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Union that carried the Reform Bill. He was equally opposed to the agitation in Ireland for the Roman Cit.. tholic Emancipation, and yet it was that which carried the Relief Bill; and it was admitted by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Minister of the day, that the measure was granted because it was apprehended that any fur ther resistance would cause a civil war. But were the people always to be treated in this manner? Were these important questions always to be kept back until further resi,tance became dangerous to the peace of the state? He considered the present moment to be most oppor • tune for passing such a motion as this. In a time of peace and quiet at home, when you have had re cant demonstrations of loyalty on the part of the great mass of the people—while clouds were lowering abroad, none knowing how soon they might burst—and when, notwithstanding the fidelity of those masses, there nevertheless existed vast materials of inflammable matter in our own country—at such a time he would say to the Government, be wise—wait not for agitation—look about you, and carry out all your measures of reform in peace and tranquillity. The Noble Lord admitted that some extension of the franchise was desirable—why nct pro duce it now ?—(Cheers.) The tranquillity of the country was the strongest argument for immediately bringing it forward. Why were they tranquil? Would they have been tranquil if the Reform Bi ll had not been carried, or if the corn-law had remained in all its rigour? And even now, was there still no danger? Were there no large masses on the side of order who sympathised with the Chartists? It was a well-known fact that on the 10th of April last year hundreds of workmen, friends of order, said to their masters, "We will protect your property, but we will not be sworn in special constables—for we will not act against our own class." These things ought to be taken seriously to heart. In voting for the present motion he was not supporting the Hon. Member for Nottingham (M . r. O'Connor); en the contrary, his wish was to diminish the influence of that Hon. Member, which he regarded as being by no means beneficial to those whose interests he professed to promote. How was that best to be done? By saying to the people—" Don't assemble to thwart and control Parliament, but meet tosethey to elect your Members, and to assert your just rights in a constitutional manner." It was upon this principle that the present motion was founded; and be certainly was astonished to hear the Noble Lord say . that the Reform Bill was placed on constitutional principles, but that this motion was not. So far from that, the Reform Bill introduced an entirely new principle—the 104 franchise —a mere arbitrary selection, and one which had signally failed. Household suffrage, and suffrage by scot and lot, were intelligible. Every man who paid rates be came an integral part of the community. In this re spect our parish vestries might be regarded as being the unit of our political institutions. The man who was rated in his parish had an interest in the taxation of his country, and he might then be said to commence his po litical existence ; but there was nothing in the mere limitation of the amcunt of rent to 101., because, in some localities, 101. might not he equal to 51. in others. There was nothing very outrageous in the Honourable Member's proposition ; for as the law now stood all lodgers in a house in which the landlord did not himself residQ bad the right of voting. The Hjuse ought to look at the English Constitution, - and not allow itself to be frightened by what happened to be going on elsewhere. —(Cries of "Divide.") The Home Secretary and the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had availed themselves to the utmost of the feelings which prevailed, not more on one side of the House than the other, of regret for the excesses which had been committed on the continent, and of thankfulness that this country had not been the scene of similar disorders. The question was, how could we best preserve the blessings of tran quillity and order—whether by adopting the measure now submitted to the House, or by remaining as we were? There would be danger in adopting the latter alternative. The absence of all petitions on this occa sion was a circumstance fraught with alarm, for it indi cated that the people were ceasing to take an interest in the proceedings of that House. The Noble Lord at the head of the Government had said, with reference to the case of Stamford, that no exception could be taken to the Members who at present represented that borough. That was precisely the argument which used to ba ad vanced in favour of the old rotten boroughs, for men of the highest ability used to sit for Gatt(7n and Old Sarum. Then, because the'llon. Member for Montrose proposed to unite certain boroughs after the manner of the Scotch boroughs, it was said he wished for electoral divisions, although the two things were as different as light from darkness. Ile would not bo deterred from supporting the motion by the fear of being told that he was associating himself with persons of violent character, who wished to over throw the institutions of the country. The same thing was said 20 years ago, but those near and dear to him lived to see every measure carried which once could obtain the support of only a small minority. Therefore, he would not abate a jot of hope, for he believed that, whatever might he the decision of the House that night, this measure, or one similar to it, would eventually be carried.—(Hear, hear.) . . Mr. lITJ ME said that the reasons on which he had founded his motion had not been controverted, and therefore he would, without another observation, leave those who had heard the discussion, to decide upon the question. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the moti,n Against it Majority . , --186 The Silver eoinage Bill was read a second time. The report on Supply wss received, and the 'louse adjourned at Ilalf , post Twelve o'clock. 11, OY AL ITALIAN OPERA, COVEN T AAL, GAR DEY. The most attractive CONCERT of the Season will take place at t',e Royal Italian o?era Covent-garden, on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, June 13, When, in addition to Madame Persiani's appearance before her final retiremmt, the en tire talent of this gnat Lyric Establishment will be employed. The Plogram're wia embrace the principal features of the follow ing Operas ; Tell, Masaniell), Lucia di Lamaiermoor, 11 Barbiere, Lucrezia Borg,.a, d'Amor, Den Giovanni, Les Huguenots, &c., executed by the following ArtistTs :—Mdme. Grisi, Mdmz. Persiani, Miss C. Hayes, Madame Dorus Gras, Millie. Cor bari, Madame idacfarren. Madile de Merric, and 3ladlle. Angri ; Signor Mario, Signor Salvi, Signor Lavia, Mr. Sims Reeves, Signor Tarnburini, Signor Itonconi, Signor Tagliafico, Signor Polinini, M. Massol, and Signor Marini. In the course of the Concert Tto s'ni's Overture t Wi ram Tell, Weber's Ove ture to Der irePebutz, and Beethoven's Overture t Fidelio wll be performed; also several favoutita morceaux with ehoru Other additional talent and novelties will be presented on this occasion. _ . Conductor ........Mr. Costa PSICES OF ADMISSI Al. I -£4 4 0 Orchestra Stalls - - 3 3 0 Amphitheatre ditto - 2 2 0 Pit - - - - 1 11 6 Amphitheatre - Commence at Half-past One. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre. Boxes - Ditto - Ditto - Ditto - -.EO 15 0 -0 5 0 -0 5 0 -0 2 6 sT. JAMES'S THE A T It E Season 1849. FREXCII PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, no Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with L'APPRENTI. To conclude with LES' DIA3IANS DE LA COBROY).7E. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in. •teased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis. ion are determined as follows: Boxes .. Pit Amphitheatre .. Gs. Od. 33. Od. 2s. Od. Sabscriptioni for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's•street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; cml. at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Mozart's celebrated Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI. With the principal Tableau of • ELECTRA ; or, the Lest Pleiad. To conclude with a Selection from the admired Ballet of FIORITA. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 103, 6d. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Mozart's Opera, LE ITOZZE DE FIGARO. To conclude with the Divertissement from MASANIELLO. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—GERMAN OPERA. THIS EVENING, Will be produced the admired Opera, MARTHA ; Or, The 3d arket of Richmond. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Boa-office ; and at Mesirs. Jallien and Co.'s, 211, Regent• street. 'flit AT RE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. lir. