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MORNING IM l ll' lOM GERMAN Y. The foll Owing Address of the City of Breslau to the Provincial Diet of Silesia, is the most important public document for the history of Germany which has ap peared since the Frankfort ordinances of the year 1832. It has not as yet appeared in any of the leading German Journals : AtExontAL of the Magistracy of the City of Breslau in favour of a Petition from the Provincial Diet of Si- lesia to the King for a Representative Constitution. The Magistracy of this capital city considers it to be its calling and a sacred duty, as representatives of this community, which is a member of the third estate of the Diet of the province, to call attention to the ques tion of a constitutional representative body for the king dom during the present session of the sixth Silesian Provincial Diet, in order that an opportunity may be afforded to this province to express its opinion, but espe cially that the prayer of this City of Breslau may reach the steps of his Majesty's throne. 1. By the national laws of Germany, a constitutional representative body forms an indispensable inherent part of every state of the German Confederation ; since the 13th article of the Act of Confederation. dated Bth June, 1815, declares that a representative constitution shall be established in every state (II y aura des assemblees d'etats dans tons les pays de la Confederation) ; and, by the 55th article of the final act, dated Vienna, 15th of May, 1820, and published for Prussia, by an order of the Ca binet, dated the 24th of June, 1820, the Diet of the Con federation is charged to provide that no state shall neg lect this decree (L'russian Laws, 1820, p. 126). 2. What must be understood by this representative as sembly here declared to be indispensable ? The true meaning of the 13th article of the Act of Confederation, and the nature of the obligation which it imposeS upon the German Sovereigns can be clearly and fully defined from the discussions which preceded the drawing up of the said act in writing. In the meetings then held the first step taken was to fix the principle of representation by estates for every German state, and it was resolved to define the rights which should be granted to the estates thus established. These rights are, Ist, the right of voting taxes ; 2d, the proper control of their expenditure ; 3d, the right of participating in the enactment of new laws ; 4th, the 1 right of impeachment ; sth, the right of having the constitution of the country represented in the Diet of the Confederation. These views pervade all the proposals which the Act of Confederation contains, and against their principle no German Sovereign has hitherto pro tested. (See liluber's Acts, part 1., page 74 ; part 11., pages 16, 94, 102 ; part XII., page 156.) It was merely out of regard to local considerations that it was thought better not to go further into particulars in the wording of this clause, and thus .the concise form of the 13th article was preferred, yet the interpretation of it, Ac cording to the principles above stated, was adopted by the majority of the German Sovereigns on their esta blishing representative constitutions in their states. More • • Russia fully adopted the declaration made by nano the Con g ress of Vienna, on the 22d October, 1814 , `it declared it found itself compelled topress the defi nition of the rights enjoyed from time immemorial by the subjects of Gorman Princes, and to insist that estates, furnished with teed powers, should be established. (See Kluber, Part IL, p. 318, 359, 378, 424, 516,) There is, therefore, no shadow of doubt but that the constitu tional representation, which, according to Article 13 of the Act of Confederation, ought to be established, should be founded on the principles laid down, the man ner above shown at the Congress of Vienna, and the rather, that- First-The right of voting taxes was ever inseparable from the estates of every German land, this right having repeatedly been acknowledged by the laws of the empire. second-The right of legislation has from all time been enjoyed by the estates of Germany. Third-Hie late Majesty Frederick William the Third, animated by a high sense of justice, did not hesitate to promise the fulfilment of the obligation, as understood in this sense, and iinposednpon every German Sovereign by the 13th Article of the Act of Confederation. This pro mise he made to alLhis subjects, and the more willingly, that in the edict respecting the finances of the 27th of Oc tober, 1810 (Laws 1810, p. 25), his late Majesty, ani mated solely by his own good feelings, declared his in ten ‘ion of giving the country a suitable representatio notlbnly for its provinces, but for the whole kingdom. These dear and ever to be remembered promises of our deceased father contain (A) general regulations for the state, (B) the decrees addressed to the different pro vinces. Under the head Awe remark, Ist, the ever memorable edict of the 22d of May. 1815 (Laws 1815, p. 103), containing the following words:-" The history of Prussia shows, it is true, that the advantages of civil liberty and the stability of a just administration, founded on public order, have been secured by the per sonal qualities of the princes in full understanding with their people to the extent that the imper fections of human institutions allow. That these advantages may be rendered still more secure, and to give a pledge of confidence to the Prussian nation ; in order, too, that posterity may clearly see the principles by which we and our fore fathers have conducted the government of the state, and our serious concern for the welfare of our subjects in a written charter, or constitution of the State of Prussia, we have resolved as follows:- Sect. 1. A representative body shall be formed to that end. Sect. 2- The provincial diet, wherever such exists, shall be re-established, and modelled according to the demands of the time ; wherever such bodies do not exist they shall be established. Sect. 3. The representative body is to be elected from amongst the members of the provincial diets, and is to sit at Berlin. Sect. 4. The representatives of the nation shall take cognizance of all legislative enactments touching the rights of persons or property of the subject, intruding taxation. Sect. 5. A commission is to be immediately named at Berlin, con sisting of prudent officers of the State, and inhabitants of the provinces. Sec. 6. This commission shall under take-Ist, the organization of the provincial diets ; 2dly, the organization of the body of representatives of the states ; 3dly, the drawing up of a constitutional char ter agreeably to the principle here laid down." 2. At the close of the Royal ordinance for the establishment of a Council of State, dated March 20, 1817 (Laws 1817, p. 67), sve find repeated, " that the authority of the future representatives of the nation in natters of legislation shall be more fully defined in accordance with the ordinance of 22d May, 1815." 3. Finally, in the general ordinance re specting the management of the public debt of Jan. 17, 1820 (Laws 1820, par. 9):-" We hope by the publication of the state of the national debt, and by the intended fu ture submission of ita management to the Estates of the Kingdom, to confirm the confidence of the public in the State and in its Government. We hereby declare this account of debt to be closed, and that no debenture or obligation of any kind may be issued beyond the sum stated therein. Should at a future day the State be ne cessitated, for its security or for the public good, to con tract a fresh loan, such a step can only be taken with reference to and under the joint guarantee of the Par liament, composed of the future Estates of the Kingdom. In future cases of the vacancy of the posts of President, or members of the Committee for administering the public debt, the future- Estates of the Kingdom shall propose three individuals, from which one is to be chosen to supply the vacancy- `Finally, the of admi nistration of the public debt is bound to lay its yearly accounts before the Estates of the Kingdom." (B) With the words of these Royal ordinances, those of the patents of occupation of the year 1815 fully agree. For instance, in that of 15th May, 1815, addressed to the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Posen (Laws, p. 47), the Royal promise is contained :-" That you will par ticipate in the Constitution which I hare the intention of giving to my faithful subjects ;" and in the patent of 22d May, 1815, for the Saxon districts, in that for the here ditary states, and the provinces in themselves of Upper and Lower Saxony, and for Westphalia, dated 21st June, 1815, and for the Duchy of Pomerania and Prin cipality of Rugen, the Royal words agree with those given above :-" The representation by estates shall be preserved and adopted into the general constitution which we intend to give to the whole state."