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forbe„ Passa ges , then , taught them to exercise a reli g ious ance—to resp ec t the f ee lings of o thers—and not to intr u de a n, r with un seem l y f ee li ngs on th e i nnocen t e n j oyments u °creations o f o th ers . —( H ear , h ear .) If this Bill were brought into operation, it must _have the, worst possible effect on an enlightened and happy people, and must create Co but gloom. O ur now h a ppy p o pul a ticn Would be u rted into a body of sectarians and mock-saints. sec", Mr. B ORTHWICK would support the motion for the to " reading of the Bill en this principle, that lie wished see what the House 'could do in framing a law on this ; though he much doubted the possibility of cl ung a law which should be effectual in obtaining the t4l which was sou, i lit for. The Hon. Gentleman adverted t 0 the unequal manner in which many of the clauses must 45Perate, and referred to the case of the Zoological-gardens to the Regent's -park, which were opened on the Sabbath to subscribers. Many of those who supported this Bill fre quented those gardens on the Sabbath, the day on which the poor were comparatively excluded—and this place of rtvirt Was made a second Ali - flack's (as we understood.) kr. H. L. BIiLWER contended, that whatever might he the intentions of the llon. Baronet, the result of his 1)4 4 or of any Bill on the same subject, must be inequality and partiality ; because the state of society which governed laws would not allow the same interference with the en- IlaYments.of the rich, who had establishments of their own, kzid those of the peer, who had no such establishments-- (lieu, he ar .) As to the number of petitions, he was in t way surpri se d ; b eca use, at all times, numbers of menno'ad keen i:iund anxious to thrust their consciences down the consciences of other people.—( Hear.) Hundreds and thousands of perons had assisted at the massacre of St. Aartholomew, and 1 1 0 been applauded even by their own Pliests for doing so.—(Near.) They were pious men of their time, and had followed the dictates of their con scienceo.—(Hear, hear.) But legislation of this kind wets not only unequal in practice and bad in principle, i t was le also of necessity absurd and ridiculous ; for , un -, as the w h o l e o f soc i e ty were altered, nothing but !gislatio n o f t h e most h a lf-b e g o tten and most imperfect Ind cou ld take place upon i t. T a k e , f or instance, the pre aent Post -office regulations.--(Hear, hear.) The mail eould not leave London or enter London on a Sunday ; th at was impious and illegal ; but it could enter or leave anY other t own i n E ng l an on the game day.—(Cheers.) H ere, then, was it declared that the same thing being im pious and illegal in London was not prohibited either by law or religion in th e country. Was not this absurd ? k n ew', hear.) The Hon. Member for Kent said the Jewish ordinan ces s h ou ld b e o b serve d, b ecause our Saviour came, . not to destroy the law, but to fulfil it." Why, on this Principle he should be circumcised, and all the male infants of fits family the same.—(Cheers and laughter.) He should eep the P assover ! Th e f act was , th a t man y of the Jewish aws were given, not for their excellence, but solely fur their Peculiarity, for the purpose of maintaining a small people separate from other nations that surrounded them ; and in 1 1 1a nY cases th e me re f a ct that a custom had prevailed among the Jews almost established that it was unfit for man hlnu in general.—(Hear, hear, hear.) But the Noble Lord t he Member f :r Li ver p oo l th r ew over the old law of Moses, , appealed to the customs and notions of Christendom. W hy, whereabouts in Christendom would such a law as this Sabbath Bill b e presente d t o an y Legislature ?—(Cheers.) .. "'Quid it not be scouted by every nation in every civilized l tt of Eur o p e , as con t rar y to existing customs and present e stq—(Hear, hear.) Was it even consistent with the f ormer ideas of Christendom—those ideas which prevailed W hen Sabbath legislation was first introduced into this Coun try ?• What said the famous ordinance encouraging a Po i rts—th e ordinance of James I.? Why, that doctrines ,Such as those entertained by gentlemen opposite were new fangled doctr:nes—(Hear, hear, hear) —held and intro duced by the Puritans, whose minds, hardened or dark ened by the persecution they had met with, felt more S Ympathy / with the Old Testament than with the New. Having alluded to past legislation on this subject, lie lust wished gentlemen to remark on what had been the effects of legislation. James I. and Charles I. legislated to promote what would now be called the non-observance of the Sabbath. They wished to put down puritanical Observances and sanctimonious fashions—and what fol !lowed ? Wh y t h e p sa l m - s i ng i ng an d Scripture-quoting . s Ys of Cromwell.—( Hear, hear.) These were succeeded In their turn, such an effect did over sanctity produce, by the licentious days of Charles 11., when there was more p r ofligacy and more irreligion than at any other period in the history of this country, and yet it was to these days— these famous days of Charless 11., the writers of which were now banished from the stage, and not allowed by many per lOns to infect .their families—that gentleman turned for a rrecedent for making piety by Acts of Parliament. Lord A. LENNOX shou!d vote for the second reading of this Bill, - though he did not concur in many of the clauses, which, indeed, on the contrary, he held to be most objec tionable. Had the Hon. Baronet limited himself to a mea- Imre for doing away with Sunday trading, he would have clone much more good. Mr. HARDY supported the principle of the Bill, which, be contended, went to protect every man in the observance of the Sabbath. 4*. Major BEAUCLERK felt bound to oppose the second reading of the Bill. _ Mr. POTTER thought it would be a mere waste of time to go into Committee upon the Bill. Four years ago, when similar Bill was allowed to go into Committee, it came out of it in such a shape, that the lion. Baronet (Sir A. Agnew) himself was obliged to vote against it. What hope could there be of a different result in the case of the present mea sure, supposing it were allowed to advance to another stag e ?._.(Hear.) lie did not believe that measures of this description were calculated to promote a better observance Of the Sabbath ; and in support of that view the Hon. Member quoted extracts from the address and charge of the Bi s h o p of Lichfield :—" One or two efforts have been 'made, evidently so uncongenial to the spirit of freedom and liberty which belongs to our Constitution, so harsh in their restrictions, and so unequal in their operations on the heartily climes of society, that we ought, I think, most leartily rejoice at their rejection. Furthermore, the se "ereet prohibitions will not effect the truly religious ob servance of the Sabbath, by influencing the heart. Rather 'will they tend to bring odium, not only on such legislation, but on the sacred day itself ; and, by turning it into a day " ascetic gloom, instead of religious cheerfulness, may conduce t o h ar d en men ' s hearts, ut not to convert them. Acts of Parliament may, perhaps, be so framed as to pro vide for the decent external observance of this day ; but what Act of Parliament can reach the heart ? Could all men be compelled by Act of Parliament to attend divine worship bn this day, how little would be done towards making them r eligious w h en t h e i r atten d ance was compu l sory ! I t i s t h e "dl ttit gives the life and meaning to the act ; and this leads me to mention what I consider as far more likely to be efficacious in p romo ti ng th e p ro p er o b servance o f th e Sabbath, than a whole statute book of Parliamentary enact "ats—l mean, the gentle force of persuasion and ex. a mple. I have watched myself, and I have consulted others who have made the same observation, and who con cur with me in thinking that since so general an expres sion of public opinion has been elicited respecting the de accretion of the Sabbath, the good feeling of the people bas sympathised with it ; and that although there may be some places where the evil is not -yet remedied, this holy day has been generally observed of late with much more solemnity and propriety than heretofore."