The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-20 00:00:00

T HE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) oapital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. earn. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Preepoetuses and fall information may be obtained at the Tempo wary Ofßen a the Company, 13a, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro term NOTICE LADY LISTER KAYE'S NEW WORK, "BRITISH nOMES AND FOREIGN WANDERINGS," Tfro 'rola., WILL BE READY on Saturday, June 23. Orders ssoolied by all lloolLseilers. Henryrolburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor MORIANI. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera, entitled LUCREZIA BORGPA. Is the coarse of the evening a new Divertissement, entitled LA PRIMA BALLERINA. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as ■snai, price 109, Gd. each. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. MADAME PERSIANI'S BENEFIT. TO-MORROW EVENING IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. After which, the Third Act of • LA SONNAMBULA. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT, Is which the principal Artistes of the Ballet Department will appear The performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor. Mr. Costa, JAMES'S TH EA T RE. FRENCLI PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, MR. MITCHELL'S BENEFIT. T. Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with (By Desire) LA VENDETTA. After which LE COMTE ORY. After the Opera Madame Cinti-Damerean will sing " Scene de la Debutante," accompanied on the Piano-forte by M. Benedict ; and " La Bachante, Scherzo, le Roi de Baviere," accompanied by herself. To conclude with EXTREMES SE T()tiCIIE:Is.TT, THYZATE , :. ROYAL, HAYMARtiIET. Mr. B. Webster, ,‘Stale Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENIN., Will be performed a new and original tragic Play, in Five Acts, entitled STRATHMORE. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To cenclade with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Ceder the direction c 11?.4lame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed THE KNIGHT OF ARITA. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To be foll,orarl by a novelty in the rbape of A MOOT UNIVAII RANTABLE INTRUSION, which will be committed by Mr. Wright o the annoyance of Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEAT Under the 'Management of Madame Vt- , ens. 'ale Lessee, 11r. Cbarle. , a• he 7, s THIS EVENING Will be performed PROMOTION. After which a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Dress —orte:, , , 55.; Upper Bose:., 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No .lialf-price to any part of the house,. —The New Box-ofEce, No. 2, Wellingtol- street, !s open to the plegic 7.very from Ten till ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEAT Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal EfighuesB Prince Albert, &c. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at one time : Mdlles. Adelaide Hinnle, Valentine, Louise Toulrnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in announc ing that he has engaged that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJERAT ; er, the Conquest of the Selkhe. To be t , ,ilowed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the Erst Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a favourite Melodrama, entitled THE WHITE FARM. Eox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage li3na4er, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL-GARDENS. Engagement of M. JULLIES. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. under the patronage of her Mao: Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, h!s Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The Puolic Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of Badajoz to be the tnost perfect aol life-like exhibition. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Pablic are - respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable re,ort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid 3fenagerie—Ju l lien's unrivalled Band—Vo cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Frances Mildmay, Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. G. Tedder—Solos by Koenig, Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violon cello by Viotti :and George Collins, varied alternately—and other at tractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombard ment and attack—gallant defence—rush to the breach by real troops —and final ta'aleaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fights." Doors open at Nine o'Clock, A.M. ; feeding of the animals at Five ; Pelicans and White Bears half-past r ive ; Concert at Six ; Storming of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling. REFRESIIMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only could be procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had f.+l' the first quality, and at the usual Prices. THE WEA.TELIL—SoN OFFICE, JUNE 20. Titsamosinxta, Lowest, 48; Higtest, 60, aon, 55 BAROMETEB., 30.2. WIND N.W.—fine weather. WATEit, AT LONDON 13fitt)(1E. Mrs DAY Anrrting, 1 min. after 1 Evening, 27 min. after I To-lroattoW—Morning, 52 min. after 1 I Eveatn, 20 min. after 2 3 • „ ~,,r , 74 , o, 40 16. * i ft. ' ~L y :- , ,,. a ',,,,,,''' ' ; '..... 'i '. ''' h “. , 1 s , ---- . 6 OIE I) :,., 4 • ,") ~, hl<o I ' :.----' C LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1849. Either as warriors or as publicists the NAFIERS, if not doing, are at least always endeavouring to do good service to their country. Whenever their swords are sheathed their pens are called into requisition. When they withdraw for a while from the command of the military or maritime forces of Britain, they evince an earnest and patriotic anxiety to forward the improvement of their warlike professions. This, it will not yet have been forgotten, was evinced in a striking manner by the Letter addressed to the Presi dent of the Board of Control (on the necessity existing for the reorganization of the Baggage Corps of the Indian army), by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the victor of Meanee. It has also, within the last few days, been displayed quite as conspicuously by the Letter addressed to the First Lord of the Treasury (on the urgent demand for the extension of our naval power in the number and quality of its steam-vessels) by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the conqueror of St. Jean d'Acre. Whatever may be the views of the Admi nistration either as to the efficiency of the Baggage Corps of the Indian army, or as to the sufficiency of the steam force of the English navy, it is quite im possible that the Ministers of the Crown should do otherwise than yield the most diligent attention to the remonstrances of men so illustrious among the great Captains of the two elements. The NAPIT N E3 have nobly and brilliantly earned for themselves the right of requiring this Ministerial consideration, by the ardour of the one as a soldier, and of the other as a sailor, and by the splendid vic tories with which they have both illustrated the his tory of the Anglo- Saxons. Although the objections made by Sir CHARLES NAPIRE, in reference to the mal-administration of affairs at the Admiralty, have been long since ren dered familiar to the public through the medium of his Parliamentary speeches, the majority cannot fail to be gratified at the publication of a document which recapitulates those objections in the concise form of an epitome, and condenses them within the mo derate dimensions of an epistle. As a resume of the opinions expressed by the Gallant Admiral during the six years he remained in the House as a popular representative, the communication to Lord JOHN RUSSELL on the " State of the Steam Navy," a letter contained in our last evening's impression, must prove peculiarly welcome to every lover of his country, and *very well-wisher of the illustrious service which has elevated that country to its present greatness. Sir CHARLES at once plainly and bluntly acknow ledges himself to be an alarmist. In doing this, however, he reminds the Prime Minister that no peril can be risked by his exposure of the defenceless condition of England, that exposure having already been made by the memorable letter Penned by the Duke of WELLINGTON. And as an additional, nay, more, as a conclusive justification of his own exposition of " the nakedness of the land," Sir CHARLES insista upon the inappropriateness of the time in which the Duke took upon himself the in vidious duties of an alarmist, and on the other hand maintains that such an