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

v. 413" • T T • • • 7 LATH EDITIONS of " THE SUN " the' CITY. 7414. , 10881 1 1 TLIOALLS, of N o. I, FINCI 4 - •• - 1 ; LANE, CORNHILI:; tuts 'made arrangentents by clica the .eablic atul the Trade may be supplied with a • THIRD EDITION of "THE SUX" • , i'aYERY EVENING at HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK,.i And. Subsequent Editions when Published. The, tHIRD'ADITION of " THE SUN" contains the PROCEEDINGS of both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT ap to SEVEN O'CLOCK, and all other important in formation aeceseible to that hour. Qn TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS a-full Abstract of the " Lon don Gazette"—Bankruptcies, Promotions in the Army and Navy, &e. gcc . , will be found in this Edition:the importaisce of which will be appreciated by • MERCHANTS and . BANKERS for their FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.: • Ad vert i semen ts and Orders for " The Sun" received by Mr. Thomas, No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; where also may be obtained Every Morning, before Eight o'Clock, " THE MORNING SUN." 13, Great Marlborough-street. 11 /11 AD A_AfE D'ARBLAY'S DIARY . AND LETTERS, VOL. IV. WILL BE READY IN A FEW DAYS. .* Orders received by all I)ooksellers. 'Henry Co!burn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 27: • The Performances will , commence with LUClLLE.—Characters by Me.zrs. J. Vining, J. Blmd, Oxberry, and Miss Faucit. After which the New Farce, called UNCLE NlP.—Principal Characters by ildr. Harley and rs. Hamby. T. Which w:11 be added the New Burletta, called THE WATER WITCHEE, in wh.ch Nlossis V niug, Oxberry, W. II Bland, Bar re , *Misses Murray, Crisp, Pincott, and Hughes, will appear. Bows, 4s. Pit, Gallery, Is. Doors o,.en at Half-past Six; cornmelice at Seven; . Half.price, a Quarter before Nine. Pr,vive Boxes to be had of Mr. Gragal, at the Private Box-otfica ; and of Mears, Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Baily,at their Libraries. -- ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the irnrr ense overflows that have been attracted by the performance of " La Sonnambula," supported by the first musical talent this eosmtry can pro.:uce, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, JUNE 27. The performances will commence with Behini's LA SONNAM. BMA.— Amine. Miss Reiner; Liza, Mrs. Serie; Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. W. Hirrison; with an increased Band, and a powerful Chorus, conducted y Mr. G. Stansbury. Alter which 4 a Drama call.d THE CROWN PRINCE; or the 'BUCKLE Ok DIAMONDS, in which Mr. 3. Webster will appear. To cumin e with Mr. Leman Rede's JACK IN THE W &CELL jack, Mr. George Wild; Betty. Miss E. Terry. Places anti Private Boxes may be ad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box Office, from Eleven till Four daily. ' FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. - THIS EVENING; JUNE The ' Performanc es will commence with UN DUEL SOUS LE CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU. After which, MICHEL PEKRIN.—Michel Perrin, ancien Cure, Monsieur Bouffe. To conclude with LA MATSON EN LOTTERlE.—Rigaudin, Monsieur tiouffb Boxes, 6s. • Pit, 3s . 6d. ; Amphitheatre (or ;Gallery Stalls), 3 s. ; Gallery, 2s. 'Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per• hirmances cemmence at Half-past Seven. .._Applicetions for Boxes and Stalls for the remainder of the Season, —hi be made at Mi. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond.strect ; Mr. Se. puin's, 12, Regent.street; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street; and at _the' Box-office of the Theatre, which , is open daily, from Eleven ,till rive e'elock. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully int - grilled 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 Javan rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in ti,d;actions, which render them more generally attractive, The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many voidable and im p live acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and B irds . F Feeding Time o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instAnees remodelled, with a Mechanical Table .0 d'action, repre senting the Proce,sion of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Noblt,4, to the Castle of St. Angelo. aB AN D inchnLs some of the most eminent Performers, con 3.ieteti by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES sICA LES selectedf rom the noblest works of the great Masters.- The ILLUMINATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GIRA NDOLA o' ST. ANGELO, tvi h all the gorgeous Spectacles and magnificent Introductions that have called forth ac elammations of dehght and admiration on each evening of their ex. bibition, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASC 4.DE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Promenades Mus,cales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola if St. Angelo, &.c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. .0.11 Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of "The Sun." ':. . • -,-. .: 1 , :t. - ,14 , cr -N A 2 I f ;1 ), , - rt- -, %.. • 0 . _Y di _4 2 - . „„.,, ..;,., 0 ,.,.., 41 mu , ...,,, 0 ,r it 3% NZ " p 16 - vitt Awn. LONDON : MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1842. • The Deputation from the manufacturing districts, whose presence in London, and whose visit to Sir R. FEEL 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 wage 3 are still falling: In Dundee, the number of u netaployed 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 tow nship of Great Bolton, in 1836 .37 was 3,95 IL, in 1841-2, 216,740/., and for the next six months notless thanlo,oool.. will be wanted. Out of the rated rental of 86,0001. a year, only 36,000/. is paying to the poor-rates, the re nia.inder being either empty property, or the occupiers are unable to pay the rates. In 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. 3n Prescott, out of 1,100 householders in this town of 6,000 inhabitants, 200 were recently summoned in one .clay 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 j ura,terial 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 -workin; 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 an equally painfiii character from almost every part of the country. - - - - . Some of these statements, with others in addition, wets?. made in the House of Commons on Friday eventlg 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 gro`lnd, 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 *ices ;—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 elieevfdl 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 benefited by the destruction of half our towns — are made to -:fear that the, majority of our legis lators hear with pleasure, rather than sorrow and shame, those tales of distress and woe in the manu facturing districts, and that the manufacturers take an . erroneous met_ l kod of reaching either their heads or ' their hearts. Ohr town population, in olden times, shook off. its tillegiance to the itmdowners. A great squire, before . - whom every hat is tiPffed and every back bent in his own village, finds hililself a nobody among the stal- N'vait artisans of Birm ni ;ham' and Manchester. The squires have an habit. ual and inherited hatred to litich independent men. • The workshops of the 'empire are also the focii of strange political opinions. The new population ivhi, grows up there not only dissents from a number of doctrines that are time `honoured in the rural O istl icts—they also infect even ' Squire ' s dependents w,, th a littlo unruliness, and 1 sake, . 1 lenow• according - t Y hated, not only for th eir but for the cor. rziFt`Lon they spread amongst _.ot Lers. • The old squirearchy a' •prnud, or too idle to incl.