The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-14 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION COURT CIRCULAR. 1! foll ow i ng i s a correct list of the company preset at 'er Majesty' s G rand Banquet in St. George's Hal IV ,l'dsor Castle, on Thurdav, the 10th instant:— I , 'le Queen, his Royal' Highness Pri.le Albert, hi lii.yid highness Prince George of Cambridge, the Lad) S i ' v v ':aiting, Lady Barham ; the Maids oi Honour i 1 acting, Hen. Henrietta Anson and Hon. Matild . 0. ,_. -2 aget ; the Baroness Lelizen, the Duke and Duchess of :,, f °rd, the D u k e and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke ' ri k' Duchess' of - Buccleuch, the Duke an d D uc h ess o f iiatuth e rl and, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of West ster, th e Marquis of Normanby, la Marquise la rcourt, th e E arl and Countess of Erroll and Lady ~"4 1143 ', the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge and the of'44les Eleanora and Constance Paget, the Earl A lbemarle, t h e - Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl It 4 Cardigan, the Countess of Charlemont, the 431intess of Lichfield and Lady Anna Anson, the . Pi k Y Harriet Scott, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of .1 401 Yr• J'le, Led and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Viscount !adLid Viscountess Canning, Viscount Maidstone, Viscount 'Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord Kinnaird and the Hon. dMiss liiimaird, Lady and the Hon. Miss Montagu, Lord e ac(l o .:ld, Lord ,. &grave, Lord 'William Lennox, Lord t,. George r aget, Sir Henry Wheatley, Right Hon. eorge and Lady Ag,nes Byng, Mr. and Mrs.Sphia Des tra (*nx Colonel the lion. George and Anson, Ir. George E. and the Honourable Mrs. Anson, . George and the Honourable Mrs. Hope. li o t) „ 1 -, A , l rs• Hamilton, lion. Henry and Mrs. Ashley, ‘‘• - a'n--rs. tanley, lion. Sarah Mary Cavendish, Hon. ti — " un C°%Ter, Hon. John Poilsonby, Hon. Charles d :re, Hon. Henry Lyttelton• Powys, lion. James Mac- V,,"'aci, Honourable Henry Westenra, Right Ho v%iral* Sir William Fremantle, Sir Frederick Stovin, i.l3aring, Mr. Irby, Mr. Massey Stanley, Mr. Gre .e, Alr. Campbell (of Saddel), Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Gkderick Cavendish, Mr. "William Cavendish, Major al Kill, L ieutenant -Colonel Hall (Life Guards), C aptain Hail (Life Guards), Major Rotton (11th Hussars), fiaPtain. Jones (11th Hussars), Captain Forrest (11th I,l 4sar s), Captain Douglas (11th Hussars), Major Tre i( jail (RiCe), Major Cockburn (Rifles), Captain Glepie i,,,dies). Colonel Fox. 'The Lord in Waiting, Lord I ol liTil'e ; the C t roona in Waiting, General the Hon. Sir l'. 1 ; i1 , 141 l 'unlh-Y ; the Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred ) r i l ' e " ; the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness, ~ ajnr-General Sir Edward Bowater, Dr. Preetorius ; tll Maste r Alaster of the Household, Hon. Charles Augustus arra y yZial'l.. RACIIEL.—On Thursday evening this gifted „, d °,l4; ladY had the honour of reciting before the Queen ~ e. tier distinguished guests at Windsor Castle. The 0 tir''t !tations were selected from the Bajazet, Marie Stuart, /intirornaque. It is only necessary to say that Mdlle. 444(kiliel gave them with her accustomed grace, feeling, t 4„, Ar i rgY. After the performance the Queen expressed aa, a 4 t e; Rachel the gratification she had received, and h,_ . ional mark of Royal approbation was given to 01.' ,... r u i . n tl e h r e ia lh d a . pe of a valuable bracelet, by the Duchess Sato v tscoi a int Melbourne had an audience of the Queen on Its jr . . o et,r . Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. i)rczt.Z_e Edward Anson, Sir Edward Bowater, .and Dr. on E at i x, „" d r .. ns, visited Dr. Key's schools, at Battersea, , . il ex "?f, . • ML . .p` ((Jest)* and. Prince Albert, attended by the Hon ; 117, 4•L ag i et, 1t,,,, Miss Anson, Lord Poltimore, Hon. Si Ilok ar _," l ,eY, Lord Alfred Paget, and Sir Edw. Bowater, d ` - ‘ 1 t ne Italian Opera with their presence on Sit ray evenin g , M r . E t g• 4r yr r enr Y Graves had the honour of submitting to 4 tar al°Sty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert on tipl e ,,PY, the large etching, by Mr. Ryall, from Hayter's r t , e ld pieture of her Majesty's coronation. att va n d DliehOss and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge Chapel, Divine Service yesterday morning in Grosveno r t he It L adY Augusta Somerset was in Waiting on As aal uchess. the p ellnet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at . all ft, t)e lgn Office Downie A. It was attended by 4i7.er3elinti.sters. ' The Conned sat an hour and a half. Wlt, sn. I anon from the City of London, consisiing of ai 7 s s e ._ , Tyavers, Dillon, Fearon, Heppel, Wire, il and kt ur e 1 I'M an interview with Lord John Russe on t ori iiy at the Colonial -office. ''‘With theßolhaven and Mr. Baines, M.P., had interviews turd '- ' l arquis of Normanby at the Home-office on ~ ay. witlitt)r- General Sir Jelin Harvey had an interview , t l , rd ..otd j c a in ay. Russell at the Colonial-office on Sa- S l'ile ka gt4,.,i_ rquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party on 1 7 4 3 r at Lansdowne House: PLAiv' ~,, +.._ i lk - —1) -t; KS AND DUTCH MAIL. IvE'EkeBBB, ND 10 . —The average price of wheat last b Was 1 . 1, , ?eye ")ttll k,, P t t 111 1 \1. J11;51E 11 .—The Infantas of Spain have ar ;Pe i s 1 „' ° Ines, where they intend to pass some time ; *lie oart-.',:sthe other 10 year; of age. They travel under I. he pri x . Count de iVlauzon . and Count de Montello. l h ot., t (saysonly an atti_elir.ecurs not 4l. i nformation which we receive from Hol cur of Antwerp) . assures us that I ; , iiii ve i ii. alliance between "William 11. and Louis c ri nee d 3 ni co ntemplation but the marriage of the ctid ed -- Joinville to Prin'e Il li t i, n . i t Prince Sophia is as good as h r e, '4.QII E, Jl, - B.—The King and Queen and tAI-el:ilsse„,;()Phia will i:B.—The on Thursday to Soetsdyk, where -'''.'„ in 6 - „and her daughter will remain during the King's L a g kvrit,,„-,•°4ingen Friesland, Overyfsel, and Drenthe. I;rla;t"Z' J .ILN'F; 9.—The King set out this morning at I-. s Nia l b ' ° clock for Rotterdam, whence he will . go 1:',,_4- entr y . to Nitneguen, where he will make his s?- ,;''''eted'i "11 Friday, at ten o'clock. His Majesty is iat'Oi6,,n Saturday at Venloo, on Sunday at Roer c`!ll4 wil l uni Monday at blaaestricht, where it is said 2, t -1,;" stop three days 11:01sQ,ZER8HURCH, MAY 30.—The Emperor arrived II eru,y, 4 "li the 25th. The people immediately flocked stail i to th e ii . l c , t ,_ ,ian:ier , , i emlin, to welcome his Majesty in the 1 the e at , • \i , hen the Emperor left the Palace_ to go p4,1141,,,,1edrai, the People expressed their joy by h kit-rtlktirat—balntions. His .Majesty was received at the tta 0 ; ,vithY.itue Archbishop of Moscow and the superior t ' y et , 1, ti vo • 4 ''d tl cross and the holy water. After a short tit !tons ,s lanksgiviwr his Alajesty preformed his t t il „uar . ...,; f r Ze the images of the saints and the relics rii(' ( "s'rt, 15 41 4 uN L 2 . —The state of Candia seems to be 4 the tradetibire see us and has an unfavourable effect e pl , (if Greece , hitt ~!.s s he ~,,__..and the islands. All the letters ti on u-L . th e so:vutest interest in the fate of the . C . andio e t e s_, th; will I,, a( r_in time apprehension that their insurr . th t ; °t her T o -,!! consequences injurious to the Greeks in it,,,.4 he rkusli provinces, as the Mussulmans manifest Iv - Chitin ~ ,to the m on every occasion. The sudden . f4, l , s eil to ok °I the on Patriarch at Constantinople, dared k ba P P si c om e °n the 19th, in the evening, is con k) B.r it, Nt • fi :h o „ , - Altett 30.____ , Letters just received from qz ,jAhi ll „, s Y that that town, the largest and most A e '. 4 ilge nie . gary, )'6111." ''' )11 TIPPer ri " has been nearly destroyed phi I, Nita • 'ne Zeltun o June 7 i' " therefOreiree_Yienna of tl'e 2d do n . o!, mention this news, ,u.reETS.F confirmation. :!!t Aet4,l l t i " 133 •••••AIISTECDAM, ilti: ic E y ll 6 i ... ii to . dit, .1, to - Ac Per Cent (51 %• 52 Ditto Syrkii4jer cent. .".."*".. ******* V9ki 1( ) •"iri; (litto.•Ti) per cent 9O % v I to ereial c' %, Per cent 7l 74% :144, ill% 'll4anY, 40X, per cent lii 184 men 837 :n0 1 t 1 37) 5 per cent llang, Per cont • • 914 97% o r _ , ........................ ....non, One month l2 7% butch p aper Tr o months 114,,;1,1aftei,:14 tBUNITBe22I2;UESELd , JUNE 1 1 51 C "Il elliki;":1 2 34 per Cent. ...._ 4l nfl'hc r , o t In c 5 per Ccnt 1 : 19 041 --..............._ Y Minns, 4 per Cent.... -------Tc-----__ 3 per Cent. ...... ~......._ irty.seven--.--___— .. lLoah ,-----(1-.40) lOO% ineferyety. 1 832. 4 per Cent Bl% N atio ns of R Celnrricre, 4 % per Cent 7OO "atj eißitnn 5 per Cent ...:11nrguss:,s1.11,4 ... 14 .. 71: ... c..7t . .. . -**** ........ tx,,,nialBfaciet ' 11 95 'lit. 41 . 1 8 - ri t 1 . 1 , 1 apers, June 11. v t „ Per c, t. ,sq k UNI DS.—VIENNA, JUNE 4 ~,.;r anent`l, k' n t i * , n„ eni. ..... . .............. .... ...... ..... ..1'‘,11,,,c;.5,.. ... ....... ................................. : IGIO ' p itu.. fl i e 2, , 4: . :ii;;;wii. ................... St se, 48 ANl' UN D S...BERLIN, ' JUNE , 8 i e, , 1 41 d. s ch Bills. kke: l4, l Engi i ih 4l v Per cent. lO4 iabg e ,), Loan, 1 830, 4 per cent 101% -...p„ . , London, th - tli 6 18% mon State Gax ett r e e . e J m ut ° le n 9 s*** Money 103,.1; LLOVI‘ -------- --- DAY. ) ~, ' 4-1' SHIPPING—( TH IS ;noonb,reNeVz.eIWAr.: tae.-°°N, JuN ind this day 1 4 4 , tiv ei ; fr, hilt 12, 13.--Wind N.N.E . , fresh bre e ze.— from New T 4414‘,.t0.tit the River and sailed the William, w Ic 'llt, ggsg' IV'lliam, Grand Canaries ; - Rio Janeiro; N ~aleutta_; Fgbert Afount•errat ; Violet, Ann, Oporto ; N or- t th ati e Ii! aud Wat -rhen, 'Quebee-; Gambia, lexander 44 / 4 ,7 i .este ; Peerlect and Emerald, Westwar d 11 -4143". Arrived the James Ord, r Sierra Leone ; .},:lktlltY, JUNE 11 Arrived off, the Iron Duke, Calcut t t h a e , wilt,-"1"Ti, J 'N .---11, 1.) -.-Nirir , ,d variable.—ArrivedGib fa talt, -4, from PoLrt-a p ir:: e • Braganza (steamer), . (jib 9th. I)ri' B .4,ib, r ,; left 3(1, Cadiz al4ith r L' - 1, ' n 7th, Oporto Bth, Viglter ,ine Traveller ' for ' A ls tw ° . rp Arriveti off the ___, ru '. '''''''''Y__Nlonte' Video?_nand sailed for London ; Ther ese, pizi, Bt. Thomas's, for Hamburgh. E N.E. to ~ql‘trsxtourii, Jcxx 12.--Wind N.N.E.