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

FRANCE. The Union and Univers have articles on the ru 51 - ur that the French Government has resolved to force tbe observance of the Sabbath. It appears ±m an advertisement in the journals that a consi table number of tradesmen have already announced 4r intention to close their shops on Sunday. The :nion, i❑ mentioning the fact, expresses the satisfac tion that 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 ' I3.avre 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 price , , so as to allow them to be posted in the departments before the opening of each local bourse. It its stated that applications have been made by several towns i❑ the departments to have 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 %us freely spoken of at the Bourse, and some per sons even went the length of atirming that the proposed change was already decided on, and would satin 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 pieces of 20f, exceedingly well executed, are now also in circulatiop. One was passed on Thursday evening at a grocers shop in the 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. AR.4.81A. According to the Triege Zeilung, a courier from Jiddah had passed through Cairo on th e 23d o f M a y, on his way to Constantinople. 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 Abyssi n i a or S enaar, near t h e B a y o f Amphilia, which is about three degrees north of the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb. FOREIGN THE tITRICALS. OPERA CONIQUE.—One of Mehul's unpretending little operas, L'lrato, has been revived here, for the debut in the part of Scapin of M. Meillet, one of the pillars of the . Opera 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. Veenee - vmee.—After a remarkably prosperous career, La Dame aux Canzelias has disappeared from the quiche in consequence of the conga of Madame Doche,. wnese admirable acting has not a little contributed to its sue c,,ss. The novelty which has replaced it, La Maitresse eV Bid 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 triflae. In this affair, the hero is a Parisian " Giovanni," who in summer con descends to honenr 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 Mdlle. Resita, one of the fair denizens of the qaartier Breda. The niaitresse dete, however, has also a rustic admirer, who, with a spirit that does honour to the con fraternity of modern Melibcei, panishes M. Henri by transforming himself iato an accomplished townsman, reeking a vigorous a - ,teeept to supplant him in the affs,c mins of Resits, and finally calling him out and " wing ing" him after the most approved fashion. Ultimetely the piece coneluds with the marriage of the hero with the village girl. AMBIGU.—The most illustrious of ancient dramatists have been reproached wi , ll a too liberal use of the ter rible in their dramas, but all the Greek writers, even old Asehylus himself, must yield the palm to the Ambigu. Here the playgoer, who, like Macbeth, would "sup full of horrors," finds a table ready to his test , . Carnage, pes tilence, murder, suicide,and all the evils with which poor humanity is afflicted, are nightly presented here according to the most correct traditions of the Beulevart du Crime. After the Vampire, the Croquemort, Satan, tec., we are now introduced to the Croquemitaine, not the cradle bugbear dreedfal 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 gallice " 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 (sia acts) and its complete deficiency of anything like literary merit, the scene-painter, costumier, and per formers, particularly M. Sr. Ernest and Mme. Mebire, inure than sharing in the honours with the author, M. M,x de I'tevel. THEATRE NATIONAL. —We have here a genuine military drama, La Prise de Capree, in which the 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 Caprea, in which a. deluge of rockets and a portentous diiplsy of red file give a very showy and brilliant representation of eornething, which, in reality, must be far from sin agreeable affair. The curtain falls in the midst, or the enthusiasm created by this feu d'ar tifie, and the authors come in for a share of the ap plauses, which we strongly suspect are w holly intended for the pyrotechnist. M. Roger has been succeeded in his part in the Juif Erra;,t by 21. Chapui,i, the former having left the theatre for his annual tour, commencing with Germany, where he 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 11. Scribe, the dramatist, who has been spending the winter in Italy, has proceeded to Berlin for that purpo se . Mine. Rossi-Caccia , has arrived in Paris. M. Verdi is finishing an opera to be produced at La Portico, in Venice, next autumn, under the title of 11 Trovatore. Jenny Lind (llme. Goldschtnidt) is about to take up her residence in the vicinity of Hanaburgh. Mrs. Clara Novello, and Coletti, the baritone, have been engaged for the Oriente at Madrid. A new ballet has been produced at Vienna, under the titre of Odetta; it was saved trom condemnation by ne admirable dancing of Amelia Ferraris, who appears ip%st as great a favourite with the Viennese as Fanny 2 :2!, r e in former days. Don Giovanni has been sung Nl ' _La_ first time in Italian at the Porta Corinzia, with , uas,„ . ..uort buizer, and Maray, and AIM. Da Bus cSiatumi,pNiel.itter.ovicla, and Graziani; its success is described us Doni xqtt ., - 1 2 , v I i ng ac s Lucia, M a d s me C uzz ani is described as Turin. She,v _ed a a great success at tit., Nazionale in Liv es m , Les recalled nine times. The other ar Letters from and Walter, are also well spoken of. performance of Nil ad,m© give a glowing descripti - Ai of the' i n p o t iato. 'ule and M. Bordas at the rdme. Grie:z has iVabucco.—Gatignani.r"de a sensation at Ferrara, in No p York the c onic a li Brothers is being played with the geatest favour at t place Opera- r house. the Bowery and the Astor- At the Broadway Lola , on the 25th ult. in the new Monica was to have appeared Monies in Bav aria. uncoil drama styled Lola Madame Ce,este was Playing a very successful en gagement at the Walnut-street Theatre Phil adelphia, • been engage d fur an extra having 31 Sno was to appear at the l3roadt"Y on the at alt, bein her fare well engagement previous to leaving f ur Engllg,ind Anna Bishop was " I in New Orle ans at • ast dates trum that city. in. at Pittsbn Miss Davenport is play rg. EXTRAOI-Wil ----,yAßy ESCAP E Perhaps few more ext raordinary escapes from an awful death have ever been recordedhose than the 10 110,1 111 i; — On Saturday la s t two mennames are 'john Wre Waine and Th omas Liddiard, „ belonging ergeged deepening a we*l situat e d at t h e b ac k o f some Cott at Work allt a Air. Stacey, of Slaugh. They h ad the morning, an d left for dinner at 1 o'clock, returning at 2. In a few minutes Liddiard was linrabwonleiwn h a ie b o ua b..a ket d tr, the top of th e well through it 0--. been cut in the crown. Scarcely had he eiserrihvieecttkere when the earth gave way, falling - m o s, A less companion, completely burying number of fellowsworknien were earth away the spot, and commenced clearing the amain for immediatelyfrooltni tb.e body of the sufferer. Liddiard descended t r ee purpose of assisting, and had scarcely been drawn up for the second time when the crown of the well,w igu" - ' 5 more than half a ton of brickwork, fell in also. The task of disinterring the poor man Waine became now , doubly difficult, few indeed expecting, when completed, to find him alive. A