The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-27 00:00:00

L ATE EDITIONS of " THE SUN " in the CITY. 111 - R. JOSEPH THOMAS, of No. 1, FINCH .A.II.. LANE, CORNHILL, has made arrangements by high the Public and the Trade nay be supplied with a THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN " EVERY EVENING at HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK, • And Subsequent Editions when Published. The THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN" contains the PROCEEDINGS of both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to SEVEN O'CLOCK, and all other important in formation accessible to that hour. On TuEsnATs and FRIDAYS a full Abstract of the " Lan gton Gasette"—Bankruptcies, Promotions in the Army and Navy, &c. Ike., will he found in this Edition, the importance of which will be appreciated bz MERCHANTS and BANKERii for their FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. Advertisements and Orders for " The Sun" received by Mr. Thomas, No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; where alto may b• obtained Every Morning, before Eight o'Clock, " THE MORNING SUN." 13, Great Marlborough-street. MADA A A I T L I L L' T A E R R S B 1 - 1 4 i O A L Y I ' V S DIARY WILL BE READY IN A FEW DAYS. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Collium, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 27. The Performances will commence with LUClLLE.—Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, J. Bland, Oxberry, and Miss Faucit. After which, the. New Farce, called UNCLE NlP.—Prineipal Characters by Mr. Harley and rs. Humby. To which will be added the New Burletta, called THE WATER WITCHES, in which Messrs. Vining, Oxberry, W. H. Bland, Bar. ke- Misses Murray, Crisp, Pincott, and Hughes, will appear. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s.—Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office ; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Daily, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of ihelmrrense overflows that have been attracted by the performance of " La Sonnambula " supported by the first musical talent this country can produce, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, JUNE 27. The performances will commence with Beliini's LA SONNAM BULA.—Amina. Miss Romer; Liza, Mrs. Serle; Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. W. Harrison; with an increased Band, and a powerful Chorus, conducted y Mr. G. Stansbury. After which a Drama calltd THE CROWN PRINCE; or the• BUCKLE OF DIAMONDS, in which Mr. J. Webster will appear To conclu e with Mr. Leman Rede's JACK IN THE W I'ER. Jack, Mr. George Wild; Betty, Miss E. Terry. Places and Private boxes may be ad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box Office, from Eleven till Four daily. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JANIES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 27, _ _ The Performances will eommence with UN DUEL SOUS LE CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU. After which, MICHEL PERKIN.—Michcl Perrin, ancien Cure, Monsieur Bonilla. To conclude with LA MAT .SON EN LOTTERlE.—Rigaudin, Monsieur gouge. _ Boxe., 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. • Amphitheatre (or ;Gallery Stalls), 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors wil l . be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per. formances commence at Half-past Seven. Applications for coxes and Stalls for the remainder of the Season, lobe made at Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Se_ 12, Ill:gent-street; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street; and at the 130 x-. l :dee of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five o'clock. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully twformed that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou rite place •f recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in troductions, which render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im portant acquisitions in the classes •f both Quadrupels and Birds. Feeding Time Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some Instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'action, repre senting the Procession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. Tha BAND includes some of the most eminent Performers, con jucted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES II USIC A LES selectederom the noblest works of the great Masters. The ILLUMINATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GIRANDOLA. of ST. ANGELO, with all the gorgeous Spectacles and magnificent Introductions that have called forth ac elarnmations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex. hibition, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASC &DE •f BRILLIANT FlttE, SIX I Y FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Promenades Musicales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, and 'Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We shall not be able to insert the letter of our Correspondent who writes from Eastbourne. THE WEA THER.—NooN, JUNE 25. O\ AL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer .... 63 ) Highest 6B I Lowest 52 liarometN• 29.82.—Wind S.W. H 10,14 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. /furring 29 minutes after 41 Evening 48 minutes after 4. All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of " The Sun." ti tt S Mt. LONDON! MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1842. The Deputation from the manufacturing districts, whose presence in London, and whose visit to Sir R. PEEL we have already announced, have addressed a circular to the Members of both Houses of Parlia ment, reiterating some of those facts which indicate the deep distress of the people, and calling on them for a remedy. For example, they say— In Glasgow, 12,000 persons are on the Relief Fund, and wages are still falling. In Dundee, the number of unemployed is increasing every week; wages are falling. In Accrington (Lancashire), out of a population of 9,000 persons, not more than 100 are fully employed. Families are known to have subsisted for many days on boiled nettles, with a little meal sprinkled upon them. In Marsden, near Burnley, out of 5,000 persons, 2,000 have become paupers, and most of the remaining 3,000 are on the very verge of pauperism. The poor's-rate is is. in the pound per month. The farmers and all other rate payers are fast hastening to ruin. The poors'-rate in the township of Great Bolton, in 1836-37 was 3,951/., in 1841-2, 216,740/., and for the next six months not less thanlo,ooo/.. will be wanted. Out of the rated rental of 86,0001. a year, only 36,0001 is paying to the poor -rates, the re mainder being either empty property, or the occupiers are unable to pay the rates. 1n Wigan many families remain in bed during the day, because hunger is less in tolerable when the sufferer is in a recumbent position. Great numbers are out of employ, wages are falling, and the future appears darker than the past or the present. In Prescott, out of 1,100 householders in this town of 6,000 inhabitants, 200 were recently summoned in one day for non-payment of the poors's-rate, arising from inability 'to pay. A watch movement, a few years ago worth 305., may now be bought for 4s. 6d., although the material of which it is made has fallen little, if any, in value. In Saddleworth, from an accurate survey made in December, 1841, there were 55 farms without tenants; 26 mills were unoccupied; and most of the rest were working short time, and great numbers of the people were without employment. Since that period matters have been gradually growing worse. Details such as the foregoing might be increased indefinitely. We have facts of au equally painful character from almost every part of the country. Some of these statements, with others in addition, were made in the House of Commons on Friday evening by Mr. COBDEN in the hope, vain, we believe, of interesting that assembly in the sufferings of the people. Perhaps one or two Members might shudder for a moment at hearing of families " subsisting in England for many days on boiled nettles sprinkled with meal," but they would not think it half so affecting as the tale of a young girl dragging a basket along under ground, though she thereby fed herself and saved a family from starving. When we recol lect that it has been for some years past a prevalent fashion to decry the manufacturing population in books and from the pulpit as given up to all kinds of vices;—when we recollect that they have been de scribed on authority as no better than Pagans— when we call to mind the encomiums passed, both in Parliament and out of Parliament, on an agricultural population, and on rural employments, contrasting cheerful cottages and ruddy children with the squalor and `dirt of the Manchester cellars ;—when we read, day after day, furious diatribes in the Tory journals against both the master manufacturers and their workmen ;—when we cannot forget that one Tory journal has said that England would be as great as she is without a single manufacturer; and that another has expressed an opinion that the community would he benefited by the destruction of half our towns— we are made to fear that the majority of our legis lators hear with pleasure, rather than sorrow and shame, these tales of distress and woe in the manu facttiring districts, and that the manufacturers take an erroneous method of reaching either their heads or their hearts. Our town population, in olden times, shook off its allegiance to the landowners. A great squire, before whom every hat is doffed and every back bent in his own village, finds himself a nobody among the stal wart artisans of Birmingham and Manchester. The squires have an habitual and inherited hatred to such independent men. The workshops of the empire are also the focus of strange political opinions. The new population which grows up there not only dissents from a number of doctrines that are time honoured in the rural districts—they also infect even the squire's dependents with a little unruliness, and they are now accordingly hated, not only for their own sake, but for the corruption they spread amongst others. The old squirearchy, also, being too ignorant, too proud, or too idle to increase their own wealth, have seen with no little envy—which has not been lessened by the boasting of the m anufacturers—the great and sudden opulence of muter spinners, weavers, and They have seen those, whom they call Mushroom race, dispossess th e i r friends gild relations r .