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, . HOIR,N,ING EDITTON, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION. The DISSOLVING VIEWS, by C..RY, with appropriate at Oue o'clock, Half-;last Four, and in the Evening, a Quarter before Ten. The FIRST EXHIBITION and LEC TURE on BARWIS'E a,,cl BAIN'S PATENTED CLOCKS. Worked VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY—aIso of MOIN A U'S PAT ENTED CLOCKS, in perpettua motion, without. wind ingup, The PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, MICRO SCOPE, COSAIORAMIC VIEWS, numerous Novelties in W , °l.l6 rig Models, and other W or k s w hi c h di sp l ay em i nent art , "c'ene, and ingenuity. The Diver and Diving Bell, Popular I..e(?tures, and Experiments. Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. „,,-, • - - . ..•.•,;,•' ::•..„, , , , Xl ' iftilit. .. . . ..... ..._..._.. ~ st- -,oti ~- 1 , 0.. • ~- ~...Asp, • 0.-0- r ' - 4 ''' fp,* : '''. --) . , ' 12 , t i /1,. S. 41TA, ••••.• fik - '-. ”" ~, ~ ''' ' - ." ' `,# ‘ llol. l- 0 . U„. 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The Theatre having been chiefly built by the late Philip Astley of spars of ships, masts, &c., presented peculiarly inflammable materials for the action of fire. This most probable eause,of the fire is, that from the great number of guns discharged that night in the spectacle of The Wars of Cromwell, a portion of the wadding had dropped into what is technically termed the " Mazarine" floor, an Intermediate stage frequently tiled to produce the effect of a sinking ship, or the explosion of a mine, and there ignited with some com bustibles. But the gas pipes are also stated to have been in a dilapidated state. Mr. Ducrow's plate chest and casb-box are fortunately saved, together with other valuable 'effects ; but the chandelier, presented to the late P. Astley by the Duke of York, and valued at 500 guineas, Mr. West's wardrobe, all time theatrical properties, and orchestral instruments, have utterly , perished. No, 1a,214 LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE .10, 1841 PRICE 5d SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. ,H ONICEOP A 1-1 Y. DR. EPPS will de liver FOUR POPULAR LECTURES at E xe t er Nall, on MEM]) Y, June 8; FRIDAY, June 11 ; TUESDAY, June 15 ; and FRIDAY, June 18, at 8 P. 31. , Course T ic k ets , 3 s. 6 d . ; S i ngle T i c k ets, ls. May be obt a i ne d of Messrs. Roike and Varty, 31, Strand ; at Exeter Hall ; Mr. Hurst, 5, St. Paul's Church-yard, south tide; and of Mr. Epps, Homoeopathic Chemist, 112, Great Hunch. street, Bloomsbury. rrHE THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS, at their Gallery, Pall-mall East, IS NOW OPEN. AT/STRIA. VIENNA, MAY 29.—The Aulie Councillor Von Maur, is appoint t d, with the consent of our Government, to act as Charge d'Affaires of the Porte in the room of the late Mr. Maurojely, till the appointment of a new:Ambassador. Mr. Huszar is a per sonal friend of the present Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rifaat Pacha, who was formerly Ambassador at Vienna. The Prussian Ambassador Count Von Maltzabn, will go at the beginning of next month to Silesia, having already obtained leave of absence. Open each day from Nine till dusk. Admittance, One Shilling—Catalogue, Sixpence, R. HILLS, Secretary. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. SMOKE ANNOYANCE. THE cotik4;l6sAlLioß COUNCIL having referred it to the Committee for General Pur poses to inquire into the annoyance and nuisance to which the Inhabitants of the City of London are subject from the Smoke of Ma uf. ctories an ; t am-engines, and als , fr .;rn Steam boats on the River Thames, and the best means of obviating, the same, the C mmittes are desi. , us of receiving any sugges tions in writing as to t' e best m; ans to be adopted for remedy. ing the inconvenience complained of, and will feel obliged by the same being addressed to the Town Clerk, and sent to his Office at the Guildhall, London on or before Tuesday, the 15th day of .June next. WOODTHORPE. STEAM TO GRAVE - SEND FROM BLACKWALL, „,. Avoiding the Delay and Uneertaintyof the Pool. „, , tie unrivalled Iron Low-pressure Steam Boats, .‘ W AY" and and ,‘ I3L ACKWALL," start every day at the fol lovting hours:— WEEK DAYS. Paest TU E BRUNSWICK LAciKNOALL. Morning, past 9. Afte;noon, 4 10. 4s as t t 1. past 2. past 5. FROM THE TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, Morning, past 7. ▪ past 8. past 11. Aftern• oon, past 12. ▪ past 3. ▪ past 6. DAYS. Morni ng , ON SU : past 9 ' i p i a a s s t t 2 10. Afternoon, ... past 3. •••4 past 6. Morning, past 7. past 8. Aftern▪ oon, past 12. • past 1. • past 4. • past 6. _ . Week FARES. Days—Chief Cabin , Is. ; Fore Cbin, 8(1. On Sundays —Chief Cabin, ls. 6d. ; Fore Cabin, Is. Trains of the Blackwall Railway start from and to London Ltd the Bru nsw i ck Pier every quarter of an hour, from half- Pasi!leight in the morning, till a quarter before ten at night. fw • H • The passage has been performed in one hour, and, el- L_ I ng for the variation of the tides, will rarely exceed one d h If. —May 26, 1841. STEAM TO GRAVESEND, from the t, BRUNSWICK PIER, BLACKWALL. • R 'or the present an EXTRA BOAT will leave the TER . ACE PIER, GRAVESEND, at Half-past Seven o'Clock 1 ,!, 1 the ald retutn from the Brunswick Pier to uravesend at Three Quarters past Eight the same evening. STEAM to MARGATE and HERNE BAY s. th Pont London Bridge Wharf, Daily, at Eleven, except a -,l—ruaYs, London Bridge Twelve, and Sundays at Half-plst Eight; 4:" from the Brunswick Wharf, Blaawall, Three Quarters a fter „e above honrs, by the fast and favourite Packets, CITY of 'AMERBURY or RED ROVER. truti t tag Coach es l eave Herne Bay on the above days, for Can asY, Dov er , D ea l , F olkstone, Sandgate, H yt h e, As h for d , go all the Eastern Parts of Kent, immediately on the arrival of the Pket. - re , °f6ees ac 11 3. Fenchurch st et and at London-bridge Wharf. No. 2ti. CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. EIRECTORS. T. LA MIE 111 URR A Y,..Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, E.R.S. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Punter Gordon Esq. George Lungley, Esq. A LT DIT 0 it S. • g—N,, ASCOT RACES. BEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. t , On TugsnAr, the Bth of June, and on THURSDAY, the 10thofJune (GOLD CUP DAY), EXTRA TRAINS rUn bet ween Paddington and Slough, Morning and Even- SPECIAL TRAINS also will be provided early in the e r ning for the Conveyance of Carriages and Horses, so that F l3, ay be at Sloutzh on the arrival of the Passengers. Full particulars of th e a b ove can b e h a d at the Railway Offices. p". E _ ar lY applic a ti on s h ou ld b e made at the Paddingt.,u Station 3!eure Trucks and Horse Boxes for those who naay wish to 'vn . c_l thei r C arriages and Horses to Slough. eaddi n gton June 2 1841. PINKUS"S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC it. RAILWAY TRAIN-CONTROLLER, for Prevent 's t h e Collision of Trains, and Regulating their Speed. . TO RAILWAY COMPANIES. rc ad Propr i etors of this Patent will grant licenses to Rail ~hi f u r th e use o f thi s i nven ti on , t h e object of Vain is the p rotect i on of lif e, b y P reventing the Collision of /1. 0 , 5 * By a self-acting arrangement, Trains are prevented , Pprcaching nearer to each other, even under the highest rreOli.than a quarter or a half-mile, as may be regulated, a ng train passes an electric current from it to an ap the-`ulng'acts on the alarm to give warning, shuts off of steam -valve of the locomotive, and puts on all the breaks trv ai trai n : thus retarding its progress unt i l the preced i rg f orti ns shall have advanced out of danger. This invention d r.' bolter seurity than night-signals. ei l s-n nirnunietvio c ions to be addressed to No. 4. Trafalgar-square, Ong - cross. g- Cross. W. BOLLAERT, Secretary. Two-thirds ef Profits divided annually amongst the Assuri DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. BRUNSWICK-SQUARE. A v 'erY valuable LEASEHOLD HOUSE and PREMISES, Is ellid enc 33, e oon f PETER HAR the north side RIS of BA BBOTT,rueswick-square, late the • 0 BE SOLD BY AUCTION, at th e Garraway's Coffee-house, Change-alley, cn TUESDAY, ~,;fith June at Twelve n'eloek at noon. te rrit "i' House and Offices are held for an unexpired ar e ill ° fifty-seven years, at a very low rent of 241. pe.• annum, lito. complete repair, and contain an excellent dining-rooms, ''rY, front and back drawing-rooms, communicating with bat f°l ding doors, eight good bedrooms, china closet,. entrance i;l4 R large kitchen, butler's room,. wine, beer, pcoal cellars, and evet y convenience, with stabling for three r ~and coach-hou se in th e npws. ted "'Pie e particulars ma y b e h a d o f M r P enne ll, Official • 3 1, Basin g h a ll- street ; a t G arraway ' s; o f Ale,srs. s° °d-qtr --st" Hensman, S o li c it ors , B as i ng -l ane; M r . B roo k s , le . reet • and of M essrs . Ad a m Murr a y and Suns, Sur .7% and 'Land Agents, 47, Parliament-street. . 4 ,1 . ISCOVER Yof great importance, by the Rev. corat4.ORNIAN GREGG, sole inventor of the invaluable for tl;tion, G REGORIAN PASTE, the only certain CURE d cleansev GOCH-ACHE and EAR-ACHE ; will preserve and the x T e in e g tl , l l , on t i li , e efficacy of which is n o w well known in and many foreign parts. txPer' ene " of the highest respectability can be given, having doneed its value. Sold " value. ,ve_ete genuin e at the Depot, 3, Opera-arcade, Pall-mall East, Churchr all orders are executed ; Mr. Keating's, 79, St. Paul's _y ar d ; 7 8, St. James's-street ; 20, ; and Many respectable Medicine Venders. iREN Te j t i t A F AI I EDGINGTON, Marquee, street, L o d o „' ca..g, and Rick Cloth Manufacturer, 2, Duke " Every h --- " rid ge, and 208, Piccadilly. 11 0 0 e ,„„._, -m ilr, every minute of Lord Snowdon's time was I art., --riru preparations for the reception of the Royal , a 4 ?so Gunter teas forthwith called into council ; Edgington `and t e, v p r i : a d r " neo ind the t ent an d marquee d epartment. " —Love Arl. , p 77. aeititritel,es and Tents ~ with b oar d e d fl oors , an d t as t e f u ll y li ne d, ior royal a n d noble parties, or fetes of the most eaten .lo "3,. and brilliant cha racter, may be had at the above esta e'lntent. F. FERGUSON CAIIIROUX, See. A Warehouße at ' , OS Piceidilly. Acki ress at full length, Benjamin ' Edgington, 2, Duke-ereet, Aouthwark. I ' E. .1111 E I EGIS 0 F LIF , " Hominem paginanostra sapit.' L. A i lo " Our Page relates to man."