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fluctuation would do more evil and prevent more good than the maintenance of the present law, even if all the evils charged neon it were true. He did not think, with some Noble Lords, that the evils under which the country was labouring weae mainly ittribtitable to the Corn-laws. Believing that the ap pointment of the proposed Committee would be attended with tto good, but with evil, he could not give his vote for the motion of his Noble Friend. Earl RADNOR would vote for the motion of the Noble Lorde believing the course he had pointed out was the only one to pursue.--( Hear, hear.) The state of the country was calamitous in the extreme ; revery day they were getting worse, and it therefore behoved Parliament to do something. None of the measures that had been introduced by the Govern ment had done any good—neither the Corn-law, the Income tax, nor the Teri/. As to the Tariff, of which so much had been said, he believed that, instead of good, evil would arise from it. In this state of things, was Parliament to do nothing ?—( Hear, hear.) He thought the course pursued by his Noble Friend would be productive of great good, and he should, therefore, give it his hearty support. The expectation of a revival of trade had failed altogether. It was expected that the spring trade would be brisk, but they had now got into the middle of summer and no change had taken place ; on the contrary, the distress was getting greater amtgreater every day. The Noble Earl said that this was not attributable to the Corn-laws. But these foolish manufacturers, as they were called, had informed his •• foolish" Noble and Learned Friend that they had evidence that such was the case. flew, then, could they refuse them an inquiry ? In 1626 ills tram existed in the country, and a Bill was passed empowering the Council, in case the distress continued alter-the prorogation of Parliament, to admit foreign corn in bond free far home consumption. Air. Canning, on that occasion, read a letter to the House of Commons which he had received from Liverpool, in which it was stated that when the news arrived in Liverpool that such a measure was passed, cotton rose sd. a pound, and there were no sellers. The markets became at once brisk.— ( Cheers.) It was well known that distress was so great that people were dying from starvation. Under these circumstances he, for one, should support the motion.—( Hear, hear. ) 'Lord W HARNCLEFFF. said that when they talked of re pealing the Corn-laws they must recollect that there were other interests to be considered besides the manufacturing. N they repealed the Corn-laws, and it gave no relief to the manufacturing districts, the present distress would be much aggravated by the distress which the repeal of the Corn-laws would cause to the agricultural labour. With respect to the new Corn Bill, he thought that a period of eight weeks was not long enough to prove the Bill. If they were to show a dis position to repeal a law which they had passed only eight weeks before, they would be considerably augmenting the distress instead of relieving it. Lord BROUG ti AM replied. He did not mean to impute thicireheadedness and stupidity to the agriculturists as Lord J. Russell had done Ile (Lord B.) had not at all been shaken by -what had been said by the Noble Earl and the Node Viscount. It was said that this motion was directed against the Corn laws alone. This he denied. if it were admitted that the distress was not caused by a bad system, legislative and com mercial, then they might say that that motion was against the Corn-laws alone.—(Cheers.) He approved of the change, as it was called, which had been made in what was called the tariff, and he only wished it went further. For the reason that he would repeal the Corn-laws he would also repeal other re strictions u?on articles which cramped the trade of the country. —( Hear, hear.) Therefore, he denied that the debate was on the Corn-laws, and he denied that the inquiry was upon the Corn-laws. Contrary to what had been stated by Noble Lords, that inquiry would tend to tranquillise the public mind. Could Noble Lords think that no b-nefit would result from an inquiry into the distress, when the distress was admitted? There was no doubt as to the distress, they only differed as to the cause. He rather agreed with those who did not ascribe the distress wholly to the Corn-laws. They must look to other causes,. This was an opinion generally held by the representatives of the people, and more generally held by the constituencies. If their Lordships, after dispassionate inquiry, after looking before, behind, and around, found that the Corn-laws were rot. the cause of the distress, then a great benefit would be con ferred by that alone upon the country.—( Hear.) But that the inquiry should be opposed on the grounds alleged, was to him utterly and entirely incomprehensible. Thee with regard to the effect of the seasons upon the production of the distress; if, as Noble Lords opposite contended, the distress was occa. sioned by bad seasons, or, as he believed, had nothing- to do with it, the determination of the question must be productive of the greatest advantage.—( Hear, hear.) If it were shown that Providence had afflicted them with those evils, and not their own legislation, nothing would tend more to pacify and tranquilise the country. He would beg to remind their Lord ships before they came to a vote, of what he had stated before, that he must be a bold man .who would affirm that no documents or no witnesses whom they might examine could throw any light upon the subject. But he was told that this would Le a partial inquiry. 11 he had not said euough that evening to show that there was no prejudice on his side—that he was ready to hear the whole evidence, even whatever might be produced with regard to the currency and over-production itself—if he had not shown himself of equal mind on all subjects, and ready to undertake inquiry as judicially as if be were sitting on the Bench administering Jus tice instead of in a Committee of Inquiry in that House, then he should in vain hope by any asseverations on his part to alter their Lordships' opinion, or change their expectation of the mannerm which the inquiry ought to be conducted. —( Hear.) They had periods of distress before.. They had periods of agricultural distress, and what was done ? Why, inquiry, in the very words he tired in his motion, was granted in 1822, and it was, not done to embarrass the Government. It was impossible that land should escape the pressure of distress •if trade was affected-, They had , a teciprocal intluence one on the other, and he believed-if an inquiry was granted, it would do more than-anything-to tranquillise the fears of the agriculturists. A. 3. an. instance, he would adduce the new tariff. He knew cows.; ties hisaielf..in :which no cattle sales could be effected, :hat: cattle were advertised st 3d. and 4ti. a pound, and gre4sfaal prehension was the consequence. But. now he beiii4v444l.llfe, did not remain a vestige of alarm in any part of -the coiseary see; the subject. Why? Because the ,parties inquired.e andi they hound that their fears were_ without .•fottpdatipo. So ho believed it would .beel reitarAscutiii. Atel Corn-laws.—( Hear, hear.) „ nnt-oqw into the subject of machinery, to which his Nikhharien l (Lea t ' Stanhope) alluded. Bot if thategssAkisHia,usikikrshe distress, .and found to be sq by tho inquiry,ithfioAprrisootosi }} raft pill Xo the agitatiowof the Corro-laws.74rAfetinciatOivMinailg*C4 Aft he had already exhausted their Loritshipe pitiemo, iopmpiLitts, his own strehgth., op, this -important, kublisg, i -jibe,444,;telarl doubted of e aheessitiest rocival of ,oiir -f T e r ol relieved (wax tho restraints hicb tinp aw lawv, "shackled' it; and lg-tpiloseit,lrgsailsoit grirAtivrattbiptArPoilthaesposo to save it from 'entire rttiAc4klwqra) ~, , ;( , 1 q The House theu The innis)pgrffserfitii-,,1t rri Trui; For tho rnol , i lb..* 440401, iii44a. •WO •tfilvirMighil l i ins , Against it • • 'i5‘i....:.i.•4.-z-,reiti-Joiww+ia l. • ajority, against the- rant i oo.4,,,Ress..4o..destiem 4; Their Lordshir 'then. adjousned. , T ( Apral A )—.lrinitri , THE VVEA THERVL-Stoti2s - Riftriii , 12117 , , 0t: t v rt oi' A L GA LLERY / 917,,iewitryik lilfArtt, 'Thermometer .... 69 1 4figite_ ,A 1,77., , • ?roc s rrittal barometer 29.49.,T,-..A 1. griPtt - ~, ,, si rminni • Hiatt W ATEII AT LONDON nrupGrTll&Dit' kinminp 36 minutes after 4 I Evening 57 mintitetidttt 4 • - 10. ~r gun. *trontt2bitton SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. Forty-nine Members of the House of Commons, and foufteen Peers, are all that are to be found to vote for the appointment of Parliamentary Committees to in quire into the preSent distressed state of the country. In the House of Lords the subject was well and ably brought forward by Lord Brougham last night ; but harrowing as were the details of misery—frightful as were the pictures of wide.spread and wider-spreading distress exhibited by his Lordship, only sixteen • he reditary Legislators, out of an assembly of four hundred and fifty-nine. voted for an inquiry into its ex• tent, with a view to the suggestion of a remedy. The Peers take the matter very coolly. The distress of the working classes does not affect them. They would not drink a glass of Burgundy the less, or dispense with the attendance of a single liveried menial in their all but regal establishments, were the operatives dying in ditches like 'rotten sheep. Lord BROUGHAM well and feelingly reminded their Lordships that the suffering millions had no hand in making the laws, under whose accursed operation they were dying of hunger. They did not contribute to the passing of the Corn and Provision 7 laws, which had reduced them to a state of misery, com pared with which all the famines within his recollection were periods of comparative prosperity. These facts made no impression on the Peers, till followed by an account of villages becotning.depopulated, and a decrease in the rental of the country. The motion was weakly and unsatisfactorily resisted by the Earl of RIPON, Lord MELBOURNE ON and the Earl of WINCHILSEA; and sup ported by Earl STANIIOPE, Lord KINNAIRD, the Mar quis of CLANRICARDE, and Lord RADNOR. - The speeches - of Lord KnorAinD and the Marquis. of CLANRICARDE were excellent. Lord KINNAIRD proved that the distress of the country could be at any mo ment relieved, and the Federal Government of the United States preserved front a state bordering upon in solvency, by allowing American corn to be imported at .even so high a duty as six shillings. The Marquis o. CLANRICARDE warned their Lordships of what might be expected to tatke place next winter, unless prompt measures were taken to remove the misery of the people. They might think it inconvenient to . go into - such an inquiry now, and trust to the employment of troops by the Government to keep the people quiet ; but unless they did inquire, and did re- Move the evil, they would soon be compelled to submit to something worse. But their Lordships, unwilling to forego the pleasures of the approaching season of field sports, treated the threat of the Noble Marquis with Silent contempt. Lord BROUGPIAM'S reply was more temperate than we should have expected under such circumstances. He had evidently, however, brought forward his motion under a conviction that it would be rejected. He knew the assembly he had to deal with, and how little it concerned itself about the miseries of the poor, so long as they suffered in silence. Accordingly, as we stated above, only sixteen votes were given for ar inquiry into the extent of the distress that now over spreads Great Britain and Ireland.! Gov help the perishing people ! They have no longer anything to hope from the wisdom and humanity of the House of Lords. Complaints have long been made in E ng l an d aga i nst the anomalous and . unjust state.ef thelaw in the United States,l4 rofgrenSe. - .0. I: ll 7,p4:aey, of. British works, and ~3111:1c**}1,131ri:Ni' taking lictv "tagikof his stay in .