exposure of the urgency of our national position is shown to be exquisitely re quisite, at a period when 30,000 have been conveyed with such astounding facility and suddenness from France to Italy, from Toulon to Civita Vecchia. Our distinguished Sea. Captain speaks directly to the point, without the feeblest attempt at circumlocution; and his hint to the Premier is not less startling than if sententious. " I advise your Lordship," says he, _ «p look at the chart—not at the distance from Ton. ti * o Civita Vecchia, but at the distance from Cher g to Portland." Immediately before that re a commendation he has declared in the most emphatic language that the French possess a much more efficient steam navy than ourselves, seeing that while England has more horse power, and he believes more tonnage, " France has 20 steam-frigates, capable of mounting 32 guns each, and of carrying 2,000 troops with ease." A fact which was alarmingly demonstrated the other day by the abrupt disembarkation on the shores of Central Italy of the French army under OUDINOT ; and one, moreover, which calls forcibly to our re membrance as opinion long since pronounced by a great French -statesman and historian, ADOLPHE TRIERS. " The character of steam-navigation"— these are the very words of M. THIERS—" the cha racter of steam navigation it is impossible to predict now in its relation to future events. That it gives more means to France of acting against England is possible. That it renders the Straits more easy to be crossed must depend upon the efforts France may make to assume a superiority in the employ of the New Power." According to the deliberate assertion of Sir CHARLES NAPIER those efforts have been made, and have not only been made, but have proved up to the present time to be eminently successful. If false, that assertion may be very readily disprovei ; if true, it renders the argu • ment of the Admiral signally imperative. Whether true or false the fact might be the most effectually and the most clearly demonstrated by having recourse to the very measure proposed by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, namely, the appointment of a committee of naval officers and engineers to investi gate thoroughly the whole system of the present management of our naval forces, and to propound some other by which its difficulties and blunders might be immediately and permanently prevented. The very circumstance of his suggesting this con trivance for the removal of existing abuses, and for the substitution of a wholesome re-organization, affords the best guarantee of the sincerity and the disinterestedness of the feelings by which Sir CHARLES NAPIER is actuated. It demonstrates that his solici tude is actually to witness the improvement of our steam navy, and not to cram a crochet of his own down the throats of the Government. This circum stance, moreover, is the more worthy of regard in his particular instance, from the recollection of the fact that the views upon steam navigation of Sir CHARLES NAPIER individually are entitled to a very express consideration, for, according to his own decisive statement, " during the two years he com manded the Channel squadron no less than 29 steamers have passed through his hands." Of the steam vessels of war by which he has endeavoured to illustrate the accuracy of his objections to the old system (or rather to the old want-of-system), the most remarkable have been the three well-known ships, the Sidon, the Odin, and the Terrible— the first-named being the very first pro duced under his personal direction, Mr. FiNcriam being the builder, and Mr. SEAWARD the engine maker. Faults, blemishes, deficiencies, there undoubtedly have been in these vessels, but those very faults, blemishes, and deficiencies have only, to our thinking, proved the more incontrovertibly that Sir CHARLES NAPIER was correct from the outset in his objections. If plans, in carrying out which the builder and engineer have been brought together, the merits and demerits of which plans have been scrupu lously canvassed " for months," in reference to which officers experienced in steam navigation have been re peatedly consulted—if such plans, so directed and so followed out to their completion, are found, notwith standing all these precautions, to require considerable modification, how much more liable to error must not those earlier, more jejune, and hap hazard plans he in the furtherance of which neither the constructor of the ship, the maker of the engines, nor the seamen of the vessel have been brought to gether to consult on one of the most difficult points of naval architecture. Briefly—Sir CHARLES NAPIER has fully effected all the purpose of reasoning towards which his ar guments were through this letter directed. He has, by his allusions to the superiority of the French steam navy, as revealed in the recent expedition of 30,000 troops to Civita Vecchia, proved that some rigid investigation is required forthwith. He has proclaimed the madness of the reduction lately made in the number of our seamen to the extent of some 3,000 or 4,000 mariners. He has shown that by our present absurd and dangerous system we are only building overgrown corvettes which are miscalled frigates— and that those vessels, through the want of co-opera tion and of a common understanding among the parties engaged in their construction, are conspicuous for the following defects :—the want of sufficient stowage—the exposure of their boilers to the enemies' shot—the sinking of the main deck ports so low in the water as to render their guns useless, and the general fabrication of so-called frigates at once cumbrous, ineffective, and inconvenient. All these defects, all this necessity for a re-organization in the management of the navy, we ourselves have long and long ago insisted upon. Years since The Sun has declared, for example, the absolute necessity for the general adoption of the " screw" in our own 'steam navy, as the best preser vation of the propelling force in vessels of war, besides all those other necessities for modifica tion, which have at length found a supporter so earnest and resolute as Sir CHARLES NAPIER. There is no longer any path for withdrawal open for the Go vernment. The charges made against the pre- veiling system have become at last so dis. tinct and definitive that they must be en. countered. And, to bring the matter to the earliest and most satisfactory settlement, the com mittee of naval officers and engineers must conse quently be appointed. When this much has been accomplished we shall no longer be " groping in the dark," and shall see the Navy of England placed in a - position commensurate with its ancient glory. What the ATTORNEY-GENERAL has had "under consideration, but not found time or opportunity to do," the Noble Lord the Member for Marylebone has almost accomplished ; while the law officer of the Crown was doubting and hesitating as to the best mode of encountering the difficulties of the case, the unpaid representative of a metropolitan borough has produced a sound practical measure, completely removing the ,virus from an acknowledged nuisance. The Palace Court Bill was read a second time on Monday evening, without a single dissentient voice, and was ordered to be committed on Friday. It will undoubtedly pass through all its stages with perfect unanimity, unless Sir JOHN JERVIS should, in the interim, shake off his apathy, and bring forward his long contem plated Bill for the total abolition of the tribunal. Lord DUDLEY STUART proposes that hencefor ward e a v u e o r w y ea pe t r o so a n em su au ed d t i h n e t t he rans P fe a r lac o e Court shall b to the County Court of the district within which he resides. This privilege will completely take of the obnoxious tribunal, for it cannot cannot be b that any person of ordinary cap ac i ty will volu ntari l y supposed submit to the enormous costs and practical injust icearl of a jurisdiction that has already attained so unen viable a notoriety. It may sometimes be resorted to by persons anxious to obtain payment of extortionate or unconscientious claims, for, whether justly or otherwise, it has been 'generally believed that the party appealing to the Court has almost a certainty of success if he can bring forward the slightest evidence to sustain his demand, but no defendant will consent to have his case adjudicated on where there is a manifest prejudice in favour of the plaintiff, and where, in the event of an unfavour able decision, the original debt may be quadrupled by the costs incidental to its recovery. If cheap and expeditious justice be desirable, nothing can be alleged ,in favour of the jurisdiction of the Palace Court. But