The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-13 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS. The following interesting extracts are from the 1 New 'York. Weekly Herald, of May 30, brought by the American steam ship Canada, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning : The steam-ship Southerner, Capt. Berry, arrived yes terday morning from Charleston, whence she sailed on Saturday last. Among her passengers is Lieut. Edw. F. Beale, of the United States Navy. He left San Francisco on the 14th April, in the steamer Oregon, and arrived at San Bias on the 22d, where he remained five days, coaling. He left San Blas on the 27th, and arrived at Panama on the 6th M at 9 P x., atter touching at Acapulco for water. On the 7th he arrived at and left Chagres in the barque Florid', and arrived at New Orleans on the 21st. Thence he took the mail route to Charleston, and thence came to this city in the Southerner, thus per forming the passage from San Francisco to New York in forty-four days, the quickest trip on r ecord. He crossed the Isthmus in seventeen days. Teis passage of Lieutenant Beate is extraordinary in another view. It will be recollected that he was the bearer of dispatches to the Pacific squadron, and went overland, leaving Washington city last fall, and going by the way of Independence, Mo., and Sante Fe. He preceded Colonel Fremont a few weeks, and both him self and party suff,red considerably by the severity of th- winter in the mountains. If we are not mistaken, he reached California ahead of every one, delivered his dispatches, was entrusted with fresh ones for the Go vernment in Washington, started fur the United States, and will be in the Wnite House to-night, thus bringing the answer to the dispatches he carried out, and an nouncing his own movements from the beginning to the end of bis trip. The arrival of Lieutenant Beale, in the Southerner, with this late news from California, with a lump of gold weighing eight pounds. threw Wall-street into a state of the greatest excitement and delight. Mr. Aspinwall, of the house of Howland and Aspinwall, was surrounded with cro ds of eager brokers and merchants, all curious to catch a glimpse of the eight pound lump There was no mistake about it. There was the pure gold fresh from Ei Dorado. No gold ever attracted more attention, or was mTo coveted, than that lump, We s h a ll see what effect it will have on stocks. On the 6th of May the steam-ship California arrived at Panama from San Francisco. When Lieut. B. left San Francisco, she was to sail in two or three days; she, therefore, brings two or three days' later intelligence, w ;- , ich will reach us by the next arrival, with the Ore gon's The mails brought by the Oregon and California were at the Isthmus, waiting the arrival of a steamer at Chagres. The Oregon was to leave Panama about the 16th of May, on her return to San Francisco, and the Caltornia on the 26th, for the same destination. There were several sailing vessels also there, fitting up for pas sengers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lesrn thst Lieut. Beale has in his possession a watch, encased in a big lump of pure Calitornia gold, 234 1 carats tine, with a brass cable chain, with large lumps of gold attached to every other link, hammered i❑ in the roughest and richest profusion. Big lumps of gold were hammered together around the watch, till the whole, excepting the face, was encased in the precious knetal. The kcy was a "chunk" of gold, with the pipe inserted in it for use. Altogether, it was one of the ugliest looking, and richest, and most valuable watches in exi,,tenco. The Oregon, it will be remembered, left Panama on the 14th el March; she reached San Francisco on the Ist of April. We learn tho labour was very high at San Francisco, and the quantity of shipping there very large. Many vessels were laud up. The price of go..ds had declined considerably, in con sequence of the Mocks on hand, and still larger ones ex pec7ed ; the fall had been very material. There was no end to the gold. Ps richness and abundance more than confirmed tat previous accounts. Although he himself brought a piece- weighing eight pounds, Lieutenant Beale wisur , s as that he has seen a lump actually weighing 25 p9unli. He says that everybody is getting rich in California—that common labourers can almost make a fortune. - - Lieutenant 13,a1e speaks in very high terms of the steamers Californi t and Oregon. Among the crowd of enalgrAnts pouring into Csli fornia was Colon •I Fremont. We regret that Lieutenant B is not acquainted with the quantity of gold dust shipped in the Oregon. Most of the article is the market is probably on board the Californi I. Po w 13 , a1e was pestered to death, with the crowds anxious to hear from California, and to see his lump of gold, &c., &c. He was glad to get out of the ci , y, and left in the train at half past four o'clock, yesterday afternoon, for Washington. ADDITIONAL. ACCOUNTS. The steam ship Severn arrived at Mobile on the 21st, from Vera Cruz, and by her we received the following letter from our special correspondent MEXICO, MAY 12, 1849. INTERESTING CALIFORNIA. ACC )LINTS FRO3I OCR SPECIAL MESSENGER. en route TO THE SCENE OF OPERATION. Si ,ce tha so styled California fever c , +mcnenced I have resided in different parts or the United States ; and not withstandin+7, my most anxious endeavours. I found it im rissible to gather any authentic account of this modern El Dorado. Advanced tid within daily communication with the Pacific p wts, th,., accounts continue still so vague and contradictory tqat it is almost impossible to form any decide i opini , ,n. I hi ve conv , r,ed with persons returned from San Frlncisco, with our Corsul at Maz :thin, who is arpresPas in this city, and who his adrics to the 9th of Aril; I h.tv'3 perused the Sin Francisco papers up to the 4th of April. those of Tepee to the sth inst , and as some of th+. couclasions I derived might be of iiverest to your friends, I tak the liberty to communicate them to von. Those pars - ins who returned to Mexico from San Francisco undoubtedly brought large sums of gold; but, at the best, their character is so doubtful that common rumour here say; this gold was the produce of gambling speculations; but still those vary persons are buying largely here the cameactur s of the state of Guade loupe, Guanexato, &c , and return immediately to California. The Malek Adel, and other vessels, have carried large amounts of gold to Nita Alin for coinage, on which - the collector of slid port levied an import duty. Some days since, the secretary of the Treasury here published a decree, ordering the return of the duties levied, stating that he was not aware of any law authorising the levying of import duties on precious metals, but directed the collectors to enforce thepsyment of export duties. According to all accounts, an immense immigration has airealy arrived in California, principally from South America, the western states of the republic, the Austra lian archipelago, and Chili, so that at present the number of foreigners to Americans is as one to seven— that is, seven foreigners to one American. The newspapers of San Francisco make very little or no mention of gild; still, their advertising columns prove a prosperous trade. The newep ipers of the Mexican Pa;•itie pins, on the contrary, have the most glJwing descriptions of the immense cia entity of gold in the whole entire of the placers. I have b;ifore_me Le Avocad de Tepic of the sth inst., stating that in the immense extent of the plicers there was probably not a foot of ground of which a shovelful of soil did not contain at lei•t one pound of gold. Some of' the Mexican papers speak in rather excited terms ah)ut t►:e intention of our Government to prohibit foreignerafrona the exploration or the placers. . - The mail for the packet of the 18th is at the point of closing. I depart to-morrow for Acapulco, and expect to arrive at San Francisco in the beginning of next month, and I shall koep you, by every means, advised of all that may be or interest to your readers. ESTAFETTE. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT TROT.—TROY, MAY 29.—A fire broke out, this morning, at. Marsh.ili's bleach works, I la 1.1111, Troy, which destroyed nearly the whole work, besides a considerable amount of property, among which were all the sheetings and other goods of the ste tater Empire, which were taken from the wreck. Loss not yet ascertain_ d—partially insured in the Troy Mutual Company. Cauftcg FIRED IT LIGEITNING.—PITTSBURGH, MIT 28.—The cup's of the Third Presbyterian Church of this city was struck by lightning to-day, and net on fire. Fortunately, however, the falling rain extin guished the ailLeS ; and the damage done to the church is slight. FROM THE LON DON tiAZETTE OF - TUESDAY. _ _ _ FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 11, 1849. NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that Viscount Palmerston, her M.jesty's Principal Secretary of State fOr Foreign Affairs, has received a dispatch from ber Majesty's Minister at Naples, containing a copy of a letter from the Neapolitan Commodore to the French Naval Com mander at Palermo, and which was communicated by the French Consul to her Majesty's Consul at that place, announcing that the Blockade of Palermo and the adjacent c , ntst bad been raised. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Ed win Twizell Gough, boardinghouse- keeper, Ed. mouton. BANKRUPTS. Lewis Pesman, Capna, fruit merchant, Duke's-place, Aldgate, to surrender June 20, at one, and June 25, at ball-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Marten, Thomas, and Hollan2s, Min cing -lane, City. Gaven Mort - 41, draper, New-read, Whitechapel-road, June 19, at twelve, and July 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall street; Eade, Staple Inn. William Orchard, marquee manufacturer, West Smith field. June 18, at half-past one, and July 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, offi :jai assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry chambers. John Wright, corn merchant, Northampton. June 21, at half-past one, and July 23, a: half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, offical assignee, Cole man-street, City; Pittendrei,h and Stevenson, Gray's Inn. Thomas Inglis, baker, New-street, St. Martin's in-the- Fields, June 22, at twelve, and J u ly 25, at half-past • twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green , official assignee, Guildhall Chambers, Basinahall-street; Til leard, Son, and Freeman, Old Jewry; Freeman and Co., Itrighton. George Henry Bore, surgeon, Stsnway, Essex,,June 20. at half-past twelve, and July 12, at - one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-atreet t% i t iougs p Bull, Ely-place; Abell, Colchester. - -- / — Thttinae Sloper, auctioneer, Lirnehouse, June 19, at or4;4ti Jttly 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. assignee, Old Jewry; Buchanan, Ba- ' siwthali.isreet. Thom3sAllen, Birmingham and Sheffield wsrehouse• THE SUN, LONDON, man, Great Suffolk-street, Southw irk, June 22. at one, and July 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, A.bchul ch-lane; WeJlborne, Tooley-street. William Prosser Martin, wine and spirit merchant, Bath, June 26, ar.d July 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; White, Eyre, and White, Bedford-row • Bevan, Bristol. William Soden, ship broker;Gloucester, June 26, and July 24, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hut ton, official assignee, Bristol ; Lovegrove, Gloucester; Abbot, Bristol. Walter Robert Sutton, chemist, Clifton, June 26 and July 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Boykett, Chancery lane; Ayre, jun , Bristol. William Maddox, tailor, Liverpool, June 26, and July 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry-chambers; Pemberton, Liverpool. William Henry Suter, ship broker, Liverpool, June 29, arid July 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Mowrilyan and Co., Gray's-inn; Neale, Liverpool. Henry Heeshall, licensed victualler. Kendal, June 21, at twelve, and July 24, at one, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Baker. official assignee, New castle - upon. Tyne ; Harrisons, Kendal; Hoyle, Newcastle ! upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinh.ll-street. W. Waterman, Brenehley, Kent, farmer, July 4, at eleven—G. Gu•teron, Paradise-walk, Queen's•road West, Chelsea, Builder, July 3, at eleven. PAYMEN C OF DIVIDENDS. W. Thorpe, Goole, Yorkshire, m tson, ls. 9cli. on any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. F. C. Matthuws, Driffi.-.ld, Yorkshire. manufacturing, chemist, 6s. 81, on any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. R. Yates, Manchester, coal agent, 1 7.16 d., on any Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. flubion. Manchester. H. Roberts Carnarvonshire, draper and gro cer, 4s. on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner. Liverpool. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court Basinghall street. F. Brain, Thomas-street, Stamford-street, Blackfriars road, ivory, bone, and hard woodcutter, July 4, at eleven —W. Stevens, Acton-street, Gray's Inn-road, builder, July 3, at eleven—T. Marsom, South-place, Finsbury. horse dealer, July 4, at half-past eleven—C. Lee, Marl borough-road, St. John's-wood, jeweller, July 4, at twelve—E. Gibson, St. Alban's, banker, July 3, at twelve—S. Keen, and W. Langford, John-street, Pen tonville, brewers, July 3, at eleven. At the Court of Review, July 3. A. P. Halliday and Eliza Paton, Cornbrook, near ManchPster, manufacturing chemists—T. Floyd, Wen dover, Buckinghamshire, cattle-dealer—ll. Rtdsdale and H. C. S. Chauncy, Liverpool, share brokers—H. Fen wick, Liverpool banker—W. H. Pitt, York place, Pen; tonville, engineer—J. Rogers, Northumberland-street, Strand, oil and Italian warehousemen—G. S. Y. Bricknell, Cheltenham, coach proprietor—T. N. Kerr, Biggleewade and Southill, Bedfordshire, miller —J. Nash, Globe wharf, Rutherhithe, and Stroud, Kent, timber and hop merchant—H Loisel, jun., and A. Edan, Hatton garden, foreign provision merchants—J. Downs, Newcastle-un der-Lyme, fishmonger. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. W. Wiley and S. Dixon. Finsbury-street, Finsbury square, printing press manufacturers—E. Ryley and S. Fitton, Burstein, Staffordshire, corn millers—W. Philp and E. Philp, Launceston and Callington, Cornwall, booksellers and stationers—S. Tiley, W. Williams, and W. James, Henlis, Miinmouthehire, quarrymen—S. Ni chols and A. Nichols, Leicester—T. Thompson and G. Thompson, Liverpool, chemists-M. Walker, and T. Walker, Bingley, Yorkshire, manufacturers and worsted spinners—E. Ducker and J. Bayne, Chester, booksellers and stationers—J. Attey and J. Davison, Newcdstle;- upon-Tyne, grocers and provision dealers—F. A. Chowne and F. Claude, Regent-street, foreign importers and silk mercers—F. Sherlock, H. H. Gear, and G. E. M. Strat ton, Chandos-street, Cavendish. square and Bermondsey manufacturers of artificial manures—d. Greenwood and D. Greenwood, Wetherby, Yorkshire, corn-millers—J. Campbell and J. Maclie, Kingston, Jamaica, merchants and general agents--W. B. Gilson, H. Gilson, and R. B. dilson, Manchester, stock manufacturers. INSOLVEN r PETI FIONERS. Anne Rice, Neath, GlamorganAire, zrocer. Mirk Anthony Robinson, York, chemist. James Wright Strensall, North Riding of Yorkshire, blacksmith. Joseph Scott, Tanshelf Pontefract, Yorkshire, engineer. Willi tin John Clapcott, Portsmouth, builder. David Freeman, East 'Retford, Nottinghamshire, car- penter. Thomas Wardner Wellington Spear, Sheerness, clerk, Royal Navy. _ SJOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ _ J. Grey, Perth, grocer, to meet June 20 and July 11, at one, within the City Hotel, Perth. J. Watt, Crosshill and DAmellington, Ayrshire, tailor, to meet June 19 and July 10, at one, within the Ayr Arms Inn, Ayr. B. B. Fraser, Inverness, dealer in shires to meet June 19 and July 13, at one, within the Caledonian Hotel, Inverness. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, June 12.) SUGAR.—Today importers of West India Sugar were disposed to realise, and submitted to a reduction on the rates ot Friday of 6d per cwt, still grocers as well as re finers operated with caution. The purchases amounted to 440 Wads, &c., including at public sale 145 hhds 9 tierces Barbadoes, which went, middling to good yellow 38s 6d to 40s, fine 40, 61 to 425, superior 433 6d ; 145 hhds Trinidad wt , ra taken in at 37s to 383 for low and middling yellow, but 14 hhds 50 tierces and 180 barrels Demerara chrystalised were sold, brown 36s to 375, yel low 39s to 45s 6J, and white 473 6.1 to 495. REFINED.—To-day refined sugar was operated in with caution by home dealers, a A lower rates were accepted, brown lump 3 selling at sls 6d to 525, and standard lumps 52s 6,1 per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held for 293 6d to 30i 61, and the demand is dull. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon five parcels of Mauritins Sugar, amounting to 13,967 bags, were submitted to I public sale; importers were disposed to sell, and sub mitting to a reduction on Friday's rates of 6d per cwt, caused nearly the whole to find purchasers—fine and good yellow went at 39s to 425. middling 38i to 38s 6,1, low 37s to 37s 6d, ordinary to fine grey 37s to 39:, brown 32s to 375. grainy 39s 6d to 433, and white 47s 61 to 48s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of B•n -gal Sugar comprised 5,485 bags. There was little dis position shown to operate, and a small part only sold ; grainy kinds at a decline of 6d to Is Laza cwt, and other sorts went rather cheaper. MoLAssEs.—Full ra•es are asked for West India, but the demand has become limited, and the purchases are 200 puns, chiefly fine Antigua, at 22 per cwt. Bengal treacle is wanted at 16. 6d to 17s 6d per cwt, and the market is firm. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Su tar ; and by private treaty little business was con cludt d, whilst sellers are willing to accept rather lower rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was an active demand for Native Ceyl)n Coffee, and prices advanced 61 to Is. per cwt; at public sale 3,000 bags were all sold at 33s to 34s for good and real good ordinary, and at 26s to 32e 6d for damaged; a part was taken by exporters. Of Plantation 30 casks and 40 bags were offered and partly sold, middling at 51s 6d, fine fine ordinary 41s 6:1 to 425, good ordinary 345, whilst fine Mountain was taken in at 80s per cwt. Privately a large business has been transacted in Foreign Coffee at starer rates. Cocoa.—There has been little desire to make pur chases in %Vest ludia, and as the supply is larger, prices have a downward tendency for all sorts: at publiu sale, 1,150 pkgs have been offered, but a part only sold, Trinidad red at 43s to 475, grey 42a to 445, St. Lucia 36s to 40s, and Grenada 38s to 393. The market for Foreign has a dull aspect, and 27s 61 to 29s is thti value. TEA.—Prices have nut improved for Congou; there has been a go , d business concluded during the last few days. On the part of holders there is also firmness, and 8 1 to Sid is the value of ord and good common sound. In Green the sales made have been upon a more ex tended scale on former rates, and holders are less inclined to sell. The medi um sor t s met w i t h t h e most attention. Fine Scented Orange Pekoe and Caper have been dealt in with more readiness at late rates. • Rim—To-day there 'was nu public sale of East India Rice, but by private treaty operations were upon a more e; . extended scal e; w hi te B engal at from 3s 6d to 10 3 61, t B here was an improved demand f o r and S s cargo. a o .T 7su d.ciao * this article. At auct i on 250 chest: sold at full rates, and realised 19s 6d to 21s 6d fur good and fine small pearl. SPIIIEL—In Black Pepper, the business concluded by private treaty is larger, and at auction 500 b ags Mala bar realised 3id to 31i for good heavy, and damaged aid; 200 bags Alleppy were only in part disposed of at 21.1 to 2d for middling and good greyish sound. Wnite is wanted at 51 to 9J, pod Pepper is more in demand at 40s to 60s per cwt. For Ginger the demand is good, and prices incline upwards, whilst the supply does not extend. At auction 150 packages of Jamaica realised 315 s to 81 17s. The value of shi pp in g sort of East India is 25s to 29 5 , and home trade kind .35s to 90s per cwt. Nutmegs , brown 2s 61 to 3s. and better sort 34 21 to 33 9,1. Mace 2s to 2s 4d, and superior 2s 63 to 2s 83. Cloves, Bencoolen at is 31 to is BJ, Amboyna lld to Is 2d, Bourbon and Z.nzibar 70 to 83. Cinnamon has been dealt in with freedom; first sort at 3s 9d to 4s 4d, second 2s 10d to 33 81, and thirds Is 93 to 2s 101 per lb. Cassia Lignea 90s to 1003 per cwt. Pimento, a public sale of 1,200 bags went at full rates, the whole selling from 31 1 to 3i I for middling and good middling. COCHINEAL.