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et the _ U suh sv nnosittee ior six months; but he should in viwerq.uent stages give th e Bill every opposition in his L a d y alr & RUSSELL hoped that as the House had t ( declared its ipiei ei of the merits of the Bill in as u d •.( , , pre divisions the Committee would be permitted to be the without further delay.—(Hear.) Ins House then Committee on the Bill. Prool went into onel SIB - MO NT move d t h at t h e c h a i rman re p or t ,!.ress, and ask leave to sit again. su l l s , r • BANKES would be willing to support his Hon. but 'anent Friend in a division against the first clause, ,iiietrusted that he would not take the seemingly in the 13illcourse of dividing on a merely formal stage of Cos e th e s IBTHORP persisted in dividing the House, and ford was cleared. On our return we were in the "fl that no division had taken place, the mover of Ti le a ß ta o e ndosent having been unable to obtain a teller. ba s k s n• and Gallant Member hastily bundled up ii • os and papers and walked out of the House. - clause 1, appointing commissioners, iad eed l !ANKES had an olej•ction to this clause, which, jested d, involved the whole principle of the He ob - te en 7enerally to commissioners appointed .? r Gcrvs• e rn- - n enatise—let them act ever so imparts illy--their of b; because—lot newer gave satisfaction, being always suspected ei en ' a '. It had been so in the case of the commis tsile.rs under the Reform Bill, and also in that of the get Pal commissioners. Besides, they never could ot sui n of much e m i n ence at the bar to serve on these bsrl", s _ l cine, and the ho ld ers of the franchise would of ts a Y be satisfied to be deprived of it at the discretion ites t V 4 Or f ourt h rate l ega l practitionera.—(Hear.) In pi eio `ws to thi s, they cou ld never steer clear of the sus - T h rl of political bias. a iisti e SOLICITOR-GENERAL—The Lord Chie f SLl ce ss would nominate.—(Hear, hear.) Aouh lh i) ANKES feared that under any circumst ances it mind be impossible to remove suspicion from the public Goul d Admitting that the Chief Justice (lid appo . int, th e ,' not draw on the front ranks of the profession for I cin lasission, and the consequence would be that the srh!,Sters chosen must be of inferior status even to those p er ° Presided over the county courts, the latter being Poi h rti t aTie nt, while the forme were only transitory ass- . Wore r„ --en t'• Then the duties of these co rnmissionersi r epes ,not clearly defined. They were to inquire a , n( coder their Opinions; that was to say, his opinion, sor tau n t h o Bill one commissioner might constitute a Was h It was said that the opinion of the commissioner Itoehl s it to influence the House. If not, why all this k d i 7: and the expense to the country of five guineas tsos` And here he had another objection. The to e I,arrister . remuneration would make it the interest of n employed to delay the inquiry for as /lo g : ti me as possible.—(Cries of " Hear , hear.") The lion t~ w ould then be in this dilemma — either the deci ehissa-atild be final, and a borough might be disfran log: en the di c t um o f a b a rrister of little or no stand and"Lit was a nullity and all the expense, trouble, °he 5 4 3 . Would go for ' nothing. By the third clause gi te - r - I °a naissioner might hold a court, and he had powers ton . " i m greater th a n had ever been tolerated in t his elsi t t l s t 2' since the days of the Star Chamber. The tenth Poin ts plYe the commissioner indemnity on all legal tou r there were also such things as . points of ho qspo'.rom Which he could not be indemnified. He might eote hs " i er ed to summon parties before him, and he 4 o r n therci to expose and denounce other parties . with .. ous he had been connected. This was a most invidi -I,lhtsionr`)wer• He (Mr. Bankes) had once had occasion to hash l -°4 a banker before a Committee of that House, but title s & received a private intimation that the party in m ate 10 Would commit suicide if the summons were . per hie h he gave up the notion. It might be said . that h ett „ 4l, shrunk from his duty, but there were points of L esd l o r w h . ich could not be got over. H . e entreated the Noble hoe s withdraw his support from this Bill,and to adopt the . oath s° he had himself originally suggested. Let him in ss s Fue appoint a Committee of five, with powers to tis e n pe witnesses on oath, and a decision would be ar- NrS calculated to satisfy both the other House of s• i t a rnent and the country. thi s i) , • HANMER said that the course suggested in he rs' bad already been adopted in the case of Sad- Lae; and had received general approbation. The Hon. reiB7eareed Member for Dorsetshire objected to corn - hut I nners as likely to be influenced by political bias; 1 1 3Di l Y7re Committees of that House entirely free from etts'e -. , ° , 4 ? — (0h, oh.) He remembered one notorioas orie the borough of Nottingham.—(llear, hear, and thee t ; ° ` " Hull," and laughter.) Very well; he merely as eh - °ned the cases to allow that Committees had been itig se d of political bias. He had watched the proceed eoitti et the various public meetings . throuehout the h t rY in support of Mr. Hume's motion, and though q ad b so u ,. served many opinions put forward as to the of laClltiioO on which the franchise should . rest, the mode h vs ng votes and the duration of Parliaments, he ha which ten that the constituencies of any borough in g L s had been held had declared that s t tl if :wouldmeceolmmence the work of reform by Oa Yule,' themselves of corrupt practices.. There was th e reason to suppose that the just pride of u, electors could be offended by a strict in °try in every case in which a constituency was now . ia , i srepresented, not because of the death or resignation Is "' the late Member, but because bribery and treating s u ,kl prevailed at the last election. It had been com plained that the commissioners would decide in accord ance with any bias that might obtain in their own minds, cilt that was impossible; all the commissioners had to t a r was to collect evidence and embody that evidence its e Port and on that report it would be for Parliament , si, tl e et• He denied that the inquiry would be as expen eas some Hon. Gentlemen seemed to suppose. r• ANSTEY . believed that the reason why many Gentlemen ' opposite supported this Bill was that f e y beli eve d i t would have t h e e ff ect o f a dvancing one 11:p th4l objects of Mr. Hurne's motion to disfranchise the ts boroughs. Not only did this Bill take away the e i t t of trial by jury, vesting the whole power in the pr e - s a)i stiener without any appeal, but it offered a direct lee l Lum to perjury. The whole Bill was open to ob *ere" of a similar character. Treating and bribery ru e dealt with as if equally criminal, although aria 7, 48 Opposed to the law both of God and man , b en "e other comparatively innocent. The conse ist ee putting them in the same categ or y would oo ts ' ° induce the poor man, who could see nothing lih I n h u Pt in treating, to view bribery in the same . g t. to n,‘"eeordance with his pledge he shonld feel it hisduty Sit? (l 'e the further progress of this Bill. co r .• HUDSON contended that no sufficient case of Je tt ilPtion had been made out by the Hon. Baronet to 144 1 1 Ibis measure, which proceeded entirely a upon a c orrt i l „,' P ' of surmise. If treating were to be deemed With Practice, he saw no reason why they should not, Pert s l4 al reason, legislate against the influence of pro fact' °r even of eloquence, which , by falsifying the ti es ' re tb ight le a d men to a vote which, on calmer reflec (like 1 1 ' e e Y would regret. Its effect would be to intro- Woul d s artburnings in several towns, the effect of which „ . for ue most prejudicial. The Honourable Member ' D iolis e (jri s tr ose was anxious for household suffrage; if the eki st i s - wanted that, they had it in the freemen of some to e ;‘,R boroughs ; but the object of this Bill was he tit ;;:i`ngnish that class of electors. He was well thou,, - b n t,ect with the virtues and merits of freemen , the He was not returned by that class. It was said chi e• Commissioner was to be named by the Lord re ar , - Justice ; but he had actually heard the gentle (lie alr eady named by the promoter of this Bill.— hh 'tr, hea r .) H e un d erstoo d t h e appo i n t men t was t o li s ten to th e l a t e H on . M em b er f o r Bath.—(Hear.) jot. ° sae Committee what it was to be examined for three days be te h. - ‘sonamittee of that House on election matters, and N" his banking accounts rummaged over and ex ec to individuals of the opposite party. Some such q i i- lisitori a l procee di ng m i ght take place un d er t hi s Bill, a s e h, thou g h on l y app li ca bl e to 12 or 13 b oroug h s , Th , i t on a future occasion be applicable to 80 or 100. 1 ,_ 3 would b e a prece d ent i n t h e next P ar li ament , then lion. Gentlemen opposite might perhaps be in a iii':!ority.Hear, hear.) The measure would perpetuate Bg Ql ood in half the towns in the kingdom; it would be set,. me a perfect nuisance; parties bankrupt in fortune 1 ,7 n character wou ld b usy t h emselves in getting up these d s ',Kluiries and fomentin g di scord, while the respectable 'his ses would hold themselves aloof. Expenses the most w r uinous would be incurr e d ; and th i s the way to Purify a constituency.—(Hear, hear. a ) s The Solicitor- G eneral as the legal protector of her M a j est y' s subjects, tll ßht to have taken care that no party was expo se d to i nc h a heavy penalty.