The Sun. — London, England, 1835-06-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cambridge had a dinner party last evening at Cambridge-house. Amongst the company were the Duke of Gordon, Lord Hill, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Sir George Nlurray, Sir William Gomm, and Colonels Mackinnon,Wood ford, and Milman. The Dukes of Wellington and Rutland, the Marquises of Londonderry and Douro, Earls Mansfield, Norbury, and Wicklow, Viscount Canterbury, Lords Lyndhurst and Illoomfield, Sir Edward Kerrison, and Sir Charles We therell, dined with the Duke of Cumberland on Sunday even ing at Kew. The Landgravino of Hesse Homburg visited the Duchess Of Gloucester yesterday. , The Duke of Cumberland came to town yesterday from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. Viscount Melbourne left town at 8 o'clock yesterday after noon for his residence Brocket-hall, Herts. The Right Hon. Poulett Thomson visited his Lordship previous to his departure. The Belgic and Hanoverian Ministers visited Viscount Pal rnerston yesterday at the Foreign-office. Lord Eliot trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Mark Philips and Mr. Wood had an interview yester day with Mr. Poulett Thomson at the office of the Board of Trade. The Earls of Fitzwilliam and Gosford and Mr. Spring Rice visited Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir William Curtis entertained a select party at dinner on Sunday at his residence in Portland-place. Lady Curtis had afterwards an evening party. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Mainuis and Marchioness of Bristol, at their seat, Putney-heath, from Brighton ; Hon. E. Percival, from Lord Arden's seat, York House, near Epsom, Surrey ; R. C. Yar borough, Esq., from Houston, Doncaster; General Trevor, in Hertford-street, from his seat in Sussex ; Mr. and Mrs. Ha- Inilton, at the Carlton Hotel, Regent-street, from America ; Sir Joh n and the Misses Hawkiiis at ditto, from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Barclay, at ditto, from the Continent ; Turkes, at ditto, from a tour; the Hon. Mr. Plunkett, at ditto, L i .rem Ireland ; the Hon. Randall Plunkett, at the St. James's Jermyn-street, from Ireland ; Lord Compton, Knox, • and Mackenzie, Es. at itt, from Cambride; Alt an d Mrs. Vivian, at the , Pulte d ney o - Hotel, Albemarl g e- Street ; Major Eusten, at Wright's Hotel, Dover-street ; Mr. and Miss O'Brien, at ditto ; William Blissett, Esq., at ditto ; Mrs. Edwards and family, at ditto ; Wm. Cooper, Esq., at ditto - Captain and Mrs. Gage , in B rook-street, from Brighton ; Lady Kinloch, from Brighton ; Lady Frederick tentinck, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Hedworth Lambton, in Mount-street, from the Earl of Durham's seat, Sudbrook- D•rk, Richmond ; Hon. Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, in St. ames's-place, from a Continental tour; R. Mere O ' Ferrall, 11 " sc• o in Bury-street, from Kildare ; A. W. Chisholm, Esq., ' l . P., from the North ; Hon. Lloyd and Lady Harriet Mos ia Lower Seymour-street, from a tour ; Lady Mary Vudyer and family, at Leamington, from their seat, Ayston, Ppingham ; Lady Darell and family , fr o m a tour ; Lord `Yin. Paget, from the Continent ; Lord Prudhoe, from ditto ; Col Hamilton, from ditto ; Baron de Rothschild, from ditto ; Culling Smith, Esq., from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Burgoyne, from ditto ; Col. Beckwith, from ditto. DEPARTURES. S• ir J. Cope, Bart., from his seat, Bramshill Park, Hants ; tlenry Fox Talbot, Esq., from Sackville-street, for his seat, Lacock Abbey, Wilts ' • Captain Dixon, from Fenton's Hotel , St. J ames ' s - s t re et, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clarke, Item the Pulteney Hotel, for Idsworth Park, Hants ; Colonel Ltd Mrs. Hunter Blair, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn- Itreet, for the Continent ; General Finch, from ditto, for Worcestershire • Groves, Esq., from ditto , on a to ur ; captain and Mrs.i Gowan, for Brighton. Haymaking has commenced extensively in the n eighbourhood of Bath, during the past week, both in grass and lover, and the crops are allowed to be unusually fine and a bundant. The favourite amusement of the fashionable banditti in Greece is to cut off their prisoners' ears, and make them eat them fried in oil POTATOES.—It is the practice in Lincolnshire to alt potatoes to prevent their vegetating in winter ; these Potatoes, if sown, will not root, particularly in wet seasons. r. On Monday last, an old woman of the nam e of Whitcombe, in her 101st year, walked from Beachley t ., 0 Chepstow, a distance of four miles , and re turned the same waY.—Bristol Mercury. SUICIDE.—A your man who had been appren ticed to a surgeon of this City disappeared about two months go, and was not heard of since, until his body was found, on Tuesday last, on a mountain beyond Rathfarnham. The body Was found among rocks, and nearly covered with furze. It Was by means of the clothes that the friends of the deceased Were enabled to identify it. A lancet was found beside the body, and a cut in the principal artery of the right arm was still visible. From the evidence the jury came to the conclu sion, that the unfortunate young gentleman bled himself to death while in a state of temporary insanity, and found a ver dict accordingly. The deceased was entitled to a considerable f ortune, and would soon have succeeded to its enjoyments , being nearly of age.--Dublin Observer. EXTRAORDINARY PIG.—A pig was killed on Friday at Lynn, which measured, when dead, seven feet two Inches i n length, and in girt seven feet ten inches, after the hair had been removed. Its weight, without the offal, was 1,03 2 pounds, and the meat very tender. On Thursday last a sow belonging to the Marazion Hotel, Cornwall, littered nineteen pigs, and all, with the sow, are doing well. An extraordinary influx of mackarel was experi thced last week in Weymouth bay. On Monday the supply Was extremely abundant, and fish of a large size, averaging a Pound weight, were sold at the rate of three shillings the l unndred, and bought in immense quantities. Several waggon '4(l3 were sent off to distant parts of the country. Drunkenness, in many cases the cause of fatal l ecidents, is so eomm on in England, Wales , Scotland, and rel an d, that although 40 or 50 different ne ws p a p ers, p ub- Wish e d in various parts of the United Kingdom, daily pass throu g h our hands, there is scat's sly one of them which does Opt every d a y in the week contain ari account of some crime or accident o ccasioned by indulgence in thin brutalizing` ice. SIR W AL TER SCOTT AND HIS CAT. —hile Scott was reading, a sage grimalkin had taken his seat in a ehair beside the fire, and remained with fixed eye and grave demeanour, as if listening to the re ader. I observed to Scott t ail his cat seemed to have a black-letter taste in literature. Ah I" said he, " these cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we ar e aware of ; it comes, no doubt, from their being so familiar W ith witches and warlocks." He went on to tell a little st ory about a gudeman who was returning to his cottage one eight, when, in a lonely o ut-of-the-way place, he met with a f uneral p ro cession of cats, all in mourning , bear in g one of tneir race to the grave, in a coffin covered with a black velvet Pall. The worthy man, astonished and half-frightened at so s trange a pageant, hastened home, and told what he had seen to his wife and children. Scarce had he finished, when a great black cat that sat beside the fire raised himself up, ex tlaimed, " Then am I King of t he Cats 1" and vanished up the chimney. The funeral seen by th e g udeman was one of t he cat dynasty. " Our grimalkin here," added Scott, sometimes reminds me of this story, by the airs of sove reignty which he assumes, and I am apt to treat him with re - %Peet, from the idea that he may be a great Prince incoq., and may sometime or other come to the Throne." In this way Qcott would make the habits and peculiarities of even dumb animals about him subjects for humourous remark, or whimsi cal s t ory _Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey. CLERICAL VIRULENCE.—Two clergymen, within t he vi c arage of Halifax, the one a pastor of a flock in a certain W ilderness, and the other a shepherd of souls in a fertile valley, ° l l being solicited for their suffrages for Lord Morpeth, gave I ne following anti-christian-like answers. The pastor said, I would sooner sign a petition for his transportation ;" and ' L ae shepherd said— -IVhitwe" I ould sooner subscribe for a rop e to "ang hi p "—haven Herald. LITERARY TAILORS.