The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-14 00:00:00

7411) (awn tiorro SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. NEWTON RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH). _ _ . The Cuerdon Stakes. Smuggler Bill ... Cavendish . .•• Strongbow Strychnize Duxbary Wilmott The St. Leger Smkes. ••• ••• ••• ••• The Drawing-Room Stakes. The Borough Cup of 200 SOTS. ... 1 ... 2 Virestow mtigler Bill .•• LATEST FRONI PARIS. We find in the afternoon edition of G'alignani s Messenger of yesterday d at half past two o'clock) she following account of the great Demo cratic demonstration " DEMOCRATIC DEM •NSTRATION.—A manifestation composed e f Naeotre 1 Gutics, students of the different schools, and a number of workmen, which had been got up by the leading members of the Mountain, and the ultra democratic party, took place this morning. The muster was made at the Chi eau d'Eau, on the Boule vard du Temple, and reckoned in number about from 25,000 to 20,000, about two-thirds of whom were Na eiesnal Guards in uniform but without arms. Chef de Ba;aillon Etienne Arago marched at the head of the corteye, which directed its course towards the National AseemCdy. Immense numbers of workmen were as sembled .tan the foot pavement, as well as at the Portes St. Denis. and St. Martin, but the mejority of them looked on careless indifference, not even responding to the cry of • Vive la Ite ? ubliqtier • Vive la Constitu tion!' which was raised by those forming the procession, and which was indeed the only cry raised, the • Ee. publi giie 6.nocrauque et sociale being on this occasion set aside. All the shops in the line of march were closed, but nothing like a symptom of disturbance was visible. Not a single sergent-de-ville was to be seen, the with. rites evidently wishing to avoid all excuse for collision ; but large bodies of National Guards were under arms at their resp.ctive points of muster. In the neiehbourhood of the Assembly ev rything was per fectly quiet during the morning. About 1 o'clock, intel ligence having arrived that a large body of men were ap preaching, troops were sent for to the Esplat Ade of the Invalides, and, almost immediately, four squadrons of . seers came down the quay, crossed the bridge, and t oe k up positions in front of the Garde-Meuble, at the same time blocking up the Rue Royal, Rue St. Floren tie, and the other streets leading to the Place de la Con corde. The Tuiletiee Gardens were closed, being strongly occupi•d by the troops. At about half-past one o'clock, the Cnasseurs of Vincennes were seen to issue suddenly from the Gardens, and run with great speed across thy , Place de la Concorde towards the Rue de la Paix. A strung body of cuirassiers came up immediately after at full trot. At the end of the Rue de la Paix, the body forming the demonstration were met by the troops. and it. being signified to them that they must at once disperse, the body was bro ken by the troops, one party withdrawing by the small streets leading down from the Boulevard, and the rest towards the Madeleine. General Changarnier was pre sent, with th Pieteet of Police, when the summons to di:Terse was made. In an instant the boulevards were cleared :by lar g e bodies of cavalry, and the demonstra tion .niled. :.ceidents occulted whilst the cavalry was proce, dirg down the Bente-yards; one dragoon being nurt by a fait, and u Netionat Guard naviug had his race cut el, h a sabre. The passages remained inter rupted in the neighbotii hoed or the hue de la Pats. The ch-monstratiou. we understand, bore with them a petinou to the L-Izislative Assembly against the war at Rome. At the hour or going to press everything was quiet." Although all the persons walking in this procession were unertited, and although no violence was at tempted, the Government, it will be seen, Ins made this the excuse fOr proposing to destroy the Coestitu • ton by givie.eg power to the President to declare, not Paris orgy, but the whole of France in a state of siege. TL,. Legislative -Assembly met yesterday at three o'clock. It had adjourned over to Thursday, but the Minis:ere sent special invitations to their Own friends to meet, and ab rut 400 assembled. M. Unpin was in the chair. The greatest agita tioe preva.ied. All i.he Ministry were present. Ge nera's Leff!) and Lehrt ton and Colonel Murat were ' dressed in their uniforms. Several members demanded that the names of the representatives should be called over, in order to ascertain what members were absent. Tins proposition was debated for some time without r,sult, when a member ascended the tribune, and' called on Ministers,in the present grave circumstances, t& give explanations to the Assembly on the situation of Paris. M. Odilon Barrot said that at the sitting of Monlty direct provocations to revolt had been ad dressed to the people. On being defied to carry their trireats into execution their authors withdrew or exp!aitted them on Tuesday. It would now remain for justice to decide whether their explanations were sincere. Justice would visit with condign punishment those who had assumed, in the presence of Gal and men, the responsibility of the blood which might deluge Paris for the third time. This morning a degree of agitation manitested itself in certain quarters of the city. Revolutionary, illegal, and sediaous assemblages took place, in violation of all laws. rtizans of disorder and anarchy were mixed up with them. A few citizens dressed in the uniform of the National Guard also joined the groups, in which cries were uttered, and designs manifested to overturn the present Government, the offspring of universal suffrage. Those strange republicans for the third time assailed the Govern ment. The authorities, aware of their hostile inten tions against the Assembly, prepared means of repression. All the men entrusted with the peace of the city were at their posts. Those assemblages were dispersed, and vanished before the attitude, of the armed force. On separating, however, they announced that they would construct barricades, and he had reason to know that such an attempt bad been made. The Minister of the Interior was watching, and would apprise the Asssmbly of the march of events. For his part, he (M. Odilon Barrot) considered the circumstances sufficiently grave to de mand that the As,ienibly should constitute itself en per manence. (Approbation.) This measure was the more ii.dispensable, us it should be reedy to provide against every can ingency. It should evince neither we.diness our precipitation in the face of the enemies of the Leis.- If ve measures at the disposal of the Government were insufficient ti repress an armed insurrection, more energelic and rapid me-ins of re presion would be demanded. M. Odilun Barrot was preparing to quit the tribuw., when an officer handed hint a letter from M. ,Dutaure, Minister of the In terior, containing the following decree, which he submitted to the approbation of the Assembly : "In 'hh, name of the French people, the President of the Republic charges the President or the Council to preenr to the Legislative Assembly the following pr, ject w' law :—Consi.kring that L.,,n armed in,urrec tion, directed bgaiost the Constitutional power of the R pub to h t tKell place in Paris, and that it may ex tend to ott , er oities of France—considering the import ance of arming the Government with all the means LO insure the prompt and efficacious repres sion of that insurrection, to enforce respect for the laws, and maintain tL. Constitution : - " Article 1. The city of Paris and all the territory comprised within the first military division are de clared in a state of siege. " Article 2. That measures may be extended to the cities in which similar insurrections might take P lace and when the Prefects shall have establi s hed by a decree the fact of the revolt against the laws. Given at the Ely ;,63 Nationale, on the lath of June, 1849. (Signed) " Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. (Countersigned) " ODILON BARRoT, Minister of Justice. This communication was received with load ap plause by the Assembly. M. Lagrange next rose and said, that many of his colleagues of the Left had not received invitations to attend in time to be present. The letters having only been issued at two o'clock, he thought that so important a measure as the state of siege could not be discussed with closed doors, and in the absence of the reporters of the press ; and that the Assembly would not vote, under such circumstances, a resolu tion which must deluge the country with blood, and probably bring about the destruction of the Republic. This ari&ess produced a lively agitation. In one of the groups M. Taschereau and General Leydet were seen di•cussing with considerable animation, and when the former withdrew and proceeded towards his teat, the General made a movement as if he in tended to kick him. This gesture, which was per ceived by the whole Assembly, excited universal in dignation. Severed of the younger members of the Right, amongst whom we noticed M. de Morny, ad vanced with hostile intentions towards the General, 13 , 1)re whom M. Pears and several others of his friends placed themselve s to protect him. In the ipilst of Vie tumult, M. Pierre Bonaparte ran up to the tribune, and yaid that the General had yielded to a moveivent of vivacity which he was the first to deplo: - e, and begged lea v e to explain. Th e P resident, neverheless, called the General to order, who after wards muttered a few words of apology. T; • Assem .ly :subsequently, and by an almost unan•mous vo•e declared itself en permanence. Ittitß*4nvf*v,i9v next consulted the Chamber ;e 91,401 ‘,l fen cy of withdrawing into its mine the State of Siege Bill, a / 1 1 . 