gaspipe was introduced and forced down the well to afford a passage for air. After some labour it was found that the position of the sufferer was nearly perpendicular, affording the opportunity, when his head should be released, of administering stimulants. Up to bis o'clock in the evening little bad been effected to give any strong hope of an ultimate rescue, and was foreseen that the labour of excavating must be continued for hours to come, and through the Pipes were laid from the gas main to the mouth of the well, and the labourers commenced excavating by the light thus affirded at the side of the well, and some yards f rom its mouth. By extraordinary exertions the upper portion of Wainu's body was released by one o'clock on Sunday morning, and stimulants in the shape of small doses of urandy were administered by The medi cel gentlem en o f the town who were in attendance during . whole time. At half -pa-A four o'clock the exertions 01 all were happily eiow‘,Ed with success, when et that time the sufferer was seen emerging from his dreaded " prison, walking up the ladder with a firm step and a cheerful counteniance. A warm bath was in readiness at the workhouse, whither the patient w as remove d, an d i s recovering speedily, aver a fearfal incarceration of fifteen hours and a hal at 'a &pi frottt the surface of the earth of nearly 22 feet. Too much praise cannot be given to those by whose exertions the life of a fellow- I 'feature has been ultimately saved. THE EXTENSIVE BILL FORGERIES. CAPTURE AND CONFESeION. SHEFFIELD, F . AWAY. Tee police authorities of this town have in custody bill an accomplished and hitherto highly successful forger and 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 gotta p=trcha wares at Birmingham. His arrest was brought about in the following manner: —On 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 Osnaburg, and that he was purchasing for Messrs. J. C. Flack and Co., of that place. He selected goods to the amount of 75/, 109., less an allowance of 2f per cent. for himself, and got the invoice made out to Messrs. Fleck. He then presented . in pat meat a draft for 1771. 3s. Bd. on Messrs. Smith. Payne, and Smith, of London, dated May 22, 1852, and purporti ng to b e d raw n by the Manchester and Liverpool Bank at Stafford. He de manded the balance in gold, refusing a letter of credit on London on a plea that ha was going immediately to France. This circumstance excited suspicion. Sir. G. Barber (of the firm of Messrs. Ellin and Co.) said he would send the draft to the hank to be cashed. He in dorsed It accordingly, and the stranger countersigned it " A W. Sitnont." The instrument was presented im malediaitielyamftpearway, afterwards to the cashier at the Sheffield Banking co with a request that he would pass it to Messrs. Elba's credit and give the bearer 100/. in cash. The cashier did not like the appearance of the draft, so be 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 enCravers, 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 Sons, upon whom he knew a forged draft had been palmed last autumn. Mr. Robert Newbold, a partner in the firm, 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. I Is. 2d , in payment fur 801. 189. 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. lie 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 bankers. 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 187/. 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 uuconsumed carb , n. Take the candle. stick in your hand, and move it gently from aide to side: the superfluous wick burns away, and the candle is again bright. When you 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 tact —the formation of a wick which constantly turns 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 best 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 Rtlkhind Islands will hereafter be made up on the morn ing of the 9th of every month, for conveyance, by the a sa ili ng packet, provided und e r a con - Brazil packet, to Monte Video , from whence they will be transmitted by tract which has been entered into between her Majesty's Government and the Falkland Islands' Company. Lettors fur the Falkland Islands vvill be liable to the usual colonial packet rate of one shilling when not exceeding half an ounce in weight, two shillings when not exceed itg an ounce, and so on; and this postage must bo paid in advance, or the letters cannot be forwarded. —N ero _ papers will be conveyed free from charge. SAGACITY OF THE DOG. A moat remarkable instance of the sagacity of this noble and faithful animal Wits related by Dr. Von Iff. land, a German phvaiciaa of considerable eminence many years ago:—" While in practice at Quebec, a large dog, bleeding profusely from the right leg, at tracted the attention of one of my students. He was coaxed into the surgery, when I found an artery and tendons completely divided. I ordered the poor animal to be firmly secured, by which means a ligature was applied to the bleeding vessel, and after shaving the hair surroundin g the wound, I care fully applied adhesive pl a st e rs, and brought its edges together (leaving a small aperture for the ligature), covered with a linen bandage. After the operation he was set at liberty, but to my surprise the fol patients, The bandage appeared wasone °tit. y ) lowing morning th e dcg m be earliest turbed. I, however, removed it fur the purpose of o f p examiningplater the rappeared s tat t o the wound,and o f be i o tbe adhesive t h e t sri state ps allowed them to remain. On the third day, about the ,sale hour, the sagacious animal made his appearance, an , t impatiently (by his gestures) waited his turn to meet the atti-ntion of my assistant to dress anew his wou b n o d lo s, to which he most gent l y submit t e d , licking the time of the operation the hands of the operator. He continued punctually to visit ray surgery every o at 1113 same hour until cured, which I believe was not less that fifteen days. I round, 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 he was dismissed as cured." 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 Leeds, a female friend, Mrs. Woods' two children, and a ar servant maid, left the watering place of .Tynemouth in a coble pulled by John'Robeon and Robert Bart, two haven boatmen. They proposed making a trip to Marsden Rock, and when they were within a mile of that place was over tak , by a thunderstorm;. the boatmen put in towards the e 7 but while near a point called Velvet beds, they threw the u o en boat athwart the sea which was making, And upset her. Their bodi e e: The Whole aerryt party were thrown into the water, and we are ate that before assistance could reach them the two ehil and the old boatman, Robson, ware drowned. where every attention other old man were taken on to Marsden woman and t rre picked up on Thursday evening. The exhausted Whentenbtion was paid them; and, though much guita r:light on shore, recovered towards even ing, -and are _lit of danger. THE STocE : 114 Xerl4EQE AND THE POLICE.