—(Laughter.) He hoped th at authorities - would mark their disapproval of the a e asure by refusing the use of their public buildings for ' l e Prop s ,uiries. He contended that the lower were no g more open to corruption than others. ° r s d J. RUSSELL had hoped, after the House had 134; l e s _tited t o go into Committee, that the clauses of th e rai t would have been debated in the usual mode of car disat on the business.—(llear, hear.) assented to the He must own his tec o P ,PPintment, after the douse eer had a long debate on the ti ttt i reading of the Bill, and eid esg ed ° II of going into Committee, the . H o. use having de the san each occasion by a large majority in favour of ov er -41 , that the whole question should now b . e argued he i r a gain —not as to whether a formal inquiry should of t?l'!tituted in certain cases, but as to whether any Bill t r c' kind should be entertained at all.--(Hear, b 43 1 1 : 1 ". Gentleman who began the debate, had argued, s eco n d er Y fairly might have done in a speech on the Cornreading, that the inquiry ought to be before a Pr eve r °,itteo of that House; but the House having sp ort w 2 4, the principle of this Bill, and decided to go hou ra lt ot it, it was surely wrong to recommence this had l e s ° f opposition The Honourable Gentleman who kto tt L -i t sat down * bad certainly added little to the (1.,a 0b 8 means of judging of the clauses of the Bill.— ) He b e ` "e r.) He argued that bribery and treating ought mot eeti e n e'nsider e d venial offences, and that a Bill for Z;(11 0 ,, g and punishing them ought to be discouraged. ssar sh „, l : , hear.) His personal attacks on tho Honourable t h" w ho had brouelt in this Bill ought not to weigh a fire (c'r_Pouse in considering the details of this tnea ‘°nge--‘'lear, hear.) Ho hoped the House would not th e eo r discuss the eneral merits of the Bill. Whether f r esidi ti at e of prosecuting inquiries, but not those of de or th h ° l2l = l , should be allowed, was a very fair question """ c on) C°nomittee, and he hoped that to such questions , Il ya , , It lee would address itself. course IiES said a few words in justification of the A AIC7 c l -e „".,,a' l Pursued. "qt eis-'")SON wished to know, in reference to the a eoteese, whether the Lord Chief Justice had con , to nee 4 sio ne ept the irksome duty of appointing the coin. rs ? hadeons GOD s Efskissi s lER said that the Lord Chief Justice kr • o d o t L o „ o so. hx , far t h ,„."N—That being so, the question arose ay • c 'louse of Commons would consent to give -sett s Jtirisd. • t er o th e r 'thou. He thought it was bad policy to thee, and i l ' e °rd Chief Justice interfere in political mat was w as teraid it would shake the confidence of th s r --pt racti eir legal tribunals. Besides, the clause .. ti ; : e ll 4 : s e r7 o etannar c ia t ::: s i t is e4 itself I for whilst the appointment &Ronan 'was given to the Lord Chief Jus ave, it was iafterwards given to the The SOLICITOR -GENERAL said the House would not part with its jurisdiction at all, because the commis sioners to be appointed would have no power to dis franchise the boroughs. The object of the Bill was to give a convenient mode for ascertaining evidence on which the House was to act. There was an appearance of inconsistency in the Chief Justice appointing the commissioners in the first instance, and afterwards thu Speaker ; but that arose from a disinclination to name the commissioners in the Bill itself, lest it might be said that they were selected for their political opinions, and the Speaker did not wish to make the appointment in the first instance.—(Hear.) Mr. HENLEY thought the Bill vicious and ill-con trived. He should like to know from the Solicitor- General on what authority it was stated that the Lord Chief Justice would take upon himself the appointment of the commissioners. It was reported also that cer tain persons had been already selected for the office. But the clause provided that if the commissioners did not do the work as they ought, they, the majority, might appoint other commissioners to override them. He should likewise wish to know whether the 'commis sioners to be appointed would cease when the boroughs named in the schedule were disposed of, because it was provided by the last clause that in case of any fresh report the Speaker was to appoint commissioners, Sir G. GREY said that no nomination of commis sioners had taken place, and if the clause were adopted the Lord Chief Justice would be at liberty to choose from the entire bar any persons whom he thought pro per. With regard to the last question, the Hon. Gen tleman would see by the 17th clause that in future cases only the appointment of commissioners was to be made by the Speaker. Mr. HENLEY said that the 17th clause merely gave power to the Speaker to appoint an additional commis sioner, but it was by no means clear from that that the commission died. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said what was in tended was that the commissioners to be appointed by the Chief Justice should inquire into the boroughs men tioned in the schedule, and that when they made their final report they should be functi officio. But with re gard to any future boroughs which it might bo neces sary to invite into, the inquiry was to take place under the 17th section. Colonel SIBTIIOUP said the Bill was the most clumsy he ever read, and he would oppose it in every stage. Mr. ANSTEY (amid cries of "Divide ") observed that the 7th clause was so worded that the commis sioners would have to go into questions of usage and custom, and might protract their inquiries indefinitely. Mr. GODSON' asked if the commissioners' decision was to be final, and Mr. HENLEY said he should like to know precisely what their powers were to be. Mr. NE WDEGATE expressed his belief that the Government had not decided at all with respect to these commissioners until five minutes before they came down to the House. Mr. BANKES said these commissioners were required to report the names of parties whom they might " find guilty" of bribery. Was it not an abuse to give such an authority power to brand people in such a way? He moved that the Chairman report progress. Lord J. RUSSELL supposed there would be no ob jection to divide on the clause itself, provided progress were then reported. Mr. BANKES assented. The House divided on the clause, when there ap peered— For the clause lOB Against it 39 Majority-- The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and ob tained leave to sit again. WRIT FOR DERBY, &c. Sir J. PAKINGTON said that in consequence of the appeal which had been made to him in the early part of the evening not to bring on a question of privilege on Tuesday, he should bring for ward his motion for the issuing of these writs at the sitting of the House on Monday, or, if that should bo very inconvenient, on Thursday next. The House adjourned at a Quarter to Ono o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, P.RIDAY_ EVENING, JUNE 16, 1848. LITERATURE. THE COUNT AND TIMES OF JAMES 1. Edited by the Author of "Memoirs of Sophia Dora. then." 2 Vols. THE COURT AND TIMES OF CHARLES 1. Edited by the same Author. 2 VOIS. These volumes serve to illustrate the Court and Times of James I. and Charles 1., in a very effective and interesting manner. They contain a collection of `'authentic and confid en ti a l l etters, " h av i ng refer ence to many of th e most i nterest i ng an d i m portant events which transpi re d d ur i ng the re i gn o f th e first Stuart kings. These volumes, as we are informed by the preface to the first volume of the series, were col lected by Dr. Thomas Birch, an industrious historical scholar, who died in 1766. " . Thi s Dr. Bi rc h," a dds the preface, " having a ccess to almost every important public and private c o ll ec ti on o f manuscr ipts in the kingdom, entertained the idea of putting together a consecutive series of the most interesting correspon dence of the seventeenth century. with this object he selected the entertaining correspondence of the pro fessed writers of news, or intelligencers, as they were then called, who were employed by ambas sadors in foreign countries and great men at home to furnish them with a continual account of every event that came under their observation. To these he added the private letters of men of eminence, holding distinguished employments abroad, as well as those of a few eminent characters about the Court likely to be well informed of what was going on around them." Dr. Birch's death prevented the pub lication of this int eres ti ng collect i on. Th e doctor's papers, containing transcripts of these letters, copied from the originals, were by his bequest transferred to the British Museum, and to this collection we are indebted for the present volumes. These volumes are edited by the author of "Memoirs of Sophia Doro thea," and enriched by numerous interesting and ex planatory, but not lengthy notes. Perhaps the best epitome of their co n t en t s i s a quotat i on from the editor's introductory r emar k s . I n t h ese epistles, he says, the slightest goss i p o f the Court mingles with the imprtant details of transactions of state ; a piquant anecdote is cont ras ted with a grave conspiracy, and a momentous discussion in the House of Commons is relieved by an interesting recollection of Shakspere's theatre, or a lively account of Ben Jonson's masque. By so many observers of various humorous writings of the same time, not only is the reader secure against any omission of facts it is de sirable he should know, but he is presented with the minutest details of every occurrence that transpired, at a period wonderfully fruitful in strange events. Here the reader may hold companionship with the estimable Prince Henry, the worthiest example of regal heirship since the heroic Black