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1 161,0 r i ~rl9o l ' ?JO" -EDITION DR. ELIAOTSON. PtR I , D DOUBLY HONOURABLE ftip --I ATION OF PLATE, FROM iT6,„ n GRATEFUL AND ADMIRING \ al ~-NA T , THE TRULY EMINENT GNANIMOUS PROFESSOR. E n/3' still fellows merit as its shade, But iikeibe -shadowproves the substance true." 0 dares the realms of prejudice invade, With ne;v-boin science, fails—because 'tis 71C 7 0 I t tli e 1 7th inst. a Deputation of Stu dents of p, rs itY Coltege waited upon Dr. ElHutson, ,superb piece of Plate, and the following. r r — ln accordance with a , resolution passed 'meeting of several of your friends and former let , and in b e h a lf •of those gentlemen whose 4 re here appended, we have to beg your I,7nee of the accompanying slight mark of teens and gratitude. 4., • gratitude. .r 3rii :PPearing uetore you for a purpose so Itio . L g.) and so much in accordance with our a 'nes, we cannot but attempt, however in , to express the feelings which have I;it;tnated our fellow-students and ourselves. ilst we believe that few have laboured ‘ SIA. e nergetically in the cause of truth, or have 1 1 ,' themselves more earnestly and effec to the advancement of the bes t interests deal Science than your3elf, we fee l con k t hat none have ever sho wn more talent Varting the results of extensive e x p erience, t evinced more of patient attention and un zettl in the arduous duties of a Teacher. p ence with the admiration of your abilities 'Peet for your services to Medical Science We entertain, in common with those who You less, we cannot but feel those senti tsof esteem and regard towards you which „ Ontrally the result of our relative positions ~??lar and Professor. . t ' Y r e therefore feel it no less a pleasure we i 'tt 411 °I c i li t i ct m ur o s s e t ly s e i s n t e l e la re n ty a d fo u r ty th N e ve im ol p ve or t t o al 3 i - t ou s , e t r o_ bu r Th, l have rendered. to all who have been ~; , Amt i r"Pils, and have had the opportunity of il x l ' ti p by your valuable in structions in the ~; '. , e of our profession ; while at the same , ' l; :,:c e , b "e beg to as su re you that we sha ll ever re -71:,i, li N , er the urbanity and kindness which uni :: ; 1 40 marked y our i n tercourse with us du rin g a .• ; . , ~ul c i of several years. , A tl ll conclusion, we beg your acceptance of the '.' A til iP a nYing Piece of Plate, wh ich we ' hope , ; 0 4.1;T r Ig serve to remind you of the estimation 41t , 11 You are held by your friends and former The following- was Dr. Elliotson's reply (entlemen —This is the most gratifying day lexistence ' o' ll my entrance into the profession to the *,tilt moment I have never thought of any 1144 0 ethod of advancement than that of assi- If knowledge and conducting my- IZIL Whenever I have communicated the 'Of m3' o bservations or investigations to • (heal world, it has not been till after la 141k1, 114 Y repeated inquiry, so that I felt abso certain of my facts •. for nothing can be U npardonable than to lead others astray in N ite l enee of medicine. Whenever I have ad tea a subject not well known, and almost it has not been till I had investigated Patiently, and conscientiously. The re- N :s been the eventual admission of whatever 0 ; asserted respecting diseases, and the adop litoil every medicine of which I have given a A1 1 1 ; 4 .4 report. In advocating phrenology, tiles done for nearly five and twenty years, h 4 rnerism, as I have done for three years, adhered strictly to facts, and so shunned orljeeenlation, that those phrenologists who are i tl prone to listen to authority, and more prone l e f e e4 late, than to examine nature and to prize W t he V Positive facts before a multitude of pre - Ons, regard me as little advanced in phre eal knowledge; and many mesmerists pro ie me a sceptic, and, indeed the facts are so er fal and uulooked for, that I have affirmed and will affirm none, which I have lik i tl ikl Yself satisfactorily witnessed, howe ver I°lo e authority which declares them. Phren iPonas now at least twenty thousand s u p - Va in this country ; and Mesmerism is daily Vit ground among able and scientific per lit;‘,B44 is undergoing investigation in very quarters. V4t has been my reward -from a lar g e 411 of public and private practitioners, from k t lgues, and from nearly all the periodical you well know. But had I experi k'l ten times more than I have , I should not lt deviated from my course, nor preserved ~entire my love of scientific truth, of late ki?, and of independence. Nor, if I know my do I fear that I shall ever change. A t ,ove of those three things is heightened by Ceution; and I can conceive no other k t .P° se in the ordination of persecution being itl i ti sual lot of such love, than to render it more ka : i ll s ; and to cause its objects to be rega rd e d k k einselves a sufficient reward and to more U 1 1 . 1 ever outshine riches and worldly honours , it 4 : (l are indiscritninately bestowed upon the I N kat and the well-informed, upon the worth )l. a tid the good. tp tti tit sooner or later an external reward does I assure you that this day amply recom klpdes Me for everything. You have in your feelings over-estimated my deserts ; but tt. ll ,ave not over-estimated my good inte ntions. W i leved me much to part from you and quit a qte in which I had the greatest desire to be itt t 11 1 But a proper respect for my office and 11 1'self rendered my resignation a duty. si lk :cept my warmest thanks and expressions of to 4 d t e attachment.' May you all pursue the ',to true happiness and find it. JOHN ELLIOTSON. li t STEAM-SHIP PRESIDENT. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING. to w 4 ring the whole of yesterday and Friday this it o Was full of flying reports respect in g the 511 41 n-ship President, now so long past due— Of which was that a Liverpool mercantile th ose had received a letter from Antigua, dated kti , 2 sth, brought by the Dee, which had arrived i l u artmouth with papers from Jamaica to the t 1 1) from Antigua to the 20th, and from Ber wLda to the 25th, and at the latter place nothin g 14 known of the President. 1 : 4 letter from Antigua has certainly reached erpOoT,, dated the 15th, brought by a ship L hieli bad arrived at Dartmouth from Trinidad i 4 Antigua, but she has not any news from t it position too far northward for any i e Sl T anning from A n t i gua to touch, un less -\ ': ll there by stress of weather. It is almost I t ee i: L l es to state that the rumours g iven in the • '/ Journals are entirely without anyfoundation. p r 'he Slianandoah, Captain West, which sailed 4 111 Philadelphia on the 3d inst., and the C a p e tv bela w ar on the sth, arrived at Liverpool last k t , etl ing. The papers brough t b y this convey ee do not contain news of interest. 1 1 1. 5.0 intelligence of the President ha d reached - 11 adelphia tip to the 3d inst. C, ki, 'BRIIIN(4 EIVIERY.—TIie report by the o,rll - for the Herrin,* Fishery of their proceedings during The ear ended the sth of April, 1840, & e ., )' commence, by o bserving, that, althoughthey could hardly is now before us. 4:ect that the fishin in the year just ended, regarding which vio, Y 401 1 'report, could nearly equal in success that of the pre tha-s ymr ( en ded the sth of April, 1839), which was by far 41; 41 :! (} itsuceessful fishing that has yet o!teurred sinee the esta -I,ktiqt4llt of the Fishery Board, they have nevertheless the 41 - i h aetion gf being able to state, that, although the fishing trC e Year otided the sth of April, 1840, fans short of the knd total of that ended the sth of April, 1839, by the corn _ qtively small number of 11,61-0./1 barrels, it yet very uch ilh t ", tl , B the fishing of any previous year, &c . . It appfars, also, 't t he total quantity of herrings cured witin the period of thi s port 543, 945 barrels, and the total quantity exported 2 barrels. The total nu mber of vessels which have been 44„„ ei t t7ards for the British herring fishery in the year k tts6tt 14.1' fli'd 4pcii 1840, is 195, and the total number which I; .t ) en'€nteretl.L4ids ffqm the said fishery during the same lids 1 .,' - , ' . . - • 1 , lin' 4 * q AtronD l 4 PA NORA AIA.-,-On Sam . * the , til t . iis k - of Wellington paid a visit to tho. panoramas of St, to 4 Cl.' Acre and Damascus, in Leicester-square. He b li P:ltted in good health and spirits, and took very great Pk„ r , e lt in the views, which were explairel to him by the N'',,..,`er and a military gentleman who had lately been in ti e ,: ll4 _,t , On leaving the exhibition the Duke V 738 loudly -64 by those waiting outside to see his Grace depart. W IN e are glad to learn, in the best informed quar k,: that there exists no likelihood whatever of the case of ip h ,t v . l'Leod leading to any rupture of the friendly rola " uetween Great Britain and the United States. SECOND EDITION SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor did not attend Court to-day. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) SANDERS V. BENSON AND OTHERS. The arguments in this suit, which were partly heard on Saturday were resumed this morning. The suit ss as Ls i tuted to charge the defendants, Thomas Starling Benson and others, with the rent and covenants of an indenture of lease, bearing date 28th September, 1795, and made by Samuel Sanders, deceased, father of the plaintiff, to John Oxley and Frederick Tench, vinegar merehant.. The premises leased consisted of a house, yard, and land, in Cartwright-street, and Derby-street, in the parish of St. Botolph- without Aldgate , an d were leased for 34i years at the rent of 761. per annum, with covenant for the tenants to repair. The plaintiffs also sought to charge di fendants, as assignees of the lease, with the costs, damages, and ex penses resulting from various ac ions and suits respecting the rents of covenant; of the lease, and the dilapidation; of the premise , . Hi; LORDSHIP, after hearing Mr. Pembcron and Mr. Loftus Wigram fJr the plaintitfo, and Mr. Kinderslay and Mr. Bacon for the defendants, reserved his judgment to a future day. FRODEN V. KINDON. This vva; an exception to the Master's report, by which it was found that there was a legacy due upon an iast. meat on which probate had been g ranted, and application ru was now made to withhold payment until another suit, ari,ing out of the same instrun e it, should be disposed of. Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Bethel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Kinde , sley and Mr. Dixon for the defendant. His LORDSHIP said such a course would be dirt ctly con trary to the ordinary practice of the Court, and an order must, therefore, be made for payment of the legacy and costs out of the funds, with libe rt y to apply for their transfer. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) SMITH AND OTHERS V. COLEMAN. The arguments in this case, which was an application for an injunction to restrain the defendant from taking legal proceedings on certain bills of exchange and other securities alleged to have been fraudulently given, and which was partly reported in our paper of Saturday, were resumed this morning. Mr. JACOB and Mr LITTLE, for the defendant, con tended that there was no collusion between his client and Mr. Lock, nor any evidence that the money borrowed had not been employed for the benefit of the firm. The plain tiffs bad altogether failed to show any equity in the case, or any circumstances of suspicion sufficiently strong to authorise their application for an injunction, which they therefore trusted his Honour would refuse, The VICE CHANCELLOR said it was his opinion that the plaintiffs ought to have moved for an injunction, and be also thought the money due upon the note should be paid into Court. These gentlemen were in partnership together, and the motion of a part nership implied a contract. Then if Mr. Coleman knew that they were partners, he knew there was a contract, and he had in that Court constructive notice of all the terms which bound the partners together, one of which was that no one partner should use the signa ture of the firm for any other than partnership purposes. Therefore, when the defendant advanced money to Mr. Lock upon the signature which Mr. Lock gave, it seemed to him that it lay on the defendant to show that the money so advanced was advanced for partnership pur poses. He might have supposed from some statement of Mr. Lock that it was so advanced, but it struck him (the Vice. Chancellor) that if the conversation that had been given in evidence led to this inference, it also led to the in ference that the money borrowed was not borrowed for partnership purposes. Enough, therefore, had ap peared for inquiry in that Court as to the circumstances eonstituting the equity of the plaintiffs in point of law. The injunction, therefore, was granted, and the money paid into Court. • - --- QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our First Edition. ) THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF CHESTER V. BEARS. The COURT gave judgment in this case, which was an action against the master of a vessel, to recover a sum of Is., being the amount of dues claimed by the Corpora tion, for entering the port of Chester. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, and an application was made to set aside the verdict on the ground of improper evidence, mis direction, and the verdict being against evidence. It was urged that the toll being payable to the water bailiff, the action should have been brought by him ; that the bailiff Icing in the employmea of the Corporation, and the tolls being allowed him in lieu of salary, he was merely the sertant of the Corporation, and received the tolls for their use ; it was also said that the toll had been originally an anchorage toll ; but it had been given in evidence that vessels which had never dropped an anchor bad paid the toll. The rule for a new trial therefore must be discharged, DRAPER V. SHURMAR AND O THERS—LIABILITY OF CARRIERS, Lord DENMAN gave judg ment in this case, which was an action brought by the plaintiff, a lace manufacturer at Chard, to recover the sum of 4781., being the value of a bale of lace forwarded by the defendants, who are car riers, to Nottingham. The property was conveyed by the defendants in their waggon to Cheltenham, and there put upon the railway to be convey ed to Nottingham, and in consequence of some sparks being communicated from the engines to the carriages, the property was consumed. It was alleged for the deEntiants, that, the e being no other mode of communication, they mere justified in send ing the goods by the railway, and that their liability ccaied as soon as the goods had been transferred to the railway carriages, and that the action should have been brought rgainst the Cheltenham Railway Company. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and a rule had been sub sequently obtained to set aside the verdict on the above grounds ; but the Court was of opinion that the finding of the Jury was correct, and the rule, therefore, must be discharged. EXCHEQUE tt.-(T HIS DAY.) MUNTZ V. STURGE. This was an action brought by the Mayor of Birming ham against the defendant, to recover his share of the ex penses incurred in the erection of hustings, &c., for the purposes of the late election for that town. The facts had been agreed upon by both parties, and the case came be fore the Court upon a special case, for the opinion of their Lordships. The defendant did not consider himself liable, because two days before the day of nomination he bad given distinct notice that he would not go to a poll if the show of hands was decidedly against him. The teal question to be decided was, what constituted a candidate. The case was argued by Mr. Erie for the defendant, and Mr. Humfrey for the plaintiff. Th COURT considered the question as of too much im portance to be decided hastily. They would consider of their judgment. DUNN V. ALEXANDER. The plaintiff having appeared in Court, Mr: Baron ALDERSON said they had made inquiries, and found that judgment had been signed before he made his application on Friday. They, therefore, could do nothing for him. Mr. DUNN was prepared to pay the costs of the judgment, and upon those terms he trusted the Court would allow him to come in. Lord MUNGER According to the rules of the Court they could do nothing for him. Mr. Deism hoped toeir Lordships would not permit so gross a fraud to be successful. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said it was no fraud to sign a regular judgment. Mr. DUNN said it was a gross fraud to have him arrested for the purpose of preventing him from making his appli cation in due time. Lord ABINGER—Was your arest the cause of your ab sence at the time you were called upon? Mr. DUNK—I have made affidavit of the fact, and have sworn that a most intelligent member of the English bar told me I would be in time. Mr. B. ALDERSJN—That must have been in ignorance of the real facts. Mr. DUNK still hoped their Lordships would suffer hin - . to re-open the Court. The COURT. —A regular judgment is signed against you—if you have any materials to set it aside you must ap ply to the Court upon affidavit as you may be advised. Mr. DUNN would wait till the bar had been gone through and renew his application. At the rising of the Court the plaintiff renewed his ap plication for a rule nisi to set aside the judgment signed in this case, his only ground was that he had not been able to apply for a new trial in proper time because of his bang arrested, and he insinuated that it was done for the pur pose of preventing him, but it appeared the arrest took place upwards of a month ago. The COURT refused the rule, on which the plaintiff, who was much excited, exclaimed " You have treated me with gross injustice, but thank God, your judgment is not final--there is another tribunal to which I will appeal." Lord MUNGER. —Mr. Dunn, you will now be happy —you have got another grievance to boast of. COAL MARKEI Ships arrived since -(THIS DAY.) last market day, t'.6. - - • s. d. Char:elle Main ......... lti U Carr's Hartley Chester ........ I.lolywell Ma n l7 0 New 'I anfleld Moor l5 0 Tantield Moor. 2O to William's Hartley l5 0 Wylau► ....,.... .............. Walls End Clennell Walls End Hilda lSt 0 Walls End Killingworth %Valls End Newmarch l7 to Eden Main l9 U. a. d. W. E. Braddyll'sHetton 2l 9 Walls End Haswell. 