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

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Now ready, in one volume, comprising as much matter as 20 or . dinary volumes, with 1,500 Engravings, &c., 38s. bount 114/1. BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE F 01 11842; Corrected to the Present Time, from the Communications of the Nobility, &e.. and containing a Supplement, with ALL the NEW CREATIONS. " Mr. Burkes Peerage and Baronetage is the most com plete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work of the kind vet offered to the public."—Sun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING. JUNE 6. The Performances will c,namence with the New Domestic Drama, entitled ONE FAULT. Prhicipal Characters by - Miss Faucit (from the Theatre Royal, Covent-garden), Mr. Oxberry, Mr. F. Matthews. and Llr T. Vining. After which, the Farce of THE BEE HlVE—Mingle, Mr. Har ley; Cicely Alrs_Humby. co be ftdoworl by BLUE DEVlLS.—Megrim, Mr, 0 Smith. Ti which will be added a New Burletta, called THE WATER WITCHES, in which Messis Vining, Oxberry, W. 11. Bland, Bar ker, Misses Murray, Crisp, Pincott, and Hughes, wilrappear. To conelude with the Ballet of THE DA U HTER OF THE DA NUBE, in which Mr. Gilbert and Miss Baffin will appear. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s.— Gallery, Is. Doors men at lialf.past Six; commence at Seven ; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Private Boxer to he had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office ; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Baily, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense additional Novelty. The Horses in Two Pieces. Mr. Cl. Wilde, and the Italian Opel? Dancers. THIS EVENING, JUNE 6. Will be acted lit. Leman Rede's SIXTEEN STRING .TACK, with. New Scenery and Appointments.—Kit Clayton, by Mr. George Wild; the Dances by the Corps de Ballet of the Opera House. After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever before witnessed, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. BATTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting at nu merous and matchless Create-colour:A Horses, Andalusian Chargers, *Spotted Courser; Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and the mast talented Vaulters, hiders, Gymr•astics, and Contortionists in the kingdom.. Gorgeous Cavalcade, novel acts of Equitation, and Lauri vallod Acrebatique Feats. To conclude with he grand Military and EquNtrian Spectacle, en. aitled MURAT—THE PEASANT, GENERAL, PRINCE, AND LUNG, with Battles, Grniul Reviews of Horse and Foot, and gor geous Tableaux. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JUNE G, FIRST APPEARANCE OF MONSIEUR BOUF }E The Performances will commence with LA SC&UR•DE JOIWITISNIC Atter which, LA FILLE DE L'AV A RE.—brandet, l'Avarre, by M. Bo.iff"-. To conclude with LES VIEUX PECElES.—Monsieur Girard, Monsieur ISoutle EOM*, e 4. ; Pit, 3s. dd. ; Amphitheatre (or Gallery Stills), 9s. ; Gallery, 2,. Doors will be opened at Seveu o'clock, ,and the Per. formaances commence at fiali.past Seven. Applications for Boxes and Stalls for the remainder of We *Arson, to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Se ruin's, 12, Regent-street; Mr. Sams's, St. Jamee's-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, ftbtn-Eleven WI a' ive o'clock. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Su*fibers, and the Public, are respec : tfully informed that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, ft RAND EVENING FETES will be given, inwhich will be em bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in troductions, which render them more generally attractive. • • The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im. portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and:Birds. eedin,rp, Time Five o'clock. The Colossal VIE \V OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'action, repre. 'eating the Procession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. The BAN D includa some of the most eminent Performers, con ducted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES M ()SU:ALES selected from the noblest works of the great Misters. The ILLUMINATION of ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GIR ANO OLA of ST. ANGELO, with all the gorgems Spectacles and magnificent introductions that have caller/forth ac. chanmatiens of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex. hibition, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour,. the CAC ADE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SI3CI Y FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The . Evening Fetes, with the Promenades blusmales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Toesasys, and Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—Noon, JUNE ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ♦I)ELAIDE•STRRET. Thermometer .... 72 Highest 72 I L0we5t....... 45 Barometer 30.15.—Wind S.W. by W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Pinning 4' minutes after 111 Evening 0 minutes after 0. Ali Advertisements of a Disgusting' Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Colunlns of " The Sun." -N7-br Ifilai6coo et& AtiZ. LONDON MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1842. • The Sugar Duties, having received the assent of tl:e House of Commons, will become the law of the land. Tne Lor'ds dare not alter a Money Bill ; and whatever iniquities it may perpetrate, they must give it they sanction.. That-circumstance reveals a very disEonettr able feature in the Lords' character. They are held to be responsible for our laws, and over money laiis they have no voice. In general, men of sense and spirit will not wk.ie the responsibility of measures they are not allowed to gu kie, so it has come about that the two maxims, "'the King can do no wrong"; - and " the Ministers are re sponsible for the acts of the Government," intended to secure impunity- for Royalty, have de nu d e d it of its pow4ir. Our Kings could latterly obtain no Ministers who did not insist on guiding the measures for n4.1( 1 they might answer- With their heads, and tilt:, the responsible Ministers have become, in fact the Sovereigns of the country. :In relation to the Commons, the Loh ls take a different vie v,-, and humbly affix their sanction to ail the Money Bills sent up by that House, which they must not alter, what. ever enormities they may ordain. The Sugar Duties Bill, when it goes up to -the Lords, go up it will, is a case in point. It will ordain. that on all sugar, not being refined, a prohibitory duty. of 31; 3s. per cwt. shall be levied. We say, emphatically, prohibitory, for, with one single exception, iu the year 1840,—when that duty was, we believe, paid on a very small quantity,—on no sugar has that duty ever been paid. The plain end palpable design of such a laW is to prohibit the importation, into- England, and of course the consumption of sugar. . Our wise House of Commons has wished to keep down the consumption of . that article, and in consequence to stifle all the trade which would arise from purchasing and importing sugar, and all the enjoyment which might arise from its use. To this moat mischievous object the boasting and proud British Peers ere obliged, by the power of the House-4 Commons, to lend the sanction of their exalted charac ters. Under the name of a tax they are compelled to give their sanction to one of the most injurious prohi bitory laws that was ever enat-ted. But there is an exception to this prohibition. If the sugar be the growth of any British plantation in America, or within the limits t;f the East India Company's charter, then the duty shall be 245. per cwt. The House of Commons relaxes die izo hibition, therefore, in favour of the growers of sugar in out-colonies, but levies on their produce, a duty—which the'consumer of sugar pays,-of 245. per cwt. for the use . )t the State. The House will pennit`the importation and consumption of - sugar on the payment of 245. per cwt. provided that sugar be grown in some of the dominions or dependencies. of the British Crown. Sir R. GLA.DSTONE, and the other pre tA oiled friendworhumanity, have defended the continit- . am :e of the prohibition because it was a check to slavery and the slave trade,. but It was enacted, while -ottiNown c4)l,vies, whence sugar may be imported on the payment o f .245,., were slave holders and were carrying on the slave trade. The spirit and intention of 4he law, t,here lore, whatever by a change of circumstances may be its supposed pretkent operation, were not to discourage sla vety, but to put an end to all trade in sugar between England and countries not under the dominion of Eng land. It js• usual to estimate the effects of the law, and we have ogrrselves heretofore gone on that principle, by taking th,e difference betweeta the price of foreign sugar in bond, and the price or sugar groanin •. the British dominions. nuiltiplying that difference • by the whole yttantity actual!) • consumed, and then stattry • that the qui', tient i 3 the sutu • lost to the public. 