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STEWARDS. Bros. W. F. Dobson, President. „ T. Pryer, l Vice-Presidents. „ S. W. Daukes, „ M. Costa, Treasurer. And many other Brethren. The Conaert ivill be under the direction of distinguished Brethren. Tickets to be had of the Stewards, and at the Bar of the Freema kW Tavern. The Foundation Stone will be laid shortly, with Masonic honours, ." the Freehold at Croydon. r 7 0 4- 1 . I 1 13 ; 4 : >Ts*/ N°. 17,691.] LONDON THURSDAI k i r _ , . Tia 111.41 IZA 7 JUNE 7, 1849. [PRICE SD. ITRE PROVIDENT LIFE ASSURANCE ASS ' llendly Societies' Acts) and BE] TRIM Thon►as Baring, Esq., M.P. 4:nouison Hankey, Jun., Esq CLERKS' MUTUAL iOCIATION (Enrolled under the KEVOLENT FUND. ;TEES. 1 W. G. Prescott, Esq. 1 Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq , M.P. Every description of Life Assurance effected daily. Division of Profits every Five Years. Parties assured Three Years participate in Profits, either by an addition to the Policy , reducti on r reellum, or a Cash B mus. All parties assnr'ng during the pre sent year will participate in the next Division of Profits, which will ta ke place in 1852. Rights to nominate any I arty to receive the amount of a Life Policy, free of legacy and pro - YiLe ‘:1 - dy, or any other erDense. No entrance fee. Very Eighth Anna d Report, and detailed Prospectuses, showing the peculiar advantages offered by this Association, may be hal aPPlication at the office. By order of the Board, PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary, 42 , Ifoorgate-street, March, 1849. MORTGAGE LOANS. LANCASHIREand YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, , The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive TENDERS' ior L OA for NS on MertgaTe, for periods of Thre ~ Five, or Seven yea rs, Wit, interest at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent. per ann um -7 be allowed, payable half-yearly. "tiler particulars may be known on application to Mr. S. W. Run e , Finance Department , Company's Offices, Hunt's Bank , Mau eiter, By order, J. S. HERON, Secretary. MR. W. TYRONE POWER. TUESDAY next will be published, in 1 vol., post Bvo., with Eight Coloured Illustrations, from Drawings made en the spot by the Author, NEW ZEALAND SKETCHES in PEN and PENCIL. By W. TYRONE POWER. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman.. AUPER I S M: , Is It the effect of a Law of Nature , or of Human Laws and ustoras which are in opnosition to Nature? " Salus populi suprema lex." London : Effingham Wilson, I I, Royal Exchange. THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS-1547.48, Just published, Second Edition of THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS of 1847 48. To which is added an Appendix, containing an Alphabetical List of the English and Foreign Failures, with the Balance-sheets and Statements of the most important Houses, and fable of Dividends Paid. By D. MORIER EVANS. " A book which supplies a want that will have been recognised by every one interested in commercial and monetary history, and likely to Prove invaluable for future reference when the customary 10 year , . 'ball have elapsed for a new manifestation of the same tendencies." - -The Times. Letts, Son, and Steer, 8, Royal Exchange. ELEGANT TOILET REQUISITES, EACH OF INFALLIBLE jATTRIBUTES. OWLAND'S MACASSOR OIL is highly and T universally appreciated for creating and sustaining luxuriant er r it e "es ; ROWLAND'S KALYDOR is a preparation of unparalleled i t , e ‘ acY in improving and beautifying the Skin and Complexion ; and beautifying `'‘VLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, is invaluable for its and preservative effects on the Teeth and Gums. B ._be august patronage conceded by our gracious Queen, and the t ; t ve_ral Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, ,nd the confirmation by l ° e r Vibee of the infallible efficacy of these creative renovating spe ,,e3 eeb ., , . nave characterised them with perfection, and given . them a .vray unparalleled. 4 * * BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. fi 8 ,.._ n_ ~e , are offered under the implied sanction of Royalty , and the o " , i ni v rnment Departments, with similar attempts at deception. The that t e n,iline of each beim the name of "ROWLANDS' " preceding 301+ ' t he Article on the Wrapper or Label. ci.,.., by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by respectable uvirnsfs and Perfumers. ' R AMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Do !!ession T h emanlfold advantages to the Heads of Families from the With a medicine of know.i efficacy, that may be resorted to a9nfidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sickness th at ' ll / 1 g in l families. mor or ess, every day, arc so obvious to all, hu h " question can be ra' e sed f its importance to every householder 4i "gduou. From amoiv. namerouS testimonials, the following espectfully submitted : " To Mr. Thomas Pr mat, 229, Strand, London. 4 . sg 13 '- 5 , David•street, Regant- road, Manchester , Ma rch 12,1842. stgt have much satisfaction in communicating to you the l re; Y experience after reneated trials of Frampton's Pd o , and I feel it ba. instice to state, that in the course of many etonce trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found results re% 'o salutary aril efficient in the relief of the system from Tore iwidant bile, &c., &c., with so little inconvenience ; I am there- Waut_arranted in declaring that they supply to me a means lom, elalf li g of being able to recommend to families, schools, and espe tnercantile mon, whether at the desk or on the road, a most to Tri Valuable resource In an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit Pro r a elf lf, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making fi „ , paws a snore generally known " and ap WlLLpreciated.—l am, '4l,lll'_ peztt any yours,lAM SMITH." ree e _ e _ e uPrecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest rott uTl .ndations of the many thousands who have,dcrived benefit are their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary. .They Put liable forth as a cure for all dis, &sea to which mankind k n __Out for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well is aftn,n a ttenuants, Bilious and Sick Headache, Pahl and Oppression 17 1 /teals, Giddines s Dizziness, Singing Noise in the Head and —4 1 7 ,-' Dr owsineSs,Hea ' rtburn. Loss of Ippetite, Wind, Spasms, &c. efree qo or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary s ' The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the Li ver , Bowels and Kidneys will r a p idl y take place ; et ,, lu stead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, Will ."I. activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age, be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions ee cem s om PanYing each box. by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price 19.1,4 d. and 2s. 9d. Der b 0 x: and y.the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the agdom. 2 1 . 4 2 1, for FRAIVIPTON'i PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the ale and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the Zle_rnment Starnn. TO AN OLD CHEST OF DRAWERS Hail, ancient Chest t I never look at thee, But 'various musings occupy my noddle ; For the respected form was known to me, Before my infant pegs had learned to toddle. My daddy owned thee, and I think, the ra her, Thou once belongedst to my father'‘ father. Think not, old chest, that thou shalt e'er be sold, Or chopped ant changed a say in foolish barter ; To part with furniture so good—so old, Would m ike me sorry both before and aster ; Long in the family lia.t thotibeen of value. And never h st thou once changed hands, nor shall you When but a little fellow, newly breeched, I owned a part of thee to hold my raiment; Dress badly cut, and very badly a itched, And badly purchased for a heavy payment. Oh, when I think upon th - times departed, How glad I feel that Moses ever started. What different garments do.t thou now contain? Thy drawers are now enriched by Messrs. Moses, Who prove that competition in ♦ain, In spite of what it va..ntingly proposes. All thou containeA—Trowsers, Coats, etcetera, Proves Moses' clothing infinitely betteser. UST OF PRICES. . - _. y( A s i,' . , , INAPT MADE. ,m l f — Spring, ind'Summer Wrappers from za . 8 6 The Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every descrip tion of light Over-coats.. ••• • • • •• • 1 2 6.. Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand .,,, soniely trimmed ••••••••••• • • • " •" • ' • • • 1 1 0 ' 44 do. 'lined with silk.. •••••• • • • • 1 8 0 Do, do. superior quality ..—.•—. . . • 1 IS 0 ..• 0 2 9 • . 3 'en and Holland Blouses. ••••••- • • • • • - • • • r 0 4 0 ar!eY Victoria do. .. • • • • Tweed d 0".... ...•'..: ••. • • • , Dre.,s Coat ...•.. •• •• •••••• • • •• ••" • • 0 17 0 Frock Coat ...„, „ ... •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 0 0 spring * end Sumhier Trousers ... • ... •••• • • • 0 4 0 Doeskin 7 and Buckskin d. 0:..... ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 7 6 - • 'eriog and .ummer Vests in every variety . • 0 1 6 Black . antl Figured Satin Tests...—. • • •:.. 04 6 Black da., superior quality .. • ••.. • ....... 0 9 6 White Marcella Vests •••••••••• • • • • • • . • • • 0 4 6 .. 4 elfa Black Cloth Vests .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 3 6 ' ) °Y • e Spring and Summer Tests ••••..• • • • • • 0 0 10 ..°31 . • ''asst and Tunic Suits ........ .... 0 15 0 Men's Fishing Coats in great variety ••.. • ... 0 4 0 MADE TO MIEASCILE. Paletets made from a variety of material, fitted for Summer wear .. ...... 1 1 0 De , very elegantly trimmed —••••.. • • • • • • 1 8 '.' . Su perior Cloth of a light texture............ 115 0 I)i tto ditto Di tto Dress Coatlin with silk.. •••••• • • • • • 2 2 0 ... ed . . • 1 12 0 •• •••• • .. Mem. do ..... ..... •••• •• • ...... ....... 