The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-08 00:00:00

IVI9RNING SUN THE PLATE PRESENTED TO MR. BYNG. t„.4llacee 'l ,M-r• Byng's guests at b re akfast yesterday, before L's ing to the hustings, were highly gratified by in- E t'cting the handsome piece of plate which was given to that consistent Reformer last year. It is now quite e t °ln Plete and bears th e f o llowing tasteful and great tibia e to Mr. Byng's merits, written by the late lamented Lord Holland. - IN ACICNOWLEDID ENT OF UNWEARIED 'SERVICES IN PARLIAMENT, ITT AND RONOUR OF THAT TEMPERATE BUT PURE AND • UNABATED LOVE OF LIBERTY, WHICH WON AND RETAINED FOR HALF A CENTURY THE CONFIDENCE OF THE COUNTY OF , TR 'S PROOF OF THE MIDDLESEX STABILITY OF POPULAR FAVOUR WAS PRESENTED BY HIS CONSTITUENTS TO GEORGE BYNG, ESQ., Such ON THE 28TH JUNE, A.D., 1840. tub a memorial of a consistent life and enduring at belnertt is equally h onou r a bl e t o M r . By n g and the holde rs of Middlesex. The Tory gentlemen might to t l aNuainted with these circumstances, but they could tp be Ignorant of Mr. Byng's age and the length of his tu ll'ems, either, and much more both, of which ought eo ,,, t i tv e suppressed the offensive language which the se to-"" a Mr. Byng's opponent had the bad taste to use ti.wards the oldest man and the oldest Member of the '"u`e or Commons. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 3r- ANCHESTER--TUESDAY EVENING. v6,7 4 ce-Yriday, two or three horses have been supported ex traordinary spirit, particularly Retriever, Milk 7, and Ithodanthe. The latter has been backed to win s e thousands. The attendance was good this fore o(f)he ; several gentl emen b e i ng p resen t f r om other parts fe „„,t comity, as we ll as f rom more di stant p l aces . Th e 61veltrs on the fi e ld at t h e opening were 6 to 1, very f ree l y a 1,,„,• B to 1 was thn laid v. Calyso, and a bet of . ; the a red Nvas made betwe e en her and p Charles XII 11141 1 l e f t off with the, call. 3to 1 was repeatedly offered only v• two. Or e li a ' was in strong request ;we fr o 9tol i n scores once l a id . R etr i ever, b ac k e d 41, 15 to 1 0in finishing Nvi tit 800 " to 1 yesterday, various sums, h olt , to 80, was no t as goo d a favourite ;"our quota tot, was laid as t h e room broke up ; b ut " a sum " cou l d I. l ve think, h ave b een got on at anyt hi ng b eyond 12 so Maroon, and his stable companion, Recorder, were th e e t „" )B e to t Te' ther that a coo l hundred was laid between hZ", and af terwards an offer made to take 1,000 to 800 order beats the four-year-old with Bst. 101 b. Milksop Ittar,4 very influential friend present, who coupled him to to ta — C . n, and took 6 to 1 in good style, and also offered laid 1 7, ( ' 13 to 1 in hundreds on Milksop. 70 to 40 was Y oji ..:° or three times on Calypso v. Milksop. The as w vi "'nn and Sampson were in no (which will near e c°uld collect, the average prices (which will vary Y.) are as follows : THE LIVERPOOL CUP. Lo 1- agst Mr. St. P au l' s Calypso—offered l'agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles Xll.—offered ' i 8 to 1 tgst Mr. Allen's Ordia-9 to 1 taken freely to 1 agst Milksop—take 13 to 1 , to 1 agst Major Hav's Retriever—take 14 to 1 14 t o . . ken 14 to agst Lord Westminster s Mai oon ta agst Recorder—taken 1 13 5 t ° 1 agst Lord Stanley's Rhodanthe—taken 1 ., to r agst Th e Y oung- ' un—off 4 to 1 at Lord Geor ge ' s t wo —off 3313 n o t 4. ° agst M r . Rid s d ale ' s B l ooms b ury — ta k en t so t° 1 :agst M ounta i n S y l p h— ta k en Offers 3 1 agst M r . T. W oo d' s L ongs i g h t — o ff. Part y to take 40 to lon Champagne by the immediate 100 to 'a tta offer - as repeatedly t a k en on th e R ecor d e r ; and throw; ml do t o take 1,200 to 100 Rodanthe wins, 444 Rough Robin. Offers to lay 500 Robin o danthe b eats t h e Young- ' un. 6 to 1 offered (off e :, t , 4 Maroon and Recorder. The field against four 4 ,)* • EliPoo Cara, l. ST. LEG ER .-150 to 50 against Prince lig a i i '°e (taken) ; 5 to 2 against Satirist (taken) ; 4 to 1 ist lirother to Harpurhey (take 5). Weat GOODWOO D STAKES.—A strong desire to back 4311 4 41:e' but no one would bid 12 to 1, nor make an dad• Portrait. R atsbane was laid against i n pon i es, T h , tu aller sums, at 25 to 1 ; also, 500 to 15. 14 - r - i . GOODW OOD C UP. —W e did not h ear an o ff er on igai 100 eal • Charl es wou ld h ave b een b ac k e d f or i t f or jnst his winning the Liverpool Cup. 10 to 1 41 U hav e b € en taken on Pocahontas. NE WMARKET—TuEsn Alt NIGHT. B ETTING IN THE MORNING. 9 to I GOODWOOD STAKES. 6u ° agst M r . Payne ' s Welfare—taken t ° 3 0 agst L ord Chesterf i eld ' s Henr i Quatre—ta k en 2 0 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's lsabe lla—take 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Master Tommy. ni GOODWOOD CUP. ' 7to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles the Twelfth—taken 1 9 A to 1 ag,st Mr. St. Paul's Calypso—taken - to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Colwick—taken ST. LEGER. 2t° 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—taken 5 to 2 DERBY. / C) to 1 agst Lord Jersey's brother to Phcenix _ 4 25 i 1 t° I a ag gst Lord Bruce's Rosalie, c.—taken freely — 6 to 1 gat Mr. Sadler's Mule—taken 4 6 ) t ;'? ! agst Mr. J. Day's Curator—taken 75 i" 1 agst Mr. Stevrares , Comberme . re—taken NothiZ l agst Mr. Fergurn s Fireaway —taken 14 e 8,,,7 done in the evening, but 50 to 1 was offered agst The -°." e • ptAeutries for to-morrow closed as follows :- 11 0 b pe".--Scroggins, Spangle, Rodosto, Teleta, E. 0. and l' 74e d ePstak ", New T.Y.C. for 3 yrs old-f. by Glaucus, out of ti e k - , Y ; j° ujoll Syria Blanche, and Diversion. Azl e , - ; BIcA -P--. " Afi nx made running for a quarter of a 1" 'was then passed by the Perfume colt and 4 1 .,' P, the former leading ; at the hill the latter chal : 114vre's.aen,c1 after a good race won by half a length • ,i tty ?e a bad third. d iffer,,,, ' STA REs.—The Rosalie colt made play at an in -1141 t C't Pace, Mule lying second, the Hester colt third, 1v4,. e e others well up ; they ran so to the t tions, tili ,', the Rester colt took second place, whi p ch an h a e held th q j / se to the chair, and then making a rush got up in s 'Port 4 i s st. stride, and enabled the judge to add to the dayor 'port t Pronouncing it a dead heat ; Mule was two In Ihe del,gths behind - , and beat the others a long way. I°ett,.„tung' heat the Rosalie colt made runningata ettsii, - p a ce, was challenged at the plantations, and beaten -,,, ; " ) 37 a length. 4tIO:II,, " YALR.---I )ukesofßutland,Beaufort, and Portland. x.. ford of Exeter. Earls Jersey, Verulam, and 0. S. Gr a b o rds George Bentick, J.Fitzroy ; Sirs J. Shelley, 11 ' 3 1 , tls,a ßt n„ ; lionourables General Grosvenor, Captain eel.. U. llyng, G. Fitzroy ; Colonel and Lady Alice lievii i srs. Greville, Portman, Hawkes, Wigram,n %.(,,,t,e, T hornhill, Gardner, Irby, Corbet, Mage - a, The ha, Newton, Payne, &c. 4t i 4 weather was fine until five o'clock, when the rain 1,14,!1,14-1 continued for two or three hours. I'vee,4tikßliET JULY MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. apt of 10 sous. each, four three years old colts, to b"'" ; and fillies, Bst 41b. New T.Y.C. Win ner 41.. , e sold for 100/. (5 Subs.) .4i.. ,"tePhenson's Blanche Lordtor(l'adir's Diversio (Stephenson) 2 1 Alherniarle nd Joujou I --"Nr(lei:fxl'ortland's fby Glaucus, out of Tragedy 4 t ttt : eter's Syria 5 i lvh °Nv i i, ng---- , 5 to 4 agst Joujou, and 3 to 1 agst Blanche, "°/. t 11ist' old, a was claimed. s i:a i : A gr ee Yrs old, ist 21h ; four, Bst 71b ; five,.9st 1113 ; Ir i ° th;; a ged, 9st 51b ; from the T.M.M. starting-post ',, ' l % - r1 ( 1 of RC. 41 r , T ods Bob Peel, 4 s P. Butler) 1 4, hoNhars lii,l:::ecre..et'esriSser. 19n" 3a Y e r d s Lord /11 gra ' , -gg s ' g 3 p 11l s relet 4 rs Rodosto 4 Y y ' to i ' 4 16" - -..Kv en on B. - o rs . ; 4 to 1 agst Teleta ; and 1 pet croggins. Won by half a length. l 'lr. )I, f h, 100, hft Bst 7lb each. New T.Y.C. Lo rd Li, ..gasrrido,srn Noddy, by Bedlamite cby Bay Middleton, out of Zillah paid • I NTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GOODWOOD, 1841 . It tsl , i) 4 hit)s , I, 14:—AIr. Goodman's Bst, one mile, Mungo Parke, Bst 7lb, ki s ots ' t Calllain Gardnor's Dismal Jemmy 1) 4 ,, —On 0,,,, .4brUL AND FATAL ACCI n DE of NT. apagay afternoon as the Rev. Mr.FrFem_ the qloUgli, w as Langley, eliaiseagistates for the county of Bucks, i a mile of his driving Mr. Maurice . S a w h ' a i b a e f y ea , r o w n h e e o ei f sid,' tn! the Slough road, within about he was turning I t q a t Ze t , he was met by a man just as 'vh o le leading to Upton, with some bareio b r e s i e .a s e , to o s proceedino• lt full gallop. Mr. Freeman's t;(,:right at the noise caused, it is supposed, by the rat thr,!;,.?f the chain s at their heels, and upset the chaise, fell lip () • ing both out with great violence. Mr. Swabey e er oitillt sl,r.•.lfreeraan, and providentially escaped withonly bpo s b '!gilt bruises. The Rev. Gentlem an, trzoter,l from the !lo se, elng picked up, was bleeding profusely He was na.„,.l.llouth, and ears, and totally insensible. Y conveyed to ' the residence of Mr. Smith,. the \gip..., the il aw of the Vice-Chancellor, nearly opposite to ter; accident happened, where, in less than a uar att,4; an hour, he was attended by two surgeons, but q all Rraid P t . te resive him proving fruitless, he continued . :114pat:prbtroettstbinekci h u i n s t l il as f t o . ur o'clock yesterday morning, - Atm, (3 - "ER STEAM-BOAT MUTINY.