-(L aws 1815, p. 77, 127, 193, 195, 203.) Fourthly,-Have these promises, thus made in accord ance with the 13th article of the Act of Confederation, been fulfilled ? They surely have not by the establish ment of the provincial diets, which are intend e d t o , an d only c an, take cognizance of provincial matters, but which can in no wise exercise the rights thus promised to the estates of the kingdom. They are as far from being ful filled by the recent royal propositions, since these are limited to improving and enlarging the sphere of the pro vincial diets which were restored or established by his late Majesty, and thus down to the present time there has been nothing done, besides giving effect to the royal edict of sth June, 1823, for the organization of the pro vincial diets, and according to which his late Mmjesty re served to himself the right of deciding when an assembly of the States General of the kingdom should be required, and how they were to be chosen from amongst the mem bers of the provincial diets. Inasmuch as by the 13th article of the Act of Confe &ration, and by the 55th article of the final act concluded at Vienna, a general representative constitution must be regarded as an integral part of the organization of a German confederate state, and it has accordingly been ordained by his late Majesty in the decree of 22d May, 1815, " that th e organization -of the national represen tative body is forthwith to be'Ornmenced ; besides, that such a representation of theYeople is of the first import ance towards obtaining - greater security and a more rapid advance with national legislations, towards gaining the confidence of the 4ubjects who are taxed, and to. protect .them against the partiality with which the interests of the people are too often treated by the best servants of the Crown ; since, too, a national representa tive body seems to offer the best means ofuniting the various provinces of the state into one body, and to assure the nation a constant development of power,' and a happy compact between the King and his subjects, it is surely now the fit time to call forward this representative body. Our humble prayer is, therefore, that the honour ate provincial diet will pray his Majesty to establish the promised constitutional representation of the king loin, according to the principles laid down by his late fajesty he the patent of 22d May, 1815. The people of issia, by their approved fidelity, loyalty, and devo have assuredly shown themselves to be as deserving is constitution as it is fitted to receive it by its deielopment, and the nation would be animated delible gratitude to the high-minded monarch granting such a constitution to the state, would ble monument. testifying to the paternal muali e?yerateent, and give the surest pledge of the as country's welfare. "zaey. and Deputies of the City of Breslau. "ell 23 , 1841. illence of this memorial that the King of el t refined to accept th e i nv it a ti on of r r e, es vif zlau:t:ar to entertain at t il li n ,h d ic u h ri 4 n o g ,o t o h o e a are to be concentrated. A -actory. THE PRESTON CHARTISTS. By the following Address of the Council of the Preston Chartists, it will be seen that the Chartists of that Borough have come to the resolution of making every effort to 913- pose the lfortopolists. We cannot too highly 'appland this resolution; which, we trust, will be generallyfollolied by them. The Chartists may rely on it that the Tories, whatever they may now allege to the contrary for elec tioneering purposes, are the deadliest enemies they ever had, or' ever - could have ; and, once in power, would stir heaven and earth to compass their utter destruction. The address, it will be observed, alludes in pretty posi tive terms to the election intrigues of the Tories at Preston, vPho, - as usual, are busy at work with their fa vourite weapons of bribery and intimidation ; but their attempts at corruption will prove utterly abortive, for the constituency is fully roused to a sense of its duty, and will sternly resist every endeavour on the part of that faction to tamper with its rights and privileges : TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF PRESTON. The time has now arrived when we should act with unani mity, energy, and determination. One of the most numerously attended meetings ever held in Preston, after mature delibera tion, unanimously agreed to support Sir H. Fleetwood and Sir G. Strickland at the ensuing election—a struggle which is to determine right against might, and justice against injustice. When many of the brave and patriotic leaders of the people are immured in the dreary dungeon, crying aloud to the peo ple of Preston—yea, to the people of England. Ireland. and Scotland—to come forward at this important crisis to nobly do their duty, and return those men to Parliament who will vote for their release, and the release of Frost, Williams, and Jones. There are now two candidates iu the field who have pledged themselves to assist 3ou in gaining your legitimate right, with the protection of the Bal. lot, as well as to resist all monopolies that have a tendency to retard free trade. But the brutal, the base faction, of Tory ism are determined to l oppose us, and rob the honest Elec tors of the last vestige of their liberties—their votes But you have a duty to perform. and be determined to perform it; for ourselves, we are determined to expose all these base mis creants, who will or dare attempt it. We will brand them, like Cain, with a mark of their infamy, and they shall be held up to the execrations of the world in the public press ; their names shall be recorded as a terror to tyrants and evil doers. Is it not enough that we labour and faint? that we endure poverty and want? that we are almost driven to madness to hear our children clamour on our bleak hearths for the black and bitter bread that a system of class Legislatiess has im posed upon us? Is it not enough, we ask you, to endure these accumulated wrongs? But to be openly robbed of the last remnants of our rights, we will nut, and cannot tamely submit to. Already have a few (thank Heaven, they are a few ), passed their odious decrees, that all the individuals in their employ must vote for the men whom they "delight to ho nour," without ever consulting the parties employed. Instances innumerable have already been reported by individuals who will not tamely submit to , these atrocities; and having reason to believe the truth of those statements, we hesitate not to inform those parties who have been guilty of these diabolical acts of attempted robbery and intimidation. that their names ase known, and we are watching their actions closely. Is it not a notorious fact, that the President of the Con servative Association has made a regular practice o on the eve of municipal elections, to give a month's notice to the whole of the electors under his employ, in order to intimidate them, that they may be more easily made to sub mit to his decree ? and now, when a dissolutirn of Parliament was expected, upwards of sixty persons had their month's notices duly served. Men employed in some of the mills, and other branches of business, with minds bordering on madness, have given information that the dictators have issued their de crees, and have actually remitted their votes to the Committees of Messrs. Parker and Swainson, without their consent or knowledge. Electors of Preston ! Will you tamely submit to these acts of injustice and intimidation, and not make an effqrt to extri cate yourselves ? We hope and expect you have not forgot the doings of 1830. You then rose in the majesty of your might, broke the shackles of your oppressors, and returned the man of your choice. The country round, from John o'Groat's to Land's End, approved of your conduct. Medals were struck in commemoration of your achievement. On that occasion you acted with unanimity. Your employers were astounded, 'and knew not how to act, well knowing that their capital is valueless without , your labour. " Black Fleet, ' arouse, shake off your aphy ! Be deter mined.. and you will have the approbation of a great ma larity of your townsmen, and confer a benefit on the public at lrge .Tradesmen, of every deaomination, do your duty ! consult each other's feelings, and act according to the dictates of your own consciences, and success will crown your efforts ! For ourselves we are determined. The cursed bribe we will unanimously refuse. The tyrants we will not obey, whatever may be the consequence, believing that our political opinions are as sacred as our religious tenets; and that it would be equally unjust to interfere with one as with the other. One struggle more, and you are crowned with success. Now is the accented time, now is the time for salvation. Your country makes the call ; obey that call, and posterity will for ever bless you. Electors of Preston, We remain, your sincere friends, THE COUNCIL OF THE PRESTON CHARTISTS. Avenham-street, June 17th, 1841. The Chartists, it is said, have nearly a hundred votes, and you will see, from the spirited address, the decision they have adopted. A PRESTONIAN. THE LATE COURT-MARTIAL. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, JUNE 17.