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3uses the rt for nak bird. , and Latter brew . dace. igthe. ce of. n for away, white Stet 1 pink CAC, in rtilst other rest to iartdr , Wed return r&w acs ' aga in fellowb a boat& place? came Dst Oar theta n into it they ressrfl, lone* ower. took than d the ' a eye Tuna 'pares erani ar . ~__ vo nsine~ 4 ire! I , 3boo e ' pots iob°l' Pock° S : ri , dst , rd, °l3s Ebe r°. Pi° osie r ' s ' , r ot ors K ir' r d l iver t° glbs, -4'. TOTAL DESTRUCTIONof COOKE'S NEW ROYAL CIRCUS. (From the Glasgow Courier.) It is with deep regret we record that Mr. Cooke, the 'celebrated equestrian, has met with a great calamity since his recent arrival in this city, his splendid Circus on the green having been completely destroyed by tare yesterday evening. The fire was first discovered by the policeman who was watching the building, and he states that his attention was first directed to the matter hi hearing something like an explosion on the south side of the arena, and by immediately afterwards per ceiring- smoke issuing from that quarter. When ho rushed into the place where he supposed the fire to ex ist, along with Mr. Barrow, the manager, whom he found standing at the pit-door, they found a quantity of straw on fire, and the flames catching hold of the wood work on every side. A general alarm was instantly raised, but the hay-loft being directly over the scene of the conflagration, that. combustible material was com pletely in a blaze, and in less than five minutes after wards the whole roof was in one sheet of flame. For tunately all the horses were got out uninjured, and the sole loss, in the animal department, is a donkey. A t onsiderable portion of Mr. Cooke's valuable wardrobe, however, h as b een d estroye d, an d w ill a dd ve ry mate rially to his loss. We are glad to learn that the pro perty is to a certain extent insured, Mr. Cooke, the pro prietor, we have been informed, having what is called a 41c 'ating policy of insurance. Not more than a quarter " 31, an hour elapsed from the first discovery of the tire till it had completed its work. The audience had begun 10 assemble for the evening's performances when it broke ?In, nearly 300 b e i ng i n t h e ga ll er y a t th e ti m e, and a few in the pit and boxes, but the whole got out without the s li g h test accident. The Circus was only opened on S aturday last f or th e fi rs t time since its re-erection. ~. Cooke's Circus has several times before been de stroyed by fire ; once in America, when his whole stud, as well as other property, was consumed. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. ,JIMES,—The 'premium on gold at Paris is 10 per milk, ple: 1 1, at the E ng lish Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce °r standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 40i, and the ex lange at P ar i s on L on d on a t s h or t b e i ng 25 50, it follows at gold is 0.38 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. BY advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4301 par mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10%d. per - : 4 ° o for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 7i, and the anonge at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 9i, it t r's that gold is 0.81 per cent. dearer in London than in soaburgh. terne course of exchange at New York on London is 1071 cent., and the par of exchange between England awl "toerica being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex 4Oge is 1.82 per cen t. aga i ns t England. But the quoted c hange 7 at New York, being fur bills at 60 days' sight, the , eTest must be deducted from the above difference. 1 ,„ T he English Stock Market was heavy all day, and prices b"‘ wvverit a decline of per cent., which is fully accounted for 4 7, ti 'le ordinance relative to the import of British linens and ` 4 ,,.er thread yarn manufactures into France. 'oo,`a-rir to eneral ex ctation the Blackwall g Pe e to-day at the London Tavern, went off with perfect A:t/oily, and the discussion which ensued relative to the k i ‘ r tl-hort speculation was such as to fill the minds of the 4 ,rehold es s with every confidence in the Directors, who stated pi t , t° ° most .direct and unqualified manner that some of the ea ch's, of the , :railway had or soon would be applied to the use of thltloderta.k.ing. It had been undertaken by themselves and 1 , 1 1 " friends with the view to increase the traffic of the railway, it had alx - eady done in a most enormous degree, and proving a source of great convenience to the public, of "td, it was hoped, enhance the value of the Blackwall line thU A resolUtion, especially to thank the Directors in affair, was passed by acclamation, and the very satisfactory Maslen in which all the questions put were answered elicted genera/ approbation of the meeting. The purpose of call x4 -4 together the shareholders, which was to empower the Corn -144 to raise their remaining portion of capital, 66,000/., was 4t 0 , 01. a moment opposed, and resolutions to that effect were "ts passed. F- y:,: 11: 1 AT SIR HARRY FEATHERSTONE'S.— Tin „;t.itul Belvidere Temple on Harting-Hill Up Park; near B e g the seat of Sir Harry Featherstone, was destroyed tarn -re Ott Monday night. This building, which, from its st i . t a_ s anding situation, served both as a sea and land marks t o p" aiscovered to be in flames at midnight, and the country I%,, l4 ru iles round soo n roused from their slumbers to witness it, to:i p ttion. Si r H arr y Featherstone has for years opened his -` and grounds at this season of the year to the neighbour elr promenade and gipsey partiesit was at first sup Vtat one of these parties had omitted to put out the fire 14,4 them in the temple, and that some sparks had . cornrou % t `ed rich the wools-work ; but an investigation is now going 111 1 ' e ° irtain the real cause, and we fear it will turn out that Ere cf• ta• not altogether accidental.—Brighton Guardian. P A I - 6 ° lntr. M ARTii L.—A Court-Martial was held at ora sth July, and byadjournment on the 9th August, ,llig,'„ h ta .Lieut.-Colcnel James Macpherson, of the Ceylon .g egillieut, on a number of charges, of which the two fol b, I -re the chief:—For violen t . and scandalous conduct, voin"" i alkug the character of an officer and a gentleman, while tit% ~4 411 ( lent at Trincomalee, Ceylon, in endeavouring to ex licate John enny, of H.ll.'s 90th L.I. hen on sent `Be Commissa K riat stores at Fort Frederick, w ry on the night of Dili' a nd morning . of 29th of March, 1841, to a breach of t ph rY discipline, in repeatedly provoking and ordering him 2 ly,: n him (Lieut.-Colonel Macpherson) through w . ith the , and placing a native, armed with a broomstick as a tt, s t ee la, upon the post of the said sentry, with the to, turn him and his orders into ridicule, Lieutenant tc%; - :„' Macpherson being at the time in a state of in • ,the and improperly dressed. For threatening 4 4; 4 , 43 of Brevet• Major Horace Suckling of the 90th Light ttaft 4: and of Lieutenant A. T. Heyland, 95th Regiment, of ter of Trincomalee, sundry times between the 3d and p l 44l see p .ipril, 1841." The Court found the prisoner, guilty, Vieed him to be cashiered. They, ho-wever, accorn il'tt „geir verdict by the statement that he was . subject to the %. 4 ,titement from wounds received in the service, Ind by ° l. cepl e ";!lt .a malignant fe ver . contracted during a dan itte te , s 7 Journey on public duty. The consequence oi •izerous ' • this di7t:has been, that her Majesty has been pleased to e:t ti! reittoost gracious pardon to the prisoner for the purpose iri'tun g 3 iforn.,m the service, receiving the regulated value of Tu L4 NCHOLT DEATH IN THE CAMBERWELL BATH. 1 _‘ 4 4,,,7 14 Y morning information was sent to Mr. Carter, the th e for Surrey, of the following instance of sudden death ..‘41;:.1"Ite bath in ' Addington-square, Camberwell, on the ,"(21 0 ," the Surrey Canal :—A gentleman of fortune, residing `Nted - gili-place Kent-road, of the name of Butler, and con tit 1 1 - 0 7. 4 th a firm , in Tower-street, has for some time been in t of attending the baths, and was considered an excel .4l ~. 'Olee N k . " I ,'aer• On Monday evening, between eight and nine he went as usual to enjoy the h ea lthf u l recreation of t o :', and upon entering, was handed, by the a tt en d an t, 'cld e e',.ke. At the time n o o n e was i n t h e b at h b ut M r . t' 4 ,4 0 ,4ca, statuary, d the Camberwell-road; Mr. Begbie, e" to gentlemen had just left the water, and were a d m i r i n g terk tess o Mr. utler he was swimmin in ifferent ° ac in the f Bas bath. They were proceeding t o dress them nn turning round missed the deceased. At first they %,' itb ie " he had dived to the bottom, and wer e a n xi ous , as a ll e j a are, to see how long he would remain under % 1 4 ir in a few seconds they were much alarmed by r• Butler rise to the surface and struggling. It was h et :AL: e e l ,°,f great difficulty t o . render him any . assistance, the the water at the side of the bath being about three 1* 1 ,.." a half, and gradually shelving till in the centre it the Weep six and seven feet ; the deceased was, at the time d e Able „ePest part of the water, and nothing at the time reinises which could assist in securing him, save 1Z 5 1,1 1 which was thrown to him. In his exhausted state this 11 a t 410 st usel ess , b u t a t l ast th e b o d y was got out , an d Mr. t r - , 9l the Camberwell-road fe, surgeon, en was sent for, and 11 0 % is arrival he declared li to have be extinct for some he u . 1; 11 % , Pan Inquiry at the bath yesterday, it was stated that th aled was perfectly sober, and there is no reason to be ,td..st4;ll was although intentional act on his part. Mr. King, without „,•• an order to open the body, was inclined to think that the in the prime of life, had suddenly been seized t . l)° P'ex . y, which made him powerless, and suffocation ic e ; It is stated that a somewhat similar occurrence took Ili' 2 the same bath about twenty years ago. 1 '1 44 11 , 4 PROM EATING PEAS.