0.0Y0X 1 0 4 2 1= tre- , Left declared that, being en the „1344#000iAe s tart 4iitnessed the dispersion of an • 4.4%0: 4 40 15 5ttiiiiii , 411) by a charge of curtgry, and this was the only symptom of civil war he had seen. He accordingly thought that the proposed measure was useless. M. Dufaure, Minister of the - Interior, next de manded urgency. The furious provocations, he s id, contained in the journals, and which were unparal eled in the annals of the former revolution, rendered the measure indispensable. The greatest part of the population had remained deaf to them, but he re gretted to say another portion bad hearkened to them, and placed the Government in the cruel necessity of dispersing them by force. The rioters bad retired, crying to arms, and on some points shots were fired upon the troops, and barricades were erected. The G. vernment was anxious to be arm'd with means suffi ciently energetic to avoid a sanguinary repression, and to substitute the force of laws to the force of arms, and he trusted that the Assembly would im• mediately vote the Bill. The Assembly afterwards declared the discussion urgent, and retired into i►s bureaux. It is said that M. Etienne Arsgo has been arrested. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, JUNE 13.—1 n the sittings of the Sec , nd Chamber on Alondav a Royal Message was brought, accompanying a project of laws relative to the abolition of some extraordinary taxes in the Pro vince of Porabant. The project of law fixing the Royal expenditure to a certain sum, in lieu of the method hitherto pursued, was also brought under discu-sion. This project, which is contained in 102 printed pages, regulating the income of the Crown lands, &c., has given very great and general satisfaction. The First Chamber of the States General was to have re-assembled on the 12th June. DORD RECUT, JUNE 11 —The cholera here is still on the i ncrease. Since the Bth, 27 new cases have occurred, 11 of which proved fatal, and only six . recovered. Total since the commencement of the disease, 140. Deaths 74, recoveries 27, under treat ment 39. It is considered remarkable that an aged woman, 88 years old, who had a sex - loos attack of the cholera, is perfectly restored. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assemble , d at Five o'clock. TURNPIKE TRUSTS UNION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presentr d several petitions in favour of the Bill for the better protection of women. The Earl of MANSFIELD presented several petitions with a similar pray (r. CASE OF SMITH O'BRIEN. Lord CAMPBELL rose to draw their Lordships' im mediate attention to a most important subject. Their Lordships would recollect that lest year William Smith O'Brien had been tried and convicted for high treason, and sentenced to death. That judgment had bten brought before the Courts in Ireland, and ultimately be fore their Lordships, and had been affirmed. Thus the unfortunate convict was clearly liable to suffer that sentence of the law, but upon a merciful consideration of the case it was thought that his life might be spared, and an intimation was givtn that on condition of his being transperted for life his life would be spend. It might be thought that these conditioes would be accepted, but, on the contrary, William Smith O'Brien, while acknowledging his liability to suf fer death, declered that the Crown bad no power of making conditions, and refused tit eccept pardon under those conditions. lie had himselt no doubt but that the Crown already possessed the power ef enforcing this transportation; but as doubts bad arisen on the eubject, inasmuch as the Crown had the power of doing so in eases of treason and relowes in Eng• land, and in felonies in Ireland, yet it was contended that the Crown had ne such power as regard♦ d treason in Ireland. Although he believed the Crown did possess such power, yet, to prevent litigation, he proposed to introduce a Bill declaring and enacting that in cases of high treason in Ireland the Crown possessed the power of pard-ning or of substituting transportation for the puniehment of death.—(llear.) He proposed that it should be read a fi .st time to day, and he should move that it should be read a second time to morrow, end that. the standing orders be suspended, so that the Bill might be carried with as little delay as possible. L rd BROUGHAM, after paying a high c impliment to the Irish Judges for the manner in which they had conducted the trial, expressed his approbation of the count pursued be the Government in introducing this declaratory Bill, rather than wasting time in litigation. The conduct of the convict was the last act of vanity of a vain man. Ilad he had the least idea that be should have been taken at his word, and have been hanged, he would have gladly emdraced the offer made to him by the Government. The Earl of DEVON passed a high eulogium upon the manner in which the judges bad administered the law throughout the whole of the proceedings against Smith O'Brien and his companions. Lord DENMAN considered that there was no doubt whatever but that the Queen possessed the power of commuting the punishment of death fur trat,sportation in those cases, ard he also express , d hie high approbation of the manner in which the Irish judges and Irish juries had discharged their duty. The Bill was then lead a first time, and ordered to be read a second time tomorrow. CANADA. _ _ Earl GREY moved fur c4rtain papers relating to Canada, and expre,sed a hope that the Noble and Learned Lord would lay upon the table the terms ot the [notion of which he had given notice on this subject for Tuesday. Lord BROUGHAM would send the terms of the mo tion to the Noble Earl in the course of the evening. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. The Earl of CARLISLE gave notice that be should move the second reaqing of the Parliam,utary Oath* Bill on Tuesday, the 26th instant. PETITIONS. Earl STANHOPE presented several petitions, com plaining of agricultural distress, and praying for the re. enactment of the corn laws. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Fur o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The following Bala were ri:ad a third time and passed:— Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North Western Railway Companies (Transfer cr Interest in the Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour. and Dock, and Regulating Management of the Ut dertaking) Renfrewshire Justice of Pease Courts Bill. Surrey and Sussex Roads (smendment of Acts and Alteration of Toils) Bill. We.tht ad's Pat , it (tor Improvements in Manufactur ing Fur into Fabrics) Bid. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The following Bills were considertd and agreed to:— East Lauda:lire Railway Acts Am , -ndinent and De viation (Connt-cting Linea in Preston and Walton le Dale, &c.) Bill. Irish South-Eastern Railway (Amendment of Acts) Bill. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension of Ash ton Branch, of Clifton Branch, Sc; SECOND READING. The Great Indiau Yeuin.ula Hallway Company Bill was read a seoubd time, m 4 ortivred to be committed. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1849. YETI LIONS. Mr. WILLIAMS prysenied a petition from a place in Wales pi ing the House to take steps to prevent cler gymen from being appointed to Welch bishoprics who were not co nversant with the Welch language. FAGAN presented a petition from Cork praying the Rothe to take steps to investigate the sufferings of the Irish people. Mr. THOR NELY presented a petition in favour of internarional arbitration. Mr. FORSTER presented a petition to the same effect. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a. petition from the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, praying that no alteration may be made in the present marriage law of Scotland. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from Taunton preying for the establishment of a county-rate board. Mr. BATESON presented a petition praying for an alteration of the Irish poi. law. Mr. B. OSBORNE presented a petition from the Pro testant Dissenters of Brentford praying the House to abolish war. tition from B r i g ht on o Captain PECHELL presented a p in favour of the Bill for the Preve ntion of Cruelty t o Animals. Mr. W. BROWN presented a petition from a plac e in L&ncashire, praying fo r the establishment of financ ial county boards. Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that he would to morrow present a petition from the House of Ast,embly at Jamaica, and also a petition front the West Indian body in this country. RETURN. Mr. BREMRIDGE moved for an address for return of the number of additional Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy appointed for the country districts, under the Act 5 and 6 Vict. 122; of the names of such Com missioners, and the dates of their respective appoint ments, and the district to which each Commis s ioner has been appointed ; the number of sittings in each week in every district court for tf e last five years, and the num ber of hours occupied at each sitting; and the amount of salary paid to each Commissioner.