— ,ciei.:-141krrived her Majesty's ship Electra. th 91," 0 1 1 ~.it Marth Rio Jantiro Pith April, wl Madras ; ~ . -3 en hoard ; 'anden Gle ndower, from London . to for _ue. 114 3 ' ya . lparaiso, lie 4u . ',...,tl,'eus, Bradheriti, Bahia. Sailed the Margier, ‘4 s , k,lty of Ed inll4ra h 11 ini onski Vibt/Itcttstvol., Jurix 12 '.----'S'ailed the ' Adelaide, Dobel, for St. N. (-4.ti)e tri,i4 -, JUNE 10.---Arrived• the William, Brown, from ~ ad, cotch Lass, Kearney, Newfoundland. Holmes, (.o.'ilitzTler, OPP COKE JUNE 9 —Arrived the Zoe, , Akrtie,,,tiaa,' Fav°rite, Hantburgh and both sailed for Liverpool , 1) London, for Port l'hilip. fi t IL IN, Jl3 NE 10.— The Royal George, Cruelly, from RI Gibraltar the ..Poot., Ltvt,, • board Ju NR 13. Wind N.E. to S. light. —Arrived her rnlzoleliester steamer, from flamburgh, to take_on l eel l b (I Lery ; this will, no doubt, be the vessel that was zi rtiii Y the Osprey steamer on Tuesday, her appearance being _ ot al : to that of the vessel described by the master Isil ) rtne ~Ospiey. Andeus, Orange, Buenos Ayr e e w , ititinedi L'arnmY, Bahia ; Patriot, Sawbridge,G a N 7a : p ert , 1,11.. d. Sailed the Helen, Hamilton, L a u / hia"'T, New 'York ; Platina, Boston ; Columbia, .Philidel- Itu, %Jelin Bolton, Quebec • Romulus, Charleston , William hth,s(7,,, t in Bolt Angela, Para; Condor, and Marathon, ~. n. 1J 1.,.. , Jo;, riots' ILE A n, J U NE 1 2. The Ganges, NOp p ' New Brunswick. Myth, from St. et)t,s°4RY HEAD, JUNE 9.—The Rio packet, Burns, jt.sl:l;vatoltuTits, J cNE 13.---Wind variable Sailed her Ma tto Y 'l,khiP Acorn, for Mozambi ue. Arrived off the Verona, kit ilaratinah for Retterdam 1 ii4; P ,A, sT, Ju NE 11.--A dismasted schooner was Pasaserdrivoeffd /c4ttt.,_ amert this morning by the Athlone steamer, %,troro iverpool, blowing strong fro m DI. Y E trot., 11.1,14 Juxa 10.—Arrived the Williamb boy Ra. and aground on a sand bank, above , \ 820, a schooner P v it . t i . he A n lo d r . ton, 1 81 ci.tk. Jusx 13.—Arrived off, the brig No. itto 1,215, ditto 494. LORD STANLEY AND MR. HANDLEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir—Since I requested your insertion of my correspon dence with Lord Stanley, I have discovered the original letter which passed between Lord George 13entinck and myself, in February, 1835, and which I have his Lordship's permission to publish. I avail myself of it, firstly, be cause I have the satisfaction of finding that it corro borates my recollection in every particular ; and se condly, because • Lord Stanley's reply to my letter of the 6th June, while it admits " that my memery is much more likely to be accurate than his as to whither the occasion of my attendance at his Lordship's house was previous or subse quent to the vote which I gave in favour of Mr. Manners Sutton," still implies that I sought that interview, and that he never invited the attendance of any one at his house. I leave Lord George Bentinck's letter to speak for itself as to these points, only remarking that the election of Mr. Aber • cromby took place on Thursday the 191 h, while the address was not moved till Tuesday the 24th February, the day after the date of Lord G. Bentinck's letter. . ..... 111 y reply, the draft of which I found with the above letter, will best show how far the reason of my attendance at Lord Stanley's was " not liking to give an absolute refusal to sup port Sir Robert Peel." Begging the favour of you to insert this communication, I am, Sir, your obedient, humble servant. 30, Pall-mall, June 12. HENRY H A NDLEY. LORD GEORGE BENTINCE TO MR. HANDLEY. (Private. ) My dear Sir,—Relieving you to be one of that chosen and patriotic band which takes its stand between the two extremes of party upon the ground of safe but searching Reform, giving no confidence to the present Administration, but at the same time honestly resolved to give a fair trial to the Ministers of the King's choice—Lord Stanley has asked me to see you, or to write to you, with the view to inquire whether you could make it convenient to meet the moderate Whig party to- morrow afternoon, at his house, No. 5, Carlton-gardens, im mediately after the delivery of the King's speech. We reckon that we number about two or three and forty, and Lord Stanley is anxious to have the assistance; advice, and opinions of all moderate and temperate Reformers as to the course they think it advisable to pursue generally at this eventful moment, and, firstly, in respect to the address in an swer to the King's speech. Stanley was hesitating whether to write to you himself or not ; but fearing lest you might think it presuming in him to do so, he requested me, as an old acquaintance, to call upon you, and ask you whether you had any objection to meet the juste milieu party at his house, to-morrow, at three o'clock. I did call first at your old quarters, No. 16, Suffolk-street and afterwards at the University Club ; but failing to meet with you, 1 write you this note. Always very truly yours, G. BEN TIN CK. H. Handley, Esq., M.P., University Club, Suffolk-street. Harcourt House, Feb. 23, 1835. MR. HANDLEY TO LORD GEORGE BENTINCE. Dear Lord George—l found yours on my return to town at a late hour last night. You only do me justice in the belief that I will not lend myself to any extreme party purposes, but I think it right to acquaint you that my feelings of distrust towards the present Administration are such, that, if called upon for a vote on an amendment to the address, expressive of my want of confidence in them, I have made np my mind to give it. With this determination I cannot but feel that my attendance at Lord Stanley's today would he useless, if not unfair; but I may be permitted to add, that in the present crisis, Lord Stanley is a perscn in whom 1 place the greatest reliance, and that any Administration formed un der his auspices, or in which he should hold an influential station, based as I am sure it would be, on real Reform prin ciples, would have my confidence and support as an indepen dent Member of Parliament, as far as would be consistent with my declared opinions to my recorded votes. Should I not have made myself sufficiently understood, or should you think my objections to attend the meeting insuffi cient, I shall probably have the opportunity of communicating with you at the House. I am, &c., very truly yours, Feb. 24, Itt3s. HENRY HANDLEY. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT QUEBEC. (From the Quebec Mercury.) It is oar painful task to report a most awful disaster which took place yesterday, between eleven o'clock and noon, and oc casioned the destruction of no less than eight houses in Cham plain-street, opposite to the Custom-house, with a frightful loss of human life, the extent of' which has not yet been fully ascer tained. A large portion of the cliff, from near the foot of the Citadel at Cape Diamond, to an extent of about 250 feet, gave way, and falling into Champlain-street, entirely overwhelmed the houses beneath and their numerous inmates, under the ponder -0113 masses of rock and rubbish that suddenly fell, so silently and without previous indication of danger, that none of the unfortunate sufferers had time to escape. The sentry on duty at the gate of the Queen's stores perceived the side of the pre cipice in motion, and ere he could utter a ery of alarm, which would indeed have been unavailing, the whole had descended into the street, prostrating the buildings beneath, carrying with it their frag ments, and covering the road completely to the walls of the Custom-house. So great is the quantity of rocks,: and so large the masses which have thus been displaced, that the pro gress of clearing them away can be but slowly effected. The stones composing the wall of the fortification, on the crest of the rock, to the extent we have above stated, appeared thinly scattered on the surface of the debris, in comparatively small fragments, and in one direction only did they reach the base of the rock. The military of the garrison were promptly on the spot, and the Mayor and some others of the city authorities re paired thither without loss of time, and operations were imme diately commenced to rescue from beneath the avalanche, if so it may be called, the victims of this awful catastrophe, and by four o'clock, five living beings, all seriously injured, one in a hopeless state, were rescued, and thirteen dead bodies were ex tricated from the ruins. The work proceeded till night put a stop to any effectual attempt at labour, and was renewed again at day-break this morning. Several similar accidents, though to a comparatively smaller extent, have occasionally occurred, hut, whilst they created alarm at the time, they have not had the effect of de terring persons from continuing to build in so perilous a situa tion, but one so convenient for the dealers in marine stores, and groceries, and the keepers of those lodging and boarding receptacles which receive sailors, raftsmen, and the poorer classes of emigrants during the season cf navigation. The cause of these disasters, the present included, appears to arise from the numerous springs filtering through the crevices of the rock ; these falling into clefts expanded by frost during the winter, increase the fissures, and loosen large masses of rock, which subsequent natural operations entirely detach, till whole bodies are removed from their positions, occasioning such devastation and ruin as was yesterday unhappily wit nessed. It was apparent to the most superficial observer, that the slight work which crowned the precipice could have had no share in precipitating the rock at its base from the position it had so long occupied. ' It will, however, require much la bour, and no inconsiderable expense, to rebuild the curtain, scarp the face of the rock, and to replace the part of the forti fications destroyed, in a safe and sufficient condition. . . T ladies religious of the Hotel Dieu, with their characte ristic benevolence, have received seven of the injured persons into that establishment, although there were no vacant beds in the regular wards at the time of the calamity. It is almost unnecessary to say that every care, skill, and attention is shown to the unfortunates on the part of the medical attend ants as well as the nuns, and that the whole of these cases pro mise to do well. Their names are Peter Considine, aged ibout 12 years, injury of head, face, and ancle ; Alichael Con sidine, aged three years, much bruised and burnt about the head and neck ; Madame Golin, injury of left thigh and ancle ; Mary Ryall, injury of head and foot, aged 30 years, cousin to the Considines ; Angelique Guilmet, injury of the hip; Ann Sullivan, aged 15 years, injury of the spine ; Mary