—On Tuesday Mr. imit t ke r ,'d an inquest at the George the Fourth, Gilbert's 4'stst,,,*Qare-market, on the body of John Ledbury, aged 64, ,7r0,; 41 .. • The evidence showed that deceased resided at 24, ; that he was of miserly habits, and afflicted lyi, -- " 4 1 0 , produced by a singular custom he had of sitting ti °11, % ,,g naked in his room. About a week ago he appeared ty "In usual which he attributed to having eaten a quan .lPl 142 boiled which had remained ever since win d,ugray peas ' that season, together with bacon, was his tot te - ° 1) ( 1 . un n F ng riday evening he went tothe parish board erelaY-street, Strand, for medicine, and he said the people the ta t e x p ense. him, and told him to go to the hospital, and N it 10, tp They gave him, however, a powder, the A e t ook, but it did not operate. He afterwards went etir - • • - . •s'avetrietropolitan Free Hospital, Carey-street, where he re t,y h 4 bottle of medicine and some . pills, which h. he took, but , 4 1,_ 44 ': 1 0 effect. He then prescribed for imselt, taki , n .. g . I... gat "°l,enny doses of jalap, one of them in ale, but . they a e t n id t7, ll°l l at e. His landlord administered an enema in ff - ,hf.le l it . , --- ",; On Sunday he applied for advice at the King's de l'• gZiaspital, and was amitted on Monday morning. ii i eas s ;‘ l 9o . e Johnston, physician's assistant at the hospital ; saw ', as i a when he was admitted. He appeared then very loci —wsi • . 0 4 h. o a dirty state. He w . as placed in a warm-bath, 1 1 1r 1 , 1 14 being removed from it into one of the wards . he i t Ztis es On opening ihe body, the lower portion of the o i f n a - II te f„,,er:e found very much distended by the presence and 41-st szitity of peas. They had obstructed t e bowels, 4. o L ' e tian was the cause of death. Verdict, " Died of ctlett.:4l:tdete::fg_itha.erybowels, caused by the swallowing of gray peas." -. ” . 111 1178 STRUGGLE WITH A BURGLAR.--A most happened . in the neighbourhood of Bradford, 1 eat ', ni ght last, ending in the capture of the thief, and the :ct sph°lrbei!r.iefa..riou's designs. Mr. Joseph . Bailey, waste dea , , p t te. _ °tines in Spring-row. Manningham, re.tiredto over ' 4 ": b eci n h_ clock, having previously suspended his . watch s 41 tee ed L e ad- After being asleep for some time he was i ?N th , leisilhearing some one moving about the room ; and on . ,itise le t of Pyes saw a man's hand stretched over the bed in 1 e .. -.4 at ~t ak ing his watch. Without saying a word he sprang Zu ßti `. and seized the intruder by the collar. A desperate t,7 4 tahe e d e "cl, both being weftpowerul men, and pretty eqna ly sr, 1 ntil at length they the edge of the chamber tt' Used hpn both rolled to the bottom. Although severely si m;c►bet, in the descent, Bailey never released his hold of the t4 ,it k4t r i , And the struggle .continued with equal deter % 1 4" ,An e4thboth sidesin was the lower floor for some minutes. hey got into the garden in front of the house, lithehni‘e_ig.hbours, who th th eY broke silence, and by his cries alarmed two ' came out in their undress, and so ur to secure the thief. In the space of a few minutes tk Ilstabl h r p riso e• was brought to the spot, and effectually secured ,r! position by handcuffing him. Seeing the hopelessness 0 ,, I,qt Prisoner be at length exclaimed, " Well, its a done j i ob. I P I tha n ;;!r was scarched, and upon his person was fount no t111:o braced.l.skeleton keys, for opening cupboards, desks, &c., ti,l,tk door ° MI, nne of which fitted a hole newly made in the 4 h and a dark lantern. The drawers, in every part of i t , 3e. had been ransacked, and a number of articles were °it she"..t!Panir!ady to be conveyed away. The watch watt . found i t. qsr pt ,': i n u ib:r , floor, and a pocket-book containing 301. in cash s r , j ai vat 4 _ a waistcoat. As some things, but none of ma tiltl had one wnere missing. it seems more than probable the more accomplices. Entrance had been effeeted !_ l74l .n uß d h :_ he window one square of which was broken, room for t le t n x t t l y raiasesdt.hillis obtained, the latch unfastened, and the sash tir o Pened the clav'ng thus easily obtained admission, they i lt lis t & M . oor, ready for escape it the inmate should he 1 t as H r. Bailey was in the house by himself, his wife (sss arrevillate--Leed C nservative Journal. .nlaN tAx 0, r s o lifig Rag t ItA.- -Uhe grand opera of the Hugue %lt. last pe.formed last night at Covent-garden theatre re time en the English stage), for the benefit of ,rs Lutzer .....nteu over newsthttrihimn tu s , • we ... eoun .. room .i the following notice is yesterday's l‘el ted to u se pap G er en v tlemen learning to spell are ;NT st de' as the street, from tat be smale Con' peatei Igo eater endors air► WAS 11100 1 : ,tolnr Th. re sp?s. to NP soott's roan► ►ad 12:0$ ke pith Bohol Bruce ig, out lie pa,: pe" ' ills f " rat , Reath ° Speak . 3to the .- i on be ions of ?et hi"' ), were y sunggr. •• melon; fiDAY . 1 _ • f ' r 4 fts sl ot t fernell'. beade d. lOst llb u rrio Iladi &SL ID by roi-' t bib-"" $ll p at vester''' ft., sili b ll 11 );' Y r" 3t 2 1 V' 3- Yr * tf-breaN 1. . 4 • t 6 'Jur , get 1° B, a ea arAu - aOY Wb. E. Si' pococ ls ' , F. 14* hem ll tal I 6- bet , le i eir J e l t i g e al , ier tm e l it w,d i° rsorr e a or 't ,ere" , toe' 4 w 1, lb JAMAICA MEETING. A Public Meeting of the Planters, Merchants, and others interesteca in Jamaica was held yesterday, pur suant to intimation, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's -street, for the purpose of offering to the Right Hon. Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart., on his return to this country, an assurance of cordial participation with their fellow-colonists in Jamaica, in the deep gratitude with which they acknowledged the blessings of his adminis tration of the government of that colony, and their ex treme regret at his resignation of it. The meeting was most numerously and respectably attended. Lord St. Vincent presided. The CHAIRMAN, having briefly stated the objects of the meeting, as contained in the advertisement, called upon Mr. Burge, the Jamaica agent, to explain them at greater length. Mr. BURGE said, that in compliance with what he be lieved to be the universal feeling of all connected with Jamaica, he had requested their attendance at that meet ing, in order that he might submit a proposition to them, which he had no doubt would be in accordance with all their views—a proposition for addressing 'Sir Charles Metcalfe, on his return to this country, and offerinf , to him that homage of gratitude which they owed him, for his admirable administration of the go 7 vernment of Jamaica.—(Hear, hear.) Of the many occasions on which it had been his (Mr. Burge's) lot to address an assembly of gentlemen connected with Ja maica, he could not recollect one on which be did so with more pleasure than on the present occasion. Too often a feeling of regret at what had passed, or of anx iety at what was about to happen, was apt to cause an unpleasantness to pervade their meetings ; they had now. however, no other feeling but that which must be grate ful to the heart of every man, that of doing justice to a distinguished public servant, acknowledging the inesti mable services he had rendered to them, and assuring him of the heartfelt interest they took in every thing that concerned his honour and welfare.—(Hear.) lie believed the occasions had been rare in which they had ever assembled to return thanks to . a Governor of Jamaica on the close of' his administration. Why it should be so, it was difficult to conceive ; but so it was. In one respect, certain'y, there never was an occasion when the situation of Jamaica was so critical, when the difficulties to be surmounted were so great and arduous, as when Sir Charles Metcalfe was induced to accept the administration of the government of the colony. From the period of the commencement of his administration to its close, there was not only no part of his conduct which was wholly free from exception, but there was no part on which it was possible to dwell otherwise than with feelings of the warmest gratitude ; and at the same time it was impossible to entertain any other than feel ings of the highest admiration at the judgment and ability with which he had conducted himself throughout his administration. The very acceptance of the Governor ship ofJamaica of itselfentitled him to their warmest gra titude. No one had forgotten that at the period when that valuable colony was offered to him it was sur rounded with the most appalling difficulties—difficulties which would have deterred almost any person from ac cepting the Government—difficulties which were such as to have caused an apprehension in an honest and honourable mind that they were almost insurmountable. And, of all men, perhaps Sir Charles Metcalfe was the person who might, if actuated by ordinary motives, have declined the acceptance of the government of the colony. He required no laurels; his reputation he did not need to have increased, for already bad he gained laurels enough, already had he established a great reputation for consummate ability and skill in a very important Go vernment, which he had before administered ; and according to that measure of injustice with which the world often meted, it might have happened that if Sir Charles had failed in Jamaica his hitherto high reputa tion would in some degree have been impaired. But that gallant man had one motive, and one only--it was, to serve his country.— (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Burge) felt his incompetency, in any language of his o an, to express the motives which induced Sir Charles Metcalfe to undertake the Government of Jamaica ; Sir Charles had however, beautifully expressed it himself in a letter which he had addressed to one of the parishes of Jamaica, alluding to the state of the colony when he entered upon the Government. (The speaker then read the letter, which was written by Sir Charles, and ascribed his motive for accepting the Government of the colony purely to public grounds, at a time when he would rather as an individual have preferred retiring into private life.) With that motive he entered on the ad ministration of the Government of Jamaica, and every act of his life, from the period when he first touched upon the shores of that colony till he quitted them, amidst the tears and benedictions of the people, was directed towards the accomplishment of the object with which he entered upon it. The difficulties he had to over come were great beyond conception, and one of tit e greatest of them all perhaps was this, that unhappily for years the public mind in this country had been imbued with a prejudice so deep and strong against that colony, that the actual condition of the colony itself, and the character and condition of its people were wholly unknown to the Government—were whollyunknown to the people of this country ; and it was in consequence of that ignorance, and the difficulty of overcoming it, that the Governor commenced his career in Jamaica. The first step he took was to disabuse her Majesty's Government on these points. With uncompromising honesty and fidelity, with a libe rality and candour all must acknowledge, he entered fairly and fearlessly on the conduct of the colonists. He reported it to the Government. He vindicated the colony and the island Magistracy to the Government, from the mass of calumny with which they had been nigh over whelmed ; and he observed to the Government that Jamaica, with regard to her institutions, and in every other point, should be treated with precisely the same consideration as the mother country.