--On G r ,,,,,Y last, in consequence of the Directors of the New_ reti fwieh Steam -Packet Company, the owners of the to r ,, , a nnel-bats, consisting of the Nelson, Hardy, V i ic tc'tio', Swiftsure, and the Nile, having come to a reso ur euot to pay the captains and crews extra wages fo 0 1 : 1.41 xt ra , p assr _ s huhl, 'g.e performed by them in the evening tl the summer months, all hands resolved to mutiny, quit, e r evolt of the Greenwich fleet did not terminate g f e ; 80, successfully as that of the iron steam-boa . t fle t et th e ci.. \\ eeks sink, above bridge. The men belongin (il t4i, eellwieli fleet struck their colours, and . lowered t the ~Lannels early on Sunday morning, to indicate tha troerrtlirlaniexetrrsalsdagensot.wg as et under way until payment ) vhi et e l to give way, but a negotiationguara nteed . was The en te D r i e re d c i t a o t r e s 11,k, waded in nUthing and during the whole of Sun pa:rivhile other steamers were carrying thousands of 4 k , ett s il g erB and reaping a good harvest, the red funnel krtiltinreirkained at their moorings. Next morning an Is :isif rit te i :t wa s made between the Company and their 'aril t -'• "Y which Payment for the extra passages, in amount, was secured to the captains an& th4 , ,_ hut two of the red funnel boats were taker! o It a 14401 1, and only three have since continued running. ekitpeitrS that owing to the great competition which n tweet aniong the steam-boat companies, no fewer than Qre',`:Y .steain-vessels running between London and tisear'euevieh, some of them have, durinc , the present year, tbe e r di ? taken sufficient to pay for fuel and defrayan _ Adolidou e.s, Which are very heavy both at Greenwich d THE KIRK OF SCOTLAND. ( From the Scottish Guardian.) We have authority to state that, in a written reply to the queries submitted by the friends of the Church of Scot hind in London to Lord John Russell, in common with the other candidates, Whig and Conservative, for the re presentation of the metropolis, Lord John Russell has avowed, in their broadest and most unmitigated form, the views of the Scottish Church question which have been attributed to Sir Robert Peel. He says he cannot assent to the Duke of Argyll's Bill " without modifica tion ;" and one modification which he expressly re quires is, " that those who have acted on their con victions of duty, in obedience to the law as laid down in the civil tribunals," shall be "preserved to the Church of Scotland." This is sufficiently unequivocal. There is no mistaking Lord John's import and in tentions ; and all the hopes we may have enter tained from that quarter are now broken down. It only convinces us the more of the soundness of the policy we have ventured to recommend to the members and friends of the Church, namely, to keep its great interests clear of partizanship, and shapa out an independent, un biassed, and inoffensive course for itself. Give us this, and, trusting to the Divine favour, we fear neither Sir Robert Peel nor Lord John Russell. The two Parlia mentary leaders are now on a footing of equality before the Scottish electors on the Church question. Whether Sir Robert spoke his own sentiments on a recent occa sion, or only predicated what would be the sentiments of the Legislature, there can be no doubt about what his real opinions are. They are identical, doubtless, with those of the Whig leader in the House of Commons. It is for the electors to make a dead set upon both, and endeavour to convince them that the condition they are disposed to attach to the passing of the Duke of Argyll's Bill is alto gether incompatible with the duty which the Church owes to her Divine Head, and would, if carried into effect, prove destructive of her existence. We have only farther to say, that this declaration of Lord John Russell's discharges those obligations which electors have felt themselves under in consequence of the state ment attributed to Sir Robert Peel, although in many cases it may tend to increase rather than diminish their difficulty of action. We may also mention that the other Whig candidates for the city of London declined to give any opinion whatever on the subject of the Scottish Church question, and pointedly refused, through their Chairman, to favour a deputation of our Scottish friends in London with a joint interview. It is extremely pleasing to have to add that all the four Conservative candidates, viz., our countryman Alderman Pirie, and Messrs. Lyall, Masterman, and Attwood, agreed to the principle of the Duke of Argyll's Bill. The following is Lord John Russell's letter above re ferred to Wilton Crescent, June 26, 1841. Sir.—ln answer to the circular you have sent to me, I beg to state, in the first place, that lam not ready to pledge myself to any particular course of conduct, by which I might be precluded from agreeing to some plan calculated to establish harmony in the Church of Scot land. I informed Lord Aberdeen last year, that if his Bill came into the House of Commons, I should op pose it. I must still do so, unless it is greatly altered. I am not prepared to assent to the Duke of Argyll's Bill, without modification. I am anxious to preserve to the Church of Scotland those members who have con ceived themselves bound to enforce the Veto Act by the deposition of those who did not obey it, and also those Ministers who have acted on their conviction of duty, in obedience to the law as laid down in the civil tribu nals. I conceive this object is still attainable, and it will not be till all hope of conciliation is at an end, that I shall - determine upon the ultimate course to be pur sued. To such a Bill as you mention in your first and second resolutions, properly guarded, and which shall secure on the one hand the opinion of a deliberate majority of male communicants, and which shall on the other provide not for the mere assent, but the conscien tious examination of the rejection by the Church Courts, I shall willingly give my concurrence. Allow me to say, farther, that a spirit of conciliation and charity can alone give efficacy to any law or written agreement upon the subject. I have the honour to be, your most obedient servant, J. Boyle, Esq. (Signed) J. RUSSELL. [Lord John Russell's letter contains some infor mation regarding the course he would pursue ; but the letter of Sir Roert Peel, on the same subject, to the Duke of Argyll, none. The statement in the Scottish Guardian, that all the four Conservatives agreed to the principles of the Duke's Bill, we have great reason to doubt ; and if any such pledge were given by three of the candidates, it amounted to this---.‘ I know nothing about the Kirk, but if you will vote for us, we will assent to the preamble of the bill, and leave the rest to Sir Robert Peel," who they knew was more hostile to it than Lord John Russell.] THE CITY ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The result of the late City election, satisfactory as it is in so far as the leader of the free trade question has a seat in Parliament, bestowed by a constituency which, though unworthy in some respects, is yet the first constituency in the kingdom, nevertheless presents some painful subjects for inquiry. The narrow interests of the agriculturists, and of those with whom they sympathise, are well understood by themselves, and as stoutly defended. The interests of the inhabitants of the city of London, from its mer chants down to its humblest shopkeepers (excepting certain monopolists), are distinctly antagonistic to the narrow views of the agriculturists ; a mitigation of the coca duties, a reduction in the price of colonial and other produce, will clearly be beneficial to the inhabi tants of London, and they are too well instructed to be in any doulit about the matter. How then is it, that the man whose name is identified with the free trade ques tion was not highest on the poll by some 7,000 votes ? How is it that three candidates are above him, and that the most important candidate (I mean important so far as his identification with such momentous questions) should obtain a place at all with difficulty ? Clearly, as it appears to me, because there is a powerful body in the city of London, whose notions and interests are an tagonistic to the interests of the great body of the inhabitants, I mean the Corporation of London. It will be interesting to examine the votes, and I am assured it will appear, that very few indeed of those connected wifh the Corporation, voted for Lord John Russell. Very few supported him, except some noisy jobbing patriots, who pick up their subsistence by con nection with the Liberal party in the City. The Corpo ration has its own purposes to serve, and, as it has the expenditure every year of more than half a million of money, it is very powerful in the means of securing its own sinister interests. Lord John Russell was denounced by that Corporation, because, as a means of most ra tional and economical improvement, he desired to conso lidate the Metropolitan Police ; and, if that had been done, the inhabitants of the City would have been saved 17,000/. a-year, and person and property would have been better protected. It was not done, but the Corpo ration became, nevertheless, the implacable enemies of Lord John Russell, who just scotched the snake which he ought to have crushed, as he did, and when he did, much to his honour, those nests of vermin, the corpora• tions of the provincial towns. If this had been done, there is no doubt that Lord John would have been at the head of the poll, and the City of London would have returned not two with difficulty, but four members tri umphantly, to support and represent the opinions and interests of the enlightened and high-minded people of the City. It is so much the obvious and palpable interest of London that commerce should flourish, that no other cause can be assigned for the result of the late election , than the hostility of the Corporation, who, as a body, are far behind the inhabitants in intelligence and public spirit, and who, as holding so heavy a purse, are invincible among the needy and unprincipled freemen, the retention of whom, in the town constituencies, is very much to be regretted. If the Whigs had insisted on disfranchising these freemen, and had given in the ballot, all the best interests and noblest aspirations of the human race would not be Pe rilled as they are at this moment. I say of the human race, for not only England, but all Europe, trembles at Tory ascendancy. I make these remarks that the con duct of the corporators, through all their channels of influence, may be examined, and if my presumptions are well-founded, the inhabitants of the whole metro- Ais ought to rise as one man and demand the complete ext : rpation of an antiquated and corrupt body, which opnre„ges them with enormous local taxes , and upholds mu r nicipa! institutions and officers, who are, or would be, a disgrace to the humblest borough town in Cornwall or Scotland. _L et it be remembered that the local taxa tion of the City is two-and-a-half times greater than that of some of the best managed districts of the metro polis, and that, among a host of other evils, the corpora tion coal tax causes cog 1s to be from eight to ten shillings per ton higher than they would otherwise be. ONE OF THE OPPRESSED. 6, 1841. London, July SAINTLY SCRUPLES. AN EPISTLE FROM. LADY TO THE COUNTESS OF MY DEAR LADY —..., You can't think how much these election affairs Are disturbing good folks from their meetings and prayers , And how charm'd we shall be when the bustle is o'er, And we're settled, all snug, in our boroughs once more. If it were not, indeed, for the heart-cheering hope Of defeating thus Dan and the Dev'l and the Pope, I should wish the whole Parliament, Peer and M P.— That's to say, the Whig part of it,—sunk in the sea. 