The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEMING, JUNE 20, IMO. iLE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE commendation he has declared in the most emphatic COMPANY. language that the French po-sess a much (Provwonally rtegistered, January 17, 1549.) Capital, 2,ers , ,f3Cl 1 ., in 9 0,000 Shares, of 251. eaca. more efficient steam navy than ours Ives, Prehrainasy Deposit, ..!s. 6d. per Share VfoSpeAnae. Atari tUr information may be obtained at the Temto- seeing that while England has mre ear; (sinus of the Company, 12A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap :l.Jatlon horse power, and he believes more tonnage, " France has 20 steam-frigates, capable of mounting 32 guns each, and of carrying 2,000 troops with ease." A fact which was alarmingly demonstrated the other day by the abrupt disembarkation on the shores of Central Italy of the French army under OUDINOT ; and one, moreover, which calls forcibly to our re membrance as opinion long since pronounced by a great French statesman and historian, ADOLPHE TRIERS. " The character of steam navigation"— these are the very words of M. TRIERS—" the cha racter of steam navigation it is impossible to predict now in its relation to future events. That it gives more means to France of acting against England is possible. That it renders the Straits more easy to be crossed must depend upon the efforts France may matte to assume a superiority in the employ of the New Power." According to the deliberate assertion of Sir CHARLES NAPIER those efforts have been made, and have not only been made, buthaveprove cc d es u s p ful. to the present time to be eminently successful. If .false, that assertion may be very readily • disproved ; if true, it renders the a rgu ment of the Admiral signally imperative. Whether true or false the fact might be the most effectually and the most clearly demonstrated by having recourse to the very measure proposed by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, namely, the appointment of a committee of naval officers and engineers to investi gate thoroughly the whole system of the present management of our naval forces, and to propound some other by which its difficulties and blunders might be immediately and permanently prevented. The very circumstance of his suggesting this con trivance for the removal of existing abuses, and for the substitution of a wholesome re-organization, affords the best guarantee of the sincerity and the disinterestedness of the feelings by which Sir CHARLES NAPIER is actuated. It demonstrates that his solidi tude is actually to witness the improvement of cur steam navy, and not to cram a crochet of his own down the throats of the Government. This circum stance, moreover, is the more worthy of regard in his particular instance, from the recollection of the fact that the views upon steam navigation of Sir CHARLES NAPIER individually are entitled to a very express consideration, for, according to his own decisive statement, " during the two years he com manded the Channel squadron no less than 29 steamers have passed through his hands." Of the steam-vessels of war by which he has endeavoured to illustrate the accuracy of his objections to the old system (or rather to the old want-of•system), the most remarkable have been the three well- known ships, the Sidon, the Odin, and the Terrible— the first-named being the very first pro duced under his personal direction, Mr. Fricuam being the builder, and Mr. SEAWARD the engine maker. Faults, blemishes, deficiencies, there undoubtedly have been in these vessels, but those very faults, blemishes, and deficiencies have only, to our thinking, proved the more incontrovertibly that Sir CHARLES NAPIER was correct from the outset in his objections. If plans, in carrying out which the builder and engineer have been brought together, the merits and demerits of which plans have been scrupu lously canvassed " for months," in reference to which officers experienced in steam navigation have been re peatedly consulted—if such plans, so directed and so followed out to their completion, are found, notwith standing all these precautions, to require considerable modification, how much more liable to error must not those earlier, more jejune, and hap hazard plans he in the furtherance of which neither the constructor of the ship, the maker of the engines, nor the seamen of the vessel have been brought to gether to consult on one of the most difficult points of naval architecture. Briefly—Sir CHARLES NAPIER has fully effected all the purpose of reasoning towards which his ar guments were through this letter directed. He has, by his allusions to the superiority of the French steam navy, as revealed in the recent expedition of 30,000 troops to Civita Vecchia, proved that some rigid investigation is required forthwith. He has proclaimed the madness of the reduction lately made in the number of our seamen to the extent of some 3,000 or 4,G00 //o hws Mae by cue pie.eiJt absurd and dangerous system we are only building overgrown corvettes which are miscalled frigates— and that those vessels, through the want of coopera tion and of a common understanding among the parties engaged in their construction, are conspicuous for the following defects :—the want of sufficient stowage—the exposure of their boilers to the enemies' shot—the sinking ot the main d ec k p or t s so l ow in the water as to render their guns useless, and the general fabrication of so-called frigates at once cumbrous, ineffective, and inconvenient. All these defects, all this necessity for a re-organization in the management -of -the navy, we ourselves have long and long ago insisted upon. Years since The Sun has declared, for example, the absolute necessity for the general adoption of the " screw" in our own steam navy, as the best preser vation of the propelling force in vessels of war, besides all those other necessities for modifica tion, which have at length found a supporter so earnest and resolute as Sir CHARLES NAPIER. There is no longer any path for withdrawal open for the Go vernment. The charges made against the pre vailing system have become at last so dis tinct and definitive that they must be en countered. And, to bring the matter to the earliest and most satisfactory settlement, the com mittee of naval officers and engineers must conse quently be appointed. When this much has been accomplished we shall no longer be " groping in the dark," and shall see the Navy of England placed in a position commensurate with its ancient glory. A. F. anwE. Ron. sec., pro ter► NOTICE 1 LISTER NEW WORK, " BRITISH HOMES AND FOREIGN WANDERINGS," ja Two Vols., WILL BE BEADY on Saturday, June 23. Orders ,Tacief. Tel by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor MORIANT. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will De presented Donizetti's admired Opera, entitled LIICREZIA IIORGIA. tlie wale of the evening a new Divertissement, entitled LA PRIMA BALLERINA. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke s to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 10s, fid. each . ROYAL ITALIAN OPE.It A, COVENT-GARDEN. MADAME PE ft MANI'S BENEFIT. TO-MORROW EVENING IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. After which, the Third Act of LA SONNAMBITLA. To conclude with a DIVER fISSEMENT, ES 'Which the principal Artistes of the Ballet Department will appear The performance• will comme, ce at Eight o'c'ocit precisely, Composer, Director or the Music, and Conductor. Mr. Costa. T. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, MR. MITCHELL'S BENEFIT. T.i Perfirmancis will commence at /lalf-past Seven o'clock with ' (By Desire) LA VENDETTA. After which LE CO'ETE OF:Y. After the Opera Madame Cinti-Darn.reau will sing " Scene de la Debutante," accompanied on the Piano-f )rte by 31. Benedict ; and La Bachante, - cherzo, le Roi de Baviere," accum anted by herself. To conclude with EXTRF:3IES tiE T )LCIIENT. ; ATR • ' ROYAL, BAYM..A.RA.E'.C. Mr. B. Fie Atcr..Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. Will be performed a new and original tragic Play, in Five Acts, 4Mti tled STRATI' M Olt E. To be followed by T LIE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclade witii , the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. TiLEATHE ROYAL. ADELPIII. llnflez tie directlon of 'la lame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. After which a new grand Extravagarza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT tiF THE FLOWERg. To be followed by a novelty in the , hape of A MOST UNWAR RANTABLE INTRUSION, which will be committed by Mr. Wright o the annoyance of Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL L YCL UM THLAT tt . Under the Management of Madame Vestris. -ale Lessee, Mr. Charle Ma• he ~s. THIS EVENING will be performed PROMOTION. After which a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To conclude with BOX AND tOX. Dregs 1 . .0.te5, 58.; Upperkßoaeg, 48. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No Ralf-price to any part of the house. The New Boa-office, Ne. 2, Wellin-ztor , street, Is open to the public every Jag. from Ten rill ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. ruder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at one time : Md lles. Adelaide Hinnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in announc ing that he has engagel that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJEttAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which Marie Maearte will appear, supported by the first Equestrian talent, of the day. To conclude with a favourite Melodrama, entitled THE WHITE rAIiM. Rex-office open from Eleven till Four. A/we Manazer. Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Engagement of M. JULLIEN. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Wilder the patronage of hot tiles : Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Re. The Public Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of Badajoz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable re,ort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Denson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid Menagerie—Ju lien's unrivalled Band—Vo cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Frances Mildmay, Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. G. Tedder—Solos by Koenig, Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violon cello by Viotti and George Collins, varied alternately—and other at tractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Placlajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombard ment and attack—gallant defence—rush to the breach by real troops —and final ta',leaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fights." Doors open at Nine o'Clock, A.M. ; feeding of the animals at Five ; Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming of Badajoz, at Dusk,—Admission One Shilling. REFRESHMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only could bs procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. TH. WEA ['LIE I..—"Sut4 OFficE, JUNE 20. ait &nionaTEß, Lowest, 48; Behest, 60, soon, 65. BAROMETER, 30.2. N.W.—fine weather. Tars PAT —' , 1 . !in. after 1 Evening, 27 min. after 1 To-llnaaow—Morning. 52 min. e'er 1 I , 20 min. ,fte! a• , : .,," ; % r - 5 0,„ : „,- -,,-., g ~e •S: ,` , ; el! '', ,,, -Z%.•.1 - < g . .. 1 . ,, ~ N "i,,: , ,, : `-: r "- r,,,, e s ~,,i wia ' ' i' -- , - 7 ,- tiv""Vr • o s `'': , D --,--` • • - --. 14' ruc What the ATTORNEY -GENERAL has had " under consideration, but not found time or opportunity to do," the Noble Lord the Member for Marylebone has almost accomplished ; while the law officer of the Crown was doubting and hesitating as to the best mode of encountering the difficulties of the case, the unpaid representative of a metropolitan borough has produced a sound practical measure, completely removing the virus from an acknowledged nuisance. The Palace Court Bill was read a second time on Monday evening, without a single dissentient voice, and was ordered to be committed on Friday. It will undoubtedly pass through all its stages with perfect unanimity, unless Sir JOHN .Tunvra shoal, in the intetitu , ahakc off his apathy, and bring forward his long contem plated Bill for the total abolition of the tribunal. Lord DUDLEY STUART proposes that henceforward every Fr-rson sued in the Palace Court shall be allowed to demand the transfer of the cause to the County Court of the district within which he reside s. This privilege will completely t of the obnoxi ous tribunal, fori ak tc e an a injusticeiy ar nwowatyill voluntarily h e eol supposed business unt .l that any person of ordinary capacit submit to the enormou s costs and y practical of a jurisdiction that has already attained ao unen viable a notoriety. It may sometimes be resorted to by persons anxious to obtain payment of extortionate or unconscientious claims, for, whether justly or otherwise, it has been generally believed that the party appealing to the Court has almost a certainty of success if he can bring forward the slightest evidence to sustain his demand, but no defendant will consent to have his case adjudicated on where there is a manifest prejudice in favour of the plaintiff, and where, in the event of an unfavour able decision, the original debt may be quadrupled by the costs incidental to its recovery. If cheap and expeditious justice be desirable, nothing can be alleged in favour of the jurisdiction of the Palace Cour' But where there is really a legitimate and bond fide debt, the proceedings of the court are almost as injurious to the interests of the creditor, as they un doubtedly are harassing to the defendant. Many unprivileged persons practice under the sanction and with the connivance of the attorneys, who put for ward a claim to compensation for what they are pleased to term " an invasion of their vested rights:' Such intruders will too frequently be guilty of acts at which the legitimate prac titioners would blush, and no security is afforded to the humble suitor that he will not be permitted to fall into such hands. A set of harpies haunt the precincts of the court who obtain the ma- ~„ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1849 Either as warriors or as publicists the NAPIERS, if not doing, are at least always endeavouring to do good service to their country. Whenever their swords are sheathed their pens are called into requisition. When they withdraw for a while from the command of the military,or maritime forces of Britain, they evince an earnest and patriotic anxiety to forward the improvement of their warlike professions. This, it will not yet have been forgotten, was evinced in a striking manner by the Letter addressed to the Presi dent of the Board of Control (on the necessity existing for the reorganization of the Baggage Corps of the Indian army), by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the victor of Meanee. It has also, within the last few days, been displayed quite as conspicuously by the Letter addressed to the First Lord of the Treasury (on the urgent demand for the extension of our naval power in the number and quality of its steam- vessels) by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the conqueror of St. Jean d'Acre. Whatever may be the views of the Admi nistration either as to the efficiency of the Baggage Corps of the Indian army, or as to the sufficiency of the steam force of the - English navy, it is quite im possible that the Ministers of the Crown should do otherwise than yield the most diligent attention to the remonstrances of men so illustrious among the great Captains of the two elements. The NAPIERS have nobly and brilliantly earned for themselves the right of requiring this Ministerial nonsiieration, by the ardour of the one as a soldier, and of the other as a sailor, and by the splendid vic tories with which they have both illustrated the his tory of the Anglo- Saxons. Although the objections made lip Sir CHARLES Narita, in reference to the mal-administration of affairs at the Admiralty, have been lung since ren dered familiar to the public through the medium of hi; Parliamentary speeches, the majority cannot fail to be gratified at the publication of a document which recapitulates those objections in the concise form of an epitome, and condenses them within the mo derate dimensions of an epistle. As a resume of the opinions ex p resse d b y t h e G a ll an t Ad m iral during the six years he remained in the house as a popular representative, the communication to Lord JOHN RUSSELL on the " State of the Steam Navy," a letter contained in our last evening's impression, must prove peculiarly welcome to every lover of his country, and every well-wisher of the illustrious service which has elevated that country to its present greatness. Sir CHARLES at once plainly and bluntly acknow ?edges himself to be an alarmist. In doing this, however, he reminds the Prime Minister that no peril can be risked by his exposure of the defenceless condition of England, that exposure having already been made by the memorable letter penned by the Duke of WELLINGTON. And as an additional, nay, more, as a conclusive justification of his own exposition of " the nakedness of the land," Sir CripLES insists upon the inappropriateness of the time in which the Duke took upon himself the in vidious duties of an alarmist, and on the other hand maintains that such an exposure of the urgency of our national position is shown to be exquisitely re quisite, at a period when 30,000 have been conveyed with such astounding facility and suddenness from Prance to Italy, from Toulon to Civita Vecchia. Our distinguished Sea-Captain speaks directly to the point, without the feeblest attempt at circumlocution ; and his hint to the Premier is not less startling than It is sententious. "I advise your Lordship," says he, "to look at the chart—not at the distance from Tou !on to Civita Vecchia, but at the distance from Cher t ourg to Portland." Immediately before that re- "Yours, truly, Si In the beginning of March the plaintiff, who had in the interim repeatedly called upo❑ the attorney, wrote, ano:her letter stating that if the mater were not imme diately settled, she would cause an application to be made to the court for redress, to which she received an answer, which for style and matter is certainly a literary curiosity, and which we cannot refrain from giving to our readers verbatim. It come menced with a bill of costs in this unopposed suit, amounting to 11/. 