—(Cries of " Hear.") The Hon. Member next read an extract from the conversation of Dr. Johnson, as reported by Boswell, ". He ridiculed a friend who, looking out on Streath am Coln mon from our windows o ne day, lamented the enormous wickedness of the times, because some birdcatchers were busy there one fine Sunday morning. While mo re th an half the Christian world is permitted (said he) to dance, Sing, and celebrate Sunday as a day of festivity, now comes your puritanical spirit so offended with frivolous and empty deviations from exactness 1 . Whoever loads life with unne cessary scruples, Sir (continued lie), provokes the attention of others on his conduct, and incurs the censure of singu larity without reaping the reward of superior virtue." The Hon. Member also read from the evidence of Mr. Francis Place before the English Education Committee in Jane, 1835, showing that the Sabbath formerly had been more desecrated than at the present time. Mr. C. BRUCE expressed a determination to support the second reading of the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had supported the introduction of , the Bill, because he was not 00 e of those who were wholly adverse to any legislation upon the subject. But upon a subsequent examination of, th e provisions of the Bill, he was bound to say that there was not one of them to which he could give his consent, except, perhaps that which related to Sunday trading.-- (Hear, hear.) All the rest of the Bill lie considered as diametrically opposed to every sound principle on which "Y legislation upon the subject of the observance of the o,hbath should procced.—(Hear.) He should thereore I)Pose the second reading. Mr. GOULBURN should certainly feel it his duty to ;thlPPort the second reading, e ith the view of so amending t' • eahle. e m easure in Committee as to make it useful and prac- Lor d WORSLEY said that he should vote for the se cond reading, but lie objected to many parts of it. tl e Mr * FOWELL BUXTON stated that so far from S , u .nday being well observed in many parts of the me he,oosknew that in the district with which he was 1 4: et ° , namely, Spitalfields, the great proportion of s a o - , - were open o n Sunday. All were agreed that :the sto beatli s h ould be observed, an d t h ere f ore s h ou ld put a or to Sunday trading which was one of the main objects Bill. bu He did not approve of many parts of this t sh ou ld vote for the second rea di ng . Mr. BRoTHER-['ON contended that the due obser :once ra or o t the Sabb a th was f or t h e good of man on a civil , a lld reli g ious principl e ; b u t be did not think that this measure was calculated to promote the object in view. He was satisfied that nothing was ever gained by working on the Sabbath, and he stated this from thirty years' ex perience in manufactures. Captain BERKELEY could not but. regard this mea sure as a Bill of pains and penalties. • Sir ANDREW AGNEW replied. Colonel SIBTIIORI' intended to vote for the second reading of the Bill, but should oppose it hereafter if it were not altered in all its details and cractments. The House then divided, when the numbers wcro— Fcr the second reading llO Against it Majority -44 MEMBERS ACTING AS PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. On the motion of Mr. TOOKE, the adjourned deb Ate on this subject was resumed. The Ilan. Member was desirous of making an alteration in the terms of tho ori ginal motion, by omitting the word i in the preamble which stated that the present practice was contrary to the law and usage of Parliament. Viscount STORMONT thought that as this was an adjourned debate upon a motion brought forward by the Hon. Member himself, it was not competent for Lim to make anv amendment i❑ it. Mr. TOOKE hoped that some other Hon. Member would be hind enough, then, to move the amendment he had sup:Ts' ed. Mr. WARBURTON begged leave to do so. The resolution, as amended, was then put in the follow- ing terms : " That no Member be permitted to engage, either by himself or by any partner, in the management of private Bills, before this or the other House of Parliament, for any pecuniary remuneration or reward to be received by such Member, or by any person standing in any relation of legal professional partnership with him." Strangers were then ordered to withdraw for a divi sion, but The SOLICITOR-GENERAL could see no possibi- lity of drawing a line in any other mode than this—that the individual who should receive a direct pecuniary interest in the private business of the House should be excluded ; but that he who did not should not be excluded. The distinc tion which the Hon. Member wished to make was too subtle and fine,. and would only shift the difficulty to some other case not precisely similar to that of his (the Sulici tor-General's) Hon. Colleague, the Member for Penrvn (Mr. Freshfield). For himself, he was certainly not dis posed to differ from the Hon. Member for Bath on this subject, in thinking that there should be no line drawn ; but at all events, he was opposed to that which was now at tempted-to be drawn -by the Hon. Member's motion. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the resolution Against it ••• 54 Majority The resolution was accordingly rejected. SHERIFFS FEES BILL. On the motion of Mr. TOOKE, the House went into Committee on this Bill. . The several clauses having, after various amendments, been agreed to, Captain PECHELL brought up a clause for the pur pose of enacting that the poundage to the Sheriff on writs of capias ad satisfaciendum should be paid in the same manner as upon writs of fieri facies. Mr. TOOKE said, that as such a clause had no refe rence whatever to the object or preamble of the Bill, he thought it would be inconvenient to introduce it into this measure. The Hon. and Gallant Member could take ano ther opportunity to bring the subject forward. Captain PECHELL said he had been very unfortunate in his endeavour to obtain an opportunity like the present to effect his object, and he should, therefore, certainly avail himself of this occasion to effect what he considered a desirable change in the law upon this subject. At present the plaintiff was in one case liable to the poundage, and the defendant in the other. His wish was to make the practice and the liability uniform. The Committee then divided, when the numbers were—. Nl' the clause l4 Against it ......,,..