'ThuS, a.ssuntint, the annual consumption to be 71,600,000 ewts., the price of B ritish sugar in bond to be 255.; and the price of foreign st !gar to be 455., the loss to '• the public will be 4,000,0001. year. The stun varies every year with the price of 5 tzgar, and the, quantity con , sinuecr; but that is a rough esi inutto of the annual loss to the people by the diseritnint ;ling ,or differential duty. But 'wh..ttever we see that th , is: is a prohibitory law hi tended, too, to be prohibitory, Ave are immediately made ...sensible that ,this annual loss, g meat though it.be, is only a small portion ,Ot the loss actua fly caused by the laW. To what extent the consume tion of su g ar- would oi 'were there no such barbarous p Tohibiterylaw, im possible to say. Strtr is, in trs th, the chief component. ~.nu/ritious part of all farinaceous food ; it is the basis of all spiritous liquors, for the co i ti ers i on of barley into ,In, . att is its conversion in to a ;gar ; and its anti ' :acidifying and antiseptic p Dwelt make it a n admir able preservative, so th a t a sma ll portion of it Will 'weft it large portion of otl ler un4 tt9' into wholesome . . ..4y to e.,i.tu oe -v4avitMeturg 15 useful an article of food as -j wheat its'elf;;`\ - nild when we remember that- the illcteasii: Of populatiOn is only impeded by. the want of *food,' thviniginatfoit' lost in attempting to form an idea of the vast extent to which sugar might have been imported and consumed in England, had there been no such prohibition. We have no means of calculating the sum of prosperity which this prohibitory tax has destroyed, nor is there any statisti( process by which it can be arrived at. We leave it ti • the imagination of the reader, merely observing that it is one of those short-sighted laws, the offspring of cupidity and ignorance, which were enacted when the grovelling and malignant principle of what in politics is known as the mercantile system, dictated the actions of law makers. Taking this enlarged view, we will not dwell on the loss to our manufacturers on the profit of the articles with which the increased quantity of sugar must have been purchased, nor the loss of . employment and wages to our artizanS, who would have prepared the means of buying it, nor should we have adverted to those losses were it not that, in a limited degree, they take place under the present system, and make the 4,000,0001. we annually pay more than is requisite for the sugar actually consumed, represent only a portion of the mischief really caused by the differential duty. We enter not into the question of slavery, because the law was not made with any consideration of that subject, and had no influence on that question daring the many years that it existed before slavery was abolished in our own colonies. It was working mischief before as well as since that period. The favour shown to our colonies was expressly intended to promote the cultivation of sugar by slaves, though from a singular change of cir cumstances and views, it is now upheld as a means of checking slavery, and encouraging the cultivation of free labour sugar by the party which opposed with all its might the emancipation of slaves. It will be well, however, to remember that Sir PEEL, who on Friday induced the House of Commons to renew this prohibitory law, professes himself an advo cate for the abolition of prohibition. He has proclaimed himself also a convert to the principle that every man, and every nation, ought to buy in the cheapest market ; he is to make up to us the income tax, he says, by numerous reductions of small amount ; he has put an end to the prohibition of cattle, of which he knows there are none to come in; and he renews, or enacts, a law, which nearly doubles the price of sugar, and keeps out of our market the tens of thousands of cwts. which are lying in bond, and .might enter into consumption to-morrow if he pleased. Must we not conclude, therefore, that his free trade pro fessions, by which he has caught some foolish Liberals, are mere humbug, and that he really cares nothing about free trade, or about the people whom this new law, next in atrocity to the Corn-law, will contribute to starve? The Lords have, on sundry occasions, professed them selves the enemies of prohibition, but we find them, by . their subserviency to the lipuso of Commons on a que.- lion of a tax, enacting a most mischievous prohibition, and lending tHkunselves to commit a grievous injury on the people of England. It was generally admitted in the House of Lords on Thursday that the majority of the working population of this country are in a very distressed condition. Even the Duke of IVELIINGTOIS contended that the prevalence of distress was such as to justify a Royal begging-box appeal to the charity of the nation: Words cannot describe the extent of the people's mi sery and despair in most. of our large manufitcturing towns. We have repeatedly described the state of things in Spitalfields and Paisley. The following Memorial, addressed to the members of the Govern ment by the inhabitants of Stockport in public meet ing assembled, conveys, we are assured, but a very faint idea of the wretchedness which prevails in that once-flourishing borough : We, your memorialists, in public meeting assembled, would hereby approach the members of her Majesty's Government, and humbly, but truly, represent the truly deplorable and distressed condition of the people of this once flourishing but now fastly declining borough of Stockport, and pray your gracious consideration of the same, and that it may please you to order and devise some plan of immediate and permanent relief. The beginning of your memorialists' distress may be dated as far back as October, 1836 ; it has been in creasing ever since the above date, but has marched with fearful rapidity and severity on your memorialists during the last eighteen months. Some idea of the appalling distress existing in this borough may be gathered from the following statement of facts, which we, your memorialists, submit to your serious and deliberate consideration. There have existed in Stockport numerous sick and burial societies for a long period ; there were few individuals of the working classes but what belonged to some one or other of these societies ; there were also funeral societies, for assisting to inter children, and many were the numbers that belonged to these societies ; but since the depression of trade and consequent want of employment, many who were once members are now unable to maintain their membership (although the periodical payments of the members were very small) ; so that numbers who have been overtaken by sickness, and some who have died, have been cut off from the benefits themselves or their friends would have been entitled to ; and it is no unusual thing for those to be buried out of the poor's-rates, or by subscription from benevolent individuals, who would, if trade had re mained good, have had the solace of considering that the expenses of their funeral would be borne by funds partly created and supported by the means they enjoyed when work was plentiful, and they were in health to follow the same. That the amount required for the relief of the poor in 1836 and 1837 was 2,6282 ; in 1841 and 1842, 7,120 i. That since 1836 more than half the master spinners have failed ; twenty-nine farms, including forty partners, are in this list ; the machinery of seventeen large mills has been sold by auction, and that of four mills by pri vate contract ; eight firms have effected a composition with their creditors. That there are now standing untenanted not less than 3,000 dwelling-houses, besides mills, warehouses, and public. houses. That in one township alone, viz., Heaton Norris, there are 3,500 houses, out of which there are untenanted about 700 ; thero are also nearly 800 compounded for, and 1,000 excused from paying rates on the ground of their being too poor, so that the burden of paying the rates falls on no more than 1,000 persons, many of these persons being in as bad, and in some instances a worse condition than the paupers themselves. That in February last, there was collected within a few weeks, by some generous and humane individuals, the sum of .5,000/. for the relief of the suffering poor. That in The week ending 19th February, 1841, the number.of families relieved was 3,473 ; the number of individuals, 14,424 ; the average income per head being 9d. 9-10ths.. That owing to the loss of wages consequent upon the stopping of mills. the reduction in the rate of wages by lost time, by reduced number of hands, and the other causes, the total loss to the inhabitants of the borough is 5,483/. per week. The cottage and messuage property has depreciated in value, in some instances, as much as 130 per cent., and the average may be fairly taken at 75 per cent. That there are now walking the streets, for want of employment, no less than 5,000 persons, who are suffer ing the extreme of human misery and privations of the most alarming nature.; therefore we, your memorialists, respectfully call your attention to these facts, and trust that steps will be immediately taken to relieve the un paralleled distress existing in this borough, and your memorialista will, as in duty bound, pray, &c. The sugar duties were the principal subject of discussion ,211 Friday night In . the House of Commons, and the Tory Ministry showed' their regard for the people by proposing to continue the duties for one year, by which, as we have over and over again proved in The Sun, the consumers of sugar are annually deprived of between 3,000,0001. and 4,000,000/. sterling, to enrich the West Indian planters. The proposition was made, too, by a West Indian land-owner. Mr. GOULBURN actually proposed to tax the people to keep up his own rent ; and all the owners of West Indian property in the 'House, we believe, except Mr. BERNAL and Mr. P. , M. STEWART, voted with him to keep up tneir rents. They wer not allowed, however, to pursue this course "without being exposed. Mr. ROEBUCK moved that the duty on foreign sugar'should be reduced to the duty on colonial sugar, and told the House of Commons, in plain terms, that it annually took from the people between 2,000,0004 and 4,000,0004 which went into the pockets of the West Indian planters. Some of the money, indeed, is thrown away by cultivating sugar at an unnecessary cost, in order to catch a share of the bounty. The fallacy of the various pretexts by which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and his party sought to rerpetrate this enormity, was ably exposed by Mr. ROEBUCK. He showed that our Quixotic attempts to put down the slave trade have in creased it, and added to the