—(Hear.) He asked to govern the country on a system of strict impar tial and even-handed justice, to maintain the just rights et all, and to protect the Legislature and the Magis as well as the whole population, in the enjoyment of tie air rights, and thus to give to the people of Jamaica the pro of that they were in reality, by the consideration of the la, v, part and parcel of the mother country. They saw then `xis Government proceeding on the vindica tion of the Colony, and the protection of all in it, and they had him la wing down, in his despatches, the principles for the Gos ernin.ant of Jamaica. In these despatches he stated his intention, of always attending to the wishes of the great majorf:y of the population, and he always expressed a strong desire that the same laws should pre vail in Jamaica as did in England. Those were the principles with which he entered on his Govern ment, and those were the principles by which he brought it to a successful close. He restored good feeling, and harmony, and order amongst all classes of the community, and he closed his administration, having rendered justice to all, protected the rights of all, and having so administered the government of that greet colon 7, that the affection and gratitude which had sprung- up towards him in the hearts of all classes in Jamaica, would be responded to in England by the un qualified approbation of his Sovereign, and the testi mony of all persons who had regarded his administra tion, that it was one impartial and just, as well as wise and able.--(Hear, hear.) It was, perhaps, a rare oc currence that the esteem and respect with which the ad ministration of the Government ofJamaica was regarded by the people of that colony, was equalled, as on the present ocaasion, by the manner in which it was re garded by t he Sovereign. He, however, enjoyed the confidence, tuld the respect, and the admiration of the people of the colony and the people at home ; and it was the gloric us effect of actions like his that their in fluence was nt tither confined to the age nor country in which they were exercised ; the administration of the Gover ament of Jamaica by Sir Charles Met calfe would live in Jamaica in future ages as it would be felt trod aclanowledged in every colony of the British Empire, and no Minister—no voice of the people of Englanu'—could ever hereafter commit the fatal error of conducting the colony on any other form of government than that adopted by Sir Charles Met calfe. Happily lie had been supported by her Majesty's Government:--the Noble Lord the late Secretary of State, as well as his successor. They ought to do justice to the Governn tent who responded to the feelings of Sir Charles Metca lfe. It was an act of justice to the late Government to acknowledge that they appointed an in dividual like Sir Charles Metcalfe, and then gave him their cordial co-operation, confidence and support, Lord John Rus sell deserved the highest praise for the support and assi stance which he rendered to Sir Charles Metcalfe. He (Mr. Burge) need scarcely tell them that unless Sir Charles's plan had met with the concur rence of the Gorvernment, his efforts would have been wholly fruitless. These were the observations which he (Mr. Burge) had'. thought it right to make in proposing to them the coin 'se which they should adopt. He could not close his ren larks without recalling to their minds, not only the slain is which Sir C. Metcalfe's public ser vices had upon tl lose connected with Jamaica, but the peculiar claims wl &Ix he had also for the numerous acts of liberality and ttharity bestowed by him in the most generous manner, on all the charitable and religious in stitutions of Jamaica, and on every institution which has the benefit of Jam aica in vietw. His generosity was great. He laid an irreaia table claim upon every one by the kind ness and condescension with which he conducted himself. They were now about to make-an expression of the obli gations which they owed to him for rescuing Jamaica from the difficulties which surrounded her when he ac cepted tbe government. He should propose the adoption of a resolution agreeing to present en address to !dui on his arrival, expee.xsive of a participation, cordial and sincere, in the sentiments which their fellow-colonists in Jamaica had expressed in acknowledging the benefits which had resulted from his administration of the Go vernment of Jamaica. Mr. Burge then moved the fol lowing resolution—" That an address be presented to the Right Hon. Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart., expressing our most sincere and cordial participation in the sentiments of admiration, esteem, aff 'tetion, and gratitude, with which all classes of our fellow -,colonists in Jamaica have ac knowledged the benefits sx rhich his wise, able, beneficent, and impartial administra tiun of the Government have conferred upon them." The .speaks'' concluded by pro posing an address which he hat draw deration of the meeting. 1 , A n for the consi- Sir ALEXANDER GRANT seconded the motion. Sir 1. L. GOLDSMID said, though he was not con.. lec l ed with Jamaica, he trusted he should be excused for say ' l3 ,g a few words, cordially approving, as he did, of the au dress. He approved of that address in consequence of the protection which the Right Hon. Baronet for whom it was intended, had showy to that class of persons to which he belonged.—(Hear, hear.) He had shown the utmost attention and kindness to the Jews ofJamaica.— (Hear.) He (Sir I. Goldsmid) was anxious to express his approbation of this address, too, on another ground. Having been intimately acquainted with the Right Hon. Baronet's father for more than fifteen years, he could say that the virtues which he possessed in so eminent a de gree ;I appeared to their utmost extent to have descended to his son. He should be happy, as far as was in his power, to testify his respect for Sir Charles Metcalfe in some more solid way than by presenting him with an address; and he hoped the :meeting would not separate without corning to the determination of presentilg piece of plate.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was then carried unanimously and the address was agreed to. Mr. BURGE moved that the following gentlemen be appointed a Committee to wait upon Sir Charles Met calfe, viz.,—Lord St. Vincent, the Agent of Jamaica. Sir Alexander Grant, Sir Wyndham Dalling, Sir Henry Lushington, Sir Edward Hyde East, Sir I. L. Goldsmid, Mr. llehany, Mr. Bernal, M.P., Mr. Malcolm, Messrs. Colgan, Lyon, Hankey, Archdeacon, Long, Godson, Philpots, Erskine, Bowerbank, Spalding, &c. This motion having been seconded, was carried nem. dis. Mr. BURGE then moved a vote of thanks to the Chair man, for his conduct in the chair. Sir A. GRANT, in seconding the motion, having paid a tribute to the many good qualities of the Chairman, stated that, as he was intimately acquainted with the successor of Sir Charles Metcalfe in the Government of Jamaica, he might be excused for telling them that that gentleman left this country with an anxious desire to tread as closely as possible in his steps. Admiring his conduct from the commencement—usque ab incepto—he desired to walk in it.—(Hear, hear.) He was sure it would be pleasing to the meeting, as it was gratifying to himself, to know that they were likely to have the same line of conduct persevered in by the present Governor, as that which they had now met to approve of.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN briefly expressed his thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon him, and the meeting broke up. SHIPOWNERS' SOCIETY. The Annual General Meeting of the Directors and Proprietors in this Society was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report of the Directors. Mr. BARRY took the Chair, and in doing so said that they were met for the purpose of presenting the Annual Report of the Coa, mittee of Directors in the General Shipowners' Society, in which several matters of vital importance to the navigation of the country were set forth. He believed that every one present regretted the present state of the shipping interest, and he believed that the measures lately before Parliament would mate rially aggravate the distressed state of the shipping trade. Mr. YouNG:then read the Report, which was extremely lengthy, in which it was stated that a deputation had waited on Sir R. Peel, to endeavour to prevent the then proposed reduction in the timber duties from being made, but Sir R. Peel declined to accede to their request, say ing that the time was now come when an experiment must be made. Mr. LYALL, M.P., proposed that the Report should be received, which being seconded by Captain DRZW, was agreed to. Several other resolutions having been agreed to. ex pressing the opposition of the meeting to the proposed reduction in the duties on foreign timber, the meeting separated. • CORN AVERAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As your paper of Thursday the 16th and 23d inst., did not, as usual, contain the account of the Grain Averages, many of your readers, particularly the farmers who come to market, were greatly disappointed. The averages were in the Friday's papers, but for many months past they have regularly appeared in the Thursday's papers. By paying attention to this, you will oblige A CONSTANT SUBSCRIBER. Plymouth, June 27, 1842. SCARCITY OF SILVEK TO THE EDITOR OF 711 E SUN. SIR,—As a constant reader of your paper, and highly ap proving of its principles, 1 regret to inform you of the state of Norwich. The unwise policy of the Government has ren dered change so scarce, that the Governors and the Guardians have issued a hand-bill this morning, soliciting the trAesmen to take tickets, to be paid by being taken to the Guardians. I am, Sir, respectfully yours, THOMAS RUST. UFper Calvert-street, Norwich, June 29, 1842. IRELAND. ACCIDENT TO THE MARCHIONESS OF WATER- FORD. DUBLIN, JUNE 27.