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), ,,, w;;` , t l 7 IMPERIAL PA RL tAMEN T. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Telve o'clock to day. HOGHTON'S DIVORCE BILL. Sir JOHN YARDE BULLEtt moved the consider ation of the petition of John Swarbri-clt Gregory (pre sented 4th July), relative to the t.ervxe of a copy of the Bill and order for the Committee, in the case of Hoghton's Divorce Bill. Dir. Gregory, the petitioner, was called to the bar, and examined by Sir Jain Yarde Buller, in support of the allegations contained in the petition. On the motion of Sir J. Y. BULLER, it was agreed that personal serv i ce o f certa i n d ocuments i n th e ca se upon Mrs. Hoghtcn, now resident in Calcutta. should be dispensed with, and ti.at service on her procter be sub stituted.—Agreed to. BEER-HOUSES. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Ham mersmith complaining of the spread of beer-houses. THIRD READING. The General Land Drainage and Improvement (In corporating and Conferring of Powers) Bill was read a third time and passed. POOR-LAW (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day being read tor the House again going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. LAWLESS move d the suspension of the 10th clause of the Act 10 Viet., c. 31, commonly called the Quarter-acre Cl ause , for a limited period. He hat originally voted for the quarter - acre clause , believing that its operation was only intended to be temporary. The small farmers of Ireland were to be pitied more than any other class of the community; and the opera tion of this clause was felt must seriously by them, be cause it deprived the cottiers of the means of sup port, and threw them upon the rates for a subsistence. The lion. Member read long extracts from Parlia mentary reports, and argued from them that the distress which they . depicted arose from the quarter-acre clause. His experience of the working of the present law, for which he had voted, led him to regret that he had voted for the quarter-acre clause. He concluded by moving a clause repealing the quarter-acre clause. Sir WM. SOMERVILLE opposed the clause. Mr. E. B. ROCHE supported the motion of the Hon. Member for Clonmel, considering that the quarter acre clause had led to wh o l esa l e extermination in Ireland. Mr. FAGAN also supported the clause. Mr. J. O'CONNELL regretted that Government had not proposed to abrogate the quarter-acre clause altogether, instead of for a limited period. This system of legislation was ruining the souls as welt as the bodies of the Irish poor. The heavy curse of the poor man was upon the deviser and framer of this clause. Mr. S HARMAN CRAWF p O ro ß sp D eri s t a y id of t l h r e ela o n p d er . ati H on e of this clause was fatal to the did not wish to say that there was n limitation in administering reliefo need of anyto the Irish poor, but he begged the House to remember that they were not now legislating for a common case. The effect of the ex tens i on o f th is clause would be to leave a discretion in the hands of the board of guardians whether they would give relief or not. Mr. P. SCROPE sa id t h e resu l t o f t hi s c l ause had been to desolate many parts of Ireland;; a large por tion of population had withered away under the operation of it. Along with their land par ties had to give up their homes as well, before they obtained relict • if not they m us t di e o f starvation, and many preferred this fate. He hoped that the House would consent to suspend the clause. Mr. MONSELL was bound to acknowledge that the account given by the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down was too true. He, however, thought that Ho nourable Gentlemen who had spoken had all of them' neglected to state the evil which existed on the other side of the question. He would suggest to the Hun. Member for Clonmell (Mr. Lawless), that he should at present withdraw his motion, and at some future period bring forward a clause which should give to boards of guardians power to suspend the quarter-acre clause in cases where it might seem expedient so to do. He thought, too, that the law ought to be made more clear, as different boards of guardians interpreted the law in different ways. Sir DENHAM NORREYS thought that this clause operated as a great check upon oor-law lief in Ire- land. He thou g ht t h at the Hon Member re for titroud (Mr. P. Scrape), in his detail of the miseries of the Irish poor, had confounded the operation of the 4/. clause and the quarter-acre clause. Many persons had received relief, as would be seen from the evidence given before the Committee of the House of Lords, without giving up their farm. Mr. SCULL Y thought it was necessary to suspend t his clause. Th ey were now at an extraordinary crisis in Ireland, and the questi o n was no t w h e th er t h ey s h ou ld they the p oor w i t h wor k an d wages, but whether should furnish a starving people with food. The vas t majority of the people of Ireland were in a state of absol ute starvation, and while the people were receiving relief un d er the existing law this clause only served to keep the people idle and the laud out of cultivation. Sir L. O'BRIEN said there was a class of persons who had been entirely lost sight of in this discussion, and that was the poor rate-payers, who were entitled to as much consideration in the House as the poor? Now, just consider what would a poor s•ruggling rate-payer, Paying perhaps 75. 6,1. in the pound, feel when he saw his next door neighbour holdinq a still larger quantity of land than himself in the receipt of relief uuder the law. Well, then, suspend this clause, and there would be no end to such cases. The galleries were then cleared for a division, but none took place. On found our return t o t h e gallery we Lord JOHN RUSSELL impressing up on the Com mittee that the obj ect o f a poor-law sho u ld b e t o give as m u to relief as possible, but it wa s i mposs ibl e, if no t un just thu, to say, that in n o case should they refuse relief. erefore, could give no pledge that the quarter-acre clause should not be acted upon. Mr. GRACE knew from experience that the clause precluded many suffering and deserving persons from obtaining relief. (LEFT SPEAKING.) COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 4 The Que en an d Prince took their usual early wldk . in the grounds at Osborne. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the younger members of the Royal Family walked and rude in the Park. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Ouches of mee Duchess of Cambridge d the Hereditary Grand D Strelitz arrived at Bushy House, Bushy Park, yester terday m o r n i ng , t o p a y a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Their Royal Highnesses partook let k of at Bu d, jti s n i !; with her M a je s ty, a nd in the afternoon House on their return to town. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Cowper, left town, at two o'clock yesterday after noon, for her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor. His Royal Hi g h ness t h e D u k e o f C am b r id ge visite d the Botanic Gardens in the Regent's Park yesterday. _ Mr. J o b and Mr. Crowdy had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. Mr. C. Worsley had also an interview with the Noble Earl at the Colonial-office. Mr. And erson, M.P., Mr. George Moffat, M.P., and Mr. Morgan, had an inter v i ew w i t h t h e P res id ent an d the 'V ice - President of the Board of Trade yesterday, on the subject of the Light Dues. The Marquis of Breadalbane had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr, C. Nash, from the Committee of Shareholders as to Amendments in the Railways Abandonment Bill, transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Cora- , raisuioners of Railways in the Board of Trade. Si r Edward R yan had an interview with Lord John ttussell yesterd ay, at his official residence, in Downing. stre e t. Sir J. Pelly had The School also an interview with his Lordship. the Offi ce o f Desig n had a meeting yesterday, at of the Board of Trade. slati de putation from the Great Western Fisheries, con- Mrng of Mr. Jackson Barwise, Mr. Henry Burt, Mr. .ustuillis C ollingridg e , and Mr Th omas F e l ton , w i t h Wam yettda P. Metehiro (secretary), had an i n t erv i ew Mr, • .e: Hi nc with the Ch ancellor of the Exchequer. Grey, ks had an in terv i ew yester d ay w i t h E arl Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial -office for the Governor of the Falkland Islands, —Her —RAZIL.--PALMOUTR, JULY 4, TEN A.M• Majesty's packet Crane, Lieutenant J. Parsons, arrived this morning from Rio Janeiro, May 13; Bahia, 26; Pernambuco, June 2. Passengers—Lieut. Hayden (lat e of her Majesty's brigantine Spider), Mr. Hogg, Mr. Ila Man, Mr. Mallett and family, and two Masters Hitebins. ller amount of specie freight not ascertain able. She brings no news, anticipated by a steamer later come to Pernam her intelligence having been to meet the Coolumbus, arrived at Liverpool. The boun d continued remain at Pernambuco, expecting y to be relieved. CaoLuaA. ON v 11 PALMoUTR, Jut.'