad with drink, named Jane Boland, resided in Loftus lane, near Capel-street. It appeared that she was confined on Tuesday morning last of a dead child ; and a witne ss swore that she confessed her husband, when in a st a t e o f i nto xication on ' Sunday, came into the room where sh e was l y i ng struck her with a stick several times across the belly, he pointed to a stick that was u se d f or d ry i ng clothes ouio'f the window ; she added that immediately after she was struck she was seized with severe vomiting and acute pain in the belly; that she had felt the movements of the child imme diately before that, but never felt it afterwards. The coro ner's jury returned the following verdict :—" We find that Jane Boland's death was caused by ex t ens ive peritonitis , Pro duced by blows inflicted on her by her husband, William Boland, while in a state of intoxication." ~„ FOLKESTONE, J UNE 2 7 , The South -Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company's steam-vessel the Queen of the Belgians arrived here this day at forty minutes past twelve o'clock, with sixty-six passengers and two carriages ; and at twenty minutes past one o'clock left the harbour again for Boulo gne w ith 115 passengers, his Excellency Lord Cowley and several persons of rank being on board. JESUITS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—Arch bishop Magee, the predecessor of the present Archbishop of Dublin, made the following a.sertion to some clergymen of his diocese, some time previous to his death :—" There are, (said he) at this moment, many jesuits—concealed, of course—.but still acting as Church of England clergymen, and in th• possession of parishes, who are silently but surely /Tin ting its downfall.— Church and State Gazette. THE LATE B. R. HAYDON, THE HISTORICAL PAINTER. (From the Plymouth Times.) It is with feelings of regret we record the death of Mr. Benjamin Robert Haydon, the historical painter, whose mortal career was brought to a sudden termination at his late residence in Burwood-place, London, on Monday last, under particularly melancholy and distressing cir cumstances, the nature of which we give appended to the following historical details relating to the deceased, which, through the kindness of some of his friends and admirers in his native town, we have been enabled to compile and place before our readers for their gratifica tion, and, perchance, for their information also. Mr. Haydon was a native of Plymouth. His father, at the time of his birth, kept a bookseller's and book binder's shop, on the premises in Whiinple-street, now occupied by Messrs. Cornish and Lewin, chemists'and druggists. He was a lineal descendant of the BAydons, of Cadhay, in the parish of Ottery St. Mar r,. in this county, which estate was in the possession of the pain ter's progenitors for several generations ; but was sold by order of Chancery some time early in the last cen tury. Cadhay House was built by John Haydon in the reign of Elizabeth, and shows that an artistic taste has been possessed by the family for several generations. Robert Hayden, the great-grandfather of the deceased artist, died in Ottery in 1757, and was buried in the vault of the Ilaydons at Cadhay. By the sale of the estate, the family became reduced, and the son of the above, Robert, was bound to the late Mr. Savery, of Slade, the pre sent residence of th e P ode family, near Pl)mpton, with whom he conducted himself with so much propriety that he became steward to the family, in which capacity he saved money, and about a century ago came into Ply mouth and opened a bookseller' s s h op. Benjamin, his son, and father of the painter, succeeded in the busi ness of bookseller, &c., the premises i n Whimple street, as before state, and here the great historical painter was born in January, 1786. The remark made above about the John Haydon, of Queen Elizabeth's time, shows that a love of art was in herent in the familiy ; and this is further shown by the recollections of deceased, who remembered his grand- father's painting, and mentioned more especially an old head of his. He used also to relate the following inte resting reminiscence :—" Northcote told me my grand father consulted his father as to the colour of elephants' ears, and he told him they were pinkish ; my grandfa ther painted them a fine brilliant vermillion." The North cote alluded to in the above recollection was the distill- guished:Academician, who-was also a Plymouth man. The love of art was very early manifested in Haydon. Amongst his early recollections. he used to mention the fact of his being placed by the nurse in a chair to the table, with a brush and some colours for his playthings ; but what more effectually contributed to develop and strengthen this love of art was, that whilst yet a child, his father had for an apprentice Thomas Williams, who afterwards attained considerable reputation as a painter. Williams had, with a great love of art, sound taste and feeling, and, when an apprentice, he used to draw on the walls of the binding-room, and, amongst other figures,drew that of the embryo historical painter. These efforts were never forgotten