'Tis, indeed, for us Saints, who delight in high prices, Yet quake for our souls, a most terrible crisis ; Lille Hercules doubting, when placed 'twixt the two, Whether Pleasure or Virtue 'tis best to pursue. For, alas, my dear friend, if one loses one's seat, One may lose, too, for ever, dear sugar and wheat ; And, if thus the free-trade..s should carry it hollow, One knows not what other dear things then may follow ; Till soon, by that swift-slidir47 scale which they call "Bringing nobles to ninepenee," our value may fall, Till we're cheapen'd, God help yrs, to nothing at all ! Meanwhile, you can't think, dear, what numbers one meets Who're neglecting their souls to look after their seats ; And, until the new Parliament writs are return'd, Holy Writ, must, I fear, be entirely adjourn'd. Nor is't any wonder that laymen should stray, When the whole Church Establishment goes the same way, And regards, at this moment, the state of men's souls Quite as nothing, compared with the state of the polls. Not to heav'n, but the hustings, look vicars and rectors, And Calvin himself, could he see how his sect errs, Would swear that th' Elect are now worse than th' electors. In short, my dear friend, these political cares Have quite interrupted our nice " Tea and Prayers,"— (Those soirees devout, whore the Sixth Angel's trumpet Was duly discuss'd over Con•gon and crumpet)— Nor can we now hope to enjoy any more Of such Feasts of the Soul till this bustle is o'er. Adieu, for the present,—my next will, no doubt, Tell you how my _Lord Shuffieton's canvas turns out. He's been lucky enough to be help'd through his labour, By old Doctor Spintext, our well-endowed neighbour ; Whose zeal, I suspect, by the fond hope is drawn. That a hand good 10 canvas .may reach, at last, lawn. —Chronicle. TIM SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 8, lB4l. MADAME CAT A. LANI. —My soul like an enchanted boat Floats on the silver waves of thy sweet singing ; While thine doth, like an angel, sit, Beside the helm conducting it, While all the winds with melody are ringing. PARIS, JULY s.—Angelica Catalini, then, is dead ! The Sultana of song lies silent and tuneless. She died on Sunday, the last 20th of June—when the curtains of a starry Sabbath fell around her everlasting sleep. Those who are accustomed to the cathedrals of the Continent know well that dim and desolate emotion which sweeps through the avenues of the soul, when in the midst of a stately service, the majestic Jubilate is suddenly hushed, leaving blank and monotonous silence. Such was precisely the feeling which came over my mind when I heard the rumour, as it travelled into Paris from Italy, that Catalani had departed. It seemed to me as if the world had lost its only fine harmonic— as if its proudest music were broke off—and the only trumpet-tones that kept this creation festal were fled and vanished for ever. Let it not be thought that I indulge in hyperbole. I speak from what I have personally felt, and that feeling arises from the remembrance of what Catalani was when she sang in the palmy past. Past, truly ; but the page in my memory, whereon those recollections are in scribed, is impressed with such rich fresh music-notes, and in my fancy's ear there still abides so high and golden a warble, of what I first heard from Catalani's lips, that obliterated neither of them can be. At the time of which I speak I was in the habit of attending the English Opera on the arm of Lady E—, and I re member well the magnificent night on which, for the first time, I saw Catalani. Let me look back. Let me revisit the brilliant past. Open thy door, 0 memory ! touch the enchanted springs, and disclose the marvels of that wondrous night, more ravishing than a thousand Arabian. It was a night on which Semiramide, that master-tragedy of the Italian stage was announced for the leading text piece. Catalani, with her brow all diamonded from foreign favour, was to appear for the first time in this our BabelOnian London. The party of which I formed one intended to have been present as soon as Oroe begins his " Si—Gran Nume—t'intesi ;" but what with the i toilets of the Ladies E—, the perfumings of the old Lord, and the non-agility of the full-fed footmen, we arrived villainously late. But the scene, nevertheless, as we were seating, burst upon. us like a torrent. Catalani as Semiramide stood foremost on the stage. She was always handsome, and at this moment her noble cast of features, under the excitement of her part, were lit up with peculiar majesty : her form, too, tall and command ing, though less muscular, was almost like that of our own Siddons ; and the whole blazing theatre, with its thousand eyes, was fixed upon her there. Her voice at first was grave and beautiful--a rich and tuneable so prano—laden with noble Italian words. Gradually the inspirations of her breath grew deeper—she seemed pre paring for some great effort. Suddenly a splendour lit upon her lip ; and at the words " Son Regina," her soul, as if fired at the thoughts of her regality, at the glory on her brow, and the grandeur at her feet, poured out a peal of rapture so majestical—shook the whole house with so towering a larmony—that the walls seemed absolutely to act as a constraint, and the roof as a confinement to her powers. Never before, and never after, have Iheard its second or its like. It was well said, and said by no mean connoisseur, when putting in comparison the three best singers of his age, that " Grassini was all grace, Banti all feeling, but Catalani all fire." Edgcumbe was right, and I cordially agree with his Lordship. I have heard them all in turn. Grassini won you, and stole upon you with her melodious song, like the voice of girl choirs from an old Attic temple, sweet-murmuring their hymns to vestal Dian. She abounded in exquisite sweetnesses of tone, and classi cal unisons. Banti was, on the other hand, adorable and loving of voice, as was a very seraph. Her soul seemed warmed with as pure an ardour ; her lips o'erflowed with the same sky-tuned hymn. But if Banti laid claim to seraphicism of song, what place in the celestial scale can be assigned to Catalani ? The rabbins allow but the Ophanim above the seraphim, or at highest the flaming, archangel. Then boldly write her down that highest—call her a vocal archangel—all fire, rapture, and astounding song. But dropping from metaphor and the seventh heaven, let us inquire, with the simple inquisitiveness of a child, into the first history of this Queen of song. Catalani, if her lips had not been clay-cold now, would have related to you the circumstances of her early life in almost these words, which I have heard her times out of mind repeat herself. She would speak with a beautiful simplicity when she spoke on these things. " I was born," she would say, " at Sinigaglia, which lies, you know, in the dominions of our triple-crowned father the Pope, in the year 1785. My father, blessed be he, was a rich jew eller ; and when I was only fourteen years old he placed me in a convent along with my dear elder sister. I used at first to sing in the choirs of the convent ; and my sisters in the convent used to say that my voice, which was higher than theirs, used to crown the choirs like the spire of a Christian church which had a chime of silver bells, and rings merrily up in the air. A great many people used to come and hear me, till the convent used to be filled to hear the sin , ing ; and it was feared that I might fall into sin, and become vain, and, to pre vent vanity, they interdicted me from singing. But my father at last took me from the convent, when he came from the wars in Italy. He was, as I told you, very rich at first, but he had immense losses, and he decided, in 1802, that I should make my debut at the first theatre in Rome, which you know is called Argentina. I was then only sixteen." I wish I could pursue the narrative in her own simple words, but here her reminiscences usually ceased ; we must therefore continue it from our own notes and me mory. Her success at Rome was prodigious. She was then in the bloom of her surpassing beauty, and her vocal powers were reaching maturity. Her form was a model of symmetry, and her countenance, which beamed with intelligence and animation, was capable of every shade and variety of expression. The natural gifts of her mind were not unworthy those of her person. She possessed energy and spirit, blended with great sensi bility, sweetness of temper, and exquisite affection. These qualities gave an irresistible charm to her man ners, and it was impossible to be in her society without being fascinated by her unaffected good humour, and ex uberant, yet perfectly delicate vivacity. Her next appearances were in Portugal, where she took her station on the Italian Theatre at Lisbon. She there appeared with Crescentini, who was the director, and with Signora Gaffarini, to whom nature had given as much of the pathetic power as she had given to Cata lani, of the kind called la bravoure. When Catalani quitted Portugal, the Princess-Regent gave her a letter to the Queen of Spain, who retained her for some time at Madrid, and loaded her with marks of favour and distinction. In 1806 she went to Paris for the first time. She there confined herself chiefly to the concerts, and made herself admired by the grandiose manner in which she sang Italian passages, particularly those in the Semira mide. She was really the Queen of Song. Equalled she never was in the execution of difficult and intricate pas sages. By the rapidity, flexibility, and incredible ten sion of her voice she astonished France, as she after wards did Europe. It was an extraordinary supple and well-exercised instrument, most mighty in its music, and of which the clavier was immense. As regards low or plaintively sweet expression, she was decidedly at a loss ; but her voice, entirely instrumental, executed with amazing facility the most involved and vehement diffi culties—those chromatic and enharmonic gamuts—those arpeggiaturas—those trills, interminable and astounding, that drew out in Magic links the subtlest soul of har mony—those organic tones which embraced three and four octaves in their modulations—in these was Catalani unsurpassed, nay, was unsurpassable. Quitting France in 1806 she went to London, where she made the brilliant debut which we have described as witnessing, and which laid for her the foundation of an immense fortune. Her gains were about 3,0001. sterling, and two benefits which she had brought her almost 1,5001. The following year these profits amounted to 4,0001. sterling, and from concerts and journeys in dif ferent parts of the provinces in Scotland and Ireland, she at last had amassed a fortune of 80,000/. sterling, gained by a sojourn of eight years in the three kingdoms. But amid all the splendour of foreign courts—the rapturous applauses of lords and potentates—the heart of Catalam was still amid the purple vines of belle Italia, and it is but justice to say that the first purpose to which her magnificent gains were put, was the succouring and assisting her father and mother, who, when she left Italy, had con tinued their residence at Rome.