—NlA_ t o „ ,‘,. p:lif-dical Coneventary o . the Inch (Tett% nd hanelui effects or s.7f. e!anhood, Li which the ntture,sYnlP,t' ms. RT s lA that catue the 'oily developed ; with pr ba se, Intemperance, Libel- t ni-ln. .are 10, Tracheal i s on Sexual Debility and Mental Irrita "t to which ts added a S: ries ofCws. I, Y GOSS a d CO., Consulting qtrgeons, " Nat urn be,itis London. ;il, Omnibus esse dedit, si ni s t ognoverit uti " - CLaunia's. ~ !loi ce II ear en to'all the g fun 1 of bliss Slip; lies, ts frugal atillication mark the wise." _rt ro . rsY• SVPH I LIsT, a Familiar Treatise ol niso . arietv of re ra'a)rit.' - Phith, Cioneorrhcea, Stricture, dm , with a t s on ex . dainc.d by tase(;ccurring in a most extetisi e; !lichee, each s,c i i dens arising . k I.lyG, , Complaint 1 414 MAN A, a Non-Medical Anal sis of some .dal to Femal• s, as I.eucorrhcea, the peculiar °chi litkot;re Offered some important ado nition . so a , n nd formation. The . Is . le vous l 'o rition, tkc . ta 4411.1ft-IM/we their circumstances, 0 ,, i . _ v of sterility is especiall dwelre m pt. in liltere:ting and import . c4ises illustr to the subject. Quo fusty Venus 1 , Hen! quove col , r decens ?" _. _ Hor. Lib 4, Mt. 12. , _ ning bloom ? ' „ ~e;hither flies ve Ah I where t e butytir founr`ation t hat the basis is de-i ci,ly f a flourishing Ina the t aLly laid ; a , d it does appe rto U. , !roper ' it h rit c yl r id healthful old are ex province of the geatdi,ns Aul tutcr - ,0,1 a n persons. de- as ar, b-st cal cu raL ana l, 4 °4 of the causes which create tisease latedi,..,'Y, the judicious blending of such exam.; an' , hone - life, .:n. d ctive of a beneficial erthe Lin;:press the memory, awaken the f ars, or excite the (lisp! t tho„„ruPw; could nq be otherwise p rat pi , ~t i -se in the habits of the rising geneon. TIESTIMONIALS. -.. osS't W.trks. well for the moral trillitheisi hooka can be . safely recommended, as .4 14 1114;.:43' contain a , for the extensive and successful result of the . Thre,,l-xperience.—Londen Mottling Joutna,lie,t l ug and useiva.— IPApts contained in this work are int e resting f some female cotolliliFl. tl WrY r gel ' ana), is properly called an ana'y b un _ ! it 1.2 written in a very peculiar sty T he at Nothing Journal. le of m si o s r ° aladinonition t oster.row ; On% h ""e maY be had of Sherwood and Co., 22. Pa.'" -- 16, vrYo.4 Catherin...; tree strand; °flirter, buri t h tt) ces-, tr et, Soho, andon; • uthe laud, Calt,ii-stre t, i er d s i: fl,lall-m, 11 ; ( hur t chi . ll, ?r ice 4'..... 34. teb 7.-). Grafton -street, Dublin; and of all Itookse I . II z,..sgittach., or s• nt fr,:e hy ;:ost for 6s. tnd p... '4. Gt%Sand CO.:are to be cort,ulted a usual, every dal , ' ettot..mientis in o narts , ot the country can be treated . _ One-17,11Y On deSeribillg el.. uit,ea for minutely the ease, and if enclosing a fee ii. f Advice, an immediate a, swer will be .sent. M 047sirseatt h: forwarded to any ;tart - of the world ; no ditl e i r c i ulty_ t i e l . .a m n ilbse,4l,lh y wlll be securely packed, and carefully pr t ed i ,G 15 48 z . . . ..o . and .-. Co., consulting Surgeons No. 7. Lancaster-place, A. near VVaterloo-bricige, London. . M H Ei -------- ti3/ t 00F 0 f the EFFICACY NOTAIR'S GOUT allot RITEIJAIA TIC PILLS. hasin To it'. PROU I_ ,' Strand, Ls , ticlun. 4;lils ' Maidstone, No 2, Wheete - .street, July 6, ISio . . I cost happy to inforrnpou that the BLAIR'S PILLS, which ~ rn you, ha,e been of the greatest service to me. \Alen I re whi P.e first box, I was labouring under one of those atoclo to o,: t u I .nad been subj met for eleven vears My legs and thighs were throiegtievouslv tormented, every nerve . and muscle beatmg thu s ! 3 , l p . ft , as thou4ll they woidd tear themselves through the flesh. and ox,se_tenttenting my having aey test or sleep. The agony winch I trbr,, r 2_ e ced in Ibis instance, night and day, tor six weeks, is not . in 1,,, , ...1 , 2v . .r to deserihe. Ibis was my inis.-ralde state when the first 0r":`,...?1t. lair's l'ills arrived ; but aftet taking tour hits the IY:in de oitre:l an d the second day, I y taking six pills more, the pain su , - thangthoogiVierth.er, so that I felt, if I may make the comparison. as e nf %v as e "' Heaven. Being subject to this affliction bY !he nll are at I. ather, I now fly to the pills • and always find relief. public, 'betty to publish this case of mine for the benefit of the 1 am, Sir, yours respectfully, The fir MARY ANN CAMBERS. ri,Zlrk. ~ _ icted tvith those tormenting diseases, Gout, Rheumatic I,•,:.eltheintatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Pains in the Head and 1 7 1 thiteen mistaken for the Tooth.ache, Tic-Doloreux &c., will find telebrat4sesafthis medicine, that speedy relief for which it is so justly tlis eo ,,_, .. A nd. while its efficacy is unparalleled for the foregoing intred-Zilt,ltt.;nust be cOosolatory to the afflicted with gout, to be a liebran; topossesses the property of preventing the disease flying to sow ~..! mch. or other vital parts. Item I) , 1 noroas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and, by his appoint- ItirlienV,.,allp respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Ask for lit, nc - ,, ,th1. per box. ser vo ~, A ' IPS GOUT ant. AC P and or. Qom" :'."c name nd address of "RAE mas Protit, ILLS,22,r, Lon- Q...J.ulttesed on the ciovernment stamp alliXecltu each Box of the s'lltie N e w i C rm. '`~~` NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. John Rawson, Esq. Jelin Riddell Stodart, Esq. Clemenl Tabor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R.A.S SoLicrrons—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman. ney, 6, Basinghall-street. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large paid up capital, and accumulating funds, the following is one amongst many of the advantages which belong exclusively to the princiolcs of Life Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori ginated by `h. Society, viz.—Power to borrow (without de lay, expense, or iorleiture) Two-thirds of all premiums paid upon a Polity of Assurance. The annexed is a short Table, showing the Annual Premium for assuring £lOO on the Whole Lite, or for a Term : tI O RTICULTURAL SOCIETY of FOR LIFE. A. B. LONDON EXHIBITIONS at the GARDEN. of innsext Exhibition will take place en Saturday, the 12th Age. Without With !I For One For Five p,i,, Subjects for Exhibition must be at this Office on Pratits. Profits. 11 Year only. Years only 0 ,, n the 11th, or at the Garden before Hali-past Nine --!;--- ---- itriC AM, on the 12th. £. s. d. ,X. s. d. 1 , X. s. d. X. s. d. t o ,-,'T gates will be opened at One r. M. 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Il=. 6d., MUSIC and MANNERS in FRANCE and GERMANY : a Series of Travelling Sketches of Art and Society. By H. F. CHORLEY, Esq., Author of " Conti," &c. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. Just publilied, 12m0., with Map and Engravings, price 10s. 6d. ; without Bs. bound, GALIGNANI'S NEW GUIDE to PARIS; containing every kind of information necessary to the traveller, arranged on an entirely new plan, and comprising an account of everything worthy of notice down to the present time. "f his is the best guide book we have teen, and with the map and views. which are excellent, will enable the visitor to see and understand more ,f Paris in a week than he could in a year with , ut it. '—Britannia. Whittaker and Co., Ave Alaria-lam.,. NEW EDITIONS of Mr. BLAINE'S POPULAR WORKS on the DISEASES of the HORSE and the DOG. This day is published, one thick vol. See., price I?. 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By a AI EMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to A Metropolitan lufirmary. lam impotent, and no' ti' live."—Last's Records of Suicide. Sold by Onvthyn. Caherine-street, Strand ; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpogt : Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Book sellers in Town and Courtr N.B. Persons in the I binary may have this work foiwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance of ?s. Just published. in royal 18nl.. cloth, price as. , and sent free, on receipt of a Post-office Order, for 3s. tid., IVIANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf fering frem the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHOEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. 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The COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EX CHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that their TRANSFER BOOKS will be SHUT, from TUESDAY, the Bth of June next., to TUESDAY, the Gth of July following ; and that a GENERAL COURT of the said CORPORATION will be hoden at their Office, No. 21, Lombard-street, on WEnNEsna v . , the 23d of June next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to consider of a Dividend. ALEXANDER GREEN, Secretary, The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. The mail from Semlin, which has just arrived, brings letters from Bitoglia of the 12th of May, which agree with the ac counts from Semlin, in stating the resturati3n of tranquillity and order in the Bulgarian provinces. It was reported among the fugitives in the Servian territory, that the Porte wou7d grant a considerable inclemniv to the sufferers, partly at the expetise of the Treasury, partly at that of the Commanders of the Turkish troops, which have committed such great excesses, but little credit is given to this report. Prince Charles Liechtenstein has already returned from his extraordinary mission to St. Pt tersburgh. Lord Beauvale will go in a few days to Toplitz, there to wait for the issue of the struggle in the English Parliament. • CURIOUS TRIAL (From Galignanes Messenger.) A trial of much interest, on account of the circumstan tial character of the evidence, and particularly the con flicting opinions of the medical men who were called as witnesses, took place, a few days ago, before the Court of Assizes of the Loiret. It appears that more than a year since M. Souesme, a wealthy landowner in the en virons of Montargis, whilst superintending two workmen who were trimming his trees on the bank of a ditch, sud denly quitted the spot at which one of them, named Corbasson, was at the