( we . 'so, being too ign orant, too their own wealth, have +ken with no little envy— 0 1 1,h has not been lessened 13 y the boasting of the ma nu factur.ns—the great and iiidden opulence of m as t 2r spinnerST weavers, and daiirs. • They, . have Seen t 5o -,e, whom - they call a 1 nius4room race, dispossess Vi e Ix friends and relations 4411dr halls and castles, ui,d. they bear no go6d will to:.the 'upstarts whO make u toney by trade. , Even those ivho have sprung from th i .. -t loins of traders wish tri'enjcitivithout. encroachment ti ' ..le exclusive privileges 6ritriitocracy, and are more env, louts and jealous of nevi' sharers in them than the old. er families of land evefiers • • : these accounts, it is our I deliberate opinion, ons, and depend nit' the landed gentry, their connosi tints, who give the tone to the majority of the House of Commons, hear with no dissatisfaction and no dis• pleasure these tales o diminished profit, lessened cm: ployment, and starving multitudes` in the manufac turing districts. It is a maxim of English law, and of common sense, to infer motives from effects, and a man who slays another, unless the contrary be clearly proved, is held to have done it -froin 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 be 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 in 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 unruly 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 from the 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 be 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 querulous that it is given rather in meal than in money.! Sir R. PEEL has passed, or is sure speedily to pass, all his measures, and when he has 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 It. 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 on 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. Sikh 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. 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 443,2781., while in the latter it was 253,7791., 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 in; 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. DISTRESS AT LEEDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Herewith you will receive a copy of a requisi tion to the Mayor, already signed by about 200 of the most respectable shopkeepers and other tradesm: n in Leeds, nearly one-half of whom are Conservatives. All parties have united to make known the alarming . state of trade, and the unparalleled distress that pre vails in the borough, but it is not the intention of the requisitors to discuss, or recommend any particular re medy ; they will merely content themselves by stating facts, and making known the real state of their trade, in the hope that something will be done immediately, for this state of things cannot continue much longer ; soniething must be done. The meeting will be convened by circular, on Wed nesday or Thursday next. The Magistrates have a meeting this day to consider -what can be done relative to the distress that prevails in.the borough, and the subject will be brought under the notice of the Town Council some day next week. Not less than 4,040 heads of families in the township of Leeds are receiving parochial relief at the present time, and, calculating five to a family, we have upwards of 20,000 persons receiving parochial relief, being about one-fourth of the population in the township ; and the other townships in the borough are in no better condition. I remain. t'our's respectfnllv, WILLIAM WHITEHEAD. 175, Briggate, Leeds, June 24, 1842. [The requisition to the Mayor has been received.] - - THE CONVICTS FRANCIS AND COOPER.—In an swer to the petition presented by the mother of Cooper for a commutation of hil 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, I 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 ' 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. The Clironique de Courtrai states that an accident occurred on the night of the 15th inst. on the railroad between Courtrai and Gaud, which might have turned out fatally, and which, it was melancholy to reflect was caused by the act of some ill-intentioned persons. The train for the service of the works, which always makes the passage by night, was pro ceeding on its course laden with sand, when, at half a league from the Courtrai station, it was thrown off the rails by blocks of wood placed crossways, and firmly fastened by nails. The locomotive was a good deal damaged, and the engineer was flung off the railroad to a considerable distance. He fortunately es caped with a wound in the hand, not so seriously as to prevent his performing his duty. The man who had charge of the break had his foot caught in the machinery, and was held there more than half an hour before he could be extricated. The solidity of the sole of his boot was the cause of his getting o ff with only a severe contusion on the foot. At the moment of the shock two men were seen making off frorithe spot, but nothing positive has been discovered as to the a uthors of this diabolical act The Gazette du Centre announces that the Abbe Berthaud, Theological Canon of Limoges, •has been no minuted Bishop of Tulle. SUSI% COURT CIRCULAR. Their M jesties the King and Queeh 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; and had the honour of being_ pres •nted to their Majesties by M. Vande .WeYer, the Belgian Minister: Among those present werel—Aly Effendi, 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. Tricaupi, the Grecian Minister ; and M. Phocion Roque, Secretary 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 13ielke, 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. eol qiihoun, Diplomatic Agent, and Consul-General for the - Ilanse Towns ; M. Mosquera, Charge d.Affaires" from New Grenada ; Baron Beptinck, Nether lands Chaige d'Affaires; M. de Vanden], M. Rabaudy, Count de Noailles, and Count Chabot, Secretaries and Attaches of the French Embassy ; General Castelcbmla, 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 the Queen Dowager, and Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, attended by their respective suite, arrived at 7Marlborough 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. - aas, 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 iisited 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 lion. 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 Ohant was the Earl of Mornington'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. flawkins, Hobbs, and Charm, 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, lefc 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 ICambridge, ho noured Mr. Dunn's Chinese CollectionAvith 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, • Lord Emlyn, M.P. ; Lord Chelsea, M.P. ; Hon. M.P. 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. ; lion. Robert Gore, M.P. ; Mr. W. S. O'Brien, M.P. ; Mr. J. 11. 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. r 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 ; Air. 