* On the return of the Bourbons she returned to Paris, and obtained leave of M. le Comte de Blacas to transfer the Opera Buffa to the Salle Favart, with the privilege of having it under her own direction. But on the return of Bonaparte, in 1815, she was obliged to leave it, and she withdrew into 13e1- gium, till the Bourbons came again into power. Ma dame Catalani now married M. de Vallabrepe, a Frenchman, but still preserved the name by which she was known to the world. On the 22d of October, in the same year, she took under her management the Opera Buffa, and became sole proprietress of it, sole manager, and almost sole actress. She on this occasion turned out all the other actresses of the theatre, preserving only the mediocre ones, and, for a very palpable purpose, that she might only have a shadow to the singly bright picture of herself. But one singer does not constitute an opera, though her husband, M. Vallabregue, was of a different opinion, and is re ported to have said, " Ma femme, et quatre ou cinq poupees, viola tout ce qu'il faut." Lord Edgcumbe thus speaks of her at this period : " Assuming latterly the place of first buffa, she suc ceeded admirably in that line. Indeed she gave me more pleasure in the comic than the serious opera, as she sung with greater simplicity and ease. In both her acting was excellent ; in the one, majestic, forcible, ex pressive ; in the other, natural, playful, genteel. Her face and figure were suited to both, for she is very hand some, with a countenance peculiarly fine on the stage, and capable of great expression. Though the outline of her feaures are decidedly tragic, yet she could relax them into the most charming smile, and assume not merely the character of gaiety, but even of niaiserie, and of arch simplicity, so that her versatile powers fitted her for every style." The year 1813 was the last season of Catalani's re gular engagement on the Opera stage. Tito and Figaro continued to be performed, but Catalani returned to the show -pieces of her favourite composers, entertaining the public, by way of novelty, with variations, composed for the violin, on popular airs, " God save the King," " Rule Britannia," &c., and other English songs, which were received by the public with the most extravagant marks of astonishment and delight. Towards the beginning of the season she failed to make her appearance one even ing on which she had been announced to perform. Another opera was substituted, and played in the midst of symptoms of irritation on the part of the audience, which, on the following evening (on which she was still absent) broke into a violent uproar. The Queen of Song was not there, and without her the theatric throne was empty. Chandeliers were broken, musical instru ments destroyed, and the house shut up for a week from damage. Her husband had induced her to offer this want of respect to the public, in consequence of her salary having fallen somewhat in arrear ; nor till it was absolutely put to right would the proud heroine return to the theatre. At the end of this season Catalani may be said to have abandoned the dramatic part of her profession, and en tered upon a wandering life, in the course of which she visited all parts of Europe, exhibiting herself as a concert singer, and wherever she went astonishing the world by her amazing displays of vocal power. As soon as she had in one place exhausted her slender stock of things, got up for exhibition, she removed to another ; and wherever she went she was received with unexampled distinction. Persons of the highest rank vied with each other in -- their attentions to the wonder of the age. Princesses treated her as companion, and crowned heads attended her with obsequious gallantry. The enormous sums which she received were augmented by the costly presents showered upon her by the great and wealthy of the land she sojourned in. In the midst, too, of the most trying circumstances in which a beautiful and fas cinating woman could be placed, surrounded with all the siren dangers and golden temptations of such a flood of prosperity, she pursued her course immaculate and un stained. Her conduct, like Dian's, soared above sus picion, and not the faintest breath of calumny sullies the fair crystal of her fame. In 1816, 'she again travelled through the chief towns pf Europet, and excited renewed admiration every where. The magnificent images of La Vestale, Mitri date, Elfrida, La Clemenza di Tito, Semiramide, and Susanna were from time to time reproduced by her, and were received with raptures everywhere. The same nobleman, quoted above, saw her again in 1828, at the grand musical festival at York, and he thus speaks of her last appearance in this country :—" It may seem strange that in her latter years she should please me more thaii in the most brilliant part of her career. But so it was : and now I found out, that, al though at that time I liked her less than some of her predecessors, I now liked her better than most of her successors. The last notes I ever heard from her were in my own house, accompanying herself on the piano forte in some beautiful little Italian canzoncts. In per son she is grown large, but'still very handsome, with all her fine expression of countenance, and few or no marks of age. She had with her a daughter, now mar ried, who sang a little, but inherited neither her mo ther's voice nor talents. I have since heard of her from Florence, near which town she resides, and I hope will long do so, in health and happiness." Thus it was. 1831 could speak of her in this flatter ing way, while 1841 finds her folded in death, past hu man favour or wishes. Nevertheless,'regret it as we will, it is permitted to few to die like Catalani,—to die after the horizon of her destiny has long been gilded with all the rich and variegated colours that bestow beauty and happiness upon human existence,—to die when the riches of the earth had flung around her all imaginable beatitude, and the smiles of the Kings and magnates of the world had fallen on her, and their hands had crowned her with fame's roses. After all, it was beautiful to die like Catalani--by the lovely waters of her own blue lake, in the bosom of her own home : the sweet light of glory swimming round her brow, and the world doing her homage from afar. '' Of the generosity of Madame Catalani's disposition many instances are remembered. When she performed for the benefit of musicians, she frequently returned the whole, or a large portion of the sum for which she was engaged; and she often acted in the same way towards public charities. When a great musical performance took place for the benefit of West minster Hcspital, in 1821, she transmitted to the Committee the result of her own concert, amounting to about 3001. Kelly, in his " Reminiscences," writes thus charmingly of her goodness and affability I could relate numberless traits of her goodness ; no woman was ever more charitable or kind. hearted, and as for the quality of her mind, I never knew more perfect child of nature. At Bangor she heard the Welsh harp for the first time. The old blind helper of the house was in the kitchen ; thither she went, and seemed de lighted with the wild and plaintive music which he played. But when he struck up a Welsh jig, she started up before all the servants in the kitchen; and danced as if she were wild. I thought she never would have ceased. At length, however, she finished ; and on quitting the kitchen gave the harper two guineas." fi Catalani was almost entirely uneducated, even in music. Her want of literary attainments, joined to her vivacity in conversation; sometimes produced ludicrous scenes. When at the Court of Weimar she was placed, at a dinner party, by the side of Goethe, as a mark of respect to her on the part of her Royal host. The lady knew nothing of Goethe, but, being struck by his :najestic appearance, and the great attention of which he was the object, she inquired of the gentleman on the other side what was his name. " The celebrated Goethe, Madame," was the answer. "Pray on what instrument does he play ?" was the next question. "He is no performer, Madame—he is the author of Werter.' " 0 yes, yes, I re member," said Catalani, and turning to the venerable poet, she addressed him, " Ala, Sir, what an admirer lam of Werter !' " A low bow was the acknowledgment for so flat tering a compliment. " 1 never," continue 3 the lively lady, " I never read anything half so laughable in my life. What a capital farce it is, Sir!" " Madame," said the poet, looking aghast, " the Sorrows of Werter' a farce?" " 0, yes, never was anything so exquisitely ridiculous !" rejoined Catalani, laughing heartily as she enjoyed the remembrance. And it turned out that she had been talking all the while of a ridicu lous parody of " Werter." which had been performed at one of the minor theatres of Paris, and in which the sentimentality of Goethe's tale had been unmercifully ridiculed. The poet did not get over his mortification the whole evening; and the fair singer's credit at the Court of Weimar was sadly impaired by this display of her ignorance of the illustrious Goethe and the " Sorrows of Werter." THE NEW YORK CUSTOM-HOUSE PRETENDED FRAUDS. There are few of our commercial readers, and still fewer in the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, who will not remember that immense sei zures of British manufactures (principally woollens) have been made in the New York Custom-house, during the last two or three years, on the alleged ground of attempts on the part of the importers to defraud the American Government by false statements of their value and quality. These seizures have been in the whole to an immense amount, and the effect of them has been to produce an unfavourable impression in the United States, with regard to the character and con duct of the British merchants and manufacturers. It now appears, however, from the evidence given at an investigation which has been going on for some in New York, before Governor Poindexter and the other members of a Commission appointed to inquire into certain al leged frauds in the Cu tom-house in that city, that most of these charges were founded in falsehood. The whole of the evidence has not yet been published ; but it will be seen from the following statement, signed by the three principal appraisers to the Custom-house at New York, that no mis-description of goods has been practised by British importers of woollen goods, and that the charge of false valuation was made by persons who were not the legal appraisers of the Custom-house, and whose valuations they pronounce to be false. The following is the Report of the legal appraisers of the Custom-house on this matter : To the Hon. the Investicrating Commissioners, now sitting at the City Hotel. Gentlemen,—The undersigned, late principal ap praisers of the Customs, for the port and district of New York, beg leave to submit the followinc , Report, and respectfully solicit that it may be considered as a part of their testimony, viz.:— From long and careful observations and examinations of merchandize at the Custom-house, they are fully satis fied that there have been no frauds of any consequence practised on the ri4venue in the under-valuation of cloth and cassimeres at their entry. Because there has been in all English fabrics of that kind a great uniformity in value, on the invoice prices, when of similar quality, whether imported by American or foreign merchants. Because most of the woollens, particularly the mid dling and lower qualities, have not been subjected to duties according to invoice value ; but have in most cases been subjected to increased duties through prejudice, caprice, or false valuation by those acting as appraisers, who were not the legal appraisers in the New