moment making up the several branches into faggots, exclaiming that this workman, whilst M. Souesme - was stooping down, had attempted to destroy him by striking several blows with the chopper which he had in his hand. - M. Souesme had received some severe wounds, and was bleeding profusely. Se veral persons cause up on seeing the condition of M. Souesme, and hearing his exclamations, and found Cor basson in the ditch, with several wounds on his throat and head, and almost dead. He was unable to speak, and in two hours - he died. The account given by M. Souesthe was corroborated by a man named Cherry, who was acting as foreman over the wood-trimmers, and it was inferred that Corbasson. who had surrendered a lease of six or seven acres of land to M. Souesme on lower terms for himself than he had been subsequently offered, had, in a fit of disappointment and anger, attempted to destroy the life of M. Souesme, and then committed sui cide. Several months had elapsed, when an individual named Deflou. got up an accusation of murder against M. Souesme, and excited the widow and daughter of Cor basson to prosecute. Three medical men, who had ex amined the body of Corbasson immediately after his death, had declared that the wounds were inflicted by his own hand ; but another medical man, named Doquin, had declared subsequently to Deflou that they could only have been inflicted by M. Souesme. On the trial of this gentleman it was shown, however, that he was a man of violent passions, and a woman named Pensuet swore that she had witnessed the affair between Souesme and Cor basson, and that words having arisen, Souesme had struck Corbasson several blows with his cane ; that Corbasson having struck M. Souesme a blow on the back with the flat part of his chopper, the latter had drawn a dirk from his cane and stabbed Corbasson in the throat. It was attempted to show that M. Souesme had inflicted upon himself the wounds in his head, in order to conceal. the real nature of the affair, and bear out his account of it ; and that the witnesses for the defence were suborned by him, and unworthy of belief. For the defence, however, it was clearly demonstrated that the witness Pensuet had deposed falsely, for the cane which M. Souesme carried on the day of the event, and which she identified, was shown to have no dirk. It was then proved that Cor basson was subject to insanity, and that he had on a former occasion made an attempt upon his • own life. Previously to the trial the law-officers of the Crown had called upon three medical men, MM. Orfila, Duvergie, and Roger de l'Orme, to deliver their opinion as to the origin of the wounds received by Souesme and Corbas son, and for this purpose the vertebrae of the deceased, the. chopping knife!, and a dagger, and cane-dirk, found at the residence of M. Souesme, were sent•to them. At the trial M. Orfila declared in his own name, and in those of his collea g ues, their opinion that Corbass on h a d been murdered, and that the wounds of Souesme were inflicted by himself. On the other hand, the medical men who had been called in immediately after the occur rence of the event persisted in the opinion which they had previously expressed, and three others, Doctors Gartner, Lavielle, and Boyer, positively contradict e d th e statement of M. Orfila, Dr. arnier adding, that he had attended M. Souesme for his wounds, and that they were very severe ; one of them, he said, had been fistulous for several months. The Jury pronounced a verdict of ac quittal, but the Court awarded to the family of Corbas son 5,000 f. damages, to be paid by M. Souesme. THE LATE SUICIDE AT CHELSEA CHURCH. Cottwines IsQuEs'r.—An inquest was held on Tuesday afternoon before Mr. Wakley and a Jury, in the Board-room of Chelsea workhouse, on the body of Thomas Lloyd, aged 51, who precipitated himself from the tower of Chelsea new church on Monday afternoon. • . Mr. John Simmonds, the steeple •keeper, stated that abut half-past three o'clock on Monday, the deceased expressed a desire to go up the steeple to see the bells. Witness said, though it was not a usual thing to admit persons up the steeple, he was wiiling to Co'biluet him up, thinking that he had been sent by some of the parochial authorities. He ascended as far as the bell chamber, where he inspected the hanging of the bells, and then said he should like to go up to the top of the tower. Witness told him that part of the steeple was not in his charge, but in that of Mr. Crosier, but if he (deceased) would wait in the belfry he would go and ask Mr. Crosier to show it him. Witness then went and procured the key of the upper part of the steeple front Crosier, whereon they ascended to the summit of the tower, upon gaining which the deceased exclaimed, " What a delightful prospect ! Can you see Westminster Abbey from here ?" Witness assured him that he might, and crossed over to the east side for the purpose of pointing it out to him ;. at the same instant deceased went over to the west side of the tower. Very shortly after this witness called out to him, " Here it is, you can see the clock quite plain." 'I he moment he had done speaking he heard some one exclaim, <<lt is all over with me ;" and upon turning round, he saw the deceased's fingers, which were cling ing to the parapet, disappear. Witness immediately ran down, and found the deceased lying on the gravel walk, about twelve feet from the base of the steeple, quite dead. In answer to questions by the CORONER, witness observed that the deceased appeared quite sane and collected, but seemed in a hurry to get to the top of the tower. Mr. John Jones, warehouseman, 15, Lloyd-square, Clerken well, deposed that he had known the deceased for the last five years. lie formerly kept a china and glass warehouse at Lea mington, in Warwickshire. During the last ten days he had been residing with some friends in Lawrence-lane, in the City. fle was, when he last saw him, greatly excited, complaining that he had left a good business in the country for an uncertainty in town. His appearance on this occasion decidedly indicated in sanity. He attempted to poison himself some time back at Lea mington, after which he was placed for a short period in a private asylum near Warwick, but was released from it about three weeks ago. Witness hail been told by his wife that, since his con finement in the madhouse, he had frequently threeened to commit. suicide. His circumstances were by no means embar ras ed, yet he was always apprehensive and miserable, lest his family should be reduced to poverty. '1 he deceased's medical attendant, who cupped him on Sun day, stated that he laboured under a disease of the brain. Police constable Grosse, 184 V, who saw the'tleceased pre eipitate himself, produced eight sovereigns and two shillings which he found in his pockets ; also four letters sealed, one to his son, another to his daughter at school, and the others to persons at Leamington. Tire Coroner suggested that one should be opened, as it might enlighten the Jury as to the deceased's motives for de stroying himself; the friends of the deceased, however, seemed averse, and the four letters, unopened, were ordered to be con veyed to the widow in Lawrence-lane. The Coroner said. from the statement of Mr. Jones, it was evident that the unfortunate deceased was not in a sound state of mind, therefore it was useless to examine more witnesses on that point; and the Jury returned a verdict in consonance therewith. The deceased has left a widow and six children. THE WEATHER.—NooN, JUNE 9. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer... 56 Highest 57 ( Lowest ... 44 Wind N. W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. ROME, MAY 24.—We hear that the next Con si•tory mill be summoned on the 22d of June, and that the nomination of several Bishops will be announced. We hear nothing of the creation of new Cardinals, but it is said that the Pope will deliver an allocution. Nine days' prayers have been ordered here to implore the mercy of Heaven to soften the cruel disposition of the sovereign of Cochin-China, who, as our Gazette lately announced, has put to death, with incredible tor tore, eleven missionaries who preached the Gospel in that kingdom. BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.--A very nu merous meeting of the electors of this important. borough took place on Tuesday, for the purpose of securing the election of a Liberal candidate. The meeting was convened for half-past eight, hut the chair was not taken until nine, when the large room of the Duke of Sussex Tavern was crowded to excess. Resolutions were proposed and passed, expressive of the fullest confidence in her Majesty's present Government, and strongly deprecatory of the factious opposition offered to them. Some severe animadversions were also made on the recent attempt of the " wolf in sheep's clothing," the present Alember for Nottingham, to possess himself of the representation of the borough of Southwark. From 'l'. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F.It.S., to l‘lessrs S. and B Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, Bank of England.—" Gentlemen,--I have no hesitation in replying to your inquiry as to the results obtained by the use of your improved spect,cles; being in the constant habit of reading and writing for many hours together by lamp-light, it is but justice to say, that your newly.invented spectacle lenses have afibrded me the greatest comfort. When I employed the ordinary pebbles, 1 never failed to experience in the morning a great irritation in the eyes. Since I have used your admirable glasses I suffer from lin some begs i ncon venience of the kind. I shall ever feel grat e f ul to my good friend, Dr. Blundell, for having drawn my attention to th e su b ject. phinstone Sa --Believe me to be your's, very respectfully, 'l'. J. PErrlottew, 8, leavviel 1 t e o . r o sap w, that the t 4 h , e l s S p 3 e o ct .' a ' c - 1; hG . Sirs n now Howard hart time in use, have fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. S. an d B. Solo mons as to their excellence, and havingfound so much comfort and advantage from their use, far preferable to every other kind of Glasses which he has been in the constant habit of making use of for a great number of years.-13, Norfolk.stmet, Park-lane, the 6th of November, 1840." The Messrs. Solomons' Operative Voice Con ductor, when fixed into the cavity of the ear, the faintest whisper at a public assembly is beard with distinctness, —No connexion with persons of the came name. CHRONICLE.