-ra3t GARD THE SHIP HAVERING. the ship's arriv a l .thilio nevv case has occurred since men reported asmc eonnvwistel:ort, nor any death. The six :t still continue to improve. One of the two re atcked severely is much better this morning ; the others man continues in the lame state, but hopes are entertained of his reco very also. MORE DEATHS PROM CHOLERA IN TUE ILRANE. PRISON. --An inquest Was held yesterday before Mr. Bedford, in the Millbiek Prison, on the bodies of four prisoners who had died therein of Asiatic cholera. Their names were James Catling, aged 16; John Donovon, aged 21; John Mountford, aged 23; and Thomas Jone% aged 13. The evidence proved that, when admitted, they were all in a good state of health, but they We re attacked with Asiatic cholera, of which they died. In answer to a question, Dr. Baty, the prison physician, said that the prison was unhealthy, from its being low and so near the river. Moreover, there were Aver and and gas-works on the opposite side of the river, and an open ditch near the been other case s twen t y - four cases of cholera prison. Th ere h a d lately in th e prison, and fourteen deaths. There were a t t h e present time three each , which h e h oped would recover. —Verdict in case " Death from Asiatic cholera." THE Cif oLtua..--The cholera has again broken oot.onn board the convictp at Woolwich, one death ZIT . g occurred on Monday, and several other cases me mg also presented themselves. , ne ° not 1V n, t l3° farto i !r poo l of the f rize - o wage° Glow , of th e inito/ incolof , n th° wog: I bet' TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. 'I he following are the contributions already male to this Testimonial—the objects of which bill be found fully detailed in our leading columns. To those who have already contributed we cordiul'y express our gratitude and sympathy. Others, we trust, will emulate their honourable enthusiasm in consideration of the purpose and character of the Testimonial. All further contributions should be transmitted as heretofore to The Sun Office, under cover, to " The Editor." Lord Nugent ... ••• ••• A Friend, by Lord Nugent .„ Edward Hill ... ... £5 0 0 ... 1 0 0 ... 1 0 0 Priilo-Magyar ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 From a few Chartists ... 0 5 1 From a few Carpet-makers, Borough-road ... 0 3 0 Joseph Collins 0 2 6 Can tabrigf nsis 1 0 0 W. D., a Labourer ... 0 2 6 F. ('rom a Few Friends of Freedom)... 1 0 0 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have read your leading article of yesterday rel sting to the destitute condition of some fit ty or more Hungarian soldiers, who having, with others, escaped out of the hands of the oppressors of their country, but having no way open to thorn to join the forces of her defenders, have traversed a part of Switzerland and France, and are now encamped on our shore near Folkstone. You have invited, from such Englishmen as feel warmly for the glorious and righteous cause now at stake in Hungary, subscriptions to enable these men to reach their destination in Transylvania. I should hope that such an appeal would not be made in vain. I am aware, however, that there is no inconsiderable number of Hungarians now in London, in the same necessity, and also anxiously awaiting the means of return to their country to take part in her cause. Under these circumstances, I would submit that a mere contribution for the temporary relief of the few Hungarians now at Folkstone would but very imperfectly answer the further object you propose, of marking the strong sympathy which Englishmen can not but feel with them, and our hearty hopes for the complete success of an enterprise so just and lawful in itself, provoked by such perfidy and outrage, and con ducted hitherto with such exemplary moderation, humanity, and valour; and that, therefore, a com mittee should be formed without delay to adminis ter such subscriptions in the manner the best adapted to the end you have in view. Mean while, I beg you to accept a small contribution cf five pounds for myself (I wish I were able to afford a sum more worthy to mark my good will), and also one pound from a friend, as a bt.ginning of what may, I trust, be a numerous and effective subscription. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, NUGENT. July 4. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. A SANITARY REMONSTRANCE. We print the following riluonitrance just as it has reached us, and trust its publication will assist the un fonunate remonstrants:— THE EDITUR OF THE TIMES PAPER. Sur,—May we beg and beseach your proteckshion and power, We are Sur, as it may be, livin in a Willderniss, so far as the rest of London knows anything of us, or as the rich and great people care about. We live in muck and filthe. We aint got no priviz, no dust bins, no drains, no water-splies, and no drain or suer in the hole place. The Suer Company, in Greek St., Soho Square, all great, rich and powerfool men, take no notice wat somedever of our complaints. The Stenche of a Gully hole is disgustin. We all of us suffur, and numbers are ill, and if the Colera comes Lord help us. Some gentlemans cowed yesterday, and we thought they was comishoners from the Suer Company, but they was complaining of the noosance and stenche our lanes and corts was to them in New Oxforde Street. They was much surprized to see the sciler in No. 12, Carrier St., in our lace, where a child was d)in from fever, and would not believe that Sixty persons sleep in it every night. This here seller you couldent sAing a cat in, and the rent is five shillings a week; but theure are greate many sich deare cellars. Sur, we hope you will let us have our cumplaints put into your hialuenshall paper, and make these landlords of our houses and these comishoners (i he friends we spose of the landlords) make oar houses decent for Christions to live in. Preaye Sir coin and see tv, for we are livin like piggs, and it aint faire we shoulde be so ill treted. We are your respeckfull servents in Church Lane, Carrier St., and the other corts. Teusday, Juley 3, 1849. John Scott Catherine Brown Erne!: Scott Catherine Collins Joseph Crosbie Honora Flinn Hanna Crosbie John Crowe Edward Copeman James Crowe Richard Harmer Thomas Crowe John Barnes Patrick Fouhey William Austin William Joyce Elen Fitzgerald Michel Joyce William Whut John Joyce Ann Sunderson Thomas Joyce Mark Manning John Sullivan John Turner Timothy Sullivan William Dwyre Cathrin Trice Mary A iers James Ragen Donald Connell Timothy Brian Timothy Driscoll James Bryan Timothe Murphy Phillip Lacey John O'Grady Edward brown Maria O'Grady Mrs. brooks John Dencey Nance hays John Crowley Jeryh fouhey Margret Steward Jeryh fouhey Bridget Tow ley Marey fouhey John Towley Jerey Aies Timothy Crowley Timthy Joyce John Brown John Padler. SIR,—For some time past I have been daily expecting to see the commencement of a popular movement in this country in favour of those struggling so bravely at present against despotism on the Continent. The increasing danger with which these defenders of liberty are surrounded, from the determined position assumed by their adversaries, together with the advan tages which, I feel convinced, would accrue to them from a decided tnanitestation in this country, could alone induce me to break silence on the subject. The great mass of the people are, there can be little doubt, ready to join with enthusiasm in any public ex pression of opinion in favour of the Hungarians and Romans. A movement nu their part would both strengthen directly the hands of the oppressed, and would enable, or force, our Government to assume a more determinei attitude.—Yours respectfully, July 3. S. THE METROPOLITAN PARLIA MENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM AS SOCIATION. A public meeting of this association took place last night at the Prince.s's Theatre, which was filled to over flowing on the occasion. Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., presided, and in opening the proceedings congratulated the meeting on the presence of so many of the fair sex, and gallantly predicted the success of a cause to which they lent their countenance. In the course of his ad dress he referred to the triumph which the citizens of London had achieved tor the cause of civil and religious liberty. He then launched out into an exposition of the various political principles advocated by the association, asserting, especially with reference to the state of our representative system, that it was in the hands of one• filth of the population, and that the other four-fifths were reduced to a state of moral slavery thereby. The first resolution was moved by Mr. J. A. Nicholay, who recommended a union with the Chartists, on the princi ple that they should take all they could screw out of a reluctant Legislature. He also expressed his opinion that we could do very well without an army, since we permitted France to attack Rome, and Austria and Russia to overwhelm the brave Hungarians. Mr. Hume was the next speaker, and commenced by saying that the meeting reminded him of former assemblages in the parish of Marylebone, when not only 4,000 and 5,000, but 20,000 people, met peaceably together to agitate for reform, and he predicted a similar successful result for the association to that which crowned the efforts made seventeen or eighteen years ago. It was to the divisions which existed among them that larger measures of re form had nut long ere now been adopted. Conscious of that fact, some Members of the House of Commons called on their fellow-subjects to meet and show that the people required more control over their own affairs, instead of being dictated to by the few who were now placed in power. That course they were de termined to follow. They hoped to have the union of the middle class electors with the mass of the people, and with that view the association was acting. The re peal of the corn-laws had, he was sorry to say, led to apathy, instead of increased exertion. The discussion of last night, however, had opened their eyes. He had drawn up the Charter, but he could tell them, as the result of his experience, that all reforms to be effectual must be carried by the great mass of the people, and while he bated nut a jot of his original opinions he was willing to take as much as he could get. In the House of Commons last night the Minister of the day said, he thought the suffrage might be extended