The Sun. — London, England, 1837-06-17 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRID GE JUNE 17.—At a Congregation on Monday last, the following degrees were conferred:— - _ DOCTOR IN DIVINITY. Rev. John Weller, Senior Fellow of Emmanuel College. BACHELORS IN DIVINITY. Rev. Charles Yate, Fellow of St. John's College. ,Rer• Henry Thoinr son, Fellow of St. John's College. 4 '- er• 'Finkler, Follow of Co:Colpus Christi College. R„,ev. Robeit J a mes Bunch, Fellow of Emmanuel Colleg e. REV. William Royde Colbeck, Fellow of Emmanuel College. DOCTOR 1:: PHYSIC. George Pardoe, Caius College. MASTERS OF Ahl d. Joseph Shinglewood Crosier, Catharine Hall. Rev. Henry Prowse Jones, Corpus Christi College. At the same Congregation the following gentlemen were Appointed Burnaby Lecturers : Mathematical.—Rev. John Mills, sen., Pembroke College. PhOosophical.—Rev. Edward Harold Browne, Emmanuel College, • Rhetoric.—Rev. Henry Phiipott, Catharine Hall.. L°gic.—Heory Wilkinson Cookson, St. Peter's College. Sir William Browne's Medals.—On Tuesday last these Medals were adjudged as follow : Greek Ode.—Charles James Vaughan, Trinity College. Subject—" Ingerrium cui sit, cui mens divinior atque os Magna sonattn um, des nominis bujus honorem." Latin Ode.—Philip Freeman, Trinity College. Subject—" Newtonus." Greek and Latin Epigrams—Charles James Vaughan. i rrnity College. Su,:jects :—" Nil fuit unquam Sic impar sibi, Proximus sum egomet mihi." Ch anee ij, English Poem.—No prize adjudged. On the 4th at St. George's Hanover-square, the Rev. Georg e Spence, L.!, B. of Jesus College, in this University, having b een fi rst or duine - J Priest by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop o f Ely, was institutej by his Lordship to the vicarage of St. Clement's, in this town, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Gaskin, M. A.. on the presentation of the Master and Fellows of Jesus Cclleg: aforesaid. Th e R e v. John Mason, Vicar ot . ,Hayt.on, near Retford, has been presented to the living of West lioton by Wm. Barrow, Duke The Rev, Mr. Stenton has been pl•esented, by the &Puke of Rutland to the vicarage of Gringlcy pn the Hill, both vacant by the demise of the Rev. W. Mould. On the Bth inst. Henry Nicholson Burrows, 8.A., of Trinity College in this University, was unanimously elecled Principal of Hull College. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAMPTON RACES.— 1 7 IeTFIIDA r. The best attended and most profitable meeting ever known ott Moulsey Hurst terminated yesterday with two very indiffe rent races. Our previous notices will have enabled our readers to form a tolerably correct estimate of the general character of the meeting—that estimate cannot be otherwise Illan unfavourable to the management, which, to use the mildest terms, has been marked by a total absence of energy and liberality. In the shape of subscriptions, rents for booths and stands, and charges for the admission on the course of horses and carriages, several hundred pounds must have been collected, yet the insignificant additions to the stakes for the three days amounted to only 1601., while, to protect the thou sands who partook of the " tempting" bill of fare provided, eleven policemen, under an inspector were engaged t At the Hippodrome races there were three hundred. It was fortu nate that the inspector ( Haining) was powerful as well as "filling, and that his men were equally zealous, or the robbe ries committed would have been more numerous than they were. To enforce a continuance of the patronage bestowed on these ill-managed races a better spirit must be shown— the public additions must be doubled, and a sufficient police force engaged to keep the pickpockets and thimble:nen in check, and otherwise keep order on the raceground. The weather yesterday was fine, and the company la rg er than on a ny third day within our recollection. There were sevpral fashionables present, but as we have already given their names it w o uld be waste of space to repeat the list. The running came off as follows: — The Hurst Cup Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 sovs. added; three yrs, 7st. 41b ; four, Bst. 101 b ; five, 9st. 21b ; six and aged, 9st. 51b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. ; winners once in 1837 to carry 31bs., twice, Sibs., and thrice, 71bs. extra. The winner of the Claremont or Waterloo, 71bs. extra. The winner to be sold for 120, &c. Heats, once round and a distanc e. 7 Subs. Sir G. Heathcote's b. f. La Meprisc, 3 yrs Nat 1 1 Mr. Smith's Mozart, 5 yrs 0 2 Captain Williamson's Brookland, 4 yrs 2 0 Mr. Shelley's Reuben, 6 yrs ... Mr. Bacon's Nelson, 3 yrs First Heat-5 to 4 agst Nelson, and sto 2 agst La Me prise.—Brookland made running, followed by Rueben and Nelson, to the distance, where the filly gave them the go-by, and won easy. In the second heat the running was made in the same way, except that Mozart followed the filly from the distance, and enabled his owner to claim. In our account of the last race on Thursday we omitted to state that Nelson was claimed by Mr. Bacon. Th e B us hy park Hurdle Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, list. each. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs., and half-bred horses 71bs. Two hurdle leaps. Winner to be sold for 100 sovs., &c. Heats, once round and a distance. 6 Subs. Mr. Way's The Captain, late Denham, 3 yrs... Capt. Becher 1 I Mr. Mathew's Vandyke, aged Mr. Waldegrave's The Baron, aged ... 0 3 lir. Stevens's True Blue, 6 yrs 3 0 Mr. Nashe's Chaffeutter, late Bras de Fer, aged... 0 0 First Heat—Even on Vandyke, who took the lead, followed by True Blue, The Captain lying up with them to the last turn, where he took up the running, and won easy. In the second heat The Baron made the play, the other four lying clustered at his heels. They travelled in this order to the last turn, where The Captain went up inside, and ran alongside the Baron, who bad all the best of the race till within two or three strides, where, by Captain Becher's admirable jockey ship, The Captain caught him, and won by a neck. The second place was given by the Judge to Vandyke, and by all the spectators to The Baron, who, with a jockey of professional experience, would in all probability have won. Previous to starting The Captain was objected to, as not having beer, pro- Brly named, but the objection was overruled b y the Duke of Beaufort. NEWTON MEETING —THURSDAr. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 25 added, for three years old; colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. The second to save his stake. One mile and three quarters. Mr. T. Walter's h. c. The Prime Warden H. Edwards 1 Colonel Cradock's br. c. by Voltaire, cut of Galena 2 Mr. Rhodes's hr. c. Conservative, by Voltaire The Golborne Stakes of 20 sovs. each, for two years old. The Golborne Course. Tem plem an Mr. E. Peel's ch. f. Ninny Mr. Ogden's br. c. Harpurhey 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Bower's b. c. Lord de Rossington, /qr. Lacey's oh. c. Vain, Mr. Mostyn's hr. f, The Brown Duchess, Mr. Price's by. d. Captain Pops, Lord Stanley's ch. f. by Felt, out of Roseleaf, Captain Bunney's ch. c. by Muley, out of Miss Orville, and Mr. W. Barrow's b. 1. Remnant. The Borough Cup, value 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. wo miles. Lord Eglinton's blk. c. The Black Diamond, 4 yrs ...Lye 1 Mr. Heseltine's br. c. The Bard, by Waverley, 4 yrs 2 Colonel Cradock's br. c. by Voltaire, 3 yrs Mr. Mostyn's br. c. Trapball, 4 yrs .. • A plate of 701. Heats, 2 miles. Lord Stanley's ro. c. Parolles , 3 yrs... R. Kirby 1 1 Sir J. Boswell's b. C. Calendar, 3 yrs Mr. Nanney's b. g. Bravo, 4 yrs 5 3 Mr. T. C r it c hley's b. c. Wolverhampton, 4 yrs 2 dr 4 dr Mr. Lacey's b. c. Subaltern, 3 yrs 6 0 General Sharpe's ch. g. Sadek, 4 yrs . Mr. Clark's br. c. by Sir Hercules, Roue's darn, 2 yrs •••••• 7 0 GOODWOOD RACES. Goodwood Stakes.—Several very heavy bets have been made on Alfred, Mic Mac, liornsea, and Toothill, at 10 to 1 each. It promises to be one of the heaviest betting handicaps ever known. CURRAGH JUNE MEETING.—WWD:VXSD 4 I '. The Champagne Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three years old ; colts, Bst. 41b ; fillies, Bst. Three Year Old Course. Second horse to save his stake. Captain Gambell's b. c. Strongbow , Wynne 1 Colonel Westenra's Bonti Bok 2 Mr. Dickson's The Wizard Sweepstakes of 10 sous., h. ft., with 25 added. Conolly's mile. Second horse to save his stake. Mr. Hunter's Honest Ned, 4 yrs Wynne I Mr. Knox's Zora, 5 yrs... .............................................. 