—Agreed to. PROGRESS OF PUBLIC BUSINESS. Mr. DISRAELI took that opportunity, as he had stated to the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) the other night, of making some inquiry respecting the probable progress of a number of measures during the remainder cf the session; and perhaps the House would permit bins to refer to a document which had been put before Par liament as one of the principal reasons which had induced him to make those inquiries. It appeared by a Parliamentary return of the business of last session, that in the month of June there were 19 Goeetntnent Bills introduced, of which 13 passed; that in the month of July there were 33 public Bills introduced, of which 26 passed; and that so late as in the month of August 42 public measures were in introduced, of which 35 passed—(Hear, hear)—so that in the months of June, July, and Angus', 94 public Bills were introduced, and 74 were passed, the greater proportion of which passed in the month of August. He believed it wan the feeling of the House, and he was • sure it was the feeling ot the Government, that, it was by no means desirable that the general conduct of business in that House should afford a premium to precipitate legislation. At that moment, he ob , ,erved that the Government had intro duced dating this session 64 Bills, 32 ut which had passed, two of which had th en witndrawn, and 30 still remained on the table ot the Reuse. As that was nearly the middle of the month of June, and as they could for some conception now of what probably may be passed during the remainder of the session, he tbonght it - was most Important to inquire of the Govern ment wi.eat were their intentions with respect to the 30 Bills now on the table of the li use. —(Liver, hear.) There were eleven on the table with respect to Ireland, 01 which six only had been read a aecoed time. There aaa the Pour Relief Bill, the. Qua -I.fication or Voters Bill, the Election and Pollie.g Paces Bill, the Estates Leasing Bill, the Dublin Rates Collec tion 13111. the Dubdu Improvemeet Bill, the Irish County Cess Bill, the Municipal Cot porations Bil, the Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bin, and the Punishment for Assault Bill. Six ot these had passed a second reading Ile would remind the House that 16 Government measures respe sting Ireland had a e:1 pass. d during the session, and after that he thought he might legitimately .nquire whether it was the serious inteetion ot the Neble Lord to proceed, fur example, with the Qualifica tion of Votes Bill and the Election and Polling Places (Ireland) Bill, which was conni cod with the preceding one. The Noble Lord, be w-s litre, would agree with him that this inquiry was upon a subject of the highest interest and impor tance—(Haar hear.) 'I he House would agree with him, that it was of the utmost importance that those Bills should not be proceeded with at the fag end of the session; and he hoped the Noble Lord would consider it cousisient with his duty to tell the House explicitly whether he intended to proceed this session with those two important measures with regard to Ireland to which he had adverted. There was another class of measures connected with Scotland. He was not very familiar with the details of those measures, but they appeared on the lace of them and trim their titles to be measures of very great in ter -st.—(Hear, hear.) There were at that moment tax m asures in almost the first stage with respect to Seo lat d. He thought it was nut unreasonable to inquire of the Government—and he thought Scotch M. misers must take an irverest in the inquiry —(Hear, hear)—which of those Bills it was intended to proceed with. and when they would probably proceed with them? But be-ides those two important classes of Irish and Scotch Bills, there was a third more numerous an.l still wore important ela-s of Bills remaining on the tA)le , which he might call miscellaneous hills. He found in that the Clergy Relief Bill, the' Charitable Trusts Bill, the Administration of Justice in Metropolitan Dis tricts Bill, the Ecclesiastical Ciimmissione Bill, the Joint-Stock Cempanits Amendment Act fur 1848, the General Quarter sessions Procedure Bill, the Stiek-in • Trade Exemption Bill, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Rill, the Loan Societies Bid, the Marriages Abroad Bill, Railways Amendment Act, the India Desertion Bill, and l c St, but not least in importance, making 11 Bills, ti a Australian Colonies Bill. Now, he might very fairly inquire of the Noble' Lord which of those 30 meat urea he intended to proceed with ? It was certainly of great importance that the House should understand whether or nu, tor instance, the ,Australian Colonies Bill would be proceeded with, and when. He should have great objection to a measure of that importance being introduce d at the end of August or even late in July.—(Hear, hear.) He should be sorry to see an important Bill sent up to the other House of Parliament on the Ist ot teptembe r, which happened last 3 ear. There was another question tow hich he wished to invite the attention of the Noble ',Tel—namely, whe ther the Noble Li rd had taken into consideraiion any method by which that spirit of precipitate legislation, to which tie (Mr. Disraeli) had re fined, might be re- Larded in that House, and prevented for the future. He wished lei know whether tie tied any objection to support a regulation which should define the term tor the introduc tion of public Bills, similar to that established with refer ence to the introduction of private Bills. It would be ad visable to know at; the centmet cement of each session the Lumber of Bills on all subjects which, on a fair prescience of public affairs, Government, before Parlia ment met, or in au early period of the session, ehouid feel that they might be called on to legislate.—(Hear.) Mr. E. B. RUCHE said the I:ish Members had been iirouosed at the early part of the session a Bill by the Government for the amendment 01 the grand jury saetn in Ireiansl. lie wished to know whether it was to be be ought in this session or nut. He trusted that nothing might interfere to prevent the House tak• g steps, shooed it be necessary, to pass measures to alleviate the apprehended sufferings of tne people of eland. Lord J. RUSSELL was obliged to the Hon. Gentle man for putting the questions he had. He quite agreed with him that they should not take important measures at a late priod of the session; but he did not think the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Roche) heed be under any appre henston that the session would be unduly diminished in its length.—“ Laughter.) Only last week 480 Members voted in one division, and it was but reasonable to suppose, judging from this, that at le sat 500 Memberi were in town. Therefore it could not at present be said that there was such a paucity ut attendance on the part ot Ron. Members as to leed to the conclusion that the House could not property proceed with the business . before it. Fur this reason, and for others, he should postpone any reply with regard to some of the measures about which the Honourable Gentle man had inquired; but before the Ist of July he should be prepared to state what curse the Government in tended to pursue. Ile should first enumerate the im portant measures which the Government felt it their duty to proceed with. It would be naturally expected that the Irish Poor-law should be the first. They u led tone t i hiasiedGuguss , inoarktxhitoioitri-tdtotho Monday glyshent,Teexbnto,itti Committee gasnhhde. u d upon it: it not much p stood r ogr fur discussion s er he p t o u r t p h o e s o e pd taking d i a t s t r h s e p first ds with it as its importance would allow. With respect to the observations of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Roche) with respect to apprehended famine, he had to state that though there was doubtless a partial failure ot the potato crop, they did not justify very serious apprehen sloes with rest:act to it.—(Efear.) The Government felt it necessary to proceed with the Municip:l Bill for the relaxation of rates. In regard to the Scotch measures, he had to observe, that the Marriage and Registration Bills had already passed through the other House, and were ready for consideration in that House, and he trusted these Bills would be proceeded with this session as he did not think they could accuse Scotland of occu pyisig any great portion of their legislation.—(He=ar.) ihe same remark would at ply to the Bankruptcy Bill which though not a Government measure was neverthe less ot an important character.—(Hear, near.) As it would consolidate many existing laws he was sanguine enough to h. pe that it would not occupy so much time as the H. use might conceive. He proposed to read the 13W a second time on Monday, and that it should thin be entrusted to a Committee of Gentlemen acquainted with commerce, and the working of the bankruptcy laws, who tie trusted would come to a satis factory result with respect to it. It would be necessary in .Supply to ask fur the whole of the grunt to the Irish Colleges. He proposed to oo so when the estimates carne on. Tne Ordnance Estimates. the Honourable Gentleman was aware was not yet taken, they would ,ccupy sometime. With respect to the Bills which he did not intend to pr teed with, he might sty that they did not intend ter proceed with the Irish Franchise Q aalification Bill and Polling Pieces Bill- With regard to rite other Bill to which the Hon. Gen tleman had alludec', although they were numerous. many ut them were Bilis relating to former acts already passed, and with ri spect to which no doubt there would be very little dtscussiou. The great importance of some of the other measures by no means formed a good reason for posip.ning them, iu the event ot their going beyond the month of July. It' it were the opinion ot the House that these Bills were sound in principle, and required but trifl.ng alteration, it would ut course be for the public benefit that they should not be de lay ed in subsequent stages by the absence of Ilootiuratole Members. With regard to the suggestion which the Honourable Gentleman had made, that public measures should not be Introduced after a certain day, in the same manner as plivate Bills, be cer tainly could nut assent to that proposal. He felt as strongly as any one that the public business suffered by the dispatch of measures in August, when there was but a smell attendance in both Houses of Parliament, while he e.cimi.ted that no less inconvenience would arise from Members bring kept away from their different local duties, but if they were to adopt such a rule its inconvenience would be very soon felt. There were instances where Bills had been brought in on an emergency such as those which related to the peace of the nation. For instance, with regard to the peace of Ireland, he trusted it would not be necessary in the course of she present session to ictroduce a measure o vw f ehe a isci r he e le s i t t r te ic ,v t aa i d v s e ha n rr a eo t p u to r os e ed , s b u u ctho t should occasion arise for the introductionebobserve e rve tthat measure,o th f e s r u e c w h e a sonemade easrl uauy i l er t .e o would be quite ins marine, which it was desirable shou t :: d ifee t t e ed te before m alluded to the Bill for the regulation ot the mercantile t t o h e s p a a y r: i withwhom be next consideredse ssession; he reg it ar e Mr. M. O'CONNELL understo l o t d the asse Noble —ik L ar o .) ti fur ( t h e r im provement Ireland, that it was not his intention to wo ceed with it this session; but the Noble Lord miade a reservation as to measures of a coercive nature.