cruelties of the middle ' passage. He proved, by the principles of the Tories, as appli e d to the French Re volution, that our attempt to propa gate a system of mo rality was erroneous, and that, if WO mi g h t i nter f ere with other nations to put clown the slave trade, we ought to interfere %vial them to make them abolish slavery. War with the United States, therefore, will be the conse quence of following out the philanthropic anti propa ganda principles of the anti-slavery party. We Cannot present a complete analysis of Mr. ROEBUCK'S speech, but we recommend its perusal to our readers as an able refutation of many of the fallacies by which Members of the House of Commons delude themselves, or seek to delude others. His argu ments, though we think them: irresistible looking to our people, for whom alone, our legislature is called into being, made no impression on the Ministers or their followers, and his proposition was lost by 59 to 18. Mr. LABOUCHERE subsequently moved to reduce the ~~~~ ttlirrilrrmr,sligor 0 , 1571 On chit,: iviestiOn the *OO of Vie !:ittitik Arguttem . %; 7 1tieft - tvere.atsed: list year on the 'snlyjeet et the . stgar iti ties we re repeat e d, with Sonle • perional hits. Lord J. RUSi3ELL reproached Sir R. PEEL" with advo cating cheapnesi; and yet abstaining in all cases from applying his principle where it would be of the least use. Sir R. PEEL, TetOiillg on the •Noble Lord, took great credit to himself for his proposition touchng cattle, and riprOached the Whigs with never having mentioned the subject during the ten years they were in .. office. Mr. ROEBUCK, with more intemperance of manner and language than is usual with him, attacked:6)th parties for indulgingin mysti fidation, and reproached both with studying only party interests. For saying let Jamaica andlet - the Antilles sink in the sea, he was taken to task both - by Mr. BERNAL and Sir ROBERT PEEL. The de bate was animated during the two last hours that it continued, and at one o'clock the Committee decided by 245 to' 164, that the duties as prOposed by the Ministers should continue another year. So the House has resolVed, in spite of the remark of Sir R. PEEL that the cultivation of sugar is dreadfully de.truc tire of life, to give an annual bounty on its production in our own colonies'of between 3,000,0001. and 4,000,00 C!. a-year, at the eipeuse of the people of England. Some weeks ago there appeared an article in The Sur, in which we stated, on excellent authority, that tho King of the FaExcitwas labouring under an incurable disease. This article attracted considerable attention in Paris, but the Journals,, from prudential considerations, took no notice orit: Unhappily the KING'S disorder has latterly so increased that it can no longer be kept secret. The members of the Royal Family have become so alarmed that they . are afraid to quit the Palace, lest they might never again behold their Royal parent. For the private character of the King of the FRENCH we entertain the highest respect. In the relations of hus band, father, master, and friend—(for strange as it may sound of a Sovereign, the King of the FRENCH has friendships)-=Louis' PHILIPPE has few equals even in private life. We are now assured on good authority, that the visit of the young Princes to London is post poned, not from political causes, but in consequence of the rapid progress lately of the dropsy under which their Royal father is suffering. A Paris Correspondetit, in a communication to a Morning Contemporary, says-- In spite of an appearance of strength, his Majesty the king of the French has for some time past been a great sufferer, and his ailment has become .a source of uneasiness to his deeply attached and devoted consort and. his affectionate family. At a-recent.consultation of, physicians the features of his Majesty's disorder, as well as general health, were narrowly examined. The conclusion arrived at by the distinguished members of the faculty present was, that the disease was dropsy. I make this statement on ample authority. His Majesty's life may not be in any immediate danger, but the complaint has become painful and serious. The peace of Europe—aye of the world—hangs upon the life of the King of the FRENCH. Ho it is who really maintains the peace of Europe. He it was who com pelled France to remain neutral during the war in Syria. Whatever may be his political faults, and they are many and serious, Europe stands indebted to him for the pewee which it now enjoys. But shall we have peace when the Royal: pence-preserver is gone ? That, in deed, i a serious question, to the solution of which the attention of the statesmen of Europe cannot be too quickly, or too seriously directed. For our part we confess that we .aPprehend the worst. What abilities the Duke of ORLEANS may possess we know not ; but frdm all that we hive heard, ho is but indifferently qua lified to steer the vessel of the State in waters in which any helmsman less able than his father would have foundered. Besides, the war-feVer rages so madly, that war with him will be a political necessity. He will be compelled to fight or abdicate, unless the French people come to their senses before it pleases GOD to remove the present Sovereign. With the question, as to whether another Revo lution will take place, or be attempted, upon the death of Louts PnimPrz,*e have here nothing to do. Not that we are indifferent to it, or have not reflected upon it but it is too important to be introduced at the close of so short an article as our limited space to-day permits us to devote to this subject. The Paris journali Are more than usually interesting. They all express their joy at the happy escape of our gracious SOVEREIG. The following remarks, from th e Courtier Francais, so generally hostile to this country, are so moderate, and so creditable to the feelings of the writer, that we hare pleasure in quoting them : The English press has tried to render France responsible for the various attempts made on the King's life. It is not the fault, of those who represent the various opinions of Great Britain. whether Whigs or Tories, that the French people should not pass for a nation of cannibals, incessantly occupied in destroying the work of her own hands. England has her turn at present; Oxford's attempt, and the prudence of the English Government in attributing the crime to insanity, are well known. This political precaution has not preserved the Queen from a new attempt. Queen Victoria, like Louis Phi lippe, escaped the danger, which threatened her. Shall we now seek in some of the sores which gnaw the body of English society, the cause of the deplorable event which the English journals relate ? Shall we say that a moral evil has struck this nation, as a mark of decrepitude ? Shall we render her'responsible for the excesses of a few fanatics, whose wild excitement is a solitary accident' rn all societies? We shall be more generous and more just than our neighbours, and we shall not exercise, with respect to them, the recrimination that might be lawfully permitted. It is enough to have shown, by the coincidence of the same facts having occurred amongst two very different nations, that France was calumniated, and that she 'could now be entitled, if she pleased, to hurl back the calumny on those who so basely gave it currency." We regret to find in the same Journal the following remarks, which are by no means penned in so pacific a spirit : It was rumoured' yesterday in the Chamber that Lord Cowley had officially demanded of M. Guiza if the French Government intended effecting in our naval forces for 11343 the changes indicated by'the vote of the Chamber of Deputies. The English Ambaskulor was to have insisted on the French Cabinet disarming the ships of the line and frigates which M. Lacrosse's amendment obliges the Ministry to keep up. We do not know what answer M. Guizot has returned, and what guarantees he .may have given of his obedience to the injunctions of the English Cabinet, but the feelings of the nation will be justly wounded when it is known that a fo reign Government deems itself authorised (thanks to the ha bitual weakness of our Ministry) to limit the number of ves sels which we may keep up. A similar pretension has not been brought forward' since the inauspicious periods of 1814 and 1815, when the victorious coalition put France to ransom. At present we are rich in. men and in resources; we have a well-disciplined fleet, a warlike army, and it is our own fault if we are not powerful. If our Government humiliates itself before the demands of England, it cannot be because the na tion is weak and worn-out ;. it is simply because it is wanting in dignity, and because its energy is not responsive to that of the country. It is stated in a private letter, that the French Am baq_sfidor at the Court of London, Count ST. A ULAIRE, will be sent for to Paris; to assist Ministers with his in fluence at the forthcoming elections. The Commerce publialies an address to the King from the Municipal Council of Saint Pierre, Martinique, praying him to use his influence towards putting an end to the distress occa sioned to the colonists by the postponement of the sugar bill, and adds, that a crisis in the French sugar colonies, can only be avoided by the governors of them authorising, as they did in 1839, the export of sugars to all countries, and under every flag. . . . . A Naples letter, in the Augsburg Gazette, states that although no danger of a rupture with Holland exists, the Nea politan Government is raising from 1,600 to 2,000 sailors for the navy. A letter from Athens, in the Leipsic Gazelle, states that Admiral Lasusse having entered the Piraeus, the captain of an English man-of-war omitted to fire the customary salute. The Admiral complained to the Ambassador, and the Captain immediatelyreceived an order to salute the Admi ra l. Th e salute was given, but the Admiral's