Prince; accom pany his unfortunate yet true-hearted sister from her wooing by the Prince Palatine of the Rhine to the end of her fruitless struggle for the Bohemian crown; or share with another royal adventurer, Prince Charles, the dangers of his romantic journey from England to make fruitless love to the Infanta of Spain. If incidents of a more touching character are likely to attract him, he will find ample materials for sympathy in the fatal marriage of the Lady Ara bella, or the affecting tragedy of the gallant Raleigh. Should he seek scenes of more terrible interest, they are to be found in the ample details of the Gunpowder Plot, in the thrilling memorials of Sir Thomas Overbury's murder in the Tower, or of the myste rious trials in the Star Chamber of Lady Roos and Sir Thomas and Lady Lake. After this enumera tion of its attractions, is it necesrary for us to add one word in recommendation of this work—of a work so admirably well calculated to clear up much that is indistinct, and to fill out much that remains unfinished in the historical records of the period to which it refers ? The Court and Times of Charles I." may be either regarded as a work per se, or as a conclusion to the series of letters already mentioned. These last published volumes are in some respects more valuable and more interesting than their predecessors, inasmuch as the reign of Charles I. is invested with a higher historical interest than that of James. These letters, many of which tend to throw light on the various incidents of that momentous period, are im portant as matters of history and interesting as mat ters of detail. As an appendix to these revelations of the secret history of the Court of Charles I. is added a translation of the memoirs of the mission of the Capuchin Friars in England, by Father Cyprian de Gomache, the Capuchin preacher to Queen Henrietta Maria. This narrative, making due allowance for the strong religious tendencies of its author, is sufficiently attractive. It gives, among other interesting details, some particulars of the escape of the Countess of Morton and the infant daughter of Charles, on the first breaking out of the revolution. The student of history anxious to make himself well acquainted with the chronicles of the past, should not pass over without perusal these memoirs of the times of James I. and Charles I. ; they constitute a not unimportant chapter of the history of England, while to the lover of romance, or to the diversified taste of the " general reader," their very miscellaneous, and, in some cases, most romantic contents will render these volumes peculiarly attractive. The third volume of the series is embellished with a very beautiful engraving of Vandyke's portrait of Charles L BRADSHA iT'S MONTHLY RAILWAY AND STEAM NAVIGATION GUIDE l'Olt JUNE. Messrs. Bradshaw and Blacklock have introduced several improvements into the Railway Guide for June, which will be continued in the future numbers of this very useful publication. The index has been considerably extended, a table of the through routes has been added, and a new complete full map of Great Britain is now given, which not only shows the railways in operation and those in progress, or for which Acts have been obt a i ne d, b u t a l so distinguishes the principal and intermediate stations, the distances of large towns from London, the lines on which the electric telegraph is in operation, the tracks of the steamers, and distance i n m il es to a ll the principal ports, &c. This map, which is on a large scale, is beautifully executed, and is not more remarkable for its elegance than for its accuracy. The map . with which this edition of the Guide was formerly illus trated, now illustrates the cheaper edition of the work. BRADSHAW'S CuIV:II7VEN-TAL RAILWAY GUIDE FOR JUNE. This month's Continental Guide is as distinguished as its predecessors for the accuracy and variety of its information, and for the lucid manner in which that information is arranged. The map of Central Europe, showing all the lines of rail way at present existing in central Europe, is a beautiful specimen of map en graving. THE POETICAL vI , OI(K.S OF JOHN MIL' TON. A New Edition. One Volume, pp. 767 . Various and almost innumerable as were the editions already published of the Poetical Works of our sub- , lime and immortal Milton, there was yet a necessity for precisely such a reprint as the present. A. hand some volume, compact and yet copious, massive and yet portable, of excellent type and substantial paper, scrupulous in typography and simple in appearance — the book is calculated to be —not a valuable, but an invaluable addition to a n y man's and e very man's library. What materially enhances the inter est o f the volume, beyond the circumstance of its contain ing all the poetical compositions of the gre at e p ic p oet of England, whose masterpiece was prefer red b y Ad dison to the masterpieces of Homer and Virgil—is, that it is elaborately edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, and lavishly embellished by the pencil of J. M. W. Turner. BRITISH - POETS OF THE PRESENT CENTURY, By Alfred Dixon Toovey. Our Volume , pp. 28 8. Mr. A. D. Toovey is a bit of a poet himself, and has been doubtless induced to carry out the idea of the present volume, partly because the idea was in itself good, and partly because he 7 . laght enhance his reputation in some sort by associating h i s . own name with the more memorable names of his contempo• present brochure. raries. In the conjecture, supposing it ever entered his imagination, he has been marvellously mistaken, for whatever little glimmering of repute Mr. A. D. Toovey may have gained already by . his " Modern Life and Other Poems" must certainly be for ever neverthe less, by the blunder of his however, So much self-sufficiency, so . much pertness, an d such incorrigible coxcornbry in the way of criticism we never saw crammed . into so s th m e all bo a ok compass NEb!forei..t isO n a e m m e. e r r i i t t : less, not loftier than might be claimed by Poor Richard's Almanac, or by the annual poster s i n th e shape p f illuminated calendars given away periodi ca lly to the subscribers to the illustrated newspapers. We mean the abreviated biographies of the different poets of the present century given at the heading of eac h divisio n in the shape o f two laconic dates—the alpha and omega of each career. As thus :—" George Crabbe. Born 1754.—Died 1832." Or thus— " Percy Bysshe Shelley. Born 1792—Died 1822." Or thus—" Thomas Hood. Born 1798—Died 1845. ,, This solitary merit in a volume otherwise so abor tively pretentious, appears to be . worthy of som e dis tinvuishing memento in connexion with the signature of Mr. Toovey, whom we shall therefore call, no t Mr. A. D. T oo vey, but----in commemoration o f hi s success as a chronolog i st —Mr. Anno Domini Toovey, With Mr. Aiwa Domini Toovey, however, we must in fair n ess be somewhat more explicit by explaining the direct tendency o f our re marks as to his self-sufficiency, hisj pertness, and his literary coxcombry. What we quarrel with him for is this, that he is such an egregioui and grat u it ous dogmatist in criticism, wi thout proving himself by a single circumstance to be capable of exp ress i ng an authoritative opinion in literature. Listen to him discoursing, for instance, upon one Thomas Babing . ton Macaulay—" Mr. Macaulay is one of the beat prose writers of the present century, but his imagi nation appears to be in fetters when he writes in verse. .. . . ' The Lays of Ancient Rome' have but few attractions for the lovers of poetry, Szc.,' PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and HURSDAY Proceedings of th 15 . e House of Commons. T, JU NE LEICESTER WRIT. Motion made, and Qaestion put, " That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a New Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Leicester, in the room of Sir Joshua Walinsley and Richard Gardner, Esquire, whose Election has been determined to be void.." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 6. Baldock, E. 11. O'Connor, Feargus TELLIES. Benbow, .Tohn Sibthorp, Colonel Stafford, Augustus II udson, George Sidney, Alderman Goring, Charles MINORITY-NOES, 129. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL—FURTHER PROCEEDING ON FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF REPORT. Amendment proposed, in page 14, line 23, to leave out from the words " entitled to vote," to the end of line 33 : Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 46. Anson, Colonel Ilayter, W. G. Parker, John Armstrong, It. B. Henley, J. W. Raphael, Alexander Arundel, Earl 01 llobhouse, Sir John Romilly, Sir John Baines, M. T. Howard, C. W. Russell, Lord John Bellew, It. M. Jervis, Sir John Russell, F. C. Bernal, Ralph Labouchere, Henry Shell, It. L. Christy, Samuel Lacy, H. C. Somerville. Slr W. Cowper, W. F. Lascelles, W. S. Spooner, Richard Culatt, William Lewis, George C. Turner, Edmund Divett, E. Mackinnon, W. A. Turner, G. J. Drummond, Henry Maher, N. ." :L.; Wood, Sir Charles Elliot, J. E. Mastermen, John Wyld, James Forster, Matthew Manic, Fox Grey, Ralph W. Mitchell, A. T. TELLERS. Ilanmer, Sir_J. Morpeth, Viscount Tufnell, 11. Hawes, B. Newdegate, N. Hill, Lerd Marcus Hay, Lord John O'Brien, JohNt MINORITY-NOES, 18. Aglionby, H. A. Fox, W. J. Stuart, Lord D. Clay, Sir W. Hall, Sir Benjamin Thompson, Colonel Clay, James, Henry, Alexander Thornely, Thomas Cobden, It. Pearson, Charles Urquhart, David Crawford, W. S. Perfect, Robert TELLERS. D'Eyncourt, T. Salwey, Colonel Hume, Joseph Evans, John Scholetleld,ffilliam Pechell„Captain BOROUGH ELECTIONS (N 0.2) BILL. (IN THE CONIMITITE.) - • First Clause :—Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill." The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 108. Adair, R. Shafto llawes, Benjamin Raphael, Alexander Aglionby, 11. A. Ilayter, W. G. Reynolds, Jonh Anson, Colonel henry, Alexander Ricardo, Osman Armstrong, Sir A. Heyweod, James Rich, Henry Armstrong, R. B. 11111, Lord M. Rohartes, T.:J. Bagshaw, John Hindley, Charles Roche, E. B. Bellew, K. M. Holland, Robert Itomilly, Sir John Birch, Sir Thomas Howard, C. W. Russell, Lord J. Bowling, Dr. Howard, Sir R. Russell, F. C. 11. Boyle, Colonel Hume, Joseph Balwey, Colonel Brotherton, Joseph Jervis, Sir John Scholefleld, William Buller, Charles King, Peter John Seymer, 11. K. Bunbury, E. H. Lewis, G. C. Simeon, John Campbell, W. F. Littleton, E. R. Somerville, Sir W. Carew, W. P. M'Gregor, John Stansfteld, W. R. Clay, James Maher, N. Strickland, Sir G. Clifford, Henry M. Mahon, O'Gorman Sullivan, Michael Craig, W. G. Mangles, R. D. Talbot, C. R. Crawford, W. S. Marshall, William Talfourd, Sergeant Davie, Sir Henry Matheson, Colonel Thompson, Colonel Divett, Edward Manic, Fox Thornely, T. Duncan, George Melgund, Viscount: Tollemache, F. J. Dundas, Admiral Milner, W. M. Towneley, Charles Ebrington, Lord Mitchell, T. A. Townshend, Captain Ellice, Edward Monsell, William Trelawny, J. S. Elliot, John E. Morpeth, Viscount Tufnell, 11. Estcourt, J. r, .B. Mostyn, E. M. L. Vivian, J. 11. Fordyce, A. 1). Mulgrave, Earl Willcox, Brodie Fox, W. J. Ogle, S. C. Wilson, James : Freestun, Colonel Paget, Lord A. Wilson, Matthew Glyn, George Carr Palmer, Roundell Wood, Sir Charles Granger, T. C. Parker, John Wood, W. P. Greene, Thomas Pearson, Charles Wyld, James ' Grey, Sir George Pechell, Captain Wyvill, Marmaduke Grosvenor, Lord R. Perfect, Robert. TELLERS. Hall, Sir B. Pigott, Francis Hanmer, Sir J. Hallyburton, Lord Pinney, William Baines, M. T. MINORITY-NOES, 39. Ansley, T. C. Edwards, Henry Newdegate, C. N. Arc Mall, Captain Godson,lll, Pakington, Sir J. S. Baring, Thomas Goring, C. Palmer, Robert Barrington, Viscount Grogan, E. Rolleston, Colonel Bcnbow, John Gwyn. Vowel Sibthorp, Colonel Beresford, William Hall, Colonel Smyth, J. G. Bourke, Richard S. Heneage, G. 11. Spooner, Richard Bruce, C. L. Henley, J. W. Stuart, Henry Buck, L. W. Ilildyard, R. C. Taylor, Thomas E. Buller, Sir J. Y. Ilildyard, T.. B. T. U rqu h ar t, David Burrell, Sir C. Hobhouse, T. B. Vivian, J. E. Christy, Samuel Hood, Sir A. TELLERS. Dodd, G. Ingestre, Visct. Banker, G. lltnicombe, 0. Mackenzie, W. F. Hudson, G. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. The following letter from Earl Stanhope has been received by the Secretary of the West London Anti- Enclosure Association:— " Cheveneny, near Seven Oaks, Kent, June 12. "Sir,—ln reply to your l e tt er , I must refer you to the ' Resolutions on the General Prin c ipl es of Representa tion,'ouldago, which I prepared several years ago, andrecently published in some of the newspapers. They w es tablish triennial Parliaments, the right of votin g by ballot when any electors should think fit to exercise it, and an allowance to Members of Parliament for their ' expenses, if any of them chose to receive it. They would abolish all property qualifications, both for Members of Parliament and for electors; and would attain a most im portant object, in preventing elections from being expen sive to the candidates or profitable to the voters. They would also give a vote to every citizen of the state, and would secure a full and fair representation of all classes of the community. These resolutions were the result of long and deliberate reflection, but they have received very little support, and, therefore, at present, I have no intention or inducement to propose them in the House of Lords, where I had some years ago an opportunity of stating my opinions upon the subject. " The made of representation which I recommend is, that every citizen of the state should vote in the class or classes to which he belongs, each class having its ov:n representatives, and this principle seems to me perfectly safe as well as salutary . I disapprove very much of universal suffrage in the common acceptance of the term, as the votes would be given collectively, and the numerical faajorhy would thus acquire a prepon derating power which no class of the community could justly claim or could properly exercise. Every class has a right to be fully represented, but no class, not even the labouring class, though it is of all others the most valuable and useful, has any right to be exclusively represented. Although every citizen of the state has a right to a vote, he has no right to give it in such a manner as to render of no weight the votes ot others. For the same reason I disapprove of household suffrage, which is liable, though in a lesser degree, to the same objection, and would, besides, be very partial. The present representation appears to me very objection ! able in many respects, and, among others, in excluding the labouring classes, and in giving too great a share of power to the 101. voters. Its operation has shown its defects, and I am thoroughly convinced that a House of Commons in which all classes of the community were fully represented would not have adopted such an in human measure as the new poor-law, or a system 01 free trade which is unjust and injurious to the labouring classes.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., " STANHOPE. "To 11. D. Griffiths." COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. The Lord Mayor placed the following letter before the Court:— " Whitehall, June 5, 1848. ",My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 24th ult., trans mitting to me, at the request of the Common Council of the city of London, the declarations of loyalty subscribed by the citizens with reference to the proceedings on Mon• day, the 10th of April last. "I have received with much gratification this addi tional proof of the loyalty of the citizens of London, and of their firm attachment to the throne and constitution of this country. " her Majesty's Government relies with the greatest confidence on their zealous and efficacious co-operation in maintaining the public tranquillity and upholding the supremacy of the law, in which all classes of her Ma jesty's subjects have so deep an interest. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's very obedient servant, " G. GREY." The letter was ordered to be entered upon the minutes of the Court. EXEMPTION FROM ARREST. Mr. ANDERTON said he had cut out of a newspaper a paragraph which he considered it was necessary to read to the Court, as the subject was one which con cerned the Corporation in no ordinary:degree. The pa ragraph stated that application was made at judges' chambers to Mr. Justice Coleridge, to discharge an officer of the City of London Small Debts Court, whose case, upon an application to the Insolvent Debtors' Court, appeared on the 6th inst., and who was refused the protection of the Court and taken in execution on a writ of fi. fa.; that the arrest was made in the court where the cases were tried; and the defendant, at the time he was arrested, contended that, under the 98th and 99th sections of the City Small Debts Act, he was not only exempted from arrest, but that the mere laying hands on him to effect that arrest was an assault, he being at the time in the execution of his duty; that the officer, however, demurred to that interpretation of the clauses, and conveyed the defendant to Whitecross-street ; and that Mr. Justice Coleridge made an order directing the defendant to be discharged out of the custody of the Sheriff. Now, be was not aware that officers appointed by the Corporation were free from arrest.— (Hear, hear.) He could not see how, when honest creditors felt such difficulty in getting their money, or any part of it, the officers of the Corporation were to be considered entitled to exemption, and he moved that the subject be referred to the Officers and Clerks Committee for inquiry. Mr. IL TAYLOR said, the Corporation owed it to Lord Shaftesbury that the protection was introduced into the Bill. The subject was then referred to the Committee. It is proper to state, that Lord Shaftesbury required that the City Small Debts Bill should be similar in every respect to the County Courts Bill, and thus a protection is given to some of its officers, without which it is con tended the business of the court could not be carried on, any more than could that of Parliament without a similar exemption. Mr. SNELLING (the chairman of the City Lands Com mittee) brought up a report recommending the grant of a piece of ground belonging to the Corporation to the parish of St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, in lieu of a piece of ground to be laid into the public street, near Puddle Dock, for the purpose of widening the same. Agreed to. THE CITY COURTS OF LAW. Mr. SNELLING brought up the report on the reference to carry into execution the recommendation of the Com mittee for sundry alterations and repairs being performed to the courts of law in Guildhall-yard. It stated that such alterations and repairs had been fully carried into effect according to the plans and specifications of the City architect; that apparatus for ventilating and warming the courts had been affixed, and found well adapted for obtaining the desired object ; and the Committee had great pleasure in reporting that the alterations and re pairs; had not only been completed and finished in a highly judicious and satisfactory manner, but bad met with the unqualified approbation of the judges, counsel, attorneys, and others frequenting these courts, and re flected great credit on the architect and the several par ties engaged in carrying out the same.