—The frequent development of mind among tailors is remarkable. Not to mention living auth ors , we had Robert Hill and Henry Wilde, men of great Classical attainments; George Ballard, the antiquary and bio grapher ; John Stow, the well-known historian ; John Speed ; and J. H. Lambert, the great mathematician and astronomer of Switzerland ; with many more who were members of the v°nrd. A NARROW ESCAPE FROM HANGING.—On Thursday night last, the feelings of the audience at the Gar rick Theatre were painfully excited by the following circum stance :—During the performance of Signor Plimmeri on the slack rope, he suspended himself in the c entre of the stage by f orming a noose in the rope, through which he passed his head, ;'o that the whole weight of his body rested on the back part of his head and chin. That part of the rope which pressed on t he chin accidentally slipped underneath, and on to his throat, and:,l, having lost all power to relieve him self from his painful , (1 perilous situation, strangulation was ra p idly going on. The audience, perceiving from the convul sed state of his body, that a few momenta must have terminated his existence, gave t ent to their feelings. Some shrieked aloud, others fainted, and the scene altogether may be more easily conceived than d escribed. In consequence of the difficulty of g ettin g a ladder at a moment to reach the rope, the unfortunate m an ' s sufferin g s :i r ate protracted for nearly two minutes ; and when he was cut own, there were scarcely any signs of life. By the prompt attendance of Messrs. Fairbank and Groves, surgeons, in the beighbourhood, who instantly bled him, and administered strong restoratives, he partially recovered, and is now quite well. MURDER.—There was found at Llandaff last week Without mill- s t rea m, the trunk of a fine newly -born infant, without its head and legs, carefully tied up in a piece of the skirt o f a f ema l e ' s o ld bl ac k h om ! , azine gown. The h ead and l e ne g r, a ny which have not yet been found, seened to have been a chopped off at two strokes by some large a:" l very sharpt_ etrument—the former close to the shoulder—the lattei the hips and the navel—tbe child being held at the time by O 'n feet in a bent position, with the hack of its head on a block janinething of the kind, as part of the skin of the chest close ° the neck was cut off with the head, so that when the body vt aa_ straightened tbe neck and chest bone protruded bare position too must have been thrown back into the chest by the tleitiou of the body, for had they been in their proper place i l y e must have been cut through, but they were uninjured. miller's female servant, who was immediately suspected, -14 been taken into cwitosly. of Inc' passing ife. cccru s indiffe- 5 statue would ely, ;ed by [ e to it , nful to at firs inspeco i-- that . : oro lls, bei n g )h ail S pre' public mo rals, Wollld pUbl ie having )em 83 rest 41 or wh o Jcil ail 011011 T Ov an in' all, in al that 9t :tat re. 5 int er. all 115 ' e 5) 111 ; ler and indil l ; l ace at ich the subtil e cites so of the .granee he ar (gland• Ps, the lesorne P rice, e h its mind' b th`. 'ligh t ' rules week, ass, in solutO 01. O f eraJ CLAIMS OF LITERARY MEN. (FROM A CORRRAPONDENT. It had long been such a novelty in England (though of fre quent occurrence in all other countries of Europe) to find lite rary merit rewarded or encouraged by Kings or Ministers, that the nation was equally gratified and surprised a few years ago, when the late King George IV. directed that ten gentlemen of distinguished eminence, in different branches of learning and science, should be chosen by the Royal Society of Literature, and attached to that Institution, under the title of " Royal As sociates." On these ten gentlemen his Majesty bestowed, by endowment, an annual donation of 100 guineas to each. This, we believe, was the first princely thing of the kind ever done in England. But lately we have been delighted to see in va rious newspapers, and other periodical publications, the names of several meritorious authors, both male and female, whom Sir Robert Peel had placed on the pension list—Professor Airy, at 300/. ; Southey, 300/. ; Mrs. Somerville, 2001. ; Mont gomery, 150/. ; Turner, 2001. ; besides handsome donations from his own private purse to Mrs. Hemans and others. Of all this, the papers lately (ministerial) very justly boasted; and one (the Standard, of April 16,) affirms that of Sir Robert's pensioners the majority were Whigs ; and it adds, " We should like to see what Sir Robert's predecessors for four years can set off against these pensions." Now, let it be remem bered that Lord Grey, above a year ago, restored to Mr. Mil lingen and Dr. Jamieson the pensions which they enjoyed for a few years as two of the Royal Associates, above mentioned; for the donation settled on them by George IV. was, to the shame of those who suggested such a measure, withheld from the day of his death. But why, in the restoration of these pensions, should there have been a partial selection ? Or have Millingen, Jamieson, and Turner, obtained this favour through private influence, while equal claims of others are ne glected ? It is unworthy of Government and of the nation. Of the ten original Associates four have died—the celebrated Roscoe and Davies, Coleridge and Malthus. To three, as we have shown, the pensions have been restored. There re main then but three—Mathias, Ouseley, and Todd, to claim the renewal of his late Majesty's donation ; a royal endowment, which, in every other country, would have been considered as a permanent annuity for life, and the reduction of which, scarcely a single tax-payer of the three kingdoms, whether Tory, Whig, or Radical, would have approved. "By this abject and unworthy act," says the Times of March 12th, " the illustrious Mr. Coleridge, Mr. Roscoe, Mr. Sharon Turner, and seven other meritorious men of letters, were rob bed of a pittance which was not conferred without due conside ration of circumstances, and was not withdrawn without the infliction of severe hardship (there is reason to fear even of poverty) upon the declining years of more than one distin guished writer. Had not an Englishman cause to blush for his country when her statesmen, pampered with luxuries them selves, could select this scanty benefaction, bestowed upon the necessities of men of letters, as the fittest object for retrench ment," &c. Although we rejoice in the generosity evinced towards the men of letters and ladies above-mentioned, we must venture to remark that a minister, like a private individual, should be just as well as generous. We have shown that death has removed four of the original ten Associates, and Ministers have restored their pensions to three. The remaining three, above named, whose claims continue hitherto most unaccountably disregarded, will soon, we trust, be placed by an impartial Minister, on the same footing as their colleagues, Millingen, Jamieson, and Turner. DUBLIN, JUNE 2. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) As the present is a period, in which more than in any for some years past, it is of importance to be well acquainted with the true state and tone of public opinion, properly so called, I propose furnishing you with such incidents as seem to me cal culated to illustrate and represent it in its most unequivocal shape and form. Among those of most recent occurrence in this country is a meeting held yesterday, in the parish of St. Thomas, in this city, for the purpose of addressing Earl Mul grave, as the Representative of his Majesty, amongst us. The proceedings are fully reported in the Morning Papers of this day; and if you could devote a sufficient part of your valuable paper to such reports at this moment, Mr. Dalton's speech would, I think, compensate your readers for the absence of more ordinary news. The circumstance of that gentleman's coming forward in public at this crisis is in itself characteristic of the times—he is a Roman Catholic Barrister, well-known for his " auntient lere" and writings on matters interesting to his country ; but he cannot be said to have been hitherto a po litician. His speech on this occasion will, however, show that he is actuated by the spirit of Reform, founded on principles which none but factionists can, with any pretensions to a sense of national justice, repudiate. I regret the impossibility of compressing into a single letter his refutation of the ca lumnies and misrepresentations which the allusion to Sir Con stantine Phipps, in the address from the College the other day, has given rise to. Suffice it to say, that