York Cus tom-house. Because there has been no motive to undervalue the goods, on invoice, since it was not taken as the criterion of value on which the duties were to be computed, and consequently the merchant on the other side of the water, could not consider his invoice as a guide to the duties to be imposed here. Because neither in our official capacity, or otherwise, have complaints ever been made of any instances of sus pected undervaluation, either by importers, or by per sons engaged in the manufacture of domestic goods, and had there been any such undervaluation, the vigilance of rivalry and promptings of interest would have made the facts known. Because in the sales of cloths and cassimeres, when they have been made after seizures, by consent of parties and without prejudice, thq have rarely brought the in voice cost and charges, even when made under the most favourable circumstances, and in a large majority of the cases they have not brought to exceed two-thirds of the Custom-house valuation. That there were frauds by smuggling committed dur ing the last term of Swartwout's incumbency there can not be a doubt ; but these were brought about by collu sion of officers of the Customs with certain importers, and whether by undervaluation or otherwise, the under signed not having seen the goods, are . unable to say. We have confined these remarks to cloths and cassi meres solely, because no allegations of frauds in any other descriptions of merchant ize or manufactures have ever been made by the American manufacturers to o ur knowledge ; but it is due to the public to state, and we do it with great deference and respect, that among the numerous cases of evasions and frauds that came under our observation, when acting as appraise rs o f th e Cus toms, whether by falseinvoices or undervaluation, or otherwise, much the greatest proportion, both in num bers and amount, were others than those in which wool w.ls a component part. (Signed) JEROMUS JOHNSON, A. B. VANDERPOOL, A. B. MEAD. Nothing more thoroughly infamous than this has ever come before the public, and we do t rus t t h at t h e severest punishment will be inflictetl on all the parties concerned in this vile conspiracy against the property and characters of the manufacturers and merchants of England.—Liverpool Times. the pennies, the Clipper and Sun pass for neutral, and the Argus advocates the opposition party. Of all the sixpennics, the Americuu is the oldest, most quiet, respectable, best edited, and best supported ; and, unlike the other political papers here and elsewhere, it treats politics and its opponents with a calmness and mo deration that is quite praiseworthy ; it is free from all the brawling, bragging, and lying style of political papers ge nerally. It was established beore the,last war ' and though it has often changed its proprietors, yet it has lost none of that popularity and confidence which was bestoxed upon it when it first started. It was strictly neutral, until about an hour since, it " defined its position," by declaring itself Whig, and though a large number of its subscribers were opposed to the principles it began to advocate, yet they did not relinquish their support on that account ; for they were doubtless well aware that ' if they did, they could not find a substitute on their own side that was as available. The mercantile community find it to be just such a journal as they require, and by them it is generally supported. Its editors are Messrs. l'dur phy, Dobbin, and Bose, who are talented and gentle manly individuals. Mr. Bose is the gentleman who re cently enlightened our citizens on the public works and resources of Pennsylvania, for which task he is as com petent as any other person that the Committee could have selected. I should suppose that the American cir culated four thousand copies. The Patriot is a paper that is popular with the Whigs, and it goes snore into politics than the American. The Opposition have named it the " Pipelayer's Organ," but it does not deserve that cognomen as well as does another paper that is published here ; it is an old paper also. In the time of the last war, it was edited by its Present editor, Colonel Isaac Munroe, who was among this city's gallant defenders at the bombardment of Fort APllenry. He has been its editor ever since, and has battled long and ardently for the cause he advocates, and I am glad to learn that he has profited by his ardu ous occupations, and has now become wealthy. He de serves some further remuneration from his party, for his indefatigable and successful exertions in their cause for a long period, and more particularly last year, when, in addition to the Patriot, he published the famous Log Cabin Advocate. I should suppose the Patriot circu lates three thousand copies. The Republican is the next and last of the six pennies. It is a red-hot, rabid, rough shod " Loco Foco " print, and has been established some years. It was the leading Van Buren organ in the State. It ha. , changed hands some four or five times in the last five years, but the whole Democratic party own it ; it is open to them all, now that the patronage of the Government has been taken from it. It is probable it will go down altogether. Messrs. Harker and Busk are the ostensible editors. I expect the Republican circulates about 2,000 copies. _ . . . So much for the " respectable sixpennies." Of the penny papers, the Sun was the first established, in 1837, by the proprietors of the Philadelphia Ledger, who were already making money in Philadelphia, and, as the penny system was a new thing here, the Sun, aided by the Ledger, rapidly increased its circulation. The Clipper was established in September, 1839, by J. H. Hewitt, under whose auspices it flourished until he withdrew, which was about three months since. He was witty, as well as otherwise talented. The proprietors are Messrs. Bull and Tuttle. The present editors arc James Barnes and John W. Wills, Esquires, who are competent, and are making exertions to render the Clipper the best penny paper in the country. The Argus is a small, but well conducted and spirited paper. It was established last year ; its editor is a youm.:, gentleman, who is talented, and is a sterling advocatt of temperance. The Argus circulates about two thousand copies.—New York Herald. BORROWING.—We have received a letter, says the Boston (American) Post, from a correspondent, in whirl, lie speaks in strong term of reprobation of borrowing general, and book borrowing in particular. He talks like a man who has suffered some. He says he lived a. one time on the banks of the Mississippi, and gives the following as a specimen of the extent to which tin practice is carried :—" Will you lend me your axe ? yor won't want to use it I reckon."—" Why, yes I'll let yen take it, seein' you want it." In about two months the owner does want to use his axe, and he applies to the borrower of it, but he has not got it ; " the last he sect, on't, Mr. Fletcher had it to cut sonic roots with." The poor owner then goes to Mr. Fletcher—" Stranger have you seen my axe I lent to Mr. Bent t'other day ?" " Why, yes, I reckon Mr. Bower's got it ; he said In wanted to chop some firewood, so I lent it him. You'c best ask him for it."—lle goes—" Mornin', Mr. Bowel —how's your wife ?"—"Lively I reckon—how's yourn ?" —"About right, I reckon—have you a hold of my axe ?"—" I reckon I have. I have smashed the hand( —it was a powerful weak one—but you can mend it ; and when you have done it I'd like to borrow it agin. 'cause I have a smart chance of wood to cut and want b use it 'specially." VIRTUE OF COLD WATER.—Mr. John J. Van Vorst. of the city of Schenectady, was one hundred years oh. on the 19th of January last. He served his country ia the "French " and " Revolutionary" wars, but " never wet his lips with alcoholic drinks." Very many of hi: companions not only drank their rations of liquor, but spent all their pay for the poison. Nearly all of these have long since died drunkards. Mr. V. V. has never squandered his property. He has lived in cheerful com petence, and has seen his children's children to the fourth generation. The police of New Orleans is formed of a cutious set of fellows. One named Pinchem is now held to bail for killing a man, and three others have been hauled up for an attempt at burglary. A TERRIBLE FELLOW.—The Mr. Brown, who took a cow-hiding a short time since for exposing some boobies, that make it their business to insult ladies, now carries a dirk-cane. It is hung on his left arm, both by night and by day. So you gentlemen-loafers look out how you insult his dignity.—American Paper. FANNY ELSSLEII.—The divine danseuse appears on Monday, at the Park. She has not made an engage ment at Philadelphia. She asked 1500 per night, but Pratt said " No, I'll give you half the house and a place in heaven." " I can't take him," said Fanny, " I can not take less dan five hundred dollars, and a seat in de oder place."—New York Herald. OIL TRADE.—There have arrived during the month of May, at various ports of the United States, thirty-four whalers, comprising twenty-one ships, eight barks, four brigs, and one schooner. By these arrivals the country has been enriched, within the short space of a single month, to at least the amount of one and a half million of dollars. Our report presents one feature somewhat the reverse of former statements, in the fact that, of the two sorts of oil imported, the greater quantity has been spermaceti. There have been brought in, mostly from beyond Cape Horn, no less than 1,041,862 gallons of sperm oil, and in the same period, from elsewhere, 880,740 gallons of right whale oil. Upwards of one third of the quantity of sperm oil, imported into the country in the month of May, was brought by vessels belonging to this port.—Nantucket Inquirer. Those who are in the habit of expressing their wonder at what the British aristocracy "do with their own," will, perhaps, learn how the nobility of this country ex pend their incomes. To prove this we extract the fol lowing particulars of the Consumption of wine and ale, wax-lights, &c., at Bel voir Castle, the seat of the Noble Duke of Rutland, from December, 1839, to April, 1840, or about eight weeks. Wine 200 dozen, ale 70 hhds. ; wax-lights, 2,330 ; sperm oil, 630 gallons. Dined at his Grace's table, 1,997 persons ; at the steward's room, 2,421 ; in the servants' hall, nursery, and .kitchen department, including colliers and goers, 11,312 persons. Of loaves of bread there were consumed 8,333 ; of meat, 22,963 lbs. ; exclusive of game.—p. 329. The money value of the meat, poultry, eggs, and every kind of provision except stores, consumed during this period, amounted to 1,329/. 7s. 114 d. The quantity of game killed by his Grace and friends, and consumed at Belvoir Castle alone, was 2,589 head. Supposed value, 1931. 