where there is really a legitimate and bond fide debt, the proceedings of the court are almost as injurious to the interests of the creditor, as they un doubtedly are harassing to the defendant. Many unprivileged persons practice under the sanction and with the connivance of the attorneys, who put for ward a claim to compensation for what they are pleased to term " an invasion of their vested rights:' Such intruders will too frequently be guilty of acts at which the legitimate prac titioners would blush, and no security is afforded to the humble suitor that he will not be permitted to fall into such hands. A set of harpies haunt the precincts of the court yiho obtain the ma nagement of a case under the pretence of conducting it more cheaply than the recognised officers of the court. When such a party is entrusted with a cause an immediate advance is required of one or two pounds. In the majority of cases, the deposit, which has thus been obtained by something very little better than a swindle, is appropriated by the recipient who takes no further trouble in the matter. Happy is it for the creditor if such should be the result, for he only sustains the loss of the sum so advanced. But if unfortunately the suit should be actually instituted, and an order for payment obtained, a bill of costs is trumped up, which absorbs the entire amount ; or if, after payment of the debt, a balance should chance to remain, it is infinitely more difficult to obtain payment from the legal gentleman than from the original debtor. This may appear to be an ex aggeration, but original documents have recently been placed before us which fully sustain our state ments. Indeed we could not have credited the possi bility of such proceedings unless the most convincing evidence had been afforded of the veracity of our informant. A respectable widow, who gained her livelihood by letting furnished lodgings, had lent a sum of 121. to a person similarly circumstanced, in the year 1844, in order to enable her friend to settle the rent then due. No question existed as to the validity of the demand, every shilling of which was for money actually lent, without bonus or interest of any kind. Repeated applications had been made for payment, which would have been accepted by easy instalments, but in vain ; no settlement could be obtained. The debtor was either unable or unwilling to satisfy the just demand. After having waited patiently more then two years, the creditor was in duced in an evil hour to employ an attorney, whether otie of the privileged few or not we are at present unable to say. Proceedings were commenced some time in the year 1846. On the 2d of October in that year the attorney to the plaintiff (who had re ceived proposals for an amicable arrangement from the defendant), ca ationing her against any interference in the matter, and desiring that she should "leave it to him to settle." She did so, and a demand was shortly after wards preferred (according to the usual prac tice) for an advance of 21., without which no further step could be taken. With considerable difficulty this mcney was provided and handed over in the month of March following, nothing having been done in the interval. The party was then summoned to the Palace Court, and no defence being offered, an order was made for the payment of the debt and costs by instalmemts of 10s. per month, the first pay ment to be made in May, 1847. Since that period the instalments itrere punctually paid to the attorney, but not a shilling was handed to the creditor, who was not only kept out of her original demand, but even of the 21. she, had advanced. Repeated applica tions were made• to this respectable atttorney for payment, but although constant promises were made nothing could be obtained. On the 13th February last we find a letter from the attorney, who was never at home when called on, in the following words ; ~ Mrs. " I hope in the• course of a week or ten days to do something for you.. I will, you may rest assured, not lose a moment, but business has been flat,' and money very scarce, or I would not have troubled you to write or to send to me. " Yours, truly, In the beginning of March the plaintiff, who had in the interim repeatedly called upon the attorney, wrote, another letter staling that if the matter were not imme diately settled, sne would cause an application to be made to the court for redress, to which she received an answer, which for style and matter is certainly a literary curiosity, and which we cannot refrain from giving to our readers verbatim. It com menced with a bill of costs in this unopposed suit, amounting to 11/, 2s. It then gave credit for 121. 104., viz., 21. received on account from the plaintiff and various payments from the defendant amounting in all to 101. 103., to which account was appended the following epistle :-- ‘, Mrs. - " The last letter you wrote me must have been penned by some low, insolent follow, whom you had better not for the future have arlything to do with. I have made out the amount in full, giving you credit for all I have received, and by which you will perceive, after all your bluster and impudent threats against me, that there is only lt 83. due to you. This amount you can have, I dare say, on Saturday next,.and then I wish to have no more to du with you.—Young obediently, Here, then, this excellent attorney wishes to have no more to do with the plaintiff, or to take no further steps after he has succeeded in extracting sufficient to pay his 11/. 2s. costs, where there was no defence. But, strange as it may appear, the 1/. Bs. has never since been paid, but the settlement has still been put off for a further time. Such facts require no comment on our part, they will be fully appreciated if any opposition should be offered to the Bill, or if claims for compensation should be put forward by those who allow such prac tioners to use their names or to act under their authority. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Illoniteur publishes the following telegraphic dispatch : " THE PREFECT OF THE RHONE TO THE MINISTER OF THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE TEE INTERIOR. " June 18, 11 o'clock, A.M. " Lyons is perfectly tranquil. The Croix Rousse and Guillotiere are being disarmed. The operation is going on well and without resistance." In the National Assembly on Monday an autho risation was granted for the prosecution of M. FELIX PYAT. The report on the Bill for the Suppression of the Clubs was brought up by M. Jurm DE LEP' STERIE ; and M. ODILON BARROT avowed and justi fied his conduct in threatening the Siecle, the Presse, and the National, with suspension. The Presse has adopted a most characteristic method of avenging its wrongs. M. EXILE DE GIRARDIN, not being any longer permitted to write leaders on the state of siege, or the rights of the minority, makes M. ODILON BARROT do for him that which he is no longer permitted to do for himself. He re-publishes M. BARROT'S speeches on those subjects under the monarchy, and there are extant speeches of M. ODILON BARROT on these matters sufficient to furnish leaders for the Pressie for the next month. The National says— " Th e explicit declarations made from the tribune yes terday by M. Odilon Barrot confirms the menace con tained in the official warning transmitted to us on the previous day by the Commissary of Police. "A seal is now more than ever placed on our lips. "We shall henceforth leave it to the old Union Monarchigue, the Asseinblee Nationale, to the Constitu tionnel, and other similar journals, to comment on the acts of the legislative and of the executive powers. We shall confine ourselves to recording them. The Govern ment will consequently have nothing but praise without counterpoise; ideas are no longer free." M. DAUPHIN, Colonel of the 7th Legion, has been arrested, and sent to the Conciergerie. It is said that M. LEDRU ROLLIN has arrived at S tutgardt. The publication of a History of the Revolution of 1848, by M. DE LAMARTINE is announced for the 30th of this month. The rumour of the entry of the French into Rome has not been confirmed. The Patrie , indeed, says,— " A report was in c ir cu l a ti on a t th e Assembly last Frenchdispat Nothing ch t e r s o night, th a t a s t eam vesse l w hi c h arr i ve d f rom C i v i ta Vecchia a t M arse ill es had brought accounts of the the 14th. The P OPE'S Nuncio i s sa id to h ave rece i ve d o to p o s m th a t llai v a vi e n , ff g he oc e tw n . ter e d Rome by the br eac h on Governmentonitetzrcontains e t c h e e iyed following th. : --- following ,U• ever, has transpired on the dispatch su T ! T e h c eh t e m . from General Oudinot:— " ' THE GENERAL COMMANDANT-IN-cRIEF or THE EX PEDITIONARY CORPS OF THE BLEDITERR&NE AR To TOE MINISTER OF WAR. «< Villa Santucci, June 10. "'Monsieur le Ministre,—By dispatch of the 7th, I had the honour to make known to you the march of the operations of the siege up to the 6th inclusive. 