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 receivad yeSterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Mauritius. A Deputation of merchants trading t ti the East In dies, had an interview, on Siturday, 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 J o h ns t one sa t as a Privy Councillor. The Duke of Wellington, accompanied by th e E ar l and Countess of Wilton, visited the panoramas of Waterloo and Caubul, on Saturtty, 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 of 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 Matibec, 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. A violent thunder-storm, accompanied by rain and hail; burst over Montesquieu-Volvestre ( Haute-Garonne) on the 14th, about eight in the evening, and continue d ra g ing until eleven. It passed from south to north, and, after the first fall of rain, the streets and roads were transformed into impe tuous torrents. The gutters of the houses overflowed, and the upper apartments were filled with water. The Rise, a little stream near the town, swelled to a height of 12 feet, and, over flowing its banks, did considerable damage. In a country house, close to the town, the furnittire was floating in the ground floor, and the electric fluid, entering the out-houses, . killed two oxen. No other life was lost, but the amount of da mage is very considerable. Till LO 546,000,000 936,000,000 Land• tax which ought to have been paid 1,482,000,000 The amount actually paid 1,162,000,000 Amount of National Debt 302,000,000 Thu 3 showing, that had the land-tax been paid, there would have been no national debt, and there would be 302,000,000 in the National Treasury, to say nothing. of the immense amount which has been paid for interest upon that debt. The lecturer disavowed all desire to break faith with the public creditor. He left such spoliating doc trines to Sir James Graham, who wrote a pamphlet, in which he recommended the application of the sponge to the national debt. All that is requisite is simple justice, and the payment of the debt by those who owe it. The interest of the debt—the yearly 30,000,0001. cripples the industry or the country, and, what is worse, monoply in all shapes has been called in to amass -a capital to be expended in bribery. The 4,000,0001. yearly wrung from the people by the sugar monopoly is spent in corrupting constituencies, thus rivetting upon the people chains wrought by their own hands. Mr. Duncan then entered into the details of pro jected reforms, dilating upon the six points of Uni verral Suffrage, Short Parliaments, Ballot, Equal Electoral Districts, No Property Qualification, and Payment of Members, contending that an extension of the suffrage, to give a real representation to the people, was the only means of relieving existing bur dens, or securing future prosperity. At the conclusion of the lecture a vote of thanks was, upon the motion of Mr. Wade, given to Mr. Duncan for his interesting discourse. The following paragraph, which appeared in the Times of Saturday, refers to the system discovered by Mr. Hunt, of 224,Regent-street:—'`lt will be recollected that a lad named Pearson, one of the persons who witnessed the treasonable attempt upon the Queen's life on the Sunday afternoon, was afflicted with so inveterate a habit of stammering, as to be unable even to give an alarm. He , has, we are informed., by means of a new process of cure, obtained the power of perfect articula tion,.the hesitation which before rendered him s'3arcely intelligible, even when not excited, having entirely disappeared." On Thursday last, an alarming fire broke out in a mill situated near Troyes. The whole of the corn, flour, and machinery were destroyed, and the loss is estimated at 200,0t)0 frencs.—On Monday the commune of Quincarnon was the scene of a violent conflagration. The flames burst forth in a building next to a smith's forge, at four in the day. Eight houses were consumed, with a quantity of furniture, and some cattle, and it was twelve o'clock at night before the fire ' could be got under.—On the 12th a fire burst forth at Bellings hausen, near Wursburg, in Germany. The dryness of the season rendered it impossible to obtain water, and the inhabit ants being in the fields, forty houses were consumed before the flames could be extinguished. The Journal des Chemins de Fer of Saturday pub lishes a letter, a?dressed by Mr. Brunel to the Royal Railroad Company from Genoa to Piedmont, and to the frontiers of Lombardy.. In this letter Mr. Brunel summarily sta , es C•e result of his surveys, undertaken in order to determine the best line for the projected road. After the most minute investiga liens, he has acquired the conviction that the railway oilers no ' difficulties which his experience cannot easily conquer. In 'he (balance which separates Genua from the frontier towards Milan, and which may be evaluated at 12(1 kilometres (30 French league,), 25 only run through a rough and difficult country, and out of this number 15 at most present serious but not insuperable obstacles. The remainder of the I:ne will pass over the most favourable ground. Thus the passage of the Apennines, the name of which, as Mr. Brunel remarks, sounds so awfully to an English ear, is formidable only to an inattentive wid unskilful observer, and all !the conditions for the inclines and curves will be accomplished without extraor dinery labour. MENDELSSOIIN. -- It is reported of Handel, that straying into a church where there was a fine organ, lie asked permission to play the concluding voluntary ; but tits organist finding his congregation still in their seats after Handel had been some time playing, desired him to exchange seats for he saw Handel was not equal to the task of playing the people out. A few chords from the other accomplished that which Handel was unable to do. As it was with Handel so was it with .Mendelssohn on Sunday se'nnight at St. Peter's, Cornhill. The concluding Doxology, sung b_y the children, was the well known air of " God preser v e the 'Emperor," by Haydn. This Mendelssohn took for his t heme, and after playing for half an hour, relying altogether upon the internal resources of the art, and not upon any change of trumpets into flutes, or flutes into oboes, still the:congregation were immovable, and the beadle had to go round the church and announce that service was over. It is singular that all the greatest composers were also distinguished organ performers. Mozart and Beethoven were each prodigious on the organ, whilst \Veber and Sphor, whu may be said to have refined upon known materials rather than made new creations, were each wholly ignorant of the powers and harmonies peculiar to this king of instruments. A letter from Chazey (Ain) states, that on the 10th, about four in the evening, so dreadful a shower of hail came down that the persons who were in the field,. were severely injured by it. The country, the moment before looking beautifully from the rich' harvest, was ali at once covered with such a quantity of hailstones, some of them as large as a walnut, that 36 hours after, al though the weather was warm and dry, they could be taken up by handfullS. The amount of destruction has been immense. The trees and shrubs are deprived of their leaves, and greatly injured. -The birds even could nut escape, for many were found dead in the fields. A great many of the inhabitants have been reduced t ) want by the devastations of this storm. The Berlin State Gazette publishes a notice, re minding the operatives of the article of the Prussian Code, which punishes with an imprisonment of from three days to a fortnight, every workman who shall prefer idleness to labour on the work-bays, when his services are required by his employer. The Chamber of Ilesse-Darmstadt adopted, on the lith inst., by a majority of 24 to 23, the proposition of the Government, that the p rinci p al lines of railway in tended to be constructed in that countr y shall be exe cuted at the charge of the s tate. FEMALE LABOUR IN MisEs.—The colli ers em ployed in the works belonging to the Earl of Balca rres rece i ve d homy, on Saturday last, that the employment of females work , ing in the colliery would in future be discontinued.—Kendal lercury. Great complaints having been. made, within the last few da)s, of. the difficulty of obtaining silver at the Bank of England, or any of the private banks, it may be proper to state that there has been, within the last two or three dap, an ex tensive issue of new half sovereigns, dated 1841. These are now to be had at all the banks, and, consequewly, the necessit y for silver will be in a great measure superseded.— Observer. PRESEN CATION Or PLATE TO . Ain. SCLATER AT CALAIs.