2 Three others started, but were not placed. Challenge of the Kirwan Stakes of 50 sous. each, 5 sovs. ft. Poet on the Flat. .ave's b. f. Gipsy, 4 yrs, ist. 101 b......... walked over. Lord Mul; CRICKETING. The grand annual match with the Royal Amateur Society of Cricketers came off on Wednesday last at Hampton Court green; the players being selected by Mr. Hodge, the celebrated bowler, of Mile-end, and Mr. Banks, of the Old Canonbury Club. The following particulars will best show the state of the game, and the respective merits of each party, the affair being well contested, and at the conclusion Mr. Hodge's side was left in the minority by eight runs. The interest created during the entre and exit of the last wickets was exceedingly amusing, and afforded a wide field for fun and j ocularit y , owin g to the anxiety on the part of Mr. Hodge's partisans to win the match if possible, Mr. H. having been defeated on the previous anniversary; but, however, the affair terminated otherwise, and quite contrary to their expectations. Messrs. Ashby and Smith, of Marylebone Ground, were the umpires, and their decision gave general satisfaction. Messrs. Byron and Gooc . were the scorers, whose attention and accuracy were equally approved of. --- PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY. —The Anniver sary Dinner of this Society took place yesterday, at the Lon don T avern , Bishopsgate-strcet. A highly respectable com pany of about 150 gentlemen sat down to an excellent din ner; the Right Honourable Sir La uncelot Shadwell, Vice- Chancellor of England, in the chair. The funds of the society were stated to be in a healthy condition, and the sub scriptions of the evening amounted to 1681. 12s. Altogether the most cheering prospects appeared to be presented, and the company departed at a very late hour, apparently highly gratified by the result of the evening's proceedings. The crops in this neighbourhood have all im proved very much within the last ten days, and in most. si tuations the wheat looks well, though backward ; the oats seem fast recovering the attack of and the seeds are good in gener a l. The trifolium incarnatunt now in full flower. Turnip sowing is going on well ; the fallows work well, and though the harvest must he backward, there is at present no reason why there should 110 t 43 AYffai,te crop.— Brighton Gazette. - SPAIN. SAN SEBASTIAN, JUNE 6. Yesterday the officers of the British Legion gave a farewell dinner to General Evans. This banquet was celebrated under a large tent, or awning, placed on the spot just outside the land-gate of the town, where the cannon taken from the enemy on the sth of May, I 836, are deposited. A guard of honour ofSpanili troops was stationed outide ; and an excellent band played national aits at i n tervals. The whale arrange r- ments, which were excellent, were made under the supe intendence of Colonel Sloane, commandant of the town, Dr. Davis, staff-surgeon of the Legion, and Captain Burn, pay master, unattached. These gentlemen were, in fact, the stewards ; and the manner in which they performed this friendly duty called forth the praises of the whole of the party. General Chichester presidcd as chairman, and was a most worthy and dignified representative of the body of officers who were assembled to pay a last tribute of respect to their General. After General Evans's health had been drunk with enthu siasm, he rose to return thanks. He spoke at considerable length, alluding to the circumstances under which the Legion had been raised and embarked for this country. He entered into a concise history of its career, its moral sufferings, and its gallant deportment on the numerous occasions in which it had encountered the enemy. With regard to the acrimonious attacks on their countrymen, who were fighting for the cause of constitutional liberty in Spain, made by the Ultra-Tories in England, the latter had brought themselves into the deserved contempt of all right-minded persons by the calumnies they had propagated; their assertions had been proved to be utterly unfounded and unworthy of notice. The Duke of Wellington (said General Evans), in speaking of the Legion n t House of Lords, had expressed him self with that generos i ty he h by whic his lefty mind was always guided when speaking of' others ; nevertheless, he had declared that the British Auxiliary Legion ;iad proved injurious to the Queen of Spain's cause, for that it has; pot made any progress any way in a military point of view. Tinese remarks were made soon after the 16th of March. He regictted that his Grace had not since adverted t o w hat su bsequently occurred, when the British Legion did undoubtedly make considerable military progress. lie also regretted that, though what that 111at41rieus personage said was justly considered as law in military matters, by genie lapse of memory he seemed to have forgotten that a similar eherge might be made against himself with regard to two whale years after he commenced operation; ir; the Peninsula. From 1808 to 1810, although the Duke of Weilleotha had achieved many glorious triumphs, nevertheless ha was lifteriferdo ob liged to retire to his lines of Torres Vedette, where, in addi tion to the space occupied by the immense force mulct' his command, his Grace bad, perhaps, about as much ground left " as would feed a rabbit." Did the 1-Juke's career of success commence even in 1810? No, it was still merlon' h 7 vicissitudes. The struggle continued fur four years, arid it was only in 1813 and 1814 that it was brought to a successful conclusion. The General said that he should ever watch over the inte rests of the Legion lately under his command, and those of the new force about to be constituted. Both in and out of Parliament he would be vigilant for their welfare. He ex pressed himself with the utmost affection with regard to the officers and men ; and especially spoke of the junior officers, and of their merits ; stating that if in the course of his coin :mend he had hastily said anything that might have pained any of them —involuntary on his part—be was sorry for it ; and begged of them to bo assured of the high regard he enter tained for them. General Chichester spoke several times with great effect. At the close of a speech in which lie expressed his own feel ings of respect to General Evans, and those of the Legion, he handed to the latter a list of the names of two hundred of the officers who had subscribed to present him with a piece of plate. Commodore Lord John Hay; Colonel Wylde, his Majes ty's Commissioner ; Colonel Owen, commanding the Royal Marines ; Count Mirasol ; Admiral Canas, the Spanish Na val Commander on this coast ; General Jaureguy ; the French Consul ; Senor Collado, the Alnalde of San Sebastian ; and Senor Brunels, his Britannic Majesty's Consul, were the distinguished guests invited to meet General Evans. Lord John Hay spoke in the highest terms of the General, as he has done at all times, and especially at two dinners lately given by General Evans, and on the occasion now spoken of. His Lordship, alluding to the co-operation of the force under his orders, said. the British navy would always do its duty through good report and evil report ; that his guide in all his proceedings was his instructions from the Ad miralty. His Lordship spoke highly of the British Legion and of its officers. Colonel Wylde spoke in the same spirit of respect for Ge neral Evans and for the Legion. Colonel Owen, commanding the Royal Marines, eulogised the bravery and humanity of the Legion, Is hich were so con spicuous at the late taking of Irun. He said the barbarity of the Carlists towards their companions who had fallen into the hands of the Pretender's troops would have justified any seve rity ; and, that it would have been but a just retaliation if, after the place had been taken, it had been razed to the ground, and on the ruins a monument had been raised, with the inscription, " Here once stood Irun." Several of our countrymen, priso ners, were shot there by the barbarous Governor 'Lora. The French Consul spoke in the highest terms of General Evans, thanking him for the constant kindness he and all his countrymen had received from him during the period lie had commanded the army of Cantabria. The meeting broke up at about ten o'clock in the evening, and I suppose there never was a public dinner after which the guests separated under such friendly and harmonious feelings. This