—Tne sales made have been limited for all purposes, although there are sellers upon rather lower terms, and the supply is not smaller. 0! 74 bags offered at public sale a part only so!d—Honduras black at 3s• 101 to 4s Bd, Mexican 3s 10d to 3s 11;1, Silvers 3* 1:1 to 3s 31. BI telt Honduras is the most difficult of sale, and the decline has been from 2d to 3:1 per lb. SPIRITS.—For East India Rain holders require is 2id to is 31 proof. Leeward Island is 3fd to Is 43 proof. Demerara is 10d to 23 23 for 28 to 40 per cent over proof. Fine Jamaica is wanted. The value of 19 to 20 per cent over proof is from 23 to 2s 3d; 30 to 36 over, 24 5d to 38'33; and superior, s4dto 4s per gallon. Havannah is dull of sale at is 2d proof: For Brandy the home demand continues active. We quote Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1845 at 5s Bd.to 55.10 d; ditto 1846, 5s 4d to 5s 6d; ditto 1847, 4s 5d to 4s 7d ; 1848 ditto 3s 7d to 3s 9d, inferior brands 2s 3d to 3s 6d, and Bordeaux 2s to 23 2d. Geneva_ leas been dealt in with more freedom; exportation !sort at Is 9d to ls - 10d; and fine far duty at 2s ad to 3s "31d: There it a more active demand for British made Spirit at former rates, and the market has a firm aspect. TaLLow.—Only a limited business has been con cluded in Russian on the spot since our last report, and on the part of holders less firmness is apparent. There are sellers of fine P. Y. Candle at 38s 3d to 38s 6d. For delivery in last three months of the year few buyers are to be met with, and sales can be made at 395. Home melted met with a good sale, but at the moderate rates of 37s to 37s 6d net cash, and the supply does not fall off. Of other sorts the quantity on offer is still large, and rather lower rates have been accepted, as the demand is not so good. At auction 244 casks of New South Wales were for the most part sold at 33s to 37s for low to fine; 786 pkgs of South American 33s to 38s; 145 pkgs Cape 373 to 39s 6d, and 10 casks of Oporto 36, 3d to 37s per cwt. Rough Fat is offered at 2s ld per stone. OlLS.—There are sellers of Linseed Oil at a further reduction. The value on the spot is 25s to 25s 3,1, and for delivery 25s 6d per cwt. Rapeseed Oil 37s to 37s 6d for pale, and 36s 6d for brown. Palm 30. to 36s 6d per cwt. for fine. Cocoa Nut is dull in the market. At auction 500 packages were taken in at 34s to 36s per cwt, and these are lower rates. Olive finds a more active de wand. Gallipoli is held for 411 to 41/10s, other sorts 391 to 401103 rer tun. For Cod a fair demand has been expe rienced at 26/5s to 261105. Seal—pale is to be obtained at 301, straw and tinged 28/ to 291105, yellowand brown 251 to 271 103. For Southern lower rates have been again ac cepted, and there is a larger supply. At auction 190 tuns were all sold at 24l to 27110 a for low to flue qua lity. There are ready sell. rs of Sperm, and at auction 65 tuns were only in part sold at 701 to 721 for good to fine, and at 651 tur inferior. Lard Oil is quoted at 36s to 40s, and Ground Nut at 274 to 28s per cwt. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 12. (Sittings in Banco.) WILD v. HARRIS.-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE BY A MARRIED MAN. In this case the plaintiff, who carries on business as a gimlet maker, at Birmingham, and is a widow about thirty years of age, brought an action against the de fendant, who is a machine maker, and a married man with four children, for breach of promise of marriage. The action was tried before Mr. Justice Maule, on the 19th of April last, when Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Needham were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Huddle ston for the defendant; and it appeared that the de fendant contracted with the London and Birmingham Railway Company to erect the telegraph posts on their line, and that in the month of January, 1848, he went to Birmingham to superintend the workmen employed for that purpose. lie took lodgings at the plaintiff's house, and becoming intimate with her, in a short time offered her marriage. The plaintiff, not knowing him to be a married man, accepted his offer. Her sister deposed that she was present at fre quent conversations between the plaintiff,and the defen dant on the suhj• ct, and that the defendant asked her to be bridesmaid, which she agreed to be ; and that he said he would take them to London alter the marriage, and intended taking a houie in Ashley-grove or Vaux hall corner. In the month of February he left Birming ham, saying he had been sent for en business, and as be did not return, or communicate with her, the plaintiff made inquiries after him, and discovered that he was a married man with a family. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 101. damages. Mr. Huddleston, the defendant's counsel, subsequently moved for a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the judg ment should not be arrested, on the ground that the con tract between the parties was void, inasmuch as the de fendant being a married man, it was not in the power of the plaintiff to perform her promise to marry him, and consequently the defendant's promise was made without !eget consideration; The Court thinking there was some novelty in the case, said they would consider the question. The LORD CHIE7JUSTICE to-day gave judgment as follows:—In this case the plaintiff declares that, in con sideration that she being sole and unmarried, at the re quest of . the defendant, had promised to marry the de fendant within a reasonable time. The defendant pro mised to marry her within a reasonable time; and that she, confiding in the defendant's promise, from thence hitherto remained, and still is, sole and unmarried, and until she had knowledge that the defendant was married was ready and willing to marry him; but although a rea sonable time had elapsed, yet the defendaet wholly ne glected and disregarded his promise, and had not mar ried her; but, on the contrary, wa.,aad from thence had been, and still was, married; and that the plaintiff did not know at the time of the defendant's promise, nor for a long time afterwards, that he was married. It was alleged in support of the rule, that, inasmuch as the de fendant was a married man at the time of the compact, there was a want of consideration, because the plain tiff, therefore, was not bound by her promise to marry the defendant. But, on the other side, it was contended, that as the declaration diielosed a promise on the part of the plaintiff to remain single for a reasonable time and then to marry the detendant—it was cont -nd, d that the defendant's wi 4 e might have died within a reasonable time, and then that the defendant would have been bound to perform his promise. On the argument ?Ir. Justice Cresswell referred to an authority in " Brooke's Abridgment," where a woman enfeoffed a man on condition that he would marry her, he being a married man, within a reasonable time ; the feoffee en feoffed another, and so the property passed through other persons mild at length the man died, being still a married man, and when the widow died the original feoffer entered as for condition brokers. We are of opinion that the resolution in that case is applicable to the present, and that the defendant cannot set up his own fraudulent concealment of marriage to obtain a discharge irom the responsibility of the promise made by him. We therefore think there is no ground fur the rule moved for by Mr Huddleston. Rule ref used. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. ROiBBERY OF BOOKS IN COURSE OF PUBLICATION . AND SELLING THE)! FOR WASTE-PAPER.—James Chg. sold was charged with robbing his employer, Mr. Al• &marl Kelly, of Paternoster-row, bookseller and pub lisher. It appeared from the evidence of Bradley and Webb, both ofl:ers in the City detective force, that from infor mation they received, they on Saturday evening watched Mr. Alderman Kell>'s warehouse, and about twenty minutes past eight o'clock, they saw the prisoner leave the premises and enter a coffee-shop in a passage lead jug into Newgate market. After remaining a short time he came out again with a large bundle of printed paper and proceeded over Blackfilars-bridge. He was then seen to enter Mr. Tanalyn's ham and beef shop, near Stamford-street, where he offered some paper for sale. lie afterwards went into Mr. Robinson's pork shop, Blacktriars-road, and after remaining there about two or three minutes, Bradley entertd and found the prisoner in the act of selling paper, for which he received 44. lld. On asking him some questions as to where he got it, the prisoner said he brought it from his master's, but refused to tell who he was. He was thereupon con veyed to the station-house. Webb ssid that after the apprehension of the prisoner cn S it urday night he went to the shops of various trades men, and recovered as much as 300 lbs. of paper, which they had purchased from the prisoner. Th , se tradesmen were severally called, and each proved that the prisoner had been constantly in the habit of selling him printed paper at the rate of 2d. or less than 31 per lb. Mr. GI Copland, in the employ of Mr. Alderman Kelly, said that the prisoner had been in the situation from two to three years, at a salary of 17e. per week, and there was no doubt he had been constantly robbing the warehouse. Alderman GIBBS asked Mr. Copland the ♦alue of the property stolen. Mr. Copland replied, that taking it as mere paper, it would be worth about 101. or 121.; but he could not tell the value, arising from the necessity of reprinting the sheets missing, as they formed portions of wurks now in course of publication. The prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial. CLERKENWELL. MANaLAUGEITER..