The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-28 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—NOON, JUNE 28. RO fA L GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer.... 68 Highest 69 I Lowest 46 Barometer 30.30.—Wind S.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 3 minutes after 5 I Evening 22 minutes after 5. All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of The sun." _ _ Cbt ,7t :=-.; AM a - -,troilliWtettton SUN OFFICE Three o'Clock. There is no body of professing Christians less open to attack than the Society of Friend s , usually called Quakers. Taken as a whole, there is no Christian sect o little tainted with the vices that deform society. Cleanly in their habits ; grave and decorous in their de iceanour ; shrewd, sensible, and intelligent in their con versation ; generally honest in their dealings ; punctual observers of their promises ; charitable to the poor; and avowedly opposed to quarrelling and litigiousness— statesmen rarely speak of them save in terms of the highest praise. In secret, h owever, they are regarded by many with an evil eye- The Church is not over fond of them, because t'aey teach the practical lesson that men and women array be exceedingly moral and re ligiuus without priests Among lawyers there is a nu• mevous class of the piofession who dislike men who never give rise to an action for homicide, and who as witnesses will .effirm no more than in their consciences they be lieve to be ',rue. Lord ABINGER is one of those legal lumir ;tries Who dislike the Quakers. The Noble and Leaxmcd Lord was never much celebrated for liberality of I:eouklat, and there are few men whose sympathies are expanded by increase of years. Certainly Lord AsINtrER is not one of them. In the course of the de bate !A:St night. in the House of Lords, upon Lord Dr N rtaN's Affirmation Bill, the Noble and Learned Chief Baro'a of the Exchequer spoke of the Quakers in the full.swirig terms : He had a great respect for that very excellent class of men, 'the Quakers ; but still he must say, that of all the witnesses be ever examined in a Court of Justice, he found none sn diffi cult to fence with as Quakers--( Hear and a laugh)—so diffi cult., indeed, that he often was led to think that it was part of their religion never to give a direct answer.—( Hear, and a laugh.) He did not mean to say anything to disparage the Quakers. —(" Hear, hear," from Lord Denman, and a laugh.) Well, if his Noble and Learned Friend wished him (Lord Abinger) to be more explicit, he would say, that with the ex perience which he now possessed, he would not have supported the law which gave that sect their present exemption from taking oaths, and he certainly would not vote for the extension .of that privilege any further. Lord ABINGER'S avowal, that with his long experience at the bar and upon the bench, were it to grant now he would not exempt Quakers from violating their con sciences by taking oaths, casts a heavy, but most un merited, reproach upon the Society of Friends. It implies, evidently, that his Lordship would sooner credit a Pro testant upon his oath than a Quaker upon his affirmation. What Lord ABINGER means by the difficulty he expe rienced in "fencing " with Quaker witnesses, we under stand very well. It redounds greatly to their credit, though we confess there must have been many times when it must have proved exceedingly annoying to the quondam Tory Attorney-General. It is a confession on the part of the Noble and Learned Chief Baron of the Exchequer that he never could prevail upon Quaker witnesses to swear to facts of which they had only an imperfect knowledge. They were unmanageable, be cause they were not to be brow-beaten by a purchased scowl upon the countenance of an impertinent lawyer, or an overbearing judge. Lords BROUGHAM and DENMAN defended the Quakers from the imputations cast upon them by Lord ABINGEn. Lord BROUGHAM said that he had known them long, and he would venture to say that no sect paid more regard to truth, or had a greater horror of violating an oath than they had of violating an affirma tion. • They were adholetnnly convinced of the sanctity of an affirmation as others were of the sacredness of an oath. Lord DENMAN declared that he had always found that the Quakers delivered their evidence with more than usual sincerity, and that he had repeatedly been struck with the care and solemnity which they manifested. Such testimony may well console the Quakers for the bigoted views entertained by Lord ABINGER.! The LORD MAYOR, while presiding in the Justice Room at the Mansion House, has occasionally alluded, in terms of strong reprehension, to the conduct of foreign Consuls residing in London, for refusing to grant relief to natives of their respective countries when reduced to destitution ; and yesterday his Lordship re newed the attack, in language neither very consistent nor respectful to these gentlemen. The Consuls gene rally refuse to support or send home persons who have come to London as sailors in English vessels, and are perfectly justified in so doing. If an English Captain engages men to . .vork his ship to this country he has no right to discharge them here, in a helpless state, nor is the LORD MAYOR war ranted in casting blame on the Consuls for obeying the instructions no doubt received from their own Governments. It is only fair that the Captain should be made responsible, and the LORD MAYOR, while he is evidently of this opinion, very inconsistently goes out of his way to cast a reproach on the Consuls of Austria and Spain. As a proof that he does not really consider their conduct reprehensible, he praises the humane pro visions of the Customs Regulations Act, which provides that the master of every vessel coming from the coast of Africa shall enter into a bond to keep harmless any parish or place maintaining its poor against any expense it may be put to in supporting such persons during their stay in the United Kingdom, under a penalty of 200/. His Lordship then adds, "If the Legislature compassionately extended that Act, I would undertake, by the infliction of exemplary penalties, to carry it into effect." So that, according to his own showing, the fault lies with the Captains and our own Legisla ture, and not with the foreign gentlemen. They do not refuse relief to all their , destitute countrymen, but only to those in the condition described. We think his Lordship, on reflection, will admit that he does not show absolute discretion in thus taking advantage of his high office, as first City Magistrate, to threaten masters and owners of English vessels with " exemplary penalties" if he had the power, and at the same time to abuse these public functionaries for not encouraging shipowners to kidnap sailors of' their respective States. The deputations from the manufacturing districts have , we understand, requested all the Members of the House of Commons who voted for Mr. VILLIERS' motion OR the total repeal of the Corn-laws, to attend a meeting at Brown's Hotel, on Thursday, the 30th instant. The present alarming state of our trade, when our own absurd restrictions are stimu lating other nations to impose similar restrictions on them and our trade—the continual increase of distress, and the absence of all hope of improvement, will make this a very important meeting ; and none of the invited Members, we believe, will be so forgetful of honour and duty as to neglect the call. The French Government has laid an extra duty of 20 per cent. upon the importation of foreign linen and linen-thread. The Royal ordinance to that effect ap peared in the Monitcur of Monday (yesterday). This is the commencement of what the Opposition journals call the "war of tariffs." It is intended to injure the Irish linen trade, and there is no doubt but that it will have that effect. This comes of Sir R. PEEL'S proposal to impose an export duty of 4s. a ton upon coals. We warned the Right Hcn. Baronet of the mischief which that proposal, so soon afterwards partially abandoned, would do us, especia ll y w ith the people of F rance. ' Enraged that no measure was to be ad opte d for lower ing the import duty u p on their wines and brandies, they regard the export coal duty as a blow designed to crush their rising manufactures. The cry of retaliation was raised, and hence the additional 20 per cent. duty upon the import of British linen and linen-thread. Belgium, to whom Sir ROBERT PEEL'S tariff secures the monopoly of supplying France with coal,, has entered into a treaty with France for pre venting the smuggling of British linens and thread across her Frontier. There is no political news of any interest in the French journals. Their abuse of one set of candidates and praise of another would not edify the people of England, who know nothing at all about either. The l'haramand packet, which left Algiers on the 2.oth, ar rived at Mar , cille s on the .).2d. According to the correspondence published by the Gazette do Midi of the 23d, a telegraphic despatch had been received at AlgicrA on the 17th, announcing a check suffered by the gar -Ipo ori on ofvatus Miliaria, ed vihich h a d cost us 7 officers, 17 subalt erns , an d , kill. W,. must observe that the correspondence of the Sud makes no nvn tion of this import ant affair. Ced Ali, formerly Caid of the Hadjeutes, arrived at Algiers on the 17 th, tp propose the submission o f that tribe. It is an nounced, at the sa me time, tnat the f amous El Besher, Caid of Djindcl, has also just submitted, h and has induced nine tribes , e besides his own to follow t c ee r x ch am oi lLe.. c Therenznc now riot a single tribe from Algiers to. hu s Moniteur Atgeri,a, of the 20th of Juno, publishes the folloaina intelligence:— • . Sidi Ali Ouled Sidi Lekhal, cousin..german of Sidi hammed Ouled Sidi Alial, the most importasit person afte r him of the family of Sidi Embarek, arrived at Algier s on Friday last, the 17th inst.' He comes to make his submission to the Governor-General. He was accompanied by the Chiefs of se veral tribes which have recently submitted, who having come to Algiers to receive the investiture of their new functions, gladly seized the opportunity of escorting the Marabout Sidi Ali, for whom they entertain great respect. " The submission of this Arab Chief has caused a great sensation in the interior of the country at Blidah, and among the native population at Algiers. Sidi Ali has great influence among many important tribes, which is owing to his religious character. On account of the family to which he belongs, A bd-el-Kader gave him the post of Caid of the Hadjoutes.— Constitutionnel. THE IPSWICH TORY DINNER.—MINISTERIAL C SISTENCY.