-- (Oh, ob I) Would the Noble Lora be good enough to state what he intended to do in reference to the im portant question of the relation between landlord and tenant in Ireland?—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL was afraid there would not be time to consider the. question his session. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Mr. HUME, in reference to the former subject, Member for Buckingham observed that the Honourable relative to the state of the had given notice of a motion re would lose nu nation. He hoped the Hon. Gentleman • on the table of the Hume, time in laying his resolution financial position of and that it would embrace the and a laugh.) He begged to the country.—(Hear, hear, e Noble &ere rep-at his question to ith reference s to the nary for Foreign Affairs, Was the Noble Lord French expedition to Rome. immunicstions whit h prepared now to produce all the et on the subject? had passed betw Englaud and France Lord PALMERSTON would lay on th e table to morrow the communications which had passed between the Pope's representative at Paris and her 'Majesty's Gov. but with Gov. rnment and the reply of GhTerlllnen regard to the communications which bad passed be• tween her Majesty's Government and the Govern- , Govern ment of France, he though; the House a nd the ( e.asilituPseroemheadimtpuorbtaenrcteo, Hon. G , utleman would agree with him, that in the prrse-nt State of thing- in France, it would be more pro per that he should sibstain from laying before the Howie matters which professed coutnin the views of the French Guy. rnment on the subject to which the nourable Gentleman r..temd, utd ave it for the French Government ,0 sotto their i.veu case.—(Cheers.) BRI visit GUIANA. Lord J. RUSSELL wi,hed to know whether it was the intention of the Hon. Member for Montro-e to press ly.s amendment with respect to British Guiana, on the motion for going into Supply to morrow? Such a course was unusual, Especially as it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exche quer to-m , .rrow evening to bring for., ard his Budget He had received only yesterday a long letter from th Governor of B, itish Guiana, in answer to certain in quiries which he made of Lim before he lest th► country, and he stared that he had pate most serious attention to the con•tnu ion of tto colony, but as he tad not suffictently maturt d his opi nions, he did ID , t think it prop •r to give them i❑ an official shape. He (Lord J. Russell). at the same time. conceived the views contained in that letter were o' very great importance, but did not think it advisable a , prusent to lay them before the House lie hoped th. Hon. Gentleman would nut proceed with his amend meta. . . _ Mr. DUNIE admitted that it was an unusual circunt stance to make such an arnendrnem, but he was placed in an unusual situation, and prcbant) the history of the British colonies did rot record an instance 0! anything like that which was now taking plae. in British Guiana. There was a dispute between the constituted authorities and the Colonial-office, and the Committee to whom the matter was referred had come to no rtecision; the cons( quence was, that all sup plies in the colony were stripped, and he was anxiotn. that the Ilcuse should o me to a decision, aye or no, upon the matter before the pacittet lit on the 16Th inst. He would withdraw his amendment if the Government would fix a day for the discussion to cone on. Lord J. RUSSELL did not think the Government was called upon to fix a day for the lion. Member. BALLINASLOE UNION. Mr. CONOLLY rose to ask the lion. Baronet the Secretary tor the Hume Department whether he bait seen a paragraph which appeared in onii of the leading public journals, attributing the horrors of the B u ilin a . sloe Union to a Noble Relative of his (Mr. Conolly'b) own, Lord Clancarty? bir G. GREY said he was happy to state that he had seen a letter in ore of the newspapers of this morning on the subject of the Ballinaslue Union which spoke in the highest terms of praise of the conduct of Lord Clan carty in reference to the unfortunate state of things in that union. Ile (Sir George Grey) could add that hi had never beard Lord Clancarty spi ken of but with the most unqualified reepect and esteetu.—(Hear, hear.) BISHOPWEARMOUTH RECTORY. In answer to a question by Mr. LIORSMAN, Lord J. RU6SELL said he must reserve, for the present, stating what proceLdings he meant to take with respect to the rectory of Bishopwearmouth. The Bishop bad made certain proposals, which had been considered its Couticil, aid bud been submitted to the law officers of the Crown. When definitely settled he would sure the result to the House. RETURNS FltOll THE BOARD OF TRADE. Mr. DISRAELI inquired it the Hon. Gentleman th.. President of the Boats of Tr..de uld exp am to hue the mysterious delay that had occurred in printing and circulating a return which had been moved fur eight days ag, ? Mr. LABOUCHERE reminded the Hon. Gentleman that when returns were laid on the table of the House, they were beyond the controul of the Board of Trade. He was surprised at. the del. y. and %. °old make inquiry b - UPPLY.-BRITISH GUINEA. Sir R. Pi EL appealed to the Hon. Mtumer to allow Supply to have precedence of his motion to morrow night. Mr. HUME said, by the leave of the House it was hit, intention to bring oa tha motion as it stood on the paper. TH:.I ADMISSION OF STRANGERS AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE PROLEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. J. O'CONNELL inquired when the Noble Lord int nthd to bring on his motion with respect to the ap poiqtment of a Committee upon this subj.-et, and if the propriety of rescinding the rules against the publication of the debates would be referred to it. Lord J. RUSSELL prop .sed to bring on the motion in its regular order as it s:oud on the paper for tonight. He meant to refer the question as to the propriety of rescinding the rules against the publication of the tie bates to the consideration of the Committee, who would report upon it. THE NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. LABO COHERE said the Navigation Bill Amend ment had come down from the other Route almost in the shape in which it went up. One very trivial amendment had been made, and he trusted the House would at once accede to the Bill as it now stood. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that the amendment be now considered. Mr. HERRIES regretted that the House of Lords had introduced so few amendments into this fatal measure. Had those changes their Lordships had made been more extensive, he should have agreed to them with greater. pleasure. He had op- posed the measure throughout, and he still retained his objection to it, and though he hoped those who had introduced it would not soon have cause to re. gret the proposing of the Bill, he was very much afraid that a very short time would prove the apprehension of its opponents, that it would result in disaster to the commercial interest 'of the country, to be well loanded.—(llear, hear.) Captain HARRIS thought it would be better to pro vide for the manning of the navy in a bona fide measure than by the proviso which the Lords had introduced into this Bill. Mr. WA WN inquired if it were the intention of Go vernment to introduce any measure fur the amelioration of the shipping interest? Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that he hoped to lay on the table of the House a Bid which should be the luun• itati,n for a permanent improvement in the condition of that interest. _ .vir. HU.IE remarked, that when this Bill pissed an assurance was given by the Government that such bur dens as the timber duties, the marine insurance duties. which were borne by the shipping interest, and not by the foreigner, should be abolished. It would, therefore, have been more satisfactory had the Right Hun. Gen- Litman given them some hope of the Bill being passed this session, instawd of a promise to lay it on the table.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. L A BOUC; HE RE was ignorant of any such pledge having been given. He wis anxious to pass the Bill to which he bed referred at the earliest possible period. but he was afraid there would not be time to do su in the present session.—(Hear.) The amendments were then considered and agreed to. (LEFT SITTING.) Mr. Peto paired with Mr. D. addington (naldon) on the County Hate Bat. CRP-KET.