—Sir Robert Peel expresses no opinion 01 the approaching dissolution ; he leaves Ministers to their re• sponsibility, and himself to the freedom of praising or im peaching it hereafter, as party convenience may dictate. Very clever, no doubt; but is it statesmaelike? Is it patri otic? Is it honest? If the dissolution be right ,and good, why not have the manliness to recognise It as such, and do jus: ice to his opponents, credit to himself, and serve his coun • try by such sanction on his part 7 And if it be the contrary, why not expose the evil tendency ? Why notdeferid the na tion from the infliction of wroni? The abstinence from com mitting himself is as cowardly as it is tricky. But there is a subordinate point, to which the pitiful expediency. of this evasion does not extend. We mean the time of re-assembling Parliament. On that inferior topic, Sir Ro bert gives vent to a strong opinion—he dOes not leave Ministers to their responsibility there; lie threatens even to enforce his opinion by the extreme measure of: interfering with the supplies necessary for the interval. Tile responsibility 'of Ministers, delicacy towards the prerogative, and, in short, every conceivable ground for the pi evious . reserve, is cut away by this subsequent decisiveness on the minor point. All is' shown to be sheer affectation. The great question is kept open, and the little question imperatively concluded,•jus,t to secure a trumpery party convenience. 0 this " thing of shreds and patch es !" Is this a being for the people of Eng land to force upon their generous and high-minded Sovereign ; and to entrust with their own vital interests, the rights which he will undermine, the commerce with which he will tamper, and the bread which he will not .untax ? They must bestir themselves to answer that question at the poll about to be taken between monopoly and anti-monopoly. TIMES.—That the Whigs, after having been virtually ex pelled from power by a solemn vote of Parliament, should still attempt to conduct the business of legislation, even on a small scale, involves a new political anomaly which ought to be re sisted to the teeth. It is to do purpose thee the measures so proposed are unexceptionable in thernsel the precedent, as sanctioning an unconstitutioneprocedure on the part of a Go vernment not possessing the confidence of the House of Vont mons, is clearly a pernicious one,. which may afterwards be pleaded in favour of more extensive innovations. if Lord J. Russell, after having declared that the unequivocal sen tence recently pronounced upon the Ministry would deter him from proceeding with any other business than merely voting the necessary supplies, shall nevertheless be permit ted to prosecute such an important measure as " the Bribery at Elections Bill," we see no reason why his Lordship might not be allowed, with equal propriety, to insist en a still further extension of forbearance to enable him to carry forward his vat ieus registration Bills and other similar projects. It is true that the prevention of bribery at electiois is a highly desirable thing ; and we are quite aware that Sir Robert Peel gave a cordial promise to facilitate that object to the utmost of his power. But the primary question, and a most important one it is—the right of a condemned Govern ment to continue to lead the Legislative business of Parlia ment—is not affected by either of those considerations. The House of Commons has emphatically declared that the disreputable Ministry who now continue in office only by their own base perversion oT Royal prerogative, are unworthy of their confidence. Moreover, Lord John Russell pledged his noble honour that if the House would only deign to trust the dissolving Cabinet with such supplies as might enable them to prolong their incumbency for another quarter, all general bu siness would im me di a t e l y b e pos t pone d , an d the Session brought to a close. Yet, in spite of these circumstances, his Lordship cunningly assuming that Sir R. Peel's avowed anxiety to extirpate bribery might furnish a plausible plea for temporarily deferring the dreaded dissolution, proposes to pro ceed with a Bill upon that subject, just as if the Ministry were still the leaders of Parliament. This, we say, ought not to be endured. Undoubtedly the necessity of getting rid of bribery is quite as urgent as the necessity of purifying the registration rolls, or of providing for the deficiencies of the revenue. But there is nothing —no, not even in the prospect of a general election—to justify a disgraced Government being entrusted with the former of these objects, that might not equally entitle them to superintend the consummation of the latter. POST.—Even among those who highly disapprove of the po litics of Lord John Russell a considerable number may be found who are not unwilling to award him the praise of what they call determination and perseverance. They find something to ad mire in his " desperate fidelity" to his place and his party. .o but he, say they, would have borne with such disappointments, such annoyances, such disgraces, and yet still have held on—still have kept for his party the advantages of place and patronage? Look at him even now, they continue— look at him under the direct censure of the House of Com mons, and, well knowing that the position of the Government is no better in the House of Lords, how he still keeps up the game, and braves a dissolution of Parliament, in the hope that something may turn up to enable his party still to hold office. Any other man but himself would have given way, but it seems as if nothing would shake him from his grasp of Down ing-street. It is a curious exemplification of the 'English character that people should be found bestowing a sort of re luctant admiration upon this particular kind of perseverance. So deeply is the love of steadfastness and determination infixed in the English character that, even when the object adhered to is mean and unworthy, the mere fact of determined adherence to it under circumstances of difficulty and discouragement is beked upon with favour, and men tioned with applause. We must say, however, that we think it is rather an abuse of the term to call Lord John Russell's adhesion to office " perseverance." We think that justice and a fair discrimination of language would rather distinguish it by the name of pertinacity. The noble quality of perseverance ought not to be degraded by association with an obstinate and shameless tenacity of office, whether for self-advantage, or the advantage of party. The determined pursuit of high national objects in spite of formidable obstructions, and of difficulties which would overwhelm ordinary men, is indeed a noble and elevating spectacle of human exertion, and happily our country has afforded bright examples of such struggles. But surely we are not similarly to regard, or with anything like the same feelings, a tenacity like that of the leech to the creature from which it seeks its sustenance, or even that of the fierce diminu tive bull-dog to his hold upon the throat of his more powerful antagonist ? HERALD.—Many persons are utterly at a loss to account for the alteration observable in Lord John Russell's tone re specting the Corn-law agitation on Monday night. It would seem as if the sudden change of the weather, after the close of the debate on Saturday morning, had produced a congenial effect on his Lordship's temperament. Previous to Saturday morning he had been factious up to blood heat ; ere Monday evening he sank into something like the propriety of con stitutional conduct. However, we need not look to atmo spheric influences for the cause of this remarkable change. There is a thermometer, more delicate than Fahrenheit's or Reaumur's, by which ,Lord John is wont to regulate his tone —and that is expediency. Yes ; the expediency of the course which he had threatened to pursue had become doubtful; for circumstances had transpired to cool his ardour for agitation in exact proportion as they lessened the chances of its success 1 "It was not until after the determination of the House on Saturday morning, that he again stated the ques tion to the Cabinet, anti he found that his colleagoes concurred in his opinion, and thought that he should not bring the mo tion respecting the Corn-laws before the House." His Lords ship gave as a reason for this opinion, that his bringing the motion forward for discussion " would not be respectful to the House !" What unbounded respect the Ministry are disposed to show the House, when their places are at stake, is pretty plain from their persisting to retain them after the House had pronounced that it would be "at variance with the spirit of the Constitution " for them to do so. But however small the respect they might have for the House, they could not but have some consideration for those Members who had already forfeited the favour of their constituents to a ha zardous degree for the sake of keeping them in office ; and it is no secret—for people never keep a secret when they have got themselves into trouble; it is sure to "ooze out"—that pres sing remonstrances were made that many Corn-law Whigs, who had proved their devotedness to the Ministry by stultifying them selves and abandoning their principles, would lose their seats as well as their characters if the Ministry compromised them still more by carrying their Anti-Corn-law agita tion any further. Something was due to these Garai of the camp, to prevent the gull into which they plunged to save the Ministry from closing over them for ever. Besides, their loss would, in the ensuing Parliament, be a positive loss to the Ministry itself; and where could it look for the coun tervailing gain? The agitation had nowhere made any very promising progress. No, no, Lord John ; the discussion of the question in Parliament, as an incentive to its agitation in the country, was not abandoned out of any " respect to the House "—for you well knew that a vast majority of the House was adverse to your scheme—it was merely abandoned as, what Joseph Hume would call, " a bad spec.," by which much must be risked, and from which little could be hoped for GLOBE.