—At a public dinner given on Saturday last, at Ipswich, to celebrate the return of Earl Desart and Mr. T. Gladstone, at the last election, the Noble Lord took the opportunity of chaunting the praises of Mi nisters, observing that they were chiefly remarkable for " plain honesty and determined consistency." They might have other meritorious attributes, but these were their most conspicuous characteristics. Earl Desart is partly right, and partly wrong. Ile is wrong as respects the honesty of Ministers—of which the less said the better ; but he is unquestionably right, as regards their consistency, which they possess in an eminent degree. Look at Sir James Graham, for instance ! Where is there a statesman who has ever been more uniformly consistent in his attention to his own interests ? Through all his numerous tergiverstvi we can trace the guiding influence of Number One. It was his affection for this important Numeral that first made him a Whig ; the same quick, vigilant sensibility prompted his desertion of the Whigs ; and last year induced him to fly at office under the Tories, • with the same ravenous appetite with which a famished cur flies at a bone. Were Satan himself to be Prime Minister to-morrow, it is our firm and unalterable con viction that the heavy Knight of Netherhy, with that consistent devotion to Self which has always been the ruling principle of his life, would be the very first to take office under him. Then there is Sir Edward Knatchbull ! Who more consistent than this fine sample of Kentish patriotism ? Last year it suited his interest to oppose the New Poor-laws, and ho opposed them ac cordingly ; this year it suits ht* interest to support them, and he supports them accordingly. Can political consistency go further than this ? If it can, it will most assuredly be found in the character and conduct of our illustrious Premier, who, whether acting with the Tories, or against the Tories—whether acting with the ' Whigs, or against the Whigs—whether enslaving Catho lics, or emancipating Catholics—whether opposing Re form, or patronising Reform—has always been consis tent in his pertinacious adherence to his own ambitious views. We agree, therefore, with Earl Desart, that 'Mi nisters—if not exactly conspicuous by their honesty— are unquestionably " shining lights" as respects con sistency. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their Belgian Majesties, are expected to honour the public breakfast, given by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, with their presence this afternoon. The ddeuner will be served at live o'clock. The marriage of Viscount Emlyn, eldest son of the Earl of Caw•dor, :Nith the Hon. Miss Cavendish, recently one of the Maids of Honour to the Queen, was solemnised this morning. The bride is the daughter of the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. THE INCOME-TAX AcT.—Simpkin and Marshall have, with praiseworthy dispatch, published this Act, with an explanatory introduction, and numerous useful notes, by Mr. Mordaunt Wells, Barrister-at-Law. It is accom panied with a copious index, furnishing an excellent key to the Act, and so constructed as to form a complete analysis and digest of the enactments, as well as a means of reference to the various subjects contained in the work. It is sold at a moderate price, and will be found extremely useful to all those who come within the range of this new infliction. The following note, among others, will afford consolation to persons who receive annuities or dividends payable out of the public revenue, not amounting to 150/. yearly :—" All the duties upon such annuities, &c., will therefore be deducted from the pay ment made on account thereof, in the first instance ; but when the whole yearly income of the party entitled to such annuity, &c. does not amount to 1501., the amount of the duty so deducted will be repaid to him, on his pursuing the directions in the Act, described in page 13 of this introduction." MONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The intelligence from Paris has had an effect upon the prices of the English funds, and Consols, at one part of the morning, were as low as 914 sellers. Although the imposition of the extra duty, of 20 per cent. on linen is not generally considered as likely to be of any serious consequences to our manufacturers, yet it would seem to afford matter for serious apprehension. At the time when our own Government are offering concessions to other countries for the extension of freedom in commerce, the French Ministry are obliged from their weakness to suc cumb to popular outcry, and impose restrictions upon articles indispensably necessary to themselves. The ill feeling which exists in France towards England has long been a mat ter of notoriety, and this proceeding is looked upon merely as a precursor of others aimed against our trade; but it is in this manner only that it will be evinced, the idea of a hostile collision being wholly repudiated. If such be the case our neighbours themselves will be the suf ferers, the imports from France being of far, more consequence to them, than the exports to it from this country --e to us. The Market has since the commencement of business some what recovered, and Consols are 914, buyers, for the opening, ex din. ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 914; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1004 1004 ; Bank Stock, 1664 1674 ; India Bonds, 23 25 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 44 46 ; Ditto, New, 40 43 prem. Beyond a bargain in the Dutch Five per Cents. at 101, nothing has been done in Foreign Securities, prices of which remain nominally as en Saturday. Mexican is still quoted 36437. No business has been going forward in Shares, except a purchase of Great Westerns at 87, and South Eastern at 241/ s . The quotations of the bonds have been exceedingly agitated. All of them are lower than on yesterday, which is solely to be attributed to the small number and general weakness of the operators ; thus, as each speculates in all descriptions of stock, if ene give way, the others must necessarily follow. Since, therefore, the rate of Colombian has been sent down, upon the supposition that the holders of the bonds are in a worse condition now than they were a month since, Spanish and Portuguese have tollowed in the decline. This will be a clear solution for the caution which has from time to time been given against operations in these documents. At present no security exists against a species of moral robbery, anti Consols may, without any legitimate cause, be raised or depressed two or three per cent. in a day, just as it may suit the speculators. Dealings have been in Portuguese, Colombian, and Spanish Shares only ; the first at 35 1 4, the second at 35 1 / 2 , and the last at 22%, with the dividend to be paid on the 30th inst. There are no foreign arrivals to-day. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto New Great Western Manchester and Leeds ... 70 Ditto Shares South Eastern and Dover 5O ...... 24i to 234 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 27.—The market was rather firmer, and sales to a great extent were effected at steady rates. The total quantity sold was about 4,500 bales, which included 600 Peruvian, 54d. to SIAd. ; 100 Egyptian, 63d. to 9d. ; 50 Pernam, 7d. to 74d. ; 100 Maranham, 54d. to 64d. ; 300 Surat, 3d. to 3% s d. ; and 3,350 American, 3 3 / 4 d. to 6d. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 27.—The market was tolerably steady, but the demand was limited, and sales confined to Eastern Counties, 9% ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48; Liverpool and Manchester Halves, 86. :MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 27.—There is no improvement at all in our Market, and our only transaction is—London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 36. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 167 India Stock —pm 3 per Cent. Red. ...... 914 Ditto Bonds .... 25 pm 3 per Cent. C0n5.... 34 per Cent. Red 1004 Ditto New Annuities... New 34 per Cent — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 43 pm New 5 per Cen', — Ditto 5001...... 40 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... —pm Jan. 1860 ...... 124 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 Consols for Opg. ...... 91 f FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 35 Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent - Ditto, Metallic ...... . FOREIG Austrian, 5 per cent. — Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds... — Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per rent !Spanish, 5 per cent...—. 21 Ditto, 1824 924 !Ditto, Deferred.... .. Danish, 3 per cent — !French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1625, 5 per cent — !Exchange Mexican, a per cent 36g !French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2.4 per cent. 523 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 101 SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) Ditto New Shares (17i paid) l3l Great Western Railway (65 p a id) London and Brighton (50 paid) . 35g London and I3lackwall ( paid) 9s Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... .. Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 4i North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 24 Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... Ditto New Shares (15 paid) . . 32 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY). LONDON, JUNE 28.—Wind this day at Noon, variable and light. - DEAL, JUNE 27.—Wind W.N.W. moderate.—Arrd. Henry Porcher, Hart, Sydney, New South Wales; Brunette, Val pamise ; Sir J. R. Reid, Hopson, St. Kitt's ; Messenger, Ellis, Roston ; Stork, North, for the Cape. From the River, Lady Raffles, for China ; Oscar, for Cipe Coast Castle. Sld. the greater part of the outward bound. Arrd. off, Dantzic, Post, Hambuegh, for Havannah. ARRIVED IN PF.NTLAND FRITH, JUNE f2.—Ann Carr, Reid, Trieste, for Leith. POETSMOUTH, JUNE 27.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Orestes, for China; Ida, Jamaica; Adventure steam-packet, est ward. CowEs, JUNE 37.—Arrd. Honduras, Hopkins, Tobasco; Wolfoille, Isaacs, New Orleans. - - THE MARKETS. -(Tl-116 DAY). COLONIAL MARKET. The price of all kinds of Colonial Produce was tolerably steady, with a fair demand for the consumers. B. P. Sugar was in steady request, and the prices paid at the close of the market on Friday were fully sustained. Mauritius and Bengal went off with spirit at full prices. There were several parcels of Coffee brought to public sale, consisting of British Plantation and Cape sorts ; the former sold readily, while the latter were mostly bought in. Cocoa neglected. Rice is not c h eaver, but the buyers still come forward very slowly. Good White E. I. is worth 1 Is. per cwt. Saltpetre maintained former prices, and the stock is small. TALLOW MARKET. There was a fair arnount of business transacted in the market at 4t•is. 3d. rer ewt. on the spot. TEA MARKET. A fair amount of - business was done in the market. Com any's Congou Is. 91d.. cash._ _Nopublie sale is yet declared. HITECHA . PEL. The supply of Hay and Clover was plentiful, the trade good fur all descriptions, and prices steady. Of Straw the supply middling, with a very fair demand at the present quotations. lover, 2!. 10s. to 103.; Hay, 24 ba. to 4J, 4s. Straw , 11. 12a, to 1416 a. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING - , JUNE '2B, 1842. SUM% ARV OF NEWS AND PittatC 4 4 4) to tOn. " TV/to runs may read." rOXLEIGTI. The Motateur of yesterday (Monday) has been received by extraordinary express from Paris. It contains the threatened Ordinance, imposing, in addition to the present duty of 16 per cent, upon linen and linen-thread, a further duty of 20 per cent. The import duty, therefore, upon linen and linen-thread is now 36 per cent. This will inflict serious injury upon the Irish linen trade. The. French telegraph states that General Rodil presented the programme of his Cabinet to the Cortes on the 20th. He said that. he would be true to the Revolution of September, that which terminated in the present Regency ; that he would repress the Catalonian brigands; and that the reports respect ing, Ramon Calatrava's leaning to a national bankruptcy, were as absurd as false. Private letters fromllladrid state that the review on the 19th, in honour of the anniversary of the Constitution of 1837, passed off somewhat coldly. The prolongation of the Ministerial crisis is said to have much impaired the Regent's popularity, and very few" Vivas" were heard on the occasion. The British Embassy was illuminated, but not auch demonstration was ex hibited at the hotel of the French Legation. Osman iacha, the famous Governor of Trebisoncle, died a few days ago, and his brother Abdullah Bey acts as Kaimalam until the appointment of a new Mushir, who has not yet been named. As he is cf the ancient family of Hazinedaroglu, which has long been influential in that part of the country, it is exi.ected that Abdullah Bey himself will be made Vizier, and get the place. Ahmed Zekerieh Pacha, who was Seraskier in Syria at the winding up of the late war, died at Coastantinople last week, and his property is now being sold off by auction. A le ter from Constantinople of the 7th inst. has the follow ing :—" We have to-day hail a failure, which has thrown Ga lata into a state of confusion, and is in other respects a subject of great regret, viz., that of the old and highly esteemed Eng lish house, Niven, Kr: r, Black, and Co. Their affairs have been much restricted of late. 1 should think the amount of their debts, stated roundly at 60,0001., must be exaggerated. Business has of late been S, had that no one can be surprised at such an event; ncr can anybody readily male money by pay ing the duties others find the means of avoiding in a great mea sure. Unless a change be effected here, fair trade must cease, and the mercantile body Will become a nest of smugglers. The house in question was renowned for its honourable conduct in every respect, and on certain articles it dealt in no sine paid the duties but itself. They were bankers to the Embassy, and highly connected in every way : but who are the sufferers' is a fact not yet known." PARLICADIENTARY. The Public Houses' Bill was read a third time, in the House of Lord: last night, and passed. Lord Denman moved the second reading of the General Affirmations 8.11, and explained that the object of the Bill was to enable persons who, like the Quakers, conscientiously de cline to take an oath, to give testimony on affirmation. The Noble and Learned Lord gave a succinct history of the triumph of the persevering Quakers over the persecution they had been exposed to on account of refusing to take oaths, and de ser,bed the temporal consequences of false swearing as the true source of the responsibility which a man, in a witness-box, felt to tell the truth. _ _ Lords Wicklow, Galloway, and Abinger opposed the Bill. Lords Campbell and Brougham supported it ; but the latter suggested it should be referred to a Committee, to investigate it. On that the Bishop of London proposed that the whole subject should be referred to a Committee, which was acceded to, and the Bill withdrawn. The Rev. Prelate is to make a motion on the subject this day. Their Lordships adjourned at Half-past Seven. In the Commons the first business of any interest was a re port made by Mr. Roebuck, from the Compromise Committee that, Mr. Walter had declined to attend it on summons, and an order made by the House, on Mr. Roebuck's motion, that Mr. Walter attend at the bar of the House this day. From the con versation which ensued it appears that this Committee carries on its inquiries with closed doors, having only the witnesses under examination present, and merely giving in formation to any party against whom anything was deposed in the Committee. Mr. Bailie Cochrane and Major Beresford both stated that they had wished to be present in the Com mit tee, but had not been permitted. Mr. Roebuck laid down the principle that as the House had entrusted the Committee with power, it should rely also on its discretion in condncting the inquiries. In reply to Mr. Hawes, Lord Stanley explained that there existed in Canada an Act of Assembly, authorising the Go vernor to give up to the United States authorities all fugitives from justice charged with specified crimes, and that under the authority of this Act a man of colour named Nel , on Haggett, charged with robbery, had been so given up. The papers in the case are to be laid before the House. In answer to questions, Sir James Graham stated that he had declined to receive a deputation on the subject of the Poor laws from Plymouth, and he would state to-day whether or not he had declined to receive a deputation from Brighton. 111 r. Milner Gibson was anxious to have the tariff proceeded' with before the Poor-law, as the latter subject could not be fairly discussed under the charge that by discussing it Members were delaying the tariff. It was settled on this account that the tariff should be proceeded with the first thing this day. The debate on the Poor-law Bill was resumed by Mr. Fiel den, and after he and Mr. Lawson had spoken, the House di vided, and agreed to resolve itself into a Committee by 156 to 37. In the Committee Mr. Wakley objected to the first clause, and moved that it be postponed. This motion was opposed by Sir J. Graham, and lost by 206 to 74. There were two or three other divisions in the course of the evening, though, in the end, the Committee got through the first clause. The debate was like the other debates on the Poor-law, distin guished for some personalities, and we recommend to the readers the accusing exposure of Sir E. Knatchbnll by Mr. T.'llun combe, and of Mr. }errand by Sir James Graham. Shortly after twelve o'clock the House resumed, and at a Quarter past One o'Clock adjourned. PUBIAC OPINXON. _ We take the following from the Chronicle:—" Scarcely a debate passes in -which Sir Robert Peel does not receive some castigation or reproach from his friends, for having betrayed or deceived their expectations. Sir Richard Vyvian has just denounced him to the whole Tory party for having deceived them upon all points; and on Friday night, during the debate on the Poor-laws, the lash was laid on him by the dirty but sturdy hands of Mr. Ferrand, who accused him point blank of having made use of the Anti-Poor-law cry to come into power, and then of throwing it aside, with his other declarations, when it had served his purpose. Sir Robert winced, and then retaliated, by throwing back in Mr. Ferrand's face the filth of his misconduct in the Keightley Union, where this noisy friend of the poor has, under his own eye, and in his office as Chairman of the Board of Guardians, allowed the poor to be treated as no gentle man would suffer his bailiff to treat his pigs. Sir Robert Peel not only accused him, but proved by the Report of Sir John Walsham, that he had suffered the poor in this Union to be crammed into holes, rather than rooms, so thickly, that they were barely a foot asunder; that they were huddled indiscri minately together—men, women, and children, married and un married, two and three in a bed, the sick, the healthy, the just delivered women, the dying and the dead ; and that for their education there was provided the establishment of an old woman on a dung-hill in the yard. But these are the philan thropies of Mr. Ferrand, whom the Tories began their Ses sion by crying up, but whom Sir Robert Peel now bluntly tells he would do better by performing his duty as a Poor-law Guardian, in protecting the miserably oppressed poor of his own particular union, than by making declamations (which Judas of old did) in favour of the poor in general." The Herald says, speaking of the traitor Francis, now lying under sentence of death—" Each succeeding post delivery brings us a pile of letters on the subject of the execution of the traitor Francis, now under sentence of death ; in none is the extreme penalty of the law advocated. There seems, in deed, to he an almost universal expectation entertained that the life"of the treasonable ruffian will be spared; and that for the remainder of his days he will be subject to some such exem plary punishment as will effectually deter others from the com mittal of the brutal offence of which he has been convicted. It is because we fully participate in this anticipation that we have hitherto preserved silence on the subject; and in perfect con fidence that no legal strangling of the convict will take place to demoralise the public mind, we refrain from reiterating those general arguments against the punishment of death, the soundness of which we have still no reason to doubt, however disinclined the Legislature may be to adopt them as the basis of the entire abolition of hanging." The Times has the following remarks on the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston :—" We have learned from the sluggish character of the war in China; that the operations in which we are there, engaged are no curious or easy exploit of arms, but a struggle of extraordinary difficulty, from the total dis similarity of the combatants, and the distance which divides them from each other. The horrible catastrophe cf the - .am ' in Affghanistan has given the stamp of reality to ': ne feree Y bodings of those who were best fitted to judge of the probable issue of that campaign. The course of ev , eats in the Levant and in Europe is gradually corrobo - .sting the opinions we have frequently expressed as to th^.,policy and effects of th e treaty of July, 1840. But '.:fle question we would ask is, whether it is necessary to wait for a wholesale massacre or a general war to cable the Parliament of this country to call the authors of these events to an account? The present Government, are indeed compelled, from a proper regard to the public to throw a veil over the errors whi c h it i s th e i r art.!,uo steal,ust task to correct ; but we trust they will not allow themselves, from a mistaken tenderness to their political anta gonists, to withhold those investigations into the policy of their predecessors which the character of the public service peremp torily requires. It may be asserted, without the slightest exaggeration, that the policy of Lord Palmerston, espe cially during the last three years, at a period which he and his colleagues still designate as a time of peace, has cost the coun try twenty millions of money, and caused the destruction of at least 50,000 human beings. The finances of India reduced to great extremity, the finances of England encumbered, a vast r t vo rn erfea a tlrh i , n iiisis t er a en i cd n oi maintained tl nnt i tiA n r, eys t icha h oa, e uvsrhsoebweoe fnatt hinwei Mediterranean , shseaaptxel eioer a sdat n .t d itoh a . ie,3s s u t pa i t l or l tewl g ,ei r enr e ce a aav t r e ns resourcesarmament fulfilment.side r able aYhe F n o c r o t m he pa g r a e k d e with th t c h e t r f p u a t t n . r e e P " of v.is attending their plosion.. ttaving ' t - h ' combined of July, 1840, we Iraat all,:wed a state of bad teethes to s- - i ; try and France, which must, t: nere r i l s ng t . o r m be u ,,Z e w. . e ' l , el i' i '' tn." - lead in the end to a frisnlful ex On to fear, sion of Mehemet Ali, we have, tact, been acce,ssoweiPtoP with the three other l'owers to relies*lSyria from rhtehasde removal of the Christian l'!Arices of Lebanon hitherto governed the Tteektntain, and we have virtually eo n . signed the Christian subjects of the Porte in Syria to a state of anarchy tehich can only be terminated by the triumph of the most nterciless Mussulman despotism. It is clear that no European Power will assist the Divan in maintaining by force the odious system and the obnoxious Ministers who have been re-instated in Syria. Turkey herself, even with the help of Albanian soldiers, is too weak to resist the trklsse. whom we so lately armed. Mehemet Ali can alone furbish the Sl'...tan with the necessary force ; but he refuses to re-enter 'die field, unless he be paid for restoring that state of things to which the Treaty of 1840 was intended to put an end. It may, therefore, be anticipated that before many months have elapsed the Egyptian forces will be brought back to the posi tions from which they were driven in 1640. The status quo may be restored in Syria, though not without fresh horrors and a fresh conquest of those unhappy provinces; but who will restore the state of things in Europe? Who will lay the bad spirit and the bloody passions which were raised by that treaty of July ? Who will make compensation to the world—we spe.ik not of wasted treasure and wasted lives, but for the re appearance of such dissensions, for the interruption of hopeful relations of amity, for the indefinite but gloomy aspect of the future ? ECCLESIASTICAL On Saturday a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen con nected with the Principality, was held at the Thatched House Tavern, for the purpose of considering how an Episcopal Welsh Church might be best established in the English metro polis. ..::ascriptions to the amount of nearly `2,2M)/. have been accul.!.dated, and it has been proposed to take a temporary buildmg for present purposes. The Bishops of Edinburgh and Glasgow, more particularly the latter, aro now encouraging their clergy, in the came man ner as that adopted by the Bishop of Oxford, to strive for the restorative of the purity of the primitive church time; fer some time there has been a disposition on the part of the Scot tish Episcopalians to conform rigidly to the rubrical directions of the Book of Common Prayer, and the strict canons of the Church. LAW AND POLICE. In the Arches Court yesterday, the suit of Burgess v. Bur gess was brought to a conclusion. It was a suit for divorce by the wife against the husband for adultery, and not being op posed, the Court signed tho sentence of divorce. In the suit Street v. Street, a similar case, the same course was pursued, and the Court pronounced for the divorce. Sir H. J. Fust then pronounced the judgment of the Court on the Rev. W. H. Langley, Perpetual Curate of Wheatly, Oxfordshire, charged with brawling in the church on Sunday, the 9th of May, 1841. The Court directed that Mr. Langley be suspended for eight calendar months, from the day when the suspension was proclaimed in the parish, and condemned him in all the costs of the proceedings. Benjamin Eastham, a dog-fancier, was yesterday charged at Clerkenwell with having stolen a valuable bloodhound, be longing to the Marquis of Worcester. The charge was not brought home to him, but he was remanded on the charge of stealing the collar and chain. A young man, named Alexander Barr, was charged at Queen square yesterday with having, by excessive violence, caused the death of his wife, of about 32 3e:rs of age. who, from the supposed injuries received at his bands, died last Monday. The prisoner was remanded till Thursday next, and in the meantime an inquest will be held. NAVAL .ND WITLICTARIT. New marine barracks are about to he erected at Woolwich, the estimates for which are now in course of preparation : their front will be to the east, and command a fine view; the old barracks will still be preserved, to accommodate the usual num ber of men, but will be taken down en the completion of the new. lATEILARY AND actENTarzc. Mr. Andrew Mercer, a literary man of much talent, and the associate of Scott, Campbell, Mungo Park, Dr. Leyden, and Dr. Alexander Murray, died at Dumfermline on the 11th instant, in the 67th year of his age, in circumstances, it is be lieved, of great penury. Madlle. Rachel performed at the Queen's Theatre last night the principal female character in Voltaire's tragedy of Tancrede. Signor Puzzi takes his benefit on Thursday next at her Majesty's Theatre. SPORTING. The Marquis of Conyngham, accompanied by his eldest son, the Earl of Mountcharles, is at present taking a pleasure-cruise round Ireland, in his yacht, " The Flower of Yarrow." He is now at Carlingford, and is expected to sail for Kilkee Bay, on which his large Clare estate verges. Ten of the watermcn plying at Westminster-bridge, con tended yesterday fur a purse of sovereigns, given by the inha bitants of St. Margaret's and St. John's Westminster. Wil liam and George Campbell won by four or five lengths in the second or grand heat. COURT-PASHIONII.I3LE. The Earl and Countess of Jersey had a dinner party yester day at their residence in Berkeley -square. Lady Louisa Cator's ball in Bryanstone-square on Tuesday last was numerously and fashionably attended. The Hon. Mrs. Charles Fox is seriously ill at her villa, St. Anne's Hill, near Chertcey, and owing to her advanced ago (she is nearly ninety sears old) her medical attendants do not expect her to rally. Earl de Grey has deferred his departure from Dublin to Baden-Baden until the 16th of next month. Lady Shelley's morning party at Fulham, on Saturday last, was attended by upwards of 300 fashionables. :'fLISCELLALNEOUS. Cheltenham is spoken of as likely to be visited by her Ma jesty in the course of the summer. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat to-day at ten o'clock in a Committee of Privileges. The Peers present were, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Eldon, Lord Kenyon, the Earl of Enniskillen, the Earl of Egmont, the Marquis Caro. den, the Earl of Redesdale, Lord Sondes, and Lord Skel mersdale. TILE EARL OF EGMONT'S CLAIM. Counsel were heard, and witnesses examined on behalf of the Earl of Egmont, who claimed to vote at the election of Representative Peers for Ireland. Their Lordships, at the conclusion of the evidence, re solved that the Noble Earl had made out his claim. —Claim allowed. • THE EARL OF SHANNON ' S CLAIM. - - Their Lordships came to a similar resolution with respect to the claim of the Earl of Shannon, after hearing Counsel and witnesses. BARONY OF FITZWALTER. This care came before their Lordships upon the claim of Sir Brooke William Brydges to the barony of Fitz waiter, which was created in the reign of Edward the First, in the year 1295. The first Baron was the grandson and heir of Robert Fitzwal ter, who was called the Marshal of the Army of God and Holy Mother Church, was chief of the confederated Ba rons who ,obtained Magna Charta from King John, and was one of the twenty-five Barons appointed to enforce its observance. In 1756 the barony fell into abeyance, and during the late reign, Sir Brooke William Bridges, Bart., presented his petition, claiming the barony, as only co heir to Jeminia Duke. Counsel were heard, and witnesses examined, up to two o'clock, at which hour, the further consideration of the claim was adjourned. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was engaged throughout the day with consent petitions and short causes, which were set down,in the paper to be spoken to. They were devoid of interest. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour Vice-Chancellor Bauci sat to-day in the Judi cial Committee of the Privy Council. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIG RAM. ) His Horroua gave judgment this morning in the cause of Bourne v. Bourne, which was wholly devoid of general in terest. The cases which came before the Court were all of a merely technical character. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Common Jury.) THE EGLINTOUN TOURNAMENT-ATKINSON V. ORCIIART-',. The parties in this case are both well known makers of mar quees, tents, &c., which it is part of their business to let out on hire for fetes champetres, fancy fairs, and other open-air enter tainments. In August, 1839, the defendants having undertaken to supply the required camp equipage to Mr. Pratt, who had the entire management of the arrange • ments in that respect for the celebrated tournament at Eglin ton, which was to take place in that month, hired for three weeks. at the rate of 101. per week, a very large marquee from the plaintiff. In consequence of the unfavourable weather which prevailed during the time of the fete, and the consequent expediency which was found to arise of using the marquee some what differently from the purpose to which it was designed, and making it a cover for a temporary erection, the canvass was cut, the poles broken, and other damage done, which caused the defendant to keep it in his possession, for the purpose of re pairs, a fortnight longer than the time at first agreed on. De fendant paid 30/. for the hire, insisting that the marquee was hired for the job, and not by the week, although three weeks was mentioned as the prohable . time the marquee would.be de tained. _ The action was brought to recover 201. for the extra two weeks, and 371. for the damage done by the improper use of the tent, and the loss of some of the ornaments. The defendants paid 5/. into Court for the alleged damage. The evidence on both sides was that of persons in the em ployment of the parties, the servants of the plaintiff declaring strongly that the damage was moderately assessed in the decla ration, and those of the defendant, on the contrary, affirming that the usage of the trade was against the defendant's claim for the additional hire, and that the damage done was no mere than fair wear and tear, such as all articles of the kind were liable to, and for which it was not customary to make any charge, The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, 25/. COMMON PEAS-(THAS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice ERSKINE, and a Common Jury.) The Court disposed of a number of undefended actiong which had no public interest. LARKIN V. AXFORD AND OTHERS. This was an action against the defendants, who F';, eminent ship-owners, to recover compensation in darn: ges for the injury sustained by the plaintiff, in consequer ..e of a barge und er hi s charge being run down and sunk b: The defendants did not di a schooner bel o n g i n g t o th em. r ., elite their liability, and paid 30/. into Court. The O r .Loriff asked for 1001., of which 2W. were for the charges of the " under watermen" as they are termed, w , • , been "° weighed or lifted the sunken barge. which having • .fun down on Sunday was not found until Wednesday, ,laving been carried away by the tide, Other items were for plaintiff's loss of time, vages of his mate, and two other bargemen who were engaged four days in finding the barge, one in rais ing her, and one other day in taking her to the owner, from whom she had been hired by plaintiff. There was a further charge for the loss of the cargo, and the cost of the repairs, which made up the amount laid in the declaration. The wit. nesses for the plaintiff swore to the justice of all the claims, anal the reasonableness of the charges. The case for the defence was,. that 30i; Wits amply sufficient compensation. Several witnesses, who were accustomed to employment on the river, gave evidence to the effect that in their judgment 10/. was sufficient to defray the cost of finding and raising the barge, and that 201. was more than enough to cover all the rest of the damage. The Jury found for the plaintiff, damages 51, ttbm: o the 301. paid into Court. INSOLVEN T COURT-...