22 6 Walls End Hetton 22 0 Walls End Lambton Walls End Caraaoc 2: 3 Walls End Cusco., 2l 9 Walls Dal Hartlepool 22 0 Walls End Kelloe Tennant's Hartlepool 2O 6 Walls End Adelaide 2O 9 Wall, End Evenwood l6 6 Walls End South Durham l9 3 Wal s End 'lees SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLO BE results proposed by the Legislature i n a ll l eoal inflictions, whether personal or pecuniary, which are deemed necessary to protect the revenue of the State or the property of individuals, should be remedial and not vindictive : they should have respect t o th e com munity rather tha n to the individual ; and b e d es i gne d more to prevent th a n to punish offences. To effect this object, it is esse ntial that publicity should invariably be given to the detection and punishment of those who have violated the law, in order that shame may operate upo n the individuals —the public be put upon their guard against th e perpetration of such frauds—and others, who may be disposed to engage in similar nefarious schemes, be deterred from conduct which, sooner or latter, would be thus followed by the for feiture of property and the loss of reputation. Th e administrati on of the justice of the country in public Courts, and the publicity given to the names of the individuals and the nature of their offences, with the circumstenc,!s attendant on their commission, by the public press, restrain crime more effectually than I dread of any punishm en t, una.tended by p ublicit y , Icould , effect. Why, th en , is not this salutary course stTNit LoNrioN MONDAN, APR/L 24, 184 invariably adopted with respect to offences against the revenue-laws, many of which, from their peculiar cha racter, not only involve frauds upon the revenue, but greatly endanger, doubtless, in many instances, if slowly, yet certainly, destroy life ? The adultera tion with deleterious drugs, and other poisonous ingredients, of articles used in the preparation of human food, which pay heavy duties to the G - vernmeat, is known to be fearfully on the increase. The practice, by the large gains it affords, holds out a powerful temptation to the unprincipled trader, who, if he escape detection hut for a short time, is well satisfied to pay the penalty out of the immense pro fits he has made by the shameful and cruelly fraudu lent course he has pursued. Yet in such cases it is by no means uncommon for the fine incurred to be commuted by the Commissioners of Excise by a pri vate arrangement with the offender ; and thus a trader who ought be held up to the public as a pub lic poisoner, spreading disease by vitiating human food—fur which offence against the public tl.ere is scarcely any punishment, ho nev er infamous, which would ler too severe—is allowed to pass without any other penalty upon detection th ao having to pay a small portion of the profit derived from his infamous fraud, after a correspondence with the Solicitor of the Excise, or the Honourable Commissioners, who se-Jll to look rather to a fine in aid of the revenue, than to a punish ment, which would bear some r oeortion to the heinous guilt of the offender, and warn others against embarking in similar transactions. STANDARD. The division of this evening, whether regarded in reference to the vital principle it involves, or its effects upon the existence of her Ma jesty's Ministers, is, beyond all comparison, the most important event of the year. Should this revo lutionary measure be carried,--should the Chartist principle, that mere occupation of a certain nominal portion of property, independent of all profit or in terest arising from its possession, be once affirmed for Ireland ; what, we would confidently ask, is to im pede or even delay the introduction of the same de scription of franchise into England and Sco . lend ? On the other hand, should this important proposition of the Government be this night scouted by the House of Commons, what we would demand is the con dition of her Majesty's Ministers ? Can a Govern ment which in February proposes a plan for the settlement of a great question ; which alters that plan in March ; and is defeated even in its amended scheme is April—can such a Government be said to possess the qualifications or the means of settling any point or of carrying any dgubtful measure ? We may be sanguine in ascribing an honest eonviction of any kind to her Majesty's Minister;, but we do declare our belief that if defeated this evening their further continuance in office is utterly impracticable. Now, let us look to the business which will this evening come before the House. First, there is the Government plait for a mere occupation franphise ; ..in other words, that a pauper who holds as much land as is worth eight pounds, but who pays for it six teen, that is twice as much as it is worth, shall have the franchise! and this is tho sober preposition of Lord Morpeth. We all in this country know well the pro verbial anxiety of the Irish labourer to obtain possession Qf a portion of land at any price. This is his highest ambition, and to gratify this, to be the owner of his field, he will give such 4 rent for it, es reduces his actual condition below the daily labourer whom lie hires, He will live in filth and misery to pay this risols-rent tp his landlord ; and yet if such a human being pays a sufficient amount of such rent—that is to say, eight pounds a year---he is to be one of the constituency of Inland, To this proposal i f erd Howick says No ! You shall not depart from the principle of the gngliela law and the n o minal p r inciple of the existing .f rash one. You shall see that the man not only holds and occupies a sufficient portion of land, hut that he ' shall held it at such a rent as to leave him as much ppyll, as great a e beneficial interest" as will en able him to live like a human being, and not like an Indian or a beast of burthen. But, continue; his Lordship, the pi event law demands too high an amount. Ten pounds is too much, and I propose to reduce it from ten pounds to PIM This is Lord Howick's amendment for this even ing. But on what data does he ask the 1-louse of Commons to entertain it ? What information is he possessed of or has he given to show what the effect of his proposal may be? Has he any access to facts by which to show what constituency he expects to create by the new Reform Bill? Will, it be the same in amount as the present ? He cannot tell. Mr. C. Wood declared on Thursday night that lie could not. Wiil it give a greater constituency than the present ? He does not know. Will it give a less Q He is equal ly ignorant ; and yet he comes down to the house to ask it gravely, and seriously, and deliberately, to commit itself to the hap hazard experiment, and up set the existing law without knowing either the ne cessity or the effect of the change. To both these propositions, we should say the Conservative mem bers of the House must necessarily be opposed. COURIER.—The extraordinary and increasing number of Post-office robberies, that is, of abstractions of money from, or the theft of, letters with inclosures, by Post-office clerks kind letter-carriers, under the penny system, is the, subject of common remark and general discontent. It is scarcely possible to take up a news paper, in town or country, without encountering, ur.der the heads of police or assize reports, a variety of aggra vated cases of post-office plunder, whilst detection, con viction, and punishment, far from leading to the de crease of this class of crime seem only to st;mulate to its commission. The Solicitor of the Post-office, than whom a more humate and meritorious functionary ee:el not be desired, instead of the sinecure birth to which he was to be condemned, according to the exaggerated fan cies of penny-post wisdom, must find his labours quad rupled or quintupled in the special and least grate'ul department of criminal - prosecution. Ae, exclusive the large economical benefits which were to result, to say nothing of the fiscal profits for th realization of which its advocates are now con tent to draw upon the next century, it was strenu ously contended that the morals and education of the people at large were to be wondrously improved and refiised by penny postage, this first beginning in the demoralisation of the Post-office itself looks singularly inauspicious, and not less suspicious for prospective per formance of the original contract set forth. For prima facie it is difficult to imagine how the morals, say of the industrious classes, can be materially amended by a system under which they can be, and are, so readily de frauded of money, gifts, payments, or earnings, coming to them by post. It should rather seem that, as ex ample is better than precept, finding themselves plun dered with impunity, and without the chance of re dress, they should betake themselves to retaliatory practices in some other line, so as to adjust their morals by the new Post-office stag. ard. This, to be sure, would be an ungracious as insufferable retort for all those strategic resources contrived by the Whigs for reinforcing the outworks, at the same time as throwing up so many inner defences, on which, in case of need, national morality