-th . tiCinuult, laticlally exerted himself . to make the'soji4tZ eof general discussion, and to i m p ress upon.the pi t h e c onviction that they we r e not so honest' as ' should be. A pet iti on. to Congress was `alit) draw° tip . signed by WAtaaNGToN Linn,. coon, A- « .. ✓ c PRESCOTT, and everyman who has distinguished himself in the literature of America, earnestly praying for the enactment of an international copyright law. The petition was presented to Congress by Mr. CLAY, and referred to a Select Committee. This was met by a counter-petition from the classical city of Boston—the chief city of learrp ing and letters in America—in which the petitioners state that if English authors were invested with any con trol over the republication of their works, American edi tors would no longer be able to alter and adapt them to the taste of their countrymen. This very moral resolu tion was adopted at a public meeting with only one dis • sentient voice. It to be hoped, however, that the Se lect Committee, and President TYLER, a man of high moral character, will discountenance such proceedings, and agree to the prayer of the learned men, who, by their writings, have conferred high honour on their country, by recommending the subject to the serious attention of Congress. While all the great works written in the English language originated in Great Britain, the Americans, of course, were great gainers by this unfair traffic ; but circumstances are now changing ra pidly ; American writers are successfully competing with those of this country, and it is therefore for the mutual advantage of both that an international law should be established, by which every author would be entitled to a fair reward for his labours. All honest men on both sides of the Atlantic must admit that it is downright dishonesty to obtain the works of such men as BYRON, SCOTT, and MooRE, with, all the delight they afford to the reader, and at the same time refuse to make them any compensation. These two great coon. tries, enjoying the same language, customs, laws, and the same representative system of Government, would become more and more united by being placed on the same .footing as independent nations, and would thereby contribute to the improvement as well as the diffusion of a' language, which in a few years will in all probability be more general than any ever spoken by the human race. In the meantime Mr. DICKEYS purposes, and he recommends the plan to other authors, that no correspondence should be held with the pirates, and that no negotiation for the sale of early proofs should be entered into with any but the most respectable American publiShing houses. Letters from Constantinople of the 23d of June, re ceived yesterday (Monday) in Paris, announce that the Sublime Porte had sent two frigates and three corvettes, laden with troops, munitions of war, and a supply of money, to the coast of Syria. Notwithstanding the re monstrances of Great Britain, Austria, and- France, the Divan had resolved to adhere to its own Syrian policy of maintaining the power of OMAR PACHA, and or: pressing the Christians of Lebanon. What a commentary is this upon the Morning Chronicle's flourish of trumpets about Lord PONSOI4BY'S establishment of British influ-' once in Stamboul ! The note of triumph was sounded yesterday in that journal, to soothe the temper of the Noble Lord, probably ruffled by the fatigues of his journey, and his reception by his late colleagues ; and the wail of woe and disappointment is recorded to-day by the same veracious and consistent oracle of undiluted NV higgery. Yes, Lord PoNsoN BY left the British power ro paramOunt at Constantinople that we cannot effect the removal of a renegade Pacha from a country yet reeking with British blood, shed in restoring it to the dominion of the Sublime Porte ! OMAR PACHA is by birth an Austrian subject, and was, or professed to be, a Chris tian for many years of his life. He went to Turkey as a pennyless adventurer, and renounced his faith to obtain the means of living. He is a wretch pol -1 uted with the worst crimes ; and yet all the boasted influence bequeathed by Lord PONSONBY'S Chronicle-lauded diplomatic career to Great Britain, joined with the prayers of-the Christian tribes of Leba non, cannot effect the removal of this bad man from a province purchased by British valour for the SULTAN. Does not this one fact attest all that we have ever said of Lord PONSONBY ? The French elections exclusively occupy the columns of the French papers received this morning. Accord ing to the returns known in Paris up to an early hour on Monday morning, there was a considerable increase on the side of the Opposition. The Ministers have all been returned. We must await the returns from the remote departments, before predicting whether the present Cabinet has a chance of continuing in office. from the accounts which we receive from Toulon, it appears that a general impression exists that the events which have i rately teten place in Algeria may decide the future destiny of ,the colony, if they are wisely turned to account. thus it is . now cut of doubt that the whole country Tvom Algiers to Tlemcen, included between the first fain et Mount Atlas and the sea, is completely pbdued. Only some bands of marauders are met with , 0 the country, a thing which is inevitable, after a war of several „yrars' duration. Peace now rests on a solid foundation. 7We have made no treaty with a powerful chief ; the tribes have 'Peen obliged to submit unconditionally, and instead of with awing, or even diminishing certain garrisons in the interior, ) :the are increased. We continue to maintain strong garrisons at Medeah Milliana, Mascara, and Tlemcen, by which we are 'aide to suppress, immediately, any hostile movement, slut it is necessary to think of something else. besides war. We have already seen moments in which the Arabs seemed to he entirely paralysed. Then we committed a series of faults, and their energy revived. Whatever may be the Cabinet to which the elections are Ong to give power, it will have great duties to perform with respect to our possessions in Africa. Ministerialists and Oppo oitionists all have agreed, when addressing the electoral body, to „Tine forward as the adversaries of England in the affair of the things search. The prolongation of the provisional state of things in Algeria would likewise be a concession to England. A letter from Alexandria of the 21st of June, in the Augs burg Gazette, says :—" The news from Syria of the 11th is very deplorable ; it proves that the accusation brought against the Porte of fermenting the disturbances in that country, are well founded. The Turkish policy manifested itself more and more openly."— Commerce. . HANGING THE PROPHETS.—IG speaking of the dis tresses of the country last night in the House of Corn mans, Mr. Gaily Knight seems to have lashed himse into a very distressing state of wrath. " The loud do nunciations and prophecies of evil," observed the Hon Member, " which had been so lavishly indulged in, could not but inflame the passions of those to whom they were addressed ; when he heard men predict the possibility of insurrection, all he would say was, that if an insurrec tion broke out, the first thing which ought to be done, would be,to hang the prophets."—Mr.G.Knight,here shows himself a Tory of the stiff, old George the Third school— one of those rough, unceremonious gentlemen, who, if they had lived in the days of Isaiah, would certainly have hanged him, for predicting the fall of Nineveh ! We agree, however, with the Hon. Member, that there is much virtue in hanging, but the virtue lies, not so much in the experiment itself, as in the proper applica tion of it. Hang all those who predict disasters to the country from the selfish class-legislation of the Monopo lists, and you leave matters in no better state than you found them ; but hang the Monopolists themselves, who sow the seeds of such disasters, and you at once ensure a remedy, which—however inconvenient and unac ceptable it may be to the individual sufferers—will be attended with inestimable benefit to the community at large. " Four-and-twenty Tories all in a row," strung up, like so many dried haddocks, on a genteel and con fortable gallows, erected for their express accommoda tion, would be the best practical form in which the lion. Member's "hanging" argument could possibly develope itself. The experiment, it will be observed, does not originate with us ; Mr. Knight is entitled to the honour of its suggestion ; we contend only for its just and fitting application. EXPRESS FROM PARIS PARIS, JULY 11. The elections are by no means favourable to the Ministry. In Paris they have lost two members— in Rouen one. They hare gained ene in Strasburg —the other great towns return the same members. In smaller places opposition has prevailed. The Legititnists have especially gained. At four o'clock on Monday the Opposition calculated on having already gained seventeen votes—an important change, one that would indicate the necessity of a Passy and Dufaure Cabinet. Deiessert, Piscatory, and several Alinisterialists, re jected. M. Guizot has been elected at Lizieux. The remaining elections being for smaller and remote places may restore the balance as before. The Funds betray this state of things. The funds were agitated on the Paris Bourse. The Three per Cents. fell, at one time, to 79 20, but closed at 79 55. The elections, as announced early, were unfavourable to Ministers ; later in the day, the accounts were of a different kind. On the Bourse it was said that the new Conservative D ‘puties elected amounted to 184, the Radicals to 148, but the feeling. on the Bourse was not of security in the maintenance tt•e present Ministry. BEXRD'S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—We expe rviehloictoemdraalgthriecatEtsrtaeabri;shthrielmoi t t e a r t d l a v y e ,d m n in v s i t s e i t r i . n g T M h r e . m B e a a n r n d e ' r s Lnd accuracy with which the human face and figure are deli , . tinted by this invention, is truly astonishing. Among t! e portraits which Mr. Beard has taken, we saw many an old .riend, but not with a new face; and we left with the ° iion, that thousands would bless the ma n w h o had discoveredcnvie the means of perpetuating, with such accuracy, the semblance of those who were endeared to them by friendship, or more sacred ties. It is reported that Professor Walmisley has lost upwards of ,500/. by the recent musical festival at Cambrilee. We rejoice, however, to learn that the Noble Chancellor has aehaved in the most munificent manner towards M r . \v a l. .nisley, by enabling him to fulfil his engagements with all the oerformers—an act worthy of the ancient house of Percy:— Evening Paper. BODY FOUND IN THE THAMES.