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENIN (3, Will be performed TOWN AND COUNT.ET. After which TDB BRIGAND. To conclude with a Classical Extravaganza, exiled. Tux SPHINX. THEATRE ROYAL. AD/MPH'. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING. Will be performed THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To conclude with THE IRISH POST. ROYAL L TCY.UM TREAT k; Under the 3 , 1 anagement of Madame VeStril. 501 , 2 Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma'he we. THIS EVENING Will be performed KILL OR CURE. After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To conclude with PROMOTION. Dress Ss.; Upper Loses, 45. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Is. No lialf-price to any part of the house. Vie New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the pnbila every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will he performed the Opera of the DEVIL'S BRIDGE. After which a GRAND CONCERT. To conclude with the first act of LOVE IN A VILLAGE AST LE I's Ito YAL AM Y Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at one Mdlles. Adelaide Hinnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Joseplithe ; Miss Woolford, Barrand , Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in alnounc mg that he has engage I that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac quired for her the arpellation of the Equestrian Enchantress. Tins EVENING, Tlie performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJEttAT ; Or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. T'.; be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIitCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with a favourite Melodrama. Boa-office open from Eleven tin Four. stage ' , tanager, Mr. W. West. WELSH IMMIGRATION.—Some idea may be formed of Abe extent to which the character of South Wales is influenced by immigration, when it is stated that of the 62,393 persons inhabiting the four Monmouthshire p a . riches, 32,170 were born out of that county; and that of the 68,312 persons inhabiting tho Glamorganshire pa. riches, 27,574 were born cut of that MintY,—Canityian. • MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE LOTT By R MEY TROF MARRIAGE. RS. OLLOPE. " Mrs. Trollope is beyond a doubt one of the cleverest and most re markable writers of the day."—Quarterly Review. " Mrs. Trollope has scarcely ever written a more clever book, or one that will afford a greater amount of amusement to her numerous admirers." —Messenger. henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Grand Holiday and National fetes. Engagement of Miss FRANCES MILDMAY. In consequence of the un avourable state of the weather on Whit- Monday last, the whole of the magnificent entertainments provided for that occasion, will be repeated on MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to be the most perfect and hfe-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid Menagerie—Godfrey's unrivalled Band—Vocal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Frances Mildmay (her third appearance4Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. G. Tedder—Solos on the Flute by the celebrated Richardson—and Violin and Violoncello by Viotti and George Collins—Remington's Magic Aerial Bridge—and other attractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombardment and attack—gallant defence— rush to the breach by real troops—and final ta'Jleaux 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. SECOND GRAND FLOWER SHOW of the Seasoa on TUESDAY WEEK, June 12. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 6. nuitstorarritu, Lowest, 57; Highest, 81; Noon, 65, BAROMETER, 30.19. WIND E.—Morning, cloudy; Afternoon, rain. F I ; H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY —Morning, 34 min. after 1 Eveninv, 52 min. after I To-Moaaow— ' , roman:, 10 aun. after 2 Evening, 28 min. after 2 , -0 s: , ~c 0 .0 6,11 • 04,4. . „ I . - „ • , e.... .. . ^" .4 .'' 1 ;II v , . 14•4‘ , . T ' M°''' 2 ‘l4lWi. Dii • ..1 , v,. ..g.„ es . ~..... ....., 012 ........- , ' -....... Q:flflt LONDON, WEDNESDAI, JUNE 6, 1849. The motion so anxiously looked for throughout the entire country was last night brought forward by JOSEPH HumE, the honest and consistent advocate of popular rights, and was, we regret to say, rejected by a majority of 186. Those who are pleased to term themselves the representatives of the people refused to take into their consideration a measure calculated to amend the national representation—to extend the elective franchise to millions who are mere political cyphers, without any voice in the election of those by whom laws are to be framed, and taxes imposed—to enable the voters to exercise their rights freely and honestly, and to bestow their suffrages, without fear, upon those whom, in their consciences, they believe to be best qualified to represent their wants and wishes in the national Legislature—to preserve that just re sponsibility of Members to the constituencies by whom they were selected, and to remove the extraordinary disproportion that at present exists between the various electoral districts. Such were the objects contemplated by the Hon. Member for Montrose; but he was denied liberty . even to bring in his measure—to lay the new " Re form Bill" upon the table. The advocates for finality have prevailed on the present occasion. All those opposed to any species of reform—all those who would still keep up an extravagant and wasteful ex penditure, who would make the industrious classes provide for the interest of the National Debt and the maintenance of the national establishments, who would withhold the life blood of industry, a currency ade quate to the wants and energies of the country, mus tered strongly on the occasion, and succeeded in obtaining a temporary triumph. Unfortunately the Reformers, although strong out of doors, are nume rically weak within the walls of Parliament. The rival parties, the aspirants to official rank and emolu ment, whatever may be their difference in other re spects, are cordially united on one subject—to prevent any accession of strength to the popular cause. For that purpose they will heartily co-operate, and for a time may succeed. But the voice of popular opinion, temperately and constitutionally expressed, must ultimately force itself upon their unwilling ears. The pressure from without must be attended to, and will become particularly potent on the eve of a general election. When Hon. Gentlemen are about to appear again before their respective constituencies, and solicit a renewal of former confidence, then, in deed, greater respect and deference will be exhibited towards measures strongly advocated out of doors, and eagerly desired by the great body of the people, questions that at present are " pooh-poohed," or superciliously rejected, will be more seriously de bated; the honest and uncompromising minority, at first few in number, but zealous, energetic, and de termined, will gradually attain more respectable dimensions. The majority will become " small by degrees and beautifully less," will dwindle away day by day, until at last it vanishes altogether, 'hen a complete victory crowns the exertions of the cham pions of democracy. From statistical statements last night brought for ward by Mr. HUME, it appears that no more than one in ten of the adult male population of Great Britain are at present represented, while in poor, unhappy Ireland the disproportion is still more glaring. There are but 820,000 registered electors in England, Scotland, and Wales, while the people number twenty millions of persons, nearly two-fifths of whom—eight millions of souls—are adult males. The number of inhabited houses for that population are about three millions five hundred thousand. So, that if Mr. Hume's motion were car ried, and the franchise bestowed on every house• holder, more than one-half of the people would still be unrepresented. It would, however, more than quadruple the number of electors, and might therefore be received as a con siderable instalment of justice, which would for the present be accepted by the nation, in order to unite all honest Reformers, and to conciliate those differences of opinion that will be found in every body of rational men thinking for themselves, and forming their own judgments on passing events. The questions of the ballot and triennial Parlia ments have, each in their turn, received the assent of the House of Commons. They are required to protect the voter in the exercise of his constitutional privi leges, to enable him to avoid the coercion and undue influences too frequently resorted to, and which renders the franchise a curse in place of a blessing to its possessor. The cases of intimidation cited in the discussion on the motion of the Honourable Member for Bristol sufficiently prove how essential it is that the same mode of voting for Members of Parliament should be adopted that has so long and so beneficially prevailed in clubs and societies of various kinds. The Mem bers should also be bound to appeal to their con stituencies more frequently, to ask whether they h av e fulfilled the promises made on the hustings, if they have fulfilled the reasonable expectations of those who elected them to seats i n noble Mayor, l sturgeon, Robert l Clements, that the Legislature. The ballot and triennial Parlia- ROCH ESTER. — On Friday l as t was caug ht, i n thi s alert w to prove Thea his m ents are now looked upon by e ver y sincere Re- fine river, t the Medway, edy s n y co and attention; instantly td measuring former as measures that canno t long be protracted , Esq., n , ever feet on th in length. that must speedily be conceded to the wishes of the E instantly gave instructions for its loyalty conveyed people. Buckingham Palace, which place it reached in fine con- But, perhaps, the greatest anomaly of all, the most indefensible of the existing regulations, which carries dition on Saturday. It was most graciously re ce i ve d, and the Mayor's polite attention acknowledged. on the face of it the greatest absurdity, is the dispro- SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. -- The portion between the sizes of the various boroughs. Hence the statement of the Hon. Member with re- Erin, Captain Russell, has arrived here with atesfrom . Coe. Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship spect to this inequality. He says— tar 31 : she brings 28 passengers, a large and valuable cargo, stantinople, May 19 ; Smyrna, May -1 ; Malta, 26, Gibral " He had made a comparison between the great and small constituencies. He had taken 16 boroughs con- learn that there were constant arrivals of Turkish . and t Lgyp. taming a population of 2 917,000, being one-half of the tian steamers bringing great numbers tt of prevailed tts at or eo tl n i! and specie value 50,000/. sterling. From Constantinople ,, we whole population of England. Those 16 boroughs re Turkish army. consequence y of the turned 32 Members. He wished the House to c,,rnpare stantinople in equipping troops Letters from Cyprus announce them with 23 small boroughs, where there were only menacing attitude of Rassia. dreadful havoc amongst the crops. 100,000 inhabitants, and yet they returned as many that the locusts have . m The greateq activity Members as that immense population in the former 16 t e hat has received pratique at that boroughs. Nor could any man say that was a fair par- the Erin is the first vessel Gibraltar was a passenger from Con ticipation in the elective franchise to which all were en- Quarantine restrictions a n d a e l Y been removed at Gibraltar, and port. The Bishop of lt i the Erin. Tier Majesty's frigate titled by the constitution? He asked a fair participa- tan tin ople toG f ib i o r rr a Garibraltar on the 31st ult. for England. Lion not as a favour, but as a constitutional right. Exchange Spartan sailed c on London, ' 90 days, 501 /t. Would any man place himself in the situation of any EsuAiE HE R. HIGHNESS RANEE CHUNDA, one of those who were deprived of those rights, and see MornEn or DIIULEEP ClNGlL—tier Highness the Ranee how he would aet if he was compelled to remain in that Chunda Koonwur, of Lahore, escaped from her guards, and situation." ns- Here then are one hundred thousand persons re- Bth instant (May). No particulars of her bribedeseai t h i r o 'e of the the fortress of Chunar, during the night of Wednesday, the turning as many Members, and exercising as much speipreody,sboufthtehreglntaartize whorepor t aided is 'he t r ba a t nd s e he scaped with her, it is political power as thirty times their number, who believed towards the hills of Mirzapore or liewah.—Benares inhabit the metropolitan districts and the large wan Xewspaper, Yet, i❑ spite of all these brilliant and decisive argu ment,‘, M. GuizoT nears at the instability, at the insecurity, at the evanescence of moderate democracy in France ! It remains yet to be shown upon what right the bankrupt politician of Old Bromp ton pr(sumes to advance any opinion whatever upon the political institutions of his country. Why it is notorious by this time to every schoolboy that this elderly gentleman, who takes upon himself the office of talking oracles about French government in the pages of a dry panaphlt t, was such an igno ramus as to the real nature of the rights and wishes of the French multitude that he brought the whole monarchical system down about his ears by his blindness and his obstinacy. To show the facility with which every one of the sophisms advanced by M. GUIZ9T in his " Democratie en France' may be exposed, a book hai recently been published in London and Paris, from the manuscripts of one of the WELLESLEYS. Although written by an Englishman, the work is not only penned in very graceful and flowing French, but displays a remark able familiarity with the exigencies of the age in the great continental democracy.* Upon one or two points no doubt the two pamphleteers are of the same opinion. In their detestation of Communism they thoroughly sympathise, abhorring with an equal inten sity doctrines subversive of all society—of all family— of all good government. The English publicist, how ever, is wholly in favour of a broad, national system of government, the French being, on the contrary, wholly for the compacted but brittle concentration of the administrative powers, a system which his antagonist rather felicitously terms " cette funeste politique d'isolement." As to the sincerity, nevertheless, with which France regards the democratic, principles, the fact does not repose on the argument ofa pamphleteer, it is blazoned in the history of France between this present time and the revolutionary explosion of February. W hen HYDE DE NEUVILLE, in the April of last year, said, in answer to the question, "What do you think of LAMARTINE ?" " Il a bien Fair dun in cendiare qui s'est fait poinpier—He seems like an incendiary who has turned fireman !" he spoke with a witty appreciation of the position of France at that extraordinary period of emergency. The bon mot expressed felicitously enough the extremes of action to which France had just then been driven by the wicked rulers expelled by the recent outbreak. But it failed to acknowledge the truth which has become an axiom with historians from the time of TACITUS to that of MACAULAY, that revolutions are never, can never be the result of a conspiracy, the deed of a little band of intriguers—that, on the contrary, each revolution is the fruit of ages, the act of a whole generation. France, not LAMARTINE, was the in• cendiary in February. LAMARTINE, not France, was the fireman. Had not the people been ripe of themselves for the revolution, not LAMARTINE, great man as he is, nay not a hundred Lamartines, could have brought about the catastrophe of Febru ary ! On the other hand, had it not been for the courage, the eloquence, the integrity of LAMARTINE, on the night of the 25th of February, 1848, the con flagration would not only have ravaged France, but would have spread with irrepressible fury over the Continent. These things should not be forgotten They cannot be repeated too frequently. Time has shown not less conspicuously than the purity of M DE LAMARTINE'S patriotism, the devotion with which France clings to that Democracy which his noble ora tions were the means of inaugurating. " " De la France Contemporaine, et de ses Divisions Hie rarchiques. Reponse I'Ouvrage de M. Guizot, De la Demoeratie en France"' Par W. Wellesley..Bvo., pp. 212. Bailliere; Londres et Paris. 1849. Tim FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. There has been another delay in the presentation of the PRESIDENTS Message. It had been promised for yesterday, but at the sitting of the Assembly it was intimated that the Message would not be pre sented on that day, although a sort of promise was made that another day would not be suffered to elapse without the presentation of this important document. These delays have occasioned considerable uneasiness on the Bourse, as they are considered indicative of a schism in the new Cabinet ; indeed the Presse ex pressly declares that the new Cabinet is in a state of dissolution, and that M. DE FALLOUX and Ge neral RULHIERES will be compelled to leave, as they insist on active intervention in the affairs of Rome for the restoration of the tempo ral power of the POPE, and on introducing a measure which shall place the whole system of education throughout France under the exclusive superinten dence and control of the priests, to neither of which measures are the other members of the Cabinet in clined to give their support. La Patrie states that the Message of the PRESIDENT of the Republic had not been delivered on Monday, in consequence of the extent of the exposition of the general affairs of the Republic, into which it was necessary to enter according to the terms of the Con stitution, and which could not ba completed within the time specified by M. ODILON BARROT. The National Assembly on Monday elected MM. DE PANAT and BARE as Questors. General LEBRE TON, however, who had resigned in order to prevent the authority of the Questor being insulted by General CHANGAREIER, polled 140 votes. A motion of M. EMANUEL ARAGO, for a Parliamentary inquiry into the elections of Lot a n d G aronne, was rejected by a majority of 319 to 191. The allega tion was that the election in question had been influ enced by the dispatch of M. LEON FAUCHER. In the same sitting, M. DuFAURE announced the speedy introduction of several measur es f or a ff or di ng assistance to the labouring classes ; an d M. L EDRU R O LLIN gave notice for Thursday of several inter pellations which he intends t o a dd ress to t h e Govern ment on the subject of their foreign policy, and more especially with regard to the affairs of Rome. 