• .,711 Majority , The clause was consequently lost. The House them resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on a future clay, ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS BILL. This Bill then went through a Committee. COMMON LAW COURTS BILL. The House then went into Con - m*.t-e on th's Bi 1. On tho 10th clause, Mr. D. W. HARVEY said fhe object of this Bin W 43 to get. rid of a number of useless offices, and to create others that were necessary. He particularly objected to the power this Bill gave to appoint three mashes more than were recommended by the Comroir4sioTws, and deia= nated their appointment a judicial job. It was a subject of suspicion that the Judges had been reconciled to the, extensive reforms proposed in this Bill by the prospect of patronage that was hold out to them, The Judges were to have the appointment of five masters in each Court, with salaries of 1,200/. a-year each. He found that some of the masters were even named in the Bill. The two principal Judges in two of the Courts had appointed their nephews. Mr. Sergeant GOULBURN supported the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that as regarded the number of masters, he had communi cated with those best able to form an opinion, amongst whom where the Commissioners and the Judges. and they were unanimously of opinion that the number necessary was the number named in the Bill. Mr. WARBURTON said, if judges would appoint their near relations, they must do so subject to all the re flections which such acts were liable. Nothing would per suade him that accident had so ordained it that the ne phews of the judges were, of all persons, the best qualified to fill the situations. _ Mr. D. W. HARVEY said there were two points of the Bill on which he should take the sense of the House ; ()tie was that there should be 12 masters instead of 15 ; and the other was, that whatever the number might be, their salary should be only 8001. per annum, instead of 1,2001. The clause was agreed to. Clauses 12, 13, and 14 were agreed to. Upon the 15th clause, fixing the salaries of masters, Mr. HARVEY moved as an amendment, that the sit laries of the Masters be reduced to 800/. a-year. For the Amendment Against it Majority against the Amendment Mr. HARVEY should take the sense of the House the number of mas t ers , u p on th e report being brought up. , .I:he remaining clauses were agreed to. The House then resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Tuesday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at two o'clock. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. There has been a fair demand for cotton to-day in this market, and the salei have exceeded 2500 bags, 500 of which have been taken on speculation. The sales consist of 170 Lagnayra, from sd. to 7id. ; 20 Maranham, Bid. ; 20 Pernatn, Bd. ; and the remainder American, 4! i d. to 7d. Tuesday is invariably a dull day in the cotton market at Liverpool, the consequence of the Manchester market takin g place on that day. The transactions which have, therefore, occurred since morning, notwithstanding this drawback, have been more animated than might have been expected. Prices, if they have not improved, have cer tainly not retrograded. The day, too, has passed over without the announcement of any further failures, a cir cumstance of itself exceedingly cheerful. Timid people now begin to persuade themselves that the worst state of things which we are likely to witness has disappeared, while those of a more sanguine temperament, see abun dance of congratulatio n in the prospects of the future, unalloyed by the disasters of the past. A It .scoT ACES.—Bell' s Life in London an, Sporting Chronicle will give on Sunday next, June 11, the most correct and fullest particulars of the four days' Ascot Races. Price of Bell's Life in London, Five Pence. Office, 170, Strand; where may be had Bell's Life of Sunday, May 28, containing by far the best account of Epsom Races. NEW WORK ON THE HOLY LAND. —Mr. Robin son's " Travels in Palestine and Syria" are to appear on Tues day next. This gentleman's sole object in writing these vo lumes, we know, has been the desire of being useful to society, by imparting, in a simple and embodied form, his own direct and personal observations and notices on the above deeply_ interesting countries, our knowledge of which may at present be said to be buried amid the works of a hundred authors. A variety of new maps and plans, containing every remarkable locality in Palestine and Syria, many of which will be for the first time accurately laid down, will greatly enhance the value of Mr. Robinson's book. MR. DISRAELI'S ENTIIUSIASM.—This pas sionate enthusiasm, the true source of fame, has, from the first, been observable in his works of fiction; but in his last two productions, " Henrietta Temple" and " Venetia," we think we see it— " Softened into feeling, soothed and tamed," under the influence of "years, that bring the philosophic mind." We trace this, n o t on l y i n t h e exquisite beauty and deep insight distinguishin g his female portraitures; but also, and if possible still more, in the truth and delicacy with which he foreshadows the yet undeveloped characters of Venetia and Lord Cadurcis, through the medium of their childhood's con versation—so artless, yet so full of soul. We know of no writer among us who has at all approached D'lsraeli in this particular.—Fraser's Magazine. There has been a very good show of cattle in the market to-day, but very few sales have been eff, , cted. The prices have undergone little or no variation from those of the previous month..—Manchester Guardian. PARLIAMENTARY DI VISIONS. LONDON AND BRIGHTONRAILWAY BILLS. ( From the Votes and Proceedinns of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, JUNE Motion made, and Question put,—" That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions, that the military engineer appointed by his Majesty. in pursuance of a former Address of this, hone, leo instructed, w h,,„ conalering the subject of the London anfl Brig'iton Lice cf Rail to keep in view the formation of one matn southern trunk line out of London, by whitli unnecessary intersection of the country may be avoided, and facilities of approach given to other towns on the soutlizrn ex.st :"--The 110ui,3 divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 3S. Ainsiv , irth, P. —Bult.ln O'Conneit, A I,ager, Cap•ain —Strsr, , y Parry, Sir L. P. J. —Carnarvuu Baines, Edward—Leeds Pevhell, Captain —Brig i t..n Blunt, Sir ChArles—Uwei Pryme, Oeorgc--; air:bridge Bonham, tt, F —li.trwicliPusey, nap—Berl:shit e Bowring, I ifiarpe, Gene.al—lhiinfries Callaghan, D.— Coil, City r, Sir G.—Ceithiles,iliire Crawford, NV S.—Dtintlaq: ISt.inley, Edwara —Curaberland • Crawford, I:h ohl:.;ott, Col. —K ingsto.i-ou- Cureis, 11. 8.--Ea,t Sussex l'ulk, 'C. ..—Poole Eldhinstone, H.nvarti—Hastings Vermy, Sir II —Buckingham Evans, G. -Dublin Vi g ors, N.—Call.w Co. l.tzroy, lion. Henry—Lewes IVakley, 'Thomas—Finsbury l'orbe.s, William —St: rlingsh ire Walker, It —Bury, Lancashire Gaskell, Jas. M.—Wenlock Wallace, Robert—Greenock Gift!), Wm. D.— Linlithgow Whalley, Sir S.—MarylelYme 1141VC3, Benjamin—Lambeth IVigney, J. N.—Brighton Hume, Joseph—Middlesex Jervis, J.—Chester Mullins, F W.—Kerry O'Brien, W. S. ..Limerick Co. TELLERS. Fector, Jahn Minet—Dover [lodges, T. 1.,.-IVcst Kent MINORITY- Agnew, S:r A.—Wigtonshire Angt rstein J.—Greenwich Barnard, E. G. —Greenwich Bcwes, 'l' —Plvmouth Bramston, T. \V.—South Essex Brodie, W. li.—Sali.bury Brotherton, J.—Salf ord ßuxton, T. F.—Weymouth Catopholl, Sir John—Edinburgh Fergusson, Right Hon. R. C.—Kirk. cudbright Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham Hinde, John Hodgson—Newcastle, -NOES, 35. Murri,y, Light Hon. J. A.—Leith rave, Sir It —Waterfoid Palrne-, George—Essex clumptre John P —East Kent Potter, It.—Wigan Rae, Right Hon. Sir Wm.—Pute IC chards, Richard—M; rionet hshi e Rushbrooke, Colonel—Suffolk Russell, Lord John—Strout l lSheppard, Thalnas— Mon Flome Somerset, Lord G.— inouthslare (Thomson, Right Hon. C. P.—Man. upon-I'yne Hebhouse, Hight Hon. Sir J. Cam Nottingham Howard, P. H.—Carlhde Johnston ' Andrew—Cupar Lennox, Lord J. G.—West Sussex Lowther, J. H.—York Lushington, Dr.—Tower Haml. Mangles, J.—Guildford chester - - Tooke, W.--Truro Williams, W. A.—Monmouthshire Wood, C , ilonel T.—Breckm ckshire Woulfe, Mr. Serjeant—Cm.hel Young, Geo. Fred.—Tynemouth TELLERS. Lennox, Lord A.—Chichexter Burrell, Sir C.—Slioreh.on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. LORD'S DAY BILL. Order for Second Read , Motion made and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—,,kmendent proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the worth " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the e; ord now,' stand part of the Question :"—The House di vided MA, Alsagcr, Richard Arbuthnot, lion. H. Ashley, Laid Jc.seph Baines, K Balfour, '1 homes Batessn, Sir R. Becket, Sir J. Bell, M. Hewes, T. Blackburne, J. 1. Bonham, F. R. Borth wick, I'. Bowles, G It. Brocklehurst, Buller, S,r J. B. Y. Buxton, T. F. Canning, Sir S. Cavend sh„ G. H. Chapman, A. Chichester, Arthur cole, lion. 4. Collier, ,1. Compton, 11 C. Corbett,'. 