2 15 0 Superfine s'rock do. .. ••• : •• .• • 1 15 0 Best do. • • ••• . 3 3 0 •• • • .••• • F ancy Doeskin. Trousers. ........ ~....... 016 6 ' Black do. • • 1 6 0 Black Cloth Vests.....• •.••.••• • • •• •• ••• 0 8 6 0 13 6 aplervlid .iatin Test •. • • .... ——••• • .. • ... 0 14 6 Best d 0... .. .• .... ....... .••—...•• • •• • • • • 0 i 8 6 Hussar and Tunic suits ..—..——. . . . . . . . . I 5 0 Superfine do. ............................ 1 15 0 Men's White Marcella Vests ............... o 7 0 Fishing Coats in endless , variety from 0 10 6 - to 1 16 0 Elegant Dressing Robes in great variety ...• .• •• ..... — from 0160 to 5 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Shit of Clothes complete for 11. 10s. . The new book, ent itled the " Great Fact," with full directions .„.. 1 " gelf-measurement, can be had on app li cat i on , o r forwar d e d, p ost "'e, to any part of the kingdom. Notice— Tha Shawl and Parasol Department are now replete with ",ery novelty of the season. an z _schased, either ready made,or made to ,_ voserre.—Any- article 4",,Etsure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. •,.... , • mos;Es and deli, Tailors , VVoodencirapers, Clothier., Hatters, j ' : ' s Ble lß , Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, Lona 1 56, and 157 Minories, and 83, 44. 85, and 86 Al4gate, City Astablishmallencrin. unicaiing with each other, and forming one vast to guard the public % gain Ca ution.--E. Moses atid Son regret having falsehood imposition ; but, having heard that the antradesman-like d for obvious reasops, uood of being connected With • them, or " It is the same concern," as b ee , 111 11'3' b eg to rCs ii c t ' a rt t e e that t h hey na h allY ave ins no t:ari cOn ce n s em ' /Its, 36, Far- Gr out ..,,' an on wi . th any other house tate „ ‘u London, except their Branch Establishments, k tar . ru l a ' 4 "uerfield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings , & should call pt who clothing 0 .• at 0 ,, hose o require chefp and genuine _ don ; Bradford, Yor s e • or either of 11 4 -d• to the Minories and Aidgate, City, lion B ran•r a ,h Establishments, as above. tin _ l 'e Notice,—This Establishment is closed from sunset Friday, ~..............._unset aturday, when bus fleas is resumed till twelve o'clock. ____------ 'ist s on Steel. ON IllAstrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engra .I____ ' PHYSICAL DISQHALICATIONS, GENEBAT VhIICCAPA. CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARBIAb . I6 2s. 6d., or lge,s, , E dition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price eoat, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage s tamps , l aR SILENT FRIEND, a M e dical Work on to „,„ the infirmities and decay of the generative system, fram e ex : ._"ve indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mer ;Sy s , nth rernarks on Marriage and the means of obviating certain di s- Lnalifications. Illustrated ' by 26 Coloured Engravings. BY R. and .. P ERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox lord-street, London. Published by the Authors : said by Strange, 'illt, Pa ternoster-row ; Hammy, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street I, .... arle . 23,7 itchborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden .4u-street. Pear I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive °r E_ens, and is illustrated by Si x C o l oure d E ngravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul gerice, and their lamentable effects OR the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapaclty. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. FAIT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and centaisis explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by s . 3 eventeen Coloured Engravings. PAST Iv. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple appllcatian, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART Y. is devoted to the consideration ,X marriage, and its the d 'ties. The causes of unproductive union ar e a l so considered, ant , Whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tax t. , oRDIAL BALM or SI/mecum Is exclusively employed in treat. mg nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 e. and 335, per bottle, The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti -syphilitic r bT n edY, for purifying the blood in cases ofinfectloe, secondary synap. •Zra; eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 111. and 335. per bottle. ce ' % Ira' purifying Spe c ifi c Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11a. p er box, a main remedy for gonorrhoea, sleet, stricture, and chronic inflamrna ton of-the bladder. Consultation fee, If by letter, 11. A minut. retail of the case is requiredhabits, and position in society. - I,4:,.. ac kete, With advice, to be ad at the Establlstment only, b: fee,ll., Is saved. Messrs. .Pen 7, Surgeons, are in att t - - Ir e 'ail,' at 19 Bercers-street, Oxford-street, London, from - E)t- II t 1,14 Two ; , and rive t o Ei g ht ; oa tic allays from Eleven toOnc. A K i 1 A E. v Ono hall the worse are desolately single, and the other •roposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a .Ise et right, dt.termixte the former, and miscalculatet4 hopes em -,r the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plta ..i.ation and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret 11L ...,r,prosing hurry; but the truth lies deeper.. Physical incapacity, .nd broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set :cm:mt. Honour and jrotice demand tr,t 'leant shoeldform au item tho.compset ; it alone (lignites the alliance. Blighted_ hopes er , . lEct e, - ;tend more (=orely than poverty or mi.fortune. Reader, 11 :lege eurnabwe concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 v 015., le. I.ch (by cost, in stamps, li. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively - mined, or prudish reeling deter you, by their titles, nor he hindered mialMterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining em. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curioNity, eke closet perusal of those more decOy interested, to whom •ey are offeredas antagonistic to the empiical trash put forth or to _above subJects, by unqualified authors, which alone or .i.;either, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, it , post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and void," and " Hoy to be Happy." They are not merely pain 'blets, but equal In quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere scribblings of the hour, hut the study of the author's life will owes his present exisisnce, health, and position to this ob servance, of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—t..) live after natures laws—and to keep always " sunny side of the way." The above work', may be had of 'rierwood, 23,Taterticater-rew ; Carvalho; 147, Fleet-street • Mann, Cornhill; Nalson, 457, West Straso. 9 • or direct (by post or ether v,se) from the anther (who may be conferred with personally, inrains and eveobars), 10. Argyll-Place Regent-street; and an r, ALABMING STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSlON. — Yesterday rorenoion, shortly after ten o'clock, the numerous persons who were 'on board the Waterman steam-boat, No. 8, were alarmed by a body of steam and fire being seen to issue from the engine room, and at the same time two , nen,_the engineer and stoker, made their appearance at the top of the stairs, terribly scalded and calling for as- Astance. The general opinion then was that the vessel had taken fire, and every one on board began to cry out tor boats. The two men who had escaped from below, on gaining the deck fell down, and it at once became manifest that they were seriously if not fatally injured. fhe captain who had charge of the Vessel leave directions to the man at the wheel to " port his helm;" w hi c h h e accordingly did, and the boat ran alongside some dumb lighters near Billingsgate; but there being no one in the engine room to stop the machinery, it was found impos sible to 'make the steamer fast, andshe continued her course down the river as far as the Custom- house quay, whore the captain ran her into the mud, where she at length eopped. A great number of watermen put off in their wherries, and succeeded in taking the whole of the passengers out of the vessel. Some were so frightened that it was with difficulty they could be pre vented from jumping into the water. A Thames police e,alley went off to- the vessel and took the two men who ere scalded on boas', and, having , rower_ them to the opposite shore, they were removed to St. Thomas's Hos pital, when it was ascertained that the heads, faces, arms, and other portions of both men were dreadfully injured. They were immediately put to bed, when they stated that the boat having taken in passengers at Dyer's hall-wharf, was preceding down the river for Woolwich, when, as it was passing under London-bridge, a body of fire and steam shot forth which knock46l them down and filled the engine -room with a gulphurous vapour. Fhey were positive that the steam was blowing off whilst the boat was sto?ping at tho pier. Toe examination subsequently made, shows that one of the supply tubws had exploded, arid the steam escapin g therefrom had entered the furnace and blown the hot cinders about. The names of tho two unfortunate men are Thomas Boddington, the engineer, and Thomas Robert, the stoker. A similar explosion, by which two other men were scalded, took place on board the same vessel a short time since. During the after part of the day the vessel was towed away to the company's works to be repaired. INQUESTS.—DBATH OF TWO SEAMEN FROM ASIATIC C b, ll ,d o je L s En ot t .