The Sun. — London, England, 1852-06-08 00:00:00

FRANCE. The Union and Univers have articles on the ru mour that the French Government has resolved to enforce the observance of the Sabbath. It appears from an advertisement in the journals that a consi derable number of tradesmen have already announced their intention to close their shops on Sunday. The Union, in mentioning the fact, ex p resses the satisfac tion th at it derives from it, and a hope that the ex ample will be generally followed. It appears, says the Debats, that it is in contem plation to change the hours of opening and closing the Bourse of Paris, so as to enable telegraphic dispatches to be sent off the same day to all the great towns of France with the last quotations of the day. In fact, by fixing the Paris hours at from twelve to two, and those of Lyons, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Rouen, and Havre from four to five, an abundance of time would be left, after the close of the Paris Bourse, to send by electric telegraph the official prices, so as to allow them to be posted in the departments before the opening of each local bourse. It is stated that applications have been made by several towns in the departments to havo this change in the hours effected, and there is reason to believe that the Minister of Finance will accede to the representations made. This intention was freely spoken of at the Bourse, and some per eons even went •the length of affirming that the proposed change was already decided on, and would soon be carried into effect. Since the end of March the Bank of France has handed over to the Prefecture of Police not less than 300 false pieces of 5f., which it had taken in the course of business. False piec es of 20f., exceedingly well executed, are now also in circulater'ion. shop i Place de la Bourse. The Corse steamer brought into Havre on Thurs day morning four English boats, taken in the act of dredging for oysters within the French lines. ARABIA. According to the Trieste Zeitung., a courier from Jiddah had passed through Cairo on the 23d of May, on his way to C o nstantinople. A French ship of the line of 120 guns had appeared off Jiddah. It is sup posed that formal possession is about to be taken of a part of the coast of Abyssinia or Senaar, near the Bay of A ra philia, which is about three degrees north of the straits of Bab -el-Mandeb. FOREIGN THEATRICALS. OPERA CONIQUE.—One of Mehul's unpretending little operas, L'lrato, has been revived hero, for the debut in the part of Scapin of M. Meillet, one of the pillars of the Ogre National during the past season. He was received with marked favour. The other parts were creditably supported by Mdlles. Lemercier, De croix, and MM. Lemaire, St. Foy, and Ponchard. VAUDEVILLE.—After a remarkably prosperous career, La Dame aux Camelias has disappeared from the affiche in consequence of the conge of Madame Doche, whose admirable acting has not a little contributed to its suc cess. The novelty which has replaced it, La Maitresse d'Ete et la Maitresse d'Hiver, by M. Clairville, aided by M. Cordier, has one point in common with its attrac tive predecessor—it is in five acts—of which three at least are de trop. There is no deficiency of smartness and animation, but five acts of incidents more or less confused, merely to narrate the amorous tribulations of M. Henri, or M. Arthur, is rather over-estimating the importance of such . trifles. In this affair, th e - hero .is a Parisian " Giovanni," who in summer con descends to hononr with his notice a pretty peasant girl, whom he all but seduces, while in winter he be comes one of the most devoted admirers of iridlle. Rosita, one of the fair denizens of the quartier Breda. The maitre.sse d'ete, however, has also a rustic admirer, who, with a spirit that does honour to the con fraternity of modern Melibai, punishes M. Henri by transforming himself into an accomplished townsman, making a vigorous attempt to supplant him in the affec tions of Rosita, and finally calling him out and " wing ing" him after the most approved fashion. Ultimately the piece concluds with the marriage of the hero with the village girl. A3ll3roU.—The most illustrious of ancient dramatists have been reproached will a too liberal use of the ter rible in their dramas, but all the Greek writers, even old esEichylus himself, must yield the palm to the Arnbigu. Here the playgoer, who, like Macbeth, would "sup full of horrors," duds a table ready to his taste. Carnag e, pes tilencr, murder, suicide,and all the evils with whic poor humanity is afflicted, are nightly presented here according to the most correct traditions cf the Boulevart du Crime. After the Vampire, the Croquemort, Satan, &c., we are now introduced to the Croquemitaine, not the cradle bugbear dreadful to refractory childhood, but simply a Ghentish glove-maker, who acquires this soubri quet in consequence of an order of the Duke of Alva tor an unlimited supply of green mittens gala " mitaines." The fierce governor intends them to be worn by the Spanish troops as a rallying sign in a general massacre of the Flemish; this massacre, a rather close imitation of the St. Bartholomew, constitutes the subject of the piece, which was successful considering its length (six sots) and its complete deficiency of anything like literary merit, the scene-painter, costumier, and per formers, particularly M. St. Ernest and Mme. Mabire, more than sharing in the honours with the author, M. Mex de Revel. THEATRE NATIONAL. WO have here a genuine military drama, La Prise de Capree, iii which ice dashing sabreur, Murat, and his gallant followers go through those evolutions and the well-known feats of arms which this theatre (the Cirque Olympique of former days) has time out of mind been in the habit of representing, the whole crowned by the storming of Oaprea, in which a deluge of rockets and a portentous display of red fire give a very showy and brilliant representation of something, which, in reality, must be far from an agreeable affair. The certain fails in the midst of the enthusiasm created by this feu d'ar tifice, and the authors come in for a,share of the ap plauses, which we strongly suspect are wholly intended for the pyrotechnist. M. Roger has been succeeded in his part in the Juif Errant by M. Chapuis, the former }vivito, left the t h e atre for his annual tour, commencing with Germany, where be is an extraordinary favourite. In addition to the hundred and one rumours long cur rent on L'Africaine, we now hear that M. Meyerbeer, by a new modification, has divested it of the character which seems to have occasioned him some trouble, that of the Negress. This change demanding the assistance of M. Scribe, the dramatist, who has been spending the winter in Italy, has proceeded to Berlin for that purpose. Mme. Rossi-Caccia has arrived in Paris. M. Verdi is finishing an opera to be produced at La Fenice, in Venice, next autumn, under the title of 11 Trovatore. Jenny Lind (Mme. Goldschmidt) is about to take up her residence in the vicinity of Hamburgh. Mrs. Clara Nnvello, and Coletti, the baritone, have been engaged for the Oriente at Madrid. A. new ballet has been produced al Vienna, under the title of Odetta ; it was saved from condemnation by the ad m i rable atmet dancing of Amelia Ferraris, who app ears }Missr aisn form a avou f rite with the Viennese as Fanny „ rst er days. Don Giovanni has been sung for the time in Italian at the Porta Corinzta, with rSuizsr, raid Maray, and MM. De Bas sin;, Mitreet a a ! complete.• , and Graziani; its success is described as jn Doniesttrs Lucia, Madame Cuzzani is described as having achieved a Turin. She was gr eat success at the Nazionale in nice times. The other are tistes, MM. Sacchereecaed ll and Walter, are also well spoken of. Letters from ;Allan give a g lowing description of the perfernaal?ce edare e L ecatelli and M. Bordas at the c ar een°, in evento. Male. Grilltz has made a sensation at Ferrara, in Ivabuceo. —Galignani. Li No , y o .h. the Corsi ca , . Brothers is b eing play ed with the gre3.test favour , Nt the la owery and the Astor place Opera-houw dtraombaave Opera -house. Lola Alontes styleda appeared At t h e Broa d All y ult• in the new historical on the 25th Monies in Bavaria. Madame Celeste was playing a very successful en gagement at the attalr!ut-s treet Theatre, Philadelphia, baying been enga ged for the n 31stia week, she was to appear at the Broad waY on t alt, be litg her fare well engagement previo us leavin g England. still in New Orleans at I Arose Bishop was last s d a tes from that city. Miss Davenp ,ort is pliyina at, Pittsburg. EXTRAORDLivn y ESCAPE. Perhaps few more extraordinartheascnatphees following. m wit a n awful death have e ver been recorded h os e names are John Whose —On Saturday l as t two men - Waine and Thomas Liddiard, were engaged belonging t o had been at work alld deepenin g a well situated at th e b ac k of sosoenu! ,, a Mr. Stacey, of Sle ug h. They ' c lock, returning the morning, and left for dinner at 1 o At 2. In a few minut e s Liddi a rd was d rawn iucket holen a b which had to the top of the well through a man" been cut in the crown. Scarcely had he arrived there his 'luck when the earth gave way, falling on A less companion, completely burying him. diately un number of fellow-workmen were imme y . from the spot, and commenced clearing the earth a wa the body of the sufferer. Liddiard descended u_ga w ni n f u n p r the purpose of assisting, and had scarcely been d for the second time when the crown of the well,wreligh ing more than half a ton of brickwork, fell in also. Th e task of disinterring the poor man Waine became now doubly difficult, few indeed expecting, when completed, to find him alive. A gaspipo was introduced and forced .down the well to afford a passage for dr. After some labour it was found that the position of the sufferer were nearly perpendicular, affording the opportunity, when his head should be released, of administering stimulants. Up to six o'clock in the evening little bad been effected 10 give any strong hope of an ultimate rescue, and it was foreseen that the labour of excavating must be continued for hours to come, and through the night. Pipes were laid from the gas main to the mouth of the well, and the labourers commenced excavating by the light thus afforded at the side of the well, and some yards from its mouth. By extraordinary exertions the upper portion of W'aine'e body was released by one o'clock on Sunday morning, and stimulants in the shape o f smell doses of brandy were administered by the medi cal gentirmen of the toyen who were in attendance daring the whole time. At half -past four o'clock the exertions of all were happily crowned with success, when at that time the tab:ter was seen emerging from his dreaded , a walking up the ladder w i t h a f i rm prea , step and.a eheaeul countenance. A warm bath was in readiness at , the workhouse, whither the patien t was removed and is recovering speedily, after a fearful incarceration of fifteen hours and a half at a depth from the surface of the earth of nearly 22 feet. Too much praise cannot be giteu to those by whose exertions the life of a fellow s/Wawa ins been ultimately saved. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EXTENSIVE BILL FORGERIES. CAPTURE AND CONFESSION. SHEFFIELD, FRIDAY. The police authorities of this town have in custody an accomplished and hitherto highly successful bill forger a nd swindler, who was captured on Wednesday, and has since made a confession of no fewer than seven extensive forgeries. His name is Ernest Grapel, and it has been as certained that he is an extensive manufacturer of gutta percha wares at Birmingham. His arrest was brought about in the following manner:— Wednesday after noon he went to the warehouse of Messrs. Thomas Ellin and Co., on Sheffield-moor, and stated that he wanted to purchase some expensive table cutlery. He stated in conversation that the goods were intended for the Bishop of Omaburg, and that he was purchasing for Messrs. J. C. Flack and Co., of that plane. He selected goods to the amount of 75/, 103., less an allowance of 2i per cent. for himself, and got the invoice made out to Messrs. Flack. He then presented in payment a draft for 177/. 3s. Bd. on Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, of London, dated May 22, 1852, and purporting to be drawn by the Manchester and Liverpool Bank at Stafford. He de mandedrefusing a letter of credit on London was going immediately to the o n balance a plea in gold, he France . This circumstance excited suspicion. Mr. G. Barbur.(of the firm of Messrs. Ellin sod Co.) said he would send the draft to the bank to be cashed. He in dorsed it accordingly, and the stranger countersigned it A. W. Simont." The instrument was presented im mediately afterwards to the cashier at the Sheffield Banking Company, with a request that he would pass it to Messrs. Eilin'e credit and give the bearer 1001. in cash. The cashier did not like th© appearance of the draft, so he referred to Mr. Wild, the sub-manager, and it was submitted to Messrs. J. H. Barber, the manager. They all agreed that it had a suspicious appearance, and so thought Messrs. Parkin and Bacon, the engravers, to whom Mr. Barber submitted it for scrutiny. The mana ger thereupon procured the aid of two police officers, who went forthwith to Messrs. : Ellin's establish ment, where the payer was waiting, and had some con versation with him, which ultimately induced him to give the individual into custody. The bank manager next proceeded to the establishment of Messrs. Josh. Rodgers and Sone, upon whom he knew a forged draft had been palmed last autumn. Mr. Robert Newbold, a partner in the fiem, after hearing from Mr. Barber what had transpired, accompanied him to the police-office, and recognised the man in custody as the very per son who in September last paid him a forged banker's draft for 1981. 11s. 2d., in payment for 801. 185. 9d. worth of cutlery, giving as a reference Messrs. Zwelchenhart and Co., merchants, Liverpool. The draft, it appears, purported to be drawn on the Co ventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, in favour of J. J. .Elder, and by the latter specially endorsed to R. A. Lambert, the name by which the prisoner then passed. He got the balance in cash, and a few days afterwards the draft was discovered to be a forgery. So complete was the deception that the discovery was not made till the instrument reached the banking-house of Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., who found it out because they had not received any advice of it. The prisoner, finding himself completely caught, made a full confession of his guilt, and avowed his connexion with five or six other forgeries. Ile has since been very communicative, and has explained with great minuteness the modus operandi which he has found so very successful in deceiving both commercial men and baukers. These revelations are likely to prove of great value in the detection of future forgeries. The prisoner was brought up before the mayor this day, on the two charges named above, and further ac cused (on his own confession) of another fraud of the same nature. On Saturday last he purchased goods to the amount of 901., of Messrs. Bloomer and Co., iron merchants, Westbromwich, tendering in payment a draft for 1871. 7s. 3d., purporting to be drawn by the Manchester and Liverpool Bank. The Westbromwich bank cashed the draft, endorsed by the prisoner, "A. W. Simont," and he received the change against the pur chase. This forged draft, singularly enough, passed through three banks, and reached Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths', without having been detected. Some evidence having been taken, the case was remanded to Wednesday next. THE SCIENCE OF CANDLE-BURNING. Before you put your candle out look at it. It has been burning some time unsnuffed, and gives little or no light: the wick is long, and is topped by a heavy black clot—a lump of unconsumed carbon. Take the candle stick in your hand, and move it gently from side to side: the superfluous wick burns away, and the candle is again bright. When yon ask yourself why this is, you learn that flame is hollow, and as it admits no oxygen, which is necessary for combustion, the wick which it surrounds remains unconsumed, and diminishes the light. When the flame, by motion, leaves the wick exposed at intervals to the oxygen of the atmosphere, it speedily burns away. Note the valuable deduction from this fact —the formation of a wick which constantly tarns out ward and reaches the exterior air, and so gives us a candle requiring no snuffing. There is much philosophy in the burning of a candle. The wick you may think is intended to burn and give light ; but this is not exactly the fact. The wick is simply to bring the melted tallow, or oil, if in a lamp, into that finely divided state in which it is befit fitted for combustion. The heat applied to light" the candle decomposes into its consti tuents the small quantity'of tallow next the wick: heat and light are produced in the operation, and the heat so produced carries on the decomposition. Just think of this.—Builder. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. MAILS FOR THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.—MaiIs for the Falkland Islands will hereafter be made up on the morn ing of the 9th of every month, for conveyance, by the Brazil pocket, to Monte Video, from whence they will be transmitted by a sailing packet, provided under a con tract which has been entered into between her Majesty's Government and the Falkland Ishuh: Company. Letters for the Falkland Islands will be liable to the usual colonial pa c k e t ra t e of ono shilling when not exceeding half an oun ce i n we i g ht, two shillings when not exceed ing an ounce, and so on; and this postage must be paid in advance, or the letters cannot be forwarded.—News_ papers will be conveyed free from charge. SAGACITY OF THE DOG. A most remarkable instance of the sagacity of this noble and faithful animal was related by Dr. Von I. land, a German physician of considerable eminence many years ago:—. , Whil e in practice at Quebec, a large dog, bleeding profusely from the right . leg, at tracted the attention of one of my students. lie was coaxed into the surgery, when I found an artery and tendons completely divided. I ordered the poor animal to bo firmly secured, by which means a ligature was applied to the bleeding vessel, and after shaving the hair surroundini , the wound, I care fully appli e d a dh es i ve pl as t ers , an d brought its edges together (leaving a \ small aperture for the ligature), covered with a linen bandage. After the operation ho was set at lib er ty, b u t to my surprise the fol lowing morning the dog was one of my earliest patients, Tho bandage app eared to be undis turbed. I, however, remo ve d it for the s h purpose examining the state of th e wound, an of plaiter appeared to be in the adhesive l sta 2 t e e e l y, allowed them to remain. Oa the third day, a b out out th strips of famn hour, the sagacious animal made hi s appearance, and impai e ntly (by his gestures) waited hii turn to to w m h e o e le the attention of my assistant t o d ress anew his wounds, to which he most gently submitted, lic king ,the time of the operation the bands of the operator. H e continued punctually to visit my surgery every morning at the same hour until cured, which I believe was not less that fifteen days. I found, some time after, that the dog belonged to a respectable butcher, and, every time I had occasion to pass his master's house, it was impossible to avoid the extreme caresses and fondness which the animal displayed by its alert gestures and jumping, and even following me through all my visits to my patients, until he saw me safely to my own lodgings, when he im diately departed for his master's house, and what is more extraordinary, all the enticing means resorted to by the students and myself never could prevail upon the dog to enter the surgery after be was dismissed as cared." SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending June 5, 1852 ... £16,206 3 9 Ditto, June 7, 1851 15,101 11 1 Increase in 1852 ... ... £1,104 12 8 London Terminus, Jane 7. 1852. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.