—Edward Hammond was placed at the bar, upon a remand, charged with the manslaughter of a man named Dryton. The particulars of this case have already appeared in The Sun a few days ago.—lle Wii committed tor• trial. James Brown and Philip Lee were charged with using a boy of the name of Edward Ysndall. The complainant, with some more b Is, were at play on the Maiden lane bridge on Monday afternoon,: when the prisoners came up and made a disturbance. Lte took up a brick and threw at Yandall, which struck him to the ground insinstble. Several witnesses came forward and proved the pri soners threw stones at them. The prisoners, who had nothing to say to the charge, were ordered by the Magiitrate to find bail. terday Ali, soeirty het( SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOClETY.—Yes season at the Surrey Z hell its ie s a lo G n a d r fl de o e w s e . r T s t w pr o in f ci t p h a is t flowers exhibited were heaths, g loses pelargoniums , ranuncu luses, and roses, and the o plants of these exhibited were of first-rate character.' unseasonable nature of wing to the very inclement and the show generally was l the weather for the last few days, of this society. Lack of space brilliant than former shows list of the prizes , and we s c p a a n ce only our giving a full Vic toria and Adelaide gold medal ' s r mention that the wero respectively awarded to mr. o&i , ct l iiscellaneous plants and that flrA class silver medals were gained and Mr. Bruce, R o binson, Ellis, Rowland, and Bett e ridgge.ned o by Messrs. of the flower show the visitors ft ekedi to then the close space front of the orchestra, wherein Jullien presidedover in his unequalled band, which performed numerous pieces of standard music in quadrilles, overtures, polkas, &c.; several vocal pieces were also well executed by Misses Rowland aui Mtldmay, and Mr. Tedder, and were re ceived by the audience with much applause. The splendid pyrotechnic display of the siege of Badajoa con cluded the fete. The show was attended by large numbers of amateurs and admirers of floricultural pro ductions. and passed off very pleasantly. SALE OF MR. W. IV. HOPE'S PICTURES, &C.-- Yester,lay there was on view, at Christie an I Manson's, Mr. W. W. Hope's collection of pictures. They com prise a selection of works of the best masters of the Italian, Dutch, and Spanish schools, including some Murillos, Guidos, Wouvermans, some good specimens of the pencil of Teniers, and a number of works by minor but favourite painters of the Dutch school. There is also a fair collection of Etruscan vases, antique bronzes, Limosine enamels, and enamels by Petitot. The sale commences to-day, and will continue durieg the two following days. A correspondent informs the Jewish Chronicle that Baron Rothschild, who was sitting under the Speaker's gallery at Mr. J. O'Connell's Parliamentary " turn- out, declined to withdraw. References were made, and among others to Sir B,Teei, The Baron remained as a matter of right. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COM M ONS, June 12. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. The report on the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Increase of Capital, with Powers to the London and North-Western Railway to subscribe thereto) Bill was considered and agreed to. THIRD READING. -- The Congleton Inclosure Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. DUBLIN IMPROVEMENT (No. 2)?BILL. On the question for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. REYNOLDS said it was not his intention to op pose the Bill, though it was not what he and his consti tuents in the corporation of Dublin could desire. There were three Bills before the House connected with Dub lin which it was proposed should be withdrawn if the whole were not agreed to, and he therefore hoped the House would have a❑ early opportunity afforded it for expressing an opinion on them. The Bill was then read a second time. PETITIONS. Colonel TYNTE presented a petition from Bridpori in favour of the Bankruptcy Amendment Act. - , - Mr. G. THOMI'bON presented several petitions from various metropolitan parishes in favour of Mr. Cobden's motion for international arbitration. Similar petitions ware presented by Sir W. Clay, from the Tower Hamlets; Mr. Abdy, Mr. E. Ellis, Mr. Fitz roy, Mr. 0. Ricardo, Mr. Mutitz (from Birmingham), Mr. Schol.-field, Mr. Moody, Lord Marcus 11111, Mr. Kershaw, Lord H. Vane, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Bright, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. H. Berkeley, Mr. E. Dension, Mr. o.borne, Mr. Mackinnon, Lord Nugent, and Mr. Clay. Mr. CLAY presented a petition from Hull praying for the abolition of light dues. Sir W. CODRINGTON presented a petition from the county of Gloucester, complaining of agricultural distress, and praying for protection. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from solicitors and others of Stafford, praying for the repeal of the certificate duty. Lord BARNARD presented a petition from Bandon. in the county of Cork, praying the House to take steps to mitigate the prevailing distress in Ireland. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition praying for the suppression of beer•houses. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition praying for the repeal of the duty on paper and the penny stamp on newspapers. Mr. FULLER presented a petition from Essex pray ing that stock in trade may be exempt from poor-rates. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Salop in favour of an extension of the suffrage. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1849. The Hon. Gentleman must have conceived that there was something remark My preposterous about the motion—that it was that peculiar kind of mater which oueht to be condemned before it was heard, or he never would have indulged in a sneer. He had often heard the Hon. Gentleman indulge in ex post /ado sneering, but never tiil now had he venture d upon sneering in au ticipation, proving at once that ho was as bitter in the one as the other. If there was an occasion calculated to stir up the milk of human kindness in their breasts it was that which had just passed, and it was something strange that in the same breath that he spoke of Lady Franklin's letter the Hon. Member indulged in a sneer at the expense of a motion he had yet to hear.—(Hear.) With the Hon. Baronet the Member for the University he accepted the act of America and Russia as a proof that we live in altered times, for at no former pe riod in the hiet ,ry of the world W AS t here an instance of a foreign Government sending out, to seek se great expense, adventurers unconnected with their own courtry.—(Hear, hear.) Now, he stood there on that occasion as the humble representative of two distinct classes, both of them of some importance in the community. In the first place, he represented that influential body of Christians who repud ate resorting to war in any case, and in the second that clans of Christians, consisting of a large portion of the middle and working classes of this country, who desired that they should take some precautions, and if possible to obtain some guarantee against the necessity for war.—(Hear.) Now it was not necessary for any one in the House who acceded to the motion that he sh: uld be of opinion that we are not justified as Christians, under any circumstances, of resorting to war in self-defence. It was only stecessery that they should agree that war was a great calamity which it was desirable it possible to avoid. —(Hear, hear.). What was it that he proposed? He assumed that every one in the House would only sanc tion war in cases where it was imperatively demanded. His object was that they should simply and solely res ire to that mode in communities which individuals resorted to in private life. He only wanted them to carry out in another instance that principle which they recognized in a thousand other cases—viz , that the intercourse of nations was nothing but the in tercourse of individuals in the, aggregate. He wanted to know why any disagreement between this country and France or America, which could not be settled by mutual representation, - should not be referred to the decision of an arbitrator. He did not mean necessarily crowned heads or neutral states, though he could mention many examples where a reference to such forms had proved eminently successful. There were cases in which disputes between France and the United States had • been referred to England, between England and the United States to France, between the United States and Mexico to Prussia, between the United States and England to the Netherlands. And these had all been eminently successful; or if one had failed in its immediate object, there was no instance of such a re ference being followed by war.—(Hear, hear.) But he did not confine himself to neutral powers, inasmuch as one might chance to prefer a republic, and another a monarchy. There were many instances in which disputes had been referred .to -commissioners, and -that, he confessed, was the plan which he wished to see adopted. Men should be appointed by this country to meet men appointed by other countries, for the purpose of inquiring into the matter in dispute, and, in the event of their not agreeing, to have the power of calling in an arbitrator. He saw no essential difference between that plan and the plan Which was now resorted to.in private lite; his views . were sometimes considered utopian and visionary, but at other times so practical and material, that it was said there was not a bit of sentiment about him—(Great laughter)—but in the present instance there could be no doubt about the practical nature of his plan, for in 1794, in 1814, and again in 1818 the country had been a party to the appointment of commissioners to settle differences with America. He mentioned those cases to show that this plan was no in vention, but had been already c irried out with success, and only wanted to be carried out a little further to anticipate our quarries wide other countries.—(Hear.) 1V hat was the use of any treaty ? What wait the use of the Foreign- office or the Secretary for Foreign Affairs? They might as well shut up the one and cashier the other.