2s. It then gave credit for 12/. 10s., viz., 21. received on account from the plaintiff and various payments from the defendant amounting in all to 101. 103., to which account was appended the following epistle : •' Mrs. -- " The last letter you wrote me must have been penned by some low, insolent follow, whom you had better not for the future have anything to do with. I have made out the amount in full, giving you credit for all I have received, and by w hich you will perceive, after all your bluster and impudent threats against me, that there is only 11. Bs. due to you. This amount you can have, I dare say, on Saturday next, and then I wish to have no wore to uo with you.—Yours obediently, Here, then, this excellent attorney wishes to have no more to do with the plaintiff, or to take no further stops after he has succeeded in extracting sufficient to pay his 1 11. 2s. costs, where there was no defence. But, strange as it may appear, the 11. Bs. has never since been paid, but the settlement has still been put off for a further time. Such facts require no comment on our part, they will be fully appreciated if any opposition should be °tiered to the Bill, or if claims for compensation should be put forward by those who allow such prat• tioners to use their names or to act under their authority. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Moniteur publishes the following telegraphic dispatch : " THE PREFECT OF THE RHONE TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. June 18, 11 o'clock, A.M. " Lyons is perfectly tranquil. The Croix Mousse and Guillutiere a re b e i ng di sarme d. Th e operation is going on well and without resistance." In the National Assembly on Monday an autho rization was granted for the prosecution of M. FELIX PYAT. The report on the Bill for the Suppression of the Clubs was brought up by M. JULES DE LEY STERIE ; and M. ODILON BARROT avowed and justi fied his conduct in threatening the Siecle, the Presse, and the National, with suspension. The Presse has adopted a most characteristic method of avenging its wrongs. M. Emma DE GIRARDIN, not being any longer permitted to write leaders on the state of siege, or the rights of the minority, makes M. ODILON BARROT do for him that which he is no Linger permitted to do for himself. He re-publishes M. BARROT'S speeches on those subjects under the monarchy, and there are extant speeches of M. ODILON BARROT on these matters sufficient to furnish leaders for the Presse for the next month. The _National says— " The explicit declarations made from the tribune yes terday by M. Odilon Barrot confirms the menace con tained in the official warning transmitted to us on the previous day by the Commissary of Police. "A seal is now more than ever placed on our lips. We shall henceforth leave it to the old Union Monarchique, the dissembles IVationale, to the Constilu. tionnel, and other similar journals, to comment on the acts of the legislative and of the executive powers. We ,hall confine ourselves to recording them. The Govern ment will consecpcntly have nothing but praise without counterpoise; ideas are no longer free." M. DAUPHIN, Colonel of the 7th Legion, has been arrested, and sent to the Conciergerie. It is said that M. LEDRU ROLLIN has arrived at Stutgardt. Vie publication of a History of the Revolution of 1848, by M. DE LAMARTINE is announced for the 30th of this month. The rumour of the entry of the French into Rome has not been confirmed. The Pairie, indeed, says,— " A report was in circulation at the Assembly la st night, th a t a steam vessel which arrived from Civita Vecchia at Marseilles had brought accounts of the French troops having entered Rome by the breach on the 14th. The POPE'S Nuncio is said to have received dispatches to that effect. Nothing official, however, has transpired on the subject. The Moniteur contains the following : " The Government bas received the following dispatch from General THE GENERAL COMMANDANT•IN-CHIEF OF TUE EX PEDITIONARY CORPS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. "'Villa Santucci, June 10. ' "'Monsieur le Ministre,—By dispatch of the 7th, I I had the honour to make known to you the march of the operations of the siege up to the 6th inclusive. 7th. In the night of the 6th, they debouched by a trench which hereafter will be turned towards the battery directed against the bastion No. 6. The communication covered in the rear by the parallel has been completed. The works undertaken at the Villa Corsini, to improve the po-i(ion of the troops on the extreme left from the at tacks, are being carried on. They will be finished on the 8:h. The tete-de-pont at St. Palo will also be finished and armed to-morrow. In the same night of the 6th, the artillery commenced the construction of a battery (No. 4) outside the trench, parallel to the right face of bastion 6. This battery is intended to counter-bombard that bastion, and batter in breach the scarp which is uncovered to its height. Bth. They have continued the covert way connected with the battery, turning it from the opposite side in order The work day a h y a d h a b s ee b n e e d n o e n m e pwliotyheodu in the h w e d l e o n s s i n o g f single trench a s n o . as to establish gradins. The positions have been im proved. In one of the trenches on the right approach ing close up to the bastion a shot from one of the nagement of a case under the pretence of conducting it more cheaply than the recognised officers of the court. When such a party is entrusted with a cause an immediate advance is required of cne or two pounds. In the majority of cases, the deposit, which has thus been obtained by something very little better than a swindle, is appropriated by the recipient who takes no further trouble in the matter. Happy is it for the creditor if such should be the result, for he only sustains the loss of the sum so advanced. But if unfortunately the suit should be actually instituted, and an order for payment obtained, a bill of costs is trumped up, which absorbs the entire amount ; or if, after payment of the debt, a balance should chance to remain, it is infinitely more difficult to obtain payment from the legal gentleman than from the original debtor. This may appear to be an ex aggeration, but original documents have recently , been placed before us which fully sustain our state ments. Indeed we could not have credited the possi bility of such proceedings unless the most convincing evidence had been afforded of the veracity of our informant. A respectable widow, who gained her livelihood by letting furnished lodgings, had lent a sum of 121. to a person similarly circumstanced, in the year 1844, in order to enable her friend to settle the rent then due. No question existed as to the validity of the demand, every shilling of which was for money actually lent, without bonus or interest of any kind. Repeated applications had been made for payment, which would have been accepted by easy instalments, but in vain ; no settlement could be obtained. The debtor was either unable or unwilling to satisfy the just demand. After having waited patiently more than two years, the creditor was in duced in an evil hour to employ an attorney, whether one of the privileged few or not we are at present unable to say. Proceedings were commenced some time in the year 1846. On the 2d of October in that year the attorney to the plaintiff (who had re ceived proposals for an amicable arrangement from the defendant), cautioning her against any interference in the matter, and desiring that she should " leave it to him to settle." She did so, and a demand was shortly afterwards preferred (according to the usual prac tice) for an advance of 21., without which no further step could be taken. 