—(Cheers.) The report concludes by stating that the courts had, by the judicious alterations, been made to answer every pur pose for which they were intended, without incurring the expense of taking down and rebuilding, as originally contemplated. The report was unanimously agreed to. ABOLITION OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. _ - Mr. It. TAYLOR, in the absence of Mr. D. Wire, moved— That the Court petition both Houses of Parliament, praying for the abolition of the Ecclesiastical Courts, and the transfer of their functions to the civil courts of the kingdom." He considered that the evils of the ecclesiastical courts were so well known and so tremendous that it was quite unnecessary to wait for any discussion upon the neces sity of petitioning for a change. Mr. WARTON seconded the motion ; Which was carried, and it was submitted to the Gene ral Purposes Committee to prepare the petition. THE POOR-LAW AS TO VAGRANTS AND CASUAL PAUPERS. Mr. H. TAYLOR moved— " That it be referred to a Committee, of which all the Aldermen shall be members, to consider whether any and what measures should be adopted to give increased efficiency to the Poor-law so far as relates to vagrants and casual paupers." He said that much public inconvenience had resulted from the discord which existed between the magistrates of the City and the guardians of the poor on the sub ject of the treatment of the poor. The blame was at tributable not to either of those parties, but to the defects of the law itself.—(Hear, Dear.) Ile wished the question to be taken into consideration by the Police Committee, as it was actually a matter of police. There should be a separation between the casual and vagrant poor and the settled poor. The former ought to be dealt with by the police, to whom they were, from the vagrant and criminal nature of their habits, well known; the latter should be under the care of the guardians.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted that the magistrates were too much in the habit of considering the vagrant poor as objects of sympathy, and the guar dians were subjected to calumni , us accusations because they would not recognize the claims of impostors upon parochial benevolence. In the belief that it was neces sary to render all possible assistance to the present able Poor-law Commission, he moved the resolution. Mr. BARNARD secenied the motion, and declared that the City magistrates had not done justice to the poor law guardians of the West London Union. He hoped that there would be a co-operation between the autho rities as to the treatment of the poor. Mr. HARRISON said he had no experience in the management of the poor, but as a ratepayer he com plained of the enormous increase of the expense to the Parish to which he belonged. In the parish of St. NH ! cheers, Cornhill, the poor-rate had been raised from ' 800/. per annum to 1,4001. within the period of five years. If that increase were the effect of the system of centra lization it appeared to him to be a very bad effect. He hoped the committee would give some information as to the cause of the increase.—(near, hear.) Mr. BUCKMASTER complained that the guardians of the poor of the West London Union had not received sup port from the magistrates. Mr. CONDER complained of the conduct of the suburban districts in crowding in the vagrant paupers upon the city of London, and expressed a hope that in the new measure the evil would be counteracted. Mr. Wiemams and other members supported the motion, which was carried unanimously. GRAND BALL AT GUILDHALL. The use of the Guildhall for the purpose of a ball on the 7th of July next, was granted to the committee of the Spitalfields School of Design.—Adjourned. MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR AT SIIEFEIELD.—At the soirée held on Tuesday at the Old Threatre at Sheffield, Mr. Feargus O'Conner addressed a very large meeting, over which Mr. R. Otley presided. An address was read by Mr. Councillor Ironside, expressive of approval of Mr. O'Connor's conduct in his political proceedings, and in connexion with the National Land Company. Mr. O'Connor responded at great length , ex p ressin g the pleasure he felt at the address. In France, they had been telling the labourer that he was entitled to honour and compensation, but had not told him how he was to get it, but by his (Mr. O'Connor's) plan the rich would become richer and the poor rich. It was heresy and blasphemy to say that the industrious people of this country were to be transported as sur plus population to another country. The money hoarded in the Bank of England was useless and unprofitable. Place labour on the land ; it was Nature's pap, and was the only thing which could sustain and maintain them. The proud oak should be levelled, the fat war-horse knocked off, and an end put to pleasure horses and dogs, an d then if the land were too small, he would go abroad with them (his auditors) in search of another country. The Charter had been spat upon ; their full-length portrait, the little miniature he had carried under his coat fifteen years ago, his crippled bantling, they had laughed at him ; but now behold the master which on th e 10th of April frightened the isle fromits propriety, and caused the Queen to take refuge in the Isle of Wight.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'Connor after proceeding in this strain for some time, attacked the " gagging Bill " of Lord John Russell, the very name of which was a violation of the constitution, and described the Government as seeking protection under the petti coats of the Queen. They had suborned a corrupt press, and were trying to destroy the French Republic. Nothing had been obtained for the people by the Ca tholic Emancipation Bill, the Parliamentary Reform Bill, or by free trade, but the social - plan he wished to put them in possession of would seek a good political system to defend it. Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, who would be in his place in the House of Commons that day week, was his leader, not Mr. Hume, nor Mr. Cobden. They must suppose they were to mount the ladder above him ; he knew his position, and would make them know theirs. He would tell them that there was a still greater power than that which they might achieve for themselves, and that was by co-oper ating with the Irish people. After enlarging to some extent on this head, Mr. O'Connor gave a great variety of details connected with the National Land Company, which were received with much approbation. The pro ceedings termia4ted at 10 o'clock. or on one Shelley—" Shelley knew little of the art of composition ; his poetry lacks repose . . . . the general reader becomes wearied with a singl page, &c. ;" or on one Alfred Tennyson—" If Mr. Tennyson aims at readers who have vacated the nursery, he should remember that they will probably require something more than that he should lisp in numbers, &c.'" How terse, how racy, how senten tious, is Mr. Anno Domini Toovey ! Yet, notwith standing the book before us, we cannot but doubt that the cloak of a Gifford, a Johnson, or a Dacier, has descended upon such shoulders as his. JIMMY. LAYS OF THE DEER FOREST. 2 Vols. By John Sobieski and Charles Edward Stuart. To every one who is acquainted with the publica tion of this work merely through advertisement, we can imagine that the signature of its authors must be somewhat enigmatical. Alany will regard the names on the title-pages as mere pseudonyms, as sumed for the nonce, as Mr. Dickens assumed the mask of Boz, Dr. Walcot that of Peter Pindar, Sydney Smith that of Peter Plymly, and Mr. Lever that of Harry Lorriquer. Briefly, however, the supposition would prove to be erroneous; for the names are writ ten down in sober earnest, like the names of the merest John Smith in Whitechapel. The fact is, the authors — John Sobieski and Charles Edward Stuart—are two brothers inhabiting a little river-island given to them by the good Lord Lovat, and who have penned these flowing " Lays of the Deer Forest," not for the sake of writing a book, but for the unaffected love of song and for their simple narrative. The assumed rela tionship with the Jolair Dheirg—the son of Prince Charles Edward and his wife, the Countess D'Al banie—may be better understood by consulting their previous work, called " Tales of the Century." ALISOIV'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. Gradually, from month to month, the new edition of this noble composition has accumulated upon our bookshelves, until we have now before us eighteen elegant and handsome volumes, together with fourteen parts of the new illustrative " Atlas." We have watched the progress of the republication with some interest, and with no little attention, from the time of its commencement ; and we have great satisfaction in averring, that, with a very few unim• portant misprints, we have not detected any diminu tion whatever of the care with which the new edition has been revised. The work is laid before the public in as cheap a form as could, by any reasonable man, be desired ; and, certainly, in as admirable a shape as could be wished even by the most fastidious. Of the " Illustrative Atlas" we shall only remark, that as it contributes an absolutely essential accompaniment to the narrative of European history, from the com mencement of the French Revolution in 1789 down to the treaty of peace in 1815, so it is literally in valuable to every one who remembers the master piece of Alison among the classic gems of his library. The edition is altogether one of the most remarkable productions of the British press during the present century. FINE ARTS. THE ART-JOURNAL. No. CXX. Notwithstanding the slight