may fall back for support and re invigoration. If the penny post line of mortality he forced, as it is, the poor, who are put to the rout and ruined by the disaster, have only to re treat under cover of the new Poor-law, the eminent merit of which consists in starving them first, as a pre paration for moralizing them alter ; a beautiful applica tion to morals of that operative process by which birds or animals arc half slain and half mangled, in order to establish by experiment some theory in physics. Then, besides new Poor•laws, there are education laws, drain age bills, &c. all, if Mr. Evian may be believed, contrived to improve the moral condition of the poor, whilst the Chancellor of the Exchequer performs his Sangrado operations for purifying their physical and plc t boric habits by the drastic purgation of supplemen tary taxation. I MPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Ti.c LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at FIVO &Clock. Tie Indemnity Bill was read a second time. S. veral private Biils were advanced a stage. L.rd STRAFFORD presented petitions from the Coui.ty of Tyrone against lay patronage in the Church of S..oiland. CORN-LA WS. The Earl of R ADNOR presented a great number of pe itions for the repeal of the Corn-laws, from Barn staple, St. Alban's, Hatford, Bilston, Taunton, several places in Somersetshire and Cornwall, and from various other places, of which we could not catch the names. The Earl of CARLISLE presented petitions from Morptth, and other places, in favour of the Drainage of Towns' Bill ; also a petition from a place in Middle sex for the abolition of Church Rates ; and a petition from inhabitants of Hackney, for the abolition of tolls on the Metropolitan Bridges. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a peti• tion from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Hastings, in favour of the Jews' Declaration B:11; also a petition from B ith against the County Courts' Bill. The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition from medical practitioners in Cornwall, atainat the Medical Reform B:11. The Archbishop of CAN TERURY presented a pe titiot. from Bath-Easter, in the county of Somerset, for the exclusion of Roman Catholics from Parliament. He thought, under present circumstances, it would be im possible for any reasonable man to concur in the prayer of the petitiop. SUBMARINE MINES, CORNWALL. Lord DUNCANNON said, that in consequence of what hal fallen from the Noble Earl opposite (the. Earl of Falmouth), respecting the claims ot the Duchy of Cornwall to the produce of mines which were worked under the sea, be had in quired into the subject, and the correspondence thereon was too v o luminous for him to read through, but he would sae that the 1 iw.officers of the Crown and the Duchy had been consulted, and by their advice it was intended to try the right of the Duchy to the produce in question. The Earl of FALMOUTH said that the proprie tors of those mines had engaged their property in the submarine produce from time immetnoria'. The present claim was a rcv:val of an absolute right which had never existed but in theory, and had never been enforced. The NulLanz Tempos Act shut out the Crown from receiving claims to rights which a subject had exercised for 61 yi ars, and it was supposed that the Duchy of Cornwall was included in that Act. It now appeared that through some technical error the Duchy was omitted. If an advantage were now taken of the oversight to interfere with the rights of individuals, the wholo of the county would ;rise as one man against the injunction. Lord DUNCANNON said that - none,of the mines proceeded against or to be proceeded against it, including the miacs of the Noble Earl himself—( Laughter)— had been worked under the sea to the invasion of the rights of the Crown more than 40 years.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Lord ABIN GER and the Earl of CAW DOR the conversation dropped. The Earl of NV INCH ELSEA presented several petitions from places in Suffolk and Essex against any further grant to the College of Maynooth ; also a pe tition ;from a place in Suffolk against a repeal of the Corn-laws ; also a petition from the Archdeacon of Sudbury against the Tithe Commutation Act ; also a petition praying for certain alt rations in the new Poor-law, for a limitation of the power of the Commis sioners, and for authorizing the guardians to grant outdoor relief in certain cases only. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT BILL. Viscount DUNCANNON having moved the se cond reading of the Metropolitan Improvement Bill, The Earl of WINCHELSEA wished to ask the Noble Viscount whether it was the intention of the Government to take measures for opening as much as possible the Regent's Park to the public, and whether they were resolved on forming a park at the eastern end of the metropolis ? Viscount DUNCANNON said that he hal great pleasure in stating that her Majesty's Government were prepared to open the whole of the grass part of Regent's Park, as far as it could be done with a due regard to the rights of those who had laid out large sums in the purchase of vial is in the neighbour hood. The whole of the park would be thrown open to the public except the prlygte enclosures, Ifts .vas most anxious to throw the Park open as quickly as possible. Lord ASHBURTON thought it was a great mils- take to suppose that throwing open every part of the Parks was the best way to consult the pleasure of the public, for the preservation of the ornamental gardens was as neeessary to their enjoyment as was the access to the open parts surrounding those necessarily inclosed spots. The Bishop of LONDON, in connection with this subject of the imprisonment of the metropolis, wished to bring the attention of the House to the state of the churchyards of the city of London. It was such, that he was most doiirous to see a general law passed for the purpose of preventing any future interment in that city,— (Hear, hear.) He thought that it. would be possible to frame an Act for the general establishment rif cemeteries in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, without injuring the pecuniary interests of the metropolitan clergy, one of whom had suffered r t diminution of 4001. a year in ha 4 i pc A , 44 e, in Conse (pence Af the interment'of his parishioners in the ce metery at Mensal-green. The Reverend Prelate was most desirous also that those of the east part of the rinetrcolis 04)941 paiticipate the proposed im provements. lie wished to know from the Nob!e L Ord, as the head of the Woods and Forests, whether it was intenderl to provide a Royal Park for the East @ud9 Lord DUNCANNON said that he was Ivor. . . anNioug to do the I most to improo tho neglected and unls; Lhy localities in that piArt of the metropolis to which the Rev. Pre:ate alluded and, in fact, in the Me• tropolis Improvement Nil, and in the Drainage Bill that obj.2ct was to some extent provided for. But with re spect to the proposed purchase and planting of the Royal Pdrk, he thought it better not to state at present what his intentions were, but by doing so he should render it impossible to carry them into effect.—(Hear.) Tie Marquis of NORMANBY said that he was desirous to frame such a measure as the Right Reverend Prelate had alluded to, for the promotion of interment in the metropolis, and for providing cemeteries. But he had found the sabject so beset with difficulties, that he had as yet made no pro greis with it. However, he did not despair, and he would be very happy to assist the Right Rev. Prelate, if the latter would take the question into his own hands. (LEFT SPEAKING.) 110 USE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. Mr. BERNAL brought up the Report of the Corn mitten on the Coventry and Warwick Roads Bill, and the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be en grossed. Mr. BERNAL, in moving that the Lords' Amend. mentt to the Dovnby and Papeastle Improvement 8.11 be agreed to, expressed a hope that the House would take into consideration the difficulty in which Committees on private Bits were placed, in conse quence of the det,:runication of the Lords to throw from private Bills all clauses for exempting towns or iudivi dull% from tolls on any part of turnpike roads. After a few words from Mr. ESTCOTT and other lion. Members, who thought that something should be done to relieve the Committees on private bills from the difficulty in which they were placed by the resolution of the Lords referred to, the amendments were agreed to. The Kidderminster Small Tenements Rating Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed. Mr. THESIGER presented a petition from St. Ancu's, Westminster, for the abolition of tolls on the Metropolitan Bridges. The Roxburgh and Dumfries Read Bill was read a second time. M•. BROTHERTON presented a petition fr3m tl:e inhabitants of Broadway, Westminster, praying for the abolition of the tolls on the Vauxhall and Waterloo Bridges. Mr. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the Commercial Committee of the Island of Bombay, pray- kg the House to take into its consideration the state of our relations with China, with a view to urging the Government to adopt such measures as should seem to them best calculated to promote the speedy renewal of the trade. The Hon. Memuer said he would move to morrow that the petition should be printed, with a view to calling the attention of the House to the subject. Mr. M. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Tralse, in favour of Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration Bill, and against that of Lord Stanley. Mr. HINDLEY presented two petitions from Ash ton-under-Lyne against the Corn-laws. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition signed by 6,500 inhabitants of Saddleworth, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying the attention of the House to the evidence taken before the Import Duties Committee in such a manner as should lead to some satisfactory Parliamentary enactment. Alio from the Poor-law guardians of the union of Todmor den, praying that the guardians may be relieved from the burden and responsibility of the present system of vaccination. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from the board of guardians of the city of Lincoln, praying the House to enable the guardians to grant out-door relief, and complaining of the bastardy clauses ; also from Sleaford, complaining of the uncon stitutional powers of the Poor-law Commissioners, and praying the Home entirely to do away with AssistLnf-Commissioners, and to give to the guar dians power to grant out door relief. Mr. DI LLON BRO WNE presented petitions from the counties of Londonderry. Cavan, Ross, and in favour of Lord Morpeth's Registration Bill, and against that of Lord Stanley. Mr. G. EVANS presented a petition from the county of Dublin to the same effect. Mr, BAILEY presented a petition from the city of Bristol, pri,ying for a revision of the commercial tariff; also a petition from the san.e thee in favour of Church Extension. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Birming ham, praying that the. Borough Court in that town may not be abolished by the County Courts' Bill, but that provision may be made for extending the new regula twits to the existing Court ; also two petitions from public meetings held in London, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir C. BURRELL presented a petition from a place in Sussex, praying that Unions under the Gilbert Act might not be abolished without the consent of the Guardians ; also a petition from Ashurst, praying for Church Extension. Sir G. CLERK presented two petitions from South wark in favour of Church Extension. Mr. C. VILLIERS' presented a petition from the Univers a l Rational Religionists of Finsbury, praying for an inquiry into grievances of the labouring classes. Petitions for the Repeal of the Corn-laws were 'pet served by Lord Duncannon from Warrington, by Mr. Muntz, Mr. Hayter, Colonel Salway, from the ope r.,ti‘ es and intrabitanv of different parts of London, Mr.. Hindicy, Mr. Baines, and Mr. Villiers from Cheshire.' Mr. MACKIN NON presented a petition from two lades, Mrs. and Miss Chambers, the wife and daughter of Mr. Chambers, formerly a banker, in Bond -street, complaining of the severity of the treatment of Mr. Chambers, who had been now sixteen years in gaol, and prayi ng th a t t h e l a w under which it was inflicted might be ate Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from a place in Ireland; in favour of a repeal of the. Legi slative Union. Also petitions from placer in the counties of Antrim, Mayo, F e rmanagh, and Tyrone, in favoui of Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration Bill, and against. Lord Stanley's. Mr. INGHAM presented a petition in favour of Church Extension. ' Mr. PALMER presented a petition i t favour of t Church Reform. The Glasgow House of Refuge Bill was read a se tend time.. Ca I'ECHELL pre_ented a petition from Arundel praying the House to pass a law for the bet ter Observance of the Lord's Day, so as to prevent in future a similar exhibition being made by commanding ordc,!rs of regiments to that which was lately made by the flogging of a soldier on the Sabbath in Hounslow Barracke. Mr. LITTON presented petitions from Colerain, Port Stewart, Ballywillan, and other places in the North of Ireland, on the subject of lay patronage. Also petitions from Dublin and another place, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth, and two petitions in favour of Lord. Stanley's Registration 8.11. Lord MORPETH presented a petition in pursuance of a meeting of freeholders, held- , in Dubli n , i n f avo ur of the Bill ' brought in by the Government for the R-gistrat;on of' Parliamentary Voters in Ireland—it made in addition to the petition _already presented by him, on that subject the number of signatures nearly '200,000. Also a petition from Saddleworth in York shire, to the same effect. Mr. NIUNTZ presented a petition against the Se vern Navigation B P. Lord J:RUSSELL presented several petitions from places in Ireland, in favour of the Bill introduced by the Government for the amendment of the laws of Re gistration in Ireland. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from a Grand Jury in Ireland, and one from Finsbury in favour of his Parliamentary Voters (Ireland) Bill, and against that of the Government. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Musselburgh, and ono from the inhabitants of the same place, praying for a modification of our tariff, according to the plan proposed by the Import Duties' Committee. Sir M. WOOD gave notice that on an early day he would move for a Select Committee to consider the various plans for the improvement of the metropolis, and the best manner in which the tolls and bridges over the Thames might be abolished. Sir G. GREY gave notioo that on the 11th May he would move fp.r a Select Committee to consider wilethe7 is might not be expedient to convert Labra dor into a Penal Settlement. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON gave native that he should to-morrow present a petision from the Society of Friend; in Ureat Britain, remonstrating against the galevances to which they were subject, and espechily against the imposition of Chneeh-rates. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN THE NAVY. Qatpt, PViCHELL moved for a return of the number of instances of corporal punishments inflicted in the navy of Great Britain. The Hon. Member said he wished this return as an.addition to that moved for by the Hon. Member fur Lambeth respecting the army. PENSIONS. Mr, HUME moved for a return of pensions granted by letters patent by the Crown since the accession of Queen Victoria; also for a return of the amount, of money levied by the Commissioners of Sewers, from 1832 to the present period. Sir C, GAvy -, said he wished to put a question to the liohle Lord the Member for North Lancashire, with reference to one of the Orders of the Day, namely, whether it was the intention of the Cabinet, of which the Noble Lord formed a part, on the of June, 1832, to give the right of voting at elections of Members of Parliament for counties in Ireland to all persons occupying tene ments for which they paid an annual rent of 101. The Hon. Gentleman said it would explain the meaning of his question if he stated to the House, that having re ferre'd to the Noble Lord on the subject, the Noble Lord bad referred him to the Bill. That Bill, however, did not afford the means of deciding the question. The question referred to June, 1825, and the Bill of May, 1830, was evidently not in the state in which it stood before the House at a subsequently period. Lord STANLEY said the Hon. Gentleman had been kind enough to put into his hands a copy of the Mirror of Parliament of 1832, and at the same time he had asked him to give an explanation of a speech of his which he there found reported.—(Laughter.) That speech was made by him (Lord S.) in explanation of the Bill as it stood at the time for consideration by the House, and as it was intended to stand by Earl Grey's Government. In explanation of his speech he had taken the liberty of referring the Hon. Gentleman to the Bill as he would find it upstairs, considering that a more authentic explanation than any which he could furnish. However, he well recollected the passage, because he had often looked at it since, and he had noticed on various occasions that that speech contained a fundamental error throughout, arising out of a misprint he had no doubt, which made the whole statement perfectly unintelligible. The only explanation he could give was this, he was made to speak through out of a rent of 101. He had little doubt the mistake had arisen from substituting the word "rent" for " interest," whereas he had been speaking as the Bill spoke of an annual interest of 101. It never was the intention of Earl Grey's Government to introduce the words in the report as part of the Reform Bill. He had no doubt that the errar had arisen from the shorthand writer having, in copying out his notes after wards, mistaken the murk, so that the word interest had been mistaken for the word rent or rental. It certainly never was intended in the time of Earl Grey's Government to take such a course, and there were many Hon. Members present who could corro borate that statement.