morning, at eight o'clock, General Evans embarked on board the James Watt for Socoa, on his way to England. The Spanish regiment of La Princesa was sent in from Hernani to form a guard of honour; it marched down to the mole, with its band playing a fine martial air. It there was drawn up. Shortly afterwards General Evans walked down, dressed in plain clothes. He was accompanied by Lord John Hay, Colonel Wylde, Count Mirasol, Admiral Canas, Gene ral Fitzgerald, General O'Connell, General Jaureguy, seve ral of the first inhabitants, and the authorities of San Sebastian. The Spanish troops received him with the highest military honours. The Spanish Admiral's barge was in attendance to convey him to the James Watt ; arid, after taking an affec tionate leave of all who attended him to the place of embarka tion, he went into the Admiral's barge, accompanied by Ad miral Canas, Lord John Hay, Count Mirasol, General Jau reguy, and by the officers of the General's own staff. A sa lute was fired from the castle and from the walls of the town. As soon as the General got on board, the James Watt got under weigh, the distinguished officers just mentioned returning in the Admiral's barge. I will only add, that General Evans returns to his coun try accompanied by the respect and hearty good wishes of the officers and men who have been under his command, and of the inhabitants of San Sebastian, who sincerely regret his departure. No man ever had a more arduous task to perform than has fallen to the lot of General Evans during the last two years. He has had every difficulty to encounter. His personal high qualities are recorded in the respect, and I may say affection, by which he Was greeted on his departure, and by the strong attachment of his personal staff, and of all who had the happiness of being near him. A meeting of officers of the Legion took place yesterday forenoon, for the purpose of ascertaining what was their po sition as to their arrears of pay. Colonel Wylde attended as one of die Royal Commissioners for arranging the forma tion of a new Legion. He assured the officers that Govern ment were, to his best belief, making every effort to keep faith with the officers ; that he had that morning received dispatches from his Excellency Mr. Villiers at Madrid, in which it was stated that on the following day 20,0001. would be sent hither towards the payment of the officers' arrears; that more would, lie doubted not, soon arrive, to. gether with good negotiable bills ; and that every effort would be made by the British Ambassador to accelerate the providing the needful funds. In short, Colonel Wylde hopes as completely satisfied the officers. Colonel gave such ho O'Connell, who is to eernmarill the new Legion, sad that un less the old Legion was satisfactorily settled with by the 30th instant, he should decline the command, inasmuch as, if the Government could not settle an old contract, it was not to be supposed they could fulfil a new one. Recruiting for the new Legion is going on as favourably as could have been expected. To-day that for the Lancers and Royal Artillery commenced. Those corps will be fully com pleted, according to all appearance. The Rifles, of which Colonel Wooldridge, late aide-dc-camp to General Evans, is to be commander, are likewise fast filling up. Within the last few days an officer an-I seventeen privates have come over from the faction, with their arms. It ap pears that the Chapelgorris have divided themselves into small parties, which traverse the hills, and endeavour to pounce upon any stragglers between Oyarzun, Irun, &c. They surprised and took prisoners the other day three men belonging to the Spanish Marine Battalion, who were coming from Oyarzun. this On the other hand, th e owners of' farms and the peasantry are returning i so og that t o fieldshomes, svlte neighbourhood re p r r e u ote r c e t t ion, with agricultural labourers cultiv a ti ng the soil ; whilst the roads and by-paths are once more traversed by numbers of women, bringing provisions, vegetables, &c., to San Sebas tian market, which is now well and cheaply supplied. The Carlist General commanding in this province has sent proposals by flag of truce for the exchange of the p riso ners taken at Irun and Fontarabia. The former went to Corinna liv in the Isabel 11., which vessel has returned after de • ering them up safely. General Chichester left this morning for France. He pro. ceeds by land to Pau, where I believe his family are at present I residing. Mr. Charles Kemble's theatrical property was sold on Thursday by auction. The following will afford an idea of the prices the property sold for :—A handsome dress suit for Lord Townley, with silk velvet breeches and gold tissue waistcoat, 28s. ; a Faulconbridge's second dress, a magnifi cent suit of armour, 275. ' • Othello's dress of silk velvet, most splendidly work e d w ith silver tissue, and shawl, 12s. ; Leices ter's dress, a fancy suit, most expensively enriched with beads and gold lace, in satin and velvet, with a magnificent satin cloak to correspond, 3/.105., costinz originally, we believe, the suns of 50/. A wardrobe, originally the property of S:r Walter Scott, and rendered doubly interesting by a lyrical remembrance of its v'sluable services, written by Sir Walter, and presented with the chest, was bought at 23 guineas. The hay and corn harvests may be expected this year to follow close upon each other, if, in fact, they do not become intermixed. Time was when people of fashion went to Vaux hall by water, and deemed this mob of convey3uce as con stitui.l6d a rno.in feature m the pleasure of the trip. Now, however, the practice is etplfAcrl e a§ tOO ungenteel for high and low, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1837 r INTERVIEW BETWEEN GENERAL BUGEAUD AND THE EMIR ABDEL KADER. It is much more difficult to negociate with the Arabs than to conquer them when they have accepted a battle. The subtlety of their minds, their habitual diffidence in their intercourse with Christians, a thousand religious prejudices, narrow ideas of nationality, the necessity of negotiating through intermediate persons, have contributed towards multiplying obstacles and raising difficulties at every stage Nevertheless, the able firmness of General Bugeaud, backed by an imposing attitude, ultimately triumphed over all those impediments, and after much coming and going between the two camps, the treaty was brought to him, with the Enir% seal, not his signature, for the Arabs never sign. General Bugeaud then caused an interview to be pro posed to Abdel Kader for next day, at three leagues from the French camp, and six or seven from that of the Arabs. The proposal was accepted without hesitation; General I3ugeaud repaired next day, at nine, A.M., to the sp o t agreed upon, with six battalions, his artillery and cavalry. It was the first time that he was to meet the Arab Chief tain a pacific manner. The scene could not fail to be of a most dramatic description. General Bugeaud, and the officers who bad accompanied him, found not the Emir at the rendezvous. The delay was naturally accounted for by the greater distance of the latter's camp. No anxiety was, therefore, felt. Five hours elapsed without anybody ar riving—without any sign of the Arab Chieftain's advance. At \ length, towards two, v.M., several Arabs successively came up, with whom the French General had communi cated on the preceding days—some bringing excuses— otheri dilatory pretences, At length a messenger arrived, who urged General Bugcaud to advance a little, adding that it could not be long before he met Abdel Kader, It w as about five o'clock, The General wishing to conduct the troops to the camp, and to conclude all on that day determined on advancing, followed by his staff ! Aftery a march of above 4 n how withotit meeting the Emir, Gen Bugeaud at length perceived the Arab P"'- rat . ...Li) , at the bottom of a valley, drawn up in rather good o rd er up on var i ous hills in such a manner as to exhibit itself to advantage. At that moment the Chief of the Oulassahs tribe, Bouhamedy, OM to him, to tell him that Abdel Kader was close by, upon a declivity, and that he would conduct him to the Emir. The General and his escort were amidst the enemy's ad vanced posts, and if any alarm had been felt, to retreat would have been useless. Besides, Gen. Bugeaud felt perfectly safe i but some s.igns of hesitation having been manifested about him the Kaybyle observed to him, " Quiet yourself, have ,o fear," " I fear