—The Journal des J)ebats requites Sir Robert Peel's vague and cheap civilities to our French allies—by discovering that the Right Honourable Baronet should be Minister. The arguments which the Journal des Debuts brings to back this discovery are a mere repeti tion of those which the Right Hon. Baronet himself has already rut, in every possible form of elaborate candour. We attach some importance to showing that this whole fabric of pretension is baseless ; that the leader of the present Opposition has no title whatever to vaunt it as an Opposition peculiarly free from factious proceedings, and entitled to govern in its own name, because it has for a long period been governing, in reality, in the name of the party now in rower. All this disinterestedness—all this exemption from faction—we deny utterly. We deny that the Opposition has scrupled any possible means of annoyance ; or that Sir Robert Teel has shown the slightest forbearance to Government, on any occasion on which they could be damaged with safety and plausibility. We grant that Sir Robert Peel has often preferred Isis character to his party ; which is not surprising, as his character only prevents them from throwing him Over board. Of come a Tory Opposition has not voted against Ministers for Ballot, or Extension of Suffrage, or aboli tion of Church-rates, or Repeal of the New Poor-law. The Journal des Debate makes a morit to Sir Robert Peel of supporting this latter law, " in spite of th e very v i o l ent murmurs of his own party. Poor innocent ! The .De bats takes Mr. Oastler and Mr. Walter for Organs of the Tory party. It is altogether ignorant that the " great national party" has one language for Parliament, and another for the hustings and pothouse ; and that the "murmurs," not loud, perhaps, but deep, of Sir IL Peel's "own party" would have reached him, it' he had taken up their out-of-dcors tone on the Poor -law. It is his cue, as their leader, to defend that law, which the party are resolute to maintain—it is theirs to disclaini his senti ments through their organs, and talk against them to the populace. We do not mean to deny Sir R. Peel credit for his sincerity ; but though, in this instance, it stands in contrast with the duplicity of others of his party; the Debuts is mistaken in supposing that it thwarts their feelings or interests. The Tores, as a party in the coun try, play a double game on the Poor-law. Sir R. Peel defends that law, as an organ of their intentions in Par lament. COURIER.—The Chronicle affects much exultation first about some correction of a trifling inaccuracy of Lord Stanley's in a matter of date when inflicting a merited castigation on Mr. Handley, the defence of whose consistency, by the bye, it chivalrously undertakes. But whilst recording certain trivial votes of his against that administration of Lord Liverpool of which he was generally, the obsequious servitor, the journalist cau tiously omits explanation or illustration of Mr. Hand ley's more memorable opposition to the great mea sures of Catholic Emancipation and the Reform Bill ; measures which really involved such vital principles as, it may be taken for granted, should be the test of ~... ~ •ky~~~ • honesty and reputation for the whole life of a public man. As the first of the press to draw attention to his political and party delinquencies, we may more be comingly take this occasion to express our respect for the private, and, with marked exceptions, the public character also of Mr. Handley ; but we must also warn him that, as one of the Members for Lincolnshire, he is destined to take his leave of public life. From an intimate personal acquaintance among several warm friends and supporters in his. part of that county—if we may be al lowed to speak in person in the matter—zealous Whigs_ too, like himself, we can •venture to assure him that la sits for the parts of Kesteven and Holland for the last time, for even by his own friends he is abandoned. STANDARD.—Some conversation on the Corn-laws occurred in the House of Lords last night ; it presented little novelty, but that little was characteristic of the ignorance which prevails upon the subject, even in quarters where one Would least expect to find it. Lord Cloncurry mentioned, in proof of the ill effect of the Corn-laws, that high prices in Ireland were generally accompanied by a low rate of wages. Now, Lord Cloncurry ought to know something of Ireland, and he must be, therefore, aware that the Corn-laws have, and can have, none but a beneficial influence upon that country. Ireland imports no corn, and exports little or no manufactured goods beyond the precincts of the em• pire : so that the pretence of reasoning whict has been set up against the Corn-laws as to their effect upon Great Britain cannot apply to her. The only way in which the Corn-laws can possibly affect Ireland is by giving a preference to Irish corn in the British market ; we challenge-Lord Cloncurry to contradict this proposition. The phenomenon upon which the Noble Lord relies, as far as such a phenomeno n ex i s t s , ma y b e easily explained. In Ireland the price of corn can rise only in consequence of a . deficient harvest. ; b u t i n Ire litud thelmaiority of farmers are mere labourers also, and the prodttge of each man's farm,"in average years, barely suffices to support his family and pay his rent. This being nearly universally the case, it happens of necessity, that in unfavourable years the Irish labourer-fitrmer must look to some ex traordinary resource to provide his rent and .feed his wife and children, and his only resource is labour ; thus the labour market is over supplied, and wages of course fall. If Lord Cloncurry's argument prove anything, it is that the protection of agriculture is insufficient, not that it can be dispensed with ; for were our s ports thrown open to foreign corn, some of it raised as near to the great markets for grain as Ireland, the Irish farmer would have no price for his corn—all must become mere labourers or perish, and wages would decline to something below what we can venture to tame, and all this, as we shall to-morrow show, to reduce the four pound loaf by something less than one farthing in price. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 40, and the ex change at Paris on London at short being 25. 374 1 , it follows that gold is 0.10 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 429} per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10 1 ,0. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 7,i, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. 71, it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 107 2 4 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex change is 1.83 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. Business in general was languid at the - Stock-Exchange to-day, and the announced dissolution did not effect any de scription of security. This is accounted for by those who clo - ely watched the course of such matters, as arising from the extreme caution displayed by the speculators, who have of late appeared anxious carefully to avoid any business that might, from one cause or other, operate to their disadvantage. This particular class of dealers have looked with extreme doubt upon our foreign policy, and, since events in connection with it might produce an action contrary to that resulting from proceedings at home, they have thought it prudent to abstain from entering into the business usually transacted upon such occasions. If speculative business has been done upon the prospect of a dissolution it was done some time since, and the principal of it cleared on the last settlement. Money to-day was full 5 per cent. for short periods, but there was no great demand fur it. Private letters from Rio Janeiro of the 28th of March have arrived, and it is understood that there are also dates to the 17th of April, both of which agree as to the change of Minis try having taken place on the 22d of March. The new Cabinet gave general satisfaction, and consisted of Senor Oliveira Coutinho, as Minister of Foreign Relations; Senor Miguel du Pin Almeida, as Minister of Finance ; Senor Cle mente Pereira, as Minister of War ; Senor Bernardo de Souza Soares, as Minister of Justice; Marquez of Paruagua, as Min ister of Marine; and Senor Candido Jose de Araujo Viana, as Minister for Home Affairs. The exchange on England was firmer at 30 1 ,2 d., and the stock 74 1 / 2 . The exchange we quoted yesterday from the papers of the 19th of March as 31 %d. to 1 / 2 d., but letters of that date which we have seen to day quote it as 301 d. to id. No time seems to be lost in carrying out the suggestions of the Committee on banks of issue contained in their report, which was noticed yesterday, and which recommended the passing of a Bill "without delay." By the Bill brought in by Mr. Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir R. Peel, it is provided that after the Ist of July all corporations and copartnerships carrying on banking business under the provisions of the Act passed in the 7th of George IV. ' and all other persons carrying o n b an ki ng b us i ness in England and Wales, and issuing notes payable on demand, and all corporations and persons carrying on such business and issuing such notes in Scotland and Ireland, be sides the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, shall keep accounts of the amount of notes in circulation at the close of business in each week, and at the end of every month make up an average of the monthly circulation from such weekly account, and within seven days after the Ist of every month return the monthly account verified on oath or affirmation, to the Stamp-office, under a penalty in case of default of 506 From the accounts thus rendered, and the accounts rendered by the Bank of England, an account is to be made up every month, and published in the London Gazette, of the aggre gate amount of promissory notes payable on demand distin guished into classes, From the notice published by Messrs. Laffitte and Co. in the Gazette de France, it appears that great caution is exercised in advancing the money required by the Texan Government. An article is substituted for the 9th article which formerly stood in the contract, and is to the effect, that from the produce of the loan only 50 per cent. shall be paid to Texas, and that a de duction of 6 per cent. for the first year's interest shall be made. , The remaining 25 per c. nt. will be held by Messrs. Laffitte at 4 per cent. as a security, not to be paid to the Texan Go vernment until a quarter of the loan, together with interest, shall have been redeemed. The subscriptions are not to be considered complete until a quarter of the loan is made up, till when Messrs. Laffitte are to hold them at an interest of no more than 4 per cent. With respect to the difficulties put in the way of the foreign creditors of Hammersley's bank by the Court of Chancery, it appears by a letter from a correspondent that the rumours on this subject were but too true, and that for every new dividend a new power of attorney will be required. If this is really the case, which now there seems no reason to doubt, there is every probability that a large sum of money will be unclaimed altogether, for the dividends that follow the one of 10s. will he small in amount, and from the nature of Hammersley's business the foreign creditors will be a considerable body. And it must be remembered that the costs of a power are not the only expense, but are preceded by costs of proof which every other creditor, whether he appears personally or not, has to pay ; for he is required to attend with a solicitor, and a Chancery proof is not made free of expense, like those against a bankrupt's estate. Our correspondent's letter en closes a solicitor's 'Bill, which by no means represents the extreme case, as the power, in the instance to which it refers, was executed in this country. The costs of the power are set down at 41. Is. 10d., and those of the proof at 21. 