-(THIS DAY.) THE MARYLEBONE CLUB (WITH lIILLYER AND DIVER) V THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. This match c mmeliced this merphig. The following is the score up hi six iiclock this .voning : UNIVERSITY FIRST INNINGS. E. Blauds—c Fi zwilliam, b Diver 10G. 5 11. ,‘ I H. ;N: . N a r j Kl b e i i ie - 11 Y r r g, i n p .E s e E s r s , ci l s ': q.. li s , b b .. H .. D i veriuy 21:3, W. E. Barnett, Esq - 7 c Gowan, b Hillyer 5 A. Potter, Esq.—b 14 J. Leith, Esq.—s Gowan, b ... 1 E. W. Blore, Esq b er ... 15 Fenn, Esq.—b F. Walker, Esq.—not out ... Byes, 15; w, 1; n b, 17 Total ... ... 106 MARYLEBONE FIRST DININGS. C. Esrom, Esq.—run out ••• ••• •• I A. Ilagyarth, Esq.—run out Diver—run out ... ••• 15 Hillyer—c Blayds, b Blare ... 4 E. Edwards, Esq.—b Potter M. Go vs an, Esq. b Blore 0 Lord Guernsey—b Blore 0 Hon. C. Fitz-wiwam—e King, la Store ... 10 F. Calvert, Esq.—c ,lenytis b Potter ... ... 0 S. T iylur, E,q —not out ... 1 T. Ince, Esq.—s Walker, b Potter ... ... 3 Byes 2, wide 4 Total... ••• •• „„ 53 UNIVERSITY SECOND LININGS. E. Blayds—b Ilillyer ••• .•• "' i g J. Walker, Esq.— no t ou t ... •••• ••• "• K. T. King, Esq.—not out ... 1 - 6 - E. W. Blurs, Esq.— c H a y gar th, b Direr Byes 3, nb, I ••• 4 Total... .. ... ... ... 57 BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—WOMBWELL'S ELE PHANT.—It is stated by p* rsons who have just come down from Coventry, that Mr. Wombwell's son has been most seriously injured, if not kilted, by one Of the ele phants with that portion of the collection now iv the above ciry. It appears that the menagerie left Birming ham on Sunday last, at:d reached Coventry in the course of the day, for the annual fair. Owing to some cause the keeper. of the elephant was dismissed, and Mr. Womb, well, jun., took upon himself the care of the animal. About mid-day he went to feed hi n, when, being out of several van app p a and his death tr-roper, it is supposed in cons• querce of a short,delay in a re rt u s tiy of in M a r. ht : e o li m s b s ll e tis body, after which he feeding him, he became furious, and ran his tusks into beat him dreadfully with his trunk. Assiatunce was im mediately rendered, and he was removed from the card has been reported. REPORTED APPEARANCE OF CHOLERA IN MAN cHEErER.— A case or coolera was reported by the police to have occurred in Manchester on Su, day, which proved latal. Th e (It ct.ased wus a man of colour, of pugilistic tame, and was known by the name of Jimmy 11. , binson, or "Norley's Pet," and he was under training at the time at a beerhouse in R-dfern-street- A case is also reported to have occurred in Eccles, five miles from Manchester, last week; but in both these instai.c: a (if i they wer e rea l cases of Asiatic c h o l era ) T h e par es ap pear to have predisposed tht mselves to such attacks by h in Uri PENZANCE. J UNE 1 2.—A O great angularity and i m p ru d en ce in their m a n ner o f Jamaica. Orr , `-c11.1,Y, JUNE 10.—Mouniaineq (of Poole) New fouudlind. GLOUCESTER, JUNE 13.—Atalanta, Quinn, St. John's, New Brunswick, liNSTITUTIONT OF CIVIL EN GINEERS. TUESDAY. JUNE 12. 1849. (JOSHUA FIELD E.q , in the Chair.) Tr,e first paper resat was A Description of Con sit-nettt n ot a Collar, Root; with arched trusse, of bent ilnb r, at East Horsoiey Parii," by the Right Hun. the Earl of Lovi.lace. As-tic. C. E. Ili, root, which cuv , red a hall of fifty-six feet long by twenty• tour feet wide, was describ. d as being stis tattled by four arched trusses, springing from stone cor bels. Th.- ribs of these were each c. mpoaed of ft ur wyers of deals, three inches thick bent to the r.quir.d t. , rtn by. steam heat. All the wouldihg. surrounding the tracery were al,o bent t•. the required .OIMS in the same mane: r, thus giving great stye itg.h anu lightness, as welt a , pett..rtni, , g tt , c w.. 1 It won g•e a ter ec.•J u tuiy ul tabour. The tr..ccry was cut out tr•-w two hick or-see. halt an ineh each. ..t tub wave oak, glut d r get hem, with the fibrt s at right angles to each othar, which ti the Cann g, aid gave g►eater strength to the tnintlle ttacrty. Tht was formed of half-inch diagonal board ing, and as the slate ban. ns crossed it in a hor , zontal oirection. the rout was strung!) braced against the action of wind, and the slanting of the alternate boards gave a pless►eg variety of effect. Thi. kind of construction was first suggested by Col. Emv, in hi,o work on ('arpeutr), but he at plied it to much flatter roo s of Lige rpan, whereas J. , rd 11,ve tace's intention was to do- monstrate its applicatii y to roots for edifices in the pointed and Tudor styles, and t o show that great advantage would result 'rum t ending , itubers rather than cutting them to the requisite forms ; that the thrust of the root might be entirely taken from the upper part of the wath, and carried tar down them, and that such a construction might be adop•ed as would satisfy every condition of solidity, and, at the same tia.e admit of considerable decoration. In the discussion which ensued, the ingenuity of the design and of the mode of execution of the roof, %pre equally approved, and the Noble Earl was deservedly complimented for the motives which inouced him to bring to the institution the account of one of his works. The second ; r was a•• Statement of Observations made on the Initial and Terminal Velocities .f Trains in descending Inclined Planes," by Captain W. Moursom, M. List. C. E. The observations were 82 in number, and were made du►ing the ordinary passing of trains on the Waterford cnd Killt.-nny Railway, the gauge of which is 5 feet 3 inches, over two adjoining inclines, each falling at the late of 1 in 100 for upwards of a mile and a• halt, with a short interineatate level between them. • The speed at which the descent was begun varied from 20 to nearly 44 wiles per hour, and the leads varied from 32 to 94 tons. 01.0 of the plains presented for the greater part of its lenght two. curves of a, radws of 1 and 11.6 miles re speciirely, and the other plane was straight for part of its length, but contained a curve of miles radius. The general results in the mere curved plane were, that initial velucities of 20 to 30 miles per hour, at the top of the place, became terminable at vel. eities of 24 to 28 mtl..s per hour; and on the straighter plane the same initial velocities became terminable between 29 and 31 miles per hour. Again, on the more curved plane, initial velocities be tween 30 and 40 miles per hour, became terminal at ve locities het wt en 294 and 31f miles per hour; and on the straighter plane ti.e :awe maid velocities became, ter minal at 304 to 31 miles per hour. Initial velocities above 40 miles per hour were noted only upon the mere curved plane, and became terminal at 30 to 31 miles per hour. There did not appear to be any constant proportion betwet n the load in motion and the terminal vel cit) ; but the latter appeared to be de pendant more upon inittai velocity tbau upon the weight ur character of frontage of the trains. The general practical conclusion was deduced, that the question of gouge had little or nothing to do with ter minal velocity derived from gravity, and that the views generally entertained by eegmeers, during past years, of the great ree,iat..nees experienced by trains at high velocities wet e borne out by the observations recorded in the paper. The proceedings of the evening concluded with a paper by Lieut. Col. Hwy D. Jones, R. E., M. Inst. C. E, descriptive or the bridge at ALhlone, erected under the auth, rity of the Shannon Commissioners, from the de signs of Mr. Rood-s. M. Inst. C. E. "The paper cescr bed the great diffit!ulties experienced from the rush of water into the ceffer-dams, through the porous gravel stratum in which they were placed, and ,he ingenious modes of overcoming these impediments. The bridge, of three arches ef stone, and one of iron, the latter having the means of opening for the naviga tion, was fully:describ. d, and was admitted to be not old) a beau hull struerure, but to have been built tor a small sum (about 24,0001.) considering its extent. A beautiful set of drawings, and the printed specifications for the work, illustrated the paper. The paper announced to be read at the meeting of Tuesday, June 19, was " On the employment of High pressure Steam for Marine Engines," by Mr. John Sea ward, M. Inst. C. E. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, LORD Wlr CHILSEA, LORD CARDIGAN, CAPTAIN DOUGLAS AND ThE BULL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Silt,—On considering the case of Captain Douglas I cannot avoid cemieg to the conclusion that great injus tice has been done to that gentleman. Amusing himaeli with others by pistol practice on the ramparts of one or the Channel islands, a bull happened to be shot. and an investigation was instituted by the civil and military authorities to a-ct.rtain who shot the animal. Captain Douglas avoided eritninating himself; he availed himsell of a privilege posses - ed by every British subject, and for so doing he was arraigned Before a general cout t.mai toil and pronounced guilty of " conduct unbecoming the cha racter of an officer and a gentleman." Had .he penalty fur shooting the bull been merely to remunerate the owner for the damage done to his property, I have no doubt Captain Douglas would willingly have done so at once, but there exists (I know, and my pocket c.n testify to the fact) a most severe law in the Channel islands respecting the destruction of property. For instance, if a man breaks a lamp in the stret, he i, not only obliged to pay for that lamp, but for every one which hots beer. destroyed since the last lampbreaker was convicted; and the same with bull, and 1 presume with cows also. Had Captain Douglas been convicted by the civil power of the offence of shooting the bull iu question, he would doubtless have had to pay for every one of that genus of animals which had come to an untimely end since the lust unauthorised destroyer was convicted. There there fore exist'•d a much mote cogent reason for Captain Douglas to have wade the most of the position in which his thoughtlessness had placed him tbau p.:.rsons tot acquainted with the customs of the Chained islands would suppose. Let me be fully understood. It it ap peared to me that he was actuated by a desire to avoid remunerating the owner of the hull, I would be the last person to advocate his cause. Even then the moral tur pitude would not be in the instances upon which the charges against him were framed. Had the Duke of Wellington succeeded in shooting Lord Winehils:e.s, would not bib Grace have considered it a cruel hardship had he been tried by a general court-mat tial for "con duct unbecoming the chstracter or an officer and a gen Hemet," without he did net confess that he had done so? And who supposes that his Grace would have made the admission? Lord Cardigan. Lieutenant-Colonel of' Prince Albert's Jussars, was tried by the House of Lords fur woundin g Mr. Harvey Tuckeit by shooting him, and plead.