'The French Government received yesterday an ofi•'icial announcement that M. LESSEE'S, the Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Rome, has positively become deranged in his intellect. A letter is said to have been addressed to the PRESIDENT of the Republic by M. LESSFPS himself, in which he proposes to him (the PRESIDENT) a detailed plan of a bedchamber. It was believed this unhappy inci dent would still further complicate the Italian question. The Minister of Commerce and Agriculture has received a telegraphic dispatch from the Prefect of the department of the Lower Rhine, dated Stras burg, the 24th of June, announcing that the em bargo placed at Manheim on the steam-boat which plies between that town and Kehl had been removed on the 2d inst., and the boat had resumed her occu pation. The reactionary club of MM. BUGEAUD, MOLE, and THIERS held a sitting on Monday night, at which it was determined to introduce a measure by which the majority of the National Assembly will be enabled to ride rough shod over the minority, and to stifle all discus ion they propose to increase the authority of the PRESI DENT, and to give the Assembly the power of impri soning and expelling any of its Members; they also propused to suppress the standing committees of the House, and to introduce a law, authorising General CHA.NGARNIER to unite the command of the garri son of Paris with that of the National Guard, in violation of the fundamental principles of the Consti tution. On the recommendation of M. Limns the further consideration of this last question was ad journed. The meeting agreed to support the new Ministry, on condition that it should introduce a strong measure against the clubs. The great majority were opposed to any amnesty. We regret to learn from these papers the sudden demise of the Countess of BLESSINGTON on Monday night. Her Ladyship had been present at a large dinner that day, and returned to her residence in the evening in her usual state of health. Shortly atter her return she was seized with illness and died in the course of a few hours ; from apoplexy according to one account, from the cholera according to another. The cholera is at present making dreadful ravages in Paris. CARLOTTA GRIM was attacked by it on Sunday, and was yesterday in a state of imminent danger. M. LUCIEN MURAT has likewise been attacked by it, and is not likely to recover. The Envoys sent by the revolutionary Govern ments of Baden and of the Bavarian Palatinate have been refused an audience with the PRESIDENT of the Republic, or even with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, JUNE 5. THREE o'CLocx.—The continued delay of the Presi dent's Message created a further decline on the Bourse tc-day. Exchanze on Londun (30 days), 25 45, money; ditto (90 days) 25 35 money. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JUNE 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 7—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), ItN —Namur and Liege, 7—Northern of France, 9 1 /. 2 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Rouen, 19 1 ,— Rouen and Havre, 93x. THE SUN, LONDON, factoring towns. Well might the Honourable Member exclaim that " no other legislative assembly but an English one would suffer such an absurdity to exist." Take the subsequent calculation, where the Honour able Member stated— " He found 28 English boroughs returned two Mem bers each, with only 500 registered electors each. Fifteen other boroughs returned only two Members, and had each more than 5,000 registered electors. Thus, while London had four Members with 20,000 electors, Carlisle and Reigate, with only 606 electors, also re turned four Members. It was impossible to make the absurdity more glaring; yet the country gentlemen of England, and those connected with the aristocracy, sat themselves quietly down under the mistaken notion that nobody saw the inequality." If statements such as these do not excite the atten tion of Members, it can only be because they are determined to sanction " no further reforms." Democracy is the very atmosphere breathed by Frenchmen, and although Monsieur GUJZOT may mutter a sardonic hint to the contrary, it is an atmo sphere essential to the vitality of the political insti tutions of his countrymen. In proof of this we have only to take the succession of events in France since February. When, on Saturday the 26th of February, 1848, the Provisional Government declared Royalty abolished and Republicanism proclaimed, it was said that the whole affair was a coup cretat—that France did not want any change of the kind, that the whole was the result of a conspiracy, the contrivance of a gang of adventurers, not the solemn and unanimous wish of a population. Well, days passed over, weeks passed over, months passed over, and what has been the consequence ? Has Royalty been restored ? Has Republicanism been repudiated ? Far from it. Every additional act has been a confirmation of that initia tive act of the Provisional Government. And at the very time when plots have been developing them selves both within France and beyond her frontiers, both among the ultra-Socialists and the ultra- Royalists, among the advocates of anarchy and of reaction, the people have clung through all changes, through all catastrophes, through all vicissitudes to the democratic principles pro claimed by the men of February. Those democratic principles survived the daring attack of 200,000 workmen on the 17th of March ; they called forth in their defence, spontaneously, like the work of magic, 200,000 members of the National Guard and of the Guard Mobile, on the 16th of April ; they survived the desperate assaults of the pretended friends of Poland on the 15th of May; they passed trium phantly through the tremendous ordeal of the three sanguinary days of June. On the 4th of May, 1848, they were consolidated by the inauguration of the National Assembly, and on the 28th of May, 1849, by that of the Le gislative Assembly. Even when the representative of the greatest of all the sovereigns who had ever wielded the sceptre of France, the representative of the imperial dynasty, received the suffrages of the electors, he was welcomed not as the descendant of a crowned head, but as the representative of the Sol dier of Democracy, he was elevated not to the throne, but to the chair of Presidency, the Presidency of the French Republic. Beyond all which, it must be borne in recollection that the Republic received the truest expression of approval ever accorded since the commencement of the labours of civilization to any one form ofgovernment—it was accepted, and the accep tance was reiterated again and again under the cover of the ballot and through universal suffrage! Show us any monarchy consecrated by universal suffrage ! Show us any political institutions the truth of the votes in favour of which has been £0 universally proved by the employment of the urn of election ! WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1849. the triumph of our liberty may be complete. Vi vat our fatherland! (Signed) " DANIEL YARNZI." There is as much activity in the Hungarian Government as in its army. The Minister of the Interior SZENERI has taken measures for the re organization of those parts of the country which are not within the theatre of war. The Minister of Finance is engaged in contracting a loan, in case the country should be reduced to a want of money. In the sitting of the Diet, on the 12th inst., the Cham bers were occupied with the emancipation of the Jews, for which a project of law will be presented. A report is in circulation at Vienna that the Rus sians met with a terrible reception at Katschau, in retaliation for which they destroyed that city. The facts are given as follows : The Russians having entered and taken up their position in the square, a murderous fire was opened upon them from every window. Upon this they immediately retired, surrounded the city with cannon, set fire to it at the four corners, and cut d own a lt who attempted to make their escape." The Austrian Correspondent inserts these reports without denying them. The report also continues to gain ground that the Imperial troops have been defeated in tie March. The principal body of the Hungarian army occu pied a series of strong positions from the frontier of Galicia to the towns of the mountains, and from eu:sohl to the island of Schutt, with a point d'appui at Comorn and another on the Waag. The Prague Zeitung says, that all the disposable provi,ions and forages in the fortress of Jusephstadt, as well as of the military stores, have been sent to Pardweitz, from whence they had been sent to Hun• gary. The military stores sent are so great, that all the luggage trains had latterly been employed solely for military transports. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrived. It is intended to send more troops to Italy, so as ,o raise the Spanish force in the country to 8,000 men. MADRID BoLSA, MAY 30 . —The Three per Cents. were done at 24 9 10 for paper ; the Five per Cents. at 10k; the Debt without interest at 38; and the Coupons at 5 GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES, PRUSSIA. The Berlin Official Gazette publishes the following as the proposed organization for the Provisional Court of Arbitration to be established among the states who shall accept the German Constitution as propounded by the Congress The s Provisional meet at ErfurtC our t uponof t he Arbitration lst of j ( u S ly c I n t i e e d x s t. - g e The court will consist of th ree P russian, two Hano verian, and two Siipn ,j.udges, under the presid enc y of the senior Prussian judge. The confederates w ill submit to the decision of this court in all ma ters connected with the carrying out of the confederate constitution, in so far as relates to all political and private discussions that may arise between the Con federate States themselves. All discussions relative to throne-successions, duties of Government, &c , all dis putes between the Government and Parliaments of any one of the confederate states, as t o th e va li d i ty of carry ing out of the constitution of the country; complaints of the subjects of any one of the states rel a ti ve to infrac tions of the constitution, either by th e i r own Ch am b ers or by Governments individually or collectively; remon strances against the infraction or circumscription of con stitutional rights, in all cases where appeals addressed to individual Chambers have failed; accusations against individual Ministers within the limits of their re sponsibility, and in such cases when the courts of the country are incompetent; complaints against the Confe derate States, when the duties imposed upon each, in dividually or collectively, are subject to doubt or litiga tion; all accusations connected with breaches of internal security, which cannot be satisfactorily disposed of by civil commissioners or ordinary courts; all questions of right interesting to, or arising from, the present Confe deration, in cases where individual courts hold them selves incompetent. Participation in or with the Confe derate Court of Arbitration is not permitted to such Governments as refuse obedience to its decisions." The negotiations for peace with Denmark are con tinued at Berlin, and there is every prospect of their being brought to a speedy and satisfactory ter mination. FRANKFORT. Smsort, the late President of the German Par liament, has resigned his seat as a Member of that Assembly. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. On the 31st May the Governor of Vienna, General Bunt, issued a proclamation to the effect that, whereas indications of the revolutionary spirit are again abroad, which manifested itself in the vio lent language held in public places by per sons discussing political subjects, it behoves the well disposed and right-minded citizens to aid the authorities in apprehending such indivi duals, and putting a stop to the spirit of sedition. All tavernkeepers an d co ff ee h o use proprietors who neglect thi s warn i ng, and pers i s t in tacitly protecting these dan gerous characters, w ill be liable to b e de prived of th e i r li cense. Hungaria ns! P oles, and Italians are especially alluied to in th e a d vert i semen t. WELDEN, who has, it is said, lost his senses, has been recalled from Hungary, and will be succ( edtd er e n o u f t .e . n by HA YNAU . Th e I mper i a li sts have been driven from Bosch, whi c h i s now occup i e d by the Hungarian troops. B EM i s a t O rsova , h av ing defeated PUCHNEE'S corps (Fannie, and it would appear all but annihilated dThneotfhoilnlogwiisng it, for n o i nte lli gence h as b een rec eived from th em , an known as atotioPaulic.ati: publishedEit at wilab immediately after the fall of that city : " The fortress of Buda is in our hands: it was taken this morning at seven o'clock, by the brave army of Georgey. The Austrians defended it valiantly, but they were compelled to give way before the courage of our warriors. " People of Hungary rejoice, but do not give your selves up too much to this feeling; on the contrary, be ready for new combats, for new victories, in order that BAVARIA. A letter from Munich of the 30th ult. states that the Bavarian Government, in conjunction with Aus tria, has resolved to protest against the intervention of the King of PRUSSIA in the Bavarian Palatinate. The Chamber of Deputies assembled on that day, and the members of the Palatinate were allowed to take their seats without any further opposition. The German Gazette states that Bavaria has con cluded a treaty with Austria, by which the latter power binds itself to keep a body of troops at Bre genz, to support the Bavarian army against the Pala tinate and Baden. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The bombardment of Frederica by the Germans has been suspended since the 27th ult. A letter from Altona, of the Ist, announces that a division of the Russian fleet had arrived in the Great Belt, near N 3 berg, from Cronstadt. This arrival has caused great joy in Copenhagen. At Copenhagen several English vessels have been condemned by the tribunals for having attempted to violate the blockade. WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA. The Presse of Vienna states, on authority of a let ter from Rytnnik, that the Russian troops have re tired from the Principalities of the Danube, in con- sequence of the protests of the French and English Governments. ITALY. Intelligence has been received from Rome of the 28th ult. At that date hostilities between the French and the Romans had not been resumed. A fresh note had been addressed by M. DE LES.. sErs to M. MAzzim of such a character as to leave no doubt whatever of the insanity of the unfortunate French Envoy. GARIBALDI, after having entered the Neapolitan territory at Arce, where he was received with great joy, made a movement to the right fur the purpose of effecting a junction with the troops which were marching against the Austrians. On the 28th a vehement fire was opened from the Venetian batteries and gun boats upon the Austrian works at Port San Giuliano. RADETZKY intended commencing the bombard ment of Venice on the 29th. The Opinione of Turin, of the Ist, gives the fol lowing particulars concerning the abandonment of Malghera by the Venetians. The extreme unhealthi ness of the place induced them to that step, as fevers were increasing to an alarming degree. They, therefore, removed everything valuable in the shape of artillery and s';ores, blew up the remaining eight arches of the bridge which formerly brought the railway to the centre of the city, and then fired three mines which completely destroyed the fort, so that the Austrians are now in possession of a useless heap of stones. A hundred gun •boats have been armed to prevent any works being com menced by the Austrians on the site of the late bridge. At the siege of Malghera, the Austrians had 100 pieces of cannon besides the rockets. The Venetians had one battery of howitzers and 42 pieces of heavy artillery. The Austrian General WOLTER has been named commandant of the fort of Malghera. The Austrians have also occupied the fort of San Giuliano, but a mine that exploded killed an officer and 20 men. A battery of mortars has been estab lished on the remains of the bridge of the lagoons, from which the Austrians are bombarding the island of San Secondo. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 31st ult. states that Alalghera was not taken by assault; but that the Venetians, seeing the ruined state of the walls, had abandoned it, previously removing all the artillery and ammunition. The siege had lasted up wards of six weeks. Disturbances had taken place at Como and the vicinity, in consequence of the con scription. Similar disturbances having occurred at Cantu, that town was laid under a contribution of 20,000 florins, and declared in a state of siege. A rumour was current at Rome on the 26th, that the POPE intended to abdicate, and retire to the hermitage of Subiaco. By a decree of the 29th ult. the King of SARDINIA hasiostituted a Commission, to devise plan for the reorganization of the•army. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary PoTTEn.) SYERS V. COUREN9.-111GIIT OF WAY. " This was an action to recover damages for trespass in de priving the plaintiff of right of way over certain ground in Water-lane, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. WORDSWORTH, for the plaintiff, stated the case, from which it appeared that plaintiff was lessee of premises to which the right of way attached, but the defendant who is a furniture-dealer, notwithstanding notice had been fre quently given to him, persisted in placing furniture on the ground to show for sale. The plaintiff, however, did not press for heavy damages, but merely for such as would cover his costs and establish his right. It appeared somewhat ex traordinary that although the defendant had determined to abide the result of an action, yet that he did not appear in any way to dispute the plaintiff's right. The Learned SECONDARY said it certainly appeared a strange case of obstinacy, or whatever else it might be termed; and the plaintiff was clearly entitled to a ver dict. There had been no special damage claimed, al though from the evidence there was no doubt plaintiff had been put to 41. or 51. expense, and he might have let his premises had it not been for defendant's conduct. The jury would, therefore, give general damages. The jury, alter a short consultation, gave a verdict for 51. RLBRO'-STREET--(THIS DAY, ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Mary White, an old woman of repulsive appearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having attempted to murder Peter White, her husband, by cutting his throat with a knife, at No. 15, Hertford-street, Fitzroy-square. Webb, 77 E, stated that last night, about nine o'clock, his attention was called to No. 15, Hertford-street, in conse quence of hearing the cries of " Murder" and " Police" pro • ceeding from the parlour of the house. Witness having pro cure l the assistance of police-constable 85 E, endeavoured to effect an entrance by the parlour door, but could not succeed in consequence of its being locked. 85 E then got over the railings and entered by the parlour window. He then opened the door and admitted witness. Having lighted a candle he saw the prisoner and her husband was n i b e l t e e e d din by g some sharp instrument. The man, on seeing witness said, y ro f o r m om by themselves . "My wife has cut my throat." As the man appea re d t o p i n r o f t u h s e e 1 neck Th a e pp m ar a e n ntlyi be in a very exhausted state, he was taken to the Uni versity Hospital, and witness secured the prisoner. The prisoner then, without any solicitation on the part of witness made a statement, to the effect that her husband had beat her, and was about to cut her throat with a razor, when she wrenched it from him, and cut his throat with the same razor. She was in liquor at the time. Witness then searched the room, and on a shelf found a shoemakers' knife, the blade of which was stained with blood. He also found a a white-handled razor, which did not appear to have been used. The prisoner was then conveyed to the station. Witness produced the:surgeon's certificate of which the subjoined is a copy : " I hereby certify that Peter White was brought into this Hospital last night, with a lacerated and incised wound in the throat. He is not now in a fit state to be removed from the Hospital. (Signed) "HENRY SEARLE GAGE. " House Surgeon, University Hospital. " June 6, 1849." Charlotte Slutter deposed that she was a single woman, and lodged in the second floor front room, at No. 15, Hert ford -street. She knew the prisoner and her husband, who occupied the front parlour. About nine o'clock last night she was alarmed at hearing the breaking of glass, and the screams of murder proceeding from the parlour. On going down stairs she heard Peter White call out, " for God's sake make haste down stairs, lam murdered. sly wife has cut my throat." She tried to open the door, but it was fastene I. She then ran to the door, and called the police. She had seen the prisoner and her husband in the fore part of the day, when they both appeared to be tipsy. The prisoner, who did not attempt to deny the charge, was remanded for a week. MR. CHARLES BRAHAM.—This young vocalist takes his first benefit this evening, at the Princess's Theatre, upon which occasion the once favourite opera of The Devil's Bridge will be revived, Mr. Brabam sustaining the part in which his father was once so famous. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor. General of Canada, and also trout the Governors of Nova Scotia and New prunavnek. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COIVIAIONS. The SPEAKER took tho Chair shortly uft(r Tv..elve o'clock. THIRD READING. James's Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed CONSIDERATION OF REPORT. The report on the Wisbeach, Chatteris, Tea Gote, and Downhain Bridge Turnpike (Continuation of Act, Alte ration of Provisions relating to Repair of Waldersey and South Side Banks, Abandonment as to Turnpike of Road over same, Construction of now Turnpike Road) Bill was considered and agreed to. Sir E. FILMER presented several petitions from places i a West Kent, complaining of agricultural distress. Captain FITZROY presented a petition from Lewes in Isvour of an extension of the jurisdiction of the County Court. Mr. AGLIONBY presented petitions in favour of the alteration of the law with respect to medical attendance in iJoor-law unions. Mr. DI EDES presented a petition from the Farmer's Club of Faversham, praying for protection to agricul ture. BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT MEMBERS BILL. Mr. MOFFATT in moving the second reading of this Bill, said that it was in all essential points the same as had been formerly under the discussion of the House. The chief alteration was that the present Bill placed bankrupts and insolvents precisely upon the same footing. Sir W. CLAY gave the Henourable Gentleman full credit for the motives which had induced him to intro duce the Bill, but really he could not withdraw his op position to it. This was the fourth time the Bill had been introduced in an amended Corm, and it might be as well that he should just state its object. With regard to the alteration the Bill proposed to make in the bank ruptcy laws, he did not so much object to that, but this was not the proper time to consider such an alteration. What he principally objected to was, the power which the Bill gave to the Insolvent Debtors' Court of directing a Member to pay his debts within six months, and in default thereof to grant a certificate which should jus tify the speaker declaring the seat to be void. Now, suck a principle was highly objectionable, as it meddled with that which the House ought not to touch, while it placed an unconstitutional control over the consti tuencies as to the candidate they should choose. He should, therefore, move that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. There were other positions, and those very various, of which it might be said that they ware contrary to the dignity of the House for any of its Members to be placed its them, as well as that of not being able to advance a large sum of money for the purpose of discharging his pecuniary obligations. He himself thought that it was not only equally butler more discreditable to a Member of that House to prostitute his vote for any personal or collateral advantage. A Member might give his vote with a view to obtaining office, to get an Indian judgeship—(Hear, hear)—a colo nial governorship, or a clerkship in the Treasury for his son or a nephew.—(Hear, hear.) Such things might be the reward of a legitimate and rightly- directed am bition—(Hear)—or they might be the return for the cor rupt votes given to an unworthy Minister.—(Hear, hear.) In addition to all this, and beyond all this, he felt that this Bill was calculated to interfere more than almost any other possibly could do with the privi leges of the House. It was, in fact, subjecting those privileges to the decisions of the courts of law.—(Hear, hear.) By the law which regulated the Insolvent Courts a discretion was vested in the court to release any one from custody at three diff erent per i o d s. The judge might release him at once, at the tnd of six months, or after a twelvemonth from the date of such person being brought before him. Now, it was very evident that the power to bring any person before the Insolvent Court might be very greatly abased.—(Hear, hear.) Few men, even the most wealthy amongst them, could on a sudden notice satisfy all the claims against them. The influence of a large and wealthy com pany, or the Government, might at any time be used for the exclusion of any particular Member. By the Insolvent Courts Act it was decreed that no Member should be re-elected after he had been excluded from the House, in the event of his having applied to that Court, until after six months from the time of his release. Ho would be one of the last to shield any insolvent Member, but he did not think the want of money was a trait of that crimi nality which some persons were so ready to ascribe to it.