it is well worthy of the attention of those who are truly interested in the welfare of this country, and temperately disposed to aid in effectuating its peace and happiness. It was well received by a respectable and intelligent meeting; and coming from such a man, and at such a time, is an indication to Government of the duties they have to perform, and of the aid and support they may expect in the performance of such duties. A meeting for a similar purpose is expected to take place in a few days, in the adjacent parish of St. George, and there can be very little doubt but that the example will be followed by the other parishes of this metropolis and its vicinity, and probably by all Ireland. Such is the consequence of sending to Ireland a Viceroy, from whom, because of his name and fa mily associations, much good is expected. That these expec tations may not be disappointed will depend, not less on the decisive measures adopted generally by the present Cabinet, than on his own firmness and character. In no part of the empire can the principles of Lord Melbourne's Government be developed more fully than in Ireland ; and it is mainly by their conduct in regard to this country that they will be judged of by the United Kingdom. For whatever improvements may be requisite for England, and other parts of the British dominions, in Ireland alone is it necessary to undo the effects of the misgovernment of ages. This is not now the doctrine of Whigs or Catholics, or any isolated party ; it is admitted by persons of every class, creed, and political colour ; the only difference of opinion being, as to the means of carrying it into effect. The Tories and old monopolists say, they only can carry on the necessary mea sure of Reform in a safe and satisfactory manner ; while the nine-tenths of the nation exclaim, " You have too long de ceived us—we are afraid to trust you—we shall try other agents ; should they disappoint us too, we shall attempt a different system, independent of the parties who heretofore re gulated the economy of our Constitution and country." This latter threat will be carried into effect, if the present Govern ment be slow in complying with the people's demands ; or if the Tories defeat their best endeavours by that system of po licy and combination which they are now pursuing. It is therefore incumbent on all those, who would preserve our Con stitution in a reformed state, restoring the rights and liberties of a large portion of their fellow-countrymen, to rally round the present Government as long as they prove themselves worthy of liberal support. With this feeling a great propor tion of the people of this country, not accustomed to inter meddle in public matters, are now manifesting a disposition to oppose Tory intrigue and combination. As an instance, lam just now informed, that Lord Plunkett being about to dine, at King's Inn, to-day, the first time of his attendance there as bencher, since his appointment to the Chancellorship, an immense number of the bar and attornies are to attend, in testimony of their confidence in, and support of the present Government. ~ NIL DESPERANDUM." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Notwithstanding the agitation existing in England, consequent to the warfare carried on between the two great parties, never was a fairer prospect held out to a suffering and expectant country. The Tories are undeniably desperate, intriguing, and hollow ; were their power commensurate to their wishes, they would to-morrow put to flight every shadow of Reform, restore the odious privileges of particular castes, and joyfully fasten round our necks the chain of abject servi tude : but, not losing sight of this, we must at the same time allow that, in spite of their resisting efforts, they are hurried down the stream of popular will, and that, with minds mossed with what BERANGER aptly calls " prejuges Gothiques," they yet dare not come into the open field of contest, save under the protecting banner of Liberty. They profess themselves willing to correct manifest abuses, and destroy whatever is proved a violation of justice, who, within the recollection of the youngest politician, declared any alteration a departure from the Con stitution, and an excuse for its subversion. Our institutions were so perfect that the attempt at amendment was deemed an idle experiment, and time, losing its corrosive qualities, had strengthened and rendered iem more solid and durable. The man, for example, who ventured to hint that the Church might possibly require repairing—that Corporations were by nature liable to decay—that the claims of Dissenters were, at least, worth attention, as emanating from a large and increasing body—the bare mention, I say, of these, was sufficient to con demn the solitary speaker to negligence and contempt ; by some set down for a rash enthusiast; by others, less charitably inclined, considered a rogue and atheist, and shunned by all as an undesirable and dangerous companion. The faculties of the people on political subjects were apparently benumbed, and, during the relaxation which followed the fever of war, a word in favour of Reform was construed into a signal for plunder and revolution I What a change, then, has come over the spirit of the times, when we behold the doughty champion of Dissent in the person of Sin ROBERT PEEL I—when we hear the impatient convert placing the power of the Com mons far above that of Aristocracies and Kings—when we find the ablest organ of the Protean sect plunging into the fiery abyss of Radicalism, and fearlessly re commending TILE ANNIHILATION OF MUNICIPAL CORPORA TIONS, IN TOTUM. Unfortunately, however, we have a natural, almost an invincible, repugnance to new-born zeal. Political principles are so interwoven with every circumstance of life, that the sincere abandonment of them is a matter of rare occurrence, and never are they suddenly thrown off, ex cept, indeed, through the active agency of inspiration or per spiration, as in the memorable case of the valiant Knight of thc Malt, Ido ;lot mean to infer that opinions are always bef:aiise it 15 cpvtfliit that as we jel.l i advance dityearswisdom,;ficietii' we 50 many things in a more subdued, an d oftener, therefore , in a more fational light ; but I contend that we have just reason to suspect a PARTY, which (observe, not meliorates, but) turns at once directly upon its former views. On this account, few persons place confidence in the present shifting generation of Tories. They have shown a flexibility of back-bone which, how requisite soever to a disciple of GRIMALDI, is no recommendation in statesmen; they have descoticsi from that hip scat where, enthroned in feudal splendour, and defying the voice of the people, they commanded some respect as the uncompromising defenders of their Order ; they have come in close contact with the " un washed artificers" whom they vauntingly despised, and, tossed about from one side to the other, have betrayed a weakness which prudence had rather concealed ; and dropping the mask in their haste to barter honour for office, they have displayed to the gaze of the multitude the hideous features of avarice and hypocrisy. But, Sir, it is not to the melancholy tergiversation of this broken-down party that I wish to direct the reader's attention, so much as to the healthy tone which pervades all classes of society indiscriminately. Were it not for the immense strides Liberty has recently made, the leaders of the grasping faction would have no occasion to assume an honesty they cannot compass ; it is because they discover in the masses more in tellect, a hearty desire to shake off all useless burdens, and an immovable resolution to possess cheap Government, that they are obliged to march under false colours, and speak up for principles they abhor. Most independent men are agreed upon the necessity of applying the knife to the unsound parts of the Constitution, and, without quarrelling about names, the majority of them are Reformers. Expose an abuse nowa days to an individual, and, if not a bloated alderman or blind bigot, he will cry out, " Away with it ;" he may tell you the operation must be performed by Conservative Patriots and not Jacobinical Whigs, but he has acceded to the reasonableness of your proposition, and the chief point is gained. The mo ment good principles have the ascendancy, 3 ou open the sluice of improvement, and a pure current flows through the country, beautifying its appearance, and fertilizing its soil. I look with extreme interest on the abluent process to which Eng land is submitting, as tending ultimately, not. forsooth, to eradicate all that is