nothing," replied the General," I am accus tomed to see you ; but it is indecorous on the part of thy Chi, f to make me wait so long, and come so far." " He is there, you will presently see him." Another march of about a quarter of an hour was, how ever, necessary. At length the Emir's escort was seen ad vancing on the side of the little band at the head of which General Bugeaud marched. Its aspect was imposing ; it included between 1.50 and 200 Marabout chiefs, of a re markable personal appearance, which their majestic costumes further improved. They were all mounted upon magnifi cent horses, which they managed with great elegance and dexterity. Abdel Bader himself was some steps in advance, riding a beautiful black horse, which he managed with pro digious dexterity ; at one time he raised his fore legs from the ground ; at another he made him walk on his hind legs. Several Arabs of his household held the stirrups, the flips of his bornous, and even the tail of his horse. To avoid the slowness of a ceremonial, and let him see see that no apprehension was felt, General Bugeaud gal lopped immediately to him, and, after asking whether he was Abdel Kader, tendered him cavalieremenl his hand, which the Emir took and twice pressed. The latter then asked him how he did ? " Very well," replied the General, putting the same question to him ; and to shorten all those preliminaries usually very long among the Arabs, he _in vited him to alight from his horse in order to converse more conveniently. The Emir got off his horse, and sat down, without urging the General to do the same. The General then sat down by him, without ceremony. The band, wholly composed of shrill hautboys, then began playing in such a manner as to prevent the conversation from proceeding. General Bugeaud beckoned it to be silent. It ceased, and the conversation commenced. Abdel Kader is pale ; he resembles the portrait tradition ally given of our Saviour. His mouth is large ; his teeth badly set and not very white ; his eyes and beard of a ches nat-colour ; his skull is well developed. His countenance altogether expresses a devotion slightly affected. His cos tume does not differ from that of the most vulgar Arabs ; at least on that day his garments were dirty, coarse, and three-fourths worn out. " Knoweth thou," said General Bugeaud, " that few Generals would have dared to conclude the treaty I have concluded with thee. I have not feared to aggrandize thee and increase thy power, because I am as sured that thou wilt use the great estate we give thee but to improve the condition of the Arab nation and maintain it in peace and activity with France." " I thank thee," replied Abdel Kader, " for thy good feelings towards me ; if it please God I shall render the Arabs happy, and if peace be ever disturbed it shall he no fault of mine." " Upon that point I have given security for thee to the King of the French." " Thou bast incurred no risk in doing so ; we have a religion and manners which oblige us to keep our word ; I have never broken mine." " I trust in that, 'and it is on that account that I tender to thee my private friendship." .4 1 accept thy friendship, but let the French take care not to listen to intriguers !" " The French suffer themselves to be led by nobody, and it is not some isolated actions, done by indivi duals, that can disturb the peace ; for that the inexecution of the treaty or some great act of hostility would be re quisite. As for the guilty acts of private individuals, we shall apprise one another of them, and reciprocally chas tise th em ." "It is very well ; thou bast only to apprise me, and the offenders shall be punished." " I recommend to thee the Couiouglis who may remain at Tlemesen."— " Thou mayest be quiet about them ; they shall be treated like the Hadars. But thou bath promised to put the Douers into the Haifa country."—" The Hafra country would, perhaps, be insufficient ; but they shall be stationed so as not to injure the maintenance of peace." " Hath thou," resumed the General, "ordered the Com mercial intercourse at Algiers, and round all our towns, to be restored'?"—" No, but 1 shall do so the moment thou shalt base restored Tlemecen to me."---' Thou knoweth well that I cannot restore Tlemecen before the treaty be approved of by my King."—" Thou hath, there fore, not the power to treat ?"—" I have it, but the treaty must he approved of. It is necessary for thy guarantee, for were it made by me only, another General suc ceeding to me might annul it, vt hilst, being sanctioned by my King, my successor must maintain it."—" If thou restorsth not Tlemecen to me as thou bath promised in the treaty, I see not the necessity of makin g peace ; it Will b e but a truce."—" That's true ; this may be but a truce, but it is thou that gaineth by it ; for while it lasts I shall not de stroy the crops."—" Thou may'st dt stroy them, that's all the sante to us, and now that we have made peace I shall give thee a writ ten permission ts destoy all that thou liketh ; thou can'st destroy but a very small portion, and the Arabs arc in no want of grain."—" I believe the Arabs do not all think like thee ; for I see that they much wish for peace, and some of them have thanked me for having respected the crops between the Schika and this, accor ding to my promise to Amady-Sakal." Abdel Kader dis dainfully smiled, and then asked what time was necessary to have the French King's approbation? " Three weeks." That's a very long time."—" Thou risketh nothing ; I alone can lose by it." His Khaliff, Ben-Harach, who had just approached, then said . to the General—" Three weeks is too long a time ; we must not wait above ten or fifteen days."—" Doti' thou rule the sea ?" replied the General. " Well, in that case," resumed Abdel Kader, " we shall re-establish commercial relations only after the arrival of the King's approbation, and when peace shall be finally. concluded. It is to thy countrymen that thou doeth the greatest injury, for thou depriveth them of trade which they want, and we can do without it, since we receive by sea all that we want." The General deemed it not advisable to insist more on the point. He asked whether the detachment which he had left at Tlemecen might come and join him in safety at Oran, to which Abdel Kader replied in the affirmative. The General had risen, but the Emir remained seated, with a look denoting some pretension to making the French Ge neral stand before him. But it lasted not long. The Ge neral told him, sans peon, that when he (the General) rose the other party must do the same, and, without waiting for an answer, he took him by the hand, smiling, and raised him from the ground, to the great astonishment of the Arabs, who stared, and no doubt thought the act an pea kale. The Emir's hand is a pretty one, but small and weak, and the man himself appears not very robust. It was late ; Abdel Kader and General Bugeaud took leave of one another and parted, the former being saluted by the acclamations and joyful shouts of his numerous es cort, which were majestically echoed along the hills, and re iterated by his whole army. At that moment a long and violent thunderclap was heard, the multiplied echoes of which added to the imposing scene. The corlcge shud dered, cries of admiration were raised, and the troops brought along with the General were joined, amidst con versations upon the Arab chieftain and the beautiful scene just beheld—a scene which can never be forgotten by these who witnessed it. Eye-witnesses rate at near ten thousand horse the arms , of Abdel Kader, which was concentrated at a great deptii from the foot to the summit of the hills, scattered about the valley, along a line of above half a league. But it pre sento gre4 vestiges of 4n organiaatiog Ar without which numbers are nothing in war, General Bugeaud found his little corps which he had left above a league .in the rear, rather uneasy about his adven turous expedition, 4 .0 already who he re-appeared with his escort, it was agitated whether it would not be proper to advance, in order to support him.