0. Crewe, Si]h U. Dlllwyn, L. W. Dimetale, %V. S. Dune..mbe, W. 14Pi , p, 4. Edwards, 4. Egg ton, Sir P. do M. F.s•court, .1 4. 1 1 Etw4ll, Fingli, Gorge Fleming, Admiral Forbes, W. ligWvr; JORITY—AYES, I Fremantl..•, Sir T. Freslitielsl, J. W. Gaskell, J. M. Geary, Sir W. Gladstone, NV. E. Gordon, Hon. W. Goulburn, IL Goulburn scrjeant II I Alford, I. Haile, James Hamilton, G. A. Handley, H. !lardy, J. Huido, J. 11. Houldsworth, T. Houstoun, G. Hughes, H. I lumphery, J. Ingham, Lobert Johnstone, A. Jones, Wilson Joinss, Wilson Ke4rslev, J, H Law. 1-ton, C, Lawtcm, A. Leftwre, C. S. Lefroy, A. I.efriy, Or. T. 1 -,prqi ( i*, 444 4. I-14G p. LOng,' W. J. It 14 14 . 11. quit. Gen. Mackenzie, Thomas Msrtiri, J. Maunsell 'F P, W M.rdaunt, Sir J. Mosley, Sir 0. Psrker, If. E. N. Parry, Sir L. J. Pease, - Joseph Plumptre, J. P. Rae, 'ir William Reid, Sir J. Richards, J Richards, R. Rickford, W. Ross C. - . - Satithil, Lord Scourfield, W. H. Shaw, F. S.eppard, Thomas Shirley E. J. Smith, A. Stanley, E, Sturniont, 490 Tliempson . , V. T ou ii.e, William Tqwnley, 11, I'l=th:bodge, S.r T. Horne Verner, \V. Vesey. , tr,F t ••-.VglO, Cr. Farle " Wilson ; Ilontv AV4iltltV,• i •- ••" 4 clung - 6 F. Younz, John Young, Sir NV. 1.4 trf.Lgßii. plow, Sir A. Bruce, C. L. C. Aglionhy, H. A. 4rtirPCol, T, 'leant:Jerk, • 31 , j0r Berkeley, F. F. Bish, T. 11,,,1kin, Jan James Bosys, J, ,11 . 4f4Y1 13rarnFton, r. W. Bri.lgman, H. Brodie, \V. B. lirothotnni F. &dwelt, H. Callaghan D. Chal.Herg, P. Ch kiln, T. gotruro, Sir . ol 41S, Dalmeny, Darlingtz.n, Earl o f Dowdes‘i•ell, W. Duncombe, T. S. NORITY—NOES, ophinstEme, llaward (laakedi, i/. Grattan, H. Grote, G. Gully, J. Harland, W. C.. Harty y, W. enekle, Hope, Fl, T. Howard, P. Hutt, Leonard, T. 11 Lennox, Lord G. Marshall, W. Mar land, rdel4und, Alniravg, Sir 11. J, W, Palmer, General I'echell, Captain Potter, 11, Co, T. 8. Roebuck, J. A. Rolfe, Sir R. M. Rundle, J. Ruflwet) E, schologe:o, idgwArt, Strta t, Edward . I . 4nerud, 11. W. C.Aolict T horneley, Thomas Trelawiwy. Sir W. Tarsier, W. %rigors, N Wiikl44, Thanriss Wwil•as, Crap•aili WhalleYs Sir S. WiiHams, W. Sir J. Willia:nson, Sir 11. TRI.LE RS. Wald, 11. G. NV:trburt,,u, THE BAN! OF ENGLAND AND THE AMERICAN HOUSES. (From the Manchester Gua, dian of yesterday,) Under the circumstances, the Bank Directors could scarcely adopt any other course than that which they have taken. They have supported the houses long enough to admit of an immense reduction in their engagements ; and have conferred a great benefit on the public by so doing, and by so far protracting their fall ac to give oppor tunity to the commercial interests for providing, in some degree, against its consequences ; whilst; by going further, looking at the tenor of the last accounts from America, they would have compromised the interests of their own proprietors to an ext en t that 110 Gan;iduationa of benefit to the commercial public could have justified them in doing. It is, of course, at present, far too early - to estimate cor rectly the force of the shock which has been caused by t h e c..tastrophe. Years, probably, must go by, before th;s shall have altogether exhausted itself ; and some time must elapse, before the whole of what may even be called its imme diate effects will he manifested. Hitherto, however, both here and in Liverpool, the mischief appears to have been considerably less than was expected. There have, we believe, been some failures in the American trade in Liver pool—one of them, a house of considerable magnitude an d great respectability / but here, so far as we know, no sus pension of payment whatever, arising out of the state o f American affairs, has Liken place ; and we hope, thou g h there will, of course, be considerable losses, they may not be found ruinous by the parties on whom they fall. For the London houses, thus suddenly brought down from the highest pinnacle of commercial eminence, and plunged into insolvency, it is impossible not to feel much sympathy. But that sympathy cannot be unmingled with blame. They have allowed their ambition to carry them to lengths Which it is not well that our merchants should aim at, or at all to be desired that they should attain. It is not fair mercantile business ; it is little less than madness, that men, who, as the result of long and active lives passed in the successful pursuit of legitimate commerce, may h ave acquired their two or three hundred thousand pounds, should enter into engagements for millions. These wild and extravagant transactions are as injurious to the public as they are hazardous to the parties themselves. Thy y in troduce into businesl a spirit of reckless speculation, which, when it has once been excited, is never got rid of without an explosion, sufficiently violent to cause deep suffering, and often ruin, amongst multitudes of innocent parties. It is the true interest of a commercial nation, that its transactions should be as regular as possible —not liable to be subjected to violent alternations of activity and depres sion. But this, such grasping eagerness, on the part of individuals, as that the vffects of which the country is now feeling, always tends to prevent: These parti s, with a few others, have endeavoured virtually to monopolize a business which, from its magnitude, required to be more spread, and they have failed ; bringing ruin, not only on themselves, but probably on numbers of victims, who have had no culpable part in the proceedings which have termi nated so inauspiciously. We believe it is well known that there are several of the oldest, most respectable, and most opulent houses in Liverpool, who, foreseeing the danger that was involved in the manner in which the American business has of late been carried on, have, for a consider able time past, been doing comparatively nothing, and are now quite at ease. We wish we could hope that present experience might lead to a permanent amendment in our commercial maxims and practice. We fear, however, that unless the Legis lature, by a vigorous and early reform of the banking system, reduces the danger of an injurious expansion of the currency, or rather sufficiently provides against it in future, we shall see the lessons of these times forgotten or disregarded, and at no very distant period find a season of unbounded confidence again suddenly succeeded by one of irrational distrust and wide-spreading insolvency. IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING NEW WORKS. — The following new and interesting books of travels, &c., are just published by Mr. Coburn, of great Marlborough-street :- 1. The City of the Sultan ; or, Domestic Manners of the Turks. By Miss Pardoe. 2 vols., Bvo., with numerous illus trations, 325. bound.-2. Souvenirs of a Summer in Germany. Dedicated to Lady Chauerton. 2. vols., post Bvo., 215.- 3. Captain Alexander's Narrative of a Voyage among the Colonies of Western Africa, and of a Campaign in Kaffirland in 1836. 2 vols., Bvo., with maps and numerous plates, by Major C. C. Mitchell, K. H. ; 325. bound.-4. Lord Broug ham's Opinions on Politics, Literature, Law, Science, Edu cation, &c. ; with Memoirs of his Lordship's Life. One very thick volume, 12s. bound.-5. Evenings with Prince Camba ceres. By Baron Langon. 2 vuls., Bvo., with portraits, 28a.- 6. Austria and the Austrians, with Sketches of the Danube and the Imperial States. 2 vols., post Bvo., with portraits, 215.-7. Mr. Campbell's Letters from the South. 2 vols., Bvo., with eleven plates of scenery, &c., 31s. 6d. —B. Cap tain Scott's Travels in Egypt and Candia. 2 vols., Bvo., with illustrations, 2es. From personal inquiry we can state that upwards o 1,000 houses and shops are now to be let in this borough.— Stockport Advertiser. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT HEATH RACES. —.YESTERDA r. Suffering as much from the bustle of Tuesday as from the preparations indispensable to the due enjoyment of the grand day, the races yesterday, as has always been the case on the Wednesday, did not pass oil' with much animation, nor did the company in any respect exceed the usual average. We did not observe any member of the Royal Family; but several of the visitors at the Castle, attracted by the fineness of the w.qi. t!icr and the " large promise," availed themselves of his Ma j -st's Stand to join the afternoon amusements. The Jockey Club Stand was full, nor was there any deficiency in the our belonging - to the stew ar d s ; t h e others, however, were feebly supported. We understand that her Majesty has signified her intention to be present this day, accomdanied by he r distin guished guests, and that there i 3 every reason to expect that the att,ndanee will be immense. Amongst the cw - npany pre sent yesterday were the Duke of Rutland, the Doke of Graf ton, the Duke of Beaufort. the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Marquis Col:pig - Imm Count Nlatuszevie, Count Bathiany, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Errol, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl of Uxbridge, Earl Strad broke; the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl and Countess of Suf field, Earl Wilton, Lord Villiers, Lord W. Paulet, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord J. Fitzroy, Colonel Challo'ter, the lion. Ge neral Grosvenor, Colonel Peel, Colonel Cooper and family, Sir J. Shelley-, Sir J. Graham, Sir L. Glyn, Hon. A. Vii. Hers, Mr. H. Aston, Mr. Greville, Mr. J. Mills, Mr. Gard ner, T. A. Smith, Mr. Cosby, Mr. Payne, Mr. War rail, Mr. D. Radcliffe, Mr. Clive, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Fair- lie, Mr. Poyntz, Mr. Bentinck, and Mr. Hunter. The races were six in number; the exact number stated be us a few days ago as likely to be the quantum of sport each day. Of its nature the following returns will speak : Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added, for three yrs old ; colts, Bst. 7ib ; fillies and geldings, Bst. 41b. ; the winner of the Derby or Oaks to carry 71b. ; the second for either, 31b. extra; with 50 added, if not walked over for. Swinley Stakes Course. 5 Subs. Colonel Peel's Grand Cairo Pavis 1 Duke of Rutland's c. by Catton out of Slight ... 2 Seven to 4on the Slight colt. The horses started, and kept nearly abreast to the turn, where Grand Cairo went in front, kept so throughout, and won cleverly by a length. A Plate of 501. for Maiden Horses at the time of starting; three yrs, 7st. 411 i; four yrs, Bst. 81b. ; five yrs and upwards, 9st. 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Swinley Stakes Course. Mr. Osbaldeston's Mic Mac, 3 yrs .. Rogers Lord Stradbroke's Fifer, 3 yrs Mr. Fairlie's Nelson, 3 yrs Betting—G to .5 on Fifer. Mic Mac took the lead, followed to the Old Mile Post by Nelson, where the latter went by him, and made desrrate running- till within a distance and a half from home, where he shut up. Mic Mac now resumed the lead, defeated every attempt of the favourite to get up, and won by a length. The Windsor Tradesmen's Plate of 1001. ; three yrs, ist ; four yrs, Bst. Gib ; five yrs, 9st ; six and aged, 9st. 31b:; mares and geldings allowed 31b. ; the winner to be sold for 2501., Sze. ; winners of the value of 50/. in 1837, previous to starting, to carry 31b. ; twice of 50/., or once of 100/., 51b. extra. Two miles. Mr. M. Stanley's Willesden, 4 yrs J, Day 1 Lord Chesterfield's Edgar, 3 yrs .... The following also started, but were not placed by the • ..udge •. about three q‘,. - Artel a Mr. Brown's Co rnborooigh, 3 yrs; Mr. Page's It lett:ng--7 to 4 au, agst the NV lius, dam by Whisker, out of Castrella. ..crick, by Emi- Grand Cairo, 3 yrs. - . yrs ; and Colonel Peel's st wher E t;ar, sto 2 agst Grand Cairo, and sto 1 inner. it' . 44rielc and Cori - b •oueli ran together for Of Willa, Willesden waiting closely on them ; 1hrk°41.P1::1:411474..e°f1114 t' ht ame i , a W d il i l s e t s a t te l a e a:ddinag Josh' of ft Hogue, Cor.iborough dropped off. Edgar now laid second, kept in reserva till near home, made his push, failed, and was beaten by a length. Grand Cairo and Roderick wore well up. The Sw inlet. Stakes of 2.5 soya, each ; three yrs old, 7st. 41b ; four, Bst. I 011), allowed 31b. Last Mile and a half. Colonel p ot ip * *lane, 4 yrs .\1 r' Stanley's 11, e. Hat-trap, 3 yrs tll;ststooh,4iiiTt‘itlane, who was never headed, and won in a canter by Free Handicap of 50 scvs. peels, h. with 200 added, for fo ur years old a n d u p war d s , & c . Th ' ree miles. 6 Subs. Lord Suffield's Alfred, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b Pavis 1 Mr, Y, Edwards's Royal George, 1 4 yrs, 7st. 91b . . Lord Conyngham's 'foothill, 4yrs, tist Duke of Gia:ton's Calmuck, 4 yrs, 7st Even betting on Royal George, 2 to 1 agst Alfred, 7 to 1 agst each cf the others. CtOrnuek made the play at starting at a slow pace, followed by Toothill, was pulling hard for a mile and a half, when he went in front at an improved speed, Alfred and Royal George lying next. him ; at the turn Alfred went in front, kept there to the end, and Wart in a canter by three lengths. Calmuck was beaten off. The Postmaster's and Innkeerers' Plate of SOL ; three yrs old,. 7st. 71b ; four yrs, Bst. 71b ; five yrs, 9st ; six and aged:9st. 41b; Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for ' OOl., &e. The Old Mile. Mr. Lambileti's f. Ote, by Dr. Early, 3 yrs ... Wakefield 1 Mr, Saottr's Rollicking Bob, 4 yrs 2 The following were not placed :—Mr. S. Day's Heiress, 4 yrs ; Mr. Baker's Sister to Hatfield, 3 vrs Lor.l Chesterfield's Jack Brag, 5 yrs ; Mr. Osbahleston's Ebberston Lass, 3 yrs ; and Cap tain Gardnor's Sister to Zenana, 3 yrs. Betting -2 to 1 agst Sister to Zenana (taken), 3to I agst Hei ress, 4 to 1 agst Ebberston Lass, and 6 to 1 agst Jack Brag. Ebberston Lass made play, followed by Sister to Zenana and Rollicking Bob to the turn, where Ote came out, with Rollicking Bob and Sister to Zenana at her side, the three running side by side to the finish, Ote winning by a head after a beaut.ful race, Zenana a good third, the others beaten off. The winner claimed. Cup Betting ; p p.-11 to 8 on Touchstone, 4 to 1 agst Hornsea (taken). LATEST BET7'ING A7' MANCHESTER. NEWTON MANOR CUP, P.P. 7 to 4 agst Dick (taken), 2 to 1 agst The Bard, 5 to I agst Theano (taken), and 6 to 1 agst any other (offered). LIVERPOOL TRADE CUP; P.P. S to 1 agst Snyders, 9to 1 agst Vestment (t.iken), 10 to 1 agst Elis (t. freely), 12 to 1 agst Gladiator (taken), 12 to 1 agst Inhe ritor, 15 to 1 agst Mahometan (taken), 20 to 1 agst Pelops (taken), 20 to 1 agst The Bard (taken), and 50 to 1 i•gst Heron (taken). DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Cardinal Puff, 6 to 2 agst Henriade, and offers to lay 11 to 1 agst any other. Melbourne has been backed at 12 to 1, and The roctor at 16 to 1. Jereed stands at 20 to 1. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING. FIRST TIAN% Chc Tradesmen's Cup, or Piece of Plate, value 200 sovs, with 100 sovs. in specie, added to a Handicap Stakes of 25 says. each, 15 ft., and 5 only if declared by the Ist of June. The winner to pay sovs. to the Judge, &e., and the second to save his stake. I'wo miles. Birdlime, 6 yrs, 9,`.:.1', ; Inheritor, G yrs, 9,t. 416; Elis, 4 yrs, 9st ; Gladiator, 4 yrs, Sst. 91b ; Vestment, 6 yrs, Sat. gib; Pelops, 5 yrs, Bst. 51b ; Philip, aged, Bst. 41b ; Jupiter, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b ; Stiydels, 4 yr- , , Bst ;‘ 'Wentworth, 4 yrs, 7st. 911) ; Heron, 4 yrs, 7st. 81b ; Whaley, 4 yrs, 7 s t. 71b ; Bl ac k Diamond, 4 yrs, 7st. ill); Robin Hood,' 4 yrs, 7st. 71b; Theano, 4 yrs, 7st. 4th ; Crescent, 5 yrs, ist. 121 b; The Bard, 4 yrs. 7st. 101 b ; Stockrort, 5 yrs, 7st. 101 b; Locomotive, 4 yrs, let. 10ib ; ch. m.