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He, therefore, thought if any provision was made by which they could avoid hostile collision with other coun tries, that provision would be as eagerly sought atter by one party to the quarrel as by the other. Wars arose out of accidental collisions, and trea ties were really as well observed by powerful states against weak states, as by weak states against powerful. Therefore, he saw no difficulty specially applying to treaties of that kind greater than with any other treaties.— (Hear, hear) But there would be an advantage in having a treaty which bound another country if that country did not afterwards fulfil its treaty. That country would then enter into war with the brand of infamy stamped upon its banners.—(Hoar, hear.) He andeipated another objection. It was said, were the great interests of England to be en trusted to Commissioners such as those he proposed? That was upon the assumption that our quarrels in volved the whole existence of the empire, quarrels on the most minute and ridiculous customs. A peace friend of his, the other day, told him that he was standing re cently by a penny peep-show. of the battle of Waterloo, when a little boy, who was peeping into it, asked the old man who owned the show what was the cause of the battle of Waterloo. The old man scratched his head and said, upou his word, he could not tell.—(A laugh.) So it appeared that we could not tell whet were the causes of hal:' our wars.—(Oh, oh.) At all events he might route the remark of the Noble Lord on the Treasury Bench the other right, that the last two wars were unnecessary—(Hear, hear) —and in that re mark ha (Mr. Cobden) agreed. But could com missioners be entrusted with settling disputes be tween nations ? Already they had entrusted those matters to individuals. Treaties of peace made after wars were generally entrusted to individuals to carry them out. Lord Castlereagh, when he was called to account in the House of Commons for the share he took in the treaty of Vienna, distinctly told the House that he took upen himself the respore ibility of what was done at tkat Congress, and if the interests or the honour of England were sacrificed he alone was responsible. And in the case of Lord Ashburton, when he went to nego tiate the Maine boundary question, he had power to bind this country to anything he set his hand to in America. All he (Mr. Cobden) wanted was th a t 'those matters should be done before and not after they entered into war, and that it should be to avert war rather than make up differences after they had ex hausted themselves in conflicts.—(Hear, hear.) From 1836 down to the last year they had increased their armed force 60,000 men, and they had increased their expenditure 60 or 70 per cent. That was no proof of any increased duration of peace, or that the Govern ment felt that was any security against war ; he (Mr. Cobden) thought it argued quite the contrary. What were their preparations tor war? They had 170 barrels of gunpowder in store. Besides that they had 75,000,000 of ball cartridges, made up ready fur use, besides the powder in barrels. (Hear, hear, and loud laughter.) Yes, but the people would not laugh when they read what he was stating. The people would not join county Members in their laugh.—(Hear, hear.) Then they had 50,000 pieces of cannon in store, .5,000,000 of gun cartridges, and 1,200,000 sand-bags ready for fortifications. They had as much powder in store as would have served for three years during the war with France, or fifteen years in the time of peace, to say nothing of the 75,000,000 of ball cartridges Did it look, therefore, as if the Government had male great way iu the preparations for peace ?—(Hear, hear.) During the last four or five years they had spent upon an average twice as much in forti fications, steam basins, docks, barracks, and in the means of aggressive and defensive warfare, as in any pe riod since the peace. Indeed Mr, Hume had informed him that the cost had been greater during these four or five years than during any of the previous years. They had doubled the ordnance expt roes since 1836. Then there was as much invested in the steam navy of the Go vernment as they had in the whole of the merchant steamers He repeated this fact now, and challenged any one to contravene it. Ile stated so la , t year, when the state ment was treated with incredulity by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Vie House, but he had gone into the figures, and . it .was correct, and he coul6 prove it. And more money had been invested in ,repairing ships, and providing basins for them, than was invested for the same purposes in mercantile docks. What was the fact ? why, that, civilization instead of b.-ing available for the requirements of peace, .was .con stantly made available tor the purposes of war, thus making science contribute to the barbarism of the age in which they lived. He challenged any one, by more than mere declamation, to deny that this was so. Why, they s spent more in one year now, during the time of peace, than in seven years during the war. He was happy to co-operate with the " Peace Contederation," though, in that House, he did not take his stand on the high ground it did; and he was ready to share in any calumny or derision which might be cast upon them. He had sat on Committees on the public estimates, but he, and those who sat with him, were of opinion that there was no logical end of their proceedings—they saw no result unless they could approach foreign coun tries with, the hand of peace. Because increased expenditure would lead to increased taxation, and taxation, he believed, had reached its limits. It might be said that his plan would not meet all cases; but he thought it would, and a great deal bet ter than the plan now resorted to. He thought, at all events, that the substitution of arbitration was a more rational plan than a resort to the sword. He took his stand upon past experience, and he would prove that in four out of every five cases which had occurred during the last twenty years arbitration would better have disposed of them than war. Take the case of 1837, when a dispute arose with Russia relative to the confiscation of a ship, the Vixen, in the Blaci: Sea. Every body knew that that ship was sent out by particular parties for the purpose of embroiling this country with Prussia, and he appealed to the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton, who was Fo reign Minister at the time, whether a treaty of arbitration with Prussia would not have saved Vm from party at tacks, and prevented a good deal of unpleasantness and apprehension in this country. Take the next case of the American boundary question, which caused much apprehension on both sides of the Atlantic; would it not have been better to have referr e d thi s matter to an arbi tration of geographers than have allowed it to cause so much excitement:. Then there was the case of M•Leud, who was imprisoned in the state of New York for having avowed that he took part in the burning of the Caroline. Suppose that man had been executed, tho consequence would have been that what was called the honour of the country would h ave bad to be vindicated. An HoN. MEMBER—Certainly. Mr. COBDEN—Certainly said an Honourable Member. One man would have lost his life, and straightway they would have plunged into a war which might have sacrificed tens Of thousands and hundreds of thousands of lives, though it could not restore the dead man. NOW how much better it would have been had aruitration been resorted to in that case. True, it could not have restored the life of the man, but it could have insured some provision for his widow and children. There was also aeother eve) which neatly in veigled them in a war with France, he meant the impri sonment of Mr. Pritchard by the French, in the island of Otaheite. That gentleman acted in the double cape city of Missionary and British Consul, and when the news of his imprisonment reached this country, feelings of the greatest animosity towards France were excited in this country. So much was that the case, that the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tionworth, who was Prime Minister at the time, was oblige d to confess in his place in that House that a gross insult had been committed, and he put it to the Right lion. Baronet whether, in 1844, wh,n the bad feeling caused by that dispute was at its height, he would nut have telt happy could he have been enabled to put in oporation a system of arbitration for the settlemeut of that dispute such as he proposed?—(Hear.) He might be told that none of those disputes had led to war; but although they did not lead to actual conflict, they had already cost the country fifty millions sterling. He could, therefore, c inceive no argument for the refusal of so simple an expedient as he proposed. It was true the Hon. Member for Stafford (Mr. Urquhart) had put on the paper an amend• meat to his motion, but that amendment was founded on a wrong idea of his motion. The Hon. Member had conceived that he had found out some plan for putting the whole world under a sort of court of peace officers; but that was a mistake, and if Hon. Gentlemen had pro pared their speeches in opposition to his motion on that understanding, they would be altogether mistaken.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The Hon. Member for Stafford seemed to be exceedingly happy in tucking himself to the tail of some other Hon. Member, in order to get a hearing in the House.—(Laeghter.) But he did not at the same time think it right that his motion should be confused and adulterated, by mixing it up with the amendment the Hon. Member had proposed to it.