—Hear, hear.) He for one at least would not contribute to grant any further power to wealth. He thought that Mammon was quite sufficiently worshipped in this country already—(hear, bear)—and he would certainly give no further power to the rich man's pocket.—(Cheers.) This was no novelty. The matter respecting Mr. Wilkes had been settled long ago. But there had been a more recent case than that. A Bill for the same purpose had been introduced in 1832 by Lord Ashburton, then Mr. Baring, but it was ,ex pressly opposed by both the present Member for London (Lord J. Russell) and the late Lord Spencer, then Lord Althorp, who had each urged strong objections to the measure. The Hon. Baronet having read portious of the speeches of the two Noble Lords from the debate at the time, proceeded to say that he was totally and entirely opposed to any such investigation into the pri vate circumstances of any Member of that House; that wealth was in no instance a guarantee for moral fitness or mental ability, tired he should therefore move that the Bill be rs ad a second time teat day six months. Mr. MACKINNON said, the Hon. Member had pre tended to find fault with the details of the Bill, whereas his whole arguments were against the principles of it. He (Mr. Mackinnon) would not go into the details of the Bill because every one who was acquainted with the practice of the House knew, that they could be amended and altered in Committee; and he would only say a few words upon the general principles which made it neces sary that such a measure should bo introduced into the House. Now, to have a clear understanding of the privileges of the House, they ought to refer to the Par liamentary history of this countay, and ask for what pur pose those privileges had been establisbed—(Hear)— and if they did so, they would find that it was very necessary to surround the Members of the House of Commons with certain privileges, because in the early period of their constitution they were a very weak body, when compared either to the territorial in terest a hich then existed, or to the Crown. If they looked back to the time of the Stuarts they would find that the influence of the Crown, the Court, and the Barons, was far superior to the influence of that t louse. The conic quence was, that the House surrounded itself in various ways, in former times, with privileges which it deemed essential to its constitution, and for its defence against the other superior branches of the Legislature. But new that was not the case, and so far from their wanting' any such support, he asserted it without tear of contradiction, that that House, if anything, had too much power, as compared with the other branches of the Legislature. They could not look to their political his tory during the last hundred and fifty years without being thoroughly convinced that the powers of the House had been gradually increasing, while the influence of the other two branches had been gradually diminishing, and he was one of those who would regret very much if the power of the House was ex tended any further. Now what had occurred since the power of the House had increased ? Precisely in proportion as it became more poweful i t de prived itself of certain of its privile ges , an d gave way in certain matters to public opinion. On the 12th April, 1738, it was resolved that it was a breach of privilege to publish or to give any account of the debates or the proceedings of the House. What was the conse quence? A contest arose between the publishers and the House, and at length the House was obliged to succumb entirely, and to allow the pro ceedings to be published, without any interference on its part. Again in 1751, nearly a century ago, Alexander Hurray was for some offence ca ll e d to the bar of the House; he was desired to kneel down but re• fused; whereupon there was a great excitement in the House, and he was committed to Newgate, and con tinued there during the remainder of the ses sion. At the beginning of the session he was again called before the House, when it came to a resolution that no individual coming before the House to receive a reprimand should do otherwise than stand. From that period up to the present their privileges had been gradually given up because they were no longer neces sary for the independence ofits Members. Now what did the Speaker say in those days? who, by the bye, was as much un like the Speaker of the present . day, as th is H ou se was unlike that House? He said, if a party did not kneel down to receive a reprimand, there would be an end to the honour and dignity of the House. Now, coming to the point, what earthly objection could there be to abolish that privilege in which his Hon. Friend the Member for the Tower Hamlets had spoken in favour? What earthly benefit could an insolvent Mem ber have in remaining a Member of that House; had he not better, if involved in debt, go and attend to his own affairs than remain to legislate there?—(Hear, hear)—what use was it for an individual whose mind was preoccupied and annoyed by the peculiar situation in which he was placed coming to vote in the House when he ought to be attending entirely to his own affairs?—(Hear.) He did not think that a single Member of the House would be affected by the Bill, but it was necessary to pass it in order to keep up the respectability of the House. Paley, in his Moral Philosophy, said, a privilege given to any individual, unless good to the whole community, was a positive injury to the community; and could a ny one say that the privilege of not allowing insolvent Members to be arrested was lor the benefit of the community?— could any one say that that privilege was approved of by the community? It was impossible, he thought, not to come to the conclusion, from the feeling in the coun try, which was growing more powerful every day, that this privilege would not be allowed to continue much longer. He begged leave to state that he should give his hearty support to the motion of his Hon. Friend. Mr. BERNAL would ask what had the House to do with the old doctrine, that Members of the . House of Commons were to bow or to sit in certain cases?— (Hear, hear.) His Honourable Friend (Mr. Mackinnon) talked of the influence that that House ought to exercise over general public opinion. Did his Honourable Friend say, if this Bill was to pass in all its purity, that it would secure that respect for the future legislation of the House of Commons? A man might hold an estate charged with debts by no crimi nality or profligacy of his own, but by the extravagance and the jointures of his ancestors, and it might be impos sible for him to go into the money-market and rai a money sufficient to pay his debts. Could the House not imagine the owner of extensive property to meet the charges upon his estate, without his being deemed an immoral or a profligate man? The question was, was the evil of such magditude and such recurrence as to demand such a remedy ? It was perfectly easy for a rich man to be in dependent, but he (Mr. Bernal) was not sure that it was so easy for a poor wan to be so; yet there were men in that House who were not opulent. Hebelieved it wasa very popular thing to support this Bill; he cared not for that; he dared to oppose it. They were importing a much more contingent danger for the sake of removing a less contingent mischief, by means of this Bill. Who had a right to g 6 round that House and measure the moral conduct of each individual Member?—(Hear, hear.) He contended that it would not be possible to work this Bill to any useful purpose. He bad heard so little complaints of Members availing themselves of the privileges of Parliament, that he looked on the mischief as too small to make him dare to encounter the mischief that would ensue from this Bill.—(Hear.) Captain HARRIS thought, without the machinery of the 13ill before the House, its object would have been attained by protecting Members during the recess of Parliament. Mr. MULLINGS said he had supported the Bill be cause it would affect those who were wanting in one of the main qualifications for a seat in that House. The law Ns as quite ineperatite against Members of that House who did not choose to pay their creditors, unless they were engaged in trade. With respect to the state ment of the Lion. Member for Rochester (Mr. Bernal) that a person might be the owner of an estate which was heavily mortgaged in consequence of the acts of his ancestors, he wished to observe that no order could be made by the Bankruptcy or Insolvent Courts for the pa) ment of claims in consequently of these ancient debts. Mr. BERNAL explained that ho meant that a person so situated could not go into the City and raise money.. Mr. MULLINt S said then let him give security to bls et editors.