vessel gave none in return. The English Captain at once weighed anchor, and went off to the port of Phalaros, It is probable, says the letter,that the salute was not returned because the Admiral had remarked some negligence in the manner of giving it. Yesterday evening couriers were dispatched by the English Legation to the Courts of London, St. Petersburgh, Vienna, Berlin, and Madrid. The preceeding evening there hid been a Diplomatic Coun cil at Lord Cowley's. M. Guizot was present at Gazette de France. • The Journal du Havre of the Ist of June has the following article :—•" Yesterday at high water, we had a rather curious sight in this port ; it was' the arrival of a little squadron of steam boats, which the Pope has cause to be built in England, and which are to pass through France to the Mediterranean. These vessels, three in number, the Archimedes, the Guasco, and the Papin, entered the, port with white flags at the stern, on which were the arms of ;he Holy See. Their crews wear a uniform, much resembling that of oar sailors, and having on their hats the inscription " Marina Romana." From their appearance we should judge them to be about 8 tons burthen, with engines of about 30-horse power ; their form is narrow and long, resembling that of the schooner Bermudas thev'are, however, built with more solidity than elegance. The Archimedes is distinguished from the others by richer ornaments, and more elegant workmanship. It has on the taffrel a gilt escutcheon, , and the cut-water is likewise gilt. The wheel made of mahogany, which is placed behind, and its cabin, which is splendidly furnished, contains a pianoforte, indicate that it is more particularly destined for excursions o f pleasure Or cruising. The two, on the contrary, from the ma n _ I ner in which they are fitted up, appear to be calculated for towing. They are all three designed for the navigation of the Taber. ; '—C u llt ut_ orr s deree. no rmiiB; Tli['RSD IY, JUNE 2. • iirst Hig hest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric«. Prier. e - ee..‘b b der Conti II9 p 5 ... .20 ... 119 83 ... 119 95 4 per Cents. ... 102 ... 1112 ... 10 '2 •• • 102 3 per Lents. Bl 1,5 . 82 5 ... 81 85 ... 8.1 5 Loali ir.aff of r tauct Ladltte Bank 1.01011. Shares 1050 —lO5O .10a0 ....11'.50 '• %OWL Shares 50ts5 ...5170 •. 306.5 ...507u I.ogian Bank Belgian 5 per Cents. .. .... 5 rer Lcuti.. 1840 105% ... 105% ... 10' % ... 11 ' 5 % ;wain sh Active , ,1 4 1 ... 24 ... 24 ... 24 Neapolitan lO7 70 ... 11.7 70 ... 107 7J ... 11)7 70 Roman .... 11,4% ... um% .. 164% ... 104% RAILWAY SH A RV,. 5 30 ... $3O ... no „. 32 0 Versallles. L B ELP. 10 0 ... 105 ... 100 ... WI 25 R0tten............••••••• ........... 552 50 ... 535 ' ... 532 50 ... 533 1 ftlean3 .. SLiasbnirg to Bale A letter from Nimes stateis, that M. Ararignan, sen., the chief actor in the lati.tragical event in that place, was removed at midnight, on tie ktd inst., to prison, his wounds not having admitted of his being earlier taken from - his own house. It appears that the condition of his sen and daughter is very much ameliorated. .JTTN -141/404,1 ' • " istk 6. If4lo-' Ilk !, -.• 4 ,. .2f / 5 "??, t tz kl • • AND Viabitt Opinion " Who runs may read." POPLEIGAT. There is considerable variety in the original columns of the Paris Journals. .The Presse and the National 'have articles on the proposed augmentation of the duties on linen-thread and linens, which they describe as an' of justice. The Presse ob serves that the linen trade in England has flourished under the protection of the prohibitive system, and that at this tno ment there is in England an enormous duty upon French linens, to justify the imposition of a higher rate of duty in France on the linen-thread and linens imported from that country. The National writing upon the same subject .observes : "We would wish to see the duty on linen thread raised to 50 per cent., and if our enemies-are astonished at this, we beg of them to remember that the British duties levied en our brandies are from 660 to 1,200 per cent., on our wines 200 per cent., and on our silks 60 per cent. It Sir Robert wishes to reduce .those duties, let hiss begin, and let the French Government reduce their duties in a similar proportion. Con cessions should be met by concessions, but to a prohibitive system, which it war, France should only reply by war or by the same prohibitive system. The reprisals demanded by us are at the satee time just acid dignified. If they are net adopted, our home linen trade will not be relieved, and our most important importations will be suffered to perish." The Courrier Francais, which seine time ago showed that, notwithstanding the differences which had arisen between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, it was so much to the interest of each to abstain from war that there was really very little danger of an open rupture, now returns to the subject, and cautions those persons who have been spe culating on a war between Great Britain and America as a fa vourable occasion for hostility to the former on the part of this country. Such advice from such a quarter, although qualified by an appeal to national resources, cannot fail to be productive of good ; for nothing perhaps canduces so much to plunge na tions, like individuals, into contests, as the expectation of an accession of force by a junction with Others, or the division of the forces of the party with whom a conffet is anticipated. When men are wise enough to count upon ttfeir own means, and upon them only, they are in most cases wise enough to prefer peace to hostility. _ - The Ilioniteur Parisien announces that the Prince de Join vile and the Duke d'Aumale, who were to leave Paris for Eng land at the close of the month, have given up that intention for the present. According to the Atgsburq Gazette of the 29th, the Rus sian Minister of War, Prince , Tschernistscheff, has repaired to the armies assembled for the projected operations against Cir cassia, to adjust some serious differences that had broken out among the Generals entrusted with the command of different corps. MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. It is not generally known that newspapers are sent and re ceived through the post, free of any charge, to the following foreign kingdoms and towns not under the drminion of Great Britain, viz., Denmark, Spain, Hamburgh, Lubeck, Cuxhaven, Bremen, Hayti, Peru, Honduras, Brazils, Buen I s Ayres, La Guayra, Colom bia, and Caraccas. ELECTIONEZTLING. The Ipswich election closed on Friday, when Lord Desart and Mr. Gladstone, the Conservative candidates, were returned. LAW POLICE. A Greenwich pensioner, of the 'name of Proctor, was com mitted on Frdiay at the Greenwich'Police Court to take his trial for stabbing one of his comrades. - The prosecutor, it ap peared, had.thrown some beer into his face, and the pri4onor, an old man, in a fit of passion, stabbed him twice with a knife which he had lip his sleeve. At Guildhall, William Lee, an errand boy in the service of Mr. Watson, quill-merchant, Leadenhall-street, was committed on a charge of stealing about 201. from a cash-box, the pro. perty of his master. The sister, of the pi isoner stated that on receiving aietter in the countrtfrem Mr. Watson intimating that if the money were returned he would not prosecute, she came to town with the intention of paying the amount missing out of her wages, and in order that her brother, whom she brought with her, might not escape she called a policeman to take charge of him, and the policeman insisted upon bringing him before the 'Magistrate. Joseph Bolton, the footman to Rear-Admiral Bouverie, who stood charged at Portsmouth with having attempted the life of Louisa Pettis, the lady's maid in the same family, hasbeen fully committed for trial. TINE ARTS. The honour of Knighthood was, on Wednesday last, conferred on Messrs. Hayter, Ress, and Allan, her Majesty s three Court painters, and also on Henry Bishop, Esq., of Hyde Park. LITERARY AND SCIENTII'IC. A musical entertainment, consisting of English madrigals, will, it is said, be shortly given by her Majesty. Another sale of the State Papers, which, a few years since, were cast out of the Exchequer-office as rubbish, is about to take place at Mr. Fletcher's. They contain letters of Elizabeth, Leicester, Cecil, Walsingham, and others. COUSLT-FASHIONABLE. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort gave a sumptuous enter tainment on Firday at Beaufort House. The Marquis of Aylesbury had a dinner party on Thursday in Grosvenor-square. The Marchioness of Lansdowne gave a grand concert on Friday night at Lansdowne House. His Excellency the Russian Ambassador had a dinner patty on Thursday last at Ashburnham House. MISCELLAZITMOTTS. The Countess of Kinnoul gave a splendid fete dansante at Hampden House to above 400 votaries of fashion on Thursday night. The ball was given in honour of the debut of Lady Louisa Hay in the fashionable world. The five couple of roe-deer, lately presented to her Majesty by the Marquis of Breadalbane, have just been placed in the royal preserves at Virginia water; and the two milk-white N3ighaus, recently presented by the Earl of Derby, were put into the Great Park on Thursday. A fete and fancy fair, under the patronage of the Duchess of Northumberland, was held on Friday in Ealing Park. Up wards of 2,000 persons, with many of the nobility and gentry, were present. EXPRESS FROM PARIS PARIS, JUNE 3. The news from India (BombaY, May, 2), arrived on the Ist at Marseilles. It is stated that fresh difficulties have arisen, which may render affairs still more com plicated. Ontho whole, the accounts do not appear fa vourable. No news from China. The letters and papers will not reach London before Monday. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. MADRID, UAY 30. Gonzales has resigned. M. Olozaga and Lopez, the two Presidents of the Chambers, had received instruc • tious from the Regent to form a new Cabinet. The Cortes had suspended their sittings. P.S. M. Olozaga and Lopez have declined the offer of the Regent for the formation of the new Cabinet. ELECTION COMMITTEE. WATERFORD. The Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return for the city of Waterford, met on Saturday at eleven o'clOck, J. W. Hooc, EST in the chair. The Counsel for the sitting Members were Mr. Cock burn, Mr. Wrangham, and Mr. -Aleock. Mr. Wranghatn was absent from indisposition. The Counsel for the petitioners are Mr. Austin and Mr. Hayes. At the last election the numbers,,,polled for the re spective candidates were as follow : M 7. W. Christmas (C.) 285 Mr. M. Reade (C.) - 259 Sir H. W. Barron (L.) 2Ol • Mr. T. Wyse (L.) 199 The.grounds on which the petition was made against the return were, that the Sheriff had improperly rejected 376 . votes tendered for Sir H. W. Barron, 377 tendered for Mr. T. Wyse, on account of the words " Houses and premises" not being inserted in their certificates of qua lification, as required by the ACt of Parliament. The objection is stated in the petition to be invalid, and that the votes rejected, being perfectly good, ought to have been recorded, which would have placed the petitioners in a large majority. Mr. AUSTIN having briefly opened the case, the poll books were put in and proved. • Mr. COCKBURN took an objection to the affidavit of verification put in•with the poll-books, the jurat of which he contended was defective on account of the names of the persowi • . taking the oath , not being men tioned in the document. . The affidavit being defective, had the same effect as if there had been -, no affidavit at all, and could the Committee receive the poll-books, not from the immediate custody of the Re turning Officer, but from the Clerk of the Peace, with out an oath of verification ? He adhered to the statute which compelled evidence of the oath having been taken to be produced. _ _ Mr. AUSTIN defended the validity of the affidavit . The production,. of . the books from the custody of the Clerk of the Peace was sufficient even without any affi davit at all. This argument lasted the greater part of the day ; several precedents, in which the point had been contested, were cited on both'sidee. The room was cleared, and after a long deliberation, the Chairman decided that it was the opinion of the Committee that the production of the poll books without evidence of the . oath of verification was not sufficient, and that the objection was good. - The Committee did not express any opinion as to the affidavit itself; leaving Mr. Austin to produce such proof of the verification as he thought proper. Mr. Coox, the Clerk of the Peace, was called, and swore to- the hand-writing of Mr. Elliott, the senior Sheriff. He believed that the other signature was that of Mr. Hasard, the other Sheriff, but he could not speak positively. Mr. Edmund T. Power had been in communication with Mr. Hasard by letter, and to the *best of his belief the signature to the affidavit was his. Witness was an agent of the petitioners. Mr. AUSTIN then put in the affidavit as proof of the oath having been taken. • • Mr. COCKBURN. again objected to its being received on the same grounds as before; the only proper proof of its v alidity would he the evidence of the jurors. The objection was ilot.to the signatures; but to the form of the jurat. M. AUSTIN replied : there was nu general rule re quiring that the names of the juror.S should ha inserted in the affidavit ; it applied otily't6 particular Courts. MI% CockutTaN -:.:upported the objection at great length, contending. that the forth of the affidavit was exactly the smile as if the oath had been made by one witness only. The room was again cleared, and the .Committee de cided unanimously that the affidavit . tendered for the petitioners was a sufficient verikation` on oath by the Iteturninn. Officer of the poll books. The Committee then adjourned till eleven o'cloet on Monday (this day.) A public meeting of the Two-penny Postmen took place on Tuesday evening, at the Hole-in-the-Wall, Chan. cery-lane, for the purpose o f petitioning the Lords of the Treasury for an advance of wages, in consequence of the in creased labour caused by the penny postage. Several speeches were made by Messrs. Bradley, Thurling, and others ; and a Committee of twelve appointed to draw up the pi talon, and to meet for that purpose on Tuesday evening neat, at the aforesaid tavern. .10 ".d Y and C0.4,311-..1“2 rA. NEWS Ciri, SATURDAY EVENING. • -The gloomy state in which the English Funds have been for some short time past, has not been relieved by reports of the serious illness of the King of the French, and aecordinzly Consols It ave off about / per cent be low the clearing prices of yesterday, namely, 914 91'1. for the opening ; Reduced, 911 91; Batik Stock, 167/ 16Si: Exchequer Bills, old, 43 45; Advertised 37 40 premium. . . _ The prices of Foreign Securities were unaltered, and the chief feature was the great flatness of the market, arising from the same cause as that above-mentioned. Belgian were 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., 524 52i; Five per Cents, 101 1014; Danish, soi 81k; and Brazilian, 67 68. Very little done in Railroad Shares, and prices ge nerally were below those of yesterday. London and Birmingham 178 180 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 50 52 ; Great Western, 87 89 ; the Half Shares, 61 62 ; South Western, 623- 6:34- ; North Midland, 65 67 ; the &ow Shares, 32 33 ; South Eastern and Dover, 244 25 ; the Scrip', 54 6 ; Eastern Counties, Oi ; Northern and Eastern, 43 45 ; Blackwall, 10 1 ; and Brighton, 35 35{. _ _ The Bonds also were quoted lower :—Colombian, 25 3 - 26+ ; Peruvian, 18 19 ; Portuguese Fiv. per Cents., 361- ; the Three per Cents„ 211211 ; Spanish Active Five per Cents., 21,121-a ; and the Three per Cents., 22i 22k. The private letters front Buenos Ayres contained no information beyond the meagre and ummportant intelli gence in the papers. (From The Sun of Saturday.) The market has been in a very uneasy state since the opening, and the intelligence frotn France generally, and the rumoured dangerous illness of Louis Philippe, are generally assigned as the cause of the depression. Very few bargains have been made, and Consols are 91* 914 for the opening ex-dividend; Three per Cents. Reduced, 91i; Three-and-half per Cents. Reduced, 100 ; Ditto, New 10 0 0 ; Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Bonds, 22 24 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 45 47 ; Adver tised, 37 40 prem. Foreign Securities have participated in the condition of the English Funds, and business has been confined to Dutch Five per Cents., lot 101*. The quotation for Mexican is 354 36. The Share Market is also heavy, with a decidedly down ward tendency. Great Western. 87; Fifths, 9; Brighton, 344 ; South Eastern, 24; ; the New, 5* 51 The quotations of the Bonds ace 26 for Colombian ; 21 for Spanish Five per Cents. ; and 22i for the Three per Cents. The report of a further change in the Spanish Ministry has been used to lower the quotations of Spanish, and from ap pearances, the " bear" party will succeed in driving them down still more. Great efforts having been making for some time to, induce a belief in the reality of their value, but unsuccessfully ; and every nerve was exerted to raise the quotations, the specu lators fcr a fall having now the command of the market, will not lose so good an opportunity for operating. In truth. how ever, it will make no difference in the worth of the documents whether Mendizabal, Hull, or any one else be the Finance Minister of Spain. In the last accounts from Sydney, mention was made of a festival which _had been held to celebrate the fifty-fourth anni versary of the foundation of the colony, and of the rapid increase which had taken place in its prosperity. Some comparative statements have come to hand which prove those accounts to have been correct : the revenue of 1826, was 72,220/., while that for 1840, was 653,127/., an increase in fourteen years of upwards of 8041. per cent., or an average increase of 57 per cent. per annum. The population in 1828, consisted of 20,930 free persons, and in 1841, exclusively ofPort Philip, of 90,535, an increase of nearly 440 per week. The present system of land sales appears to have come into full operation in 18d2, when the sum derived from them amounted to 13,6831., which in 1840 had risen to 326,6111. or upwards of 2,2871. per cent. or an average of 288/. per cent. per annum. The Post-office, which in other countries is frequently taken as a test of the condition of trade, there shows that in thirteen years it had been raised from 598/. to 17,7371. or more than 2,8661. per cent. Papers to the 16th March, hare arrived from Buenos Ayres, but contain no news. Exchange on England rather higher, being 3d. 1-16. LIVERPOOL COTTON MAREET, JUNE 3.—There has been a good demand throughout the week, yet as the market con tinues so freely supplied no improvement can be noticed in prices, but it closed with much firmness at last week's quotations for all kinds. Speculators have taken 6,500 American, and expor ters 850 American, 150 Pernams, and 140 Madras, and there have been forwarded into the country unsold during the last month, 3.000 American, 200 Brazil, and 250 Surat; the total sales of the week amounted to 34,550 bales. The trade have taken during the year 483,290, speculators 79,500, and shippers 33,090 bales. • LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 3.—There was a very dull demand for shares to-day. Business had a gloomy appear. ante, and there were numerous sellers at our quotations, which were paid for a few of the followit g :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 51 1 / a ; Great Western, 8S; London and Birmingham, 178; South Western, 63; Midland Counties Quarters, 17}; Paris and Rouen, 17. IVIANCHESTEIL STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 3.