to the working classes, but he saw no call for it. He (Mr. Hume) called on the meeting to show Lord John Russell that there was a demand for the extension of the franchise, and that it was necessary to meet the existing discontent by placing the Legislature of the country on a broader, amore popular, and more secure basis. For many years their representative system had been at the top of the ladder—it was now at the bottom. He bad stated in Parliament that those who had no voice in the government of the country were nearly slaves and he repeated now, that from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 of the people were in that condition. Do what he and his friends might in Parliament, their efforts were useless, and until the constitution of the House of Commons was changed there was no hope for their cause. As an old and experienced Reformer — not a milk-and-water Reformer—he had great pleasure in supporting the resolution before them. The next speaker was Lord Dudley Stuart.. He spoke at considerable length, and promised his steadfast co operation in the objects of the association. He was followed by Mr. J. Williams, M P., Mr. J. Capell, Mr. A. M`Kay, and other speakers, each of whom eli cited the warm approbation of the meeting by their speeches, and upon no point more strongly than when they alluded to the national debt, the repudiation of which was not openly recommended, although a great coa s t dhf e ao p sp: teht w ed a b s ymb t iym a d k de e ltaeh n nes in fd meetingthf wr a e t oerh d k( d e g ct l i c o ain n a d . Resolutions were recommending ses so, societies, eat and eas, the the of unionpur chase, freeholds, in order to secure the triumph of the prin ciples advocated by the association. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France up to June 28:— PrMr, SUN, LONDON', THlTltgtukY EVENING, JULY 6, Mk Exchange on L niden, DiFo.unt on Lisbon Bank 38 to 40 per cent. ENGLISH AND FRENCH NAVIES. (From the Journal de Marche, June 23.) The whole of the French journals 3 esterdey published another letter written by Admiral Napier, containing re flections upon our navy. Is it right that an enemy—an Englishman—should be the person to remind the French .press that the naval force renders essential service to the country? 30,000 men have just been debarked at Civita Vecchia in a few days, without expense, without extraordinary war like preparations, merely by the assistance of disposable forces so insufficient in the time of peace. This result is highly important; the energy, activity, and order necessary to accomplish the design, are inappreciable; notwithstanding which efforts, however, neither by the Government nor by the press has a single word of praise been uttered in favour of Admiral Trehouart, his officers, or his men. The opinion of Admiral Napier will render us this service—that the people will rightly estimate the im mense importance of the French navy in a continental war, now anticipated by some writers. The wisest strategical calculations, and even the best naval tactics, may be completely altered by the diversions which will be effected by large armies. These armies can now be transported, without the _necessity of forced marches, but with a celerity six times greater than that of the most active troops, towards points of the continent where the enemy may be the weakest. It is undeniable that the navy, especially the steam pa armye state atenpeot np perfection complications. lraftelieno ai Aer officers%fi. eieth is n t ha e o n y t d aosrneelaymp- prepared forceseamen are haved moving marine, will play a noble p a rt i n th e a pp roac hi ng Euro pean o m ani upon the sea, but it is an indispensable aux ili ar y t o an fested, by their late proceedings, that they h ave reached per form more glorious actions than any which have hitherto devolved upon them. Accustomed to troops, active, strong, intelligent, and brave, no power, England in cluded, can present to its enemies a race of men so for midable in the new destiny to which the steam navy will be called. Can it be said that the other assertions of Admiral Napier are proved by unerring arithmetical calculations? In 1842 this same admiral made a nearly similar state ment in the House of Commons, every portion of which was true excepting the figures showing the comparative strength of the two powers. But what was his design? To increase the warlike preparations in England, and to augment the number of steamers, and perhaps, at the same time, to cause a diminution in our ships, and to put a stop to the development at that period given to the French steam navy. That he succeeded is but too true. _ _ _ The French newspapers, especially those of the Oppo sition, have fallen into the same snare; their national vanity was flattered, and they began to calculate our strength and power by merely estimating the number of men and guns. By exaggerating the figures a little, they are endeavouring to prove that Admiral Napier was correct; that our ships, though less numerous, carry more guns and a stronger artillery; and thus have handed over our cause to those who are opposed to the maintenance of a naval force—to those who think that a fleet is useless to the country; they have, indeed, given arguments to men in high places, who are advocates of peace at any price, who are continually insisting upon a complete disarmament. In fact, the finest fleet which we have ever had since the peace, which was indeed the admiration of our rivals, has been disarmed; and the English obtained that supremacy which they have never since relinquished. Now for a few figures, in order to arrive at the truth. Of sailing vessels we have now afloat 5 first-rate, 3 se cond-rate, 9 third-rate, and 8 fourth-rate; total, 25. The English have 19 ships of the first rate, 43 second-rate, and 32 third-rate; total, 94. France has 39 frigates of from 40 to 50 guns; England has 90 of from 30 to 50 guns. France has 60 corvettes or large brigs, which corres pond to English vessels of the sixth rate, but of which description of ships England has only 35. We pass over smaller vessels, which cannot be reckoned in an account of effective warlike forces. We now come to steamers, respecting which Admiral Napier writes so strongly. In our paper of the 2d inst. we showed that England had 86 armed steam-vessels, but we have only 60. Of the English steamers, one is of 800 horse power, 8 of from 450 to 500, 17 of from 300 to 350, and 12 of from 220 to 300. The French ships, however, are only 1 of 650 horse power, 2 of 540, 8 of 450, and 12 of from 220 to 300. We may add, that since the screw-propeller is a great improvement, the English possess a vast advantage over us in the number of vessels which are furnished with this apparatus. We have only one frigate provided with this machine, of 260 horse power; the English have four similar vessels—namely, the Ajax, the Blenheim, the Edinburgh. and La Hogue, which have engines of 450 horse power, and carry 56 pieces of artillery. They also have four frigates of the same kind—viz., the Eurotas, the Forth, the Horatio, and the Seahorse; their engines are 320 horse power, and they carry 24 guns. The other vessels of a similar description amount to 29. As to ourselves, we can scarcely reckon eight similar vessels in the whole of our navy. Let it not be said, then, that the forces of England are not effective; that their ships are rotten, and a thousand other pleasantries so habitual to the Parisian newspa pers. When English ships are decaying, the Board of Admiralty has skill enough to order their repair or de molition. The " Navy List" is not a book of mere luxury, but a useful and truthful publcation. Every one well knows the immense resources of Eng land. The Est reports of the navigation of the ports in Great Britain and Scotland, published by order of the Blard of Trade, estimate the number of sailing vessels at 31,320, amounting to 3,637,231 tonnage, and manned by 216,350 men; and the commercial steam-vessels amount to 1,088. No, England has no need to augment its navy. She possesses real riches, in material, men, and engines. It is ourselves who are so factitious. We must endeavour to increase the strength of our steam power, which has lately manifested itself to be so necessary both for war and defence. Let us not dissimulate ; we are behind England—much behind—too much behind. Let us make every effort to equal her. It is not with the view of becoming their rivals that we would build and arm. It is not even for the purpose of defending ourselves against them. We do not wish, like Admiral Napier, to foresee an evil which does not yet threaten us ; but we repeat, that a European war may burst out any day, and the Republic may be at tacked when least expected. The Government who shall defend it, and the commanders of our armies, will re quire this new auxiliary, which has just been of such important use in Italy. War will present many occa sions in which steam-vessels will be useful to the army as are horses, carrriages, and guns. May we find a patriotic representative, who, follow ing the example of Admiral Napier, shall discuss the subject in our National Assembly. THE THEATRE.