—A very painful sensation was produced in town this morning by an account, said to have been brought by some passengers in the Waterford mail, that the young and beautiful Marchioness of Waterford had met with an accident of so seri ,us a nature as to endanger her life. I have been unatle to learn the particulars of this deplorable occurrence further than that the Marquis and Marchioness were taking a drive in a phaeton on Saturday afternoon, through the de mesne of Curraghmore, when the horses, a pair of spirited thoroughbreds, became unmanageable and ran away. The Marchioness, under the influence of sudden fright, threw her self from the phaeton, and received very severe injuries about the head. It is stated that an express has arrived in Dublin for medical assistance, and that messengers have been sent off to England to summon over some members of the family of Lord Stuart de Rothesay. I have detailed these particulars as they reached me; but there appears to be nothing like an authentic account in town. Under such circumstances, I may be permitted to express a hope that the report of the accident is much ex aggerated. I he Waterford papers received this morning, are silent upon the subject. Half-past Four o'Clock. The report of the melancholy accident to the Marchioness of Waterford is, I regret to say, but too well founded. The .IVarquis, as well as his lovely bride, was thrown out of the phaeton, and both have been very severely injured. The acci dent took place in the demesne, as I have stated, in conse quence of the running away of the horses, and the upsetting of the vehicle. The Marquis and Marchioness wets observed lying upon the ground in a state of insensibility, by some dray men in the service of Messrs. Malcomson, the proprietors of the cotton-mills at Portlaw, adjacent t 9 Curragnmore, who conveyed them to the Castle. Some medical gentlemen, who were immediately called in, considered the case one of so set i ons a nature, that they deemed it necessary to send for assist ance to Dublin, and at once an express was dispatched for the Surgeon- General, Sir Philip Crampton. W hen the messen ger arrived, Sir Philip was out of town, and his nephew, Sur geon Smyly, immediately proceeded to Curraghmore. THE MAGISTRACY. Mr. Mansergh St. George, whose restoration to the Corn. mission of the Peace has lately been a subject of discussion in both Houses of Parliament, was sworn in a Alagistrate of the county of Galway, at the head Police-office, on Saturda). The Earl of Shannon has sent in his resignation as a De puty-Lieutenant of the county of Cork. A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN REFUSING TO PAY TITHES ! —We have been informed that a Protestant clergyman was processed at the Ballyrnote Quarter Sessions, at the suit of the Attorney-General, for an arrear of tithe composition, and that his Reverence took defence, and was so fortunate as to defeat the first Law Officer of the Crown. Thus, it seems that even the ministers of the Church, by law established, are net en amoured of tithes, if they should be required to pay them out of their own pockets.—Sligo Champion. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. . _ _ I send you a letter. addressed to Sir Robert Peel, by Dr. M' Hale, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, on the deplor able condition of the peasantry in the west of Ireland. " Num bers (he says) in this very neighbourhood, go to bed without tasting a morsel of food during the entire day, and some pass the second, doomed to the same experiment." THE MAkthETS.-(YESTERDAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh supply of most kinds of Grain was inconsiderable. The few fine parcels of English Wheat that were for sale ob tained Monday's terms. Oats of good quality were rather dearer ; other kinds firmly maintained their former terms. COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business done, but in prices little variation took place. The imports were fair. Raw Sugar was dull of sale, at declining prices. Brown West India 58e. 6d. to 61s. 6d., and Yellow 623. 6d. per cwt. Coffee sold slowly, but prices did not give way. 755. to 765. for good ordinary Cey lon. Rum dull of sale. TEA MARKET. The market was firm, and a good business was transacted, indeed the quantity of Tea in the market was not sufficient for the wants of our dealers. Company's Congou, cash, Is. 9d. TALLOW MARKET. There were few buyers, but holders were firm, and got 48s. 3d. per cwt. for small parcels of yellow Candle on the spot, and 495. 3d. for delivery in last three months of the year. WOOL MARKET. The market was firm for both English and Foreign, and a fair business was transacted both at full rates. PEPPER MARKET. This article was held with firmness, and a good business was done. Common Sumatra at 2jd. per lb. COAL MARKET. Shlips arrived since last market.day, 117 d. Aaair's Holywell Alain.-- New Tantield Moor Old Tanfidd Original Windsor's Pontop 15 6 Ord's liedheugh l5 0 anfleld Moor Tanlield Moor Bute's l4 li Wylam Walls E. d i ewic,,e ant , C Walls P.nd Killingworth Walls End Ramsey Walls End Wharncliffe l4 0 Walls Eel Hetton Walls End Larnbton Walls End Morrison! l7 Wales End Pemberton s. d. Walls End Stewart's 2l 3 Walls End Whitwell l5 9 Walls End Caradoc 2l 3 Walls End Hartlepool Walls End Adelaide Walls Ei.d Bowburn Walls End Brown's Deanery 18 9 Walls End Coundon lB 0 Walls End Seymour Tees lB .1 Walls End South Durham lei 3 Walls End Tees Hetton Wal s Ei. d "_1 eob ...... . 2O u Nails End West Iletton 17 51 1317 the Cowpen I.langennech Coal ' 0 Hartley l9 6 THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1842. COUNTRY CORN MAR. ETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas. . Per Qua. ter.! s. to s. s. to s. s. to 5. s. to s, s. to s. Abingdon 157 72 26 36 2n 31 95 44 3P Andover 52 64 27 29 :0 24 Banbury 58 66 22 27 14 21 36 40 Basingstoke 60 6r 25 90 18 26 34 43 85 45 Cirencester 59 70 25 22 31 49 44 39 Coventry 65 24 29 20 26 1 40 _ Daventry 61 2, , 26 16 21 33 36 27 Derby 62 71 25 19 25 25 34 34 Howden — 63 3 18 39 1 31 Hungerford 45 71 29 37 20 28 31 48 38 40 Malt a) Maidenhead 52 75 32 35 25 3 1 96 44 40 Nottingham 56 69 23 29 19 24 37 40 Wautage 65 78 35 31 30 32 36 46 Warwick 83 26 30 Wirchesteri 76 36 29 41 York — 66 31 91 31 Per Bushel s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. 13irminghom 70 06 3 6 4 6 96 4 0 0 0 0 0 04. THE COTTAGE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM IMPROVED.— Two or three years ago Sir Arthur de Capell Brooke, Bart., caused to be cleared an extensive tract of forest land in the neighbourhood of Cottingham, near Rockingham, Northamp tonshire. The land was let in small parcels of an acre, or more or less, to cottagers and labourers in the neighbouring villages. The first year the labour of clearing the land was considered an equivalent for rent; afterwards, we believe, 21. per acre was to be paid for it. Within the past few months a Temperance Society, on the teetotal principle, has been established in the village of Cottingham, under the patronage of Sir rthur. The society embraces upwards of one hundred mem- L A s everal of whom were habitual drunkards. So deeply u er s"ed is the above philanthropic Baronet in the promotion interes, -al and social welfare of the people, that he has caused of the mo tified that every holder of an acre of land, or it to be no ve the land rent free for one year, on condition *-e teetotal pledge, and adhering to it for the o u t n h de ts r, s s t h g a o ll o h g s tli , CONCERT.—This concert took ‘ l . llooms, and was attended by a nu time stated. ,:tnce. The great feature of the SIGNOR RONZI S . WC , e u n c t r e s i z i i s a p lay Borgia;of e xe c t u h t e i o n effectand fine performance, caused m pl e a c r oeuosnaTn and efsadsahyi fashionable morning was Thalberg's mag' expression in the fantasia from ... r pioduced upon the audience by thi‘ the to rise en mas to do him honour', as he walked through the i r oom. Mr. aud se Madame Befe were also much applauded. EARTHQUAKES. [ The most appalling catastrophe, in the history of modern Europe, with the exception of the earthquake in Sicily, in 1693 (by which 100,000 lives were lost), was the earthquake at Lisbon, in 1755, so instanta neous and terrible in its effects, that 60,000 individuals perished within the space of six minutes. By a simi lar agency, in Calabria, in 1785, 40,000 perished ; and 20,000 more are said to have died by an epi demic that succeeded the earthquake. Yet, frequent as these desolating events have been in the south of Europe, they become far more numerous as we travel towards the equator. In South America, they have, again and again, overthrown cities, and laid whole districts desolate. Peru and Chili have been visited with awful rigour —Lima has been twice laid in ruins —Quito has suffered still more severely—and Callao, with its whole population, has been twice overwhelmed by the agitated waves of the Pacific, during these awful periods. At one time, the whole of the inha bitants of that city perished, and, at another (ac cording to Lionel Wafer), man and beast, Ibr fifty leagues along the shore, were overwhelmed by the turbulent element. Of the West Indian Islands, Ja maica and St. Domingo have been the most severe sufferers—the latter more especially. The present fearful event, that has led us to make the above remarks, is the fourth visitation of the kind suffered by that island within the last ninety years. Port-au-Prince was built in 1745 ; and a few years after, part of it was thrown to the ground by an earthquake. In 1770, it was completely laid in ruins —almost the whole of the island devastated—while thousands, that had escaped the earthquake, were car ried off by an epidemic, produced by mephitic vapours issuing from the rent made by the fearful convulsion. In 1829, it underwent another shock, less powerful than the previous; and now the deplorable news is brought us that another of these terrific occurrences has happened in that ill-fated island.