evil, but to introduce such an accumula tion of good as will render it in a great measure impotent. To expect to see man deprived of his sting is to indulge in a vain dream • the laws of human nature cannot be abrogated by any regulations short of Divine ; but caution, and the culti vation of virtue by the upper ranks, and the constant instilling of tolerant and just precepts in men's minds generally, may parry the thrusts of the wicked, and at last strangle the hydra headed monster, Tyranny. When, therefore, turning aside from any particular clan, I throw my eyes over the whole surface, I see much to animate us with courage and perseverance. There are, indeed, some well-meaning persons who give themselves up to despondency, and shrink before what they conceive insuperable difficulties ; but if, instead of confining their ideas in one small path, they suffered them to range freely over the entire face of society ; if, throwing a bold retrospect on the past, they paused at effects, and duly weighed the causes that produced them ; if they were to get rid of the corrugating influence of party spirit, and, leaving that narrow track, soar into the broad and gentle and wise regions of philosophy, their conclusions, I think, would be any thing but gloomy. Buoyed up by the sight of that better spirit which prevails to so great an extent, and encouraged by the " CONSENSUS BONORUM OMNIUM " on almost all matters nearly allied to our prosperity as a nation, they would behold the political and moral horizon both united, and both visibly brightening, whilst the dawn of happier days, seen in the distance, would cheer their drooping hearts. But although Liberty must triumph in the end, Indolence will retard its victory. Much has been done, but much also re mains undone ; we must be stirring, and not asleep ; we must carry out the principles of CHARLES JAmss Fox, of revered memory ; we must complete that fabric which the great and good, who are at rest, sacrificed their lives and comforts to found. To do this, we must buckle on our armour, and give no quarter to the enemy, never remaining contented, nor deeming our work finished, until we behold the unwieldy hulk of Toryism shattered by our broadsides, and sinking into the waves amid the loud huzzas of free Britons. AIILO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As we are threatened with more nonsense about " Currency," to the hindrance of public business, it will be as well to upset a few of the fallacies usually created on the subject. You have adverted to the absurd scheme of Sir J. Sinclair for issuing Exchequer Bills, but you have not noticed the fundamental fallacy on which it is based, viz.—that the price of produce depends on the amount of the circulating medium. Now the fact is, the AMOUNT OF CIRCULATION DEPENDS ON THE PRICE AND QUANTUM OF PRODUCE. This IS almost a self-evi dent proposition to those who have an atom of discernment. If the quantity of goods should be great, the medium of ex change must be considerable in amount; if small, the me dium must be proportioned. No financial operation could keep twenty millions circulating in the Isle of Man, nor any jugglery enable us to transact all the business of the empire with ten thousand pounds. The currency babblers, then, have just taken cause for effect l They find high prices and vast circulating medium coincident, and fancy the former the result, instead of the cause, of the latter. If a loan were advanced to the landowners, it would produce no effect on prices—if to the farmers, it might enable them to hold back corn for a time, after which time, the market being glutted, by the produce of the year, and the accumulation, prices would fall lower than ever. As to excess and deficiency, it is all moonshine. Slight local derangements may arise, just as a private individual may in one month be a little more flush or bare of cash than in another ; but for any period worth notice, or over any great portion of the community, the thing cannot exist. Our currency being chiefly in paper, any surplus beyond the immediate mercantile wants of the community, is, as fast as it arises, returned, (i. e. paid in) to the Banks—any sudden ad ditional demand is forthwith supplied by bankers or private ca pitalists, if good security can be offered. Another fallacy is the supposed dependence on Bank of England notes Or gold—THE MAIN PART OF OUR CIRCULATING MEDIUM IS MADE UP OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE, and if twenty millions of Bank of England notes were annihilated to-mor row, a month hence the event would be unfelt; bills of ex change for smaller sums than the usual amounts would be put in circulation, and fill up the vacuum. In truth, bank notes, OF ANY KIND, ARE LITTLE MORE THAN TILE SMALL CHANGE OF COMMERCE—a great convenience—no more. I am, Sir, Ste., May 20, 1835. SENE X. HOUSE OF COMMONS. WHITSUNTIDE, 1835. now stand in the Order Book. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10.-ORDERS OF THE DAT. I. Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 2. County Coroners Bill—Second reading. 3. Seamen Enlistment Bill—Committee. 9. HulfMerehant Seamen's Fund Bill—Committee. 10. Capital Punishments Bill—Committee. 11. Prisoners Counsel Bill—Second reading. 12. Sale of Bread Bill—Committee. FRIDAY, JUNE S.—ORDEK OF THE DAY. Dissenters' Marriages Bill—Committee. Durham Court of Pleas Bill—Second reading. Offences against the Person Bill—Second reading. Western Australia Bill—Second reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1835. 4. North American Association Bill—Second reading. 5. Moor's Divorce Bill—Committee ; Counsel and \‘ itnesses. 8. Inns, Alehouses, and Vieluallingyouses 17. Annual Indemnity Bill—Third reading. IS. Foreign Enlistment Repeal Bill—Report. 19. Supply—Committee. 20. Cruelty to Animals Bill—Further consideration of Report. 21. Vestries Act Amendment Bill—Second reading. 22. Ways and Means—Committee. 23. Instruments of Sasine (Scotland) Bill—Second reading. 24. Postage Duties—Report thereupon. 2. Kerry Election Petition—Ditto at a quarter after three. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. NOTICES of MOTIONS and ORDERS of the DAY, which 6. Entailed Estates (Scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 7. Roman Catholic Marriages Bill—Committee. 13. Manure Toll Exemption Bill—Further consideration of Report. 14. Bribery at Elections Bill—Second reading. 15. Civil Bill Courts Bill--Second reading. 16. Clerk of the Crown to attend. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir Charles Burrell—To move for Papers relating to the dis dissal from office of Mr. James Walker, the late Crown Agent in Berbice. 2. Mr. Mackinnon,—Committee to inquire into the state of the Roads under the Turnpike Trusts in England and Wales. 3. Lord Viscount Castlereagh,—Petition from the High Sheriff of the County Down, signed in behalf of a meeting held last Oc tober. 4. Dr. Bowring,—Correspondence between his majesty Consul at Tripoli and the British Government. 5. Mr. Buckingham, —To move the abolition of Impressment for the Navy. 6. The Lord Advocate,—Bill to explain " An Act to amend the Representation of the People of Scotland." 7. Sir Michael Shaw Stewart,—To report that the Standing Or ders have not been complied with in the case of the Glasgow Waterworks Bill. 8. Mr. A. G. Spiers,—Petition from West District of Stirling shire, complaining of the Sheriff. 9. Mr. Sharman Crawford,—Return of Royal Bounty to Presby terian and Dissenting Congregations in Dublin since 1815. 10. Mr. Sharman Crawford,—Return of Lunatic, Asylums built in Ireland under Ac:s of George IV. 11. Mr. Wilks,—Select Committee on Charities in England and Wales. 12. Mr. Wakley,—To call the attention of the House to the incon venience of the present mode of entering names on the public list for the presentation of petitions. 13. Mr. NVakley,—Petitions praying the House to address the Crown for ;he recall of the Dorsetshire Labourers. 14. Mr. A. Johnston,—Address for Copies of Communications from the parishioners of Kirkmichael, Ayrshire. THURSDAY, JUNE 11.—NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Sharman Crawford,—Bill to amend the Grand Juries in Ireland Act. 2. Mr. Harvey,—Select Committee on Public Charities in Eng land and Wales. 3. Sir Samuel Whalley,—Resolution respecting the Repeal of the Window Tax. 4. Colonel Sibthorp,—Select Committee, to inquire into the juris diction of the Local Testamentary Courts. 5. Sir William Rae,—That the petitions relative to the building and endowing places of worship connected with the Established Church of Scotland be referred to a Select Committee. 