13s. 4d., the latter being necessarily incurred before the creditor knew whether a single shilling would be paid by the estate, and the debt which is proved is no more than 301., so that the present dividend, amounting to 151., will be reduced nearly to half. Had the power been executed abroad the expense would have been far 'greater, and when it was returned, a proof of a Consul's handwriting would have been required. In all probability such a debt as 301. is by no means among the smallest, on account of the great quantity of continental hills given out by Messrs. Hammersley merely to cover the ex peuses of short expeditions. Under such circumstances the proportion of the great expense to the small debts will most likely be very formidable. CHRONICLE.-=-In terms of the report from the Select Committee on Banks of Issue, a Bill has been brought into the House of Commons and printed, for making further provisions relative to the returns to be made by banks of the amount of their notes in circulation. This Bill provides, that from and after the first day of July, 1841, all corporations and copartnerships carrying on banking banking business under the provisions of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of King George the Fourth, and all other persons carrying on banking business in England and Wales, and making and issuing promissory notes payable to bearer on de mand, and all corporations, copartnerships, and persons carrying on such business, and making and issuing such promissory notes as aforesaid in Scotland, and also the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland ; and all corporations, copart nerships, and persons carrying on such business, and making and issuing such promissory notes as aforesaid in Ire land, ;hall severally keep just and true accounts of the amount of notes in circulation at the close of the business in each week, and shall at the end of every month, make up from such weekly account a just and true account of the average amount of such notes in circulation during such month, the same to be handed to the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, at the head office in Westminster, within seven days after the first day of every month, under a penalty of fifty pounds for each neglect er omission, every such return being verified by the affidavit of the secretary, or other chief clerk, or officer of each bank, which may be made before any Justice of the Peace or a Master Ex traordinary in Chancery, the affidavit to be free of stamp duty. Tim last clause of the Bill provides that from the accounts rendered by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, in pursuance of the Act in that behalf, and also from the accounts to be rendered in pursuance of the Bill, there shall be made up every month an account of the average aggregate amount of promissory notes, payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circulation in the United Kingdom during the preceding month, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by private Banks, and by joint-stock Banks in England and Wales; by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank in Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, and of the average amount of the bullion in the Bank of England during the preceding month : such ac count to be published in the London Gazette every month as soon as the same can be conveniently prepared. The Bill is prepared and brought in by Sir. Charles Wood, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and Sir R. Peel. POST.—The transactions at the Stock Exchange have ex hibited no new feature since y i esterday. The dealings were to day altogether limited, arid there was apparently nothing pass ing out of the ordinary course of business, except in the con tinuance of special money sales in stocks that have closed for the dividends, which are proceeding. A meeting of the " United Shareholders" in that unfortu nate coucCall She British Iron Company, war held in the course •of the day at the London Tavern. Major Richardson, who presided, addressed the meeting at some length, principally upon the question of the valuations that have been put upon the property. He and several other gentlemen in attendance, who professed to have carefully examined the report and accounts recently issued to the proprietors by the Directors, and to have taken no ordinary pains to come at the truth, hare -videntiv less faith in th e accuracy o f those documents than it is desirable. they should have. They consider the valuation s alluded to more f avoura b le than the circumstances of the Cot . pany will warrant, and that they have been unduly exagge. rated as a means of securing the confidence of Shareholders in the future management. This we cannot at all believe when we come to look at the names of the Directors, as there are, at all events, parties among them who are perfectly incapable of sanctioning, and much less of practising, any deception of the sort. The result of the proceedings was, that the approval and adoption of the report and accounts should be suspended by the Shareholders until a searching inquiry into the actual po sition of the Company shall have been made by an impartial and competent Committee. HERALD.—The first and only Report of the Bank Com mittee is but a meagre result from labours which had excited so much interest, and from which such mighty doings were anticipated. It savours strongly of the mountain and the mouse. It would, however, have been extremely inconvenient no doubt to have presented a formal and detailed Report, em bodying the proposition perhaps of important changes in the circulation of the country, at the end of a Session, and in the face of a new Parliament to be assembled. The proposal for the publication of more frequent returns of the average bank note circulation, not only of England and Wales, but, for the first time, that of Scotland and Ireland also, with the bullion averages of the bank of England, is, however, a satisfactory and wholesome provision, and may serve materially to thrdlv light upon the banking question in the course of the further in quiry to be resumed hereafter. The Committee would have done well also to have devised the means for procuring more exact information than is now possessed respecting the amount of bids of exchange, distinguishing and classifying the dates, which may be or have been in circulation from year to year, or, which would be better still, duringtlrn successive quarters eof each%year. The Stamp-office returns of stamps • issued afford no sufficient index of.the varying que...ities of the monetary movement of the country under the head of bills of exchange, and it may be doubted whether the results arrived at by the calculations of Mr. Leathern, the Wakefield banker, can be relied upon as a fair approximation to the fact. The returns of all the bills of exchange passed through, or drawn by, the various banks throughout the empire, with similar returns of the metropolitan banks, distin guishing the provincial bills made payable, or receivable for presentation, at each, from those town drawn, would greatly contribute to a correct appreciation of the bill circulation, although after all it could not present a complete view of it. For large amounts of hills and promis sory notes never pass through the hands of bankers at all, such as were accepted or drawn payable at the counting-houses or private dwellings of the parties themselves. Of these no means exist for verifying the amounts, but such as may be arrived at from collating the Stamp-office returns of bill stamps sold with those returned as having been drawn, made payable at, or ' passed through the banks. The excess of the Stamp- ' office returns over these of the banks would be the mea sure, or a close approximation to it, of that bill circula tion coming within the category referred to, as not passing through the banks. A difficulty or confusion might arise with the banks and the Bank of England, and the discount houses (for the latter also should be in eluded) in the case of bills re-discounted, once or oftener, but, although it might cause some additional trouble, it is presumed that by a proper classification of the bills under dis tinct heads, the difficulty might be obviated without ma terial inconvenience. It will scarcely be possible to come to satisfactory conclusions on the monetary system and circulation of the country without taking into account these important elements of it. It would be desirable also that amounts and particulars of foreign bills of exchange, both those made pay able here, and those drawn against foreign countries, should be included in the returns or separately ascertained. These suggestions may not be unseasonably considered against the time when a bank committee shall be re-appointed. PARLIAMENTA-RY BUSINESS. (From the Fetes and Proceedings ctf the Rouse of Commons.) NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Return ordered, "of the number of Newspaper stamps issued, from the sth of January to the 31st day of March 1841 (in continuation of previous Returns)."