—The wreck of the Minerva brig on the coast of Ca lais, in the m on th o f March last, will still be fresh in the recol lection of our readers. So also will be the generous self-devo tion of Mr. S c l a t er , Mr. Canney , a nd the g all a nt tars of her Majt sty's st eamer Widgeon, who r escued from the shrouds of the Minerva seven of her crew. The honours which French and English united in confer rin g on the p atties engaged. in that gallant affair were, on Moniay last, crowned by the municipa lity of Calais in a way alike honourable to those who gave and to him who received their tribute. On that day a chaste and elegant silver epergne, with an inscription commemorative of the service which induced the testin.onial, and bearing the names of all the generous boat's crew, was presented to Mr. Sclater, in the Hotel de Ville, of Calais, by the Mayor, i ts th e presence of the municipal body, and if a number of French and English residents. On the foilovving day (Tuesday), al. a few hours' notice only, a farewell dinner was given to the gallant officer. Between thirty and forty genii:men met at five o'clock at Dowera's Hotel, where a splendid banquet, combining Eng lish liberality with French taste, was prepared for them. The chair was filled by Captain Stodart, the vice-chairs by Captain Griffiths and Alfred Thorne, Esq., who were supported by the Commandant of the cavalry now in quarters at Calais, Count de Salis:—.,Dover .Chronicle. The Correctional Tribunal.' was engaged on Wed nesday with the trial of eight men, belonging to the printing office of Messrs. Lacramoe and Co., for an unlawful combina tion to enforce a rise of wages. It appeared that they held re guar meetings at a wine-shop, and carried their measures by formal votes, after debates betwcel the cote gauche and the cote droll. They were convicted chiefly on the evidence of a com positor, who refused to comply with their resolutions, and was was consequently excluded by the verdict of this body from working in any race. Three were sentenced to imprisonmen, for a fortnight, two fur a week, two for three days, and one was acquitted. .As the King was lately proceeding to Fontaine bleau, escorted by a detachment of the Bth Dragoons, a veteran matechal-de-logis, named Moller, happened in the raidd:tY of the journey to lose his cross. The King, in changing horses, perceiving by the actions of &he men that .something had oc curred, inquired what was the matter, and hlellet informed him, adding that he had received the decoration from the Em peror's own hand on the field of battle. "If I have any con solation for my loss," added he, courtier-like enough, "it is in the thought that I was at the time in attendance on your Majesty." The Queen listened with great interest to the old soldier, and cn her arrival sent him another cross as a present from herself. , ..,- , NDON NIONDA:V . EVENING JUNE 27, 1842 . .. ....,..... _ ' HER MAJESTVS THEATRE. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. I ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK AND 'elY es...l:oet six o'cl6clt on Saturday evening placards were On Wednesday evening, a .I..ectute,was delivered TOi •JOHANNOT. I fice HALF-A-CROWN. The JULY NI..'NIBER of posted at the-entrances to her Majesty's ,Theatre, as well to a full audience, by Jonathan Duncan, Eiq q - at, the INSW 0 RT Ii" S M L. as those in the Opera Arcade, and also those in the Hay- . Noah's Ark A - A. Lt- ,e e... eIN \ • - CONTENTS. market, announcing the postponement of the opera in i , Deptford, upon the subject of Parlia mentary Reform, in connexion with the present , WINDSOR CAST L E, I Puritani; and the substitution of the opera Beatrice di An Historical Bomaoce, Tenda, in its stead, The reason assigned for t•lie...change inoveme:ft for an extension of the suffrage. Ile coin inenced by explaining that the agitation for Reform ! By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, req. was contained in the following notice and :- "It certifieate Chapters I. and 11. . . _. . is with great pain announced that in consequence \, , , - as no novelty—that it had beau an undying priaci- , .V. ithe an Illustration on Steel, design . ed and etch :d by .of the severe illness of Maclaine Persiani, as w i l l appear l e with Englishmen since the foundation of the mo and Seven' TONY JOHANNtor. from the following . certificate:— . ' . Woodcuts by W. ALFRED DELAMOTTE. "Four o'Clock, Saturday, June 15, 1842. Parliamentary Reform Association—a body Which ' narehy. ti e presented himself as Connected with the THE MISER'S DAUGHTER, "Madame Persiani is confined to • her bed with fever had taken up and advocated points, which had been By W. HARRISON AINSWOtITH, Esq. - ' - and a sore throat, which renders it impossible for her to laid down in 1780, b y an association of which the • Chapters XIV. and XV. , h sing this evening, "JAMES WARDROP, M.D., Duke of Richmond was the he ad. so Wit Two Illustratinis en Steel, by GEO. CRUIKSHANK.. The points, ADDRESS. "Charles-street, St. James's-square." adopted 62 y-e'ars ago, were — 1 Mary O'Brien . : a Tale. By Lady Harriette D'Orsay. It was advertised that Beatrice di. Tenda would be 1 Annual Parliaments • The Jewish Marriage. By Micilael . Angelo Titmarsh. substituted for I Paritani, and that Rubini would sing 2 Universal Suffrage The Songs of Italy. No. 11. By Edward Kenealy; Esq. the grand scena " Vivi tu," from Anna Baena. At hall- 3 Voting by Ballot That's near n hu e e, aeErnse.tin.oriU:h.l. Y. vir La . man Blanchard. • past six, or thereabouts, the doors of the theatre were 4 Equal Polling Districts Mary Stuart. By Miss Co:tel:o. • . . . .. opened, and within a quarter of an hour the house - was 5 No money qualification of Members ' A Visit to the City of the Khalifs. By W. Francis Alas crowded, not alone in those parts devoted to the general 6 Payment of Members for their attendance. - public, the pit and the galleries, but also in those devoted. points—amongst apri at Sunse.t. By the Hon. Julia A ugust a Maynard. 'exclusively to the rank and fashion of the country—the T he Two Noble Brothers. By Nti s Sk, hon. boxes and stalls. The commencement•of the per-an - mance r a e m at on i g ar t t b h e e r m o w f er n e o , noblemen the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Effingham, the Earl of THE (IL!) FAMILY PLACE, was fixed to take place at half-past seven, but at that I i. k e supportede Richmond, Surrey, the Earl of Selkirk, Viscount Mountmorres, By the Hon: Mrs. NORTON. hour there was no appearance of life oh the part of the management beyond the filling of the orchestra and the. She thought of him—and wept. I3y Lady Harriette D'Orsay. full illumination of the theatre. About tweuty minutes "of"bugbear the suffrage wa.'