6. Mr. Winthrop Praed,—Copies :of Communications between the India Board and the East India Company, relative to the re vocation of the appointment of Lord Heytesbury as Governor- General of India. 7. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie,—Select Committee on the state of Education in Scotland. 8. Mr. Henry Lytton Bulger,—Petition in favour of the introduc tion of a Legislative Assembly in New South Wales. 9. Lord Granville Somerset,—Address in pursuance of Resolutions of Committee on Re-building Houses of Parliament. 10. Mr. Sharman Crawford,—Reports of riotous proceedings at Ballykelly, County Londonderry. 11. Mr. Wyse,—Committee relative to Diocesan and Royal Schools in Ireland, with a view to extending their utility. 12. Colonel Sibthorp,—Select Committee on Ecclesiastical and Consistorial Courts in England and \Vales. ORDERS OF TILE DAY. I. Bolton Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. 1. Mr. Robinson,—Select Committee to consider the expediency of a Revision and Commutation of Taxes. 2. Colonel Sibthorp,—To move a reduction on all Official Salaries excedding 8001. per annum. 3. Mr. Baring,—Miscellaneous Estimate* in Committee of Supply). 4. Mr. Ewart—on the Vote for Education in the Estimates, to submit to the House the propriety of encouraging the forma tion of Public Libraries in towns, open to all classes of the community. 5. Mr. Hesketh Fleetwood,—To move that such part of the Esti mates as relates to the Office of the Privy Council for Trade be referred to a Select Committee. MONDAY, JUNE 15.—ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Stafford Disfranchisement Bill—Second reading. 2. Municipal Corporations Bill—Second reading. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your paper of Thursday evening, a paragraph ap pears in rather a prominent situation, and conspicuously headed " Preparations for Disfranchising the Freemen of York." It purports to come from a correspondent, who states, that measures are in preparation for disfranchising the Freemen of this city, measures which he insinuates, originate with the Tories ; and the name of Mr. Lowther is also most offensively introduced into this communication, as if he were connected with the measures which your correspondent says are in progress. As far as the Tories are concerned, there is not one word of truth in your correspondent's communication ; which is only part of a system of deception and falsehood, commenced by a correspondent of the York Herald of Saturday last. It is, however, true, that a petition, or rather two, have been hawked about is this city for signatures, praying the House of Com mons to disfranchise the Freemen. Those petitions, instead of originating with-the Tories, have been drawn up, and pro moted by Liberals; and one of them was concocted by par ties, who won an election a few years ago entirely by dealing largely in promises to the Freemen, the nonfulfillment of which have put them in bad odour with that body ; for which reason, they now seek in a secret and cowardly manner to pro cure the disfranchisement of men who have more indepen dence and political honesty than themselves ; and who, the Tories think, have as much right to retain their franchise, as the proudest Peer in the land has to exorcise his hereditary privilege. The attempt to throw the odium of their own measure upon their opponents, is equally dishonourable and dishonest; and the real ground for their proceeding is to be found in the fact that, so popular is Mr. Lowther, from his conduct on all points, since he was elected for York, and so increasingly po. pular also are Conservative principles among the Freemen that the Whig radicals find they have no chance of returning a Member in future, unless they can, by some such means as these, either disfranchise a large number of Conservative voters, or excite an unfounded and unjust prejudice against the Conservatives or their representative. I send you my name and address, which you are at liberty to mention to any ono who requires your authority for this letter, And remain yours, &c., A CONSERVATIVE ELECTOR OF YORK. York, June, 6, 1835. . Yesterday and the preceding day, Finchley, High gate, and the northern parts of the metropolis, were visited by a severe thunder-storm. RESPITE OF THE CONVICT WlLLlANlS.—Yes terday evening a respite of the execution of Thomas Williams, convicted of rape at the March Session, and who was ordered to suffer death this morning, arrived at Newgate, but its term only extends to fourteen days. This morning, as early as five o'clock, crowds of the holiday people had assembled in the Old Bailey, in order to witness the expected spectacle, and although they saw there was no preparation for the event, they remained fixed. Before eight o'clock the concourse was im mense, and, we are sorry to state, composed in a great measure of well-dressed females. In order to divert their attention, it was stated that the culprit had been removed over to Horse monger-lane to suffer, and hundreds flocked thither. Another report was that the execution would not take place until noon, so that throughout the morning large groups collected toge ther. It is thought that the pending investigation will termi nate in a final respite. SUICIDE IN HYDE-PARK.--About three o'clock on Saturday afternoon a man of respectable appearance shot himself in Hyde-Park. The unfortunate individual had, for some time previously, been observed sitting in a large tree, close to the foot-path leading from Cumberland-gate to the foot-barracks, reading in a prayer-book, and sing- Ing hymns. Immediately on the report of the pistol being heard, several persons ran to the spot, when they discovered him lying across the roots of a tree, a pistol-shot having en tered ender his right ear and come out at the top of his head, splashing the blood and brains of the unfortunate man all over the tree. The bearer was immediately procured from the Receiving-house of the Humane Society, on the banks of the Serpentine, and he was conveyed on it to St. George's Hos pital. On searching his person, nothing was found that could give any clue as to his connections ; nor Nvt.i,s, any money, ex cept fourpence, found in his pockets, it was reported that a betting-book was found in the Park near the spot, by which, it would appear, the owner had lost to the amount of several thousand pounds at the late Epsom races ; but whether it lop longed to the deceased cannot yet be known. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. I. Mr. Gore Langton,—Select Committee to inquire into Chari table Bequests. 2. Lord Viscount Morpeth,—To call the attention of the Houso to the Irish Tithe question. 3. Mr. Maurice O'Connell,—Select Committee, to inquire into the conduct of General Darling while Governor of New South Wales, particularly with reference to the grants of the Crown Lauds made by him, his treatment of the Public Press, the case of Captain Robison, and the New South Wales Veteran Companies, and the alleged instances of cruelty towards the soldiers Ludds and Thompson, and other persons, and to report thereon to the House. TUESDAY, JUNE 16 -NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Wallace, of Greenock,—Select Committee on the Manage ment of the Post-office. 2. Mr. Fowell Buxton,—To move for Paper regarding the eman cipation of Slaves. 3. Mr. Harvey,—To move for a Committe to revise the Pension List; and previously to move a Call of the House. 4. Mr. Mullins,—Committee on the Irish Fishery Laws. 5. Mr. Hesketh Fleetwood,—Select Committee regarding his Ma jesty's Consuls resident in Foreign States. 6. Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer,—Amendment on Mr. Fleetwood's motion, that the Committee be on the Consular and Diploma tic Departments. 7. Mr. O'Dwyer,—Colonel Bradley's case. ORDERS OF THE DAY. I. Worcestershire (East) Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. Tralee Election Petition—Ditto at a quarter after three. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17.—ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Agra Government Bill—Second reading. 2. Bankrupts Estates (Scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 3. Limitation of Polls Bill—Committee. 4. Colonial Passengers Bill—Further consideration of Report. 5. Loan Societies Bill—Committee. 6. Imprisonment for Debt Bill--Further consideration of Report. 7. Saving Banks Bill—Second reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Wilks—Bill for the establishment Of a National Civil Regis tration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in England and Wales. 