~ ..._ of their halls and castles, and they bear no good will to the upstarts who make money by trade. Even those who have sprung from the loins of traders wish to enjoy without encroachment the exclusivege privile of aristocracy, and are more envious and jealous of new shares in them than the older families of land owners. On all these accounts, it is our deliberate opinion, that the landed gentry, their connexions, and depend ents, who give the tone to the majority of the House of Commons, hear with no dissatisfaction and no dis pleasure these tales of diminished profit, lessened em ployment, and starving multitudes in the manufac turing districts. It is a maxim of English law, and of common sense, to infer motive from effects, and a man who slays another, unless the contrary be clearly proved, is held to have done it from design and malice. In like manner, the manufacturers are suf fering distress, the people are starving, the Legisla ture has been informed over and over again, that such is the fact, and was warned long before hand that such would he the consequences; and it must in reason and conscience, therefore, be held to design and will the terrible calamities which now weigh on the people. If the Deputation, therefore, have nothing else to say to the Members of Parliament, but that their wishes are the rapid progress of fulfilment—that the hated, because somewhat independent and free-thinking manufac turing population is dying out—that our towns are becoming depopulated—that the riotous and irreli gious mechanics are subjected to the pains of hunger, they may spare themselves and their fellow citizens the trouble and the expense of coming to London to bring such gratifying intelligence to the admirers of a rural, obedient, and priest-ridden population. They expect, perhaps, to work on Sir R. PEEL'S sense of responsibility. He has graciously admitted them to an interview, and heard what they had to say ; and if that impression had been made on him, in conjunction with a doubt whether he would get the Income-tax, it might have had some effect. But statesmen look at the people too much in the character of mere creators of wealth, and now that Sir ROBERT PEEL is likely to get an ample supply for the Government fromthe Income-tax, and hopes to see commercial prosperity restored by the tariff, his sense of responsibility, will, we fear, sit lightly on him, and the Deputation will not induce him to pro tract the session of Parliament, in order to abolish that law which denies the people the right to exchange their industry for food. We grieve that it should he so, but he has been too much accustomed to hear as sertions that " the people are made savage and despe rate," " discontented and disaffected," "that society seems on the very verge of dissolution," to be much influenced by them while he sees the multitude, laying aside Chartist and other political meetings, humbly supplicating relief, eager to get it from soup kitchens, and only a little qurrulous that it is given rather in meal than in money. Sir R. PEEL has passed, or sure speedily to pass, all his measures, and when he pursued his own course, almost to the end of the ses sion, in spite of his landed friends, he will not, we be lieve, now depart from it to gratify his political oppo nents. If the meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League, which we have announced, is to pursue the same tactics, and the members have no more forcible argu ments to urge than the decay of the manufacturing towns, they may as well remain at home. They have urged such statements year after year for four years, and have never made the least impression either on Sir R. PEEL or the Parliament. Why play such a foolish and losing game over and over again ? Why beg that as alms which they ought to demand as a right? Why make themselves pitiable and ridiculous to their opponents and oppressors year after year ? Why talk of great wrongs and grievances, and of rights, and then humbly sue for their own as if they were the lowest of beggars ? Not by such means did our ancestors establish rights and redress wrongs, and why should this generation have more respect for a corrupt and packed Legislature than they had for a crowned and vigorous King. As we said to Friday, it is not the executive Go vernment, but the Legislature, elected by venal and bribed electors, by intimidated and trembling tenants at will, or constituted by a jobbing Minister, as it suits his party, to elevate some sycophants to the peerage—as we have already said, and must repeat, it is not the executive but the legislative body, formed in the most corrupt manner, which is the source and cause of the grievous sufferings of the people ; and we cannot understand why this corrupt body should be more intensely honoured than ever were the noblest of our monarchs. It has, in spite of all remonstrances, and in the teeth of all knowledge, lately passed an Act to tax the people in their food, in order to swell the rent-roll of the landowners. Such an Act is a flagrant violation of its assumed duty. It is a mere robbery of individuals, in the prostituted name of the State, it is a complicated wrong inflicted by those who claim honour because they protect the right of individuals ; and if the League, like the Deputation, have nothing better to say or do than merely to tell the Legislature that its acts have accomplished the objects for which, we be lieve, they were passed, we counsel them not to put themselves to the expense and trouble of meeting in London. They may better employ their time, and any money they can spare in relieving the terrible distress in their neighbourhood, and effecting, if pos sible, that much needed, for safety, reconciliation be tween masters and men. The con. Member for Knaresborough's Punch per formances in Parliament threaten serious injury to the lessees of the London Theatres. The play-going world of former seasons is now to be met about five o'clock every evening the House is sitting, wending down Par liament-street, crossing Westminster-bridge, and hurry ing along Bird-Cage-walk from Buckingham Palace, each unit of that world with its " order for the gallery," to see and hear the only performer who rerionciles us to the retirement of LISTON. Fie upon it ! is there no chivalrous Member to move that the ladies be admitted to these best of all comic entertainments ? Suppose that it might be inconvenient to rescind the Standing Order for the exclusion of ladies from the debates, might it not at least be suspended in their favour on the nights when it is known that the Hon. Member for Knaresborough intends to perform ? True the lessee of the Opera would sustain great injury, but we have not the least doubt that his fair and titled patronesses, who would prefer to hear the " enormous lying" of Mr. FERRAND to the strains of PERSIANI, FREZZOLINI, and RoNcom, will raise a sub scription to cover the pecuniary loss to which other wise he would be exposed. We have seen, and greatly admired, FARREN as Lord Skindeep, in JERROLD'S new comedy of Bubbles of the Day ; but admirable, easy, and felicitous, as this great comic actor's performance was, who, that has had the pleasure of seeing both, would think of comparing it with the Parliamentary Punch performances of the Skin deep Chairman of the Keightley Union ? If there be one, we, in accordance with the precedent set us by the Hon. and refined Member for Oldham, pronounce him 1 an ass—a very thistle-browser, whose proper home is Hampstead Common. We really do not know what will become of the poor Managers if Mr. FERRAND continue to speak, night after night, in the way he has done since the date of his celebrated motion about the truck system. Could Mr. MACREADY prevail upon the Hon. Gentleman to exchange the back benches of St. Stephen's for the boards of " Old Drury," the Manager would make his fortune. Mr. FERRAND is a company in himself. His "At Homes," as Chairman of the Keightley Union, would far outstrip in raciness and farcical pleasantry the best performances of the late CHARLES MA.THEws. Mr. FERRAND is a, great genius, who Las had the mis fortune to mistake his vocation. His first appearance as a public man should have been on the platform in front of WosinwELL's travelling menagerie. The wonders to be revealed within, at the small expense of sixpence, would have supplied abundant scope for those high flights of the imagination which jar so unpleasantly upon the matter-of fact ears of the Premier and the Members of the House of Commons. From the speech of the Hight Hon. Baronet at the head of her MAJESTY'S Govern ment in the House of Commons on Friday, descriptive of the inventive powers of the Hon. Member for Knares borough, it is clear t• us that he is of the same opinion. If. then, Mr. FERRAND would achieve fame and fortune, let him throw politics to the dogs, and seek an audience whose applause would resound from pit to gallery. The boards which rejected a 13ORTIINVICK constitutes the only fitting arena for the Forty-Clown GRIMALDI powers of a FERRAND. A squib fired by the celebrated Timor ( (NI. DE Coa aIENIN) at the French Cabinet, in the shape of an ad dress to the electors of France, has set the whole French press together by the ears. Its object is to show that unlest the SouLT-GruoT Cabiziet be- overthrown, a Da. SET tional bankruptcy is all but inevitable. The Commerce concludes a long article upon it as follows : To sum up the whole, the real deficit amounts to 2,408 mil lions, and all the possible resources to 1,594 millions, leaving a deficit in 1855 of 814 millions. If to this be added the list of extraordinary unforeseen expenses drawn up by M. de Corme nin, and of which we could easily prove the excessive modera tion, we shall have 550 millidns more, giving for 1855, after the loan shall have