—The officers of the Ordnance Corps assembled at ten o'clock this forenoon, in the mess room of the Royal Artillery, to hear the decision in the cases of Lieutenants Scott and Dance read to them, as promulgated in general orders. " GENERAL ORDER, JUNE 16, 1841. " Horse Guards, June 9, 1841. " Sir,—Having had the honour to lay before the Queen the proceedings of a general Court-martial, held at Woolwich barracks on the 14th of May, 1841, and continued by adjourn ment to the 17th of the same month, for the trial of Second Lieutenant Perry Francis Gother Scott, of the Royal Ar tillery, who was arraigned upon the under-mentioned charges:— "For having, in a public billiard-room at Woolwich, on or about the 31st of March, le4l, struck Second Lieutenant Ed ward William Dance, of the Royal Artillery, a blow with his fist, and for having then and there ent , •red into a personal con flict with the Second Lieutenant Dance by kicking him, upon his, said Second Lieut. Scott, receiving a blow from Second Lieutenant Dance with a billiard-cue"; all such conduct being disgraceful, and unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman. " Upon which charge the Court came to the following de cision _ _ The Court having maturely weighed the evidence brought forward on the part of the prosecution, as well as what has been urged by the prisoner in his defence, is of opinion that he; 'the - prisoner, second Lieut. Percy Francis Gother Scott, of the Royal Artillery, is Guilty of having, in a public billiard room at Woulvvich, on or about the 31st of March, 1841, struck Second Lieutenant Edward William Dance, of the Royal Ar tillery, 'a blow with his band, but not his fist, and also kicked him ; and of entering into a personal conflict, by his striking and kicking Second Lieutenant Dance, but not upon receiving a blow from Second Lieutenant Dance with his cue, all such conduct of the said Second Lieutenant Percy Francis Gother Scott being disgraceful and unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman. " The Court having found the prisoner guilty of the charga preferred against him to the extent specified, being in breach of the articles of war, does, therefore, sentence him, Second Lieutenant Percy Francis Gother Scott, of the Royal Artillery, to be dismissed her Majesty's service. "I am to acquaint you that her Majesty was pleased to ap• prove and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court. " But in consideration of the recommendation of the Court, transmitted with the proceedings, her Majesty was most gra ciously pleased to extend the Royal clemency to the prisoner, by permitting Second Lieutenant Percy Francis Gother Scott to return to his duty, being first duly admonished Is to his future conduct in such manner as you may think proper. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your. most obedient humble servant, (Signed) "HILL, General Commander-in-Chief. " 7 he Right Hon. the Master-General of the Ordnance, &c." "GENERAL ORDER, J UNE 16, 1841. " Horse-Guards, June 9, 1841. " St a,—Having had the honour to lay before the Queen the proceedings of a general Court-martial, held at. Woolwich Bar racks, on the 10th May, 1841, and continued by adjournments to the 17th of the same month, for the trial of Second Lieu tenant Edward William Dance, of the Royal Artillery, who was arraigned on the undermentioned charges : " Ist. For having, in a public billiard-room, at Woolwich, on or abou' the 31st March, 1841, said to Lieutenant Percy Francis Gother Scott, of tha Royal Artillery, in the presence and hearing of the persons there assemble, that he, Second Lien tevant Scott, told a " d—d lie," or words to that effect. " 2d. For having, at the time and place mentioned in the first charge, entered into a personal conflict with the said Second Lieutenant Scott,. by then and there returning a blow he had received from Second Lieutenant Scott, by striking him, Second Lieutenant Scott, on the arm with a billiard cue, all such conduct of the said Second Lieutenant Dance being disgraceful, and unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman. • " The Court having maturely weighed the evidence brought forward on the part of the prosecution, as well as what has been urged in defence, is of opinion, with regard to the first charge, that he, the said Lieutenant Edward William Dance, cf the Royal Artillery, is Guilty. " With regard to the second charge, the Courtis of opinion, that he, the prisoner, Second Lieutenant Dance, is Not Guilty, and acquit h m thereof. The Cou r t h av i ng f ound the pr i soner gu il ty o f t h e fi rs t charge, being i n b reach of the Articles of War. does, there f ore, sentence him, Second Lieutenant Edward William Dance, to be publicly and severely reprimanded, at such time and place as may be di rected, and to be placed at the bottom of the list of Second Lieutenants in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, standing next below Second Lieutenant George Neville. " I am to acquaint you that her Majesty was pleased to ap prove and ennfirrn th e sentence of the Court - but in consi deration of the recomrnendatiln of th e Cour t,' transmitted with the proceedings, in the prisoner's favour , her Maje sty was graciously pleased to rem i t so much oft he s e ntenee of the Court, as adjudged hi m , S econd Lieutenant Edward William Dance, to be placed at the bot t o m Lyi euur second N evilie.— lie l ut h e a n v an e t th s, e n h ex o t nou be r lo t w o beS,ecsonird: t c o mn f aot: t t h t the obedient e i d s o t iregn o et f humble servant, (Signed) " HILL, " General Commander-in-Chief." " The Right Honourable the Master-General of the Ordnance, &c." " True copies. (Signed) "H. D. ROSS, Colonel, Deputy Adjutant-General." After the proceedings of the Court had terminated, Lieute nants Scott and Dance received their swords and sashes, and were ordered to return to their duty. THE WAR IN FRENCH AFRICA. The French Government has received an official report from General Bugeaud, dated Mostaganem, sth inst., upon the events of the recent campaign in Algeria, of which the follow ing is the substance : This despatch, after recapitulating the first operations as com municated by telegraph, and stating, that on entering Teke dempt some of the houses covered with thatch, which had been set fire to by the Arabs, were still burning, but that those with tiled roofs, as also the factory for arms, some store houses, &c., were still intact, informs us, that as the Com mander-in-Chief supposed the Arabs would not fail, on the withdrawal of the French troops, to visit the ruins of the citadel, which the French had blown up, and which Abd-el- Kader had made his principal depot for arms and ammu nition, be placed the Zouaves and a battalion of the 41 st of the line behind the ruins, to await their approach. As soon as the column had begun to move, about seven or eight hun dred horsemen entered the streets, and the battalion sallying out, and firing upon them, fifteen horsemen anti several horses were killed. The despatch goes on to report the subsequent movements up to the possession of Mascara, but adds nothing to what we had already received. At Mascara, says the de spatch, it would be possible in a short time, with proper labour to provide accommodation for 6,000 or 7,000 men, and the establishment of such a force there would be-ttseful, the only difficulty would be in supplying them with provisions. home- PPP WIC LONDON, SATURDA.Y, JUNE 1 6 4 [Ali, diate preparations were made for forming a garrison at Mas cara, and two half -batteries of reserve and field artillery were put up, and a sufficient number of gunners left to man them. The route taken by. the army, on its return to Mostaga nem, is described as the worst in Africa ; and, es a proof of this, it is stated that the rear guard, being attacked by 5,000 or 600 Arabs, it was impossi ble to give any support to it on account of the narrowness of the pass. The rear-guard, however, commanded by General Levasseur, and composed of two battalions of the 6th and 13th light infantry, and a battalion of the 41st -of the line, with some field artillery, bore the contest alone with great courage and effect. In this affair, -which cost the enemy the loss of 400 men, 7 chiefs, and a great number of horses, the French had only 10 men killed, and one officer, Sub-Lieutenant Ra chats, of the 6th light infantry, and 54 wounded. All the dead and wounded were removed, so that not a man remained in the hands of the Arabs. The total loss of the French in this cam paign, up to their return to Mostaganem, was 20 killed and 85 wounded. Id an affair on the way to Tekedempt, the French made seven prisoners. The despatch adds that the general health of the troops was good, and that the total number of sick in the field hospitals was 20d, including 5 officers. The cavalry found abundant forage in the standing crops of wheat and barley. General Bugeaud, who announces that he was ac tively preparing to renew the campaign on the 7th or Bth, and, after praising the conduct of the different corps composing the expedition, mentions numerous officers as hav►ng distinguished themselves by their courage and zeal on different occasions. Among them we find thg names of Lieutenant-Colonel Ca vaignac of the Zouaves, General Boyer, Aide-de-Camp of the Duke de Nemours, Lieutenant-Colonels Despinoy and Renaud, Chef-de. Bataillon Walsin Esterhazy, Gen. Lamoriciere. Colo nels Roguet, Tampour, Lafeille, and Randon. The General also notices with honour Drs. Baudens, Saiget, and Viel, and also in a particular manner the Abbe Stalter (sent by the Bishop of Algeria to accompany the army as chaplain). The Governor- Gen. adds, " The Duke de Nernours has been all that a Prince of illdatrious race ought to be—to the army an example, and stimulant to all. Gun. Lamoriciere rendered the greatest ser vices in making the preparations for war, proving that the im portant details of organisation and administration may be com bined with ardour and courage, which he displayed on every occasion. General Muetapha Ben Ismael executed a buil li4nt charge on June Ist, in driving the Arabs from the defile into which we were entering, and was well supported by El- Mezary, Cadour lien Moafy, and Mohammed Ben Cadour, causing many of the enemy's regular cavalry to bite the dust. Colonel Delarue did not leave me for a single mo ment, except to join in any action in which the troops of his friend General Lamoriciere happened to be engaged. M de