7th. In the night of the 6th, they debouched by a trench which hereafter will be turned towards the battery directed against the bastion No. 6. The communication covered in the rear by the parallel has been completed. The works undertaken at the Villa Corsini, to improve the position of the troops on the extreme left from the at tacks, are being carried on. They will be finished on the Bth. The tete-de-pont at St. Palo will also be finished and armed to-morrow. In the same night of the 6th, the artillery commenced the construction of a battery (No. 4) outside the trench, parallel to the right face of bastion 6. This battery is intended to counter-bombard that bastion, and batter in breach ' the scarp which is uncovered to its height. Btb. They have continued the covert way connected with the battery, turning it from the opposite side in order T t w h ho a re t k ds i t atya m dh ay abseebtneeerdmnoinenmeatpweliotybhyeoduatinptlhameciedl widening si a n r og m f e ta s h . se nt A gr ell single man t mh h a e s s no e . as to establish gradins. The positions have been im proved. In one of the trenches on the right approach ing, close up to the bestieu a Abet ken; one of the enemy's guns threw down two gabions and a sergeant of the 2d Engineers, and a soldier of the 36th, who went to set them up again, were killed. The artillery conti nues to thicken the ipaulement of battery No. 4. Em brasures are being made, but three pieces have not been put on their carriages, on account of the !rain, which has softened the ground. Battery No. 7 has repaired the damage done it by the fire of the day before. New pieces have been unmasked on the prolongation of bat tery No. 3, as well as two new batteries on the bank of the Tiber, the first near St. Alexis, and the second in front of Testaccia. This last seems; to be intended for firing on the reverses of Monte Verde, at the moment when the working parties and the guards of the trenches are passing. 9th. They have deboteched on the left of the parallel near St. Pancrace, and to-night they will turn this communication by a place d'arrnes which will rest on the Villa Corsini, if the enemy does not throw obstacles in the way. A trench 100 metres in length has been car ried from the covert ways from the centre towards the capital of the bastion No. 7. This very important work brings us much nearer the enemy. To-night a place d'armes will be attempted to extend parallel to the fronts of attack to the right and left of ti , e extremity of the line. Up to this mom , -nt the enemy has suffered the night works to be carried on without interruption. All is done by sap volant, and in the day time what has been done in the night is perfected. A sapper hes been wounded by a shot at the attack which was made on the left. The fire from the battery No. 2 has not been con tinued, whilst that from the batteries on left bank has been of short duration. Battery No. 3 has not opened its fire. A non-commissioned officer of this bat tery has been wounded. In the night of the Bth the kaulement of battery No. 4 was completed. The mask for preserving this battery from stray shot (coup d'echrape) has been thickened, and three pieces have been brought into the battery. The amount of losses from the 4th to the Bth inclusively, is 16 non-commis sioned officers and soldiers killed, and 94 wounded, of whom four are cfficers. The state of health of the troops continues to be most satisfactory. Their conduct and courage is still beyond all praise. A violent storm burst over us in the night of the 9th, but only caused some embarrassments, without any material damage. OUDINOT DE REGGIO." The Wats says that among the rumours current regarding Rome, the one which bears the most stamp of probability is that according to which GARIBALDI had made a sally at the head of his legion, and was repulsed, and that some French troops, following up the pursuit, had got inside Rome, which did not, however, mean that the French - were masters of the city. M. DE COURCELLES would have reached Rome on the 12th, to confer with the Triumvirs, but the siege would not be suspended. Madame CAVAIGNAC, the mother of the General, was seized with cholera on Monday. M. PEFLEIGER, one of the representatives under prosecution, effected his escape to Brussels, where he was arrested for want of a passport. At his own request he was marched under escort to the Prussian frontier. In the sitting of the Legislative Assembly yester day the law for suppressing clubs was passed by 373 to 151. During the course of the discussion, M. Lefranc asked what the Government meant to do with regard to electoral meetings. The Minister of the Interior replied that he felt fully sensible of the right, and indeed absolute necessity for electors to meet and discuss the merits of candidates, and to make preliminary arrangements for having a fair representation, and he accordingly declared that not the slightest impediment should be offered to electors meet ing for the exercise of so legitimate a right. He added, at the same time, that pretended meetings of factious persons, or of clubs in disguise, would not be allowed to take advantage of a constitutional privilege for the sake of troubling society, for the security of which Govern ment held itself more than ever responsible. M. A.lauGrx gave notice that he should, on Monday, address certain interpellations to the Government on the subject of foreign affairs. It was rumoured yesterday evening in Paris that M.M. PASSY and DUFAITRE had tendered their resig nations. PARIS BOURSE—TUESDAY, JUNE 19. The market opened firm, and for a time had a ten dency upward, but towards the close some rather heavy sales caused a little re-action, which was increased by a report that M. Passy and M. Duraure had resigned their portfolios, and prices left off rather lower than yesterday ; Threes for the account at 54f. 50c., and Fives at 87f. 50e. The market closed as follows : Three per Cents., for;;slT,s4k 50c., for account, 54f. 50c. ; Fives, for cash, 871. 50c., for account, 871. 50c. ; Bank of France Shares, 2,3801.; Neapolitan, 84f.; Spanish not quoted. RaiLwevs.—The Share Market continues firm, and prices, with few exceptions, have been well maintained. Orleans again closed at 8001. ; Rouen, 555 f. ; Havre, 260 f.; Avignon, 2001.; Vierzon, 3251.; Strasburg and Bale, 101 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 4101.; Northern, 436 f. 25e.; Paris and Strasburg, 365 f.; Nantes, 3151.; Montereau, 117 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Jurix 19. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 4 —Namur and Liege, 7—Northern of France, 10%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Rouen, 21—Rouen and Havre, 11—Sambre and Meuse, 31/ Q —Tours and Nantes, 34. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. BADEN. The Prussians and Hessians who attempted to in vade the Baden Republic have been defeated by the troops of the Provisional Government. The Canis ruhe Gazette contains the following official account of the battle, which took place at Ladenburg on the 15th. " The engagement began at 10 A.M. on four several points. The enemy directed their attack on the right bank of the Rhine, near Ladenburg, Koeferthal, and Weinheim ; but they were repulsed with loss, and pur sued to near Virnheim. Koeferthal and Ladenburg were carried by assault. The Polish colonel, Tobian, commanded with noble gallantry our troops near Koe fertbal, notwithstanding a grievous wound he had re ceived. Near Ladenburg the ex-Colonel Roggenbach (Badenese), who had betrayed us, fell on the field of battle. On the left bank of the Rhine the Prussians essayed to pass the bridge of Mannheim; but they were constantly repulsed, and were obliged to retire with great loss at ten P.ri. Our troops fought with an enthusiasm which it is difficult to describe; they have proved to the enemy that the love of liberty has doubled their forces. We have taken many Mecklenburgers and Hessians prisoners; they declared th a t th ey f oug h t against their inclinations. The ene m y h av e l os t many ' arms and m un iti ons o f war. An other enemy pass over to o ur s id e ." thishorses,o n victory, victoryt much hel 6 ttbahoan,gdgt the theahgeT Constituent A ssem bl y, and an e e riurnvir B RENTANO announced unanimous vote of thanks was passed to the brave defenders of liberty. AUSTRIA. A letter from Prague of the 11th states that several