-- wo O s n , a T tn u e e n s , d w a yM h od i r e . d ßak from e h r the el effectsi qeuthledoeas,lfptdspooaenttat Asiatic rtttehhh appeared e bK l , : id o n l yg e r ( a ,,,ff o boardn pwrui tsiai am. s T h c i y p a trw T . r h iag e ghe fi t ; s a t 2r 9e inquest s i . w th a fi: that the deceased was cook on board the bar Alterhop, on a voyage f rom t hi s port to the West Indies and back. • The deceased frequently complained of pain in his stomach, and was ill nearly all the voyage. On the ship returning home, the crew experienced very bad weather, and the men were lashed to the pumps to prevent their being washed over board. The deceased was very ill at this time, and was compelled to work at the pumps for upwards of 40 hours at a time. The cargo was thrown overboard to save the ship, and all the clothes belonging to the crew, w ere washed into the sea. The ship after some difficulty ar rived in Cork, a complete wreck, and the men were all paid off. The deceased and several of the crew embarked on board another vessel bound for London. On Thurs day last the deceased was attacked with all the symptoms of cholera. He became worse, and died on Saturd ey n x r d G ou r b a t re t s h e a n t d t . h e M d o r. p he w h a e s d n ßrown, last whena, surgeon, hesaisdhi ce ased died from Asiatic c holera. Verdict in accordan c e t with this evidence. The second inquest was held at the Cannon public house , Cannon-street,t. George's in the-East, on the body of Jo se p h Cresa y , aged 52 y ears, a seaman on board the ship. Wigr laam,slt the yie in the Lon don-docks. On Saturday morning g deceasedwas attacked with cramp all over his body, while engaged on board the ship. Ho was removed to his berth, and when Mr. Brown attended, he said it was a decided case of Asiatic cholera. The usual remedies were applied, but the deceased died shortly afterwards. Verd ict—" Death from Asiatic cholera.". BURSTING OF A GRINDSTONE.-0a Monday last, as a man named Batchelor, a carpenter, residing in Langley-row, Upper Stone•street, was grinding an axe, the grindstone, which had a large fly-wheel attached to :t, and was turned by two winches, suddenly burst into six or seven pieces, one of which - struck Batchelor on the head, causing a severe wound about 2i inches in kngtb. He was immediately attended by a medical null, who dressed the wound, and be is now in a fair way of recovery.. There were four persons in the room 'at the time of the accident, who tortudately escaped without any injury.—Kentish Gazette. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—If Mrs Hume did not make a case for his charter, the disability was rather in his cause than himself. He did little more than repeat the generalities which may be advanced any year in favour of any change in any system. He produced no reasons _specially applying to the present year, or the pre sent state of thins, and his attempts to do so were the weak points of his argument. Sach is the usual fate of these annual detnonstraeions. They degenerate into a mere political observance, and are liable to be as unfor tunate in their circumstances as an annual fete, which may or may not be accompanied with a deluge of rain. Undoubtedly there is much use in keeping up a prescrip. tion. Charity would very soon grow cold without anni versary dinners. But the advantage of periodical recur rences is purchased at the expense of occasional mishaps. The mishap in the present instance is that events are jest now peculiarly decisive against all paper schemes of popu lar representation. This is a practical question. Mr. Home so regarded it when he appealed to what Parliament might do, and what the present Parliament had not done to his satisfaction; so we may fairly infer that if the Parliamentary history of the list seventeen years, and particularly of the present session, can be defended, he will snrrender his case for reform. Mr. Hume made economy his test. We will take him at his word. The estimates of this year show a considerable reduction, in spite of some extraordinary charges, and in spite of great temptations, not to say valid reasons, for an increase of expenditure. As Mr. Hume has.appealed to other countries, we will venture to ask whether any Govern ment of Europe has this year confined itself to its ordi nary expenditure. The British Government is the only eine, to the best of our belief, that has dared to retrench, and that is actually reducing its naval and military establishments below its usual standard. Even the Budget of the Uuited States is excessive com pared with the average of years. In the midst of almost universal war, with arataments forming on every side, with interventions and blockades springing up in all quarters, we are reducing our regiments and putting our ships out of commission. On this point, therefore, the House of Commons can stand the test of economy. As for our civil establishments and miscellaneous ex penses, though we shall always be glad to help Mr. Hume in cutting down this branch of the estimates, we ' are still aware that it is the least objectionable and the least reducible part of our voluntary expenditure. A single war steamer will cost from first to last more than we could possibly 'hope to save in our civil establish- Inents for half a dozen years. From the estimates Mr. Huine passes to the national debt. On this ' Point the reformed House of Commons has com mitted no greater delinquency than paying what former Parliaments hav e p rom i se d t o p a y. It is undoubt e dly true that the debt is a terrible incubus on the industry of the nation, and that what We pay to the creditor would more than maintain all the poor. But Mr. Hume cannot mean to condemn the honesty with which we fulfil a burdensome obligation. If so, let him at once plainly say that a House of Com awns elected as he would wish it is likely to retrench the dividends, and put the Consols on a more economical footing. If from economy we pass to other tests of legislative efficiency, the House of Commons this year at all events may lay claim to a popular character. Since it met it has extinguished, for the public benefit, the shipowners' monopoly; it has fixed on Irish property the burden of the poor; it has done its best to divide Irishthe for removing all new hands; and it has passed a Bill all remaining restrictions on the choice of a representative. To be compelled by the self imposed formality of an annual motion to call fit the destruction of a House, and the substitution of a more popular body, immediately in the face of such po pular measures, is at least a cruel mishap. The present state of continental affairs is equally unfortunate for Mr. Hums's purpose. The popular assemblies at Frankfort, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, and Naples have only, served to show that Parliaments are things which grow, and can not be made. The two National Assemblies successively assembled at Paris deserve more respect, and present erne favourable results. Elected on Mr. Feargus O'Connor's principles, they have proved Conservative bodies; they have balanced the social democracy of Paris; and have restored the State, after terrible storms, , o something like stability and order. We speak •of whit the Constituent Assembly did, and of what the new Assembly promises to do, as far as we can judge from the proportion of its ingredients. But the results are still so mixed, so precarious, and, in some respects, so deplorable, that they can only be coMnaended with re`erence to the circumstances of France. The purely and elaborately. esopulai public character of the National Assembly has not prevented a frightful insurrection on the part of the very classes which called it into existence; it has not prevented the necessity of an enormous armament alWays ready for action; it has not yet been able to dispense with a vir tual state of siege, for such is, in fact, the condition of Paris to this day; it has not obviated the need of an i•xpense far exceeding the sources of France, driving her still deeper into the pit of insolvency; it has not re• s ored public confidence either in the preservation of ,mler or in the stability of the present Constitution. While then, we acknowledge a remedial and reaction ary character in the French National Assemblies, of great value in their own fearful crisis, we ask what proofs have they given of that solid capacity for re gular government which we look for in a British House of Commons? But there is another consider ation, which wholly destroys the parallel, and for bids us to copy so inapplicable a .model. To supply a sufficient equipoise against a purely representative and democratic Senate, it has been found necessary to elect a President equally representative and democratic; and it yet remains to be seen whether the one representa- tive or the 750 will prevail over the other. In the Bri tish Constitution there is an hereditary Sovereign and an hereditary House of Lords; and whatever the present or the future results of the experiment now working in France, they can never apply to the case of a Con stitution so utterly different. The division last night proved the danger felt by most sensible persons in a the oretical reconstruction of the Legislature: It did not commit the majority against practical and gradual re form; and, if we read aright the Ministerial speeches, such a reform is in contemplation. Of its nature we are ignorant, but as hints of this sort have the invariable effect of stimulating agitation and weakening resist ance, we presume that no such hint would have been given but for some corresponding design. ' It is very certain that the last Reform Bill would never have been introduced into the House, much less passed into a law, but for the obstinate resistance made to reform for so many years, and by so many great men. It took a long time to fill up the measure of public indignation; and it did not overflow till it was full. The fatal obstinacy of Canning, of Peel, and of Wellington accumulated those arrears, which it took a " revolution" to discharge. Without going to the projects of Mr. Hume, Mr. O'Con nor, or Mr. Bright, it is easy to point out various emen dations and enlargements of the constituency, purifica tions in the electoral system, and substitutions of the must populous for the most reduced boroughs, which would reform the House /Kiri passel with the changing circumstances of the times. Unless some such gradual reform is early initiated by the Government, it may pos sibly find itself deserted by moderate men, and left to fight its own battles with extreme and revolutionary reformeri. ADVERTISER.