'With considerable difficulty this menu was provided and handed over in the month of March following, nothing having been done in the interval. The party was then summoned to the Palace Court, and no defence being offered, an order was made for the payment of the debt and costs by instalments of 10s. per month, the first pay ment to be made in May, 1847. Since that period the instalments were punctually paid to the attorney, but not a shilling was handed to the creditor, who was not only kept out of her original demand, but even of the 21. she had advanced. Repeated applica tions were made to this respectable atttorney for payment, but althongh constant promises were made nothing could be obtained. On the 13th February last we find a letter from the attorney, who was never at home when called on, in the following words : Mrs. ---, " I hope in the course of a week or ten days to do something for you. I will, you may rest assured, not lose a moment, but business has been flat, and money very scarce, or I would not have troubled you to write or to send to me. enemy's guns threw down two gab!ous and a s.rgeant of the 2d Engineers, and a soldier of the 36th, who went to st.t them up again, were killed. The artillery conti nues to thicken the ipaub.ment of battery No. 4. Em brasures are being made, but three pieces have not been put on their carriages, on smiount of the !rain, which has softened the ground. Battery No. 7 has repaired the damage done it by the fire of the day before. New pieces have been unmasked on the prolongation of bat tery No. 3, as well as two new batteries on the bank of the Tiber, the first near St. Alexis, and the second in front of Testaccia. This last seems to be intended for firing on the reverses of Monte Verde, at the moment when the working parties and the guards of the trenches are passing. 9th. They have debouched on the telt of the parallel near St. Pancrace, and to night they will turn this communication by a place d'armes which will ri st on the Villa Corsini, if the enemy does not throw obstacles in the way. A trench 100 metres in length has been car ried from the covert ways from the centre towards the capital of the bastion No. 7. This very important work brings us much nearer the enemy. To-night a place d'armes will be attempted to extend parallel to the fronts of attaA to the right and left of the extremity of the line. Up to this mom , nt the enemy has suffered the night works to be carried on without interruption. All is done by sap volant, and in the day time what has been done in the nit ht is perfected. A sapper has been wounded by a shot at the attack which was made on the left - . The fire from the battery No. 2 has not been con tinued, whilst that from the batteries on left bank has been of short duration. Battery No. 3 has not opened its fire. A non-commissioned officer of this bat tery has been wounded. In the night of the Bth the 4?aulement of battery No. 4 was completed. The mask for preserving this battery from stray shot (coup d'echrape) has been thickened, and three pieces have been brought into the battery. The amount of losses from the 4th to the Bth inclusively, is 16 non-commis sioned officers and soldiers killed, and 94 wounded, of whom four are cfficers. The state of health of the troops continues to be most satisfictory. Their conduct and courage is still beyond all praise. A violent storm burst over us in the night of the 9th, but only caused some embarrassments, without any mitertal damage. " OUDINOT BEGG/0." The Debats says that among the rumours current regarding Rome, the one which bears the most stamp of probability is that according to which GARIBALDI had made a sally at the head of his legion, and was repulsed, and that some French troops, following up the pursuit, had got inside Rome, which did not, however, mean that the French were masters of the city. M. DE COURCELLES would have reached Rome on the 12th, tp, colifer with the Triumvirs, but the siege would not be suspend Ed. Madame CAVAIGNAC, the _mother of the General, was seized with cholera on Monday. M. PEFLEIGER, one of the representatives under prosecution, effected his escape to Brussels, where he was arrested for want of a passport. At his own request he was marched under escort to the Prussian frontier. In the sitting of the Legislative Assembly yester day the law for suppressing clubs waa passed by 373 to 151. During the course of the discussion, M. Lefranc asked what the Government meant to do with regHrd to electoral meetings. The Minister of the Inttrior replied that be felt fully tensible of the right, and indeed absolute necessity for electors to meet and discuss the merits of candidates, and to make preliminary arrangements for having a fair representation, and he accordingly declared that not the slightest impediment should be offered to electors meet- inifor the exercise of so legitimate a right. He added, at the same time, that pretend, d meetings of factious persons, or of clubs in disguise, would not be allowed to take advantage, of a constitutional privilege for the sake of troubling society, for the security of which Govern ment held itself more than ever responsible. M. MAUGIN gave notice that he should, on Monday, address certain interpellations to the Government on the subject of foreign affairs. It was rumoured yesterday evening in Paris that M.M. Pessv and DUFAURE had tendered their resig nations. PARIS BOURSE—TUESDAY, JUNE 19. The market opened firm, and for a time hail a ten dency upward, but towards the close some rather heavy sales caused a little re-action, which was increased by a report that M. Prissy and M. Du'aure had resigned their portfolios, and prices left off rather lower than yesterday ; Threes for the account at 54f. 50c., and Fives at 871. 50c. The market closed as follows : Three per Cents., for cash, 54t. 50c., for account, 54t. 50c. ; Fives, for cash, 87f. 50c., for account. 871. 50c. ; Bank of France Shares, 2,380€.; Neapolitan, 84t . .; Spanish not quoted. RAmwevs.—The Share Market continues firm, and prices, with few exceptions, have been well maintained. Orleans again closed at 800 E ; Rouen, 555 E ; Havre, 260 f.; Avignon, 200 f.; Vi.rzon, 325 t.; Strasburg and Mk, 101 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 410 f.; Northern, 436 t. 25e.; Paris aid Strasburg, 365 E; Nantes, 3151.; Montereau, 117 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JuilE 19. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 %—Namur and Liege, 7—Northern of France, 10 1 %—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3%—Paris and Rouen, 21—Rouen and Havre, 11—Sambre and Meuse, 3% —Tours and Nantes, 314. GE MAN Y AND THE ivautTHERN STATES. BADEN. The Prussians and Hessians who attempted to in vade the Baden Republic have been defeated by the troops of the Provisional Government. The Carls ruhe Gazette contains the following official account of the battle, which took place at Ladenburg on the 15 th . " The engagement began at 10 AM. on four severa l points. The enemy directed their attack on the right bank of the Rhine, near Ladenburg, Koeferthal, and Weinheim; but they were repulsed. with l oss . an d pur sued to near Virnheiro. Rueterthal and L a d en b urg were carried by assault. The Polish colonel, Tobiau, commanded with noble gallantry our troops near Koe lerthal, notwithstanding a grievous wound he had re ceived. Near Ladenburg the ex. Colonel Roggenbach (Badenese), who had betrayed us, fell on the field of battle. On the left bank of the Rhine the Prussians essayed to pass the bridge of Mannheim ; b ut t h ey were constantly repulsed, and were obliged to retira with great loss at ten P.M. Our troops fought with an enthusiasm which it is difficult to de scr ib e; they have proved to th e enemy that the love of libe r t y h as doubled their forces. We have taken many Meckl en b urgers and against their prisoners; inclinations. they horses, much baggage, arms and m unitions of war. An other victo r y, an d t he enemywill pass o ver to our side. " Thedecl declared that they f oug h t enemy have lost ma n y On the 16th, the Triumvir BRENTANO announced this victory to the Constituent Assembly, and an unanimous vote of thanks was passed to the brave defenders of liberty. AUSTRIA. A letter from Prague of the 11th states that several communes of Bohemia had petitioned the Emperor of AUSTRIA to modify the Constitution, and that in a written reply he had formally refused. The Silesian Gazette of Breslau announces that the Emperor of Russia. passed through Matzly on the 14th, on his way from Warsaw to Cracow. ITALY. Intelligence has been received from Rome of the 9th. The Triumvirs had, it was said, given orders to destroy all houses within a mile of the walls of the city. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, the Spanish Minister at Gaeta, had called on all Spanish residents in Rome to quit the city. The Neapolitans and Spaniards were preparing to enter the Roman territory. The Assembly of Venice passed a decree on the 6th, declaring their resolution to resist to the last extremity. A private letter from Bologna, of the 10th, states that the Austrians attacked Ancona on all sides on the 9th, at four P.m., but without result. On the 10th the Austrians received from Ferrara six pieces of heavy artillery and six mortars, so that another attack was expected on the 11th or 12th. On the sth the Austrians attacked Brondolo and Chioggio by sea and by land, but without result. The Risorgirnento of Turin states that Marshal RADETSKY arrived at Bologna on the 10th, on his return from Florence ; he was to leave for Venice on the day following. GREECE. Accounts have been received from Athens to the Bth. Mr. WISE arrived in that city on the 6th. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This was the first seal after Trinity Term, but con tinued indisposition prevented the Lord Chancellor from sitting. The report i s genera l i n Li n coln's Inn that his Lordship is worse, and that there is not the slightest probability of his sitting till Michaelmas Term, if he even does then. It also rumoured that the Government have postively determined not to put the Great Seal into commission. R -OLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) The Maeter of the Rolls eat to day in his court at the Rolls House, Chancery-lane, it being the first seal after Trinity Term. His Lordship heard motions, but no case calling for a special report came before the Court during the tnorning. All the Vicie-Chancellors sat in their court in Lin coins Inn to-day, and heard motions totally devoid of any interest. ______mm,............m.. THE QUEE R ' S AC ESC being the anni versary of heir Majesty's accession to the throne, was observed with all the usual formalities. Flags were flying from ail the churches and public buildings in the metropolis, and at one o'clock royal salutes were fired from the Park and Tower guns. REPORTED Loss OF THE BULLDOG..--A report reached Malta ,on the 11th inst. of the loss of the steam-frigate B olldog, en route from Civita Vecchia Ito Leghorn. T hough the rumour was not generally believed, it was not altogether dinredited.—From a Third Edition q, f the Morning Herald. A sleepless No 1 is a hunted place.—Eliza Cook's Journal. - nLosiN PRICF.S Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small 78% 73% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 40 1 / 2 40 1 / 0 Equador Bonds Me D x it n t ;a o, n.L c per o C u e p n o t n . s lB46, wi . t!ii . ou ..... pons 30 3 4 31 Ditto, Account 2Bl 28 28 1 / 1 28% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, 4 per Cent. Active ... Ditto Deferred — 1, Portuguese 5 per Cents. -- Ditto, 4 per Cent 27% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. - Ditto, 3 per Cent - 34 33 3 / 4 Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent Data 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 5 0 34 51 51 fiat°. 4 per Cent. Certificates 76% 77 77 Ditto, Bonds ... 75 3 / rEICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSINI, ~ AILWAY SHARES. AT Olct. O'CLOCK. PRICE , . 'bere - teen 5O — Do. Preference C4ledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 'Theater and Holyhead... 50 ast Anglian. 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 2% Eastern Counties........ 20 East Lancashire ;.ireat Northern Do. Extension 2% ...... Xi - reat North of England.loo ...... Great Western 100 ...... 79 783 Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, Fifth............ 20 Ditto, New 171....._.. 15 ... .. 103 lO% Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Do. Quarter Share5... 20 Do. New Guaranteed 6 tier Cent... ii o Leeds and Bradford London & Black wall.-- 1218 — 4.- London, Brighton, and t South to,r r. C it, o r a e s n t C0a5t....... .... ... 2 5 0 0 London and Greenwich 12/15 s 4d ... ...... . D Lon •i.& S. Western ..... 5o MAncheiter,Bukton,and Mat10ck... Yii Midland ...... ......... —IOO Do., do., 501. Shares 25 ... .. 12 i 2 5 / 8 ... 12% Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 N)rth British ... .... ... 25 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8 1 4 .. .. .... North Staffordshire 17% 1 2% Oxford, Worcester, and. Wolverhampton ...... 50 Shropshire tinion ...... 5 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole lO - . York, Newcastle, an d Berwick. Do Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. U.N. b-Preterence 8 ..... 414,,.,~ York end North Midland 50 33% 33 ...... ...... 33 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN KAILWA Y. Boulogne and Amien5... 20 Central of France (Or- Vierzon ) Northern of France...... 13 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... 30!x, .... ...... Paris and Rouen .... 2O ...... 21 1 / 2 .. Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... 10% 1 4 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 3A Tours and Nantes ll ...... JOINT STOCK BAN KS., anion of Australia 3% 8 12:4 LLOYD'S SIIIPPI G-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 20.—Windthis day at noon N.N.W., light airs and fine. OFF PLYMOUTH.—Queen, M'Leod, Calcutta. SWANSEA, JUNE 19.—Wind W.N.W.—SId., 18th, Thomas Bell. Cuba. CLYDE, JUNE 17.—SId. Duchess of Portland, Berbice; Bella en Gracia, Havannah. LONDONDERRY, JUNE 16.—Skl. Royal William, Philadelphia. FALMOUTH, JUNE 19.—The Galliot Vrouw Martha, with passengers, and fore mast and main top mast car ried away, and steering S.E., was spoken on the 7th inst. in lat. 42 lon. 14, by the Vivilia, at Falmouth. GUERNSEY, JUNE 16.—The Young Daniel, Carter, from Nantes to T ra l ee , was run down at sea by a Spa nish brig, bound to Havannah; two of the crew taken off 11th inst., in lat. 47, lon. 8, and landed at Guerr sey by the Lotus, of Brixham, from Tarragona ; the master, his wife, two children, and one seaman drowned. DEAL, JUNE 19.—Wind W.S.W., moderate; r.m., fresh and squally. Arrd. from the River, Thomas Snook, Cape Coast Castle. Put back, Pauline, Hough ton, for Mauritius; Union, for Honduras; Druid, Wales and Demerara. BIDEFORD, JUNE 18.—SId. Victoria, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 19.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W.— Arrd. Marcillus, Spooner, New Orleans; Mississippi, Bryan, Baltimore; Marmion, Truman, New York; Vo -1 trite, Sr. Andrew's, N ew B runswick. Std. Columbia, New York; Madras, Quebec; Cleopatra, Coquimbo. Arrd. Rajah, Calcutta; Washington, Mobile. A water logged brig, with half poop and trunk cabin, was passed 31st May, in Ist. 44, 1 48, by the Queen of the West, Hallett, arrived here from New York. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE I9.—Wind W.—Off port, Johan Jacobs, Batavia for Rotterdam; Prince of Wales, Hop kins, Calcutta; Vernon Voss, Madras, sld. from Cape of Good hope 27th April, and St. Helena Bth ult. FALMOUTH, JUNE 19.—Wind S.W.—Arid. Bever Johannsen, Porto Rico; Alfred, Campbell, St. Jago de Cuba. Off port, Gloriana, Brestow, Calcutta; Earl of Hardwieke, Brown, Bombay; Thames (of Loudon), Trinidad. SCILLY. JUNE 17.—Arrd. Triton, La Guaira. CORK, JUNE 17.—Arrd. Incomparable, Punta Caminha. OFF WEYmoUTII, JUNE 19.—Marlbcrough, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 19.—Wind W.—Arrd. Carl Her mann, Kayser, Singapore for Hamburgh. ARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CO RN - EXCHANGE -WEDNESDAY .Our market to-day, was again very scantily supilied with all kinds of English Wheat,.the demand fur which was firm, at prices fully equal to those paid on Monday, and at which a good clearance was speedily effected. The general quality of the samples was good. The imports of I °reign Wheat, this week, have been confined to 1,800 quartt-rs, chit-fly from holland. be. lected samples were mostly held at a trifle more money; and the value of all other kinds were well support d. With Engli:h Barley we were very scantily :applied, and the quanity of foreign on show was comparativtly small. Oa the whole, the Barley trade was steady, and last week's currencies were paid in t very instance. The quantity of Malt on offer was limited; nevertheless, the sale fur that description of produce was in a sluggkh state at previous quotations. The best Oats were quite as dear; but all other kinds ruled heavy. Flour moved off freely, at full prices. In other articles only a limited business was doing, ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. I Wheat. I B ar l ey. Oats. I Flour. 740 qrs. I 12) qrs. I 1 ,050 qrs. I 3,03051 a. English ...... Scotch .. 1ri5h......... 1,080 I 4450 1 7-- - 2,110 qrs. FOreign .• .