communes of Bohemia had petitioned the Emperor of AUSTRIA to modify the Constitution, and that in a written reply he had formally refused. The Silesian Gazette of Breslau announces that the Emperor of RUSSIA passed through Matzly on the 14th, on his way from Warsaw to Cracow. ITALY. Intelligence has been received from Rome of the 9th. The Triumvirs had, it was sa id, g i ven or d ers to destroy all houses within a mile of the walls of the city. MARTINEZ DE LA. ROSA, the Spanish Minister at Gaeta, had called on all Spanish residents in Rome to quit the city. The Neapolitans and Spaniards were preparing to enter the Roman territory. The Assembly of Venice passed a decree on the 6th, declaring their resolution to resist to the last extremity. A private letter from Bologna, of the 10th, states that the Austrians attacked Ancona on all sides on the 9th, at four r.az., but without result. On the 10th the Austrians received from Ferrara six pieces of heavy artillery and six mortars, so that another attack was expected on the 11th or 12th. On the sth the Austrians attacked Brondolo and Chioggio by sea and by land, but without result. The Risorgimento of Turin states that Marshal RADETSKY arrived at Bologna on the 10th, on his return from Florence ; he was to leave for Venice on the day following. GREECE. Accounts have been received from Athens to the Bth. Mr. WYSE arrived in that city on the 6th. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) This was the first seal after Trinity Term, but con tinued indisposition prevented the Lord Chancellor from sitting. The report is general in Lincoln's Inn that his Lordship is worse, and that there is not the slightest probability of his sitting till Michaelmas Term, if he even does then. It also rumoured that the Government have postively determined not to put the Great Seal into commission. DAY.) s A c Y oua at of C the o U R R oI T s . sat today COURT.—(THIS in The ß O M L a r- st B e; the Rolls Hou se , Ch ancery -lane, i t b e i ng the first seal after Trinity T erm . Hi s L or d s hi p heard motions, but ( no case calling for a special report came before the Court during the morning. All the Vice-Chancellors sat in their court in Lin coins Inn to-day, and heard motions totally devoid of any interest. THE QUEEN'S ACCESSION.—This being the anni versary of her Majesty's accession to the throne, was observed with all the usual formalities. Flags were flying from all the churches and public buildings in the metropolis, and at one o'clock royal salutes were fired from the Park and Tower guns. REPORTED Loss OF THE BULLDOG.—A report reached Malta on the 11th inst. of the loss of the steam-frigate Bulldog, en route from Civita Vecchia to Leghorn. Though the rumour was not generally believed, it was not altogether discredtted.—Fron z a artird Edition of the Morning Herald. A sleepless bed is a hAttoted place.—Eliza Cook's Journal, MONEY and COMMERCIAL STEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady but quiet market fir Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. The sales were estimbted at 6,000 bales, including from 1,000 to 2,000 for export and on speculation. Prices were steadily supported. The Mincing•lane Markets for colonial and foreign produce arc tolerably firm, and there is a good bona fide business doing. The Corn Market is quiet, but Wheat is very firmly supported. The debates upon Canadian affairs have excited much attention in the City, and will, no doubt, lead to much discussion in the colonies. Several vessels are reported as having arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, and the latest date is April 26. Most glowing descriptions are given of the position of Natal, and the capabilities of its harbour, and Captain Pilkington, civil engineer, had reported that he could remove the bar at the entrance of the Cowie River, and render the navigation available for some distance to wards the source, at a moderate cost, for ships of 250 tons. There was a most satisfactory state of quietude on the frontier, not a single Kafir theft being reported during a whole month, but at Natal some Bushmen took advantage of a mist, to carry away some quantity of cattle. There was every probability of this being re covered. Throughout the Cape colony the strongest opposition is manifested to the project of introducing convicts. al though labour would, confessedly, be so acceptable. Even the non•op'icial members of the Governor's Council had protested against the scheme. The continental advices are rather scanty in reference to the money markets, but at Vienna there was more firmness, the interference of the Russians promising early success to the Austriau Government, as we indeed truly regret to hear. In the Amsterdam market on the 18th instant, there was more firmness in home securities, which were moderately dealt in, but home stocks were quiet. There seems to be rather a fuller supply of stock, the advanced prices having brought sellers forward fur both money and account. Consuls fur time have been 91 4 1 to 911 8, and aro now 94 1. It is still the un favourable anticipations of the Budget, that weighs upon the market. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 94 to 92k, and the Three per Cents. 91 to 94. Bank Stock is firm at 194. Exchequer-bills have been 425. to 455. prem.; and India Bonds 725. prem. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been rather limited. Mexican Bonds have been 28 to 28i ex. coupons. Equador are 3i-, and Buenos Ayres 402. Braztlian small have been 782. Portuguese Four per Cents, have been quoted 27k, and Spanish Three per Cents. 331. to 34. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 501 to 51, and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 791. Not much has been doing in Railway Shares. Eastern Counties are a little flatter; the turn Is in favour of buyers for Caledonian, Great Western, Midland, and the York lines. French shares also have slightly declined. 0z,e.., cLu,ING rrtwif;Fi , :F 151:1T1911 FUNDS O'CLOCK.. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced A.r.ns ..... . New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns.... .• 92 % 14 91% 92 92 Long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 :`Edit Bond*, 1,0(101. Ditto under 1,0001.. ....... 72 p 73 p (1(mso1s for Account 9l l / 2 5/ s IA4 9196 India Stock for Account... ...... b_xc)lequer Bills. I%d. & 2d. 1,000/. June 42 45 p 45 p 5001. June ... 42 45 p 45 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS M•CE OLOSIN O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small 7 8 1,4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 40 1 / 2 Lquador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons 30 3 4 Ditto, Ex Coupons Ditto, Account 28% 28 28% 28% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, 4 per Cent. Active......,., Ditto Deferred — Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent 27% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent ... 34 33 3 4 Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / per Cent Dutch 21% per Cent., 12 Guild 50% 51 .51 Tlitto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 76% 77 77 Ditto, Bonds .. ..... • ... --- 75 3 % PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PALD. AT ORE O'CLOCK. PRICE-, Aberdeen 5O — Do. Preference Caledonian - 5 O 5O Ditto, New IC/. Pref... 10 Chester and Holyhead... 50 East Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 2% Eastern Counties........ 20 ...„. 8 3 / 4 % B l, East Lancashire Great Northern Do. Extension 2% ...... % 233 % % s: reat North of England.loo ...... Great Western 100 ..... 79 78% Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... -..... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 10% lO% Lancashire & York s hi re 93 Do. Quarter Shares... 20 !.:. Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. . . Leeds and Bradford London & Black wall l 2 l /8 — London, Brighton, and South C0a5t........ 50 London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d... D:tto, Preference .. . 20 Loncl. &S. Western...... 50 AlancheAer,Buxton,and Matlock 4% i s TS Midland ...... lOO ..... 68 1 ,i 69 Do., do., 50/. Shares 25 ... .. 12%% 12% D. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et.... 100 ...... 125 1 h.... ........ ... 125 1 % North British --.... ... 25 ..... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8% .. .. ... North Staffordshire 17% 12%.. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Shropshire Union South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole lO - . York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 ...... 