-a " Not guilty." By a parity ot the reasoning that obtained in C.ptitin Douglas's case should not his Lordship have been tried by a general court-martial for "conduct un becoming the character of an officer and a gentleman" in having falsely stated in the Hous. of Lords that he did not wound the said Mr. Harvey Tuckett ? But, to conclude my ob,ervations and questions Shouid her Britannic Majesty be disposed to inn ate the. Homan Justinian, and appoint commissioners to pre pare a military code tram collections previously made, as well as from intermediate decisions, it would not, in my opinion, fail to strike a modern Tribonian that th.- addition of an article of war similar to the following► is I ssendally requisite to preserve officers who may here after chance to shoot bulls from the dilemma of being convicted of conduct unbecoming the characters ot officers and gentlemen by courts-martial:— "PROPOSED ADDITIONAL ARTISLE OF WAR. "Any officer who snail shout or wusud a man shal I be permitted to avail himself of his privilege as a British subjvct in not being required to criminate himself; but it ail officer shall shoot or wound a bull, and it he shall avoid or evade being led into an admission of having shot or wounded the bull, or. if he shall not at once dis close and discover to the authorities, civil and military, the whole and every pert of his participation in showing or wounding the bull, he shall be accused of falsehood, arraigned bel,re a general court martial, and upon conviction of all or either of the aforesaid offences shall be cashiered." June 8. AN OLD OFFICER. ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY.--A general meet ing of the governors of this charity was held dayyester xir. J. A morning in the ir . A g in a s ttheDispe c t h is a ary •hoursteer th , Alde usualers ate. l s o . rin ree ti t i proceedings of reading the micutes, &c., the chairman, referring to the report of the committee, expressed some anxiety at the rapid increase of patients and applicants for relief. From the Ist of January to the lit lit Match, 1849, there were 4,572 patients, and from the let et March up to that time there had been 4 024, being nearly at the rate of 18,000 per year. This did not arise from unusual prevalence of disease, for the report of their apothecary on that head stated that no disease was pecu liarly predominant, and that all of them in the city of London were of a mile character; but it arose from the institution being the oldest, the largest, and the most ct ntrul of all institutions of a simitat nature; and it Wtr:6 a well-known tact that a great many patients r,-iu,ed to go to any other institution, rather preferring to remain , sithout attendance. '1 heir funds were perkctly iiiade. quate to meet this great demand, and being wawa ing to retrench their charitable exertions, they had no alter native but to present the emergency to the public, and to a pp ea l to the adsoc,icy of the press in aid of the oldest and most useiul institution of its ki44 in or near the metropolis. The efficient nature of the services they had rendered had caused this great influx of patients. who flocked to the dispensary from within a circle of tees ty miles round it; and though the c(lnmittet. were unwillin to refuse ant, they were paiiiludy alive to the fact that their expenditure exceeded their in,.ore... on an average of 3501. per annum. The r. port also mentioned the precautions taken by the committee to insure irritant attendance on cases of diarrhea, and diseases of the bowels. No obj‘clion was ..if rid to the reception- of this document, several gentlemen corroborating, from their own experience, some of the facts above stated. The meeting separated atter thanking the chairman. NEWPORT, Jura 13.--Wind N.E.---61d. George Tur ner, Portland, United Staters.. - THE IMPROVIDENCE OF A PEOPLE. in the eyes of foreighers we are a wealthy, money making, provident pm.; le. We labour unceasingly with our hands and with our heads; we amass wealth, we support cur chat iiios with a nainiticence r.-d+ erns, in a great ttivasure. the r,fitiement and amount of our vic• a; our iag-aies fl at in every sea, we are call. d into and t way tl:e coonci s of other nations, greater in extent, but w. ak , r in pow.r, and the sun nev,r goes down upon our vast possessions, hut shines perennially upon them; yet we are nut, as a people, prot id. nt. The snit stlrritg sounds of music from the palace tall upon the . ar of !ha wretch langulahing in i.overty at d rags upon his pallet, ,„,. e n is the proximity of w. alth and squalor—u (mixt, and the highw ays f the sist. r isle, men, w0t114.-ti. and es., wine..r lives have ti.,•tt one (talk, bitter. night of agony and suffering, unelle qw-red by the slightest gleam of auu hint, the amount Ti extent of which uo pen c,u pa iit, lie (town and di. of aid tatnine; th• u,a1,(1., bete wai and to want wth k is to IA ant bread, I. eigit g, aro raimtn'; )et are we an improvident peeVe, when v , e have the weal sofb. it g provident To hear that a man ha , did and kit his w !hint a farthing— I. them to cliai.ce—o, live or perish an) whet c; in the w.t k house, in the prism. or tt e street, is so common aL oc• current e 1111 r.. t to be reparchd us , tich ga shoidd. a, he- ult. gral parts of a dt,vst.r, e inch in 11)e aggr. get amounts to a national esda why ! Forecast and (tit M. ItSG prudence would obviate this to a vast extent. Ihe mass of the teople possess no capital save their la our, and the sustenance- which it produces may, the next moinEnt, be impaired or taken a, ay altoge,ther. It becouo s therefore the absolute duty of the pm , rest t • provid , , in howe..v.r slight a degree, for the suprrt of hiit•sett and his family in ti-at seas -n of helplessness which c, mes upi.n men when they least xpect such a visitati , n. 'the curtailment of some slip lit enjoy ink nt—a glass of beer, or a "screw" less a da)-- w“ul‘i enable a man of twenty • five years of ag , - to pro vide, by the aid of those humane establishments wt leti have bet n formed for the accomplishment of so much good—the assurance offices of the metropolis--501. to his tenuity on his death, or a Swan annuity when he reaches a gtv , n age. The assurance of life has been esteemed by the ignorant a luxury, which the opulent classes alone could purchase. It is obvious, from what we have said, that not o',ly is life assurance within the meats of the humblest mechanic, but that from the precarious natur, of their subsistence and the poverty which their decease would entail upon those they must leave behind them, it is more incumbent upon them to make some pro , vision, however small, for the future, than say other class ut society! _ _ _ The mda whose thoughts do not extend beyond the mere gratification of the wants of the day is on a par with toe mere animal; forecast shows the mastery over the lower passions of our nature; it is our duty, there fore, to exercise it to the hest 0 , our ability; and, as we have said, there are tew who cannot do so. Life assur ance, let it bo born© in mind, is a barricade thrown up against the foul tiends—want and misery ! Again: but a small portion of the industrious classes seem alive to the fact that few homes are worth more tLen the amount of the accumulated rent for ten years. By becoming a mi mter of a Building and Investment Society he may buy a house outright for the ten years' tent; the money is furnished by the society; be mort gages the Louse to it as security for hi , pay meta of the nt to it for about ten years, it is then delivered up to him intact—it is his tor ever! The n2nss of the people know nothing of the advan tages to be thus 4 brained. Let those whose attention his not been wrested by these simple facts pause ere they are beyond their reach. They earn money, and they spend it all; show them how they can be pro yids lit—give them tin interest in their labour beyond s , _pplying the mere wan , s of the present hour. and you crews: better ctriz , us, beit r morals, and, at the same time, a s•:cial police. who, having - something to lose would array themselves against the reckless and the tur bul.nt h,r the common benefit and potection of all. " Proctastibation is the thief of time;" the boldest and the strorgest of en go down into the valley of death le fore the weak and dying;—the head of a family, %ieu , labour brings present comfort and huppitiess.—whose death would bring misery and agony—unfathomable wretchedness,—may be stricken down among the d, ad this night. Let those who would lessen the agony of the throes of death recollect that they must work out 04 it own redemptioh; and that if they deter the preoration tor the work until the back is bowe and the head is bleached, the effort will be vain and ftuitltss. They will thus add to the pains of the deathbed the wild agony of despair—the thought that, by the smallest expenditure of moth y in earlier life, that despair would not have taken the place of huppitiess and peace, and that those for whom they were bound to protide by every law, human and divi , e, would have been left in comfort in stead of in de plorahle wretchedness !