—Monitcur. IMPERIAL ?ARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, ..k.vz 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the „ Noulsack at Five o'clock, the several pri vatOe On the Bills (m motion o the ta of Lord le wereS I-I advanced E T ES a B r:, Y stage, and the Royal Military Canal Bill was read a Nu', time. Mr. BERNAL, a.nd other Ment l '. - crs of the House of Commons, brought up the Charity Commis:,ioners Am en d men t Bill. Viscount MELBOURNE - gave notice that he would pre sent the BriAol petition, referred t o th e ot h er n i g h t, on M onday. _ _ SMALL DEBTS (SCOTLAND)-BILL. On the motion of Lard ROSEBER I' the report on this Bill was brought up and received, MUNICIPAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Commons 11. , d made ceitain amendments on their Lordships' amendments to this Bill, and, as he did not anticipate any opposition to it, he moved that the amendments of the Commons be agreed to. Lord WY NFOR D said that he dissented from the amend ment of the Commons which provided that the person rated to the greatest amount of poor-rates should preside at elections where the boroughs were divided into wards. He contended that the election should be decided by the majority of the votes of councillors.. He, therefore, moved that the clause should be altered to that, The LORD CHANCE LL OR said that the Commons had conwicd a great deal in another clause, and no doubt, if they altered the clause, now under discussion, they did so reluc tantly. He thought that the clause as altered by the Com mons would work better than if amended as proposed by the Noble and Learned Lord, whose scheme was impracticable H e hoped that the Bill would not be lost this s"- such an objection.—( Hear.) Lord ABINGER supported ti — same as had been adopted -,arnettument, which was the the ':,ouse of Commons in ano ther case. _.....0n upon The T - IN •-• 44 0 t.; ti ANC ELL 0 R said that the clause would proVide for the case in which the number of Councillors was equal, which would nut be provided fur if the amendment were agreed to ; for the original clause gave to the person the highest rated the casting vote where there was an equality of votes. After some further conversation, in which Lord ABINGER and Lord NV YN FOR I) took part, the House divided, when there appeared-- For the amendment 63 Against it B4 Majority The LORD CH A NCE LLOR then moved that the amend ment of the Commons to the 20th clause, in reference to the costs in municipal actions, should be agreed to. Lord ABINGER said he could not accede to the altera tion ; he thought that the costs should be taxed as between attorney and client, and not as between party and party. He thought, therefore, that the amendment of their Lordships should stand. The LORD CHANCELLOR defended the amendment of the Ceramons. The House then divided, when the numbers were— Contents Non-contents • 80 Oa claus e s 144 ati d la j l o 4 r s i t , y The amendment was consequent l y carr i e d . The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the House do agree to the amendments of the House of Commons. The clauses related to the expenditure of the Corporations. The Duke of \VELLINGTON said that it was provided that the different Corporations should make a statement each year of all moneys received and expended on account of the borough, such statement to be prepared in such form and man ner as the Secretary of State should direct. These statements were public documents, and it was his opinion that they should be audited in the most formal manner. That was the opinion of the House generally on the former occasion, but he would not now press the point. Lord BROUGHAM could not help regretting that the Noble Duke did not intend to press his amendment; for he believed that it was the universal opinion of the House that the amendment of the Noble Duke was a great improvement. He trusted, however, that his Majesty's Government would introduce some measure to eff?ct the desirable object of a sa tisfactory audit of these accounts. A Committee was then appointed, to draw up thcir Lord ships' reasons for adhering to their amendments. Oa the motion for bringing up the report on the Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill, The Earl of WICKLOW moved an amendment in the Bth clause, to the effect that if the Grand Jury should fail to pre sent the sum mentioned in the certificate, the Court (the Judges of Assize) should have the power to make an order, directing the sum mentioned to he raised and levied. The Marquis of LANSDO\VNE would put it to the House whether, to effect the purpose desired by the Noble Earl, their Lordships would postpone the relief which this Bill was in tended to confer. -29 Lord BROUGHAM really hoped the Noble Earl would re-consider his amendment The Earl of WICKLOW observed that it was his intention, on a subsequent occasion, should his first amendment be car ried, to move the omission of certain words, so as to leave to the Grand Jury no option in the matter. Lord FITZG ERALD should feel bound, if the Noble Earl pressed his amendment, to give his vote in its favour ; but at the same time he should do so with regret, inasmuch as he had himself withdrawn certain amendments, which he con sidered of greater importance than the present, from an ap prehension that they might have the effect of defeati,g alto gether the measure,' which was certainly necessary. The Marquis of WESTMEATH trusted that his Noble Friend would not persist in his amendment. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY expressed the same After a few words from Lord Ellenborough, Lord Brougham, and the Marquis of Lansdowne, The Earl of WICKL 0 W had entered that House with a determination to persist in his amendment, the expediency of which he still maintained ; and now that he bad been induced by the observations of his Noble Friends to withdraw that amendment, he felt in some respect degraded in so doing—he felt that he was rendering himself a party to the insult which was offered by part of this Bill to the magistracy of Ireland. H e was not, however, willing to take upon himself the respon sibility of pressing his opinion against that which had been so generally expressed. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the report was received. • ____ The Belfast Harbour Bill was read a third time, and passed. Lord GLENELG moved the second reading of ti.e East India Officers' Salaries 13il! ; and after a few observations from Lord Ellenborough, in condemnation of the measure, the motion u•as agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Ju.vic 16. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Several returns were presented pursuant to order. METROPOLITAN CEMETERY BILL. Mr. 'l'. DUNCO MB E moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL presented several petitions against the Bill. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition signed by 6,000 of the inhabitants of Lo . -,don against the Bill. M r . DUNCOMBE, in Loving the third reading of the Bill, wished to set the House right with respect to the real object of the measure. In his (Mr. liuncombe's) opinion, there never was in the annals of private Bills so much misrepresentation as there had been with respect to this measure. From those misrepresentations the public had formed an opinion that the object of the Bill was to deprive them of those places of public recreation, Primrose Hill and Hampstead Heath, which they had enjoyed from time immemorial.—( Hear, hear.) Primrose Hill, which, no doubt, lion. Members and the public had an affection for, was, it was said, to become a church•yard, and the public to be excluded from it. There never was a more unfounded statement—a statement made for the purpose of sisle.ading the public, and to further the ends of other rival Cemetery Companies. He trusted that the House would do Lim the justice to believe that, if there were any provision in the Bill which at all sought to deprive the public of the pri vileges which they at present possessed, that lie would be the last to call upon that House to read such a measure a third time, or give it any support whatever.