Considine, aged 18 months, injury of the head and arms, and fractured thigh. Mrs. Considine chanced to be absent from home when the disaster occurred, and she is the only member of this family uninjured. This morning the bodies of Mr. Galin, and:Jones, a tailor, in Mr. Birch's house, occupied by Mrs. Conners and family, were removed from the ruins by a party under the directrort of Mr. Wells, whose zeal in the cause of humanity is so well-known to the inhabitants of this city, and by whom about one-half the bodies found yesterday were disinterred and removed. They are now following up their labours in search of the bodies of Lionnais and Charter, who were in Golin's house, and have arrived at traces of blood. One most extraordinary case of es cape is that of Vital Roy and family. His house was hurled into the street, and partly buried beneath the ruins, together with their beds, Ikc..; himself, his wife, a servant-maid, and an apprentice boy, escaped entirely unhurt, and his infant was ex tracted from the ruins of the fallen chimney a short time after the affair, almost unscathed. The coroner held an inquest on the bodies of the following perions previous to one o'clock this day, and four or five more bodies have been since disinterred : Robert M'Kibbon, Mary Connors, Margaret Connors, Do minique Grealy, Patrick Doherty, Mary Gallagher, Jane Crawford, John Consioine, John Fisher, Patrick Hayes, Mary Williams, Emmanuel Williams, Rose Ann Williams, Ellen Hall, wife of Robert Reed, Margaret Young, Henri Cote, Joseph Golin, Julie Golin, and Marie Golin. Denis Fitzpatrick, George Jones, Madeline Jones, his wife, Madeline Jones, an infant, Leon Leora'se, Lucie. St. Laurent, Francois Chartier. Half-past three o'clock p.m. They are now removing the bodies of Chartier and Lion nais, which makes six to-day. Two young women from Point Levy, who had gone to the scene of distress to visit some friends immediately before the accident, are still missing. It has beer. confidently stated to us on the report of several persons, some of which were received by our informant before the accident occurred, that the shock of an earthquake was distinctly felt in various quarters from Diamond Harbour to the Upper Town of Quebec, at between one and two o'clock during the preceding night. DOVEL—ELECTIONEERING MOVEMENTS.-- , . Contrary to our expectations, it seems the " peace of the town," which the Tories professed to be so desirous of maintaining, is to be "disturbed" by a " contest" at the ensuing election, the Tories having broken through their professions and brought forward a second man in the shape of Mr. John Ilaleombe, of Dover electioneering notoriety. Well,:be it so : we must, it appears, do our best in the approaching stirnggle to " defiond the right." —Dover Chronicle. THE CENSUS.—We are glad to learn that the . census, so far as regards the Manchester union, has been taken in a very satisfactory manner. We understand that, with few exceptions, the enumerators completed their work on Monday. We have heard of but one or two instances of any thing like wilful neglect ; and from all we can learn, we doubt not that the return of the population of this thickly-peopled district will prove to be more fully and carefully made than on any former oc casion. 'I be schedules, &c., are now in the hands of the several registrars of births, and deaths, for the purposes of examination and verification, and by the Ist July they must be placed in the hands of the superintendent re gistrar for the union, who will have ten days during which to examine them further, before they are officially re turned to the registrar-general for England and Wales.— Manchester Paper. HER MAJESTY'S TH EA TR E.—Semiramide etas enacted on Saturday night, with Grisi, Viardot, and Tam burini to support its leading parts. M. Giubilei, seemed out of his element in the high priest, which is better suited to Lablache. Grisi's Semiramide was in her best style; graceful in the gentler scenes with Arsaces— . .grand at the tomb of Ninus. Her beautiful aria " Bel raggto" was rapturously en cored. Madame Viardot was rather unequal to Arsaces ; her energy throughout seemed relaxed. The Assur of Tamburini was spirited and vigorous. The ballet. brought out by Madame Cerito a second time in the Syiphide was graceful and expressive. Madame Guy Stephan, who merely appears in this ballet to execute one pas, fulfilled that task very neat and prepossessingly. Her Majesty and Prince Albert witneszed the opera, and retired. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Augusta and Prince George were also preterit. ILFRACOMBE, JUNE 12.--This morning, about seven o'clo c k, his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland l e f t t hi s port fur Ireland. 'a ~__ ---.~ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1841. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.--We insert to-day Lord John Russell's straight-forward and manly address to the electors of the CU% of Londcn. It evinces a frank confidence in the seundress of the Ministerial policy, asd in the intelligence and principle o' the electoral body by which that policy will now be tried. The City of London will pass judgment on " that kind of taxation which, while it yelds nothing to the Exchequer, presses hcavil) upon the people," and decide whether its pressure, already crippling the energies of commercial enterprise and straitening the poor in their means of subsistence, shallhe continued. There can be no doubt that the result of the metropolitan contest wi:l exercise a decisive influence on this great practical question. No question of equal magnitide and simplicity has ever before been presented to this great constituency. It is unembar rassed by rersonal considerations or minor tor les. Lord John Russell appears before the electors as the representative of a system of policy ; that policy which has for its "main object to increase the comfort, to promote the trade, and to unchain the industry of the great and p erva di ng i nterests o f t h e com munity., ' On that policy, the City will be polled, ay or no Every man who does not vote for Lord John Russell answers it in the negative. No mystifications or evasions can give an) other meaning to his vote. Be is either for Lord John Rus sell; or he is for " monopolies injurious to the welfare of the United Kingdom," and for new-taxes in addition to those mo nopolies. On this point, an d on thi s a l one , i ssue w ill b e j o i ne d. We' rejoice in the coming trial. POST.—Lord John Russell has acceded to the requisition of the sycophants of aristocracy who invited him to come for ward as a candidate for the representation of the City of Lon don. This can excite no surprise, for, in truth, Lord John ; had not the servile portion of the citizens of London offered him the base homage of their votes, would have been at a loss where to look for a seat in the next House of Commons, ant must at once have had recourse to one of the family boroughs of the House of Bedford. Lord John is spared this humiliation for a moment, and for a moment only, by the requisition of the toad-eating democrats of the City of London, who have thus shown themselves to bear the same resemblance to genuine and manly democrats that apes bear to men. What sympathy or respect towards Lord John Rus sell can be felt by the honest and straightfor ward citizens of London of any party? Do they not recollect him as the Minister who treated their corpo ration with studied contempt in the business transaction relating to the building of the Royal Exchange ? Do they not know him for the tyrant, upon whose motion their Sheriffs, no longer than a year ago, were unjustly sent to gaol? Will the citizens of London accept for one of their Members a man who has thus acted, and whose only further recommendation is that of having been spurned by every one of the numerous constituencies he has successively represented ? Lord John Russell deserves no commisseration from us; but we sincorel) pity him nevertheless. He has been fraudulently 1w ed to a step which must end in his bitter mortification, by a Cody of persons of small weight or authority in the City, the object of some of them being merely the mean one of flattering a Lord, and that of others to create an excitement, by the novelty of a real Lord as a candidate at Guildhall, under favour of which the insignificance into which they know their party to have fallen, may for some time longer be concealed. HERALD.—Let the Livery of London only return Lord John Russell to Parliament as their representative and the) will soon find out the true extent and nature of their obligations to him. He is backed, ridden, surrounded by a clique, who are the sworn and avowed champions of " free trade." These men, in pursuit of the abstract principle of such a system of things, would sacrifice to-morrow the " mere " individual " local " interests of the port of London, or of the corporation of London—of its trade in coals, of its trade in sugars, in shipping —or in any commodity or merchandise, in short, that can be named, with no more compunction than Lord John Russell bowled down the boroughs in schedule A, or Mr. Poulett Thompson knocked such protective statutes as the " trade and navigation " laws upon the head. Shall we be asked to when or to what would Lord John Russell be prepared to surrender such extensive communities, with all the capital, investments, and engagements connected with them ? Why—to the "pre vailing interests," to be sure, of that very free trade! TIMES.—Of the general result of the pending election no well-informed person, be he Ministerialist or Conservative, seems to entertain the smallest doubt. Men naturally differ, as their wishes or fears predominate, as to the extent of the loss which the Whigs and Radicals may expect to sustain, but none whose judgment is of any value seem to feel the least he sitation as to the certainty of a Conservative gain. In a northern journal, in the interest of the Government, which a day or two since fell into our hands, a London correspondent, professing to be intimately acquainted with the views of the Ministry, says, that " out of 144 English county Members, Ministers do not feel themselves safe of more than twelve." In the present House they have forty. So that here alone would be a working majority for Sir R. Peel, where no other change to take place. But in the boroughs also a considerable accession of strength to the Conservatives may be looked for. In the metropolis the Whigs and Radicals have, at present, all the seats but two. In the ensuing elections, the Conservatives will start at least eight or ten candidates, and are not likely to realise fewer than six seats. And so of the larger towns. They are now contesting Manchester. Leeds, Bradford, Sal ford, -and Rochdale, and probably will start candidates in Sheffield and Birmingham also. In none of these have they at present a single Member. Even to gain three or four seats out of the whole will be a great advance, especially as the smaller towns are rapidly becoming Conservative. In such places as Wycombe, Buckingham, Newark, Bury St. Ed mund's, Reading, &c., it is tolerably certain that there will be a very decided change. The prospect, then, is encouraging. The chief hope of the Whigs seems to be placed, not in their ability to keep Sir Robert Peel out of power, but in the diffi culties which they predict will surround him on his entering upon office. ADVERTISER.