Corcelles, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, accompa nied the column, and was present at all the engagements. In this march of eighty leagues, he was able to Corm opinions as to Africa. It would be desirable if other Mem bers of both Chambers could have. seen what he was. M. de Tocqueville, brother of the Deputy, and formerly an officer in tie army, showed that he had not lost the ardour of his old profession. He joined in all the combats of the rear-guard, and on the flanks, and gave reason to regret that he was no longer in the rank. of the army." The Moniteur Parisien publishes a decree of the Governor- General, dated 30th ult., to the effect that all the inhabitants of 3laseara, and those within a radius of 24,000 metres from the town, who do not return to their residences there within a month, are to lose all right to their several properties, which are to be joined to the domains of the State. Another decree orders 30 hectares of ground (75 acres) to be allotted per regiment to all troops established in permanent camps. The fellowing Order of the Day was issued at Mostaganem, on the sth inst. : " His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours returns to France, having, during two expeditions, partaken in the fa tigues and glory of our soldiers. The army had already been taught t.. know the Prince at Constantina, and his new sojourn in its ranks has only drawn closer the ties by which he was bound to it. His memory will live in the three provinces, for he has fought with the three grand divisions of this army, whose courage and con , lancy he has learnt to appreciate. The army will also live in his heart. He will tell the King how much it merits, and how much more it will deserve the esteem of the couetry, which is the impetus of all its actions. Gene ral Lamoriciere resumes, under my orders, the general com mand of the expeditionary column. " The Governor- General BUGEA UD." Dr. Baudens, who accompanied the late expedition in Africa, has returned to Paris, and yesterday had an audience of the King. SERIOUS ' TUMULT IN BARCE- LON A. BARCELONA, JUNE 8.-Yesterday Barcelona was thrown into the greatest consternation ; a panic seized all the inha bitants, in consequence of the assembling throughout the city of large bands of labourers, who had left their workhouses to proceed to the Custom-office, where a quantity of British smuggled goods were to be sold by public auction. The Ad• ministration had given notice of the sale through the papers, and at four o'clock p.m..a body of about 4,000 workmen as sembled on the square of the Palace, and loudly demanded that the goods should be burned, instead of being put op for auction. 'lhe intendant, finding that the groups were assuming an Mani - ing aspect, and fearing, with reason, lest the work men should commit some lxcesses, ordered the gates of the Cusmm-office to be closed, and the sale to be discontinued. Rut this measure did not satisfy the crowd, who appointed a deputation to wait on the Captain-General Van Halen, to de mand of him the delivery into their hands, or the destruction, of the goods. His Excellency replied, that his power was ex clusively military, andbade them apply to the civil authorities. The mob, which had by that time considerably increased, then proceeded in the direction of the spare of the Constitution, where the municipality was holding an extraordinary meeting, and concerting measures with the Political Chief and the Commander of the National Guard. The workmen sent a new deputation to the Ayuntamiento, repeating their request to General Van Halen, and announcinc , their determination not to retire until it was acceded to. In this alternative the municipality, after two hours' deliberation, and with a view to avoid greater disorders, resolved on purchasing the goods, and committing them to the flames. About hal-tast eight o'clock, the Political Chief, accom panied by some alcades and officers of the National Guard, re paired, amidst 7,000 or 8,000 workmen, to the square of the Palace ; and having sent for the aleade, inquired of him what was the value of the goods, and directed him to deliver them up to him. This functionary at first refused to obey his injunc tion, not wishing to throw open the gates of the custom-house for fear the mob should plunder its contents; but, after some pourparlers, he consented to give up the goods, which were burned at half-past eleven o'clock, in the square of the Con. stitution, in front of the Municipality, which had been illumi nated on the occasion. The workmen having obtained this satisfaction, then quietly withdrew, but it is to be apprehended that they will exact more, and perhaps assail the shops and stores in which a large quantity of foreign merchandise is deposited. The Captain-General displayed nomilitary force, and showed no sign of life; fortunately no accident or misfortune occurred. —Journaldes Debats. fully aware of the impossibility of finding adequate sub sistence at home, are now most anxious to emigrate ; and your Committee have considered it to be their duty to call the attention of the Government to the subject, from the concurrent testimony of all the witnesses leading them to believe that the country is not, only liable to a retu-n of such a visitation as that which occurred in the years 1836 and 1837, but that, in the nature of things, it must recur ; that the population is still rapidly increas ing, in spite of any checks which the landlords can op pose, and without any corresponding increase in the na tural productiveness and resources of the country. May 24, 1841. REGULATION OF RAILWAYS, MR. LABOUCHERE'S BILL. The Select Committee appointed to consider whether it is desirable for the public safety to vest a discretionary power of issuing regulations for the prevention of ac cidents upon railways in the Board of Trade ; and if so, under what conditions and limitations ; have con sidered the matters to them referred, and have agreed to the following Report : The discretionary power which is especially referred to the consideration of your Committee is contained in the 11th clause of the Bill : " And be it enacted that it shall be lawful for the Lords of the said Committee to issue, from time to time, such re gulations as they shall deem necessary for the prevention of accidents upon railways. Provided always that such regula tions shall not prescribe anything of an experimental na ture, nor interfere v.ith the number of trains, nor with the times of starting, nor with the stoppage of trains, nor with the speed of travelling on any railway further than may be necessary for the purpose of preserving an interval of not mere than fifteen minutes - between succeeding trains ; provided= also, that any such regulation shall be, as nearly as circumstances may render it expedient, the same upon all railways : provided also, that no such regulation shall be in force after the first issue thereof fur a longer period than six months, unless at the end of sack six months the Lords of the said Committee shall direct its further continuance : provided, also, that no such regulation as aforesaid shall be binding upon any Railway Company, unless the Lords of the said Com mittee shall have given to such Company one calendar month's notice in writing of their intention to issue the same, in which notice the precise nature of such in tended regulation shall be specifically stated, and if it be intended to apply to particular railways, or in a dif ferent manner to different railways, the reasons for such special applications shall also be stated ; and any Com pany shall be at liberty to memorialise the Lords of the said Committee against such intended regulation, which memorial shall be filed by the said Lords in their proper office for such purpose, and submitted to Parliament as hereinafter mentioned." The reasons which were alleged as making it desirable that this discretionary power should be given to the Board of Trade are stated by Sir Frederick Smith, who has been appointed to the situation of Inspector-General of Railways. He observes that the question- of. Govern ment supervision having been settled by the Act of last session for regulating railway's, it now only . remains to determine the extent to which that supervision shall be carried. He states that it appears from the returns of accidents made to the Board of Trade, and from the inquiries in stituted by the Board into their causes, that a consider able number have been occasioned by the want of proper regulations, and might have been prevented if a power of - issuing regulations had been vested in the Board of Trade. He also considers it important for the public safety that a power should exist somewhere of prevent ing what experience shows to have occasionally hap pened, the disregard of points so essential to the safety of the railway traveller, that there can be no rational doubt as to their necessity. It is impossible, however, he says, to define the powers which should be granted to the Board of Trade as to the course they should pursue for the prevention of accidents, until it can be defined what are all the various causes having a tendency to endanger the safety of travel lers by railway. In the present state of railway knowledge, if any po sitive and definitive enactment were made, as to the par ticular cases in which the Board of Trade should or should not issue precavtionary regulations, the effect would be that powers might be given where experience would prove them to be unnecessary, while the authority would probably be fettered