—We havebad a quiet market to-day, and little business has been transacted. Manchester and Leeds, 83 84; ditto, Half Shares, 36/ 361 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 261 27; Edinburgh and Glas gow Quarter Shares, 11 l prem. ; South Eastern Scrip, 61 61; District Bank. Ici. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH, FUNDS. Bank Stock l67k India Stock —pm 3 per Cent. Red. .. 9li Ditto Bonds ...... 24 pm 3 per Cetit. Con. 31, per Cent. Red 100 Ditto New Annuities... New 3k per Cent... lol# Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 45 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 47 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto 'Small ...... 44 pm Jan. 1860 ...... 12k Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 Jao. 18AJ0 — Consols for Opg. ...... 91% FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... iPortuguese ' 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds... Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres6 per cent. 23 Russian, 5 per cent...„, Chilian, 6 per cent iDitto, Metallic . Colombian, 6 per cent... !Spanish, 5 per cent...,.. 21i Ditto, 1824 26 Ditto, Deferred.... . 9i Danish, 3 per cent — iFreneh, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange —f —e. Mexican, 5 per cent 36 ;French, 3 per cent. —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 I Dutch, 21 per cent Peruvian, 1825, 6 perct. 'Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 101 i SHARES. Cheltenham and Crest Western (80 paid)... 29 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... 51 Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid... ' Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New. Shares (50 paid) 6ll Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich Railway (12/ 15s 4d i.d) 6i Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... 261 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 241 - Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 92 Ditto New Shares (15 paid) ... 3I; FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, JUNE 3.—The average price of wheat last week was 231. 71c., and that of rye, 13f. 44c. The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours are expected to day. A special train was despatched this morning, to meet the Princes at Mons, where they are expected at an early hour. Their Royal Highnesses will pass a few days at the Palace of Lacked, and will return to France by way of Luxemburg, where they will have an inter view with his Majesty, King William IL, of the Nether lands. APELDOOM, MAY 11.—On the arrival of his .Majesty the King at the Loo yesterday morning, the Count and Countess of Nassau were on the steps of the Palace to receive him. The meeting of the two Princes was very cardial, and the King, after having embraced his father, gave his hand to the. Countess to conduct her into the Palace. At breakfast, the King sat between the Count and Countess. About half•past one, his Majesty set out to return to the Hague, after taking an affectionate leave, and accompanied to his carriage by the Count and Countess. DUTCH FUNDS.-.ASIBTIRDAM, .TUNZ 3. al onej. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 52 MN Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. ..... ........ ..... Ainer t Syndic, 454 per cent...... ............ Ditte, ditto, 3% per cent 77 77)9 Commercial Company, 4. 9 per cent )5114 , 52;, Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent............ ....... ..... Exchange on London, one month l2 1214 Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 81 9 Two months 35 : . .0 Dutch Papers, June 4. BELGIAN k UNDS—Bmnsts, JUNI 3 Actual Debt, IN per Cent. Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Cent PA Loon of Thirty Millions,4 per Cent. 94 9 per Cent. — --.Thifty.ieven------- —,---..-----(1140) lO9 i 4 Loan of City, 1 . :12,4 per Cent.... ..... Society et Commerce, 4%per Cent F6 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7d National S.rciety — Exchange on London (short) .... . ...... —Brussels Papers, June 3. LANDLORDS AND THE INCOME-TAX.--We find that the Earl of Scarborough has been placing a yearly rental upon small tenants who have hitherto paid a nominal acknowl , rdg. ment. This is another of the effects of the iniquitous Income tax; the poor have been induced to believe it would not reach them; but it wi'l be grievously found to the contrary. Rents are being raised and wages lowered, and so the detestable in come impost will be paid !—Nottingham Review, • DUBLIN, JuNE 2.—SALE OF ESTATES.—Mr.Simp son, of London, has commenced selling at the Commercial buildings, a portion of the estates of the Earl of Charier/111e, in the barony of henry, and county of Limerick, producing at present (low) rents nearly 7,000:. per annum ; the whole being divided into forty-eight lots. Several English capitalists, who came over specially for the occasion, and a great number of country gentlemen, solicitors, and other agents, were in at torylance. There was a spirited competition between General Caulfield, Captain Hipson, and other capitalists from England, but they did not purchase anything. The whole of the property sold yesterday averaged, one lot with another, thirty-two years' purchase, one having brought the enormous sum of forty-nine. ROYAL DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EAR, DEAN-sTREFT, SOllO-SQUARE. - At the twenty-sixth annual General Meeting of the Governors and friends of this Insti tution, held on Thursday last, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K. G., in the Chair, it appeared that since its estab;ishment in 1616, upwards of 12,700 patients had been cured or relieved. A handsome piece of plate was presented by his Royal Highness to Mr. Curtis, the surgeon of the insti tution, which was voted to him at the last annual meeting as a token of the high opinion entertained by the friends of the instiution of the services which hall been rendered to it by that gentleman. As a proof of its utility, it Indy be mentioned that 15 , 2 poor patiPrits attens!ed at the Dispensary on Tuesday last. Aft the meeting his Royal Highness honoured Mr. Curtis with a visit at his house in Solih-square, and ii,spected his well known acoustic chair and his rare anatomical preparations of I the ear. The Earl of Ranfurly arrived in London this morn ing from Ostend by the General Steam Navigation Company's British steam-ship, Sir Edward Banks. His Lordship left Ostend at a quarter past seven last evenin ,, , and landed at London Bridge-wharf a quarter before nine, the passage having been performed in thirteen hours and a half, notwithstanding being obliged to go only half speed for want of daylight. The Gazette des Tribunaux mentions that Ozanne, the wine-merchant at Bercy, who cammitted suicide, a few days ago, in the forest of Vernon, and respecting whom an ab surd report was current at Rouen, that. he was compromised in a conspiracy against the life of the King, is now reported to have fled from his creditors, and to have been, moreover, ac cused by public rumour of having attempted to commit au out rage upon a female under 15 years of age. ~, . ~-;.: Cot , Wi.CIRCULAR.. The Queen and Prine Albert.• Queen Dowa g er, the Duchess or Kent, and the Dachess'of . Saxe Mein ingen attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Rowel, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Lorrlon, who took his text fr, an Psalm 24, verse 1. The prayers were read by the Ri•v. Dr. Knapp, the lessons by the Rev. Mr, Dakins, and the Com munion Service by . the Bishop of London and the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The chaunt v. as Norris ; the Te Deum and Jubilate in F (King) ; the Sanctus and Responses (Gibbons). The Anthem, " Lord of all power" (Ma son). was sung by the young gentlemen of the choir. Sir George Smart presided at the organ.-- _ _ The Bishop of Norwich, the Clerk, and the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, were in waiting. The Royal Suite included Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Liddell, Hon. Miss Paget, Earl of Morton, Lord George Lennox, and Captain Meynell. Lord Charles Wellesley and Sir Edward Bowater, the Equerries in Waiting, at tended her Majesty and the Prince, on horseback. The Queen Dowager wasi-attended by the Countess of Shef field and the Earl Howe. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson. Among the Nobility present, were the Duchess of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Earl and Countess Dellawarr. Earl:and Countess of Wilton, Earls Errol, Bandon, Cawaer ' Sheffield, and Efflogham, Lord and Lady J. Eliot, Lords Canterbury, Hawarden, Inges tre, and Belaven. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen early on Saturday, morning. Soon after ten o'clock Her 3iljesty and Prince Al bert, accompanied by his ExcellPney Count Mensdorf, and attended by the Duchess of Bucclench, left Buck ingham Palace in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party ofkrus•mrs, for Wormwood Scrubbs. Lord Charles Wellesley and Sir Edward Bowater rode on horseback. Another open carriage and four followed, conveying the Counts Hugh, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arthur Mensdorf. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridgeolso left town in the forenoon, for Wormwood Scrubbs. After the Review her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal party, returned to Buckingham Palace at half-past one o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken their accustomed airing on Satur day morning, in a carriage and four. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Sa turday eveninc , included her Royal High ness th e D uc h ess ofKent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Mr. George Edward, and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The Band of the Ist Life Guards attended at the Palace during the evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, attended by a numerous suite, honoured the performance of the Singing Classes at Exeter Fall, on Saturday evening, with their presence. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen afterwards went to the Italian Opera. The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the Queen Dowager yes terday at Marlborough nous.. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and Prince George of Cambridge, attended Divine Service yesterday morn ing in Grosvenor Chapel. Lady Augusta Somerset and Major Stephens were in Waiting on their Royal Hignesses. His Excellency Count Mensdorf and his sons visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday and on Saturday at Clarence House. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen Dov, ager and th e D u k e an d D uc h ess of Saxe Meinengen, at Marlborough House, on Saturday. Her Serene HighneiS the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Royal Gfrman Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Kuper officiated. . The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, and Major Stephens, honoured Lady Peel with their company on Saturday evening; at the assembly given by her Ladyship at her residence in Whitehall-gardens. A Deputation from the Deputies of the Protestant Dissenters in London, consisting of Mr. Henry Way mouth, Mr. Benjamin Hanbury, Mr. John Rennington Mills, Mr. John Wilks, Mr. Win. A. Ilankey, and Mr. Josiah Conder. had an.interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing -street. A Deputation from the Royal Free Hospital, Greville street, consisting of Mr. Hughes Hughes, Chairman of the Committee of Management; Drr Wm. Marst:en, the Founder •, and the Rev. R. C. Packman, Honorary Se cretary, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer on Saturday, in Downing-street. The Anniversary General Meeting of Baronets touk place at the Clarendon Hotel on Saturday. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. Sir Robert Peel had a large dinner party on Saturday at his residence in Whitehall Gardens; Lady Peel after wards gave a ball, which was very numerously attended by the Nobility and Gentry. Despatches for Lord Ellenborough, Governor-General of India, were sent off on Saturday evening from the Board of Control. REVIEW ON WORMWOOD SCRUBBS. 'On Saturday her — MiTeity reviewed the two regiments of Life Guards and the Bth Royal Hussars, on the Review ground, Wormwood Sarubbs, in the presence of a large number of General and other military officers, and a vast assemblage of the nobility, gentry, &c. The arrange ments, although on an extended scale, were conducted with such privacy that the intenti.:n Was scarcely known even at a late hour on Friday, which will account for the number of spectators being less than has generally been the case at reviews by the Sovereign. As early as nine o'clock a strong body of police of the T 'and A division, under the direction of Superintendent Williamson and laipe&bra Morgan, Stead, and Martin, arrived on the Scrubbs; and prevented the crowd, which had already begun to collect, from trespassing within the line marked out for the.operation of the troops, and also in keeping clear the atmospheric Railway on the east side of the - S - drubbs, near the engine-house, belonging to which it was arranged her Majesty, &c., should mount and clisitiount. Shortly afterwards two squadrons of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), under the command of Captain Vincent Corbett, who had on the previous day come from Windsor to Ealing, preparatory to keeping the ground, entered the Scrubbs, and . took up the positions appointed to them. - From that time until tenVolock . Carriages containing elegantly dressed ladies, many of them of noble rank, arrived in rapid succession and were ai'rangcd in double' and triple rows at the upper 'end of the Scrubbs, near the Great Western Railway, just above the flag-staff, appointed as head-querters. Precisely - at ten o'clock the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, preceded by their splendid band, in rich state uniforms, with their silver kettle drums, entered the ground under the command of Colonel Reid, and took up a position on 'the rise of the hill to the south west, and about ten minutes aftetc wards the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, with their band in similar rich costinme, also arrived from the Regent's Park Barracks, under. the command of Lieut.-Colonel Cavendish, and took up a"position before them. At twenty minutes past ten o'clock her Majesty's fa fourite light chesnut Arabian charger, with a number of saddle horses, for ,Prince Albert, Count Mensdorf, &c.,' accompanied by number of the Royal grooms, in scarlet liveries, entered the Scrubbs and proceeded under the archway of the railway to the spot assigned them, and at half-past ten o'clock the Bth Royal Hussars arrived from Hounslow Barracks, under the command of Col. M'Caul, preceded by their band, and took up a pc; sition neur the Life Guards. Shortly, previous to the hour appointed for the arrival of her Majesty (eleven o'clock), the • troops fornaed into line, inclined to the left on the 2d Life Guards, having the three bands in front. Amongst those present we noticed the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke and Duchess of Buccletteh, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Earl Delawarr, Sir Charles Dalbiac, Colonels 4gon, Richard- son, Angelo, &c. Her Majesty arrived : on the grouzild at a- ("porter to, eleven o'clock, a quarter of an hour before she was e?t piected. The Royal cortege, which consisted of an open landau, drawn by four horses, containing the Queen, Prince Albert, Count Alensdorf, and the Duchess of Buccleuch ; a second open carriage, containing the four sons of Count MenStiorl (Counts Hugo, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arthur) ; ' . and a chariot containing Sir Edward Bowater and Lord Charles Wellesley, entered the Scrubbs by Wood-lane, leading from Shepherd's Bash, and immediately proceeded, amid the enthusiastic cheering of the spectators, to the spot on the east side of the railway, where the Royal saddle-horses were stationed. At the entrance of the passage under the railroad, her Ma - jesty was received by his, G race the Duke of Wellington, in a Field Marshal's uniform, bearing upon his breast a pro fusion of orders, amongst which the Black Eagle of Prussia was conspicuous. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, dressed as Colonel of the 16th Dragoons, Lord Hill (CO . mmander of the Forces) in a Field-Marshal's uniform, Earl Cardigan in the uniform •of the 10th Hussars, Sir George Quentin in the same, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Willoughby Cotton, General Sir E. Bowater, and nume rous other General officers.. The Queen wore the Windsor uniform (blue riding habit, with crimson facings), black round hat, with black lace veil, and wore across from the left shoulder the broad blue ribbon of_ the Order of the Garter. Prince Albert wore a Hussar. .unifornr, as did also Count Mens dorf and three of his sons, as Prussian hussars, the fourth being habited in a dragoon uniform. Immediately on her Majesty, Prince Albert, and their illustrious visitors having mounted, they proceeded to wards the head-quarters, preceded by the Royal aides de•camp, and followed by a most numerous and brilliant staff, in addition to which the retinue was swelled by an almost innumerable number of ladies and gentlemen on horseback. Strange to say, notwithstanding the cheers of those who witnessed her Maj e sty' s entry upon the grounds must have reached the ears of the multitude of persons assembled at the upper part of the extensive grounds, no one appeared to recognise the Royal and illustrious personages, or even believe that they had ar rived, until, upon her Majesty taking her station in front of the fiat - J.-staff above mentioned,. they were convinced by tip bands striking up the National Anthem, and the troops presenting arms. On the Queen's left were Prince Albert, Count Mensdorf, the Duke of Wellington, ke • and on her right Lord Hill, Prince George of Cam bridge, &c. Her Majesty, having returned the salute of the troops, who were still formed in line, proceeded, accompanied by her Illustrious Consort and the whole of the Staff, &e., to inspect the ranks. As the'Queen passed along the ',title, the band of the First Life Guards (led by Mr Waddell) played a Prussian March. Her Majesty, in passing the colours of edit troop, saluted them in a most -, ),r4te,t•fkA 1. military delight, the soldiers. - - - - ' • rterP The Royal party having returned to heactilu e t : fe the three vi giments pasSed by, by squadrons, the t ,,4, Eiatiner; Which appcared hands Vayne -, the "First, Lite Guards' Marebt" posed by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Pat , when the column had got in original line, ed troops and marched past by threes.' the bands an Austrian March, after which they re-fortnetLilt of ginal line, and trotted past. laik) h er At this juncture (ten minutes to twelve o'c-- Majesty finding the burning rays of the nocn , juY b k too powerful for her longer to endure, or in fact ts? they,f,rs!ii, her clearly to distinguish the movements of the trf t e i p at the suggestion of the Duke of Wellington... (lu t ht the head-quarters to be changed from the upror, i ° lower side of the Scrubbs, whi c h w as immediate]) too The troops then went through various rnanceuvros, which the line advanced in parade order, the bands " s 1 ing " God save:the Queen." The review was e n twenty minutes before one o'clock: ,sst° Her Majesty, before leaving, was pleased to exPrctthe General Lygon. the officer having command -°` brigade, and the officers of the regiments, &C. _ A ller dP approval both of the appearanc e o f the troops manner in which they had gone through the evoh' i l id The Royal party then returned to their rarriangit at ten minutes to one o'clock quitted the vomit', e n t , return to Buckingham Palace, amid the defean4 i c o pi of the assembled multitude. Her Majesty, 106 : remarkably well, did not appear at all fatigaed.'toetiti The troops soon afterwards returned to their rcsl"" barracks. - • PARLIAMENTARY REFOU,iI, ti rf At a meeting of the Metropolitan P a rliame n t (s Reform Association, held on Frid a y, June 3 v . ' l t offices of the Society, John-st ree t, Adel:_,,f Place in the chair, the Secret ar y d re W a ttent oe lt the flattering prospects and pr ogress o f the . 