—MonopoIy or no monopoly? This is the question. Classes enriched and aggrandised at the public ex pense will, no doubt, array themselves against measures de signed to aamit all parties to free and unaided competition. But the electors of London must bear in mind that all duties operating for the protection of classes, and not for the public revenue, are sheer loss to the State—an exaction of money without an equivalent. Such are the Corn and Sugar Duties. The landlords magnify their rent-roll by one, the favoured sugar-growers their profits by the other; but we defy the most ingenious casuist to point out a single advantage which the com munity derives from the system. It is, in fact, nothing less than the desecration of legal authority to the perpetration of fraud. It is not a party struggle in which the nation is about to en gage, it is a struggle for its very existence. Our commerce, our capital, our skill are daily migrating to ether lands ; and instead of being engaged in the promotion of our trade, actually depress it, by the increased facilities of competition to whicn a foreign soil affords them access. Nor is the wound thus in flicted the loss fatal in consequence of the feather of the shaft which inflicts it having been drawn from our own bosom. This indeed serves rather to give a keener pang to our suffering. There is no need of politico-economical disqui-ition to exhibit the bearings of the present question, which, expressed in its undisguised and appalling enormity, is simply " Shall we or shall we not have laws to secure the perpetuity of scarcity and starvation ?" A RARE SPECIMEN of MORALITY. Some days since the Earl of Moantcashel, while presiding at the annual meeting of the London Society for the Protection of Young Females, related the following extraordinary cir cumstances, which his Lordship stated had reached him through a source which could leave no doubt whatever of its authenticity :—A young, handsome, and accomplished young lady, of most respectable family connections, residing in the country, had received a pressing invitation from a lady at the west- end of the metropolis, to come to town and spend a few weeks with her. The young lady accepted ;he invitation and came to town, where she was received with great kindness, and treated with great attention. In a short time after her arrival, the lady who had given her the invita tion, took her to a fashionable shop at the west end, and after looking at various articles, and making some pur chases, her friend requested the young lady to remain in the shop for a few minutes while she merely went to the other side of the street, saying she would return almost imme diately. The young lady of course consented, and her friend lett the shop, to return, as she supposed, in a few minutes, but in this supposition she was disappointed. After some considerable time had elapsed, a female, of apparently ac complished manners, addressed her ; and after stating that she had observed her anxiety at the absence of her friend, and the awkwardness of her, as a stranger, being left so, offered her a seat in her carriage, to take her to the house of her friend. The young lady expressed her gratitude for what she considered to be extreme kindness, and accepted the offer. She was then ushered into an elegant car riage, with a coachman mid footman in costly liveries, and driven away, as she believed, towyrds the residence of her friend. Going along, however, she observed she did not think that the coachman was going in the proper direction, but the lady, her conductress, assured her they were ; but at length the carriage drew up, and her companion assured her that the coachman must have mistaken her directions, and had driven to her own house instead of that of the young lady's friend. She then requested her to walk in for a few mo ments, while she cave some directions tp her servants, and was shown an apartment, and as soon as she entered the door was locked, and there she was kept for some consider able time. At length, however, the door opened, and a gen tleman who, he , Lord Mountcashel) was ashamed and sorry to say, was a clergyman belonging to the Church of England, was admitted to her. The object for which he was intro duced there could be no doubt about, but acme idea might be formed of his shame and mortification on beholding, not a stranger, but a young and virtuous lady, with whose person and friends he was very intimately acquainted, and lie being actually the clergyman who had prepared the lady for con firmation. The lady, it was needless to add, escaped the dreadful outrage intended to be committed on her i and though she bad mentioned the facts as he had related them to a lady, a friend of his (Lord Mnuntcashel's), who repeated them to him, she had never disclosed the mune of the clergyman. In con clusion, his Lordship said, he had mentioned this circumstance in order to show the extraordinary lengths that were gone to to entrap persons, even in the higher ranks of life, into infamy, and the necessity on the part of the members of the Society to use the utmost efforts to check them. MR. WILKINS AND THE BUCKINGHAM CHEQUE.—We have looked, but looked in vain, for some denial or explanation on the part of 1\ r. Wilkins or his friends, in reference to the remittance which he is al leged to have received frotn.the Duke of Buckingham. Afterwards, however, other facts have came to our know ledge : we found that Mr. Wilkins had been boebtiog that " all his men" would be present at the meeting ; and not knowing of any men ordinarily employed by the learned gentleman, we presumed that the phrase had reference to parties employed by him to attend that meeting for some special purpose ; and knowing that a body of men, armed with bludgeons and iron bars, had made an irrup tion upon the meeting, we could not help putting the facts together, and asking what was the particular mis sion of the " men" whom the learned gentleman was sending to the meeting, and whether they were to be paid out of the Duke of Buckingham's remittance. These questions remain, as yet, unanswered ; but we think, and, if we are not mistaken, the public generally will think, that they are far from being improper or im pertinent questions, and that some notice ought to be taken of them by the party most interested.—Manchester Guardian. • Godwin was of op i n i on that politics and fiction might be combined with advantage, and made a source of re creation. Never was this more happily effected than in the forthcoming Novel of " The Tory Baronet ; or, Tories, Whigs, and Radicals." In this most amusing and heart- stirring book, the various factions which divide this country may see them selves exhibited with truth, spirit, and wit. The opinions of popular leaders, and the tendencies of their systems' are de picted in striking colours, At th e same time th e character of a Novel is faithfully preserved. There are enough he „,, and Irishea rs t , x fi c w he holdin g the sinecure o ffice of "late auditor , heroines in these volumes to supp l y materials f o r t en times the number of pages. The whole b ook is full Of w it , fun,, elec tion scenery, and Parliamentary contests—but yet , above all, of that staple article of all true nove ls—the lore of real life. The Earl of Roden has been i n receipt of 2,7001. per annum, for the the He has thus pocketed 111,700/. of public money, for doi ng —nothing—but mischief ! Lord Joaelyn hol ds by t he politics of his father. He profe3ses to act upon the same principl es ? last t forty-on eothe years, Will the electors of Leeds return him ; ELECTION MOVEMENTS. FROM Art ELECTOR.) BANBURY; JUNE 13.--This little town has during the past week been the scene of unusual excitement in consequence of the approaching elections. Mr. Tenet ed, our present Mem ber, has been canvassing on the Whig interest. It was generally - anticipated that there would be no contest, as the Tories are few in number; however, Mr. Tancred has rot been as successful as usual, as Mr. Henry Vincent, the well known Radical, has been invited by a large section of the elec toral body to pffer himself as .a candidate. Mr. Vincent accepted the invitation, and on triday entered Banbury with a public procession,. the numbers of which surprihed all parties. The procession perambulated the principal streets cf the town amid the ringing of the Church bells - and the cheering of the populace. ' On reaching the Marketplace Mr. Vincent ad dressed the Assemblage, explaining the principles on which he iolieited their votes, and was well received. Mr. Tancred, our ?resent Member, is to lecture on Monday night in the Thea tre; Mr. Vincent will also lecture on Tuesday night.:. .The whole town is in a ferment. We have no Tory candidate,— many opinions are entertained as to the result of the election. ( FROM .A CORRESPONDENT.) CITY OF HEREFORD,AD active canvass was commenced xi Saturday last by E. B. CliVe, Esq., and 11. W. Hobhouae, Esq., the decided enemies of monopoly. Victory is certain. The electors of Hereford will respond to the call of a Liberal and patriotic Government, by the return of two anti-mono polists, to aid the triumph of the people's cause in the next Sess'on of Parliament. An attempt will be made to return the present monopolist, Mr. Burr, but his chance is hopeless. HER EFORDSHIRE. ll.'Price, Bart., and K. Hoskini, E.q., are the candidates for this county on the Liberal interest, ,nd Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., and D 7. Baskerville, Esq., on he Tory side. T. Foby, Esq., the present Tory Member, has expressed his intention of retiring. Price and Hoskins are safe, the farmers and agriculturists of the county being too enlightened and honest to be deluded by hypocritical piofea , dons from 'the Tories. FreehOldera and electors of Hereforrl 7 ,hire, England's prosperity is at stake. Duty to your young. and lovely Queen, your country, and your families, call' aloud for your support—hesitate not to give it. " England expects that every man will do his duty." • ( FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) ILFRACOMBE, JUNE I2.