13s. Gd. The total quantity of game killed during the season. over all his Grace's manors, is thus stated :- 1,733 hares, 987 pheasants, 2,101 partridges, 23 wild ducks, 108 woodcocks, 135 snipes, 947 rabbits, 776 grouse, 23 black game, and 6 teal. The particulars are given in a History of BAvoir Castle, recently published. GLEANINGS FROM.yHE UNITED STATES PAPERS. _ DAILY NEWSPAPER PRESS IN BALTIMORE. A Peep into the Editorial Department—American, Pa triot, Republican, Sun, Clipper, and Argus, &c. There are six daily papers published here, three of which are sixpcnnies, the remainder, pennies ; two of the former, the American and Republican, are issued in the morning, and the other, the Patriot, in the after noon ; two of the latter, the Clipper and Sun, are morn penny paper, is pub lished papersed th ; e t afternoon. e r Argu s , noon the third All the large papers are political . Th e American and Patriot are Whig, and the Republican is opposition. Of EXPRESS FROM PARIS . --- Our accounts from Vienna state, that Prince Metternizli had expressed his apprehension that the integrity of the Otto man empire could not be maintained against the numerous enemies raised against it in so many quarters. To propitiate the Christian Powers the Sultan had named a Governor of Jerusalem. The despatches brought by the Levant mail, which arrived in Marseilles on Sunday last, had not reached 'Paris up to a late hour on Tuesday. Accounts from Toulon of the 2d inst. state that the Alerte, Paliuura, and Cerf brigs, and the Styx steamer, are being fitted out for the Brazil station. The Sentinelle de la Marine maintains that Admiral Hugon was not to be replaced in the command of the French Medi terranean fleet by Admiral Lalande. Accounts from Barcelona of the 20th ult. announce that the Captain-General of Valencia had, on the receipt of orders from Madrid, embarked for the Balearic Isles two regime wits of infantry, several squadrons of cavalry, in consequence, it was thought, of the appearance of Admiral Hugon's squadron! off those islands. Letters from Madrid of the 29th ult. mention that the guardianship question would come before the Senate on the 30th. The Minister of Finance had presented to the Chamber of Deputies a project of law having for its object to annex to the national domain all the property which had hitherto be longed to the secular clergy. The King of Hanover dissolved the States of the kingdom, because they had refused to grant the supplies. His Majesty, quoting the 155th edict of the Constitution of 1840, ordered that the taxes voted during the preceding se!aion should con tinue to be raised from the Ist of July, 1841,, to the 30th of June, 1842. A letter from Vienna of the 26th ult. ann ounces the failure of the house of Steiner and Co., one of the mo s t extensive I banking establishmen ts in that city. EASTERN NE W - S. FALMOUTH, JULY 5, HALF-rAwr 9 P.M. We have merely to announce the safe arrival here this even ing of the Liverpool steamer with the Lev-ant and Indian mail —at least, such as were not despatchedvia 'Marseilles. Her dates are—from Malta the 2.5 th, and Gibraltar - the 30th ult., bringing 46 passengers, among whom is Colonel - Hodges, late Consul- General o f E g ypt, who arrived at Mat to from Corestantinople in the French steamer Eurotas. st at Gibraltar Colonel Hodges received a notification of six English line-of-battle ships being ordered forthwith. to Alexandria. The Liver pool passed the Princess Charlotte; with Admiral Stopforcl on board, in 'lO degrees east, on her way to England. Her Majesty's ship Thunderer, and. Lizard steamer; were in Gibraltar Bay. Plague vas still pre vailing to a great extent in Egypt.. All political ne ors from the East having already been received, leaves us nothing to notice thereon. Also arrived this evening, her Majesty's packet Senglull, from the West Indies; sailed from St . Th.omas's, June - 2 ; Porto R co, June 3, and from Cape Henry, June 7 : on freight sixty thousand dollars. She brings accowats from Jamaica to the 2d of June, but no particular news t„lvat one can ascertain. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. MIDDLESEX. NOMINATION OF THE CANDIDATES. Yeiertday being appointed for the:nomination of Candidates for the representation of Middlesex, and there being a very prevalent rumour that, although no opposition to either of the late Members had yet been openly declared, it was still in tended by one side or other to make a struggle for the two seats, Brentford presented at an early hour a scene of bustle nearly equal to what has been observed at a contested elec tion. The bannermen of the Brentford Reform Association paraded the street, displaying flags with various devices in fa. your of liberty and free trade, whilst the Members of the Tory Committee rode to and fro, equally ostentatious of Wood's colours, and the banners appropriately inscribed with such mottoes as " Speed the plough," and " Down with the bastilles !" Shortly before ten o'clock, Colonel Thomas Wood, the late Conservative Member, preceded by a number of freeholders, on horseback, who were headed by Sir Peter Laurie, arrived upon Brentford Green, the usual place of the hustings, in a car riage and four, in which he was accompanied by Sir John Gib bon and Major Wood. He was followed by a train of carriages, and a considerable number of people wearing his colours, blue and orange favours, and sh ou ti ng " W oo d for ever," " S pee d the ploug," &c. &c. At ten o'clock precisely the Sheriffs, Messrs. Gibbs and Farncombe appeared upon the hustings, and proceeded with the prescribed formalities. The usual oath was administered to them by a Magistrate, Captain Hague, and when they had read the Queen's writ, the Bribery Act was read by the Under Sheriff, Mr. Bunhill. Mr. Byng not having yet arrived, some delay took place, and in the mean time, Mr. Bacon (of Kent) a distinguished Anti-Corn-law champion, came forward on the hustings with a great bag in his hand. hich, he said, " was not like Castlereagh's green bag ; for the papers it contained were not intended for the destruction of the Queen, but for the good of her people." He then, amidst loud cheering, scattered its contents amongst the crowd. They consisted of short, pithy, and instructive tracts upon the Corn laws, from which we select at random and in haste the following : " REMEMBER ! Every dozen of flour you consume pays 9d. tax for monopoly. The price is 2s. 3d., and it would be Is. 6d. if there %Cu not a Bread-tax. " Working men,—You are told that the masters are ty rants! Is that any reason why you should pay 9d. tax on every dozen lbs. of flour you and your families eat? " You are told the factory system is a curse. Is it made a blessing by your paying 2s. 3d. a dozen lbs. for flour instead of Is. 6d? " You pre told that the masters want to reduce wales when the Bread-tax is abolished ! Has the Bread-tax kept up wages ? " You are told the masters have reduced wages ? Then the Bread-tax has not kept up wages. " You are told that cheap flour moans low wages! Flour s selling in America at little more than half our price, and wages there are nearly double yours. Wages are always highest when bread is cheapest. " You are told rot to join the middle class in getting, a re peal of the bread tax. " Working Men ! Who suffer most from the bread tax—you or the middle class? " You are told that the middle class kept aloof when the working men opposed the bread tax ! The middle class were then wrong and the working class right. Is that a good reason why the working class should now be wrong because the middle class are right? " You are told to keep aloof from the Anti-corn-law 'hum bugs!' Your rockets cannot keep aloof; you pay 93. tax upon every dozen lbs. of flour you and your families eat. "You are told toiget the Charter first, and repeal the Corn law 'afterwards ! Will yin get the Charter any sooner because you are paying 9d tax upon every dozen of flour you eat ? " You are told that we may get the CHARTER as soon or sooner than we shall abolish 1112 bread-tax. " Look at facts ! One hundred and seventy-nine Members (4* the House of Commons voted in favour of Mr. Villier's mo tion for going into the question of the Corn-law, and forty-six voted in favour of Mr. Attwcoi's motion for going into the question of the Charter ; hundreds of newspapers advocate the repeal of the Corn-law, and four newspapers advocate the Charter. " You are told that something very dreadful may happen if we abolish the bread-tax before you get UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE! " Run the risk of all the consequences of getting three loaves where you now get only two ! " You arc told that the Anti-Corn-law men are opposed to Chartism ! They are opposed to no party ;—their motto is breadism, and their wish is to benefit all parties. " Remember ! Every dozen of flour you and your families consume pays a tax of 9d. for monopoly." Some of the crowd responded, amidst great laughter, to the dis tributor's comments upon the various papers he flung amongst them, " Bacon, we'll go the whole hog with you." About half-past ten o'clock the flags of the Brentford Reform Asso ciation, the members of which formed the van of Mr. Byng's procession appeared upon the Green before the hustings. Bair banners bore vat ious inscriptions ; such as " The Queen • and the People " " Liberty, Free trade. A fair day's work and a fair day's pay." One of them carried a lofty staff, surmounted with a WOOO-en head, borrowed from a barber's block, and decorated with a fool's can. This was greeted with immense cheering and laughter. The crowds in the area fronting the hustings previously to this contained far more policemen than electors; but now it be- ' came densely filled in a few seconds, and the long line of car riages which accompanied Mr. Byng could with difficulty make their way around the space upon the outskirt of the assemblage. The venerable gentleman himself had been met at. Kew-bridge by a body of the electors, who took the horses from his car riage and drew him to the hustings, his appearance on which was hailed with prodigious cheering. S. WHITBREA D, Esq.—lt was many years since he had pre sented himself before the electors of Middlesex to perform the duty which was then imposed upon him. When he proposed his Hon. Friend Mr. Byng in 1618, even at that now distant period he had completed twenty-eight years of uninterrupted service—( Hear and cheers)—for the county of Midddlesex. He had now completed fifty-one years of uninterrupted service, and it was for them to say whether he had violated in any degree that mutual good faith and consistency which had bound both parties together for so long a period. It was true that Middlesex was a small county in comparison with others, but being the metropolitan county it was the very first in im portance. The constituency enjoyed many privileges—amongst them was the valuable one of watching over the conduct of their Representatives, and it was for the electors to say whe ther Mr. Byng had ever shown even a single symptom of wavering or hesitation.—(Cries of " No, no, ' and cheers.) He knew that there were many and conflicting interests in the county, but his Hon. Friend had never in the course of his long Parliamentary life conciliated one interest at the expense of any other—his whole object was to do all for the general in terests of the whole community.