—A fatal boat accident happened off Marsden Rocks, on the coast of Durham, on Thursday at noon. Between ten and eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a coble, containing the wife of Mr. Woods, of L eede, a female friend, Mrs. Woods' two children, and a s ervant maid, left the watering place of Tynemouth in a eoble pulled by John Robson and Robert. Bart, two haven boatmen.ana Th e y p ro p o s e d making a trip to' Marsden Rock, take — when they were within a mile of that place was over shore, 1n ?: a thunderstorm ; the boatmen put in towards the lit while near a point called Velvet beds, they threw the boat athwart The whole the sea which was making, and upset her. sorry to stataerttlyl were thrown into the water, and we are two children andat before assistance could reach them the Their bodies the old boatman, Robson, were drowned. women and the Were picked up on Thursday evening. The where every other old man were taken on to Marsden exhausted attentionwhen:bro wast paid them, and, though mach even ing, and are quite oat of on shore, reoovered towards even danger. THE STOOL E x Saturday afternoon, about AND THE POLICE.-0O created at the entran ce of three o'clock, some stir was their officers refusin at to the Stock Exchange, by one of pursuit of a crimin admit_or Storey, a City detective, ' in _ k . some time Storey has been e ployed by a gentleman in the n • Thames street to apprehend a young man cfghbourhood of who had robbed him of a considerableefrespectable connexions, afternoon he was in search of the offender sum. On Saturday plun dered person, 'and in passing the e with the Exchange in Threadneedle-street, theyntrance of the Stock indi vidual whom they wanted run down observed the the Stock .Exchange. Storey, whoa the Was passage and enter in privat e c l o th es at the time, i mmediately pursued the Part eo t er ing the latter buildin g , he was sto ppedbyand as he was the beadle, who demanded his business. He produced his and stated his case , The beadle refused to admit v a si i a t rrant card, him, demanded to know the name of the part y he was h and in search of. St ore y refused to s atisf y him, and was then referred the secretary of .the Exchange, in New-co urt. He to pro ceeded round the buildi n g , and was then infor med that his authority did not extend to the interior of th e Stock Ex change, and that their officer had acted right in refusing him admission. Storey w ent into the particular s of the case, and urged its importance, and ultimately found ad mission, but the offender had escaped by some other en.: trance. It is supposed that the criminal entered the Stock Exchange by pretending that he was a clerk to one of the stockbrokers. On Sunday last, 6th instant, 20 persons renounced the errors of Popery in the Church of St. Paul's, Berraond- say, London, When made up ix I Frain what PLACES. GeneralPost-office' port dill- When London: patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N,June 11 .. .• June 17 America (by U.S. pkt.) .. Liverpool America (by U.S. pkt.)M'June 9 •• Southampt. Australia (via South ampton) .• ISouthampt. Ditto (via Marseilles) N Dover .. Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N August 2 .. .. Plymouth.. Africa (West coast)... Nll4tn of the month Plymouth June 29 Alexandria* • • N 19th & 80th of mo. Dover .. Jane 18_ Belgium • . •• N of .. Dover .. Daily Brasil .. • . M 9th of the month 'Southampt. June 16 Buenos Ayres • • • . M 9th of the month Southampt. June 16 California(viaChagref)Ml2dl4 17th of month Southampt. Jun e 2 0 Cape of Good Hope N2d & 14th of June. Plymouth.. June 29 Cape de Verdi N August 2 .. Plymouth— Juno 29 Constantinople* 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover .. June 10 Central America .. 1.1 2d & 17th of men. Southampt. June 20 Channel Islee • • .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri.'Southampt. Tu. Th. Sat Chili .. M 17th of the month S o uthampt. June 20 France M& NI Twice daily .. .. ; Dover Twicedaily Greece* •• Nlth 17th27thofmo Dover .. June 10 Hamburgh NI Tuesday & Friday London •• Tues. Sat' Rolland .. .• M Wednes. & Satur. London Mon.Tbur Honduras .. • N,l7th of the month Southampt. Juno 20 Ireland • . M& NI Twice daily .. Holyhead • • Twluedall7 India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. June 28 India (vi a Marseilles) WI sth& 24th efmonth I Dover .. June.l7 India, via C. of G. Hope N 15th of month Plymouth.. • Mauritius .. N,lsth of month ;Plymouth.. Mediterranean (via I Southarrpton) .• 20th of the month Sonthampt. June 17 Meditenimean (via I Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover .. ,June 17 Mexico M Id of the month.. Southanipt.lJuly 5 Madeira • • .. 9th of the month Southampt. June 16 Malta* . • • • 7th,l7th,l9th'27th Dover June 10 & 30th of month Naples* Nisth 15th 25th ofmo, Dover ~ June 12 Papal States* .. N 511115th25thef molDover .. 'June 12 Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th ef mo Southampt. June 16 Porn M 17th of the month Soathampt. June 20 Tuscany* • . NI sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • Julie 12 West Indies .. Mll7th of the month Southam p t. (Jane 20 Naples* • , • • • • ST Papal States* .. N Peninsular.. •• 31 Porn Tuscany* •• N West Indies West Indies (except Havana & Nassau) M 2d of the month ..ISouthaatpt. * The mails to those countries thus marked ( 5 ) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. The India mail, via Southampton, will be made up on the evening of the 19th instant, in consequence of the 20th falling on a Sunday. The Peninsula mail will bemade up on the morning of the 28th Instant, in consequence of the 27th falling on a Sunday. • Fra O nc n es T p h h u i r u s p d o a t y ts l t a o s t t h t e h r e te m r. ar W ri . ag F e . G oF ra lV y l , is T s i vicar Co e Corn wood, in the county of Devon, was celebrated in the cathed r a l o n f s t c o o n r c n at Exeter, by the Venerable Archdeacon Bartholomew. The service was celebrated strictly according to the order of the Church. The first part of the office in the body of the church, the Psalm was said in going to the Lord's liable, and the remainder of the service, after the nuptial benedic tion,, in the sanctuary. Holy Communion was then cele brated by the 131stiop,' and not' only the party and their friends, but many of the congregation, communicated. The cathedral was very full, and the quiet and serious con duct of the many hundreds who were present attested the practical value of the faithful performance of the marriage service, as well as of all the other offices, according to the order of the Chlucla.—Chronicle. W. M. THACKERAY, ESQ., AUTHOR OF " PANDENNIS," The New York Tribune says—" We are glad to help ourselves and our readers to a little knowledge of Mr. Thackeray, who is expected to visit the United States this year. He was born in Calcutta in the year 1811, and is now consequently 41 years old. His father was a high official of the East India Company, which se cured him the entree of the best society, and a large income. Our author was born a gentleman. He went to school in England—experienced all the tyranny of a brutal master, and the misery of fagging. He left school for the University of Cambridge, where he studied with Singlake, the author of Eothen'—Eliot Warburton, who wrote the Crescent and the Cross,' and was lost with the Amazon—and Richard Monckton Milnes. Meanwhile the elder Thackeray died, and the future historian of `Vanity Fair' launched himself into its midst with an annual income of about a thousand pounds. He lived according to his whims, drew sharp and clever caricatures, smoked, lounged, upon books of every kind, and opened the oyster of the world at leisure. His mother, a woman of great beauty, and full of talent and tenderness, whose memory is so filially embalmed in the character of the mother of Arthur Pendennis,' married again about this time, and the young man, always the object of the proudest maternal love, came into possession of his paternal inheritance. He immediately returned from the Continent, where he had been staying a little time, and took up his residence in the Temple. Here Thackeray entered himself as a student of jurisprudence, and in the character of War rington,' in 'Peudennis,' he has developed the career of the students, and the varied life of the Temple, in some of the best passages ho has ever written. Henry Taylor, the dramatist, author of Philip Van Artevelde,' is among the residents of the Temple, and is mentioned by the German commentator as the original of a character in Thackeray's romance. We are at a loss to determine which; for if Warrington' be so intended, he seems to us to lose the point. Warrington' is a man of power without a career—Taylor a man of talent, who has certainly achieved a reputation quite equal to his just claims. However, the Temple not only furnished our author characters, but also the necessity of drawing them; for while there, and when scarcely more than twenty-three years old, the young man had ' fooled away' his property, and was poor. The days of loung ing were evidently ending, and he betook himself to Paris, conceiving, from his facility in sketching, that he was born for an artist. A brief time among the Parisian ateliers sufficed to remove this idea. But as his step father at this period established a journal in London, called the Constitutional, the artist naturally became the Paris correspondent. Thus, like Dickens, he com menced his literary career as a journalist. In Paris, Thaokeray met his present wife, an Irish lady of good family, and married her. From this time dates his first purelyr literary effort, the Yellowplush Papers,' after wards published as Jeamea's Diary'—in which his cha racteristic tendency is clearly indicated. The step-father's Constitutional absorbed most of his property, of course, and failed. The son was obliged to return to England, and to begin work in earnest for himself." RACES IN CALIFORNIA. On Wednesday, the 21st ultimo, the.longest and most exciting race that has ever been run in California, came off on the track, two miles south-east of this city, between the Sydney mare. Black Swan and the California horse Sarco. This race has furnished food for conversation for six weeks past, and a great deal of interest was felt in the result, not only in this county but throughout the southern part of the State; and the crowd collected to witness the sport was such as is seldom seen here. The Sarco was thought by the native population to be invincible, and many hesitated not to stake their whole on his win ning the race. The Black Swan is well known as a race