(Tins DAY) schoolmistress. IN R! ELY A tußGßiss, In the Wiedtilk, The insolvent in th:, else wat described as hav4 been i to a lacl-,, 'in Oxbridge, and subsequently the toilipanioti but was not ally tits Loathed Chief Commissioner. wed to transpire by whose name appeared No opposition vas thtered against her petition, and after a few unimparstit questions from the Court, she was ordered to be el4chirged forthwith. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, BOW' -STREET.---(THIS DAY.) There was no east of the slightest interest at this Cewrt to-day. —(THIS DAV.) CLERKENWELL, William Thomas Henderson was charged 'l.i'f.ll stetliht quantity of silver plate, the iiroperty of Mt' brooks, a solicitor, residing in John-street t 13e4ifohl-Yost. From the eyidette of the cook it appeared that between four and five o'rtock yesterday evening she was coming out of the ft•ta.`; , Awn‘ she saw the prisoner in the pantry with a silver coiTee pot under his arm, and several dessert spoons in his hand. She rushed over and shut the door, but he burst out, and she then seized him by the coat, but the garment being of frail texture, lie left it, Joseph like, in the hands of the captor. He then ran down the street, but was soon eves taken by a police man and taken into custody.—The prisoner was committed for trial. Miles, a n aged countryman, applied _— --- Ir.-William UNION tiALL.—(THIS DAY.) CAUTION To V ISITORS ERO3I THE COUNTR for the Magistrates' advice relative to his having been plundered of 16!. on the preceding day. The applicant said that he came up out of the country " the day bef ore , and haring received the cas h f or a 161 . c h eque at a banker's, in L om b ar d -strcet, he was proc eeding t o th e " N ag ' s Head, when h e was accosted by a man w h o as k e d hi m the way to London-bridg e . They entered into conversation, and the result was they went together to a public-house, where they were soon jained by another man, who pretend e d to be a stranger, and who said that ho 'rid just arrived from America. He talked about the p an i c causeil by the light sovereigns; said that he h a d some American sovereig ns i n hi s rocket, and asked applicant if he could let him see a sovereign to try the weight of it i against one of his own country. The simpleton consented, pulled out three 51. notes, and laying them on the scat, anxiously looked at his new acquaintance weighing the sove reigns, while the other 0 gentletnan " exchanged the Wok notes 'fellers inc' , which coi MINORITY of Sevent3-six ( postponing the lirst Clause . Commissioners fcr five years : Ainsworth, Peter Duneombe, T. S. Argwright, George Eaton, it..l. 4 ittwood, M. Etwall, it. Beckett, William Farnham, E. B. Benett, John Ferrand, W. B. Blackstone, W. S. ridden, J. 131;oke, Mark Fitzroy. Hon. H Bowring, 1)r. Gore, Montague I roadwood, Henry t;rcenall, Peter Brocklehurst, J. Grimsditch, Thomas ttrotherton, .1. Halford, H. Brownrigg, J. S. Hall, sir B. Bach, L. W. hampden, Bean Burroughes, H. Hamner, Sir John Busfeild, William Harris, John Q. Callaghan, D. Hawkes, T. Cardwell, I:. Henley, J. Warner Christopher. R. A. Hervey, Lord A. ochraue, A. Hodgson, Frederick Collins, William Herlihy, John Colville, C. R. Humphrey, J. Crawtbrd, W S. James, Sir W. C. Willson, E. B. Jervis, J. D'lsr4eli, Benjamia Lawson, Andrew Douglas, Sir H. Liddel, H. I'. Duke, Sir James Masterman, John Euded) who voted for itinues the Poor-law Mundy, E. Miller Napier, Sir Charles O'Brien, A S. O'Connell, D. O'Connell, J. Pala er, Robert Palmer, George Pechell, Captain Polhill, Frederick Pollington, Viscount !Unbinds, It Scholefield, J. Sibthorp, Colonel Smythe, Ho .. 0. Stewart, John Stuart, H. Taylor, J. A. Walker, It. Wallace, It Williams, W NVociehouse, lion. E. Yorke, 11. It. TELLERS. Wakley, Thelma Wortley, Hon. J. S. Same Clause :—Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " Assistant Commissioners :"—Question put, " That the words' Assistant Commissioners' stand part of the Clause :" The Committee divided : /lIAJORIT Y—AYES s Acland, Sir Thomas Fuller, A. E. Acland, 'l'. D. Gaskell, J. M. A'Court, Captain Gibson, T. M. Adderley, C. B. Gill, Thomas Aldain, William Gladstone, W. E. .4 I t ord, Viscount Cilynne, Sir S. R. Al!ix, John Peter Gordon, Hon. W. Antrobus, Edmund Goril,n, Lord F. Bailey,lo. (lore, Robert Baring, W. B. Goring, H. 1). Paring, F. T. Goulburn, H. Barrington, Lord Graham, Sir J. Bateson, Robert Greenaway, C. Bellew, 11.1 a. Grey, Sir U. Bentinck, Lord 0 Grimston, Lord Bercsford, Major Grogan, Edward Blackburn, John I. Hale, R. B. Blake, M. J. Hamilton, W. J. Bodgin, W. H. Harcourt, 0. G. `tetfield, Beriah Hartlinge, Sir H. Bradshaw, James Hawes, P. Krainston, T. W. Hervey, Lord A. Broadley, Henry Hill, Lord Marcus Brooke, Sir A. B. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Brotherton, J. Hogg, J. V. Browne, It. D. Hope, Charles Browne, W. Howard, Lord Bruce, Lord E. Howard, I'. H. Bulk eley. Sir It. B. W. Howard, H. Buller, C. Howard, Sir R. Bailer ' Sir J. B. Y. Howwit, Lord Burrell, Sir C. M. Hughes, W. B. Burroughes, N. N. Hussey, Thomas Bu tei d, Wm. Hutt, W. Cardwell, Edward Jackson ' J. D. Cavendish, Hon. C. James, W. Cavendish, Hon. 0. Jerinyn, Earl Ciiarteris, Hon. F. Johnstone, Sir John Chelsea, Viscount Johnstone, Hope Chetwode, Sir John Jollill'e, Sir W. Childers, J. W. Jones, T. Cholmondeley, H. Kembie Henry Chute, W. L. Kerr, D. Clayton, R. R. Knatchbull, Sir E: Clerk, Sir 0. Knight, Henry Gaily Clive, E. B. Knightley, Sir C. Cave, R. H. Labouchere, H. Cowper, Hon. W. Lascelles, W. S. Craig, W. Gibson Lciroy, Anthony Cripps, J. Legh, GeorgeT. Darner, Hon. Dawson Lennox, Lord A. Darby, George Lincoln, Earl of Hammy, Hon. W. Lindsay. H. Denison, JohnEvely n Litton, E. Dickinson, F. 11. L )cl, hart, William Douglas, Sir Howard Lowther, J. H. Dugdale, W. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Duncan, Lord Mactidachy, F. A. Dundas, David Mainwaring, V East, James Buller Mangles, It. D. Eaton, Richard J. Manners, Lord C. Ebrington, Viscount Mariners, Lord J. Egerton, W. T. March, Earl of Eliot, Lord Marshall, W, Elphinstone, Howard Marsharn, Viscount Escott, Bichkam Marsland. H. Estcourt, T. 0. B. Martin, John Evans, William Martin, C. W. Fellowes, Edward Master, T. W. C. Firmer, Sir E Meynell, H. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Hiles, F. W. S. Fleming, J. W. Mitchell, 'l'. A. Flower, Sir James Neville, Ralph Follett, Sir W. W. Nichol', J Forbes, William Norreys; Sir D. Forester, Hon. G. Norreyt. Lord Forster, Matthew O'Brie •,lA.lStatrord 1 228. 0' Brien, J. Ogle, S. C. H. Palmer, It. Pahnerston, Viscount Parker, John Patten, J. Wilson Peel, Sir Ito Len Peel, Jon .than Pendarves, E. W. Plumridge, Captain Plumptre, J. P. Polhill, F. Pollock, Sir Fred. Ponsonby, Hon. John Powell, Colonel Pracd, William T. Pnngle, Alexander Pusey, Philip Rashleigh, William Reid, Sir J. It Rice, E. R. Ricardo, John Lewis Rose, Sir Gecrge Rous, Lion. Captain Rundle, John Rushbrooke, Colonel Russell, Lord John Russell, Lord E. Ryder, G. I). Sanderson, H. Scarlett, Hon. R. C. Seymour, Sir H. B. Shaw, F. Shell, R. L. Smith, Abel Smith, Vernon Somerville, Sir W. Stanley, Lord Stanstielci, W. R. Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord J . Stuart, W. Vi Tiers Stuart, H. Stint, H. C. r Sutton, Hon. H. H. Talbot, C. It. N. Thesiger, F. Tnompson, Ald. Thornely, Thomas Th rnhill, George Tollemaehe, F. J. Trench, Sir Frederick Trevor, lion. G. R. Trollope, Sir John Trotter, J ohn Tufnell, Henry Vane, Lord H. Vernon, Granville Vivian Hon. Captain Waddington, H. S. Watson, W. H. Wawii, John T. Welby, G. Farle Whitmore, T. C. Wodehouse, Edmond Wood, C. Wood, Colonel Wood, Colonel T. Wortley, Lord Wortley J. Stuart Wyse, Thomas Yorke, Hon. E. T. Young, John TELLERS. Fremantle, Sir T. Baring, H B. Arkwright, George ttwood,M. NORITY-NOES, buncombe, T. S. }Alva'', R. Heiden, J. Ferrand, W. B. Greenall, Peter Gransditch, T. Halford, H. Hall, Sir B. Hanmer, Sir John Harris, John Q Haw kes, T. Henley, J. W. Hodgson, F. Hodgson, R. Hollond, Robert jervis, J. Mundy ? E. M. Napier, Sir Charles O'Connell, D. O'Connell, J. Pechell, Captain Pollington. Viscount Richards, Richard Scholetield, J. Sibthorp, Colonel Taylor, J. A. Walker, R. Wilbraham, R. B. Williams, Wm. Bagge Wm, , Blackstone, W. S. Beocklehurst, J. Brownrigg, J. S. Buck, Lewis W. Callaghan, Daniel .;ochrane, A. Collins, W. TELLERS. Wood, Benjamin Wakley, Thomas LITAN ANTI - CORN - :ATION.-MEETING OF DEPU- or those of the " Bank of Fashion," and his friend exchanged the gold sovereign for a piece of base metal. He put them all together in his pocket, his friends left in a hnrry, and, when too late, he found he had lost all. The 11 lAGISTAATE said that the applicant exhibited great want of caution in the transnction ; and a description of the thieves, who were well known to belong to the " swell mob," having been given to the police, their capture is likely to be effected. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JUNE 27. POOR-LA TV AMENDMENT BILL—In the Committee: MINORITY of Thirty-nine ('Tilers included) who voted in favour of Mr. T. Duncombe's Amendment : Brotherton, J.—Salford Hollond, Robert—Hastings Brownrigg, J. S.—Boston flume, Joseph—Montrose, &c. Callaghan, D.—Cork City •ilimphery, John—Southwark Cochrane, A.—Biidport James, Sir W. C.—Hull Collins, W.—Warwick Lawson, A.—Knaresborough Colville, C.—South Derby Marton, Geo.—Lar.caster Crawford, S.—Rochdale Napier, Sir Charles—Marylebone Denison, E. B.—West Yorkshire Pecholl, Captain—Brighton Dusivas, Admiral—Greenwich: Richards, Itichard—Merinneths Egerton, W. 'Patton—Cheshire Sandon, Lord—Liverpool Egerton, Sir ?.—South Cheshire Seholeeld, J.—Birmingham Feilden, W. J.—Blackbnrn Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln Ferguson,Sir R. A.—Londonderry Wakley, Thomas—Finsbury Ferrand, W. B.—Knaresborough Wilbraham, Hon. R. B.—Lanca- Fitzroy, Hoa. Henry—Lewes shire Greenall, Wortley, Hon. S.—W. Yorkshire Grimsditch, T.—Macclesfield 1 Yorke, H. IL—York Rallnrd, Henry—Leicestershire Hall, Sir Benjamin—Mar vlelione Hamden, Renn —Great Marlow Hawkes, Thomas—Dudley IDuncombe. Fielden, Jol TELLERS. ,'l'. S.