—About half-past eleven o'clock this morning John Caroline, a man who attends , lie Lambeth side stairs of Waterloo -bridge , discovered near the ballast-boat . off Maltby's • shot-wharf, the body of a g i r l about 14 years of age. The body, which was much decom do.ed, was conveyed to the vault of St. John's Church, Waterloo-road. The following is a description of the child's tress : —Lilac frock, with black and white spots, blue and .unite pinafore, with light spots, laced-up boots, aid soAs nl,rkeil" I B I+l patent." . Tim SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1842. SUM ibiARY OF NE‘' S AND plibltt Optitton. " Who runs may read." 703ZEIGICr. The all-absorbing topic in the French Journals of Sunday, is " the elections." The preparatory operation of nominating the bureaux in the different colleges of Paris took place on Sa turday, and is evidently less favourable to Ministers than was expected. Out of fourteen colleges, the Opposition boasts of having a majority in nine of them, as is apparent from the in dividuals nominated. Nevertheless, the Ministerial organs congratulate each other on the resat, in the very same terms that the Opposition makes use of, the Prase and the National both exclaiming, La journeea ete bonne. The Charivari of Sunday states that the result of the elec toral rperations on Saturday, to constitute the bureaux or poll ing places, promised, for the next day's ballot, to the Opposi tion an almost general success. Of the twelve Parisian col leges, only two appeared doubtful, if the Sunday's scrutiny were to be taken as a test. The courtier Francais writes as follows :—" Courage, electors ! The preliminaries of the battle are favourable to us ; in this affair of advanced posts for the nomination of the polling Committees we have obtained the advantage in nine colleges. 'lbis is a good sign for Sunday's scrutiny. Be all at your post." - The Commerce asserts that the Opposition had gained ten out of fourteen Committees. The Royalist Quotidienne remarks the absence of such a large number of electors from the bureaux so that no adequate opinion could be formed of the physiognomy of the electors. 't he Presse admits that it is not the Opposition which had to regret the absence of the electors. althongh it claims the advantage for the Conservatives in the first, second, and tenth colleges, and describes the third as doubtful. The Debats alludes to the absence of the Conservatives, and predicts that the Opposition, who, in 1839, returned nine, will now on:y send six or seven Deputies. The opening of the Swiss Diet leads attention to the affair of the convents. It appears that there is a bare majority in the Diet for voting the accounts; but the strong minority of eleven Cantons will be able to resist the majority of twelve. The Alexandria Correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette says that the reason of the flight of the Emir A bi:allah, nephew of Emir Beschir, on board the British vesstl off Beyrout, was the attempt of Mustapha Pacha to force him to sign a petition to the Porte against the restoration of the Beschirs. It appears that Russia is determined on dethroning Prince Shika. The Hospedar received funds for the payment of 12,000 soldiers, and kept but 5,000 on foot. The Government of Charles X. and Louis X VIII. did the same. PARLIAMENTARY. In the Lords the Duke of Buccleuch reported that it was the opinion of the Select Committee that the Collieries and Alines Bill should be proceeded with ; it was accordingly read a second time and ordered to be committed to-day. The Marquis of Clanricarde introduced a Bill to indemnify the witnesses to be examined concerning Sudbury, which Lord Brougham said their Lot dships, could not disfranchise without taking evidence for themselves. Lord Brougham, in a long and able speech, full of details and rich in illustrations, called their Lordships' attention to the state of the country, and concluded by moving that the peti tions he had presented on the state of the country be referred to a Committee to inquire into the public distress. The Earl of Ripon opposed the motion, which had no other object in view than the repeal of the Corn-laws. A debate ensued, which lasted till eleven o'clock, in which Lords Kin naird, Clanricarde, Stanhope, Melbourne, Radnor, and Wharri chile took part. On a division the motion for the Committee was negatived by 61 to 14. Their Lordships adjourned. Mr. Sharman Crawford offered the Howe of Commons the remonstrances of the inhabitants cf Rochdale against its mea sures, which the Speaker would not allow to be received, as the remonstrance did not pray for any thing. Mr. T. Duncombe gave notice that he should move that the remaininr , supplies, except those far China, Syria, and Canada, be granted for three months only. Sir Robert Peel is to move to-day for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the better security of her Majesty's person. Mr. Leader complained that the Treasury subs had jockeyed him by reading the Municipal Corporations Bill a third t►me, contrary to their agreement with him. Sir R. Peel pleaded total ignorance of any such act or intention. Sir R. Peel, in moving the Order of the Day for a Commit- tee of Supply, entered into an explanation of Lord Palmer ston's statement that Lord Auckland had been asked by the Tories to remain in the Government of India. Sir Robert de nied that the Government had done any such thing, though he could not answer for the contents of Lord Ellenborough's private letter. Lord Palmerston repeated and justified his statement. A brief conversation then took place about the Affghan war, and the conduct of the Directors. Mr. Hogg stated that no such proposal as that attributed to Lord Ellen borough should have been officially made without the sanction of the Directors, and, as they knew nothing of it, he implied that no such offic.al communication had ever been made to Lord Auckland. . • On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. Villiers moved for a Committee of the whole House to con sider of repealing the Corn-laws, and the subject occapied the House till twelve o'clock, when it divided. 'I he numbers were 231 for a Committee of Supply, and 117 for 11r. Villiers' motion. _ _ The motion was ably supported by Mr. Villiers himself, Mr. Fielden, Mr. Hindley, and others, but princ pally by Mr. Cobden, who made an effective speech ; Lord John Russell, who went further than even Lord How ick approved of, and Lord Howick, supported Mr. Villiers. Sir Robert Peel was their principal opponent. In the course of his speech he an nounced the conclusion of the commercial treaty with Portugal. Fatiguing as the debates may be—for even the great importance of the subject cannot redeem its weariness—they are not con tinued without having considerable influence on the House. The House afterwards went into a Committee of Supply, voteu a sum for Canada and other public services, and sat till Three o'Clock. inonmr —TaIia3E—CONEIVIEMCE. Since the introduction of railway travelling in 1837, the in come derived from the tolls on the metropolis roads has pro gressively decreased from 83,4971. to 67,4751., showing a falling off of 16,000/. per annum. A meeting of the subscribers of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb was held yesterday, when 30 children were elected out of 71. It appeared that the Charity had arrived at its jubi• lee, it being fifty years since its establishment in 1792, during which period nearly 1,800 children had been received. At present 290 were under instruction. 1781. in subscriptions was announced. Twenty-eight millions pounds of genuine coffee are con sumed yearly in the United Kingdom, and not less than eighteen million pounds of deleterious matter, composed of chicory and other ingredients, are sold under the name of coffee. The Greenland Seal Fishery has been unproductive this year ; the twelve largest seal-boats have caught, in the aggre gate not more than 21,500 seals. PUBLIC XTS4IZOT(pMENTS. Two new suspension bridges which cross the Regent's canal, for the purpose of uniting Primrose-hill with tho Re gent's-park, were thrown open to the public last week. They are very neat structures. NAVAL AND MILITARY. A new light-house, 240 feet above the level of the sea, and to be seen at a distance of 24 miles, has been erected east of Morro Castle, at St. Jago de Cuba. The ships Erebus and Terror, belonging to the South Pole Expedition, got at the end of last February within 100 miles of Franklin Island, where a landing was effected last year. Here they were damaged by a stormy night, and were obliged to return to the Falkland Islands, where they arrived on the 6th of April. One man had been drowned off Cape Horn, but all else are well. LAW AND POZICE. At Marlborough-street, yesterday, Richard Hanley was charged with robbing a number of ready-furnished houses of piate and other valuable property, to a large amount, and Ed ward Gifford and Sarah Ann Hunt, two persons living together in Warwick -street, were brought up for feloniously receiving the stolen property, which, it was said, amounted to at least 1,0001. One case was proved against them, when the parties were bound over to prosecute, and the prisoners were remanded till Wednesday week. John Thompson, said to be a large earthenware manufac turer at Ashby-de-la-'touch, was brought before the Alegi strates, at the Uxbridge Petty Sessions, charged with pre senting what appeared to be a pistol at a young lady, named Bloomfield, whereby she became greatly alarmed. The offence was committed at the Drayton station, on the Great Western Railway. On the pistol being examined, it turned out to be only an imitation of a pistol, made of earthenware. The pri soner pleaded intoxication ; Miss Bloomfield did not appear, and the 'Magistrates, therefore, fined the silly fellow 405., under the Railway Act. Robert Lindsay Crawford, claimant to the peerage of Craw ford Lindsay and Garrock, in Scotland, was brought before Mr. Traill, at Union Hall, on the double charge of bigamy and returning from transportation before the expiration of his sentence. It appeared that the prisoner had been convicted of horse-stealing in 1527, at Londonderry, and was sentenced to be transported for life. He was accordingly transported to Sydney, and remained there in the omploy of Chief Justice Dowling till 1638, when he made his escape. He, however, denied the charge of bigamy, and also was prepared with do cuments to prove that he was in this country with the permis sion of the Australian authorities. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday. COURT-FASHIONALEB. Lord and Lady Fitzwilliam arrived yesterday morning from Rotterdam. The health of the Bishop of Lichfield continues to improve, though slowly. The Marchioness of Downshire, and Lord William and Lady Charlotte Hill, left London, on Sunday, tor Rotterdam and the Rhine. The Duchess of Buceleuch's last morning party is expected to be attended by four hundred fashionables. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have arrived at Wynyard, from London. Viscount and Viscountess Ponsonby received congratulatory visits yesterday, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Earl Grey, Lord B emgham, &e. The Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, left Apsley House yes terday for Woodford House, near Kettering. Lord Charles Wellesley has gone to resume the command of his regiment, the 15th Foot, at Windsor. The Marchioness of Douro is convalescent, and her Lady ship will be able shortly to take carriage airings. The Mar quis and Marchioness, since their return from Strathfieldsaye, have been staying at their mansion, in Belgrave-street, pur chased by the Duke of Wellington from Lord Carrington. Rumour (says the Newcastle Journal) speaks of a proximate alliance between the Marquis of Blandford, now in his twenty. first year, eldest son of the Duke of Marlborough, and Lady Frances Vase, eldest daughter of the Marquis and Alarchioness of Londonderry. MISCELLANEOUS. Several incendiary fires, accompanied by threatening letters, have taken place during the past three weeks in the neighbour hood of Havant, Hampshire. The Rector's barn has been burned down, and a valuable carriage in it. At High Wy combe, Bucks, on Thursday, alto, an incendiary fire occurred, traces of the design being left. Lady Wittingham died a few days since, on her way, with Prince Paul of Wurtemberg, to Aix-la-Chapelle. She was the widow of General Wittingham, who held an important command in India, and was also a native of Spain, being &aid to be descended from the illustrious family of Ximenes. She was a woman remarkable for her abilities. FIRE.—An alarming fire broke out this morning at about half past ten o'clock in an oil and vitriol warehouse, situated in Wells-street, Oxford-street, belonging to a Mr. King, which it destroyed with amazing rapidity, the flames exhibiting for a quarter of an hour previously to the arrival of the engines, a fearful ascendancy which threatened destruction to the adjoining premises belonging to Mr. Riddle, a cabinet maker, in Wells-street. The timely arrival of the engines, which, after some delay in obtaining water, played with power ful effect, saved this property from being entirely involved in the awful conflagration. We are sorry to state that Mr. King's loss is very considerable, and that he is only partiallj insured. The origin of the fire is at present unkncwn. AGaznAnnE.—An aching tooth, and a note to pay. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The intelligence from France of the adverse tendency of the elections, as far as they have proceeded, to the present Minis try, had the effect of depressing Consols to 90h. It is con sidered that advantage has been taken of the circumstance of a few having gone against the party now in power, while the fact of others having been favourable has been kept back. Parties very likely to be well informed are of opinion that the final result will be a majority of between 40 and 50 in their favour. The prices have somewhat recovered from the mo mentary decline, and Consols are 91 for Money and for the opening, and 91i 91i for the August account, with an ap pearance of being still higher. Three per Cents. Reduced, 91i 91i ; Three-and-a Half per Cents. Reduced, 1001 1001 ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 99i 99g; Bank Stock, 166 167 ; India Stock, 249 250; India Bonds, 26; Exche quer Bills, Old, 48 50. and New, 46 48 prem. The decline in the English Market caused a dulness in Fo reign Securities, the prices of which were not, however, altered to any extent. The business has been, Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 51i ; and the Five per Cents., 1001. Mexican Bonds are quoted at 35k. The Share Market has been heavy with very few transac tions. London and Birmingham, 177; North Midland, 59; Northern and Eastern, 40 South Eastern and Dever, 22 3 / 4 ; and Brighton, 33 3 / 4 . The bonds quoted to-day are—Colombian, 24; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33 3 / ; and Spanish 'I hree per Cents., 20i. Money continues exceedingly abundant,:and a sum for which a parcel of Bank Stock was borrowed, could not be employed at one per cent. although offered at rate. The business at the Custom-house has been very extensive this morning, and it is to be noticed that a large portion of the goods cleared were either necessaries of consumption or manafac!ures. The quantity of coffee taken out of bond has far exceeded what might have been expected, fully showing that dealers must have have been quite bare of stock. 'Although so much extra labour has thus been caused, yet scarcely any beyond the ordinary time has been consumed in passing entries. The Russell, Glover ' arrived at Liverpool, has brought ac counts from New York to the 23d ult. The news, however, by this arrival, like that by the packet-ship England, is equally barren of intere.t. Business at New York, and at the other principal parts of the Union, continued without improvement. Sales in the Stock Market are limited. The impetus given to the Cotton Market by the recent advices from England had subsided, and prices had a downward tendency. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto Fifths London anc Brighton ... .. 50 London and Birmingham......... 90 177 to Northern and Eastern North Midland South Eastern and D0ver......... 50 ...... 224 to Livituroon COTTON MARKET, JULY 11.—A fair quan tity of Cotton was sold to-day, at the quotations of last week. The market preserved a quiet tone, 'and 5,000 bales met with purchasers ; 500 American were taken on speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JULY 11, continued without any improvement ; few,szles were effected, but business closed very languidly :—Eastern Counties, Si ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 44 ; New, 24 ; Grand Junction Halves, 93i ; London and Birmingham Quarters, 46i; Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 41 ; South Eastern New, 2i. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 11.—There is no improvement in the market, and the only quotation we have is smada lot of South Eastern and Dover Shares at 231. per share. CLO SING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Ilank Stock 1663 llndia Stock 249 pm 3 per Cent. Red. .. ...... 911, Ditto Bonds .... 26 pm 3 per Cent. Con. 904 , Ditto Old Annuities ... 34 per Cent. Red... 100 Ditto New Annuities— New 3i per Cent......... 994 Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 48 pm New 5 per Celt', — Ditto 500/...... 46 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 46 pm Jan. 1860 ... ...... 124 !Bank Stock for . Acct.... Oct. 1459 _ _ Jan. 1860 12 5-16iConsols for Opg. 91 FOREIGN FUNDS. ." Austrian, 5 per cent. — IPortuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — ;Ditto, New Ditto 334 Brazilian Bonds... — Prussian, 5 per cent. . - Buenos A yres 6 per cent. .Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... • Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent...,.. 21 Ditto, 1824 214 IDitto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent — ;French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange —f —c Mexican, 5 per cent 36 !French, 3 percent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 I Dutch, 21 per cent. sla Peruvian,lB2s, 6 perot. Ditto, 5 per cen:. 101 A SHARE'S. Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 44 Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid .. Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 6l Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Blackwall ( paid)............ 9 London and Birmingham (90) ...... 177 London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... .. 73 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 22 Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, JULY 12.—Wind this day at noon N. W. DEAL, JULY 11.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W. moderate.— Arrd. G ambia, ' Smith, Gambia. Sid. Mona, Van Diemen's Land; Maidstone, Calcutta; with all the outward-bound ex cept Mauritius, England, and Eliza. OFF WEYMOUTH, JULY 11.—Dourrlas, Douglas, Montreal. Livx Poor, JULY 11 . S.S.IV., moderate.—Arrived Isabella, Thorpe, Demerara, left 4th ult. Sid. Planter steamer, Martha, Gazelle, Savannah, Leila, Baltiniore, Palmyra; Sampson, and Columbus, Cole, New York ; Sovereign, Newfoundland; Nary and Susan, Porthsmouth, N.S. The Zior, from Buenos Ayres, got ashore on her passage to Monte Video, and was obliged to throw part of her cargo overboard. A large brig was seen ashore near Cape Antonio, June 15. LIGHT-HOUSE AT ST.' JAGO DE CUBA. Sir,—We have the honour to acquaint you that a light house has been erected on the Table Land, about 300 feet to windward, or east of the Morro Castle, intended to indicate the entrance of this harbour, and thus prevent vessels frem running to leeward of it daring the night. The lantern was lit on the Ist inst., and will continue to be so, from sun-set to sun-rise. It is a revolving light, forms its complete revolution in two minutes and a half, is 240 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen - at the distance of 20 to 24 miles. We are, &c Ecc., (Signed) LLOYDS' AGENTS. William Dobson, Esq., Secretary to Lloyds, London. THE MARKETS.—(T HIS DAY), COLONIAL MARKET. There was rather more inquiry for most descriptions of colo nial produce, but no improvement in prices. West India Raw Sugar was in fair request, and Bengal and Mauritius steady. In the Refined Market 81s. was paid for standard Lumps. B. P. and Ceylon Coffee was held more firmly. The prices of Pepper were steady, and Cassia Lignea was a shade lower. TALLOW MARKET. The prices of Tallow were 48s. on the spot, and 495. to 495. 3d. for delivery in the last three months. TEA MARKET. The public auctions, which commence to-morrow, have been increased to 47,000 packages. SPIRIT MARKET. The price of Brandy was almost nominal. Rum was inquired after in small parcels at former prices. Proof Leewards were sold at 2s. Id., and good Jamaica at 4s. Bd. to ss. per gallon. Geneva flat, at Is. lid. per gallon. WHITECHAPEL. There was a good supply of Clover and Hay, and the finest qualities met a ready sale. Middling and ordinary sorts a fair trade. There was a plentiful supply of Straw. Clover, 21. 10s. to 51. 10s. ; Hay, 2/. Bs. to 41. 4s. ; New Hay, 3/. to 3/. Lis. ; Straw, 11. 12s. to IL 16s. POLICE INTELLIG ENCE. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) John Lord was charged with eommitting an aggravated as sault on John Featherstone, by attempting to " gouge " his eye out. The complainant said that the prisoner and he had some words, when the latter said that the complainant had been ill for seven months, and that he (prisoner) would put an end to him. He then attempted to carry his threat into effect, by striking him a heavy blow with a stick over the the head, and afterwards trying to scoop out one of his eyes with his fore-finger and thumb, a practice termed " gouging " in America. The complainant added, that had not a police man come up he was confident the prisoner would either have killed him, or maimed him for life. The prisoner said that he was drunk, and had no recollection of what took place. He was fined 51., and to find bail besides, and in default was lacked up. CLERKENWELL,-(THIS DAY.) James Gill, was charged with a violent assault on the person of Nary Ann Jones, a girl of the town. From the evidence it appeared that the complainant was walking in the New road, last night, between eleven and twelve o'clock. when the prisoner met her. She accosted him, upon which he knocked her down, and without further provocation, commenced beating her, which he continued until he broke the stick on her shoulders. The shoulders and arms of the unfortunate crea ture were covered with bruises. Mr. COMM advised the prisoner to make the complainant a handsome pecuniary compensation for the cruel t rea t ment h e had given her, otherwise he would punish him severely. The parties retired, but, soon after, the complainant an nounced that the prisoner refused to give her more than half-a crown, upon which he was fined 21., or one month's im prisonment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ( RECEIVED THIS DAY. ) INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.— GOODWOOD—La sr DAY. Nominations for the Chesterfield Cup :—Mus, 6 yrs—Brace let, aged—Baleine filly, 3 yrs—Mustapha, 4 yrs—St. Jean d'Acre, 3 yrs—Envoy, 3 yrs—Norma, 3 yrs—Elopement, 3 yrs—Fitzroy, 5 yrs—Adela filly, 3 yrs—Celia, 3 yrs—Saros, 3 yrs— Zelmyra, 5 yrs—Garry Owen, 5 yrs—Rory O'More, 6 yrs—Bellona, aged—Dr. Carus, 5 yrs—Pharold, 3 yrs— Rover, 4 yrs—Clementina, 4 yrs—Rhodanthe, 5 yrs—Marshal Soult, 4 yrs—Prince Caradoc, 4-yrs—Una, 4 yrs—Black, 5 yrs —Hyllus, 6 yrs—Priam (late the Wild Hero), by Priam, out of Searnew—Policy, 3 yrs—Lucy Banks, 3 yrs—Little Wonder, 5 yrs—Johnny, 5 yrs—Belgrade, 4 yrs—Cerito, 4 yrs—Vakeel, 3 yrs—Retriever, 6 yrs—Slight of Hand, 6 yrs—Van Am burgh, 4 yrS—Seahorse, 3 yrs. LivEaroor. Cup.—Haworth and Topsail paid; the former has also been scratched for the Stand Cup. DERBY AND OAKS, 1844.—The Derby closed with 161 entries, and the Oaks with 123. BRIGHTON, 1842. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE BRIGHTON STAKES. -Bob Peel, a yrs, Bst 9113.. Welfare, 5 yrs, Bst 816—Belissima, aged Bst Miss Stilton, 4 yrs, B s t—Knight-of-the-Whistle, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b—Retriever, 6 yrs, 7st 716—Argos, 5 yrs, 7st 716—Bel grade, 4 yrs, 7st 51h—Monops, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Una, 4 yrs, 7st 216—Tiger, Acre, 3 aged, 7st—Brother to Plenipotentiary, 6 yrs, ist— ', Daddy Longlegs;3 yrs, Est 1016—Nora Crei na, 4 y rs, 6st 81b— Ch out of Ob e li s k' s d am 4 yrs, fist 51b—The Pocket Viper , 4 yes, Est 21b—St. J ean c l yrs, sst 71b — Albion, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Sister to Al exan d r i n a, 3 yrs, sst 41 b. Winners of handicaps since the weights were declared, 51bs extra. MILITARY COlNtposlToßs.—The Guernsey Star of. onn day earlier than usual, Thursday, Jute 23, gives the following reason for requesting said a Western advertisers to send in their advertisements for next pubacation In consequence of the militia going out on Monday next, and the whole. of the men of our establishment hav in g to attend to their military duties." Judge 3 t e o e a i n he lri ' h ili p a r h i l so " May't please your wor- ship," replied Pat, "th a t 'vest. be a personal reflection, sure." in our face:, THE ANTI-CORN-L A W CONF ERENCE. (THIS DAY.) The Delegates met again this morning at Eleven o'Clock, at Herbert's (late Brown's) Hotel, Palace-yard, Mr. P. A. Taylor in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN said he thought that although. Mr. Villiers had been defeated last night in the House of Commons—an event which be apprehended would not astonish any of the gentlemen around him, because they could have expected nothing else—yet he did think that there was some subject of congratulation for them in th tone of many of the speeches made last night by their oppo nents: In the first place, there was a very great soreness manifested towards the Anti-Corn-law League ; and he took that to he no very bad sign. —(Hear, hear.) They were spoken of as an annoyance, but he did not read in the reports of the proceetangs that they were treated with any marks of contempt. He read nothing tha showed their efforts were undervalued. Their opponents were dissatisfied with their power, but that was not a thing for them to grieve at. They were dissatisfied that parties out of the House should attempt to influence Members in the House. He need not remind them that it was for that very object they had come together —(Hear)—and therefore the regret expressed was at any rate an evidence that to some degree at least they had succeeded in that which they had attempted. He thought also that Sir R. Peel had not crowed quite so loudly as he had done a little 1% bile since. A short time ago he did not hesitate to say that the measures which the Government had passed would be most certainty per sisted in. But now he only hoped that a fair trial woule be given them ; and he spoke of his policy as a sort experiment ; and supposing the experiment did not suc ceed, he expressed his readiness, notwithstanding hi: by-gone opinion, to try something else—(Hear, hear) —that was to say, he should be prepared to alter that which he had- been so confident would sucued. In the " whole t':.ne of the debate of last night, in the mode in which • the proceedings of the Delegates were estimated, and in the annoyance expressed at thoit proceedings, it appeared to him they bad satisfactory evi dence that they had succeeded to some extent since they had met together in London.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then read the following letters, or ex tracts of letters, from correspondents in tte country: — Bury, July 10,1842. My dear Sir,—l assure you I cannot express the gratitude I feel for your exertions, in order to rid our country of that, its fattiest blot, the Corn-law. For your three letters sent me I am very much obliged, and have to inform you I have cir culated the contents of them as much as possible, and that they have given unlimited satisfaction to all those who felt themselves interested in your oleputation. Your remarks to the Confer ence have pleased all parties here, Whig, Tory, or Radical—all entertain and express themselves that they are a true state of the condition of the inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood. Since I received your letter this morning I have seen seven or eight cf the friends, who take a part in these proceedings, who are all of them of one opinion, that is, you must remain in London until the Conference separates. Yon are aware we cannot get up a meeting of the Council of the Association before to-morrow evening, when your com munications shall be laid before them, and I will write to you full particulars, which you will receive on Tuesday afternoon, or Wednesday morning at latest. All the friends to whom 1 have spoken express their readiness to join in the expenses which may occur in the increased time of your attendance in andon. I shall be very glad to hear from you at all times, and I particularly rejoice that you have had an opportunity of stating your opinion of things to the head of the Government, knowing full well you would deal faithfully with him. Mrs. Holt joins me in kind regard:, to you, and believe me to remain, your obedient servant, THOMAS HOLT. P. S.—Mr. E. Hardman, it is reported, has informed his printers that if they mil work for the prices paid to apprentices, he can employ then; if not, he will have all his work done by boys. Todmorden, Friday, July 7, 1842. We beg to express our approval of the plan - s of agitation re commended by your Committee; we thinkthem prudent and judicious, and hope they will be fully and effectually executed. We also presume it unnecessary for us to urge upon you the necessity of your remaining in town, with other friends, until these efforts have been fairly tried ; don't let Peel's party exult over another •' early separation," but remain firm, reso lute, and seem determined not to return until something be done to alleviate the distress and calamities that await us. The House of Commons, it seems, did not think it worth their while to muster sufficiently numerous to enable business to proceed (on Monday last) when the distress of the country was to be taken into consideration • 'make them feel this in all the ways you can invent, and make them understand that you are for having; ocular demonstration of their attendance in the House, to vote the supplies. Our grocers, and other shopkeepers, are about to have a Conference respecting their prospects. Something will be done, but whether a man from their own body will be sent up to town, or their wishes will be communicated to you, I am un able at present to say, but no doubt shall have something for you :on this subject in my nest. Accept my best wishes on behalf of self and friends, and remain yours. Toamorden, July 7, 1842. We bee to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yester day, and take the first opportunity of informing you that it is ' the opinion of all here, that the Conference have acted wisely in deferring their departure, as a little agitation in London is likely to have a greater effect on the Government than if pro .ceeding from the country. The shopkeeper ,here are now mov ing, and *though slew, we think they will do something at last, as they must feel the distress more severely every week. It is the wish of your friends that you should not return at the time you mentioned, but join in keeping up the agitation in town some time longer. In all probability you may be re lieved by some other person's attendance when the shopkeepers have completed their arrangements. The Rev. Mr. HAWKES, of Kendal, was then called upon by the Chairman, and proceeded to address the 'meeting. When he had left home at the commencement of last week, in order to represent the town of Kendal, and the surrounding agricultural districts, he felt that he was. coming, to discharge a very solemn and a very melancholy duty. He knew of no place which called more deeply for the public sympathy than the town of Kendal. There might be other places in which the dis tress was still greater; but the town of Kendal exhibited this peculiarity, that, for the last six years, the progress of the annihilation of its trade had been so ex tensive, and yet so gentle, so gradual, so progressive, that hope had been just kept alive in the bwoms of its unfortunate inhabitants. With this hope they had been induced to linger in the precincts of the town with starvation daily written in their faces, while they were sinking one after another into the workhouse. — (Hear, hear.) rhe town presented the strange condition of being in the same state with regard to the number of its r opulation as in the year 1841. The census of 1841 showed an increase of only 137 souls as compared with the census of 1831; and that had happened in what had been one of the most prosperous of our manufacturing towns. The condition of the unfortunate inhabitants was calculated to make the hardest heart bleed—nay, even that of Sir R. Peel, and if he had witnessed it, he could never have made the speech he had delivered last night in the House of Commons.