—Mr. Hume's re-appearance in the House of Commons after the illness which confined him for some time to his room, has caused universal gratifica tion. The Member for Montrose is a great favourite with men of all parties, He has not, we believe, a personal enemy in the [louse, or out of it. But the Honourable Gentleman possesses other qualities than those of good nature and urbanity. Ho is one of the most useful Members that ever sat in any modern House of Commons. Ho the most useful Member in the present House. He is unceasing in his efforts to bring about such reforms as shall be of real benefit to the people. No sooner has he, in this instance, recovered from his indisposition, than he brings forward the motion of which he had given notice some time ago, for those three great reforms in our Parliamentary representation, which have been so long advocated in this journal. In one motion he com prehends the three great principles of Household Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and Triennial Parlia ment. The debate to which Mr. Hume's motion led was much more animated and interesting than the public were prepared to expect. The truth is, that after the reception which Mr. Tennyson D'Eyncourt'a motion for shorter Parliaments, and that of Mr. Berke ley for the vote by ballot, met with, the country did not look forward with much interest to the motion of Mr. Hume, enabracinx, as it did, the principles embodied in the motions of the two Members whose names we have s m in e n nti n o n ne m d. r. HThuemie,s motion,nterestwhichwaas in a greatttachedto t h measuredis e u s - owing to the manner in which he treated the subject. lle made some happy allusions, which, it was to be ex pected, would call up L or d John Russell' and some of the other leading men in the House. Mr. Hume's speech was not altogether in accordance with the character of his motion. On the subject of the suffrage, his motion contemplated nothing more than the household quali fication; but a great part of his speech went to prove that the, franchise ought to be universal. Here Ar. Hume displayed a great want of tact. If he be in favour of universal suffrage, he should have maintained an unbroken silence on the subject, because the avowal of his attachment to that principle was sure to be turned to an improper account by those trimming, truckling Whigs, who are always glad of an excuse for voting with Ministers. He might, with a much less amount of shrewdness than he possesses, have foreseen that these "expediency" gentlemen would not fail to say, that the household qualification was only intended as a stepping• stone to universal suffrage, and that if the former were conceded, Mr. Hume would never rest until he had ex torted the latter also. Mr. flume's advocacy of universal suffrage was exceedingly ill-timed. He could not have chosen a more unfortunate moment. It was just what Lord John. Russell wanted. Hence the heartiness with which he ironically cheered the Member for Montrose, when he was expatiating on the beauties of a universal franchise. France and Prussia have lately presented us with some ugly illustrations of the effects of universal suf-. frage as exercised in those countries. And yet Mr. Hume, by some unaccountable blunder, was induced to speak of universal suffrage as if it had .werked ill the happiest a n i t t s o a f d i n o d p g ti ni o ne o nx h n e r t o h , sr at continent. nfaok T n h o e w r n e was ma a nnegr,resaintcwe to all, refuted this part of the Lion. Gentleman's speech. I The fruits of universal suffrage on the continent have been such as few would like to witness in this country. Mr. Flume also committed a great error in framing his motion in the way he did. He committed a similar error last year, which we- pirated out at the time. We are much surprised that. ho should have repeated the blunder. main object was to obtain the consent of the house to`the principle of household suffrage. Why, then, not hive confined his motion to that one point? Why have mixed up with the extension of the franchise vote by ball .at and triennial Parliaments? The latter two questions hail been already discussed this ses sion in the House of Commons—discussed al bin a period of three or four weeks. It was, therefore, a great error of judgment to associate these two questions with the extension of the franchise. It was just the thing which the expediency men wished. It afforded them a convenient pretext for voting with' the Government, against the motion of Mr. Hume. It will enable them to hold to their constituents language which is contrary to the truth. They will assure their constituents that they were in favour of household suf frage, and that they reluctantly voted against the motion of the Hon. Member for Montrose, because it included the other two questions of vote by ballot and triennial Parliaments=-to which they are opposed. Lord John Russell's speech in answer to Mr. Hume was one of the cleverest which the Noble Lord 'has' made during the session. - He did not fail to make a good use of the state of affairs on the conti nen t. Th e N o bl e Lord talked in g w e a n s e n r a o l t a single t erM a sentencebou about constitutionalinhis l ong and progress, there from which the advocat es o f f urt h er re f orms can ex t rac t one atom' of comfort. It w as a repet i t i on o f th e old elaborate b t speech finality speech. The Premier dWelt on the tranquillity which prevails in this .country, and on the ab sence of any revolutionary feeling, It is true, that amid all the convulsions which, in the course of the last eighteen months, have shaken the continent to its centre, there has prevailed the moo profound tranquillity in England. But he must be a very super ficial and short-sighted man, who would infer from this, that the tranquillity which has hitherto existed will al ways last. Until the spring of IS4B, comparative quiet prevailed in France, while, until April or May of the same year, no one ever dreamt of disturbances in Prussia or Austria. These were looked on as among the most tranquil countries in Europe. So little, indeed, was any revolutionary outbreak apprehended in either of them, especially, in Austria, that when the insurrection took place in Vienna, it was scarcely credited in this come try. Nothing, therefore, could be more unwarranted than to infer from the existing tranquillity in this country, ._,the perpetuity of the prevailing calm. Englishmen are remarkable for their moderation and Patience. They endure long, but there are limits to their forbearance. And in this case there will be bounds to their patience. The day is not distant when • they will demand their rights. It is notorious to all that the House of Commons, as at present constituted, does not represent the popular sentiment or the popular feeling. That Hopse must be brought into harmony with public opi nien. The people of England do not ask for universal suffrage; but they do insist on a household franchise. That would be a safe measure to grant. It will not be safe to go on year after year refusing it. If this course of resistance to what is moderate and reasonable be per sisted in, the banner of universal suffrage will be un furled, and then, should household qualification be offered, the people will say, as the French did in Fe bruary, 1848, when in the midst of the revolution an Or leanist regency was offered to them—" It is too late." TIMES.-The debate on Parliamentary Reform de serves, perhaps, more notice than is usually given to a discussion terminated in one sitting by a decisive majo rity and at a reasonable hour.' On the one hand there was an overpowering preponderance of argument against Mr. Hume's motion; for *o cannot consider that any thing said by Mr. Hume, Mr. Bright, or Mr. Wood, in teresting and diversified as their speeches confessedly are, will stand for a moment against the masterly sur vey,. the calm common sense, and 'the lucid exposition of Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey. The debate, too, was directed with singular force and precision to the question at-issue. On the other hand there is the fact—we cannot call it the disagreeable fact—that the majority against Mr. Hume's motion is considerably less than it was last year. At that time, titter two-nights' debate, the Honourable Member fur Montrose muse tered 84 votes for an extensive organic reform, and was crushed by a majority of 351 against him. On the renewal of the discussion he has found his own friends very constant, so at least we infer from their still numbering 82. But the majority has fallen to 268, from which we must conclude that, for one reason or another, there are 83 Members not so anxious to record their opinions against a sweeping alteration as they were a twelvemonth since. It is ob• vious to ask whence this decline of constitutional zeal proceeds. It is probable that, as in most human affairs, the saealler class of reasons, some of them very small in deed, have something to do with it. Tuesday, for ex ample, was a great day at Ascot. The night was rather too close for comfortable legislation. Perhaps many expected an adjourned debate. Perhaps the Conserva tive furor excited by the continental revolution and our own Tenth of April, has rather abated. Perhaps those friends of good ord.