• • • 1,800 31411 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TI 'YEE, There was a steady but quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. including from 1,000 to 2,000 for export and on speculation. Prices were steadily supported. The Mincing lane Markets for colonial and fore;gn produce are tolerably firm, and there is a good bone fide business doing. The Corn Market is quiet, but Wheat is very firmly supported. The debates upon Canadian affairs have excited much attention in the City, at,d will, nu doubt, lead to much discussion in the colonies. Several vessels are reported as having arrived from the Cape of Good 'lope, and the latest date is April 26. Most glowing descriptions are given of the position of Natal, and the cap , bilities or its harbour, and Capt in Pilkington, civil engineer, had reported that he could remove the bar at the entrance of the Cowie River, and render the navigation available for some distance to wards the source, at a moderate cost, for ships of 250 tons. There was a most satisfactory state of quietude on the frontier, nut a single Katir theft being in ported during a whole month, but at Natal some Bushmen took advantage of a mist, t , ) carry away some quantity of cattle. There was every probability of this being re covered. Throughout tl , e Cape colony the strongest opposition is manifes , ed to the prttject of introducing convicts. al qiough labour would, confessedly, be so aeceptanle. Even the non-official rat mbers of the Governor's Council had protested apiast the scheme. The continental advices are rather scanty in reference to the money markets, but at Vienna there was more firmness, the interference of the Russians promising early success to the Austrian Government, as we indeed truly regret to hear. In the Amsterdam market on the 18th instant, there was more firmness in home securities, which were moderately dealt in, but home stocks were quiet. There seems to be rather a fuller supply of stock, the advanced prices having brought sellers forward for both money and account. Consols for time have been 91+ to 91i and are now 91i -. It is still the un favourable anticipations of the Budget, that weighs upon the market. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 91i to 921, and the Thr• e per Cents. 91 to 911 Bank Stock is firm at 194. Exchequer-bills have been 425. to 455. prem.; and India Bonds 725. prem. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been rather limited. Mexican Bonds have been 28 to 281 ex. coupons. Equador are 3i, and Buenos Ayres 40k. Brizilian small have been ?Si-. Portuguese Four per Cents, have been quoted 27i, and Spanish Three per Cents. 334 to 34- Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 504 to 51, and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 79k. Not much has been doing in Railway Shares. Eastern Counties are a little flatter; the turn is in favour of buyers fur Caledonian, Great Western, Midland, and the York lines. French shares also have slightly declined. o.ss. G ;• . :1 FUNDS )'CLOCK, Ffak ES dank Stock 3 I.e , Cent. Reduced ...... 9138 91 91% 91% Sew 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... . 92yA 917/ 92 92 Lone Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 redis tlonds, 1,0004 ... • Ditto under 1,0001... 72 p 73 p nsol- for Account India Stock for Account 252 254 254 actiequer Bills. 1,4 d. & 2d. 1,0001. June 42 45 p 500/. June Small. June 42 45 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS DNB o'cie)Cs. • 1101407.7 Ga IItOPMIZET. Our market continues arm, at fully the late a , ivanc9 in the quotations. The plantation accounts are untuvour able. Sussex pncl:, ts, 2/ lOs to 3/ lOs; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ 15s to 4l 4s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3/ 102 to 71 103 per cwt. MI VtiTEC ITAPEL. We had a slow tr:2cle here this morning, on the lowing terms;—Beef; from 2s 2d to 3s 2d; Murtoo, 2s 8 , 1 to as 8d; Lamb, 4s Bfl to 5s 811; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 81; and Pork, as 4d to 4= p r 813 s, PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMO NIAL. TO MR. MITCHELL OF 'THE ST. JAMES'S TiIEATRE. The subscribers to the St. tj4MPS'S Theatre, and others of the nobility and gentry, and dilettanti, have for some tine past had it in contemplation to testify their sense of the exertions which Mr. Mitchell has wade to con tribute to their amusement, and of the admirable manner in which he has presentrd to the English pubic tte chef d'auvres of the French stage, both dramatic and lyrical, by presenting hirn with a testimonial. The subscription list was rapidly fil:etl, and this afternoon the presentation took place on the stage of the St. James's Theatre. The testimonial consists of a richly chased diver salver, with beautifully engraved portraits of Racine, Corneille, Moliere, and Voltaire; and subjects of their plays from Rhedre, Les Horaces, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. and Tancrede ; and a cande labrum, in silver gilt, of Lt.uis XV. style, for ten lights, with inscription. These artistical proluctions were manufactured by Messrs. Hunt and Ro,kell, who had yesterday the honour of submitting them to the inspection of her Majesty and Prince Albert. His Grace the Duke of Beaufort presented the testimonial to Mr. Mitchell in the name of the subscribers. MILTON A TRUE fletto.—Blind Milton approaches nearly to my conception of a true hero. What a picture have we of that sublime old man, as—sick, poor, blind, and abandoned of his friends—he still held fast his heroic integrity; rebuking with his unbending republicanism the treachery. cowardice, and servility of his old associates ! He had outlived the hopes and beatific visions of his youth ; he had seen the loud mouthed advocates of liberty throwing down a nation's freedom at the foot of the shameless, debauched, and perjured Charles the Second—crouching to the harlot-thronged court of the tyrant, and forswearing at once their religion and their republicanism. The executioner's axe bad been busy among his friends. Vane and Hampden slept in their bloody graves, Cromwell's ashes had been dragged from their resting-place ; for, even in death, the effeminate monarch bated and fared the conqueror of Naseby and Marston-moor. He was left alone in a4e, and penury, and blindness, oppressed with the knowledge that all which his free soul abhorred had returned upon his beloved country. Yet the spirit of the stern old re. publican remained to the last unbroken, realising the truth of the language of his own Samson Agonistes "Patience is the exercise Of saints, the trial of their fortitude, Making them each their own deliverer, And victor over all That tyranny or fortune can infect." True, the overwhelming curse had gone over his country. Harlotry and atheism sate in the high places, and the curses of wantons and the jests of buf foons regulated the measures of a Government which had just ability enough to deceive, just religion enough to persecute. But while Milton mourned over this disastrous change, no self-reproach mingled with his sorrow. To the last he had striven against the op , pressor, and when confined to his narrow alley, a pri soner in his own mean dwelling, like another Prome theus on his rock, he still turned upon him an eye of unsubdu(d defiance.—People'e Journal. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—We understand that this vessel has been purchased by Mr. Collins, of London, for 20,0001., and that he has contracted, at a further expense of 22,0001., to have her fitted out for sea. She is to ply between this port and New York.—Liverpeel Mail. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COJIMONS, June 19. VANCOUVER'S ISLAND, (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) The Earl of LINCOLN (in continuation) said, that their system of monopoly prevented the mer chants of Great Britain and of other countries from trading with the natives for their furs and other articles of commerce, thereby reducing those natives to the ne cessity of selling at any prico that they wished to give them.—(Hear.) When he read the evidence of Mr, G. Thompson, which states that the people of Canada, on the frontiers of this company's territory, carry on a free commerce, and ob'ain tenfold greater prices than those who are under the company, he asked the House did not such proceedings strongly savour of robbery ? He admitted that it might be necessary for the corn pany on some occasions to try men for petty crimes, though against the law, but for capital ones to send them to Canada. Yet he did not thank tbat the excuse, on the part of the company's servants, that they put those natives to death in self-defence, vas sufficient or satisfactory. They had never complied with the articles of their charter, because by that they were bound to exert themselves to find the north-west passage, to pro pagate religion by the introduction of missiona ries, and to advance the interests of the na tives by every just and legitimate means, such as colonization, instruction in religion and morality, an d to give a fair price for their article of com merce, none of which they ever acted up to.