—(clear, hear.) He thought that the sight of this distress would melt a heart of stone, and it was because he was surrounded by the glitter of the nobility, by splendid buildings, by massea of wealth, that he could not realise to Isis eyes the scenes of destitution and gradual death which they, especially those who were ministers of the Gospel, were compelled day by day to behold. He was not going to detain the meeting with any statistical details; the Report he had condensed before he came, which would be put into the press without the meeting being troubled with its details. But he hadpointed out that one peculiar fact in their case was, that owing to the gradual operation of the Corn-laws the:population of Kendal had been emigrating to other towns or other countries in search of that employment which they could not receive at home, or were sinking into a premature grave. They had the same population now as they had ten years ago, but they had lost much of their independence, much of their manly spirit, much of their capital upon which one-fourth of their population had been feeding (Hear, hear.) The amount paid in wages in Kendal had diminished by 18,5601,. and this was considered so complete an under-statement, that if it were fixed at 20,0001. the amount of the decrease would be nearer the truth. In lieu of this, the working classes only received, at the hands of the Poor-law Guardians, the sum of 1,122/., which left them less to spend on clothes and rental, by 14,7381. What was the influence of this on the agricultural district surrounding Kendal? It de pended on supplying Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, and other places with agricultural produce, especially eggs, butter, and poultry. From the diminution in the amount of wages paid to the operatives, the sale of these articles had greatly decreased ; butter was quite a drug in the market, and could not be sold at Bd. a lb. Did not the poor farmer, whose rent did not fluctuate, suffer by this state of things ? When his produce was depreciated 30 per cent. in value, would his landlord return him 30 per cent. of his rent? ; he would make a great favour of returning perhaps five per cent., and be lauded in the newspapers for his benevolence. This was the effect of the depression in the agricultural districts, which had first been made rich by the rise of manufactures. If the means by which these mechanics lived were taken away, the evils of the Corn-laws must ultimately fall on the landlords themselves. But it was a melancholy reflection to think that in the meantime, the greatest suffering fell upon those who, by their leases, were in their landlords' power, and bound to continue on their estates, whether for evil or good. The accounts from all parts of the country confirmed this 1 1 statement, and it was their firm belief that the price of corn could not rise much higher, without causing a national convul sion. He believed that in the manufacturing districts they were on the verge of disturbances which would not be repressed except by shedding blood, because the obstinacy of their go vernors led them to look on these things with calm and unruffled eyes, and they would employ the force in their hands, the police and soldiery of the country, to repress tumult, rather than take other means to prevent it. In Parliament they disco vered that they must wait the progress of events—the Minis ters said their measures had not been sufficiently tried—it was evident that .hey were to wait till the country was raised tothe utmost pitch of deperation, and not till it had shown itself in a manner not to be mistaken, would any new consideration he given to these laws, to which they all attributed their present distress. Sir R. Peel bad again repeated his belief that much of the local distress arose from the increase of machinery ; but what caused this restless invention of machinery ? It was to evade that heavy and costly element of production in manu factures which the Corn-laws created ; it was to evade the em ployment of human labour, which the Corn-laws made so costly. The Corn-laws compelled them to pay one-third more for their food than other nations, and from this cause arose the restless invention of machinery, to take the employment out of the hands of men, to which they were com pelled by Sir Robert Peel's own laws the dreadful and impious Corn-laws. Sir Robert Peel had taken a re view of the prices of corn since 1815, asking that as they were high in 1815, low in 1833 and 1835, and were now high again, how the Corn-laws could be said to be the cause of the depreciation of wages ? In 1815, the Continent had been ravaged by a quarter of a century of war, and it was impos sible that it could compete with England, and was compelled to take their manufactures, whatever was the price of food here. But they had since had another quarter of a century of peace, of which the Continent had taken advantage, and were now manufacturing for themselves.—( Hear, hear.) Sir R. Peel asked how it waif, if this distress existed to the ex• tent stated, that our exports had increased? Why, he could answer the Right Hon. Baronet. We had sent our manirtae tures abroad at random, to almost every part of the world, almost without a chance of disposing of them, because there was no means of disposing of them at home, i n eens eqaence of all the earnings of the operatives being absorbed by the high prices ofprovieions. And even in foreign countries our manu factures were forced into the market under the disadvantage of our being compelled to dispose of them at twelve months' AitSit s : with per h aps a risk of. not being paid at all. De. . • ides, our experts principally consisted of articles in a state VIO NEY .NARKET and CITY NOW 6. nearly as raw as when they were imported, very little labour FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. having been expended on them. It was chiefly yarns that ' CITY, MONDAY EVENING. were largely exported. It was said that chose who wished to CHRONICLE.—This was the first complete day of. trigs` have the Corn-laws repealed considered the m as the sole existence as a commercial nation, otte r the banners of free =I cause of the existing distress. He denied that such an opinion had been unfurled under the sanctio iof Toryism. Although erevailed. The belief—the conviction was, that the Corn- the new tariff act received the Royal assent on Saturday, It laws were - the great, the leading cause of the distress—the was scarcely to be called a day, and this was really the first parent of the minor causes, and if it were removed all three entire one that has passed since goods in bond could be cleated minor causes would also vanish, The bad harvests were at the Custom-house under the reduced duties payable by the blamed as the causing in a great degree the distress of the new Custom Duties Act. There has been in consequence II country. Providence was thus blasphemously charged with great pressure of business at the Custom-house, as the dea'ers causing the suffering of the poor. But when measures were in those articles chiefly affected by the change have been keep: taken to prevent the introduction among us of the productions Some their weeks for some time past at the lowest possible ebb s or other countries whitrh had not had bad harvests, were not Some considerable activity will thus be exper:enced in'varion the authors of those measures also the authors of the distress ? branches of our home trade. But the improvement will be cone Let those persons take care how they continue to counteract the fined chiefly, we hear, to those engaged in importing article s benefits of Providence. Let them look to what had been the fate of consumption used by the upper classes of society. The, of other countries, where the rights of the people were thus importers of French boots and shoes, and manufacturers 01 held back. Let them look to the example of France in th e last leather, dealers in oils, extracts, and perfumery, will n ow sup century—of old Rome, of Greece, and many other count r ie s. ply themselves with additions to their stock. But these chill:47 But the lust of Mammon had a more powerful influence on the will be of little advantage to the destitute operativ es in our ninds of the aristocracy, than the experience of history. T he manufacturing districts. Duke of R chmond had, on , a former occasion , said that if the - The reductions in the duties on cake copper ores are itor t m . " Corn-laws were repealed, he would flee to a foreign land. He taut , as th e y w ill lessen the cost of shipbuilding, and create.._s_ (Mr. Hawkes ) would say to the Duke, " Unless you repeal better demand for labour amongst operatives employed i n sni t% the Corn-laws you shall be compelled to flee." He (Mr. ing. The alterations in dye-stuffs and drugs are also of 0,1:4 Hawkes) wondered if it had occurred to the Duke, to think portant kind, and calenlated to be of considerable benefit. tZe that both himself and the members of his order would have to same remark applies to the new duties which fall undern e flee if they would save their lives. When a man was starving h e ad of " skins and furs," as well as to those under the h ea d u —when he saw his wife, his children, and all those " glass." As to the miscellaneous department, the red uctio ns _ most dear to him ready to die of want, the dictates of o f the duty on cork and on made corks are the most questoinch religion had little or no influence upon his mind. He (Mr. able, unless we except the reduction of the duty on toys, I t Hawkes) trusted those meetings would continue, and that the the was certainly a most useless innovation. The change 0 . 0 f Press would continue to enlighten the nation on the deplorable law regarding the importation of provisions, particular l y condition of the reople. If the people were instructed ili to bacon and hams, should b e o f a d vantage to t h e poor er classe s.; the cause of their sufferings, and the best remedies for alle v i - and we trust that large supplies of these commodities inaY e ating them (as it was in the power of the Press to do) the imported from the United States. wishes of the nation would be accomplished at no distant time , TIMES.—This being the first day of the operatio n of the, and that, too, without the effusion of blood. e cest Th or° new tariff, the several offices of the " long-room , e The Rev. Dr. Pertnee of Reading, wished to offeran observe- house, were occupied in the arrangement of the duties. , n eee tion on a remark that had fallen from ihe last speaker. That - " grand side" attracted the greatest concourse ; and I, B a v ery gentleman had said that those who were oppressed with hunger tries were made there, while on the " plantation side" tbeeere would not he influenced by the dictates of religion in his efforts tries were about 1,000. In the " export department" l'ei,i,e, to remedy his sufferings. Now he (Dr. Perry) must say that was no material alteration in the appearance of business- 0 self-Preservation was the first dictate of the Christian religion entries on wine account were not very extensive in Lu're, —it was the first law of stature, and he contended that those quence of the settlements which would have to he made respor. who neglected that law—who acted not up to that dia- ing those duties on glass, which have already created so Inr_'; tate, and did not preserve his life, was guilty of a crime anxiety in the minds of those connected with the wine °_": which all were forbidden—murder. Sooner than suffer spirit business. It is estimated that upon clarets, sauters himself or his children to starve, he (Dr. Perry) would and German wines, this alteration of the duties on glass take bread from the table of the Prime Minister. make a difference of about 100 per cent. Mr. LEWIS, the Delegate from Stroud, then addressed thelested SUN.