where it might be required to, have the widest scope. The various differences in local circumstances existing in the different railways of the kingdom necessarily oc casion a great variety in the system of their management, so as to render many regulations which are highly pro per upon some lines inapplicable to others without occa sioning injury to the proprietors and inconvenience to the public. The real interests of the Railway Companies, as well as the safety of the public, would therefore, Sir F. Smith considers, be best preserved by vesting a die*tionary power in officers responsible not only to the chief of an important branch of the public service, but also to the public and to Parliament. It will be observed that in the clause above quoted the discretionary power is limited in regard to several mat ters which are intimately and unavoidably connected with the public safety, such as the number; speed, and times of starting and stopping of trains. These limitations have been introduced in order to meet the views of different Railway Companies; who re , presented them to be important for the protection of their interests ; bat your Committee believe that the evidence they have collected clearly establishes the inex pediency of any such limitations, and they have there fore consi dered the propriety of giving to the Board of Trade a general, unrestricted, discretionary power in all matters connected with the public safety. With reference to the expediency of vesting such a power in the Board of Trade, widely different opinions have been expressed by witnesses of great practical ex perience in the management of railways. On the one hand, it has been stated by witnesses ex tensively connected with railways, that they consider it very desirable for the public safety that there should be some power to regulate a great number of things which cannot be regulated in any other way, but to enforce a greater degree of uniformity of system than now prevails in matters essential for the public safety; and that they view the proposal to vest a discretionary power in the Board of Trade without any apprehension of injury to their interests as railway proprietors. On the other hand, it has been strongly urged that the existence of such a power in a Government department would be in jurious to the railway interest , and might tend to dimi nish rather than increase the safety of railway travelling, by interfering with the responsibility of those entrusted with the management. It is established by evidence to the satisfaction of your Committee, that the existing power of supervision vested in the Board of Trade by the Act of last Session, for regulating railways, has worked well hitherto, and pro mises considerable advantages for the future, from the continuance of the amicable spirit and cordial co-opera tion which seems to have happily prevailed on the part of both the Inspector-General and the Directors and En gineers of railways. This amicable spirit, it has been represented by seve ral witnesses connected with railways, is likely to con tinue uninterrupted so long as the supervision of the. Board of Trade is exercised as at present, in the way of suggestion; but if an absolute power of enforcing regu lations under pain of a penalty were given, it might, al though exercised with • the greatestjudgment and for bearance, have .the unfortunate effect of engendering, on the part of Railway companies, a desire of concealment and feelings of jealousy which would not otherwise arise. Influenced by these considerations, your Cominittee recommend that the Board of Trade sbould not at pre sent have the discretionary power contemplated in the eleventh clause of the Bill above quoted, and prefer that the supervision of that department should be exercised in the way of suggestion rather than in that of positive regulation. At the same time they propose that minutes should be made of the various suggestions which may from time to time be offered to Railway Companies; and your Committee make this recommendation with a view to the suggestions themselves and the correspondence arising therefrom being submitted to Parliament when ever they may be called for. - Your Committee therefore suggest that, in lieu of the 11th clause, a clause should be substituted requiring that Railway Companies shall enter in the minutes of the proceedings of their boards of management, or in some book to be brought under the notice of the Directors at their periodical meetings, all such suggestions as may be addressed to them by the railway department. Your Committee are of opinion that one great source of danger to the public may arise from a want of har monious proceeding on the part "of the managers of con necting railways, in reference to their regulations and arrangements at the junctions ; and your Committee, with a view to remove the difficulties which are likely to exist in this matter, consider it expedient that when ever the directors of connecting lines of railways shall not be able to agree upon arrangements for conducting, with safety and' convenience to the public, their joint traffic, it should be lawful for the directors of either of such railways to demand that the arrangements for carry ing into effect the above object, so far as they can be deemed to relate to the safe and convenient transference of passengers and goods from one connecting railway to the other, should be referred to arbitration, each of the companies nominating an arbitrator ; and, in the event of the disagreement of the arbitrators so nominated, the railway department of the Committee of Privy Council, on application in writing by either party, should be au thorised to appoint an umpire, whose decision should be conclusive on such . points as may be submitted to him in furtherance of these objects. Your Cominittee are, therefore, of opinion that clauses for the objects above stated should be added to the Bill. THE WEATHER.--Noorr, JUNE 18. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAT DE-STREET. Barometer .................... 29.78 In. Thermometer... 72 -- Highest ......... 77 f Lowest Wind S.E.—Freezing point 32 Deg. „ JAMES H ATFIELD .—..The work announced for immediate publication under the above title is likely, from its subject, to create as great asensation in the read ing world as has been .occasioned by any work of the Dickens or Ainsworth school. The her o is the noto rious James H a tfi e ld, t h e 'celebrated swindler and forger of by-gone times, whose ingenious and elegant iniquities were the talk an d won d er of the whole country, from the palace to the cottage, and whose marriage with the Beauty of Buttermere forms one of the most interesting incidents in the romance of reality. The scenes are said to differ from th ose o f t h e authors of ” Oliver Twist" an d " Jack Sheppard, , ' inasmuch as they are lai d amongst persons of rank and genius—Coleridge, Words worth, Southey, th e P r i nce o f W a l e s, Lords Castlereagh, Camelford, of the story — a f act w hi c h i s likely to give considerable &c., playing some of th e p rinci pa l characters interest to the production, which is to be embellished with plates by R. Cruikshank, - The name of the'author has not yet.transpired. REFORM OR REVOLUTION. • TO J. B. SMITH, ESQ. LEICESI'Eit, JUNE 15, IS4I. Sate,—l have frequently seen your name in connection with the .Anti-Corn-law League, and have been delighted to read your spirited addresses upon the repeal of that iniquitous and diaholical law. I have read with pleasure many suggestions and schemes for carrying out your political designs, yet Lone have appeared to me sufficiently to show to the working classes of this waning country the destroying, starving, and killing influence of a continuation of this wieked impost, and the paramount im portance of its repeal. This country will shortly labou- larder the excitement of a general election ; shortly, sir, the proud aristocrat with his unjust protection, together with his deluded dupes, and the tyrannical oppressors of our country will array themselves against the honest and fair manufacturer, and the mental powers, genius, and natural talent of the great and principal producer of our country's wealth—the workingman. I like, in all speculations, to know pretty well (at any rate to have an idea) what ground I stand upon, in case I am sailed to sustain a loss, where I expected a decided gain ; and it is the same with me in the coming struggle. I want to know, Sir, what is the decision of the Anti-Corn-law League, in ca-e a majority of such men are returned. to Parliament as will attempt afresh to tax, and still further toe ppress, and ultimately to crush, " the people, the only source of legitimate power." Consideratioes as to your future steps ought now to be earnestly and zealously entertained. Don't be secret in your intentions; give the strong advocates of class legislature a fair chance of getting up a defence against. the mighty phalanx which you, Sir, as the Chairman of the body alluded to, could assemble in twenty-four hours. There is a moral power, Sir, against which Britain's sword will never be unsheathed; and we have arrived at the crisis when, either we must strike the blow at monopoly, or the blood-bespattered flag of revolution will be hoisted in our streets, and our families will be hushed by the dagger or the knife into the deep and dark oblivion of the night of death. As a proof we have arrived at this crisis, let me invite your attention to your own immediate neighbourhood; look at these vast buildings—your factories—if