—(Hear.) He had no doubt that he would also be told that the aspect of the present times, more especially that of the country, was a reason against the adoption of his proposition. But he thought the position of affairs on the continent and elsewhere was a strong reason why it should be adopted. The exhibition they had there had of war certainly could not prejudice them in its favour • and in one case, that of Den mark and Schleswig-Holstein, it had been attended with the most disastrous consequences to the commerce of the country. In no case could arbitration have been more effectually used. Without it there would be no end to the quarrel, for the one party was strong at sea, and the other was strong ashore, so that they would never fight it out. Were the Government by this non-intervention punishing the people of Denmark or of Sicily ? No, but they were entailing the greatest losses on the manufac turers of Manchester, and on the miners of Northumber- land, and also the people of Gironne and of America, were suffering much, which could be alleviated by arbi tration. Yet it should be understood that he did not mean that arbitration should be adopted in the case of the pirate of Borneo or with the savage native of Tim buetoo. but his object war that the Noble Lord the Secre- tarp for the Foreign Department (Lord Palmerston) should enter into such arrangements with the United States of America, with France, and even with the weak est nations of Europe, such as Tuscany, Belgium, and Holland, so as to prevent, by every possible means the probability of warfare, as even the probability creattd much expense and serious losses to this couutry, and to the others to which he alluded. He did not at all agree with those parties who were for the congress of nations, but he thought that great civilized nations would be all powerful, for they would be looked upon as authorities in the case of any disputes, and that thus peace; harmony, and concord, would be settled among nations.—(Hear, hear.) He did not see anything Uto pian in his measure, nor did he see anything in the state of European society to prevent this measure of arbitra tion from being brought to a safe, useful, and happy conclusion. He did not mean to dwell on any topics that may tend to th wart his motion, for such he believe d would tend to mischief; but if others, who were opposed to him, touched on them he would say it was better not to go too far, for his plan did not tend to any other re sult than that of benefit to society at large. The worst opposition that could be offered to him was that he did not wish to go to war, and such was the wish and opi nion of 2,000 petitioners, such had been declared by numerous meetings, by mayors and town councils, and by the immense body of society. He then moved, "That an humble address be presented to her Majosty, praying she will be graciousiy pleased to direct her principal Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs to enter into com munication with foreign powers, inviting them to concur in treaties, binding the respective parties, in the event of any future misunderstanding, which cannot be arranged by amicable negotiation, to c efer the matter in dispute to the decision of arbitrators." Mr. E WART seconded the motion, and said that be knew from the last message of the President of the United States, that it was consistent with the power of great nations, that arbitration should be adopted as much *ix possible, and he believed that the good and great of all nations would lend a helping hand to bring about this great and imprtant measure of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Cobden). He felt assured that all persons who were for the abolition of the slave trade, and the abolition of death, would support the motion; and that ere long the wish for such a measure would prevail throughout all Europe. He would therefore give it his most cordial support. Mr. B. COCURANE said, that whatever might be the opinion of the House about that motion, there could be but one feeling that it was brought on at a very inju dicious time. He remembered that the Hon. Gemtlenran (Mr. Cobden) stated some time since, ti at there could be no great revolution such as that which occurred in the year 1789; when six days after that assertion France broke out in all the violence of revolution; and when such was the cane, he woutd ask the House, could any more inappropriate titre be chosen for such a re solution than the present. He recollected that two members of the Peace Society, Mr. Crisp and Mr. Lloyd, stated after their visit to Paris, that there existfd the most amicable feeling between France and England, and that those feelings would be yet more strongly cemented, but yet the Hon. Member (Mr. Cobden) disowns that they represented the opinions of the Peace Society. He did not mean to allow him to shirk' from their doctrines and principles, though he (Mr. Cobden) might disown them as friends. He recollected that Mr. Elihu Burrit stated at a meeting over which the Hon. Member for Ashton (Mr. Hindle)) presided, that they went to Paris and had an interview with Lamartine, and he (Mr. Burma) stated that the Peace Society must compensate Lamartine by making him President of the Universal Congress.—(Laughter.) He SIW that the Secretary for Foreign Affairs was help ing out the views of the Hon. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and that he had already acted as a mediator in Sicily, in Russia, and at Rome.—(Cries of " No, no.") Well, if he did not mediate at Rome, Captain Kay, of the Bulldog, was there, and in several other places, and was always on the alert to interpose, by whose orders he did not know. On the whole he ob jected to the Noble Lord's policy to settle matters as he bad attempted, for nothing could tend to bring EngLnd to a war more than such intermeddling, for ne thought that the greatest principle of this empire was sacrificed for the sake of peace. He would press the policy of Mr. Pitt, who stated that there were occasions when the interests of this country should be supported, even at the risk and expense of war. Look what the President of France stated lately. "We hold the des tinies of Europe, for if France is tranquil Europe is so; if not the whole continent must feel the result." He did not think that the present was a time to bring forward such a measure, and considered that there was a great similarity between the Montaigne of France and the Montaigne of England. Ho hoped that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Cobden) would not only disown his friends but his motion for the present. Lord R. GROSVENOR said he did not think that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. B. Cochrane) had responded to his Hon. Friend (Mr. Cobden). He was not ambitious of martyrdom, but was pr , pared to share whatever odium may be cast on him for this motion. He recollected, as he passed through Belgium, having seen over the gates of 'Tourney, " Li pacem velis pare helium," and in that be coincided, for he wished, in concurrence with his Hon. Friend, that this country should be always pre pared to meet hostilities. Mr. MACKINNON considered that this motion was likely to prove beneficial to all Europe, if carried, for the state of war and all its evils were as rife in this age of civilization as they had been eight hundred years ago, in the middle of the dark ages. He hoped, therefore. that so important a motion would not be lost sight of, The alteration introduced into the mili tary arc, by the invention of gunpowder, had materially benefited the human race, by rendering battled more decisive and more speedily concluded, thereby lessen ing very considerably the amount of bloodshed which was formerly the great incident of a long war. So great was the change thus occasioned, that a great war in mo dern times must be a war of necessity, whereas in former times it was commonly a war of invasion or ambition; and, therefore, as wars were at the present time far less likely to occur, the motion of the Lion. Member for the West Riding, considering it in no other light than as a mere experiment, might be entertained and adopted with no real apprehension of danger. The principal objection to the plan of the Honourable Gentleman was one, cer tainly, of much weight, and he wished to draw the attention of the Honourable Member particularly to it. If a civil matter were in dispute between A and B, and it were agreed to refer it to arbitration, and ultimately to an umpire, in case of the arbitrators disagreeing, they would be bound by a rule of Court to submit to the decision of the arbitrators or umpire, and the Court would have power to enforce the award. But in a national dispute with another country, referred to a similar process of decision, the stronger nation might endeavour to enforce its views by violence, notwith standing the decision. Mr, COBDEN—The same argument applied to all treaties. to human reason, that he hailed it as the beginning of a great European and worldly reformation,-(Hear.) Mr. URQUHART rose to wove an amendment ire the form of die following resolution:--" That, to settle differceces by any extranatiotial judicatory, 'would, if practicable, be the subversitin of the indepencltnce Of •: etch state, and the e xtinc ti on o f t h e l aw o f nations.". The lion. Member said that it' the motion were agreed to end carried into practice, he could not understand bow they could calf upon a Minister of State for Foreign Affairs !'or an explanation of his policy with regard to any ineerna- Lins! question. The natural effect of such a system would be to deprive him of all judgment and 'power . on • any sudden emergency. The power of the Crown would be abrogated, and the independence of Parliament itself' extineu shed. The Hon. Gentleman who moved this resolution had himself destroyed the chief argument upon which he recommended its adoption to the House. The Honourable Gentleman said that the argument of the insecurity o arbitration applied equaly to all treaties, arid that was equal to an admission of the in' security 01 his own. Ile (Mr. Urquhart) much regretted that the attention of the country should be diverted by . propositions of this kind from matters of greater im portance. Ile had intended to move a resolution by waY of amindineet, but finding the case of the lion. Mtn'', her opposite so obviously weak, he should abstain front doing so. Mr. HOBHOUSE supported the resolution, and aald it had been treated as many great innovations had-heeir before, as a mere chimera, unworthy of attention. He conceived that all the wars that had afflicted Europe were in a great measure from the want of this at hive tion, as in many instances a nation would have re linquished its design if it could have found a plausib le pretext for se doing. It' that were not so , w h a t meant their protocols, dipl omat i c notes, demands, an d re joinders, except th a t eac h nat i on wished to plac e its cause before the world i n th e b est lig ht possible. The adoption of a general syst em o f ar bi trat i on woul d i n his opinion, supply the want whi c h h e was convinced had been the cause of much Mi sc hi e f. Th at seemed, net. 111 least. to be the common sense vi ew o f t h e matter . might be that the stronger nation wou ld a f terwar d ° re' suit to the settlement of the sword, for men were iii 6 apt to set might against right. But was that a reason why they should not attempt to prevent evil consequences in the first instance?