modification in the name of this enterprising periodical, it would beim possible not to recognise it at once as our old fa vourite, the Art- Union Journal—and not so much from the light-brown cover with the disc, the candle sticks and the goddesses, as from the beauty and profusion of the embellishments. " The Golden Age" is an exquisite engraving by Hunter, from the painting by Magnus, copied from the original en graving by Mandel. The " Prince Alfred as Autumn," again, is a continuation of the charming series of statuettes by Mary Thornycroft. And " The Nymph of the Waterfall," taken by F. Bacon from the painting of Daniel Maclise, in the posses sion of Charles Dickens, is a brilliant and elaborate production. Of the curiosities contained in this number the specimen of the compound plate-print ing is decidedly the most remarkable—it sets the forger entirely at defiance. It is quite impossible to praise too highly the original designs given in pages 187, 188, and 189, for our manufactures. There is a poetical gracefulness about some of them (such as the marmalade pot with its circle of oranges, and sprigs of orange leaves and blossoms or the salad bowl, consisting of an opening lettuce, or the butter-dish, composed of a king-cup) that is really admirable. These are the designs which have made the name of Felix Summerley pleasant in the popular ear, and which has lately provoked the pencil of Doyle to the embellishment of Punch with his droll suggestion for a milk jug. The exhibition of the .Royal Academy for 1848 is criticised with considerable care and ability ; and the country abodes of Teniers and Rubens are represented by excellent wood engravings. LYCEUM THEATRE. Last night Gay's Beggar's Opera, originally pro duced in 1728, was revived here with an admirable cast, and came out after the pale platitudes recently adapted from the French with the freshness of a new gathered bouquet. Though the circumstances which gave this work se much " local colour" at the time of its production are passed, the pungency of the wit in the dialogue, and the truthful touches of frail humanity, survive the occasion, and were received and understood with all the zest which truthful illus tration invariably commands. The music is of a character which can never fail to engage and gratify the sense. We shall give the cast, comprising so many distinguished names, in full, paying a passing compliment to all and every one in it for the good taste and sound judgment they displayed in readily co-operating in so good a work. A little more of this sort of feeling on the part of actors and mana gers would do more to restore their cause, and secure the reward so justly their due, than all their petitions for patronage in high quarters. The Player Mr. Parselle. The Beggar . Mr. Meadows. Captain Macheath Peachum Lockit Filch Mat o' the Mint Mr. S. Smith. Drawer Mrs. Peachum . . Mrs. C. Jones. Polly Peachum Miss K. Fitzwilliam. Lucy Lockit Mrs. Coaxer Jenny Diver . Miss J. Coleman. It will be seen from the above that on this occasion the characters of the Player and the Beggar, who con coct, and who are the chorus of the extravaganza, have been restored, and with good effect, depriving the abrupt conclusion of much of its absurdity. Mr. llarrison, who made his first appearance here, acquitted himself with great su ccess as Macheath. His voice, in the interval which has occurred since his appear ance at Drury-lane, if not [improved in quality, dis plays greater taste and skill in its management. It is also of a calibre much better adapted to this little house, than the larger arena of Old Drury. His upper notes are of exquisite sweetness, and they were those most frequently used in the music he had to sing. He was received with great enthusiasm on his first entrance, and loudly applauded in all his songs. He was honoured with encores in " My heart was so free," " If the heart of a man is oppressed with care," and " How happy could I be with either," which last he gave with considerable spirit. Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam made a most graceful and in teresting Polly ; and we have never heard the deli cious melodies allotted to the part given with greater purity of intonation and feeling expression than she displayed. She was rapturously applauded in that touching air, " Oh ! ponder well !" and in " When my hero in court appears," and again in " Cease your funning," which she closed with some scientific adornments, given with equal taste and ability. Madame Vestris, we need hardly say, was an inimitable Lucy. Frank Matthews made a hit as Peachum. And Harley, in the little part of Filch, showed how an old hand, zealously determined upon it, may steal a round of applause, however slight the materials he has to deal with. The Mrs. Peachum of Mrs. C. Jones was admirable, who is there on the stage at the present day can ever approach her in the delineation of such parts as Mrs. Peachum. It is one of the richest bits of acting we have seen for many a day. Miss J. Coleman sustained the little part of Jenny Diver excellently. Miss Charlton was the Mrs. Coaxer. The opera concluded with a gene ral dance by the characters, which was encored. The audience, who had been most lavish of their applause throughout the performance, then called for Polly, Lucy, and the gallant Captain, whom they welcomed with distinct and hearty rounds of cheering. The piece was well dressed in the costume of the period. CONVOCATION OP THE CLERGY.—ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY.—tier Majesty having appointed to-morrow (Saturday) for the reception of the address agreed upon by the Convocation, the Upper and Lower Houses will meet at the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, at two o'clock, and at half-past two the procession will set out, proceeding through the Dean's-yard, across the Broad Sanctuary, through Prince's-street into Great George street, and thence into the Park by Storey's-gate, along Bird-cage-walk to Buckingham Palace, where they will be received by the Lord Chamberlain, who will conduct them to the Throne-room. HOLYHEAD ROUTE.—The steam-ship Anglia, 700 tons measurement, 350-horse power, built by Mare and Co., engines by Maudsley and Field, intended for the Holyhead station, to run between Holyhead and Kings town in conjunction with the Chester and Holyhead Railway trains, was tried yesterday between Gravesend and the Mouse light, and performed as follows:-- Gravesend to the Mouse, with tide, 90 minutes, equal to 19.374 statute mile miles per hour; Mouse to Gravesend, against tide, 120 1.6 minutes, equal to 14.690 statute miles per hour. Measured nautical miles, slack tide, 4 min. 11i sec, equal to 16.489 statute miles per hour; against tide, 4 min. 39 see., equal to 14.863 statute miles per hour; two miles, 8 min. 50i, equal to 15.635 statuta miles per hour. LOSS OF THE STEAM-SHIP ARIEL. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14. We have received advices to the 6th inst. from Leg horn relative to the unfortunate loss of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Ariel. These accounts are more explanatory of the disaster than those previously published. It appears that on the 2d of June, at 6 30 in the morning, the Ariel, from Malta and Civita Vecchia en route to Leghorn, struck the dangerous rocky shoal of Mal di Vetro, four miles distant, W. i S., from the seaport of Vado in Tuscany, 13 miles southward of Leghorn lighthouse. The ship was going full speed, nearly ten knots, and from the force with which she struck, the fore-hold and engine. room immediately filled with water ; the fires of course being extinguished, the engines were rendered unser viceable. Captain Caldbeck, therefore, hoisted out the ship's boats, and sent them to Leghorn under corn- I [nand of Mr. Neill Cook, the first officer, with the passengers, stewardess, and the youngest ship's boys, where they all arrived in safety. A boat was also dispatched to the company's agent at Leghorn for as sistance which was promptly rendered, and a steamer of war and a merchant steamer sent to the wreck, with a view, if possible, to get off the vessel, or to endeavour to save the cargo, &c. Captain Caldbeck, with the crew and officers, remained on board till 11 A.M. of the 3d, when, in consequence of the weather being unfavourable, arid a gale of wind blowing, with very high sea, the whole ship's company were obliged to leave the ship. This they did with great difficulty, having to drop from the bows of the Ariel into a large boat sent off by the company's agent. Fortunately, the whole party suc ceeded in leaving the ship without accident, although the danger was very great. The Ariel is an iron vessel, and built in water-tight compartments; this may account for her surviving the gale of wired on the 3d. Although the fore-hold and enginesroom were full of water, the after-hold was quite sound and dry. Up to the 6th every exertion had been made by Cap tain Caldbeck, the officers, and crew, to save the mate rials of the ship. Two large boats and a bomb-vessel of 80 tone were employed in this service, and all the passen gers' baggage, specie, and that part of the cargo in the after-hold, had been secured and landed at Vado. The passehgers were accommodated in the lazaretto at Leg hormi The Tuscan Government rendered all the assist ance in its power. On the 6th instant Captain Caldbeck wrote to the company that he entertained some hopes of floating the vessel, and was then actually engaged in makin gpreparations to effect that object; on that day there were ten feet of water under the port paddle box, nine feet under the starboard , one nine feet two inches under the fo re f oot, and the main•hold b e i ng still