—Lear, Hamlet, Richard IL, The Revenge, and Macbeth, have been the principal plays enacted during the week, and in each of these Mr. George Owen has sustained the leading characters. Ot his Lear we have heard the most eulogistic criticisms, but we were not ourselves present, save for a few minutes before the close of the play. On Thursday evening, Dr. Young's classic play of The Revenge was repeated—having been performed on Saturday night—and in it Mr. Owen per sonatt d Z Anga. The character was finely conceived and admirably pourtrayed. His most impassioned scenes were entirely free from rant, as his subdued ones were void of even the semblance of tameness. The musical tones of his fine voice and the clearness of his enuncia- tion, rendered the delivery of his many sublime speeches peculiarly pleasing and effective—riveting the attention of his audience and eliciting vociferous plau dits. Unlike many of our tragedians, Mr. Owen im proves upon acquaintance, and we were gratified at ob serving the entire absence in Z inga of those slight man nerisms which we remarked in Richard 111. Mr. Owen must ere long rank very high in his arduous profes sion ; for so young a man his performances are chaste and masterly. Mr. T. Holmes enacted Don Alonza, with spirit and force ; but he would add greatly to theeffectiveness,of his personations if he would eschew exaggerated distortions of his features when pourtraying the different passions. Over-indulgence in this habit had the effect, on Thursday evening, of causing Don Alonza to look as great a villain as Shakspere makes Richard 111., which Mr. Holmes knows as well as ourselves was never the intention of Dr. Young. Donna Leonora found an excellent representative in Mrs. Walton. The play was followed by a laughable interlude called Quarter Day, in which the principal characters were well sus tained by Mrs. Poynter (who, by the way, in variably performs her parts with great clearness), Miss Laport, Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Watkins. Last evening Mr. Owen took his benefit—playing Macbeth — with Mr. S. Holmes as Macduff, and Mrs. Walton as Lady Macbeth. Each of these characters were exce lently pourtrayed; but the lateness of the hour precludes a more lengthened notice. We must say, however, that we regard Mr. Owen's Macbeth as fully equal to anything he has played in Leeds. The piece was got up with unusual care, and was set off by Lock's music spiritedly given by a full and efficient orchestra. The entire corps appeared to vie with each other in their acting, and this beautiful tragedy passed off with the utmost eclat. Next week, we perceive that several new pieces will be brought out, and in the week following Mr. Macready will appear. The bare announcement of this fact, after what has oc curred across the Atlantic, must secure :overflowing au diences to witness the farewell to the stage of this peer less actor and honoured gentleman.—Leeds Times, June 30. VENTILATION OF COAL MINES.—The members of the Committee of the House of Lords on Accidents in Coal Mines met at the Polytechnic Institution yesterday, to investigate the experiments made by Dr. Bachhoffner, and explained by Mr. Gurney, on the principle of high pressure steam ventilation, and its application to coal mines. There were present the Duke of Argyll, Lords Loasdale, Granville, Wharncliffe, and Brougham, Mr. Vivian, Mr. Foster, and many other persons connected with science and mining operations. The experiments showed the power of the high pressure steam jets in producing ventilation to be so great that firedamp and other noxious gases, even in the largest mines, can be expelled by their adoption with great ease. The object of the Committee in witnessing these experiments was with regard to the examination of Mr. Foster before the Lords this day, that gentleman having introduced the system of high pressure steam at Seaton Delaval, one of the largest coal mines in the north, and his evidence on the subject being considered as highly important. Mr. Gurney was also summoned by the Committee from Cornwall, and attended in consequence. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer has been compelled t o leave London for the German spas, owing to indifferent health. Immediately after his return from Germany he will depart for Washington, to enter on his diplomatic Awe tips, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Yotes and Proceedings of the Howe of Commons./ WEDNESDAY, JULY 4. MARRIAGE' BILL (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause as amended (And be it enacted, That this Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland, nor shall any thing therein contained alter, or be constructed to alter, the Law relating to Marriage in either of those two Countries) : Motion made, and Question put, " That the Clause, as amended, be added to the Bill." The Committee divided: MINORITY-AYES, 66. Bailey, J., jun. Farnham, E. B. Lindsay, Colonel Baihie, 11. J. Fellowes, E. Lowther, Colonel Bennet, Philip Foley, J. 11. Mackenzie, W. F. Bereslord, William Forbes, Wm. Mackinnon, W. Berkeley, C. L. G. Fordyce, A. D. Matheson, Colonel Blackstone, W. French, F. Morison, Sir W. Boldero, li. G. Gladstone, W. E. Napier, Joseph Bouverie, E. P. G•ddard, A.L. O'Connell, John Bowles, Admiral Gordon, Admiral Palmer, Roundel Buck, Lewis W. Goulburn, Henry Patten, W. Buller, Sir J. Y. Greenall, G. Plowden, W. H. Clay, James Greene Thomas Richards, Richard Cocks, T. S. Haggitt, F. R. Sanders, Joseph Cowan, Charles Ilastie, Archibald Scott, F. Drummond, Henry Hodges, T. L. Sl,earman, 11. J Duff, George S. Hood, sir A. Sullivan, Michael Dulf, James hope, A. Talfourd, Sergeant Duneombe, A.' llotharn, Lord Train, George: Duneuft, John Howard, E. G. Villiers, Viscoun. Dundas, George Hughes, W. B. Villiers, F. W. Dundas, Sir David Hume, Joseph TEI.LED.S. East, Sir J. B. Junes, Captain Maule, Fox Edwards, H. Lewisham, Viscount Oswald, A. MAJORITY—NOES, 119. Adair, R. A. Galway, Viscount I'ryse, Pryze Aglionby, H. A. Gibson, T. M. Rawdon, Colonel Alcock, Thomas Glyn, G. C. Ricardo, J. L. Arkwright, George Greene, John Ricardo, Osman Bag,sha s, John Grenfell, C. Pascoe Rice, E. It. Baines, M. T. Grosvenor, Lord R. Rich, Henry Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor, Earl Robartes, T. J. Barrington, Viscount Harris, Richard Russell, E. Bass, M. T. Haste, Alexander Russell, F. C. 11. Bellew, R. M. Ilayter, W. G. Rutherfurd, A. Benbow, John Heald, James Saiwey, Colonel Birch, fir Thomas Heathcoat, John Scholefleld, William Brand, Thomas Heywood, James Sidney, Alderman Bright, John Heyworth, L. Stagth, J. Benjamin Brocklehurst, J. Hill, Lord Marcus Smyth, J. G. Brotherton, J. llobhouse, T. B. Stansfleld, W. R. C. Brown, W. Humphery, Ald. Strickland, Sir G. Bunbury, E. H. Jackson, William Stuart, Lord J. Buxton, Sir R. Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Cardwell, E. King, P. J. Thornely, T. Cutter, J. B. Langston, J. H. Tollemache, F. J. Caulteild, J. M. Lemon, Sir C. Tufnell, henry Chaplin, W. J. Lewis, George C: Tynte, Colonel Clay, James Littleton, E. R. Vane, Lord 11. Cobden, R. Locke, Joseph Villiers, Charles Coke, E. K. Lushing,ton, C. Waddington, H. S. Colebrooke, Sir T. Mangles, R. D. Wahnsley, Sir J. Colvile, C. R. Marshall, William Wawn, J. T. Copeland, Aid. Martin, J. Westhead, J. P. Craig, W. G. bielgund, Viscount Willcox, Brodie Crawford, W. S. blither, W. M. Williams, John Dawson, T. V. MiMes, It. M. Wil!yams, H. Denison, Edmund Mostyn , E. Worcester, Marquis D'Eyncourt, C. T. Muntz, G. F. Wrightson, W. B. Dodd, George Mundy, William Wyld, James Duncombe, T. O'Brien, J. Wynn, C. W. Forster, Mathew Ogle, S. C. Wyvill, M. Fortescue. Chichester Peellell, Captain Fox, W. J. Philips, Sir G. It. TELLERS. Frewen, C. H. Pigot, Sir Robert Wortley, J. S. Fuller, A. E. Pilkington, James Spooner, R. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—A few Chartists, having observed in the columns of your paper that some of the Hungarian patriots are now exiles from their native land, have cheerfully forwarded ss. Id., and sincerely hope that it will be generally carried out. With thanks to the Editor of The Sun for the noble step he has taken in the cause, we remain LOVERS OF LIBERTY, ENEMIES TO PERSECUTION. 28, Golden•lane, City. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Be pleased to receive my humble contribution of 2s. 6d. for the present relief of the brave Hungarians. I am happy also to offer you, as Editor of The Sun, my best and entire thanks for your noble and talented devo tion to the cause of Hungary and Liberty—thanks that are felt by thousands of other humane persons—and which places The Sun as one of the best, if not the very best, advocates of liberty and freedom in Europe. With sincere thanks, JOSEPH COLLINS. TO THE EDIfOII OF THE SUN. SlR,—Moved by your soul-stirring appeal of Tuesday last, in behalf of the brave Hungarians, a few friends of freedom, meeting in the parlour of the Goat Tavern, Pimlico, have subscribed and hand to you a sovereign for their use, and request an early acknowledgment of the receipt of the same, in the hope that the example may prove beneficial. J uly 5, 1849. F. R. B. CALIFORNIA. By the arrival of the Hermann we are placed in pos session of news from San Francisco to the Ist of May. It appears from the authority of credible persons that the marvellous stories respecting the abundance of gold are not at all exaggerated, but, on the contrary, fall short of the reality. The Fa con, steamer, had arrived at New York with 200,000 dollars worth, and the Cre>cent City was en route from New Orleans, with nearly half-a-million. In short it appears thatsince the discovery of the precious metal a year since, upwards of 5,000,000 dollars worth of gold dust had been exported to variou , parts of the world. The correspondents of the New York tierald had written letters to that paper giving ample details of the operations going on at the diggings, and setting forth in Flowing terms the successful results of their labours. These letters are highly interesting, but are too volumi nous to extract. One account states that a man had actually dug 12,480 dollars' worth in 10 days ! In an article upon this subject the New York Herald says:— The most exciting point of this Californian news is the fact, now placed beyond even the shadow of a doubt , that the deposits