horse, having run several races in the northern part of the state. Both animals were in good condition on ar riving at the ground, though it was easy to perceive the superior training of the mare. At the word "Santiago," they were off. The horse at the start was about two lengths ahead, but in going fifty yards the mare dis tanced bum, and kept her position till the arrival at the turning point, when the horse again led. As before, how ever, the mare soon came up, and arrived at the winning post about 75 yards ahead, having completed the nine miles io just nineteen minutes and twenty seconds. The principal stake was one thousand head of cattle, and two thousand dollars in money, but from reliable sources we are informed that not less than fifty thou sand dollars changed hands on this occasion. As an in stance of the excitement which prevailed, we would cite an incident that occurred under our own observation. E An honourable disciple ofsculapius who is doing a small business in the curative line, among the native population, was on the ground and happened to take . a fancy to the mare. He staked all the cash ho had— the proceeds of many a pill and blister—his horse, and then his cloak, and when last we saw him, he was ban tering the yenta to stake his hat upon the mare. On Friday, the 2d instant, a race of scarcely less im portance came off on the Wolfshill laud, about a mile below the city, between the American horse Bear Mefkt and the American mare Nubbins, the principal stake being four hundred head of cows aside, and the distance four hundred yards. The mare came in about ten feet ahead; but, judging from the way the horse had gained on the mare in the last twenty jumps, had the distance been a hundred yards further, victory would have de cided in favour of Bear Meat.—Los Angeles Star. MISS JENKYNS IN ALARM . AT. BONAPARTE. I think it was in 1805 that Miss Jenkyns wrote the longest series of letters, on occasion of her absence on a visit to some friends near Newcastle-upon-Tyno. These friends were intimate with the commandant of the garrison there, and • heard from him of all the preparations that were being made to repel the invasion of Bonaparte, which some people imagined might take place at the month of the Tyne. Miss Jenkyns was evidently very much alarmed; and the first part of her letters was often written in pretty intelligible English, conveying particu lars of • the preparations which were made in the family with whom she was residing against the dreaded event; the bundles of clothes that were packed up ready for a flight to Alston Moor (a wild hilly piece of ground between Northumber land and Cumberland); the signal that was to be given for this flight, and for the simultaneous turning out of the volunteers under arms; which said signal was to consist (if I remember rightly) in ringing church bells in a particular and ominous manner. This warning summons was actually given one day, when Miss Jenkyns and , her hosts were at a dinner party. in Newcastle (not a very wise proceeding, if there be any truth in the moral attached to the fable of the Boy and the Wolf; but so it was), and Miss Jenkyns, hardly recovered from her fright, wrote the next day to describe the sound, the breath less shock, the hurry and alarm; and then, taking breath, she added, " How trivial, my dear father, do all our apprehensions of the last evening appear, at the present moment, to calm and inquiring minds!" And here Miss Matey broke in with—" But, indeed, my dear, they were not at all trivial or trifling at the time. I know I used to wake up in the night many a time, and think I heard the tramp of the French entering Cranford. My mother has sat by my bed half a night through, holding my hand and comforting me; and many people talked of hiding themselves in the salt mines—and meat would have keptcapitallydown there, only perhaps we should have been thirsty. And my fa ther preached a.whole set of sermons on the occasion; one set in the mornings, all about David and Goliath, to spirit up the people to fighting with spades or bricks, .if need were ; and the other set in the afternoon, prov ing that Napoleon (that was another name for Bony, as we used to call him), was all the same as Apollyon and Abaddon. I remember, my father rather thought he should be asked to print this last set; but the parish had, perhaps, had enough of them with hearing."— Dickens's " Household Words." SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-Mee by the eight--and M by the morning—dispatch.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, June 7. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. LAW OF EVIDENCE (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord LYNDHURST, with reference to this Bill, stated that having communicated with the law authorities of Scotland, who were desirous of securing some further evidence as to the manner in which the late alterations in the law of evidence worked in England, he should not, therefore, at present persevere in the motion of which he had given notice, to insert certain words in the Bill, with a view to extending the whole of these alterations to the law of Scotland. Lord BROUGHAM approved of the postponement of the Noble Lord's motion for the present session, but he hoped it would not be understood that the Scotch lawyers were opposed to the principles of the alteration; they merely wished to have a little more insight into its working in this country. Lord CAMPBELL said he hoped to see the whole of these alterations introduced into the Scotch law during the next sessioD. After a few words from Lord DlaetTo and Lord LYND. HURST the subject dropped. PETITIONS. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from the Chamber of Commerce at Norwich and other places in favour of the Patent Law Amendment Bill; from St. Andrew's, praying to be exempted from the Burghs (Scotland) Bill; from articled clerks of a place in York shire, praying to be allowed to practise in county,courts; and from an individual, praying for copyhold enfran ehisement. Lord CRANWORTH presented a petition praying for copyhold enfranchisem en t. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. At the request of the Earl of DERBY, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE agreed that this . Bill should be read a second time to-morrow, pro forma, and that the discussion on it should be taken on going into Committee on Monday next . The Earl of DERBY gave notice that, supposing the Militia Bill were brought up from the other House to night or to-morrow night, he should propose the second reading on to-morrow (Tuesday) week. BURGHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. • On the motion of the Earl of MINTO, the report on this Bill, with amendments, was received and agreed to. The Earl of ELLESMERE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Manchester on the subject of the present system of poor-relief, and praying for the in troduction of a system of productive labour for paupers. The, petition referred to a subject of great, magnitude and importance, and he wished to call the attention of the House and the Government to the feet that the desire expressed in the petition was largely entertained by the country. He did not wish, however, to be considered as supporting the views of the petitioners. Lord MONTEAGLE said the question was very po pular with those who only viewed one side of the sub ject. He objected to turning the poor-law unions into a great r t m a few sort of manufact or i es, as un j ust to t h e h onest, industri ous, and self-s u p porting l a b ourers, w h o b y suc h a system would be expo se d to un j ust compet i t i on w i th persons who must at any r a t e b e supported. • The partial adoption of the r s ft y t e e had depreciated the wages of labour in this metropolis to a very great and unnatural extent. words from the Earl of DONOUGH MORE, which were inaudible in the gallery, The petition was ordered to lie on the table. THE PROPOSED HALIFAX AND QUEBEC RAILWAY. Earl GREY rose, pursuant to notice,to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to lay on the table of the - House any further correspondence relating to the proposed construction of a railway between Hali fax and Quebec. In asking the question of which he had given notice, he would only say a few words in ex planation. Their Lordships would remember that mach interest had been taken in the subject of the proposed construction of a railway from Halifax to Quebec. Some years ago, when the Noble Earl opposite filled the office of Colonial Secretary, he received addresses from the colonies .on the subject, and officers of the royal engineers were appointed to explore the country and re port as to the line they might think best for the con struction of the railway. That report was received in 1848, when it was his (Earl Grey's) duty to transmit it to the governors of the colonies affected by it. In the spring of 1849 Lord Elgin, the Governor of Canada, sent certain resolutions of the executive council of that colony to him pro posing that the great work contemplated should be un dertaken on certain terms by this country. That pro posal was very liberal, and he had no doubt that it would have met with the concurrence • of the other two pro vinces, but at the same time the adoption of that mea sure would have involved the expenditure of a large sum of money by this country; and at that time, looking to the financial condition of this country, it was not con sidered advisable by the Government that the measure should be assented to; accordingly, with considerable reluctance, the proposal was declined. In the autumn of the following year the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (Sir John Harvey) deputed to this country a member of the Executive Council (Mr. Howe), with whom he (Earl Grey) had frequent communications. That gentleman proposed that a loan on behalf of the province of Nova Scotia of 800,0001. should be raised by the province with a guarantee by this country, which would enable it to be raised at a lower rate of interest. The assistance asked for was the credit of this country only, not the advance of the money. That proposal was considered by himself and his colleagues as exceedingly reasonable, and accord ingly in March, last year, intimation