—(Mr. Hume. ) MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. That they have agreed to, Burwell Fen Drainage and Navi gation 13i11—Elsing Inclosure (No. 2) Bill—Olveston lode sure Bill—Sedgley Road Bill—South Western Railway (No. 2) Bill—Birmingham and Hagley Road Bill—King's Lynn Port Bill—Deanhead Reservoir Bill—Brimington Inclosure Bill—Dewsbury and Leeds Road Bill—Birkenhead Church Bill—Wells (Somerset) Market Bill—Belfast Harbour Bill— Barnstaple and Braunton Roads Bill—Exmouth Market Bill, without amendment—Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill—and, Monkland Canal Bill, with amendments. That they have passed a Bill, intituied, " An Act for carry ing into effect a contract between Edward Gresley Stone and John Attwood, Esquir, s, for the sale of the Coptfold Hall estate, in the county of Essex, to the said John Attwood, and for investing the purchase money in other estates to be settled to the same uses; and also, for authorising the exchange of certain lands and hereditaments in the counties of Worcester ar.d Gloucester, devised by the will of John Stone, Esq. , de ceased." Also, a Rill, intituled, " An Act to remove doubts as to the division of the parish of Winterbourne, in the county of Glou cester, into two pari.hes." Also, a BM, intituled, " An Act for naturalizing Philipp Jacob Passavant and Philipp Johann Passavant, Theodor Pas savant, Mary Magdalen Johanna Passavant, Jacob Rudolph Passavant, and Henrietta Maryane Laura Louisa Augusta Passavant, his ehildren." Also, a Bill, intituled, " An Act to enable the Trustees of the Hospital of Saint John the Baptist, in the city of Win chester, to effect an exchange with Sir Edmund Antrobus, Baronet, under the authority of the Court of Chancery." BILLS DROPPED. The following Bills were put off for three months:— County Coroners Bill,—order for Committee (9th June) read, and discharged. Factories Bill,—Committee. Silk Factories Bill,—Committee. County Courts Bill,—Further Consideration of Report. Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Lunacy Bill,—Committee. Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill,—Committee. Boroughs Improvement Bill,—Further Consideration of Report. Buildings Regulation Bill,—Further Consideration of Report. Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill,—Committee. Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill,—C omm i ttee. Drainage of Towns (No. 2.) Bill,—Second Reading. ELECTIONS IN IRELAND. " The following is the conclusion of a spirited letter which Mr. O'Connell has just addressed to his countrymen : " Liberal Protestants of Ireland—Catholics of Ireland— I appeal to you all ! Is there—can there be one man amongst you, so base, so profligate, so daringly venal and corrupt, as to vote for a supporter of the scorpion bill—for a supporter of the annihilation of the Irish franchise—far a supporter of the tithe rent charge—for a supporter of the insulting Corporate Bill—for a supporter of the degrading attempt upon the Maynooth grant—for a supporter of the repeal of the Reform Bill—for a supporter of the repeal of the Catholic Emancipation Bill—for a supp or t er o f t h ose w h o call the brutal savages' and ' a filthy and ferocious robble'—for a supporter of those who call your venerat e d clergy surpliced ruffians' and a demon priesthood'—for a supporter, in one word, of those who call your sacred religion by the hideous name of idolatry? " Whoever votes for a Tory candidate at the approaching elections votes for one and all of these. " Arouse ye, then ! Men of lreland, arouse ! Be stirring— be active—be at your posts, one and all arouse. " Your liberties are threatened —your country is in danger— your religion is menaced and insulted. "Prepare for the coming contest. Non-electors, form in every parish an election club. Canvass—beseech—intreat— implore—every elector to do his duty—to country, to charity, to religion. Canvass them every man—get their wives, their daughters, their children, to canvass them. " — Prepare, non-electors ! Prepare, according to your means, funds to c!efr,,y the expenses of th e electors ; and above all, and before all, let an universal indemnity fund be prepared, to pro tect the electors from the cruel tyranny of landlords or agents. " I have the honour to be, fellow-countrymen, your ever faithful servant. "DANIEL O'CONNELL." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLoyus). VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Prospero, from Lisbon, 6th inst. ; Talbot, London, for St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, 27th ult., lat. 39, long. 10 ; Lady of the Isles, Cardiff, to Lis don, 6th, lat. 48, long. 9, by the Calcutta, arrived at Dart mouth. Cane Grove of Liverpool, 28th J an., lat 15, long. 87 E. ; Lancaster (ship) on the Line, 6th Feb., long. ME. ; North Star, of Jersey, for Mauritius, 20 t h ; Id a, Ceylon to Hull, 22d; Zue, Holmes, same day, by the Cherokee, arrived at Cork. Elizabeth, London, to a merara, lat. 20, by the Asia, arrived off Falmouth. Madelaine, Nassau, to Liverpool, 14th May, off Bermuda; Taguar, steering to the eastward, 24th May, off the Azores, by the Jane, Evareste, arrived at Bordeaux. LONDON, JUNE 9.—Wind this day at noon, light breeze from the northward, cloudy. DEAL, JUNE B._-Wind N. N. E., strong breeze. —A rrived from the river and sailed the Newburn, for Mauritius; Miranda, Antigua ; remains the Florentia, for Sydney. PLYMOUTH, JUNE G.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Ores% Brown, from London fcr Port Adelaide ; William Turner and Lady Kennaway, for Sydney. FALMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Wind N.E. to N., fresh breezes.— Arrived the Argo, Astrom, from Bahia, sailed 24th April. Sailed the Royal Tar steamer, for Vigo. PENZANCE, MAY 30 . —Arrived off the Adolphe, Walter, from Havannah for Bremen. Orr TILE LAND'S END. —The Mary and Jane, New York for Hamburgh. DOVER.—A I rived off Pioneer, Clark, Ballanore for Bremen. • CARDIFF, JUNE 7.—Sailed the Norfolk, Hero, for Constanti nople ; Clifton, Malaga. DARTMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Arrived the Arab, from London to New Zealand, with lois of main and foretopmasts and jibboom, during a squall this morning off the[: e of Wight. LIVERPOOL, JUNE B.—Wind N.E. moderate.—Arrived ' the Rapid, Alexander, from Rio de la Hoche. Sailed the Ulverstone and Hannah Kerr, for Bombay ; Coaxer, Cape of Good Hope • Splendid and N ew Y or k, N ew Y or k ; Thom as P. Cop e , Philadelphia ; Cl ar b orne , B os t on ; Messenger, ra miehi ; Orontes' Newfoundland; Notion, Labrador; packet, Zant e ; Eliza, Messina; Waterlily, Leghorn; . Charles, Quebec ; Daniel G ran t, Li ma; R acer , H a yti ; Patetina, Messina. Arrived off, the Forth, from Buenos Ayres; back yres leaky. ; Hors Hors burgh. The Lotus, bound to S ava nnah, has p u fra C m o i c t ica E a ,J t U ta N . E 7.—Arrived the C ri h m e m rol er e , e, for M s eK t. e A lla n r drew's, New B runsw i c k. , SailedtheEliz o a ff heth, Grimmer, - - LElTH.—Arrived the Tigress, Morrison, from Mauritius; Guave, White, Grenada. _ . HULL, June B.—Wind N.E.—Sailed the Samuel Spyoa, for Lima. WATERFORD, JUNE 4.—The Juliet, arrived here from New. foundland, reports the Atlantic to be very full of ice; she was as fortnight locked up in it without seeing a drop of water. The number of visitors to the British Museum on Whit Monday, was 9,031, being 3,177 less than on Whit Monday last year. On Tuesday there were 1,986 visitors, and Wednesday 2,636. The Museum is now open until seven o'clock in the evening. The following historical account of this celebrated place of public amusement will on this melancholy occasion be read with interest.:— This equestrian establishment derived its origin from the late Mr. Philip Astley, an uneducated, but enterpriling and suc cessful adventurer. His history is so immediately, interwoven with the subject that a biographical sketch of his life is a ne cessary adjunct to an account of the edifice. Astley was born at Newcastle-under-Lyne, in Staffordshire. on the sth of July, 1742. His father, who was a veneer-cutter and cabinet-maker, brought him t o London about the year 1754; and taught him his owa business. In 1759, after some disagreement with his parent, he quitted him and enlisted at Coventry in the 15th or General Elliott's Regiment of Light Horse, commonly called the Tailor's Regiment, many of that trade then serving in it. Here, by his bravery, he soon be came noticeable, and being a remarkably expert horseman, was speedily made one of the rough riders, and teacher and breaker to the regiment. On the returu of the army to England he determined to apply the skill which he had acquired in the menage towards rivalling the equestrian performances of Price, Johnson, and Old Sampson, who exhibited in the Jubilee Gardens, at the sign of the Three Hats, near the turnpike at Islington • and having solicited and obtain e d hi s di sc h arge , G enera l Elliott, as a reward for his intrepidity and soldier-like demeanour, pre sented him with a fine charger, - which was afteniards known to the public as the " Spanish Horse."'" Conjoining with the three equestrians above-named, he com menced his career as .apublic exhibitor in au, oe9, #04.1„ Pear Glover's Halfpenny-h atch, at - Lambecht .argsif given him by hie General, andetnother horie, phribued in Smith 'field, were then the only animals he possessed. Meeting with eneoarage6ent at different fairs, till he became master of a little property, he took a large piece of ground of a timber merchant, near Westminster-bridge, on the Surrey side (the identical spot occupied by the late amphitheatre), and inclosi it circularly with boarding, erected seats for an audience, with a pent-house roof, covered with canvass. Mere his prices were 6d. for superior seats, and 3d. for children and servants. His performances were displayed within a rope ring,. " under no roof but the canopy of heaven." In 1770, perhaps from increase of entertainments, his price was raised to Is. Astley continued to improve his accommodations from season to season, and like wise to strengthen his company, having nowodmitted feats of agility, vaulting, &c. In 1775 his admission prices being 2s. to the gallery, and Is. to the riding-ground, it was announced that the seats