by Haydon; but being conducted on sound prineiples, and being afterwards confirmed by the study of the great works of the masters of the art, may be reasonably supposed to have had great influence in the young artist's early perception of the leading points of objects. In consequence of his perpetual devotion to drawing rather than to book-binding the elder Haydon gave up to his apprentice, Williams, his time ; who then went to London, and drew at the Academy, and returned to Plymouth, and set up a drawing-school. Among his first scholars were Hay don, S. Prout, and the lamented William Gandy, who, according to Haydon, drew the best of the whole. Under the tuition of Williams, his scholars made some progress; and Haydon made copies from some small casts from the antique belonging to his tutor—among which were Hercules, Actaeon, and a series on the pas sions. On showing these drawings to Mr. Samuel Northcote, the brother of the Academician, who lived a few doors from the shop of the elder Haydon, Mr. Nortcote observed to the youthful artist, " My dear boy, you do not know the construction of the figure ; have you no book on anatomy ?" This was an important, and, as it appears:to us, the grand turning point in the history of the artist, and we shall, therefore, give this portion of his experience as much as may be in his own language. To a correspondent in this town, in a letter now before us, referring to the remark of Mr. Northcote, he observes :—" I immediately went home and hunted my father's shop, and found an Encyclo predia, with plates of the muscles ; studied them well, and made another drawing of the figures ; and my patron said, 'Now you know more of the construction of the figure ; for do you not see anatomy is a word to the wise : you understand a hint above the skin if you know what is under it.' The basis of all my future practice—and, perhaps, I may be permitted to say, the basis of the reform in English art, as shown in the works of my pupils, Eastlake, the Landseers, Lance, Prentice, Harvey, and others—may be dated from the sagacity of this worthy man. He certainly gave me the right scent, which I have followed since through every obstacle, and which made me ready to comprehend the Elgin marbles the instant I saw them." The Mr. Northcote alluded to above, and who ap pears to have exerted so powerful an influence on the character of Haydon, was by trade a watchmaker, and the elder brother of Mr. James Northcote : he was a most estimable character, and is gratefully remembered by many of the older inhabitants of Ply mouth. He was intimately acquainted with all the branches of Natural Philosophy, and possessed a com prehensive mind, a vast fund of information, and a :1707 F fi ll emin:n f tly 'for . a g mu i c t h t w o id o e th r e s r p s h : ere b 3 operation, he never quitted the small circle of friends by whom his society and valuable qualities were appreciated and honoured. Haydon went to school to Dr. Bidlake, who was then master of the Grammar School. Dr. Bidlake was a man of considerable talent, not only as a divine, but also as a poet, painter, and musician. "He was," says his dis tinguished pupil, " fond of painting; but he had not the ballast of Northcote; he was a sort of miniature Lorenzo— Williams, Northcote,Johns, and Rogers, were always with him; he inculcated a love of nature and idle habits—he hated labour, the price of everything valuable on earth." The following was also told by Haydon of Dr. Bidlake:- -" On the Doctor's painting days, Elias Dunsterville and I were his attendants : Dunsterville was once sent to cut off the skirt of an old black coat to clean the palette with ; without the least care he cut off the skirt of the Doctor's Sunday coat ; so that when he came to Stonehouse Chapel on Sunday and took off ii 3 neat coat, the clerk exclaimed, " Good gracious, Sir, some body has cut off your skirt. Oh I said Dr. Bid lake, it must be those wretches Dunster vine and Haydon ; and I, who was perfectly innocent, was kept on Monday, as well as my friend, at a severe task." It does not appear that Haydon made much progress in the Classics under Dr. Bidlake ; but this deficiency was afterwards supplied by the Rev. W. Rayne, of Honitun, who came to Plympton, and wher e Haydon and Eastlake completed their studies ' • and, curious enough, in the very building which has the honour of being the birth-place of Sir Joshua Reynolds. With all his pupils Dr. Bidlake did much to give them a love of nature : he used to take them to Bickleigh Vale and to other lovely spots in the neighbourhood to sketch. Mr. Johns and Mr. Prout contributed to the instruc tion of Haydon in painting. Prout used to tell him he did not touch with sufficient spirit—at the same time giving him some of his remarkably vigorous examples in the use of the brush. It was through Mr. Johns that Hayden became more intimately acquainted with the Antique, who in 1802 brought to Plymouth some small casts, and to purchase two of which the youthful enthusiast exchanged a two guinea piece given by his godfather before his remembrance. Mr. Johns set up a library, which was used by the young men; and here