—Finsbury Ihn—Oldham Colville, C. It Crawford, W. S. Denison, E. Beckett Douglas, Sir C. E. Douglas, J. D. S. Duke, Sir James METROPO LAW ASSOC TIES. A crowded meeting of depu:les ft mit the various and nume rous branches of tho Anti-Corm-law Assotiations of the Metro politan districts, was held yesterday at the Central Office of the Association, West Strand, for the purpose of adopting such measures as should appear advisable in connexion with the Great 111 , Aropolitan Anti-Corn-law Conference, to be held in Palace-yard, on the sth of July next, on ,the distressed state of the trade, commerce, and mannfattures of the eduntry, Among the friendi or the objects of the Association and deputies pretAln, we noticed—Mr. Cobden, ALP. ; Mr. Francis Place, Colonel Thompson, Messrs. Lyon, of Camber well; Petrie, Wells, Ely, Hadl e y, a Totteitharn i tlutford, of Stratford; Austin, St, Martiti-111-lhe-Vields ; Shawe, St. Luke's ; Stack, Kentish-town ; Aulton, Kentish-town ; Wheeler, Ben. and jun Kentish-town j Sthith, St. Pancras; P. A. Taylor, sen., and %Matt Taylor, Croydon j Atkin, Mitcham ; Barker, Mitcham ; Alder, Murray, and Gibson, Bethnal green; Bacon, Soiith, MOrse; and I3eates, Whit = chapel , Gaghati; 8 . 1-. AMA'S, Soho ; Porter, Caiiibdivrell Cox, Carril*.rWeli ; Erwall, Stratford ; Bowring, Little, and 'Shoreditch ; Nicholls. St. Anne's, Soho ; Beasell and `Howell, ditto; William Harrison and Murray, Paddington ; Bore/pool, Kentish-town ; Toms, Bethnal-green ; Palmer and Middleton, Essex Ashton . , Jasse, Alitrylebohe ; IL Olman, Stratford ; P. A. Tayler, juts., lir. Bisek, Whitehead, Chel,ea; Matthews, Machrien, St. Pancras, &c. &c. Mr. Place, having been called to the chair, opened the business of the meeting, after which a series of strong and spirited resolutions were propoted, kept - hied, and sup ported by Colonel Thompson, Mr. Stock, Mr. Taylor, stn., Mr. A. R. Shaw, Mr. Southmorse, Mr. Murray, I)Ir: Ely Radley, Mr. Cobden, M.P. ; Mr: Hamer Stansfleld (Leeds), Mr. Rawson (Manchester), Mr. Ashdown, Mr. Aikin (Mitcham), Mr: Cox (Camberwell), The most harrowing statements were made to the meeting by the respec tive speakers bf the deep distress and suffering in their djs tiicts, and throughout the cotintfy Onetally, maintenance of the unjust Corn-laws ; and a strong hope wa§ expressed that the delegates from the various districts will be at their pott en the 6th instant, at the gfeat if&ting its Palace tUrnished with all the information in their poker, slt as to amass such a body of evidence of the distress existing through out the country as Parliament, in its wisdom, ought to take into its most serious consideration—the salvation or total ruin of the nation depending en their decision; rATA/4 AelittENT.—VesierLy afterithbii, do ac cident occurred to a 3 oung, man in the employ of Mr, Bal lard, painter and glazier, 22, Bed Lion-street, Holborn. He had been engaged With stirnkt dthei wbrktiiet, to clean the paint in &kik tit{ the shop-leads at W-Ork at the first 'floor window; when his fdot Slipped, arid he fellbackwardt oti the flag-sfaies befefp, the Mr. He was itritim diatel'y plated Jib eObeeyed 11 bettiOi l hnding his skull fractured, advised his removal lege Hospital, where he expired in less than half an hour. A large steam-frigate of 540-horse power is about to be constrtleteti in the ilbciti/aftla at TbUldn: Prince de hinVille) iii his voyip tEi Aiberiea, ittFn!loY tit it application of steam to havigatibn, and this construction is, if is so: d ) oAcI tO be Trt after tilt ttiotitlS whieh he iiMeti. 7n6 Steifffi kf ift editipprie§, new Steam-ship Trident (the laiitiCti o f Which vessel from Blelfri, Green and Wigranfil *6 noticed aboVo six rireriths let the etirtipttny:i wHar(4l3OPlar Saturday 'din iirgh, With Upwards Of 100 pagsllget's knd a 'cargo. During die day she , preOnted a Very gay appear= 31*e - dressednStienl: and notwith ei.n(ill*kliV linraVolirable weather, ner during the day by permission of the Directors, wno, usual on such occasions, had been very liberal in affording every facility and comfort for the visitors. This noble ship was inspected by several eminent ship-builders, whd expr esse d their unqualified praise of her lAA Otteilgthi ahti ktirtS 4 And pronounced her cot Of the must perfect specimens of naval architeistet Amt. THE SUICIDE M.AI v !A - ""StnrOV . teak pas es on which ore or thole pe 4 :•stlt's• Yie not brought to the London Hospital, 'under the effect's or pOit;tql `Of Cll'9 PO or other, as well as frontialuri'et d o n e in the Orkin; the rn tention to destroy life) and s.eViral Pl r 'Seiii in Lilt aliel! lent institution, nially of them in a very dangerous state, who have tint* much to rid themselves of existence. Yesterday, between the hours of 'one and tWo o'clock ) a middle-aged female was brought there in a 'cab front tli6 end of Clevtland•street, in the Mil e -end-road, where she was found lying in a state of insensibility, an d l a b our i ng apparently under the effects of poison. When taken to the receiving-room, the stomach pump was immediately used, and the stomach properly cleansed. This gav e h er some relief, but it was feared that the poison had, from the length of time it had been in the stomach, caused such injuries that recovery is extremely uncertain. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 18.—According to the Delft , organization of the army, the total amount in time of peace . is ' fixed at . ,24,150 men, o ffi cers i nc l u d e d , v i z., 3,047 artillery, 289 engineers the horse gl:.irds, 494 ; six regiments of :dra goons, 3,462 ; infantry, 17 regiments and 3 yagar battalions, 15,906 ; foot guards, 590. BERLIN, JUNE 21.—IIis Majesty will return on Thursday. We understand that he has accepted the invitation of Archbishop Dunin at Posen, to dinneii. an Saturday, and the invitation of the Estates of the province to fete on Sunday.-- liconbufgh, 2,)aper 8, June 24. SIR R. PEEL and the POOR-LAW. 1 We have been looking through the more important of Sir Robert Peel's speeches in which the existing Poor-law is men - ti , , - ned. The result is a distinct conviction that the general expectation of the Conservative public that he would acquiesce in important alterations or modifications of that law must have been founded on the opinion that he would, in some degree, forego his own individual judgment, in order to concur with what may be called the popular sentiment of his party. Per haps this was an opinion which the public had no right to en tertain. The facts, however, seem to be these—first, that Conservative candidates and electors did very generally appear to entertain the notion that the establishment of a Conserva tive Government would lead to alterations of the Poor-law in a direction towards greater generosity and kindness to the poor ; and secondly, that the Right Hon. Baronet, to whom they all looked as the head of any Conservative Government that might be formed, had uniformly and emphatically stated his own individual opinion to be altogether in- favour of the Poor-law as framed and carried into execution by the Whig Ministers. For ourselves—considering the praiseworthy feeling in which Conservative objections to the Whig Poor-law had their rise, and that these objections 'Acre looked on by the common people as an evidence of kindness towards them--we do not think there was anything preposterous in the opinion that Sir R. Peel might give up to some extent his own judgment in favour of the Poor-law, and act upon the less favourable judg ment of an immense body of his supporters. But as to his own judgment, we find it. had been frequently most clearly expressed, and most decidedly in favour of the Whig law. I❑ ihe commencement of the Parliamentary Session in 1840, a motion declaratory of want of confidence in Ministers was submitted to the House of Commons by Sir J. Y. Buller. In the course of the debate upon that motion, the Conserva tive leaders, and the party generally, were often taunted with having lent themselves to what was called the Anti-Poor-law Agitation. Referring to thts, in his speech at the close of the debate, Sir R. Peel said:— _ " Mark my answer: to the Poor law I gave my support, and so far from showing any tendency to obstruct that or any other useful measure, ilf I had not taken the part I did with respect to the Poor-law Bill, with its good provisions, you would not have had the remotest chance of carrying it." Here, then, it appears that the Right Hon. Baronet claimed to be not only a supporter of the law, but to have been mainly instrumental in causing the law to exist. The Right Hon, Baronet then proceeded to say : " But an accusation has been made much more directly against we by the Noble Lord (Lord Morpeth), that, after I had supported the Poor-law in this House, 1 took no effectual means of declaring my opinions elsewhere, but was ready to profit at the elections by the outcry that had been raised against it. To this charge I give a flat contradiction, and I will prove that contradiction in such a way that it is impossible it can be refuted. Now, what occurred on the hustings at the elec tion of 18.37? This was at the commencement of the outcry against the new Poor-law, omit at my election I was taunted with supporting that. Bill. Did I shelter myself under any equivocation? Did I content myself with a silent approbation of this Bill? What course could any man take—what more effectual means than I did with my constituents, in stating my opinion on this subject, and explaining the share that belonged to me in the support of that measure? The election at the borough which I represent was among the first that took place, and in the course of my address to ray constituents, I said, Without the aid so rendered to the Government by Conser vatives the institutions of the country would have been over whelmed with danger.' A person cried out, You supported the Poor-law Bill.' I answered that I admitted it—that I had supported the Poor-law 13h1, and further, that my opinions on the subject of that enactment remained unchanged. I said that I regarded the mere reduction in the amount of the rate as one cf the smallest advantages of that measure ; but I valued it because I saw in it the means of improving the moral condi tion of the poor, and that I was convinced it would tend to a beneficial result as regarded the poor, but I shouldbe very glad to see any hardships in it corrected. " Could 1 have declared myself more explicitly on the hust ings that when I said that 1 believed the effect if the measure would be to raise the character of the poorer classes, and pro mote the welfare of the public? bid 1 shrink then in the country from taking upon myself the share of responsibility that devolved upon me as a supporter of that Bill? I have had this accusation urged against me for the last two years, that I had silently allowed or encouraged the agitation against the Poor-law to go on for the purpose of getting votes. I have taken no notice of this charge but in my place in this House, and 1 have, on the proper occasion, in this place, never dis guised my approbation of