—On Saturday after noon, a c reated at the entrance of the Stock Exchange, by one of th e to admit St ore y, a Cit y d e t ec ti ve , i n P i s n inat For some ti me St ore y h as b een em urisrui o t ffi of ce a rs o r r e im fu em ployed by a gentlemen in the neighbourhood of Thames street to apprehend a young _al man considerable sum. On Saturday w ho had robbed him of a eo of respectable connexions, n thee offender w ith th e afterno on he was in sevaasrcshinogf streetentrance of the Stock plun dered person, 'and in om i n T t h h e r y e a wanteddneedl e . who was in priv a t e clothesthe passage and enter run down they observed the indi vidual a n n e wg k he Exchange. Storey, arty, and as he was at the tim e, immediately p ursu ed th a ep enter i n g the latter bu ildin g , he was to w h o demanded h is business. He produce his by the beadle, warrant card, a nd stated his ca se. The bead!e refu sed to admit him, and as then referred to demanded to know the nano of the party vr_ he . was in search i si n n t t e h rl n r of the of. Storey refused to satisfy him, and ew-court. He ro- Particulars of the t ha o nand th gw e e'a Ex change, and that their officer intohad acted right in refusing authorityc thee e d e d secretary round di d the o o () f t building , the extendE x c case, and urged its importance, and ultimately found him admission. Storey went the 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 th e stockbrokers. On Sunday last, 6th instant, 20 persons renounced the errors of Popery in the Church of St. Paul's, Bermond sey, London. ~ .._ SUN, W. M. THACKER4Y, ESQ., AUTHOR OF! "PI:NDENNIS," The New York Tribune says-- N 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, sad 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 Kinglake, 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 arid clever caricatures, smoked, lounged, feasted 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 tha character of the mother of Arthur Pondennis,' married again about this time, and the young man, always the object of the proudest maternal love, came into possession of his paternal inheritance. Ho 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 or War riugton,' in 'Pendennis,' he has developed the career of the students, and the varied life of the Temple, in some of the best passages he 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 ere 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 wore evidently ending, and ho 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 tether 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, Thackeray met his present wife, an Irish lady of good family, and married her. From this time dates his first purely literary effort, the Yellowplush Papers,' after wards published as Jeames's Diary'—in which his cha racteristic tendency is clearly indicated. The step-father's Constitutional absorbed most of his property, of course, and tailed. 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 arid 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 re,,ult,not only in this county but throughout the southern part of thu 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 eft The horse at the start was about two lengths ahead, but in going fifty yards the mare dia. t4n,ed him, 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 in 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 charged hands on this occasion. As an in stance of the excitement which prevailed, we would cite an incident that occurred under our own observation. An honourable disciple of Esculapius 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. Ile 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 Wolfskill land, about a mile below the city, between the American horse Bear Meat and the American mare Nubbins, the principal stake being four hundred head of cows aside, and the distance four hundred yards. Tho mare came in about ton 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. LONDON, TUESDAY IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 7. The LORD CHANCELLOR took hi seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock, L 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. vv 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 daring the next session. Afters few words from Lord MWTO and Lord LYND- HtinsT 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 au individual, praying for copyhold eattran shisement„ Lord CRANWORTH presented a petition praying for co pyhold enfranchisement. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS ] At the request of the Earl of DERBY, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE agreed that th should be read a second time to-morrow, pro form that the discussion on it should he taken on goin Committee on Monday next. Tne Earl of DERBY gave notice that, supposit Militia Bill were brought up from the other Hot night or to-morrow night, ho should propose the t reading on to-morrow (Tuesday) week. BURGHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of MINTO, the rep this Bill, with amendments, was received and agr The Earl of ELLESMERE presented a petitiot the inhabitants of Manchester on the subject present system of poor-relief, and praying for t troduction of a system of productive labour for pa The petition referred to a subject of great mognitu importance, and he wished to call the attention H ouse and the Government to the fact that the expreßsed in the petition was largely entertained country. He did not wish, however, to be consid supporting the views of the petitioners. Lord MONTE AGLE said the question was Ye pular with th ose w h o on ly v i ewe d one side of tl jest. He ob jec t e d t o t urn i ng th e poor-law unions sort of m anu f actor i es , as un j us t t o the honest, in ous, and selt-supporting labourers, who by such a would be exposed to unjust competition with persc must at any rate be supported. The partial adop the system bad depreciated the wages of labour I great metropolis to a very great and unnatural ei After a few words horn the Earl of DONC MORE, which were inaudible in the gallery, The petition was orderud to lie on the table. THE PROPOSED HALIFAX AND QUE RAILWAY. ,ILL. is Bill and tit into ig the se to econd ?iort-on +ed to. from Of the e in itpers. e and f the desire y the bred as po e sub into a dastri system ns who tion of in this [tent. UGH- intention of ih,oruse any Majesty'sfu Earl GREY rose, pursuant to notice, to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it was the Government orrespon d t e o n olay relatingo n t h e ab te le nt o ie f ri rther c 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 much 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 coloni es on t h e 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 ho 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 the guarantee of the British Treasury should be given, which would effect a saving of 2i per cent. in the rate of interest. The province, unassisted, could obtain the money at 6 per cent.; but with the guarantee of the Bri tish Treasury, at 3i per cent. The dispatches contain ing this decision were sent over in March, 1851; and in m aking this statement to the gover nors, he informed t h e m 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 bo a l i ne passing entirely through British territories, and that an y deviation from Major Robinson's line shoud be sub ject to the approval of the Government. Since that date, v arious communications had taken place; and shortly before leaving offic e 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 be divided among them. At the same rime, it was quite a different line from that which Major Robinson r ecommended should be adopted. He had been informed that Mr. Hincks, a member of the Legie tive 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 cou ntry to communicate with the Govern ment, and to ascertain whether the proposal would be acceded to. • ro this communication he answered, that while he , regretted Major Robinson's line had n ot beenanoet e d 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 Construction of that great national work. The establishment of a railway communication between the three provinces on British territory was an object of the very highest national importance.