14 1 4% l4 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... - 4 1 4 ......... York and North Midland 50 ..... 33 1 / 2 33 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 3 7 / 8 12% Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or- Vierzon) Northern of France Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 21% Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... 10% 1 1 2 l O l4 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 3A 3% Tours and Nantes ..... ... 11 ..... . JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia ..... 25 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 20.—Windthis day at noon N.N.W., light airs and fine. OFF PLYMOUTH.—Quee n, M`Leod, Calcutta. SWANSEA, JUNE 19.—Wind W.N.W.--Sid., 18th, Thomas Bell, Cuba. CLYDE, JUNE 17.—S1d. Duchess of Portland, Berbice; Bella en Gracia, Havannah. LONDONDERRY, JUNE 16.—S1d. Royal William, Philadelphia. FALMOUTH, JUNE 19.—The Galliot Vrouw Martha, with passengers, and fore mast and main top mast car ried away, and steering S.E., was spoken on the 7th inst. in lat. 42 lon. 14, by the Vivilia, at Falmouth. GUERNSEY, JUNE 16.—The Young Daniel, Carter, from Nantes to Tralee, was run down at sea by a Spa nish brig, bound to Havannah; two of the crew taken off 11th inst., in lat. 47, lon. 8, and landed at Guernsey by the Lotus, of Brixham, from Tarragona; the master, his wife, two children, and one seaman drowned. DEAL, JUNE 19.—Wind W.S.W., moderate; P.M., fresh and squally. Arrd. from the River, Thomas Snook, Cape Coast Castle. Put back, Pauline, Hough ton, for Mauritius; Union, for Honduras; Druid, Wales and Demerara. BIDEFORD, JUNE 18.—Sid. Victoria, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 19.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W.— Arrd. Marcillus, Spooner, New Orleans; Mississippi, Bryan ' Baltimore; Marmion, Trum an' New York; Vo lante, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. Sid. Columbia, New York; Madras, Quebec; Cleopatra, Coquimbo. Arrd. Rajah, Calcutta; Washington, Mobile. A water logged brig, with half poop and trunk cabin, was passed 31st May, in lat. 44, lon. 48, by the Queen of the West, Hallett, arrived here from New York. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 19.—Wind W.—Off pert, Johan Jacobs, Batavia for Rotterdam; Prince of Wales, Hop kins, alcutta; Vernon Voss, Madras, aid. from Cape of Good Hope 27th April, and St. Helena Bth Ult. FALMOUTH, JUNE 19.—Wind S.W.—Arid. Hever Johannsen, Porto Rico; Alfred, Campbell, St. Jago de Cuba. Off port, Gloriana, Brestow, Calcutta; Earl of Hardwicke, Brown, Bombay ; Th ames (of London), Trinidad. SCILLY, JUNE 17.—Arrd. Triton, La Guayra. CORE, JUNE 17.—Arrd. Incomparable, Punta Caminha. OFF WEYMOUTH, JUNE 1 9.—Marlborough, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 19.—Wind W.—Arrd. Carl Her. mann,Kayser, Singapore for Hamburgh. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE —WEDNESDAY Our market to-day, was again very scantily supplied with all kinds of English Wheat,:the demand for which was firm, at prices fully equal to those paid on Monday, and at which a good clearance was speedily effected. The general quality of the samples was good. The imports of foreign Wheat, this week, have been confined to 1,800 quarters, chiefly from Holland. Se lected samples were mostly held at a trifle more money; and the value of all other kinds were well supported. With English Barley we were very scantily supplied, and the quantity of foreign on show was comparatively small. On the whole, the Barley trade was steady, and last week's currencies were paid in every instance. The quantity of Malt on offer was limited; nevertheless, the sale for that description of produce was in a sluggish state at previous quotations. The best Oats were quite as dear; but all other kinds ruled heavy. Flour moved off freely, at full prices. In other articles only a limited business was doing. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. I Wheat. I 'Barley. Oats. Flour. i 1 740 qrs. 1 12J qrs . I,oao qrs. 1 3,0305 YE. English •• •• •• Scotch .. •• •• Irish. •• •• •• •• Foreign. •••• •• -._ - -- = 1,080 I 4,450 2,11 P V. 1,800 111 20, 1849. BOROUGH HOI. IHARNET. Our market continues firm, at fully the late advance in the quotations. The plantation accounts are unfavour able. Sussex pockets, 21 lOs to 3110 s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 15s to 4/ 4s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 10s to 71 lOs per cwt. WHITECEAPEL. We had a slow trade here this morning, on the fol lowing terms:—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per Sibs. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. RIVER TYNE. The report on the 'Fyne River Conservancy Bill was brought up and agreed to. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. The Marquis of Douro, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Alderman Sidney, and several other Members presented petitions in favour of the Bill now before Parliament for an alteration in the law of marriage. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition signed by the Dean and facu!ty on behalf of the University of Edin burgh against the Bill. SUNDAY TRADING. Mr. FOX presented several petitiuns tgainst Sunday trading. BANKRUPTCY LAW. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Man chester Chamber of Commerce in favour of the Bill now before the House, and another from the Manchester board of guardians, praying for greater protection of trade. On the motion of the Hort. MENDER these petitions were ordered to be referred to a Select Committee. MARRIAGE BILL. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland against this Bill, as calculated to violate the purity of all conjugal relations. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition signed by 363 electors, and another by 4,000 inhabitants of the borough of Bolton, in favour of international arbitration. BEER BILL. Mr. MOODY presented a petition, praying for an al teration of the Act for the sale of beer. MARRIAGE BILL. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented several petitions from the metropolis and other places, in favour of this Bill. REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES, &c. (SCOT LAND) BILL. Mr. HUME gave notice that on the order of the day being read for going into Committee upon this Bill he should move that the further consideration of it be de ferred until there was laid before the House an estimate of the expenses to be incurred under it, both by the public and by private individuals. He also gave notice that he would to-morrow move for certain returns, in order that this information might be furnished to the House. VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.— THE " COUNT OUT" OF LAST NIGHT. Lord LINCOLN gave notice, in consequence of the House having been counted out yesterday through the instrumentality and active exertions of persons con nected with the Government—(Hear)—but particularly of one who was specially entrusted by the Government to muster their forces on all occasions of that kind, that it was his intention to renew his motion which he made yesterday with respect to Vancouver's Island as an amendment to the first motion for going into a Com mittee of Supply. Mr. TUFNELL said he did not know whether the Noble Lord alluded to him relative to the "count out;" but he could assure him that ho had done all he could to keep a House. He was compelled himself to leave the House shortly before the Noble Lord concluded his speech through indispositien, but he had given no tices to all the members of the Government with respect to the motion.—(Hear.) Lord LINCOLN said he bad been assured by an Hon. Friend of his, who was coming into the House, that if he had not been shut out he would have made the fortieth Member, and at the time there was not a member of the Government present. Mr. HUME said he believed that his Hon. Friend (Mr. Tufnell) was utterly unable to remain in the House. Any one could see from his appearance that he had been indisposed.—(Hear.) Lord LINCOLN—I do not allude to the Hon. Gentle man but to the Noble Lord the Member for Evesham (Lord M. Hill). The ATTORNEY- GENERAL observed that the Noble Lord was addressing the House for four hours and a quarter, and that during that time there were very few Members on the opposite side of the House—(Hear) —he believed not more than five or six.—(Hear.) Lord LINCOLN—Lord Marcus Hill whipped out the House.—(Order, order.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was highly inconvenient to the Government that the House should have been counted out after the Noble Lord had made his address—(Hear, hear)—because his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hawes) was prepared to give what he believed would have been a very satisfactory answer.