—(Hear, hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP begged to ask the Noble Lord opposite when it was intended to bring forward the Miscellaneous estimates ? Lord J. RUSSELL could not fix the precise day, but be should give due notice to the House. Col. SIBTHORPE gave notice that to-morrow se'nnight he should call the attention of the House to the appointment of Mr. Vizard as Solicitor to the Home Department. Mr. GODSON inquired whether the Committee which had been appointed to inquire into the opera tion of Joint Stock Companies (except Banking Com panies) was intended to include Insurance Companies? Mr. LABOUCHERE said there was no doubt that Insurance Companies would be included in the inquiries of the Committee. Sir E. KNACHBULL complained that several returns c mnected with the Pool-laws, which had been moved for some time since, had not been laid in shq table. He should next week move that tl - i ey lie fur.. nished forwith. PARLIAMENTARY VOTVHS' BILL (IRELAND). On the motion of Lord MOItPETH the House then went into Committee on the Parliamentary Voters' Mil (Ireland). The preamble was postponed, On clause 1 being read, Lord Howrcx rose to move the following amendment, at pale 2, line 11, after the words "no person " to omit all the words to the end of the clause, and to insert " claiming under any Act er Acts now in force, to be entitled to be registered, and to vote as a Parliamentary ,elcctor for any county, in respect of any freehold or leasehold property in his actual occupation, shall be designed to have a beneficial interest therein of the clear yearly %aluc required by such Act or Acts, ex cept as herein after provided." The Noble Lord said that in moving the amendments of which he had, given notice, he feared it might seem to the 'louse that be had taken upon himself the responsihihity which did not properly belong to them, It might be thought, that to bring with advantage before the House a proposition of so much importance to the county franchise in Ire land, the person submitting it ought to possess either that intimate and minute local knowledge of Ireland to which he (Lord Howick) had no pre tension, or else that ho should have a claim to the con fidence and support of a powerful party in the House. He ( Lord H.) was fully sensible of his own inadequacy to do justice to the cause he had undertaken ; but if he had not a minute local knowledge of Ireland, so, on the other hand, having no personal connection w,th that country, he had not been much mixed up with those political and religious animosities which there unfortunately preva led to so great an extent, and if he had no right to expect the support of the or ganized party of her Majesty's Government on the one side, or of gentlemen on the opposite benches on the other, if he had no right or title to expect the support of any great party in that House ; he did trust this very circumstance would convince the House that he was only speaking the simple truth, when he declared most sincerely that in bringing forward this proposition he sought co party interest or advantage, and that his only object was, if possible, to assist in promoting the adjust ment of a question which he was convinced could not continue unsettled without imminent detriment to the in terests of the country, perhaps not without danger to the safety of the empire, subjected as it had hitherto been to fierce party contests b o th in that House and in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The importance of settling the question must be obvious to all ; but it must be equally obvious that if both sides of the House insisted upon their own views such a settlement was impracticable. In the course he was taking he was not actuated by any hostility to her Majesty's Government. His Noble Friend who so ably conducted the business of the Government in that House knew that nothing could be farther from his mind ; but he had thought 't better to move some substitute, than to con fine himself simply to giving a negative to their proposition. He could not support t h e measure in its present shape. The clauses for the regu , lation of the franchise in Ireland seemed to him to be liable to very great an d ser i o us objections. He felt the extrem e i m p or ta nc e of giving to Irel an d a simple and easily-ascertained right of voting ; he felt the very great importance of giving to Ireland a constituency of a wide and popular c haracter. But the more closely he had looked into that, measure—the more pains ire had taken to make himself master of the question, the stronger had become his objections. In the first place he felt that the great change proposed was unnecessary, and therefore immense. The right of voting both in England and Ireland had hitherto been based on prc perty.—(Tory cheers.) It was so before the Reform Acts, and continued so the present 'moment. The single exception which apparently 'existed in Eng land was the 501. tenant-at will right of voting but that was an exception not in reel•ty but apparently. because the clause proceeded %sot, the assumption that when a tenant paid 501. of rent, it necessarily irnpl ed that he was in possession of a capital fully equivalent to that which a freeholder • was required to possess. The principle was the serve in Ireland, for much as had been said about the beneficial interest, yet all admitted that some behefit or se me interest beyond the base and beyond all other charges was necessary. The clause of his Noble Friend would entirely set aside all principle. A tenement of 81. was no proof that the party possessed capital ; in ,Ireland, at least, it was not the slightest proof of the possession of capital, in virtue of which he should be allowed to vats. The clause of his Noble Friend was therefore objectionable, as it at present stood as subversive of the principles univer sally followed in their legislation.—(Loud cheers.) In his opinion that was highly inexpedient—he thought the principle of basing the county franchise upon property was not only consecrated by the long practice and usage of the coast . tution, but was in accordance with sound sense and reason„—(Hear, hear.) There was s legitimate inference that the possessors of property would be the class most capable of exercising that franchise with independence, and ieaving themselves a stake in the coun try, they would be most anxious to discharge the duty im posed upon them. The principle of the existing law he held to be wise, and the defect of the franchise in Ire land was not in the principle, but in the manner in which that principle was applied under the particular test adopted of the amount of property which the person claiming to vote was required to possess. The evils of the present eystem were admitted on all hands. It was generally admitted that they arose not merely front the want of agreement which existed as to the proper construction of the words, beneficial interest, but also from the circumstance that the only test of value was the opinion of parties having a strong interest at stake. All experienced was against the application of such a test. It was vWI the view to obviate that objection and provide a means of ascertaining the real interest that the fiis amendment which he was about to submit, had been framed, What he proposed was that the value of the property should be ascertained by the value of assessment for the purposes of the Poor's-rate. It appeared to him that this was a perfectly unobjectionable list. It had indeed been said that the valuations at pre sent were imperfect, that the repoits which he has laid upon the table showed that they were not so cor rect as to enable the HOLM: to proceed upon them. It undoubtedly did appear from these papers that the valuations hitherto made had not been altogether satis- It undoubtedly did appear from the papers that the valuations hitherto made had not been altogether satis factory but for other purposes, for the purpose of the administration of the Poor-laws it was necessary that that valuation should be correct. He was convinced that the been already in existence by which the subjtct could be accomplished. Under all circumstances th;s valuation would be one which had no reference to the clause to vote. The parties would have direct pecuniary in terest in avoiding too high a va'uation an f this would always be stronger than the desire to obtain the fran chise ; if wrong in any respect. it would be that the property would] generally be celculated upon rather a low scale. But then the im portant question arose, what amount of interest, so ascertained, should confer the right of voting ? If ;they were to take so high an amount as 10/. excess of value, as shown by the assessment to the Poor rates above the rent paid, they would practically raise the franchise even higher than was contended for by those Gentlemen who had taken the solvent tenant test He (Lord Howick) thought that in adopting a mea sure of this kind they should look a little further. If they looked back to the history of what bad occurred in 1832, they would see that it was the intention of Parii anent to make some extension of the right of voting as