—(Hear.) Let them endeavour to ce ment nations together in a general compact, by applying to them the rules which governed the relations ex; isting between individuals: Let wars be avoided, and right and justice substituted in their place. For his own part, he was grateful to the Hon. Member for having moved :the reSolution. 'He admired the AM wisdom, and firmness, with which the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department had prevented in this country the horrors which had recently desolated the fairest portion of the wurd —(l.lear, hear.) But he wished to arm him with new powers, and to ask him whether it was not better at once to lead the way in ,a reform of this kind, than to be perpetuallylalking favour of peace and doing nothing to procure it ?" (Hear, hear.) He should like to see the power of . nege" tinting and enforcing peace, and seeing that that was practicable, as in the recent case of Sicily, he thought the House ought to give full attention to the motion be; tore it. He should take to see the experiment tried; and he counselled his Hon. Friend, if he might so call bin' , to go on in the course of justice which he had marked out for himself. The Hon. Member then adverted 10 a Council of Sovereigns recently convened oa the Conti' nent, for the purpose of biinging about peace by:arbitra tion. It was a just course, and had been found, in mall instances, where tried, a successful one. He wished, then, to give to -that which -had- been found practicable the stamp of Parliamentary authority, and should, from a full sense of the justice of the course proposed by the Hon. Member, give him his support, feeble though it was, and vote for his motion.--(Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON assured his Hon. Friend the Member fit the West Riding, and the House, that it was' far from his intention to regard the motion now under discussion with indifference. He agreed with his g o- • nourable Friend that it was of the greatest coniequenee that questions involving the peace of nations should be settled, if possible, without the intervention of war" whose horrors and calamities no man could have a deeper sense of than he had,—(llear, hear.) He would not contrast the advantages that might arise out of th e horrors of war with those w hi c h were to b e i obtained from peac e . H e b e li eve d there diden", e exist a man who did not d u a ll i n his pollee to ene e " . . your to save his country from the calamities of w a r ; and although he could not himself agree with his lieni Friend so tar as to vote f or hi s mot i on, st ill h e wa s g lad that his Hon. Friend had brought it forward, for be be. , lieved that there was, in the minds of the people of this country, and of every ho nest man, a desire to avo id the horrors and calamities of war. But he was anxious 03 impress at tie same time on the minds of all parties' that while England was anx i ous - to h ave peace, yet • was ready, and it was her interest to b e • res ) 1 :: to defend her rights against foreign aggressto., come from what qu a rt e r it m i g h t .—(H ear .) He co r e o conceive nothing that culd bring into jeopardy peaceful relations of this country more than that t, 1 _,3 foreign nation should suppo se th a t t h e y wer e attach to peace, that they dare not go to war, or draw sword in their defence.—(Hear, h ear .) H e q uite egre!,,,' with his Hun. Friend, a n d w ith t h ose w h o a cted 10 '`' him, that it was mos t d es i ra bl e t h at t h ere s h ou ld not be any wasteful application of the funds of the country In keeping up a larger amount o f f orce t h an necessa ry for the defnce of the country.—(Hear, hear.) But with regard to their defences, the absence of th e meting would be attended with the worst consequences. It was necessary, also, that they should be so provi 3 e" against the first outbreak of war , as to be ready st„ a moment to meet the exigency with naval and mil t " tary means. He said he could not agree with the Prr s, posal of his Honourable Friend, b ecause h e though t ' it was founded on erroneous principles, and that i would be impracticable. His H onoura bl e F r iend cam s ~ to his conclusions by th e ana l ogy w hi c h he dr,e," . between the affairs of p r i vate an d pu blic hi; He said that in ordinary transactions between ma and man matters of dispute were not urcommoniY eu tied hv arbitration; but what might b e e ff ec ted betee,,, individuals was not ro ea s y o f accomp li s h men t betwev, nation,. Besides, if th e quest i on i n ar bi trat i on was Ijol i corlorm , d to by individu a l s , th ere was a hi g h e r tribune to which they were a t lib erty to appea l , a nd to which they commonly- submitted their differences for seeti,ee. ment and by w h ose d ec i s i on they were obl i ge d to bid e. His Hon. Friend said that element was wanting in - nation it questions. His Hon. Friend had alluded to question of mediation between nations. But Hon. M e n bers ought not to lose sight o f t h e di st i nct i on betwe en e , r e . arbitration and mediation— a di st i nct i on w hi c h was lie quently forgotten. The N o bl e L or d h ere gav e a du"' Lion, in the dip! matic sense, of the two terms, and p ro a cenied to remark that hi s H on . F r i en d was so well awal: of the difficulties of his own plan, that he abandoned the course which he marked out fur himself in the firs t Mr. MACKINNON—But treaties were not successful if they ended in a war. Mr. COBDEN—But you have not yet tried whether these decisions would be successful.—(lleer.) - • Mr. MACKINNON—That was very true, and he was quite disposed to admit that the proposed sptem of arbitration was an excellent thought. At the same time he thought it would be of great service, by ex pressing a favourable opinion upon the question, to show to Europe that this country had peaceable intentions, combined with the desire to give effect to them. For this reason, and out of respect to the Hon. Gentleman who had moved the resolution, he should give it his willing support—(H, ar.) Colonel THOMPSON said that having instructions to support the motion, he should do no more than state that he did so most heartily, and that he trusted it might meet with all success. He felt convinced that politic a l societies would go on improving on the question of war; and with regard especially to the present question, he thought it contained so mach that was Wise, according instance. Mr. COBDEN a ssure d the N o bl e L or d th a t be bpd never altered his plan. Lord PALMERSTON—The plan of his Hon. Friend. if act, ci upon, would require the intervention of sell third power. But th e pl an o f hi s H onoura bl e Friend. had ',ever been acted upon. It wa s t rue th ere h a d bee . : cases of international arbitration ; but th ere were n o such cases as his Honourable Friend allud e d to. - . 13 , 1 : Honourable Friend who had just sat d own (Mr 1-101 " house) had said that it would be a very desirable thil if an European tribunal could be comp ose d which WOO act in matters of dispute IR twee n nations on principle's 0 justice and mediation ; but unfortunately the vvorlch7 not yet equal to that happy s t a t e o f things.--( then If they could find persons perf ec tl y just, if ihe could find persons impartial, if they c ould 1 " A persons perfectly disinterested—if they could such, all Governments might easily settle h ; little disputes which might arise between them, vv it „" - out having recourse to war—(Hear, hear) hut, un fortunately, such was the imperfection of bunt nature, that Governments were actuated, 1 2 acted upon like individuals, and swayed by icePr`i; sions and confli ct i ng i nterests of variotni. was, in effect, so different, that it would be alweY" impossible between two nations to form a G r overrileel with which those nations, in a m a tt er o f dispute, WWI, be satisfied. There was one ca se i n w hi c h this country submitted to arbitration, that of th e O regon b ou nda r y between the United States and British North An3er! cil t i and in that case, after some temporising, the Uni te States chose a So vere i gn — t h e Ki ng o f the N et herland e L_to whose arbitration the question between the two ea" tions was submitted. But the United States, not liking the award, refu se d t o su b m i t to it, and the result wa s the the case was left once more to take its course betwersteli the two nations, and was it not for the good sense Of ii t " e two Govern ments , the matter might be yet in dis P - d. _ With respect, then, to the proposal of his Hon. Frie s , the answer would be the conflicting in teres ts and b; hostile policy of nation s t owar d s eac h ot h er . It wc)uch be quite impossible to bring nations to agree with ea other in the manner and on the p r i nc ipl es recolalne n fo r by the Hon. Member; and he (Lord Palmerston) . ect one must say, that it would b e mos t unw i se to subi ge England to the chances of such a plan.