—The Hon. J. Fortescue his this day been canvassing the Borough of Barnstaple with great success. He was rece i ve d b y the electors w i t h muc h en thusiasm, having promptly responded to a must numerously , signed requisition. No doubt is entertained but he will be re turned, together with the present Liberal Member, Sir Bruce Chichester, Bart. Mr. Hodgson, one of the present Members, De Horsey, the di scar d e d o f N ewcast l e-un d er- L yne , are can didates in the Tory an d M onopo li st i nterest . it i s rumoure d that Mr. Hodgson wilt not s t an d t h e poll. and Mr. Spencer - - STANLEY FOR BERWICK.—It gives us the highest pleasure :o be enabled to announce. as a matter definitively arranged and determined on, that William Massey Stanley, Esq., eldest son of Sir Thomas and Lady Stanley, of Haggerston and Hoo on, will, at the ensuing election, offer himself to the consti tuency of this boro ug h, as th e advocate of Liberal and lieform principles. A candidate better fitted and better entitled to represent the borough of Berwick, it would be difficult or im oossible to find.—Berwick Advertiser. COUNTY OF LONGFORD.— The Reformers of this county, led by the Whites—who have triumphed for the people in so many battles—are ready to maintain their independence if the , nemy should appear. Mr. Luke White arrived in town on Thusday, and at once proceeded to his seat in Longford. At such a crisis as the present, the Honourab!e Gentleman, true to his t ame and the character of his family, will take his post, and render victory certain.—Dublin Evening Post. CITY OF DUNDEE.—In, the report that Sir Henry Parnell will not again represent this town, there is no truth. Sir Henry will again represent Dundee. He never stood in a bet ter position than at present. Many of thi se who on former occasions opposed him have now seen their mistake, and will most certainly, under existing circumstances, be his supporters. —Dundee Advertiser. THE NEXT PARLIAMENT.—The calculation generally made is, that the Queen will have a majority of fifty in the new Par liament. We shall be very much disappointed if it he not nearer seventy. Indeed, we should not be surprised at all if it were upwards of a hundred.—Dublin Evening Post. At a general meeting of the Liberals of a ll c l asses thi s d ay, embracing every shade of political opinion, from High Whig gism to llepealers, it was unanimoasly decided to forward a requisition forthwith to the Marquis of Kildare, calling upon his Lordship to stand for the City of Dublin. There cannot be any reasonable doubt that the representative of the House 'of litzgerald will immediately comply with the reTtest of his fellow citizens. Hurrah for Kildare and O'Connell !"—Dublin Evening Post. THE SUGAR DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sit,—As 1 think that the agitation of the sugar question should not be suffered to slumber, I trouble you with a fact, which may impress some of your readers more deeply than an argument. A friend of mine here has shown, me a sample of refined sugar, which he has just bought after the rate of fourpence English for an English pound. I suppose that the same article would cost in England a shilling per pound, the quality being excellent. It is my intention to send a loaf of this sugar to my anti monopoly friends at'H—, that they may be able to exhibit a tangible protest against monopoly. I wonder the Teetotallers do not as a body take up the sugar question. If they would have tea and coffee supersede ale and spirits (and in this I go along with them), is it not their duty to make tlic*e beverages palatable and nutritious at as cheap a rate as possible ? You are of course aware that the import duty upon refined sugar is eighteenpence per lb.—more than four times the coat of the article here.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Hamburgh, June 9. W. W. LANCASTER ELECTION.—We congratulate the Reformers and Bread-tax Repealers on their having at length obtained a candidate whose principles are sound and liberal. Mr. Dashwood, the gentleman whom our Election Committee has selected, arrived on Satur day last, and the intelligence of his arrival was greeted with acclamation. In his address, which was published on Saturday evening, he announced himself a candidate for the representation of Lancaster, on the Liberal into rest, and explicitly stated his sentiments on the vital questions now before thecountry. He openly avowed himself the decided enemy of those great monopolies which are crushing the energies of the country, a pro gressive Reformer, and an advocate of an extended sys tem of national education. He has since 'declaredthat he will seek to abolish those ob nox i ous i m p o sts, Chureh rates. With such sentiments and'principlescan,we doubt that Mr. Dashwood will succeed ? The electors of Lan caster are now on their trial. - Let them not be found wanting.—Lancaster Guardian. ------- Mr, Robert Gordon, who was Secretary to the Treasury, has published a farewell address to his consti, tuents, in which he says—" Differing from her Majesty's . Ministers on the question of the Corn-laws, I .have re tired from office, and it is my intention, for the present, to retire also from Parliament. I will not suffer myself to be brought into conflict with my old political asso ciates ; I will not requite the - kindness I have experienced from Lord Melbourne by even partially opposing an ad ministration over which he presides..'—Mr. Gordon is succeeded in the office of Secretary to the Treasury by Mr. R. More O'Ferrall, late Secretary of the Admiralty, Mr. John Parker, M.P. for Sheffield, one of the Lords of the Treasury, has been appointed Secretary to the Ad miralty, in the room of Mr. O'Ferrall. The Ascot Cup, given by her Majesty, and run for and won on Tuesday last at Ascot by the Mar q uis of Westminster's Satirist, is nominally of the value of 2CO guineas, but cost the manufacturers, Messrs. Storr and Hunt, no less than 400/. It is of solid silver, weighing 337 ounces, and standing 26 inches in height. The sub ject represents Alexander and his celebrated horse Bucephalus, whom he is about to mount, and IN hose fiery spirit he alone could control, THE Wll EATHE.--uuring the whole or.t!the present week we have had northerly winds with cold and raw weather, con , idering that we are now so nearly approaching Mid summer. Great quantities cf very fine mackerel have been brought ashore during the week, and vended in the town at the rate of six and eight for a shilling. In consequence of the pre valence of northerly winds our Bay has been crowded with homeward-bound vessels during the present week. Yesterday they amounted to above 130 sail, and embraced some very fine ships. It is to be hoped the wind will 'soon shift round and waft them to their respective destinations, On Wednesday last a lady and gentleman resident on the Marine Parade, who were exploring the rocks whitth shelve out into the sea, at the base of Shakspeare'P Cliff, to gather thence such fossil treasures as they might find, got surrounded by the unobserved marches of Davy Jones ; and, but for the timely approach of a boat en. gaged at the works of the South-Eastern Railway, which was passing at the time and rescued them from their perilous situa ion, the consequences might have been rather serious to the adventurous pair.—Dover_ COMMINNION OF LUNACY ON A VISITOR TO THE BANN: OF LoNnosz.—On Saturday a Commission of Lunacy was opened at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. John Bridge, formerly a tide waiter, and possessed of I,tloo/. property. He appeared to labour under absurd ideas of large I roperties having been left him, and wasplaced in the Lunatic As3lum, Hoxton. Several medical witnesses spoke as to his delusions. The investigation is adjourned for further evidence. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT THE BISHOP OF CHESTER'S CONFIRIOATION.— On Saturday evening last during the confirmation held at St. Thomas's Church, Ash ton, near Wigan, a crack was heard in the western gallery, as if occasioned by great pressure. Alarm was immediately taken, and in the rush made towards the gallery stairs the females were literally piled one upon another on those who had fallen at the bottom of the stairs. Ladders were imme diately obtained by the police, %nettle undermost at last extri cated. One young lady sprang from the gallery, and an aged female, named Mary Peridlebury, died from injury the same evening; numbers of females, were likewise seriously hurt. The gallery has since been examined, and it is undamaged in every respect.-- If Gazette. RAILROADS V. THE METROPOLIS ROADS.—. A circular, of which the following is a copy, has just been received by the parochial authorities of Kensington anti other parishes near Loudon :—" Metropolis Roads Office, 22, W hitehall-place, May 27, 1841. Sir,—The traffic by the various railroads from the metropolis, has so importantly reduced the toll revenue of the metropolis roads, that the Commissioners have been obliged to take into their serious consideration in what manlier they can best contract their expenditure, so as not to deteriorate the efficiency of the roads under their charge. Th ey have come, to the conclusion that the lighting of the roads being, in truth, more immediately for the accom modation of parties living by the sides of the roads, than for the traveller, presents the most apposite source of reduction. I, have been, therefore, directed by t i,,, Commissioners to communicate the intention of the Board to cease lighting the turnpike road within your parish so soon as you shall have had time to m a k e any arrangements for lighting which may be deemed neces sary by the parish.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. L. Manton, Secretary." VIENNA, JUNE 4.—An English courier, who left Constantinople on the 23d of May passed through this city yesterday. We learn that the Porte has now really issued, and ;Pt t to Alexandria, its firman containing its last concessions to Mehemet Ali. The tribute to be paid by Mehemet Ali is said to be fixed on a vei y moderate scale. BRUSSELS, JUNE 12.