of gold in California are actually inex haustible, and that n e w an d f res h d iacoveries are being mare every day. From the banks of the San Joaqumn and Sacramento, the adventurous diggers have penetrated to Santa Barbara, near the lino which separates Upper from Lower California, and have found gold at nearly every step. Such glowing accounts, and such wonderful deposits as are found to exist there might well be deemed fabulous, but that their authenticity is placed beyond doubt. Wonderful as these discoveries are, there can be now no question that the wealth of California cannot be exaggerated. It is but little over a year since the an nouncement of gold being found near Sutter's Fort was made, and already five millions of dollars' worth of gold dust have been exported from California to various parts of the world. When we take into consideration that hardly any of this large amount was gathered by the emigrants who have flocked thither from the United States—that not more than 5,000 persona were engaged in mining during last summer, and that in the winter months operations 'were suspended, we hare at once satisfactory proof, if we bad no other, that we possess within our territorial limits a supply of the precious ore that cannot be overestimated. " The effect which this exciting news from the gold mines will have on our eastern population is at once per ceptible. Emigration to California will receive a stimu lus—thousands who are toiling for a scanty living in our large Atlantic cities, or at least such of them as can raise sufficient means, will go there, and a populous State will be formed at once on the shores of the Pacific. The presence of such vast deposits will, besides those who leave the United States, attract the adventurers from every country in the Old World, as well as from the South American Republics and Mexico. In fact, emigration from Mexico has already commenced on an extensive scale, thirty thousand, as we are informed, being en route to the mines. Before the present year shall have elapsed, it is not improbable that one hundred thousand will be added to the population of California, and emigration will continue as long as the gold lasts, or mining is profitable. Large cities anti towns will grow up as in a day, commerce will prosper, and a rail road connecting the two oceans must be constructed, no matter what the expense of such a gigantic work may be. Such a connexion will soon be imperatively needed, and t he work must soon be entered upon." THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER. — ROCHESTER, WEDNEsDAY.--Sluch feeling having been evinced in this city by the sudden dismissal of the Rev. Robert Winston from the office of head master of the Cathedral grammar school, in consequence of a pamphlet written by the Rev. Gentleman, in which he charges the Dean and Chapter of the diocese with misappropriation ot . the cathedral revenues, a large public meeting of the inhabitants of this city, Chatham, Strood, andßromptom, was held to-day, at the Guildhall, for the purpose of voting an address to the reverend gentleman, and also to consider the propriety of petioning the Queen in Council upon the subject. Au address to the reverend gentleman was unanimously resolved upon, and a committee was organist d for the purpose of memorialising her Majesty and the Legislature. A subscription was also com menced to carry out the objects of the meeting. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Her Royal Hi g hness the Duchess ut Cambridge, his Royal Highness Prince Ge,:rge of Cambridge, and her Serene Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklen burg Strelitz attended by Mr. Edmund St. John Mild may, honoured the French Plays with their presence last evening. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The nuptials of Lady Diana Boyle, only daughter of the Countess (Dowager) of Glasgow, and Mr. Pakington, eldest son of Sir John Pakington, Bart., M.P., were celebrated yesterday fore noon, at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. A very nu merous and distinguished circle assembled on the inte resting occasion, including the Earl and Countess of -11.0p,Aoun, the Countess (Dowager) of Errol, Viscount Newry and Morne, Viscount Campden, Bcc. Lord Brougham is to preside at the annual meeting of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Agricultural Society, which is fixed to take place on Wednesday, the 29th of August, at Penrith.—Cumberland Pacquet. ASSETS. f. 214,371,791 09 . . 128,213,269 00 88,950 83 Cash and ingots ... Ditto in branch banks Bills past due .. ••• ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 14,099,208 f. Oe. are from the branch banks 46,519,415 99 Bills in the branch banks ... 76,419,481 12 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 7,663,900 00 Ditto by the branch banks ... 882.353 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 22,986,081 90 Ditto by branch banks... 1,336,905 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions 50,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Rentes, disposable funds ... ... 42,581,488 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ... ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... ... ... Bills protested at Paris 12,779,541 39 4,000,000 00 2,223,200 00 200,000 00 230,000 00 5,304,181 20 3,344,208 00 Ditto at the branches ... ... ••• Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... ... ... Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... Advance to the department of the 34,007 00 288,316,82 _ Seine ••• ••• Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar seilles , ••• ••• ••• ••• 3,000,000 00 1,000,000 00 f. 683,667,094 47 LIABILITIES. Capital . . Ditto of the Branch Banks ... Reserve fund ... ~. ... f. 67,900,000 00 ... 23,350,000 00 ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve. immobiliere 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 362,362,400 00 Ditto of the branch banks: ... ... 33,180,625 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) 802,018 45 Account-current with Treasury creditor 26,593,607 90 Various accounts current ... ... 100,201,234 00 Ditto in branches 30,136,847 00 Bills payable at sight ... 3,773,800 00 Ditto at branches 1,171,581 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... 6,548,958 21 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,907,347 00 Dividends payable ... ... 5,112,626 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 180,467 44 Discounts, interest, and expenses 399,826 96 Ditto branch banks ••• 77,579 0 0 •• • ••• Re-discounts of the last six months ... 143,693 49 Ditto in branch banks .. 321,562 00 Miscellaneous ... 522,171 66 f. 683.667,094 47 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARG OUT. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GREENWICH REGATTA. —A sculler's match came off at Greenwich on Monday, and drew together a large concourse of spectators. The prize was competed for by six young men, inhabitants of Greenwich, and amateurs; and the amusement was prematurely brought to a close by the upsetting of one of the boats, when a young man, of the name of Salis bury, was drowned. The deceased, who was twenty three years of age, has left a widow and three children totally unprovided for. We should be slow in our censure of princes. Kingship is a profession which has produced both the most contemptible and illustrious of the human race. That sovereign is worthy of no slight respect who rises in moral dignity to the level of his subjects; so mani• fold and so great are the impediments,—.Eliza Cook's Journal. THE EX-DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND THE « WEEKLY DISPATCH." We regret, in times like these, to :Tare a line or space to matter which may appear personal to ourselves; but, as our readers will see that the ex- Dake of Brunswick has this week gained a verdict against a proprietor of this paper for a political libel, our readers will expect some notice of the event us affecting the character, and even the interest of a journal to which our large and constant circulation proves them to be attached, as to their own advocate and friend. Be:lring in mind that no one is a perfect judge in his own cause, eve shall most studiously confine our remarks within the line of the most temperateurgument, and we shall hint no diminu tion of our respect for one of the highest-minded Judges that ever presided over a court, because his law was against us, or breathe a word against the motives of a jury, who, we have not the slightest doubt, acted most conscientiously, though we may differ from their cenclo sior.s. The articles charged as dbels appeared in 1830, and in 1847 and 1848, an interval at the least of seventeen years. The ex-Sovereign plaintiff claimed to produce the article of Is3o, as a libel fur which the de,endant was answerable, and also to read, as in conjunction with it, the articles written 17 years afterwards. Now the Sta tute of Limitations would have prevented this had not his e,itncss sworn that be htd purchased a copy, early in 1848, at our office, and so established a re-publication. This Statute of Limitations is a most just bar, and most especially so in the case of political libels. While the facts are easily ascertainable, and the warmth of ex pression is understood, it is mere justice that the action should be brought on. It was Lot so in the case of what is now adjudged to be the libel of 1830. As to its re• publication, the ex-Sovereign sends, as his witness says, to our office, and after some trouble, as a matter of some favour, gets a copy by his emissary's calling a second time for it. Now the publication of a libel should only be considered illegal because it is harmful to the party libelled. Who will