=r who do not swear by Lord John are rather more disposed to let him fight his own battles and will not encounter the gratuitous troubles of a gra tuitous aid. Some of them possibly would have no groat objection to see his Lordship turn out for a field-day with the Chartists. But with so great and so palpable a fact as a decline of 83 votes staring us in the face against a reduction of only two votes in the opposite camp, prudence suggests that we should not rest too confidently on the smaller class of reasons. It is prudent to suspect a common and a powerful in ducement; or, if not to suspect it, at least, to think it possible. It is PoSsible, then, that a certain class—a growing class of members —may be of opinion that when Lord John Russell drops vague admissions in favour of gradual reform, and betrays a lurking dissatisfaction with the present state of things, yet gives no pledge of actual legislation, he has forfeited his claim to their votes against sweeping projects. It may be felt that much reform is better than no reform, and that in the absence of any moderate measures to interpret and justify a vote against Mr. Htime's proposition, it will be set down by the public to mere Conservative bigotry. The day will come when every Member-7at least, every representative of a numerous or a popular constituency—will be called to account for his votes. " Why did you vote against Mr. Flume's motion for Parliamentary Reform?" is a question which will be asked under very trying circumstances, and, may be, at a crisis severer than any we have known. The answer will be that Mr. Hume's "reform" would have been a revolution. Should the candidate then be brought by a cross-examination to confess that there are some defects in the representative system, his foes will fasten on him the imputation that in his general and un qualified opposition to the only reform actually sug gested, he did, in fact, declare against reform altogether. Nor is this controversial danger the only one incident to a purely negative 'course. A negative course has gene rally a positive development of its own. The party which, from Pitt unto Peel, for forty years resisted the Reformers of those days because they were extravagant and dangerouS, acquired a positive antipathy and anta gonism to reform. They became slavish and supersti tious anti-Reformers. They would not even touch the unclean thing. Their Conservatism ripened into a monomania against all improvements of whatever kind or degree. The party at last pushed on its chiefs,with such an impetus that they were obliged to •` 0 go a-bead" at the risk of being trodden down by their followers. Then ensued the Duke's famous declaration, the catastrophe of the Reform Bill, and the long pros tration of the Conservative party. What, then, is more natural than that members should entertain a timely dread of another such suicidal career? and when, year after year, they are asked to vote against a motion for Parliamentary Reform, without being allowed the oppor tunity of expressing themselves on more moderate pro positions, should look before them a little, to see whether it be not: a cul de sac into which their leader, or their party, or their own zeal, is betraying them? Lord John Russell not only admitted the demand for gradual im proveinent, but referred to a like admission on his part last year, without, however, pretending that he had done anything in the interval to tollow up his mental misgiv ings. Thus lie said— There Is another very difficult question with which we are not called upon to deal to-night, but to which I way in passing allude. I mean th e question, whether, in conformity with the general principle of the Reform Act, which I believe to be a just principle, there might nut be a greater number of persons possessing the suffrage than at present; whether, in fact, the working classes should not be admitted more generally to hold the suffrage; and whether in the great towns, in the counties, and in the boroughs, there should not be another kind of fran chise introduced, to enable them to vote for the repre sinitatives of such places —(Hear.) I stated last year my opinion, in: favour of such an extension. I stated various modes in which it might be done; but the Hon. Gentleman who makes the present proposition, and his frieads, have always protested against any extension of that kind. Ever since I started the proposition I have seen ,it treated with ridicule by those who hold the opinions of the Honourable Gentleman as a change which would not be at all satistactory—(` Hear, hear' from Mr. Bright)--and• which ought to be derided, and not adopted." And further en— „,y, again upon thi s su bj ect, Old thr.re for© there i s ” Therefore,l can only nothing I have ever h'eld, not fore o:: n o i: v i i e s r i i l i i i i g i g th ta is d a w s e t l h l etop Furtheri eo f u . p t o o- u n i ig t, h iu the lt4orm Act, and noth ing in any opinion or in any opinion I hold now, which would debar we from seeing with satisfaction any plan by which the admission of the working classes could be still further e x t en d e d, and the basis widened upon which the repr esentat i on res t s .—(Hear.)" Returning t o . th e sums opinion once more towards the close of hi s speec h, he qualified it only by his ob jection to so extreme a mature as that before the Hons.? ....___ . " The Honourab'e Member asks me-if I do not believe in their virtue and integrity. I entirely give credit to the great body of the working classes of this country for their virtue and integrity. I believe from time to time you may enlarge the suffrage,. that they will b ecome more and . more worthy of the franchise ; but, as f ar as I can see and o b serve , i s sy that if, you. were at the present time to divide - the whole country into districts, and give every man a vote, as the Honourable Gentle man proposes, the people would be liable to be misled by artftil and designing demagogues—(Cheers)—and that the representation of this House, so formed, would not conduce to the welfare and good government of toe people.—(Loud cheers.)" Such confessions and such pledges unredeemed cannot but embarrass the position of those Members who have to defend the prrs , sit state of the representation against the reforming instincts of popular constituencies. They are eaaharrassin4 beeauF. , e they are founded in iustice and truth. It is true that in these expres,ions Lord John does not cinimit himself to any of those wild and unreal principles on which the various "charter." of the day-are actually founded. lie does not admit the right of every " adult male" to a vote, or call every man not possessed of this right a slave, or an alien from the pale of the constitution. There is no principle of na ture, of constitutional law, or of historical fact, on which such a claim can be advanced. His Lordship only ex-pres ses that wish every good citiz,n must feel, to see ail the privileges of citizenship extvrid,d to every person really competent to discharge them. His wish is suggested by the fact that many of such persons are excluded. It is, however, an admission in favour of Parliamentary re form;and as such is a weapon in the hand of any party which is allowed a practieal monopoly of the question. 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The Euphrates freight ship arrived last night from the river, to embarls troops (draughts of the 23d reserve and 2d battalion Rifle Brigade for Quebec) on Thursday. Wind, west, moderate, and hazy weather. 110YAL MARINES.—Major. General Lord Frederick Fitzelarence, G.C.H., the Lieutenant-Governor, &c., 01 this garrison, gave a banquet last night at the Govern ment.-home to the officers of this division of Royal Ma rines on the annual official visit of the Deputy- Adjutant- General. Colonel Owen, C. 8., &c., besides whom there were invited Colonel Commandant Menzies, K.E21., Colonel' Gibsone, Commandant of the Royal Marine Ar tillery, Lieutenant-Colonel Mercer, Lieutenant-Colonel Garmstone, Major Dawes, Major Castican, R. M. A., Major Moore, Major Calamy, Captain Laurence, 8.M., Captain Kennedy, Captain Langley, A.D. C. to the Adjutant-Gene ral, Captain Dwyer, Captain Lardner, Captain Evans, Lieutenant-Adjutant Laurence, R.M.A., Lieut. Stewart, &c., of the Marine Corps ; also Colonel Lewis, C. 8., R.E., Colonel Haultaine, RA., Lieutenant-Colonel Eger ton, 77th, Lieutenant-Colonel, 91st, &c. This morning Lord Fitzclarence commenced the annual inspection of the corps. His Lordship proceeded to the barracks at Forton in his barge, attended by his stiff, and landed at about twelve o'clock, when he was received by the Com mandant and the following assemblage of officers :—Col. Ballingall, Colonel Mercer, Colonel Willes. Colonel Garmstone, Lieutenant and Quartermaster Lewis, Lieu tenant and Adjutant Stewart, Dr. Irvine, Ste. The division was on parade in line at open order,- and pre sented arms as the General, Deputy Adjutant-General, and staff approached, the band playing, and colours fly ing, &o. Lord Fitzclarence and staff rode down the line, which broke into open column right in front, and inspected the men's arms, accoutrements;and necessaries. After this his Lordship visited the men's quarters and inspected their bedding; afterwards . remounted on the parade, and the men being drawn up in close column, asked if any man had any complaint to make. The noble General then inspected the barracks generally, which concluded the movements for to-day. His Lord ship and the Deputy Adjutant-General then partook of a sumptuous dejeilner in the temporary mesa-room of the division. The inspection will be proceeded with to morrow. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 4.