— The Reporter and Savings' Banks Advocate. YEDES 1 RIANIS M. THE MATCH TO LEAP 500 HURDLES —The trial of activity, spr ed, and strength, between J. Sullivan and J. Thomas. wherein they agreed to hap 500 hurdles, three feet six inches high, and each hurdle twenty yards distant from the preceding one, for 25 sovs, aside, was decided on Tuesday, at the enclosure of the Rosemary Branch, Peckham, in presence of many hundred spec tators. At a few minutes after four, the hurdles, 25 in number, being duly placed in a circuit of 500 yards, which, of course, had to be two hundred times tra versed, the competitors appeared in racing gear. Per sons unacquainted wi h gymnastic exercises can form but an imperfect estimate of the amount of muscular nergy necessary to such a long and repeated call on the physical power and stamina of the peit'ortners as that which we now record. The distance to be run is 5000 yards, three miles within 280 yards. the length being made up by the distance added in the rise and tall of the leaps, to say nothing of the tremendous tax on buddy endurance cafed tor in the oft recurring efforts. On going off, Sullivan led for a round or two, Thomas seeming to wait on his opponent. Towards the half of their task, Thomas passed his competitor, and went a trifle ahead, both men jumping the hurdles with perse verance and vig-ur. About the 400th Sullivan seemed to tire, and Thomas was still further in front—say ten or twelve hurdles. Sullivan rallied, however, and after a gallant struggle, Thomas went in a winner by tLree hurdles, amid general cheering. THREE MILE RACE FOR 1 TIME PIECE, VALUE 5/. Six well known runners started for this prize, namely, Bull, Bona, Johnson, Cook, Adkins, and Perkins. Toe race was wall contested, the handicap b. jog thus ar sanged:—Bull and Bond tram the starting place, Cook and Johnson twenty yards in advance, Adkins and Per kins 100 yards start. The first round Perkins lid, Adkit.s, Johnson, and the other pair nearly together thus early. At the second turn Perkins was in the same position. In the third, Perkins having been passed, run off the course, and Adkins soon atter followed suit. Bull now led, Johnson, Cook, and Bond, in close at tendance. At the fifth round Bull was• ten yards in hold, Cook close to Johnson, but still second, and here abou.s Bond also tell out of Vie contest. Cook per seveted and Johnson persevered, and a game struggle ended by Butt winning by four 3 ards, Cook second, and John-on. who gave up a hundred yards trum home, forty yards behind. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDINU SATURDAY, JUNE 9, Its 49. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*251 jii.eitsiis of Uncertain Seat 34 tubercular Diseases ... 183 intiases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 120 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 43 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ••• 102 Diseases of the Stomach, Li ver , an d other Organs Of Digestion— ... ... 60 Diseases of the Kidneys. 14 Uhiliibirth, Diseases of the Uterus, $ ' 3. .. , .. • : . . .• Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 13 Diseases of tie Skin, &c. ... ... ••• ... 0 Malformations... ... ••• ••• .0* 3 Premature Birth ... ••• •• ••• ••• 22 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 24 Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• '••• ... 34 Sudden ... ... ... ••• ••• ..• 9 Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance ••• 49 Causes not specified ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 5 DEATHS FROM ALL CARSES ... ... 971 Population Average weekly Deaths Itnurneranxt, Deaths, 1844-S in toe 1841 Five Springs. Week. Wait Districts... 300,711 . . 145 ... 140 North D.l.trtets.. 375.971 .. 185 ~. 184 Central Distr.ots 373,653 ... 168 ... 171 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 207 ... 197 South Districts.. 501,190 ... 258 ... 279 fotale... ..... 1,948,369 ... 963 ••• 971 Males . ••• •• 523 Females ... ... ••• ... ... 448 BIRIIIS IN THE WEEK. Miles ... 689 Females ... Total ... ... 1,391 *ln this number are included 22 cases of death by Cholera,. 40 by Scarlatina, and 38 by T) phus Fever. ' . SINGULAR • DEATH.—Mrs. Johnson, wife of Mr. Johnson', lime:burner, of Mile-end, died suddenly on Monday on the Eastern Counties Railway Pier, at North Wookieb, under the foltiwing singular but m..lan chory - circumstances. The deceased had appointed to meet her husband on the pier, as he was about to return from Gravesend by one ot the steam vessels ; and being a stout woman, her effort to reuch the train at Shorediteh, for which she was rather late, caused her toe xperience a great difficulty ot breathing. She had partially recovers d tram this, when, on pa , tong along the tine, the tout gas escaping tr,•w a gas-work (which was described as being dreadfully offensive) entered the carriage, and the difficult.) ot breathing again returned. The decvat.ed nevt r rallied, and expired on bung hard out of the train. A coroner's inquest has since been In Id, and a verdict of " Death from natural causes" re turned. --- STRAINGE WEATHER.— On Sunday evening last a to SI w to.,k place At Little-b• rough, ab..ut inurtee-n milt ait m Manch. slier, which taste-d from five o'cloek till seven. On 111 , nday some c b , of hay, which had been newly toted, were teen in a fi e ld „ alp. d with tio Turmisy night the temperature wire ex credingly low, f , rd yesterday merniug the heCgeF were c..vered with hdar trust in the neighbourhood of Man che,ter. BELFAST, JUNE 12.—Arrd. 9th, Camilla, Harris, St. Jahn'..b New B , uswirk. 11 th, Microbe. Kellt , St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. 10111, Bsrba cicies; 121 b, B4pcia, JgauriOus; Clyde, QNdb THE COUNTRY MARKETS. HULL, JUNE 12. Alessrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—With the exception of brans, of a hich two large cargoes have come in from Alexandria, our arrivals of grain during the past week may le considered very moderate, and anything of good quality has been readily taken cff at fully the prices of last market. day ; indeed, in acme instances, these have been ex ceeded, especia ly for the best runs of red Baltic wheat, which from ship are comparatively scarce, and are not offered from warehouse. The weather up to the 9ih was exceedingly fine, hot, and forcing ; since then it has been five or six degrees colder, a ith some amount of rain. We are glad to report that our raost recent accounts from different parts of Ireland are anything tint discourawng as to the present and probable posi tion of the potato and other crops. It is in this disiriet too early to form any accurate opinion, bur so far we have no signs even o f apprehemion. Our farmers brought a small . supply of grain for t' is day's market, and for the best descriptions we experienced a good demand, at fully Is over last week's rat, s. elfn was mare it:glen-II for, and best samples ready sale at last wet k's prices, with but ht-le offering Fur Dani,h and oilier descriptions thr re was also a tolerable demand at our qtr.:ter:ions, and shoge her the trade has a healthy appearance. Consumption is now great, and if the present state • f affairs in the north of Europe were once setilod, we have every reason to ex;rect a good and healthy trade. Although the season for malting barley may be considered virtually over, there is an occaFienal sale for a fine parcel at buy our quotations, while anything segonriary or chambered has to find a buyer. Grinding descriptions c , ntinue to go off well for the season of the year. at about our currency, and some disposition shows itself on the part o' country dealers to go into r oca for autumn consumption. Of Indian corn we have again a parcel on the market. Except fir a me. e retail (leotard, o her descriptions o: grain are neglected. With only one arrival of linseed (1.:100 qrs. from Memel) the market is exceedingly inactive, indeed little or nothing doing ; it must nor, however, be for gotten, that the import of 1849 so far, is quite insignificant as compared with that r.f the previous year. Linie.ed cakes are rather easier to buy, but there is no amount of stock either foreign or English. The dealings in rapeseed or cakes are so irnignificant as almost to preclude quotations. Bones, at this stage of the season are very susceptible to supply, but price during the past werk has been well supported, and is so to day, at our currency far hest quality. The tolluwilig are the present prices of grain : s. s. ' Wheat, EnOish, red 43 to 45 Do. white ...... . ... 45 48 Dan zic and Ko- 5. 5. Peas, white and yel. 25 30 Do. grey Linseed. Black Set 41 _.ia. 39 -- nigsberg 4B 50'Do. Petersb urg h ... 34 39 Pomeranian and Do. Riga& Archngl. 35 — 37 Harnburgh . 42 —44 Do. Konigsberg .... 32 —36 Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Frie:dand 3B —42 Linseed cakes, Hull 71 5s Od Russian and Odessa 36 —4O Do. fine foreign ..... 61 5s Oats, English Do. ...... 14 —l6 11:speseed ......... 261 to 301 Do. Friesland l6 18 Rape cakes ........ . ... ...87s 6d Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 —l6 Tares, English .oos 005 Barley, malting 24 —26 Do. foreign ............ 20s —26 s Do. grinding 2O 2 Guano 6/ to 9l 10s Beans .. Do. foreign ...... 