not altogether, nine out of ten partially standing still ; see the commercial distress which pervades every manufacturing district in Great Britain, and then look at the vast masses of our fellow-creatures, as they proceed in fearful armies to the union houses for relief against actual famine, and for shelter to hide them from the pitiless, pelting storm of a proud and overbearing aristocracy. Bid every member of your praiseworthy band to take a dis trict ; bid him leave his home, his own fireside, his wife, his children, and his friends, but not his country : kid him stand by his 'Monarch in the hour of distress and difficulty, and urge them unitedly to raise their banner, bearing this inscription as their motto—" Peace on earth, good will to man." We are all prepared to join your ranks, to nail our colours to the mast, to surround the throne, and to declare " Whie we've a hand to save, Her foes shall harm her not." You, Sir, on this great and momentous question posseas more power and influence than any man in the empire besides. You possess more of the confidence of your fellow-men than any warrior that ever entered the field of battle—because you are the commander in a moral war, a bloodless revolution, a univeral strife for the recovery of right against wrong, and of justice and mercy against tyranny and oppression. You are destined yet to be the honoured instrument in the salvation of your native land. The storm is gathering thickly—darkly— the hour is near at hand—the drums beat—the cannons roar— the enemy is not far in the distance, and a mighty, firm, de termined, resolute stand, would now avert the calamity which, without it, hangs over our head. Commerce is resting on her oars, all the nations of the earth are now anxiously looking to the hour when England will assert her right—when every " bread-taxed slave " will rise and shake off the chain which has bound him to the earth. Property has made a stand, and pauses ere she lisps her last " farewell !" Alachinery lies dormant, a mass of lumber, waiting the result of our struggle, ready either to sleep for ever, or to rise once more in active energy and exercise at your call. With these things before you, Sir, I want to know whether you are prepared to be proclaimed the restorer of your coun try's rights or not. To you we are all looking—our ear is heavy with listening for your call—call, and we'll respond with a voice of thunder that will wake the dead. I am no advocate for extreme measures except in extreme cases. The Reform Bill was an extreme case, and this is an extreme case. lam no advocate for physical force, for 1 have always been of opinion that the firm, determined, resolute, un armed man in the cause of truth is stronger' than he who brandishes the two-edged sword. Our God declares, that " Cursed is he who withhokleth corn." This question, Sir, is a proper question, a political ques tion, a financial question, a question for the poor man, and a question for the rich, a insiral and religious question ; there is not a man, or a body of men, beneath the canopy of heavers but can fairly and honestly entertain it. All religious commu nities, in my opinio.i, ought to do so, and, I have no doubt, will, if recommended by you as the Chairman of the A. C. L. L. The people of England, when united, are almighty, and knowing their power often prevents them making u-e of it. We bate tyranny, and therefore cannot, dare out, practise it ; but let the summons come—let the mandate come forth now the measure has emanated from the person of our dearly be loved friend, guardian, and Sovereign —and let the manufac turers and merchants swear by the institutions and altars of their country never more to open their mills and warehouses until the measure, as proposed by Lord John Russell, shall have become the law of the land. Let this determination be entered into at Manchester. London is prepared to follow, and no contradictory notes will be heard from Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Hull, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham. Yes ! fallen Nottingham will arise from her sepulchre of disgrace, and join the si multaneous shout with every town, city, village, and hamlet in the country. You will see our good and loyal borough of Leicester as a star of the first magnitude amongst towns, and she will riot be looked upon as a mean planet in the counties of this great country. And on that great holiday the war-song shall be, Rise, [tritons, arise. and proclaim that you're free. Tell the proud haughty landowner what is your choice; 'I hat your cry w ill be "Freedom," your watchword " Rejoice;" That you'll spurn all protection, and none you will give ; For your rights you will struggle—by your skill you will live. I am, Sir, your's obediently and truly, A BREAD-TAXED SLAVE AND A MANUFACTURER. THE ELECTIONS. We have been quite inundated with poetical effusions on the present crisis, and we select the following as a very fair spe cimen of the whole. " A Bumper for Napier." Here's a bumper to Napier ! ay dauutless a sailor, As e'er wore a jacket of British true blue; Whose fame never yet has been dimm'd by a failure, When his flag was afloat, and a foe was in view ; And now, when the nations resound with his glory, Shall he not be acknovvledg'd with pride by his own? While the conquest of Acre is recent in story, Shall Britons reject him for 111arylebone? Here's a bumper to Napier—no braver or better A tar or a Statesman his colours can show ; The world is itself to his prowess a debtor, Be it ours to pay him, in part, what we owe. 'Tie time round the brave and the holiest to rally, To gird up our loins and be true to the throne ; But one effort more, to the pull let us rally ; The watchword is Napier and Marylebone. A bumper to Napier ! the Lord of the Ocean! Remember the deeds he has done 'midst its foam; No pleader for f amine, no friend to commotion, No slave of a faction abroad or at home. Again shall the banner of triumph wave e'er him, 'l he ensign* that only hath victory known ; And our bread-taxing tyrants shall tremble before him, Success, then, to Napier and Maryleborre. J. A. W. 4 The Unon Jack. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWTON RACE.—THURSDAY. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 25 added ; the second saves his stakes. Mile and three quarters. (3 Subs.) Lord Stanley's b c Sybarite, Bst 61b (Jones) 1 Mr. Heywood's gr c Whippy, Bst 61b Sir T. Stanley's gr c by Stumps Betting— 6 to 4 agst Sybariie, 6 to 4 agst M'Whippy, and 2to 1 agst the Stumps c. Won by a neck, after a fine race from the distance. The Golborne Stakes of 20 sovs. each for 2-yrs-olds colts, Bst 51b ' • and fillies, Bst 21b. Golborne course. (It Subs.) Mr. F. R. Price's gr f Valentina (Cartwright) 1 Lord Stanley's Lady of the Lune 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Tal lentire's f Sprite ; Mr. Legh's red ch c, by Lantar, out of Emigrant's dam ; Mr. Mostyn's Boreas ; Mr. Buckley's b e, by Physician ; Sir R. W. Bulkeley's f Wide-awake ; Mr. FOS,. ter's Wilton Brown ; Mr. Meiklam's Florence and Lord ' Westminster's Hookah. Betting-5 to 3 agst Valentine, and 15 to 6 agst Lady of the Lune. Won on the post by a head. The Borough Cup of 1001., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; 3 yrs, 6st 31b5; 4 yrs, Bst 'fibs ; 5 yrs, Sst 101bs ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st ; mares, &c., allowed 31bs ; maiden, 4-yrs old and upwards, allowed Sibs; winners of 1001. in one Cup, Plate, or Stakes, 41bs each. Mile and a half. (15 Subs. ) Mr. Jones's Portrait, 3 yrs (Owner) 1 Wormald's Millepede, • 3 yrs Also started, but not placed, Mr. Meiklam's Broadwath, 4 yrs, and Mr. B. Minor's Clarion. Betting—Even on Portrait, and 6to 4 agst Clarion. Won by half a length. Plate of 60 guineas for three years, bat Sub ; four, Sat 51b ; winners of one plate this year 311 a extra, of two plates, a gold cup, or Queen's plate 51b. extra ; mares allowed 3lbs. Mile and half heats. Mr. Leigh's Lady Mary, 3 yrs (Francis) 1 1 Mr. Wilson's Show Lad, 3 yrs Mr. Meiklam's Broadwath, 4 yrs Mr. Thompson's Miss Fitz, 4 yrs First heat-2 to lon Broadwath. A good race. Second heat—Show Lad the favourite. Won by a length. :,111IGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE Tills DAY. it ruing 17 minutes after I i Evening 4i minutes after 1. HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. The Seket Committee appointed to inure into the Con dition of the Population of the Islands and Highlands of Scotland, and into the Practicability of affording the People Relief by means of Emigration ; and who were empowered to report their observations from time to time to the House, have agreed to the following Report : I. Your Committee having concluded their inquiry into the subject referred to them, beg to state that .the following important facts have been established by the evidence which they have collected for the information of the House. They have divided their inquiry into two branches ; first, as to the origin and extent of the dis tress which was said to exist in certain districts of the country ; and, secondly, as to the practicability of afford ing relief by means of emigration. It Was established by the evidence before your Committee that an excess of population existed beyond that for which the country could afford the means of subsistence, or furnish ade quate employment, along that part of the western coast which includes portions of the counties of Argyll, Inver ness, and Ross, as well as amongst the islands ; and this excess of population, who are for the most part for a pe riod of every year in a state of great destitution, was. variously calculated at from 45,000 to 80,000 souls. 