4 s itf Numerous letters had been re ce i ve d f rom varo li t odi of the country, explaining th e v i ews an d exPe, 006, of Reformers of all denominati o n s . Amongstriet one had been received from a large landed PS?, in Devon, J. D. Bassett, Esq., for the long*"b1 1 ; fifty years, one of the Magistrates of that eouniPdi a well-known Reformer—that gen tl eman I cs bc i! ; his gratification at the e s t a bli s h men t of ' the:,: to f tion, sending a donation of 201., an d engaginnly the cause in his neighb our h oo d. A l ett e r fro., was also read, it having been addressed to Afit• er ti 4 burton, as Chairman of th e A ssoc i at i on. It in relation to the suffrage movement in-elr Co' to the system of voting in the. French Electo" leges, explaining and lauding that system as r i ; fur ing bribery and intimidati on . Th e S ec retol f l ther reported that-the number of members as,!; s creased, numerous active Reformers in varl calities having joined; and al s o th a t th e I,ibellr vincial as' well as the London Press had t ll4 .! ea assisted the Sciciety, by spreading a knowledeo , objects and proceedings t o a ll p ar t s of the liin4 u t to The following Addreas to. tfie Electors of ?2 7 A1, ham, upon the subject 'o the recent bribery Pw . f promise, and upon the approaching. eleetie!' agreed to . ;4 ' o l THE METROPOLITAN . PARLIAME ,, REFORM ASSOCIATION. TO THE INHABITANTS OF NOTTINGIW k A More than sixty yea rs y our t own was 0 0 chief places in which that good man and lei', Parliamentary Reform, Major Cartwright, :tj. i 4 /P f,, many of his most zealous co-operators.,, • town the " Twenty-four Worthies" signed; f, brated declaration, condemning. Pitt's until against human freedom. And. from. those Pelle to the passing. of the Reform Bill, Notting? stood forward the champion of Universal i :01 which has served as the r a llyi ng cry f or led, cliff in utterly routing the Tories again an4:7 06 ,) Since the passing of th e R e f orm Bill th e re 7 j no agitation for any g re at p r i nc i p l e . t o CO' the subtle election practices of the aristocre c i corruption has consequently crept on ; littl e by Nottingham is at length on the point of being' as one of the most venal boroughs. • You have now an opportunity of wiping. De, stain of corruption, of regaining your lost Ingd racter, and at the same ti me o f se tti ng an 0 0, , the rest of the kingdom. Can you hesitate in choosing between election and degrading corruption ? go on selling yourselves to the base triirW ai i Parliamentary seats ? Will you now, Whell;ir tation for Radical principles is begun.e country is everywhere rising to demt reform of the House of Commons--w the cause you have so long cherishedi-i selves with indelible disgrace ? No, comparatively small number of the whose criminal love of gold will indi traitors to their town and their count be known. Can no entreaties of theT neighbours rouse them from their ha. Are there no appeals to honest feel' sentations of the vileness of vote-selli. fluence them ? Honest inhabitants try all kindly and persuasive means corrupted erectors back to the path if they fail, let them know that brit. forth be exposed and punished, and make out a recreant list, and publish i of the whole kingdom. The late Tory candidate has decks; I again to contest the approaching el firms that the enormous sums of mon in his two previous contests at _Nottini most innocently devoted to legal e. know, and he knows, that his only. el, is in his purse. He is a ma n o f bug not venture his money carelessly. therefore, that his agents calcuiate the votes of so many miserable dupes of cot's as they and he think will secure his return. i o We need not call upon you - to bestir yonrs:, , ig that you 'are doing, very many of you with d worthy of an honest cause, and the pure an 01, character of the man who has b o ldly esP°.. lt te , 3 Q cause. Joseph Sturge stands forth th e con.l . no lif) vocate of freedom, religious, social, and W I After acting as a leader. in freeing the black o f,y the colonies, he turns now in commiseratnil white slaves at home, and puts himSe p c iri, head of the movement for their political enian. t ,rl utterly regardless of the prejudices which th e ie ttl_) classes have too successfully inculcated to peaceful and philanthropic from mixing in u . affairs. confid e 'We await the result of the conte s t, con you. will not relax in your efforts, nor learii" o l l , tl means untried of securing a victory forld election over the utterly detestable briberysr,. By order of the Business Committee; - FRANCIS PLACE, Clvn, i , c , J. ROBERTS BLACK, 9, John-street, Adelphi, June 3, 1842. . 1 0 , ROYAL — TWAMS Y-ACHT t oil? On Saturday, the first match forthe seasen,blo l :y of this Club, was appointed to come off, , tind; asvde,./ Royal Sovereign steamer was in attendance at , e re in tri laide-wharf, L - ondon-bridge, at one o'clock ing, to convey the Commodore (Mr. liar el ,;•lo. j i, umpires, members of the Club, and company, 8 •;;O:pio the struggle. The Royal Sovereign left b j ) ? about half-past ten, and went down the riv er , o fV, inersmith, having on b oar d a numerous par t) onir, and gentlem. n, a b an d o f mus i c , an d a ll the 5 ' 0 471# for an agreeable day. On arriving at Gree n e, 0 91 ( 0 prizes, three in n um b er , v i z ., a s il ver tea servi c o lte'l, salver, and a silver chased claret jug, wer u _VV l shore, to afford Admiral the Hon. Sir R. Storeliy, vernor of the Hospital, and Vice-Patron of th e w; l e opportunity of seeing them. Sir R. Stopfora his gratification on seeing them, and the Com° l os,r his party immediately returned with them on steamer, and gave orders for preparations to", :oi nr, commence the match. The wind was at.tbe .l o l .yet ao r west, but there was hardly breath enough sails from flapping against the masts and to; t <„it" and-though the day was beautifully fine, it i'lli etl ier; fit for testing the sailing powers , of the yacht' P . 1 ". start. The start took place, on firing thb Signal 6 101,1 minutes before twelve, and the Mary took t c r ot y , t ete', lowed by the Phantom, Rival, Mystery, 1) , eV ! " Louise, Brilliant, and Sea Nymph. ft wt' t that the wind would freshen as the vessels g ° O ll A river, but this expectation was completeli th e h, When the match arrived in Woolwich Itos e re ly w oo ld fell, and it was a dead calm, the vessels toe 0 14 ; with the tide' ; and it was foreseen that the To l e red L I, not be brought to an issue that day—one O t or bu ie t 'd tions of the Club requiring that the flag-b° 3 Gro ( 0 1 1 0 '; Coal-house-point, about two miles below a t op ) should be rounded by five o'clock, or the In t f ` tit oe r, over again. The wind freshened for a sho r iy 0 5 a bo l ) four o'clock, but at five the yachts were 01 ! f ait i f Erith, and, in consequence„ the steamer vis s f the;,ll and she and the eight yachts made the bes_t; d ~boini . oo ( back to Greenwich, off which they arriv,.l e ivlaf o i past sevr o'clock. Such was the state et ' 3 ' of 0 1 o il it sis difficult to say what were the powq v ill any of the yachts engaged. The mates I n i g h , for, it was understood, in the course of s'i c ' t d 0 1,0 A Montpellier journal says that the e, which left that station in the evening of. the e of ti reached within sight of Cette when :he aalet' e b ;, tviliOr o g wheels of the four-wheel engine, the Rosine., itT be too drawn, br. ke and diverged from the rail, t e . 0 Kt. /0. It made its way along the ground to a dig7, o l' sl t o rj,J 60 and 70 yards before it stopped. Th e wag ° 6 ; ite rf , di' . far kept in motion, but neither of them w i. e o l ' ist sivonr t ot They were not in any degree injured, aed, 14 ' 0 ,,/ e,„ 5 k, 1 04 4 not sustain any other inconvenience than . 4 0 4 re: i arr e o• tame to walk into Cette. Upon this the j",.. e ;ch oos It is the third accident of the same kind ' WI " 0 1 '4ll within the present year without producingtth'te ,c 4 J O sequences, and adduces it as a proof are bil ) sengers is not put to any risk when. the train - 10 11 ; one locomotive. Od e to b° John Cumming, a seamen' of her... a , r rial 0 , 01 1 t oe Cambridge, who was Sentenced by c o urt,w iri t he to o ,01 for the murder of a boy, was brought hooe y / ere e le; b t Plymouth Sottnd last week. Preparations os.„1, vey the prisoner on board the guard -ship in Monday night orders. were received bY__e3sl;,, Weasel was to proceed immediately to Sheel;ias. 0 es er: i sa iled, o yes and on the following morning s d h , e mb' ta It f ro e ittedi tlie et. °Pi board, for that place. Some sanity of the prisoner at the tune ha el"; senteP— act, and it is generally believed that r rest sal• puaishatent will be revoked..—Plymoilt° ~~.T st , j L 34%, Ivip, ), ~~ ,: , . A ~ ~~~, -, a,Gi~_ 0 „ 3, Dat c , *1 47, 1,6 %f o r ) ~~~~ ~,` 1 ~~ . ~~ ~:~ • t - % 0 I W, IN ui,agaiPi nand ' will you ,-and bra' 1 .41, ). It , i 6 presefit4itotiod Luce theiT, , try. Th 1 7, 41 sir towns v ateful Ii of ,Nottin s to b rin g . of hontl4 ibery w ill to o ) nd that Lsh it to t"" ired his 1 6 ,,t e i neyy spent expensi t chance of A e usiness, Deperli' Upon