26 —2a Rye meal NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY, JUNE A conttiderable falling off in fat beasts, both in respect of num bers, weight, and quality; about 20J of which are from Aber deenshire and the adjoining counties. A good supply of sheep, both in quantity and quality, hut a short supply of lambs. The supply of beef would comprise about 500 head of beasts ; all breeds have advanced in price, tboin2h trade is not to say brisk, yet all. will be sold at full rates of currencies. The number of sheep is 5,000 ; trade sluggish ; and a considerable quantity remains unsold. The supply of lambs 752; the demand is active, and nearly all sold. Prices—Beasts, neat cutters, 6s 9d: middling, 6s 3d to 6s 6d ; large steers, 6s to 6s 3d per stone of 141bs Sheep, 5d to sid; lambs, 7d to lid per lb sinking the offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JUNE 12.—There ware in the market to-day 102 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801b5 imperial, whereof 9,i sold thus: —32 at 11 lOs Od, I() at 119 s 6d, 32 at 1/ 93 Od, 10 at 1 8s 6d, 14 at 1/ 8s Od, oat 117 s Od. Average price of the whole, 11 9s 2d 2-12ths. 13 sacks flour, whereof 3 sold at 31s, 1 at 30s, 5 at 295, and sat 28s. 7 sacks varleymeal, whereof 1 sold at 255, and 2 at 231). 1 sack pea , emeal, which sold at 20s. 36 sacks pot-barley. whereof 20 sold thus: —2 at 1 9, Od. 4at 118 a Od, I at 115 s, 7at 1/ 4s Ud, 6at Is 3s. 3 sacks brosemeal, whereof 2 told at 275. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, JUNE, P 2--- Supplies of ail kinds small. Oat straw, from 6,6 d to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones trop; wheat ditto, 6s 6.1 to 8s Od ; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od. Hay from 7d to 9,1 per stone BELFAST, JUNE 11.—Since Friday there has been very little stuff at mai ket, and prices are nominally as then quoted. Oatmeal is also a small supply, and yet prices are 3d lower. Wrest, 9s .id to lOs 6d ; barley, 6s 9d to 7s 6d ; oats, 6s 80 to 7s 6d ; oatmeal, lis lid t o 12 s 6d per cwt. Butter is t h e turn lower, and a dull sa l e at 7 d to 7id per lb. India corn a Low sale to-day. at a sma ll a b atement in va l ue . Potatoes, per stone, 94 t o I s; di tto, per cwt, 53 4d to 6s Od. Fruit—Apples, per dozen, 6d t o 9d ; p . art, per ditto, Od to Od; grapes, per lb., rd to 10d ; lemons, per dozen, Os 9d to Os 10d; nuts, per quart, 64 to +-c1; wall-nuts, per hundred, Is to is 34; chest nuts, per ditto, is Od to Os ; cocoa nuts, 6d to 8d each; American apples, 10d to Is Od per dozen ; mixed pickles, 10d to Is Butchers' Meat— beef, per lb, 4d to 74 ; mutton, 5d to 7d; veal, 6d to 7d ; lamb, .53 Od to 6s Od per quarter. Fish—Trout, Os 6d per lb ; brett, 3s Od to 4s Od soles, Is to 2s Od per pair. Poultry—Fowls, 2s 6d to 35 a• pair ; chickens, is 6d to 2s per pair; ducks, Os to 2s 6d per pair ; turkeys, 03 to Os each ; geese, Os Od to Os Od ; egg s, per doz, 5d to 64. Hay. Is 2d to 2s 04 ; straw, oat, 9d to Is 2d ; ditto, wheat, 8d to Is td per cwt. BANeitincx, Juiet 1 1.—Oatmeal, from 12s Od to 12s 6d per cwt ; Indian meal, 9s 6d to 9, 94 per cwt ; flour, first, per 112335, 15s tid ; second, 14s Od ; third, 12s 0d ; fourth, 95 6d; bran, 6s 04 ; wheatmeal, 12s 6d to 14s Od; wheat, from Os Od to Ile Od per cwt of 1121bs; oats, from 7s 4d to 7s 6d per cwt of I ' 2169; barley, 7s 64 to 8s Od per cwt; best butter , firkin, at th e sca l e, • 714 per lb ;: me skin, Od to Od per lb; beef, 3d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; P otatoes ' for seed, Os Od to Os Od per cwt ; for table, from 6s 04 to Os od per cwt ; hens, 10d to Is Od each ; chickens, 10 d to is 24 per pair ; duck., is 10,1 to 2s 4d ; turkeys, 2s 6d to 3. Od each ; geese, 2s 4d to 2. 9d ; eggs, hen, Epd to Od per dozen ; duck, Od to 64 per dozen ; turkey, 104 to Os per dozen;. goose, Os Oil to 1.6 d ; hay, upland, from is 8d to 2s per cwt; ditto, lowland, from Os Od to Is 4d; straw, from Od to 10d; turnips, Od to is 84 ; pork, none at market this day; lamb, from Od to 7d per lb. Weight of bread at Hamihon Moore's bakery. 41bs fur 51d. Old grain whiskey, at Ali. Robert Bel.'s, 6s 3d per gallon, duty paid. BALLYMENA, JUNE 9.—Oats, 7s Od to Od; oatmeal, 12s Od to 12s 8d per cwt ; butter, 7d ; beef, 3d to 6d per lb mutton, 4d to 64 ; flour, first, per cwt, 18s Od ; second, 17$ Od. third, 15s Od ; inferior third, 13s Od ; fourth, 10s Od ; bran. Os Od to 6i 8d; Indian meal, white, per cwt, 9s 6d to 103 yellow, 9s 6d to lOs Od; potatoes, 4s Od to 61 Od per cwt; halt Is 34 to 2s Od per cwt ; American flour, 305 per barrel; tallow, 4s Od to 5s 4d per stone ; flax, 4s to 6s 6d ; straw, 8d to 10d hides, 2s 6ii to 6s i'd each ; pork, 3.;s Od to 41s Od per uwt , turnips, 8d to Is per ditto; carrots, Os to is per ditto ; beans, 5s 9d to 6s 61; grey peas, 6s 6d to 7s 6d. COAL aLa.ri,A.r. A. - I ESTERIUT. ~ Buddle's W. Hartley.. l.'s 1 4 d,Jonassohns Carr's Hartley ......... 13s 90 Lambton Ilasting's Hartley ...... Ps 6d Plummer.. ...... .... ,1 16s North Percy Hartley.. 13 8 6o Russell ' s Hetton Ord's Redheugh 3° T , ntield Moor . hitwell ... West Hartley ....... 13s t diC . aradoc l 5B 6d Wall's End, &c. i Kenos 15s 6d .'. Brown's Gas l2s OL'lAdelaide Tees 158 9 Gibson - _. 14$ Yu __r 'lees Hedley Walker Eden Main Hetton Haswell l6s 6,• Whitworth Coln 20s Od Hutton Joke ..... . 'hip. at market, 89. RAILw it I' ZI *1 A R MARKETS. BRISTOL, JUNE 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.— There has teen a slight improvement in tbdi share market to-day. The sal b are- (treat We tLrii, Quarters, 63ii dis.—Ditto, 171. Shares, 4 1 4 dis.— Taff Vale, 130. Li \ t.HPOOL, JUNL 13 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was rather better to day, a u c c l prices had an upward ei.aency. The sal es are —L ancas hi r e An, Yorkshire, Fit Ills 4% dig.- Preference, 12—L an caster and I reston, hree-quarter Shares, 11 p.— London and North-Western, Quarters, V. Bs. 9.i. p.-3tanchester, She filch!, and Lincolnshire. Pre' Terence, 1114 —Midland, 68% linlves, 12% dis.—Sh r° l ßer , Union (Railway and Canal), 2% C. dis.—York, Newcastle, an wick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1.50, dis. MANC ESTER, JUNE 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The H transactions to-day were as fnOWS' North Staffordshire„ 5% dis.— Dover (No. 4), 6% East A. . 3 „ . 181. Shares, 35s.—Mai.cliester and Birmingh am (C), Quarters, 27 8 . par—Ambergate, 5 dia. YORK, JaN 12 E . STOOK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day have been .a fol lows : North I.tritish, Preference, 2/. 98 .-I , reat Northern, 93. /. Sheffield, Rotherham, atsd Gou'e, N. Di v., guaranteed 5 per cent., I ° A GLASuoIV, JUNE 12. STock EXCHANGE.—The business done in the Stock Exchange to-day has been as f o ll ows : — Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. I). 6% —/%1 onklands, GO — North British, Preference, 50s. 69. -- York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase or Preference). 41. 4s. RUGBY SCHOOL—The Queen's gold medal for the b , st bi,turical easy has been awarded to G. Gosohen, the pr:ze for the best English po , m to F. Oakley, and the prize f..r the best Engisii essay to T. Sale. EADVERTISFAIENT — DiPadfUl Wr , lllldB in a Leg soundly Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Henryt Gray, typograph er , res idi ng at No. 6, Temple-lane, City, sts liat he , uff-red the most excruciat i ng pains in his l eg fora eon stnerable time, occasioned by an acc id ent,wh i ch he un f or tunately mot with; two d ee p wour , ds formed in his leg in cor.sequen ce el it, and a l t h oug h he tried various lotions and ointments, Ye all were f oun d ent i rely useless. He was then recommended by a friend to use some of Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which he did, arid in six hours he was greatly relieved, and in about eight days the wounds were soundly healed. Sold by all g:Drug gists, and at Professor Holl owa y' s Establishment, 244, Strap" London. BIRTHS On the 7th inst.. at Northampton -park, Canonbury, th e lady of H. G Lewellin, E:q., of a daughter. Oi the 10th inst , at Ashford. house, Chertsey, Lady Nill :hire of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Glocester-villa, Glocester-road, Be gent's-park, the wife of R. Phillips, Esq., of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Bolton-street, Piccadilly, the wife a Dr. Cotton, of a son. MARRIED. On the 7t14 inst.. at the Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead , the Rev. W E. Coldwell, ILA., of Blandon, Oxfords!' re, eldest on of the Rev. Prebendary Coldwell, rector of Staf ford, to Lucy lizabeth Georgians, youngest clE.ughter 0 E Lieut.• Colonel St. George, of Park•field Birkenhead. On the 2th inst. at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Thomas , son of the late James Cavendish, Esq., of Dublin, and sub.- manager of the Est of England Bank, to Miss Mary Clarke , of Norwich. On the I:qth inst., of erysipelas, Mr. James Barden, ° f Stephen - mews, Gresse-streer, in his 49th year. On the 10th inst., at Bayswater, Cohn Illacanlity, aged 31. On the Bth inst., at Whitechapel-road, Mr. Nathaniel Eddek, aged 57. On the Bth inst., Will;am Acworth, Esq , of Hall -cottag e r Lut, n, Chatl.am, aged 75. At Witrituedon, on the 10th lest, Laura Elizabeth, relict of lackwood G. Currie, Esq., 11 1 . N. At Paris, on the 10th inst., Emilie Benoite, the wife of H. M. tt, E-q. On the Ilth inst., at Thaver-street, Manchester-squar e r .lane, relict or th e l a t e R ev . Ed war d S cott, D.D., of Wortcrl" hall.blewerth. On the . tin inst.. Charles James Pwrkins, Erq., 3 - ounge 3i son A.f E. Perkins, E,1:1 , of Chtpstead-place, Kent. At Haqin4s, S ssex, on the 1 Ith aged .6, Henry r• Deunis, Esq., late Lieutenant in the 4:ld Light Infantry. London Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG }, ° Na 112, strand, Printer, at The Sun Office. N° 112 .. .mind. In he Precinct the 'Nhvoy, tp tke count, Middlesex, Thursday, June 14, 1840. _