—Kalmia's dam, 5 yrs, 7st. 21h ; Flora, 3 yrs, 7st ; Mahometan, 3 yrs, 7st ; Promise, 4 yrs, ; 6st. 121 b Cuisneiche, 4 yrs, ti l t. Sib ; Abraham Newland, 3 yrs, fist. 81b ; Fieschi, 3 yrs, 6st. 4,b ; Rachael, 3 yrs, 6st. The rest paid 5 sovs. forfeit. The Stand Cup value 100 sovereigns, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sues. each; three-year-olds, 6st. 121 b ; four, Bst. Sib; five, Bst. 1C1b; six, and upwards, 9st. On..ic round aad a distance. Lord Derby's Atnitraih, 5 yrs ; Lord R. Grosvenor names Gale wood, 4 yrs ; Lord Westminster's Silvders, 4 yrs ; Lord Stanley's Miss Bowe, 3 yrs ; Lord G. Bentinek names Elis, 4 yrs ; Lord Chesterfield's liornsea, 4 yrs; Lord Wilton's Gladiator. 4 yrs ; Lord Chesterfield's Scroggins, 4 yrs ; Mr. Alostyn's Birdlime, 6 yrs ; Mr. Wilson Patten names Mahometan, 3 vrs; Mr. Bowes's Miekle Fell, 3 yrs ; Sir It. Bulkeley's Valencia, :3 yrs ; Mr. Ramsay's Inheritor, 6 vrs ; Mr. Rains iy's N'cst.tient, 6 vrs; Mr. Langshaw names Slashing Harry, 3 yrs ; Mr. Walter's Gold hurst, 3 yrs. The Waterloo Cu,), vane 100 sovs. Aniurath, Inheritor, Vestmen!, A!odesty, The Staz, Pr, ,:tuicr, awl Trapball. .NEW TON MEE TING.-FAIDAr. The Shrigley Cu:, value 100 sovs., given by W. Turner, 21.1 3 ., added to a Handicap Stakes of 15 sove. each, 10 ft., and 5 oily if declared on the Ist June. Mile and half. GI tliator, by Partisan, 4 yrs Bst. 121 b ; Dick, by Mulcy, Bst. 6lb ; Trapl all, "4 yrs, Bst. 41b ; The Bard, by Waverley, 4 yrs, Bst ; The Black Diamond, 4 xrs, 7st. 10. b Japh t, 4 yrs, 7,t. 91- ; Morison, 4 yrs, 7st. 61b; Theano, by Waver:ey, 4 ye!, 7st. bib; Clints, 3 yrs, bst. 71b. Sevet, have paid. BARNET RACES-1837. Them races arc about to be put upon a footing which, it is thought, will cause them to assume a much higher position in public estimation than has ever yet been the case. For some veers past, opposition races, at each end of the tuwn, have been held the same day. The proprietors of the respective courses have this year met each other upon a liberal.miuded prineiplo, an d a d opte d a plan b y which the public convenience will be consulted in the best manner ; while the inhabitants will derive all possible advantage from the immense influx of strangers, which invariably occurs at the time of the races. A numerous meeting was held at the Green Man Hotel, Barnes, on Tuesday last, when it was determined that the races for the present year should take place in the Green Man ficlth, on the 9th and 10th of August ; and a Committee was chosen, under whose auspices the requisite preparations will be conducted. A large accession to the funds is confidently anticipated. PIGEON SHOOTING. The sec on d d ay ' s s h oot i ng f or a s il ver tea serv i ce ( open to all En g l an d) came off yesterday at the Red House Inclosure, Battersea. In the regulations of this match much had been done for those who could succeed in bringin ,, down birds at 33 and 45 yards' rise. It was lilt the childish wilful-murder business of 4 I yards, but made at such a distance as to show the real merit of gunning. The betting was very brisk at 6to 4 on the bird, where men such as Bloodsworth, Groom, and two or three more took their turn, the gun being then taken for choice at even. The following is the score : Names. Ist Day. 2(1 Day. Total. Mr. Dufaur Mr. Brown Mr. Law A :r. Potter 5 ..... . ..... ...... 4 Mr. Toby • Mr. 13loodsworth Mr. Groom Mr. Toomb s Mr. T. Smith Mr. Taylor Mr. Gingle Mr. E nse ll Mr. Townsend Mr. Horlock Mr. H. Smith Those wh o killed yesterday at 35 ) ards' rise marked two for each bird. The attendance was middling, the birds good, and Ely's shot cartridge better. The next day's shooting is at 45 yards' distance. RIFLE SHQ 0 TING. The greatest excitement prevailed. yesterday ( Wednesday) at Chalk Farm, in consequence of the grand Rifle Match for a superb Silver Cup being appointed to he shot for on that morn ing, at 200 yards front the shoulder. The match being open to all England, or rather all the world, and . having been ant►ci pated for the last twelve months, we were not surprised at seeing all the crack shots from various parts of the kingdom as s^mble on the go wind ; but we must confess our astonishment at meeting a party of Swiss gentlemen, who had come from Geneva for the express purpose of contending wi.h th, , Erg lith riflemen, whose fame had reached their ears in their native country. The Ss irs gentlemen alluded to were scl-_.etvd by their countrymen as being the ablest teprese%tatives of their skill and science, and were worthy to contopd with their Eng lish competitors, among whom we noticed Mr. More, the winner of the Diamond Champiln Cron, the M , ssrs. M ir gary;who won the last deld and silver medals of the Acretor mentarian Society, and Messrs. John, Dan, Catherwood, Cl► intry, &e , who have frequently distinguished themselves in the above corps. The shooting, as we expected, was of the very first-rate order, and it was long doubtful to whom the prize would belong. but after a severe strut.Tgl , s, the palm of victory was awarded to .M... M iqa-y, who hit 24 out of 25 shots allowed to each competitor, out of which he struck five bulls'-eyes. Monsieur Gunival, the Swiss gentleman, struck 20, and out of them eight bulls'-eyes ; Mr. A. Margary 20. of which five bulls'-eyes. The Messrs. Mirgary shot witta rifles made by Mr. BrAgg:. of Holborn, arid Mr. Moore with his newly invented gun. The day was very wilily. LITERATURE. THE CITY OF TEE SULTA N, 2 VoLs Co4urn, London, 1837. •Of all our rnodet it travellers in the East—and their name is Legion—Miss Pardoe is by far the most en tertaining, if not the most instructive.' Her " City of the Sultan," which is a record of some months' resi dence at Constantinople, contains passages worthy even of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, whose letters from the East still live, and deserve to live. Though the favourite of Pope exhibits more vivacity of style and worldly acuteness of reflection in her Eastern cor respondence, she certainly does not surpass, if she equals, the authoress of the volumes before us, so far as a picturesque power of description is concerned. In this respect Miss Pardoe may take her station beside the most successful travellers that ever put pin to paper. But though description is her great fete, it is not Fer only excellence. She shows Considerable in genuity in pourtrayiug off small, individual °laraete", and a tact in hitting Peclf,arities, that proves her to be a Maya and ` . .:4 o acious observer. Another essential gnat; eationfor a traveller that she possesses, is a rest :ess inquisitiveness that keeps her perpetually on the To increase her stores of local knowledge, she tesitates at no labour—is daunted by no obstacles. She wnetrates into the recesses of the Harem, and the chapel .of the Howling Dervishes ; goes disguised into the Mosque of St. Sophia ; and even ventures into that of Sultan Aebmet, braving the certain cruel death - that would have awaited her, had she been discovered. HLr description of the approach to Constantinople, whose crowded and picturesque port she happily compares to " poetry put into action," is full of life and splen dour—to a degree indeed that reminds us of Hope's memorable one in Anastasius, which it surpasses in minute finish of detail, though not in effect as a whole. Nor is Miss Pardoe less successful in her sketch of the romantic " Valley of the Sweet Waters," which, if her account be not preposterously over-coloured, must be a spot unsurpassed by the Tempe of old (Dian, or the fairy-land of the poets. A few weeks after our traveller's arrival in Constantinople, the plague broke out, the horrors of which she describes in the most alert. impressive terms : " Only a day or two since, a poor. Greek inhabitant of The rapia was suddenly attacked with sickness, and thinking that he recognised symptoms of the plague, he immediately pro ceeded to his cottage; and stopping, ere he touched the threshold, call, d to his wife, who, astonished at seeing him on so unwonted an hour, and struck by the change in hii appear ance, was