—(dear, hear.) His experience convinced him that a man thus situated could nut act independently in that House. Sir T. COLEBROOKE said the Bill depended so much upon its details, that be trusted the House would lose no time in going into Committee to discuss them. He should support the Bill. Mr. STUAItT was opposed to the Bill, because it would interfere with the independence of the Members Of that House. For instance, the Bill provided that a Member might be mad e a bankrupt on the peti tion of one of his creditors. Now what would be the position of a Member so situated? In order to avoid so unpleasant a proceeding his vote would, as a natural consequence, be ceder the control of that cre ditor.—(Hear, hear.) He deeply regretted that the creditors of any Hon. Member should be injured, but there were paramount considerations, in which the cha racter of that House was involved, which must not be lost sight of. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ... 55 Against it ... •.. ... 45 Majority in favo ur o f it ... —lO The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed this day week. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. Clauses up to 9 were agreed to without discussion. tSEFT SITTING.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 6.—wind N., light breez-, and cloudy CLYDE, JUNE 2.—Ski. Sophia, Barbadoes; New York packet, Boston. 3. Antigua, Jamaica. LIMERICK, JUNE 3.—Sld. Pomona, Quebec. PENTLAND FRITH. —And. Royal Bride, of Dundee, W est Indies, for the Baltic. BRISTOL, JUNE 5. Wind N.E. Arrd. Adelaide, Tobago. OFF THE START, JUNE I. Dronning Maria, Rasmussen , St. Croix. 2. Sovereign, Holland, St. John's, New Bruns wick, for Hull. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE s.—Arrd. Washington steamer , Floyd, New York, and proceeded for Bremen. LOWESTOFT, JUNE s.—The Hebe, of Shields, coal laden, ran upon the Newcome Sand this morning, and remained for several hours, when she was assisted off and brought into the Roads, making but little water, and will proceed. SCILLY, JUNE 4.—A large cask of turpentine, marked " Affleck B No. 150," much barnacled, was picked up get ult., about 16 miles S.W. by S. off this port, by the pilot boat Rapid. LONDONDERRY, JUNE I.—Sid. Superior, Philadelphia' 2d, Venilia, Philadelphia. DEAL, JUNE s.—Wind S. W.,`light.—Arrd. Simon Taylor, Brown, Jamaica; Primula, Jackson, Jamaica; Alice Fraser, Curtis, Matanzas, for Cronstadt ; Osbert, Dalrymple. Doug' nica ; Queen %ictoria, Tatching, Savannah, for Hull ; Newton , Sears, Charleston ; an American ship, supposed to be the Maidstone, United States. Arrd. from the River, Rochester , Laurence, South Seas; Chance,:Mangles ' San Francisco; Eli zabeth, Midwinter, Grenada ; George Robinson,binson, Boys, Ne l " foun d I an d. PLYMOUTH, JUNE s.—Wind N.N. W.—Sld. May 15th, S ateiy, Genda, Hobart TOW'J ; her Majesty's steamer , RtTnard, Coast of Attica. PALmOurll, JUNE s. —Wind, N.--Arrd. 4th, Ranger, Nunn, Ponce, P. R. ; sth, Leda, Po r t er , P ernambuco ; Al o ri Hounsell, Baker, Pernambuco ; Joven Felisa, Gavenii , Havannah. rPtzrZi 920itto0 ASCOT RACES• (THIS DAY.)-BY EXPRESS. The Coronation Stakes of 100 soya. each. Lady Evelyn ... ... ... ... ... ... Grace ••• ... ___ ... ••• Letitia ... ... •.• ... ... ... .. Sweepstakes of 30 sous . eac h. S w i n l ey Course. Te flis Queensberry cor.e.4 ..• The Fernhill Stakes. Offici ma Nina Ithedycina Tancred ... i 2 ... 3 1 •.. • ••• 2 ••• Sweepstakes of 40 soya. each. Old mile. ... walked over LATEST BETTING ON THE EMPEROR'S PLATE. 6 to 5 agst Chanticleer "2 to 1 agst Van Tromp MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) , CORN-EXCHANGE—WEDNESDA ""„ The total arrival o f E ng li sh W heat for our marke t this week has been only 650 quarters. To-day' 111 1 show of samples of that grain was small, yet the denie o for all descriptions ruled heavy, at prices barely equal ° those obtained on Monday. Only 1,970 quarters of lc; reign Wheat have come fresh to hand, yet the supPlY e h offer was again extensive. Selected qualities of lo* Red and White moved off steadily at full rates of cur: rency. In all other ki n d s scarce l y any b us i ness was transacted. No English Barley at market; and the svP: ply of foreign was sma ll er t h an f or some t i me Pas The trad e was i n a s l ugg i sh state; b ut we have no ac tual fall to notice in value. In Malt so: little was doil that the quot a ti ons ru l e d a l most nominal. Oats mov ed off slowly at b are l y stat i onary prices. Beans, Pees, , dian Corn, and Flour, as last advised. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Flotir• Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats. ~,, 4 kg. 650 qrs. I 170 qrs. I 2,520 qrs. L. ,-- I I -- --- j,600 11,400 English ...... Scotch .. ... Irish. ...... .. Foreign ...... 1,970 I 1,680 Malt, 2,660 qrs. 73071LOUGU NOP 11T.A.31/Mr. Our market is decidedly firmer for all kinds of (although the business doing is by no means large) 0 " improved quotations. The accounts respecting the or pearance of the bine are considered unfavourable. ma, 120,0001. Sussex packets, 2183 to 3155; Weald of NOS ditto, 2/ 14s to 31 15s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 1O to 7175. WRITECHAPEL. We bad a very slow trade this morning on the folio"?' ing terms:—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 3s ") 3s 10d ; Lamb, 4 s 8d to 6s; Veal, 3s to 4s ; an d Fork' 3s to 4s per 81bs. We are requested to state that Lord Nugent b been suffering for the last few days from illness in the coon' try, and was consequently prevented from voting on the ro . ; liamentary Oaths Bill, and is a l so o bli ge d t h erefrom to deft', his motion relative to the m a i n t enance o f t h e d est i tute poor England and Wales till Thursday, the 21st of June. We are sorry to hear that Mr. Cayley has for the last fortnight been suffering from the effects of ulcerated or, throat, accompanied with fever, and that he is advised to seek retirement in the count ry from his Parliamentary duties °- r the present. THE ROYAL ETCHINGS.—We are informed that Mr. Judge, acting upon the advice of his friends, conter plates appealing to the Lord Ch ance ll or aga i nst the ill: meat of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce on Saturday 1 0 The preliminary proceeding was taken by Mr. Judge, Saturday, immediately after judgment had been giferl b A his entering a caveat against enrolling the decree (in ' suit), made by his Honour the Vice-Ch ance ll or. It a ppear s : 7, " that, according to the practice of the C ourt o f Chancery' this prompt mode of proceeding was ne cessary to b e a dopt ; hi.for after a decree has been once enroll e d, a su i tor , whet plaintiff or defendant, is deprived of the privilege of eln i f h i s ing to a higher jurisdiction. Mr. Judge, by pursuing course, stays his proceedings for 28 days; his object being to 0 obtain an order tbr an issue to be t r i e d at common lawn that a jury may decide in whom the property in the "Roy" Etchings" is vested. BIRTHDAY OF THE KING OF HANOVER:W.I,If 'd ; son.—Yesterday being the 79th anni versary o f t h e birtuu„- of the King of Hanover the bells of S t . G eorge ' s Chapel 57. the Church of St. John rang merry peals at intervals throug_ out the day. Royal salutes we re fi re d f rom t h e corpo ratio; ordnance at noon, and from the battery at Belvidere, 061 . 1 Virginia Water. BIRTHS. On the f th inst., at 94, Eaton-square, the lady of Sir John Thorold, Bart., of a daughter. On the ;-,d inst., at Eaton-place West, the lady Elizabeth Russell, cf a son, s' illborn. On the Ist inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, the wife of Thoole le Lateward, Esq., of a son. On the 2d inst., at Torleven, near Helstone, Cornwall, the wife of the Rev. Charles Hartley, of a son. DIED. At Leamington, on the 30th ult., Margaret, eldest &ug h ter of the late Major-General Irvine. d 25, At Lynn, Norf o lk, on th e I s t i ns t., H enry T a ddy, age d o f third surviving son of the Rev, John Teddy, rector Northd.', BeAbrdshire. On the 2d inst., in Mecklenburgh-square, George Josep h Dettmar, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Long Ditton, Charlotte, fourth daught er of the late C. Bowles, Esq., of East Sheen, Surrey. On the Ist inst., in Berners-street, Ineutenant-Colonel row' Crosdill, C. 8., formerly of the Madras Artillery. _ London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , ° 1 N. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 140;1 1 :} Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in she Num , Middlesex, Wednesday, June 8, 1849. , r us LE GAL TITLE ASSURANCE com PAN Y. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00 C/., ins 0,,000 Shareper S s, of 251. each. Preliminary Deit 2s. 6d. hare Pro pactuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo try ()Ines of the Company, 12A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap ication to G. F. HONE. lion. See., pro tem.