was given to Lord Elgin, and to the Lieutenant-Governors of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick that if the three provinces would divide among themselves the expense of constructing this railway. and would undertake to execute the work, the Government would recommend to Parliament that perrt. ; b t h e g uarantee of the British T reasury s h ou ld be given, which would effect a saving of 2f . p er c ent. in the rate of province , utwith the unassisted, guaranteect o d obtainof the Btrhie money . ti s h Treasury, at 3i per c ent . Th e di spatc h e s contain ing this decision were sent over i n M arc h, 1851; and in making this statement t o a interest. t 6 Thec e the governors, he informed them that her Majesty's Government did not insist that the line recommended by Major Robinson should be adopted; but all they insisted on was that it should be a line passing entirely through British territories, and that any deviation from Major Robinson's line ahoud be sub ject to the approval of the Government. Since that date, various communications had taken place; and shortly before leaving office he had received an intimation that the assemblies of the three provinces had agreed upon the principle on which the expense of constructing this great work should he divided among them. At the same time , it was quite a different line from that which Major Robinson recommended should be adopted. He had been informed that Mr. Mucks, a member of the Legis live Council of Canada, Mr. Challoner, a member of the Legislative Council of New Brunswick, and Mr. Howes, as the representative of Nova Scotia, would be sent to this country to communicate with the Govern ment, end to ascertain whether the proposal would be acceded to. To this communication he answered, that while he regretted Major Robinson's line bad not been adopted, the Government would be quite prepared to consider as to sanctioning the line now proposed ; and he was sanguine that that would have led to the co nstruction of that great national work. The establishment of a railway communication between the three prov inc es on British territory was an object of t h e very highest national importance.--(Hear, hear.) Without that, the permanence of their connexion was ex tremely problematical. It was therefore with great dis appointment he had learnt, from an answer reported to have been given in the other House of Parliament, that the communication between her Majesty's present ad visers and the very able and intelligent gentlemen who came from the colonies had not led to a satisfaotory re sult, and not onl y that the proposal had been rejected, but rejected in a manner which, judging f ro m a letter that had appeared i n the papers, had given rise to feel ings of great e xcitement - and would render it improbable that the communication could ever be established. As from the answer given in the other House it appeared the negotiation was brought to an end, he hoped the whole correspondence Would be laid at an early date on the table of that House. He was sure it was a subject which well deserved Th e attention of their Lordships, and ought to receive it at the earliest said moment. The Earl of e , ERBY said as he bad for several years taken a very deep p interest in the successful conclusion of the negotiation for connecting by r ailway the three Bri tish provinces, he wou ld a nswer the question and state ment of the Noble Ear l opposite, althoug h the q uestion had been add Noble Lord behind him (Lord Colchester), as to the "ter), as belonging t o his department ,- though it was by no means a question of colonial interest only.— (Clear, hear.) The Noble Earl bad made two charges against the Government—first, as to the substance of the negotiation being broken off; and next as to the manner in which it had been' broken off. He would deal with the last char g e He had certainly read with some surprise n the etter referred to by the Noble Earl, dated Ist of -ay, from Mr. Hincks. That gentleman com plained that the dep utation bad been kep t w a i t in g fu r about seven wee k s 'Without being able to get any definite answer on the subject on which t he y were in attendance, and said th at it would be impossible for them to make much longer delay. Mr. Hi no ks had arrived in this M country on th e 15 t h or 16th of arch • he had frequent interviews with the head of the Colonial Department (Sir J. Pakington); but Mr. Challoner, the representa tive of New Brunswick, had not then arrived, and Mr. Eicswea had not yet arrived. Mr. Challoner did not arrive till about the 15th of April; and on the 20th either he or Mr. Hineks bad an interview with Lord Colchester at the Colonial office. That Noble Lord, being newly in office, had not -had his at tention previously called to the matter. Between the 20th and 26th he (Lord Derby) received a letter from Mr. Mocks stating what had passed at the Colonial office, an d request i ng an e arly interview; and this was the memorandum he had made for his private secretary: —" Give him an early appointment, the matter is o ne eof very great importance; bat I should wi sh, if po ssibl e, to see tog e th er with Mr. Mucks t he representatives on this matter of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia." He and Sir S. Pakington saw Mr. Hincks and Mr. Challoner on the 30th of April. He then learnt for the first time that the Legislatures of the different provinces had passed Bills in favour of this scheme; those Bills had not been received by the Colonial department, and had only been in possession of the deputation twenty-four hours. He also learnt for the first time that the inten tion was to deviate very considerably from a line which it was most desirable should be taken; and the deviation was to such an extent, that though literally and really wirs within British- territory, it might jusLas well have been on United States territory, for any desirable' purpose thet it would fulfil. Sir J. Pakington stated in very strong terms, his disappointment at the line vary ing so much from that of Major Robinson, and that that must weigh_ very materially in Ray tiegibi9u of the Government. Ho was, therefore, a little sur prised, having stated to Mr. Hincks and Mr. Challoner that the whole subject should be brought immediately under the consideration of the Government, that ho himself would" explain the papers and communicate them to his colleagues, and that they would take the earliest possible opportunity of signifying their decision —this having taken place on the 30th of April—to find the letter the Noble Earl had adverted to in the papers dated on the following morning. In that letter Mr. Hincks said—" In the interview we had yesterday we were given to understand by his Lordship that he would examine the various papers on the subject of the rail way, and would see us again after the arrival of Mr. Howes from Nova Scotia. I left his Lordship in the confi dent hope that we should receive an early communication of the intentions of her Majesty's Government." Such was certainly his intention; but Mr. Hincks having had an interview with him at three o'clock on Thursday, tho 30th of April, he could hardly-suppose the Government would be able to give him an intimation of their inten tion before the following morning, when that letter was written.—(Hear, hear.) . He added, tlat from what had passed in the House of Commons on the same evening, he felt it his duty to the province, whose interests were intrusted to his care, to explain frankly to the Govern ment that it would be quite impossible for Canada to continue any longer a negotiation which had already in volved her in much trouble, and which would materially retard other arrangements that might be made for the construction of the railway. After this, he would ask their Lordships candidly on which side was the obstruc tion—on the part of the representatives of Canada or on the part of the Government. He (Mr. Hincks) went on to.. say that he had not been sent to i England as an humble suitor, and he most respect fully requested a -final answer by the 15th inst., when, if the Government were unable, either from want of time, or the necessity of consulting Parliament, to come to a decision by that period, he begged it to be under stood that Canada withdrew from the present negotia tion, aid he should deem it his duty to enter into ar rangements which would put it out of the power of the provinces to negotiate on the present basis. He (Lord Derby) had every respect for the representatives of Ca nada, New_Brunswick, and Nova Scotia; but when a plan was laid before the Government involving an ex penditure of seven millions, which they were asked to guarantee, 'it was somewhat too much for a gentleman to use ;the terms contained in that• letter, and say that Canada would withdraw from an arrangement from whieh, it and the British provinces were to derive the greatest benefit.