—(llear, hear.) The object of the Bill was to establish a Cemetery in the pariah of St. John, Hampstead. At present it stood in the Bill the parish of St. John, Hampstead and Marylcbone. That had been inserted, because part of the Chalfont estate, which be longed to Eton College, was in that parish. The Bill, how ever, as he understood it, proposed to confine itself entirely within the parish of Hampstead. Eton College had offered to sell to the Company 93 acres of the Chalfont estate if they thought proper to buy it, and that College had at the present moment power to cover Primrose Hill and the whole Of the Chalfont estate with buildings, upon leases of ninety-nine years. So much for any sacrifices that might be made of Primrose-hill. If they were committed, it must be under the Act of Parliament passed in 1826, by which the whole of Primrose-hill might, if Eton College thought proper, be coveriid with houses. They were willing, after the third reading, to insert those memorable words, "or any part thereof,"if the House should think fit. It must be clear to every one who had read the Bill that Primrose-hill would be excepted from the operation of this Bill ; but almost all the other Cemetery Bills that had passed the House had at that moment the power to take Primrose-hill; there fore the present Bill was the only Bill that could not take Primrose-hill. There never was representation so false, or clamour so senseless, as that which had been raised against this measure. The London Cemetery Company last year ob tained three Bills for Cemeteries, one in Kent, one in Surrey, and one in Middlesex ; and by the Bill for establishing a Cemetery in Middlesex, they had the power of establishing a Cemetery in St. Pancras, or any of the parishes adjoining thereto. There was another Bill that had passed the House, called the West London Cemetery Bill ; and that Bill had the power of establishing a Cemetery in any place within ten miles of Hyde-park corner. The real secret of the opposi tion to this Bill was this. The whole of this unjustifiable, unjust, and, he would almost say, dishonest, opposition to the Bill, was entirely. got up by a few interested individuals who were trying to defeat it, because they knew it would establish a competition which they were extremely afraid of encountering. -The promoters of the preseqt Bill proposed to build a church or chapel within the neighbourhood, one-fourth of the sittings in which were to be appropriated to the poor. The chapels attached . to all the other Cemeteries were entirely confined to the performance of the burial service ; but this was to be a church in aid of the parish-church of I lampstead. He men tioned this, because a representation had been made by the Church Commissioners, that many individuals who were living in the parish of Hampsteact bad •-• • about two miles before they could 0, ins:•", g ° a church, and therefore this proposed church or chapel would be of great convenience to them. Ile was radt the individual who intro duced the Bill into the House. The Bill was read a first and second time by the Hon. Member for Marylebone. Ile was in the chair at the time it passed through the Committee when the Hon. Member for Marylebone voted for the preamble of the Bill, and he proposed a proviso, which wa, cemented to by the Committee, excepting Primrose Hill, for the operation of this measure. Ile could not understand. on what r*round the Hon, Member for Abrylebone should move the postponement of the third leading , of this Bill for three months. Looking at the proceedings of the Committee, and considering that that Hon. Member was the individual who had introduced the Bill, he hoped and trusted the House would assist him ( Mr. D.) in rescuing- the Hon. Member for Marylebone from so unjust and inconcistent an act as that of slavimi, as he wished to do, his own offspring. —( Hear, hear, 1 and laughter. ) Mr. HUM E said the petition which his lion. Friend the Member for Cockermouth had just presented was signed by 6,000 of his ( Mr. ll's. ) constituents, who had requested him to state the grounds on which he opposed the present Bill. It was quite true that the Hon. Member for Marylebone had given the notice stated by the lion. Member for Finsbury ; but, in consequence pf the examination of witnesses which had taken place, fhe Honourable Member had requested him to make the motion, and he thought he had exercised sound discretion in not moving the amendment.- He had no interest whatever in the mea;e- War ) nut as the repre -,:n interested in having the _ which from time immemorial had .- Gs a place of recreation. Ile believed that at the Ante of the great plague in London the people had encamped on the Chalfont estate, the Lir being mare pure there than in London. That had been a place of usual resort for the in- habitants of London, and it might be at all times seen covered with a large population. Within the last two years a Cemetery had been established at Highgate, and another about 500 yards from where it was intended to establish the present. If the present Bill was carried it would have the effect of shutting up those common fields to which the people of London had always had access, as it was intended by it to enclose Primr,:se-Lill almost down to the reservoir in the sentative of those who were ground preserved t , •' been ❑scud Regent's-park. The House had resolved, that wherever it was practicable, places of amusement and recreation should be provided for the working classes in the neighbourhood of large towns; and he (Mr. Ilume) regretted that the House had been counted out a few nights since, when he intended to sub mit a motion for an address to the Crown to purchase that pro perty for the use of the public. Under these circumstances, he trusted the House would agree to the amendment he was about to propose, which was, that the Bill be read a third time that day three months. Mr. WILKS seconded the amendment. He had no personal interest in the matter any more than the Honourable Member for Middlesex ; but however desirable it might be that there should be Cemeteries established in the neighbour hood of the metropolis, the House should take care that they did not go too far, and it appeared to him that they would be doing so if they acceded to the present Bill. There had been not less than 470 acres of land appropriated for Ce meteries in London within the last few years, and that would be found, according to the calculations that had been made, quite adequate to the wants of the po pulation of London for two thousand years.— ( Hear, hear.) Sir S. WH ALLEY said no person had been placed in a more painful situ tion than himself, because he had endea voured to discharge his duty to the public and his constituents. No one would venture to say that he had been actuated by other motives than those of consideration for the welfare, health, and happiness of his constituents, whose interests were about to be sacrificed to private speculation. He was de lighted to find that his Hon. Friend the Member for Middle sex was about to move, so that the grounds might be secured to the public—(Cries of " Hear")—and he hoped the House would agree to the amen dment, otherwise the grounds would be given into the hands of private speculators, and the public would be deprived a that enjoyment which they were now entitled to. _ ..... Mr. AG L I ONB Y said he had other objections to the mea sure than any which bad been vet stated to the House. He hoped that his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume) would be enabled to carry his intention into effect.—( Hear.) His objection was upon technical grounds; and he wished to know whether a Bill conferring suc!i extensive powers was to be brought in and passed without any notice having been given to any party.—( Hear, hear.) He was aware that Cemetery Bills did not require notices ; but this Bill gave most extraor dinary powers. For instance, in the o:iginal Bill there were clauses which empowered the Company to take any grounds in Middlesex within ten miles of London. Not only so, but they were empowered to be a trading Company in land, being empowered to grant leases of the 230 acres they were entitled to take for 99 years, but they were further empowered to take land anywhere else, so that they did not, at any time, hold more than two hundred end thirty acres.—( Hear.) These were extraordinary clauses, and he believed such extensive powers had never before been sought. He contended that under the principles of the Standing Orders notice should have been given. Now by the original Bill the Company had the power of enclosing Hampstead-heath.