—lnverness Courier. LOSS of THREE VESSELS by ICE. (From the New York Commercial Advertiser, June 3.) BARQUE ANN LIFFEY.—The barque Oscar, Perry, arrived last evening, having on board the mate and ten of the crew of the British barque Ann Liffey, whose loss has been before mentioned. The mate of the Ann Liffey states that when ten days out, at three A. nt., in lat. 43. 8., long. 49., while running before the wind at the rate of eight knots per hour, weather thick, the Ann Liffey struck an island of ice with so much force a; to run the heel of the bowsprit clear aft, capsized the windlass, and took stern cutwater, &e.,entirely off. The crew and passengers, twenty-two in number, used every exertion with crowbars and hand-spikes, to clear the wreck of the fragments of ice which fell on deck. The iceberg was as high as the foreyard. Sounded the pumps, and finding her sinking, took to the boats, in which they remained until two P. DI., when it cleared away, and they were fallen in with by the Oscar. Cept. Lyle end eight others went on board the British barque Ganges, bound to Liverpool. ANOTHER VESSEL LOST BY THE ICE.—The British brig Stephen, Hensall, from Newcastle for Pictou, ran foul of an iceberg when 81 days out, and received so much damage that she was abandoned. The captain and crew took to the boats, were picked up by the John Romilft, from London, for St. John's, New Brunswick, and afterwards transferred to the American brig China, Small, and arrived at Piaci' on the 28th ult. AND ANOTHER.—PICTOU, N.S., MAY 25.—The barque Isabella, Captain A. Thomas, from Glasgow, for Pictou, with 54 passengers, and a large quantity of dry goods, iron, books, &c., was lost at Cape North, on the north side of Cape Breton, on the 11th inst. She sailed from Glasgow on the Ist of April, and made St. Paul's Island on the 28th. She then became entangled in the ice, and continued in that perilous condition for eleven days. The captain, seeing the imminent danger the ship was in landed the passengers on the 9th, with much difficulty, over fields of ice, when the vessel was three quarters of a mile from the shore, and riding at anchor among icebergs. On the following day she slipped the anchor, and when turning she struck a rock and began to fill with water. She was then run into Aspy Bay, a distance of eight miles, where she now lies a total wreck. We are glad to learn that though the vessel has become a total wreck, and the cargo is materially damaged, no lives have been lost. In the night of Friday last, a sentinel posted at the Arsenal of Toulon received particular orders to be vigilant, as two convicts were known to have escaped from their cells, and the officers were in search of them. Hearing some one moving, the soldier challenged, and, receiving no answer, fired and wounded a man in the thigh. When taken and examined, he was found to be a drunken sailor. The two fugitives were afterwards discovered and secured. The Journal de Frankfort mentions a report of Prince de Metternich's having received a letter from the King of Prussia, inviting him to be present at the fete which is to take place on September 5 at Cologne, on the occasion of the completion of the dome of the cathedral. iflte Vigie du illorbihan states that the Judge de Paix of Elven and his clerk were fired at a few days ago on the bridge of Bilio as they were returning at half-past 11 at night from Tredon. The perpetrators of this outrage hare not been discovered, nor is the motive of the act known. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—About 11 o'clock on Satur day morning last, as some of the draymen belonging to the firm of Trueman, Hanbury, and Co., were getting out some empty casks from the cellar of Mr. Morgan, licensed victualler, No. 100, Great Titchfield-street, Oxford-market, by the aid of a horse, the animal, by some unaccountable means, was drawn backward=, and fell with great force into the cellar below, to the great dismay of the draymen, who imagined that the horse was killed. The animal, however, who had on his nose-bag, quickly resumed his perpendicular, and commenced eating as if nothii , g a hatever had happened. The draymen now used every effort to extricate the horse, which, however, after the lapse of several hours, was not accomplished, and it was not until the evening, when some of the firm, who had been informed of the circumstance, had arrived, that the animal (who manifested no displeasure at the means adopted) was got out by the aid of gullies. The horse, which is valued at 601., was fortunately not in the slightest degree injured. A few days ago, while two gentlemen were fishing on Lochlomond, they obseried an animal of a pecular aspect swimming beautifully in the water. On a closer inspection it turned out to be an adder, which appeared to be on a migra tory excursion from Inchroin, one of the numerous islands which det the bosom of the Loch, to Buckinch, another about a quarter of a mile distant. The little animal swam very grace fully, keeping its head three or four inches out of the water, and propelled itself by the action of its tail. After sufficiently observing. its movements, they destroyed it with an oar, and had it taken on shore. —Ross Advertiser. ASPARAGUS. — Take a quart wine bottle, such as French wine is sold in : invert over the head of an asparagus just rising above the ground, and secure it by three sticks, se that it cannot be knocked over. if left in this state, the aspa ragus will grow up into the interior of the bottle, and, bein stimulated by the unusual heat and moisture it is there exposeg to, will speedily fill it. As soon as this has taken place, thd bottle must be b'oken, and the asparagus removed, when ie well be found to have formed a thick head of tender de:i att shoots, all eatable, and as compact as a cauliflower.— Gardeno 'e Chronicle. How TO ELOPE.—We have heard of a Yankee' who one day asked his lawyer how an heiress might be carried off. " You cannot do it with safety," said the counsellor, " but I'll tell you what you may do; let her mount the horse and held a bridle whip; do you then mount behind her, and you are safe—for she runs away with you." The next day the lawyer found that it was his own daughter who had run away with his client. The Nantes journals give an account of the launPh on the 23d inst., of the new Royal steam yacht the Comte d'Eu, of 60-horse power, from the yards of Indret, in the pre sence of an immense assemblage of spectators. They add, that one of the three steamers of 220-horse power, intended for tra versing the Atlantic, which are being built in the same yards, is expected to be launched on July 22d. A fourth, but of smaller size, is on the stocks. _ MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—Tuesday a middle-aged man, of the name of David Richfield, lost his life under the following distressing circumstances:—lt appears that the unfortunate individual was engaged unloading a barge containing timber, which was lying in the Export Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe. While he was descending from the hold with a heavy plank upon his back, his foot slipped, and he was precipitated to the bottom of the companion -ladder, a distance of near twenty feet. In his fall he received a severe contusion of the scull and fracture of the thigh; and on being carried to Guy's Hospital, he lingered in the most excruciating agony for about an hour, when he expired. MR. TERRAIL'S CONCERT.—This morning concert took place at the Queen's Concert Rooms, in Hanover-square. The singers, among whom were MM. Terrail, Bennett, Taughan, Bradbury, Cooke, Chapman, Hawkins, Hobbs, and H. Phillips, were also supported hy several you ng gen tl eme n of her Majesty's Chapel Royal, Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral. Only two female vocalists were present, Miss Birch and Mrs. W. Loder. A quack doctor, in one of his bills, said, he could bring living witnesses to prove the efficacy of his nostrum, " which is more," says he, " than others in my line can do." The Prince Royal of Denmark arrived at Berlin on the 19th inst. A YANKEE SERMON.---1 once called on a sick per son, whom the doctors had given up as a gone case. I asked him if he had made his peace with Heaven ? He sa id h e thought he had squared all up. I inpired if he had forgiven all his enemies? He replied, " Yes. I then asked him if he had made his peace with his printer? He hesitated for a mo ment, and then said he believed he owed him something like about two dollars and fifty cents, which he desired to have paid before he bid good bye to the world. His desire was imme diately gratified, and from that moment he became convales • cent. He is now living in . the enjoyment of health and pros perity, at peace with his own conscience, with Heaven, and the world. Let this be an example for you, my friends. Pa tronize the printer, take the papers, pay for them in advance, and your days will be long upon the earth, ,and overwhelming with the honey of happiness. It is stated in a letter from Vienna that the Empe ror of Austria has decided that the Archduke Charles Ferdi nand, the younger son of the Archduke Charles, shall attend the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the marriage of the Emperor and Empress of Russia. A courier had been de spatched to Milan with the order for the Prince to set out for St. Petersburgh at the end of the month. if fa or bodily injury of himself, or any of his family, it shall not be lawful to take hisny po or person b ecome illness NEW TORY POOR LAW—The 37th c l ause o f th e Bill now in progress will have the effect of throwing nearly the whole of the country paupers on the alread y over- b urthened n to h w ar n ge l a ia h r l i e sh t e n s. a n l y t enacts paris h ‘ t ‘ h r That oug h examination or make any order of removal until he shall have received relief at the cost of such parish for forty dais consecutively." Now, as paupers seldom apply to the parish until they or some of their family fall sick, and as the relief must be for forty days consecutively, the above clause will, in effect, give each pauper a settlement where he resides, render the Scotch and Irish irremovable, and throw all fever cases on the town parishes in which they occur. By the 11th clause, at least one paid chaplain is to be appointed to each district school ; and, by the 30th clause, clergymen are guaranteed their burial fees on the burial of poor persons (not paupers) who die without effects sufficient to bury them, although Dr. Lushington, in the Hackney Church-rate case, declared that no such fees are legally due, but certainly it is a most pleasant thing to get quartered upon the poor-rate fund. The Bill is indorsed as prepared and brought in by Sir James Graham, Sir Robert Peel, and Sir Edward Knatchbull.