—( Cheers. ) The usual lan guage of proposers was that they pleaded for the cause, not for the man ; but his Hon. Friend had served so long and so faith fully, that he could not on the present occasion separate the man from the cause—when he spoke of one he spoke of both. He was proposing a man who appeased before them for the 15th time— the father of the House of Commons, and he trusted that the manner in which they would that day treat his Hon. Friend who had served them so long, would show whether they were as consistent as his Hon. Friend. That long experience had convinced him that the political principles of the political leaders with whom he had acted in his youth, were the only ones by which the Government of this country could be carried on for the benefit of the people at large. It was with that feel ing that at his advanced age he came forward asking their suffrages in order to support a liberal and a good Ministry.— ( Loud cries of " Oh, oh," and cheers.) He would fearlessly assert that it was the conviction upon the mind of his Hon. Friend, and be came forward in order to carry out that convic tion, to support a great, a good, and a liberal Ministry, who had, with the sanction of the Crown—(Uproar)—they had better hear before they condemned. He said that the Ministry were about to introduce one of the most salutary measures for the relief of industry that had ever been propounded. Undoubtedly discussion upon that question was stifled, but that was not the fault of the Ministers. It might be a want of taste on his part to introduce any irritating topic, when there was to be no op position—( Cheers)—but he could not help speaking the truth. —(Cheers.) He would content himself with proposing his Hon. Friend, George Byng, Esq., who, by his consistency and by his knowledge of the wants and the wishes of the constitu ency—who, by his unflinching integrity in public, and his great benevolence in private life, as a fit and proper person to represent the county of Middlesex in the ensuing Parliament ; and it rested for them to show that there was some truth in the stability of public favour.--(Cheers. ) Mr. fu FN ELL,IIII. P. , said he came forward for the third time to second the nomination of his Hon. Friend, because every time his Hon. Friend had established fresh claims to the favour not only of the constituency of Middlesex, but to the country at large.—(Loud cheers.) During his long Parliamentary experience he had seen some of his political friends wax cool in the cause. He had seen others become recreant and turn their traitorous arms against those friends with whom, for a long period of years, they had acted,. but the course pursued by his lion. Friend, whether in adver %) situ or prosperity, whether his political friends were in or out oft office, had still been the same. He had ever been found advo cating the cause of the people, and so long as the connection existed between him and the constituency of Middlesex, they would find him thesame.—( Cheers. ) Hitherto their struggles. had been in favour of civil, religious, and political liberty. A new struggle was now commencing, and never would it end until they had been successful.; it was the cause of conamereal freedom. He would ask was trade in that prosperous state that it: could bear the imposition of fresh taxes ?—(Cries of " No, no.") He would ask was the poor in that state that it was a matter of indifference to them whether the prices of provi sions was high or low ? Whether would the electors support an increase of taxes, or measures which would increase the comforts of the people—which would increase labour, and bring provisions gnsof advocatedall kinds ows•ei measures, e r s e , ac a h nt i t i f whenall?—he (Ch f s sanctioned by the experience of his Hon. F r i en d , and through. him by a large majority of the constituency of Middlesex,. he had no doubt whatever that the stru gg l e must soon . corms tonomination a fvu favourable issue. is is H s uoen.. Friend,lt was and d th I p o l n e g ass ni ur i e gh h t e ho sec co o n n ti d n ed e i t fill that honourable post, which he hats e occupied upwardsof half a century. Sir Joust Gusuox then came forward. He said, Elzeters of Middlesex—(Great hootin g 9 hiss - ingTaTn - d cries of " for some minutes)_l shall give you plenty of time, iar am in perfect good humour. —(Re newe d uproar, and cries of " Hush-a-by, baby.") As ody political to n °1 to Air. Byng's private character y co a ndl 'o c r t d itwas a very different thing in his against it.—(Loud cheers.) But as opinion.—( Great uproar.) It was natural that a Lord of the Treasury, and the brother of a Poor la Co siomer, should support the present Administration. Poor-law they m • is favour of the Poor -law ? • Were in - aw —(Cries of " Yes," " No," and great cheering.) He was a decided enemy to that measure, and had shown himself so for years . —(Uproar, and a cry of " Who transp or t e d t h e man f or ca t c hing fish ?") He trusted he had always done his duty as a Alagistrate, and he had done it faithfully.—(Cheers, hisses, great confusion, and a cry of " Who starved the cat ?") Englishmen generally gave fair play, and heard both sides of the question, and would they re fuse to act in a similar manner?—( Renewed uproar.) The SHERIFF came forward and requested that the electors would give every gentleman a fair hearing. Sir JOHN GIBBON resumed. He had heard the Queetis name mentioned by one of the opposite party. He was, as loyal as any one present. He loved the Queen—(Lauf . ,later, and cries of " Don't you wish you may get her.") Tha t was why he wished to get rid of the Lords of the Treasury, and the bedchamber Lords by whom she was at present sur rounded. He honoured and revered the Queen, but he dis liked the present Administration. With regard to Mr. I 3 yrig • he would say that his private character stood as high as his public and poli t i ca l c haracter stood low. — ( Groans and hi , sses.) He therefore proposed, as that Hon. Gentleman's colic: quein Parliament, a gentleman who would at least neutralise! its votes• and who had fairly and h on ourably done his duty to his een.sti-- tuents, Thomas Wood, Esq.—( Great cheering and hiss; ng .)4 He repeated that the Hon. seconder of Mr. Byng pat quite impartial in his advocacy of the present Ministry, ) Jeat if they went out of office it would put money out of 'his y oc ket ; and if the Poor-laws were done away with, h7.s brot her would be obliged to give up his office.—( Great contusion.) He would conclude by proposing, as a fit and proper person to re present the county of Middlesex, Thomas Wood, Es (Much cheering and uproar. ) COI. NEWDIGATE bad much pleasure in seconding th e me. initiation of Col. Wood as Member for the County of Ali oldie . sex, and he did so with the more pleasure because he believed MORNING SUN the electors had every reason to be satisfied wi:h his Parliamen tary conduct. He had supported those measures which were for the maintenance of the institutions they so highly valued, and he had consistently opposed her Majesty's Ministers.— ( Great uproar and cheering.) His conduct with reference to Mr. Byng proved that he was no factious Tory, and that he was not actuated by any wish to give that gentleman factious opposition.—(Hooting, hissing, and cheers from the Tory party.) He repeated that the conduct of the Conservatives of Middlesex and their Representative, Col. Wood, towards that venerable gentleman proved that they were no factious party. But he warned the Honourable G en tl eman, however . highly respectable his private character might be, and none had proved their respect for it more than the Conservatives of Middlesex, that he must not look for a continuance of that forbearance.—(Hear, and cheers. ) Mr. Byng had identified himself with her Majesty's Ministers, who, he believed, were aiming a vital stab at the dearest in terests of the country. The circumstance of his being seconded on the present occa;ion by one who was so nearly connected with her Majesty's Ministers, identified him still more with that Administration. He warned him therefore-- (Much confusion)—he learned him that those who had hitherto divided their interest between the Conservative Can didate and himself were daily disappearing from the register. He believed that those electors had acted from conscientious motives. In former 3ears Mr. Byng's political conduct had commanded their respect, if it did not meet their approval. They respected him as a politician as much as the Conserva tives now respected him as a private gentleman. 'He was now, however, identified with the policy of Ministers; first, he had voted for the appropriation clause ; secondly, he had coalesced with Mr. flume ; and thirdly, he had supported the present Ministry. His private character was not consistent with his public one, fur he had given thousands for the support of the Church, and at the same time had voted for the appropriation clause. He was a man of high personalcharacter, and had al ways professed himself attached to his duties as a country gen tleman, but the policy of Ministers now, which he had sup ported, would ruin the agricultural interests—( Cries of " No.") He could only say that he looked at his conduct as that of one supporting the institutions he professed to admire with the lett hand, while he struck them to the heart with the right arm of his political conduct. On these grounds he must reluctantly refuse to continue to support the Hon. Gentleman, and he trusted that on the next occasion he would not give them the painful duty of opposing him. He had great pleasure in se conding the nomination of Colonel Wood. The Ilium SHERIFF then inquired if there was any other candidate, when no other appearing, the show of hands was taken. The crowd appeared unanimous respecting Mr. Byng, but not more than fifty or sixty hands were held up for Colonel Wood. The SHERIFF then said—Gentlemen, you have been called here to select two fit and discreet knights to serve in the ensu ing Parliament, and you have chosen George Byng, Esq.— ( Cheers)—and Thomas Wood Esq.(No, no)—I therefore declare them duly elected.—(Cheers ) Mr. BYNG then came forward and said, they had that day done.him the greatest honour that was ever conferred on any private gentleman, they hid that day called upon him for the fifteenth time—(Cheers)—to serve them in Parliament. He • had neverhad one feeling frotn the time he was first proposed to them, and that was not to serve himself, but to serve them.—(Loud cheers.) The late Parliament was dissolved because a majority of the opponents of her Majesty's Ministers, together with all those who were interested in the support of unjust monopolies, had arrayed themselves against the Government, who were determined to oppose every thing in the shape of monopoly .—(Cheers.) He (Jr. Byng) had uniformly, as the Hon. Baronet had men tioned, supported her Majesty's Government for ten years.-- (Cheers.) And why?