— ( Cries from Mr. Duneonibe of " No, no.") He would say " Yes, yes." Now by the Standing Orders for enclosing and improv ing lands, no person could bring in a Bill for such a purpose without notice. The Hon. Member for Finsbury had referred to former Bills, and said that the House was re fusing to this Company what it had granted to others. That remark might be worthy of some attention, but it was no rot - LT son because the House had committed one absurdity that it should commit another. Until his attention had been called the other day to it, he was not aware that such a monstrous power as a roving commission had been given in any Bill. In four other Bills of a similar nature to the present, actual contracts had been made for the purchase of the lands, which course he contended ought to be adopted in the present Bill, and that course not being adopted, he trusted the House would reject the Bill. By the Bill, although there was not a direct there was an indirect power to enclose foot-paths. He had no hostility to this particular Bill, provided Hampstead-heath and Primrose-hill were protected ; but whenever he saw a, measure with such extraordinary provisions as the present he should oppose it. Mr. C. BULLER deprecated any discussion with regard to the Standing Orders at the present stage of the Bill. The Bill gave no compulsory powers to take land. It merely in corporated the Company ; and so far from including Primrose hill, it enacted that it should not be touched. Supposing that it even did include Primrose-hill, he put it to the House whe ther it would not be better to have the place as a Cemetery than covered with houses. Mr. WAKLE Y would only say the people looked to this question with a very strong and earnest feeling. Primrose hill was the Hyde- park of the working classes.—( Hear, hear.) He would ask Hon. Members, how would they feel if a propo sition were made to make a Cemetery of Hyde-park ?—( Hear.) What would be their decision? NVhy, they would decide against such a proposition the moment it was made to the House. He called on them, therefore, to act with reference to the working classes exactly as they would act with reference to the aristocracy, and not to give the Company the power of making a Cemetery in the Hyde-park of the working people. From 10,000 to 14,000 persons attended there on holidays. It had been proposed to purchase Primrose-hill, hut that was anticipating a question which they had no right to do, be cause it might be a question, whether Eton-college had the right to enclose that place.—( Hear, hear.) Ile must say it would be cruel awl neglectful of the interests of the working classes to support the present measure. ( Hear, hear.) He believed the Bill would be rejected by the House. He was sorry to see his lion. Colleague engaged in such a cause, because he knew that no man entertained a kindlier feeling, towards the mass of the population.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) He believed that he had been deceived by interested parties, and he (Mr. Wakley) believed that by and by his Hon. Colleague %%mild be one of the first to rejoice at the re jection of the measure by the House.—( Hear.) After a few words from Mr, A NGERVIEIN, Mr. DUNCOM BE replied. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the third reading Agianst it Majority . The Bill is, consequently, lost. • On the motion of Mr. aH A LMER S, the Report of the Nairn's Estate Bill was further considered, and ordered to be read a third time. -65 wriuld have been saved by that means. He trusted that the Home, if it was any gratification to the parties who had spent the • money, would allow their sober judgment to be the mat ter of consideration. If it should turn out that this plan was the worst, why the House would be informed of that fact by the report of the engineer. Captain PEC'HEI.I, ex plait; ed. HOPE sail it was important the House should know before th. , y referred the matter to the engineer, whether the parties interidej to travel over new ground, or whether the lilies could be j , ,ined together in such a manner as not to travel over land, the map and plan of which had not been de posited.—( Hear.) M. P. TH 0 APSON did not conceive it was possible for the engineer to go into the consideration of any other line than the lino already referred to him. He understood the motion was that the engineer should be at liberty to inspect the plans, the parties iti tending toget oneline compounded out of the other lines. On !bat understanding be had no objectio❑ to the mot'.on, and should give it his zuppoi 5. lie considered this a t .e, like the other case, as simply the means of afford,ng - information to the House for its guide with rev,' 2.et to one line or the other. The motion was thet :. ~„ r eed to 'A ithout a division. Mr. FA ZAK:.1.7:1;,L EY' brought up a further report from the Poor Committee. CHURCH ,LEASES. Mr. A. TREVOR SV RS desirousof asking the Noble Lord opposite whether Monday was positively the day on which the Noble Lard intended to nominate the Committee on Church Leases ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL had stated yesterday that he would bring it on on Monday. Mr. TREVOR then renewed the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Member for Lincoln for Nlonday next upon that sub ject.---( Hear, and a laugh.) On the motion of Lord SANDON the Liverpool Improve ment Bill was read a third time and passed. COLLIER DOCKS. Captain ALS AG E R moved an extension of time for the Center Docks Committee to make their report, till Monday next. Mr. HAWES had been instructed to oppose the-applica tion, inasmuch a it renewed powers granted fourteen or fifteen yez:rs ago to several Companies, and which cut through the Kennington Common, one of the few places in the neighbour hood of London open to the putlic. After a few words from Mr. BARN ARD, Mr. WI LKS hoped the Hon. Member for Lambeth would withdraw his opposition. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from Roscommon against the Bill for dissolving the Agricultural Bank cf Ireland. On the motion of Mr. HUNIPHREY, the South London Market Bill was read a third time, and passed. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, Stc. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Registration of Births nod Marriages Bill was one which much pressed ; he would therefore take the liberty of moving the third reading, in order that it might be sent up for the consderation of the other House. Mr. GOULBURN protested against such a Bill being enacted. It was so complex in its character, that none but lawyers could understand it. The Bill was then read a third time. and passed. BOUNDARIES OF BOROUGHS. In answer to Mr. G A SKE LI., Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would be sorry to post pone the Boundaries of BorouOis Bill ; but be did not think it could be proceeded with during the present Session. He would, however, be glad. of any suggestions which might make the Bill more re-. feet. WILLS BILL. Lord J. RUSS . ELL, in answer to Mr. Aglionby, said the Wills Bill hP.I just come from the Lords, and would lead to some disctr.sion. He had not conferred with the Attorney- General, but he would propose that it be considered on Tuesday week. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.• In answer to Mr. Mii.Es, the Noble Lord said that the Registration of Voters' Bill had been sent up io the House of Lords last session, as be understood, with the concurrence of all parties, otherwise he would never have inserted the names of the barristers. —(Hear. ) It was, however, thrown out, and he was very much afraid there was no chance of passing the measure during the pre sent Session. He would be happy if he could so shape the Bill as to pass it, but he was afraid it could not be. Lord PA LNI E R STON, in answer to a question from Lord Sandon, said that a treaty had been in existence some years, by which France and Spain had virtually conceded to each other the rights of the coasting trade. With reurd to tho second question, he had received official information of the de cree to which the Noble Lord referred; but it was not con fined in its operation exclusively to this country, but related to coals deposited on the coast of Spain for the use of steamers generally. The moment the decree was issued the British Minister at Madrid remonstrated against it, and the matter was still undecided. TURKISH EMBASSY—LORD PONSONBY. On the Order of the Day for going into Committee of Sup ply being read, Sir STRATFORD CANNING begged to put a ques tion to his Noble Friend (Lord Palmerston) in relation to the state of their embassy at Constantinople ; and as the question he was about to ask was connected with the expenditure of the country he thought the present occasion not an unfitting one to introduce the subject.