pretend that the copy sworn to be sold in 1848 did any harm whatever to the plaintiff ? It must have been by his own act that it could in any way be communicated to any l Such a purchase might be or not, a re vival; who, on the face of the earth, will co-nitveinnledgg soul.a t could be a moral one? and what was the poss i b le amount at that t of damage sustained by it? Could it amount to one farthing? If the ex Sovereign says that his feelings were hurt by the paper, he also says that he got it through his own agent, on purpose to have them hurt. It was necessary that they should be so wounded, in deed, to get on with his action. The Lord Chief Jus tice is reported to have observed that but for this tale of more than half a generation past, we should probably never have heard of the recent articles in a court of justice. No, for there was nothing whatever libellous in them. They had not the heart and essence of libel, they sprung from no malice, nor even from any indig nation against the ex-Sovereign who claimed to be ag grieved by them. The gist and tendency of every one of them went to some other—some public, and we ho nestly affirm, beneficial purpose. The ex-Duke and his business were mere accessary illustrations. Read them by the light of any article whatever written in 1830 ! Doubtless the Dispatch (as an honest paper should) has its traditions, but they are public ones. To the general principles of perfect freedom, civil and religious, of order maintained by justice, of hatred to tyranny, of the progress of mankind, every new writer succeeds, as their advocate when he enters upon these columns. But personal ani mosities do not survive with us, scarcely personal at tachments. Neither exist beyond the occasion that creates them. We judge by deeds. The man whom we attack to-day, let him do what we consider wise and honourable, he will find himself the theme of our enthu siastic praise to-morrow. Let a man whom we have eulogized as a friend of the people turn against them — or even mistake their interests—we lay on with a double lash. We admit the consciousness that we fall upon his faults or follies with somewhat of the indignation due to a betrayal. We keep a register of friend or foe. Our hatred is only constant to wrong, as our affection is to what we, in our very souls, believe to be right. We told the Duke publicly that if he would give us proofs of the worthiness of his political conduct we would be its ready defenders. But the articles of 1847 and 1848 were a combination, a malicious continuation of the warm at tack of 1830 ! I Alas for mortality I Death has stood in the way of the possibility. Many fine spirits have given their hearts to the people in this paper, and have died unknown, though not unloved or unthanked, between 1830 and 1847. Those who penned the articles of the latter years were not even aware of the existence of any of the articles written in the former. We presume we are not at liberty to prove so much in a court of justice ; but it is palpable to sense and probability, and we avouch it to be true. Did any reader of 1847 or 1848 recur to a newspaper of 1830 for comment on his Sunday's politics? Had we ever the slightest idea of reproducing it? The pretence is trumpery in the extreme. It may be the perfection of common sense in the legal acceptation; it is certainly the perfection of nonsense in the moral one. Let no one, however, suppose that we are here disputing or grumbling about costs and damages. We have said enough to those who habitually read us to show that, in moral and political character, we stand as free and erect as ever. They, indeed, would have believed it without our assertion. The Duke, it seems, boasted in his speech that he had already put down the Age and the Satirist. Did the man believe that he was going to do the same by the Dispatch? The papers he has at tacked for libels on his private character were publi cations founded on the principle of pandering to the appetite for scandal and slander, inherent in the basest vulgar—the vulgar high and low, titled and untitled, in aristocrats and their flunkies, of snobs of every degree. They were weeds growing on a dung-heap, scum upon fetid waters. Such the ex-Sovereign helped to remove. His victory was that of Eparninonelas, when he turned the insult of being appointed scavenger into the triumph of sweetening the city effectually. But the Dispatch, legally right or legally wrong, founds its strength on that sympathy which the people return to those who con stantly and eflectuatly sympathise with them. Its name among the English workers is a sentiment and a power. All thinkers look to it for clear sense, and honest men for integrity. When the Duke has eaten The limes for breakfast, the Journal des Debats for luncheon, the Moniteur and the London Gazette for dinner, he will sup on the Dispatch, or put it between his bread and butter at tea-time. We shall tremble when he has made the first two or three of these meals. In the mean time, we abstain from other reply. If we ever have occasion to speak of him again, it will be " by the card," and proof in hand, as Lord Denman requires. Till then, let him go in peace.— Weekly Dispatch. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS. Yesterday was the last of the exhibitions, which this year have been five in number, a new feature having been introduced in the special exhibitions of American plants, rhododendrons, azaleas, kalmias , pines, &c. These ; latter have given an undoubted impulse to the horticultural taste of the metropolis, and the amateur of fifty years ago would no longer recognize his favourite geraniums, rhododendrons, and roses, in the pelargo• niums, American plants, and French Bourbons of the prusent day. Whether we have always changed for the best may be sometimes questioned, and amid the thousand varieties rose and the of the Hertfordshire rosea r r o e s e g stillro w theers the old cabbage fa vourites. The show of flowers attracted many thousands of visitors. The weather was lowering, but in some respects, being without rain, was far from unfavourable to the spectator, as many beautiful effects of light and shade were produced by the changing skies, and the bursts of sunshine on the valley and hills to the north, no less than in the tents and on the flowers. The music of the three bands of the Life Guards and Blues, which towards the clese of the afternoon played in concert, en livened the scene. In cons, queues of the heavy weather of late, the show of flowers was not so large as it usually is, but some classes were in remarkably good condition, as the roses and pe largoniums. The orchidem were few, and none of them very novel; the heaths were in very good order. The collections of stove and greenhouse plants were among the best features of the exhibition. The fruit shown was in as great quantity as usual, but the wall-fruit seems to have suffered. The strawberries were large, fine, and well-flavoured; the bunches of grapes were of great weight; the pines were also of great size, but not heavy. There were many exotic fruits and spices, so that altogether the fruit exhibition was of particular in terest. Among the company present were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Dukes of Norfolk and Beaufort, the Duchess of Beaufort, Prince aad Princess Doria Pamphili, Prince Castelcicala, Marquis of Exeter, Marchionesses of Exeter, Ailesbury, and Downshire; Earls Beauchamp, Mansfield , March, Aboyne, and Pem broke; Countesses Aboyne, Cornwallis, and Sefton; the Bishop of Durham; Lords Emlyn, Massy, Bridport, and Ranelagh; Baron and Baroness Goldsmid; Ladies Wenlock Milner, Lygon, Rolle, Hamilton, Clinton, Rose, Rodd, Farquhar, J. Hamilton, Evans, Fellows, Molyneaux, and Vassal Webster; Hon. H. Powys; Sirs W. Middleton, A. Brook, J. Clark, E. Johnson, R. Joddrell, W. Guise, W. J. Newton, J. Hamilton, J. Cockburn, 11. Watson, G. Staunton, R. Vyvyan, J. Wigram, and T. Gage; Messrs. J. P. Westhead, M.P.; R. Bagshaw, M.P.; W. Ewart , M.P.; B. Botfield, M.P.; and D. Salomans; Miss Burdett Coutts, &c. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 4.—The Peninsular and Ori ental Company's steam-ship Jupiter, Captain Francis Meehan, arrived at Southampton this day, at half-past five o'clock, and landed mails from the following places, in charge of Lieutenant Langton, Admiralty agent. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, June 25; Lisbon, June 29; Oporto, June 30; Vigo, July 1; Cadis, June 26. . The freight of the Jupiter consists of 4 packages of specie; oranges, 684 boxes; lemons, 20 boxes; apricots, 25 baskets; sundries, 14 packages; and oxen, 10. Her Majesty's steam•vessel Janus was at Gibraltar. Ships observed on the Voyage—June 23, between Lisbon and Cape St. Vincent, passed the Indus packet from Alexandria, homeward bound. 25. Arrived (in the evening) the Ripon, with the outward India mail, leaving Southampton on the 20th instant. July 2. Half way across the Bay of Biscay, saw a steamer running to the southward, supposed to be the Peninsular Company's ship Euxine. By this arrival we learn that great sickness prevails in the Alemtejo, and on the southern shores of the Tagus a little above Lisbon; it is reported to be the cholera, but denied by the medical board and Govern ment, who do their utmost to keep it secret. The thunder storma have been very injurious to the crops in the south of Portugal. At Oporto it is stated that the ex-King of Sardinia continues very ill, and is confined to his bed; he has received a visit from the physician of the Queen of Portugal. The authorities at Gibraltar have imposed a quaran tine of three days on all vessels arriving at that port from England, COPYHOLDS ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upo❑ this day three months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided:— lIIINORITY—AYES, 60. Alcock, Thomas Greenall, Gilbert 3luntz, G. F. Bagshaw, John Grenfell, C. P. O'Brien , Johx Baillie, H. J. Guest, Sir J. Pearson, Charles Baines, M. T. Ilardcastle, J. A. Pechell, Captain Bass, M. T. Ilayter, W. G. Pilkington, James Benbow, John Ileadlam, Thomas Rice, E.ilt. Bright, John Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Brotherton, J. Heyworth, Lawrence Scully, Francis Brown, W. Howard, C. W. G. Sidney, Alderman Burroughes, 11. Ilumpliery, Ald. Smith, J. B. Chaplin, W. J. Jervis, Sir John Stanstleld, W. R. Clay, Sir W. Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Cobden, Richard King, I'. J. Thornely, T. Crawford, W. S. Lacy, H. C. Tollemache, F. J. Duncan, Viscount Langston, J. 11. Villiers, Charles Duncan, George Lewis, 0. C. Willcox, Brodie Duncombe, T. Lushington, Charles Williams, John Forster, M. Marsh 11, J. G. Wrightson, W. B. Fox, W. J. Mastennan, J. TELLERS. Frewen, C. 11. Matheson, Colonel Aglionby, 11. A. Glyn, G. C. Morris, David Hume, Joseph MAJORITY—NOES, 71. Arkwright, G. Dundas, G. Morgan, 0. Bailey, Joseph Farnham, E. Mostysi, E. M. L. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Fellowes, E. Napier, Joseph Barrington, Viscount Foley, J. 11. Oswald, Alexander Bennet, P. forbes, W. Palmer, Robert 13eresford, William Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Roundell Berkeley, C. L. G. Goddard, A. L. Plowden, W. li. Blackstone, W. S. Goulburn, Henry Richards. Richard Boldero, Henry Graham, Sir James Robartes, T. J. Bouverie, E. P. Greene, Thomas Smyth, John G. Bowles, Admiral Grogan, Edward Spooner, Richard Brand, Thomas Haggitt, F. It. Strickland, Sir G. Buck, L. W. Hallyburton, Lord Stuart, Lord J. Buller, Sir V. Heald, James Stuart, John Burrell, Sir C. Hood, Sir A. Villiers, Viscount Cavendish, (l. 11. Hope, Alexander Villiers, F. W. Cobb°ld, Joint C. Hughes, W. B. Waddington, H. S. Cocks, T. S. Johnstone, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C, Coke, Edward K. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Willyams, H. Compton, 11. C. Lewisham, Vise. Wyld, James Denison, Edmund Lindsay, Colonel Wynn, C. W. Dodd, G. Littleton, E. It. Duckworth, Sir J. Lowther, Colonel Duucombe, A. Mackenzie, W. I. Duncult, John Morgan, it. K. TELLERS. Christopher, R. Galway, Viscount SCOTCH MARRIAGE AND RE GISTRATION BILLS. TO THE RIGHT HON. 1., , RD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. Dear Lord John,—When in London lately, I and other Scotch Peers had an interview with Lord Lansdowne, in oeder to draw his attention to certain Bills affecting se riously the interests of Scotland, which we are anxious should be withdrawn. He asked me to state our views in writing to enable Lim to submit them to his col leagues, which I accordingly did pretty fully, and I have no doubt the letter was transmitted to you. I have since observed that the Lunacy and Pupils' Bills have bee❑ abandoned, but you have expressed the determination of the Government to proceed with the Marriage and Re gistration Bills, and requested the indulgence of the House for so doing, in consideration of the small ,propor tion of its time which is usually occupied in Scotch busi ❑ess, as if these Bills were a boon you were about to confer on Scotland, and were not forced on the people in spite of the decided expression of their disapprobation. It appears to me that you have been greatly deceived as to the general feeling on this question, and Lord Lansdowne was labouring under the same erroneous impression when he wrote to me saying that the Scotch Members were satisfied with the provisions of these Bills. No doubt, great exertions have been made to gain their support by concessions and modifications, which in some instances have proved successful, bat I am con vinced, that were these Members to consult the wishes of their constituents they would give these measures their unqualified opposition, and in the event of an election, their votes on this occasion will not be forgotten. The improper manner in which these Bills were hur ried through the House of Lords gives rise to a suspi cion that their popularity in Scotland was doubted. In troduced the first day of the session, during the absence of a number of Scotch Peers, Lord Campbell refused to postpone them even for the short period which was re quested in order to give the Scotch Peers (who alone could be supposed to feel much interest in the matter, or appreciate its importance) time to assemble or consult on the subject, and notwithstanding the unfairness of this proceeding, the passing of these Bills by the House of Lords is now alleged as a reason for pressing them on in the Commons. When before the House of Lords last session, the Committee, of which I was a member, was not aware that the object of registration could be attained at one tenth of the expense consequent on the proposed compli cated machinery, which cannot be carried out at a less cost than 20,0001. per annum. I showed Lord Lans downe that for 2,0001. or 3,0001., an equally efficient system of registration might be organized, and one free from the manifest injustice and inexpediency of taxing the whole of the rate-payers in a parish for the registra tion of the births and deaths of the wealthy. or of in ennaolttiemseoent eth re o a l s o in w g er the cla n s u s m es b , e t r ho o u f g st h at c u c t r e t s ai o n f ly p l i t ns w a o n tl d ld p the views of those who are already counting on the places they are to obtain under the Act, and who will be the only gainers by the measure. The cost entailed upon the country by the Boards which have already been created are sufficiently notorious, and there is great in consistency in a Goverment professedly acting on prin ciples of strict economy adding both to public and private burdens without urgent necessity, by appointing new offices at a time when retrenchments are deemed so ad visable that numbers of clerks in the public departments are discharged. I may further add that these Bills were brought forward without previous consultation with the Lord Advocate, who told me before the meeting of Parliament, that considering the state of the public Exchequer, he did not intend to re-introduce them. I would, therefore, urge you most strongly to delay the present measure till you ascertain more correctly the real sentiments of the people of Scotland—for, depend upon it, the day is not far distant when this system of taxing the community for the support of Boards and Commis sions, by which places are provided for supporters of Governments, whether Liberal or Conservative, will no longer be submitted to.—Yours faithfully, KINNAIRD. Rossie Priory, June 30, 1849. On Monday the Rev. Joseph Brown, of Bethnal green, took his poor parishioners their annual e xcursion,__ is by special train, to spend the day in the cou nt a ry a . ut T si b x. year they visited Havering Bower, in numberora b Z ford station teen hundred, parents and children. a th n e d y aag;sould be of any service to il w ir e . re m ma by tercchhiceinion.tutiet.,AretTcthoer. Archdeacono f Il om ford, inquired of Mr. Brown if morning, directed Rev. R. the attention of them, r o us p a a n r d t y v e t r o y ii a kindly ve r 1 a w g a wa lked e c ar at Bower, t he t h v‘l e ,the la ev e r ad en t o hi f ety. t h r e nu me- nlk receivedme erected in the church ownifilutocdh,hetino children the th e attentionmc u m rfts o r i o memory noaf o tt f hhee a v monument p l oor girl who had b een distin yar u ished for her piety and good conduct. She wa s kill e d t , ec idantally. Mr. Faulkner had written an interesting memoir of the little girl, several copies of which were given for the use of the children. It was gratifying to observe how much both old and young enjoyed the day. Occasionally, different groups of the children began spontaneously to sing a hymn, and before their departure a few hymns were sung by the whole, assembled in one spot on that beautiful elevation, and again in the grounds of Mr. Tolmain, who hospitably entertained the friends of Mr. Brown, who had come to witness the animating scene. While assembled in the field adjoining the lawn of Mr. Tulmain, the children were addressed by several gentlemen, particularly by the Rev. Mr. Cot ton, who, having been out as chaplain to the Bishop of New Zealand, gave an account of the progress in the education of the children of the natives of that island. -- - - - - . -- , • ._ ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. June 25.—Captain Smyth, R.N., President, in the Chair.—Sir Wm. Kay, Bart., and Edward Gordon, Es.q., M.A., were elected Fellows of the Society. Read:—The copy of a letter addressed by the President to Mr. Bancroft, the Ameri can Minister, expressive of the thanks of the Royal Geographical Society for the kind sympathy evinced by the Government of the United States in the fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions. Pap e r s rea d : -1. "A pro p o sal for the Construction of Maps upon the walls of the Corridors and Committee Rooms of the New Houses of Parliament," by Mr. Saxe Bannister, with remarks upon the subject by Mr. G. Belles Greenough, V.P.R G.S. 2. "On Abila and the district of Abilene, near Mount Lebanon," by Mr. J. Hogg, F.R.S., Hon. Sec. 3. " Notes on the Physical Geography of Pr,lestine," by Col. von Wildenbruch. 