... no "novelty;" that the A Farewell. By Edward Kenealy, Esq. and Lord K . innaird. All this proved that the question A Bengal Yarn. By Captain Medwin. to eight o'clock, Signer Costa took his seat before the cry of " innovation" should not be allow e d to _haunt A Papir on Puffing. conductor's desk, and gave the signal to the orchestra to the mind even of the most timid in a question of such The Itus , ian Prince. Part IL By Lunette. proceed. This nerved as a signal to the audience. A great importance. Indeed the struggle for freedom The Lounge in j the CEil ß deltuf. oxe ß) f , general explosion of hisses, g roa n s , cr i e s, calls, and ex- had been going on from the earliest periods, and had. I S 'i r:t e t for se th of e . S er x ichn i3 y n n C rd h . arles W. Brooks. clamations or dissatsfactien burst forth from every quer- been as regularly progressing, as may be shown hy...y ',mall Blanchard. The Myrtle. k e B . Catherine Parr. ter ; and the loudest masses of sound produced by the reference to our history. This would expose the The Drama. y excellent band of this theatre were Atm:ally drowned in the flood of tumult and violence. ' This scene of strife, sources of our degradation, would show that it arose,. and still exists in consequence of the transmission of Hugh Cunningham, St. Martirila4lace, Trafalgar-square. between discord and harmony, lasted all through- the , • • • ax,. overture, the whole being bat a piece of dumb show. nereditary pov;er. Upon the subject of the land t The overture concluded, the curtain rose on the first thelecturerdilated. at cons --. . considerable length, and went scene of .the opera, and discovered the chorus rangen in into an argument, supported by calculations for the. order ready to. continence. The conductor tapped on purpose of exposing oue of the greatest frauds ever his desk, the chorus attempted to begin, but the whole committed upon a people. By a fiction of law all, the house rose en masse, as one man, gallery, pit, boxes, and lands in the kindom were said to be held of the stalls, and literally hooted them off the stage. - The cry , King, upon various tenures. These tenures were, in was for Mr. Lumley, and "Lumley," " Lumley,' many cases, very vexatious, and the aristocracy, "Lumley," "Shame,' "Shame," " Shame," resounded therefore, in 1692, made a stipulation to pay 4s. in from all parts of the theatre. More than ten minutes the pound as land-tax, in lieu of all feudal had now elapsed, and the impatience of the crowd seemed ervices due from the landed proprietors to the Crown. almost at its height. At this period Monsieur Laurent, .. . S The rental in Queen Anne's day, when this law the' stage-manager, offered to address the audience. He . was received with a rear of disapprobation; but the passed, was ten millions; the land - tax, therefore, was . better feeling of a British public immediately resumed two , millions • but since that time the rettal has in its' influence, and ha had in a few moments an attentive creased enormously; but the tax paid is even less than auditory. But, alas; he addressed them in the French when the rental was only one-seventh of what it now language instead of the English; and, therefore, they i'.. It becomes a mere question of figures to prove rose again with a roar, and drove him off the boards before he had uttered three sentences. The uproar, that since 1692 the arisleecracv . have plundered the public out of more than the while amount of the na which had been partially appeased on the appearance of this gentleman, now burst forth again, and continued iti tional debt; and as that debt was incurred to support the privileges of aristocracy, and cripple human free s very uncourteous fashion for a considerable period dom, the people are entitled to say to the landed gentry, under such circumstances—say some ten or twelve "You owe the national debt." They may not plead minutes. At the expiration of that time, M. Laurent re-ap- 3, • pearecLattempting to address the audience in English. N Parliament Prescription or law, because they had a ornament of a syllable of his matter, however, Would be listened to, and their own. If the people had been represented all as before,. he was 'driven off the stage by the vehemence this spoliation would not have been committed. The of the public dissatisfaction. Four several times did be calculation was as follows : re-appear afterwards, and as many ti:nes was he corn- In 1692 the landed rental was 10,000,0001 ; land-tax, pelted to retire. The cry was still for Mr. Lumley. This 2,000,000/. state of things lasted until about a quarter to nine o'clock. In 1770 the landed rental, on authority of Arthur At this period Signor Rubini, who was called for by Young, was 60,000,00,u/. . some few of the audience, made his appearance on the In 1842 the landed rental, on authority of Sir Robert stage, and was received with the heartiest cheering by the . Peel, was 70,000,000/. house; but no sooner had he attempted to address those From 1692 to 1842 gives a term of 150 years, and who accorded it to him, 4,, an ambassador, or interme- this the lecturer broke ' down into two periods: the diate agent, than he was literally roared off the stage. first from 1692 to 1770; . the second from 1770 to The good-natured signor, however, was not to be deter- 1842. To determine the average of land-tax due red from his purpose; and lw, accordingly, made his from 1692 to 1770, he took the two extreme sums of appearance once more with the view of soothing down the excitement. On the former occasion he was alone ; and . . . ten millions as legislatively settled in 1692, and sixty the few words he was heard to speak acre uttered in the millions as estimated by Arthur Young in 1770. language of his own land; on this occasion he was attended .. e _. Adding:these two sums together gives 70 millions, by an interpreter, to translate his -address into English, and dividing that amount by two, . gives the average But Italian or English availed not from any other Mouth annual land rental for 78 years, included between than Mr. Lumley's, and Rubini was driven from the 1692 and 1770. This yields 35 millions. Four stage a second. time. It was now nearly an hour and a shillings in the pound being the same as one-fifth of a half since the disturbance had commenced, and there pound, one-fifth of 35 millions becomes the amount was more appearance of its increase than its subsidence, of land-tax due in .each year on the average of the Cries of all kinds—anti other uncouth noises, &fie,' iii-taii. re whole period between 1692 and 1770. This yields not often heard within the walls of this theatre-re- seven millions per annum, which for the 78 years be sounded on every side of the house ; and even the calm est could not foresee when the storm would end, or in comes 546 millions. ' Taking the next period, from w:.at disastrous consequences it might issue. Ladies were 1770 to 1842, and proceeding in the same manner, leaving their places, ia fear of what they fancied was to 60 1 millions, the estimate of Arthur Young, must be follow—men gathered together groups—the fronts were gathh i . added to the 70 milliona estimate of Sir H. Peel. This of the boxes were oceupied with their tenants—the en- gives 130 millions, which, divided by two, gives. 65 tire audience in the pie stalls, and gallery was up stand- millions as the average landed rental for this term, ing—a fearful scene in some degree to look .on. At ton one-fifth of which yields 13 millions ' - the amount of minutes past nine o'clock, or one hour and a half after land-tax which ought to have been levied; and this -the commenc-•ment of the row," Mr. Lumley appeared multiplied by 72 gives the aggregate land-tax for the before the audience, and the roar with which he was last period of 936 millions. The account, therefore, received never was surpassed by the drunken gods of would stand : the lowest theatre in London, on the first night of a Land-tax due from 1692 to 1770 .... Christmas pantomime. Comparative silence at length Ditto 1770 to 1842 ..... ... being restored, Al r. Lumley addressed the audience, and said, amidst great interruption, ‘.'.l am asked why Ma dame Persiani does not sing to-night, - and ahy the opera has been changed ? I received a letter from her about. one o'clock to-day.—(Cries of " Why- diet you not come sooner ?") It is asked why I .did not announce the fact' sooner? The answer. 'is plain—We, who are occasionally behind the scenes, know that in numerous instances that an artist who is ill is is often subsequently induced to sing. Madame Pereiani herself _thought she might be able to take her part this evening, omitting. the " Polaeca " and the 4 , C a v a ti aa ," an d I went to her to ascertain the - fact. But it was to no purpose ; she was too ill to Siiig e-- (Great disturbance)—and as I was on the point of issuieg the bills, I received a letter from Madame.Frezzolini, stating that she was ill, and could not sing ; we per . suaded her to appear, and then the bills were issued, The real question Seems to be—Was Madame . Persiani really ill? We know she was, because at the 'concert at the-palace the night before, which she attended' in obedience to her 3lajesty's command, she was unable to proceed with the airs allotted to her, and her Majesty would not permit her to proceed."