it then existed. That such was the intention of those who introduced the Reform Act, seemed to him perfectly obvious from their recorded speeches. He should propose, therefore, that in adopting the principles to which he referred. they should take a lower amount of excess beyond the rent than 101. In appiying a test of increased severity, they were bound to make a con siderable abat , ment in the amount of interest constituting the right to vote. In the amend ment which he was about to move, he should pro pose that a suns of 5/. excess of value beyond the rent and charges to which the person who laid claim to vote was liable should be sufficient to qualify him to enjoy the franchise. He thought the Honourable Gentlemen oa that side of the House ought to agree to this proposal. The words of the clause, which was introduced last year into the all by the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Attorney-General for Ireland, were-,-, " That the beneficial interest should be deprived the profit or advantage derived or derivable ley such claimant from such premises, aftee deducting the tithes-rent charge, and their expenses, it any, of cultivating the same," The Right Honour able and Learned Gentleman admitted that 101. profit beyond all these charges ought to constitute the right to vote. In the recent debate, when he (Lord Howick) contended that the occupant's own labour was not to be deducted in calculating the beneficial intcrasz, the Hon. and /seemed Gentleman, Member too Dublin, himself corrected him (Lord Howickl, and said that. it was never contended that any such construction should be put on the law—that a fair deduction was to be made for the estlue of the occupant's own labour. If, then, those deductimaa were to ba made he (Lord Howick) could not clearly understand what line of distinction could be drama ley Hon. Gentlemen hattveen the clause proposed :pact tort course suggested on the opposite side. tic, was really at a loss to discover, speaking Coif ler.tnicallp and legally what should be the diffNeenCe ' oetween the con struction of the beeef7,4sl Interest contended for by the Hon. and 1 9- eml)er for Dublin, and that by the ivatlerneu on ... l ite other side of the House.—( Hear-) (LEFT SPEAKING.) COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Count Pollon, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary from the King of Sardinia, and from his Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, had an audience of her Ma jesty. His Excellency was introduced by Viscount Pal merston, G. C. 8., her Majest)'s principal Secretary of State•fer Foreige Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of tho Ceremonies. Her Majesty was attended by Lord Lilford, Lord in Waiting, and Mr. Rich, Groom in Waiting. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, attended by the Baroness Spaeth, arrived at Buckingham Palace at six o'clock on Saturday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Serene Highnesses, soon after their arrival, went to Clarence House, Si. James's, to visit her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The Queen and Prime Albert attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, Sr. James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook, from Corinthians, chap. 13, verse 13. The service was read by the Rev. Dr. Vivian, the Lessons by the Rev. Horsley Dakins, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Vi vian and the Rev. Horsley Dakins. The Chant, Te Deum and Jubilate in D, Sanctus and Responses, con-- posed by Sir George S:ntrt. The Anthem, " The Lord is King," ( Arnold), was sung by Messrs. Hawkins, Hobbs, and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart {:resided at the organ. The Rev. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in waiting. The Royal suite included the Duchess of Bedford, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavenci.h, Lord Lilford, Lord George Lennox, Mr. Rich, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain Francis Seymour. ' The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, yester day, at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal waa taken an airing on Saturday in a carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended by Colonel Bouverie, visited her Roy al Highness the Duchess of K ent yesterday at Clarence House, and the Duke of Canibridoe at Cambridge House. His Royal Highness rode out ori horseback on Saturday attended by Colonel Bouverie. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen on Saturday. The Duchess of Kent v:sitel her Majesty and Prince Albert on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Duchess of Bedford, lion. Miss Cavendish, Lord Lilford, Mr. Rich, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Satur day evening. Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Royal highness received visits of congratulation from their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and the Duke of Cambridge. Most of the F - reign Ministers called at Gloucester House during the day, and left their names for the Royal Duchess, and also very many of the Nobility and Gentry. The Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yester day afternoon in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Lady Anne Maria Dawson was in waiting on her Royal Highness. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yes terday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Major Stephens was in waiting on his Royal Highness. In the af.ernoon his Royal Highness attended Divine Service in St. James's Church. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glou cester ott Saturday. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat three hours. A deputation, consisting of Sir Mathew Wood Bart,, M. P„ the Governor of the Bank of England, Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. Hall, and the City Remembrancer, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer OR Saturday in Downing-street, respecting the embankment in Thread. needle-street, opposite the new Royal Exchange. Lord Hill and the Quyen's Advocate had interviews with Viscount Melbourne on Saturday at his official resi dence in Downing-street. Sir George Arthur had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday at the Colonial-office. EVENING EDITION. PARIS 1N 1845 JOURNAL OF A BESIEGED INHABITANT. MARCH I.—The Gt..vernment has learnt today that the aleeced'armie; were rnarehit:g from Troy upon Paris.. Consternation is in ever; disorlel. We shall then see of! - what use will ba those fortitiext.'.ons which were so much : asked for five years ago by M. Thieri;' partisans, MAseu 2 —Not being able to risk t.)o unequal a battle, the French Army has fallen back on the Loire. It is in obsert:a.ion, pending the moment for risking a final coatest under the walls of Paris, where our own plans of campaign 'lave called forth the fifteen hundred thousand soldiers of the coalition. MARCH 3.--This morning all the cattle, which the Pari sians are to subsist upon during the siege, were penned up between the doub!e wallsof the enciente. These miserable animals come from such a distance that the greater part die of fatigue on arriving. MARCH 4.—The city was handed over to-day to military authority. At tea o'clock it caused the - forty-eig'at gate; of the w ills of the enceinte to be closed. What Wag feared has come, to pass: t. 1 1 .0 1. the ozea and sheep punned up between s.l e two walls of the enciente Rte stead. MAIZCII L.—The Boulevards, the Ciratisee d'Autin, the Faubourg- :3aint honors, and all the strcets between the Louvre intrl the Rue St. Denis, are filled with dung up - to the first flrxnr of the houses. This measure, which is adopted with a view of deadening the fall of the bombs, has stopped the cirenktion of carriage;. Trade is at a complete !Amid still. The Bourse closed yesterday. Three hundred bank ruptcies have been declared oaring the day. MAtten 6.—81-i.ck flags have just been placed on the summit of the ho ;pitals and public buildings. Boards and mattresses are being put round the surface of the Church of Notre Dame, in order to preserve that fine Gothic monu ment from cannon balls. M. Victor Hugo superintends this preat undertaking. He is a son who renders the last office to his mother. MARCH 7.—The Faubourg St. Marceau is stirring. It pretends that all that is thought of are the rich districts, arid the means of saving them, from famine atirl destruction. Meetings are taking place on the Place de l'Estrapzde. The inice of bread is incretised fifty centimes. Vegetables are already se, rce ; the cold, it is true, is excessive. The marl , et gardeners come no longer. MARCH 8.- -All on the qt4i. vine. The report is current that the enemy was at Meaux. Nothing is done but cart ing powder and muskets from Vincennes to the fortifica tions. The mold de piete (pawnbroking establishment) lends no more money. Twenty-four suicides have occured during the day. MARCH 9.—The liberty of the press is suspended by mi litary authority, under the pretext that the journals tend to disunite the population. All the p!incipal edit;rs who L protested are in prison. MARCH 10.