—(Hear, hear.) Without that, the permanence of their connexion was ex tremely p ro blematical. 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 satisfactory re sult, and not onl y that the proposal had been re j ected, but rejected i n manner which, judging from a letter that had a ppeared in the papers, had given rise to feel ings of great excitement, and would render it improbable that the co mmunication could ever be established. As from the answere given in the other Hou se it appeared the negotiation Was brought to an end , he hoped the whole c orrespo n dence would be laid at an early date on the table of that House. He was suro it was a subject which well deserved the attention of their Lordships, and ought to t.eceiv e i t at the earliest poss ible moment. The Earl of DERBY said as he had for several years taken a I conclusion of ' 9 17 deep interest in the successful the nee - battalion for connecting by railway the three Bri tish provinces he would answer the question and state ment of the N bl Earl opposite , although the question had been a ddre o h N o ble Lord behind him (Lord Colchester sses- to t e ), as b e longing to is b' department, though it was by no means a quest i o n of colonial inte rest onl y .— (near, h ear. ) The Noble Earl had made two charges against the Government first, as to the substance of the n e gotiation b e i ng b r oken off; and next as to the manner Arle which it h a d been broken off. He would deal with t ete lest charge first. He had certainly read with some surprise the letter referred to by the Noble Earl, dated Ist o f m a Yt the deputatio from e tha Mr. Hincks. That gentleman corn plein d - n had been kept waiting for about seven wee ks without being able to get any definite an swer on the subject on which they were in attendance, and said that it would he impossible for them to make much -eager d e lay. Mr. Hincks had arrived in this country on the 15th or 16th of March; he had frequent (sir with the he ad of the Colonial Department o J, Pekinet n); but Mr. Challoner, the representa tive of New Brunswick, had not then arrived, and Mr. Howes had not yet arrived. Mr. Challoner did not arrive till about the 15th of April; and on the 20th either he or Mr. Hoick s had an interview with Lord Colchester at the Colonial office. That Noble Lord, beie e newly in of had not had his at previou.ly called to the • matter. Between the 20tb and 9 6 , 11 he (Lord Derby) received a letter from Mr. Ilineks stating what had passed at the Colonial and requesting an early interview; and this was the memorandum he had made for his private secretary: "-." Give him an early appointment, the matter is one o f very great impertance; but. I should wish, if poesible, to see segette r with Mr. Mucks the representatives on this matter ,f New Brunswick and Neva Scotia " H e and Sir J. Peltineton saw Mr..Eliucks and Mr. Challoner en the 30th or April He then learnt fur the first time that the L-gislaturea of the different provinces had passed Bills in favour of this scheme; those Bills had nut been r, ceived 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 ints n. then ea as to deviate very e.nsiderahly from a line which it was most desirable should be taken; and the deviation was to such an extent, that though literally and really it was within British territory, it might just as w e ll have been on United States territory, for a n y d es i rable purpose that it would fulfil. Sir J. Pakington stated i n 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 Any deoleion MISS JENKYNS IN ALARM AT BONAPARTE. I think it was in 1805 that Mies Jenkyns wrote the longest series of letters, on occasion of her absence on a visit to some friends near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. These friends were intimate with the commandant of toe 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 mouth 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 wore packed up ready for a flight to Alston Moor (u 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, it there be any truth in the moral attached to the table 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, " low 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 or hiding themselves in the salt mines—and meat would have kept capitallydown there, only perhaps we should have been thirsty. And my fa ther preached a whole' set of sern-ons 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 Nispleon (that was another name for Bony, as we used to call him), was all the same as Apollyon and Absddon. I remember, my father rather thought he should be asked to print this last set; but the pirish had, perhaps, • had Pnouzh of them with hearing."— Dickens's " Household Words." SEABORNE MAILS. LN eignltes that the mails are sent from the General Post-oftiv D the night—and ',I by the morning--dispatch.) When made up is i From what 'LACIrIs ;GeneralPost-office ) port dis- Whe n London. I patched. due. —, — Australia AmericaDA m tt e o r ic v a ia ( ( b b( y yT lDua Marseilles)r 1 . sg t .. . up p tk k h t .. . ) ) N N 1 1 Jan e 11 . . .• Liverpool _ .. 'Liverpool .. America (by U.S. pkt.) M June 9 .. .. Southampt. Ditto, viaC. of G. Hope N N 'AUgusi 2 ampton) _ _ .. m .. .. _ _ Sonthampt. Plymouth.. .... .... li'Jover .. Africa ( West coast).. Nl4th of the month Plytaoath June 29 Alexandria* ....... FT 19th & 30th of me. Dover .. June 18 Belgium .. .. .. N Daily .. .. . Dover .. Daily Brazil ... .. 114 , 9 th of the month So utham p t. June 16 . Buenos Ayres •• •M' 9th of the month Sonthampt. June 16 California(viaChagres) 3112 d & 17th of montbrSoutharn pt. Juno 20 Cape of Geed dope N2d & 14th of June Plymouth.. June 29 Cape de Verde .. .. N August 2 .. ..121ymouth.. .tune 29 Uoustaritinopie* .... N 17ta i 7 tu 27th of mo Dover .. June 10 Central America .. 3112 d & 17th of m ion. 3 ou th a mpt. June 2() Channel Isles .. Mon.,NI Wed., & Fri.lSonthamp t. Ta. Th. Sat Chili .... . i t 17thof the mou th iSonthampt. June 20 .... .. .. N7t .* M 1 Twice t daily th . o . f m . o Th, . ;Dover ver .. Tvricedall Greece* France .. June 10 Llamburgh .. •. N, Tuesday & Friday London .. Taes. Sat. liolla.nd .. ••.. MI Wednes. & Satan ; L on don .. Mo h.Th at Honduras .. .. . N,l7th of the mouth ,Southampt. June 20 Ireland .. .• M& N i Twice daily .. .. !Holyhead • • Twicedally India (via Southamp.) 11;20th of the monthiSouthampt. June 28 India (viaMersoilles) 7.1 - lath& 24th Bfmonthl Dover . June,l7 India, via C. of G. Hope Nilsth of month ;Plymouth.. Mauritius .. .. .•N 15th of mouth Plymouth.. Mediterranean (via Southarepton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. June 17 Mediterranean (vla Marseilles) .. .. N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover .. June 17 Mexico .. .. .. M2d of the month.. Sonthampt.iJnlY 5 517.0.eira . ••.. M 9th of the month Southampt. June 16 Malta* June 10 .. .. r 7th,17th,19th,27th I Dove* / & 30th of month Naples* .. .... N sth 15th 25th of MG, Dover June 12 Papal States* .. ..N sth 15th 25th of mo;Dover .. ; June 12 , Peninsular.. • • .. 51 7th 17th 27th of mo;Southarupt. 'June 16 Porn • • • • • ..M 17th of the month !Southall-Im. ;June 20 1 Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15th 25th of me; Dover .