been expended, and all the reserves of the sinking fund absorbed, a deficit of 1,364 millions. We place these calculations before the public and the electors; they are incontestible, and need no comment. The Aational also has a long article upon it, from which we extract the concluding passage : The maintenance of the present Government in power will consummate our ruin. They cannot appeal to the future, for they have discounted it for ten years to come. For our own parts we combat the present Ministry and their friends, as we opposed all those who have been in power since 1830, because they are in reality only the organs of ideas injurious to France. In the solemn trial which is about to take place it is the sys tem and not the men that must be overthrown. Viewed in this light, the struggle extends beyond the narrow circle of personalities, to which the Government Journals endeavour to restrict it, and rises to the lofty proportions of general interest. May the electors so understand the question, and make choice of Deputies anxious to resolve it, by looking only at the interests, the grandeur, and the prosperity of France. The Debuts, alluding to the delay in publishing the expected ordonnance for raising the duty on foreign linens and linen threads, says:—" The linen manufacturers, not seeing the ordonnance appear, are losing patience, and are ready to ex claim that the Government is deserting them. The principle has been decided on, and it will, we are convinced, be soon applied. Aid will be given to this branch of manufacture, but the just resolution of the Government to this effect cannot ex clude making a combination, by which other branches of ma nufacture shall also be satisfied. To arrive at this result cer tainly, a few days delay are not be regretted, and we are per suaded that the solicitude of the Government for the commer cial and manufacturing interests, of the country will be usefully employed during the delay that is complained of." W. have received by way of Marseilles and Toulon accounts from Algiers of the 15th of this month. After six months absence the Governor• General, with the troops employed in the late expedition, arrived on the 9th at Blidah, and came to Algiers en the 11th, accompanied by the officers of his staff. On the following day he held a levee, at which the Bishops, the Consuls, and Deputations from the several civil and military authorities, came to congratulate him on the success of hi■ re cent operations. The last expedition, of which the Moniteur Algersen of the 15th gives a report, induced all the tribes through whose territory it passed to make their submission. This expedition (as we were informed by a telegraphic des patch) likewise induced the submission of all the Kabyles in habiting the northern declivity of Mount Atlas to the Metidja of the Beni-Menad, Soumata, Mouzaya, Beni- Mesaoud, Beni-Salah, and Beni-Micera : and these tribes have, it is said, desired that the ancient markets in the place shall be re-established ; and there is every reason to believe that in a short time they will come again to supply Algiers with provisions. The column of the province of Oran, commanded by General d'Arbonville, quitted the Mouzaya on the 14th to return to the West. Two columns commanded by Generals Chan garnier and de Bar, were to set out on the 18th on a new ex peditionto the East of the :11 etidja. The Prince of Hesse, nephew of the King of Denmark, arrived in the road of Algiers, on the 11th of June, on board the Danish frigate Thetis. The salute fired by the frigate was answered by the batteries. The Prince visited Algiers and the environs. The Thetis sailed on the night of the 13th.— Constitutionnel. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 23. lust Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price. French 5 per Centess.....i... 119 ... 119 5 ... 118 95 ... 119 4 per Cents. ..... 101 '45 ... 101 75 101 '75 ... 101 75 3 per Cents 79 2U 'l9 30 ... 79 20 ... '79 25 Bank oi tirance Laffitte hank 1.0001. Shares 1055 .J 055 _1055 5,0001. Shares 5055 ...5055 5052 50 ...5052 50 Belgian 5 per Cents. 1840 104% ... 104% ... 1.4% ... 104% 3 per Cents 7l 70 71 '7O 71 70 ... 71 70 ipanish Active 23% ... 23i ... 23% ... 23Si Passive 4% ... ... 4% Portuguese 5 per Cents 31% ... 21% ... 31% ... 31% Neapolitan 104 ... 104 ... 104 ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES. Veriailles,R. P L.B lt.2 50 ... 102 50 ... 101 25 ... 101 25 Rouen 520 522 50 522 50 Orleans Strasburg to Bale 205 205 ... 2t3 75 213 75 NEWSPAPER STAMPS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.—From a return laid before the House of Commons, it appears that since the reduction of the stamp duty on newspapers in 1837, the number of newspapers published in the United Kingdom has been nearly doubled. In 1836, when the stamp was 4d. for each paper, the total number of stamps issued was 35,576,056 ; and in the year ending March 31, 1842, it had increased to 61,495,503. In the former year the amount of duty was 443,278, while in the latter it was 253,779, showing a gradual increase since 1837, when the duty was 217,4801. The number of advertisements in 1836 was 1,432,612, and the duty 103,2481. ; while in 1841 they had increased respectively to 1,778,957, and 128,3181. The increase in the number of stamps issued has taken place chiefly on papers pub lished in Great Britain, as will be seen from the follow ing returns .—Stamps for Irish papers in 1836, 5,144,582; in 1841, 5,986,639. English papers, for the same years, 27,777,036, and 49,674,855. Scotch papers for the same years, 2,654,438 and 5,388,079. A TORY PREMIER'S IDEAS OF TRASH.—In speaking on Friday in the House of Commons on the New Poor law question, Sir Robert Peel observed :—" Would it be safe to return to the old system ? But it was said there was no necessity for returning to the old law. It was said, trust the rate-payers ; they know the character of the poor, and will be ready to affbrd them relief ; trust the people of England, and all that trash !" —So, it is mere trash, it seems, to talk of the kindly feeling of the English people towards their destitute fellow-countrymen ! They have it not—they know it not—and Poor-law Acts, to be sound and efficient, must be based on this assumption. But if the bulk of the English commonalty be really so heartless, that only to hint an opinion that they are otherwise is to talk " trash"—how comes it that Sir R. Peel recommended the begging box to be sent among them the other day, in the confident expectation that they would evince that charitable sympathy with the poor which he now thinks fit to deny them ? If to show a reliance on their kindly feelings be to talk "trash," what " trash " the parsons must have talked lately in their pulpits ! The Duke of Wellington once observed, that it was " a mere farce " to lay any stress on popular meetings ; and Sir Robert Peel, in a spirit of congenial Toryism, tells us that it is mere " trash " to talk of confiding in the voluntary mu nificence of the English people towards the starving thousands of their countrymen ! Verily, these two statesmen are worthy of each other, and do credit to the haughty, intolerant, purblind party from whose loins they sprang. MR. FIELDEN AND THE ASSES.—We do not wonder at the extraordinary sensation created by Mr. Fielden on Friday in the House of Commons, when, in asserting some obvious truism, he observed that " no one could deny it who was not as ignorant as an ass !" The word "ass" must have jarred painfully on the long ears of the oc cupants of the Tory Benches, and caused them to bristle up, as if something directly personal had been alleged against them. No wonder that a Borthwick cried " Oh !" and a Sibthorpe cried " Shame !" and that the Opposition were in roars of laughter" at such a happy allusion to the Tories ! It was a hit between wind and water. In the discussion on the Poor-law Bill on Friday Sir James Graham informed the House of the astound ing fact, that not less than twelve hundred thousand per sons were at this moment in the poor-houses of England and Wales alone ; and it will be evident to all those who have attended to the dismal reports which are pouring in from all parts of the kingdom, that five times the above number, at the very least, are suffering even more severe distress than those who are immured in workhouses. We may take this opportunity of expressing our sur prise that Sir James Graham carefully avoided giving any reply to what Mr. Wallace said respecting the Manufacturers' Relief Committee, in King William street, which has been called a Poor-law Parliament. If we understand the lion. Member for Greenock rightly, this said self-constituted, irresponsible body of men has, somehow or other, got possession of the funds which the charitably disposed all over the kingdom have contributed, during the winter and spring, for the relief of the unemployed, and their destitute families, in the manufacturing districts; and, in addition to this fund, as Mr. Wallace asserted, the sums raised in virtue of the "Queen's Letter," from hundreds, placed entirely at the discretion of this Com mittee, whose origin and authority all appear to be equally ignorant of; and the Home Secretary is evidently resolved that this ignorance shall continue, for he abstained from replying to that point of Mr. Wallace's complaint. Surely some explanation is due to the public on this most important matter, and to the charitable con tributors also, whether they contributed by subscriptions, or under the Queen's letter, or both. Mr. Wallace has had several notices of motions on the books of the House of Commons, with a view to obtain information on those points; and these having appeared in The Sun, we have only to express our hope, that the lion. Member for Greenock will persevere until he obtains the information he seeks ; for the public at large have a direct interest in the ap plication of the charity they have furnished ; and it is moreover of vital importance that the amount of the funds still in hand should be publicly known, as these, so far as we know, are the only means left to preserve thousands of indust r i ous men an d th e i r f am ili es f rom positive starvation ; and surely it would be madness to couceal from the distressed districts the means which are available to prevent death from hunger, and to let the nation at larg e see when it s c h ar it a bl e d onat i ons w ill b e finally appropriated, rather than let the announcement come forth as the knell of death to those who at present are indebted to it for their very existence. TILE CONVICTS FRANCIS AND COOPER. In an swer to the petition presented by the mother of Cooper for a commutation of his sentence, the following answer has been received:— Whitehall, June 25, 1842. " Madam,—Secretary Sir James Graham having carefully considered your application in behalf of Thomas Cooper, 1 am directed to express to you his regret that there is no sufficient ground to justify him, consistently with his public duty, in ad vising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof.-1 am , madam, your very obedient humble servant. (Signed) S. M. PHILLIPPS. " To Mrs. Cooper, 1, Rawstorne-street, Clerkenwell." Thus it will be seen that the execution of Cooper is placed be yond a doubt, but this, perhaps, may augur well in favour of Francis, since no answer, up to last night, had been received to the petition of his father. The mother, father, and two sisters of Francis had an interview with him in the gaol of Newgate on Friday evening. His father expressed great anxiety to get the sentence commuted, but, at the same time, exhorted the criminal not to entertain any hope. Francis expressed himself to be perfectly resigned, but repeats that he had no in tention of injuring the Queen. Last night the Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, arrived at the Ship Hotel here, and embarks this day in the French mail-packet, for Paris.—Dover Chronicle of Saturday. There are conflicting rumours as to the determi nation of the Government respecting Francis. The prevailing report is that his life will not be the forfeit of his deliberate treason. All positively known at present is, that Chief Justice Tindal has been called upon to furnish the Home Secretary with t copy of his mite of the teal. SUMMARY Of ileiiii;:'; AND public eptitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. M. de Cormenin (Timon) has thrown the French press into a ferment by an Address to the electors of France, on the financial difficulties of the country. The Address is an attack upon the Government, abounding in that causticity for which 1 imon's portraits are so remarkable. M. de St. Priest and the Duc de Valmy have written a letter to contradict the assertion of the Gazette relative to the dissolution of the Legitimist Committee. They declare that it holds together, and continues to direct the elections in its interest. Its organ, moreover, adds, that the Committee dis dains to adopt an ally with Republican opinions. The Provisional Treaty of Navigation and Commerce, which was concluded some time ago between France and Denmark, and which forms the supplement of the Treaty of August 23, 1742, has just been ratified by the King of Denmark. It con sists of nine articles, the chief of which confirms the previous understanding between the two countries, and declares further that French vessels entering Danish purts shall be liable only to the tonnage and harbour dues chargeable upon Danish ves sels. A similar exemption is made in favour of the vessels of Denmark by the French Government. It is stated in a letter from Rome that the monk who re cently murdered his nephew in that city, was on the point of being made a Bishop. Amongst the papers of the murderer was found a manuscript against celibacy. The Pope, it is said, shed tears on hearing of this crime, and immediately nominated a commission, composed of four Cardinals, to inquire into the matter. The details of the murder are not given. MONEY — TRADE—COMMBRCE. The system of large bodies of men begging together, has again commenced at Leicester this week. The Mayor has issued cautionary hand-hills ; but when the men were re monstrated with, and told that they were disobeying the orders of the authorities, they replied, " We know it ; but what are we to do? we cannot starve. If you wish to take us to goal, we are ready to go-500 of us." A meeting at the Town-hall to consider their distressed state, taok place at the beginning of the week, and 3001. was subscribed for their relief. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. A munificent donation of 2,0001. has been made by the Rev. Thomas Halford, AL A., to the University of Cambridge, for the purpose of erecting a new wing to the Lbrary. NAVAL AND MILITARY. Sir Edward W. C. Astley, R.N., died at Boulogne-sur-Mer on Monday last, in his fifty-third year. His commission as Lieutenant was dated 11th August, 1808; Commander, 12th August, 1819; Captain, 7th April, 1829. Sir Edward co operated with the patriots on the coast of Valencia in 1811, and was first Lieutenant of the Royal Sovereign yacht, when tiat vessel conveyed the Duke and Duchess of Kent to this country, three weeks before the birth of her present Majesty. He re ceived the honour of knighthood on returning from India with Earl Amherst, Governor-General, in 1830. LAW AND POLICE. In the Court of Common Pleas on Friday an action was brought by Marshall and Stinton, linen-drapers, Vere-street, to recover 353/., the amount of a bill for millinery supplied to the wife of !Ir. Snow, lately a partner in the banking-house of Snow, Paul, and Co. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 2001. At Greenwich Police-office three men named Brookes, Hone, and Humpheries, were charged with creating a dis turbance in the street, by exhibiting the effigy of a baker named Milne, and his housekeeper, a married woman, and afterwards burning the effigies in front of his house. A mob of about six hundred persons had assembled on the occasion. The parties were fined 40s. each. - 7 I tui „ „ 4 , FINE ARTS. A Committee, who some time since formed themselves toge ther for the improvement of the fabrication of silks, has been twenty months engaged upon a portrait of silk-weaving, repre senting the Duchess of Kent,from an engraving by Cochrane, in black and white silk, which is now finished, and to be seen at Illile-end Town. Another portrait of the Duke of Welling ton, and one of the Queen Dowager, are in preparation by the same hands. THEATRICAL. ,:,Mademoiselle Rachel played on Friday Le Brun's Marie Stuart, drawn from the severe original of Schiller. Her pour trayal of the hapless Queen of Beauty, called for enthusiastic applause in many of the passages. SPORTING._ The Marquis of Hastings resigns the management of his celebrated hounds for three years; the pack, however, will not be broken up, but continues to hunt the country as usual, sup ported by subscription. The INlarylebone Club, and the Newport Pagnel, concluded their match at Lord's on Thursday, the former winning with three wickets to go down. The great annual match between the Marylebone Club and the County of Sussex, commences to-day in the enclosure of Lord's ground. COMEM-FASIZIONABLE. It is said that Lord Spencer's marine villa in the Isle of Wight will shortly be purchased by one of the members of the Yacht Club. The Austrian Minister and family left town on Friday on a short visit to Manchester during the meeting of the Scientific Association. Mts. Lawrence gave a dejeune at Ealing Park on Thursday, which was attended by about 250 of the nobility. It is expected that the Queen and Prince Albert will visit the Earl of Warwick, at his magnificent baronial residence, at the close of the season. MISCELLANEOUS. In 1827 Sir James Graham, the present Secretary of State for the Home Department, in his book upon " Coins and Cur rency," wrote thus:—" Whenever this country presents . the spectacle of millions supplicating for bread, then will the people sweep away titles, pensions, and honours." 111. Calomarde, the celebrated President of the Spanish Council of Ministers under Ferdinand VII., and long resident of late, under the title of the Due de St. Isabel, at Toulouse, died a few days ago in that eity. Lieutenant-General Baron Marulay, one of the most distin guished officers under Napoleon, died a few days ago. In the course of his campaigns he was wounded nineteen times, and had 26 horses shot under him. ANOTHER BLOW to OUR TRADE. By a very remarkable and disastrous coincidence, the intended enhancement of the Customs duties ou manu factured goods in France and the United States is fol lowed by a similar proposition in the Prussian Com mercial League, which, if it should be carried into effect, will perhaps be a severer blow to our foreign trade than it has experienced for many years. On Wednesday the intelligence reached Leeds, Bradford, and other towns of the West-Riding, that the Prussian Government intends to propose, at the meeting of Deputies from the States in the German Commercial League, to take place early in the month of July, at Stutgard, that the duties on all foreign woollens and worsted stuffs shall be raised from 30 dollars per cwt. to 50 dollars per cwt., that is, from 41. 10s. to 71. 