—(Uproar.) Is it fair or reasonable, he said, to call upon time to appear before you end speak, and then refuse to hear my explanations? -- : (Cheers and hisses.) He then. proceeded to state, With respect to Madame Persiani, that having done all he could to induce her to sing, and she being unable to do so, he could do no more. The only alternative, therefore, left him was .to change the opera. He certainly might, „he admitted, be considered as having in some sense acted wrongly, because he should perhaps have dosed the house rather than have changed the advertised • performances; but he had done it with the bast :intention—that the public might not be totally disappointed. He was i' card no more. The storm drove him off the boards with its fury. ' The uproar re-com menced with his retirement, and continued for a full hull . hour longer with unabated violence. Several attempts were made by Costa to begin the music of the opera, but they were roared down by the angry 'audience. The chorus singers were cried out of voice, and ultimately compelled to quit the stage. Even the female chin us was not tolerated on' the scene for a single minute. Eventually Mr. Lumley once more came forward, and stated that, as he saw there was a determination not to listen to the opera, he had given directions to expe dite the ballet ; and in addition those who wished an admission for another night could have it: This ap peared to satisfy the audience, and. the ballet shortly after commencing, peace was restored. - This dis turbance lasted exactly two hours. Her Majesty had intended, it was understood, to be present at the performance, but the account of the tumult within the house, which had been promptly and properly transmitted to the palace, prevented her. It is fervently hoped we shall never' loek upon its like again in this theatre. The King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchies-- ef Cambridge, Princess Augusta and Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, time Duke and Duches, of Leinster, and a very numerous arid fashionable anti. cum witnessed this disgraceful scene.. Talk of higl breeding and gentlemanly conduct at the Italian Oper after this ! THE WEATHER.NOON, JUNE 27. ofAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-SiREET. lermometer.... 63) Highest 6B j Lowest 52 ilaroineter 29.82.—,Wind S.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON.RRIDGE THIS DAY. 4loruing 24 minutes atter 4 Evening 4B minutes after 4._ . ' r „ ss. t I. .AV E • 1 45 nt' t-4 . ttt ra 1 5 r SUN OFFICE Three o' Cluck. As the distress throughout the country is becoming every day more alarming, without any prospect of relief for the season, it is the imperative duty of Parliament, before it separates, to make some provision for contin gencies during the vacation. Should the crops turn out light, and the dullness of trade continue--4wo circum stances extremely probable—a fearful responsibility would rest on that Government which could contemplate such results without obtaining from the Legislature the means of at least mitigating the evils. It is useless to say that the SOVEREIGN and her Ministers, and Parliament, can do little .or nothing for the relief of such a vast starving population, and that they must trust to time and Providence for the alleviation of their sufferings. Parliament has interfered repeatedly under circum stances not half so afflicting as the present, or as the future promises to be ; and when it is now placed beyond doubt that the new Corn-law will effectually keep up the prices of grain to nearly the old standard,. it becomes the duty of Sir ROBERT PEEL to follow the. example of his predecessors, and obtain from Parliament the power to meet ally unseen emergency. The Member for Aberdeen has given notice of a motion on the subject for Thursday next, and will move that it be expedient to vest in her MAJESTY, with the advice of her Privy Council, power to reduce or discontinue, should circumstances so require, the duties which regu late the importation of fireign corn. No proposition could be better timed, or more reasonable, and we cannot discover what objection can be • raised to it by any party. If, fortunately, the state of trade should im prove,•and the country be blessed with a favourable har vest, the uuthority thus entrusted to the Crown would not be brought into opqatiort, and, even under any cir cumstances, it would, be optional for the Minister to use it or not as he might see meet. It is true, that without such a provision he might advise the Crown to issue an Order in Council to that effect, and trust to a Bill of In demnity ; but why allow a chance for such an unusual and ; unconstitutional measure when the remedy is so simple ? It would be some consolation, also,. to the poor to learn that their sufferings occupied the earnest atten tion of their rulers, and that they were not denied the last consolation of the wretched—the hope even of dis tant relief. We cannot think so baffle, of the gentlemen of England as to believe that they will resist such a measure for their own personal interests, or that they will be reluctant to entrust Sir ROBERT PEEL with power like that so often conferred un former Ministers Whatever may be the result, howeier, we trust the re presentatives of the people will du their duty. Let.every Member who feels for the distresses of his fellow-crea tures be in his place on . Thursday, and support a mea sure which can do no harm, and which will, at least, tend to soothe the distresses of a starving population. We have before us a report of a trial in the Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Monday last, singularly illustrative of the way in which justice, or rather law, is adminis tered in Ireland, and of the necessity that, exists fur a speedy amendment of the infamons law of libel. The trial in question is entitled " The QUEEN v. CHARLES G. DUFFY, the proprietor of the Btlfast Vindicator," for an alleged libel which appeared in that Journal ,re lative to the trial and conviction of a Catholic, named HUGHES, of the murder of a Mr. POWELL. HUGHES was twice tried and acquitted for this murder. The Jury on both occasions consisted of Protestants and Catholics—the former in the proportion of two to one of the latter. His acquittal did not satisfy the law offi cers of the Crown. He was put a third time on his trial, and an Orange Jury pscked fur the purpose of finding him guilty. He was found guilty, as a matter of course, and hanged. Nearly at the same time four Orangemen wire tried liar the murder of .a Ca tholic. The evidence of their guilt was as clear as the s un at noonday ; but here, again, the law officers of the Crown packed an Orange jury, denied to the friends of the murdered man the right of challenge, and obtained for the prisoners an instant verdict of acquittal ! Nuw, if ever there were cases calling for the strong reprehen sion of the public press, they were these which we have just cited. They were enough to rouse the indignation of all honest men: They revealed to the Catholics of Ireland, that the times of Lord NORBURY were revived, when there was one law for them and another for their oppressors. Commenting upon them, the Editor of the Vindicator published the following article, made the sub ject of a prosecution by the Irish Government "Francis Hughes has been tried for the murder of Mr. Powell, for the third time, and a conviction at length obtained against him. On his guilt, or innocence it is not our province to pronounce ; but we , do affirm, without fear ing that any conscientious man in the empire will differ from us, that he has not had a