were covered, and that slight showers would not prevent the performance. Astley's landlord at this time became involved in pecuniary difficulties, and Astley lent him 2001. on mortgage, the timber yard and timber forming his security. This mortgaged pro perty became his, he sold the timber, and with the produce, increased by 601. resulting from the sale of a diamond ring, which he had found at the foot of Westminster Bridge, he erected, in 1778, a roofed edifice, which he adver tised to be opened in the beginning of the following year as the Amphitheatre Riding House. Hitherto Astley's Nees. trian feats had been performed in the mornings only, whilst his evenings were appnipriated to the exhibition of Les Ombrea Chinoises, sleight of hand, comic dancing, a conjuring horse, dancing dogs, Rossignol's imitations of birds, fireworks, fee. in a large room, at No. 22, Piccadilly ; bet in Passion Week, 1781, he performed by candlelight for the first time at the prices of 2s. 6d. the boxes, Is. tid. the pit, and 6d. the side gallery. In 1780, he commenced a winter season in the Am phitheatre, and the horsemanship of " Young Astky" became much celebrated, and one or two females were engaged. Balancing, the Polanders' tricks on chairs, and slack-rope vaulting also formed part of the entertainments ; and a " beautiful zebra" was exhibited in the Riding-school. In the same year the curious notice was issued of "No persons to bring dogs." At this time Hughes started a ride, which was the forerunner of the present Surrey. Astley, at the beginning of 1784, and in oppotition to Hughes, began stage-performances, and __erected a stage, re-decorating his amphitheatre in a novel manner, and opening it under the new title of the " Royal Grove." Astley had at this time also an amphitheatre at Paris, dare les Rue et Faubourg dos Temple, where his equestrians and voltigeura 'performed, and young Astley, while there, was commanded by Louis X VI. and the beautiful Marie Antoinette to perform before the Court at Versailles. The manly agility of young Astley, his symmetry of figure, and elegance of attitude and deportment, so highly pleased the King and Queen, that they presented him with a gold medal set with diamonds, and at the same time " dubbed" him the "English Rose," in contradistinction to the elegant dancer " Vestrit," who was then styled the " French Rose." In 1792, Astley, from ill-health, resigned the Royal Saloon, as this theatre was then called, to his son, under whose direc tion it continued to flourish till the 16th August, 1794, when it was destroyed by fire, with all its scenery and property of every kind. At that time the elder Astley was serving as a volunteer in the Duke of York's army, but returned home to retrieve, if possible, his heavy loss. He actively proceeded to re-build his Amphitheatre, and such dispatch was exerted, that it was re-opened on Easter Monday, 1795, under the new appellation of the Amphitheatre of Arts. The superior ele gance, and more expensive performances, raised the prices to 4s. boxes, pit 2s. and gallery Is, No alteration has been since made. In the year 1798, this establishment was styled Astley's " Royal Amphitheatre," and half-price was began to be taken. On the 2d September, 1803, the theatre was consumed by a second conflagration. On this occasion the loss was esti mated at 30,0001., of which scarcely more than one-sixth was covered by insurance. The horses only were saved, and those principally by the exertions of Mr. Searle, the boat-builder, of Stangate-street, who had lik ew i se b een the cause of preserving them at tke former fire. Unhappily, the mother- in-law of young Astley perished in the flames. Astley, however, with his accustomed celerity, immediately commenced the erection of a new Amphitheatre, which opened en Easter Monday, 1804. Astley was his own architect, and it has been remarked that his attendance was beyond all precedent. " Early or late, hail, rain, frost, snow, or sunshine, impeded him not. There he was, drilling the men at their work, as Mile bad been train ing a regiment of soldiers for the rigid ditties of a winter's cam paign." The designs fur the interior were by Mr. Grieve, sea., of Covent Garden Theatre. Some rime after the Amphitheatre was rebuilt, Messrs. Parker, Handy, Crossman, Smith, and W. Davies, all of whom formed part of the company, were admitted to a half-share in the concern, in conjunction with Astley the younger; and during their united management Horse spectacles were first produced upon the stage. At the end of the season in 1809 Smith retired. The next season was uncommonly productive, chiefly from the attraction of an equestrian spectacle called the Blood-red Knight ; and it is said that the proprietors divided 18,0001. amongst them at its close. In 1806, the elder Astley being tired of a quiet life, started a new theatre in Wych-street, called the Olympic Pavilion, which, in a few years afterwards, he sold to Elliston for 3,000 guineas, and an annuity of 1001. daring life. That edifice was the last of nineteen which he built in the course of his theatrical career. In 1813, Astley, long afflicted with a phlegmatic disorder, went to France, but his health gradually declining, he died at Paris, on the 20th of October, 1814, in the 73d year of his age, and was buried in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise. He be queathed a respectable and unincumbered property to his son, Mr. J. Astley, during life, and in the event of the latter dying without issue, one-sixteenth was devised to Mrs. J. Astley, and the remainder to the children of his own sister, Mrs. Gill, namely, fotar nieces and one nephew. In 1817, Parker retired, and the other shareholders having previously seceded, Mr. W. Davis became joint lessee with Mr. J. Astley. This partnership continued till 1821, when, on the 19th of October, Astley died at Paris, in the same house, chamber, and bed in which, just seven years before, his father had expired, and his remains were deposited close to those of his parent in the same cemetery. Mr. W. Davis was for some years the sole proprietor of the horses, and conducted the entertainments with great success till the end of 1824, when his interest in - the lease expired. Under his management it was known as Davis's Amphitheatre, and many splendid equestrian spectacles were produced, one of which, the Battle of Waterloo, formed the grandest military display that was ever exhibited. The Amphitheatre has since been rented by she celebrated equestrian performer Ducrow. The property belongs to Mei: J. Astley, the two nieces of the elder Astley, Mr. W. Davis as a creditor, and some other persons. The ground lease ex pired, we believe, about 1839, and we supple has been re newed. The annual rental of the last leaseO l ,o ool . The general form of the interior was thaVof an elongated lyre. The equestrian circle, or ride, was' shirtit forty-four feet in diameter. The interior was fitted up by Mr ) ,.Grieve i sea., in 181 e, at an expense of about 4,000/. The-progisiebt was ' about forty f eet i n w i dth, and handsomely embellished. The stage was probably one of the largest and most tenvenient in London, and was provided with immense plistfarmli or fin"' rising above each other, and extending entirely germ- Tias• were of great strength, and were so constructed as to be placed and removed in a short space of time, by manual lab"r and mechanism. During exhibitions they were -masked by romantic scenery, bridges, forts, mountains, anc1.?!,131 *vies' suitable to the subjects represented. • • "1. " This docile animal lived to the age of fortY7tift' leant and when, by the loss of teeth, he became unable to Masticate his corn, Mr. W. Davis allowed him, generously, two balf.4uartern loaves per day. His tractability was extreme; hilis perform ances he would fetch and carry a complete tpa-equipage, take a kettle of boiling water from the fire, and wash' his own feet in a pail of water. On his death, by a natural decay, Mr. D av i s caused his hide to be tanned and made into a thtinder4 which stood to the last minute on the prompt side of the am*. theatre, and its rumbling sounds oft en s erved to: remind the auditors of his parting knell.—Vidg De Castro's Memoir s , v . 36. THE CHARTIST TORIES 1N NOT. TING-11431 DISGRACEFULLY DEPEATED. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) - NOTTINGHAM, JUNE 8, 1841.—The triumph of Mr. Walter in Nottingham is at an end, and the disgrace whit% ap peared to have settled on the town for ever is now about to be wiped off. All shades of party and all grades and sects of political men, supported Mr. Walter at the last election, to show to the Government that it was high time they brought forth more decisive measures, and dared the Tory monopolists to death. The Chartists united with the Tories for this pur pose ; they returned John Walter and gained their end, bet having gained it they now return to the Ministers to aid them in carrying their views out. The main body of the Chartists, comprising all the influential men, have returned to the Li. here's ; they have formed committees, and are using their ut most exertions in favour of the Liberal candidates. As as in stance of the re-action in the feelings of the poorer classes we may mention the following which took place en Monday night : Walter's friends called a Meeting to condemn the Minister', and hear Mr. E. P. Cox, who had presented a ietition to the House of Commons, deliver a philippic against the Whigs for attempting to bribe one who had himself at the last election bribed numbers. They prepared a waggon, and had every thing right to speak, but at the time appointed an immense party of Liberals, with band playing, banners, and rceettea, marched down in the Market-place, took possession of the waggon, and there carried resolutions, unanimously, to support tho Ministers, and to support Liberal candidates at the next election. Many thousands agreed to it' amidst tremendous cheering, and the Tories retired from the field, leiving it in their undistuihed possession. The Chartists then aide a rkee h a yeevid d tiohstmete m r:The o edaf r a r ro e neeradeit confidence eatdoguren eand release unanimously. motion that laiwtnitacdhsaelthylfi o itvn u i los for MinistersT h e n anda s e tha n m st t ep o htpial feeling is mr conr . w let al el ter y ; chimed, them—this thethe n'l otroie ps o, of tahnedn Monday quietly ndiigspilterwseazd. • ,