• 'June '2 West Indies .. .. M 17th of the month I Southampt. ,Jane 20 Naples* .. .. N Papal States* .. N Peninsular.- .. M Peru •• •• .. Tuscany* .. .. N; West Indies West Indies (except rlavarma Sc Nassau) Ml2d of the month ..13outhanipt. * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are N. French packet vi*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 be made up on the morning of the 28th instant, in consequence of the 2/ th tailing on a Sunday. onveyee by On Thursday last the marriage of Miss Constance Frances Phillpotts to the Rev. W. F. Gray, vicar of Corn wood, in the county of Devon, was celebrated in the cathedral at Exeter, by the Venerable Archdeacon Bartholomew. /he 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 wam said in going to the Lord's 'Stade, and the remainder of the service, after the nuptial benedic tion, in the sanctuary. Holy Cominunion was then cele brated by the Bi s h op , and not only the bridal 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 Church.—Chronicle. EVENING, JUNE of the Government. He was, therefore, a little sur prise,i, having stated to Mr. Hinck. end Mr. Ow:Honer that the whole subject ehoul.f be beeNht immediately under the consideration of the Government, that ha 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 plane on the 30th of April—to find the letter tee Noble Earl had adverted to in the papers dated on the following morning. In that letter Mr. Hincks said—e• In the intervie 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, the 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 aide 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 ho had not been sent to 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, and he should deem it his duty to enter into ar rangements which would put it oat 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 TOATSU 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 prised at the tone of this letter, he (Lord Derby) bad not deferred executing the promise he had made to Mr. Hincks. He had brought the matter before a Cabinet Council, at which it was fully and deliberately discussed; and it was with great regret they had come to the conclusion that it was not to the advan vantage of the provinces that they should sanctiun the proposed line, inasmuch as it forfeited !he very main ad vantages which led them in the first instance to be anxi ous for its promotion. That communication was made to Mr. Hindu about the 16th or 17th of the same month. Sir J. 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 sentatives of the colonies in this country. In the mean time, on the 13th, he (Lord Derby) had received an ap plication 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, that from recent communications great doubts had arisen , whether the negotiations pending between the Government and the colonial 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 J. Pakington's treatment of these gentlemen. Ile 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 tho negotiation, ha would say that the Government had been most auxi lous to see it carried out; and he had been active in pressing it on the late Government. But 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, he 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 werapromised 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. But the great object was in connection with the scheme of emigratioH, 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 further 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 Quebec. 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 wonid 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 railway carried through the United States territory.—(Hear, hear.) It tended far more to open up the United States than the British territory; and in some parts it was cut off by the rapid torrent of the St. John's River from communica tion with the British territory. Under these circum stances the Government did not think the project one which so carried out imperial objects us to justify them in giving a guarantee fort iea the proposed To ha ve un d erta k en roposea expenditure by the colonial legislatures . —( Hour .) such a liability without consulting P ar li ament wou ld have been highly improper, and he d ou b ted whether Par liament would have sanctioned it. However much he might prefer t he plan of granting waste lands, h ave hesitated to recommend guarantee had he would t not t e been such as to secure those other and more im portant objects to which he had referred. On these grou nds the Government had th oug h t it their duty to inform the g overnors . of the provi nces that they were compelled, with regret, to refuse the guarantee, believing that the line did not promote really and truly British The Government had nothing to conceal, and objects. there would be no opposition to the production of the hear.) papers.- -- (B ear s Earl GREY sa id be had not meant to bring any charge against the Government for the abandonment of the project. Aft e r what the Noble L ord had said, he would add a few worth to the negotiation. H av i ng IP, r e rly had much communication with Mr. Hincks, he had . always foun d him frank and straightforward' in all his dealings; and it was to be r egretted that two persons of suc h weight and station in the province as Mr. Hindu and Mr. Challoner should have learned the decision of the Government from a subordinate officer. It was , only a short time Bitted the Emigration Commis sioners had thought it necessary to put an advertisement. i n to the papers, cautionin g t h e public not to listen to schemes put forth by this person without adequate 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 the 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.—(Elear, hear.) It was said that it would hale swallowed up the whole of' the surplus revenue of the colonyi but he thought that, - directly and indirectly, the returns of the railway would, have covered the in terest.-a(Hear, bear.) On the ;20th of February, he (Earl Gray) 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 such .great difficulty brought to agree to should be made, rather than that there should be no railway at all.—(Hear.) Tee lice of the colonists would certainly be more insecure in ease of war; but in the time of peace it would have offered us the 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, he 'should certainly prefer to move for their production. H Earl FITZ WILLIAM looked on the question of whe ther any , offence had been given 'to the , ;elegates 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. H e very much regretted the course whinh her Majesty's Government had thought it right to pursue; because 'Frderal . Government of the U n ited S tates gave great encouragement to such prokcrtr, end he should greatly deprecate anything that would lead the colonists to drew an unisvouruble contrast betwtcn the conduct f the mother country and of the Unied States.—(Hear). The question of annexition was already discussed in .Canada, and though he was tar from thinking that it was at all in the ascendancy, yet the subje c t was one that halt a et-aitury ego could not base Wen broached in the colony.—(Hear, hear.) He though', therefore, that it was very un&struble to thwart the opinion of the co lony; and, beside;, 4hato ver line should ID, chosen, it would be'open to the objection of being near the Ame rican homier. The lino along the valley. of the St. Lawrence would be within only twenty•tive miles from the northern frontier of the United States. The Earl of DERBY—But the lino of the John would pass within three miles of the frontier.