--(Hear, hear.) But the Noble Lord having addressed the Hou - se so long ought rather to have complained of the real cause than of the conduct of his Noble Friend.—(Hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE rose, but was interrupted by The SPEAKER, who intimated that if any lion. Gentleman wished to make any observations with re spect to what had taken place last night, he had better wait until the dropped orders had been re-appointed. The subject then dropped. FEVER A L COURT. In reply to Mr. ROEBUCK, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was understood to say that in the Bill which was to be brought forward with respect to the Palace Court, he intended to introduce a clause for the abolition of the Peveral Court. EXEMPTION OF LITERARY SOCIETIES FROM LOCAL TAXATION. In reply to Mr. BROWNE, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had consi dered the Bill for simplifying the mode of carrying into effect the exemption of literary societies and mechanics' institutions from local taxes; but there were two portions of it to which he entertained considerable objections. The first, with respect to the mode prescribed for ad justing disputed facts, which he considered would give rise to considerable litigation; and the second, with re spect to the establishment of an office under the Act (as we understood him), and the payment of fees for regis tration. He was not prepared to give any pledge on the part of the Government as to the course they intended to take in regard to this measure. Mr. MILNER GIBSON wished to ask the Hon. Attorney-General whether he objected to the principle propounded by the societies, and whether the Govern ment would undertake to bring in a Bill to effect the object of the societies without the creation of the new office. 78% 40% 31./. 31 14 q 27% 16A 33% 24 Mr. BRIGHT said perhaps there might be persons 'waking out for the now office.—(A laugh.) Perhaps ,he Hon. and Learned Gentleman would be willing to in troduce the Bill without that clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was quite prepared to say that, with the exception of matters of minor detail, he was ready to give his sanction and sup port to the pritabiple of the measure without the creation of the new office.—(Hear.) CANADA. Mr. HERRIES said he ventured now to put a question relating to Canada to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, or the Right Honourable Gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade. In order to make his question intelligible he must read a few passages from the dispatch of Lord Elgin, of the 12th of May, 1848:—" The advantage to the colonies afforded by , f means of protecting duties generally, enabled them to compete with their neighbours in the markets of the United States."—(So we understood, but the Hon. Member was rather inaudible). Again, in the same dispatch—" Connected with the subject of the free navigation of the St. Lawrence, which the Ame ricans are desirous to procure, is a correspond ing desire on the part of the Canadian people to avail themselves of the American home market whenever it affords superior prices." . . • . " The prices of wh e at a n d fl our i n the Eastern States, entered for home consumption, is often much higher than the price in Canada." . . • . " When this happened the Canadian people (said Lord Elgin continued to say) were prevented from availing themselves of the American home market by the pro tecting duty cf Bs. 4d per bushel on wheat. All these extracts were intended to recommend to her Majesty that a treaty should be formed. Mr. ROEBUCK rose to order—(Hear, hear)—and was proceeding to state his objection, when The SPEAKER intimated that the Right Hon. Gen tleman was in order. Mr. BERRIES said the question he had to ask was, what answer had been given to the representation from the Canadian Government, transmitted by Lord Elgin on the 12th May, 1848? He had next to ask what steps, if any, had been taken to secure the object which the Canadian Government, through Lord Elgin, had in dicated to her Majesty's Government. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he was able to state ge nerally that the Government had had representations made to them from the North American colonies, of the great importance it would be to some of these colonies to have a free trade across the border, with regard to those articles which constituted the great bulk of the commer cial intercourse between the United States and Canada. His own belief was that a measure of that description and having that object in view would be advantageous, not only to British North America, but to the United States. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Herries) was, no doubt, aware what her Majesty's Government had stated anytated ' t in answer to those re p resen t a ti ons — n amely, that steps that depended on h e r M a jesty's Government . bo gladly taken t o f ac ilit a te that object. was a Bill, indeed, brought effectin the American Congress object,to would There Congress not long ago to no oe objection session, which Bill did not pass, but thata sir of m i to its principle, but from the shortness and from the measure itself not others matter th e House. All he could say was , appearing to be of su c h a paps thatthe was net pressing and urgent importanc e lost sight of, and the Government would do ev eryt hi ng in its power to facilitate th© objec t w hich was of such p aramou nt importance, as that of f ree trade across the border dividing the two countries. -- Mr.GLADgTONE wibhcd to know wh e th er there had been any correspondence wi h foreign Powers, in regard to the effect of the alteration of the law as to the definition of national vessels, in our commercial treaties with those Powers. Mr. LABOUCHERE said a communication was made to all Foreign Governments of the whole altera tion in our law contained in the Navigationßid. There had been no subsequent communication, made to any W9reigil Goverment. Mr. GLADSTONE said we had now a number of try aties on navigation with different Foreign States, in which an equality of privilege by national vessels was stipulated and given on boesides. The eff ct of that was, under those treaties, to make each State a party to the recognition of national vessels by the other State, and that principle had in eff.-ct been fully recognised. What constituted a British ship was that three•fourths of her crew should be British seamen • but the House was going to change that principle in regard to the build of the vessel. What he wished to be assured of was, if we could claim under our treaties, as they stood, that such vessels when registered as British vessels mould be entitled to the privileges of our treaties with foreign states. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he was sure the Honour able Gentleman would excuse him if he declined to answer questions of legal construction put to him across the table of the House. Ile could only say, with regard to the Navigation Bill just passed into a law, that he had asked the House to deter those alterations for some months, in order that such questions as this might be fully considered. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. Mr. HOeiSMAN said, the l louse had not yet received the amendment to the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill which had been promised. There had been very distinct and repeated pledges given to Parliament on the subject of this measure; and if they were not kept it would be a great violation of the faith of Parliament. He should ask the House to express its opinion upon that breach of faith in the face of the House. Sir G. GREY thought it was extremely inconvenient that these questions should be continually put. With regard to the amendments he had hardly seen them himself. Mr. HORSMAN wished to know when the Bill with the amendments would be delivered to Members? Sir G. GREY, after consulting with one or two of the Members around him, said that the Bill with the amendments had been delivered that morning. Mr. HORSMAN said that he had not received it. The dropped orders were then reappointed. THE " COUNT OUT." Mr. GLADSTONE, adverting to the " count out" of the House last night, and the observations of the Noble. Earl the Member for Falkirk (Lord Lincoln), said that he felt convinced that his Noble Friend. in what he had. stated, had no intention to impute to the Goverment any desire to get rid of the question that he had brought betere the House last night, but at the same time he [mad-, confess that it was a most unfortunate occurrence. —(Laughter.) He regretted the absence of the Hon.. Bsronet the Member for Sunderland, who last night counted out the House, and also that of the Noble Lord the Member for Eves - hem, who he must consider was instrumental in counting it out. Ha trusted that, considering the importance of the subject brought under the consineration of the House by his Noble Friend last night, the Government would name some day for the renewal of the debate and concluding the question. Mr. LABOUCHERE was not able to give the Right Hon. Gentleman any assurance on the subject in the. absence of his Noble Friend at the head of the Govern ment. He (Mr. Labouchere) regretted as much as the Right Hon. Gentleman did the untimely end the discus sion came to last night—(Great laughter) —as he believed no time was gained by it. But he must protest against the doctrine that it was the special duty of the Govern ment to keep a House on such suhjects.