— Carlisle Journal. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 29. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the Woolsack at half-past Three o'Clock. JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES BILL. The Jurisdiction of Justices Bill was read a second time. The Standing Orders were ordered to be sus pended. The Bill was committed, reported, read a third time, passed, and ordered to be taken down to the Commons. BURNLEY UNION. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Report of Sir John NValsham relative to the Burnley Union, together with the correspondence which had taken place with the Poor-law Commis sioners on the subject, was ordered to be laid on the table. • Their Lordships then adjourned till ten o'clock to morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 29. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. _ _ Messengers from the Lords brought down the Ju risdiction of Justices Bill, and certain other Bills. CAMBUSLANG AND MUIRKIRK ROADS. On the motion of Mr. LOCKHART, the Cam buslang and Muirkirk Roads Bill was read a second time. LEEDS BURIAL GROUND BILL. Mr. GALLY KNIGHT brought up the Report on the Leeds Burial Ground Bill. COAL MINES. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from certain proprietors of coal mines, complaining of the provisions of Lord Ashley's Bill. Mr. GODSON presented a petition from the mine proprietors of South Staffordshire, stating that wo men had never been employed in those mines, and complaining that the provisions of Lord Ashley's Bill, with regard to the employment of boys in mines, more particularly those parts of the Bill which abolished apprenticeship,would act most detrimentally, inasmuch as it was impossible to carry on mining operations unless the labour of boys in mines was al lowed, and praying that the Bill, in its present shape, might not pass into a law. MA YNOOTH GRANT—JESUITS. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition, signed by 30,000 of the inhabitants of Manchester and Salford, lamenting the continuance of the grant to the College of Maynooth by the present Government, and pray ing for a Committee of Inquiry into the nature of the system pursued at Maynooth; and also for the adoption of measures enforcing the provisions of the Catholic Emancipation Act for the expulsion of Jesuits. SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Colonel RUSHBROOKE presented a petition from Sudbury, against the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill. BLACKBURN AND CHORLEY ROADS. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, the Blackburn and Chorley Roads Bill was read a third time and passed. CLEVELAND'S ESTATE BILL On the motion of Lord EASTNOR, the Duke of Cleveland's Estate Bill was read a second time. OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the ministers and messengers of the Yorkshire West Riding, and the Lancashire and Cheshire Associa tions of Baptist Churches. The petitioners allege that the enforcement of oaths by law against the will and consciences of any person of any religious denomina tion whatever is highly injurious to religion, morality, and good policy; they, therefore, pray the House to make provision, that no person who objects on religious grounds to the taking an oath might be required to do so on any occasion; and that a decla ration or promise of a person so objecting might be valid in law for all purposes for which oaths are now required; and that the breach of such promise or obligation might be made liable to all the penalties of perjury. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. COLVILLE presented a petition from Ashby, and another from a place in Derby, praying for a full inquiry into the system of education pursued at May nooth, with a view to the withdrawal of the annual grant to that College. ATHL ONE ELECTION. The SPEAKER acquainted the House that he had received a notice from D. H. Ferrall, Esq., that he did not intend to defend his return for the borough of Athlone. METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. Mr. HUME presented a petition from 355 inhabi tants of the southern district of London, praying for the abolition of the tolls on the Waterloo, 'Vauxhall, and Southwark bridges. EDUCATION (IRELAND). Mr. SHAW presented a petition from the county of ,Cork, in favour of Church education in Ireland. THE WAR IN CHINA. Mr. lIUME, seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his place, wished to ask whether he intended to bring on the esti mates of the war in China on the first night of supply ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Hon. Member for Greenock and the Hon. Member for Dungarvon had motions on the papers for that night, but if they would be kind enough to let him go into the Committee of Supply, it was his intention to take the vote for the estimates of the war in China in No. 2 of the Miscellaneous Estimates. Mr. HUME asked whether the estimates would be brought on early in the evening or not ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Noble Lord, the Member for London, had a claim, to be heard in the early part of the evening on Friday. PETITIONS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from forty-seven members of the Reform Association of the West Riding of York, complaining of the continuance of the Poor-laws ; the proclamation concerning light coin ; the abuses of the electoral franchise by the pre sent constituency ; and praying for the speedy passing of the financial measures before the House, in order that the people should know the worst that could be expected from a monopolist Parliament. Mr. MACKINNON, in the absence of Mr. Hardy, moved that the petition of William Roberts, respect ing the working of the Anatomy Act (presented 22d June), be printed with the Votes. STATE OF SYRIA. Dr. BOAVRING, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury, in his place, would take that opportunity of putting the question of which he had given notice, respecting the state of Syria and the mountain districts. He had heard that a person was sent out armed with great authority, who had once been a Christian, and had recently become a Mussulman. This ap pointment had given the greatest offence to the Chris tian inhabitants of the mountains, and it was reported that the irregular Albanians, who had formerly com mitted the greatest atrocities upon the coast, were again let loose.—(Loud cries of " Order, order," " Question, question.") The question which he h a d t o ask was, whether Omar Pacha was likely to be re moved from the Government of Lebanon, and whether there was any hope that the Albanian troops would be removed from their districts on the coasts ? Sir R. PEEL said, that the object of eie interference of this country and its allies in the affairs of the East was, to restore the dominion of Turkey over that part of its territory upon the eastern shores of the Levant, and to place the Ottoman Government in the position of an independent power. He thought, therefore, that it would be inconsistent with the duty of a British Minister to answer questions which, in the very way in which they were put, implied a disposition to inter fere too much in the internal affairs of the Turkish em pire. On the part of the British Government he declined all intention of such interference, at the same time that it would use all its influence to obtain the execu tion of any conditions to which British agents had been pledged.—(Hear, hear.) He had the satisfac tion to say that the Five Powers were entirely agreed in their views respecting the independence of Turkey, and they were all of opinion that the best policy for Turkey herself to adopt was, that the Go vernment of Syria should be mildly administered. He had the satisfaction of stating that the Five Powers took the same view with respect to our policy, and that they were at present tendering their advice to the Turkish Government in the most perfect har inony. He remained of the same opinion with re spect to that policy, and he did not abandon the hope that a most satisfactory appointment would be made to the Governorship of Lebanon. He had also reason to believe that a general assurance would be given that the Albanian troops sent to Syria would be employed on the coast, and not in the interior. He had reason to believe that chat assurance would be fulfilled. He thought the Turkish Government would consult their own inter est by removing their troops altogether.—(Hear.) He trusted and believed that the hopes the English Go vernment had entertained would be realised. He had answered the question of the Hon. Gentleman, but he entreated the House to bear in mind their general principle with respect to foreign governments ; but he could not answer for the acts of other governments. He must say that the English Government would do what they could to insure confidence and to obtain the fulfilment of the engagements ; but further than this he couldnot answer for the acts done by the Turkish Government. JUSTICES' JURISDICTION BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the House would re member that a Bill was passed, which had come down from the other House, for the purpose of limiting the jurisdiction of Magistrates at quarter sessions. With regard to this Bill, he must tell the House that it was of the utmost importance that the Com mission for giving the Royal assent to it a n d other Bills should be signed. This Bill was inserted in that Commission, and could not be excluded from it, and probably it would be signed within 48 hours. Now, it so happened that the courts of quarter ses sions were sitting at the present moment throughout England and Wales. The effect of this Bill receiving the Royal assent just at this moment would be, that many trials would probably take place in the different counties of England and Wales, upon which ques tions of law might arise, and a difficulty would occur as to whether those trials took place when this law was in operation. This diffi- culty had been felt by the other House of Parliament, , and they had sent down a Bill for the purpose of pro viding that this Bill should not take effect until the usual time of holding the quarter sessions had expired He proposed, therefore, that they should on that occa sion dispense with the Standing Orders, and that the Bill should be advanced so many stages as would enable them in the course of to-morrow to send it up to the other House of Parliament. He proposed that the Bill should then be read a first time, and that it should be advanced one other stage that evening. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he was not at all satisfied with the statement of the Right Hon. Gentle man. It seemed to him that there must be some extraordinary neglect somewhere, and the House was aware that there were very severe critisims last session upon similar neglect on the part of the late Government.—(Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said he wished the Noble Lord joy of the opportunity of expressing some of those feelings with which he had been overpowered since his retirement from office.—(Laughter.) He did not claim any exemption from official infirmity, but he hoped the resentment of the Noble Lord would not induce him to obstruct the passing of this measure. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he rose for the purpose of calling,the attention of the House to komething more important than even the hasty legislation in question. He had that morning received a letter containing a notice which had been issued by the Board of Guardians of the city of Norwich. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and the Master of the Mint had stated a few days ago that they doubted whether there was in fact any scarcity of silver. The notice to which he had referred, showed not only the existence of great distress, but also the scarcity of silver. It was to the following effect—" Notice is hereby given that, in consequence of the great scarcity of silver and copper coins, the Guardians of the poor of this city have been compelled to issue tickets of ls. and ls. 6d. each in payment of relief granted to poor persons. Any tradesman or other person ad vancing money or goods, or both, upon such tickets, may receive the full value thereof; on presenting them at their office in Bridge-street, in amounts of not less than 10s.--J. Beckwith, Governor of the Workhouse."—Now what was the effect of this ? The poor were relieved by one shil ling and eighteen-penny tickets issued by the Guardians, and the Guardians issued a notice that they would not receive their own tickets back unless they came before them in amounts of more than 10s., thus enabling the Guardians, in point of fact, to give the tradesman a light half-sovereign. If this practice were to be permitted, the whole coun try would be inundated with a small paper currency at Is. and ls. 6d. He thought that was a matter well deserving of the attention of her Majesty's Minis ters. No one could deny that it proved that there was a great scarcity of the article of silver. otwithstanding all this, the poor-rates were in advance, the City had been mulcted to the amount of 2,0001. under the denomination of poor rates yearly, and, although this had taken place yearly, distress was upon the increase. He hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would inquire into the truth of the notice he had read, and would see that justice was done. He wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whether he was aware of the scarcity of the silver alluded to, and, if so, whether her Majesty's Government had taken any steps upon the subject ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could assure the House that he had no infor mation of the transaction alluded to, until the Honourable Member for Finsbury had made his statement. Though he had received com plaints of want of silver from some parts of the coun try, he had not done so from the city alluded to by the Hon. Member. He would certainly make in quiries with respect to the notice read by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, and see that justice was done to all parties. He could assure the House that every thing had been done to keep up the amount of silver; the Mint had been fully employed to do so. Mr. WALLACE thought the time had arrived when the people should be called upon to give their choice as to a silver, or gold currency. It was his in tention to put a notice upon the books on the subject. With respect to the allusion that had been made as to his notice with respect to the Bribery Bill, whatever concessions were made in that measure, he should feel bound to bring his mo tion forward. After a few observations from Col. SIBTHORP, the Bill was read a first and second tile, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. ELECTION PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE. Mr. ROEBUCK brought up a Report of the Elec tion Proceedings Committee. [The Report, which was read at length by the Clerk at the table, stated that the Committee, after considering the best mode of carrying on the inquiry in which they were en gaged, had unanimously resolved that it was de sirable that no parties should be present, except the witnesses under examination. The Commit tee had determined to call the attention of the House to that subject, in the hope that the unanimous resolution they had come to would receive the sanc tion of the House.] The question having been put, that the Report should be laid on the table, Mr. ROEBUCK rose and said, that he had a few remarks to submit to the House upon the subject of the Report which had just been read. He trusted that the House, after hearing the reasons which had actuated the Committee, would, in the language of the Report, sanction the course they had pursued. In the first place, there was no intention on the part of the Committee to dispute the privileges of any Member of the House. They had now called in question the right of Members to be present during the examination ofwitnesses, but they thought they would best discharge the duty imposed upon them by the House, if, while they felt that their paramount object was to arrive at the truth, they should endeavour to obtain it with the slightest possible pain to individuals. If they could reconcile those two objects he thought that they would best discharge the duty entrusted to their care. The House had delegated powers to the Committee for purposes of general inquiry ; but the House could have had no desire to fix on them an invidious duty. It was no doubt desirable that proceedings of an improper cha racter should be brought to light, so that the House might be enabled to adopt some legislative measure which might prevent their repetition ; but he believed that there was no desire on the part of the House, while it wished to have the inquiry conducted on the broadest possible principles, that unnecessary pain should be given to individuals. They con ceived they would be best performing their duty, if, when a witness was called before them who was willing to tell what he knew, they received his evidence in the manner which would be least painful to him by not permitting it to be printed abroad, which it would be if it were an open Committee.-- (Hear, hear.) It would appear from day to day in the newspapers. It might be said, that if Members were admitted it was not likely they would be made instruments for conveying what had taken place before the Committee ; that was very true, and he (Mr. R.) believed they would not ; but if they were admitted, there would be no safeguard— no responsibility resting with any person that their proceedings would not be made public.—(Hear.) He would state to the House the circumstmees which took place, and which induced them to take such steps. On the first day of their proceedings, the Hon. Member for Harwich was called before them ; and he would state what took place.—(Cries of " Or der, order.") He would state the substance of it. —(Cries of " No, no.") Mr. ESCOTT rose to order. He conceived no Member had a right to state what took place before the Committee. The SPEAKER said the Hon. and Learned Mem ber could not allude to what took place before the Committee until the Committee had made its Report. Mr. ROEBUCK hoped there would be nothing in terposed between him and a fair statement of the cir cumstances ; nothing which would defeat the object of the inquiry he trusted there would be no fighting within proper questions, no shrinking back on the part of those who were so ready to accuse.