—The market has continued firm all the day, and e se , meeting. As it might be imagined that the \Vest of England with an appearance of a further rise. Some extensive purchs„ was in a flourishing condition he must be allowed to say a few were made on account of the Scotch Hanks, and evidenul words. He believed there was no part of England in which would have been continued, had not the effect been such oSS k the shopkeepers and the middle-classes were in a worse conch- raise the quotation above the limit of the broker. Consolia tion than they were in the West. The part of the country he of! at 91A 91i for Money, 91 le 91/ for the Opening , a nd '. - represented was noted for the fine cloth it pr doted. It had 914 fur the August Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, Ihz ' been said by Mr. Ferranti that the falling off of the trade in Th r ee-end-a. lialf per Cents. Reduced. 100%; New Reduced,, Yorkshire had arisen in consequence of the introduction of and-a-Half per Cents., 994- ; Bank Stock. 166 1 67 ; Ind devil's dust ; now with respect to that article it had been sup - Stock, 248 '250; India Bonds, '26 ; Exchequer Bills, OW , posed that it was a species of dust. Such, however, was not 80 ; New,46 48 prem. the case ;it was the old cloth manufactured by a certain pro- The prices of Foreign Securities were a shade higher; D el i: CeS3. He believed that such manufactures took place in York - g i an . 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 51i 51 i i : shire, but it was unknown in the West of England. The falling the Five per Cents., 101 1011 ; Danish, 81 82; and Bra off of toe trade in that part could not be attributable to that. Tian. 64 66. In the Vale of Chefer, one of the finest in the world, there Some sales of Mexican having been made , the quo tation (le' was the greatest distress. In that part there were originally dined to 35.4. 36i. thirty-three manufactories, and now there were only three. — ( Hear, hear.) In Painswick there was not a soli- The demand for Railway Shares slightly improved. Loncl 4l and Birmingham, 177 179; Birmingham and Glouceste r, th tary manufactory at M ork—( Hear,. hear) —although for -50; Great Western, 86 87; the Half Shares, 61 611 , ; ei merly there were twelve or fifteen, and at the present W es t e rn, 60} 61 ; North Midland, 5 9 6 0 ; the New Shares, e; moment one of its principal manufacturers was an inmate of 30 ; South Eastern and Dover, 221 23% ' • Eastern Countie s, 3 s the union workhouse.—( Hear.) Cottage property had become 9; Northern and Eastern, 39i 40,1, ; Blackwell, 9 9 i ; of no value ;he (Mr. L.) had 12 or 15 vacant, and he could not Brighton, 334- 34, per share. let them at any rate; and he knew a gentleman who was about to The quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian , 21 4 '2 pull down eleven in order to clear the ground.—( Hear , hear.)i :1: Peruvian, 16i 17i ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33 i eli He would now cross over the hills, crowned as they were with the Th ree per C ents ., 19120* ; Spanish Five per Cents . ' verdure, to Heighley, Dursley, oley, and Cann. Dursley, 21a ; and the Three per Cents, 21i 21i. twenty years ago, was the principal manufacture of fine cloth A novel auction was held to-day. Some bills o f ex and kerseymere, but the Shepherds and the other great menu- al t , accepted by the agent foe the Spanish Government, Mr. h • 7+ facturers had gone, and mi Is that had originally cost 60,0001. Carbonell, drawn for supplies furnished to it in 1e36 and 1 °: 0 had been sold for 4,0,10/., and places where originally thou- were put up to sale. The aggregate amount of the ball:i l l, sands of hands had been employed had now Lecame partly 15,0 121 . 15 s . Bd., and they sold in eight lots; varying fronoi'di., iron-foundries. In other parts t lie mills were entirely dismantled, to 351 , and produced a total of ewe hundred and seventy 13 4 and places that were formerly flourishing had now become de- e usu te_ lo .,s i serted, and men who had formerly occupied the manufactories The tariff having come into nperation toeday, the house was crowded long before the r ommeocement of the::,/ were gone to Saxony or America .—( Hear, hear. ) In Stroud, hours of business. The arrangement .' made in anticipsti sof which might perhaps be considered the most favoured part of the pressure, were, however, so judicious, that scarcei,- wee England. the greatest distress existed, and the wages of the la trouble was experienced by parties havinie to pay cluttes.. _ s .' bourer had been reduced. For his own part, he had been D o u e tho obliged latterly to reduce the wages of his workmen, clearances of goods must have been extimmely lar g e, approximation cannot be arrived at until the puhlic a .tion ,..,, and that reduction would still go on, unless some o ffi c i a l accoun t s , which, by the way, are gene rally' several °'' potent remedy were applied. If the Premier would, however, behind. *it only hold out some hope of a modification of the Corn-laws,he - - - • .... could treble his business.—Olear, hear.) The , wages now were not half what they were in 1825. In the town of Stroud one-third of the shops were closed. Cottage property had become utterly valueless, vast numbers of them were untenanted.—( Hear, hear.) The poor-rates were increasing, and everything was getting worse. Such was the state of the far-famed golden vane:, and it , this state of things continued, the most dreadful consequences would be the result. Since the meeting of the present Conference, he had heard three or four things proposed, which hitherto would only , be feasi ble in some parts of the country. Their highly-gifted secretary, of whom Lord Brougham had said that he was the most eloquent man in England, had proposed that they should allow their furniture to be taken by the tax-ga. therer. That might do very well in some parts, but he thought it would not be palatable in others. With respect to closing the manufactories, that proceeding would fall on the country, and the different localities. That would not do, for, he was convinced, that were the factories once closed, many of them would never own again. Many persons would he glad to close their factories. if he (Mr. Lewis) could do so he would. He had heard one project from a gentleman there that he did not think would result in good. It would take twelve months to carry out, and they might be all in their graves before that time.—( Hear, hear.) They never could go through the winter. A DELEGATE—a What is that project ?. Mr. LEWIS —The gentleman read it from a paper ; it was a great variety of practices combined in one. Another gen tleman was for going to the bar of the House of Commons and demanding an interview. That was impossible. 'they well knew how they were treated in February last. Then, with respect to an interview with the Premier, they all saw with what cold-blooded apathy they were received by him. They could expect nothing from him. They received all that was expected. He (Mr. Lewis) stood at his elbow all the time, and he trembled so much that he made him (Mr. Lewis) fancy he was an old man.—(Laughter ) He (Mr. Lewis) had heard ,a most splendid speech in the House of Lords last evening, and he observed the listlessness with which it was listened to. Many Bishops were there, amongst whom was the Archbishop of Canterbury. There was nothing to be derived from this or from the other House. They would never do any thing until they (the Deputation) made common cause with the Chartists.—( Great cheering.) The moment they did that the Whigs and the Tories would join. They would unite within seven days. They would then have their enemy fairly before them. They would then obtain their object as they did with respect to the Reform Bill.—( Hear, hear.) If there had been two sections then, that question would never have been carried. He doubted if the country was not worse off now than before that measure. Without the Charter they would do nothing; at all events, they ought to include the Ex tension of the Suffrage and Vote by Ballot. Now, his project was to unite as early as possible. He thought that lecturers ought to go round London, as the people in London were ex tremely ignorant on this subject. His project, also, was to send for Mr. Sturge, to town, that they might at once create a union which would bear all before , it.—( Hear, hear.) The whole district was in the deepest distress. Mr. DANIELS, of Marylebone, said some complaints had been made respecting the metropolitan parishes not having come forward to assist in the present movement. New he could state that he had seen several persons at the Conference besides himself from the parishes of Marylebone and St. Pancras, and had endeavoured on several occasions to obtain a hearing, in order to express their i coneurrence in the objects of the League. He belonged to an Association in Marylebone, which was formed by air. Sydney Smith, and the object of which was to secure the Lees against the injuries which were inflicted upon them by the drones.— (Hear, heir). There is an altered state of things in this country. Formerly it was the custom of Ministers to do all in thAr power to promote the prosperity of trade; now they knew the Government only as an instrument of exaction.— (Hear, hear). They had heard much of the truck system. Why, what were the Corn-laws but the great truck system, whereby the landlord compelled the people to deal at his own shop? A person in his parish, who was regarded as a religious man, had said to him, that if there was not wheat enough the people should seek other food, such as beans, peas, and oats. He believed that if they did that they would soon have an agricultural society endeavouring to prove the nu tritious property of the bark of trees.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He would read to the meeting a statement, which would show the increase of pauperism and distress in the parish of Mary lehone. (The Hon. Delega e then read the statement.) Now what was all this for ? The farmers did not want pro tection. He knew many farmers, and their eyes were begin ning to be opened to the 'true state of the case.. They knew that they did not need protection. Lord Leicester, Lord. Spe ncer, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Radnor, and other landowners, had distinctly stated that they required no pro tection.—(Hear, hear.) Those who desired a repeal of the Corn-laws, were desirous of holding out the right hand of fellowship to the farmer. If they bore enmity to any, it was only to those who increased the rent of the farmer for the oppression of the country.—(Cheers.) There were many who advocated for an extension of the suffrage. (The meeting had not concluded when we went to press.) --- - - -- HAMBURGH AND DUTCH S.lA—_ The r 0 BERLIN, JULY L— (From the Silesian Gazette. ; . ~i e, of has been a great deal said lately in our diplomatic 01,s,:ivg the appointment of a German Prince to the dignity of ;1,,, of Syria, who should be placed on the new throne in the cr si, in a certain degree under the protection of the Great Po'',, in the same manner as has been done in Greece, but w ith°o preceding revolution. DRESDEN, JULY 2.