—The coalesced army is in sight. A fresh misfortune. A sort of epidemic ha: broken out among the cattle within the walls of the fortifications. There is the utmost danger in eating their flesh. Potatoes cost fin) , sous a pound. MARCH 11.—The theatres are shut. Prayers arc being said in the churches. M. Thiers' house was set on fire dur ing the night. Fortunately the celebrated journalist was not at home. Mmicti 12.—The enemy has opened the first trenches. It fell back at a vigorous sortie, but resumed its position during the night. Mallen 13. —Fifty pieces of cannon are round the Palace of the Tuileries. Dogs are beginning to be eaten, and those who have any do not allow them any longer to run about the streets. A baker has been thrown into his oven by persons who accused him of wanting to have a monopoly. Flow dull Paris is ! MARCH 14.—The enemy has opened the second trenches*. To-morrow it will attack Mount Valerien, defended by Marshal Sault. MARCH 15.—The Faubourg Saint Antoine is on fire. Some insurgents have burnt the wood-Narda in the de Charontie, St. Bernard, and many others. A cat sells: for twenty-four francs. MACCIt 16..—1 t is stated that the French army be trayed. There is no lucre meat, bread, or vegettLie. is Paris. It is a complete famine. The National Guard and the Line no longer art together. Questions as to preeeknec have caused a misunderstanding, Many Na.. theta' Guards Muse to do service. Cannon-hail: arc showering in every direction. Nothing is heard but la-, mentations and complaints. Paris is Civided into two greva factions ; one disposed to surrender, the other to burn tWa-o city, in order to avenge the deception of Moscow. The cries, " Bread l" a Give us bread 1" resound' in all the, streets of Pali., MARCH 17.—A bomb has fallen on the roof the R.ny al library. It is burning at this moment. What a tr:isfor tune! What an irreparable disaster ! I hear ';hat the Pantheon has just fallen down. Maucu 18.—Mount Valerien it tiken. News from the French army it is is full march ;it is arriving; may it. arrive in time! . . MARCH The Louvre h no longer in exiitence it is a heap cf ashes. It is stated that a mother has eaten-- lily pen stops short. Where do those conceal themselves who wished for the fortifications? _ _ _ MARCR 2q,-...1f the French army had come forward six_ hours soories the enemy, notwithstanding the immense sty. perieloy a numbers, would have been crushed at the foot cif aloe fortifications, which were very badly served it is stated. But the enemy was already in possession °favors!, and had turned the bat'eries on Paris. MARCH 21.—The , e were not 20,000 Nationul Guards. on duty at the siege yesterday. Maas n Paris does not surrender to-day bcfnre ta qt Ain be subject to the laws of war, that id to sal, tnree dayy pillage. Mancit .423,—The twelve mayors of Paris went out ye.s terday at 11 o'clock, to offer in an 'humble manner the keys. to the Generals-in-Chief of the coalesced army. But, At the moment when this disgrace was }Ting consummated, the French army, which was beini Sre.d upon by the forts in the enemy's possession, made a sudden, terrible, dread ful, and desperate attack, and the destinies of France changed in the twinkling of an eye. The enemy was beaten back, and fled, leaving 40,000 dead, 18,000 picots. et cannon, and a prodigious quantity of war materiel. The French army has saved Pal i 4, in spite of the forti fications, which it cook possession of, and which only served agaiuA it. MARCH 24.—T0-morrow the demolition of those fatal stones will be commenced. It will he an evidence of vie. tory, and it will be a noble day.—Charivari. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, " JOAN ))7 Atte."—Mr. Serre's long promiced portraiture of the Maid of Orleans is at length before the world. It has numerous beauties. A romance on the achievements of her, whose meteoric career was one thr;lling chain of ro. mance must, indeed, prove a production of no ordinary ex citement. In novels of this kind, history has been fre. quently rendered but too subservient to romance. In the. present instance Mr. Serle has inverted their relative posi.. lions by renderina romance the Vain-bearer to history. Every spot of celebrity—every anecdote of authenticity.. every trait of the heroine's character has been careful!! visited, properly sifted, and duly considered : in short, we are here presented with neither bust nor profile, but Juan, the far-famed Maid of Orleans, at full length.—Conserva- live Journal. TROLLOPE'S " SUMMER IN WESTERN FRANCE."—WC arc requested to state that " A Summer in Western France, including the Provinces front the, Loire to the Dordogne," edited by Mrs. TruHope, in 2 vols. Svo., with numerous illustrations, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Nlarlbmough-street, and may now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following new works :-1. TLe French. Stage and the French People. Edited by Theaore: Hook, Esq., 2 vols., small Svo.-2. Dr. Croly's " Per.. soma Ilistcry of George IV " 2 vol=. small Svo. with Per trait. —3. Swinburne's " Courts of Europe at the close of I : r or h ti e •ait.—ft" the last Century," 2 vols. Svo. with Portrait.-4. The Life and Letters of Beethoven. Edited by Ignace Mos- che i c , , 2 "i s , s mall Svo. with Portrait.-5. Lady s f s l e l c e .o ss n .. d .. ington's " Idler in Italy," the ad vol. of thcvniall pa l , edition.-0. The Book without a Name. By Sir Charleixs and Lady Morgan, 2 vols. small Svo. wit: . Dr. Granville's " Spas of England, 1 vol. with Ma p and 2 vol D'e . e — r s A n c ttl, thelo. . Thelate ' . Comic jame small s thirty-one Illustrations, 1.55. bound.— volume of the new and revised edition of Agnes (). tatcl,t l an d' s " Lives of the Queens of Eitgland."— Sportsman in France. By F. Tolfrey, E, q " Rejected Addresses,'' S vo , with ,Miscellanies, m N e i r e o m us oir l s llu a s a t d rati L on e s ti Smith, Esq , one of the authors of 2 vols r .sm small Svo. understand th a twi,li Portr a it, r h it. ‘‘e metropolis, sufficiently exte nsive, Plotk JU : in progress for selecting a most active tnea_ns are c e a y s e t r e y r n w a cod o u a and t the e n to the purposes of a p u bli c DGM EN T C par it a the or oLoutt.—Persons, all having excellent eyes, and • seeing perfectly well, differ much in their powers of recognising persons, finding their way, &e.. In none of thew points is the difference so striking as with respect to judging of colours. It is by no means no common t o m e et with i n dividuals whose eyes appear excel lent, and whose sight is excellent, and who may judge of form and distance co rrectly, but who cannot distinguish certain, colours. Dr. Nichull describes a boy who confounded green with red, and called light red and pink, blue. His maternal grandfather, and one uncle, had the same imper fection. This uncle was in the navy, and, baying a blue un form cost and waistcoat, purchased a pair of red breeches to watch. Dr. Nichol' mentions a gentlemen who could not distinguish green from red. Th e grass, in full verdure always appeared to him What others call red ; and ripe fruit on trees '.,e could not distinguish fr o y the leaves ; a c ucumber and a boiled lobster were of the same colour in big sight; end a leek resembled a stick of scaling.wax, This prson had a brother and a niece—, act daughter of another brother—in a similar predicament. Indeed, the defer t has frequently occurred in several mem bers of the same famil y , and frequently h as b een here. ditary, sometimes passing over a generation,like oth er culiarities of struc ture. It is observe d more frequently, perhaps, in men. In the rarest and most extr , n - o colour is distinguished, all objects appearinr , • err ti t i . ea respect alike. In all the cases in which the mini in n as b i e s en ax minrd, the part of the cranium under which, i according to Gall, the organ for judging of the harmon y of celours is placed, is flat or depressed I have case,, - • seen se veral and in all II • . its was the fact. In painters, remark— able for the ir excellence of colouring, this part is full or prominent. The contrast between this part of the fore, head in a [ erson who has the defect, and in another P . X_ ecilinri, in tne power of colouring, placed side by sidt, is very striking.—Elliotson's Human Phy,siolo9Y• Loiti) C ARDIGAN AND SUNDAY PLOG• otso.—Lord Cardigan seems :o be one of these unfortu nate individuals who cannot for their lives keep o a t o f h ot water, He has scarcely got out of one scrape ere he is right into the hea-t of another. Mischief seems to be the very element he lives in. He alternates his amusements: by moulting i,is officers and whipping his privates—shoot.. ing Tucket:s with hair-triggers, and plying the eat-o':: nine-tails on the backs of his men. How long will R arm ma dman be allo wed to dis g race the ranks of the this y 1 and t. thus ~, se t humanity, decency, religion, and morals , ' alike a t defiance ? The man him s elf has no sense o f a b ou t him; but those to whom be is o ffi cially rest 'shame arc greatly to blame in having so long tofrated such a n uisance in the public service.--Leeds T ines , e A - ~ 5 ~ ,11. ng rdt rr- LI/ va ge C. Id to vs ~;- ; 5