—because there never was a Govern ment that had ever rendered equal or a tenth part the service to the country that had been rendered by that Govern ment—( Cheers)—and the very last act they had brought for ward had rendered them dearer to him than they ever were before.—( Cheers. ) Was it ever before known when money was wanted to pay for an expensive war which had placed this country at the head of the world, as it now was by the whole world's confession—(Cheers)—that instead of imposing fresh taxes they should reduce the taxes, yet increase the revenue?— (Cheers.) He ( Mr. Byng) must contend that the greatest evil that could exist to the injury of our trade and manufac tures, was the existing Corn-laws—(Loud cheers)—and the monopoly of sugar—(Loud cheers)—the monopoly of every thing that came from the West and East Indies. The Government knew that this system must be reformed, and they had attempted to reform it, because they wished co do justice to all classes, and to give at the same time sufficient protection to the landed interest and to the West India interest.-- (Cheers. ) He (Mr. 113-ng) had been deceived in the opera tion of what they called the sliding duty.—( Cheers.) He had fir the last ten years Lund that it had not the effect he had hoped and trusted, namely, that of keeping the s rice of corn nearly the same on every year.—( Cheers.) But he could assure them that, within the last five years, he had known wheat to be sold at 4s. 3d. a bushel, and at 10s. a bushel.— ( Cries of " The Tories would have it. still at l Os. a bushel.) What the Government wished was to throw open the trade of the country, and thus give employment to that portion of the population who were now unfortunately employed only three days of the week in the manufacturing districts. Addi tional employment would get the people money, and money would get the people bread, and this was a benefit that all could appreciate. Providence had destined that all mankind should have free intercourse with each other, and if the nation entered into a treaty with the oi lier nations of the earth, the mutual wants c f both parties could be supplied. England owed more than any country in existence, yet it was the country possessed of the most money. America had no national debt, yet they owed this country twenty millions of money, which they would gladly pay in tobacco or corn if Eng land entered into a treaty with them. With the exception of the city, the cause of free trade had a triumph in the metropo lis. Of the Corn-laws he should say that it was his belief, it corn were brought into this country, it would tend in some degree to raisethe price of corn on the Continent, and thus en hance the rate of wages, and enable this county y still to com pete in the foreign markets with all others. He believed that if the farmer could not afford to pay the present rent, the only resource for the landlord's adoption would be to lower it.— (Loud cheers.) The landlord had nothing else to do, and as every necessary of life would be consequently cheaper, he could afford to live upon a less nominal income. —(Bear, hear, and cheers)—and no landlord who was a Christian would or shoul-a charge a tenant more than he was able to pay—(fremenil.ous cheering.) Every landlord should look upon his tenant? with feelings something akin to what he regards his family with, and perhaps with feelings even more s kindly, as being more numerous they were the more important. Some few years hence the House of Commons appointe d a Commit tee to inquire into the state of the agricultural 'distress, and he was glad to be able to say that two tenants of his were those whose clear and lucid views of the' matter under consideration, were moat appreciated. After the evidence of the Committee was printed, a French gentleman, whom he had known during the revolution, being invited to dine with him, said that after reading it he should feel happy in accepting the invitation, as he was certain of Betting a good dinner, and that if every farmer and every landlord held the same relations, the population of England - would be better and more cheaply supplied with food.. Let every landlord lay out more money and do all in his power to improve his land, and he 'will be able to say to his te , - nants, " if I do justice to you, I have alright to see that you do justice to your labourers"— (Cheers)—and it was most gratifeing to him that such was the use which was made of the property which it was his lot to possess.—(Cheers.) He could assure the electors that as long as he lived he should abide by the principles which he had throughout his .past: life professed and adhered to, and he would always support those Ministers who had contributed so much to the liber ties and happiness of the millions in this country. ( The Hon. Member concluded amidst the most prodigious and continued cheers. ) Colonel Woon next addressed the electors, but he was re ceived with a tremendous din of hisses, groans, hooting, and laughter, which being continued throughout the whole of his speech, rendered him for the most part inaudible. In front of him was held up this inscription—" Wood's maiden speech— Oh ! spare my uncle's pension," close beside which were dis played two pike. staffs surmounted each with a loaf, one very small, coveted with crape, and inscribed with--" Wood's the other of gigantic dimensions, decorated with the Whig colours, and inscribed—" Byng's loaf." We understood the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman to thank the electors for again returning him as their Representative, and he assured them he should always pursue the same course as hitherto.—(A cry of ." You are the right sort of Conservative to take care of your self," and another of " Ah, and he takes care of the rabbitv too.") Mr. Whitbread had said, that after a long life his. colleague, Mr. Byng, was allied with the friends in connection -with whom lie commenced his political life; but he (Colonel. 'Wood) could tell both the Hon. Gentlemen that the party was now broken up, and that was the lamentable consequence of a dissolution.—( Renewed uproar.) That dissolution, he confi dently a ffi rmed, bad broken up f or ever t h a t power f u l party of which Mr. Whitbread's father was so distinguished a member. —( Hisses.) Ile had heard Mr. Byng on a former occasion tell a story of the coalition which, having been formed after Mr. Pitt's death, vaunted that they would send the Opposition home in two hackney coaches, but he (Colonel Wood) hoped that when he next appeared upon these hustings, he should be able to say he sent home the Opposition in two hackney cabs. —(Laughter and great interruption, which rendered . the . Hon.. and Gallant Gentleman totally inaudible for severell e ic e s c e r u o te w e gr i i ei n nagll e ebd - h ao i e i uk :h tia li t, e , seemed much excited, and some oefe-h his duty as Representative of 'that county, great tt atur ty , i for the t say there were many measures brought m Don'tt h sh c o r r y t ;fohu have ve years yyou i o n s t w a hl ra h b e l 74 h d ' l e l e i s o c u h L i a c if °l l; d ' e . B e ut a ret of the measures that divided the country.—(Cheers) But any, had originated with benefiteould only y the b i c s o m u e n try. that ulleehdapidpynoltp blame ratim u l th o e f Ministers parties n;h which were beneficial to t h e country, . fe w, . the recommendations made R. pee I (Cheers groans, . and Commis sioners, g cheers, and originated with the Right Hon. Baronet ' also originated the Ministry. The limitaadtieon b o y f pl t zali E ti e e e s le in sias th t e iea C i hurch,andgreat laughter.) controverted elections.—(Laughter , Act, and that was the Act for u w g i h th ter Par e l h i ; " That was Charley Buller's.") On the s isters propose d what they designated the the most important measures . connect ( e La d 25th Feb. t e e in fact, new Reform Act. Iris hisses, electioneistdetermining amnsidiengaceevot:. voice G --(Cries of "Don'` tell us an in d au th di e bl ß e il l They carried y j know, " Tell us something new, tell us about what we • h Reform i ß t il b l,.b a ut m ev a h o ich rity w o a f s, s 7 a and great interruption, which uncle's Tension," your t l e e m r than an almo st def a def eat, They thought that majorit y postponed for two months. On the 29th April an amend mentwas rendered the Honeurah l ie no G b en et t was proposed, not by Sir Robert Peel, `but by Lord Howick, the son of Earl Grey, the oldest and staunchest Whig iii Parliament. (Great interrup tion, and cries of He'll pay for it.") His amendment was carried by a r aajority of 12, and the next day the Whigs, for the first time , brought forward their Budget. Now they the Budget was arranged beforehand, but if so, b een mentioned, as so great a change ought to be piit wouldte mentionedndedha hd t i ‘:r a t a the Queen's speech.—( Interruption.) They now pretended a iecheat at the hustings that their object was to give the pee , bread, and to promote commerce, but in fact they introdu e C c l their measures merely for the purpose of raising re venue — n ot because the revenues of the country had fallen off, el) but' oecause that peace-loving Ministry had increased the Tor y iditure. —( Groans, and a cry of " What do you saYuf t ilt e d with v .ar ?") He would say that was a war that wdaoswaetterenvohetion. some glory, and if it did nothing else, i t p (Laughter, hooting, r scar—a war in which there was no glory. — f duties was not for send indescribable tumult.) The change —(Renewed uproar.) The Whigs lik ed p ut t heap war—a little su Welt, 1,700,0001. was to (Renewed and continued tumult.) tele sake of cheap bread, hut to PO elcheap?—it was only worthy & u deficient revenue.— t came 600,0001. was take it back to whence of the City ; sugar —upon slave-grown sugar. to be raised upon foreign sue _ sugar, and they wanted to be raised, but would that make bre The duty was now 635. upon h the pri ce of sugar was 60s. the lower it to 365. Last year when Feat experiment—to see if we can notna gr ea t they, " we are engaged of e t a ree labour." And now, when grow sugar by means of " How much?)—Why a penny same Government resild all c•hange. And why ? because, said sugar had pound—(Laughterfallen—(Cries of it had fallen to 40s. And now in from the West Indies—for that great country the East. sugar • alone could grow su ffi cient to supply, not only Indies, which they said they wo uld abandon those expectations of free-grown this all our best interests in order to open our markets to Brazil. country, but one half of the world. They would hazard and above all to Cuba, where the horrible slave trade existed in full force.—( Hear, hear, hear.) We remonstrated with the Americans upon that traffic, and most wisely they said, "Destroy the market for their produce, and you destroy the trade. Now, as to timber, what was the proposition? The duty upon cheap timber was now 105. a load, and upon Baltic tiiLt I citb ed at iced , 70, #,~ ~,, ,~ e the e for and 1 . fi pro [3 P /1 13 P ls 14 p 0 101 511 1001 , .0 tS . je4.7 r, ;al5 to 0111/15 ire RI ? : t,l l ;et' 0 1 ' 1- ; e a' i b ' 1 1 ;a~~ 4 ,~