10s. The proposed high rate of duty would be equivalent to 50 per cent. ad valorem on the average ; and it would, we believe, amount to a prohibition on must kinds of worsted stuff goods. This, as our readers are aware, has been one of the most valuable branches of our foreign trade. The export of woollen cloths to the Ger man markets has for some years past been reduced almost to insig - nificance by the tariff in that country ; but that of worsted stuffs has been on the increase, so as in some degree to compensate to the nation for the loss of the woollen exports. If, howeve, the alteration now proposed should take place, the worsted stuff trade would feceive a most severe blow, and our woollen exports to Germany would also be nearly annihilated. The cotton trade, which has also before suffered greatly by the duties on manufactured 'cotton in the German League, will be affected by the present measure, as a very consi derable portion of the worsted stuffs are now made with cotton warps. And the English landowner and farmer are not less interested, because the chief raw material of worsted stuff goods, namely, English wool, is of their growth. As soon as the intention of Prussia to propose an en hancement of the duties was known, a circular was is sued by a house largely engaged in the German trade stating the fact, and re qu, sting th e p r i nc i pa l manufac turers and merchants in the worsted stuff trade, in the West Riding, to meet at Bradford, on Thursday, in order to consider what steps ought to be taken. A most respectable meeting accordingly took place, at which Mr. Kissel, of the firm of Messrs. Kessler and Company, Manchester. made the following state ment, which removed all doubts as to the truth of the intelligence received. He said—By acco un t s f rom Frankfort on the Maine, it appears that the Chamber of Commerce there had received official notice that, at the ensuing meeting, early in July, at Berlin, the duty on all foreign worsted, worsted and cotton mixed dyed, printed, fancy woven or embroidered goods should be raised from 30 to 50 dollars per hundred weight. It is needless to say that this is a most important question for England, as, if carried into execution, this new tariff will almost annihilate this branch of export trade into Ger many, and the Yorkshire districts will have deeply to suffer under it. If the Government of England does not immediately and seriously take this matter up, and nse all possible influence and exertion to prevent the intro duction of this new tariff, the consequence for Yorkshire, and all districts connected with the worsted trade, will be most serious. It is to be feared that they will not stop there at Berlin, and that their tariff will end in an entire prohibition of British goods, though the present duties amount nearly already to a prohibition. There is no time to be lost, and the English Government ought to take this affair into grave consideration, and use energetic measures, else this trade will be lost, the same as the cotton goods trade with Germany. After this statement had been read by Mr. Kissel, a general feeling appeared to pervade the meeting that the best course to be pursued, under the circumstances, wou ld be to send a Dep u t a ti on i mm ediately to London, to wait upon Sir R. Peel, in order to represent to the Right Hon. Baronet the extremely critical position in which the trade of this district is now placed by the threatened increase of duties by the League, and to urge upon him and the Goverment the necessity of exercising all their influence to prevent the change contemplated. -- A Deputation was accordingly sent to Sir R. Peel.—Leeds Mercury. SIR ROBERT PEEL AND LORD STANLEY. — Another instance, illustrative of the absence of cordial feeling towards such other in these members of the " united Cabinet," occur red on Wednesday. Lord Stanley gave a grand dinner to the members of the Cabinet. The Premier was absent—being better entertained at Mr. Hull , th's Grand Concert, at Eae ter Hall ! The Echo de Vesone contains an account of a violent storm on the 3 lth inst., by which the department of the Dor dogne was greatly ravaged by the hail. The small river Salembre became so swollen by the bursting of a water-spout that it was formed into a torrent, which uprooted large trees, washed down houses, and drove the inhabitants of many others to the garrets and roofs, to escape the inundation. TIIE STADE DUTIES.--It appears, from an answer given on Tuesday evening by Sir Robert Peel to Mr. Hutt, that the proposition of the British Government with respect to these duties will not be accepted by King Ernest of Hanover. Thi s i s another i tem o ur merchants have to pay for To r y domination, and for which se many of them have themselv es t o blame. When the late Government was ejected , an agreement was all but signed, fixing the clues to be there after paid at one hundred per cen t. less than the present Go vernment proposed. And after this extra tax was offered by them to their dearly beloved Ernest—the Hanoverian King, knowing with wh om h e h as t o d e al, pretty plainly intimates that he will abate no jot of his custom. A twelve-pounder would be the most ready way of settling this question, and freeing British commerce from an illegal Ind unjustifiable im post. Adverti ser . . 27, 184 ONE It and COMMERCiAL NE W CITY, SATURDAY EVENING. Although scarcely . any business was transacted in the English market during the day, prices became very firm immediately before the close of business. Jobbers are doubltess anticipating that in the course of the ensuing week extensive purchases must be made for the purpose of investing the dividends, on account as well of charitable and other trusts, as on account of private individuals. Consols lett off at 91%, buyers for the account ex• dividend. Three per Cents. Re duced, 91i 91i; Bank Stock, 1661 167 i ; Exchequer Bills, 40 42 prem. Prices of Foreign Securities remained as yesterday ; Belgian, 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52i 52k; the Five per Cents., 101 101 i; Danish, 81 82 ; and Brazilian, 65 66. Mexican continues to advance, the last quotation being 37A 37%. London and Birmingham Railway Shares were, 175 177 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 49 51 ; Great Western, 87A 88A ; the Half Shares, 61A 62 ; South Western, 60A 61A ; North Midland, 60 62; the New Shares, 30 31 ; South Eastern, 25 25A ; the Scrip, 54 5A ; Eastern Counties, 84 9A; Northern and Eastern, 39 40; Blackwell, 9A 10; and Brighton, 35A 36 per share. The quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian, 23 23*; Pe ruvian, 17 18; Portuguese Five per Cents., 37 37A the Three per Cents., 21i 22A ; Spanish Five per Cents., 21{ 21i ; and the Three per Cents., 221224. It will be observed that the quotation of Colombian is about two per cent. below yesterday. This is to be attributed to a rumour that Government has not acceded to the terms pro posed by the Committee of South American bond-holders. They required a payment of two, while the Finance Minister of that country offers one per cent., and to commence the regular payment of the six per cent. after the expiration of four years from the present time. The principle of conversion is in ;itself bad, and it would be far better that some immediate payment should be made in full of the arrears—in fact a composition—than that the creditors should run the risk of having a large amount of fictitious Stock sent into the market, the proceeds of which, when sold, is to be appropriated to the payment of their claims , . It is not intended to be insinuated that such will be the case in the present instance, but merely to state that it has been d9ne, and that every opportunity is given for fraud by these frequent emissions of new Stock, over which no controul can be exercised. (From The Sun of Saturday.) The prices quoted to-day for all descriptions of securities, either English or Foreign, can only be considered as nominal, since no purchase has been made, or sale effected, in any of them. Consols, 91i for the opening ex dividend; Three per Cents. Reduced, 91i 91i; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Re duced, looi ; India Bonds, 23 25 ; and Exchequer Bills, New, 40 42 prem. No prices marked for any of the Foreign Securities. A few speculative operations have taken place in Mexican, the last of which was at 37g. Business in Shares are comprised in Eastern Counties, New, 6/. I Is. Ad. ; South Western, 60i ; York and North Midland, 32 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48 ; Bristol and Exeter, 43 ; and Brighton, 35g. The pressure for silver still continues, and neither private bankers nor the Bank of England are able to supply the demand. It is universally admitted that means should have been adopted previously to issuing the late proclamation, to have met the inquiry which it was obvious must take place. The receipts for silver by the latter establishment have of late—that is to say, during the last nine months been extremely large, and some portion of it at least should have been kept coined ready for circulation. An instance of the robberies weekly, if not daily attempted on the lower classes, has come to light, more flagrant, if possible, than any which have been previously published. A person keeping a public-house at the terminus of a railway, and holding a situation on it, was applied to on Saturday last, to exchange a cheque, in order to save the trouble of a journey to London. The proceeds wege appropriated to the pay ment of the wages of the engineers, &c.. all of whom were obliged to change the light sovereigns at the house of the utterer, at a discount, upon the average, of nearly Is. each. The party thus deriving a double profit, first getting rid of light coin at the full nominal value, and thus purchasing it back again at a rate below its intrinsic worth. Intelligence from Sydney to the 13th, Hobart Town 18th of February, and Mauritius 20th of March, have been received. The accounts from Sydney are decidedly more favourable, and the markets are stated to have shown increased firmness, the demand for manufactured goods being batter, and large ad vances made on them. To this must be added that several parties had been forced to effect sales much below the real value ; thus, it would appear, that further shipments would, for some time, be injudicious. Much regret was experienced that the Steam Navigation Company had been dissolved in consequence of severe losses, and the probability that the valuable means of communication, which had done so much towards increasing the prosperity of this colony, would be discontinued. A new settlement was about to be formed at Moreton's Bay, the first sale of the land, the minimum price of which was to be twelve shillings per acre, being fixed to take place in July. The demand for labourers continued in the interior, although many immigrants remained unemployed at Sydney, and Government had offered to convey them free of expense, as far as they could proceed by water. The information from Hobart Town is unimportant ; the farmers, however, were complaining of the low prices obtained for their produce • and it is stated that at Launceston wheat had been sold as low as four and five shillings per bushel. The market for sugar at the Mauritius was firm, and the better qualities, as well as good syrup sugars, were scarce. The public sales for the week ending 15th March, had con prised nearly 4,000 bags, all of which had found buyers. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE 23. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 99i 'Grand Canal Stock _ _ Ditto Reduced Ditto New 183() 99i Ditto 4 per cent 31 1 per Cent. Debs. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 24.—There is no alteration to notice in the state of the Market, though the sales have reached 5,000 bales. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 24.—The Market was a degree firmer to-day. The transactions were confined to Chester and Birkenhead. New, 12 ; Eastern Counties, New, 61. 9s. 2d. ; Liverpool and Manchester, Halves, 8.5 i ; Man chester and Leeds, Quarters, si. _ _ MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE JUNE 24.—The market still continues without animation, and prices mostly nominal. Our quotations are—London and Birmingham, 176 to 178 ; ditto New 321. Shares, 291 to 30 ; Manchester and Leeds, 80 to 82; ditto Half Shares, 35 to 36 ; ditto Quarters, to 5; Manchester and Birming ham, 241. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock pm Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 42 pm Ditto 5001 42 pm Ditto Small Bank Stock fur Acct -- India Stock for 0pg.... ... Consols for Opg. ...... 91i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... ,Portuguese, 5 per cent. Bank Stock 1 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Con! 3i Red...... looi Cent. Red 100 i New 3i per Cent... New 5 per Cen: Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... 12i Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860. . . Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, crew Ditto — Brazilian Bonds... — Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent - Chilian, 6 per cent B4 Ditto, Metallic ...... . .... Colombian, 6 per rent — Spanish, 5 per cent 2li Ditto, 1824 2si Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent - French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c. Mexican, 5 per cent 37i French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 21 per cent. Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent...... — SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. ... .. 43 Cheltenham and Creat Western (80 paid)... 27 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... . —. Ditto New Shares ( paid) ... Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... 48 Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid London and Brighton (50 paid) .. ........ .., 351 London and Blackwall ( paid) ...... ...... 9i London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 60i Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) .. .. 80 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto New Shares (40 paid.) York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 90 Ditto New Shares (15 paid) The Gazette du Centre announces that the Abbe Berthaud, Theological Canon af Limoges, has been no minated Bishop of Tulle. At the last sitting of the Comite Historique des Arts et Monuments a report was read, containing notices of 94 French artists of the middle ages, including, architects, sculptors, painters, and goldsmiths, whe lived in the period from the 12th to 17th centuries. These make a total of 319 artists of whom the Committee have in less than twelve months received information more or less detailed. MADRID, JUNE 17.—The Chambers have not re opened yet, nor will they, according to report, before Monday next. Every one speculates, but no one seems as yet able to say what will be the reception of the new Cabinet in the Cor tee. The Deputies of the " coalition" hold a private meet ing to-night, under the impression that they are immediately to be dissolved. This, of course, will entirely depend upon their own conduct. The new Ministers held a council, pre sided by the Regent, at mid-day; and the old took their leaves about the same time. The reports of disturbances at Seville turn out to be exaggerated. Fives Active 31i at 60 days. A report of the Strasburg and Basle Railroad gives the following u the receipts for the present year :—January, 81,960 f, giving an average of 2,643 f. a day ; Vebruary, 86,940 f., or 3,105 f. a day ; March, 126,494 f., or 4,089 f. a day ; April, 125,309 f., or 4,177 f. a day ; May, 156,232 f., or 5,040 f. a day ; and the first 15 days of June, 83,394 f., or 5,560 f. a day. The collection of pictures goad books of the late Lord Trimblestown, who resided sever: years in Paris, will, we understand, be sold by auction in a few• days, his Lordship's executor having arrived in Paris for that purpose. WOMAN AT A PREMIUM.—The Congress of Texas have passed a law granting 2,982 acres of good land to every woman who will marry, during the present year, a citizen of that republic, who was such at the time of the declaration o independence.. is A fire burst out in the commune of Chauvincourt, near Etrepagny, on the 17th inst., at ten in the morning. Eight houses were burnt with their furniture and out-offices in less than half an hour, and a child perished in the flames. This deplorable accident was caused by some children lighting chemical matches in the yard of one of the houses. The Industriel Alsacien of the 19th inst. states that just as it was going to press intelligence was brought that a violent fire was raging at Illfurth, on the road to Alkirch. The fire appeared at one in the day, and at four thirty houses, the church, and the school had been consumed. ONE WOMAN FOR ALL MEN.—A gentleman sat l i down to write a deed, and began" Know one woman by these presents." " You are wrong," said a bystander. " It should be Know all men.' " " Very well," answered the other, "if one woman knows it, all men will know it too." We quote the following from the Courrier de Lyon :—" Two companies, formed at Lyons, are successfully engaged in working the rich mines of Murcia, in Spain, sup ported by the Spanish Government, which appears to appre ciate their industry, and foresee the influence it must have in curing the indolence of the inhabitants, who for ages have suf fered so much wealth to lie dormant and useless. The galena, or lead ore, mixed with silver, is the chief mineral hitherto explored. A vein of coal has lately been found near Arboleas, of sufficiently good quality to be used with great advantage is smelting and other operations." VITRIOL THROWING.—In consequence of private in formation obtained by the Bridewell Guard, Messrs. Rich and Beech accompanied by a party of police under Head Constable Condon, proceeded to Evergreen road yesterday evening, where they arrested Michael Mulcahy, a sawyer, who is charged with having been concerned in the conspiracy against Mr. Wil son. On the same evening, O'Grady of the Bridewell Guard succeeded in arresting Owen Connor, in Market-street, and Head Constable Ward also arrested Jeremiah Keeffe in Old George's -street, who are also charged with the same offence. Informations were this day sworn before Captain White, and the parties remanded to jail to take their trials at the ensuing Aisisec*— Cork Examiner, COURT CItuCULAR Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Bel-- gians received the Foreign Diplomatic Corps on Sa turday at Buckingham Palace. Their Excellencies, attended by their Secretaries and Attaches, arrived one o'clock, arid had the honour of being pres , nted to their Majesties by M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister. Among those present were—Aly tfrefidi f Otto man Ambassador, and Fuad Effendi, Secretary - of the Embassy ; Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister ; Count Pollon, the Sardinian Minister ; Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister; M. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister ; Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister; and Count Chreptowitch, First Secretary to Legation ; Count Kielmansegge, the Ha noverian Minister ; Baron de Hugel, the Wurtember, Minister; M. Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister ; and M. Phocion Roque, SecretSry of Legation ; Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, and Baron Charles de Canitz, Secretary of Legation ; Le Commandeur Marques de Lisboa, the Brazilian Minister ; and Le Chevalier A. de Paiva, Secretary of Legation ; Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, and Baron Brock dorff, Secretary, and M. de Bielke, Attache to the Legation ; Baron de Nieumann, the Austrian Minis ter, and Baron Kollor and Baron Lebzaltern, Secre taries, and Count Esterhazy, Attache to the Lega tion ; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, Mr. Col quhoun, Diplomatic Agent, and Consul-General for the Hanse Towns ; M. Mosquera, Charge d.Affaires from New Grenada; Baron Bentinck, Nether lands Charge d'Affaires ; M. de Vaudeul, M. Rabaudy, Count de Noailles, and Count Chabot, Secretaries and Attaches of the French Embassy ; General Castelcieala, Le Vicomte de Tonghe ; and Mr. Charles Castellain, Belgian Vice-Consul. Their Majesties were attended, during the recep tion, by the Countess de Merode, Baron de Dieskau, and M. de Moerkerke. Mr. Charles Drouet, Secretary of Legation, at tended His Excellency the Belgian Minister. Her Majesty tho Queen Dowager, and Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, attended by their respective suite, arrived at Marlborough House, at eleven o'clock, on Saturday morning, from Bushy House, Bushy Park. Soon after one o'clock, Her Majesty and the Duchess, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and attended by Madlle. Kaas, the Earl of Denbigh, and Baron d'Erffa, honoured the Earl and Countess of Brownlow with a visit, at their residence in Belgrave-square. After partaking of a dejeune with the Earl and Countess, the Queen Dowager, and the Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, attended by the Countess Brownlow and Madlle. Kaas, went to Buckingham Palace, to visit the Queen and Prince Albert, and the King and Queen of the Belgians. The Queen Dowager remained upwards of an hour with the august party. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and their Belgian Majesties on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, rode out on horseback on Saturday afternoon. The King and Queen of the Belgians and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. The Countess de Merode, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baron de Dieskau, M. de Moerkerke, and Lord Charles Wellesley attended. The Address of the City of London to the King of Prussia, illuminated by Mr. Dowse with the insignia of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and also with the Orders of the Black Eagle, the Iron Cross, the Order of Brandenburgh, the Order of Merit, and other Prussian Orders, was submitted on .Thursday to her Majesty and Prince Albert, who were graciously pleased to express their approbation. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the King of the Belgians, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the 'Hon. and Rev. N. Grenville, from St. Luke, chap. 24, verse 44. The Prayers were read by the Rev. J. Povah, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Communion Service, by the Rev. Dr. Wesley and the Rev. J. Povah. The Chant was the Earl of Morthngton's, the Te Deum and Jubilate in G, Aldrich, the Sanctus and Responses in G, Hawes. The Anthem "In Jewry is God known" (Whitfield) was sung by Messrs. Hawkins, Hobbs, and Chapman, and Masters Lyon and Deane. Sir George Smart presided at the Organ. The Dean of Hereford was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. The Royal suite included the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Hamilton, Viscount Hawarden, Lord George Lennox, Gen. the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, Lord Charles Wellesley and Sir Edward Bowater. • Ladies Wilton, Palmerston, J. Eliot, and Rendle sham, Lords Bandon, Wilton, Effingham, Gosford, Errol, Palmerston, Eliot, Canterbury, Wrottesley, and Cantilupe, were among the nobility present. The King of the Belgians left town yesterday after noon, for his residence at Claremont. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen of the Bel gians yesterday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Meiningen and suite, left town at five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, on their return to Bushy House, Bushy Park. The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended divine service yesterday afternoon in Westminster Abbey. Lady Augusta Somerset and Major Stephens were in waiting on the Royal Duchess. The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cam bridge honoured Lady Rendlesham with their com pany on Friday evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of I Cambridge, ho noured Mr. Dunn's Chinese Collection with a visit on Friday. Sir John Yarde Buller, M.P., and a Deputation on Irish Communication, had an interview with Sir Ro bert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Deputation consisted of Lord Duncan, M.P. • Lord Emlyn, M.P. ; Lord Chelsea, M.P. ; Hon. daptain Howard, M.P. ; Mr. Labou chere, M.P. ' • Lord Courtenay, M.P. ; Mr. Miles, M.P. ; Dr. Nicoll, M.P. ; Mr. Pendarves, M.P. ; Sir Thomas D. Acland, M.P. ; Mr. Acland, M.P. ; Captain Layard, M.P. ; Colonel H. Baillie, M.P. ; Mr. Villiers Stuart, M.P.; Mr. Wise, M.P. ; Mr. Richard Blakemore, M.P. ; Sir Thomas Esmonde, M.P. ; Sir Denham Norreys, ' M.P. • Mr. Sergeant Stock, M.P. ; Colonel Butter, M.P. ; Sir R. Bulkeley Phillips, M.P.; Mr. Cripps, M.P.; Mr. Holland, M.P. ; Mr. Dickinson, M.P. ; Sir John Guest, M.P.; Mr. Russell, M.P. ; Mr. Rundle, M.P. ; Sir J. E, Colebrooke, M.P. ; Mr. Sergeant Murphy, M.P. ; Captain Bryan, M.P. ; Mr. Montague Gore, M.P. ; Hon. Robert Gore, M.P. ; Mr. W. S. O'Brien, M.P. ; Mr. J. H. Vivian, M.P. ; Mr. D. Morris, M.P. ; Capt. Plumridge, M.P. ; Mr. F. Hodgson, M.P. ; Mr. Broadwood, M.P.; Mr. Divett, M.P. ; Mr. Latouche, M.P. ; Mr. Pusey, M.P. ; Mr. M'Geachy, M.P. ; Mr. Gill, M.P. ; Mr. Buck, M.P. ; Mr. Codrington, M.P. ; Mr. J. 0. Brien, M.P. ; Mr. Charteris, M.P. ; Hon. J. Howard, M.P. ; Colonel Wood, M.P. • Mr. John O'Connell, M.P. ; Hon. Grantley Berkeley, M.P. ; Mr. Vincent Stuckey, Mr. S. Guppy, Mr. Bianconi, Captain Claxton, R.N. ; Mr. J. Houldsworth ; Mr. Samuel Ricketts, and Mr. Samuel Dickson. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Mr. More O'Fer rall, and Sir Augustus D'Este, had interviews with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Wood, and a Deputation, including Mr. Raud and Mr. J. Horsfall, from Brad ford, Yorkshire ; Mr. George Kissel, from Manches ter ; and Mr. Edward Akroyd, had an interview, on Saturday, with Sir Robert Peel, in Downing-street. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Mauritius. A Deputation of merchants trading t ► the East In dies, had an interview, on Saturday, with Sir Ro bert Peel. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday, and resumed the hearing of an appeal from Bengal, " Sheikh Imdad Ali v. Mussumat Kootby Begum." Mr. Loftus Wigram, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Ed mund Moore, and Mr. Lloyd, were heard for the re spective parties. Judgment was not given. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Sir Alexander Johnstone sat as a Privy Councillor. The Duke of Wellington, accompanied by the Earl and Countess of Wilton, visited the panoramas of Waterloo and Caubul, on Saturday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Hon. Mrs. Goulburn, had a dinner party on Saturday, at their residence in Downing -street. The Earl of Minto has left Farrance's Hotel, for his seat in Scotland. A NARROW ESCAPE.—The Sentinelle of Bayonne gives an account of an accident that happened in that city in the afternoon of the 13th inst., which might have been attended with the most awful consequences. A train of six artillery waggons, laden with fifty barrels of gunpowder, for the arsenal, in going down the Rue Alaubec, which is very steep, had one of the wheels of each waggon locked to stop the rapidity of the descent. When they arrived at the gate of the gendarmerie bar racks, the brigadier perceived smoke and sparks of fire issuing from one of the locked wheels and gave the alarm. Abundance of water was immediately brought, and the fire was extinguished. On examining the wheel, it was found that the tire had been rendered redhot by the friction, and had set fire to the felloe. We are glad to perceive, from the country journals and other sources of information, that the recent seasonable rains have been pretty general throughout the country, and that the accounts from all quarters agree in anticipating the prospect of an early, good, and abundant crop of almost all things designed by Providence for the nourishment of our fel low-oreatures. OLD RAGS.—It appears that the six hundred paper mills in the United States annually consume rags, old canvas, rope, &c., out of which paper is made to the enormous sum of six millions eight hundred thousand dollars ! an amount greater than the entire exports of the thirteen American cold. pies seventy ran ago.—Jamaica Despatch. HER iV177k77 --- lES Y'S THEATIt.b. About six o'clock on Saturday evening placards were posted at the entrances to her Majesty's Theatre, as well . ~ as those in the Opera Arcade, and also those in the Bar • ' market, announcing the postponement of the opera of .. I Puritani, and the substitution of the opera Beatrice di , Tenda, in its stead, The reason assigned for the change _, was contained in the following notice and certifieate: --- ~ " It is with great pain announced that in consequence _. . of the severe illness of Madame Persiani, as will_ appear. from the following certificate:— " Four o'Clock, Saturday, June 15, 1842. •- ona " Madame Persiani is confined to her bed with feveris isti, and a sore throat, which renders it impossible for her Le ; a % sing this evening, " JAMES WARDROP, Itl.lls , si-Y • C " Charles-street, St. James's-square." .., , t3e/ It was advertised that Beatrice di Tenda wou ld bio 9d: substituted for I Puritani, and that Rubini would sing . 7 :: ,„ the grand scena " Vivi tu," from Anna Baena. At hal f " past six, or thereabouts, the doors of the theatre were opened, and within a quarter of an honr the house crowded, not alone in those parts devoted to the genera! public, the pit and the galleries, but also in those devoted exclusively to the rank and fashion of the country—tee boxes.and stalls. The commencement of the perforrnanct' was fixed to take place at half-past seven, but nto thhe at , hour there was no appearance of life on the part f t management beyond the filling of the orchestra and the full illumination of the theatre. About twenty minu tes • to eight o'clock, Signor Costa took his seat before the • conductor's desk, and gave the signal to the orchestra t? proceed. This served as a signal to the audience. A 2,:., general explosion of hisses, groans, cries, calls, and el' ' ', c :j . , clamations of dissatisfaction burst forth from every ter ; and the loudest masses of sound produced by the . excellent band of this theatre were iterally drowned is ' 4 ,,, the flood of tumult and violence. This scene of strifee:oe: between discord and harmony, lasted all through O. ,°.40. overture, .the whole being bat a piece of dumb shop' ! ) 0 0 ,i i . The overture concluded, the curtain rose on th4fir!",;Ja: : scene of the opera, and discovered the chorus ranged ' lt • ' a, order ready to commence. The conductor tapped o , a :,,:, his desk, the chorus attempted to begin, but the 10 1 quar- ,!,, house rose en masse, as one man, gallery, pit, boxes, 511 . 4 ,, stalls, and literally hooted them off the stage. The cry .'; gti was for Mr. Lumley, and " Lumley,' " LurnleY! A i. Ifil " Lumley," " Shame," " Shame," Shame," resnundet*,,ont from all parts of the theatre. More than ten minutes',, had now elapsed, and the impatience of the crowd seem ~.119"/ almost at its height. At this period Monsieur Laurent? „,,;(11), the stage-manager, offered to address the audience. Il e '. 1 . 