fair and im partial trial, such as the law of England intends that every prisoner shall receive. lie has not been tried ind,fferently, as a person under the protection of the lase, for whom the Judge is counsel, and the execuive an unprejudiced arbitrator ; but he has bent tried as an Irish Catholic, whose guilt ordinarily ap peers to he assumed, and whose conviction seems to be desired. This case of Hughes, and the monstrouis injustice which it in volves, may be full understiiod where the system under which we live in Ulster is not known ; we must contrast it with that of the prisoner's for the murder of AP Arnie. Both are fresh on the public mind, and it is imposstb'e that any two cases could better illustrate a system t , an th?) , do -the one against which we now testify. In the case of M'Ardle, four Orangemen were tried for, the murder of a Catholic; the Jury in the box, at the time the case commenced, consisted ti eleven Protestants and one Catholic. The agent for the nest akin to the murdered man objected toseveral of the jurors, but the Crown counsel insisted upon retaining them all without exception. In Armagh a Catholic was to be tried for the murder of a Protestant, and when the case commenced a Jury was also in the box which had tried two or three cases already ; it consisted of ten Protestants and two Catholics, and it was proposed to the Crown to follow the practice that had been pursued in Down, and retain the Jury already sworn ; but the Crown Counsel decided.) , refused to adopt the system in the ease of the Catholic which they had adopted in the case of the Protestant. What is the meaning of this scoundrel system? What can it mean but one sir other of these two things, either the ins , ,lent and atrocious libel that Catholics are unworthy of being trusted on their oaths, or the infernal pri nc ipl e th a t it is not desirable to do them justice? We cannot mince the matter ; it comes positively to this—we care not which horn of the dilemma is chosen, but one of them is inevitable." In England no honest man could bo found to affirm that the syst©m here exposed is not a " scoundrel system" —a system to which no body of men ought to submit. But the Irish Orangemen and the Irish law-officers of the Crown are of a different opinion. Chief Justice PENNEFATHER, who presided at the trial of the Vindi cator on Monday, took care to lay down the law in such a way as not only to secure a verdict for the Attorney- General, but to establish the doctrine that the public Press enjoyed no right whatever of calling in question the public conduct of public men. We quote au ex tract from his Lordship's charge, as reported in the. Dublin Evening Mail:— " Gentlemen, with the truth or falsehood of those charges you or I have nothing to do here. This may scem somewhat - - - strange in your eyes, but it is the law, and it is common sense. If a man be guilty of any crime or misconduct, by which he can be made answerable to the law, there are the proper tribunals to bring him before, where he will be tried and made answer able if he be guilty ; and where he will be acquitted if he be not but no man has a right, because he is the proprietor of a printing press and types, to set himself up as a tribunal to pro nounce upon th, guilt of his fellow. subjeci.. the Queen's Attorney-General, or her Crown Solicitors, have n-Asconducted themselves, there are, as I have already stated, the prover tri bunals to bring them before, where they will be made answer able; but. I would be glad to know by what authority the author of this libel has set himself up to pronounce a verdict against them. It was open to Air. Duffy or any other member of the community, to petition the House of Commons, if he had any means of substantiating the gross charges which he has put forward in this publicstion. He might have got redress if he had looked for it in the legitimate way. There is no man in the country against whom the doors of justice are closed; but who, I wool,' a , i , has male the man who printed and published this libel a tributial behire how the Attorney-Cieneral and others cetn,erned in the alministi at ion of law, are w be called? No such sight exists on the part of any individual, let him be high or newspaptT editor or other person ; and no you tank Gentlemen, it the Attornes-G.-neral, and hie breth ren, thought prorr to appear Lefore Mr. Duffy, that they would get a fair and impai tat trial? You WAY juage of that fact bons the nature of the publication which forms the subject of the prosecution. The law which forbids the Inquiry into the truth or falsehood of public libel is not nee—it has existed upwards of 500 sears, and we cannot change it in this place." Chief Baron PENNEFATUER told tat, Jury at the open ing of his charge, that it was for them to dad, both upon the facts and law of the case. lie did not wish to bias their judgment in any way, and,' therefore, we .suppw to help them to come to an impartial verdict, he thus commented upon one portion of the alleged libel, after gravely reading it to them : Now, Gentlemen, was there ever a more diabolical libel thin that? In my opinion, never; and yet this is said to he an inno-, cent publicati , in. lam not to decide the question, but I am - to give you my opinion, and that is, that this. is a gross and infs." mous libel. Ido not think this is mincing the matter. There is certainly no mincing of matters on the part of the Learned Chief Baron. Nor shall there be a greater mincing of matters on the part of the publi c Pres., which has duties to discharge as high, as impera tive, and as essential to the freedom of the subject a nd the welfare of society as any which devolve upon his Lordship and hiss Learned Brethren. We pronounce, the law, as laid down by the Learned Chief Baron, 6 5 law only fit for Ireland—as law every day repudiated by the Judges in Westminster-hall. Public men are public property ; and it is the right of the Press to contine nt upon their publici conduct whensoever such COw duct may appear reprehensible, provided the terms employed are not calculated to provO ce a breach of the peace. The Learned Chief Baron cow temptuously alludes to the impudence of the proprietor of types and a printing press setting himself up to judg e of the guilt of his fellow subjects. his Lordship treads on ticklish ground. If the most materittl part of the truth is thus to be kept back in order to cast ridicule upon we Press, did it not occur to the Learned Chief Baron that, by moans quite as fair and as legitimate, the Pr' 55 , might retaliate upon the Bench blow for blow with stil l more crushing effect? Judge PENNEFATHER'S Cha r g e has convinced us that learned heads may make impud ent speeches, albeit surmounted with a horsehair Covering. The Lord Mayor of Dublin made a great noise some years ago about amending the law of libel How is that, amid such a persecution of the Liberal Press of Ireland, we hear nothing of it now ? We hear of n ° ' thing now but prosecutions of the Belfast Vindicathiti be Northern Whig, and other Liberal Papers, and yetSP O'CONNELL is as silent as the grave. In what werlt re we—in what stay is the Press of Ireland, to interpret this strange silence ? Rumours have reached us with re. ference to it, but at present we forbear to give then' utterance. We will allow Mr. O'CONNELL time to !r lain his own conduct upon this matter. , „ We have Madrid Papers, by Express, to the 2 0 t 1 , inst., but they contain no news. On that day the 3 . 