it was that the deceased artist first met with the Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds. These were read through by him in one night, and the next morning he came to his breakfast with new feelings and new ideas— in his own language, it was "as if a fury had seized me: my mind had expanded • my nature was altered ; I bore down all opposition by the bitterest sarcasms." His father and mother became alarmed with respect to his state, and not a few of the parties with whom he was brought into contact thought he was going mad. The father sent his friends to reason with him, but with- i out calming the uproarious state of his feelings ; and his mother sent for Mr. Northcote and Mr. Eastlake, as melt of intellect, to converse with her son. To these gentlemen Haydon at once explained the nature of his feelings—laid open his soul before them, telling them he had made up his mind to introduce a better method of study. Mr. Eastlake said, "My dear boy, you are right ; I say to you as Horace says, Habet and God bless ye with success." Northcote was calmer, but decidedly approved of the plans of the young enthusiast. These friends having talked the matter over with them, the parents became calmer, and it was eventually agreed to send their son to London with 201. in his pocket, at the same time predicting that he would be glad to come back again. This was during the MayfouftlellrtBeoi4p.apr. We have at present neither time n or space to follow M thi r s . H su a h y jec do t n w 's e m p e u t r r p op os o e lit t a o n re p tu ro rn gr i e n ss a in dal ; e but to lt must suffice for the present to say, that among his earliest pictures were some qu i te equal, if not surpas sing, anything of their kind accomplished by either h is competitors or pr e d ecessors among English pa i n ters ; as a proof, we w ill now merely mention the "J u dgment of Solomo n ," t h an which it is almos t impossible +v, to find, i n the range of English art, anything conceived in a finer or more correct taste, or executed with a more vigorous or masterly touch. This picture ought at the present. moment to have town which bad the honour being the birth-place of but, alas while Plymouth con graced the walls of one of o t f hepu public buildings of the the highest talent, she has been eitherhigh artor little disposed to patronise him m bu w te h s ‘,„,„ Mainly through the influence of Mr. John o pa p i r n o t d e u rs ced of i t ; g s i i f r te w7E - liord and Mr. Tingcombe were induced . to spur chase this picture, we believe at a cost of 800/. This purchase was made in London, and the picture was brought to Plymouth; but instead of two-thirds of its cost being raised to reimburse its purchasers, who had gene rously offered to subscribe the remaining third, only about 501. was subscribed, and the picture was conse quently sold again, and so removed from Plymouth—much to the discredit of the good taste and public spirit of the inhabitants. It would seem as though the inhabitants were then, and we fear they still are, most miserably in insensible to the honour which the productions of such men as Haydon, Northcote, Prout, Eastlake, and Rey nolds, bestow upon them, or they certainly would be desirous of possessing some of the matchless works as sociated with these distinguished names, and of showing them to visitors, and of handing them down to posterity as mementos of what Plymouth men had done. We do venture to hope, that we shall soon find that at least some effort is being made to remove this stigma, by the establishment of something like a public collection of pictures in Plymouth. For more than forty years Mr. Haydon followed hi s profession as an historical painter, in London, with an amount of enthusiasm and industry seldom equalled— produced pictures which were an honour to his country and to the age; and yet he was not fortunate, but, on the contrary, was ever struggling with difficulty. This, no doubt, arose partly from the fact, that during the greater part of his artistic life he was at variance with the leaders in the art, and more especially with the Royal Academy. His zeal early excited prejudices in the authorities, and this exasperated him (who was, as Dr. Johnson would say, " a good hater"), and he revenged it, and unfortunately, when one party was disposed to conciliate, the other re sisted,-and thus the contention has ended only with Hay dons's death, if indeed it be permitted to end now. Like most men of strong and original minds, Mr. Haydon had his eccentricities, and these were, by some, regarded as faults so grave as to obscure the brilliance of his genius —but this was assuredly a narrow and most unworthy view, for his eccentricities principally lay in the sterling honesty, and in the force of his most energetic character. Oppo sition but urged him to surpass and repel his opponent, and thus the mere fact of his being opposed by the Academy, gave him an isolated reputation, which in other circumstances he never could have attained ; it urged him to give the country a school of art which will not he " willingly let die." As a husbaud, father, and friend, Hayden was