0 was received with a roar of disapprobation ; but tht ' 4 1 4 , better feeling of a British public immediately resunaea' v”°; t o its influence, and he had in a few moments an atteutivt ' O O auditory,. But, alas ; he addressed them in the Freneff'; 00 language instead of the English ; and, therefore, t he rose again with a roar, and drove him o ff the bo . e O 9l before he bad uttered three sentences. The uPree_ f r ' A' 1 1; which had been partially appeased on the appearance :4' this gentleman, now burst forth again, and continued , il i t ' 4 '7'; a very uncourteous fashion for a considerable peri oa under such circumstances—say some ten or twelve minutes. At thn expiration of that time, M. Laurent re - e 1 ), ' peared, attempting to address the audience in English. Ne i ' a syllable of his matter, however, would be listened to, a n d as before, he was driven off the stage by the vehemen ce of the public dissatisfaction. Four several times did he re-appear afterwards, and as many times was he ear pelled to retire. The cry was still for Mr. Lumley. This,: ' --- o i state of things lasted until about a quarter to nine o'clock..; 'fl At this period Signor Rubini, who Wits called for by- -'; 0 • some few of the audience, made his appearance on the ,„i stage, and was received with the heartiest cheering by t he . 4 house ; but no sooner had he attempted to address-thos e .-6 1 who accorded it to him, as an ambassador, or intertee- 4 ,i 4 diate agent, than he was literally roared off the stage' ~?" The good-natured signor, however, was not to be deter . ' ~p±4 red from his purpose ; and he, accordingly, made hi s -' appearance once more with the view of soothing down the , excitement. On the former occasion he was alone ; an d the few words he was heard to speak were uttered in the, language of his own land; on this occasion he was attende d by an interpreter, to translate his address into English,' But Italian or English availed not front any other mou t h than Mr. Lumley's, and Rubini was drifen from th e • stage a second time. It was now nearly an hour and s ' half since the disturbance had commenced, and there was more appearance of its increase than its subsidenc e. Cries of all kinds—and other uncouth noises, of a nature • not often heard within the walls of this theatre- - r e '.• sounded on every side of the house ; and even the ant e est could not foresee when the storm would end, or in ' .1 what disastrous consequences it might issue: . Ladies wer e leaving their places, in fear of what they fancied was t.. ; ' ', follow—men were gathered together in groups—the front‘ ~ of the boxes were occupied with their tenants—the en; ~' tire audience in the pit, stalls, and gallery was up stato r ing—a fearful scene in some degree to look' oh. At te e minutes past nine o'clock, or one hour and =a half after, the commencement of the " row," Mr. Lumley appearefa ~f before the audience, and the roar with which, he -ri e r;J . ,i ! received never was snrpassed by the d ru nk e n - gods:: ri the lowest theatre in London, on the fi rs t n ight 0r•P'0`,,,,. Christmas pantomime. Comparative silence. at level , ot., being restored, Mr. Lumley addressed the audience, rf t ~', said, amidst great interruption, " I am asked M eg.,' whyL., dame Persiani does not sing to-night, and why IT , o f opera has been changed ? I received a letter from. 4 ,0 , her about one o'clock to-day.—(Cries of " Why 01 2V i cii,e you not come sooner ?") It is asked why I t'"‘ '„ei not announce the fact sooner ? The answer .' 5 . .,4 plain—We, who are occasionally behind the sceeee'*:Ad know that in numerous instances that an artist who ii s ''J,S4 ill is is often subsequently induced to sing. Madam tif Persiani herself thought she might be able to take r ti ot' o part this evening, omitting the " Polacca " and n " Cavatina," and I went to her to ascertain the fatVrA But it was to no purpose ; she was too ill to sirie;;7s o / r 4,1 (Great disturbance)—and as I was on the point of issui4j the bills, I received a letter from Madame Treaso/in. 196 ,01; stating that she was ill, and could not sing ;. we Pesl,V , suaded her to appear, and then the bills were iss4W:7(ll,P:f The real question seems to be—Was Madam e Persieel,V,' really ill ? We know she was, because at the conoeer,,,e;; at the palace the night before, which she attendedlo:ff obedience to her Majesty's command, she was unable l i , " proceed with the airs allotted to her, and her MapVliii ' would not permit her to proceed."—(Uproar.) Is itTelt_,94 7 or reasonable, he said, to call upon me to appear bernV2 you and speak, and then refuse to hear my explanations i° l —(Cheers and hisses.) He then proceeded to 501)9 with respect to Madame Persiani, that • having done !'''' A he could to induce her to sing, and she being unable W...;, do so, he could do no more. The only alternisti ce '4 therefore, left him was to change the °Per e ' .. ,;f ll He certainly might, he admitted, be considered e t s 01, having in some sense acted wrongly, because he shnt-"T„I perhaps have closed the house rather than have char' je; l 4 the advertised performances ; but he had done it va:1,7,) the best intention—that the public might not be tote/ ft . "? disappointed. He was heard no more. The storm &n it ' -,,•`.; him off the boards with its fury. The uproar re - elf ': ,9 tnenced with his retirement, and continued for a full l' • 1 hour longer with unabated violence. Several atteo3P„..t'''. were made by Costa to begin the music of the opera,,!,/,'; they were roared down by the angry audience. 7, chorus singers were cried out of voice, and ultitnett •r„ compelled to quit the stage. Even the female chn: was not tolerated on the scene for a single Inin tl „,ii Eventually Mr. Lumley once more came forward, e 7 ,4 stated that, as he saw there was a determination 0 to listen to the opera, he had given directions to "P ' dite the ballet ; and in addition, those who wished .. .7 admission fur another night could have it. nil; peared to satisfy the audience, and the ballet eb°r, c , Ig after commencing, peace was restored. This w- ,:i turbance lasted exactly two hours. Her aie s 'y : had intended, it was understood, to be present . 1 .0 the performance, but the account of the tun, within the house, which had been promptly and proper ti ;, transmitted to the palace, prevented her. It is fewe r hoped we shall never look upon its like again in ', lO theatre. The King and Queen of the Belgians. ' Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambriti e ; Princess Augusta and Prince George of Cambridget, t o Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke and De e 'di , • of Leinster, and a very numerous and fashionable 0 , 1 . 1 . 0 . b once witnessed this disgraceful scene. Talk of ,t7O breeding and gentlemanly conduct at the Italian vi - after this 1 the A letter from Chazey (Ain) states, that on of: 10th, about four in the evening, so dreadful a shoire,oo hail came down that the persons who were in the P e or were severely injured by it. The country, the n30° 3 0,1 before looking beautifully from the rich harvest, wl‘ s n i i ia at once covered with such a quantity of hailstones , 13 ",,i. ..1 of them as large as a walnut, that 36 hours aft_ A er j . bs though the weather was warm and dry, they eow e taken up by handfulls. The amount of destruetild of been immense. The trees and shrubs are depri v ,.„ol4 their leaves, and greatly injured. The birds eve n not escape, for many were found dead in the fields;o _OO4O great many of the inhabitants have been reduced ty by the devastations of this storm. • te j ' o 4 l The Berlin State Gazette publishes a notiee'soitA,'; t o t minding the operatives of the article of the frf oar; r 0 :0 1 Code, which punishes with an imprisonment 0 ' 00,0 Y three days to a fortnight, every workman vit o tiii prefer idleness to labour on th e work-days, '""•;- ' '1 ;0' services are required by his employer. #ll .00 The Chamber of Hesse-Darmstadt adopted , ° 11 " K I 17th inst., by a majority of 24 to 25; the „, prop?, the Government, that the principal lines of rau vv " e itrA4l l° 1 tended to be constructed in that country shall '"" ATO cuted at the charge of the state. 001 0 .6 0 0 P FEMALE LABOUR IN MINES..-...The colllv'Lmilf:4,ol ployed in the works belonging to the Earl of Balcarresc r i; o rvik o A ° notice, on Saturday last, that the employment of feints- -0 0 ing in the colliery would in future be discontinued . :-* 4 . 1 04 Mercury. 4;41 Great complaints having been made, w2t h o os in last few days, of the difficulty of obtaining silver at t h e to _,l ; eooTi England, or any of the private banks, it may be prat s it ra_:,....ts! ,e ks a f that there has been, within the last two or three &cloy ar . :l. l '..,fs', tensive issue of new half sovereigns, dated 1841., ve cessi! l , - ;,;.-:•: i i now to be had at all the banks, and, consequentl y , t4 stf ree. 1 1 for silver will be in a great measure superseded. -- u PRESEN CATION OF PLATE TO MR. to f CAL' CALAIS.—The wreck of the Minerva brig on the cu7 h „ ee°r - • lais, in the month of March last, will still be fresh in lection of our readers. So also will be the generous o f Or, Lion of Mr. Sclater, Mr. Canney, and the gallanet t i t; o a t eZ Majesty's steamer Widgeon, who rescued from 0 . . 4 Feel the Minerva seven of her crew. The honours wow e d ii k !b li and English united in conferring on the parties evgagoorietpall gallant affair were, on Monday last, crowned by 0f,...09 sad My of Calais in a way alike honourable to those W_P o v h ' o te a" - o f to him who received their tribute. On that day a mere. tow elegant silver epergne, with an inscription eon, be sriaga r , the service which induced the testimonial, an d to 4 5 0 names of all the generous boat's crew, was Pr: g ;j ai or, str a nd Sclater, in the Hotel de Ville, of Calais, by tia o pC: 40 , presence of the municipal body, and of a number,: l .,, , English residents. On the following day (Tue n ''2 On a jtA' s c ' o 9 hours' notice only, a farewell dinner was give at f i l eol ov n officer. Between thirty and forty gentlemen ra e _b oo i n ie9 04 , 4 4 0 : at Dowers's Hotel, where a splendid banquet: l 7 or the o birts io., l ; lo l lish liberality with French taste, was prepared rs by 0 9'1 I* *IIP chair was•filled by Captain Stodart, the vice- cha r and Alfred Thorne, Esq., who were use Commandant of the cavalry now in quarters s . - de Sabra, —Lever Chronicle. . • kg th k 1 o,k