that measure. Therefore, the charge of the Noble Lord against me—that I took no effectual steps to discountenance the agitation was without foundation, for be fore my constituents I was ready to take my full share of re sponsibility. To this opinion 1 mean to adhere, and lam wil ling to take my full share of unpopularity for that measure. I believe that the main enactments of that Bill are wise and beneficial, although there may be something harsh in some of its clauses; but on this account to retrace our steps, and re store the old order and system of Poor-laws, would be utterly inconsistent, and contrary to anything like sound legislation." All this was said in January, 1840, Sir Robert Peel appear ing to be then under the same strange impression—if we may be permitted so to call it—which he is now, that they who ex pressed indignation against the New Poor-law, wished to re turn to all the abuses of the old. Well, the resolution against the Government proposed in January, 1840, was not successful. Things went on until six teen months afterwards, when Government proposed what Sir R. Peel called their foul-weather Budget—his opinion being that they had two Budgets ready, of which one or other was to be used according to circutnstances, and that the more despe rate was chosen because their circumstances were desperate. On the 27th May, 1841, a motion of want of confidence in Ministers was again submitted to the House by Sir R. Peel, and on the 4th of June the Right Hon. Baronet replied to the arguments which had been urge d against his motion. He then contemplated, as did every one else, his return to office, and he then spoke of the New Poor-law as one of the improvements which he should find established, nor did be quality this with one word of doubt as to the satisfactory working of the law. He said— " I should find on being restored to power that we, who left a clear surplus of two millions of revenue—that we, who in three years reduced twenty millions of the debt, as well as re ducing the interest one million annually, must deal with a deficit of eight milions on an administration of five years! True I should find reforms ; true I should find a Poor-lam 6; true I should find a Jamaica constitution of a defective nature but for our recommendations ; true I should find an amend ment on the Canada Bill, which was said to be, if adopted, fatal to the Bill, nay to the Government ; and which, notwith standing the prediction of the Noble Lord, did not in the least impair the vitality of the Government. Among all these dis coveries which I should have to make, my satisfaction would be somewhat abated on observing the melancholy state of the finances, with a deficiency of 7,600,0001." Here again, then, up to the very eve of the late general elec tion, it must be allowed that the declarations of the individual opinion of Sir R. Peel were strongly in favour of the existing Poor-law, and yet it is not the less true that the declarations of his party generally to the constituencies in the country were not in its favour ; but neither were they in favour of wholly abandoning the new law, and returning to all the abuses of the old. They looked to a revision of the new law, and the omission of certain parts of it which were—or were supposed to he—con ducive to harshness, and the production of needless misery. The question then occurs, whether the Conservative party should be true to the general understanding with their consti tuents, or to the general respect which they owe to the fixed opinion of their leader ? In our estimation this is ene of the cases in which he should be more inclined to give way to them, than they to him. At all events, their first duty is to see that their own promises to the people, expressed or implied, be faithfully performed. We can see no hope of good in political society unless the common people generally defer to the better judgment and the good feeling of their superiors in station— and the continuance of such deference would be much endan gered if any promise held out to the people were not faithfully maintained.—Morning Post. SAILING MATCH. Ann NOEL YACHT CLrn.—The first above-bridge sailing match of the season took place yesterday, the distance being as Usual from the Temple-gardens to Wandsworth-meadows and bade: Since the establishment of this club, which is governed by many of the gentlemen holding office in the Royal Thames Theist CM; fresh regulations have taken place in other sailing societies, acid belleVe l with one exception only, it is the only club that contends annually above bridge. The freshness of the wind, the equality of the yachts entered, and the fineness of the weather, combined to render the match both interesting anti attractive. The prize was a very handsome silver cup and coVcf, end the folloeing had been entered to contend:— Briton, 7 tOtiii, kr, J. Gardner, blue—Ocean, 5 tons, Mr. Rees, white over reds... Dauntless, 7 tons, Mr. T. Edwards, blue with red cross—Hazard, (3 tons, Mr. Charles, red, white dice -Rocket, 6 tons, Mr. Stanton, red over white. The wind was W.N.W., and as much as the little fleet could well stand under. At half-past three the Commodore, T. lleWesj Erg., having taken his teat in the cutter, the signal was given and they were off: The sailing up was such as to show the powers of the boats tti a wind, and in a succession of boards the scheme of sailing was developed teits utmost extent. The Rocket had the weathermost station, but the Briton led the We) , top, the Hazard waiting close upon her, and the Ocean thiffl. flit.; Briton held her way beautifully, gradually draw ing farther in arlyatite as the wind freshened, but falling off when it became mote Calif!. The Briton first rounded the flag boat tiff Wandsworth meadows, the Hazard about 200 yards a stern of ht 7 r, and the Ocean a trifle more in the rear. The light running work wag fo carne, and the Briton was gallantly spanking before the wind, vvhdli they encountered an accident. In lowering the sprit of the mizen td ran under Battersea bi ths boom of the Briton rested on the yoke of the red def ; the boat, of course, sheared, and her bowsprit took the pile, and tore the bits out. The Hazard, in consequence of this mishap, ran by het; but the captain of the Briton, having spliced, went in pursuit, and, in the last board in Lambeth Reach, nearly oveThaysleci her. The Hazard, however, cosi, tinued the lead, and won the Match ; but in coming in the &WU', bowsprit was close on he, mizen. It was won by a second only. The n etch was very numerously attended. OWI G _MATCH. The Wit,Oriiieb eking at Westminster-bridge yesterday con tended for a purse of sOitifeignS, wren by the ladles and gentle men inhabitants of St. Margaret', OA St: John's Westmin eter, The wager was amongst ten free Wattteievl (five double o€i fit of ieetls,.itt two heats), the whole of the patty starting away for tick Wad heati btmi the four first in being entitled to ran for the second ttt itstand heat. At half-past four the following took their stations for the first heat i.....fatites Howell and John Ellis, green ; Edward Howell and J. Bonet, tlatn., l yellow William Campbell and George Campbell, pink ; Wilhato Spratt and J. Jones, sen., white ; and William Windsor and Joseph Kennett, blue. The distance anotted in this heat was from Westminster-bridge up round a boat timatri off Sawyer's, Millbank, return gown the blitidleseit shore round A boat moored if Hungerford, and back t,'!Westtitinsterzbridge. The heat was rojed without much change. Pink (the brother uf the champlo,-; of the Thames) took the lead, and !tett it t and after a sharp race be tween yellow and blue the former came in s'efentd, the lattei ithite being fourth, and green fifth. At half-past six, the combatants having refreshed, yeiltrwt pink, white, and blue started for the grand heat—to row frottl WOstminster,bridge down round the police-brig, off Strand lane, up to itmialtall-bridge, and back to Westminster. Yel i cOlt took the lead for a few yards, when pink came up, and, ~,:(l!' li 10irp conflict, passed them; blue and white got s cul l and a the leading boats drew gradually away. Pink e throughout, and won by four or five lengths ; rtin c e 2l a the Si l t ea.. l yellow was second. _ HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-111aaemu., 4elle R appeared last night in a character new to thealatc big!! ' . 4 lish public—Amenaide, in Voltaire's tragedy of Tan crede, which was one of his later works, and not pro duced till 1760. Rachel never played better than in this character last night—her proud voice broken by grief—her tenderness, and her working out of various conflicting passions was, throughout, admirably manir,ed. Nevertheless, it is not on the whole so great a triumph as her Marie Stuart, or her Hermione. She was called for at the conclusion. M. David played Tancrede, and; M. Brevanne, Atgire, the father of A rtenaide. MADEMOISELLE OSTERGA CO;NcEgT. — ThIg lady's concert took place yesterday in Sackville-street. The non-attendance of Madame Versiani was counterbalanced by the extra display which Rubini made in consequence. Signor Puzzi's performance of his beautiful Fra poco," attracted greatly by its skill, and great applause was bestowed on Herr Stancluzl. Patrons and friends crowded the drawiwkroorns. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS• FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIM ES. -The subject of the calling in of the light sovereigns continues to excite considerable interest ; and much difference of opinion still exists respecting the proper allowance which ought to be made for any given deficiency in weight. 'lbis matter is of great importance ; and the following observations may perhaps serve to throw some light on the discussion :- The principal source of the error into which many persons have fallen when calculating the allowance to be made on light sovereigns, appears to have been the taking the weight of 5 dwt. 2% grains, under which they are not allowed by the proclama tion to pass current, as being the full weight of the coin ; and then supposing that if a sovereign weighs fully 5 dwt. 2 grains, that there is only a loss of half a grain, the value of which is Id. ' and so on in proportion for other deficiences, a very short explanation will suffice for pointiug out this error. By the English Mint regulations, one ounce Troy of stand ard gold (that is, of 22 carats pure gold and 2 carats of all - •y) is to be coined so as to represent a value in money of 31. 