—(Hear) 0 . was not sure that ho ought to c om pli men t the yr rd posal of his Honourable . Friend. Th e N o ble •b ° here gave an outline of his notion of Mr. Cobde: o plan, and said that he thought the proposal for t est nations to name a man of science to arbitrate betvl e b , them was not free from objection. Now, if it was ° to jectionable, as he thought it was, t o comm i t th e interes ts of their country in matters importi ng t h e i r d ea rest, a u b most essential rigbts, he must say he thought they I se to be cautious how they took an y s t ep t h at wou ld e d those rights and interests to the decision of any t-.,c party, and that would b e by di sp l ac i ng a Governtee substitute as a pers o n i n pr i vate li fe; b ecause Go° r; 0 t ments acted in a manner b e f ore t h e world, and differ& 0 from individuals in private life. And if they tock fi . man in private life whose mind was not such a position, in his humble opinion the same obi: 0 Lion would apply. They all knew that there WO problem which was considered a great difficulty, ne° 3- hu t the ascertaining of the longitude—(Laughter) ascertaining the latitude was always considered "r a v o c , easy.—(Renewed laughter.) Now, in the first P i to suppose a Commissioner appointed to endeavourer quaiified u e , trace disputed territory, and that they wanted to as s tai- the boundary, as in the case of the Oregon te o ot tory, his Honourable Friend says—" Oh, you are Great to proceed unless on g eo gra phi ca l principles."--( 5 .... laughter.) Well, two scientific men—philosopb er ,el astronomers, he would call them—such as the c elebre l : fl a Professor Humboldt, and another, are ca lled ill , _„ c i they are told th a t th e y are t o ascer t a i n t h e l a titude, °i o to give the limi ts o f t h e res p ec ti ve t err i tor y. of to work, and one of the astronomers says—" The .difference is only to be ascertained by striking- th e d t he through the centre of the earth"—(Laughter)- - er i other says, " No, it is wide of; that; the line 2c n... th e Terence can only be ascertained by striking through the centre of the sun"—(Much laughter) the y so those two learned men left tLe question where .40 found it. Now, in his opinion, nob perilous 111 • THE CHARTER. Mr. F. O'CONNOR postponed his motion with re spect to the Charter until the 3d of July. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. PACKE gave notice that on the 21st June he should move that an bumble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she might be pleased to give or• ders for the completion of the New House of Commons by next session of Parliament. REDUCTION OF OFFICIAL SALARIES. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should renew his mo tion with respect to the propriety of reducing the salaries of all newly-appointed officers when the first vote of Supply to the Ordnance came on. STATE OF THE NATION. Mr. DISRAELI—I beg to give notice that, on this day fortnight, I shall move that this :House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to take into consideration the state of the nation.—(A laugh, and cries of " Hear, hear.") EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE. Sir DE LACY EVANS gave notice that on an early day he should move that the suffrage be extended to all tax.payers. THE FRENCH EXPEDITION TO ROME. Mr. HUME said, in answer to a question he put to her Majesty's Government the other day, he was informed that a letter had been addressed to the Marquis of Nor manby in answer to a communication from him, pointing out the course of policy the British Government were to observe in regard to the proceedings of France against Rome. He begged to ask, whether there would be any objection to lay that communication on the table of the House ? Lord PALMERSTON said, a communication respect ing the expedition to Civita Vecchia was made to the British Government through the Marquis of Normanby, and an answer given through the same medium, and. therefore, he had no communication to lay before the House. SHORT-HAND WRITERS. Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS presented a petition signed by certain short-hand writers, praying that in the event of the House authorizing an official record of its debates to be published, the claims of the petitioners should be taken into consideration, and g ave notice that on Thursday he should move that the petition be printed with the votes. OCCUPATION OF CENTRAL ITALY. Mr. M. MILNES requested to know from the Secre tary of State tor Foreign Affairs . whether he was able to inform the House as to the terms of the occupation of Central Italy by the troops of the Emperor of Austria. Lord PAL NIERS TON said the Austrian Ambas sad,r some time ago made a communication to her Majesty's Government, intimatin.: the opinion that, in virtue of the existing treaties, the Austrian Government, having a reversionary interest in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, stood in a situation of right to interfere in the affairs of Tuscany. alit. ERNEST JONES. Mr. F. O'CONNOR asked the Secretary for the Home Departmt•nt whether he hnd within the last five or six weeks received any communication from Mr. L. Jones, complaining of the visiting magistrates having refused to forward his petition to that House, regarding his ill-treatment in prison, and of other harsh treatment to which he had been subjected. Si- G. GREY said he'had received several comtnu nications from Mr. E. Jones, but none recently, and all those communications were referred to the visiting justices. Mr. F. O'CONNOR said he would repeat the ques tion on Thursday. THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY. Mr. CHRISTY asked her Majesty's Government, if any negotiations had taken place or are now pending relative to the claims of the Hudson's Bay Company to compensation arising out of any treaties between this country and the United States; the nature and amount of such claims, and whether any correspondence has passed either between her Majesty's Government and the Hudson's Bay Company or with the Government of the United States on ibis subject. Lord PALMERSTON replied that in the course of last year the Hudson Bay Company applit d to the Go negotiations to werelta state at the present ir ex a vernment to give its continuance to th e n e g ot i at i ons t hen abcur, to he opened with the Unit e d St ates w i t h respect to Hudson's Bay. Ts not hese in posg e o t ing on. and be wa , THE IRISH C ONFED ERATION —PROCLAMA TION OF MR. SMITH O'BRIEN. pson, and fil e d i n t h e of Kenmar e (i t i s a counter Sir JOHN TYRELL said, h e i ntended to move for the following return: -- " Copies of a pr oc l amat i on i n t h e Excellen c y the the opr a n icc d l ea s _ m o o ffi f a t h ei e oo a n d i ta - o c t t s ae t t a bo townil hiJs Lord-Lieute nant of Ireland), by order of the Council ot the Irish Confederation. dated 3 d May, 1848, and signed W. Smith O'Brien, chairman. Of the police reports severally within the last three years, with reference to altar denunciations in Kenmare ; the police reports of the 18th of March, 1848, April 17th, 1848, April-24th, 1848, and May 19tb, 1848; and, of any correspondence with' the Government in Ireland, respecting such altar denunciations, from the district of Kenmare." Now he understood that it was the intention of the Hon. Baronet the Secretary for Ireland to refuse the return; he wished to know if he conceived that the ends of justice would be thereby answered? Sir WM. SOMERVILLE was understood to say that he did not conceive that public justice would be answered by the production of those documents at the present moment. ARCTIC EXPEDITION—SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Lord t'ALMERSTON laid un'the table documents in reference to tics expedition. Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to make a few observations. It was now four years ago since 138 of as gallant men as ever went forth on an expedition had sailed for the purpose of exploring the North-West Passage. No in telligence had been received with respect to them. Lady Frsi.klin, on behalf of herself and child, had addressed a beautiful letter to the President of the United States— a letter which, in beauty of language and sentiment. could • not be excelled ,by any which man or woman could address to . another and the result was that the Government of the United States had, in the most creditable manner, agreed to send out two expeditions. And Russia had also sent ships to the eastern coast of Asia in search of the ad• venturers. So also had this country ; and this had been done by other countries, not for their personal ag grandisement, but on the purest grounds of humanity. —(Cheers.) Such acts would tend more than anything to promote a good feeling-between the nations. Lord PALMERSTON fully coincided in the remarks of the Right Hen. Baronet. It was most gra tifying to find other nations sending out ships after these enterprising navigators.--(Cheers.) Mr. DISRAELI was g l a d that the sympathy of the House would reach the 'United States, since the exalted conduct of the President of that, great con federacy was abov e a ll pra i se . Such conduct was in deed worthy of th e sacre d cau se in which they had en gaged. Such incidents would, in his opinion, and he was sure such would be the opinion of the House and the country, do more than arbitration schemes to pro mote that fraternal feeling among the nations which they must all desire to see. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Mr. COBDEN then rose to move that an humble ad dress be presented to her Majesty, praying she will be graciously pleased to direct her principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to enter into communication with foreign Powers, inviting them to concur in treaties binding the respective parties, in the event of any future misunderstanding which cannot be arranged by amicable negotiation, to refer the matter in dis pute to the decision ot arbitrators. He said he did not remember that he had ever before had an opportunity of addressing the House when he felt more desirous for the few minutes he should occupy their at tention of having the indulgence of Hon. Members, be cause he represented a numerous body both within arid out of the House who took a v ery deep interest in thi s cries tion.—(Llear.) He d ee ply regretted that there sho u ld have been any misapprehension in the House on the sub ject of this motion, but he thought the remark the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Buckingham had just made was a proof that some misapprehension did exist, or he would. not have ventured to sneer at a motion before he had beard it made.—(Hear, hear.) I ~~