1. Mr. Ban nister proposes the construction of maps on a large scale as useful decorations to the New Palace at Westminster, such as that constructed by our great navigator, Sebastian Cabot, long suspended in the ' Gallery at the Royal Palace of Whitehall ; as the celebrated views of the Spanish Armada in tapestr . y in the old House of Lords ; as the vast maps in tne temples, the porticos, the colleges of ancient Rome ; and, above all, as in the Gallery of Geography of the Vatican. One series of maps would present to the eye pictures of the whole globe;—the forests of the Canadas in contrast to the houses and the harvests so rapidly thinning them—the fisheries of iceclad Greenland—the fur reg:ons of Hudson Bay, and the tales of lost, as well as the track of successful, explorers of the frozen north—the West Indian Isles, brilliant in natural beauties, and strug7ling to pro duce results worthy of the sublime cause of Negro emancipation—the free, peaceful, and Christian set tlements of Western Africa, in contrast with its man hunts and its slave marts—the sheep-walk and the mission -house, so rapidly driving back barbarism far into South Africa—the mines and stock-stations already pushed deep into the Australias—the infinitely varied works of nature and of man in New Zealand, in Ceylon, in India, in the Asiatic Archipelago, in the islands of the Southern Ocean, and in China. To these scenes of British enterprise would be added correct delineations of the rest of the globe, moun tai:is, valleys, and plains ; rivers, lakes, and seas; cities and ports, with each tribe and people distinctly characterised, and w ith th e t races o f grea t even t s , now visible in monuments or in ruins, correctly dis played to the eye. These maps, drawn according to the best resources of modern science, should be on the largest possible scale, and uniform in magnitude. Great size is indispensable for grandeur of effect and in order to admit of duly prop or ti one d details, while uniformity of magnitude will furnish exact ideas of the comparative importance of countries. All sepa rate maps should be large enough to admit of distinct objects, geographical, geological, meteorological, natural and artificial. In addition to such maps of the land, there should be carefully prepared a collection of marine maps—not merely charts, but more complete even than those already suggested by Humboldt—for the shallows, the depths, the currents and trades of the ocean. These marine maps should have ships, rocks, storms, and wrecks, shores and lighthouses, correctly delineated, and would form one vast series of the highest importance to commercial and colonial enterprize, to science, to medical and religious mis sions. Another series would be important to the history of geographical discovery, and would form a collection dating from the earliest days, from those of Cosmas Indicopleustes, and the Peutinger Tables, to the Anglo-Saxon and Chinese Maps, down to the Hereford Map, and including such as furnished Columbus and the Cabots, Vesputius and Magellan, with the strongest motives for heroic enterprise. A third series would include the representation of the elements of intelligence found in the rude geogra phical designs of the Esquimaux, the Indian, and the native of Australia, to guide the colonist to rich pas• tures, to relieve the explorer in his perplexity, and sometimes to warn the civilized man that even the savage understands his territorial rights. Mr. Greenough would, in case of any recommendation being made by the council to Government upon the subject, prefer, to the series of maps suggested by Mr. Bannister, a series of cartographic compositions. An ordinary map is at best only a representative of nature, while cartographic compositions would repre sent mind, and would bear the same relation to a Government survey that a historical or poetical com position does to a portrait. The physical map of I3erghaus may be taken as a rude type of this deside ratum, which might be more diversified in character and subject, much enlarged in scale, and wrought up to a degree of excellence, which an alliance of art, science, and literature can alone produce. Of all con trivances for geographical expression, the georama of Mr. Guerin is the most fascinating and instructive; and it would be desirable to have two georamas, the one for inanimate nature, the other for man in his several relations, and for the changes which the sur face of the globe has undergone under his operations. An empire over which the sun never sets requires of its rulers, and in a minor degree of its people, a fa miliar acquaintance with the entire globe. A writer of no mean authority has informed us that the affairs of our forty-three colonies are administered at home by a staff so small, that on an average two clerks are all that can be -pared for each; and surely it cannot be unreasonable to desire that the labours of these singularly overtasked officials should be eased, by placing at their disposal the readiest means of acquiring standard information ; nor does it appear less expedient that Members of Parliament should have distinct ideas, at least upon those respec tive colonies whose interests and capabilities are often mainly dependent on geographical position and local considerations, and in respect to which they may be at any time called upon on short notice to assent to, or dissent from, complicated legislative enactments. In the Bibliotheque National at Paris, there is, or was, a colossal globe, but how incon• venient for reference, how meagre in information is a globe, however large, compared with a georama I In dependently, however, of this contrivance, the object of which is to exhibit the earth as a whole, provision should be made for a detailed study of the constituent parts of the British empire, by exhibiting them severally under various phases. This might be done by a series of maps or cartoons, hydrogra phical, hypographical, geological, agricultural, statis tical, administrative, industrial, &c. &c., all uniform in scale and projection. here at least there is no want of raw material. Almost every state has of late years taken care to have every part of its area correctly and minutely surveyed. The maps derived from these surveys are, however, constructed upon no uniform principle. Each of them, notwithstanding their excellence in other respects, has this defect— that it is only a national work, an insulated docu ment, a part formed irrespective of a whole ; hence the various surveys of European states are mere fragments : like the coins of these countries, their currency scarcely extends beyond the frontier. The Prussian reckons his longitude from Berlin, the Austrian from Vienna, the Frenchman from Paris,_ the Englishman from Gr e enwich, the R ussian from from his Cad i z, measurements ePortu guese St. Pe f t r e o rs m bu l rf e r h r , o t . h e feet, another in t oises, a no t he r in m e tres. 0 8 n pa e n g ia iL d s It would, then, be to the honour as well as to the advantage of England, if at her bidding geography were rendered more simple, more attractive, more easy, more con• sistent—if the unwieldy mass of valuable material were brought into symmetry; and this may in a great measure be effected by the construction of mono graphic compositions or cartoons, based upon philo sophical principles, and tending to illustrate the various departments into which general science is divided. It is obvious that the remarks made upon the British dominions, and on the Continent of Europe, could not be applied to all other parts of the earth's surface without much modification. In what manner the latter should be dealt with is a subject for inquiry hereafter, the present object of these remarks being rather to enunciate a principle than to lay down a system. DARING ROBBERY IN C AM BEEWELL-GBOVE .---011 the night of the 30th of June a most daring robbery wee porpetrated by some burglars upon the private residence of Mr. Henry Barrett, Springfield•terrace. The thieves r e s f i r l e v silver three sp oons, cutting the shutter most adroitly with a circular saw, gained admittance through the back kitchen window, by and forced and then removing the fastenings; proceeding to the dining.room they abstracted from the sideboard a silver open • go ld watches nardyaanduatonotiktythoef and a silver watch, together with several • cruet a s s ta nd e a t articles of jewel lery—valued altogether at about 701. Not satisfied with this, they broke open a case containing a valuable nti eroscope, also a cabinet with sel ected micros copic interest, but finding them specimens of value, they left them g to be of no metallic house they made unm olested. Before leaving the themselves somewhat free with the wine. All was accomplis hed Eel s o . quietly that not the least disturbance occurred t he morning notice was given at the principal police r yi stations, but nothing has as yet transpired to lead to the discovery of the offenders. From the dexterous manner in which the whole affair was conducted no doubt arises but that they were con nected with some experienced gang. THE CITY ELECTION.—At the general election of 1847 Mr. Rothschild, M.P., polled 6,792 votes, and the highest Conservative candidate, Mr. John Masterman. 6,722. The highest unsuccessful Tory candidate on the list, Mr. Bevan, only polled 5,268 votes; and the lowest unsuccessful Tory candidate, Mr. Freshfield, onl in y 4,704. matained Mr. Rothschild, on the present occasion,o4 his position, whilst the Conservatives have'evidently lost ground greatly. THE FATAL ExpLosTON ON THE SOI3TH.DEVON RAILWAY.—PLYMOUTII, JULY 3.—The inquiry into the death of Evans, the stoker, and the cause of the late accident on the South -Devon Railway, was concluded on Monday. Wh e n all the evidence had been heard. the Coroner s ummed up very minutely, and the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict that the deceased's dea th was caused the bursting of the boiler of the Goliath engine, but how or in what VII this was caused they had no evidence to show. I I 1.70 , 1 9 1 LES ( ' 11 CV 1 '' 5 - 1 • 5 .... 15. - "0 " ' 0 5 .. 17 10 .. 58 r bal e rtS fCif %