—(Hear, hear.) Though a little sur prise& at the tone of this letter, he (Lord Derby) had not (Inferred executing the promise he had made to Mr. Hinckh. He had brought the matter before a Cabinet Counqil, at which it was fully and deliberately discusied; and it was with great regret they had come to the conclusion that it was not to the admin. vents eof the provinces that they should sanct ion the i propo ed line, inasmuch as it forfeited the very ma in ad yenta es which led them in the first instance to be anxi ous *its promotion. That communication was made to M 4 Hincks about the 16th or 17th of the same month. Sir JJ Pakington had considered it the most respectful course to write his dispatches first to the governors of the colonies, and then to communicate them to the repre sente,Oves of the colonies in this country. In the mean time,'on the 13th, he (Lord Derby) had received an ap plicaiion from another society, who were desirous of en grafting a scheme of emigration on the general scheme of the railway known to be in contemplation by the Go vernment; and on the 15th he gave an answer, thee from recent communications great doubts had arisen whether the negotiations pending between the Government and the ciolonial legislatures were likely to lead to the con struction of the railway in, question; and it appeared that the Colonial deputies had first learned from the secretary to this society that the plan was not approved by the Government. As far as personal respect was concerned, nothing could have been more cordial and attentive than Sir 4. Pakington's treatment of these gentlemen. lie received them at his own house; gave them invitations to her Majesty's ball, invited them to dinner, and con stantly saw them on the same terms as the Secretary of State would have received any Ministers accredited from foreign powers. As to the substance of the negotiation, he would say that the Government had been most anxie ions to see it carried out; and he had been active in pressing it on the late Government. Bat he thought a better course than giving a guarantee would have been to make a grant of the waste lands through which the line passed. He meant not to say that the . guarantee would not have been redeemed by the provinces, though the contribution might have pressed very hard on the province of New Brunswick. Nevertheless, ho had been quite willing to leave the construction of the line to the colonial Legislatures, giving the desired guarantee, pro vided it was so constructed, as to secure those advantages which were promised from it. The Noble Earl admitted that it was a sine qua non that the line should be car ried through British territory. It was not a slight de viation that was now proposed. Bat the great object was in oonnection with the scheme of emigration, to have opened up a large tract of country in New Brunswick available for emigrants ; but this had been lost sight of. (Here the Noble Earl described the course of the line, as originally proposed, and the deviations, which could only be understood by reference to a plan.) Major Ro binson's line, he observed, had always been taken ai the basis of a negotiation ; but the proposed line, instead of making the circuit of the northern and eastern coast, made two right angles, passed by St. John's, and was carried farther to the west. It was true that by this scheme there would be a less length of railway to be constructed ; but Major Robinson's line would not involve a greater distance between Halifax and Qeebec. The line by St. John's might offer greater commercial advantages, but it abandoned the scheme of opening up New Brunswick to emigrants. The St. John's line, for nearly its whole length, ran within a few miles of the United States territory, and there was no security that it would not pass on the United States side of the St. John's River. Such a rail way, in an open undefended country, would not differ in the least, in the event of war , from a_raiway carri e d through the United States territo r y . r t - e ( d LI ftirat , es hear.) It tended far more to open up the United off than the British territory ; and in some, parts it by the rapid torrent of the St. John a giver from communica tion with the British territory. Under these circum stances the Government did not think the project one which so 'carried out imperia l objects as to justify them in giving a guarantee for the p roposed h hd_ ave undertaken expendit ure by the colonial leg isitlr e ee. ti li onsuting Parliament would w have been highlylegislatures.—(Hear.) T such a liabilityvi at iibu improper, and he doubted whether Par liament would have sa nctioned it. Howev er muc h h e might prefer the plan of granting waste lands, he would not have hesitated to recommend a guarantee - had the l i ne b een suc h as to secure e thosehad re roettheerradn.d Omaorethiemee portant„ objects to which he grounds the Government bad thought it their duty to inform the governors of the provinces that they were compelled, with reg ret, to refuse the guarantee, believing that the line did not promote really and truly British objects. The Government had nothing to conceal, and prod uc tion of the there would be no op p os ition to the papers.—(Hear, hear.) Earl GREY said he had not meant to bring any charge for the abandonment against the Governme nt hathe Noble Lord of the project. After w had said, he would add a few words to the_ negotiation. Having formerly had much communication with Mr. Hincks, he had always found him frank and straightforward in all his dealings; and it was to be regretted that two persons of such weight and station in the province as Mr. Hincks and Mr. Challoner should have learned the decision of the Government from a subordinate officer. It was only a short lime since the E m i grat i on Commis sioners had thought it necessary to put an a d vert i sement i n to the papers , cautioning the publi c not to l i sten to sc hemes put forth :by this person with ou t a d equate authority ; but he (the Noble Earl) was quite ready to admit that the manner in which the decision of the Government had been communicated to the delegates had been the result of accident. The really important point in tho matter, however, was that a line of railway communication should be established in the British ter ritory.. No doubt the line of Major Robinson would have been infinitely preferable in many respects; but as the railway would have to be constructed by the colo nists themselves, with the assistance only of the credit of this country, it was but natural that they should pre fer the line which offered the greatest commercial ad vantages.—(Hear, hear.) It was said that it would have swallowed up the whole of the surplus revenue of the colony; but he thought that, directly and indirectly, the returns of the railway would have* covered the in tereet.—(Hear, hear.) On the 20th of February, he (Earl Grey) had hurriedly written to Lord Elgin, on the eve of the departure of the mail, stating that it had not been possible for him to consult his col leagues, but that, as far as his own opinion went, though he greatly preferred Major Robinson's line, it would be better that the line which the pro vinces had been with auch great difficulty brought to agree to should be made, rather than that there should be no railway at all.=-(Hear.) The line of the colonists would certainly be more insecure in case of war; but in the time of peace it would have offered us tho great ad vantage of an independent mail, as well as great facilities for the conveyance of our troops.—(hear.) With re spect to the papers, ho should certainly prefer to move for their production. Earl FITZWILLIAM looked on the question of whe ther any offence had been. given to the delegates as a matter of little importance compared with that of whether there should be a line of railway from one of ' the At lantic ports to connect the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. He very much regretted the course which her Majesty's Government had thought it right to pursue; because the Federal Government of the United States gave great encouragement to such projects, and he should greatly deprecate anything that would lead the colonists to draw an unfavourable contrast between the conduct of the mother country and of the United States.—(Hear). The question of annexation was already discussed iu Canada, and though he was far from thinking that it was at all in the ascendancy, yet the subject was ono that half a century ago could nut have been broached in the colony.—(Hear, hear.) He thought, therefore, that it was very undesirable to thwart the opirdon of the co lony; and, besides, whatever line should be chosen, it would beopen to the objection of being near the Ame rican frontier. The line along the valley of 'the St. Lawrence would be within only twenty-five miles from the northern frontier of the United States. The Earl of DERBY—But the line of the St. John would pass within three miles of the frontier.—(Hear.) Earl FITZ WILLIAM—At all events, the objection was only one of amount, and he very much doubted whether the one railway would be much more securenino the case of war than the other.—(Hear, hearl.le) idea should think in a matter of very great reg should be created in the provincial mind trheat.ti;hie•ge.l.isiins. of the colony were disregarded, or treated as ?_f ar l . l s l ight 1 . 7_ pertance; and he trusted that the Noble e u is future head of the Government would so shop Au i EVENING, JUNE B, 1852. course, that if any feeling of dissatisfaction he l already slims paid for amhate;ed . .)re' chaplains, how it was that been created, it should he ap edily removed.—(Hear.) sortie emhatsiee enjoyed the presence of a chaplain and Lord MONTeI AGLE ditThred from the Noble Ea:i others did not? What .was the principle of the selection? who -had just .at down, in thinking that the coinenuni- He should more to reduce the vote by 1,0001., the sum cation which had passed between the Government and alio red for the expenses of, chaplains. . the gentlemen deputed from the colony were of the Lord STANLEY expleined that chaplains were 'Only , greatest importance, for there had been many ceses in attached to' those embassies where there was not a out . - which a trumpery case of supposed neglect had created ficient number of British residents to pay for.a.chaplain a feeling on the part of our colonies that had rendered of their own. subsequent negotiation with them exceedingly difficult. Mr. W. WILLIAMS objected to the vote as being —(Hear, hoar.) He (Lord Munteagle) thought the too large. explanation of the Noble Earl perfectly satisfactory ; Mr. ANSTEY did not think the explanation of the but if unreasonable conduct on the part of delegates Noble Lord satisfactory, because he found the facts did was a sufficient ground for rejecting their proposals, he not at all coincide with his statements. He should not, should not, its the Noble Earl had done, have rejected however, divide the Committee. them on the merits.