ntneteen feet under the rudder , not much injured by t Perfectly tight, and the vessel movable article had beena breaking of the sea. Every landed, including the plate, furniture, &c., of the board the coals, iron ballaisp;, and there only remained on which were under water inansdha few packages of cargo quence of this favourable report e forehold. In conse to the hopes that were entertained of saving the Vessel the Peninsular Company yesterday dispatched to born Mr. George Bayly, their surveyor (long known feg his connexion at Lloyd's), to superintend the operraotTons for floating the ship. received, A list of the passengers has not yet b oo? specie on consistedee nor is there any account of the amount board; the cargo was not a very large one: it principally of goods from Malta and Civita The value of the ship was about 30,0001., and shouldchia; total loss ensue (which is most probable), we are glad announce that, in consequence of insuranoes effected on o the vessel, the company will not be losers to the extent of more than 14,0001. or 15,0001. The cause of the Ariel's striking. the Mal di Veto reef has yet to be satisfactorily explained. The reef is properly laid down in the Mediterranean charts, and its position and bearings accurately described in the sailing directions. The accident occurred at broad daylight, when the coast must have been discernible, in fine weather, and the ship at full speed. It was evident that the Ariel's course was too near the shore, or that the officers in charge could not have been aware of the ship's position at the time of the accident. The proper course from Civita Vecchia to Leghorn would appear to be northward from the island of Elba and to the east ward of Capraja and Gorgona, between which islands and the mainland there are 50 to 80 fathoms of water. The fault which has caused the Peninsular Company the loss of one of their finest ships is a fault, unfortu nately, too common to commanders of packet steamers, who ure frequently too fond of hugging a dangerous shore, when there exists a safe and wide sea way i❑ which to steer. By letters of the 7th inst., received from Leghorn since the above, we learn that every effort was to be made to save the Arid. The after-hold still remaining water-tight, it was hoped and expected that by filling the fore-hold with casks, and securing casks to the paddle boxes, the ship would float. To assist these opera tions, the boilers were to bo pumped out, 50 tons of ballast and 100 tons of coals discharged, the paddle wheels taken off, and the shaft and heavy portions of the machinery removed; thus 200 tons dead weight would be removed from the vessel. The weather con tinued very fine. Some very serious disagreements had occurred with the Livornese boatmen employed on the wreck. The captain and company's agent employed 50 of them to assist, as labourers, in saving the goods and cargo. On the evening of the 6th the men so employed made a demand of 3,3001. for salvage; and on the cap tain refusing to guarantee so enormous a claim, they threatened his life, and made a demonstration to seize all the property landed at Vado. The captain and crew immediately armed themselves with the ship's mus kets, and remained under arms all night. The Tuscan Government appeared quite powerless, and it is stated that, in the present revolutionary state of the country, the class of men referred to are quite masters of it. The life of the British Vice-Consul had also been threatened, and a number of Maltese sailors, part of the crew of the Ariel, had sided with the Livornese, and refused to exert themselves in saving the ship. A British vessel of-war was much wanted, and letters had been sent to every port in the vicinity in the hopes of getting assist ance. In the extremity to which the captain of the Ariel was reduced he proceeded to Leghorn, to obtain a num ber of seamen from the British merchant-ships in that port, and 30 volunteered to proceed to the wreck. The Livornese, however, angry at being dismissed, announced their intention of preventing the operations, and Captain Caldbeck was accordingly about to go to Florence to claim the intervention of Sir George Hamilton, the British Minister at the Tuscan Court. To prevent dis turbances, the company's agent had offered 26,000 livres (HU) to the boatmen, which they agreed to receive, in satisfaction of th e i r claim for merely landing the bag gage, cargo, and stores. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Earl of Auckland, and the other members of the board, have returned to the Admiralty. The Lion. Cap tain M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., 2d.P., arrived in town last night. The Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., was entertained last night at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's, by the members of the Navy Club. Reports have been circulated to the effect that Sir William Parker had arrived at Trieste with the fleet under his command, and had declared that a shot fired at Trieste by the Neapolitan and Sardinian squadron would be regarded as a declaration of war against Eng• land. There is no truth in this statement, nor is there the slightest foundation for these reports. Sir William Parker and his line-of-battle ships were at Malta on the 3d instant, and was likely to remain there; and we be lieve that he has orders to remain in Malta Harbour until he receives further instructions from home, and that he is not on any account to cruise in the vicinity of Naples. The Admiralty have appointed the Rev. J. Wooley to be head master of the Central Mathematical School at Portsmouth. It is reported that the Firefly, 3, steam-vessel, on the coast of Africa, is to be commanded by a commander, and that Lieutenant POnsonby will be succeeded by Com mander Tudor (1842). AP POINTMENTS. Lieutenant—Robert M. Sand om (1843), to the Helena, 16, at Portsmouth. Assistant-surgeon—.JulianStyx, W. Slight, lat e o f th e steam-sloop, Confirmed seniority January, 1846. Master's Assistants— master, theto h H t Hobbs, acting second San Jos e f, fl ag - s hi p, at D evonport; W. B. Blyt. J. Sutton, to th e P ene l o p e , steam -f r i gate , coastB fitting at Devonport. Midshipmen—John C. James, to the Bellerophon, 78, at Devonport. Clerk's Assistant —F, M. Wright, to the Fisgard, flag ship, at Woolwich. Chief Eng Blenheim. ineer—J, H e th er i ng t on , third class, to the Assistants —M. Burres, second . class, to the Medusa ; R. T. F ector, first class, to the Fisgard; C. Icily, third class, to the Ceylon. Car p e nters —Th omas Penfound, of the Vindictive, 50, triou s . Warn, to the Illus- Boatsvvain—T. Harris, acting, to the Illustrious. RovsL MA RINES. —Commissions have been received at Portsmouth for Captain John 0. Travers and First Lieutenant 11. J. Tribe, Charles M'Arthur, F. B. Grit ton, and Edward M'Arthstr. The Trafalar, 120, Captain C. Hope, on her way from SPithead to Sheerness, to be paid off, has only a crew of 700 officers and men on board. The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, "C. 8,, in Ply mouth Sound, is daily filling up her vacancies. The T w eed, 18, Commander Lord Russell, will be ready for The Ranger, sea, at Devonport, by the 20th of next month. 8 , Commander Newland, fitting at Chat ham, will be ready for sea on the 19th. The Athol, troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, is ordered to have her d e f ec t s ma d e goo d, a t W oo l w i c h, immediat e l y. The Vesuvius, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Austen, arrived at Halifax, May 27th, from Bermuda. The Onyx, iron a t Dover steam-packet, which has been tWoolwich repairing machinery for the last three weeks, will not be ready for six weeks longer. These Doverlt heen ul packets, w h at with strengthening their weakly bui b ls, and th e extensive repairs of their machinery, have very costly. WooLwscu, JUNE 15.—Several of the members of the Committee appointed House of Commons to examine the yard to-day, N avy mates,Esti arrived at Woolwich dock accompanied by Captain Ellice, comptroller of steam machinery, and were engineer of the steam department at the Admiralty. The joined by Mr. Lloyd, chief Committee examined the factory d e p artment, storehouses and works of the The Flamer steam-vessel, Commander Lavie, arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday evening from the Mediterra nean station, and will be paid off on Monday next. The. Arrogant, fuurth-rate built for a frigate of 46 guns, is hourly expected at Woolwich' from Portsmouth, having been sent round to be fitted with engines and • screw propeller. The Styx steam-sloop, recently paid off at this port, has been taken into the basin to be refitted, and made ready for further service. The :Encounter steam-frigate is under the Shears, having the masts of the Prometheus pat in to serve as jury masts to take her round to Portsmouth, where she will be completed and commissioned. The Rifleman steam-vessel went down the river to day on trial, and was found to answer well. The Onyx, Dover mail steam-packet, has been takes into the inner basin to have some repairs effected in her machinery. The transport ship Bombay embarked the 77th Regi ment, with detachments of invalids, at Quebec, and left that place en the 23d of May, for Portsmouth. The Resistance troop-ship is expected at Quebec, by the first week in J u l y , w i t h the 79th H i gh l anders, and will take borne the 93d highlanders, under orders to embark for England. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER RACES—THURSDAY. The St. Leger Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft with 50 added, the second to save his stake. One-mile-and-throe quarters. 