about to approach him, when he desired her to stand back; and then calmly telling her he was unwell, although lie knew not from what cause, he desired her to throw him his furred pelisse. If it be a mere passing sickness,' he added, as he prepared to depart, it will only cost me a night in the open air ; if it be the plague, you will at least save our few ar ticles of clothing, and the few comforts of the cottage—re commend me to the Virgin and• St. Roch.' And thus he left his home, and wandered weak and heart sick to the mountains. He felt that the brand was 011 him; and he went to die alone, he knew not how, whether as a wild and frantic maniac, gather ing strength from the fever which would turn his blood to fire, and howling out his anguish to the winds of midnight, with out one kind voice to comfort, or one fond hand to guide him, until at length he dropped down to die upon the damp earth. On the morrow the wife hastened to the mountains with food, in search of her husband. She had not taught herself to be lieve that the plague bad touched him, and she feared that he might suffer from hunger. She led one of her children by the hand—his favourite child I—and they were long before they found him ; for although the young clear voice of the boy shouting out his name was borne far away upon the elastic ,air of the mountain, there was no answer to the call ; the father lay cold and stiff in a gulley of the rock. The anguish of the unfortunate woman may be conceived. Is her first agony she sprang towards the body, but the shriek of her child recalled her to a sense of her peril, and the fate that she would entail upon her little ones. • The struggle was long and bitter ; but at length she turned away with the weeping boy, and returned into the village to proclaim her widowhood." _ _ Of a sill more tragic character is the following anecslote, which has reference to the same friohtful scourge : " A melancholy tale was related to me by a lady of Therapia, who had watched, from day to day, the proceedings of one of these little plague. stricken mountain colonies, through a teles cope. It consisted of a miserable family—the father grey haired and feeble; the mother bent and pah.ied. The children died first, one by one, for the disease drank their young blood more eagerly than the chill stream which moved sluggishly through the veins of the aged parents; and, at length, the old couple were left alone. They used to sit side by side for hours under a tree facing their village, the birth-place of their dead ones, whom they had put into the earth with their own hands ; but within a week the childless mother sickened in her turn, and the grey old man dragged a wretched tnattrass to the foot of the tree, from beneath which his stricken wife bad no longer power to move; and he held the water to he: lips, and he put the bread into her grasp; but all his care availed her nothing ; and with his lean and trembling hands he scratched her a grave under the shadows of the tree that she had loved in ; and when the earth had hidden her from his sight, he lay down across the narrow mound to die in his turn." We should rejoice to see a prose Turkish tale from the pen of Miss Pardoe, for we think she possesses every requisite for such an effort—striking descriptive powers—quick conception of character—an], above all, acute and ready sensibility. Of one defect, however, common with young, unpractised writers, she must haste❑ to rid herself—we allude to her frequent redun dancies of epithet and imagery, which are the only draw-backs on the merit of her present volumes. The venerable Lord St. Helen's, who during the %hole year never quits his house in Grafton -street, ''o• the long period of 40 years has been in the receipt of a 'pension of 23001. per annum, as a retired diplomatist to the Court of Russia. INDIAN TRIBES IN TILE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. —The most powerful Indian tribe in these regions arc the Blackfeet—the Crows arc next; and then come the Nez Perces, Flatheads, Wnging-ears, and o:hers ; but nearly all in bitter hostility one against the oth er The Nrz Pe: ces, the Flatheads, and the Ilanging-ears pride themselves upon the number of their horses, of which they possess more in pro portion than any other of the mountain tribes within the buffalo range. Many of the Indian warriors and hunters, encamped around Captain Bonneville, possess from thirty to forty horses cr.c:i. One day a large band of Blackfeet appeared in the open field, but in the vicinity of kicks and cliffs. They kept at a wary distance, but made friendly signs. The trappers replied in the same way, but likewise kept aloof. A small party of Indians now advanced, bearing the pipe of peace; they were met by an equal number of white men, and they formed a group midway between the two bands, where the pipe was circulated from hand to hand, and smoked with all due ce remony.—Adventures of Captain Bonneville. If you wish to have a shoe of durable materials (exclaims the facetious M itt. Lansber,g) you should make the upper leather of the mouth of a hard thinker, for that never lets in water. American Piper. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, No. VI. (for June). " edited by Boz,' and iilustrated by George Cruikshank— the two finest humourists of the day—indeed we question whether at any tune in our literature there were finer. Cruikshank has as much wit and invention as llogarth, and Boz' is worth half a dozen Smolletts ; for Boz' has double the invention and none of the coarseness of the author of Roderick Random.' Fhe best papers, ‘N here nearly all arc good, are Darby the Swift,' by J. A. Wade; tl e • Character of Shakspeare's Jaques,' by Dr. Macinn ; the Romance of a Day,' by the lively author of The Bashful Irishman ;' Nights at Sea,' by Lieutenant Balker; Family Stories,' by T. Ingoldsby ; and Love in the City,' by Maxwell. The illustrations, by Cruikshank, arc full of fun, e.zpecially that in which we see Dick Diddler prevailing on a dry old mail, Miss Priscilla Spriggit,s, to dope with him to Gretna I Between Boz,' Cruikshault, and the best writers of a time when ma. gtzine literature is superseding all others, Bentley's Mis cellany,' as a work of amusement, stands without an equal."— Liverpool Mail. LAW INTELLAGENCL. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 7. THE KING V. MISTERTON. Lord DENMAN delivered judgment in this ens , . This was an appeal against an order of sessions for the re moval of a pauper. The question raised for the eonsi (Lration of the Court was, whether a respondent parish was entitled, without special notice, to go into gow n ,' evidence of a pauper's settlement. The respondent Po. risk had obtained an order for the removal of the pau per, stating his s.:ttl , .!.a.ent to be by app-cntieeship with ono David Parkinson. Dnid Parkinson thud, and the tip prentice then served out his time with the widow, nn4 in the fir:A instance he had been hired by David Parkin son's son as the agent for the father, and the ser%ieft with the widow was only a continuing of the service under the original indentures. The appellant parish objected that if fall notice of these grounds of settlement had been g'..ven Cloy might hin.e been disputed, or the - settlement rnio - it have h!en acquiesced in ; hut that the rospotamts had no right to let tit . ..! app.•lla o t iincur the expense of int ap peal up)n alynsufli,..ient notice of the grourws of settlz , ,nent, and then go Into Lvidence which m i g h t b e amply s.utficient to make out a legal settlement. The Court adopted this opinion, and, tbe.-efOre, cave judgment for the appellants. BAIL COURT. THE POOR O F T. TIIE KING V. THE DIRECTORS OZ? PANCRAS. It will be remembered that it this case a mandamus had been applied for by the sern-etary of the Foundling Hospital to compel the dereni!Ants to maintain a child which had been left in a gasket at the Hospital. The Learned Judge, after hone ng the arguments o± the Learned Counsel who ma o 7 the application, took time- to consider his decision. Ills Lordship this morning thought there should he a rule abt.olute for a mandamus, in the first instance.