111 nisters presented their programme to the Cortes. ' s Madrid Bourse of the 18th—Five per Cents., with I! Coupons, 30i fur cash. The whole of the French Journals have been receiveA,but with the exception of one incident, which may operate to ibe prejudice of the Ministers at the ensuing elections. th e l contain no news of political importance. This i s till' arrival at Bordeaux of the Captain of theDeux Scen r % rum the coast of Africa, where lie complains the his vessel was detained, and searched in a very i ll ' solent manner, by a British cruiser engaged i n tbe suppression of the slave-trade: He adds that solve f the British sailors e.nployed in assisting the officers We search his vessel, stole a quantity of wine, for 0 w hich h he oUained no redress, although he comp Lined of it t . next day to a British officer. Of course the truth 16 this case is gt;ossly exaggerated,' but the fact that PI statement gains credit in France, ought to put our Il o ' r vernment on its guard how it exercises this righ t r search. Why are not French officers kept on board ? 11 1 , cruisers to search French vessels ? Such' a sugge liti° was made so tarly as January last in this Journal, 0 the only way of preventing international quarrels. The Semaphore has the follwin letter : her e , " ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 6l g —t is positively ass.— that the English post-offiz.e has resolved that the India shall cease to pass through France, and take anothe r T°- is The route by Trieste, Cologne, and Ostend to Eng lanl ",„' spoken of. On the arrival Of the mail from Suez, a ste7 o will be dispatched, it is said, to Corfu, from thence t e, steamers will be despatched, one to Malta, the other to Trose, It is asserted, that. by the way of Trieste the mail will be , r o f (wired in England lour or five days sooner than by "'ethicMarseilles, and that arrangements for the execution of "'ethic pa I are now making in England. Ey these means, saY, is English, the delay which the Paris Post-otliee Las caus e ' the delivery of several despate,es will be )reventid." Ali On the remonitrance of the English Consul, luebeine t l is had ordered the officers of the Custom-house not to den1 0 ,,41 future the additional duty of two per cent. on goods in l l 4 t r i ii n between the 23d of November, 1841, and the 2iith of; t 1IS , 1-41. The merclian.s are rejoiced at the conclusion o' affair.—Coattitutionnel. BOURSE—.I. - "ARIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 25. 0 0 First Highest Lowest f oe:, Price free. Price w French : , no. C , y(F......,.... 110 20 .„ 19 2 0 ... 118 93 ... 'I, 3 per k tents 79 33 . 79 30 .. 79 •••,..i.,19 g ,i, 8.,i, ... r ran~ i.attitte :,al.l . 1,1%01. St area 11,2 50 ..1152 50 ...lota 50 ...,,y2 7 ' $, 1 10 , 1 , harcs 5052 5•3 ...5052 .. 0 5052 50 ...1., c, Bevan Maria - o' 113 Belgian 5 per Cents. .... it3 ... 1 , 0 ... 113 •• lot „, 18:0 1 ,4 4 ... 10414 ... 1' 4 •• 71 n 3 per Cents 7l 90 ... 71 90 ... 71 9 0 ••• sits 7 t4ealioh tan .. knrian.... HALLWAY SHANE'S. f . OO Versailles, R. P. ...... . ...... 300 ... 310 ...:?(0 t'' ice F p L. i ....... 101 23 . 11;1 23 ... 110 "• m 51 1 ", g Ren 5 2 .? 50 ... 522 .0 ... !.22 5 11 ." IV Sitashurg to 8a1e..... 200 ". 200 ... Ir 7 50 .. Is Willi IUND3. AMSTERDAM JUNK 24. 1 s. M o ney. OP Actual Dcht, '2% per Cent ihl Jitt,,, ditto 5 per cent. Am. t Sylidic,444, percent VA , Ditto, ditto, -34. per cent 76 ''4 7 itl Commercial Qompany, 4':, ieer cent IIAI% ~,0 1 .. Ditto (i 535 and 1537) 5 per cent. Loan 1F.37, 5 per cent. 149 15 Exchange on London, One month l2 Two months HambUrgh, One month :AS 7 ' I'wo months 35 374 Dutch Papers, June 25.. ,-, BELGIAN , DLYIJs-Bathtsa4s. Ana 45 53 Acti...l :.:eL., ,j , ., pet Cent. ".... iv: , itOttill,nild . l. Leal!, 5 per Cent 934 ',tan of thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. ~------ 3 per Cent , : ,,i1: . . - Thirty, ven----- 11 ---"--.---(1 '4O) 1.371 , ',can of City; 1:32, .4 per Cent. Hi Society of Commerce, 4 4 per Cent ...... Bark of Belgium, 5 per Cent N.. tio.tal 6.:crety .... Excilatige on Londe* (shin t) .. 6russels Papers, June 24. , AUSI MAN FUNDS.-..VIENNA, JUNE 6 pO, fiveper Coats . Bletallniu es tout pet Cents. . 7lO li,reervr Cents. nk thates 0 ---- - -.__ r.r r We have seen an account in a Sunday paper 0 .,..,,, lie, - in..ult passed upon the . Queen by an facer bearoso: Majesty's coinniission, who, it is said, was late to tb t a Commander of the Bath and Aide-de-C OI : Queen for his gallant conduct in Canada. 11 b e • .11 ig i t, ~, •0 is confirmed by a Morning . Coutemporarv, in iv''' f f ei pt affirmed that the language used was even wore ° Eo tlit;P„ than that attributed to the officer. Notwit h ' it ted 'a these authorities, however, we must be Pe rgl o,i' fi r doubt that the son of a highly respected Noblen i l l s o 0 ., one holding such a high rank at Ci urt, c°ll and l',lo forget the usual gallantry of a Beitish °thew', duct duty to his Sovereign, as to Le guilty of c°ll disgraceful. TILE MAI-tmETS-(THIS 1)- "' 11l CORN EXCHANGE. f , te ,o 0 ,1 Last week's arrivels of Engiiah Grain were mnder a lhe P be r Oats good, and considerable of Foreign Wheat. t $ ll t'' ph English Wheat obtained Is. per quarter advance, b n v 13 0 0 , qualities were a dull sale at former pt ices. 131!e jiy' °„' i 0 and Peas unaltered. Oats heavy in sale, and hm. nett' tained their former prices. There was no ittlf r°ll t‘ S'l' the home trade. , A g'r oi p k, ° ~ kRitIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURIN I; '-- 5 js'" V. , heat. Ba!lev. ' English . 7 . ; .;" a Irish .— i 13,JL 4 : ti-' Foreign 0,8,11 [ 3. .60 ' 0' 3 1 - 4 'f , PRICES OK BOA RD OF srt e ~,. ... 4 2' , I , Wheat,Red (old) .. A g es , —White (01,4),,„,. -.., —b. ............----.... Old) • ........ , t 1 1 ......-••••••• Het! lti-t I) .502 .L 4 s . .---, Tick (new) .... ~..t5- . ,30 , !: ~.---- Fine 554 POs. .....—..--...—.... (011111;;I: .... , j ;,.4: : : , -- Superfine 62s ti:s. Harrow ;.,tee(ivd,'...• , ............... White (1840... 5 a. 5i A. ....—...----•-•...".. (°' '.. .. •• 11, .6;)s. 63,. Brank .............. . ........... . 5 ~ .---- Superfine .6';s. Ws. Oats, Feed .................... ....,"., gl . ei , -- Foreign free .52. 725. ---- 14 " '' .. .....'*o .' N lyr 38a. 40a. Poland ......... ......!, p. ; . to, Bark). 26s. 3'..).a. —..Ne w —,--- . ...."..;1"' 9. -- Grinding •'6a. :A)s, Potatoev.;; . ..... gl , OP Malting lie, 3•24. ----.----- e ...wow:. 6 4 'p , Malt ~ s6s 60s Scotch ••••" . ..ifts. • 04 0 .4 N --- Fine tgew Ms. 1,4 a. -- Irish.••••••' ~,eli)**rbV.ol, Pease, Grey, New 10s. Ws. Flour Town ,Per .. .........03 .. 4 ,,, ......... Maple New . ' , ls. 345. -- Seconds:••_•:„o,.. 0 ,. r - White 3 4 ,. 36s ...—.... Narth L0w," . ....... , --- Boilers 3tis ..38, , Bran ............. ...... not" . A ye -,,,,e. SMITHFIELD. m i er ste , :,,,iclo'ii The supply of Cattle and Pigs was but in t he i"_ l , o 9 ' lities were more in demand, and prices firmer!so I,llderr and ordinary sorts a heavy sale. Of Sbeq a for WI, we had a pl..ntiful supply, the demand but midd!taing _ t du el , e e , the latter a good trade, but no alteration from :0.'0,61 Beef, 'ls. 4.1. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 36. 2d• 1 , Do. " 7 419 3,. to 4s. &I. ; Pork, 2.. 4d. to 4s. 6d..; I .4 u „, ra r Pir Beasts, :OW ; Sheep and Lambs, '2 3, ~ ,be Calves, 202. 0' gr. TEA MARKET. 1 , 100 k aP , C 0 There were many orders, and prices st'll , bo ws , . small quantity no the market. operated agains t 3 ,1, pauy's Congt.o Is. Rid. per lb., cas h. t O s '. TALLOW MARKET . dull s . Prices were sustained, but the market " as on the spot. hhadas a t advanced downwardacceunts being lifaOrniu'ral‘bilAe nfriCotnEtThe plante.rtl,lsantahellciceti; aneeclto I ,e 2 n fi d , e o t O je tl y. /. T h e market was q r ui . , e PROVISION 11IARRET. ( 13 lly - tot 0 11 In Butter a god butine,s was traw‘cted.,it p ot et , of sale Of fine Duteh the supple 'oats mall. r , O. lsi_e_at 46 5 . to 50s. per cwt. Lard ;l sloliLiregore• ford N. dderetl, Ges. to 62=. per cwt. ____....lauts tub-- ell -,___--1----!------- . Ibe sal" ierf n 0 l A n l in . a N te a d u dAo,reill3bisi Archbishop o o f f .N .A e v v i e g r n s, o ii ir an , iat the v l i l iii e g o j ~..) , of Vicar-General of Angers, is spoken of as • Angoulente. .