—(Hear.) He would observe incidentally, that it was proposed by the Government to establish proper tribunals for the due administration of the law. Ever since the transfer of the Red River settlement the greatest dissatisfaction had prevailed. The enormous freights which were charged to the colonists stood materially in the way of improve ment, and prevented the spread of anything like com merce. In page 45 of the last papers would be found the copy of a land deed, which every colonist, except those of the Red River, were required to sign, before he could enter into any farm, notwithstanding the extrava gant prico he waa obliged to pay for it. He would say no more of that deed, except that its operation was to make the colonists as completely the serfs of the Hudson's Bay Company as any process could render them, and the company itself totally unfit to be entrusted with any operations of colonization. It was impossible to ansa'er this, and many other charges agairst the company, whose proceedings he was con• fident the House would never sanction. The Hudson's Bay Company actually levied an arbitrary, and, as he maintained, an illegal taxation. From a work writ ten by one of the company's servants, and entitled the Life and Travels of Thomas Simpson, he would point to a letter from the author to his brother, which stated, in broad terms, the nature of the authority exercised by the company over the lasd colonist.. Lord Elgin, in speakieg of this subject, after making inquiry into the fact-, said he thought it was a matter much to be regrette d that a jurisdiction so larev, and exercised by British saki , cts at so great a distance, should be totally removed from the surveillance of the home Goverament, and that public °pillion should be altegether excluded from_ it.. That report of Lord Elgin might be taken as establishing conclusively these com plaints against the Hudson's Bay Company. The re port of Colonel Colwell had been promised for some time, but it did not appear amongst the papers, and Earl Grey stated thet he had not thought it necessary to await the report of that Gallant Officer. With regard to the means of knowledge possessed by Colonel Crofton, as much weight would no doubt be pieced upon his report, he would ask the House how it woe poseible that that gen. tleman, quartered for a short time on the outskirts of a ter ritory exceeding in magnitude the whole of Europe, could form an accurate opinion upon ch arges w hi c h extended not only over the whole territorial possessions of the Hudson's Bay, Company, but also in the vast country to the west of the Rocky Mountains, over which they reigned su prune. At the risk of wearying the House, he would show bow many arid how great were the discrepancies between the opinions of Colonel Crofton, Major Griffiths, and other officers, upon the very same questions, arising, no doubt, from the circumstances which he had just de scribed to be those under which these observations were made. To point out a few of these discrepancies, Le would mention that the first of these officers had described seve ral rigid regulations of the Hudson's Bay Company for bidding the sale or barter of ardent spirits; whilst the second stated that the company had very liberally allowed their introduction. With regard to the increase of the tribes. Colonel Crofton inferred from the ordinary trading lists of the company, prepared for the purpose of regulating the supply of commodi ies to the popula tion, that because the number of natives that traded with the company was greater than it was when the North- west Company was incorporated, therefore the population must have increased since that event. The fact was the reverse. Then on the subject of religio us instruction, whilst on e of these authorities de clared that there were places of religious wor ship and instruction in the setilement, it was expressly stated by an American missionary, and also by the other, that there was not a single Protestant missionary to be found westward of the Rocky Mountains. There might be Hon. Gentlemen in that House who would say that religion in the island was not confined to the Church of England. He deeply regretted that the Church of England had not received due facility for encouraging the spread of the Christian religion in the colony and throughout the whole of the vast continent. There was at that moment but one Wesleyan missionary. With respect to education, let them refer to the work of Sir George Simpson, and they would find that of the charges for its promotion four-firths were borne by the religious and charitable, and the remaining filth by poor persons, having 15s. a week ; but not one penny, ac cording to Sir George Sunpsote's book, was paid towards those charges by the Hudson's Bay Company —not one penny was paid by the company for the ' purpose of education throughout the whole of the vast continent, in which they had so great an interest. He thought, on referring t o t h e c h arg e rs he had made, that there were m a ny Members in the who would concur with him, that the return the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial. madeDe a Depart ment (Lord Grey) were far from sat is in ta , , :t oerya.g. against t p did the not mean to say company would He thought he be th s a u t si e t:i e n r s Y d• c h i U r t g e ftiis he would say, that as yet they were not disproved. . had shown in a clear and conclusive a u utumn r that th e oi Hudson's Bay Company was et on, y an ntt•colo IT zing company, and that t would be west ineeise to hand over to that company the entire coati-, 1 tend inte rest in Vancouver's Island. The Noble Lord then re at do cuments in support of his assertion, that the Hudson's Bay Company was an anti-colon zing company, with the exception, perhaps, of the efforts to colonize at the settlement of the Red River. Such he continued, was the desire of the company to maintain secrecy with respect to their affairs and proceedings, th a t, accor di ng to the papers from which he was now quoting, they car ried their tyranny to an imposition on their servants not to keep any journal of their transactions, and in one of the wee to rrhiclA he hAcl referred, that of Mr. Dunne, 45 p 45 p 45 p 27% 16 1 3, 33% 24% he had it en authority that that individual was compelled to burn h s journal. Now, for h mself,jhe hoped that the stet- tnents of such a system of tpanny were not correct; but he thought he had made out a case culling for a disproval of the charges contained in the's, papers, to wbirh he had referred. In the fishery interests the con. piny were oho at one time chargeable with the most selfish proceedings; but their efforts to monopolise the whole of the trade were defeated. And now, he would ask, what could be the object of greetin g to the company Vancouver's land ?—(Hear, hear.) An island in which interests might be established which would go far to break up the mine pet) , of the Hudson's Bay Company, a, .d put an end to the evils which he had pointed out to the House. It was said that the Hudson's Bay Company had an invest ment of 400,0001., which might be applied to the pur poses of colonising and establishing Vancouver's Island; but he denied, however wealthy the company might be individually, and he admitted they were so in many in stances, that their capital could be so applied. Looking a I ttle further into the consideration of this question, he found that the governor and the magistrates of the island were to be named and appointed by ties Hudson's Bay Company. Ile thought that it would be most unwise to give to the company the appointment of the public ser vants in the island. He admired as much t s any man could feee institutions, and rejoiced to see them extended to settlements; but while he said that, he must at the same time say, that a free constitution was not all thati was necessary to a new settlement. The Noble Lord then referred the attention of the House to Vancouver's description of the island, from which it would appear tbat it abounds in the most fertile tracts of land, the richest mines, the molt valuable timber, rivers teeming with fish, and inexhaustible resources; and also to a more recent and corroborative account of its rich value, from the pen of a gentleman who, in his communication hesitated not to say that Earl Grey ought to be impeached for handing over so valuable an appendage of the British dominions to the Hudson's Bay Company. It was of the, greatest importance that there should be a free and in dependent colony established in Vancouver's Island. It was no answer to this consideration to say, that Van ceuvsr's Fiend was at 'a great distance from England, and that therefore it was not of that consequence to Eng land which its advocates urged; but this matter of distance would very soon be settled, for the increased facilities of communication would materially shorten the distance be tween this country and Vancouver's Island. The Noble Lord then adverted to the advantages of the colony, and said that these advantages were overlooked by England, and the control of the colony handed over to the cruel care of the Hudson's Bay Company. The Noble Lord then read a letter from Mr. Ward, the Secretary of the Admiralty, to the Colonial-office, calling the attention of that department to the t ffect of the existence of coal in Vancouver's Island, and suggesting that means should be taken to secure the right of this article to the Crown. The Colonial-office, in reply, said when the proper time arrived the suggestion contained in Mr. Ward's letter in respect to coal would be attended to. But what was the