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It appeared from information which he had received that Lord Pon sonby, the British Ambassador at Conitantiuople, had applied to, and obtained from, his Government leave of ab sence, in order that he might return to this country on his own private affairs ; and that Sir Charles Vaughan, who was Ambassador to the United States of America, was sent on a special embassy to Constantinople during the absence of the regular Ambassador. The public journals had announced the arrival of Sir Charles Vaughan at Malta, where he ( Sir S. Canning) understood he still remained. Lord Ponsonby bad not returned to this country, and there were now no less than two Ambassadors employed in that service, the one at Constantinople and the other Malta. Now he could not see why two Ambassadors were more required in Turkey than in any other quarter of the world. The usual practice in cases where an Ambassador was absent on leave was to appoint the secretary to the embassy to discharge the duties until his return, and he could not see on what ground the practice was departed from in the present instance. Mr. Urquhart, who had been lately appointed secretary to that embassy, he believed was also on his way home to this country. The Noble Lord would correct him if such was not the fact. With regard to the appointment of that gentleman a departure from the usual course had also taken place. It had been the practice of the service to select persons to fill the office of se cretary from those who were attached to the embassy; but in that case Mr. Urquhart, who was not attached to the service, was raised over the heads of those who had been for years con nected with the embassy. ( Hear, hear.) No doubt the Noble Lord had good reason fur the course he had adopted. But the main point of his (Sir S. Canning's) observations related to the unnecessary expense which this preceeding would entail on the country if the facts were as he had described them. He did not mean to say that occasions might not arise where the expense of a special embassy would not be perfectly justifiable. But he thought the present case was one which required ex planation. Lord PALMER ST ON said the Right Hon. Gentleman had asked eay Sir Charles Vaughan had been sent out to Constantinople. Why for the reason which be had himself given—namely, that Lord Ponsonby was about to return home on lease of absence.—( Hear, hear.) He (Lord Pal merston) did not think it expedient that they should be both at Constantinople at the same time, and as it was necessary that they should confer together on matters connected with the embassy, Sir Charles Vaughan was instructed to proceed to Malta to await the arrival of Lord Ponsonby. Lord Pon sonby was detained at Constantinople longer than he ex. petted, and having since relinquished his leave of absence, in consequenee of his private affairs not requiring his presence in this country, Sir Cleirles Vaughan was then on his return home.—( Laughter.) The Right lion. Gentleman had said that this was a question of expense ; but did he not happen to know of any place where a special mission was sent, and where they had their ordinary Minister P—( Hear.) With re gard to the selection of Sir C. Vaughan as Ambassador Ex traordinary (for that was his title) their interests in that part of the world rendered it necessary that they should have the weight and authority of a regular ambassador in preference to a Charge d'Affaires.—( Hear, hear.) With respect to the charge of the Right lion. Gentleman as to the infelicity of his (Lord Palmerston's) appointments, he might undoubtedly have been unfortunate in some of his selections—(A laugh) —but, whether right or wrong, lie had always endeavoured to select the persons whom he conceived best fitted to discharge the duties of the offices to which they were appointed.— ( Loud cheers.) Sir S. CA NNING did not know whether the House was satisfied with the explanation of the Noble Lord ; but he con fessed to him that explanation was anything but satisfactory. The Noble Lord's memory must have been at fault when he instanced the case of his diplomatic employment at the Court of Madrid, because that was a special mission not connected with the affairs of Spain but of Portugal.—( Hear, hear.) Whether the failure of that mission arose from the infelicitous manner in which the business was conducted on the part of the Ambassador, or from the infelicitous instructions of th e Noble Lord, it was not for him to say—( Hear, hear)—but while he had the honour of representing in that House any constituency, however small, he would never shrink from ex pressing any opinion which he conscientiously believed neces sary to a proper discharge of his duty.—( Cheers. ) Mr. D. W. HA RVE Y could see no reason why, b ecause Lord Ponsonby wished to come home, that the country should sustain the cost of another Ambassador, and the Right Hon. Gentleman, instead of the unintelligible taunt he bad thrown out, should have moved for a return of the expenses attending the embassy of Sir Charles Vaughan. Instead of this, how ever, the Right Hon. Gentleman and the Noble Lord had been passing genteel compliments and indulging in drawing room courtesies. One spoke of his Noble Friend and the other of the Right Hon, Gentleman,-.-(A laugh.) But why should the Right Hon. Gentleman complain of this diplomatic confab in the Mediterranean? Did he not know that there as no species of corruption which was not sanctioned by the Tories? And had he no connection with a worse job these this ? was glad, however, to find that the Tories were now Advocates of economy, cud he trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman would move for a return of the expellees of this appointment.—( Lord rIy,4 I .IERSTON thought it very unjust to refuse Aged in foreign countries for that this permission should p e k o l : l l: r , t r atit and . arduous duties ; and, • fur his part, so far from t. 1.1- 6 I ;e at a v r ° s o ir f i the absencedis cll t a o r g l e e r o s f o l n i m s ; leinevosyhosutlod re fii u el rn ve h r o y m m e, uch disposed to or d er even if they were di e . theirhed i g p r i9 ai n i itaetdi,c BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Lord GEORGE LENNOX said that as the four corn peting lines of Railway between London and Brigl ton had now come to an understanding, and had itma gamated thertiselves into one, he moved that an humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would refer the line which had been agreed upon to the military engineer who had been appointed to report on the subject. Captain PEC HE L begged the llouse to understand that he, on the part of his constituents the inhabitants of Brighton, was no party to the arrangement spoken of by the Noble Lord. He hoped, however, that the arrangement would have the effect of giving the inhabitants of B:ighton the best line to their town. Mr. G 0 UL BURN said that the plans of the four competing lines had already been referred to the military engineer, and he was directed to report upon that which was the best en. gineering line—he therefore could not see the necessity for any further instructions being given him. Mr. HUME thought that the House ought not hastily to concur in the mode of proceeding that was proposed. He thought the best plan would be to appoint two or three engi neers to point out the best plan, without reference to any of these llnes. He believed that the adoption of such a course as that proposed was totally unknown in the proceedings of that House. Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY said, that all that the House was called upon to do was to give permission to those four Companies who had agreed together to lay their arrangements before the engineer appointed by the Crown. The parties had also agreed to take any line of railway that the engineer ap pointed by the Government should think right to adopt. Mr. CRAWFORD said that according to the arrangement now proposed, if he understood it rightly, the country was to be afflicted with two lines instead of one. By this new ar rangement, the line of the Brighton Railway would form the letter Y. The Net was, that the intention was clear to make a new cut from [button to South Downs. Such being the case, he trusted the House would consider it a new project, and leave it for the consideration of another session of Parliament, when the parties engaged would probably have come to their senses, and the frequenters of the Stock Ex change would not be enabled to catch geese with bubhi".• . Mr. HARVEY said that the Hoe. h :len:her fur the Cit . , of London had Stated 0 - ....at the project proposed would cause 1 - of the tie- - we Brighton Railway to form the letter Y. Now I he would ask why not ? He was sorry these parties had not come to their senses two sessions ago, as upwards of 200,000/.