—(Cheers.) The Earl of LINCOLN had never said it was. Mr. LABOUCHERE observed that there were no less than seven Members of the Government present at the time the House was counted out.—(Hear, hear.) ne entirely denied on the part of the Government any ill" tention to count out the House.—(Hear.) Mr. TRELAWNY said that he had come down for the purpose of assisting in making a House, and he must coniess that he was gieatly astonished at not finding the Noble Earl the Member for Falkirk in his place. The Earl of LINCOLN admitted that he was not present when the House was made in consequence or be ing detained by a person who had called upon him at the lest moment. He had never said that it was , the duty of the Government to take care to make 11. House.—(Hear, hear.) What he did say was, that an. attempt was made to prevent'a House being made by' one of the officials of the Government. Added Le' which, he had stated that there was only on e Member of the Government present when thre House was made. What ho complained of was , that a Member of that House, and one of the officials of the Government had endeavoured to pre vent the House beMg made, and had also whipped out the House in order that it might bo counted out.-- (Laughter.) He did not think that any member of the Cabinet had any wish to do what had been done, but-- [At this moment Lord Marcus Hill entered the House amid much cheering and great laughter.]: The Earl of Lincoln said, as the Noble Lord had. just entered the House, he would repeat his charge — that it was through his instrumentality that the House was counted out. Lord MARCUS HILL said that he had taken no open measures whatever—(Great laughter)—to bay s the House counted out. An Hon. Member had told him of his intention to count out the House, and Lie certainly must confess that he had taken no steps to dissuade him from it.—(Great laughter.) The Earl of LINCOLN begged to ask the Noble Lord whether he had not told an Honourable Member, previous to the House being made, not to go into the House, as it was going to be counted.—(Laughter.) Lord MARCUS HILL observed that he might have said so, but be did not see how any inference could be drawn from that, that it was his wish the House should not bo made.—(Great laughter.) Mr.SLANEY trusted that in future they would be Wale to commence important discussions and conclude these, without the House being counted out. He must confess, however, that he had seen the House counted out upon fa more important questions to the people of this country than that of the grant of Vancouver's Island to the Hudson's Bay Company.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. AGLIONBY deplored the House being counted out last night on such an important subject. It was unjust, in his opinion, to the Under-Secretary fur Jibe Colonies.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ADDERLEY thought the Hon. Gentleman tho Secretary for the Colonies would find it to his conve nience that the delay had occurred, but the counting out would certainly have the effect of convincing the country that neither the House nor the country took any interest in colonial matters. Mr. V. SMITH did not think it wise to get rid of the privilege of counting out, as such an occurrence as that of last night would induce the country_ to believe that the H ouse too k no interest, in colonial matters, and they would b e li eve what was per fectly true. This system then was the onli way by which constituencies could ascertain how their representatives were disposed towards particular questions, and as that would serve as some guide for their future election, he hoped the privilege would be continued. After a few words Mr. S. WORTLEY and Mr. HAWBs; Mr. HUME said he took a different view of this mat' ter to those ,of the Honourable Members who had already spoken upon it.—(Hear, hear.) 1 118 opinion was, that n o b us i ness s h ou ld b e taken 10 the House unless 200 Members were present.—(Hear. hear.) Not that he approved of the proceedings of last night, or of the course taken by the Hon. Baronet who moved that the House be counted, and who seemed to have no other object in attending his Parliamentary duties but mooting that question.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) If he could h ave hi s way h e would 1 have a rule Established empowering the clerk at the table to state that there was not a sufficient num ber of Members present to carry on the business of the House when more than half the Members were agent, and then there would be a prospect of their securing the return of men who would attend to the buSiness of the House, and not come there simply to vote and make a noise towards the close of a night's proceedings. The debate was then adjourned till Friday. MARRIAGES BILL: On the question for resuming the adjourned debate 011 this Bill, Mr. NAPIER assured the House that he approached this question with some degree of hesitation, as it Was one of difficulty and delicacy. The que s ti on h a d much agitated the public mind, and he thought it due to the importance of the subject and the public that it should be calmly and dispassionately discussed. (LEFT SPEAKING.) PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMO NIAL TO- MR. MITCHELL OF THE S T ' JAMES'S THEATRE. The subscribers t o th e S t. J ames ' s Theatre, and others of the nobility an d gentry, and dilettanti, h a ve for some time past had it i n contemplation to testify their sense of the exer ti ons w hi ch Mr. Mitchell has made to con tribute to their am usement , an d o f t h e adm i ra b le ma nner in which h e h as presente d to the English pu bli c the chef dceuvres of the French stage, both dramatic and lyrical, by presenting him with a t es timonial. The subscription list was rapidly filled, and this afternoon the presentation took place on the stage of the St. James's Theatre. The testimonial consists of a richly chased silver salver, with beautifully engraved portraits of Racine, Corneille, Moliere, and Voltaire; oeell,. who had ede , and a cande labrum, Bourgeois Gentilhornme, and 7'ancr and subjects of their plays from "'hare . , Les Horace:, artisticat productions were with inscription. These ll t and R labium, in silver gilt, of Louis . Xy..style, for ten lights, submitting them a nd Prince Alb ert. His Grace the Duke yesterday the honour . the inspection of Beaufort presented the testimonial to Mr. Mitchell in manufactured by Me o s f s r s s u . the name of the subscribers. of Y her Majesty BIRTHS. On the 16th inst., at Woburn-place, Russell•square, Mrs. L. H. Braham, of a son. On the 16th inst., at Thorpe, Norwich, Mrs. Charles Lucas, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at St. Kenwyn, Cornwall, the wife of the 11ev. W. D. Morrice, M.A., of a son. MARRIED. On the 16th i nst., at St. James's Church, Dover, George Parrott, Esq., of Cavendish square, to Caroline Louisa Da Silva, eldest daughter of the Baron and Baroness de Lagos. On the 16th inst., at Crosthwaite Church, Keswick, James Stanger, Esq., of L ai rth waite , to S oph i a Ann, w id o w 0f Captain William Murray, 22d Native laantry. DIED On the 2d inst., at Naples, George Burdett, Esq., only 5°13 of the late C,ptain George Burdett, R.N. On tha 10th inst., J. P. Carpenter, Esq., Lark-hall - lan e ; Clapham. On the 13th in =t., at ➢lanor-house, Bull's-cross, Enfield' James Rondeau, Esq., aged 73. On the 16th inst., Lucy, relict of Captain Thomas Moody, late of the 4th (or King's Own) Regiment, aged 54. On the 16th inst., Emily, only daughter of S. Berger, Esq ., of Upper Homerton, Hackney. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, cf No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Wodneiodah Jwii 20, 1848.