—(Hear, hear.) The very fact that After some further conversation, , the Noble Earl had no surveys before him, while it was Lord DUDLEY STUART said that, re it eeeme4 . , a good reason for not acceding to the proposition of the that the experocl,i of the Tutee's mission were included, deputation, was the very reason why he should not at in this vote, he wished to call the attention of the Go once have decided against it. The colonists were vernment to a letter which ho had just received from sufficiently sensible of the disadventoe'es of the a gentleman at Fl et rence, well k n own, 'and. proximity of their line to the United States, but of great experience. In that letter great they felt that it was only a question of de- complaint was made of the manner in which the wee ; fer if they had taken Major Robinson'a line, Brioth mission W 33 conducted there. The mission had it would have been open to the very same objection. no office in the town, and any one desiring to see Mr. • But the fact had been entirely overlooked, that this was Sesrlett was obliged-to go °wet° his country house, to do not a mere question between Major Robinson's line and which he, had tt take a vehicle and lose half a day. the line of the coloniete, but the rejtcion of their pro. , Lord STANLEY said that he was not able tp give position made it certain that at no great length of time any explanation at present, but the matter should be a line would he opened over American grouud.—(Hear, inquired into. He quite agreed that it was of the utmost hear.) It had been nothing less than a miracle that the importance that British subjects abroad should have three colonies should have been brought to concur in a easy and speedy access,. to the presence of the repreeen - matter of such great importance not only to themselves tatives of their country whenever they might have any but to us, and he deeply regretted that the opportunity occasion for their service. should have been loste e --(Hear, hear.) Sir B. HALL wished to mention that he himself bed The Earl of DESART defended the course taken by experienced a difficulty of this sort at Turing on an Oct the Government, an d d re w t h e ir Lordships' attention to cation when he had required some alteration to bo made the significant fact that a meeting which had taken place in his passport. in favour of the St. John's line in 1850 had been held at Toe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, said Portland, in the state of Maine. They might therefore that a circular had lately. been addressed by.the Fureigu" well suspect that those who advocated that railway were office to British missions abroad, which, be thought, interested in a line connected with the United States. would entirely prevent any inconvenience being expe". The Government had taken then the best course, not in rienced by British travellers irons delay in this particular. contradicting the wishes of the colonists, but in declining He might also mention that a most distinguished memo to assist, in the manner requested, a line as much, or her of our diplomacy had just been appointed to the more, calculated to serve the influence of the United mission at Florence. States as of the colony itself. He believed that if the The vote was then agreed to. • Government had applied to the House of . Commons for Votes of 3.219/.. Too!cne:e an i Corsican Etnigrantit , its consent to the plan, it would never have sanctioned &c.; 2,0001., Vaccine Est.blishment; 325/, Refuge for the request.—(Hear, hear.) the Destitute, were then agreed•to. Earl POWIS supported the colonists. They had not On the vote of 135,359/. for superannuation alloy'• asked for the least assistance beyond the guarantee of ances, the mother country, and who could expect them to Lord DUNCAN wished to call the attention of the choose any but the best commercial line? He considered Government to the fact that in many instances retiring that the advantage of five or ten years of peace with allowances were given to persons who were just in the their railway would fully counterbalance any possible prime of life and perfectly competent to transact the disadvantages that would arise from its proximity to the business of their dices. American frontier. When they refitcted upon the Sir B. HALL acid that in cases of this sort he was hundreds of miles of railway which were being opened informed that the places were filled up by the relatives every year through the United States, he was afraid that of the retiring clerk. f • the refusal of this country to entertain the proposal of Mr. HAMILTON pointed out the fact that tnanY, e the colony would be a grea t bl ow t o th ose w h o a f ew th e su p erannua tion allowances were for offices Whit ) " e • years ago had refused, solely from imperial motives, the. had been abolished. lie agreed that the time of s ervice solicitations of persons in the United States to support might be lengthened, and he would promise that by ne 2 their lines.—(Hear, hear.) year, if he. held office so long, the whole system shoul d The papers were then ordered, be looked into. • - SURRENDER OF CRIMINALS (FRANCE CON- Lord Ei3RINGTON thought that in cases where VENTION) BILL. offices were abolished, the holders of them ought only t° On the order of the day for the second reading of this be superannuated until them was an oeportueity of .enr . Bill, ployieg them in some other capacity. The Earl of ABERDEEN said the Bill had only been Mr. W. WILLIAMS knew, for a certainty that mail • printed and delivered that day. As the subject required of these who received these allowauces were far mor e much consideration, he hoped the Noble Etta opposite able, as far as health and bodily strength went, to Per, would postpone the second reading for a short time. form their duties than the great majority of lion. Men'', The Earl of gALmEsBURY said he would take the bers who attended regularly in their places. lie also second reading to-morrow (this day). complained that the great majority of these gentlemen) METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT FURTHER even when in their offices, !evilly did nothing, but wer e A MENDMENT BILL. paid fordunusieg themselves in idleness. The Earl of DEVON moved the second reading of Mr. HINDLEY. suggested that for the future the ne W this Bill. superannuation should be voted in a separate eStiCat“t The Earl of DERBY sa id h o b a d no o bj ec ti on to many of these ellowances bad been made a number 01 take the second reading on the understanding that time years ago, and -it would be almost a breach of faith to was given to the Commissioner of Works to consider disturb them. the measure. The vote was then agreed to. CONSTITUTION FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD A vote 4,3001. for Polish refugees and distressed HOPE. Spaniards was agreed to. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he wished to put On the vote of 4,469/. for miscellaneous items, formerly a question with reference to the constitution to be defrayed by the hereditary revenues of the Crown, given to the Cape of Good Hope. The Noble Earl lately Mr. ANSTEY objected to the item of 7001. for at the head of the Colonial Department sent out draft French refugee clergy. ordinances to the colony for the purpose of being con- Mr. HAMILTON explained that the allowance 05 , sidered and.adopted in th e co l ony . I n th e discussion' made not as a religious grant, but simply as it grant Su of the question in the colony, one of the 'colonial distressed refugees, officers, the Attorlaey-General he thought, proposed Mr. ANSTEY objected to the item of .89/. 95. to be that the franchise should b e fi xe d at 25/, which was distributed among the incumbents of the Isle of gie'd eventually adopted. The Noble Earl had embodied in It was his intention to. oppose any.measure that, in fat' his draft ordinances the provision that 251. should be the voted public money for religious sects, and this itew r. franchise. Upon the re-formation 'of the legislative 'seemed to him .to bear that character. He should c a .% council the draft ordinance was taken into consideration, tainly, unless it was clearly explained that this item ns .o and it was proposed by Mr. Montagu that the franchise no connexion with religious opinion, divide the 1 1 2°L should be fixed at 501. This proposition was disap- on the question. With regard to the item of 400 _ ed proved of by the representati ve mem b ers o f the council, aid of th e funds of Lampeter College, be was el r but was carried by the colonial secre t ar y and the nomi- opposed to it. • This college was literally endow ed nee members. In the draft ordinances an unlimited the widow's mite, and was opened in 1828. A graati7g power was reserved to the Government of this country made to the college by George IV., but this not ,id e aen t to correct any part of them when they arrived in this been sufficient, the present grant was made by Parne s ee d d country. He wished to ask the Noble Earl (the Earl of on the condition of its only extending till the isse h t e co.' Derby), therefore, whether the Government were pre- expenditure should be equal. The accounts of t ;ft pared to exercise that power, and to make the franchise lege were never fairly produced, and although th e g.' 251., as originally proposed? He also wished to ask him of the college now considerably exceeded 4001., th•e rw Pr a i r e d another question with reference to the council. If he cipals of the college, notwithstanding this, came fo ..nt. was correctly informed, it was the intention of Govern- annually, like fraudulent beggars, to ask for this gs brought meat to make a still further alteration, by having nomi- In the form of the certificate which is nees for the second chamber instead of an elective body, forward requesting the continuance of the which be believed. would create great dissatisfaction , responsibility divided among so,u3aDY.P e " °" ' tin He asked whether that was the intention? sstatemen no one can be made responsible for aoYrelyeenditure of The Earl of DERBY said he thought the Noble Duke that certificate regarding the assets and 'dr not certificates was under the apprehension that the ordinances had ere the college. It was curious all that the and, rived in this country. That • was not the case. The in use dated, not from Wales, but from Durham' the last mail brought them the discussion which bad taken according to these certificates, the livings attached t i e side. place on the 501, franchise, but the ordinances had not college had actually decreased fifty per cent. i n du i then passed. There were some forms to be gone through. That he (Mr. Austey);vvas unable to believe- Nothined _d In this country they were little competent to judge of mischief ( had resui the effect of a 25/. franchise in the colonies. Tdey had the effect of fostering ied from this grant, it bad pod now brought acted on the ad v i ce o f Lord Cathcart, namely, to sus- nothing would b. , so advanitgangeroaunseeforantdheideldeunceasstion67i pens their