--About nine o'clock yesterday morning three ships of war were observed in the ofliag to the eastward. The Cleopatra, 26, Captain H. L. Massie, shortly afterwards saluted the flag of Port- Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, entered the Sound by the Eastern Ctiannel, with a light southerly wind, and moored inside the Breakwater, near the Camber. The Reynard, screw•schooner, 11, Cummauder Calcraft, sig nalled Mount Wise for orders, and, on receipt, followed the Cleopatra, saluted inside, swept through the Sound by the aid of her screw and went up Hamoaze. At twelve o'clock the auxiliary screw steam-frigate Arro gant, 46, under canvass, reached the western entrance, where her courses were hauled up. She then rounded the Breakwater, saluted the C , mmander-in-Chief, and moored to the westward of the Camber. The Cleopatra is from Chatham, for the East Indies. The Reynard is from Portsmouth, bound to the Cape deVerds and Sierra Leone, to join the flag of Sir F. Collier. The Arrogant left Portsmouth on Thursday, and is on her way to the Niclditerranean. The Salamander steam-ship arrived on the 30111 ult. from Woolwich and Purtsmouth. Orders were received this morning from the Admiralty for the dispatch of the convict-ship Stately, Captain Giuder, to Hobart-town. The Stately has been detained through the sickness of the prisoners (females), who are now convale,c,nt. Light southerly winds, and fine warm weather. PORTSM OUTS, W EDNESDAY.— The Blenheim, 60, steam guard-ship, came into harbour this morning after a very satisfactory trial of nearly two days with her altered machinery. The engines worked very well, and the speed was rather under six knots. The alteration in her engines has made them much more under control than formerly, and there is no doubt they will soon come . to their original speed when the new brasses have worn smooth. The Plumper, 12, screw steam-sloop, Commander M. S. No!loth, went out of harbour this afternoon. She did not anchor, but received her powder, shelf, &c, while under weigh, and sailed in the afternoon for the North American and West India stations. The Fairy, steam- tender to the Royal yacht, Master- Commander, D. Welch, was docked to-day. Major-General Lord F. Fitzclarence inspected the Royal Marines of the Portsmouth division at battalion drill on Haslar-common this morning. At half•past eleven his Lordship, accompanied by Colonel Owen, the Deputy Adjutant-General, and his personal staff, arrived on the ground, where the battalion (600 strong), under the command of Colonel Menzies, was drawn up in line to receive him; after marching past in slow and quick time they went through a variety of ma❑osuvre3 covered by firing; at the conclusion of which, the line being formed to its original front, advanced in open order, halted, and presented arms. Before leaving the ground his Lordship addressed the battalion, and expressed himself as highly pleased with what he had a itnessed, which he said was very creditable to both officers and men. Wind, N.E.; light breezes and thick hazy weather, with rain. PLYMOUTH, JUNE s.—Her majesty's auxiliary steam frigate Arrogant, 46, will probably sail, according to order, this evening. An accident, which at one time bore a very serious aspect, occurred on board this ship shortly after she anch'ored in the Sound on Sunday. About six o'clock in the evening the purser's steward's boy took a lighted candle out of the lantern in the store room and let it fall accidentally among the stores. Some papers near the floor quickly ignited, and while the frightened lad foolishly sought for a basin of water the fire extended and the smoke began to fill the ship. Fortunately the officers were all on board ; the men were quickly beaten to quarters. the store room was soon inundated, and the fire effectually extinguished. The ship's bread, however, was so much saturated with the sea water that it was sent ashore yesterday and re placed with dry bread from the Royal William Victual ling yard. The Government convict ship Stately, Captain Gin der, sailed last night with female prisoners 'for Hobart town. The packet-ship American Eagle, - Captain Chad wick, from London, with 170 passengers for New Tork, which left Portsmouth on Sunday, has put in here this afternoon, in consequence of the death of four of the passengers in the Channel. Six or seven are on the sick list, and cholera is said to prevail on board the ship. Wind northerly, with occasional rain. Woommu, JUNE 6.—The Sampson steam-frigate was delayed at this port to have her guns put on board while alongside the Saliette receiving-ship, and will leave to morrow for Sheerness, but before arrivi❑g at that port her speed will be tried by several runs betwixt the Nore and Mouse lights. The Castor, 36 guus, recently commissioned at Chatham by Captain Wyvill, will be towed from that port to Sheer ness, where a part of her crew will be put on board to navigate thcSampson, and both vessels will then proceed to Devonport, the Sampson to remain there as an ad vanced war steamer. The Cleopatra, 26 guns, left Sheerness for Devonport, accompanied by the Hecla war steamer. The Mountstewart Elphinstone, Captain H. Loney, which recently left th e Royal Arsenal , Woolwich, with convicts, under th e c h arge of Dr a l t Portsmouth, will p rocee d to Cork ojoarye,ceiavteteorncablolains Lr. Smith O'Brien and the other convicts found guilty of being engaged in the recent outbreak in Ireland. The fir,,t destination of the Mountstewart Elphinstone is 'Moreton Bay, New South Wales, where a number of the convicts will be landed, and be at once free on con dition that they never return to this country. The vr.s sel will then proceed to Sydney, where she will land Smith O'Brien and thm other convicts, and then return to this country with a freight of general goods. Royal. A RTILLERY.—Captain Muuday's company, 3d battalion, under the chargu! of Second Captain Paynter, embarked in the Athol troop ship on the 17th of May, at Quebec, for a passage to Erigknd. Captain Ormsby's company, 6th battalion, from Sr. John's, New/ Bruns vv';, and Captain Crofton's conipany, from Montreal , have also embarked in the Athol for a passage to Eng land, and may now be daily expected at head quarters at Woolwich. ___-..m••••=.1••••••11.1 The drying up of the Haarlem lake is proceeding For some time past two new steam-engines, the Cruquius and the Linden, have been added to the Leeghwater, and the three are now constantly at %wit. The water of the lake is gone down more than a metre below the level at Any,terdem.—Brussels Herald. Mr. C. W. Grenfell was accidentally shut out from the divisior! on Mr. Hume's motion en Tuesd a y even i ng , aga i nst w hich ho intended to vote. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Coninione.j WEDNESDAY. JUNE 6. BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT MEMBERS BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bid be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months :" Que:tion put, " That the word now' st.md part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 55. A glionby, 11. Grenfell, Charles W. Pechell, Captain A.rkwright, G. Grey, Sir G. Pilkington, James Armstrong, R. B. Guest, Sir John Plumptre, J. P. Bass, M. I'. Gwyn. Rowel Portal, Melville Blair, Stephen Barris, Richard Pugh, David ltouverie, E. P. Hawes, Benj. Bonnlly, Sir John Bremridge, Richard Hayes, Sir E. Simon, John Bright, John Heald, James Stansfield, W. R. C. Brotherton, J. I foulds worth, T. Taltourd, Serg ant Buxton, •ir E. Jervis, Sir John Thicknesse s Ralph Campbell, W. F. Kershaw, James Thoniely, Thomas Cavendish, C. C. Lewis, G. C. Tuthell, Henry Christy, Samuel Lewisham, Vise. Verney, Sir H. Clive, 11. B. Mackinnon, %%. Wellesley, Lord C. Colchrooke, Sir T. Magan, W. IL Williarils, John Compton, H. C. Maitland, T. Wilson, James Davie, Sir Henry Masterman, J. TELLERS. Ellis, John Mundy, Wiliam Moffatt, George Gordon, Admiral Palmer, Roundell Mullings, J. R. MINORITY-NOES, 45. Barrington, Viscount Harris, Captain Pakington, Sir J. S. Bernal, Ralph Hayter, W. G. Patten, J. W. Brackley, Viscount Hildyard, T. B. T. Roche, E. B. Bromley, Robert King, P. J. Russell, Lord J. Buller, Sir Y. Legh, G. C. Smith, It. V. Bunbury, Edward Lockhart, A. E. Spooner, R. Burke, Sir T. J. Lockhart, W. Stanley, Edward Burroughes, IL N. Lygon, General Taylor, T. E. Clay, dames Mahon, Viscount Thompson, Colonel Deedes, W. Meux, Sir Henry Waddington, H. S. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Miles, William Willyams, H. Fitzr•y, Henry Morris, David Wilson, Matthew Foley, John H. Muntz, G. F. Wood, Sir Charles Freestun, Colonel . Newdegate, N. TELLES.% Goulbunt, Henry Nicholl, John Stuart, J. Hale, R. B. Packe, 0. W. Clay, Sir W. AFFIRMATION BILL. Beni a third time; Motion made, and Question put, " That the Bill do pass." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 77. Armstrong, It. B. Foley, J. 11. Ogle, S. C. Bagshaw, John Fox, W. J. Pechell. Captain Baines, M. T. Freestun,:Colonel Pilkington, James Bass, Thomas Gibson, T. M. Price, Sir Robert Berkeley, Henry F. Greene, John Roche, E. B. Berkeley, C. L. Ihirris, Richard Scrope, G. P. Bernal, Ralph Heald, James Sheridan, It. B. Birch, sir Thomas Henry, Alexander Simeon, John Bouverie, E. P. Hill, Lord Marcus Smith, Vernon Bright, John Jervis, Sir John Smith, J. B. Brotherton, J. Keogh, William Stansfield, W. R. Brown, W. Kershaw, James Stuart, Lord Dudley Bunbury, E H. King, P. J. Talfourd, Sergeant Buxton, Sir E. Lewis, G. C. 1 hicknesse, R. A. Cavendish, C. C. Maitland, Thomas Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Marshall, William Thompson, George Clay, Sir W. Ma heson, Colonel Thornely, T. Clifford, IL M. Milnes, R. M. Tollemache, F. J. Cobden, It. Mitchell, A. T. Verney, Sir 11. Colebrooke, Sir T. Moffatt, George Villiers, Charles Crowder, It. B. Monsen, William Williams, John Davie, Sir H. Mostyn, E. Willyams, H . D'Eyncourt, C. T. Mowatt, Francis Wilson, Matthew Duncan, George Mullings, J. R. Ellis, John Napier, Joseph TELLERS. ::vans, William ' O'Connell, Maurice Wood, W. P. Fagan, William 0' Flaherty, Anthony Aglionby, 11. A. MINORITY-NOES, 73. Arkwright, George Farnham, E. B. Mundy, William Baillie, 11. J. Floyer, John Newdegate, C. N. Baldock, E. 11. Frewen, C. 11. S'icholl, John BarringtonViscount Fuller, A. E. Packe, C. W. Bennet, P. Goring, C. Pakington, Sir J. Bentinck, Lord H. Goulburn, Henry Patten, J.W.I Beresford, William Gwyn, Howel Pennant, Colonel Blair, Stephen Hale, R. B. Piumptre, J. P. Breinridge, Richard Hamilton, G. A. Portal, Melville Bromley, Robert Hayes, Sir E. Reid, Colonel Brooke, Lord Heneage, G. H. W. Robinson, George Brooke, Sir A. B. Hill, Lord E. Sandars, George Bruce, C. L. C. Hood, Sir A. Sandars, Joseph Buller, Sir J. Y. Hornby John Spooner, Richard Burke, Sir Thomas Houldsworth, T. Stanley, Edward Burroughcs, H. Kerrison, Sir E. Trollope, Sir J. Cocks, i homas S. Lacy, Henry C. Turner, G. J. Codrington, Sir W. Legb, G. C. Waddington, H. S. Coles, H. R. Lewis, Sir T. Wellesley, Lord C. Compton, 11. C. Lewisham, Viscount Wodebouse, Edmund Deedes, W. Lowther, Colonel Young, Sir John Duncembe, 0.. Lygon, Gen. Du Pre, C. G. M'Naghten, Sir E. TELLERS. East, Sir J. Mahon, Lord Law, C. E. Egerton, W. T. Miles, W. Sidney, Alderman Estcourt, J. B. B. Moody, C. A. COPYHOLDS ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time." — Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day three months :"-- Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 8'). Alcock, Thomas ne, John Portal, Melville Armstrong, R. B. Grey, R. W. Price, Sir R. Bagshaw, John Harris, Richard Rice, E. R. Bailey, Joseph Henry, Alexander Itobartes, T. J. A. Baines, M. T. Herbert, Sidney Scott, Francis Bass, M. T. Jervis, Sir John Sidney, Alderman Birch, Sir T. Keogh, William Smith, John B. Bright, John Kershaw, James Somerville, Sir W. lirotherton, J. King, P. J. Stansfleld, W. R., Brown, W. Lacy, 11. C. Stanton, W. H. Millbury, E. U. Lewis, George - C. Stuart, Lord D. Burrouos, 11. Lewi-ham, Vis. Talfourd, -ergeant Buxton, Air E. Marshall, William Tancred, 11. W. Clifford, Henry M. Matheson, Colonel Thicknesse, R. A. Clive, 11. B. Miles, William Thompson, Colonel Cobden, Richard Milnes, It. IL Thornely, T. Coles, Henry B. Moffatt, George Townley, R. G. Cubitt, William Monsen, William Tufnell, Henry D'Eyncourt, T. Mostyn, E. M. Vesey, Hon. T. Drummond, Henry Mulgrave, Earl Villiers, Charles Duncan, Viscount Mullings, J. B. Wawn, J. T. East, Sir.. - J. B. Neeld, John Williams, John Evans, William O'Connell, M. J. Will ams, H. Fox, W. J. O'Flaherty, Anthony Young, Sir John Gibson, Thomas M. Pakington, Sir J. Glyn, G. C. Patten, J. W. TELLERS. Goddard, A. L. Pearson, Charles Aglionby, H. A. Gooch, E. S. Pilkington, James Granger, T. C. MINORITY-NOES, 55. Adair, Hugh E. Dunne, F. P. Mackinnon, W."A. Arkwright, G. Du Pre, C. G. Megan, W. u. - lialdock, E. 11. Edwards, H. Mandeville, Viscount Barrington, Vis. Farnham, E. Meux, Sir 11. Bennet, Philip Floyer, John Mundy, William Bentinck, Lord U. Foley, J. H. Napier, Joseph Berestord, William Freestun, Colonel Packe, C. W. Blair, Stephen Gaskell, J. M. Plowden, W. H. Bouverie, E. P. Granby, Marquis of Plumptre, J. P. Brooke, Lord Grogan, Edward Richards. Richard Brooke, Sir Arthur Gwyn, Howel Rushout, Captain Buller, Sir J. Y. Nalsey, T. P. Smyth, J. G. Burke, Sir T. J. Harris, Captain Sotheron, T. H. S. Cavendish, C. C. Hayes, Sir E. Spooner, Richard Cocks, T. S. Heathcote, G. J. Stanley, E. Codrington, Sir W. Heneage, G. H. Deedes, W. Hill, Lord E. TELLERS. Duncombe, A. Hood, Sir Alexander Tuiliell, IL Duncombe, 0. Hornby, John Berkeley, C. L. G. Dundas, G. Lowther, Colonel HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—His Royal Highness Prince George honoured the performances at Her Ma jesty's Theatre on Tuesday evening with his presence. His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse), attended by the Chevalier Colonna, also honoured the theatre with his presence. Her Ma jesty's box was occupied by the Viscountess Maidstone, Lady Alfred Paget, Lady Adelaide Paget, Lady Augusta Hare, Lord William Lennox, and Mr. Cadogan. Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box was occupied by the Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, the Honourable Mrs. Barrington and the Honourable Misses Barring ton, Lord Bloomfield, and party. Amongst the visitors were—his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Ex cellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Neapolitan Minister, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, the Marquis of Donegall. the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl and Countess of Malmes bury, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Belfast, the Viscountess Bury, the Viscountess Neville, the Count and Countess de Miremont, Lord George Lennox, Lady Charles Wellesley, Lord Eddisbury, Lady Caro line Gore, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard and Miss Howard, r Thomas and Lady Barrett Lennard, Lady Flower, Sir William and Lady Clay, Lady Vernon, Lady Charlotte and Miss Berkeley, Lady Burrell, Lady Wetherell Warneford, Lady Neville, Dowager Lady Monson, Sir Charles Shakerley, Sir George Wombwell, the lion. Mr. and Alr. Dudley Ward, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, the Hon. Mrs. Needham, the lion. A. Upton, Sir William Freemantle, Sir Alexander, Lady, and the Misses Woodford, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Baron de Gerlache, Captain Len nox, Mrs. and Miss Acto n , M r . and Mrs. Brett, Mr. Bushe, Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P., M. C. de Kou driafisky, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Ewing, Mrs. Paul, Mr. William Rose, Mrs. A. Thellusson, Mr. H. Boadley, M.P., Colonel Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor, Mr. and Mrs. john Sand , ord, Mr. Stacey, Mrs. Bayley, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Thornton, Mrs. Claude Wilde, Captain Meynell, Mr. Forde, &c. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, JUNE 6. On Tuesday afternoon a detachment of the 11th Foot_ (North Devon), consisting of thirteen ra nk and fileloisrht Quartermaster Gavin, arrived at tit. Invalid Dap t, Pitt, under command of Captain J. J. Grant. 9 :s4t itg h e on i e . Regi ment, of the name of John Ceirnes , woman and one child, also a private of the 9la After medical inspection by Dr. Walter hospital The above de • w H h e o nr i e y, a sevenluna t i o c f . the soldiers were sent into the hospi . taehment landed at Gravesend sailed frfroommstyhdeness on ship Waterloo, Captain Captain Nestley, which 1 of January last. During t h e p asia g e M‘Gwyer, ()ft,.he Sergeant 11th lteg w i m h e o n h t, as di t e h d us o c n o board.hom The home us completed Quarter mater thirty-I .ur years service, and previous to his leaving his regiment in New South Wales, he was presented with the annuity meda l of 20L per year, and ou his discharge, s hich will be in the course of the month, he will receive a pension of 2s. 4d. per day. Orders have been received at this garrison to prepare barrack quarters for 830 men; it is expected that it is for the reception of the 17th Regiment, from Canterbury. ASCOT RACES.—FRAUDS ON THE REVENUE.—..The Commissioners of Inland Revenue have just adopted the most efficient means for the prevention of frauds by the proprietors of vans and other vehicles attending races. Bars have been erected, by order of the Commissioners, on all the roads leading to A scot, in the vicinity of the heath, where tickets for horses let for hire are to be collected, and the exchange tickets inspected; and where all coaches, omnibuses, SEC, conveying passengers at separate fares, are also to be checked. Orders have likewise been issued by the Commissioners for the apprehension of all persons plying for hire without being duly licensed, or " specially authorised;" and for the seizure of all horses and carriages so employed. The adoption of this plan will be an effectual means of putting a stop to the calling of " the unlicensed," and of protecting the honest and uly licensed tradesman. J r " COURT OF AL Yesterday a Court was held for ispatch of busine as. Alderman WILSON said the rt would recollect that on the Ist of May, in consequence of a communication made by the Governor and Chaplain of Newgate, to the efltct that Shaw, a Chartist prisoner, had abused the privilege allowed him upon the suggestion of Baron Platt, they made an order that in future the laws and regula tions established for the government of the _gaol be strictly put in force. As Visiting Justice, it was his duty to communicate the order to Shaw. Shaw hoped that he would be allowed to petition the Queen and- the House of Commons, to write to Baron Platt, and to be removed. from the custody of the city magistrates to the Queen's Prison. The petition to the Queen was sent to the Home-office, and the petitioner wound up his het of complaints by petitioning the Court of Aldermen, in. a memorial in which he accused the Governor of cruelty and tyranny, and of having disregarded Baron Platt's order to allow him to see his -wife and family, and to write to them. Now, an investigation had been the re sult of these complaints, and it was quite evident that there did not exist the slightest ground for the charge of oppression or ill treatment. He had been le.rmitted to receive two or three letters a day, to write two cr three times a week, and to see his friends three days in We wee k; and no check had been given to this indulgence until it was discovered that he had been wtwitting to and receiving letters from Chartists, and visited by a woman who pretended to be his sister, but who was pronounced by.his wife to be an impostor. here Alderman WILSON read several extracts from the intercepted letters. In one of the letters, written by the petitioner to a brother Chartist, was the following paragraph, which might be considered as a specimen of the mere family nature of the transmitted communica tions. After having spoken of the excellent state of his health, although his petition to the Court of Aldermen. described him' as suffering from many serious maladies,, be proceeded:—"'Tis true I am subject to much up necessary tyranny, provocation, and annoyance, but I am a Chartist, and do not expect a relaxation of the milt rigorous rules for my comfort or accoMmodation, nor did . I ever. I know my men, and I doubt not the restrictions I am placed under are in accordance with instructions. Yet as to these petty inconveniences I can afford to laugh at them even under present circumstances, but I can assure you, notnithstanding the utter contempt I feel for such inflictions, a prison is not a bed of roses; however, I am determined not to suffer unmerited seve rity very silently. You know I always had a fancy for taking my own part, and, should I find the people out side will not fight my battles, I will wait patiently until I can take the field myself, and, by the powers, I have a long score to rub off with my foes. I know not what is published in the newspapers, either local or metropo-. litan, for we are (unlike . the Lancashire seditionists) not allowed to see one under any conditions." To allow this person to persevere in the course he had thought necessary to adopt would be both absurd and dangerous.