—The Ostend Journal says—" The Royal Family will come to reside at Ostend about the end of this month, and will not leave us till September. The presence of the Royal Family will attract, as usual, a great many strangers of distinction, and we are assured her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will honour our town with a visit of some weeks before her return to ngland," The`(eneral Steam Navigation ompany' s ves sel the Giraffe, R. Stranach, from Rotterdam, arrived o ff' t h e n Custm-house, yesterday, with the Dutch mail, LITERATURE. SKETCHES IN ERRIS AND TYRA T, LY. Curry, Dublin, 1841. These sketches are by the author of a " Tour in Connaught," of which work, indeed, they may be considered to be the continuation. They are repl e t e With amusing information respecting *one of the wildest and least-kn Own districts of Ireland,-and; in additiOn to their other recommendations ; they- will serve as an excel lent guide-book to those whose inclination may lead them to explore the rude tracts of the " far west," which, according to our author, should never be visited in autumn, for then the rains and fogs are in high season, and comfort is out of the question. June, it seems, is the tourist's time.,for Connaught, when he has every e4nee of clear skies, dry ground, and smooth seas. In its light, sketchy, discursive character, the pre sent volume reminds us of Mr. Maxwell's'". mid Sports in the West," and we pay it a high com pliment when we say that it is little inferior to that entertaining work. Among the diverting local legends in which it abounds, we select for extract a whimsical account of an Irish pea sant's adventure with the ghost of his own cow : Phelim Barrett, a man well to do in the world, was getting on like all his neighbours, that is, just as their fathers before them did. He was married, of course ; had his cabin full of children in one end of it, leaving room for the cow and two pigs at the other, not to say any thing of a goat, a dog, and a eat. But Phelim's course was not all along fated to run smooth; for his cow fell over a precipice, and her leg was broken, and there was nothing for him to do but to cut her throat, and though she was anything but fat, yet, making the best of a bad bargain, and as half a loaf is better than no bread, Phelim salted the carcass, and if he was short of milk, at any rate he and his had plenty of beef while it laSted, barring that it was the least taste in life tough... • Well, Christmas time was over, and Lent coming on, and Phelim was very lavish of his meat, seeing that it would be of no use after Shrovetide ; when one evening, long after the sun was set, he hears a noise at the door ; just like the lowing of a cow, so thinking it was one of the neighbours' cattle that had got into his potato gar den, he went out, and sure enough he saw by the light of the moon a beast standing at his door, for all the world like his own brindled cow ; he felt her left horn, and found his own brand, he saw the same round white spot on her right hip, and her tail was short as was his own cow. " Och, thin, Nanny Yoe, my jewel, I'd swear that you were your own self, barring that I've been eating you these five weeks ;" with this expression of hope and doubt, he called on his wife to come out, and help to verify the fact ; and, in the mean time, Phelim began to pull underneath, to ascertain whether Nanny Voe had any milk in her teats, and while doing so, off the cow bounced. Phelim, not liking to part with her, made a grasp at her tail, which catching, and still the cow proving too strong to be stopped, off both man and beast went as, fast as a cow could canter, and hither to this very rath she came with Phelim clinging to her tail. Now there is a round hole in the centre of the rath, about as wide as would admit a man's body ; to this the cow made, and down she went, and Phelim would have gone with her, only that before he was sucked in, he dis entangled himself from the tail, and home he went very thankful to the Virgin, and all the saints, who saved him from being taken by " the gentry," who, no doubt, de sired, as they had the ghost of his cow, to have his own also, to have and to hold till the day of judgment. THE LAIRD OF LOGAN. Robertson, Glasgow, 1841. • In this little volume we have a choice variety of anecdotes and tales illustrative of the wit and humour of Scotland, introduced by biographical accounts of the late Messrs. Carrick, Motherwill, and Henderson, many of whose lively produc tions may be found in the volume. The work is better adapted to the tastes of Scottish than of English readers, the latter of whom will be apt to lose or misapprehend the point of several of the jokes, from the puzzling dialect in which they are penned. THE HOPE OF THE WORLD. Bentley, London, 1841. A re-publication, in a neat duodecimo vo lume, of Mr. Mackay's amiable and well-inten tioned poem, the " Hope of the 'World," of which we have already spoken in terms of high praise. In the present edition, there are two or three additional poems, whose versification is re markably smooth and chaste. KNIGHTS PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE. Knight, London, 1841. The entire play of " Troilus and Cressida" is comprised in this Part, wherein also we find a supplementary notice from the pen of the editor, whose principal defect is that it is written in a spirit of the most exaggerated panegyric, just as if the play in question were the most marvellous creation of human intellect that the world had ever witnessed. " Troilus and Cressida" is by no means the best of Shakspeare's dramas, nor can it fitly be ranked—notwithstanding the deep wisdom and beauty of some of the passages— among the prodigies of genius. The Part is em bellished with the usual number of elegant, illus trations. KNIGHT'S MISCELLANIES. Knight, London, 1841. We have here the first volume of Brand's well-known " Observations on Popular Antiqui ties," which have been arranged, revised, and greatly enlarged for this edition, by Sir Henry Ellis—a gentleman every way qualified for such a task. The volume is cheap and neatly printed, and forms one of the numbers of " Knight's Miscellanies." ILLUSTRATED SHAKSPEAREI 1 3 "1"rt XXV. Tyas, London, 1841. This Part contains the two first acts of the Winter's Tale, to which are prefixed some intro ductory remarks by the 7.2:ditor, exhibiting much just, if not very pr found or original criticism. The Pictorial il'aistrations by Kenny Meadows are in this clever artist's happiest manner. TILP GERMAN CONVERSATIONAL STU- DENT. Longman and Co., London, 1841. Towards the acquisition of the German tongue, an indispensable accomplishment to every politer person, Professor Bertinchamp's book will prove both of service and value. The easy gra dation of his conversational lessons, and the fami liar pleasantness with which they are conveyed, convert the customary dryness of grammatical study into a light and gratifying. task. THE ROYAL WA VAL SERVICE. Ackerman, London, 1841. Nautical books, however dry their details, ge nerally appear to consider their part well dis charged, if the information they attempt to convey be precise as their chronometers and needles. The writer of the above book, however, seems to scout this school, and with the freedom of Byron's pirate, discourses largely and poeti cally on those fabrics whose " march is o'er the mountain-wave," and of which, suo judicio, " angels drew the fi r st d es i gn ." His accuracy is every where good, but he has not gone far enough." Thus when, after having passed in re view those periods when our ships, no longer con fining themselves in a narrow crook of shore or a peddling commerce, gave rise to " the Sea- Kings," the Cinque Ports, the Norman navarchy, and Elizabeth's vanquishers of the Armada, lie comes at last to that eventful period when the tough hempen cords started into links of solid iron, and under the third George, STEAM be came a motive power to the purposes of naviga tion, a total blank occurs upon his page. Strange that a book, treating professedly on the naval art, and at a time when the," Cyclops" and "Gorgon" are coursing our seas, and our steam-craft plying so far out as Panama, should have committed so singular an oVersighL Nevertheless, the author must be allowed to be a pleasant discourser on his subject, and though he has not bethought him of our •‘ iron bulwarks," yet the early parts of his book treat ing on that "ancient mariner" the Nautilus, whom he supposes to have been the precursor of the first vessel—the solitary ship of the NOachian flood—and the shipping of Tyre—he pleases well. His description from an old chronicler of one of Canute's ships, addressed to Queen Emma, forms a quaint picture:— " On the sterns of the ships" (the royal fleet), says the writer, "lions of molten gold were to be seen ; and on the mast-heads were either birds whose turning showed the changes of. the wind, or dragons of Various forms, which threatened to breathe out fire : there were to be seen on the heads and sterns figures looking like. life: dolphins, also, of precious cast metal, and centaurs that brought to mind the ancient fables ; but how shall I describe the sides of the vessels, which were not only painted in various colours, but swelled out with gold and si!ver ornaments ?" „.. ..... Towards the close of the book the information on the civil department of the navy and those portions relative to the personnel and materiel thereof, are, for naval students, amply satisfac tory. The plates tbrm a series of fair-coloured lithographs, of the different stands of vessels with their flags and signals in use, and are com mendably executed. . LIFE AND CONVERSION OF WILLIAM HONE. . Ward, London, 1841; We took up this pamplet under an impression that it was an autobiographical memoir of Mr. Hone, the well-known parodist, whose trials for blasphemy at Guildhall attracted such general notice about twenty years since ; but on perusing it, we found that it was an unfinished life of his father, written by the old gentleman himself; not long before his death, wherein he details the particulars of his early life, and Mi.' conversion lom Infidelity to Methodism. The narrative is written pretty much in the fashion of the late IMr. Huntingdon, the celebrated Evangelical preacher, who, it may be remembered,. on one occasion prayed for a pair of breeches, and was immediately rewarded by a celestial present of a pair of corduroy shorts, which had only one defect, namely, that they were a very . indifferent fit. Mr. Hone attributes his con version to the agency of an extraordinary dream, from which he tells us he woke iu extreme terror, " having seen himself drop into hell, in the midst of flames." The dream made a deep impression on