judgment till they received the ordinances. North' Wales as the entire destruction of St. Divi de A mail had come in this morning w hi c h h a d most likely College at Lampeter. He would move that the vote be brought the dispatches, and no time would be lost iu dimintehed bybe coming to a decision on this qu es ti on, b ec ause he thought Mr. MORRIS hoped that the Committee would not , with the Noble Earl that there ought to be no delay, led away h ey the specious eloquence of the Learned He He had some apprehensions as to the probable cense- Member for Youehal. The incipal of Vie sues of 1,800/. qaences of constitutional government in the Ca f taken high h pe o(mows et University and Bishop Good Hope but a' • ,ter expectations which had been the character and station of the vice-princiPa - a • tobfisocxotlolreag; .and held out, he thought that their promises should s e f e e. of St. David's entirely precluded any belief in the abasesd. filled to the spirit and to the letter. With regard to the which the Hon. Member for Youghal bad enumerat:uch other question, he had not heard of any proposal to sub- Mr. S. DA-VIES said that, t was impossible that 0 stitute a nominee council at the Cape of Good Hope fur abuses as those mentioned could have existed a college the representative system. which bad had gentlemen of such worth for its principal. Their Lordships then adjourned. • The most distinguished members of the Welsh Chur.li_ for their h b e e i e r n ie p a n r p n i i l La e t n i d h of the college having refused to return any account p at i e c t 6 y l . le W ge ith m r e tla d r i d st 't hl o g t a ho " p 4 r e i d nc a ip li s ig ; at all, he (t.tr. Davies) did not think that such could b° the ease. The reputation of the college and of th e gentlemen connected with it was a sufficient that no fraud could he intended. Mr. WILLIAMS, as having been born in thatcen°l in which the college existed, felt extremely anitit about the efluention of the youth of that county. E re. ; one must be aware that any public edifice receiving d grant from the country was amenable for ° e l; guarantee thing like falsification of accounts. He 511° % 1 W prefer •the grant to . ee 1,0001., instead of 400 , - regard to the statement of the Hon. Member fur Youg ba d ied that no one at that college could preach in the , language, he would only say that some of the me st , ee t tinguished clergymen in Wales were educated at establishment... After a few words from Mr. LOVEDEN, Mr. W. WILLIAMS considered that it the teadi t e • of Wales had territorial tithe it would be as rich s . 6 te lf. Church of England, and as well a bl e to supportl. h otly He would challenge the Hon. Member to neent` e i d em en . more upright op conscientiou s men t h an the gentnif.. 'connected with St. David's College, Lampeter, ev e d ), .; he were to begiu with te Pope bieuseld—CA loot He should be glad to t seethe college in a codifi e d forHAMILTON suggested that the tir e° hat to require this grant et all. . "a arrMivred.reporting progress, and he should rn° re d eed the Chairman sh ou ld d u so, if t h e H on .M em berinf e to divide the Committee. After a few words from Mr. ANSTEY, o , p.o The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the resumed. The report was ordered to be received to-1 11 ° 1°1 0;4 4 The Scutch Mills for Flax Bill was then read time. 'sad The other twelv e o'eloek orders were then OP ° of, and the House rose at Four o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 7. • SUPPLY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) On the vote of 30,000/. for the capture of ;laves, - - Mr. STAFFORD, in reply to Sir G. Peelle'', observed that the Board of Admiralty were determined to keep the squadron on the coast of Africa in a state of suffi cient effectiveness to suppress the slave trade in that quarter of the world. Sir G. PECHELL wished to know whether France and America still co-operated with this country in put ting a stop to the traffic in slaves on the coast of Africa? Mr. STAFFORD said the reports on that subject were satisfactory. Captain SCOBELL complained that there had not been sufficient promotion among those engaged iu the attack upon Lagos. Admiral STEWART said the promotion of officers in the affair of Lagos had occupied the deliberate and liberal consideration of the late Government. Whatever were the number of killed and wounded, he would take upon himself to say that in no other naval action on record was more liberal promotion given by the Admiralty. Mr. STAFFORD confirmed the statement of the Gallant Admiral. Lord J. RUSSELL heard with great pleasure that it was the intention of the Government to keep up the slave squadron on the coast of Africa, for he believed, if it were maintained for a short time longer, the traffic in slaves would cease altogether. The vote was then agreed to, as was also a vote of 11,2501. for mixed commissions for adjudication in refe rence to captured slaves and slavers. On the vote of 150,983/. for defraying the expenses of consular establishments abroad, Mr. W. WILLIAMS considered that a great reduc tion might be made under this bead without injury to the interests or commerce of the country. They might, for instance, dispense with the consul at St. Petersburgli, who received a salary of 7501. a year; for we had besides that Officer in that city, not only an ambassador, but a minister and secretary to the legation. He did not think the consul could have any duty whatever to per form which could not be discharged by the other repre sentatives of England in St. Petermrgh. The Hon. Member mentioned other instances iu which reductions might be made. The SPSAKER resumed the Chair at Six o'clock. PE FITIONS. 4( 01 Mr. BROTHERTON presented several petition ill. Camberwell and other places againtit the Militia ,3o l 3 te pled hi Several petitions to the same effect were p ress of Hon. Members. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY presented a petition nil; law society in the metropolis in favour of the. al3°' of Masters in Chancery. - 1 nmntri er Mr. EWART presented a petition from .1,..-- shire egainst the-grant to Maynooth• -r• &al Mr. DUNCOM BE presented a petition from x 01- in favour of Parliamentary reform. raion 9 Mr. COBDEN pres ented a p etiti on fro m a re' l 7: the society in Yorkshire , praying for an ailteration o f law preventiug marriage with a deceased wife's 5130;1 Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the cc :, l4 of tiat t Tl h e lea e satop: county, ei M rori9,7; i v v r : Marquis ,14,t00s soift of Down, complaining' andu i i c s h t o h fP ey considered a direct i nterfcren c° ; oe• i i n D n d g in on g d f e c L o ry f a i n n ; . h i e .n e cri e j i l n r eit r i f o e i a r n e lF o t . t b i ti:: t i t n e th fi e o ll us o e up a s n o d w t h he o f h r a e d edo b ut een o f c e L e !e r as i p s ri: o e i p ia p e a v t l il' E o i oetinscei c r y o o nt %l Al l i , : r a T Y tu °r t' praying MISSION. f th e Lord DUN , ' E el. POOR LAW C° M. Times that no ember sees of the 3d of JULI 3 the following parugaPh ~AN said that ia the City Article , op .. geared:-- w bich "It is a curious fact, illustrative of the way in er , the o ffi cial business of the Government is someticee!!_od formed, that a cheque drawn by the Poor-law Boad " A signed by Sir John Trollope (President), and 14 ° tb r ; Courtenay (Secretary), was dishonoured to-do at___,,, t Bank of England. Its atutunt.WaS 1491., and the 00 9 ;:„ given to Messrs. Glyn end Co., by whom it wa, P . stinted, was 'Not sufficient effects.'" • bj 2111.4 some explanation should be given on thin su . f i ber the Ho thought that for the credit of the Poor:le o° _, ll b r ! begged to *sk the President of the Board whe '''' statement in the Times was correct? . _,, j a Sir J. TROLLOPE viculd have no great ditEe4V l .4 The circumstance arose from mere inadvertenetary explaining the matter to which. the Noble Lord re ,..n i lt i l, part of the accountant who tra.nsactedot4R. rik, ousiness of the Poor-law BJard. . Pao.. aSiA/ 11,14 .., 0 37 , bad a uditors would ho sent in very soon, and ni- ,j o a, bit; b e en voted by the House in the course of the ser o 00 the sece patent bed, by own °Tonight; olOllVg Lord STANLEY said there was only an increase of 2,0001. under this head, as compared with last year, but the present Government were only responsible for a small portion of the present estimates. Ho assured the Honourable Member that his Noble Friend at the head of Foreign Affairs would take this subject, into his serious consideration with the view of mono-, mising the expenses as far as possible. In reply to Mr. HINDLEY, Lord STANLEY said he was not aware of the: existence of any rule that when a vecancy occurred in! the consular establishment it should be filled up by the; Government at the same salary. Mr. W. WILLIAMS complained that the expense of` our establishments at the small settlement of Kong amounted to 7,3991., while at Canton, where vast a commerce was carried on, the expen se exceed 4,6291. did not t , was nominal Lord STANLEY said the discrepan c y conducted and not real. The Governor of Hong-Kong all negotiations with the Chinese Governemsetanbt,lisahtehnatds. the general supervision of the in China, and he was theref ot consular ret hought entitled to a larger salary than the con s u l compla of the -1 Mr. W. WILLIAMS did naotCanton• but thought in he should Gover per nor of Hong-Kung's "ar a duty. form an additional amount Ad m iral STEW ART observed, that if consuls did not perform thei r duties to the satisfaction of the coin-, mercial part of the commueity, th e G overnment we re sure to hear of it. We should never have good and efficient men to represent us in foreign p arts , an d t d defend the rights of British merchants, unless they paid them well. The climate of Hone-Kong was the most deadly to the European constitution, not even excepting the coast of Africa, and the cost of living there was most expensive. He considered no money was better spent by the country than in securing efficient, able, and honest consuls abroad. After some further discussion the vote was agreed to. On the vote of 16,800/. for the extraordinary dis bursements for her Majesty's missione abroad, Mr, ANSI wished to know, wits regord to the 'l 4 tot , ~1;1 j" ~ ~. ~P