—(lesr.) Earl FITZ WILLI All 4 —At all events, the objection was only one of amount, and be very mush doubted whether the one railway would be much more secure in the ease of war than the other.—(Hear, hear.) He should think it a matter of very great regret if the id ea 'should be created in the provincial mind that the olaims of the colonywere disregarded, or treated as of .‘ slight im portance; and he treated that the Noble 14r! at the head of the Government would so shape his future 1852. 8, course, that if any feeling of di: satisfaction had already been created,'it sheuld be sp- eddy r. moved.—(Hear.) Lod MONTE A.GIAE differed is en the .Nebie Earl who had just sat duwu, in taiette:g thet the cotrnuut catien which had passed between the Government and the gentlemen deputed from the colony were of the greatest importance, for there had. been many cases in which a trumpery case of supposed neglect had created a feeling on the part of our oolonies that had rendered subsequent negotiation with them •exceedingly difficult. —(Hear, hear.) He (Lord Monteagle) thought the explanation of the Noble Earl perfectly satisfactory ; but if mireteionable conduct on the part of delegates was a sufficient ground for rejecting, their proposals, he should nor, as the Noble E a rl h a d d one; ha v e rej e cted them on the merits.—(Hear, hear.) Tne very fact that the Noble Earl had no surveys before him, while it was a good reason for not acceding to the proposition of the deputation, was the very reason why he should not at once have decided against it. The colonists were sufficiently sensible of the disadvantages of the proximity of their line to the United States, but they felt that it was only a question of de gree ; for if they had taken Major Robinson's line, it wonld have been open to the very same objection. But the fact had been entirely overlooked, that this was not a mere question between Major Robinson's line and the line of the colonist?, but the rejection of their pro , position made it certain that at no great length of time a line would be opened over American ground.—(Hear, hear.) It had been nothing less than a miracle that the three colonies should have been brought to concur in a matter of such great importance not only to themselves but to us, and he deeply regretted • that the opportunity should have been lost.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of DESAR r defended the course taken by the Government, and drew their Lordships' attention to the significant fact that a meeting which had taken place in favour of the St. John's line in 1850 had been held at Portland, in the state of Maine. They might therefore well suspect that those who advocated that railway were interested in a line connected with the United States. The Government had taken then the best course, not in contradicting the wishes of the colonists, but in declining to assist, in the manner requested, a line as much, or more, calculated to serve the influence of the United States as of the colony itself. He believed that if the Government had applied to the House of Commons for its consent to the plan, it would never have sanctioned the request.—(Hear, hear.) Earl POWIS supported the colonists. They had not asked for the least assistance beyond the guarantee of the mother country, and who could expect them to choose any but the best commercial line? He considered that the advantage of five or ten years of peace with their railway would fully counterbalance any possible disadvantages that would arise from its pr o xi m ity t o th e American frontier. When they related upon the hundreds of miles of railway which were being opened every year through the United States, he was afraid that the refusal of this country to entertain the proposal of the colony would be a great blow to those who a few years ago bad refused, solely from imperial motives, the solicitations of persons in the United States to support their lines.—(Hear, hear.) The papers were then ordered. SURRENDER OF CRIMINALS (FRANCE CON VENTION) BILL. On the order of the day for the heoond reading of this Bill. The Earl of ABERDEEN said the Bill had only been printed and delivered that day. As the subject required mush consideration, he hoped the Noble Earl opposite would postpone the second reading tong short time. The Earl of MALMESBURY said he would take the second reading to-morrow (this day). METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT FURTHER --- The Earl of DEVON moved the sccond reading of this Bill. The Earl of DERBY said he had no objection to take the second reading on the understanding that time was given to the Commissioner of Works to consider the measure. CONSTITUTION FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said ho wished to put a question with reference to the constitution to be given to the Cape of Good Hope. The Noble Earl lately at the head of the Colonial Department sent out draft ordinances to the colony for the purpose of being con sidered and adopted in the colony. In the discussion of the question in the colony, one of the colonial officers, the Attorney-General, he thought, proposed that the franchise should be fixed at 25/, which was eventually adopted. The Noble Earl had embodied in his draft ordinances the provision that 251. should be the franchise. Upon the re-formation of the legislative council the draft ordinance was taken into consideration, and it was proposed by Mr. Montagu that the franchise should be fixed at 50/. This proposition was disap proved of by the representative members of the council, but was carried by the colonial secretary and the nomi nee members. In the draft ordinances an unlimited power was reserved to the Government of this country to correct any part of them when they arrived in this country. He wished to ask the Noble Earl (the Earl of Derby), therefore, whether the Government were pre pared to exercise that power, and to make the franchise 251., as originally proposed? Ho also wished to ask him another question with reference to the council. If he was correctly informed, it was the intention of Govern ment to make a still further alteration, by having nomi nees for the second chamber instead of an elective body, which he believed would create great dissatisfaction. He asked whether that was the intention? The Earl of DERBY said he thought the Noble Duke was under the apprehension that the ordinances had ar rived in this country. That was not the case. The last mail brought them the discussion which had taken place on the 501. franchise, but the ordinances had not then passed. There were some forms to be gone through. In this country they were little competent to judge of the effect of a 25/. franchise in the colonies. Tney had acted on the advice of Lord Cathcart, namely, to 8113- peud their judgment till they received the ordinances. A mail had co:no in this m6rning which had most likely brought the dispatches, and no time would be lost iu coming to a decision on this question, because be thought with the Noble Earl that there ought to be no delay. He had some apprehensions as to the probable conse quences of constitutional government in the Cape of Good Hope, but aster the expectations which had been held out, he thought thst their promises should be ful filled to the spirit and to the letter. With regard to the other question, he had not heard of any proposal to sub. statute a nornitve council at the Cape of Good Hope for the representative system. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 7. SUPPLY. (Continued f rom our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) On the vote ot 30,0001. for the capture of slaves, Mr. STAFFORD, i n re ply to Si r G. P,-chetl, ohberv , d that the Board ot Admiralty were determined to keep the squadron on the coast of Artics in a state of suffi cient eff•ctiveness to suppress the slave trade in that quarter of the world. Sir G. PECIIELL 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 in 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 conarnsed 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 t'or a short time longer, the truffle 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 150,9831. for defraying the expenses of consular establishments abroad, Mr. W. WILLIAMS considered that a great reduc tion might be made under this head without injury to the interests or commerce of the country. They might, for instance, dispense with the consul at St. Petersburgh, who received a salary of 750/. 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 oonsul could have any duty whatever to per form which could not be discharged by the Other repre sentatives of England in St.. Petersburghe The Hon. Member mentioned other instaucea in which reductions might be made. Lord S I'ANLEY said there was only an increase of 2,0001 under this head, es compared with list year, hut the pre. eat Government were only responsible for a small portion of the present estimates. He 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 econo mising the expenses es far as possible. In reply to Mr. HINDLEY, Lord S TANLEY said he was not i4are of the existence of any ru l e t h at when a vacancy! oc curred in tee consul ar esta b l i shment it should be filled up by t h e Government at the same salary. o4u2riler.s t a ‘V b of . 11 w ere so i is W hlo n: l L it lA a M t Sthecoal2l:iiines,elttthiearnt settlement expn_n_s o e ne o! Kong smou eed to 7, 3 994, eleinse did not vast a e , nalueice was carried on, the e exceed 4,629/, while at Cant :n, Lord STANLEY said the discrepa cy ouauc erasn n emi t n ed al and not real. The Governor co Hung-Kong all negotiations with the Chinese , Gow , rument, and bad the general supervision of the consular establishments in Chiha, and be was therefore ;bought eutiticd t o a farg,r ,alary :hair the Colllll. at Canton. Mr. W. WILLIAMS did not complain of he Giver nor of Houk-Koe*'s saisry, but 111,Av.it he:should per- form an additional amount ci duty. Admiral STEWART' cbs..rved, th it if .e!)nsuli did not poi form their duties to the is .tisf.,ction,ot tbe Coal- WWllolllllsh'iottlYitl n ill e e ver G o h v a e v r e n g w ri e e n d t merc i a l part of the c we re sure to hear of it. nud efficient men to represent us in foreign parts, clod to defend the rights of Britishmerchant;., them „ell. The climate of iicnle" they paid d,adly to the European w3s the most _constitution, not even excepting the coast of Africa, and the cost of living there was most expensiv e . li e considered no money was better spent by th e country than in securing efficient, able, and honest consuls abroad. After some further discussion the vote vas agreed to. On the vote of 16,8001. for the eXtraordinary dis. bursements for her Majesty's missicins'ailioad, Mr. wished to know, with regard to the sums paid for e tn ea s , e der s ' chaplains, how it was th e / some embassies esjoyed the ereserce of a chaplain and tellers did Loa What was the principle of the selecti on? He should move to reduce the vote by 1,0004 the sue) allowed for the expenses of chaplains. Lord STANLEY explained that chaplains were oulY attached to tho se em b ass i es w h ere there W,l9 ,nes. a 8 tifs ficient number of British residents to pay for a-el:tepid.' of their own. . Mr. W. WILLILUIS ebjecesd to the vote as being too large. Mr. ANSTEY did not think the explanation of tee d Noble Lord satisfactory, b eca u se h e f ou nd the facts d id not at all coincide with his statements. He should IA however, divide the Committee. Atter some further conversation, Lord DUDLEY STUART said that, as it seemed that the expenses of the Tuscan mission were included in this vete, he wished to call tho attention of the G°' vernment to a letter nhich he had just received fro 1 a gentleman at Florence, well known, a n t of great experience. In th a t l e tter ' g re be complaint was made of the mann e r in which t e a British mission was conducted there. Th e mission I; tr, no office in the town, and any one desiringlo s ee k do e Scarlett was obliged to go out to his c oun try house, w which he had to take a vehicle and lose half a day. ~9 Lord STANLEY said that he wa s not able to any explanation e.t present, but the matter se.culao; inquired into. He quite agreed that it w as of the ut re , 44 importance that British subjects a b roa d shceuld b a : e• easy and speedy access to the prese n c e o f the rePrfeot tatives of their country whenever th e y m ight ha" occasion for their services. . Sir B. HALL wished to mention that he him °o . b e ll s ! experienced a difficulty of this sort at Turin, on su e de casion when he had required some alteration to be la in his passport. The CHANCELLOR of the PrcHEQUE— g , 0 . that a circular had lat e ly b een a dd resse d by t he Fore i g ht, office to British missions abroad, which, he th° l3g o e• would entirely prev e nt an y i nconven i ence beirig f e i s e rienced by B r iti s h trave ll ers f rom d e l ay i n t hi s peruc" ee- eO3 . He might also mention that a most distinguished r ber of our dipl omacy h a d j ust b een appo i n ted " mission at Florence. The vote was then, agreed to. __ ;es OlOt 2 e , st O ht O iet O u t vt , ec:t Vaccine eweorfe t hl3es E .,3 s a t sg l e l iesfdoh for o e s. n t ; 325 / , tub Votes of 3,2191., Toreonese and Corsican Ee: fot e 84 th e' e IDS c :D n Lori DUNCAN wished to call superannuation a 1 maces, f tb . Government to the fact that in many instances 11tttt allowances were given to persons who were just ID fibs prime of life and perfectly competent to trauss e ' business of their effices. i f 0 Sir B. HALL seid that in cases of this sort I t i e el informed that the places w e r e filled up by the i sle of the retiring clerk. 9 of Mr. HAMILTON pointed out the fact that 1 32 7,011 the superannuation allow a nce s were f or o ffice r oe had been abolished. He agr e ed th a t t h e time (ALA might be lengthened, and he would promise that w h ole year, if he held office so long, the whole system I be looked into. eli erl e Lord EBRINGTON thought that in 0 " e- 00 11 r offices were abolished, th e h o ld ers o f t h em ought o f stir be superannuated until there was an opportunity ploying them in some other capity. he 00 4 1 Mr. W. WILLIAMS' knew for a certainty teat too' of those who received these allowances were fs r o per able, as far as health and bodily strength went , "iteetS' form their duties than the great majority of 1 1 ° 13 ' 0 old bars who attended regul ar ly i n t h e i r places. f leet complained that the great majority of these ge,e dt even when in their offices, really did nothing, , paid for ainusieg themsel ves i n idl eness . h Mr. HINDLEY suggeste d t h at f or t h e future t tt e tt elfi superannuation should be voted in a separate es bar,' as many of these allowances had been made s ° f ob' years ago, and it would be almost a breach of disturb them. The vote was then agreed to. ie esitO ri A vote 4,300/. for Polish refugees and uh"" S pa a nirds was of 4 agreed to. On the vote ,469/. for miscell aneous items Wei defrayed by the hereditary rEveaues of the Crorii. Mr. ANSTEY o bj ecte d 10 the item o f 7° French refugee clergy. ma M de r. n n ot A a ll s a IL r fro ce T el o ig N iou e: g p r la e i a n t e : i b t u h c at siro th p e ly al a lo:l a so gro ps be ,- distressed refugees. to Mr. ANSTEY objected to the item of 891. 