7 subs. Mr. Green's Swiss Boy, Bst ... (Winteringham) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn, Bst 21b ••• 2 Sir J. Gerrard's Jest, 7st 111 b Mr. Thompson's br cby Morning Star ... ••• 4 A fine race. Won by half a length. Time 3 min 34 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, h ft, and 40 added. One mile and a dis. 32 subs. Mr. Skerratt's Romance, 5 yrs, Est 12Ib (Tasker) 1 Mr. Price's Gaffer Green, aged, sst 121 b 2 Lord Warwick's YlPlley, aged, 7st 7113 ... 3 Mr. Manning's Betty Swipes, 4 yrs, 6st ... •.. 4 The following also ran:—Philosopher, 4 yrs, Est 81b; Cheapside, 4 yrs, 6st 21b; Brown Fly, 5 yrs, sst 21b; and Lecomte, 3 yrs, sst 31b. A fine race. Won by half a neck. The Welter Cup, of 100 soya, by subs of 10 SOTS each, with 30 added; three-year-olds, 9st 71b; four years, lOst 121 b; five years, list 61b; 6 years and aged, llst 101 b. Mares, Sec., allowed 31b. Winners in 1848, 51b. extra. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a dis. 7 subs. Mr. Merry's Chanticlter, 5 yrs (Mr. Osbaldiston) 1 Sir G . . - Gerard's Blackie, 5 yrs ... ..• •.. 2 Mr. Boynton's Luc t tria, 3 yrs Won by 100 yards in 2 min 15 secs. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles and a dis. Lord Chesterfield's Alpheia, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (G. Oates) 1 Mr. Hawke's Miss Harrison, 3 yrs, 7st 21b . . •• 2 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Meeson's Dart, 6 yrs, lOst 51b Mr. Bell's Fiddlestring, 5 yrs, lOst ••• •.. Mr. Lillie's Great Western, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ••• 0 Mr. Meiklam's Spaniard, 3 yrs, ist 21b .. 0 The Selling Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 50 added; the second to receive 101. Heats, one mile and a half. (5 Subs.) Mr. Westerby's Ellen Loraine, 3 yrs ...(Fenn) 1 1 Mr. Parr's Lethargy, 4 yrs ... ••• 3 2 Mr. Jones's Smuggler Bill, 5 yrs ... 2 3 Mr. Meiklam's Best of Three, aged ... ..• dis. HAMPTON RACES.—THURSDAY. The Claremont Stakes of 10 sus. each, 5 ft, with 25 added, for two-year-old colts, Bst' 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Half a mile. Mr. Dyson's Christiana ••• (Wakefield) 1 Mr. Dsewitt's cby Venison out of Folley ... 2 Mr. G. Hobson's First of May ••• ••• ••• 3 Mr. E. Jones's fby Kremlin .. ••• ••• ••• 4 Betting. -6 to 4 agst Christiana, and 3to 1 agst Folly colt. The favourite made all the running, and won easily by a length and a half. Run in 59 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each (5 SOTS. in case of acceptance), with 30 a dd e d. H eats , one m il e . Sir G. H eat h cote ' s Miss Wilfred filly,3 yrs, sstl2lb 1 1 _ Si M. rrr 11. e. pv l i t in . :e e st l wi a )o r a k ot rd e i :s csa S F, i ao r ar T ee sd a tr F t s o :l n ot w S 7el ) b ' r k , e S s , y s r , a 9s t 3 00 03 2 Mr. Bal c hi n ' s Sir Edmund, J yrs , 6st 101 b Mr. Elwe s ' s Mountain Dew, 4 yr s , 7st . 2 0 d O Betting—First heat: 6 to 4 s a gs st tP 2i a i t s .r. s io viri a l d e a l g l s t t o M lo ou agst nta Patriot, inpew an l d Vo s to n in a canter, 4 g Won easy. The Scurry Stake s (H an di cap) of 10 son. each, P ft. Gentlemen riders. Professio na l s a ll owed to ride, car.: rying 51b extra. O ne m il e. Mr. Ilobson's Ipecacuanha, 5 yrs, I Ist ••• (Owner) 1 Secondnfrd 3 hfiel to alyt l; Mr. Waller's Cavendish (h b), aged, list, 51b extra 2 Mr. Beville's Kimblesworth, 4 yrs, lOst 21b 3 Mr. Clifton's Valiant, 5 yrs, I Ist 101 b Lord Suffield na Guaracha, 5 yrs, lOst 71b 0 Major Pitt's Hollow, 3 yrs, 9st 71b 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Kimblesworth. -gs 5 to 2 agst Caven dish and - 3 to 1 each agst Guaracha and Valiant. Gue racha, followed by Cavendish, cut out the work to the two yrs old post, when Ipecacuanho took a decided lead, was never headed, and won very easily by three lengths., Run in 2 min. 5 sec. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs old, 7st 51b; four, 9st llb; five, 9st 111 b; six and aged, 10st 21b. The winner to be sold fur 500, it demanded, &c. Heats, two miles. Mr. Shelley's Tarella, 4 yrs (Crouch) 0 0 0 1 1 Mr. Robertson's Torn Tough, aged ... 0 0 1 4 2 yr. Nevin's Patriot, aged ... 0 1 0 3dr r. J. Day's Premier, 4 yrs ... 0 0 2 2 dr Mr. E. R. Clarke's Self-Defence, 3 yrs 0 0 0 dr Mr. J. Edward's New Forest Deer (h b) 0 2 dr Sir G. Hcathcote's Sis. to Valentissimo 0 0 dr Betting—First heat: 7 to 4 agst Sister to Valentissimo, and 7 to 4 agst Self-Defence. The race was between Sister to Valentissimo and New Forest Deer, and ended irt a dead heat; Self-Defence a good third; the others did not go for the heat. Run in 2 min. 52 secs. Second heat-2 to 1 agst Sister to Valentissimo, 3to I agst Tom Tough, and 4 to 1 agst New Forest Deer. Won in a canter by two lengths; Self-Defence a bad third. Patriot kicked Sir G. Heathcote's mare after passing the chair, and hurt her so much that it was not considered prudent to run her for another heat. Run in 3 min. 55 secs. Third heat -7 to 4 agst Patriot, and 2to 1 agst Tom Tough. Torn Tough made all the running, and won easily by two lengths. Patriot and Tarella did not go fur the heat. Fourth heat--3 to lon Tom Tough, and sto 1 agst Tarella. Won by a length and a half; Patriot a bad third. Run in 3 min. 59 sec. Fifth heat-3 to lon Tarella, who made all the run ning, and won easily by three lengths. Run in 3 min. 7 secs. The Innkeepers' Plate of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each; three yrs old, 7st 51b; four, sst Sib; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. The winner to be sold for 100/. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. Drewitt's Blind Hookey, aged 0 0 1 1 Mr. J. Dav's Mignon, 4 yrs ... 0 1 2 2 Mr. Russell's Campanile, 6 yrs ... 1 0 odr Mr. Hodgson's Johnny, 3 yrs . . 0 2 dis Mr. Death's Urania, 5 yrs ..• 0 0 dis Mr. Sherrard's Catkerine, 4 yrs :.. ... 0 0 dr Mr. G. Hobson's Passion Flower, S yrs ... 2 dr Mr. T. Lyne's fby Lanercost, out of Zarifa 0 fell BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Crosier—takn j 14 to 1 agst Chat 10 to 1 agst Diplomatist It was reported when we left the Course, that 2001. collected at the gates, had been abstracted from the booth in which it had been placed for safety. THE NEWLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS. (From the Australian Journal of Feb. 25.) That fatal defect in the existing regulations of the Bounty System of Immigration namely, the disem barking the people in Sydney, where, surrounded by more than the usual blandishments of a town, they will not (without the greatest reluctance) engage for the country—has been strongly illustrated during the past week on board the Hyderabad. .6 ridiculously high rate of wages ; a proportionate scale of rations ; and the most absurd allowances and privileges, have been boldly demanded by the new corners. Town life and its enjoyments, not country labour and rural occupation, are aspired to by both the male and female immi grants, whose passage hither has been paid by the country residents. And by the time they have all con descended to be hired, it will be found, that to the drones of the city, and not to the producing bees of the hive, will the labour, imported at the expense of th• latter, be consigned. We have so repeatedly urged upon the authorities the expediency as well as the justice of landing the whole of the imported labour at the outports along the sea board, that we almost despairingly again submit a point which has been so often pressed in vain. Nevertheless, we are not without hopes ,that the disappointment and disgust which have been loudly expressed by the agents of those country gentlemen whose applications for ser vants have been useless on board the Hyderabad, may not be without effect on the local Government REFORM MOVEMBNT, Bow.—On Wednesday evening there was a meeting of inhabitant householders at the vestry-room. The senior churchwarden, Mr. Patterson, presided; Mr. Taylor moved, and Mr. Hunt seconded, the first resolution:—" That insolvency among traders, and desperate destitution among the industrious classes, are making rapid strides; that the whole system of taxation must be changed, the hosts of overpaid func tionaries and sinecurists must be cut down, &c."—Car ried unanimously. Mr. Blamire moved, that Lord John Russell's assertion, that the people of this eountry are not desirous of any great measure of reform, is a total misrepresentation and want of sympathy with the poli tical and social wants of the people, &c.—Carried unani mously. Mr. Murray moved, that the meeting hereby pledged itself to use all constitutional means in support of Mr. Hume's motion. That a petition be drawn up and signed by the inhabitant householders of thin parish in support of such motion, &c.—Carried unani mously. Other resolutions having been put and caried the meeting separated. SHEFFlELD.—Yesterday Mr. Hume's proposed plan for Parliamentary reform was discussed in the town council at Sheffield, on a motion that a petition from the council praying for amendments in accordance with Mr. Hume's motion b© transmitted to Mr. Cobden, M.P.. to be presented to the House of Commons. The motion, after a long discussion, was rejected by a majority of 28 votes, over a minority of 12 ; 17 members who were pre sent remained neutral. FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.--The bakers throughout the metropolis yesterday morning reduced the price of the 41b. loaf id. Those at the West-end now charge 7d. and 64d. for the best bread; in other districts Gd. and Sid. ; some, in populous neighbour. hoods, only charge sd. the loaf, weighed on delivery. Good brown and rye bread can be obtained at Ofd. and 4d. The best bread in Paris is 6d., second quality, sd. the 2 kilos. (4ilbs. English).