—(Hear, hear.) He wanted to know if the House would go so far back from the Committee it had appointed, and would not give them fair support in carrying out the object it delegated t o th em t o i nqu i re i n t o ? Suppose this difficulty arose, that they should, to morrow, be obliged to explain to a Meinber the way in which they had d e t erm i ne d to procee d , t h e Com mittee would have to make a statement to that Member which would involve a breach of the rules of the House, and with a sense of the duty they had to perform they were desirous to avoid in any way infringing en the rules of the House. To guard against the possibility of such an occurrence, they implored the House to sanction the course of proceeding which would be the means of a ttaining the object which th e H ouse d es i re d. Th e C om mittee were unanimous on every point which came before them, and on this they felt particularly strongly, and had directed him to express their feelings on it to the House. What was the Committee to do ? They could only s t a t e their desire on the matter to Honourable Members. In every such case the Member so addressed, declared that he did not wish to militate ag:ainst the wishes of the Committee ; but they could not expect that that course would be always pursued by Members, unless the House sanctioned the course adopted by the Com mittee. It would possibly soften the feelings of Hon. Members on the subject, when he informed them that they had nearly got through the whole of the business delegated to them, and that they were in a condition to exclude Members who entered the Committee without being members of it, by the ordinary rules of the House ; but, lest they should be supposed to militate against the rules and privileges of the House, and they were anxious t o so licit the sanction o f the House for their present course till the Report was laid on the table, and when the Report was laid on the table they would challenge the most searching inquiry upon every question on which they should have decided. If there should be found any one to complain of any portion of the inquiry —of any single thing they had done, then he was ready to say that they ought not to have pur -1 sued the course which they had. But, recollecting that the House had had confidence in the Committee, and had d e l ega t e d authority to it, all they desired_ was, that each Member should exhibit forbearance in his individual capacity upon • this subject. The motion of the Hon. Member opposite went to order, not only. that Members should be ad mitted, but that all those whom lie was pleased to denominate accused parties, should be excluded also. Now all those who were denominated accused parties by the Hon. Member were each admitted to give his own account of the transaction. He was informed of all that had been said respecting himself; and he was permitted to give his own account of the transaction in the manner the least painful to himself. He was sure that the complaints had not come from any Hon. Member who had undergone an examinatian before the Committee; he was sure that every Member, who had been examined, would say that nothing could be open to the slightest objection in the manner in which the examination had been conducted. He would ask the Hon. Member for Oxford, why he was so ex tremely desirous now of interrupting the proceedings of the Committee ? Had it not been for these inter ruptions the Committee would have finished its labours on Saturday. As it was they would not be able to finish before Wednesd a y or 'Thursday. He would ask Hon. Members to wait until the Report should be laid. on the table, when every word of evidence that had been taken would appear; and if any one had any complaint to make, then would be the time.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and cheers.) The inquiry would be crippled if it were gone into publicly. The moment the public were admitted, every witness would neces sarily be required to be subjected to cross-examina tion.—(Cheers.) That might be a proceeding very agreeable to some parties, but the inquiry was not in stituted for the sake of crimination. It was de„. sirable to discover the process by which these things had been effected, as illustrations of a fact. If the public were admitted, the proceed ings of the Committee would go forth to the public day by day; every little incident would be noted and perhaps misrepresented, and individuals would be held up to public obloquy ; whereas, by not suffering any of the proceedings to go forth until the Report should be made, the whole would appear together, and there would be no individual who could be singled out for the finger of scorn to be pointed at. For these reasons, he trusted the House would con tinue to repose the same confidence in the Committee which they had hitherto done. Major BERESFORD said he had been appealed to as one of the Members examined before the Com mittee. He had already stated that the demeanour of the Committee had been kind and courteous ; but he again stated publicly that he appealed against the very formation and constitution of the Committee. He did impugn this system of secret examination, not because he wished to shrink from public inquiry ; he rather wished, as the accusations against him had been made publicly, to court a public investigation, He should have preferred it being brought forward in an English and constitutional manner, and in accord ance with the recorded means and mode of conducting an English judicial inquiry, when 4he charges might be made in the face of day. It was a revival of the Court of Star Chamber, and by a happy coincidence, it was in the old prison of that Court the Committee held its sittings—(oh, oh !)—where the light of day was excluded from their proceedings. In the beginning of May. he recollected the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath said— The SPEAKER called the Hon. Member to order; he could not refer to the expressions of an Hon,. Mem ber in a former debate. Major BERESFORD resumed—He claimed the same privileges as were secured by the constitution to every criminal who was placed even at the bar of a criminal court, to hear what the evidence was against him—what was the crime with which he was charged, and what was the character of the witnesses who were to support it. The worst criminal had counsel appointed to him by the court, to assist him in his defence, and if he was a foreigner, an i n t er p re t er was supplied at the public expense. Although the course vursued by the Committee was against any principle of law and jus tice recognised in this country, he was hound to ac knowledge that it was not their wish to inflict pain upon any individual, but yet their private inquiry, and their exclusion of the accused, was worthy only of those times when the chair, ;which was graced by the present Speaker, was occupied by a Lenthall, or usurped by a Charles. Col. SIBTIIORP had heard with great satisfac tion the lion. and Gallant Gentleman who had just sat down. The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath said that he did not wish to inflict anything painful on any person. He (Col. Sibthorp) would ask how it was that an Hon. Gentleman, who was lately a Member of that House, was called to the bar of that House—not a very enviable situation—to be examined by the House ? He (Col. Sibthorp) was much hurt that the Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury, had, in the fit of a moment, sanctioned the appointment of that Committee, for he regarded it as little else than a Committee of secret assassination. Ile did not shrink from stating everything concerning his election; but before such a Committee he would not have answered one word. He should, therefore, take the sense of the House on the motion of which he had given notice, that the order for appointing the Committee on Election Proceedings be forthwith dis charged. _ _ Vie motion having been seconded, Lord JOHN'RU SSELL said, if he understood the Hon. and Learned Member rightly, he had stated that the Committee would be enabled to carry on their proceedings to much better advantage if no Members, but those belonging to the Committee, were admitted. Now be (Lord J. Russell) had every dis position to give confidence to the Committee, believing it to be an extremely well selected one; hut if the Hon. and Learned Member had made the motion of which he had given notice, that no :Member but those belonging to the Committee should be admitted, he could not have assented to that motion, be cause he could not interfere with the right of Members to be present at the examina tion before the Committee. 'With respect to the generality of Members, he was sure no Mem ber, from idle curiosity, would attend ; but with respect to the Members who were concerned in the inquiry, and although they were not impeached or indicted, they might feel their characters concerned, and were desirous to be present, and he (Lord J. Russell) for one, could not vote for the exclusion of such a Member. They had been informed that the Committee were now near the end of their labours, and as the House had every reason to confide in the manner in which the inquiry had been conducted, he hoped that the object the Committee had in view might be obtained by the general absence of Members during the proceedings. The Committee was com posed of Members of all parties, and he was persuaded that their only wish was to elicit truth and do justice to all. But he should at the same time state, that he could not concur in any positive vote by which Members interested in the inquiry would be excluded. With respect to the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Member opposite (Col. Sib therp), he need hardly say that he could not approve of it. The proper mode of objecting to the inquiry would have been to divide the House at the time the motion was made for appoint . ing the Committee. 'He did not think it would . be at all proper that the Committee should be now dissolved by a vote of the House. He was glad to hear that their proceedings had been harmoniously conducted, for, if he had understood Fight, their resolutions had hitherto been unanimous. Ile was persuaded that the only way in which any bentfit could be derived from the investigation must be by a persuasion on the part of the House and the country that the Members of the Committ!e . had dis charged their duty with a view to the public interest, and not for the salte of viduals.—(Hear, hear.) punishing or exposing indi- Sir R. PEEL said, that he need scarcel3 , say that it was his intention to offer a decided opposition to the motion of his Hon. and Gallant Friend. He could assure the House that he had not given his assent to the formation of the Committee in a moment of haste or forgetfulness: and that he did no t repen t o f the vote he had given in favour of an inquiry into the allegations made in that House. He had further to say, that he very much doubted whether the authority and credit of - the House would not suffer if the House h a d s h own a di spos iti on t o res ist all inquiry into those matters. He thought that if such strong objections were felt to the course that had been pursued, it would have beeu . better to have stated those objections at the time the Committee was appointed, rather than to urge exceptions which were not pressed, at least to an equal extent, when the original proposition was made.—(H ea r.) He had g i ven hi s consent .to the inquiry upon exactly the same grounds on which the House had appointed similar Committees on other occasions. In the case of the Yarmouth, the StaffOrd, and the Liverpool Election Committees, the House had not thought - that the failure of the inquiry before those Committees pre cluded it from excercising its ge ieral powers cf N