—Rule abso lute accordingly. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 7. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY V. BAKER. This was a special case, which was submitted to the Court for their judgment, and which merely raised the dry question whether certain clauses in a variety of Acts of Parliament gave to the East India Company a claim against the East India Dock Company, of which the defendant was secretary, for a return of 4s. per ton upon vessels loaded outwards after having performed six -.oyages. It appeared that the 43d Geo. II 1., and other Acts of Parliament, gave to the East India Dock Company certain dues upon vessels, proportioned to the number of voyages which they had made, but provided that at the termination of the regular number of voyages (which then was six) there should be a return of 4s. per ton to the East India Company. A sub sequent Act had provided that a return should be made after the last voyage, and the question now arose whether the defendants were liable to those charges after the sixth or after the last voyage. Ti►e COURT were of opinion that, according to their just construction, the dues could not be claimed until after the last voyage. They must, therefore, give judgment for the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Juivie 7. SIR J. SMITH V. DAY AND ANOTHER, EXECUTORS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff upon an in demnity bond againt the payment of rent, given to him by the late Sir Henry Franaagan, the defendant's testator. No breach had taken place during the testator's lifetime, nor for fifteen s cars after his death. The executors, who were also the trustees, had in the meanwhile paid all the speciality arid simple contract debts of the testator which had come to their knowledge, and invested the residue in the public funds, and in mortgages, for the benefit of the residuary legatees under the testator's will, but in their own names. Of the existence of the outstanding indemnity bonds in the hands of the plaintiff the executors appeared to be ignorant until a breach took place, fifteen years after the testator's death, in consequence of a distress by the original lessee upon the premises which plaintiff held as azsignee of the testator. Notice was then given, and an action brought to recover the penalty. The facts were then stated in a special case, which was argued last Term. Lord ABINGER. C. 8., this day delivered the judgment of the Court. After stating the facts, he said that the judgment of the Court was in favour of the plaintiff. ADMIRALTY COUR7, JuArm 7. THE FUNCHAL. This is a suit for salvage, promoted by some sea men against the owners and crew of the Funchal, a Portuguese ship of 70 tons burthen, bound from Hamburg to London. The vessel had got on some sands on the 17th of March last, and the alleged salvors having gone off to her assistance, succeeded in steering until she obtained a s4fe anchorage off the Nore Light. A tender of .50/. had been made by the owners. The Court, after bear ing Counsel, considered that the services were only those of steerage, and that the tender ought to have been ac cepted. The Court accordingly dismissed the claim of the parties proceeding, each paying their own costs. THE DEFIANCE. This vessel, while on a voyage from L'ghorn to Lon don, with a valuable cargo, was assisted by another vessel, the Lady Napean, into Corunna. The DE...fiance had sus tained considerable datuaae, and had a signal of distress flying when the sal ors fell in with her. She bad only her jury masts standing, and was rcilling heavily. After some difficulty she was taken in tow by the Sapean and safely conveyed into Corunna. The sahage services were ad mitted, and the only point at issue was the distance she had been towed. The Learned Judge having gone through all the circumstances of the case, awarded 1,0001. to the sal vors with their costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday John ajg, a clerk in the employ of Mr. Howard, a poultry salesman in Newgate Market, was fully committed for trial on a charge of embezzlement, by means of false entries in the books. Q UEEN-SQUARE. Mr. Hyatt, the ex•proprietor of the White House, Chel sea, yesterday appeared to hear the complaint of the Water man's Company for infringing their by-laws, by plying as a terrytnan, the spot not being mat ked as a ferry under the regulations of tl►e Company. The plying was distinctly proved ; end it was set up in defence that the spot from wllich he ferried Will his own freehold property. Mr. BuIi::ELL decided that it Was clearly an infringe ment of the Act, and convicted him in the penalty of 40s. The defendant's solicitor gave notice of appeal. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Two women, known as notorious begging petition im postors, who have assumed the names of Jones, Thompson, Smith, Bunn, Patterson, and othcrs, but whose real names are believed to be Sarah &mart and May Jones, were yesterday brought before Mr. DYER by the constables of the Meadieity Society. charged with having attempted to impose on the Earl of Haddington by means of a fraudulent begging petition. After beittz properly Lamonished the prisoners were lile- rated. MARYLEBOIVE. .101liz Campbell, a tailor, residing at No. 14, Poland street, was charged with the following murderous attack on Edward Rook, a silver plater, No. 3, Booth's-court, Wells street, Oxford-street : Complainant, who appeared with the blood streaming from a frightful wound on his bead, on the preceding day met the defendant, who abused him, and charged Lim with having seduced and harboured his (defendant's) daughter. Yesterday morning defendant came to the house of com plainant and flung at his head a large brick, which, in order to give greater force to the blow, was secured in a hand kerchief, and a large deep cut was thereby inflicted. De fendant was then given in charge. • Mr. RAWLINSON (to complainant)—Now, on the oath which you have taken, i; there any truth in your having se duced his child ? Cornnlainant— There is not. Mr. RAwuNsoN—Do you know her at all ? Com plainant (after some hesitation) -1 may have seen her, per haps, but if 1 have it has been in the company of loose and improper characters. A man named Howse sxore to the assault having been committed. Edward Hovendon, a boy about twelve years of age, deposed that he saw defendant while on the road to the station-house drop from his hand an oyster-knife (here pro- ('Ll!ed) Mr. RAWLINSON (to defendant)—This is a very serious charge of assault. What leave you to say ? Defendant (who seemed much excited)—He has actually been for nearly twelve months with my child, and I'm so wild that I scarcely know what Fin about. I know nothing of the knife ; but, if it were not for tbe law, that villain there (pointing to the complainant) should suffer death. He has seduced five or six little girls, and I can prove it. I. admit the assault, but that wretch deserves to be hanged. I caa at any future time bring plenty of witnesses as to the truth of what I have stated against him. Mr. RAWLINSON—I think you must be labouring under some delusion with regard to your daughter. Defendant— Indeed, Sir, I am not. lie's a vile wretch, and bas ruined her. Mr. ItAwussorc—How old is she? Defendant—Not more than thirteen, your Worship. Complainant—llls daughter has not been seduced by toe, Sir, I assure you. lam a respectable married man, and my wife is now in the office. Mr. RAWLINSON (to defendant) —It is quite clear that your intention was to take away this man's life, and I shill require you to find Eal, yourself in 50/., and two sureties at 15/. each, for your appearance at the sessions. Titg SUN, LONI)ON, TITURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1837.