2. Your Committee were informed that the famine and destitution in the years 1836 and 1837 was so extensive, that many thousands would have died of starvation had it not been for the assistance which they received - from Government and the public ; that the sum of 70,000/. was collected and distributed at that period in the shape of food and clothing, and all the witnesses were of opinion that this district of the country was liable to . similar visita tions in succeeding years. 3. Your Committee are of opinion, that the origin of this excess of population must be traced back as far as prior to the year 1745 ; that it originated in the feudal system which existed at that time, when the proprietors were accustomed to value their estates according to the amount of their population, and the number of men whom they could bring into the field ; this . led to the minute subdivision of lands, and to the croft system, which was maintained up to a late period in those dis tricts, by the full employment which the people received from the manufacture of kelp, as well as by an occa sionally abundant herring fishery, which the coast at one time afforded, and for the encouragement of which con siderable bounties were awarded by Parliament. Most of these resources have now failed them. - 4. This excess of population was further maintained, - and its tendency to increase confirmed, by the practice of the Government, of raising large bodies of volunteers and fencibles, and by the consolidation of farms in the inte rior of the. country, which had the effect of removing the people from the glens to the coast, where they found it more easy to obtain a subsistence, either by fishing, or in the manufacture of kelp. 5. Your Committee also find it stated that the defi ciency of education has tended to perpetuate this evil of excessive population, as want of knowledge of the Eng lish language, and the ignorance of the people in other respects, made them unable to estimate the advantage it would be to them to seek for employment where they might find a better market for their labour. The want of roads, also, in some districts of the country, by which the people are prevented from reaching a market for their produce, has been stated as a further cause of the general distress. 6. Your Committee have ' already reported to the House their opinion, that a well-arranged system of emigration, in order to relieve the present state of desti tution, and as preparatory to any measures calculated to prevent a return of similar distress, would be of primary importance ; and they now beg leave to add, that it seems to them impossible to carry Such, a . 'system, upon so ex tensive a scale as would' be necessary,' into effect, Without aid and assistance from the Government, accompanied by such regulations as Parliament may impose, to prevent a recurrence of similar evil. 7. It has been stated to the Committee that the pro vince of Upper Canada alone, and without reference to other portions of our North American Colonies, might annually absorb 10,000 labourers, implying an emigra tion of 50,000 souls ; that 30,000 actually arrived in Canada last year, at least one-half of which number were absolutely destitute ; and although no extraordinary meana were taken, they have all found employment. It was further stat e d to be to the advantage of emigrants, even with small capital, to be employed for the first two years as labourers, rather than at once to be located upon land. 8. To give effect, however, to an enlarged system of emigration to these colonies, it would be desirable that her Majesty's Government should ascertain from the Co! lonial Governments what assistance, if any, they might be disposed to afford to emigrants' arriving in• the colo nies, either by employing them in public works, or by undertaking to convey ) them to those districts of the country where their Aour would be most readily ab sorbed. 4 9. It has appeared in ev id ence th at the people, being HAMPTON AND MOULSEY RACES-FRIDAY. One of the most'successful meetings ever known on Moulsey Hurst was brought to a close yesterday in the presence of a thin company. From the following return it will be seen that the sport was very moderate : The Innkeepers' Plate of 401., ;.dded to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, weights as for the Albert Stakes. The winner to be sold for 80/. Heats once round and a distance. (10 Subs. ) Lord Chesterfield's La Gitana, 3 yrs (Nat) 0 1 1 Mr. Balchin's Clematis, 4 yrs Mr. Shelley's Hellespont, 4 yrs Mr. Geodwing's St. Prieux, 4 yrs 0 4 dr Mr. Bacon's Ascanius, aged Mr. Coleman's Carlos, 4 yrs First heat—Hellespont the favourite; Clematis made all the running, and won easy by a length. Second heat—Clematis again made the running, but, after a fine race up the distance, was beaten by a neck. The third heat was a " ditto " of the second. A Free Cup, presented by the Proprietor of the New Toy Hotel, Hampton Court ; 3 yrs Est 71b, 4 yrs Bst 51b, 5 yrs 9st ; 6 yrs and aged 9st 51b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; wincers once 51b, twice 81b, and thrice 101 b extra. Mile heats. Hon. J. Sandilands' Moleskin, 4 yrs ...... ...(Wakefield) 1 1 Mr. Stirling's The Comptroller, 3 yrs ... •• Mr. Balchin's Clematis, 4 yrs lion. J. Sandilands' Easingwohl, 5 yrs Moleskin won both heats in a canter, but was objected to by Mr. Stirling, on the ground that Mr. Sandilands had entered and run two horses. ThUrsday afternoon a serious accident occurred in the tan-yard of Jr. Thomas H e oper, of the Grange, Ber mondsey, to a man named William True, aged 49 years. It appears that True was employed, in shaving some skins close to a wooden *nce, at a time when some 3oung men on the ad. joining premises were amusing themselves b y shootin g at a mark with ball. Several shots, had been fired, mrlum one of the balls penetrated the fence, and. striking True passed through the thick part of his thigh. . He immediately fell, and h:s cries brought some of the other workmen t,. his assistance, by wham the unfortunate man Was'coriveyed >fo G r uy's Hospital, where he remains in a precarious state. LONDON: SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1841. The House of Lords last night, after receiving a number of petitions, took up the adjourned debate on the Punishment of Death Bill, and an amendment to some mySterious clause, of a mysterious nature, ex cept that it retains the punishment of death, of which their Lordships shirked the discussion as indelicate, was agreed to. With all deference to their Lord ships we cannot think that laws should be made about matters their Lordships cannot speak of. Better would it be to pass over the crime as an impossibility, and never make a law on the . subject. The Earl of WIN CHILSEA, however, thought differently, and decreed death fur what he could only describe by inuendo. A second amendment to retain the punishment of death for rape, also moved by the Noble Earl, was lost by 64 to 60, and the Bill was finally passed. It is to be extended as soon as possible to Ireland and Scotland. The Criminal Justice Bill was read a second time, and passed through a Committee after two divisions relative to exempting Manchester from the Act. The Dog-Cart Bill was put off for a week, in order to drop it altogether. We earnestly recomend their Lord ships to read the admirable letter of Archbishop WHATELEY before the next session, which may pro bably warn them against constituting themselves a meddling Government, and prevent for ever such non sensical laws as dog-cart laws. The Bribery at Elections Bill was passed, while the very law-makers who pass it are preparing to bribe, or are bribing, in every part of the country. What a mockery ! Their Lordships adjourned to Monday. In the Commons, Mr. LABOUCUERE, in answer to a question, stated that a protocol had been agreed to, which, he trusted, would lead to a satisfactory adjust ment of the Sound dues, but it was not yet ratified by the King of DENMARK. In reply to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Lord JOHN Rus- SELL said that the Government had not given up the ldla of erecting a monument to Sir SYDNEY SMITH. The House a4journed, at an early hour, till Monday. We have long ago, and repeatedly,-told the aristocracy, the landowners, and the clergy, that they were perilling things of infinitely more im portance than the Corn-laws by their obstinate adherence to that avowed scheme of plunder. We have, accordingly, not treated that question for some time as one of mere pecuniary interest, but as going to the root of the Constitution, and endangering, by the continued existence of in justice, all the institutions of the State. Those who can read the signs of the times will, we believe, adopt thesaine conclusion, after they have read the letter from a Lei cester Manufacturer to J. B. SMITII, Esq., the President of the Anti-Corn-law League, which appears in another part of The Sun. At any rate it is worthy of much at tention, and we are not sorry to see that it has engaged the attention of the Tories. The Standard describes the writer of the letter as a fitter object for a State prosecution than any of the three or four hundred Chartists whom Sir JOHN CAMPBELL has placed in dungeons. " Its purport is to frighten Englishmen with menaces of blood-bespattered flags, and knives and dag gers plunged in the bosoms of sleeping women and children." Though that is a gross misre presentation it will induce the Tories to reflect on the subject. They are not destitute of human feelings; they have souls, consciences, and sympathies; they are not destitute of fear, and when they find some of their fellows, who are usually engaged in the peaceful occupations of making stockings or bobbinet, forsaking them, and forming a great system of political agitation, writing letters indi cating a resolve to resist the law, and openly preparing and inciting resistance, we cannot but think that the Tories, who boast of their wealth, and have much to lose, will pause, and ask themselves whether the manufacturing popula tion could be driven to such a pass with out sonic sufficient reason. They will be driven, whether they like it or not, to reflect on their own course, and be forced on to adopt the con clusion, that a law to keep up the pr; ce of food, however delightful to their ima gination, when it leads to such consequences is pregnant with evil. They cannot for one moment Just ready, In 3 vols. post Bro , with Plates by It CruiksbaA. 