--(Hear, hear.) The Alderman concluded by moving that the petition should lie on the table. Alderman Menus, as one of the sheriffs, well knew that the complaints of the petitioner were wholly dead.; Lute of foundation. Alderman SIDNEY considered that the allegations in the petition ought to be inquired into. Ttie LORD MAYOR—Why, Alderman Wilson, as visiting magistrate, has inquired into them. Aid( rman SIDNEY said that, although he did not be lieve the statements made by the petitioners against the Governor, still he should vote upon principle for an in quiry. The Judge in recommending a mild exercise of discipline meant, certainly, that the letters the peti tioner should write and receive, and the visitors who should be admitted to him, should be proper letters and proper visitors; and, in order to ascertain that they were so, it was most desirable to submit the whole subject to the Gaol Gvmmittee, to which he accordingly moved, as au amendment, that the matter should be referred. Alderman SALOMONS seconded the amendment. Alderm .n THOMPSON said it appeared to him that by adopting the amendment the Court would be pursuing a course the best of all calculated to give encouragement to dissatisfied and discontented prisoners to complain of the treatment they received, by leading them to suppose that in order to be considered as martyrs it was cnly necessary that they should accuse and vilify those to whose safekeeping they were intrusted. The visiting magistrate had adopted the recommendation of the judge to an extent of indulgence towards the pe titioner altogether unparalleled, by allowing him to see his friends three times a week, and to communicate by letter with them daily. What was the consequence Abuse of both privileges.—(Hear, hear.) Could any man who heard the extracts read by Alderman Wilson doubt that the indulgence had been most grossly vio lated? Under all the circumstances he called upon the Court not to stultify itself by receiving such a petition, and he suggested the propriety of adding a few words to Alderman Wilson's motion, to the effect that "the Court, having considered the petition, and heard Alderman Wilson upon the subject, determines that it should lie on the table."—(Hear, bear.) Sir P. LAURIE approved highly of the suggestion of Alderman Thompson, and said it was quite impossible that the Court should give encouragement to complaints of this kind. Alderman Ginns said, if the Governor had not acted as he had acted when the petitioner was discovered violaling the pris(n regulations, he would have been guilty ut, and must have been held responsible for, a very serious infringement of the orders of the Court. Tre question was then put, and two hands were held up for Alderman Sidney's amendment, while all the other memb,rs of the Court voted for the original ques tion as altered upon the proposition of Alderman Thomp,:on. We were given to understand that a discussion took place while the doors of the Court were closed upon the subjict of receiving a petition from Bezor, anothe r Char ti r. imprisoned i❑ Newgate, and that that prtition met wirli the fate of the former. ALLEGED FALSE SERVITUDE-MR. INNEE'S PETITION. This subject has excited much interest amongst the various companies, it being known that it was usual to admit into several companies upon the ground of servi tude persons who never had served, nor even seen the masters to whom they were bound. I❑ the Vintners' Company, however, the mischief of this practice has been considered to be serious, for many of the infamous houses at the west end of the town have been conducted upon the authority of Free Vintners, purchased by the owners for a sum of money. A the gentlemancasef from the Government,omtheßoardof Excise hisee considered attende d to watch it necessary to observe in the course of the proceedings that upon all occasions on which the Excise authorities thought it expedient to interfere, the Vintners' Company gave them the readiest assistance to put a stop to a practice by which the Queen was deprived of certain duties, and the licensed victualler was injured by unfair competition. After several observations from Learned Counsel it was shown that H. M. Plum had never made apOica tien to the Vintners' Company for his freedom, and it was stated that if he should make such application, and the non-servitude were proved, the company would ex. ercise its power impartially. Under these circumstances the petition of Mr. Innes was dismissed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty's box was occupied, on Tuesday evening, by the Earl of Cawdor, the Countess of Desert, the Countess of Shannon, Vis count and Viscounps Brackley, Mr. and Lady Caroline Duncombe. Among the visitors were, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Greek Con sul-General and Madame Belli, his Grace the Duke. of Devonshire, the Marquis of Douro, tho Marquis and MarAioness of Douglas, the Princess Mary of Baden, the Marquis of Winchester, the Countess of Kinnoull, Viscount Dupplin and Lady Francis hay, the Countess of Egremont, the Countess of Ashburnham, the Countess, of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, Lady Howard de Walden and the Honourable Miss Ellis, the Countess of Malmesbury, the Earl of Bective, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Durham, the Countess of Glengall, Lady Margaret Butler and Captain Macdonald, the Countess de Flahault and Mdlle. de Flahault, the Earl of Munster, the Countess (Dowager) of Essex and Miss Johnstone, Mr. H. Vincent and Miss Vincent, the Countess of Shel burne, the Countess Poulett, the Earl of Cardigan, the Countess Brownlow, Viscount Alford and Lady Mar garet Compton, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Malden. Viscountess Duncan Viscount Sidney, the Baronei s d e Clifford, the Hon. Misses Catharine and Mary Russell, Viscount Templetown, the Earl and Countess Grey, Lord Ward, Lady Huntmgfield, Lord Churchill, Lord and Lady Ashburton, Lady Brougham, Lord and Lady Poltimore, Lard Bateman, Hon. Frederick and Lady Elizabeth Villiers, Lord and Lady Keane, Lord Robert Taylour, Baron Knesebeck, Lady and Miss Beauclerh, the Baroness Rothschild, Lady Eddisbury, Lady Char lotte Copley and Miss Copley, Sir Thomas Hare, Bart., Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Sir Henry Webb, Sir lasso Lionel, Lady and the Misses Goldsmid, Sir Andrew . Barnard, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir Philip Grey and Lady Egerton, Sir 1 L SiradHyenHryarrSienagltee, Harrington, eivorgilelietrmayteargeLJ, John J Molesworth, Sir John and Miss Burgoyne, Sir Welsh, Sir George and Lady Shee, Sir John, Lady, and Missesthe C. E. W. rey Jervis, H pJosla, Hon. nF Edwardortescue, M a P p . t , o, Hon. C. h Hon. Dudley Fortescue, Hon. Henry Coke, Hon. A. Neville , in g l e Chevalier and Madame de Ilorta, Mr. H. T H o p e , my., Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., Mrs. M ount j oy M artyn, Mr. Fitzwilliam Hume, Mr. H. Greville, Col o ne l e,-,ld, Colonel Blane, Major and Mrs. Simpson, Captain Bligh, Captain Egerton, Captain Gordon, Captain Dal rymple, Mr. and Mrs. Arabin, Mrs. Standish Standish, Mr. W. Northage, Mr. H. Villebois, Mr. W. Jameson, Major, Mr., and the Misses Pugh, Miss Richards, &c. THE INcostE-TAN,—A return moved for by Mr. sloffatt, M.P., gives some particulars relative to the income and property-tax. It appears, that in the year ending the sth of April, 1848, the number of persons of all classes assessed to the income-tax under schedule D amounted to 147,659, of whom 34,270 had incomes under 1501. a year; 38,825 under 2001; 29 909 under 3001.; 15,043 under 400/.; 7,324 under 500/.; 5.532 under 600/.; 3.043 under 7004; 2,124 under 8001; 1.713 under 9001.; 875 under 1,0001; 5,234 under 2,0001.; 1,483 un d er 3,0001.; 703 under 4 000/.; 400 under 5,0001 ; 788 un d er 10,00 371 under 50,0001.; and 22 persons with in comes of 50,000/. and upwards. The number of persons charged under schedule E in the year 1847-48, amounted to 49,707, of whom 21,960 had incomes under 1501; 8,645 under 2001.; 8,702 under 300 L; 4,049 under 4004 2,244 under 5001.; 1,040 ndder 600 k; 694 under TOOL; 522 under 800/.; 276 under 9001.; 188 under' 1,0001; 838 under 1,5001.; 244 under 2,0001; 166 under 3,00014 55 under 4,0001.; 23 under 5,0001.; and 61 with incomes i o 5,00 n ! ee me o . l l . and upwards. a xre cei received for T theh The yearnet total ee di e a na g t o h u e n t s o t h f the or April, 1848, was 5,638,702 k; viz., 2,557,7931. u n d er schedule A ; 309,8901. under schedule B ; 744,273 k under schedule C; 1.685,977/. under schedule D ; and 340 '769/. under schedule E. We are requested to state that Colonel Sibthorp has been ptavented from attending his Parliamentary indisposition, th oug h no t o f a dseurtiioeussseinhcaeralboteorr.ecess by