hint, and he became in consequence exceedingly nervous and low-spi rited; but at length, after twenty-four hours' spiritual tribulation, a great change came over him, and he adds, in a highly figurative sen tence, the exact meaning of which we do not profess to understand, that he had " beauty for ashcs, the oil of joy for mourning, and the gar ment of praise for the spirit of heaviness!" The rest of Mr. Hone's autobiography is penned in this fanatical style ; and though we gather from it that the writer was a good man, we can per ceive few or no indications that he was a wise one. He seems to have been a staunch disciple of the Lady Huntingdon school—a sect of ami able fanatics, whose zeal always outran their dis cretion, and who damaged the sacred cause they professed to uphold, by their extravagant antics and declamations. JOURNAL OF - CIVILIZATION. Part I. Smith, London, 1841. A cheap weekly journal, to be published every Saturday, under the superintendence of the Society fur the Advancement of Civilization. By the following extract from its prospectus, the reader will be able to glean a tolerably correct idea of its character : —" We have nothing to do with any politi cal party. The man of business may, there fore, glean from our pages information as to the state of our colonies and eastern dependencies, and descry commerce as the invariable com panion of Christianity and civilization; the man of literature may find samples of modern travels, either to satisfy or stimulate his thirst; and the man of science may trace, in the fuhest confi dence, the progress and the results of geo graphical discovery. All will be aided by pic torial illustration, where verbal description fails, or by whica it may be made more pleasing and effective. Maps of countries, coasts, and towns, and engravings of localities peculiarly interest ing, of the aspect and usages of the various tribes of men, and of the animal and vegetable products which must nearly concern the human family, will be prepared in the highest style of accuracy and beauty. ' The Part before us contains many of the varieties alluded to in the above extract; and among them is a terse, neatly written ac count of ew Zealand, accompanied by a map of that promising colony. THE PL AY-FE LLO Knight, London, 1841. Under the agreeable and social title of the " Play-Fellow," Miss Martineau proposes to pub lish a series of prose tales, which are to come out quarterly, and of which the volume before us is the first, and, we may add, a favourable specimen. It consists of two stories told in that simple, fami liar manner so attractive to young readers, and • each is placed in striking and instructive contrast to the other. The one is illustrative of peasant life,, and the other of royal life, in France; and the moral to be drawn from both maybe summed up in one sentence—all is not gold that glitters. The last tale is the best, and describes the career of royalty in France during the stormy years of the first RevOlution. For the materials Miss Martineau is indebted to Thiers, and the enter taining memoirs of Madame Catnpan; and she has turned the anecdotical information derived from these sources to exce.lent account. We think she is likely to succeed in this new scheme of fictitious narrative, for she possesses a clear, succinct, and lively style, throws out thoughts and suggestions well calculated to impress them selves on the minds of young readers, and fails only in the delineation of character, which, how ever, in slight tales of this sort will not be much required. STANDARD NOVELS, No. LXXXIV. Bentley, London, 1841. Miss Ferrier's novel of " The Inheritance," which at the time of its first appearance attained a more than average share of popularity, is re published in this N umber, and has received the last finishing touches of the author, who has re vised it expressly for this edition. The volume possesses the additional recommendatiol of two cleverish engravings, the designs for whi c h h ave been furnished by Cawse. FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT OF THR QUEEN. Colnaghi, London , 1841. The engraver of this yo,:', ra i t, which iLS From an original painting by ,a oss , has taken evident pains with his tact, which is executed in a skil ful and judici(ns manner. The portrait is a half length,us,:,' represents her Majesty seated in an easy. ',signified manner, in her State chair. The b7 - oad riband of the Garter crosses her breast, and on her arms are bracelets containing a mini ature likeness of Prince Albert. The resem blance is a very correct one, conveying, not merely the features, but the expression of the Queen's countenance. BROUGHAM COME BACK. " Oh for him back amain I wish I had him back again : I would gie a' KnOckhaspie's land For Highland Harry back again." The horrible flatness of the Parliamentary debates during the present Session has more than once set us to humming this old Scotch song. Our prayer has been heard. The truant 'has Watched his moment : the first white specks on the crests of the popular wave, giving indication of a rising breeze, have lured the strong pinioned sea-bird back to dally with the storm. There has been a growing interest attaching to the debates in the House of Lords for a week or two back. The Corn-law question has forced itself in among them, and sorely ruffled the equanimity of some of their Lord ships. The pertinacity of Earls Fitzwilliam and Radnor has transformed the dignified and somewhat supercilious assembly into a rather vivacious ecole crenseignement mutuet Protesting against the discussion of subordinate parts of the great question, the Peers have shown them, selves as unable to resist the temptation to argument, as the wandering scholars challenged by Gil Blas and his schoolfellows. They have discussed with great neatness the controversies about the relations between prices and wages, the justice of subjecting the necessaries of life to taxation, &c. &c. Under the guidance of Lord Fitz william, a promising scholar of the upper form, they have been training themselves for a more comprehensive discussion—storing up facts and argument, strengthen ing their minds, and rendering them more adroi▪ t by exercise. Intelligent bystanders have experienced a be nevolent pleasure in seeing so many ingenious minds so usefully employed. The sudden mingling of the clear emphatic voice of Brougham with these gentle disputations produced a startling effect. It was the apparition of a practisedde bates, aiming his blow at the vital part, and stri▪ king home at once and without effort. Lord Brougham stripped the subject of the adventitious accessories with which it has been encumbered. He placed it on the nn assailable basis of justice and expediency. Be' reminded his hearers how the question had been urged upon them in a period of comparative calm, and how it was the ne . - cessary consequence of their refusing to e n t erta i n - i t then, that it was now forcing itself upon their notice in the clamour of agitation, at a m oment w h en the financial and economical condition of the country rendered im mediate action unavoidable. Lord Brougham has take possession of the question of the day in the House of L or d s. Never the indiscrimi nate eulogists, we have sometimes been the sharp cen sors of Lord Brougham ; b u t trut h and justice compel praise▪ from lips unused t o fl atter. Brougham is the only man of his own high cl ass o f intellect now in public lif e . He has, in his time, done service to the cause of rational government, which no . one but hi mse lf cou ld h ave done, as he has . at times penned a hi g h reputat i on with a wan tonness, in which no less robust a genius could have in dulged without utter and i rrecoverable destruction. He stands now in the maturity o f hi s poweii—ripened, mel lowed by experience and time, with all his energies un impaired. He stands forth emancipated from party trammels. By re li ance on his own genius and persever ing industry, he has taught an assembly which cannot be expected to sympathise with him, to listen with deference and fe ar . H e i s regarded with a kindly feeli▪ ng even by the most excited portion of the Democracy. lie can plead the great cause which is now depending, with more knOwledge, greater variety of argument and illustration, and more impressive power, than any other living orator : he can plead it more ac ceptably to the House of Lords than any other man : he can count upon a more willing attention from the Chartists than will be given to any other. By becoming the exponent of principles, heedless as to whether men applaud and follow him or not, he can make himself the champion of the rights of industry, the central point in which discordant wills may meet in harmony. He can do for Free T ra d e a ll an d more t h an h e f o rmerly did against the Orders in Council ; thereby rendering . a ser vice to his coun t r y as muc h t ranscen di ng his former ser vices as the matured powers of Lord Brougham exceed the wayward energies of young I-henry Brougham. At times " spots have come over his mortal star ;" but an opportunity is now afforded him to ettace their recollec tion for ever, and to cast a light on what may be the closing scone of his life, stronger and steadier than has shone on any portion of his previous career.—Spectator. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.-- Rceeipts for the week ending May 29:—Passengers and Parcels, 842/. 19s. 9t1.; Goods and Cattle, 1,010/.125.9d. Total, 1,853/. 12s. 6d.—The receipts for the corre sponding week of last year were 1,690/. 17s. 7d. In crease, 162/. 