—ln spite of the ominous rain 00 " Ti l e . Seven Sleepers' Day," we have had hitherto an almost trob cal heat (100 Fahrenheit) in the sun. Netwithstandi o g, 0 drought, all the fruits of the earth in Saxony are r ein ip fine; the vineyards, especially, promise to yield abundarq t be Bohemia, on the contrary, every thing is burnt up, a n ...,,rr prices of corn are rising. The Elbe becomes more.and liich shallow, and even the Prague steam-boat, the Bohetilia , " era' kept up the communication between this and Tesehow f o , r I ,ia yellers, going to the Saxon Switzerland, or Toplitz, is n ° up. —.Han:burgh Papers. H AMB II liG H BOWEN. HALLE, Jutx 8. mod' Bills. • , • Austrian 5 per Cents. ... ..... lit`, • :?'/ Bank Shares .... .............. .........' . 16E0 Z. 6 A np,lo.Russian Loa: 1 I69A ir ~,v, IN vian 5 nor Cent., Ist series, Certificate I al% Jr': -,, .07 ' Inscription, Ist series 1.13 ~ ,•Ir.- -, :.%, Russian a per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th . o 6.4 Series Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) ..... ....... Bss, 'n al Dutch Actual Debt, 04 per Cent- Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds New Tickets •,•<.1 0 9 '114, ' ilf Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. Spanish, New 5 per Cents. . Pk ; I,,"iingl EXCHANGES ON LONDOV. i , 01 'At Hamatten, Jule 8.-13 7'{, Two months 14.6. - ..",„"i 10: PETERSBURG JUNE :B.—Three months. 41731 r ....... -it %,,,, STOCKHOLM; ' JUNE 30. Seventy.tive days, 11, elioirla -7 ~, ' ,r -izai o i l ell g it SINGULAR iLiTcu.—Three brace of grout ' • ffirt i, three brace cllo\oof pheasants have . been bred by the Lewes, of Duffryn, under a barn-door fowl, and so v ery, A are they as to eat out of the bands . They wertiinhicrw, o tit" upon the white of an egg mixed up with grated' tireak..„4 eggs given sparingly. with plenty of green food, such at ,t 5 :5 5 , and cabbage leaves. Hereford Journal. .- ' : ci;' LA DVE KTISE MIST. I ''' ' z i , - 4,t, IMPORTANT TO ALL THOSE WHO EXPECT - 4 '...ii,j! RIVE BENEFIT FROM DRINKING SODA WATEtt.—Seb we vi Soda Water is so universally known and appreciated, o° t i, throughout the United Kingdom, but throughout the civ! r , world, that any enconium on its merits might appear sl l lf litmus; but as since its original introduction, upwards °` e or a century since, many imitators have started up, with aw .Lrti less claims to public patronage, J. S. and Co. take. the h;Z e i e . of reminding their friends and the public that the above i'geo braced Water continues to be manufactured on th ° , lar f es' scale and upon the most scientific principles at their eo'e tbe ir tablishment, 51, Berners-street, London; and also at b y; three branch Manufactories in Liverpool, Bristol, and 1)6 1 , at. and that consumers may be supplied with the genuine artilfaliass most of the respectable Chemists, Confectioners, and "Os Warehouses in every province of the United Kingdom. , dr. just reputation of their manufacture, anti the consequef t bee , mend for it, have tempted unprincipled persons (many o _ o o of apparent respectability) to practice a deception , ""blit9 which Schweppe and Co. are anxious to caution the Po rin o The deception referred to is that of passing off a 9 1°,10 4 article for " Sthweppe'a." by selling it in Schweppe's swi e e , bottles. The temptation to this is, the cheapness of (hee d the tior water, although in most cases the consumer is chare : `,:o same. By this artifice a common water is surreptit7 t he palmed on the public for the genuine—the reputation oi o d s latter is prejudiced by the substitution of a bad article--40 it' certain proportion of the public patronage diverted fr°_, e ge legiti:s ate channel. To obviate these several evils, SClr el e and Co. have adopted the plan of placing a Red Labei te t4 the cork of each bottle, representing the Royal ApPo ill s ob' in the centre, tmd the name of their firm on each side, oitt' out which none is genuine. Schweppe and Co. refer., pride to the fact that they constantly supply the Royal y in it s of London and Windsor, as well as the principal Nobility ," le' three kingdoms ; nor is the demand for their Soda Wat ec 1 4 ' constant on the continent and in other parts of the let Merchants and Shippers in general connected with tb e . 4 ll and West Indies and our numerous Colonies are coop" J o', transmitting orders received from t heir respective agenlastJ, correspondents, and highly gratifying is the tes7ol o .., Schweppe and Co. are in the habit of receiving from fl o il i 1 men returned from abroad, of the luxury afforded them bl ot 0 0 ? Soda Water when met with in tropical climates, and i yste r high condition in which it is generally found. The 0 0 0 ordered for foreign countries is manufactured with an e :,tbe r reference to its destination, and it is well known that v° ere. can equally well endure the variations of climate. Seb` c tf°' Lemonade is an elegant preparation of more recent i e s 15' duction, but from its refreshing and wholesome praye r ' oc ing rapidly getting into extensive reputation. It is an 4 0 ; 1 07' draught of most agreeable flavour, and made of the b es 1 03 11 rials, without regard to cost. Physicians and me .tic' es , 45 constantly recommend it in cases of fever, &c., nor is it 1 1e eO l sirable as an article of luxury. Every genuine bot,l'Ars,o! have a yellow labia on its side, with the name and 11 0 " n f O F the firm. Schweppe and Co. are the largest. importe rs „, - I German Seltzer Water, which they receive direct springs, in quarts and pints, and which they offer to th e ioat' in the original packages. N.B.—Export orders for al l c executed on the shortest notice. —.lo?e A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon, at two o'clock, at the Foreign-office, Downing-strqet, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Peel, and the other Ministers. . The Court is expected to return to town to-morrow morning, from Claremont. THE NEW COINAGE.—The Bank of England yes terday paid the dividends in new sovereigns and half-sovereigns, and in new half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences, just received from the Royal Mint. During the day the Rotunda and the transfer offiees were filled by the holders of stock, and some very extensive transfers were made. The Bank Directors have very promptly attended to the great run there has been since the proclamation of the 3d of_ June for silver, and have had a considerable quantity struck Within the last week at the Royal Mint, so as to supply the public demand not only in town but in the country, to which a large amount of new half-crowns. shillings, and sixpences was sent off on Saturday and yesterday, particularly to Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, anit_other populous manufacturing districts in the north, where there is a great scarcity of silver. The bullion at the Bank has increased by 463,0001., or from 7,383,0001. to 7,846,000/., being 115,000/. on the decrease in the note lia bilities of this chartered corporation. The average circulation of the Bank of England is upwards of 17,543,0001., and the stock of bullion 7,946,000/. '1 he number of light sovereigns now in circulation must Le very limited, as during the last week but a small quantity were presented for change. The Bank only takes them now in sums from 80/. to 500/. and up wards ; but the light gold that has been taken since the panic bas been sent to the Mint to be re-coined so as to prevent the re-issuing. ry - GOVERNMENT AND THE STE ATIIIIOGIE MINISTERS. —We have been kindly furnished with the following extract from a private letter, on the information or which our readers may with confidence rely :—" You will be pleased to learn that Government have now taken the persecuted members of the Strathbogie Presbytery under their protection. The Mode rator has receive a letter from Sir James Graham, intimating to the ncajori , y of that Presbytery that they would be pro tected in all their rights and privileges; and that, in any legal measures they were forced to have recourse to, they must ap ply to the Crown agcnt, who had eirections to do whatevei was requisite for their interests." This is quite as it ought to be ; and we trust, Government will act with equal decision and firmness throudhout.—Fiji Journal. ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY, LOWTHER:.ARCADE. —The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe- Meiningen, the Hei editary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, and Lord Howe, visited this institution yesterday, and honoured Mr Claudet with a sitting for her likeness by the Daguerreotype. The Right Hon. Thomas Frankland Lewis, Mr. Fitzherbert, the Belgian Consul at Brazil, Mr. Saportas and family, formed part of the large number of passengers who yesterday arrived at St. Katherine's Wharf, Tower, by the Antwerp steamer, Princess Victoria, Captain Minter, _ _,--____—_--------- BIRTHS. ,10 41 On the sth ult., at the Government-house, Barbachs ' Grey, of a still-born child. de b On the Bth inst., at Wanstead, the lady of Samuel i o or Esq., of Womanston House, Radnorshire, of a 66' Jt, daughter. Bar° On the Bth inst., at Morwick Hall, the lady of S. G• o f O Esq., of a daughter. latil On the 9th inst., at Bromley Common, Kent , the G. W. Normp.n, Esq.. of a son. -c att le 04 r' On the 10th inst, at York, the lady of Thomas - - tli. Esq 0 ., of a dauhter. of On the 10th inst., at Charterhnuse-square, th e lady Rev. William Goode, Rector of St. Antholin , o f a sn'Thotliss On the 11th inst , in Torrington-square, the lady ° 41' Marston, Esq., of a son. m ere' On the I 1 th inst., Mrs. J. E. Bromley , o f Coat .., toad, of a son and heir. MARRIED. Willi? Pe On the 9th inst., at St. Mark's Church, Kenningt°' of 1.1) Titchener, Esq., of Chichester, to Miss Anne Coo Per, same lac. ,q 0 a re, On then lth inst., at St. George's Church, ila" cer- to • ' 131 ,i William B. Hodgson, Esq., of the State of V . irg' D 'L a ', Shutt ) - ;caret, daughter of the late E. Telfair, Esq., of t " ..., Georgia. ------' DIED. Ale 0 1Jer On the 10th ult., at Madeira, Eliza, the wife or r - • -1: Bally,Sardinian Consul at that island. „earl's' On the 25th ult., at Hamilton, Captain Coul tman, is master there. On the 30th ult., Eliza Sarah, Tebbut t, of Hanwell, Middlesex. „ ft , CaP talP On the 7th inst., at Totten, near Seitharaf - Starr Wood, aged 83. c or trotl e ' wife of the WY. Frame , On the Bth inst., at Summer-hill, Bath, E lun.l3 eldest daughter of Dr. Parry.llr. L i g ht. On the 9th inst., Sarah Ann, second daughte r o f :,_d 25. foot, of her Majesty's Victualling-yard, Deptford, at,e pet' On the 9 h inst., at Devon port, Mrs. Ahoe 11 , i cse ij a ucl-bt r- On the 10th inst., Mrs. FLnces Bennett, of P o ' - l s ir a Kensington. of J. On the 10th inst., George Latham, youngest so) D' .s'l re. ..--- Chatterton, Esq., of Man ch ester-street, Manchester ........—.......... __—.------ir-,ep London : Printed and Published by 1111711D0,„ o icli 113 No. 112, Strand, at The Sun O ffi ce, N 0.142. the County of itiiddlegeL Tuevigy, Julf I°' - r , I