17s. 100. sterling ; and agreeably to this principle, the Coinage Act of 1817 enacts that 46 29.40 sovereigns are to be coined out of 1 pound Troy. This, when reduced to integral numbers, is the same as saying that 1,869 sovereigns are to to be coined from 40 pounds Trny. The calculated Mint weight of one sove reign should, therefore, be 5 dwt. 3.2745 grains, or rather more than 123 Si grains. The half-sovereign, in proportion, should weigh 2 dwt. 13i grains. The value of 1 grain of standard gold is therefore equal to 1.94688 pence, which, f,,r practical purposes, must be called 2 pence sterling, when used for buying and selling small quantities of gold. But as slight errors in the coinage are unavoidable, the Mat ter of the Mint is allowed a variation in the weight of 12 grains in each pound Troy ; that is, if the 46 29-40 sovereigns weigh within 12 grains of the pound Troy, the coin is suffered to pass into circulation as full weight. This allowance is equal to 0.2568 grains on each sovereigns being rather more than a quarter of a grain, the value of which is 0.49996 d., or as nearly as possible one halfpenny sterling. The full weight of a sovereign being as before Grains. stated 121 2745 Dedect Mint ... .2568 123,0177 The IN eight, therefore, at which it may be suffered to issue from the Mint is as nearly as possible 123 grains ; equal" 5 dwt. 3 grains. The loss by wear and tear of the coin, and which by law is to be borne by the public, must, therefore be the difference between the actual weight of a worn sovereign and the weight when issued from the Mint, and not the difference between the present weight and the weight of 5 dwt. 2Agrain" which is the lowest sufferance weight allowed by the proolti mation. But here a difficulty occurs. In selling back the old coin' to the Government as mere bullion, ought the public to be charged with the difference arising from comparirg the pre' sent weight with the full estimated coinage weight of 5 deft' 3.i grains, or with the allowed weight of 5 dwt. 3 grains, atF which it may be suffered to issue from the Mint? ' The difference between the two methods is only of a graios. or one halfpenny sterling on a single sovereign ; but becoMOsi. of some importance when the old coinage is considered. It cortainly would appear to be the snore equitable course to, claim of the public only that weight of standard gold which by law they may have received a few years back from the G°:,; vernment, viz., the allowance weight of 5 dwt. 3 grains, a s 4 " is to be presumed that whatever error may arise in the coinag e will most probably be on what the Government would call the' right side-that is, an error of deficiency within the limits o's; the law. . The following would then be the scale of loss on light Ws vereigns :- Allowed weight when issued from the Mint, sdwt. 3gr. Minimum weight for circulation, as fixed by the proclitor tion, sdwt. Short of this not exceeding %gr., say weight above sdsrt" 2gr., loss lgr.=2d. Short of this not exceeding lgr., say weight above sde t ' r , ligr., loss ligr. oo -3ti. Short of this not exceeding ligr., say weight above sos' A e g '' lgr., loss 2gr. s -_-4d., &c. If, however, the full calculated weight of sdwt. 3igr• I g o taken, instead of the allowed issuing weight, then the loss in a", cases becomes grain more, whore value is one halfpenny' which sum must be added to each of the above rates. For half sovereigns, the allowed weight is 2dwt. 13140" minimum weight for circulation, 2dwt. 13hgr. Short not exceeding Sgr., say weight above 2dwt. 12Itgr" loss 3gr. = lid. Short, not exceeding lgr., say weight above 2dwt. 12Agr" loss I%gr.=-.2Sd. Short, not exceeding I igr., say weight above 2dwt. 11W loss 13gr.--31d. If the full calculated weight of 2dwt. 135 gr. is used for tb t e i half-sovereign, then the loss becomes in all cases one-eighth,,' a grain more, value one farthing sterling, which must be ad d " to cash of the above rates. . It must here be observed, that the Government have_ _ s ue t called in the defective coinage, nor do they offer to take it ban from the holder; they have merely reminded the public , tb s a t by law no sovereigns can be a legal tender if under the weig, e of 5 dwt. 2i gr. each ; and they leave them to make the MT. of all coin below that weight by selling it as mere bullion Obi" best price they can obtain. The Bank of England has offered to buy light coin at tl" legal Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 1 / 2 d. per ounce for standard gold; This is l i s Sd. higher than the present market price of stande e gold, which is 31. 17s. 9d. If, therefore, a person were to ta ke to them for sale 50 sovereigns, weighing on an average 5 d w i t i 2 gr. each, they would form an aggregate weight of 12 Os. _ s „ dwt. 4 gr., which, at the above price of 31. 17s. 1030. rs, ounce, would be equal to 49/. 9s. Bd., showing a loss to o' seller on 50 sovereigns of 10s. 4d. Each of the above sovereigns being supposed to weigh enT average 5 dwt. 2 gr., the deficiency on each, as compared lei the strict legal weight, is 1 1 % grain, that is in all 62% ga l° which, at 2d. per grain, is worth 10s. sd. The above difference of Id. arises from taking the valne s , 1 grain of gold as being worth 2d., when in fact, as shown "SI the previous calculations, it is worth only 1.94688 d. oat The English funds have remained unchanged through the day, and business continues extremely limited. SUN.-The Funds, which were very steady yesterday, without any transactions of moment, suddenly became et tremely flat ; and although the last official price for Cops e : . was 913, sellers for the opening, ex dividend, some sales wed. made, after business hours, at 91i ; Reduced, 94 91#: Bet Stock, 166} 167* ; Exchequer,Bills, Old, 44 46 ; New , 42 premium. Foreign Securities are also dull, but prices, except for Thy zilian, were not materially varied. The accounts from lt e , latter country are not such as would appear to warrant si‘,.s cline, although some unpleasant feeling was stated to exist opt, subject of theslave question, which was solely caused by the Ant!{ Slavery Society. The propositions sent out from thiscoll; offering to make concessions in the rates of duty now p a Y s if a relaxation were granted in the slave trade, had not cone "- for discussion, but they would doubtless be granted by the Por, cutive, though the tone of the lower classes appeared to be int. mical to them. The closing prices were :-Belgian, 102 I S t Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52# 523; the Fie° 51 Cents., 1601 1011; Danish, 80i 81*; Brazilian, 64 Mexican was quoted :3714 37#. London and Birmingham Railway Shares were, 175 1718 i Birmingham and Gloucester, 49 51 ; Great Western , 1; 88 ; the Half Shares, 61i 61i ; South Western, al so. "„ss North Midland, 61 63; the New Shares, 3 0 3 1 • Eastern and Dover, 24 25 ; the Scrip, 5 ; Eastern antiLs; 8i 9* ; Northern and Eastern, 39 40 ; Blackwall, 9 1 " la and Brighton, 34 36. slob' All the Bonds are quoted lower, and after the lists wer e r as s lished time bargains were made even below the qnotationt lio , nexed. Colombian, were last marked 22* 24; Per nee se e 17 18; Portuguese Five per Cents., 3.5 i 36; the 0 , 11 ' per Cents. 20i 21i ; Spanish Five per Cents., 21 21} an d Three22i 22%. The produce markets were more animated than is u sual e ed. °l Monday, and a greater disposition for business was evinekss From the uncertainty in which this description of business _„iff been for some time, in consequence of the discussions on the tts, being nosy at an end, it may be expected that a decidesl;t provement will take place, as the generality of dealers P i necessarily be very short of stock. POST•OFFICE INDIAN MAIL. The following notice was posted up yesterday at the Ge n . 6 „.... 4 Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the branch office s ' t o " The Tagus steamer for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece' v o lonian Islands, Egypt, and Indian mails of the 30th lest.' Falmouth. Letters in time en Thursday evening. a lO " Many mistakes having occurred with letters addr ess its India, Malta, the lonian Islands, Greece, and Alexandria o f requested that all letters intended to be sent by the ro i led Falmouth, shall be marked via Falmouth. If not so 1 10, they will be retained to be sent by the Overland India 00 , which is conveyed under the new convention through Polito and forwarded from Marseilles in British packets once a in which will be made up here on the 4th et July. Toni° " The letters intended to be sent to India, Malta, the - sp y Islands, and Alexandria, via Marseilles, by the French St; t he packets sailing from that port on the Ist, 11th, and 21st month in the ordinary French mail from London, should be . dressed per French packet. d Ales'" Letters to Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands) en andria, Is. Bd. ; newspapers, 2d." 13ALLOON ASCENT.—Yesterday evening the ye,t er°l o ; aeronaut, Mr. Green, made his 279th ascent, and first tb,..00. son, from the gardens attached to the Standard Salooto4 tbei in the neighbourhood of Shepherdess-fields, City-road, InotiOf present' of a vast concourse of persons. The ascent W IP the most beautiful that has for some time been witnesseuiv stantly upon the machine being liberated it rose 51° 1 aeg i majestically above the gardens, almost perpendiculeq'oolis, afterwards bore away over the eastern portion of the se_et,l 0 At an elevation of not more than 1,000 feet, and renie' D- e srli sight for manly half an hour, owing to the horizon being Kept. cloudless. The course that the balloon took was towar ds u , It was stated that it was Mr. Green's last ascent prior _ er i c a aeronautic voyage across the a ide Atlantic Ocean from A;c, to Europe, in an immense machine expressly constsa the purpose. Ai p e l t' ELABORATE ASTRONOMICAL CLOCKS .---- r. of of 82, Strand, having had the distinguished hononrastroor strutting, by command of the Emperor of Russia , two : jo gs ? I ' micas clocks, invites a public inspection of th em Pr'. -, their departure. BIRTHS. ag0 4119 On the 21st of April , at Pernambuco , th e lad y of Il• - ,hter- Cowper, Esq., her Britannic Majesty'e C onsul, of a elau tt ft o it , - Oa the 21st inst. , at Limehouse , the lad y of th e Rawlins, of a daughter. • bt p tbe On the 21st inst., at College House, Haromersull lady of Assistant-Comoissary-General Mylrea, of a 5°, 11. ..pee r On the 22d inst., at Biooklande, Hants, tbe lady or br - Smith, Estp, of a son. b W ild On the 24th inst., at Upper Tooting, Mrs. JoseP i Of Goodhart, of a daughter. , i ir s rur - On the 24th inst. , at Pimlic o, the lad y of Major J. the Madras Army, of a son. a . f l I I' S. .0n the 26th inst. in the Clapham-road, the via e rlighop, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. Oa the 25th inst., at St. Mary's, Brranston-square i , t _ h r e Vi ll ir i b ; and Rev. George :_ustavus Chetwynd.Talbot, R e ctor t i o ` z o ily ington, Gloucestershioz, fourth son of Earl Talbtowboarn, Sarah, second daughter or Ilenr y Elwes, Esq., d ---------- in the same county. Dr ------e4 11 :-../' ill On the 26th inst., at CoanOt-a -place West, •'-' d yistrr - It his 66th year, Hugh nn Jones, Esq., oz arkbill, near ban:". prat O n Old . 22d inst., Jonas Binns, Esq., of Sienser lll's' Brixton, ,::::irre,Y . d- Brixton, On the 25t..: inst., Jane L. Antt, of NS cstbo Pimlico. On the 26th inst.. in GI: On the lath inst., at Readu;,;. Frederic Clarkfiliaice, lo On the 26th inst., John Corpe, gsq- , of s °ut -P Sir nington.cornmon, aged 84. goo , , eight _ o n $ On the 26th in in Bedford-square, eat Portland -street, G. Jenkins' Pimlico. : Joser.ll Littledale, late one of the Judg --- .. Bench, aged 75. ---- 01 ---,LING, , man ,A.........r.r ........,.....0,........,,rw.' _____---- ----- 0 , lbJ 04 .... 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