result ? Why, that the whole of the right in reference to coals and minerals in the colony had been handed over to the Hudson's Bay Company, to the prejudice of the Crown. The Noble Lord then referred to the high charge for land in Vancouver's Island, and asked, if it was likely emigrants would give a high price for land in that colony when they could, within a few miles cf it, get land for ss. 3d. an acre ? But he was told that the charter was to be forfeited if no colony was to be founded in Vancouver's Island within five years. Now, if the Com pany transferred Puget Sound establishment to Van couver's Island, would not that be sufficient to meet the supposed security in the charter, namely, that the Crown could come in and purchase the colony from the Hudson's Bay Company: Now, he contended that the sum which would be paid them in such a case would be a premium upon the bad government of the Hudson's Bay Company of the island in question. Mr. LABOUCHERE explained. Mr. LiUME seconded the motion. He said he was anxious to say a few words upon the question. He thought the conduct of the Colonial•effice was wrong throughout the whole affair. He did not blame the Hudson's Bay Company, for their object was to promote their own interests. The main obje ct of the company was to prevent colonization, because their profits were derived from it as a hunting ground, for the collection of furs. The course of the company had been mono poly, and he therefore consider, d this a most unfortunate attempt to entrust this company with the powers given to them by this charter. He condemned the Govern ment for aIL wing the company to make out their own case for the opinion of the law officers of the Crown. and still more for refusing to produce this case, and the opinion given upon it by the law officers. This was most injudicious after what had taken place with regard to Prince Edward's Island. It Vancouver's Island was not colonized this country would have no port on that entire coast where an English ship could be protected, and he therefore thought the conduct of the Government in this case was most culpable. Ile supported the mo tion, and would willingly go further, and agree to a vote of conch mnation. Mr. HAWES had risen to reply, when, upon the mo tion of an Hon. Member, the House was counted, and there being but thirty-seven Members present the House adjourned at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 19. CANADA. Lord BROUGHAM rose to move the following re• solutions t—" That by an Act passed in the Parliament of Canada, intituted An Act to provide for the indem nification of parties in Lower Canada whose property was destroyed during the rebellion in the years 1837 and 1838,' no security is afforded against compens sation for losses sustained in the rebellion in Canada in 1837 and 1838, being given to persons engaged in the said rebellion. That it is just and necessary either by recommending a further and amending Bill to the Legtsliture of Canada or by such oth er means as may be eff ec t ua l, to provide security against any com pensation for losses sustained in the said rebellion being given to persons engaged in having aided or abetted the same." The late affairs of the province of Canada had caused great interest, not only at home but in our colonies. Without any further preface to the observations which he was about to make, .and notwithstanding the able discussion which that question had undergone by judi cious men elsewhere, he should proceed to remind the House shortly of the history of the colony of Upper and and Lower Canada. It would be remembered that by the peace of Canad a in 1762, negotiated by his Noble Friend s father, we having wrested from the Freeek by force of arms the province of Canada. that province had, by the peace of Paris, been ceded to us, and had continued ever since, by a tenure more or less nominal, or more or less real, to be one of the posses sions of the British Crown. The settlers of that pro v:nce were, of course, French, and their descendants, who were now three or four times the number of British subjects in the province, were, to all intents and pur poses, equally French. In Upper Canada, on the con trary, the inhabitants were, with a small exception, entirely British settlers or of British descent, the pro vinee having been mainly settled during or after the American revolutionary war, when many loyalist Americans quitt e d t h e United' States, disliking, from their attachment to monarchical institutions and their loyalty to the British Crown, to remain under the domi nion of a Government which had thrown aside both. Of all the men whose opinions were strongly tinctured with the most vehement desire of monarchical Govern ment, and with the warmest sense of duty, allegiance, and loyalty to their Prince, he might venture to say that the American loyalists had at all times proved themselves to be among the first.—(Hear, hear.) Accordingly they did not charge their minds with the sky under which they began to live, they did not alter their opinions, modify their principles, or reverse their feelings of loyal attachment t o the Crown of England, when they removed from America to Canada, but they rather, on the contrary, cherished more nearly and more warmly the same feelings which caused their emigration, and, having left their homes, where they had been born, and having, as it were, transferred their household gods to a foreign soil, they clasped the more eagerly to their bosoms those principles which had led to their quitting their native soil. Such, then, as was their orign, so was their progress —such as they were at first distinguished above all men by their love of their mother country, by their scrupulous attachment and the zealous performance of their duties to that mother country and their Sove reign, so throughout, in good fortune and in bad, had they always been faithful subjects of their Sovereign, and d.yoted anherents to the cause of the parent state. He instituted no unjust comparison between them and their fellow-subjects, the French inhabitants of Canada, in putting forward their claims to the respect and sympathy of the Houre, yet he could not help adverting to the na tional distinction between the two classes of the Cana dians. The one at all times, in good and bad fortune, the attached subjects of the British Crown, and by blood, laneuage, religion, manners, institutions, and laws, Englishmen at their hearths and in their hearts; while the others, in every one of these respects, as well as by descent Frenchmen, although by ac accident—by the chances of war—they had become British subjects. Nevertheless, these French fellow subjects of our had, generally speaking, he felt bound to say, behaved lik e p eacea bl e su bj ect of t h e Crow n, _co: and shown no want o f l oya l ty i n their demeanour, a summation much to be rej o i ce d in r notconsummation occasioned, yet facilitat e d by t h e f act , t h at that kind of union mother in country and th e elsewhere probably, if n o t cause d, yet cont i nue d which sub s i s t s b etween the taken leave to call t h e improper federal union; colonies, which he had therewas always on th e part of the Government a great force, a great p ower, or i n fluence, both of t reasure and of troops sby country, whi ch and dby land possessed by d the o mother weight, authority a d a s n o of tro ma d e it impossible to say that th e mother country de pended on the coheres ; as the Government of the ;nether of the cit c g ou zens ntry at depended on th e consent and goodwill the subj ects of the Crown at ie, h o me, and, conseqw ally, the French Canadians, knew full well whose authority sh e had, or, as their Liturgy said, '‘ duly considering whose authority she had," also duly considering what power she had of maintaining that au therity, arid duly consid-ring that at all times the fleets and esrmies of England, and the treasures of England, wielded by th'e Biitish Goverment, in concert with the British Parliament, and with the consent of the British People, were ready to stiff revolt in all parts of her vast coleniul dominions —considering, he repeated, all these things, the French Canadians had exhibited at least an apparent loyalty, and thus tor many 3 ears, had any out breek in the colony been prevented. But the time wa s approaching when attempts a ere at last apprehended, an d some idea of a severance of the present connexion might enter the minds of the Lower Province, and on: happily it proved true that in the years 1837 and 1838, a serious attempt was trade, not arising from say part cuter grievance, not excited by any act of real or soF; posed opp ress i on, b ut more probably from the d i f f eren ce of feeling o the colonists towards o ne anot h er , er.l. call dt e. wards the mot h er country, and re b e l l i on, for he coul d it by no other name, of a very serious nature, broke out u Wads. lit was found . that. a op.spiraPY . bad