2. Sir Andrew Agnew,—Address to his Majesty, that letters be forwarded to all Governors of Colonies, and Ministers at Fo reign Courts, recommending that all their arrangements may be made with a regard to the due ob s er vance of the Lord's Day. TIIURSDAY, JUNE 18.-NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. A. Johnston—Address for the consent of the Crown to the introduction of a Bill for abolishing Lay Patronage in the Church of Scotland. 2. Mr. A. Johnston—Bill to repeal so much of the Act 1 Anne, c. 9, as refers to the consent of three parts of the Heritors for disjoining of parishes in Scotland. 3. Sir Edward Codrington,—Return of all Naval Officers, of whatever rank, who have been deprived of their Half-pay without their consent, or the investigation of a Court Martial, from the year 1790 up to the present period; with the alleged reasons for such deprivation :—Also, Return, of any person whose Half-pay has been restored to them subsequently to such deprivation, with the alleged reasons for such restoration. 4. Mr. Grantley Berkeley,--To move that a portion of the Strangers' Gallery be set apart for the accommodation of the Ladies. 5. Mr. Ewart—Select Committee, to inquire into the best means of extending a knowledge of the arts, and the principles of design among the manufacturing population of the country ; and also t o i nqu i re i n t o th e constitution of the Royal Academy, and the effects produced by it. 6. Mr. Ewart,—Re-appointment of Select Committee on the Claim of the Baron de Bode. 7. Mr. Buckingham,—Bill to authorize the purchase of lands for the purpose of making Public Walks, Gardens, and Places of Recreation in the open air, in the neighbourhood of all towns, for the use of the population generally. 8. Mr. Buckingham,—Bill to authorize the erection of Public In stitutions, to embrace the means of diffusing literary and scien tific information, and forming libraries and museums in all _ . towns, for the use of the inhabitants of the same. 9. Mr. Buckingham,—Bill for the better classification of Public Houses, and for improving the regulations affecting the same, with a view to the better preservation of the public health and morals. 10. Mr. Divett,—Resolutions for the complete Extinction o , Church Rates throughout England and Wales. 11. Mr. C. Lushington,—Address for Copies of Documents relat• ing to Female Emigration to Australia. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Carnarvon Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. 2. Belfast Election Petition—Ditto at a quarter after thres. 3. Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill—Second reading. FRIDAY, JUNE 19.—NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. Thomas Duncombe,—To move for a Copy of the Instructions given to Lord Eliot and Colonel Gurwood upon their late Mission to Spain. MONDAY, JUNE 22.--NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. Ba.nnerman,—Bill for uniting King's College and University, Aberdeen, and Marischal College and University, Aberdeen. Last Day for receiving Reports on Private Bills. TUESDAY, JUNE 23.—NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Sharman Crawford,—Bill to relieve Roman Catholic Vo ters in Ireland from being required to take any Oaths except such as are taken by other Voters. 2. Mr. Clay,—Committee of the whole House to consider of the propriety of permitting Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour, the growth, produce, and manufacture of any Fo re ig n Country, to be imported into the United Kingdom for consumption, upon the payment of fixed Duties instead of Duties regulated from time to time, according to the average price of British Corn, _1 /.......) '-.- .., . ~ .. /' /3 3. Lord Ashley--Bill to contsnue Acts relating to the treatment of Insane Persons. 4. Mr. W. S. O'Brien,--Bill to enable Grand Juries in Ireland to present money for the construction of Public Works. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Penryn Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. 2. Drogheda Election Petition--Ballot for Committee at a quarter after three. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24.—ORDER OF THE DAY. Assizes (Ireland) Removal Bill—Committee. THURSDAY, JUNE 25.—NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Wakley,—To move, that an humble Address be pl'esented to the King, praying that his Majesty will be pleased to grant a pardon to, and direct the recall of, the six Dorsetshire La bourers who were convicted at the Assizes held at Dorchester, in the spring of 1834, on a charge of having taken an oath "`"•'' which was not required by Law, and who were thereupon sentenced to transportation for the term of seven years. 2. Mr. Fox Maule,—Bill for relief of the Tenants and Occupiers of land in Scotland from the damages done to their crops by hares, pheasants, and rabbits. 3. Mr. G. F. Young,—Bill to repeal certain clauses 55 Geo. 111. c. 57. 4. Mr. Plumptre,—Captain Acheson's case. 5. Mr. Wyse,—Bill for the establishment of a General Board of Charities in Ireland. 6. Mr. Buckingham,--Bill for authorizing the constitution of Courts of Honour, as tribunals for the adjudication of those disputes now commonly decided by an appeal to arms ; with a view to provide a competent substitute for the absurd, mur derous, and unchristian practice of duelling. ORDER OF THE DAY. Inverness-shire Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. MONDAY, JUNE 29.—NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. E. Ituthven,—Bill to disfranchise the Borough of Carrick- • fergus. TUESDAY, JUNE 30.—NOTICE OF MOTION. 1. Mr. Edward Lytton Bulwer,—Bill for the admission of Dis. senters to the. Universities. 2. Mr. Hutt,—To call the attention of the House to the grievances of British Subjects resident in Hamburg. 3. Mr. O'Dwyer,—Select Committee on Kilmainhani Hospital. 4. Mr. Hume,—Resolutions relating to official appointments. WEDNESDAY, JULY 7.—NOTICE or MOTION. Sir Robert Heron,—Bill to repeal the Septennial Act and limit the duration of Parliament to five years, and to prevent the neces sity of Members of the House of Commons accepting certain offices from vacating their seats thereby. THURSDAY, JULY 2.-NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Cobbett,—Bill to repeal the Poor Law Amendment Act, passed in the last session of Parliament. 2. Mr. Sharman Crawford,—Bill to amend the Law of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland. TUESDAT, JULY 7.-NOTICES OF NOTIONS. 1. Mr. Edward Lytton Bulwer,—Repeal of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers. 2. Mr. Wilks,—For the consideration and redress of the practical Grievances of Protestant Dissenters. TUESDAY, JULY 14. -NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Cobbett,—Bill to alter the Laws imposing Duties on Stamps. 2. Mr. Fowell Buxton,—Motion respecting the treatment of Ab origines in British Settlements. THURSDAY, JULY 16.—NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. Cobbett,—Resolution, That it is just and expedient that there be an equitable adjustment with regard to the Interest payable on what is commonly called the National Debt; and that, at all events, it is just and expedient that none but the holders of lands and other real property should be taxed for the purpose of raising money wherewith to pay that interest, or any part of it. _TUESDAY, JULY 21.—NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Colonel Evans,—Respecting Rewards and Punishments in the Army. 2. Mr. W. S. O'Brien,—That it is expedient to make provision for the Catholic Clergy in Ireland. THURSDAY, JULY 23.—NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. Evart,—Address to the Crown in favour of the appoint ment of Peers for life. THURSDAY, JUNE 30.—NOTICE OF MOTION. Colonel Evans.