tender, affectionate, and faithful ; his loss is therefore most acutely felt by his family, and in his immediate circle of friends. He ever retained his love for Plymouth and the neigh bourhood, and when on a visit to the scenes and friends of his youth last summer, he exhibited the warmth, constancy, and depth of his affection in a way that the few favoured with his friendship will not forget. Had he lived, it was his intention to visit Plymouth during the present summer, and to this effect he wrote a letter to Mr. Johns, towards whom he always entertained a friendship the most glowing. He rated, with his usual good taste s Mr. Johns's ability as an artist, much higher than he has hitherto bad credit for, and would frequently chide him for his timid and retiring disposition. In a further paper we hope to give a list of Mr. Haydon' s works, both in art and literature--among the latter, we believe the most distinguished are the article on Painting in the Encyclopadiaßrittanica, and his Lec tures on the Art of Desig n and on Painting. The deceased has left to mourn their painful bereave ment an amiable and affectionate widow and four chil dren, on the behalf of whom we trust an immediate sub scription will be commenced in Plymouth. As the na. tive place of the artist, Plymouth owes it to his memory to be foremost in the exercise of liberality towards his mourning family. We shall be happy to receiv e any pro position or hint as to the best way of carrying this ob ject into effect. RETURN OF SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE. The following was the prayer and thanksgiving offered up in the Great Synagogue, Duce's-place, on the occa sion of Sir M. Monteliore's return from Russia:— TRANSLATION. " Shepherd of Israel ! Verily, like a scattered flock was thy people in the far north ; there was none to bring back the missing sheep, none to restore the strayed lamb, until thou didst raise a help from amidst our brethren in this country, to the succour of an afflicted and dejected people. Even as on a former occasion, so did thy chosen one, Sir Moses Montefiore, again stand boldly forward to speak to the heart of royalty, to the Czar, to his ministers, and to the governors of the land, and his words have fructified ! Wherever he turned his steps, the serene countenance of Moses enlightened the dark abodes of antiquated prejudices, and mitigated hos. tile feelings, "In thy presence, 0 Lord, we now appear to give thanks unt o t h ee f or thy ex ceeding gco . ness ; for thou didst protect hi m , an d grac i ous l y gu id e his steps in his going forth, and in his coming ; on his journey thither, and on his return hither. " Thou who tendest the outcast lambs, though thou do afflict, thou also relievest ; though thou do wound, thine own hand healeth ; as thou halt begun to deal kindly with our brethren, so mayest thou con tinue to magnify thy mercy, and to realise the pro mises of the Emperor, in order that thy children may dwell in safety and tranquillity, under the shadow of un interrupted peace, and live in brotherly union and harmony with their neighbours. " 0 All-bountiful Lord, who payest every man ac cording to his work, remember, we beseech thee, what Sir Moses, and his eminently distinguished consort, Lady Montefiore, have done; how they did hazard their lives, in order to bring relief to the iedigent, to ad minister comfort to the afflicted in mind, and to revive the spirits of the broken-hearted. " We beseech thee, 0 Lord, let them enjoy the fruit of' their deeds, and delight their souls with the quickening consciousness of success. The father shall tell his children of their pious and self-imposed missions ; the memory of their nobleminded advocacy in behalf of the many shall be perpetuated, and the lustre of their names continue unfaded, throughout all generations. "Accept, 0 Lord, our prayer, and let thy countenance shine upon us. Amen." COURT CIRCULAR. Sir Robert Peel took leave of the Queen yesterday morning, crossed from the Isle of Wight in the Fairy, and arrived at his residence in Whitehall. Gardens at half past two o'clock in the afternoon. The Right Honourable Baronet was visited after his return to town, by the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the performance of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. French had an interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. Sir Thomas Fremantle had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Dowing-street. The Ecclesiastictil Commissioners for England had a Committee-meeting yesterday. There were present the Bishops of London, Bangor, Gloucester and Bristol, Oxford, Rochester, Salisbury and Worcester, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse. Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North Ame rican provinces, were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office. Dispatches were received on Sunday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. SURREY THEATRE. After a short recess the Surrey Theatre re-opened last evening for the opera season. A complete operatic company, including Madame Albertazzi, Madame Clara Ansel, Miss Betts, Mr. D. W. King, Mr. Clement White, Mr. Weiss, and . Mr. H. Horncastle has been engaged. The services of Mr. H. Hughes, Mr. J. T. Johnson, Mrs. W. Daly, and the established favourites of the Surrey dramatic company, have been retained; and the company has been strengthened by the engagements of Mr. Osbaldiston, Mr. E. F. Saville, Miss Vincent, and that prince of low comedians, Mr. G. Forman. The performances commenced last evening with the opera of Cinderella, with Madame Albertazzi as the heroine ; and never has the delightful music which Rossini has given to La Cenerentola been more beauti fully executed than it was last evening by Madame Al bertazzi. The " Non piu mesta" at the conclusion, was a perfect triumph. H er vo i ce seem ed like some exqui sitely attuned instrument on which . she could play at will. There was no forcing the voice, no painful attempt at producing effect, and yet the most wonderful effects we re produced appa rently without effort. Many a pr i ma donna uses greater apparent effort to get through a simple ballad than was exhibited by Madame Albertazzi last evening in the ex ecution of the chef d'oeuvre of Rossini, and yet never have we heard " Non piu mesta" more exquisitely, more delicately, more correctly given ; the intonation of every note was full, clear, correct, and perfect, and her fioriture was wonderful, not alone for its profuseness, but for its: distinctness. No exquisitely attuned instrument could have been more completely under command than, was the voice of Madame Albertazzi. The finale was encored as a matter of course, and at the conclusion she was again called before the curtain. She was well sup ported by King as the Prince, Weiss as Dandini, H. Horn castle as the Baron, and G. Forman as Pedro. Forman's dry operetta humour tt in this l of No No lfoll a o s character w t ed, andt h was eirresistible.perform The ance s con cluded with Pocock's excellent melodrama of the Miller and his Men. The house was crowded to excess. We had almost forgotten to mention that Mr. Shepherd is the acting manager, and; that the orchestral arrange ments are under the superintendence of Mr. E. J. Loder., daughter of th S e liN lat D: ti EvEnta• —l j e -Comte Geo rge d'Harcourt and Mad ame la Comtess e de Castres, th e son and Marquise d'Harcourt, reached St. i b . s e e ? e n t d h is e p n a dispatched to P ar i s hopeless Leonard's -hill , t h e res idence of the deceased, between fi ve and six o'clock yesterday even ing, from . Paris, a sp ec i a l mes ... with m senger from ro th the e tidings French oi the embassy late ha A v la m r Marquise's state adtanesesaerlymhsorugroiose will be interred onW e d nes d ay neat Tuesday morning. Th e remains deceased o f the in the family vault in Aldbury Church, Ilerts, an arrange ment which has been come to since the arrival of the Count and Countess. The painful circumstances which attended the lamentable and sudden death of Major-General la Mar. quise d'Harcourt, the husband of the unfortunate lady just deceased, which took place in September, 1831, may be thus briefly referred to. The General had been to pay a visit, on horseback, to Mr. Riley, at Forest-hill, and on his return to St. Leonard's-hill, met la Marquise close to the lodge gate. La Marquise, seeing his hat indented, made an observation to that effect, which induced the. General to take it off. The horse, which was a very spirited animal, supposed to have been frightened by the shadow of the hat, set off at full speed, when the General, who had let go the reins while talking to la Marquise, was thrown off, and, falling upon his head, never spoke afterwards. ,The base of the skull was dreadfully shattered, in consequence, as it was imagined, of the animal's hoofs striking his head as he fell off behind. Medical aid was immediately at hand. It was of no avail, death having ensued within a few minutes after the unfortunate catastrophe. _ LAURA'S TOMB AT AVIGNON.—There is a tale cur rent of an Englishman having at some time discoved ID the church of the Cordeliers, the antique tomb of PetrEach's Laura, beneath an accumulation of thorns and nettles. This pieces being carefully numbered, he had them conveyed England; but to relieve his conscience, he left a sum (t money for erecting a new one to her memory ; it is certain that a modern and meagre monument is there at the present day.— The Builder. MURDER IN THE COUNTY ANTRIM.—A torrespend. ent of the Belfast News Letter, writing from Newto gmbreda, says that on St. John's day a man in EL state "of great excite ment, from drunkenness, appeared in the twain street, with a sword in his hand, swearing in a frightfed manner that he would take the life of some person before night. A short time afterwards a young lad happened to cross his path, upon whom he dealt most unmerciful blows with his :caked sword. The infuriated man, after wounding the helpless boy in many places, afterwards thrust his weapon into the belll of his victim, who writhed in agony for nearly half art hour, when he expired. The name of the murderer is :Shale' M'Geean, si publican in Saintfield. ?S" 3 1. int It' ir .65 g ie ate 1)) ' jes, !oil s ,iOOl