14s. 11d. EVENING E ITION. TDE CORN-LAWS MAY BE _ CHANGED FOR THE WORSE When we noticed, a few numbers back, a pamphlet on the policy and probable consequences of the proposed repeal of the existing Corn-laws, we justified our dissent from some of the opinions expressed in it by reference to the authority of Mr. M'Culloch. The third edition. of the pamphlet, now before us, bearing the name of Mr. M•Culloch on .its title-page, informs us that in doing so we have been arraying his own authority against himself. A similar accident once happened to an emi nent legal authority in Scotland, at the bar of the Cour of Session. Perhaps Mr. M'Culloch may reply as the advocate did when his own treatise on the Bankrupt-laws was quoted against him—" I have not read that part of the work lately." We advert to Mr. M'Culloch's present line of argu meat for the purpose of noting two points. First, he shoes by a tabular statement., that, under " the scale pro posed by Lord John Russell, the duties would be higher than they have proved to be under the present law"; and that, under the duties proposed, "it is clear that such wheat canna be sold iu England under 565. a quarter, which is only Ilid. less than the average price of English wheat during the ten years ending v%ith 1840." Does Mr. M'Culloch make this statement with a view to create a national enthusiasm in favour of the Government scheme ? Does he expect ".th e s t ones o f R ome t o rise and mutiny" in favour of a n i ncrease d d u t y uponim ported grain, and a saving of 11 id in every quarter of wheat—a quarter of wheat being the quantity which, by the calculations of economists, a healthy adult male con sumes in the course of a year ? The second point in Mr. M'Culloch's pamphlet to which we direct attention, is his entoosimoosy in favour of a "drawback," as he terms it, of ss. per quarter on the exportation of home-grown grain. It is rather a violent stretch of figurative langu a g e t o s p ea k o f a " d raw b ac k" on the exportation of a commodity upon which nochity has been paid : a b oun ty wou ld b e t h e more intelligible denomination • but let that pass. "We regret," says Mr. M'Culloch, "that Lord John Russell gave no inti• mation of the intentions of Goverment as to the grunt* ing of a drawback on the exportation of corn." Thu granting of this drawback or bounty is thus vindicated —" The proposed duty on foreign corn is to be imposed, partly because the laud has to sustain peculiar burdens not laid on other departments of industry, and partly to prevent any sudden or injurious shock being given to agriculture by excessive importations of foreign corn. But in so far as the duty is to be regarded as an indemnification to the agriculturists for peculiar burdens affecting them, its imposition is not a matter of grace or favour, but of justice ; and, being so, the agriculturis ts are entitled to demand, and if they correctly aPpr,-ciate their own interests will not fail to insist umii receiving, an equal drawback." The " peculiar burdens not laid upon other departments.of industry," which Mr. M'Cul loch represents as sustained by the land, are pure matter of assumption : he offers no explanation of their nature or proof of their existence. Looking to the heavy Probate and Legacy duty, contrasted with the absence of any cor responding tax . upon inherited property in land, and to the exemptions in favour of vehicles laden with agricultural produce inscribed on every toll-board, men are apt to be sceptical when it is alleged that the landowners are snore heavily taxed than other classes of tee community. But, admitting for the sake of argument that the landed in terest may be more heavily taxed than other classes, it might have been expected that an economist of Mr. M'Culloch's eminence would have advocated doing justice to the land by relieving it from this. excess of taxation, instead of bolstering •up 'the unwise and extravagant system of drawbacks—being at the ex pense and trouble of collecting taxes merely to pay them back again. Sure'y he cannot have considered maturely the effect that must be produced in years of abundance by his drawback. The effect .of a plentiful harvest will be.a large addition to our annual expendi ture, for the purpose of enabling the landed interest to export corn lest corn should become cheap. Will this be, to vulgar eyes, a seemly item in the year's account Does Mr. M'Culloch expect that people will submit to pay a million or two of additional taxes, and to pay a higher price for their bread in consequence of having paid these taxes ? Mr. M'Culloch is anxious to inti mate that "he is alone responsible for the contents " of his pamphlet,—in other words, that he writes without consulting anybody, and must not be understood to express the wishes or intentions of Government or any section of its partisans. We have no doubt of this ; but men are quick in comprehending what seems to be for their ca-n interest, and it will be necessary for constituencies at the coming election to insist upon explicit statenietits from Anti-Corn-law candidates, as to what kind oficaodi fication of the system they really contemplg".e. We shall be finely helped if the change effecteciAiould turn out to be—an increased rate of duty on iniported corn, and a bounty on the exportation of home =grown corn ! Spectator. NAVAL INTEL).4I,GENCE. (From the Hampsl'.ire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 12,--The Electra sloop of war, Commander Mainwarin,.., arrived this morning from the western coast of Mexi•zo, and Rio Janeiro, with about one million of dollar, on board. She left Valparaiso on the 4th of March, 'and Rio Janeiro on tre - 18th of April. The Orestes, sloop of war, was collecting specie on the coast, and it Ims understood would be the next ship sent to England. TluTEd'aburgh, 72, is ordered from Plymouth to Spit head, tri refit ; she wants men, having discharged such ofhc't men as had served four years. The Dublin, Captain Tucker, is taken out of dock, and has been masted ; nearly , all her crew have entered for her from the Bellerophon, who of course are gone on three weeks' leave. The Bittern, 16, is nearly manned. She wants only a few petty officers, and will shortly be ready for sea. The lair Rosamond, schooner, for the coast of Africa, will go out of harbour on Monday. She was mustered and inspected this morning by the Flag Captain. The Scout, 18, at Sheerness, and Champion, 18. at Plymouth, are commissioned. Report sends Rehr-Admiral Fred. Warren to the Ad miralty as one of the Junior Lords, and Rear-Admiral the lion. George Elliot to Plymouth, as Superintendent of the Dockyard there. Ir llarbour.—Queen,Victory, Excellent, Dublin, Royal George, Bittern, Fair Rosamond, Raven, Echo, Alban, steamers, and Adventure, naval transport. At Spithead.—Monarch, Indus, and Electra, 'Vernon, Mariner, timber ship, Owen Glondywer, 'East Indianan. PROMOTIONS AND A PPOINT3IENTS. PROMOTlON.9.—Lieutenant B. J. Sulivan to the rank of Commander. Mates.—John Borlase (1832) of the Excellent, W. F. Robinson (1831), R. IL Western (1834), and E. M. Lyons (1838), to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS.—Commanders—J. P. D. Larcow, to the Scout ; W. Lewis, to the Stromboli ; and Richard Byron, to the Champion. Lieutenants—Zacebous Andrews to the Vernon, ♦ice Sinclair ; E. Bonen, to the Cornwallis ; Charles J. Wal ton, to Ole Princess Charlotte. Purser—Mr. Tho►nas Woodn ard, 'from Wasp to Daphne. Assistant Surgeon—F. M. Rayner to the Qucen ; B. Fegen, to the Vernon ; \V. J. Gruggen, to liaslar Hospital. - Alates—C. J. Austen, to Excellent ; H. F. N. Rolfe, to Excellent ; H. J. Giles, to Caledonia ; R. Hall, to Dublin. Midshipmen—Messrs. E. H. H. D'Aeth, to Queen. Masters' Assistants—Mr. G. S. Hodges, to Victory ; G. Goman to Vernon. Second Masters—J. M. Willis to Fair Rosamond ;J. Whiting to Calcutta. Volunteers of First Class—Messrs. S. Woldridge, to Dublin ; 11. B. B. Bennett, to Dublin. Clerk's Assistant—Joseph Martin, to Dublin. Chaplains—Rev. P. Somerville, to Edinburgh •; Rev. R. Wilson, to Dublin. ames Seymour, to Bitt er n. - ,Grititenufeertag gentlemen have been appointed to the E x c e 11 e n t , JTaas.dl,,s.ottend,oe Cooke, Cadets Charles r o ll i r e s. t (l l ,: t i e o,t, l tl l l le b t, y ha t u t i l ird, Marines . Il lv.. I . G " .. .1 1. i; o ° o d . l o ra ,l l y l 3 , n l l . ( ;. S3 A rs . evos 'f il l ti t .eg e re f ,T o i l o l a o 7 :i t ig et t , Midshipmen il l s a l a i ie p ds m eB,,intohhii:lititss Austen, ‘a e ni d i st t t :e l n e :m l j ti n a s i ..A,l Nara! i_ocoe(re,n, Edward Hill, Fred. joint Ifornbv, Fred. Agsr Boyce, Gerard Kingsley, Thomas Cuppsge Bruce, George Dar bin, Arthur Doyle, and John Francis Ross. The following candidates passed for Commissions in the Royal Marine Corps at the Naval College, on the Sth instant:—Yessrs. E. 'l'. T. Jones, J. H. Jollitfe, J. W. A. Kennedy, Robert Bo le, Simon R. Little, T. A. 31 - De Feber Pennington, JZthn Elliott, and S. L. Wilson. I'LYnou':ll, - JUNE 11.—The Savage, 10, Limn. J. IL Bowker, was undocked on Friday ; it is reported that she will be paid off, and to be re-commis sioned.—The Nightingale, 6, Lieut. W. Southey, arrived from Leith on Saturday ; she is ordered to Bristol, to enter men for the navy.—The Jascur, 16, Corn. F. M. Boultbee, was undocked on Saturday, and 7uvne;ocieinkt: the(m will shortly be ready for sea.—The Spitfire, steamer, a l n .i d eut s . a l il ' e ri d ng f l o t r am t , h a e rr n isce s d t I f n r 7i i i l e i s, Po o r n t.s! l iv , i ,d n o h esdli on y B . u_ e n o d i a ii : l , o " Alert, packet, Lieutenant E. J l: e )a l erd in is 7 pu s a.as , : ti s o. Tuesday, and will proceed to Falmouth on SaturdaT, to take the next mail to the West Indies.=The Wolf, 18, I h v a a s il b is e , e 7 n 2, ta c k a e l i ) s ta i i t i l i to p ll et e e c r l: Sound, on Thursday, by the Avon . and . Carron I sLe ge am s c o rs. n —The Acorn, 1 6, 1(i)e Com. J. Adams, was paid Thursday, and will sail for the Coast of Africa in a day or two. THE R E Dhis bird h as f tequently been noted for the singu l ar s i tuations it selects for build inr, its nest. Amongst the many instances whi c h h ave b ee n recorded, none probably have been m ore cur i ously " 2- ' -- BREASI.:--T placed than one which now may be seen Within a few miles of Leeds. In a cleft in an upright post or spindle, which supports a large wheel or drum, round which the ascending and descending ropes are wound for a coal-pit, a redbreast has built its nest : there are now f our eggs in it ; and though'the pit is in full work, and the horse which turns the upright post with the drum above, each time the motion is reversed passes with its head within few inches of the bird—still it sits upon its nest, un mindful of the horse, or the more dangerous urchin itt., driver ; and for hours together is turned round and kack again with all imaginable composure.—Leeds We learn that Earl Granville, the prth nt B r i tis h Ambassador at the Court of the Icitr - ; • of the French, has solicited permission. to relinquish his high and im portant diplomatic functions in the French capital, by reason of the delicate state of the Noble Earl's health. No change, however, - is at present contemplated ; hut in September the Noble Earl is expected in this country on a visit to his Noble relative, the Duke of Devonshim A STANZA FOR THE TottrEs.---(From Blackwood's Magazine.) O Tories, dear Tories, who still are as true— a trimmer, a rat i s in view ; In spite of defeat—and as trusty its steel, An apostate, So after him boys, and svit upon Peel 4 le 1: le I 1 1 !,) 'al4 P , "; !!!'