—To draw the attention of the House to the in convenience and dangers of the late assumption of the different offices and powers of the State by the Duke of Wellington, being liable to be drawn into a precedent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S. The only bet we heard yesterday was 8 to 1 agst Mr. Goring's Bentley for the Ascot Cup. A few small accounts on the Derby and Oaks were settled, in order to enable the parties to proceed to Manchester Races, but the regular settling does not take place till this afternoon. THE LATE YORK RACES. The Stewards have decided that Budget did not go to the post, and ought only to have paid half forfeit. GOODWOOD RACES, 1835. The nominations for the Goodwood Stakes and Cup close this day ; the entry for the latter will no doubt include several Derby horses, as those not placed will be allowed 51bs. ; 4 yrs old-and up wards, never having won 1001. at any time in 1834 or 1835, previous to starting, and not placed in the Derby and Leger in 1834, allowed 101 b. ; 5 yrs old and upwards, never having won or received as second horse 1001. at any one time in 1833, 1834, or 1835, allowed 161bs. ; maiden 3 yrs old, not placed in last Derby or Oaks, Bibs. ; maiden 4 yrs old, not placed in Derby er Leger, 1834, allowed 141bs. ; maiden 5 yrs old, 181bs. ; and maiden 6 yrs old, 241bs. ; very liberal allowances to Arabian blood. BEVERLEY RACES, FRIDAY. The Kingston Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 soya, added. Three quarters of a mile. 6 subscribers. Mr. Richardson's The General, 3 yrs Mr. Fox's ch. c. by Bustard, 3 yrs Mr. Johnson's Madame Pelerine, 3 yrs Mr. S. King's Knottingley A Plate of 50 sous. Heats, a mile and three quarters. Mr. Marson's Shepherdess, 5 yrs Mr. Bower's Mr. Merryman, 4 yrs Mr. Watmough's b. f. by Brutandorf Pomfret and Mrs. Oakley were not placed. MANCHESTER RACES.—Eun4r, MAT 12. THE TRADE CUP. 7 to 2 apt Mr. G. Cook's Red Rover 7 to 2 agst Sir G. Boswell's General Chasse 9 to 2 agst Mr. Holdsworth's Darius 8 to 1 agt Sir J. Gerard's Intruder (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Wheeldon's Giovanni (taken) 10 to 1 agst any other ST. LEGER. 7 to 4 on Lord Mulgrave's Ainderby. Sir William Curtis entertained a select party at dinner on Sunday at his residence in Portland-place. Lady Curtis afterwards had an evening party. The Dukes of Wellington and Rutland, the Mar quises of Londonderry and Douro, Earls Mansfield, Norbury, and Wicklow, Viscount Canterbury, Lords Lyndhurst and Bloomfield, Sir Edward Kerrison, and Sir Charles Wetherell dined with the Duke of Cumberland on Sunday evening at Kew. THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL'S MARRIAGE.—It was reported at Munich, that Prince Maximilian of Leuchten berg intended to set out for Lisbon at the latter end of June, to visit the Empress Amelia, and the widow of his brother. Overtures have been made to him by the Portuguese Cabinet respecting his marriage with Donna Maria. The Prince is said to be inclined to accept that offer. The Duchess, his mother, is also disposed to give her consent. Mehemet Ali, who promised to forward the remain ing half of his tribute atter the sale of the cotton produce, has informed the Porte that it would be impossible for him to act up to his engagements before the termination of the pre vailing epidemic. CHELTENHAm.--Captain Kirwain has been elected " Master of the Ceremonies." The Home Office, upon information of the course taken by Sir F. Roe, at Wolverhampton, has sent down direc tions for the admission of the reporters for the press, and the parties deputed by the Magistrates, the military, and the townspeople, to watch the proceedings, and produce evidence. A youthful couple passed through this town from the south, on Thursday afternoon, in a carriage and four, at full speed —or, to speak in the accustomed phrase on such oc casions, "on the wings of love"—the goal of their exceeding haste and utmost hope being Gretna Green. Who the par ties are, or wherefrom, we have not heard.—Kendal Mercury. The Primitive Methodists opened their 16th An nual Conference at Tunstall, Staffordshire, on Friday, the 22d ult., and the sittings terminated on the Thursday following. The number of members reported from the district meetings is 56,649, being an increase for the year (notwithstanding 587 have died) of 4,772. The number of travelling preachers is 385—increase is 46. Local preachers, 4,34 o—increase 582. Chapels, 684—increase 83.—Manchester Guardian. GREENWICH FAIR.—The Park and Fair at Greenwich were yesterday made the rendezvous of a large portion of the holiday folks of London. THE MONIKINS.—ThiS is the name of Mr. Cooper's new work of fiction, now on the eve of appearance. The great eminence of this writer as a novelist is founded on the happy union he possesses of the various qualities necessary to the perfection of romance. His imagination is vivid, and his style of description eloquent and picturesque. "He is a great observer, and he looks quite through the deeds of men." His incidents are striking, unexpected, and dramatic. The scenes wherein his stories are laid were new to the European world. In delineations of character he is unusually effective, whether demonstrated in the lofty moods of passion, or in exhibitions of broad and familiar humour, and his stories are so skilfully constructed, as to hold the curiosity of the reader in suspense till he arrives at the last page. We are impatient to see this new work of so great a master. It is a curious fact that the only Wiltshire Mem ber who voted in the division on Mr. Poulter's Bill for the bet-- ter observance of the Sabbath, is the printer and proprietor of the only Sunday paper published in the county.—Wilts Herald. A lady high in rank in the fashionable world is said to have addressed a letter to one of the ladies engaged in the late elopement, expressive of extreme disapprobation of her conduct in that affair, and of her determination to hold no further intercourse With the lady until her conduct in this discreditable transaction should be fully cleared up. Married lately, at the Collegiate Church, Man chester, Miss Tabitha Tulip Elizabeth Beeson, to Mr. C. Caldwell, brewer, Fendleton, near Manchester. Died in Greenbush, N. Y., at the house of John Manderzee, Gettee Vanderzec, aged 84 years, widow of Tunis Vanderzed, and mother of S. T. Vanderzee, Esq. of Troy. The deceased was the last of four sisters who, together with a number of other ladies, assisted by an ensign, gallantly de fended the Middle Fort at Schohaire during the revolutionary war. Z./ A rai THE THEATRES. ENGLISH OPERA-HO USE. A semi-seria semi-buffa opera, entitled The Spirit of the Bell, was performed at this theatre last night. It is a rffaccia mento—matter and music. The plot is a new version of the old story of Alla-ad-deen, or Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, and the music is an omnium gatherum from all manner of sources. A wedding and a pageant conclude the piece. Of the music of the opera, or operetta, properly speaking, we can say not much good or evil. It is, as far as our memory serves us, a compound of many themes, drawn from operas, which had once been popular, but which are now almost for gotten. It struck us also that there were passages from recent productions, which have not yet run their rounds sufficiently to fade away entirely from the public recollection. The several artistes, especially Miss Romer, each performed their re spective parts in their usual respectable manner. She was en cored by some injudicious friends in the song—" Ah, well a day 1 Ah, well a-day !"—and, notwithstanding its natural levity, she executed it with great feeling, and beauty, and power. It would be doing injustice to Mrs. Keeley not to state that she sung in a style of excellence which, though willing on all occasions to accord her the full meed of great histrionic talent, we did not before thirl ic her capable of. M. Giubelei, too, was in good voice, ana proved hi mse lf deserving of the applause which was freely bestowed on him. Cramond Brig, and the melo-dramafic opero of Lo Zingaro closed the entertainments of the evening. Q UEEN'S. Last ni g ki, a f ter A M atc h i n th e D ar k a nd Th e M azour k a , in whic., l a Reeve snatched more than one grace beyond the rearl of art, a new commedietta, as the bills call it, in one act was brought forward, called The Widow's Mistake. It was a mere trifle, much, but unsuccessfully, laboured by the author. There are three lovers, Briefless, a barrister ; Pallet, an artist ; and Formal, a physician, all passionately enamoured of Harriet Cleveland (Miss Mordaunt.) Harriet has recently come on a visit from the country to her aunt, the widow Dor mer (Mrs. Young), who is herself much inclined to love and matrimony, though well stricken in years. To these are added, as a matter of course, Susan Sly (Mrs. Orger), an intriguing chambermaid, who shows her cleverness in extract ing bribes from the lovers by pretending to forward their views upon the young lady. Any source of laughter which the piece contains consists in the mistakes of the widow. She appropriates to herself the passionate addresses of the lovers, and is angry on discovering that the object of them is to se cure her interest with the niece. Each makes love in the technicalities of his profession, and Pallet becomes the suc cessful rival. At the close Briefless appealed to the audience for a new trial, but the Court did not seem much disposed to grant it. ROYAL