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Ift c ll7 , 4 „PA) f , 0 4 , 6 74' • . e& .61-01 I rer nt o ...HT., • ', b The MORNING EVTIOrt doubt or deny that the Corn-laws, and this P 1 paration for mortal strife, are CO-OXiStillg nomena, and by the manufacturing ai.c said to ha cause and effect. ta. We would caution the clergy against inu°., ing, on this occasion, in any of their usual tirades, about the wickedness of human nature, al against contenting themselves with that (log n _ as a sufficient explanation of the threats that ate Classes they used. Whatever wickedness there is in 11 11311/ 0 nature, is as largely shared by the law-rne ke and the clergy as b y the manufacturers, nOthia r t . the dogma, therefore, will do towards exonerating the Corn-law Tnek,es from blame. We would caution the 14°r1,e1; too, not to follow the clergy, and ascil, ts all the ill-feeling in the manufacturing distrie to a seditious press, which a tyrannical G0ve!.17,, meat will suffice to repress. The which Charti s ts and manufacturers alike LipP,o_, to, has its origin in physical privation s and sutle,clr. ing, brought on by class legislation , by lors pressly made to keep the people hi poverty al distress, and to add to their suffering s will °I)1 hasten and provoke the strife which is already th Like a Morning Contemporary, We letter to Mr. SMITH . , SO make our readers dire__, s ntrao; of the thoughts which now find a ready into the minds of peaceful manufacturers, s",'lh. are in general only intent on the pursuit of weal' id It is right and proper that the farmers 511011 0 learn that if they persist in supportin gal c 960 1 . 1 0 7 which plunders the people without them, that they do it at the hazard of Pr°" kl te bloody strife. It is right and proper that et landlords and the clergy, who are obstinate , at publish three their injustice, should be at once made aware su b , that there is a limit beyond which men will not sli ly mit to wrong, and that this limit is now eiye: reached. It is right and proper to Inal- Le classes aware, gistature be constituted on the principle of 0.1 before the elections, that taming all_the present monopolies, and in Plot cular the giant monopoly of the C °lll f t he the Legislature itself will be unworthAe. respect, and will fail to command the obe' le ' of the people. There hoe are some laws which no mojority, thy ever numerous or tyrannical, can make rice of; of obedience. Tile law to enhance the Pr ic a r food beyond its natural level, and to take et is from the purchaser a portion of his prof c 7ol,* the price, and give it to the owner of t h u e te e t if Oleo. is such a law. It is a plain and PalP a ",. - at ise of theft, far worse than any common theft, h e It it is practised under a hallowed n aille s ke 4 will not do, therefore, for the Corn- 10 1 ' to fancy that their selfish and self - w illed o ittst is to be honoured and obeyed, as if it were at islo and righteous enactment. Nor is it e°! ll P oa sti' with the peace and safety of society t° % v ia. tute the Legislature on the principle of 111 , 81 t here' ing that act of legal plunder. We thinV., e stet Manufacturer for his boldness, fore, that great praise is due to the l'el" and his far-sightedness, in having warned t h i . e v reia tors in time of the probable consequence city ei sending to the House of Commons a mar ant men resolved to make and maintain a I n° 7 just law. • p g It may be well enough for the T° l.l- ; as° make laws for the purpose of plund eri s li rtioee i debasing the people, to preach up his lionestPciec, submission to whatever laws they make; bat t o, public, as is evident by the letter, l' e g a l e tot unco--ut t he take a very different view, and to cone ° to pose . laws which are made for this nefariotts,P.froal must be resisted, not obeyed. In f a ct, le` s ob its being the duty of men to OheY # laws, it is their duty to r esin Suppose the aristocracy were to In ot ad law commanding the poor to P their children beyond a couple to deati v- d ? Se t such a law, ought such a law, to be eheYe , in what does such a law differ from a lt i v r or e h will not allow the people to get food it)fidloat than one or two children, and of itself; with asking their permission, effectually starveissels° rest out of existence ? Clearly there ar e to a ir , which men are bound at almost all rie' - i s t a t % • obey, and equally are they bound to re,' f oie . ' to W ale Legislature constituted expressly make such laws, 5 ad d ' il : The object of the l e tt er - w riter, we m u t io tea -e.e not as the Standard all ege s, to provoke lioa but to guard against it. A great rey °et t s, taken place in our knowledge, our inannerefola),. opinions; there mu st b e a corresPon clieg daett l re tion in our laws. Th e Leicester 1011-0,01 ht is for a great revolution in the la w i s ' t i a a warns those who resist this great r ev°l l e ea u - f they are provoking a bloody qua rrel, bas e . g which no man can foresee, though eveWhetlViler 11 , 1 of • it will be marked with destruction. a i he " language be th e mos t t em perate e tice ß , or exactly accordant with the usuaTi l e all fine writers, or beyond the bounds °` ra e ' e ige cussion, are matters wholly futile and i' ea tea e the great cause at issue. The land is rh e at eril i r a u 00 0 with great calamity—there can be no g r a cause the parent ofcountless calamities ~stiser7 lature pledged to make or maintain and without, perhaps, nicely Lei c ` yet with great force and effect, the pa x he 1) 0 d1. Manufitcturer has solemnly warned t b of the consequence of creating such _ l ataa i Honour, say we, to this bold straight-fon" 4 . Yo u . The Tories are undoubtedly inconsis o f ° weighing. ..stet unwise. Does a poor man comPleilicooteated institutions, he is described as clis ,-01, 11 , 11 ,,-e with his natural lot, envious of haPP ler - OP P. 10 1 the only anxious to bring down all above 0 sal Ar own wretched level. Does a rich Inajorest`ir, Corn-laws are unjust, and our com inere ace nta a si s tions improper, his own great fortune 5 thr ° ,v : ted by his industry under this systeT gaiteLlat in his face, and he is asked how a inil"°,000411- 0 4. him can find f au lt ? The Tories are in condemning a ll w ho do not agree theal/ 10 0 1 ' in nothing else. # W." AO • They have set up a howl agains", and LLOYD, because he, being a successf°` it eo,l - 0 man, desires to see our comm to se e sY e a tP formed. They are very stupid n° ' r We s ' the argument tells against them e his o re, JONES LLOYD makes no coin faint as 60 p n o e, resources ; he does not say that io- a r. be o f lessened, that banking business is be al be r .o fi l e 01.1 l'or i not ask for a change to increase f his clients. If he did, the reproaches° teos'7-01 d tre es i would be just; butwhile he iS rich an ci 511 e . 3 lie can feel for the wants and the - . s je others. Inquiry has convinced. 11"1".feettt system is totally wrong, and with P el t alte 1 50 terestedness he comes forward °go `goof against it, though under it he hasgr eis pi , 10'gra because his poorer brethren have h e- Thst 4 or., by it to distr ess an d starvati on- d t oo. o ss - JONES LLOYD, a most success ful an re at t he lent banker, takes tile lead in the g oo d i ° , 19 1 e talent in the City, is gall and wort° t elcavete Tories, because they dare not, w ith tact i c s A before them, indulge in their tol e- 1 or iotl e i presenting all Reformers as ne edy, e desperate adventurers. e . hat ' fr' o t We see by an advertisement 0 ; 0 0 0 t v ep r Tooxr. continues to put forth Preteois ist lip present Finsbury in Parliament- eve r r o e impudent. The only requ isition the O n S ea oeli t soliciting this attorney to stand f el. , tile ° fib ° proceeded from himself. It va d esni en e 111 ' round for signatures amongst trades 50 0 4 - th at served institutions in which Ile i der stan itt dr iluenee, and they were given to li n 6 ig d id sta they would lose custom if they t° e 0 Tool' roc e Thus Mr. TboxE requested Mr- , et it and on the strength of that imP'''_r v ote rof Al; ing he now asks the electors for their sines) anbad oeto He has no chance wh atever of t ole 00 04 the electors of Finsbury cordially ~.everes $ ~0 i d i Why he to as and hypocrisy. de s ire as EA • knows, except it he from adoe " 0,0" t , purse, and probably will not rn . „, al oe i d harass the prcssnt rata ) e thousand pounds or two to g t h • . 0; To make him harass only leer • . Members. e i s pell ite: • pfC I p.