9 7/ go: distributed among the incumbents of the Isle i s W s ," I; was his intention to oppose any measure that . 9 ices" and tbi , c er voted public money for religious sects „, 5 Orlia bed seemed to him to bear that character. Re b aces tainly, unless it was clearly explained that this t l e War e no connexion with religious opinion, divide 4 001 , on the question. With regard to the item of en tirti e aid of the fends of Lampeter College, he wa e dew ed w e ' opposed to it. This college was literally el; d ot 1 5 the widow's mite, and was opened in 1828. . 41 ,,b, made to the college by George IV., but ;1 3 i 5 D ot o t been sufficient, the present grant was made by etoe ts on the condition of its only extending till the 7 f t he ee' s , expenditure should be equal. The accounts b o the 5: lego were never fairly produced, and altl i f °4 /, the P r of the college now considerably exceeded 4' cameid e cipals of the college, notwithstanding thi e ' ss this g rs %l fc' re rm que e st f iL t annually, like fraudulent beggars, to a sk ; brongo forwardlu the requesting the th c e ertificatevrhich of ' 9 : o gran t s del continuanc e m s e v persons , ef responsibility is divided among s ° i stater:fleet ef no one can be made responsible for anY enditereol ertnec 0 that certificate regarding the assets and .e s ets 0 31 the college. It was curious that all the c purhar n ' in use dated, nut from Wales, but from taehedOeue. according to these certifieates, the livings at t. j e Ve t o college had actually decreased fifty per ce n ,,_. hieg ft That be (Mr. Anstey)lwas unable to believe. Pe s i.d 13 0 7 4 idleue s 'f the effeet of fostering ignorance and _ mischief had resulted from this grant, it 0 0 1 t u nothing would be so advantageous for the edu_cl ie eta' North Wsiss the entire destruction of bs e_e te College ft , Lampeter. He would move that the " be diminished by the sum of 1,800/. ~i D OS j led away by the specious eloquence of the l i e ge: n o Mr. MORRIS hoped that the Commitke:w ° _ ul t e erci Member for Youghal. The principal of this co t. Luken high honours at the Uutvereity of Ox 0 1 :!,41ef the character and station of the Tice-principal an d e ' Pl ed of St. David'e,eetirely precluded any belief in th e e s' s ' ec t , which the Hon.. Memoer for Ynughal had eouce, r _ t s tle P , Mr. S. DAVIES said that it was impossible t...oer abuses as those mentioned could have existed in It . c o u tp el i s . which had had gentlemen of such worth for its pli,P, h or . OP, The must distinguished members of the Welsh ", WO' Or their learning and piety. With regard to tee Pr i sn i3 o o o , 4 ° had been pupils at that college, men disticguishe,a c iel l of the college having refused to return any s'",ecl' a at all, he (Mr. Davies) did not think that such c c- f the ease. The reputation of the college and ~aer gentlemen connected w i t h i t was a sufficient et that no fraud could be intended. tcoa i Mr. WILLIAMS, us h av i ng b een born in tha•esiodil in which the college existed, felt extremely S Ev e about the educetion of the youth of that conety iA. one must be aware that any public edified rsu' r Ole grant from the country was amenable, fl) 0 10) thing like falsification of accounts. Pe e / . V 1 , 1 41, prefer the grant to be 1,000/, instead of S Ov es a aV e li regard to the statement of the Hon. Member for e e ors, that no one at that college could p reac h in t b o eslLl language, be would only say that some of sh e A $; tinguished clergymen in Wales 'were educate" establishment. After a few words from Mr. LOVEDEN' e n Ob lir ts Mr. W. WILLIAMS considered that if t''.` eh es if, of Wales had territorial tithe it would be as T e l c o; i 570/ Church of England, and as wolf able to st l Pr et ioe s res, He would challenge the Hon. Member to m e ; o tlewil more upright or conscientious men than the o'lo connected with St. David's College, le3 o3 P e 7A:less s oi he were to begin with - the Pope Isimselfee-1/4 He should be glad to see the college in a °° l3-1 D A to require thi s grant at all. tica e iA arrived for repo r ti ng progress, and he s hould " Mr. HAMILTON suggested that the ileac the Chairman should Mem ber do so, if the Hon:Me to divide the C omm i ttee. er ds After a few w or d s f rom M r . A.NSTEY9 t he e P The CHAIRMAN reported progress, an' A resume The d. e ise4 report was ordered to be received too-o°drf; The Scutch Mills for Flax Bill wa s then r e pei el time. The other twelve o'clock orders were ° ell of, and the House rose at Four o'clock. woclt' The SPEAKER resumed the Cb.air at Si % °- q (0 ° PETITIONS. leo ° . L Mr. BROTHERTON presented several Of! ;4 Oa pi Camberwell and other pieces against the btti°'," e pte u Several petitions to the same effect were P e " other Hon. Members. - '- ' ' . { o p fro p 9 Sir H. WILLOUGHBY presented a V l l l 6 o ol° law society in the metropolis in favour o f tu` 1 of Masters in Chancery. DO C° Mr. EWART presented a petition from shire against the grant to Maynooth. Pr lebu" g r k marriages hir , pr a with i i t n n g a for w ife's 0 00 1 Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition frots 1 'oil in favour of Parliamentary reform.- .- - „ r ege 0 0 is ao : Nt i ''P r t Mr. e BRIGHT viin iI presented a deceased petition Mr. COBDEN presented a petition froin :lin of an alters.-sioevo of Down, norn-id •• te r fer pi p Ming •of . ,tt. o , in . for t he the Mas quisof tion t . Londonderry in the glee - i n to A ID county, and praying for .an inquirY n ee " - t o t ai h rer, which they considered a direct.interfer.electioof privileges of the House and the freedom 43i e go Also, a potiii from ' that eIP „, , on Maryport, praying osc be allorvad to kr , in the House who hid been c its ot.theioal or second in a duel. ,-, 1 COW INSOLVENCY OF THE POOR.LA" i ate MISSION. • le ' - r Lord DUNCILIN said that in tire City ArS le r ott ° Times ~f the 3,1 of Jun) the follu e wing Ps ll4 .11 hi c pe,red:-- a in *obey "It 'a a curious feet, illustrative a the in s1 ) 4 1 the (Alicial business of the Government is sortle, or d,s P r j lortavd, that ti chequo nrawn by the .Poor4aw B oa D°oo s;gned by Sir John Trollope *OW tbeeoCoo ,00 (Pr esideat)i, o , at ~et Courte nay (7.4 , cretary), was dish , no tared toe s to' l osi e Bank ut. England. Its =cast was 149/., and r given to Messrs. Glyn and C 0. ,, trli whora It id stilted, was 'Not sufficient effects.' "• r-Is W /P all e He thought that for the credit of the Poo _. on .„ begged to ask the President of thoi Bo ard ib , 1 0 some explanation should be given on this 811 1 ) ,, ,r b u e 7nut O w statement in the Times was correct? ,•,-,:. i d ifficciu et !, Sir J. TROLLOPS would have nt flit" dreferr.ho Lor I , to o explaining th., matter to which the li. r ab, le the c °o l O A ° The circumstance arose from mere.' part of the accountant who trae_,Olith ucoo onti 0 ., bt riosiness of the Poor-law B,,ard. ,1 ?!..,, d e sen o _ btli auditors would be sent in very s lati i loot'S e , se ssic ll 'oo . ...a.saisi tue ha 10 been voted by the House in this tit , 4lm- -- w i t iv she accouataul had, by WIN 01'011; ightt w. iscsodavertenco 0 tory