VICTORIA. This very pleasant Theatre re-opened last night with Richard the Third, The Rendezvous, and The Miller's Maid. Of all the performances we ever witnessed, Mr. Derr va's Richard is decidedly the most unequal. The stuff out of which first-rate actors are composed is in him ; he seems to possess almost all the material ; but, whether in consequence of having abandoned himself to a vicious style, or through in dolence or inability, he seems unable to mould it to his use. Some of his scenes last night were admirable. During the first three acts we doubted whether he might not compete the character with any actor now living, but the two last de cided our doubts, for even the sixpenny gallery rejected his ravings. Great as his physical powers are, he was unequal to the task which he had set himself. Portions of the character he evidently understands and admirably delineates, but, as a whole, he mistakes it. Mr. Denvil's quiet scenes are deci dedly his best. The old favourites were warmly greeted on their appearance, especially Mr. Green, who, in Richmond, more than shared the applause of the audience with the primary character. Amongst the accessions to this theatre, is a young Lady, whose first appearance as Sophia, in the Rendezvous, is one of more promise than we ever before wit nessed. She became—and deservedly—an instant favourite. Iler person is very prepossessing, and she abounds in mirth and playfulness. SURREY. Last night the play of The Chains of the Heart, or the Milesian Mother, was acted here. The piece, with a few al. terations in the plot, embellishments of scenery, and vicissitudes of incident, notwithstanding the altered designation, was the popular and pathetic drama of Eily 0' Connor. There was management enough to metamorphose it, to the senses of the multitude, into a new production. Miss M'Carthy (this being her first appearance) played Eily with capital effect. Mr. Young, as old O'Connor, and Mr. R. Young, as Cregan, the seducer, did their parts well ; and Honner, as the hunchback Waterman, the murderer, was entitled to praise. The facts of the drama, with some slight deviations, actually took place a few years ago, in the county of Limerick. The pit and gal leries were crowded to suffocation—we never saw so many coats and cravats off within one roof. The scenery in the two last pieces was very grand. ASTLEY'S. Last night after the performance of The Siege of Jerusa— lem, one of the most splendid and attractive pieces. that has been got up at this theatre for some seasons, a new, grand, serio-comic, pantomimic spectacle was produced, entitled The Bronze Horse, and founded, as far as the leading incident goes, upon Auber's new opera of that name. It has been very splendidly got up, and was very successful. It con cludes with a comic pantomime, in the course of which a steeple chase is introduced, supported by the whole strength of Mr. Ducrow's quadruped and biped company ; horses, poneys, donkeys, cows, &c., Sit their little hour across the stage, amid tumultuous applause. The house was crowded to the ceiling. IPSWICH COMMITTEE. The Committee met at the usual hour yesterday. Mr. AUSTIN wished to know the determination of the Com_ mittee in reference to the letters which had been produced by Mr. Hill on Saturday. The CHAIRMAN said that the opinion of the Committee was against the reception of the letters alluded to by the Learned Counsel. Mr. KELLY said that although copies of these letters had been promised to him, yet he had not received them. He of course took it for granted, that the Committee were as igno. rant of the contents of these letters as he was. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee knew nothing about the letters. Mr. KELLY said that since he last addressed the Committee, he had had an opportnnity of carefully reading all the evidence given by Mr. Pilgrim, which he had compared with the state ments of Counsel, and he was now able to declare with confi dence, that if this case were to be decided not according to any impressions that might be created out of doors, nor upon the statements of Counsel, but upon the law and facts of the case, that it would be impossible for the Committee to come to any other decision than that the sitting Members had been duly elect ed. It was stated by Counsel that the evidence of Pilgrim would open a most gross case of bribery and conspiracy, yet the en tire amount of the acts of bribery proved by that witness did not exceed at the utmost four. He could not help saying that the object of the Counsel for the petitioners seemed ra ther to be to throw a mist of prejudice around these proceed ings, than to arrive at the truth. They seemed anxious that their statements should, by being repeated out of doors, and through the medium of the newspapers re-echoed back again upon the Committee, create a feeling which they could not sustain by a mere recital of what their witness could prove. The Learned Counsel had dared to say—and he wished very much that the Learned Gentleman were present to hear his expression—that he would bring forward many cases of gross conspiracy in which either one or both of the sitting Mem bers were implicated. Yet how did he sustain his state ment ? Why, not by the testimony of his own witness— for he completely failed in proving anything of the kind— but by endeavouring to elicit the nature of after-dinner conversations, and such like means, from his (Mr. Kelly's) witnesses. But notwithstanding the Learned Gentleman's ingenuity, he (Mr. Kelly) defied him to show that one word had been proved calculated, in the least degree, to implicate the sitting Members. The Learned Gentleman then adverted to the absence of Cooke Clamp, and Bond, and declared that, if it was in his power, he should have been most happy to have brought them before the Committee, for most assuredly nothing that they could say, were they ever so guilty, could create a greater prejudice against the sitting Members than their absence. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman again adverted to the statements in the newspapers on this part of the question, and said that such statements were calm. lated to do him great injustice. The Learned Gentleman, in support of his sincerity, undertook to bring before the Committee every individual over whom he had any control, no matter what the consequence of such a course might be, and instanced the fact of his having induced his friend, Mr. Daw son, to appear and give evidence before the Committee. That Gentleman came before the Committee; and although an act of bribery was proved through the medium of that Gen tleman's evidence, yet the honour and character of the sitting Members were left unaffected by it. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then proceeded, at considerable length, to an a ly se the evidence of Pilgrim, and to contrast it with that given by the witnesses in his favour, and concluded by declaring that the weight of evidence being in his favour, the Committee must decide that the sitting Members were duly elected. The CHAIRMAN begged to observe that as Mr. Kelly had, during his address on Saturday and that day, adverted to the reports in the newspapers, he wished, on the part of the Com mittee, to assure the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that what ever the newspapers contained would have no effect upon the decision which the Committee would come to, so that the Hon. Gentleman might be comforted by the assurance that that de cision would be given without being influenced by the pressure from without. It being now past 4 o'clock, and Mr. Hill having, in reply to the Chairman, declared his inability to condense his reply so that it should occupy but an hour in delivering, the Committee adjourned until to-morrow. GRAND REVIEW AT WOOLWlCH.—Yesterday, General Vivian, the new Master-General of the Ordnance, reviewed the Horse Artillery PT.d Infantry upon Woolwich Common. The General Wt's accompanied by Colonel Foz, Lord Bloomfield, and h. numerous body of Field Officers. After the Infantry had formed in open columns, and pasied in review, the battering train went through their evolutionsfeom mended by Colonel Cleveland. The Horse Artillery, under the command of Colonel Winyates, also manoeuvred in,excel lent order. After the review, the Officers . paid a visit _to the Cadet Barracks, then went t o the M ars h es t o ins pect the locket Brigade, and finally dined with the Artillery Mess. Th'e'-wea ther being fine, a numerous body of fashionables drove do'n the Common, to be present at the Review. - • ■ Ids 0 3 little .tract s c'es L i our TS °f 3ard e, ,crso o hirg ; r I